We wish you a
^PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Confident of our Ability
To Please You, We Invite You To
Give Us A Trial.
-BANKING DEPARTMENT
1/ALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO.
INCORPORATED
VALDEZ
The heart of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
In the world open to nav
igation the year 'round.
The logical enterport to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the great gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The seat of government
of the Third judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters of the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It is 86 miles nearer the
Interior than any other
coast city.
It !• the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any community
in Southwoptern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year oourse.
It is the only sea ooast
town offering direot com
munication with the in
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
est and most direot route
to the Matanuska ooal
Holds.
. '*• £arbor.
Why freeze in your room and
liavi> In read tho sign in order
lo f«»lI flint, your room is heated
with ftleain, when you ran get nil
I he steam I hot you want at "Tho
ClifT?"
WafTies alio noney 2Bo at Val
rfex Cafe. (f
I
ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneya-at-Law.
G. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Hay, Seward, Alaska,
j E. E. Ritchie..
Assayers.
j <ieorfce F. While.
J Banks. ~
S. Blum & Co.
j Valdez Bunk & Mercantile Co.
Builders' Material.
('.lias. 11. Crawford.
r>
Breweries. v*
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
j Valil«*/. Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Buck Co. ,
Valdez Transfer Co. I
Dentists*
| I >r. II. Cockerille. /
j Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. (lerinan.
Drug Stores.
| Valdcz Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Eagles.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Morchandiso.
| Beyers Cash Slore, fiolden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fagerburg Bros., Nazinn.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. II. Crary,
I '
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Eliaa.
"The Cliff."
Rainier-Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheuni.
Manufacturers.
Copper Iliver Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
I'rospcetor, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co. •
| Alaska Steamship Co.
Sheot Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Melal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
ilily Express.
Valdez Trnnsfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Waler, Light »St Tele
phone Co.
I
Sohedulo for Launch Donaldson.
Fort Llscum AIn.,k.., Aug. 2
1912.- OflTico of the Qunrtcrmns
Icr:
The following schedule for the
launch I,lout. C. V, Donaldson will
• nke pfToct Mondny, Aug. 5, 1912.
w
Leave
■TTscurn Valdez
pionnay* ..ff:i5 a. in. 10:46 a in.
1:15 p. in. 4 :00 p. m.
TiiKftdftys ..8:10 a. in. 10:45 a. in.
2:00 p. in. 2:30 p. rn.
5:00 p. in. 5:30 p. m.
\VocIiiph»Iii>mH:15 a. in. 10:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4 :00 p. m.
Thumday .,8:15 a.m. 10:45 a. ni
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. in.
Fridays ...8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Salurdays .2:00 p.m. 4 :00 p. m
7 :00 p. m. 10:30 p. in.
Sundays, such trips as may be or
dered. j
There will be no trips for the
launch on Ihe second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of!
above will be made without no-|
tice, only fo meet lh<< emergen
cies of Ihe service.
By order of Lieut.-Col. O'Noil.
Ti. A. KUNZIO,
1st I/ieut. 30lh Infantry. Quar
master.
"The OlifT" Is tho pluce, not
n bunkhouse: not cheap, hut rea
sonable and moderate in price,
and you get what yoii pay for
comfort.
■ ir
Th« best rooms In Valdez can
be had at Ih* SI. Flias,
WILL H9J-PT
FOR Tilt JOB
Cincinnati, Dee. 31—Congres's
inun Nicholas I.ongwort-'h, son
in-law of Colonel Hoosevelt, «!«•
feated candidate for re-election,
will not have to worry abonl a
job when his term expires.
"1 will take care of Nick," said
Wj. II. Hiplcy here today.
"He can have a position as!
vice-president of- the Central i
Trust company any time he wauls
it."
Tin* Central Trust company is
one of l h»? most conservative
financial concerns in Cincinnati.
POLITELY DECLINES
AMERICA' SREOUEST
Washington, I). ('., Dec. Ill
Kll'orts by the State department
to secure the Chusan archipel
ago, at the mouth of the Yangtse
river, near Ningpo,, for a coaling
station from the Chinese republic
have" failed. China refuses to
lease or cede the archipelago, ac
cording t«• announcement hen- to
day.
