SttAM HEATED ' hot AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NF 7 FOR MEN ONLY
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Mead's Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS^nd OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Ho«e, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Oppose Prospector Office._Telephone 24
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WHK.V WE FIT YOU
WITH A SUIT J
We fit you at every point and *
fashion the garments accord- <j
ing to your own individual ,
proportions. The result is a j
fit impossible to obtain in a j
factory made clothing. And <j
as for style, there is a distinc- j
tion about our made-to-meas- ji
ure apparel that cannot be ap- h
proached. 4
BEN SILVEfcMAN
THE TAILOR 4
m CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917!
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER I
OF ALASKA }
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING, <
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any j
part of Prince William sound. j
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall j
board kept in stock at all times. j
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18 j
REFERENCES ' S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova, j
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska. •
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Vliout OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Clias. Fischer, Pr;>|»r.
THE SENATE
\NGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON I
CIGARS, BILLIARDS |
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35 |
Independent Steam Laundry jj
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave ;>
Telephone 66 I I RounrJ) Dry lCc lb ,,
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
JjOOAIj brevities.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
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Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen. tf
Have you tried our Boston Mints
, in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe.
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary. strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
The launch Pathfinder, Captain
Smith, returned late last night from
Fidalgo, Landlock and Ellamar,
bringing several passengers. Capt.
Smith reports a very rough trip be
tween Ellamar and Valdez.
A new line of neuters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, ti-at. baggie for you. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
GOOD AND BAD MANNERS.
And th« Brand Uaad In the Privacy of
tha Homi Circle.
There are three sorts of muimeri—
good, bad and the sort that nre used
in the privacy of the home circle. The
last named sort are usually the worst.
Good manners seldom come naturally
to any male. This is proved by the
fact that they must generally he ham
mered into small hoys with a large, ro
bust cane, tlite flat of Hie hand or the
rear side of a hairbrush. As the bo.,
grows to manhood he displays his na
tive bad manners by telling liis wife
wliat he’d like to say to the tiresome
folk who come to call and the people
who give ivirties which he is expected
to attend. Ills early training, how
ever. prevents him from exhibiting his
bad manners in public. Occasionally a
male child is blessed with good man
ners from birth, but lie usually expires
with exceptional thoroughness shortly
before or immediately after bis fifth
birthday.
Men with bad manners are generally
very successful in life because their
competitors and opiionents lose their
temiiers, thus making it easy for the
Itersons with the bad manners to de
feat them. Before n bad mannered per
son becomes wenltliy he is known as a
selfish boor. Afterward he is said to
lie eccentric.
There is grave danger that while a
bad mannered iierson is still in tlit*
Poor class some strong minded and
strong muscled individual may resent
his Pad manners and spread Ills fea
tures hither and yon over ills face with
a few brisk and well directed blows of
a pair of No. 11 fists. If one cares to
run the risk, bad manners are great
things on which to gamble.—Kenneth
L. Roberts in Life.
HIS SMUGGLING TRICK.
A Mexican Trader’* Way of Evading
tha Custom* Inspectors.
There are ways or evading duty
down on the Rib (irunde impossible to
the port of New York. The Mexican
found a way. He was a merchant just
on the other side of the Mexican bor
der. He had two vases which hud
caught the fancy of an American cus
tomer, but they were dear, and with
the duty added—not to he thought of.
The customer told the Mexican so. The
Mexican fell $5. But the price was
still loo dear. The Mexican fell again.
But still there was the duty staring
rlie customer in the face. Then sud
denly, without explaining how, the
Mexican guaranteed that the vases
should be delivered free of duty on tlm
liher side of the Rio (irunde—next
morning at. breakfast time.
"And,” tlie Mexican add in a eliar
tcieristic manner. "1 will lie there to
collect."
At breakfast next morning, as rb -
customer was eating leisurely, the Mex
ican appeared.
"Whore are the vasesV” the customer
inquired.
"In the next room, senor,” replied the
Mexican, smiling blandly.
"And the duty?”
“There is no duty, senor.”
"How in thunder did you manage It V"
asked the American, amazed.
"I paid a greaser a dollar, senor.
