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SATURDAY, AUOUST 23, i!)l3.(
COMPLIMENTARY TO ROAD
COMMISSION.
The practical demonstration of
the fact that the Fairbanks-Yal
dez trail is available for the use
of automobiles is a feather in
the cap of the Alaska Board of
Road Commissioners, and proof
that the money it lias expended
on that great arterial road has
not been in vain. Bad the sug
gestion been made a year or two
ago that the road should be made
so that it could be negotiated
with ain automobile in less than
two days one would have imme
diately thought of soothsayers
and dre'ams. Yet, the other day
Robert Sheldon said that the ex
penditure of a very little addition
al money would make it possi
ble to go from Fairbanks to Yal
dez in one day, if necessary, and
in two days without difficulty,
and lie spoke with the experience
behind him of one that had made
the trip in 5-5 hours. The trans
formation has been brought about
by the road commission’s expend
ing tlie annual appropriations of
congress and the income of the
Alaska fund that could be spared
from other works that have been
carried on.
Another thing is demonstrated
by the feats of these Fairbanks
• automobiles: They have -howii I
that roads can be built in Alas- i
ka to connect with the railroads
that will cause development In
proceed with a rapidity beyond
the dreams of the most optimis
tic of today when the government
shall have completed a 1,00(1
miles or more of railroads in the
territory and raised the embargo
on the development of its natur
al resources.--Juneau Kmpire.
Though Cleveland is 117 years
old, there is nothing decrepit
about ils ball playing.
When judges and lawyers each
accuse1 the other of delaying jus
tice the layman nods assunl.
Mr. Rockefeller gels up at sun
rise these days and thus sets an
other precedent that very few
will follow.
We have our opinion of the
man who eats chib* eon carne
when the mercury stands at 1)8 in
t he shade.
When potatoes are very cheap
one calls them "spuds.” When
they are dear they become “pom
llies de tern*.”
Turkey thinks it is about to re
alize its hope that somebody will
come along and lift the mortgage
from the old homestead.
When if is raining brimstone
Mexico should be glad lo follow
Nicaragua’s example and gel un
der Uncle Sam’s umbrella.
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Everything will be all right if
the women voters do not insist
that the ballots bo whirred and
trimmed wilh Valenciennes lace.
Col. Coethais may complete the
Panama canal in time lo under
take the work of uniting the Pro
gressive ami Republican parties.
Denver lias adopted a regula
tion bathing suit, the bathing be
ing done, one supposes, in the
rarified mountain air of that alii—
ludinous city.
Ordinarily a public main prides
himself upon the number of peo
ple he knows, but none of them
seems lo care to admit that he
knows. Mulliali even by sight.
Mr. Bryan should not use up
all his diplomacy in trying lo
square himself for his Chautau
qua speeches. He will need some
of it in the State department.
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ELECTRIC BATTERIES.
How They Arc Constructed and Why
They Waar Out.
The electric battery generates a
supply of electricity by chemical
action, it differs front, the magneto
or dynamo, which generates elec
tricity from mechanical energy sup
plied by the engine. When this
chemical action ceases the supply
of electricity ceases and the battery
is worn out.
All batteries consist of three es
sentials, the two metal plates and
the chemical solution. The plates
are called electrodes, and the chem
ical is the electrolyte. Dry batteries
are dry in name only. If they were
absolutely dry they would not work
at all. The only difference between,
a dry battery and a wet battery is
that in the former the electrolyte is
in the form of a paste and in the
latter it is a solution.
The action of all batteries is
about the same, regardless of kind.
The plates usually consist of zinc
and copper, or zinc and carbon. The
chemical may be diluted sulphuric
acid, blue vitrol or a number of oth
er chemicals. This chemical solu
tion attacks and destroys the zinc
plate when the circuit is complete.
When the circuit is broken the
chemical action ceases and conse
quently no current flow's. When
the circuit is completed the chemi
cal immediately attacks the metal
plates. It eats up or burns up the
zinc plate. This action produces
energy. Some ol the energy is
wasted in heat, some is changed
into electrical energy which flow's
out over the wires to ignite the gas
oline charge in the engine or to do
other useful work for mankind,
such as ringing the doorbell, send
ing a telegram or carrying speech
over the telephone w'ires.
When either of these metal plates
is destroyed or the chemical has
so changed itself by combination
with the metals that it will no
longer attack the plates the chemi
cal action ceases. Therefore the
electricity ceases to flow out and
over the wires. •
Ordinary battery cells soon polar
ize and cease to work. This means
that the metal plates become cover
ed with a film of insulation material
such as hydrogen gas, so the chem
ical action cannot take place. This
also stops the electric current. Nu
merous chemicals are put into bat
teries to offset this polarization.
When these polarizing agencies
cease to perform their duties from
becoming exhausted or otherwise
the battery will not work, even
though the plates remain intact and
seemingly are good as ever they
were.
But there is no remedy for a
wornout battery. Dry batteries are
so incased and covered with insula
tion that it would absolutely de
stroy one to try . to remove the
plates. The job would not be worth
the trouble. Tt is easier and cheap
er to buy new batteries.—Electrical
News.
Short Courtships In Bulawayo.
in Bulawayo a young couple pre
sented themselves one Saturday aft
ernoon on the magistrate’s tennis
lawn and interrupted the game by
demanding to be married. The mag
istrate refused; declared he would
not have his only holiday spoiled;
his office was closed for the day.
