By Ordering Your Fall
, Suit Now $10
^ Fall and Winter Samples for
Alfred Benjamin Suits were
received on one of the last boats.
From these samples we select
our regular stock. Now here's
what weVe going to offer-fifty
different samples that are worth
in the regular way up to $40.
are going to be sold special
for $29.75. You select your
benjamin (tbltecf (Dothes fabric and the order goes in
with the regular store order. Delivery will be in
about five weeks. Quality and workmanship is guar
anteed in every way—select and individual pattern.
The order will go in one week from today.
Remember the price. $29.75.
Valdez Mercantile Company
NO PLACE FOR THE
VOl'NG MEN OF ALASKA
CORFU:— The little Creek island
of Fano near here has neconie known
to the entente fleets and armies as a
place where women are forbidden to
talk. The island has normally a popu
lation of 1824 persons, but most of
the men are in the United States,
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where they work as waiters.
The custom of the island for many
I years has been for the young men to
marry the girl they love best, and
! then after a brief honeymoon, go to
America to make their fortunes, re
turning in a few years to their brides.
| During this period of the absence of
j the husband, it has become a custom
for their wives, women traditional for
j their beauty, never to talk to men. It
is the busness of the older women
to watch over the young wives, and
when strange men approach, as has
happened frequently since the war.
they are met with a shower of stones.
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| JOHN BARLEYCORN IS DEAD;
WHISKEY STILLS SHUT DOWN
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 10.—
i Saturday night at twelve o’clock the
J manufacture of whiskey thruout the
| nation ceased for the duration of the
war, and probably forever. The cessa
tion of manufacture is due to the
fact that Commissioner Hoover has
I ordered all cereals saared for food
j purposes. The government will com
mandeer all alcholic supplies for use
in the army.
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SAINT ELIAS HOTEL
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MRS. FRANCES. CRUM. MGR.
Rates made on Rooms by Week or
Month, Warm, Comfortable, Home-Like
Special Attention to Transients.
THE PINZON
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Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
Finest Pool and Billiard Tables
in the North.
Card Rooms in connection.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
Crude Oil Takes Jump
PITTSBURG, Pa , Sept. 10—Crude
oil reached the highest price in twen
ty years today, when an increase of
fifteen cents a gallon was announced
by the operators. This now makes
the quotation $3.26 a case. The un
usual demands of war activities on
the country’s supply of crude oil is
given as the reason for this advance
in price.
UNIVERSITY COACH KILLED
WHILE PICKING PLUMS
SEATTLE, Sept. 10.—Hiram B.
Connibar, coach at the University of
Washington rowng crew, was killed
this morning hy falling out of a
plum tree in the rear of his home,
his neck being broken.
STRIKEBREAKERS SAID
TO BE DRAFT EVADERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10.—Act
ing on police reports charging that
60 per cent of the substitutes brought
here from other cities by the Unted
Railroads to break the strike of the
company’s platform men are evaders
of the draft law, department of jus
tice officials here today began a
roundup ofthose without registration
cards.
Military Roads for canal zone
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10.—
Appropriation of $100,000 for build
inf of military roads from the Pana
ma canal back into the Jungles' as a
possible aid to repelling Invasions was
introduced into the house by the war
department today.
Mrs. Jos. A. Dieringer, wife of J<£
seph Dieringer, the well known Vai
dezan, arrived this morning on the
steamship Alaska, after visiting for
several months in the States.
Mrs. Fred M. Brown, wife of Dis
trict Judge F. M. Brown of this city,
is a passenger for Valdez on the
steamer Alaska, which sailed north
yesterday.
Bids on a 250 foot
tunnel are desired
on a Port Well prop
erty. For particu
lars see John A.
Roseen at the Val
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dez Mercantile Co.
RUN FALL KK ACHES BF^ORD
' ; PAST TWENTV If E ARB
During the past 48 hours ending
at 7. a. m. this morning 4.37 Inches
of rain has fallen breaking all rec
ords for the past twenty years by sev
eral Inches. The trails are reported
flooded, Lowe river being on a ram
page. At mile 4 there is reported to
be several feet of water over the
trail, and at Beaver Dam the operator
reports the trail flooded. At the drop
the road is covered wth water and
there Is two feet of water on the trail
at Rocky Drop. The rainfall has made
every creek bank-full, and many
bridges are reported washed out. The
glacier stream is quite high but the
roads are in no danger from that
source.
