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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26
MERCER LOSES
 PHOTO OUTFIT

A fire destroyed the studio of A. c. Mercer, formerly of Valdez, Sunday morning, March IS. The fire gutted the Olds estate cabin used by him as a photograph studio.
 Damage in the sum of S5,00O was done. The building was also used by Fred Garner as storage room. The fire got good start before it was discovered. Cracks in the chimney, at point be- tween the roof and the ceiling of the building, are believed to have started the blaze, which smoul- dered in The garret until it broke through the ceiling, giving it's first warning, but too late for Mr. Mercer, who was reading ill the back room, to save any of his belongings. The roof caved in at the same time he discovered the flames, and he received minor scratches from flying boards.
 MT. Mercer lost negatives and photographic paraphernalia val ued at S4,600. Five cameras were destroyed and several lenses, one of which alone was worth $500, and of make which can- not be duplicated. MT. Mercer's negatives were gathered all over Alaska and represent two years work. They were to have been reproduced ill book form and their loss is irremediable. No in surance was carried on the build ing or it's contents.
 The Olds estate is loser in the sum of S350. The building was burned throughout. Mr. Garner places his loss at about $50.
 The fire department had trou- ble with length of hose that was frozen and the chemical all so worked badly at first.-Juneau Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26
CORDOVA ROAD
 HAS TROUBLES
Travelling Man Talks of Troubles on Cordova Road-Officials
 Working Hard.

F. A. IIollabaugh, of the Bow CTS Rubber Co.,, who is stopping at the Seattle hotel, arrived in Val deg on the freighter Cordova af- ter spending some time in the city of Cordova. In speaking of the lieup on the railroad MT. Holla- haugh said that the road was op- on when he left there to mile 32, where three trains were stalled. The Copper river winds blowing he snow in around the trains as fast as the men could shovel it out.
 The first train was stalled a week ago Sunday, when a small accident to the engine caused the stopping of the train, and before il could be repaired the water in the boiler froze. The second train coming from Chitina was also caught, and the third train sent from Cordova to assist the delayed trains made the tieup complete.
 No headway could be made un- til the wind subsided, and it was the stalled trains arriving on the coast which was reported in yes tcrday's Prospector.
 Mr. Hollabaugh says that when he left the telephone wires were down and no information could ba received in the town as to the actual conditions along the road from Mile 52 to Chitina, but as it was blowing hard all along the Copper it was feared that the road was badly blocked. The section gangs were unable to keep the tracks clear of ice because of the cold weather and the high wind. The railroad officials, however, he stated, were leaving nothing undOne to clear the line and were rxerting every effort to get the mail through and promised to have the road open in few days.
 Many delayed interior passen- gers are waiting at COrdova for Inc opening of the line.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26

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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26

CLAMS-Fresh clans. Stcwcd OF fried. Valdez Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26

north by the I.akeview lode: on the south by the Bully .uoy lode; on the east by
 Bully Boy Lode.
 Beginning at cor. No. |. whrnr" |. > l.. NJ. No. i6. bears \. 53 deg. o3 min min w.. 1900 fl, to cor. No. ?; thence Y. 7i deg. 3s min. w. coo 1t. l." cor x" E ,nener a"r k is ,h1ncc d"s 2 mn a4t E. plar" of beginning Area 20.66i acres Tn" location notice of said claim is duly cations, at page 47t. of the records of said oiricc. This claim is bounded on the south by unknown claimants: on the east by the Ajax lode; on the west by the Winchester lode.
 Winchester Lode.
 bSsnainF yo ,G at hears s%r N". 'GhSnrG Sas u s s E: li76.5s it; dist; thence \. 7l deg So B B ass 1ssnce s min deg E ss mn T % ssd s?F W. .io65.ii #. to cor No. |, the place Of beginning; Area .ti733 acres: The To- ord in the office of the Recorder at Val dez. Alaska in Book J, Of Mining Loca t1ns, at , page c,, 456, of the record. of sa.a
 
