yOU can't be too particular
, about clothes, they help to
r
"place you" in the minds of
| those you meet.
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
l
| style and quality "place" a
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^ man right: if you live up to
if* '
| these clothes you'l get on.
Suits $25 to $35
Copyright Han Schaffncr'AVani
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
5 Per Cent Interest
This Bank affords a convenient and reliable
depository for the savings of the people. We
pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent per an
num on certificates of deposit for one year.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
SO Per Cent Discount
We arc disposing of our large stock of undertaking goods,
consisting of best metallic-lined and plain cas'kets, also hard
wood coffins; also embalming by a licensed embalmer at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc.
Edhoo Mazda Lfobt
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
Ve Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker AtR.,
and Stamp Mill Materials prices
Yard* Foot of WALL ST. A ■ * T 1
enAWTORD'HeuiLowc Arctic Lumber Co,
Republican Convention.
A convention of the Independ
ent Republicans of Alaska is
hereby called to meet in Valdez
on the 29th day of May, 1912, at
10 o'clock a. m. to nominate a
candidate for Delegate to Con
gress lo he voled for at the ter
ritorial election lo be held on the
l.'JIh day of August, 1912. Also to
elect two delegates and two al
ternates l«> the Republican na
tional convention lo be held in
Chicago on the 18th day of June,
1912. Also lo transact such oth
er business ns may come before
the convention.
Kaeh election precinct in Alas
ka, as the same were constituted
nt the delegate election of 1910,
shall be entitled to one delegate
in the convention hereby called
f*r every 20 votes or fraction
thereof cast for Hon. James
Wickernham for delegate lo con
gress at the election held Aug
ust 9, 1910.
Dated Valdcz, Alaska, April £0,
1912.
K. E. RITCHIE, Acting Sccretarjr.
E. VALENTINE, Chairman.
The trial of (ho case of Spong.
berg ct al. vs. M. M. Reese el a),
was continued over until 1he jury
eases were disposed of.
Frank Austin and wife, who
have been in Sumner, Wash.,
since February, will return lo
Valdez Ihe Inlfer end of lh#»
month.
. *
The rase of Ihe Russian half
breed Kofofl* against Win. Daw
son, of Ihe Kenai Commercial
Company, for malicious prosecu
tion, was today dismissed, tha
plaintiff and his witnesses fail
ing lo appear.
The country is going to be sav
ed all right, all right. We have
the word of Ihe candidates for
that.
HOME RULE MEASURE
PASSED OY THE HOUSE
I
1 Much interest is being mani
fested on the .probable action of
the senate on the Alaska home
rule bill, recently passed by the
hoUBe, and in the measure itself,
which but few of our readers are
familiar with. We herewith print
the bill as passed, including the
amendment extending the fran
chise to women:
A bill to create *a legislature in
the Territory of Alaska, to con
fer legislative power thereon,
and for other purposes.
He it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United Stales of America in Con
gress assembled:
Alaska Territory Organized.
Section 1. That the Territory
ceded to (he United Slates by
Russia by ttie treaty of March
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, and known as Alas
ka, shall be and constitute the
Territory of Alaska under I he
laws of the United States, I he
government of which shall he or
ganized and administered as pro
vided by said laws.
Capital at Juneau.
Sre. 2. That the capital of the
ij Territory ol Alaska shall he at
Ihc (lily of Juneau. Alaska, and
the seal «»f {.'overniiicnl shall be
maintained 'ihere.
j Constitution and Laws of United
States Extended.
Sim*. That I lu» const ihit ion
• »f the 1'nited Stales, ami all the
laws thereof which arc not lo
cally inapplicable. sliall have 1 h-«*
'saint' force ami effect williin I ho
said Territory as elsewhere in lire
United Stales; that all the laws of
the United States heretofore
passed establishing' the executive
1 anil judicial departments in
Alaska sliall continue in full force
and effect nntil amended or re
pealed tiy Act of C.onjrrcss; that
except -as herein provided all
laws now in force in Alaska shall
continue in full force and effect
until altered, amended i»r repeal
ed by Congress or by the legisla
ture: Provided, that the author
ity heieiu granted to the lepis
'lalure to alter, amend, modify
[and repeal laws in force in Alas
ka shall not c\|eild to the cus
1 loins, internal revenue, postal or
'•other funeral laws of the United
States. And the legislature shall
ipass no law depriving the judges
Miiid oflickers of Mie district court
«»f Alaslcn of any aiithnrity, juris
diction, or funr'vion exercised by
like judwes or officers of district
nvmrts of the Unfiled Stales.
The Legislature.
