WIRELESS SERVICE
IS VERY RAD
t
Operators Are Only on Duty Part
of Time and Many Am
ateurs
Tim government order compel
ling all passenger steamers to be
equipped with wireless telegraph
apparatus is not all we expected
it to b© when I he order was is
sued, all because the poor com
panies owning the ships cannot
afford to employ competent op
erators and enough of them. Here
is what an experienced wireless
operator has to say:
"The system of wireless upon
which the passengers and crews
«»f coastwise steamships on the
Pacific would have to depend in
case of disaster is a protection so
meager and of such inefficiency
lhat it does not deserve the
name. There is not a chance in
a thousand that a "C. 1). Q." call
would be caught on a passing
ship if it happened lo be sent in
the hours of late night or early
morning—and maritime disasters
seldom occur outside these hours.
In many cases wireless instru
ments aboard steamships arc in
care of amaleui's and incompe
tents, who in a crisis would be
incapable of quickly summoning
aki.
"The. foregoing sweeping in
dictment and exposure is a sum
anary of the charges and state
ments made l»y operators now a
V>arl. of the service, and by mar
iners who almost, every day of
their lives have the troth of the
amazing condition thrust, upon
them.
"If a steamship on any of the
Alaska runs or between Seattle
and the south should catch fire,
strike an iceberg or go aground
at 2 o'clock in the morning a call
by wireless for help would be as
useless as shouting through a
megaphone. On none of the ves
sels that might be within distance
to render aid would there be an
operator at his post to hear the
call. The reason of this is be
causc only one operator is car
ried by a steamship, and during
the hours that he must be away
fromi his instrument to sleep, eat,
fake exercise and iu many cases
perform other labor on hoard
ship, his wireless i< deaf to the
call of others."
MANY ADDITIONS T \ I'
TO TELEPHONE LIST
Tin? following arc additional
snhscrihers l» I l»o telephone not
appearing in tin; directory. Cut
: nut I In* list and place in your
' book:
j Alaska Hand Laundry 7K
Alaska Club 03
| Miss Georgie Adams 17 4
Marvin HurTord 143
Miss Minnie Blair 154
Thos. Blakney -10
Meyer Blum 58
T. S. Commissioner 26
r. s. Clerk 112
Cily'Health Officer 83
Judge K. E. Cushman 135
Miss Mac Crillenden 180
Envil Davis 4-4
Miss Hose Cohen 201
C. T. Dajgell 77
Miss Lucy Dcpuy 149
Miss Alien DcArcey 171
Mrs. E. 1L Davis 125
Horace DeLine 130
Eagle Hall 22
Miss Julia France 13 4
Miss Bessie Gordon 49
Collins Gaines 72
I. Hamburger 155
\V. -H. Kramer 182
Mrs. M. Kelsey 23
Mrs. D. Davis 100
Louie's Cafe 107
McKinloy Hall 20'.
J. C. Marl in 105
Hay Millard 05
Norlhern Trusl Co 01
Mrs. A. P. Olson 215
Miss Lulu Palmer 173
Miss Jack Paul 85
Miss Hose Parks 1 \ i
Miss Clara Hoberls 120
Mrs. George Soaines 187
Ben Silverman, lailor shop.. 108
Dr. D. 11. Slecin 83
Sounio-Sinilh Messenger. . . . -18
Al. Sullivan 1 4 1
Mrs. E. M. Thompson 138
(ioorjr'e Treaf....
Irrsuline Arndemy
190
?\ 1
Wells-l'arjro Kxpress Of
j !•'. (1. Weber. residence Oft
The Rambler people have put
«»n an additional forcc of men in
order In push work.
Tonight at the Majestic.
Overture, Majestic orchestra.
• "The Trapper's Fatal Shol," a
Palhc Indian story.
"The Colonel's Son," Kaleni
war picture.
"The Local Dully," a cowboy
comic.
Vnidez Druff Co
Miss (ieorfria Wilson
fit
03
SEE
Holm & Hansell
For good quick carpenter
work, 8hepard'a Building,
Wall 8treet.
Now is
The
Time
To advertise. If business Is quiet
invigorate It by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
ohant ever succeeded by outtlng
down his advertising Just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money la the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through tha advertising oolumns
4>f the newspaper.