With the vuses strapjied to ins buck,
lie swum the Rio (Jrande. See, senor"
-hurrying to bring in a vase from tin*
next room and touching it gently witli
Uis fingers—“they are whole, jier-fect.”
—New York Post.
Courtesy and Work.
When I want to find fault with m>
men 1 say nothing when I go through
flieir departments. If I were satisfied
1 would praise them. My silence hurts
them more than anything else in the
world, and It doesn’t give offense. It
makes them think and work harder.
Many men fail because they do not
see the importance of being kind and
courteous to the men under them.
Kindness to everybody always pays
for Itself. And, besides, it Is r pleasure
to be kind. I have seen men lose im
portant jMtsitioiiK, or their reputations
—which are more important than any
position—by little careless discourte
sies to men whom they did not think it
was worth while to he kind to.—
Charles M. Schwab in American Mag
azine.
The Land of the Kurd*.
Kurdistan appeals to the archaeol
ogist. It was ruled successively by the
Persians, Macedonians, Parthlans, Sas
sanlans and Romans and is exceeding
ly rich in antiqUnrian remains, ihost of
which arc still unexamined. The Kurd
are a wild, pastoral, partly nomadic
people, are mostly Mohammedans and
are very hostile to Christians, tlieir
cruel massacre of the Armenians being
only too well known. Kurdistan be
longs to both the Turkish and (be Per
sian monarchies, though chiefly to the
former.—London Chronicle.
Objact of tho Visit.
“Did the titled foreigner call on you
to ask your consent to his marrlge with
your daughter?”
“I don’t think so," replied Mr. Cum
rox. “My impression is that ho came to
look me over and decide whether I was
sufficiently good form to be Invited to
the wedding.’’—Washington Star.
He Got the Job. /
“I understand that you told my clerk
you were seeking employment?”
“Your clerk misinformed you. I told
him I was looking for work."
“Take off your coat.”—Houston Post
Stewards Must Live.
Knicker— Smith regards himself as
the steward of Ids wealth. Rocker
That’s lust the trouble: he expects tips
—New York Run.
It is well to value ix-ople for what
they are without exjieoting perfection.
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DISTRICT COURT
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
returned not a true bill in the case of
the United States vs. Tim Balishof.
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon upon Harry Markel at Seldo
via.
In the case of the United State* vs.
Otto Kanitz and Caroline Kanitz. mo
tion of defendants' attorneys for a
postponement of the trail of the case
was denied, and the hearing was sei
for Cordova on April 2 or as soon
thereafter as possible.
This morning the grand jury had
no report to make, and as there was
no further business before the courl
a recess was taken until 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
FISHERMAN GETS
FIVE HUNDRED REWARD
SALEM, Ore. March 15—The Way.’
and Means Committee of the logtslt.
ture yesterday voted the $500 state
reward to Robert Gavin, a Portland
fisherman, who said he spent a year
trailing Edward Bartholomew, the
' Green Trunk Murderer” across the
United States and back, finally point
ing him out in Seattle to detectives
as the slayer cf John Lind.
The murderer was recently convict
ed of the murder and sentenced to life
imprisonment. He *rhs supposed to
have stuffed Lind’s body in a green
trunk and dumped it into the Willarii
ette river. Two Seattle detectives also
asked for the reward but their claims
were not approved.
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WANTED—Mill man’s job as firs',
amalgarnater. References to prove for
several years, handy with tools espe
cially wood work. Inquire at the
Prospector for K. Lahz. k-23
FOR SALE—Female canaries. In
quire Mrs. L. A. Depuy. 3t
A new stock of Al Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf
ALASKA COAL TO BE
SHIPPER TO FRISCO
Triumphant after six years' liti
gation with the government for the
control of rich anthracite deposits in
the Bering River, Alaska, district.
Clarke Davis, vice president of the
Alaska Petroleum and Coal Company
and its subsidiary company, the Al
aska Anthracite railroad, is at tlie St.
Francis. He was accompanied I y the
company's chief engineer, George O.
Nelson.
Davis is here to purchase equip
ment for the road which has its ter
minus at Controller Bay and taps
the Bering ri/er field, but twen»y
three miles in the interior and just
across the canyon from the rich Cun
ningham field.
