THE MYSTERIOU8
ELECTRIC METIER!
Most people have an inborn
susp'cion of an electric inetqr.
The impression has become gen
erally extant that the industrious
little meter never slops, but that
during the stilly hours of the
night, when the household is all
wrapped in sleep, the little meter
goes right along grinding out the
kilowatt-WjCirs.
-Few fieople realize "Ihat the
measurement of electricity has
been r -dueed to greater accuracy
than the measurement of per
haps Any. other commodity, and
1lm1 tfi'erc is" less", chance of the
electricity .they "have used during
the month being incorrectly meas
ured than there is for their coal,
their meat, or the other house
hold commodities. In fact, the
meter will retain its accuracy
longer lhan the average scales,
owing to the fact I hat it is en
closed in a dust-proof case and
less exposed to the outside ele
ments and wear.
II is a well known principle that
any mechanical appliance will
tc,nd to run slow as I he.wear tand
friction increases, and this- i3 true
of the electric -me.tcrj so that a
large percentage of .meters tested,
both in regular, tests and on com
plaint of high Bills, arc found to
he running slow "rather lhan fasl,
owing to this inevitable law.
The little disk 'above "referred
to, which" revolves like the anna
lure of a motor, when eleclric
current, passes; .through the met
er, jsxiuiAC^lgd/lO'-the dial of the
meter through a train «>f gears.
Any consumer who may he under
the impression that his meter
runs when no current is used,
may easily satisfy himself on this
point by Im'nftig olT~all his lights
and observing this aluminum disk
Ihrough the little glass window,
just below I lie window exposing
the dial. When all lights are
turned oft', this disk should n«»t
be rotating. If a light is turned
«>n the disk will immediately start,
and when the light is switched off
it will immediately stop. If two
lights of the same capacity are
turned on, it will revolve twice as
fast as when one is turned on.
Ihree limes as fasl with three, and
so on. In many cases where cus
tomers have applied this test and
still observed that the disk re
volved, the eleclric company's in
spectors have found that a light
has been burning in the altic or in
a closet or elsewhere, and that as
soon as this light is turned oft"
1he meter immediately slops, as
it should do.
In fact, the consumer of elec
tricity has an advantage in pur
chasing electricity which he ha*
in few other instances; namely,
that the scales on which the com
modity is measured are on his own
premises; he can know daily just
I In* amount used by observing the
hands of (he dial each day. Many
consumers" who formerly thought
their meter registered too fast, by
taking daily readings for a short
lime, have been convinced lhat
Ihe meter registered accurately
I lie amount of electricity used.
5. S. Alameda.
Tlu» following passengers do
parted on the Alameda is morn
ing for lli«? soulli: F. F. (Jreenei
Mrs. M. L. Davis Morse Davis,
Mts, do >. jVelsoii, C. Campbell, F
T. Ford, J. E. Kloe';ner, Miss K.
[Ij. Moiioliau. For Cordova—Mrs.
f\. J. Adams, Mrs. S. Redmond,
J. M. Schurr, A. Whilaker, Max
Schmidt, P. Paul. For Juneau
J. llagen, F. J. Sampson, J. Slaiin.
Transcripts liavo. been received
by the -clerk of I be court from
Fairbanks jn I be bank eases
against \V. II. Parsofts", P. E. Bar
ber, Falcon Joslin, E. Webster,
wbo are charged in the complaints
with having "published false
statements of the liabilities of a
private corporation," while its of
ficers. These qases, along with
the rest, will be heard duripg the
December term of court.
Everything is running smoothly
in Hip Circle district and Ihe
present indications are that there
will be no shortage of water to
curtail production. The three hy
draulic companies and Ihe dredg
er are employing more than 100
men, while an Aditional 100 are
olherwise engaged in Ihe district.
The Circle camp has been visited
by some very heavy rains of laic.
Fox Cily, near Fairbanks, was
livened lip a bit recenlly when a
bartender known as Willie soalied
K. A. Williams, Ihe mine operat
or over flic bead wilh a beer hot
lb'. Williams was laid old. Wil
iH'sses said they didn't blame
Willie for bitting Williams. No
arrest was made.
NOTICE.
The contest for catching Hies
and for which .$20 in prizes will
be distributed, will terminate at
the noon hour or August 1, 1912.
All contestants are requested to
deliver I heir ealeii on the above
date al noon at my office. The
prizes are a« follows:
To the person catching the larg
est number of flies, a cash prize
of $10 will be given.
The second highest will receive
$5.00.
The third prize will be $3.00.
The fourth prize will be $2.00.