 by unknown claimants; on the south by the Hillside lode; on the east by the I.akeview lode; on the west by unknown
 Hillside Lode.
 Besinning at cor. No. l; whence U. s. E. M; Se D. fG bears 70 deg Ss mn min ss min: ". s7S.aS it. T to " cor So. ;; thence \: II deg. 3s min; w. 575.37 #, [" cor No. 3; thence 20 deg ;,55cd 5S min deg min F 500 ff 10 No 1 i. the place of beginning. Area i1.7sl acres; The location notice Of said claim coraeF Ss at n' Vaide1 TsGdt % alaska a o in Book 90 Mining Locations. at page 1T. Of the records, of said office This claim is "de ana Um mnkm"w s ""I M on 'he sou legal Tender lode; on the, west by un- ""0"" Waterfront Lode.
 l.: M No. ie: hears \: 5s dee., go min. F; E; " w. T sSn as it. '"enss |" sor s so dff thence ss No. 3: thence \. i6 deg, 46 min. E. 3ot 1t. 'S s;sss Ss f. nencs l" cSr Nd s aes thence se "S N 6: thence s: 7i deg. ss min: F: 575:s7 to cor No f. the place Of beginning no,Iss of said claim is duly of record in the office of the Recorder at Valdez. Alas. ka: in Book j. Of Mining locations ss,a na,na at This claim is bounded on the north by the Hillside lode; on the south by un- known claimants: on the East by the Bully Boy oa% on n,mso, 1ns west by nrysr corners this survey 27 deg co min. E. The survey covering said mining claims being designated as Mineral Survey No 1 954.
 Any and all persons claiming adverse surface ground, are hereby required 10 nle their adverse claims. with the Reg neau. Alaska. within the time. prescrib. ed by law. or they will be be- barred G,r,%io hS virtue of the provisions or the Stata'e. C. B. WALKER. Register. II is hereby ordered that the forego- ing notice be published for the statutory period in the ''valdez Daily Prospector. a daily newspaper published at Valdez.
 C. R. WALKER,
 Register.
 Date Of nrst pub Feb. 26. 1913;
 Date Of last pub. April 30. t9t3.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Chris Tjosevlg, E. P. Cash man, Oscar Olson, N. P. Jensen, Frank Gustafson, l.. M. Price, ad- ministrator of the estate of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased, and the heirs of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased, and the heirs, assigns. personal rep. resentatives and successors of each of you: z You and each of you are here by notified that the undersigned, Lars Holland, John Mcdonald, Chris Johnson and Adolph Lar sen, co-owners with you of the Viking group of fourteen lode mining claims situated about five miles northeasterly from the head of Gravlna bay, Prince Will liam sound, in Valdez mining and recording district, Territory of Alaska, to-wit: The Viking No. 1, Viking No. 2, Viking No: 3, Viking No. I, Viking No. 5, Vik- ing No. 6, Viking No. :, Viking No. 8, Viking No. 9, Viking No. 10, Viking No. fl, Viking No. i2, Viking No. IS, Viking No. 14, have expended labor and improvements upon said group of claims to the amount and value of fourteen hundred dollars ($1 ,40O) in each of the years 1910, 1911, 1912, in cluding certain amounts contrib uted by you or some of you; that each of you above-named, CO., owners in said group, respective ly, is delinquent in the amount | due for annual labor, in the amounts and for the years hcrc- I matter specified, tO-Wlt:
 Chris Tjosevig, S70O for the years 19iO,, 1911, 1912; E. P. Cashman, S437.50 for the years }191O, 1911, 1912; Oscar Olson, s225 for the years 1910, 19li, 1912: N. P. Jensen. $i80 for the years 1911, 1912; Frank Gustaf- son, $27O for the years 1911, 1912; estate of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased, s90 for the years 1911, 1912; that the amounts specified are the 1 amounts due respectively from each of you as your respective un- paid proportions of the amount necessary to be expended for the years ramed, to hold .posssessory right and title to said fourteen mining claims under the provis- ions of Section ,232i of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States. and the amendments thereto: the last of said annual expenditures being the amount necessary to hold said claims for and during the year ending De- cember 3i, 1913. :.
 And if you, or any of you, fail or refuse to make payment of the amount above specified and recit- ed as due from you as q cO-oWn- CT, according to law. within ninety da ys after personal service ot this notice upon you, it personal service be made, or within ninety ninety days after the completion of publication thereof according to law, the interest of any of you who may fail or refuse to make the payment due from him as co-owner will become the prop erty of the undersigned co-own- CTS, who have made the required expenditure, pursuant to said statute.
 Dated Valdez, Alaska, January ?. 1913
 LARS HOLLAND.
 JOHN MCDONALD.
 GUS JOHNSON.
 ADOLPH J. LARSEN Date first pub. Jan. ?. i9t3.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26
Tho Dancers.