Pnrntshed rooms at Mrs osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Win. Lufkn and Deputy Marshal
S. O. Casler left Fairbanks yesterday
morning or. their return trip to Val
dez.
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Reinke’s. tf
Miss Grace Gamble, a teacher for
the Valdez schools, is a passenger on
the Steamer Admiral Evans.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen tf
The, Moose band will hold its reg
ular practice tonight in Moose hall.
A Monster Eb bass and a baritone
were received on the steamer Ala
meda.
Bargains tn souvenir spoons at Geo.
O. Reinke’s. tf
Lieut. Faust Coming Home
Lieutenant Faust and party left
Donnelly this morning on their way
home to Valdez.
Odds and er.ds of wallpaper 3 & 4
rolls to the bundle, cheap at Ru
dolph's. tf
F. B. Vaughn, who left here yes
terday on his way to his home at
Teikhell, was forced to turn back on
account of high water.
FOR RENT—One 3-room furnish
ed house. Also 1 two-room furnished
cabin. See Rudolph. tf
Frank Lamson, stage driver, arriv
ed in town the latter part of the week
with several passengers for Valdez.
Mr. Lamson started back to Fair
banks yesterday, but was forced to re
turn to town on account of high wat
er in the canyon.
A nice line of Earthern Teapots
at Rudolph’s. tf
Private James O. Murphy and Den
ny Eastham left Beaver Dam for Val
dez this morning.
WANTED—Good bedstead, parlor
chairs. Enquire Prospector. tf
C. H. Voll. the assayer. was a re
turning passenger from Cordova, on
the steamer Alameda.
Dr. VV'm. H. Caswell, who is con
nected with the Alaska Anthracite
Coal Company at Katalla, returned
to his work at the above place on the
steamer Northwestern this morning.
Jack Ritz, a brother to "Shorty”
Ritz, who recently lost his life by
drowning in the waters of Goose
creek, near Anchorage, was a passen
ger to the westward from Seattle.
"Shorty’s” body has not yet been re
covered.
Bert Corrigan was a passenger on
on the steamer Northwestern.
K. Yamasaki, the well-known cook,
was a passenger on the Alameda for
Latouche this morning.
A large number of soldiers were
passengers on the steamer Northwest
ern from Fort Lisc.um this morning,
en route for Vancouver barracks. It
is Btated that 75 men will come up
from the States in the near future,
and *be stationed at the fort.
Lieutenant G. E. Luebben, U. S. A.,
arrived on the steamer last evening.
Miss Mae Potter, Mrs. A. Hagland,
and J. S. Leedy were Seattle passen
gers to Latouche on the steamer Ala
meda.
John Ackerlund was found dead
under a cabin on the Thirteen acre
tract this morning. He ended his life
by the shotgun route, and succeeded
in blowing off his head. Deceased was
about 60 years of agd, and a coron
er’s jury decjded that he was a sui
cide.—Cqrdova Times.
No Demand For Copper
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The cop
per market is dull. September and
fourth quarter deliveries are quoted
at 22.40 and 26 1-2.
Without a Rudder
No one would wish to ride in a ship
without a rudder.
Cancelled checks are a rudder for
your future guidance, and will enable
you to save and cut out many useless
expenditures.
Come in and let us tell you how a
checking account with this bank will
help you.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1 ]
JOBBER IN 1
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COAL, HAY j
GRAIN and
LUMBER
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Office, toot of Wall street ]
So comfortable in the morning, when other fires burn
low—
So healthful in sickrooms, where oxygen is valuable—
So convenient and safe for cosy corners.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Telephone Co.
Valdez-Fairbanks Auto Service
CARRYING U. S. MAII, and EXPRESS
Passenger Service—Valdez-Fairbanks
25c Per Mile To All Interior Points
EEAVE VAI,DE3 1st and 15th ot Each Month
SPECIAL TRIPS ON APPLICATION
Address: WM. SCHMIDT, Valdez, Alaska
Phone 228
KEYSTONE PRODUCE Co.
HEINZ’S 57 VARIETIES
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetables,
Cigars, Tobaccoes and Confectionary.
Keystone and McKinley Streets
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. t*
WANTED—Five cents per pound
will be paid for clean, cotton rags at
the Prospector Office. tt
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tt
Old papers in hunches of 100 at
this ofllce, only 10 cents. tt
A new lot of manufacturer’s sam
ples of men's and women’s wearing
apparel Just received at the Empor
ium. ' tt