STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR MEN ONLY
HIGH TONED TAILORING
to high toned men. Gentlemen
who are the mest exacting in
the style and fit of their gar
ments swear by us. Our fab
rics are of the highest grade,
cut and fit by most skillful tai
lors and at the same prices
paid for inferior work.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS.R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR mil OOILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
WiH take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
dFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
references
BANKERS
j S. BLUM Sc CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
| B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alazka.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Piwne 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Prof.r.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 ’
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rough Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Location nouceB. noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Complete line cf Buik Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tE
* Anything m nugget and Ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Reaall! Rexall! Investigate Rex
all products at the Owl Drug Store, tf
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
The best of everything in t>ox
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
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Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Subscribe for the Prospector.
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 131. it
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Prospector ads bring resultB.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez $75.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska. k3-l-17
' DANCMQ IN ROUMANIA.
Peasant* Mak* Marry on Sunday to OH
Thalr Joints For Monday.
Tbe Roumanian peasants have a say
ing that they must dance on Sunday to
keep the creak out of their bones on
Monday. Most of tbe dances are ut
tbe public bouses—dance balls under
the blue sky. as it were—and young
and old gather there. The old folk
spend the day with the tipple, while
the young ones dance. There is very
little drinking on any other day of the
week, and a tipsy man except on Sun
day is seldom seen.
The dances are organized by the boys
of the community. They arrange for
the music, provide the refreshments
and preside hs masters of ceremony.
When the girls reach a marriageable
age and have been sufficiently instruct
ed in the household arts they are al
lowed to attend these dances as partic
ipants. “She dances at the dance" is
the peasant way of saying that a girl
lias made her debut and is eligible for
matrimonial attentions.
Tbe national dance of Roumanla is a
sort of cross between a Jig and the
gume of ring-around-the-rosie. All the
dancers clasp bands and form a ring
They then begin a stepping, swaying
motion that never moves them out of
their original tracks, and to the music
of the gypsy band they keep it up fot
hours.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
STORY OF A SONG.
“Ban Bolt” and Its Author, Dr. Thomas
Dunn English.
Of all the American songs none Is so
hauntlngl.v sweet as that beginning:
Don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown,
Who wept with delight when you gave her
a smile
And trembled with fear at your frown?
Dr. Thomas Dunn English, its au
thor, contributed his poem to the New
York Mirror in 1843. It was a work
of love, written without compensation,
to oblige the editor, N. P. Willis, who
Imd recently undertaken to put the pa
per on Its feet.
The poem had a pathetic lilt that at
tracted no little attention, but its fame
did uot come until later years. In
1848 Nelson Kneass, an actor, adapted
the poem to an old German melody,
and the air captivated the American
people. Then the song crossed the wa
ter. achieved an equally great success
In England and literally ran round the
world.
It remained for George Du Maurier
to immortalize “Ben Bolt” In the play
“Trilby,” where the gentle victim of
Svengall sings the air so sweetly to
Taffy the Laird and Little Blllee.
Xew York World.
Ths Doctor's Prescription.
Of historical interest is the emblem
found on every prescription written by
a physician, consisting of the letter It
with u thin line across the tail at an
acute angle. According to historians, it
had its origin in the ancient custom of
allowing the stars to dominate every
day incidents of life. The R thus mark
ed is said to huve been the emblem used
by the ancients to designate the su
premacy of Jupiter. Therefore it seems
probable that some chemist of ancient
days gave a prescription or a recipe to
some patient and wrote upon it the em
blem of the planet then in the ascend
ancy. which happened to be Jupiter
This emblem has come down to the
present time and Is always used. In a
more modern sense it stands for a
recipe, or an order or instruction to
take something. Literally construed,
recipe means “take” or "take thou.’’
How to Loom to .Writ*.
Putting words together Is not writ
ing; making fine sentences is not writ
ing; elaborating striking plots is not
writing. Of all the arts literature Is
the most exacting mistress. To write
you must have lived, you must have
suffered and know Joy, you must be
able to analyze people, to understand
their motives, to love them.
Granted that you have learned some
thing of the motives, the passions, the
sorrows that rack us humans, then you
must also have your medium in con
trol. Words are like little creatures
that march and fight and sing. They
are like extra bands and brains. All
the passions wait on tbeih. Until you
get this sense of the cbolceness, the
fragility, the power of words, you are
not ready to transcribe your thoughts
—American Magazine.
Tolstoy’s Intensity,
Everything in Tolstoy’s character,
says a Russian writer, attains titanic
proportions. “As a drinker he absorbeJ
fantastic quantities of liquor. As a
gambler he terrified his partners by
the boldness of bis play. As a soldier
he advanced gayly to bastion four, the
bastion of death at Sevastopol, ami
there he made dying men laugh at bis
witty sayings. He surpassed every
one by his prodigious activity in sport
as well as in literature.”
Dogwood Dys.
Dogwood was the source of the fa
mous “Indian red” with which the
vain warriors dyed their eagle feath
ers and buckskin clothes. They pro
cured the dye from the roots of the
tree. This is probably the most brll
Iiant dye to be procured from Ameri
can trees.
No Wonder.
Mrs. Crabshaw—Don’t cry, Willie
I’m not going to punish you this time,
for you hurried when I called you
Willie—Boo-boo, mamma! I fell down
stairs!—New York Times.
