Every Time You Do,
You Don’t!
Perhaps this may sound a trifle slangy
but nevertheless it’s straight to the point.
Let’s “tie the animal outside” and proceed
to do another “careful investigation.”
You’ll consider the CLOTHES and the
PRICE the BEST EVIDENCE to offer in
this case.
In our stock cabinet can be found both
ALFRED BENJAMIN and Hart Schaffner
Sc Marx clothes; use your own comparison
on them or compare them with Values to
be found in other stores.
ALFRED BENJAMIN suits, $20~and up.
Hart Schaffner Sc Marx - - $18 to $25.
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Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc. •
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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301 -9 Grand Trunk Pacific Dock - SEATTLE
Stockholder* Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Granite Gold Mining Company
will be held at the office of the com
pany at Valdei, Alaska, on the Uth
day of October, 1914, at the hour of
2:00 p. m„ at whloh meeting a board
of five directors will be elected for
the ensuing year and such other bus
iness will be transacted as may
properly come before said meeting
B. F. MILLARD. President
Will give an Interest in number of
placer claims on Mineral creek to
patties willing to pay coat of assess
ment work. Apply to C. H. Phillips.
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TRAGIC BRAVERY.
Sublime Aot of a Here Who Went to a
Watery Grave.
In tbe chapel at Glenalmond school
In Perthshire, Scotland, there Is a
marble slab with this stirring story
recorded upon it:
There was once In tbe school a pupil
named Alexander Cumlne Bussell,
who became an officer In the Seventy
fourth highlanders when only a lad of
seventeen. In connection with the
memorable loss of the Birkenhead he
won Immortal glory. The troopship
struck upon a rock; the soldiers were
formed In ranks upon the deck to die;
the women and children were being
saved In boats.
Bussell was ordered Into one of the
boats to command It, and a little way
off he watched with dimmed eyes the
doomed ship. When she went down he
saw creatures of the deep contending
for his beloved comrades. Then he
saw a sailor’s form rise up close to the
boat and a band strive to grasp tbe
side.
A woman in the craft called out In
agony: “Save him! Oh, save him, sir!
He Is my husband,” but there was no
room for another, and the boat was la
boring heavily as it was. Bussell look
ed at the woman and then at her chil
dren, then at those beseeching eyes In
the deep, and, rising In the stern, be
plunged Into the water and helped the
sailor Into what bad been his own
place. Then amid a chorus of “God
bless you” from every one In the boat
the brave young officer turned, to meet
his death.—Pearson’s Weekly.
SOME FAMOUS PAINTINGS.
A Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans*
formsd Harpsichord.
The smallest painting In the world of
distinctive merit was executed on the
smooth side of a grain of com by a
Flemish artist On this limited surface
the artist painted In perfect detail a
mill, a miller with a sack of grain on
his back, a horse and cart and a group
of several peasants standing In a road.
The largest picture ever painted is
said to be a panorama of the Mississippi
river, executed by John Banvard, an
artist who died in Watertown, S. D„ in
1891. The gigantic canvas was twenty
two feet high and nearly two miles
long. It gave a detailed representation
of 2,000 miles of the Father of Waters.
The largest of the old masters’ can
vases Is Murillo’s “Appearance of the
Christ Child to St Anthony of Padua."
The picture Is ten feet wide and eight
een feet high.
It Is related that a friend called on
Salvator Boss In Florence one day and
found him playing on an old harp
sichord. The caller asked the artist
why be kept such a worthless Instru
ment
“Why, It Is not worth a scudol” the
friend said.
“I will wager,” replied Bosa. “that
It shall be worth a thousand before
you see It again.”
A bet was made. Rosa immediately
painted a landscape on the lid that not
only sold for 1,000 scudi, but was ac
counted a work of great merit
Boasted Too 8oon.
When the old Grand Duke of Meck
lenburg-Strelltz was staying at Hoik
ham with Thomas Coke, then common
ly known as “king of Norfolk,” he
boasted one evening at dinner that no
man had ever dared to shoot at him
and that If any one had ever attempted
such a thing he would have shot the
man dead on the spot
The next day at the court the grand
duke suddenly felt a shower of shot
peppering his legs and, turning round
In a fury to And whence it proceeded,
saw William Coke with a gun leveled
In bis direction.
“I’ve got another muzsle ready,” said
William coolly. “Will you shoot?”—
From “The Life of Thomas Coke. Bari
of Leicester.”
Relnoarnated.
