A Grocery Section That’s
Keeping the Standard Mp
In spite of scarcity and high costs we’re
maintaining quality in groceries. If you
are not a regular customer we would
welcome a trial—several specialities.
Purity Cross Cream
Chicken, A La King,
ready to eat just by
warming—a delicious
delicacy for lunches,
entrees etc. Price fifty
cents.
Even between boats
this store has a good
selection of fresh vege
tables—today Lettuce,
Tomatoes, Cauliflower,
Celery, Rhubarb etc.
If there is any one
item this store is sure
of, it’s the quality of
the butter and eggs
that are being sold.
Next order try this
store for a dozen eggs
and a brick of butter.
More new cookies on
the last boat-fresh and
crisp you’ll like them.
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j M. J. B. Coffee—Best by every test. |
Valdez Mercantile Co.
PHONE 44 _ Fresh Fruits—Fresh Vegetables
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Washington Creamery Butter, Fresh Ranch Eggs and Cheese
HEINZ 37 VARIETIES
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.,E
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TIDE TABLES FOR -MARCH.
Compiled for Valdez Bay, by T .o
Prospector:
Wednesday, March 7—
First High Tide 11:36 a. m., 8.4.
First Low Tide 5:33 a. in., 1.5.
Secorid Low Tide 6:00 p. m., 0.1.
Thursday, -March 8—
First High Tide 0:09 a. m., 7.8.
Second High Tide 12:09 p. m., 8.4.
First Low Tide 6:05 a. m., 1.0.
Second Low Tide 6:24 p. m., 0.1.
Friday, March 9—
First High Tide 0:34 a. in., 8.1.
Second High Tide 12:41 p. m.,'8.3.
First Low Tide 6:36 a. m., 0.4.
Second Low Tide 6:47 p. m., 0.3.
Saturday, March 10—
First High Tide 0:58 a. m., 8.5.
Second High Tfide 1:15 p. m., 8.1.
First Low Tide 7:08 a. m., 0.0.
Second Low iSde 7:12 p. m., 0.5.
Sunday, March 11—
First High Tide 1:25 a. m., 8.7.
Second High Tide 1:49 p. in., 7.7.
First Low Tide 7:45 a. m., —0.2.
Second Low Tide 7:39 p. in., 0.9.
Monday, March 12—
First High Tide 1:50 a. m., 8.8.
Second High Tide 2:26 p. m., 7.2
First Low Tide 8l16 a. m., —0.3.
Second Low Tide 8:07 p. m., 1.4.
Tuesday. March 13—
First High Tide, 2:19 a. m., 8.9.
Second High Tide 3:06 p. m., 6.5.
First Lov Tide 8:56 a. m., —-0.1.
Second Low Tide 8:38 p. m., 1.9.
Wednesday, March 14—
First High Tide 2:64 a. m., 8.7.
Second High Tide 3:55 t>. m., 5.9.
First Low Tide 9:44 a. m., 0.1.
Second Low Tide 9:16 p. m., 2.5.
Thursday, March 16—
First High Tide 3:37 a. m„ 8.5.
Second High Tide 5:03 p. m., 5 3.
First Low Tide 10:42 a. m., 0.5.
Second Low Tide 10:05 p. m., 3.0.
A uew line or neaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Miner Ads. bring KBSULTS.
L. J. Erickson, an interior mining
man, arrived on the Alameda wit;:
two horses, en route to the interior
Me will go in via t’hitiua.
SLIGHTLY COLDER WEATHER
REPORTED FROM INTERIOR
Most of the interior stations re
port colder weather this morning
the drop in temperature ranging
from 1 to 18 degrees. Tonsina leads
with the greatest drop and the cold
est weather, going from zero yeste
day to 18 below this morning. All the
station except Fairbanks, Hichardso:.
McCarty. Donnelly and Wort man re
port temperatures ranging from
below to 18 below, while these sta
tions report 4 above, 11 above, 12
pbove and 4 above, respectively.
