Valdez Mercantile Co.!.*.
TRUE VALUES "
Will Come To Valdez
Santa Claus is due to arrive here on sched
ule time notwithstanding some reports to
the contrary. Many thought it would be
rather “hard going” for Old Santa this year
but after seeing our assortment of Toys and
asking the prices they have had a “change
of heart” and decided to help him along.
Here are a few suggestions for the
“Kiddie’s” Xmas
Dolls.75c to $2.25
Laundry Sets .$1.75
Doll Beds .50s to $2.25
Washing Machines .$1.75
Tea Sets .$1-75
Doll Furniture .3c to $1.25
building Blocks .25c to 75c
Books .15c up
Tool Chests .$200
Mysto Erector.$2.25 to $4.50
Drums .40c to $2.25
Mechanical Toys.25c and up
Sleds .$1.35 to $1.75
Air rifle .$2.00
Games .10c and up
CHRISTMAS CANDLES AND DECORATIONS
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account,
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
Pl 110 DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. S8
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and7 to9p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
[Civil Engineer and[
U. S. Deputy Lend end
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Veldes, Aleeke,
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
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A Failure. ^
Mrs. Whynot—Did you make a hit at
the fancy dress cotillon?
Mrs. Whobody —Not a strong one.
The papers never mentioned my beg
gar maid costume, and it was made
by an exclusive Parisian modiste, and
I wore all my diamonds and pearls.—
Chicago Daily News.
The Alligator Than Opened Its Mouth.
“M’randy, I bear tell tbey’s lots o’
them alligators round In these deep
waters, so we’ll have to look sharp.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Subscribe tor the Prespactor.
| LOCAL BREVITIES. |
A fine assortment of Christmas
cards at the Valdez Drug Co. Make
your selection early.
See Tod Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Just arrived the most beautiful and
largest assortment of Christmas ties
at Ben Silverman’s. tf
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
Company. tf
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Bob Smith is in town from Port
Wells.
The Mariposa Is due to reach Seat
tle today.
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Mrs. Van Campen is' a passenger
for Latouche on the Alameda.
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tr
Joe Domenzie arrived in town today
from Ellamar.
Olaf Olson left this morning for his
mining property down the sound.
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co tf
Latest dances shown at the Orph
eum on Wednesday.
Suits pressed lor $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Sterling silver (cut of Valdez) sou
venir hat pins 90c at the Emporium.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Brave Lady Babbie in three reels at
the Orpheum tonight.
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tt
Judge George R Walker, former dis
trict attorney for this division, has
opened law offices at 127 N. Dearborn
St., Chicago.
Councilman Harry King returned
to Valdez on the Alameda after a
visit to the states.
Please remember the beautiful por
tieres to be drawn—every dollar cash
purchase gets a chance. We have
hand-painted pictures, and 10, 25 and
50 and 75c toy counters. Big assort
ment at Rudolph's Store. tf
Harvey’s Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide t« ■
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Monday, Dec. 21.
High tide 3:31 a. m., 7.7; 2:54 p.
m., 9.0.
Low tide 8:58 a. m., 3.0: 9:48 p.
m„ 0.0.
Tuesday, Dec. 22.
High tide 4:17 a .in., 7.7; 3:46 p.
m., 8.0.
Low tide 9:59 a. m., 3.2; 10:30 p.
m., 0.9.
Wednesday, Dec. 23.
High tide 5:05 a. m., 7.7.; 4:46
p. m., 7.0.
Low tide 11:09 a. m., 3.3; 11:14 p.
m., 1.8.
Thursday, Dec. 24.
High tide 5:53 a. m., 7.8; 5:57 p.
m., 6.1.
Low tide 12:58 a. m., 3.1; 11:59
a. m., 2.6.
Phou by American Press Association.
King George Reviewing Sailors
The above picture of the king of England was taken during the recent
review of the home fleet of England at Portland, where there were 425 ships
assembled England takes great pride In her navy, and the prospects of a
dash between her fleet and that of Germany was fraught with awe Inspiring
possibilities.
ERADICATE THE RAT!
A Disease Breeder and Carrier That
8erves No Good Purpose.
Rats are dangerous. They have no
legitimate business, nor can they serve
any good purpose in any community.
Sanitarians are well agreed that rats
are a serious menace to health. They
are so filthy In their habits as tenants
of the sewers and as feeders on every
thing dirty and diseased that it is no
wonder they are carriers of disease,
parasites and plague Infection.