The lovers were insistent. They were
trekking at once to take posses
sion of a farm a hundred miles up
country and must be married before
they set off. “Why on earth,” said
the magistrate, “did you not come
to see me this morning?” “But,
please, sir, we only met at lunch for
the first time!”—London Chronicle.
A Wind That Scorchea.
The name “harinattan” has been
given to a dry, hot wind which peri
odically blows from the interior of
Africa toward the Atlantic during
December, January and February.
Tt is accompanied by a fog or dry
haze, which sometimes conceals the
sun for weeks together. Every
plant, every bit of grass and leaf in
its course is withered as though it
had been seared'by heat from a fur
nace. Often within an hour after
the harmattah begins to blow green
grass is dry enough to burn. ~ ’
The Agile Rhinoceros.
Notwithstanding his unwieldy
shape and short legs, the rhinoceros
is one of the most agile of beasts.
A horseman can scarcely manage to
overtake him, and in strength he is
perhaps unsurpassed by any animal
in the forest. In single combat no
animal but the elephant can stand
up against him. To kill a rhinoc
eros a rifle ball must strike it just
behind the shoulder.
Time, the Aviator.
“Time flies,” remarked the man
who never says anything original.
“Yes,” replied the birdman
thoughtfully. “I wonder what
would happen to the universe if
time were to break a propeller or
get into an air pocket.”—Washing*
ton Star.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
BAKFRY INICONNECTION
amvEi\ 1 everything good
JACK CALLING &. CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry'call’on'me.
“QUICK ACTION”
i* my motto. •
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga’n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the I
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop. Z
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS f
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska Z
TIDE TABLES
Saturday, August 23.
High tide 3:38 a. m. 3:40 p. m.
Low tide 9:19 a. m. 10:35 p in.
Sunday, August 24.
High tin* »:34 a. in. 4:24 n. in.
Low tide ' 54 a. in. 11:43 p. in.
Monday, August 25.
High tide 0:00 a. in. 5:19 p. in.
Low tide 10:42 a. ni.
Tuesday, August 26.
High tide 8:06 a. m. 0:37 p. m.
Low tide 1:13 a. in. 11:55 p. in.
Wednesday, August 27.
High tide 9:30 a. in. 8:05 p. in.
Low tide 2:39 a. m.l :3 7 p. in.
Thursday, August 28.
High tide 10:23 a. in. 9:10 p. m.
Low tide 3:42 a. ui. 3:06 p. in.
Friday, August 29.
High tide 11:00 a. m. 10:10 p. m.
Low tide 4:32 a. m. 4:15 p. in.
Saturday, August 30.
High tide 11:33 a. in. 10:09 p. m.
Low tide 5:15 a. in. 5:00 p in.
Sunday, August 31.
High tide 12:09 p. in. 1 I :58 p. in.
Low tide 5:5 4 a. m. 5:5 4 p. m.
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Schedule of Donaldson. -
Olliee of the Quartermaster
Fort Liseum, Alaska, June 9th,
1913.
Daily, Saturdays and Sundays
excepted.
Leave Fort Liseum, 1:15 p.
m. and 5:00 p. in.
Leave Valdez 2:00 p. ni. and
5:30 p. m.
Sundays
Leave Fort Liseum, 9:30 a. in.
Leave Valdez, 12:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liseum, 1:15 p.
in., and 7 :00 p. in.
Leave Valdez 4:00 p. m. and
10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips on the
2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used
Lo clean boilers.
Spevial trips or cancelling of
the above will be made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service
By order of Lietut. Col. O’Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG.
1st. Lieutenant, 30th Infantry.
Quartermaster.
Hospital of the Good SamftrUarw'
For $6 we will give you a tic
cet entitling ypu .to.hosjHt&i aer-,
,’ice and care for any eight weeks
jut of the year from date of your
icket, when incapacitated by in
jury or sickness. t
See W. H. ZIEGLER.
Fine watch ana Jewelry iepair
ing, all work guaranteed. H. V.
Herndon, with Owl Drug Co.
Any hydroaeroplane that turns
soHierjaults is too versatile.
One-half otr on trimmed milli
nery and 25 per cent, discount on
suits at Harvey s Toggery.
Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
DO YOU KNOW
r•, ,.u
that school will open in a
few days?
Do you know that your
boy will need a new suit?
Do you know that your boy
will need a new hat or shoes?
DO YOU KNOW
that we are headquarters for
BOYS’ CLOTHING, HATS AND SHOES?
If you do not, we will deem it a fovor if you will inspect your boy’s suits,
etc., at home and then give us a call to inspect our various new lines of
boys’ wearing apparel.
Boys’ all-wool suits from $4.00 and up.
Boys’ all-wool suits with extra pants $6.00
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, • Proprietor
McKiniejr St, Valdez
j Chas. R. Crawford
1 Wall Street Phone 159
j Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
j building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
[ ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
{ hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
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| Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
| mg Lumber
| Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
j Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.!
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi Pipe, Fittings.
jlfcop Hotel
Cams. Pamr,Mdd' -
-THE BESTOTEVEmM
. IN THE HEART OT THE CITY ,
135ltooMsYftmBfcTTi-50SMWiltooM3
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K IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE. EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lighti!
THE COPPER BLOCK'
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good jnr DlirrCT G ° °d
Goods | fit DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and f f Til/ID CD and Building
Puget Sound Li U iVlDLil\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
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Dirugs and Druggist Sundries 9HMD
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