If you have aomethlng for sals
wrlta up an advertisement telling
Its merits. We will bring It be
fore the peopU qpd are oonfldent
It will bring . Try It.
Prospector
,NYAS TYEE OF ALASKA
I ! AT GOLDEN POTLATOH
(Continued from page 1^
him many of his people, tricked
out in all their native color and
finery and well prepared to show
the while brethren a whole lot of
HiiiiKvS they never saw before.
As the story goes, the Tyee
from tlie North and his people
will show I heir way »>f life. They
will light their battles and play
their games. They will he seen
in their gayest dances and most
solemn and picturesque councils.
All in all, thev will reproduce
conditions as they are up where
few ever see them.
The Tyee will arrive on the
gold ship, and he will he welcom
ed to our city by a regular queen.
Just who the queen is to be, not
even the Potlatch management
knows at this time. For a mat
ter of that, there will have to bo
an election or something of that
sort, held before anyone will
know. But there will be one, and
she and her subjects will return
in kind tlio show given by the
Tyoe and his people. They will
be shown the ways of modern in
dustry and the ways of modern
fun; I hey will see the war boats,
the aeroplanes, the soldiers and
jack tars: they will be wined and
dined and two-stepped to a fare
ye well, so that, with the unusual
land unconventional produced by
'the Indians and the usual and
conventional produced by the
'queen and her court, the Potlatch
bids fair to be a double-barreled
festival, the like of which 110 city
j anywhere in all the land ever
I saw.
I rs"i» one noe<l fear thai Ihere will
j not ho Tillikums in sufficient
j number In pull off tin* Tyoe part
of the colebralion. (Jelling riirlit
clown to figures, there arc enough
of them and to spare light now.
For I hat mailer. no organization
over pnt under way in Seattle ov
or wont with (ho speed and en
thusiasm that has eharaelori/.ed
the first wooks of I lie now festival
fraternity. There are close upon
500 members now, and at the rate
Ihe now ones are coming in there
will he 500 more within the thirty
days coming. Initiations are be
ing hold weekly, and somolimos
; twice weekly, and. lake it from
several hundred who have gone
through that ordeal and know
whereof I hoy speak, it is some in
ilialion. The funniest stuff that
ever came over in vaudeville has
nothing at all on tho Tillikum
ceremony.
| LOCAL BREVITIES.
I
I
Provisions and supplies arc
j being freighted I<> tin* Kealey-Mc
1 I>• »n;iId properties off Shonp ^la
I oior.
The interior of tho cable oft'iees
are being repainted and regain
ed, adding much to thoir appear
ance.
Wharfinger Sam Knndson is
repainting the Valdez dock ofi'i
ces, making them clean and
cheerful.
Unofficial news received from
Washington slates that neilhe:
Ihe double time or pay received
by soldiers serving abroad will be
a (Tooled by Ihe hill now before
congress. The status of the en
listed men will remain unehaim
od.
Tin* orders commanding I In*
ili'l»arhir«« «»f iim'IiiImts of tin*
Signal Corps serving in Alaska
have been sii modified thai lliey
will in>| sail on the Inuisporl, lull
will be gradually withdrawn dur
ing llio similiter as I In* recruits
si'iil here aii- found I ft have be
come |»i*f>li«*i**iit in (heir new du
ties.
MAJOR CON8TANTINE DIES
AT LONG BEACH, OAL.
Long Beach, Cal., May 12.—
Major Jam'es Constantino, for 26
years an officer in Ihe Northwest
Mounted Police, died here today
aged 62 years. Major Constan
tino was well known throughout
Canada and the norlh. Tho hody
will he taken by tho widow to
Kingston, Ont.
r .
■ Secretary Fisher is fearful tho
wnato committco will favor tho
Katalla route. Why should tho
flecrotary of tho Interior bo
"fearful" no matter what action
the senato committco may take?
Gov. Wilson's "cocked hat"
loiter has not been half as per
suasive lo the voters as his
books on economical questions,
which have succeeded in jolting
• him into political insensibility.
Hui»>eribe for Ihr Prospector.
Anheuser-Busch
There's None So Good
The Big Place
A I. White
Proprietor
DAGGETTJD LEAHY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
All branches of up-to-date den
tistry. Offices over Jim Kahler's
drug store, Valdez, Alaska.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private Bath Room for Ladies.
| Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
SENORITA MENDEZ
! Phone 185 Wall St.
