Heavy Winter Clothing
suitable for the trail or
other outdoor wear.
.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.I
PIONEER OUTFITTERS 1
Increase in Capital
Our paid in Capital and Surplus which ha* been earned
now amount* to
$1 04, 5 6 7.00
all of which :s being used for the benefit of Valdez.
We solicit your banking business.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Harmless Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 0 a. in. to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays I) to to
a. rn. and 5 to t> p. m.
PostolTiee hours:
Week days 9 a. rn. to 0 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. m.
UNDERTAKING
Embalming by
Licensed Embalmers
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., inc.
A Few Good Reasons why you should Have a Telephone
(1) When thi* weather Is bad your wife ran use It dally to order meat, gro
ceries, etc., and save herself many a weary trip to market.
(2) You can get In Instant communication with your home at any hour when you
are away.
(3) If one of your children should become sick In the middle of the night, you
can summon the doctor Immediately.
M) You can cnargc your circle of desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In the
house gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(5) In case or lire or accident you can summon help from the neighbors.
(G) ir you are too III to gel to your olTlcc you can always conduct your business
from home. .
(7) ir every clock In the house stops you can always get the correct time from
"central."
(8) You can make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit your
convenience.
(0; The feeling of security which a telephone In the house produces makes
It a necessity.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At_. .
and Stamp Mill Materials 8
Prices
Yard* Foot of WALL ST. • V m ^
CRAWFORD,nBU!LDING AlTCtlC 1^11111 DCT CsO.
Phone 214
NOtloe of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lee: You are
hereby notified that- there has
been expended during tho year
iOll in labor on theso certain
quartz claims, known as tho Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and tho Kit
ty, lying, being and nitualed in
tho Valdez mining district, in tho
recording procinct of Valdoz, in
Ihe District of Alaska, tho sum of
threo hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Slates, tha
amount required by law to hold
said claims for tho year, follow
ing tho performance of tho an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was mado
by James C. Cawloy, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after tho comple
tion of the publication of this no
tico, tb-wll: within .ninety day*
after the second fSnd) of April,
1912, you contribute your por
tion of the expenses of tho afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your interest in said quartz
claims will be forfeited and be
come the property of the under
signed, who is your co-owner.
JAMES C. GAWLEY.
Date first pub. Jan. 2,'1912.
Date last pub. April t, 1012. ,
Noiloe of Forfeiture.
..To IJInmcy 8tevons: You am
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year,
1911 in labor on those certain
quart/, claims known at* the "Last
Chance," the "Last Chance No.
1," and I ho "Last Chance No. 2,"
Hftuate, lying and being on Bhoup
bay near tho entranco theroof, in
the Valdez recording precinct.
Territory of Alaska, tho sum of
three hundred dollars ($300.00),
lawful money of tho United 8tates,
the amount required by law to
hold said claims for the year fol
lowing tho performance of the
annual labor; that said expendi
ture for lanor, as aforesaid, was
made by WlV». Koch and Alex.
Nelson, the co-owners of said
claims. And unloss within ninety
(00) days after the completion
of tho publication of this notice,
to-w/t: within ninety (90) days
after tho 10th day of April, 1912,
you contribute youp poMion of the
expenses of the aforesaid annual
labor for said year, your interast
in said quartz claims will bo for
feilcd and become the property of
tho undersigned, who aro your co
owners. N
ALEX. NELSON.
WM. KOCH.
Date flrst pub. Jan. 11, 1912.
Date last pub. April 11, 1912.
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PHOTO PLAYS
Latest Released Films on every
Boat
CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY
SUNDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY
Illustrated tongs by Mr. T. F. Gillie*
Orchestra of Four Pieces
One show every evening 8 p.m.
Two Shows Sunday, 8; 9:30
For the Winter Months
A. H. PINKUS, Prop.
Model Laundry Co.
Flannels our Specialty.
Work done the way you
want It.
Phone 63, next to Prospector
CITY COUNCIL
PASS RESOLUTION
Little Business of Routine Nature
Before City Council—School
Moneys Coming
Tli rily cotinciliuen nu'f jn reg
ular session last night, wilh May
or lioyle in Ilu* chair. Council
inoii l>ay, McCallum, Flynn and
Chisholm were present.