Tbe school as a civic center having
become overcrowded. It occurred to
some bright mind to advocate the use
of the home as a civic center.
“The home Is vacant so large a part
of the day that It would seem that the
highest efficiency would put It to some
use other than as a possible place to
sleep In after midnight"
This was Immediately done, and the
home began to come back. Thereupon
the leading sociological writer wrote
an article In which he proved again
to the satisfaction of all that every*
thing has a use.—Life.
His Thirst
Husband—May, Just send up some
filtered water. Wife—Which was It
last night “Detained at the office" or
“A friend at tbe club?” Husband
Why? Wife—Because I didn't know
whether you wanted a tumbler or a
pailful.—London Opinion.
Improving Slowly.
“How Is your cousin getting on.
Jane?"
“Nicely, thank you, ma'am, but he
had an awful time. They performed
three autopsies on him at tbe hospital
before he began to get better.”—Balti
more American.
Didn't Agree With Him.
“Ton should never take anything
that doesn’t agree with yen," the phy
•ldan told
“If rd always followed that rule.
Maria," he remarked to his wife,
“where would you be?"—London Ex
press. _
Pike's Peak.
ZebtUon Montgomery Pika, an officer
In the United States army, discovered
the famous peak that beam his name
on Nov. IB. 180&
Notice.
The original owners of the Valdes
Ivanhoe property will not be respon
sible for any debts incurred by the
Valdes Ivanhoe Mining Company.
Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser
ltng, BUck Hoyt, L. C. St. Marie, tf
Bids will be received at the un
dersigned office for the removal o'
one electric generator from Valaes
to Solomon basin and for the con
struction of a concrete foundation on
which to set said generator. A bond
Is required, Alaska Water, Light ft
Tel. Co. kS
ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS.
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The First Crude Ones That Were le
sued by Qreat Britain.
The adhesive postage stamp bad Its
origin in England as a direct outcome
of the postal reforms introduced by
Sir Rowland Hill, whose master mind
created not only the Inestimable boon
of penny postage, but the means by
which it was carried into efTect—the
adhesive postage stamps.
At the time of the passing of the
uniform penny postage act in 1839 all
postal charges were paid in cash (usu
ally on delivery), involving an enor
mous amount of bookkeeping on the
part of the postofflce, which would
have been Increased a hundredfold
when the reduced rates of postage
came into force but for the suggestion
of the great postal reformer for “a bit
of paper just large enough to bear the
stamp and coated at the back with a
glutinous wash,” being subsequently
embodied In the famous one penny
black postage label and Its consort, the
twopence blue, which made their debut
in May, 1840, and were the progenitors
of all adhesive postage stamps.
For three short years Great Britain
enjoyed a monopoly of this novel and
handy method of collecting postage,
antil in July, 1843, the enlightened em
pire of Brazil followed suit with a
series of unprepossessing adhesive la
bels of native manufacture, adorned
with large numerals of value in place
of a design.
In 1847 the United States entered the
field with two beautifully engraved
portraits of Franklin and Washington,
while the head of Ceres, the goddess of
agriculture, found place on the first
stamps of the French republic, en
graved by the elder Barre, which made
their debut on Jan. 1, 1849.—Strand
Magazine.
SEIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Gat Out and Hunt For It if It Doesn’t
Knock at Your Door.
Lots of fellows have overlooked an
opportunity simply because they were
too close to It.
Don't be like the sick man who beard
of the curative properties of the waters
of Carlsbad and went there to take
them. After he arrived he consulted
a physician who carefully diagnosed his
case and then told him that his par
ticular ailment would respond better to
the waters of a certain spring in Amer
ict "Which spring?” asked the pa
tient. “One of the springs in Sara
toga.” replied the doctor. "That’s cer
tainly tough!” said the sufferer. “I live
in Albany.”
If you're made of the right stuff
you’ll find plenty of room to create
something for yourself In the Job you've
got. You can grow Just as big there as
you can in something of your own
building.
They say that opportunity knocks
once at every man's door. I don’t
know the nume of the scientist who
managed to get such a fine line on the
habits of opportunity, but If opportu
nity does announce itself the chances
are that it misses many a door, and in
some cases when it does knock I pre
sume “there’s nobody at home.”
My impression Is that opportunity as
a rule doesn’t knock at all—or very
rarely. Opportunity consists of think
ing. doing, having plenty of patience
and persevcrence, possessing the abil
ity to size up a situation and having
the nerve and willingness to take ad
vantage of It—Maurice Switzer in Les
lie’s.
