Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY TJ3K ,
Prospector Publishing Co.
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Rooms, Phone 152.
Advertising Rates on Application.
WEDNESDAY, AECUST 20^1913.
A FITTING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
If was a lilting thing that Rob
ert Sheldon,‘should pilot the first
automobile to cross Alaska from
the great Yukon waterway to the
coast at Yahlez. Sheldon is a(i
Alaskan in every sense of the
word, lie came north as a hoy
and located at Skagway, where
tie learned his trade as a me
chanical engineer and machinist.
He has lived v practically hfs
whole life in the territory, and
he was an .early convert io the
practicability of the automobile
as a vehicle of commerce in the
north. |JIe made, in the little shop
at Skagway, over which he pre
sided, the lirst automobile ever
ovlned in the territory. At the
time of making it he had never
seen an automobile. Likewisen
tiie trip that he has just com
pleted over the Fairbanks-Valdcz
trail is the' lirst one that he ever
made over it. lie is one of those
men in whom the elementary con
ditions that, exist in Alaska have
developed originality and re
sourcefulness in a remarkable
degree. We join those Valdez
people who toasted him last night
__here’s to “Bobby” Sheldon.—
Juneau Empire.
Aii Iowa woman is proposed as
a candidate for a Carnegie med
al. She met a rat face to face
and instead of run'llin^j and
'screaming, she kicked it in the
head and killed it. Surely she is
oil til Ic'd to a medal for bravery
or marksmanship. j
Perhaps you will not believe il,
flint they say that one of our
town girls recently sent the us
ual -’5 cents to ti|d out how to
whiten hands, and in a few weeks
the following answer came,
“Soak them in dish water.” Her
mother was tickled almost In
death. }
If your neighbor is-prosperous,
let him prosper. Don't grunt,
growl or grumble. Say a good
word for him and let il go at
that. Don’t be a knocker. Your
tubn will come. No one man, is
the whole show. If you see the
town is moving along nicely, feel
good about it. Help Jthings
along, shove a little. Try to get
some of the benefit yourself.
Don’t stand around like a chilly
old cadaver. Don’t waste your
time feeling sore because some
fellow has a little more sand and
sense than you have. Do a lit
tle hustling yourself. Don’t be a
knocker.
Newspaper advertising tends to
lower the cost of living, accord
ing to the consensus of opinion
voiced by speakers at the lunch
eon given by the Hawkeye Fel
lowship Club in Chicago. If it
were not for advertising the pub
lic would no bankrupt as the re
sult of soaring prices, it was as
serted. jrhe relation of Newspa
per advertising to the high cost
of living was summarized by the
speakers as follows: If decreas
es living expenses. It increases
the volume of sale. If increased
sales to the consumer, lower
prices. Advertisements te'l peo
ple where to buy cheapest. Bar
gains would go begging were it
not for advertising. Advertise
ments are cheaper than high
salaried drummers.—Ex.
Once Was Enough. .
It was Mummer, and Long Branch,
he came there, we met;
He was handsome a|nd hasty and
I a coquette;
He proposed; I refused him, I
loved him, but then,
I thought, don’t you f see, he
would ask me again.
But he didn’t.
WANTED—A girl to assist with
the care of children. Call or
’phone Mrs. Hamburger.
EVADED THE LAW.
Th« Pious Mussulman Artist Paints*
Only Dsad Birds.
According to one of the tenets of
the Mohammedan religion, it is *
sin to make a picture of any living
thing. The elaborate decorations
of the palaces and mosques of the
east are almost exclusively made up
of ingeniously interplaced geomet
ric designs," arabesques or flowers,
intermixed with sentences of the
Koran.
There is a belief among the Mus
sulmans that at the day of judg
ment Allah will demand that the
artist who has made the image of a
living thing shall endow that image
with life and that, failing to do this,
the artist will be sent to perdition
for his sin.
A gentleman who visited the
mosque in Algiers found that the
tiles with which the building is
decorated, which are very old and
very beautiful, are adorned with
flights of birds. He expressed sur
prise at this and asked if the com
mand against such representation
were a modern edict.
“Oh, no,” answered the pious Al
gerian to whom he addressed the
question. “These are not pictures
of living birds.”
“But they are painted as if flying
across the tiles,” the other said in
some astonishment.
“Yes,” the Mussulman replied,
“but do you not see about the neck
of each there is a fine black line?
That is to show that the artist
painted only dead birds, and the
command of the Koran is not vio
lated.”—London Chronicle.
The Word "Almanac.”