There was lit lie business of a
routine nature in come before the
council. City Clerk Will. Crary
stated I bat a complaint bad been
received from tbe commanding
olTicer at the Posl stating lhat
tbe approach t<> the city dock re-I
quired attention, owing to the
depth of snow.' Chief of Police
Scott was present and explained
I that the steps had since been
shoveled oil' by prisoners and he
Ibelieved the mailer was settled,
i In answer to an inquiry from
[Councilman 1 »ay regarding ecr
Itain school moneys Treasurer
j Wheal stated that he bad receiv
ed information thai s§*&.liCMI was
{coming on the licrllia ami would
j be* available.
I Mayor Moyle slated the commis
sary department at Fort IJscuni
bad obtained a schedule of the
rales charged over the rily dock
wilh a view of having freight con
signed for the l'osl delivered at
the city dock in order to reduce
the charges.
Resolutions urging the appro
priation of $7.1,000 for the con
struction of the dyke were read
and discussed. After a brief de
bale as to the phraseology of the |
petition Councilman Klynn, sec
onded b> Councilman Chisholm,
moved its adoption. The motion
was unanimous.
Council then adjourned.
Following is the resolution:
Whereas, The Town of Valdez
and adjacent lerntory have prop
erty interests aggregating in val
ue more than $1,000,000; and
Whereas, The town has suffer
ed great loss in the past several
years in I he destruclion of prop
erly by floods from Valdez glacier;
and
Whereas, Competent engineers
of Ihe war department of Ihe
United Stales have estimated thai
Ihe glacier streams can be perm
anently diverted and controlled
and Ihe Town of Valdez protect
ed by an expenditure not exceed
ing $75,000; and
Whereas, The termini and
main Alaska stations of the mili
tary cable and telegraph linos
have been established by tho gov
ernment at Valdez, and tho gov
ernment owns in and adjacent lo
Valdez properly valued at fully
$100,000 to-wit, federal court
house and jail, cablo office and
telegraph lines, road commission
and commissary, postofflce build
ing, warehouses, and the records
of tho United Stales commission
er's office preserving Ihe titles lo
property valued at many millions
of dolars, all of which are liable
lo great demage and possible de
struction by tho glacier streams;
and
Whereas, If the cable offlco At
Valdez and adlaoent cable and
telegraph lines should he destroy
ed or parnlvred praetieflll* all of
Alaska oxeent th# Panhandle
would he isolnled and cut off
from communfcalion wilh Ihe rest
of the world, except by steamship,
until reconstruction could take
plpce; end <
\Vhereas, Tho Town of Valdot
s unable to raise the required
kinount from its resources, over
ind above its necessary expend i
,ures, and it lias in the past sev
eral years expended about $100,
)00 for its own protection and
.11aL of tbe governmental prop
erty contained wit bin its boun- ,
laries without any cost whatever ,
lo the government; now, there
fore, he it
Resolved, By the 'Common
Council of the Town oT Valdez,
\laska, that in view of the urgent
necessity for protection from
glacier Hoods, congress he and
licreby is petitioned to appropri
ate the sum of seventy-live thou
sand dollars, to be expended un
Jer the direction of the V^ar de
partment of the United Stales, to
uonstruct a permanent diversion
lyke to protect the properly here
inbefore mentioned, and that said
appropriation be made availab'e
nut later than April 1„ 1912, in
order that work may be complet
ed before the high waters of the
coming 9ummcr.
Adopted by tho Common Coun
cil of the Town of Valdez, Alas
ka, this 15th day of January,
1912.
F. M. BOYLE, Mayor.
Attest: W. M. CHARY, Clerk.
LOCAL ITEMS
If you want your furs repair
ed sec Silverman, phone 198. .
Rev. Father Van dor Pol was a
I hrouch passenger on I he Ala
meda from Seward lo Cordova.
WANTFI)—Odd jobs, snow
shoveling, house work, washing.
IMionc 211. kl-10
A distinct earthquake shock
was experienced last evening
about 9 o'clock. The noise which
preceded the tremor was very no
ticeable.
FOR RENT—Neatly furnished
cabin. Inquire Mrs. K. C». Ames, tf
Wanted—Odd jobs. Steady work.