Tonight at Moose hall the us- ual Wednesday evening dance at 9:3O sharp. Home waltz at i2. Good music and fine floor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26

F. l.. Wagner left town for Shoup bay to visit his property on the bay. upon which he in- tends doing much development work this summer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-26

If you want all the news all the time, read the Prospector.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-24

Cobb and Navin in Conference
Matty Shows Control.

and went into conference with Presi-
dent Navin of the Tigers respecting
terms of the Peach's contract. 1t is
believed definite understanding will
be reached at the first meeting.
Cobb knew before he left Atlanta
just what to expect from Navin. The
fact he left his home is taken to
indicate he will accept Navin's terms.
What the amount is noone but Cobb
and Navin know. 1t won't be $15, 900
a year.
Though Cobb puts his name to
contract he may be kept out of the
game for some time He must square
himself with the National Commits
sion, as he is under suspension and
subject to fine for not reporting.
Incidentally, the size of that fine
is expected to have bearing upon
Cobb's decision to sign.
Also, Manager Jennings may keep
the Georgian out of the game for a
while, allowing Ty plenty of batting
practice. Hugh High, the recruit
who has been playing in Cobb's place,
will gain added confidence by. being
allowed to remain in the game while
the Georgia Flyer is on the bench.
Christy Mathewson claims
worlds record today. He pitched only
81 balls in beating Philadelphia yes
terday. Had Mathewson struck out
every man that faced him he would
not have pitched less than 81 balls
Only five hits were made Using 81
pitched balls, Mathewson threw an
average ora fraction over two balls
to each man.
Walter johnson pitched SO balls to
beat the Boston Red Sox. Two were
hit safely and sc were strikes.
Because of the raw work they
pulled Monday night, Pal Moore and
Jack BrittOn have been barred from
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-24

Fourteen Sox athletes reached first
base yesterday and only two man
aged to complete the circuit. Even
though the South Siders won, they
did not make an impressive showing.
Four times when a hit would have
scored run it was not Forthcoming.
Five hits were knocked off Hall, one
of Jennings recruits, and three of
them counted in the scoring. Only
good pitching by Doc White, who
bossed his left-handed flinging by
some swell headwork, kept the Ii
gers away from the pan until the
ninth inning. Then Doc would not
have been scored on had not Buck
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-24

Probable Batteries-White Sox,
Benz and Easterly; st. Louis, Baum
gardner or Allison and AgneW.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-24
Sox Slow on Bases-Weak in Pinch
Cubs Tie Reds.
RESULTS YESTERDAY
National League

Cubs, 5; Cincinnati, 5 (called
end of ninth by agreement).
st. Louis, 3; Pittsburgh, 1.
New York, 8; Philadelphia, 1.
Brooklyn, z; Boston, 2.
American League.
Sox, 2; Detroit, 1.
Cleveland, 6; st. Louis, 2.
Washington, 6; Boston, O.
New York, 4; Philadelphia, 0.
American Association.
No game scheduled.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-24
BASEBALL WEATHER

BASEBALL WEATHER
National League. . F..
Philadelphia at New York-Clear.
Brooklyn at Boston-Clear.
Cincinnati at St. Louis
American League.
st. Louis at Chicago-Rain.
New York at Philadelphia-Clear.
Boston at Washington-Clear.
Cleveland at Detroit-Clear.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-23
Mary Dryers Presentiment

High up the hill, within the shelter
of friendly rock, nestled the cottage
of James Dwyer, tidy home, much
better than those of his neighbors
The threshold was well worn from
the tread of the large numbers who
gathered regularly to assist at the
Stations" for the Dyer home was a
house of prayer, wherein gossip was
never allowed, and all we're encour-
aged to be charitable to their fellows.
James Dryer was conscientious
worker, devoted to his wife and only
child, Mary, and was always ready to
lend a helping hand to those in dis
tress. Far from being well off, he
was thankful for what God had be
slowed upon him, and made good use
of his bit o. land, raising enough to
provide for his family comfortably
His wife was, as the neighbors were
wont to declare, "A loving saint. =
She came of proud family, the
Cuffes of The Castle, as they were
familiary spoken of, and although
her father parted with his ancestral
home and estates rather than give
up his religion, the proud blood still
/ flowed in the veins of his children
and poverty seemed to strengthen
their faith in Gods sight. They
seemed to live wholly for the faith
for which their forefathers suffered
much. When Ely Cutie bestowed
her hand upon plain and sterling
James Dryer, she recognized in hin
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-23
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. HELEN, EMPRESS.