Sec. i. That the lejfislatixe
power anVi authority of said Ter
ritory sha'll be vested in a legis
lature, which shall consisl of a
council and a house of represen
tatives. The council shall consist
of «'itfhl members, two from each
of file four judicial divisions in
to which Alaska is now divided
by Av| of Ompress, each of whom
shaft have nJl the time of his elec
lion (ho qualifications of an
elector in Alaska, and shall .havr
been n resident and an inhabitant
in the division from which he is
: elected for al least two years
j prior to Iti«* dale of his election.
I'lie I••1*111 of office of each inem
tier «»T tin* council shall ho four
vears: Provided, that immediate
ly after they shall he assembled
in consequence of ttie first elec
tion lliey shall, by lot or draw
ing, be divided in each division
Into two classes; the seals of the
members of the first class shall
be vacated at the end of two
years and the seats of the mem
bers of the second class shall be
vacated at the end of four years,
ho that one member of the coun
cil shall, after the flrst election,
be elected biennially at the regu
lar election from each division.
1'ne house of representatives
shall consist of sixteen members,
four from each of the four ju
dicial divisions info which Alaska
is now divided by Act of Con
gress. The term of office of each
representative shall he for two
years; and each person shall pos
sess the same qualifications as
prescribed for members of the
council. The persons havinor the
highest number of lepra! voles In
each of said council districts for
members of the conncll shall be
declared plecled, and the persons
hatinfr the highest number of
legal votes for the house of rep
resentatives shall be declared
elected: Provided, that In case
to on more persons voted for have
an equal number of votes, and in
case a vacancy otherise occurs in
either branch of the legislature,
the governor shall order a new
election. That each member of
the legislative assembly shall be
paid by the United States the sum
of fifteen dollars per day for each
day's attendance while the leg
islative assembly is in session,
and mileage, in addition, at the
rate of fifteen cents per mile for
each mite from his home to the
capital and return by the near
est traveled- route, and no more.
Election tpf Members of the Leg
islature.
1 Sec. 5. That the first election
for members of the Legislature I
of Alaska shall be held on the I
Tuesday next after the first Mon
day in November, nineteen hun
dred and twelve, and all subse
quent elections for the election of
members shall be held on the
Tuesday next after (he first Mon
day in November biennially there
after; (hat the qualifications of
electors, the regulations govern
ing the ereation of voting pre
cincts, the appointment and qual
ifications of election officers, the
supervision of elections, the giv
ing of notices thereof, I lie forms
of ballots, the register of votes,
the challenging of voters, and the
returns and the canvass of the
returns of the result of all such
t'lcdiofts for members of the leg
islature shall be the same as
I Ik»so prescribed in the Act of
Congress entitled, "An Art pro
viding lor the election of a I>«•!«»—
gate to lllC House «»f Represen
tatives from I In* Territory of
Alaska," approval May seventh,
iiincj.een hundred and six, and all
the provisions of said Art which
arc applicable arc extended tn
sa>d elections for members <»f Ihr
legislature, and shall govern the
same, ami the canvassing hoard
created l»y said Act shall can
ivans the return* of such elec
tions and issue certificates ol
'election to each memher elector
'to the said legislature: and al
'the penal provisions contained ir
'sect ion lift eon of Hie said Act
shall apply tit elections for mem.
hers of the legislature as full>
'.as they now apply to elections foi
•Delegate from Alaska to Ihellous*
'of Hepresentatives.
Convening and Sessions of Leg
islature.
Sec. 0. That the legislature ol
Alaskfi shall convene al the cap
ilol at the (lily of .Inucaii, Alas
ika, on the first Monday in March
in the year nineteen hundred ami
thirteen, and on the first Mon
day in March every two years
thereafter: but the said legisla
ture shall not continue in ses
sion longer than sixty days in
any two years unless again con
vened in extraordinary session hy
;• proclamation of the governor,
ami in such case shall not con
tinue in session longer than thir
ty days. The governor of Alas
k«'> is hereby authorized to eon
vi no the legislature in extraor
dinary session not longer than.
Ihirly days when requested to do
so hy the president of the Tint
ed Stales, or when any grave'
public danger or necessity may
require it.
Organization of the Legislature.
Mee. 7. Thai when I In* legis
lature shall cunvpnp under tli«'
law, flic council and house of rep
i*i senfalives shall each organize
hy fhe clccfion of one of their
in;mho as speaker, and hy I he
election hy each hody of I he sub
ordinale officers provided for in
section eighteen hundred and six-'
fy-one of fhe United States Re
vised Statutes of eighteen hun
dred and sevenfy-eighf, and cacti
of said subordinate officers shall
receive fhe compensation provid
ed in that section: Provided,
fhaf no person shall bo employ
ed for whom salary, wages or
compensafion is nof provided in
Ibe estimate made hy fhe Secre
tly f'f the Treasury and included
in 'lie apprnpridlinn made by
Congress.
