Do You Need a Pipe?
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We Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at
The Buffet
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ml BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES i S. BLUM A CO., Valdes, and Cardova,
BANKERS 1 B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 68 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Pro* pec tor Office. Telephone 2*
LET US MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let us do
It now. The new fabrics in serge,
worsted, thibet, etc., are in and
we are prepared to cut them in
to suits of class and snap at a
very low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66 I
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lie lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
.CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
PORT WELLS MILL
AND
LUMBER COMPANY
Orders taken for sized and
dressed lumber.
THE PINZON VALDEZ, ALASKA
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdes: to
‘ Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
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* VIRTUE gr THRIFT.
Cultivate It Earnestly, but De Nat
Carry It to Exoeea.
Thrift la a com|>ueite quality. It em
braces within Itself nesrly all of the
great virtues. It involves industry,
prudence, forethought, self denial.
It certainly has do relation to nig
gardliness or meanness.
Some men would let their grand
mothers starve for the sake of a few
dollars. 8uch action cannot lie called
thrifty. A virtue carried to czceBs be
comes a vice and Is no longer a virtue
Thrift that does not take Into part
nership honesty of character develops
into cuvetou.sness and avarice.
Thrift is the opposite of thriftless
ness. prodigality. Improvidence and
waste.
Thrift menus better homes and bet
ter food, more comfort and enjoyment,
less waste and less anxiety.
It is possible tlmt a large proportion
of people have earnings so small that
saving seems impossible. lint this Is no
reason for their being unthrifty. On
the contrary. It !s reason for making
the best and the moat of the little the}
have for their health, comfort and true
happiness.
A few dollars in a home or a savings
bank, or any safe luvesment. Is as good
seed as ever was sown.
Out of It grow confidence, quickened
energies, firmer courage, more stalwart
thought and hope, more orderly citizen
ship. education for the children and the
Independence and self respect that lift
aimless, hopeless drudges up to the
true manhood that aspires and achieves.
—Christian Herald.
QUEER WEDDING CUSTOMS.
In India the Native Quetta Literally
Paint the Town Red.
They have some carloua wedding
customs In India. At a native wed
ding In Bombay tbe wedding guests
literally “paint the town red” by
throwing on one another a kind of red
powder until they are crimson from
head to foot Their disordered white
draperies, the stAlns and splashes on
their faces and hair give them the ap
pea ranee of victims of a massacre. In
India balls which may be secured for »
■mall rental are provided for these
ceremonies. But weddings are also
celebrated In tbe Hindu temples, with
priests In attendance. In a Hindu
temple a bride of twelve must scat
herself on ■ stone and be drenched
with water by her bridesmaids. Be
hind her, her mother is subjected to ■
similar deluge, and at a short distance
behind tbe bride's mother tbe grand
mother undergoes tbe snme treatment,
while In front of tbe dripping trio two
priests sit beside n briskly burning
wood fire mumbling the prescribed
words for the ceremony. One casts n
few grains of rice Into the Are and the
other, with a ladle, throws Into It a few
drops of oil.
During these performances the bride
groom, seated In a carriage outside
the temple, receives the eongratula
tlons of his friends. In the far east
tbe bridegroom would seem to be tbe
member of the party most to be en
vied.—People’s Home Journal.
Japannad English.
A prominent merchant In Osaka, Ja
pan, sent the following to an English
firm:
Messrs.—We have much pleasure to
requesting your latest catalogue of
your products, price list and discount
sheets. If it turns satisfactory we
shall consider the question of the large
orders. Now, our aim doing in this'
case is our first attempt to prepare our
selves to purchase of the products di
rectory from makers instead of the
broker of each side. We must beg
your kind co-operatUn. on this new
movements. We are of opinion as well
as our cuatomees here that will proba
bly obliged us to follow tbls new prin
ciple. Trusting that the result will be
encouraging the further business, and
remain, etc.
Strictly Ornamental.
Man’s only nonutilitarian garment is
the necktie. It’e as useless as a mon
ocle. Yet we wear ’em. We’d feel aw
fully awkward walking down the street
without one. 'Once upon a time the
necktie was used to fastea the collar
uu. But now It doesn’t do that Man’s
necktie is the Indian’s eagle feather,
the cannibal’s necklace of teeth, the
mid-African’s Ivory earrings. It’s bis
pride, on which he bestows much
thought, great care. We wonder what
would happen to the vanity of the hu
man race, masculine half, in case of a
necktie famine.—Toledo New a-Be*
NATION'S ARMED FORCES
NOW TOTAL 1,074,146
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
In the belief that the country does
not understand the real strength of
the American military and naval
forces, Chairman Dent, of the house
military committee, today submitted
to the house for publication in the
Congressional Record a statement
prepared at his request by the com
mittee on public inforamtion grom
government records.