Death expecteth thee everywhere.
Be wise, therefore, and expect death
everywhere.—Quarles.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS
DRUNK WITH PROSPERITY
The Pacific northwest mining dis
tricts nre drunk with prosperity, saysj
the Spokane Chronicle. Dividends
paid during 1916 by the mines of the
Cotter d’Alenes, Washington, and ofj
southeastern British Columbia total
*13.749.861. a gain of $3,500,000 '
over the dividend record of 1915.
The rise in the price of zinc ai.d
lead is responsible for the prcspei
ity. The Interstate-Callahan, it
zinc producer, netted its stockholders
$2,7S9,000 during the year. Three
years ago it was heavily in debt and )
was not paying running expenses. The
Hercules mine, one of the largest lead '
producers of the world, yielded V';.-!
000,000 to its owners in 1916. The!
mines of these districts have paid a
total of $78,339,355 in their history j
in the form of dividends.
The prosperity of the mining lis
trict is reflected in the activity cb the
Spokane stock market. During No
vember the Spokane Stock Exchange!
.handled $554,646.81 worth of busi-'
ness, representing the transfer of 3,-!
478,360 shares of stock. The year's j
business of the exchange has reach ic. j
more than $3,000,000 and represents
the transfer of more than 16,000,000 j
chares.
$5.00 FOR A CHICKEN
IN WARRING COUNTRIES 1
i -
j Valdez people disposed to protest
the high cost of living may find a
crumb of comfort in market condi
tions in Europe. Swiss newspapers
quote the following prices on food
stuffs. For instance, a good sized
| chicken costs all the way from $3.50
'to $5; a goose from $13 to $22;
!choice potroast of beef, $1.60 to $2 a
'pound; eggs are worth from $5 to $8
a dozen; potatoes are plentiful as ev
'ery available inch of ground is used
for them. Owing to the scarcity of
coal the movie theatres, public houses!
and cafes are compelled to close at 1 '
:p. m. The larger theatres are said to1
close at 10 p. m. These quotations ap- j
;ply to Berlin, Paris and London, and!
all belligerent countries.
|
Make Sauerkraut at Vancouver
i VANCOUVER, Feb. 21.—A sauer
kraut factory is to be established here
, by Libby, McNeil & Libby, accord
ing to W. F. Burrows, president of j
the company. It is said the Star!
Brewery property which is to be sold
by the receiver Feb. 23, will be ac
quired.
AVALANCHE Jl’ST MISSES
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN
t _
i PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 21.— Aj
locomotive, caboose and rotary snow- >
plow were overturned by an avalanche i
of snow which slid off a hillside at
'Bacon, Ore., just before daybreak to
!day, immediately after an eastbound :
1 trans-continental Union Pacific train
had passed the spot, according to re
ports reaching here. Fireman Cox
was buried in the slide.
" T
After Bootleggers.
ABERDEEN, Feb. 21.—County au
thorities are serving forty warrants I
'for alleged dry law violators in all1
: parts of the country. The real mean |
j ing of these warrants is that the coun- j
jty and authorities of the various cities
ihave united in an effort to hit the!
'bootleggers as hard as possible.
! -—
Why uot a VIOTROLA? We have
then from $15 up. Valdez Drug
|Ce. »
I Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Owl
jDrug Store.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
| OF THE NEW YORK WORLO
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the W'orld gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
[than at the present time. The great
I war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be
[at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
[The Prospector Publishing Company
letters the Thrice a Week World, The;
[Daily Prospector and The Week’.y
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 156 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
!price. Can you afford to be without
them.
Hie Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR 918.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly [
Miner are the only papers published'
at Valdez, and are replete with local j
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in ccn-i
densed form. The World is too well j
known to our readers to dilate upon
its fleld of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace*
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
'S? TONY’S PLACES’
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our l^arge Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer F'requent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Prom Beattie to Valdez—
Feb. 16—S. 8. Adm. Farragut
For Seward
Feb. 26—S. S. Adm. WatBOO,
For Kodiak
Mar. 2—S. 8. Adm. Brans
Mar. 9—8. 8. Adm. Farragut
From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. FarraRut
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral £van£
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for Saa Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
Saa Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY' Valdes, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Hiiiliatf* from HeatUe—
Feb. 16—S. 9. Alaska
Feb. 24—9. S. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. 9. Mariposa
Mar. 8—9. 9. Alaska
Mar. 16—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to (Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 23—8. 8. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, OORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUOHB AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyohe. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. B. TRACY, Gn’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due.to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, VaHax, Pint 1 A. E. Harria, T. P. A. Jane*a, Alaaka.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rexall! Rexall! Always gets first
call by discriminating buyers wh *!
know that Rexall stands (or superla-i
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
clusive agents. tf
Pure Freeh Drags at tbs Valdes
Drug Store. tf
For fine Candies see oar stock. I
Valdez Drug Oo. tf
- j
A new line or heaters priced right,*
at Mead’s. tfj
—
Just received, a new line or Toilet;
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co. j
_ I
Just Received—the latest Popular1
Songs and Music. Valdes Drag Co. tf ]
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready;
to transfe. tliat bag>,«iBt' for you. tfl
I
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable.
A. M. DIERINGEE
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Tggat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, botn qaarts and
placer, at the Miner offlre.