Enaction Clause—Subjeot of Aot.
Sec. H. Thai fhe enacting
clause of all lows passed by the
legislative assembly shall be,
"Be it enacfed by the I.egisafurn
of flic Territory of Alaska." To
avoid improper influences which
may result from inter-mixing in
one and the same act sucii thing* •
as have no proper relation to
each other, every law shall em
brace but one object, and that
(Continuod on page 4)
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BBWA&p, - ALASKA
Pateits Mining lieorporations
CHARLES G. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Secarities BI'd'g vaUu
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Offloe rooms over Owl Drug store. Offloe hours
1a.m., toe p. m.. 7 p.m.. to 8 p. m. Sundays
by sppolntment All work icuaranteed.
LOCAL ITEMS
Keystone bath house furniture
for sale cheap.
For 8al«.
Four room house for sale cheap
Cellar 16x20 ft. Furnace. Barn
12x24 It. Address P. O. box 31,
Valdez, Alaska.
FOK KENT—Light and warm
room at tli«^ Reynolds house, Mrs.
L. A. I)epuy, Prop.
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. n. Kinsman will organize
a class in drawing and oil paint
ing <luring Ihe coming week. AU
wishing lo join call at her resi
dence on McKinley street.
Look! Look! Look!
Ladies and gents, black and tan
shoes cleaned and shined. See!
Johnnie, the bootblack, Pioneer
Barber Shop.
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
FOR SALE--Cable cabinet
grand piano. See ]. P. Blade, ca
ble office.
Bring your job work to ih(
Prospector office.
The only . practical tailor lr
Valdez, Ben Silveiman. 'Phom
198.
The Seward Gateway is on sail
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Grand hotel under nev
management. Rooms 25c and up
Laundry in connection. Mrs. It
SharLs.
FOR SALE—One 1(5 ft. 'A h. p
llacine dory. One pool table, i) j
5. One l.r><i-fl. trammel net. One
barber chair. Apply to Company
"(V HJIIi Infantry, Fort Lis
Silverinan will call for and de
liver your goods, 'phone 198.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years at Tacoma Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Ofilce
AH Work GuruteeJ uJ Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS »V. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer ijnd
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay OBoe In Valdea
ConnectloB Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attesdcd to
VOLL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, AS8AYER8 AND
MINING ENGINEERS
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VALOEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all parte of the interior.
Positively no ooal delivered un
less paid for In advance
Office on Wall St . Phone 00
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Whaling Building VALDE2
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dosert Lands, Contest* and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
YOU GET
All the News
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VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Charles Hush, who has been
experimenting with an auto
sleigh at Careross for tlio past
three years, now announces that
the machine is a success and thai
tie will have five of them con
stricted during the coming sum
mer for freighting next winter on
the Dawson road.
Notloe to Creditors.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In tho matter of the estate of
Charles W. Shelley, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of tho
estate of Charles \V. Shelley, de
ceased, to tho creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
the said estate, to exhibit them
with the nocessarv vouchers
within six (ft) months after the I
first publication of this notice,
to the said administrator at the
nlllee of Smith, Hunnol) & NVeb
nr. at. Valdez, Alaska, the same;
being the place for the transac
tion of the business of said es.
late.
Dqlod at Valdez. Alaska, this
9th (fay of April, 1912.
fcD. WOOD,
\(iministrator of the estate of
Cherles W. Shelley, deceased.
First pub. April 9, 1912.
Last pub. May 8, 1912.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
| Notice of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. llarlinan, Mabel
1 ITarlman and L. W. Russell: You
rtnd cach of you arc hereby noti
! lied that there has been expended
I during tho year 1911 in labor ou
thoso certain lodo mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsina River drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: Tho Lucy, Alice, George,
lied Lead, Anaconda. Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susie, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
tho sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of the United States, tho amount
required by law to hold said
claims for tho year following the
performance of tho annual labor;
that said oxpondituro for labor
aforesaid was mftde by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, tho co
owners of said c-aims. And un
less wilhin ninetv days after the
completion of tho publication of
this nolice, to-wit: within ninety
days after tho 91 ti day of July,
1012, you contribute your portion
of the rxnenses of tho aforesaid
anmnil labor for said yee.r, your
Interest in said lodo claims will
be forfeited and become th»^ prop
erty of the undersigned, who nr.*
your co-owners.
PATRICK MURPHY.
JAMF8 FISH.
Pale of first pub. April 10, '!?.
Date of last pub. July 9, 1912.
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call and see our now line of bond
papers. The finest ever brought
ts Taldes.