I
NOTICE.
I
As a sanitary measure. 1 will
i offer four prizes to any persons,
I including preferably children, for
{(lie greatest number of Hies
I eaughl. between Ibis dale ami I b«*
iL'1st day of June next al I In: noon
! hour.
| Flies ran be eau^bl in any
i piimner Ibe ingenuity of the eom
! pel it or may suggest.
I Flies caught should be placed
| in a reeeplaele wliero iliey can
j dry.
i They mjust be delivered at tbe
j health ofTieer's office on the 21st
day of June, 1912, during the
I noon hour.
To the person catching the
| largest number of flies a cash
'prize of $10.00 will be given.
The second highest will receive
! $5.00.
i The third prize will bo $3.00.
! The fourth prize will be $2.00.
It is to he hoped many will
participate in this contest for,
besides winning a prize, each
j worker will be rendering the com
! munity a lasting benejlt.
D. H. SLEEM,
j Health Officer Town of Valdez.
i
NOTICE.
j For the purpose of maintain
ing good sanitary conditions the
i citizens of Valdez are hereby re
quested, according to section one
• of Ordinance No. 27, lo remove
from their premises, from the
j streets, highways, alleys, grounds
J and gutters, streams and creeks
! adjacent to their premises, all
dirt, rubbish, garbage, ashes,
empties of cans and hollies, and
I all filth of any kind deposited by
them. All parties who have or
caused to have manure piles on
their premises or near stables are
requested to remove and haul
away the same. Anyone failing
I to comply with this notice before
! the 2 lib day of the present month
|wil| subject, himself lo the pro
visions of'the above ordinance.
i>. II. SLEEM, M. D.,
Health Officer.
Notico of Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given lliaf. the
firm of Smilli, Bunnell & Weber,
heretofore engaged in I lie gen
eral practice of law at Valdez,
Alaska, lias I his flav been dis
j solved by inulual consent. Any
i and all accounts due In said linn
may be paid lo any of I ho under
signed, fo whom authority is
hereby given lo receipt f«>r Ihc
same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
15th day of May, 1012.
EDMUND SMITH,
C. E. BUNNELL.
P. C. WEBER.
NOTICE.
Sealod bids will be received
immediately for the sinking of 80
feet of incline shaft, 5 1-2x8
1-2 feet in size, at the Cliff mine.
All bids must be in by noon, May
.25, 1912. For further and de
tailed information inquire at the
mine. I reftftrve the right lo re
ject any and all bids.
CLIFF MINING COMPANY,
By J. W. Hamilton, Supt.
FOR SALE—At Fort Llscum,
household goods, piano, dishes,
rues, olc., inquire afternoons at
cable ofTicc, Lieut. Drury. k 25
Who has a better right lo shine
in Chinese affairs than Dr. Hun?
COAL COAL
VALDEZ DOCK CO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSIDE ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle [■ May 27
- June 15
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle - - June 20
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-1'acittc Steamship Co. for
Southern California ports. Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Dow Hates, ltijjhi reserved tochan/u steamers and sailiDtf daiet».
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed 1 I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 06 I I Rouffh Dry 10c lb.
fRWaiKBIIU
L.n mi
IT'S IN THE BREWING 1
PILSENER STYLE
THE BEER THAT MADE VALDEZ FAMOUS
A Home Product For Home People
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
Patronize HOME Industry and Keep Your
Money at HOME
VALDEZ BREWING AND MALTING CO.
4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
The Largest and Best Equipped Steam ships*in
the Alaskan Service, ALAMEDA and MARL
POSA, leave every eight days, All the
Year 'Round for Cordova and Seattle via. In
side Passage.
TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
t/ A ■
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local
Agent
The Side Board
Day & Greenig [Proprietors]
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms
For Housekeeping, Sleeping and Office*. Rates
Reasonable
Foot of w«ii st. ARCHIBALD BLOCK
Port Wells
THE LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
Loaves Valdez for Port
Wells every Tuoaday parry
ing passengers and freight,
touching at all way points
whero business offera.
Special Trips Gin B« Arranged
Chan. R. Crawford
WollStioot Phono 1S9
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