Negotiations were completed yes
terday for the purchase of equipment
totaling nearly $100,000 and includ
ing locomotives, coal cars and fiat
cars. The rails have been purchased
from the Northern Pacific at Seattle.
Nelson left for the North last
evening. Davis will remain for the
purpose of completing negotiations
for bottoms to transport his com
pany’s coal to San Francisco, and
also to establish permanent connec
tions for handling his anthracite in
competition with the Eastern and
Australian coals. Davis said last
night: !
“Our road will tap 33,000 acres of1
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION;
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Dally at the Price i
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
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The value and need of a newspaper ■
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great;
war in Europe is now half-way intos
its third year, and whether peace bO|
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, T’iej
Daily Prospector and The Weekly,
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.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR 913.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly j
Miner are the only papers published;
at Valdez, and are replete with local;
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
its field 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
j ““ TONY’S PLACE ™
EVERYTHING C
FIRST CLASS \
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ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
iviar. s—s. a. Adm. rarragut
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson,
for Seward
Mar. 26—S. S. Adm. Evans
for Kodi«k.
Apr. 4—S. S. Adm. Farragut
for Seward
Apr. 9.—S. S. Adm. Watson.
for Anchorage.
From Valdez for Seattle—
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson.
Mar. 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 17—S. S. Adm. Karra^ul
Mar. 27—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 6—S. S. Adm. Evane
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
San 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 Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
j STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings |'ro>n Seattle—
Feb. 16—S. S. Alaska
F< b. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. S—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 16--S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. —S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. S—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT- ]
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM, d
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD. j
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep d
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Kllamar, Valdez and La- ]
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice, h
K. B. TKACV, firn'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent .
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coal in a bearing field at a cost of
less than $500,000. This field is
twice the estimated tonnage and con
tains a superior grade of anthracite
than that found in the Matunuska
field, where that United States Gov
ernment is expending $10,000,000 for
a railroad and has asked for further
appropriation of $20,000,000. In ad-j
dition the Government has a haul |
of two hundred miles to Seward, as
against twenty-three for our road
The Government field also is 40.1
miles farther from San Francisco and
ether coast ports than is our ter
minus, Controller Bay.
Our coal has been tested by DiS
G. C. Martin of the United States
Geological Survey, and he says it
compares favorably with the finest
Pennsylvania anthracite. We have
platted out over eight million tons
and beginning August 1 can mine
a thousand tons a day for the next
twenty years.
The Alaska Petroleum and loan
Company has the only patent for an
thraeitc coal mining in Alaska, and
this was obtained only after six years
of litigation and the expenditure of
a fortune. All of the rest is under
government control.
The conshmer in San Francisco nj
paying $19 a ton retail for anthra-1
cite no better than ours, and, since |
we cdn lay this coal down in bunkers j
at the wharf in San Francisco at $5 j
a ton, it should cost the consumer j
less than $10.
We have carriers for 500 tons per
day from Controller Bay to Seattle,
but would like to get into the market
in San Francisco.
Our president, Thomas Lippy, was
the first man to bring gold from the|
Klondike into San Francisco.
It seems to me you San Francis
cans are overlooking the Alaska busi
ness. You pay too much attention to
the Oriental trade, and are losing a
big proportion of our $100,000,000
worth of purchase we make yearly,
and, consequently, the greatest pro
portion of it goes to Seattle, whereas
firms in this city can undersell them
- San Francisco Examiner.
VETERANS OFFER THEIK
SERVICES YOUNGEST 7«>
PUYALLUP, March 1The L. C.
Ladd Post No. 17 has offered its ser
vices to a man In the event of war ami
not a member of the Post is under 76
years of age.
Mr. Edward Whitworth, comman
der, said that the veterans hau been
discussing the breaking off of the re
lations with Germany, met while they
did not approve of it, they would all
stard by the President in case of war.
Mr Whitworth and his brother Thom
as Whitworth are veten ns of the Civ
il War.
J. D. McCormick of Cordova, was
excused by the court yesterday after
noon from further attendance and left
today on the Admiral Evans for his
home.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
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Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Try our satin-finish hard candies
id hulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf