GOVERNOR CLARK
ADVI8E8 MORE DELAY
One of the llrst questions ask
♦ d (Jovernor Clark on his return
to Juneau by the reporter of (lie
l>ispateh was his opinion on I lie
outcome of the Home llule hill in
tho semile. "Yes, 1 know the
house passed the territorial gov
ernment hill, hut the senate will
not do so al present, hul will
adopt, my recommendation that a
commit lee of its own mcinibci's
visit Alaska and Ihul out for
themselves. That was all I ask
ed."
<Sovernor Clark ami wife have
returned to Juneau lo remain for
awhile.
A Ketchikan tlsherman hooked
a rainbow trout with a fly, says
the Miner.
\V. II. Ilust, former manager of
the Tacoma smelter, is mention
ed as the next Democratic com
mitteeman from I he stale of
Washington.
CONGRESS PROBABLY
ADJOURN LATER DATE
Washington, May 27 Then* is
a grave question as lo whether
or not conci'css ran adjourn l»y
the middle of .Juno so that, the
members can attend ttie nation
al political conventions. The oth
er day, after eonferenees, Sena
|or Penrose, the Republican lead
er in the senate, expressed the
belief that it, was impossible to
consider tin; appropriation bills
and other prospective legislation
probably before July. Senator
Simmons, in charge of the tariff
bills for the l>einocrals, express
ed siniilai views.
The full battery of a hundred
stamps are dropping at the Per
severance mine, the earliest for
several seasons ami now the full
crew is at work.
The Alaska road commission
will have at its disposal this year
$275,000, the largest fund ever
expended in road and trail work
in Alaska.
Discriminating
buyers never ask fur a
"sack of llotir"
They call for
Fisher's Blend Flour
It's a superior product made t<» meet
the most eritieal demand
Cost inc. Mori-: Pkr Sack
(bccausc it's worth more)
Tiik Lo.\i" Cost Is I-f.ss
(bccausc of its results/
One Price, at All (irocers
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS
N°^ Ti«*
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 beoause
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising oolumns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sfcle
write MP sn advertisement telling
Its merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
HOWARD NESBIT
IS IN THE WILDS
Brother of Evelyn Thaw Spends
Season Trapping, Hunting
ll was not Robinson r.rusoe,1
nor was it. tbo shade of I
slayer, hut tin- substance of
Howard Xesbit. He strode into
Dawson lowrv last night. Not
from liis old haunts in (jotham,
nor the smoke-stained metropolis
of Pittsburg, but the snow-wrap
ped bills of White river, 200
miles westward from the fc'on
dike metropolis. Howard, who is
known to fame as the brother of
Mrs. 1 •»»!>* Kendall Thaw, «.t
Pittsburg cihI New York, c:iin»? |o
^ ukon a year ago, drifting down
the river in a small boat. Hp
worked in hawson .1 few months
and last (all hit it for tin* wild,
lie did not come here to live the'
tenderfoot life, so. plunged right
into the simple ways of primitive
man, and went deep into the wild
erness. He testified the fad to
everyone who liehId hhn today, j
Arrayed in nioee.asins. beaded
shirt, blue overalls; with hair a
font long: willi (laming red to«pie;|
with his skin tanned to a deep j
copper, and bis ilesh bardi'iied
so I bill the muscles stand out in'
boulder-like tlllllps, lie has added
n> the general romance of his ap-|
poarnnce by carrying strapped!
cmidsbips a great leather bell, to'
which was appended a Siwasb
scabbard, in which was suspend-1
en au ugly dagger. Willi rillej
Mid other paraphernalia, .Nesbil
looked the part of the real frou-j
I iersnian.
and Prospecting
"Nolhinjr like il — Ihe wild lift*
for mi' hereafter. Hark to Ili«*j
hills as soon as I ran make il."j
Thai's lhi* verdict Nesbil hands
out today. |
"Hunliiiff. trapping and pros-1
pcclinff fop Kohl. Thai's thi* way
we put in lh«* winter," says Nes
hil, "and I want t• • say I rn.joy.Ml,
every nifnnli* of ihr experience.I
We wore on the l-it lb? I,aduo
rriM'k. a Irihnlary of Ihr While,
opposite Ma I.son, where the Six
lymih* stream, to whirh tin* ffival
stampede took plar:* during Ihr
winlrr. Wr did not strikr il rirli.
Inil from what wr Irarnrd ahout
Ihr district Ihrnuffh prospecting
I am satisfied the pohl is thrrr.
"No, I havr no) had a hair cut
this yrar, and thru some. I mrl
our chap on llu* trail who wanl
rd a hair rnl. I ihouffhl of nsinff
my daffffcr, with which I had
skinned and scalped I lie deni/ens
of Ihr woods, Inil Ihoiiffht I had
better use il for other purposes.
I also Ihouffhl of the axe. Iml the
fellow fluff up a pair of shears,
and I harked oil' his (.esse* in ye
ancient style.
"My partner. Ole Johnson,
proved Ihe ffrealest man thai, ev
er drew a breath ouf of floors.)
He's a marvel in ramp life and Ihr
priuer of all sourdotiffhs. No man
ever had such a ffood side kirkrr
in camp. Olr tauffht inr every
trick of Irappinff. mining, hunl
inff, and I can usr Ihr pirk, shov
el or axe with any r»f I hem.
"(joininff down I lie While, we
landed in Stewart f.ily I en days
affo. Since I lien I nuishrd ovrr
Ihe divide via Henderson creek lo
Hlark Mills and came into Haw
son alone."—Dawson News.
FISHING INDUSTRY
18 VERY ACTIVE
April and ihe early pari of May
witnessed Ihr launrhiiiff al Seal
lie or many of the new whalinff
slramrrs which will ffo into coin
mission in Ihe North Pacific Ibis
year.
The whalers Slar I., Star II. and
Star III., were launched at the
yards of tho Seattle Prydock &
Construction company.
The whalcrH Westport and Ab
erdeen, of Ihe Amorioan-I>ar4flc
Whalinff company, were also
launched at the. construction
company's shipyards, While the
whalers Ijnimak and Kodiak, of
tho Alaska Whalinff company,
were launched at, other placc*.
HtffcrifclHhhstf!
Fop good qulok oaiyanUr
work, Shop*!*'* Bulldlno,
W«U ftro^
The following slocks are for
sale at hte prices markod oppo
site on tho Seattle Stock Ex
change.
Shares Company Prico
1000 ('Jiff Mining *1.25
1000 Hlack Diamond 25
1500 Uluo Ribbon 25
1000 Kllis Imperial bd
2000 fluthrie-Bellali ... .25
2000 Glacier Isld. Copper .05
Hubbard-Elliott
Ibex Mining....
Hemple Copper.
K. I. Copper.. ..
Mayfleld Mining
Nevcrsweat Miri.
Owl Mining:....
Shoup (.lacier. .
Slioup Bay
Valdez Bonanza.
Valdez Hay
Williains-i ienl/.U
The Big Place
Al. White
Proprietor
>*LY CRUSADE ABANDONED
FOlt LACK OF FUND8
Miss Florence l>uerinKer, pay
ing teller al the dead lly bureau
in Cleveland, Ohio, was forced to
do all the countinpr unassisted
recenily. Tin* Normal school
Kirls picked |o assist her failed to
appear.
Miss Duerin^f.' would not a«i
mil he girls had lired «»f theii
t.lsi.. She scoITt d at the siiKtP's
tioii of a strike
lull's most absurd," she said.
Then she started in to do some
thinking herself. Half an hour
later the lly bureau was closed to
business. Miss Inierin^ep said
I here was nol any connect ion.
'Tin* I rouble is Dial our inonev
has run out,"' she explained.
"\\'e prohald> will have some
iii »tomorrow."
ImriiiK the past two days il ha
k« pi live ^irls husy all the lime
counting dead llie<, which were!
h'' ii-lit in by scores • • I* ehildrei..!
'-»iliee the opening •»f the bll-j
lean," said Miss iMieriiufcr. "we J
l.;pe taken in r»i.ono llies and
have paid out sr> J in real nionc\
for I hem."—Leader.
VALDEZ PEOPLE
IN COPPER FIELDS
Mr. ami Mrs. A. 15. lies. uf New
York, arrived mm the Northwest
ern ami art- (piartored al I ho
llainier (iraml. Mr. lies has licon
a prominent railroad ami mining
figure in Alaska fur ten years
past ami has raised much capital
fur thi' development uf certain
sections uf the country.
Mr. lies is now* un his way to
Xu^Kcl creek, a branch uf th
Kuskulana river. when* is locat
ed the celebrated McCarthy cop
per property ami in which tic is
largely interested. Ho ami his
wife will leave on Thursday's
train ami go as far as Strelna. or
Mil.' I Hi, where lliey will take
pack hurses ami travel ahnul 15
miles to the mines, ami where
I hey expert |o remain fur sumo I
I iiue.--Cordova Alaskan.
PUQILI8T JACK JOHNSON
HA8 BEGUN TRAINING
I.as Vegas, N. M., May 28.—
Jack Johnson has arrived here
and has begun training fur his
IlKhl with Jim Flynn.
Kirmso, the Skagway jeweler,
will upon a slure al Ketchikan.
Louie Lane ami his hoal Polar
Hear passed Ketchikan a few
days ajro. en route tu the far
nurtli on a trading and hunting
expedil ion.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
DAGGETTJD LEAHY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
All branches f»f up-lo-dalo den
tistry. Olllces over Jim Kalil«»r's
drug slorc, Valdez, Alaska.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies end Gentle*
men Appreciate Mjr Service*.
Private Bath Room (or Ladie*.
Corn* Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
Phono 185 Wall St.
Notice Of Dissolution.
Notice is horeby given that the
firm of Smith, Bunnell A Weber,
heretofore engaged in the gen.
era! practice of law at Valdez,
Alaska, has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent. Any
and all accounts due to said firm
may be paid to any of the under
signed, to whom authority la
hsroby given to receipt for the
same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
15th day of May, 1912.
EDMUND SMITH.
C. E. BUNNELL.
F. C. WEBER.
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 nt Seattle with steamers ot the Alaska-l'acillc Steamship Co. for
Southern California ports. Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Kales. Itiuht reserved tochaniro steamers and sailing dates.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ana tt Mmm
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I ~
Telephone 66 £,oot Key atone Ave
Roujjh Dry 10c lb.
mii —MBH
IT S IN THE BREWING
■ ■ .1 i ■ i i ■. 11 ■
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 CO.
VALDEZ DOCK CO , Local Agent
The Side Board
Day & Greenig [Proprietors]
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms
For Housekeeping, Sleeping and Office*. Rate*
Reasonable
Fool of Wail St. ARCHIBALD BLOCK
Port WcHs
... •• • # -a '
THI LAUNCH
BKlGfttON
Loaves Valdez fpr Port
Wells every Tuosday carry
ing passengers and freight,
touching at all way points
whero businoss offers.
Special Trips Can Ee Arranfed
Chas. R. Crawford
» 9 A* , »
W*ll Street Phone IM
Window*. Doer*, Moal<th»f, Plkitli
mg Latatwr
Ae*m* (w r«»>—AC*.
Th« Proftpvotor li the j»ap«r to
buy.