Wood sawing. Snow shoveling;
anything, 'l'hone 1tf
Jack Tansev loft this morning
for Sulphide canyon, where lie
go«s to measure the water of the
stream for Ihe Alaska, Water,
l.ighl and Telephone company.
LOST—In Ihe Buffet, a leather
cartridge bell. Please relurn to
MulTel. ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. <i. Ames were
outgoing passengers on Ihe Ala
meda bound for 11«»l Springs, Ark
ansas, where Mr. Ames will take
treatment for rheuinatism.
Fall coals, $5 and up. Suits
$15 and up at Harvey's Toggery.
The Arctic Brotherhood will
initiate several chceehachos into
Ihe mystery of sourdough life at
its meeting tonight.
EOR RENT—The Keystone, cor.
Keystone and McKinley Sis. Com
pletely furnished; warm. Inquire
premises. If
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
The Alameda, which was to have
sailed for Seattle yesterday, sail
ed this forenoon. The delay was
caused by the ^convenience of
loading at Latouche, owing to the
wharf not having been repaired
as yet.
If you want a good fitting suit
see Silverman, 'phone 198.
i ,
WANTED—A good girl for gen
eral housework lo go to Cordova.
Small family. Modern convenien
ces. Inquire of Mrs. Ostrander.
Word has been received that
attorney Roy I). Frank will relurn
to Valdez about February 1. He
left last fall owing to the serious
illness of his mother in Seal Mo.
Notloe to A. B'e.
A full atlendance is requested
this evening for initiation.
Weather Report.'
Barometic pressure 29.805
Maximum temperature.... 27
Minimum femperaturo.... 15
Mean temperaluro 21
Temperature at 0 p. in.. . .25
Preoipitalion 32
Cloudy, calm.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
Osll for Warranto.
'Notice In hereby glvon that I
will pay all regular city warrants
up to and including No. 2895 if
presented within 10 days from
date. E B. WHEAT,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez,'Alaska, Jan. 0, 1912.
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
JKWARD, - AI-AHKA
stents MiningNncorporations
It Is chea jer to builil a WARM HOUSE
with CONCKKTK blocks, tliun to hcut a
a cold one with iM 5u coal.
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valdez
Prospector
IS IN THE BUILDING
REAR OF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
Call And See Us
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yearn at Tacnina Smelter
Opponlto Electric; Light Olllee
Ml Work Giuranteed and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Kn^iin-cr and
U. S. De|»'y Surveyor
Assay OWce in Valdez
CoiiiMXSllon Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Nest lo Seattle Hotel. Phono >■Always open
V A L D E Z
FAtKENBURG & LAUCKS
Assaying and Ore Testing
Gold and Silver $1.00 Copper $1.5
Lead $1.00
OS Yesler Way, SEATTLE, WASH
VOLL & BARKER
CIIKMISTS, AS3AYER3 AND
MINING ENCINKKKH
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
EUROPEAN' PLAN
ST. ELIAS
MRS. M. B. UI1LY, Mgr.
Clean, Comfortable Rooms
Headquarters for Mining and
Commercial Men.
PHONK NO. 104*
Keystone Avenue. „ Valdez. Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co.
l-'rHirlitintr atiil passengers to all |>arls
of- the interior. l.tmrul TruvkiDK
hid. Wood, " - Proprietor
McKlnley St. Vuldez
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all partH of the interior.
Telephone 00
©•"OftlCA with Northern Trust Co,
Archibald
Carpets and Rugs
BIG DISCOUNT ON ALL
OUR HOLIDAY GOODS
Many Pretty Things to Select From.
We must close out all in order to make room
for other goods.
Many other things that will make beautiful Xmas
presents at a discount.
You are cordially invited to inspect our stock. We
are Leaders. We buy for cash and we are in a po
sition to please you in all departments.
Our Xmas display of Box Candy is the best that can
be produced—in half pound to ten pound boxes.
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
VALDEZ DRUG COMPANY
PARTIAL
LIST
Manicure Sets
Scissor Sets
lewel Boxes
Shaving Stands •
Vases
Ash Trays
Toilet Sets
Travelers' Sets
Mirrors
Gents' Brush Sets
Baby Sets
Carving Sets
Leather Brushes Set in Rubber