Clear, calm weather generally pre
vails. The local temperature remains
about the same as yesterday, the
minimum for the 2 hours ending at
7 o'clock this morning being 9 above
and the maximum 25 above. The ther
mometer registered 11 above at 7
o’clock. The barometer is rising slow
ly, indicating continued fair weather
TWO <11 ARDS SAVED
BY INSANE PRISONER
SALEM. Ore., March 7.—Joe Cas
tranva, insane murderer, yesterday
broke up an organized insurrection
at the insane ward of the Oregon
state hospital end saved the lives of
D. B. Fitch and T. X. Lane, attend
ants.
Dr. H. A. Sturdevant, formerly a
Portland dentist sent to the asylum
recently, and John T. Thompson, of
Milwaukee. Ore., a blacksmith, appar
ently conspired to disable the guards
and make a break for liberty. Many
others apparently were in the plot.
Fitch was attacked as he was ait
ting in a chair reading. He was with
Lane. Sturdevant rushed with hard
ware taken from a bathroom striking
Fitch from behind, sending him
down with two blows, which crushed
the skull. Thompson simultaneously
attacked Lane with a metal handle
from a kitchen utensil, sending him
to the floor dazed.
Oastravana, who was outside the
room in the hall, heard the disturb
ance and grabbed Thompson, sus
taining severe cuts in the light that
followed. Ha got a half-nelson on
Thompson and threw him and called
others patients to aid hiui. He then
subdued Sturdevant. Castrovana was
most seriously wounded of all.
Thompson was sent to the asylum
in 1 [102, having murdered a saloon,
keeper in Portland and was consider
ed a desperate criminal.
2,225 Ml.MOHS KILLED
IX MIXES Dl'HIXtJ P.)J<;
WASHINGTON. H. March 7
Fewer men lost their lives ia Amen
can coal mines during If 1C than ia
any year of the past ten, although
the year was the most prosperous in
the history of mining, with more men
employed and a greater tonnage ta
ken from the earth than ever i> j
fore.
The army of mine workers mi.. -
bevcd over three-tenths of the mil
lion. Three and three-tenths of each
thousand were killed by accident,
tlie lowest death rate in IS years, and
the lowest on record per ton of coal
mined. The number killed was 2.225.
There were 65,000,000 more tons t •'
coal mined than in 1915.
The beautiful, warm, sunny weath
er of the past few days so confused a
prominent resident of Valdez as to
the season, that he came out today in
a Panama hat, believing that summer
was here.
in bulk at the Candy Kitcheu. tf
Try our satin-flnish hard candies,
. ■ .'-M
PRINCE ADALBERT.
8on of Kaiaor Wont on
Peiso Mission to But|«rio.
Steamship Sailings
Alameda—Sailed west from Valde>
March 7.
Northwestern—Sailed west from Val
dez, Fob. 28.
Admiral Watson—Sailed west from
Valdez to Kodiak Snr.day, Mar. 4.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed south
from Valdez, Feb. 25.
Admiral Evans—Sailed from Seattle!
for Valdez, March 2.
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valden i
to Seittle, February 15.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:45 ^.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:60 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:36 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
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Daily Weather Report.
March fi, 1917, 7 p. m.
Barometric pressure .29.852
Temperature ..29
Maximum temperature .33
Minimum temperature .18
Mean temperature .25.5
Snow on ground .34 in.
Clear, calm.
March 7, 1917, 7 a. m.
Barometric pressure 29.945
Temperature .11
Maximum temperature . 25
Minimum temperature 9
Mean tempera;ure 17
Snow on ground ..34 in.
Clear, calm.
—Myrtle F. Billings. Obs.
Trail Weather Report.
Valdez. March 7, 1917.
Fairbanks—4 above: 11 inches of
snow; cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Salcha—4 below’; 19 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair. One doubie
cnder; 3 men north 11a. m.
Munson's—Slater’s outfit south 7
| a. m.
Richardson—11 above: 3 .nches ol
snow; partly cloudy; calm, trail fair.
McCarty—6 above; 5 inches >1
snow; clear, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—12 above; 8 inches of
snow; partly cloudy, calm, trail good,
north mail by 10:35 a. in. yesterday.
McCalluni—5 below; snow 55 in
<ieep; clear, calm, trail good; stage
south 1 p. m. yesterday: Road Coin
mission team south 7 a. m. date.
I’axson—4 below; 20 inches of
snow: clear, calm, trail good: stages
north and south, no passengers; dog
tea, 2 people north 7 a. ni.