The prizes will be awarded by
a committee of three, whose
names will be published later.
I). It. SLEEM,
Health Officer.
*oteThe
Time
To advertise. If business Is quiet
Invigorate It by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever suooeeded by cutting *
down his advertising Just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
get# the money la the one who
oreates a demand for his wares
through tha advertising oolumns
of the newspaper.
If you hava something for aala
write up an advertisement telling
IU merits. We will bring It be
fore tha people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
NORTHLAND NOTES
Al. Peel is the new town mar
shal of Seward. Joe IIofTman is
Are chief.
Commissioner Finnegan, of
Seward, recently dislocated his
shoulder while playing ball.
The steamer Whitehorse limp
ed into Whityhorse recently with
one of the cylinder heads blown
out.
"Coine out, you wine clerks,
you can beat us at the bar, but
we will trim .you on the beach,"
said th«J_ "representatives of Un
cle Sam" at Ketchikan in chal
lenging tbi> bartenders to a ball
game.
Tin* Thlingcl. a four-page
monthly published in the interests
of I he natives by Editor Geo. Beck,
at Sitka, .may quit. The editor
is not discouraged, nor is ho
bankrupt, but he is going away
from there.
Joe Willooghby, brother of the
Katalla man, left Fairbanks re
cenlly to work a« linotype operat
or on the Nome Industrial Work
er.
The While Pass will sell round
[trip tickets from Skagway to Daw
son during the Yukon exposition
in August for. £70. The regular
fare is 8125. \
Tin* 1). A. A. A. swimming pool
at Dawson is being liberally pa
tronized this sumemr. Forty men
and women splashed and splutter
led around in the water,.-the other
jnight.
i -
The jmiuesl over the bodies of
I he Nelson brothers in the Kus
kokwim rust the government S:
89i—the largest amount ever paid
for an inquest in Ihe Fourth di
vision.
Fifty men are working on
Chicken creek in Ihe Fortyinile
district. Several are ground
sluicing on Franklin.., On Napo
leon creek, Frank llerbsler has
struck good pay.
The Bertha recently look out
what is possibly the last shipment
of Ihe winter's catch of fur from
this section, consisting of a cou
ple of thousand dolarss worth of
skins from Illiamna.
George Riley is doing well on
Olter creek, according to Nestor.
He has taken out .$50,000 in three
cleanups. Last season he did not.
g«'t into iliape for sluicing until
September 1. It is believed that
Wiley's ground will be taken over
by the (iugge.nheims, for their
drills will start to prospect I lie
claims within a short time.
While Kemp's ferry at Steele
creek crossing on the Fortyinile
river was bringing horses across
the stream on June 17, the guy
line of Ihe ferry parted. TfTe scow
drifted down stream. Bill Timony,
the steersman, was pulled over
Ihe side and drowned. Geo. Wan
dall, the mail carrier, and the
horses swam ashore. The ferry
was caught at the town of Forty
mile.
The man who prides himself
apon being a quiet, easy-going
sort of fellow forgets that Ihe
burglar has Ihe same character
istics.
Mammoth Cave Has Rival.
One of I ho most wonderful
caves in I Iip world has boon found
in sou I hern Arizona. Unnamed,
unexplored and almost unknown
is the vast cavern. Only a few
persons have dared enter to view
its grandeur and to study" tli.»
wondrous work of nature. This
rave lies in the foothills of the
lluachucn mountains, about 40
miles northeast of IN'ogales, San
ta Cruz county. Exploring par
ties have entered and spent days
inside, but none has ever discov
ered the end. They report pass
ageways, rooms and chambers in
numerable. One room has a level
and smooth floor and they call it
'the dance hall, and there are un
Ifathomed pits and chasms.
Whale Jtams a tohooner.
St. Johns, N. F., July 25.-A col
lision with a whale on the Grand
Banks caused such serfous dam
age to the two-masted schoner
'Empire, from Oporto for 01,
Johns, that the vessel was aban
doned by her crew of six men and
a passenger. After keeping the
vessel afloat two days, the crew
had to leave her when the pumps
| became choked. The men rowed
12ft miles toward land before they
were picked up by a Ashing
I schooner. The Emiprew as load
ed with salt.
THE MAJESTIC
H. (J. DA VI 3
Complete Change of Pro
gram Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday
One Sfcow Week Day* - - 8 P. M.
Two ShoW Sundays 8 and 9:15 P. M.