Not Used to Wholesale Business.
A small party of prospective inves
tors were on a tour of inspection in
the oil fields. Having smoked all the
cigars previously provided by the
agent who conducted the party, they
all weut Into the one store of the vil
lage to get a fresh supply. An awk
ward clerk came up to wait on them.
The cigar stock consisted of a limited
assortment of stogies, “two-fers.” and
one box of a supposedly extra choice
brand that sold for 5 cents each. The
host of the party looked over the stock
and said. “I suppose you sell six of
of these nickel cigars for a quarter?”
The clerk took on a puzzled look,
scratched bis bead and drawled:
“Waal. 1 dunno. We never sold six
to any oue man.”—Indianapolis News.
The Green 8ailon
Mark Twain was once talking about
a play that had failed.
“No wonder it failed.” he said. “It’s
author was a greenhorn. He knew no
more of stagecraft that young Tom
Bowling knew of salloring when he
shipped before the mast
"Greenhorn Tom. you know, being
told to go aloft one dark, wet night
started up the rigging with a lantern
and an umbrella.”
Most Important.
"The customs Inspector evidently re
alized that we were important people."
“So?"
“Yes; be passed some baggage with
hardly a glance, but when he came to
us be was careful to go through every
thing.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Loading Part.
“My brother has a leading part tn
that drama.”
“What part?"
“He leads a horse across the stage
In the last act”
Not Yst Acqualntsd.
“And what do you know about
Moses?”
“Please, teacher, It’s my first Sun
day here and I don’t know anybody.”—
London Punch.
Fundamentally there Is no such
thing as private action. All actions
are public In themselves or In thdr
consequences.—Bovee.
The average spending by Ameri
cans abroad is estimated In normal
times at 12,000,000 a week. Turned
into the channels of trade at home,
that sum itself would make no incon
siderable difference in the volumnof
trade, besides relieving the country
of its accustomed drain of gold.
FOUND—A dory with eight h. p.
gasolene engine. Owner oan have
same by paying for expense of this
advertisement and also for care of
boat, which drifted to Montague Is
land. Apply to Jack Ryder. tf
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
The Consumer’s Company.
The entrance of this company into business
brought down lighting and telephone rates in
Valdez, and its continued existence keeps
rates down.
Electric lamps and fixtures for sale at minimum prices.
Mazda Lamps, 40 watt, 30 cents.
60 watt, 40 cents.
100 watt, 75 cents.
250 watt, $2.00.
Office In Copper Block, on Broadway
! List Your Houmi with the
j VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
House* for Rent or Sale. Collections Made. ;
! C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street. M
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital in
South Western Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Prirate Rooms for Patients.
For Terms and Further Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M. D., Physician in Charge.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate mi Nations I Unirawhy
Washington, D. C.
*-» dentist
ia Iwtli coafuin Fourteen rear, la
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdec Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone.. THE dentist
Offioe rooms over O*?I Drug store. Offioe hours
i tu m.. to 0 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. nest Proapector office
Valdes, Alaska.
New Company’s Phone No. 80
HOURS—9 t, 12 a. a.; 1 ta C sad 7 1,9,. a.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOUM-t Is It m., I Is I a e.. « W
TREATMENT 98JSO
Office sad Residence Court St. FHONE 2S3
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i > Attorneys at Law
Offices In Whallna Bnlldlns
[ Phone lOl Vaides. Alaska {
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW |
Office Opposite Court House 2
Phone 34 Valdes, Alaska 2
F. BUTTERWORTH
JCIvll Eagiaaar and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printinf Valdvs, Alaska.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
The Launch Ida
Leaves from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays until further notice at 10 a.m.
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
Chas. Perry
■Seattle^
nplefe Services
• IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
1135FbomawiHi bath-503&mpleRooms
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort idscum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. ill. 4:00 p. in.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. in. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. in. 5:00 p. in.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. ill.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
JOB PRINTING
The Kind that
Pleases
PROSPECTOR OFFICE
Are You Busy? We Are!
THE REASON
SO candle power lights, 50 cents per month.
Meter Rates . . . 2 cents per kilo-watt hour.
TELEPHONES, $1.00 PER MONTH
PRICE OF MAZDA LAMPS
40 watt, each SO cents 100 watt, each 75 cents
60 watt, each 40 cents 250 watt, each.. $2.00
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone
Company.