1t was the pious boast of the city
of Colchester for many ages, that st.
Helen was born within it's walls; and
though this honor has been disputed,
it is certain that she was a British
princess. She embraced Christianity
late in life; but her incompatible
faith and piety greatly Influenced her
son Constantine, the first Christian
emperor, and served to kindle holy
zeal in the hearts of the Roman peo-
pie. Forgetful of her high dignity,
she delighted to assist at the Divine
Office amid the poor; and by her
alms-deeds showed herself a mother
to the INDECENT and distressed In her
eightieth year she made pilgrimage
to Jerusalem, with the ardent desire
of discovering the Cross on which our
Blessed Redeemer suffered. After
many labors, three Crosses we're
found on Mount Calvary, together
with the nails, and the inscription
recorded by the Evangelists. 1t still
remained to identify the true Cross of
our Lord. By the advice of the
bishop, Macarius, the three were ap-
piled, successfully to woman
afflicted with an incurable disease,
and no sooner had the third touched
her than she arose perfectly healed.
The pious empress, transported with
joy, built most glorious church on
Mount Calvary to receive the precious
relic, sending portions of it to Rome
and Constantinople, where they were
solemnly exposed to the alteration OF
the faithful Shortly after, she her.
self returned to Rome, where she ex
pired A. D. 1913.
In the year 312, Constantine found
himself attacked by Maxentius with
vastly superior forces and the very
existence of his empire threatened
In this crisis he bethought him of the
crucified Christian God Whom his
mother Helen worshipped; and kneel
ing down prayed God to reveal Him
self and give him the victory. Sud
denly, at MONDAY, cross of fire was
seen by his army in the calm anc
cloudless sky, and beneath it the
words, In hoe signo vinces, Through
this sign thou shalt conquer" b.
divine command Constantine made {
standard like the cross he had seen
which was borne at the head of hi:
troops; and under this Christian en-
sign they marched against the enemy
and obtained a complete victory.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-23
coLoRs OF THE VEsTMENTs.

Of the five liturgical colors which
the Church prescribes for the vest
ments worn by her ministers and the
drapery used in the decoration of the
altar, viz, white, red, purple, black,
and green-the aforementioned is more
rarely used than any of the others.
The reason for this comparative
rarity, says a writer in the Ave Maria,
is that green is employed only when
the Mass is de tempore C'of the time")
from the octave of the Epiphany to
Septuagesima, and from the octave
of Pentecost to Advent, except on
Ember days and vigils during that
time, and on Sundays occurring with
in an octave. Now, the number OF
saints days and special festivals of
Our Lord and the Blessed Virgin has
become so numerous that, to make
room for them in the ecclesiastical
calendar, very many Offices "of the
time have to be superseded. 1t is to
be noted, however, that, in conse-
quences of the recent reform of the
Divine Office, there will henceforth be
more Masses "of the Sunday" than
hitherto.
In June of the current year, for in
stance, while green was the liturgical
color for the first, second, and third
Sunday, they being respectively third,
fourth, and fifth Sundays after Pente-
cost, the fourth Sunday of the month
marked the feast of st. John the Bap-
s. q
fifth Sunday the Church celebrated
the festival of Saints Peter and Paul
to whom belongs the martyrs color
red.
1t goes without saying that there is
a symbolic meaning attached to each
of the liturgical colors; and the more
closely their mystic significance is ex
amined, the more appropriate anC
harmonious will be found their use
on different occasions. White, for in
stance, typifies innocence and purity
Joy and glory; red, connecting ire AM
blood, indicates ardent, burning love
and the sacrifices of the martyrs
violet denotes penance, affl1ct1on, an
melancholy; and black, the world
wide emblem of mourning, sign1fie
the sorrows of death and bereavement
AS for the symbolism of the spec1a
color of which we are speaking, gree
is the sign of life in the vegetaDl
kingdom, and in all languages is use
metaphorically to express fulness o
life and vigor and freshness. Tn
evergreen cypress is often employs
in Christian art to designate what
ever is durable and immortal, as tn
soul or the body after resurrection
and so the color symbolizes the hop
of life eternal.
From time immemorial, says LerC
sey, the Sundays after the Epiphan
and those after Pentecost have bee
consecrated especially to the recallln
of two great events of the history
the world. One, the beginning
natural life, the creation, began on
Sunday; the other, the life of grac'
which was made superintendent at tn
Pentecost, also a Sunday. On the Lord
day therefore when more attentive
than usual, the Christian considers tt
problem OF life and its duties, it
eminently fitting that the sight OF Il
green vestments worn by Christ's mi
lister at the altar should give fresh il
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-23
THE PSALMS TREASURY OF DE-
VOTION.

