SHOES
That will stand rough,
hard wear; that's what
you'll find our
HUNKIDORI
brand men's heavy
boots and work shoes—
The Chippewa Shoe
ValdezBank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
CAPITAL
STOCK
We beg to inform "you that the Capital
Stock of this Bank has been increased
to $98,000.00. With this large
capital we shall be able to extend still
greater accommodations to our prtrons.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
WHY
You Should Vote For
ROBERT .W. JENHINGS
For Delegate From Alaska
1 Ho has lived in Alaska for
4 4 years—seven of those years
in Juneau. Nono have question
ed or can question his ability or
industry. If you do not holieve
this, write to Juneau.
2 In the pursuit of his profes
sion ho has been called to nearly
overy portion of the Torritory,
and he is thoroughly familiar
with the needs of Alaska.
3 He hag no grievances to air,
no a*o to grind, and Is free to
:«crve Alaska, unswayed by'per
Valdtx Real Batata.
If you have a house to rent
list it with the "Valdez Real Es
tate Agency, Wall street.
tonal likes or dislikes.
I lie is not. connected, in any
.vny, with corporations' or other
persons seeking favors from the
government. While he has ever
been the friend and attorney of
the laborer and the poor man, yet
he is no blatant demagogue,
seeking to array class against
C'la&s. He believes in "Equal
rights for all, and special priv
ileges for none."
5 He is in political harmony
with tho dominant party in the
present Houso of Representa
tive', and with what will be the
dominant party of tho nation for
the next four years, and so, wijl
be tettor able to get things for
Ainska than would a socialist or
a iepudlican (bo ho a standpat
ter or an indepondont republi
can.) What Alaska wants, it
wants now. Wo cannot wait for
tho socialist millenium.
Tho Valdez Cafe Is one good
place to eat. tf
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
NORTHLAND NOTES
Mrs. P. A. Smith has fallen heir
to a large estate at Whitehorse.
Ketchikan is making uso of the
blue U K*! to git rid of undesir
able citizens.
Twelve outfits are now in the
money on Long creek, says the
Ruby Record-Citizen.
Warren Coman, a 13-year-old
boy of Whitehorse, was drowned
while bathing in a pond.
Citizens of Tanana have filed a
petition fur incorporation. The
petition will be heard August 2G.
Fornander & Johnson found a
nugget worth $103.85 in a recent
cleanup on their property at Ruby.
J. W. Boyle, of Dawson, owner
of the largest dredge in Ihe world,
has been to the slates for a vis-i
.
it.
Fred lleilig, formerly of the
Fairbanks Times, is now book
keeper for- Harney Kandstrom at
Olnes.
II is said the Northern Com
mercial company's slore at Ruby
will cost in Ihe ucighhorliood of
.$30,000.
Two theatrical companies, ll/u
May Huberts and Ih<> (Seorge B.
Howard, will probably show in
Nome Ibis in/nr>i*.
A bnsiiu'ss revival is reporlcdj
al Silka, I lie* obi -lime capital of:
Alaska, which lias always been!
notorious for I In* oilier kind.
Kach day sees a nunibi'r of1
prospectors going into Mm Al 1 in j
country. Reporls coming from
there indicate I lull the dislricl. is
good.
A traveler from the Innoko re
ports thai after the earthquake
the ash was so thick that it was
like walking 111 rough flour in
many places. '
Chief Paul and Andrew Pilot,
native residents of Koyukuk In
dian village, have b?en sentenced
to serve a term on I he woodpile
for drunkenness.
If the plans of the Booth Fish
eries Co., of Chicago, materialize,
either Silka or Petersburg is des
tind to become the largest cold
storage plant on I be Pacitlc sea
board.
Ed. Kelly, now a resident of
Ruby, says he stayed with Diska
ket until it became so dead that
even I he Indians began to leave.
Then Mr. Kelly I hough I it was
time to throw up the sP<»nge.
Two fishermen by the name of
Clias. Jackson and John Wilson
were arrested and tried before
Commissioner C. A. Sul/.er re
cently, charged wilh violating the
Sunday closing law. Both men
were bound over to the grand jur>*
this fall.
If I had
a
business
that
would
not
stand
advertising
I would
advertise
it
for sale
Commissioner Readman, of
Copper Center, sentenced George
Save, a native, to 60 days in jail
for assault and Tony Jackson, an
other Siwash, to the same length
of confinement for Tarceny. Both
prisoners will serve out their time
in the Chitina bastile.
L. L. Bales and wife, reported
lost in the Katmaj volcanic dis
turbances in the north, are safe.
Mr. Bales wries that before and
since the volcanic eruption he and
Mrs. Bales have been giving at
tention to a garden which gives
promise of a large crop this year.
Andrew Christensen, chief of
the field division of the United
States land office, with headquar
ters in Alaska, was a passenger
for the northland on I he Maripo
sa. The object of Mr. Christen
sen's trip to Alaska is to Rather
testimony in connection with the
coal land cases to be tried Ibis fall
in the federal courts.
A number of counterfeit Amer
ican silver half-dollar pieces are
in circulation in Dawson, says the
News. Several have been report
ed of lale. They are poor articles
and so dead they do not give the
slightest ring. They bear the
dale of 1905, and are easily de
lected by their light weight, greas
iness and deadness.
•J. Harry has jusl. returned from
a 52-day cruise on Kuskokwini
river on I lie freighter Bethel. lie
was as far up I ho river as Del
hi and reports lahor scarce, many
of ||i<> mines being unable to gel
enough men lo operate, lie says
that all of the eountry whieh they
pas-i-il through was greatly excit
ed over the hijr gold strike at Ari
iak.