TONIGHT
MTAGllA I'll MONTHLY'
ALASKA CONSTABULARY TO
TAKE PLACE OF TROOPS
( Continued from page 1)
Another proposed change of
great interest to the Northwest is
the withdrawal of all military
forces and interests from Alaska
and the substitution of a constab-l
ulary similar to the ttoyal North
west police now doing service in
the Yukon. There are at present
two companies of the signal corps
and one regiment of infantry sta
tioned in Alaska, none of which
find occasion for much military
duty, but all of which are con
slant ly employed in police pa
trol work throughout the terri
tory.
For this reason it has been de
termined, if the proposed organ
ization is put into etTeel, to bring
the military forces in Alaska back
tn the United States lor station
at one of the eight large posts, |
where-they can be kept in heller
touch with the military progress
of the army.
The proposed Alaska con
stabulary would be entirely free)
from the military servi »f thei
country, but at the same time |
would be organized on a military
basis and would be conducted as
a government force, probably un
der the department of the inter
ior. II would police the entire
territory, administer the gamej
laws and attend to a multitude ofi
other duties affecting law and or
der. which now are performed by
various military and civil forces.
As planned at present, it would be
made the most effective constab
ulary force in the United Stalesi
territory.
It would excel, even, the crack
constabulary of the stale of Penn
sylvania, which has long Been a>
marked success. The slate of
Nevada and the Philippines also)
maintain constabulary systems,
but as vet they have not been
brought to a high <late of disCip
,ine* . ».i
The proposed change m Alaska
would also include the transfer of
the cable, telegraph and-wireless
systems of the territory to other
hands. It is considered probable
that the operation of these sys
tems would also devolve on the
proposed constabulary, as there
probably would be no other force
which could undertake their ad
ministral ion.
Much of the proposed reorgan
ization ,h'' army, including the
abandonment of the smaller mili
tary posts and the expansion of
others into large and efficient
military centers, and the estab
lishment of an Alaska constabu
lary. would require congression
al action, and steps are now un
der way looking lo the accom
plishment of this pari of the plan.
The officials of the war d 'parl-i
men I are in daily conference wit 111
members of Hie military affairs
committees of the Senate and
House concerning the plans, anil
it iv» considered probable that the,
necessary legislation may be tak-j
en up at an early date after the
reconvening of congress next De
cember.
Balvalor beef\ a special home
bfew,.on draft at all places.
Salvator beer, a special home
brew, on draft at all places.
Christian •ftfanoa Sarvloet.
Meetings wil| be held in "The
Archibald" every Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. All aro wel
come.
Valdez Real Estate.
If >ou have a house to rent
list it with the Valdez Real Es,
late Agency, Wall street.
Halvalor beer, .1 special home
brew, on drnff at all places.
CAMP
COMFORT
K. p. CASH MAN. Prop.
lO Mile* From Valdez
BEST MEALS - - - CLEAN BEDS
Tuk«f » trip through the Keystone Canyon by
b'icklioitrd ov«r the Government Komi. Un»ur
pavNcU for scenery.
PORT
WELLS
Full Line Of
GROCERIES
FOR PROSPECTORS
At Valdez Prices
BEYERS' CASH STORE
PORT WELLS
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSIDli ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle .... July 20
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - July 27
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - Aug. 15
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co. for
Southern California rorts. Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Kates. Kiyht reserved to change steamers and sailing dates.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction (Juaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I ftouirh Drv 10c lb.
IT'S IN THE BREWING
PILSENER STYLE
THE BEER THAT MADE VALDfiZ FAMOUS.
A Home Product For Some People
FOR SALE EVERYWttERfe
Patronise HOME Ii^itfy and KMp Your
Money at HOME
VALDEZ BREWING AND MALTING CO.
.".'.fqjininini^•** ~ - -
4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
JulaHEdaZZSti&ua•
OveVlO^f AwinflUfA ftfitt flr|Al\l"
P05AJ.. mve etrttfy tight dityi . All the
Yeaf 'Round for Cordova and Seattle via. In
sido Pa4i*f*.
TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
— '
COAL COAL
VALDEZ DOCKJCO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO
Port Wells
THE LAtmcft
BRIGHTON
Leaves Valdee for Port
Wells every Tuesday carry
ing passengers and freight,
touching at all way points
whore business offers.
Special Trips Cu Be Arranged
Fagerberg Bros.
. NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miner* St ProiftMton Supplier
Fraati Goo<l«--R««ton«l»U Pric«*
v-naa. K. Crawford
Wall Streot PhoneJ159
Window*, Door*, Moulding, Finish
ah| LonW
trm FilrWb, Mom * C*.
BUY YOUp BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bnt bent material* tised.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
An klndn of Cake*, Pie*, etc.
made to order
WOOD A HENRICH, Prop..
'k T'
1 buy.