To Charles Lamb is attributed the
remark: when a new book comes
out l read an old one" This would be
good practise for many well-mean-
ing persons as applied to their devo-
TONS New prayers, new cults, for
mulas and litanies are eagerly taken
up, while the old, well-tried and hon
ored devotions are passed by. ST.
Alphonsus, in his treatise on prayer
relates that the ancient Fathers, who
were our first instructors in the spirit
ual life, held conference to deter
mine which was the exercise most
useful and most necessary for eternal
salvation, and that they determined
it was to repeat over and over again
the short prayer of David, Incline
unto my aid, o God!" What treas
ury of devotion we have in the Psalm
if we would only make use of it.
When Frederic Ozanam, founder of
the ST. Vincent de Paul Society, was
nearing the end of his all too brief
career, which closed at the age of
forty years, he wrote these words in
testimony of the benefit he had de-
rived from the Psalms:
81 am easily cast down by suffering,
and 1 should be inconsolable in my
weakness if l did not find comfort in
the Psalms, those cries of sorrow
which David sends forth to God, and
which God at last answers by grant
ing him pardon and peace
During many weeks of extreme Ian.
guor the Psalms have never been out
of my hands I never wearied of
reading over and over those sublime
lamentations, those flights of hope,
those supplications full of love which
answer to all the wants and all the
miseries of human nature. 1t is near
ly 5000 years since a king composed
those songs in his days of repentance
and desolation, and we still find in
them the expression of our deepest
anguish and the consolation of ou1
sorrows. The priest recites them
daily; thousands of monasteries have
been founded in order that these
psalms might be chanted at every
hour, and that this voice of supplica
ton might never be silent. The COS
pei alone is superior to the hymns Of
David, and this only because it is
their fulfilment, because all the yearn
ings, all the ardors, all the holy i'm
patience of the prophet, in the Re
deemer issued of his race. So great il
the bond between the two Testaments
that the Redeemer Himself had nj
name dearer to Him than that of Sor
of David. The two blind men Of
Jericho called Him by it, and I otter
cry out to Him, with them, Son O
David, have mercy on u.s.
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THE SPIRIT THAT WILL MAKE
AMERICA CATHOLIC.

The Rev. Lewis Drummond, S. j.,
late assistant editor of America, but
now of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in
one of his mastery sermons on "The
Present Position of the Catholic
Church Throughout the World" says:
Zone final word Our separated breth-
rem object that we are too proud of
our gift of faith. We answer: No,
we are not proud of it, but unspeak-
ably grateful We acknowledge that
we do not deserve it. But anyone
who wishes can obtain that gift by
earnest prayer"
The spirit that will make America
Catholic is the spirit of prayer. The
prayer of humble gratitude on the part
of Catholics; the prayer of humble
petition on the part of those who are
not sure they are in the true church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-23
THE EVENING EUCHARIST.

The following letter was recently ad-
dressed to the editor of the Bombay
Examiner, India:
Sir: Our Lord instituted the Bless
ed Sacrament in the evening; and
consequently in the early Church Mass
was celebrated in the evening and
those who communicated we're not
fasting. | should like to know how
and when the Holy Mass began to be
celebrated in the morning and when
the Eucharistic fast was enforced
Yours, Etc.
The following comment was made
on the foregoing letter:
In connection with certain ques-
lions which have been much agitated
lately as to the mitigation of the
Eucharistic fast, we have often come
across the argument that among the
early Christians the Eucharist was a
supper taken in the evening and there
fore, not fasting; but the morning
celebration came later, and thus
naturally was taken fasting; that grad.
ually the idea of fasting came to be
regarded as obligatory, and thus pass
ed from natural custom de facto into
a law de jure.
This being, no doubt, substantially
true, the wonder is that the ques
tons: How, when, and where die
the evening usage give way to tbs
morning usage; and how, when AMI
where did the fast become an obliga
ton ?''-should be entirely overlooked
by so many writer's on the Eucharist
!. for we have failed to find it treate,
expressly in any one Of the man,
books and lexicons and encyclopedia
we have at our disposal.
The result is. We can only toucl