STRONG MACHINE
III CASE OF WAR
I
Paris, Dec. 31.— Maurice Far
man lias teamed a now and pow
erful aeroplanei*. which lie car
ried two i>a$j>K?ngers and eight
hundred ,<jMfu llfty pounds. The
niachjaip has caused a deep iui
pressioli as a probable great aid
in rase of war.
MINERS TO PROTE8T
A meeting has been called, to
I be held in Denver, of miners,
j prospectors and others who are
i interested, to consider the old
subject of the forestry service
and the public lands. The ob
jects of the proposed organixa
I lion are to secure a more just
administration of the public
lands by the forestry department,
to have the forestry service sim
ply a force for the preventioii ami
lighting «»J* til'es in the forests,
lit secure elimination from I lit* re
serves of all hind above timber
Iifi<* ami ;ill 11111 imhered lands ad
j jacent li> tile forests, to secure a
| reversal •»f the ruling of the as
sistant secretary of the interior
j of what constitutes a "discovery""
i in mining cases, and to give the
I miners ami prospectors I lie right
j to secure all needed timber from
j forests for liis cabin and for
; work in his mine.
I ttoh Mcintosh is trying to gel
i out a warrant for the arrest of
!a common yellow purp. who al
Ie*mpled ami almost succeeded in
stealing a portion of the over
land mail about the time the
; stages were to depart for the oili
er side of the summit.
Ilcmcmhcr the dance tonight
for the benefit of I be Hospital of
the (iood Samaritan. We can't
tell whose turn it will be next
to seek lite care and shelter of
this institution ami it behooves
lis all to keep it going. So let's
take a ticket, one and all. and
help abmu a deserving chiu'ily.
besides pro\jding a good even
ing's entertainment for ourselves.
Kagle hall, tickets at the door.
The kindergarten will reopen
at the convent on Thursday
morning. January -Mid. sit 1>:30
o'clock.
The district court adjourned
this morning, there being no case
ready for trial. The pelil jury
were excused until 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Cinderella and the golden slip
per al the Orphcum tonight.
To the Valdei Fire Department.
We desire to express our,
heartfelt thanks to nil the mem-;
hers of the Vtilde/ FirG Depart
ment and the willing volunteers
who rendered such Ijorojc ser
vices under the mnsl trying cir
cumstances. and also to nil lliosc
who 9.Q kindly offered mnlerinl ns
slslnnce,
JAME8 FI8H and FAMILY.
furnished I
hntmM. {0fHyT.o ti.1Z. Bunnell.
UNWRITTEN U|W
' FOR It WOMAN
.
Dallas, Tex., Iioc. 31 Miss
Minnie I.aduque today was ac
quittal uf tin1 charge of having
murdered her husband; W. II. \
I.aduque, last summer, because \
uf his attentions In other women. j
Hit's was a straight case of un- !
written law. She testified that the j
day before the shooting a rival ■,
for her husband's alTection, aj
minister's daughter, iiihI her on
the street here and hohlly chal
lenged her place in l.aduque's re
gard.
FOREIGN SECRETARY
| DIES SUDDENLY
I
I
5>(uIt;;ar(, (ier., IM*. 31.—A1 —
fn'il Von Kiderlni Waeclilcr,
slat*' secretary foivroreiirn affairs,
| died here yesterday of heart fail
lure. 'His loss tfill In; keenly felt
| at this crisis in F.urop<>an affairs.
Tomorrow night should h<» a
I jolly one for the lire laddies and
J volunteers, for an excellent pro
I urani of cnleiiaiuiiient is heiim
j-arrungcd hy the Tillikuin (Mult
for I lie smoker.
I'.indiTi'lla and tin* golden >>Ii|>—
I per al tin- Orphcuiu tonight.
PUBLISHED SUMMONS.
• In the District Court for tin* Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion.
United States of America,
plaintiff, vs. William H. Poland
and Frederick William Low, de
fendants Ny. 503, Published
Summons.
The President of the. United
Slates of America, greeting:
To the above named defend
ants, William 13. Poland and
Frederick William Low.