“On September 6, 1917,” says the
statement, “there were in the regu
lar army, National Guard and reserve
jcorp of the army 78,828 officers and
741,053 enlisted men. In the navy
there were 141,807 enlisted men, 41,
4 73 naval reserves and 14,500 of the
naval militia in the federal service.
There were 5,000 men in the coast
guard and 6.500 in the hospital
corps, making a total of 209,340. En
listed strength of the marine corps
was* 29,971 ; reserves in the services
1,070; national naval volunteers,
704; retired men on active duty, four
teen. There were approximately 12,
500 officers in the navy and 1,166 in
the marine corps.
“In other words, on that date the
army had, included officers and enlist
ed men, 819,881, and the navy 254,
265, making a total armed strength
on that date of 1,074,146 men, all of
whom are volunteers. Prior to that
time there was not a drafted soldier
in a single training camp. The draft
law was approved May 18, 1917."
MAN GABRIKLE IA)8T
AFTER 20-DAY BATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
Italian troops have taken from the
Austro-Hungarians the fortified hill
of Dol and the Gargaro basin, and
now occupy the slope and top of
Mount San Gabriele after severe
fighting. The Italian embassy in an
nouncing the capture today said it is
the greatest victory gained by the
Italians since their entrance into the
war.
The capture of all Austro-Hung
arian positions on Monte San Gabri
ele is expected to be a matter of
hours. The fighting in the region of
the forest of Tarnovo was severe as
the Austrians had assembled an en
ormous force of artillery there. The
positions there were taken by infan
try attacks at heavy cost to the Ital
ians.
The battle has been raging twenty
days. Last week the Austrians chang
ed from defensive and began an of
fensive, using masses of their best
troops against the Italian positions,
the Loss of San Gagriele will mean
for the Austrians, the embassy says,
the loss of all the vantage points
■ against the Gorizia plain and the
Frigido valley.
KunsIa Fixes Cereal Prices
PETROGRAD, Sept. 25.—The gov
ernment has issued an order doubling
the fixed price of cereals. The order
also provides for increased remunera
tion for freight on these foodstuffs.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort LUcum Leave Valdes
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:80 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
7:16 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to dean
hollers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official laslness between Val
des and the Post Should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry. A. Q. M.
By GEORGE NEWLOVB. M. R. C.
TOBACCO, like fren’ship
and so forth, is
the better for bein
mellowed by age.
VELVET Smoking Tobacco owes its "aged in the
wood’ ’ smoothness to more than two years' curing.
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place It In the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do (hat for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
¥szB Tony’s Place T“
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Sept. 25—S. S. Alameda.
Sept. 30—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 6—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 12—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 18—S. S. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. i>—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 12—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 16—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 28.—S. S. Alameda
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Ska way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lls
cum, Valdez, Latouche, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alaska do not call at
Skagway Southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
Phone No. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between AH Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a.( m.—
Sept. 24—S. S. Adm. Watson
(For Kodiak)
Oct. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 10—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 18.—S. S. Adm. Watson
From Valdez to Seattle—
Sept. 28—S. S. Adm. Karragut
Oct. 7—S. S. Adm. Watson
Oct. 14—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 22—S. S. Adm. Karragut
Oct. 30.—S. S. Adm. Watson
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES*
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROV1CH, Propr.
Take a look at our new line ol
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdez Drug Store. tl
If it isn’t an Eastman it isn’t a
Kodak. We carry a complete line ol
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tl
A special on stationery at the Val
dez Drug Store. Box paper, worth
from 60c to $1.00 now 26c. tl
Ansco Films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tl
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.
autos for hire
DAT OR NIGHT
l.. ’
Positively N9 Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
KAMA WEN
Capt.fOttofEtfstrom 1T)I
Weekly tripe to Port Welle
and all Sound Point*.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWTNG
'or ratee and calling datee see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdez Dock
Candy Wen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl One Star*.
FOUNTAIN KS
HOT-COLD
A nice line of carpe ter loola .it
Rudolph’s. t»
Lowney’s Box Candida at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. H
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