The etymology of the word “al
manac” has been more disputed
than that of any other in the Eng
lish language, and from the opin
ions expressed upon the subject.
Verstegan’s has been accepted as
probable, though there cannot be
the slightest doubt that the Saxons,
from whom he obtains his deriva
tion, took their term from the Ara
bic. The Saxons, he says, “used to
engrave upon certain squared sticks
about a foot in length or shorter or
longer as they pleased the courses
of the moons for the whole year,
whereby they could always certainly
tell when the new moons, full
moons and changes should happen,
as also their festival dates, and such
a carved stick they called an al
mon-aght—that is to say, nl-mon
lieed—to wit, the regard or observa
tion of all the moons, and hence is
derived the name of almanac.”—
London Tit-Bits.
In a Japanese Bookshop.
The following advertisement of a
Tokyo bookseller is worthy of the
most progressive vender of printed
wares:
“The advantages of our establish
ment: 1, prices cheap as a lottery:
3, books elegant as a singing girl:
3, print clear as crystal; 4, paper
tough as elephant’s hide; 5, cus
tomers treated as politely as by the
rival steamship companies; 6, arti
cles as plentiful as in a library; 7,
goods dispatched as expeditiously
as a cannon ball; 8, parcels done up
with as much care as that bestowed
on her husband by a loving wife; 9t
all defects, such as dissipation and
idleness, will be cured in young peo
ple paying us frequent visits, and
they will become solid men; 10, the
other advantages we offer are too
many for language to express.”
Looking Ahead.
A charming young woman walked
into a store in the village and asked
to see some typewriting paper. Aft
er making her selection she hesitat
ed for a moment. “Do you make
anv reduction to clergymen ?” she
inquired.
“Yes,” replied, the merchant
promptly. “Are you a clergyman’s
wife?”
“N-no,” she answered.
“A clergyman’s daughter, prob
ably,” said the man as he tied up
the package.
“No,” was the young woman’s
hesitating answer. “But”—and she
leaned over the counter and spoke
in a confidential whisper—“if noth
ing happens I shall be engaged to a
theological student as soon as he
comes home from college next
month.”'
A Story With a Moral.
A schoolmaster in the country
delivered an address to the scholars,
of which the following passage is an
example:
“You boys ought to be kind to
your little sisters. I once knew a
bad boy who struck his little sister
a blow over the eye. Although she
didn’t fade and die in the early
summer time, when the June roses
were blooming, with the sweet
words of forgiveness on her pallid
lips, she rose and hit him over the
head with a rolling pin, so that he
couldn’t go to school for more than
a month on account of not being
able to put his hat on.”—London
Tit-Bits.
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Go to the v
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
R1KFRY INJCONNECTION
QAIVE.I\I EVERYTHING good
JACK CAUJN St 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
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK! for
PORT WELLS and
Way Port*.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'u.
A Five-room heme with ten
foot shed for lees than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the J
COLEMAN HOUSE j
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop. <
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS J
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska <
Cook Wanted.
Cook wanted by Col. O’Neil, call
or 'phone commanding onicer,
Fort Liscum.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum tonight.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
. in. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United States of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment.
Whereas a libel of information
hrs been filed in the above court
on the 1 ith day of July 1911. on
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship’s
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25lh day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who. now holds
the came at tin Port of Unalas
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to I he
United Slates for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within, the waters
of Alaska, and praying that tin
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United States.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to me directed and
delivered, I do hereby give public
notice to* all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in any manner interested
therein, that they be and .appear
before the United States District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’clcok in the forenoon of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise cn
the next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condem
nt.tion will be ordered.
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
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Our New Building
has given us more room which has made it possible for us
to add a new line of merchandise to our already complete
stock.
The town has long felt the need of a well assorted
stock of
Crockery and Glassware
and we have just received our first shipment of
SEMI PORCELAIN, and HAVILAND CHINA
HOTELWARE and DECORATED CHINA.
Come in and see it.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bJd. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.)
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Deicription, Hoae Valve*,
Iroi °ipe, Fitting*.
ffcup Hotel
CUPOPBUL
C//AS. Pe/Ntr, msp.
-the BESTorEvnnrntim
iNTtiEraAKTormcmr,
l^iogj^TjtojOSjjmitogg
K IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE_ EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Light) I
THE COPPER BLOCK1
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Convenience*
Good TUC DIICCCT G 0 °d
Goods I lit DUrrU Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I f TRflDUD and Building
Puget Sound u v/ 1Y1Jlj£J\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
ices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
[[PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Internet on lime Certificate of Deposit.