Hogan—2 below; 22 inches of
snow: clear, calm, trail good.
(lulkana—10 below; fi inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good: Road
Commission team south fi a. m.; X. C.
Company team north « a. m.; Ingram
with Road Commission auto north 7
a. in. today.
Copper Center—-1" neiow, » mci'cs
of snow; clear, calm, north mail out,
no passengers: N. C. freight team;
Road Commission teams out 7 a m
Tonsina—18 below; snow 12 in.;
clear, talm. trail good.
Teikhell—5 below; 32 inches snow:
clear, north wind, trail good; Arrow
smith north with mail 8 a. m.
Beaver Dam—10 below; calm,
clear; 50 Inches of snow; trail open.;
Buchanan broke trail two and half
miles south yesterday.
Summit—6 below; 88 inches snow,
clear, strong north wind; trail closed.
Wortman—8 above; 45 inches of
snow; clear, light wind; trail bad;
north and south.
EIGHTY DOLLARS A TON
FOR COAL NOW IN FRANCE
PARIS, Mar. 5.—The equivalent of
$80 per ton for coal is perhaps the
maximum reached during the present
crisis in Paris. The coal delivery man,
who extorted this price from a client
in great need instead of delivering
it to the customers who ordered it
at the equivalent of $56 a ton, has
been arrested.
Several other cartmen are under
arrest for exploiting the high cost
of living on theicjown account in dif
ferent ways. The case is reported one
coal dealer who made the equivalent
cf $2500 profit on 100 tons of coal; |
he and another dealer who sold his
produce at a net of $14 per ton, are
being prosecuted under the special
law of April, 1916, against extortion
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Cdndy Kitchen tf
--
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug j
Co. tf ;
Have you tried our Boston Mints!
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf;
For llrst-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf,
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Prospector ads bring results.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
Wells Fargo Travellers checks tor sale
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
AND POST OFFICE SAVIN6S BANK.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Acts, for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public Re«l Bldg. Ph.ee 1M
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
' GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufacturers are repre
sented in our stock. All electrical
supplies we sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
WIFE KILLS HUSBAND
IN RESTAURANT
BUTTE, Mont., March 5.—HaroM
Andrews, a bookkeeper, was shot and
killed by his wife in a booth.in a res
taurant here today. The couple en
tered the restaurant from a taxicab,
and hardly had taken their seat in
the booth when the woman drew a re
volver from her muff and shot her
husband through the heart. After the
shooting the woman attempted' to run
from the restaurant but was held un
til the police arrived. She told the
police her husband had got what he
deserved when informed her husband
was dead. The couple quarreled last
night over Mrs. Andrews frequenting
cabarets.
Railroad Is Sold.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 5.—The
Missouri Pacific lines in Kansas for
merly known as the Kansas & Colo
rado Pacific were sold at public auc
tion here today for $9.800,000 to R.
H. Neilson and D. A. Holmes, repre
senting ihe reorganization committee
committee and Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
New York.
WARNING SOUNDED THAT
SITUATION GROWING GRAVE
LONDON, March 7.—In the Swed
ish parliament Saturday, according to
un Exchange Telegraph dispatch fror
Copenhagen, the foreign minister. K.
,\. Wallenberg, declared that “some
thing has happened in the last "ew
days that makes it necessary for
Sweden to take sterner measures to
safeguard her neutrality.” This de
claration, which has made a deep in -
prersion in Sweden, was elicited by
the refusal of the second chamber to
vote for an appropriation of 30,000.
000 kroner for military purposes. The
first chamber passed the measure but
when it reached the second chamber
104 votes were cast against it and it
favor of an appropriation of 10,000,
000 kroner. Unless some change oc
curs in the situation the amount wi:i
temain at 10,000,000 kroner. In
sounding his warning, the foreign
minister said the opposition would
soon be compelled to admit that the
situation was graver for Sweden tha"
ever before,
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs. Julius Jungholm has taken a
position with the Valdez Cafe.
Hot-Point Irons and Electric Appli- 1
ances have now arrived at the Kmpo- \
rium.
Men’s, Ladies’ and Children's Hose
came cn the last boat for the Empo
rium. _ _ _ St
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, tor sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.