That rats are afflicted with many dis
eases more than bubonic plague is con
firmed by Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon
general of the United States public
health service, who, speaking on this
point, says: "Other infections of the
rat are trematodes, or flukes; cestodes,
or tapeworms; nematodes, or round
worms; protozoa, insects and vegetable
microbes." Of the rats examined In
San Francisco 34 per cent were In
fested with tapeworms.
Plague is primarily a disease of the
rat It is communicated from the
plague stricken rat to other rats and
from rats to man by means of fleas, as
the principal agent, yet it has been
determined many times that handling
a rat that has been dead of plague only
a few hours gives the Infection almost
instantly. Two small boys while play
ing in an unused cellar found the body
of a dead rat. The corpse was buried
with unusual funeral honors. In forty
eight hours both were 111 with bubonic
plague. A laborer finding a sick rat
on the wharf picked it up with the
naked hand and threw it into the bay.
He was seized three days later with
plague. But the flea is the chief ln
oculator. Fleas abandon a rat dead
of plague and go in search of living
beings who still have warm blood cir
culating in their veins. Biting man
they Inoculate into him the living virus
which starts the disease.
Since plague is a disease due to rats
and rat fleas and not to filth or dirty
habits, there’s only one thing to do to
avoid plague, eradicate the rats. This
can be done by making war on them
with traps, poison and starvation, and
by “rat proofing” against them; that
is by building them out. As a result
of the Chinatown plague epidemic In
1907, so efficient was the ratproof con
structions that followed, that rats and
plague were entirely "built out” of that
part of the city.
FIRST CATCHER’S PAD.
It Was Worn by Charlie Bennett of the
Old Detroit Team.
Charlie Bennett, the noted catcher of
the famous Detroit team of 1880-7,
often told with delight the story of
bow be and bis wife made the first
catcher’s breast protector.
It was a constant source of worry
to Mrs. Bennett to watch her husband
being made a target for the speed
merchants of thirty years ago. And
she fully realized the pressing neces
sity of some kind of armor to prevent
the hot shot sent through by these
speedy slabmen from caving in a rib
or two which belonged to her better
half.
After much deep thinking and con
siderable labor the Bennetts shaped
out something that had a faint resem
blance to the protector worn today.
In a private trial it worked fine, and
in the tryout Charlie would let the ball
slip through his hands and bang up
against his chest without experiencing
the slightest jar. After Bennett got
used to it he wore it in a regular con
test, and, with the eyes of thousands
of spectators upon him, he would let a
fast one hit him square on the chest.
The ball would rebound back almost
to the pitcher.—New'York World.
Deaf Mute Church Work.
Religious work among deaf mutes
was established in 1849 by Dr. Gal
laudet, who started a small Bible class
for them in a room in the University
of New York. The Churchman, an
Episcopal weekly, says that at the
present time there are thirteen or
dained clergymen, twelve of whom are
themselves deaf, ministering to the
spiritual needs of 35.009 deaf mutes in
the United States of whom there are
fully 20,000 in the southern section.
The salaries of the missionaries to the
deaf range from $1,000 to $1,800 an
nually. and a very few of them have
their expenses, in addition, provided.
They Seldom Do.
A half wltted fellow living in one of
our country villages makes It his busi
ness to attend ail funerals and com
ment on them for days afterward. Re
cently he received an invitation to the.
wedding of a relative. The next day
after the wedding a neighbor asked
“And bow did the wedding go off.
Jim?"
“Oh, there was a pretty fair crowd
turned out considerin' the weather."
Jim answered solemnly. “Mary, she
looked right nice, but I didn’t think
Bob looked very natural.’’—Indian
apolis News.
Posted.
“Papa, what Is an escutcheon?”
“Why?”
“This story says there was a blot on
his escutcheon.”
“Oh. yes. An escutcheon is a light
colored vest. He had probably been
carrying a fountain pen." — Houston
Post.
Ths Three Grades.
First Girl—I know Jack hasn't much
money, but we can live on faith, you
know. Second Girl—And hope, too, 1
suppose? Third Girl—And charity!—
London telegraph.
Impossibilities an meftotj tbs half
bsartsd efforts of quitters -Hsrtwrt
Kaufman.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You"on Time for"the boat
” if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and(Sell Anything from
DeadJCrabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST, MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission ]
c 7am to 9am
MEALS 5 Lunch 12 m to 1 i> in
' 0 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.**
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything.! ;We Bake'Our^Own
Bread and Pastry.£Bread.for!Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
,_ Chas. Perry
"HrrsmiLir
si Complete Services ?■
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When
You
Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in I 0 to 15
minutes the clothes arc washed
white and clean ready to he
hung on the line without the.
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days’ free trial?
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
MtpSPEOTOR FOR RE
SULTS.