T'pon motion of Distriet Attor
ney Crossley, Judge Overtiehl has
dismissed the ease of United
States vs. C. A. Munro. A writ
of error has been taken by the
government for the purpose of
carrying it to a higher court.
Munro was charged with illegally
selling liquor by retail while act
ing in the capacity of N. 0. ag
ent at Tan an a.
i>o busiest place in southern
Y':Kon ord the scene of the inns',
extensive quartz operations north
of Treadwell is the Pueblo mine,
where the Atlas Mining company
is now employing from 00 to 100
men—'some mining, some mucking,
otheis constructing ore bins and
• hutes—a 11 steadily ai work, either
taking out ore or preparing the
way whereby more ore will be
taken out in the future.—White
horse Star.
liable ad\ ices .jusl reeeived in
Seattle state that the salmon can
nei\s operating in the Bristol bay
district are having a good season
and that all indications point to a
large pack of fish. Yhe reports
so far received have been mea
ger. but lead packers and brokers
here to believe that the season is
well advanced and that the output
will be up to all expectations. The
Bristol Bay pack, eanners say,
must now be well advanced. The
Bristol Bay salmon pack last year
aggregated .710,000 cases, com
pared with 913,602 iu 1010,
I 17,595 cases in 1909, and 1,170.
285 eases iu 1908.
LOCAL ITEMS
John (irecnwald, of Slnl«> creek,
is in I lie cily.
Cloning out suits, coals ami ev
ening gowns al half price at 11 a r—
vuy'9 Toggery.
The Mariposa is duo bark from
the westward some time tomor
row afternoon.
FOR 8ALE-One double brass
bedstead, springs and mattress,
a|so small eook stove. Apply Mrs.
Passy, 011 Broadway.
Stewart O. Holt, the young
cashier of the First National bank
of Juneau, on trial for having
made false entries and misapplied
the bank's funds, was acquitted by
a jury after a long and hard flght.
The verdict seemed to givo gener
al satisfaction.
Col. W. P. Richardson arrived
in Chit Mia over the trail from
Fairbanks and will take the trail
back to Willow creek and then to
Valdez. Considerable improve
ment is boing made in the Valdez
trail this year and soveral largo
concerns of Fairbanks ar« ar
ranging to tako their stuff in that
way.-Chitina Leader.
Uubfiorlbt for tb« Prospector.
PROFESSIONAL
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
ALL BRANCHES OF UP-TO-DATE
DENTAL WORK
DENTAL OFFICE
OVER JIM KAHLCR'S DfluO STORE
OFFICE PHONE S3 wAl fsm
RESIDENCE PHONE 77 VAL.DEZ
DR. GERMAN
Phoo. 19 THE dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
8 a.m., totp. m . 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. SunduyB
by uppoiDtmvDt All work guaranteed.
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Wbaling Building VALDBZ
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORN KY-AT-LA \V
Oflicos WhII S'.reet
Phone :ii VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
I. A \V V U i!
|;h;
Wilile/., Alaska
T. P, GERAGHTY
ATTORN EY-AT-LA \V
Ofllce over Owl Drug Store
PHONE i:ie Valdez. Alaska
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
i Alaska Securities Bl'd'g Valbdz
i
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
I
| SEWARD, - AI.ASKA
FOR SALE—New Underwod type
writer. Will sell at discount. In
I quire al Prospector olTicc.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Third Judicial Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
In Hie matter of the estate of
Charles H. Sandberg, deceased.—
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, executrix of the
estate of Charles II. Sandberg, i
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims
against the said estate, to ex
hibit them with the necessary
vouchers within six (C) months
after the first publication ofthisj
notice, lo the said executrix al ;
Iho office of Frank C. Weber, at;
Valdcz, Alaska, the same being
the place for I he transaction of
the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdcz, Alaska, this
5th day of July, 1912.
ANNIE II. SANDBERG,
Executrix.
NOTICE TO CREDITOR8.
In the Probate Court, Valdcz Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of tho estate of
I. D. Flynn, docrased.-Notico to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby givon by tho
undersigned, administrator of
tho estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased,
to tho creditors of and all per
sons having claims against tho
said estale, to exhibit them with
tho necessary vouchers within six
(0) months after tho first pub
lication of this notice, to tho said
administrator at tho ofTieo of
Frank C. Weber, at Valdcz, Alas
ka, the same being tho placo for
the transaction of tho business
of said estate.
Dated at Valdcz, Alaska, this
12th day of July, 1012.
M. M. HOPKINS,
Administrator of tho estato of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.
First pub. July 12, 1912.
Last pub. Aug. 13, 1912.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
THe Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Lesa
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Office Id Valdes
Connection Alaska
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and [Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
New York Life ii
|
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phono 41 |
fUCTRKi
)PttCOUTOR/
ELECTRIC®5T0VE5"
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TEL
EPHONE COMPANY
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING.
In the United States Commission
er's Court, ex officio Judgo in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Thomas V. Smith, deceased, Geo.
C. Treat, administrator.-Notico of
Final Hearing.
Not ice is hereby given that Geo.
C. Treat, administrator of tho
estato of Thomas V. Smith, do
censed, has rendered, filed and
presented for settlement his final
account and report of his admin
istration for tho said estato, and
Mint the 17th day of Sentembor,
1012, at the hour of 2 o clock n.
m. of said day. at tho Probate
Court of the Valdcz Precinct at
Valdez. Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed by the paid Court as the
limp and place of settlement of
said final account, and report, at
which lime and place any person
Interested in said estato may ap
pear and Hie his objections and
exceptions to said final account
and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
18th day of July, 1912.
GEO. C. TREAT,
Administrator for tho estato of
Tihomas V. Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. July 18, 1912.
Dale of last pub. Aug. 18, 1912.
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