You and each of you are liere
I by required to appear in the Dis
trict Court for the Territory of
Alaska. Third Division, within HO
days after the completion of the
publication of this suininnns, lo
wit: within 30 days after the 10th
day of February. 1013, and an
swer the complaint of the above
named plaintilf tiled in the above
entitled court and cans?; ami un
less you so appear and answer,
the plaintiffs will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in
said eomplaint, to-wit: for the
J raueellation of the patent here
tofore issued h> the United States
]to William It. Poland for certain
; land in said eomplaint descrih
j ed and for the eaneellat ion of
l certain deeds pertaining to said
land in said eomplaint descrih
• ed. which said land is situate in
: tlii* Kenai IterordiiiK Precinct.
! Third Division. Territory of
! Alaska, and is hounded ami de
; scribed as follows:
Itc&iiiniu;-' at corner \o. I. near
(the north shore of Hesurrccl ion
I bay. identical with corner No. !>.
i U. S. Survey No. 'Jit. an iron pipe
j three inches in diameter, marked
! S. »' i "J, cor. No. I. thence west iO
i chains to corner ^'o. an iron
| pipe three incites in diameter,
j marked S. 25-'. cor. No. thence
| north io chains to corner No. 3.
an iron pipe three inches in di
jameter. mark *d S. 2i2, ror. No. 3:
whence east in chains to corner
PNo. i, an iron pipe three inches
in diameter, marked S. \2. cor.
, No. i: thence south iO chains to
corner Not I. the place of he^iu
:uinK. containing one hundred and
! si\I> acres, beiiitf the land em
: braced within United Stales Sur
I vey No. 2 i2. according' to the of
I tleial plat of said snrve> rcturn
I ed to the general land ofTiee by
the Surveyor Ceneral: and for
I ijlaint i(l"s cost s and disburse
I tticii I s herein.
This summons is served upon
; you by order tiKHWie above entitled
court, dated,roKte and entered on
the *JHIh dayv mDecember. 101 2.
j Witness, the Honorable Thom
as II. Lyons, .ludtfe of the said
District Court, and the seal of
said Court. affixed at Valdez, this
128th day of December. 1012." '-1
ANdlJS McHRIDK,
Clerk of the District Court. Ter
ritory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion.
I late lirsl pub. Dec. 30., 1012. j
Date last pub. Feb. 10, 1013.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY,
Valcler., Alnika.
' PbbfH- 41
ASSAYER
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GEO; F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Let*
VALDKfc, ALAHKA
A. M. Dleringer
Vfridez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
PROFESSIONAL
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SFENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery t all part* of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St.
Phone 82
DR. GERMAN
i
! Phone i«
THE D hi NT I ST
I onici-rooms <>vrr owl Drui: store. Oitlce hours
^ "• I," " "••• " I', in., to 9 |». in. Sunday*
' by ui>|iointinrnt All work iMi;irunt<-fil
M. H. COCKERILLE
j Office Phone 92
Dentist
I
. Office in
I Whaling Building
VALDEZ
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-L A \Y
Offices Wull S'.reet
Phone a I
VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
I.AWYEB
I'ltOXK i
Valdez, Alaska ]
L. V. RAY
ATTORNKV AT L > \V
' rfKWAKIt,
\I.ASK A
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VAI,DrZ. ALASKA
i ffeposrs on Min*b
Patknt Surveys
| a e n e sal Mining E hoikc t rino
Phon* No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral"Surveyor
Blue Printing
I<«'s I'lioni'. |K9
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
a.b
imom «'VtT\ Tih'mIii.v < vi'iiinir itt * «>'«.•!orJ» in
Kuulr Hull. All in-mbcrs lire rciiucMrd to
nitrml. S. McNIKi'K, Arctic C'litof
1.0.
O.F.
ViMtinK ami IochI (VU Kel'.owft nre re
nnrntcit to register thetr nunic with the
Vnldez tWd Fellow*' riub. Kenular
meetings. Hr*t and third Mondny.
rnll on l». S. HHNT. S«*eretnrT.
F, O E
VAJ.DKZ AKRIK No 1971
Mrcl every Friday Hn.m. Kiiirle If nil
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
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R«*ul»r Communication* am Wf4n««lay la
_JOh month in McKlnlf y Rtll VIMtora tlwttt
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