C. iv.
We have just received a ship
ment of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
fine clothing—both suits and over
coats—nothing later, nothing bet
ter. We want you to see these new
clothes.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
With Abundant Capital
and with every facility for service we solicit the
patronage of those who are in need of the banker.
Capital Paid up, $100,000.00
Surplus Earned', $11,567.00
BANKING DEPARTMENT
fALDEZ 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 85 miles nearer the
interior than any other
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any comr.iunity
In Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best publio
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year course.
It is the only sea coast
town offering direct com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter. '
Valdez offers the near
ost and most dlreot route
to the IVlatanuska ooal
fields.
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
olflo coast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
Room and board at the Grand
Hotel $1.50 per day. Home cook
ed meals and good beds. Mrs. H.
Sharts.
Brink your Job work to tb«
Proi^iUr offle«.
ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
C. E. Bunnell.
L, V. Hay, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Hitchie.
Assayers.
George F. While.
Banks.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
i Builders' Material.
Clias. H. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Bowling Alleys.
Ingrain & Bush.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Vajdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
Dr. H. Coekcrille.
Dr. Charles Daggett..
Dr. Gqrman.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fralf-rnnl Order Eagles.
A relic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
Meyers Cash Store, Golden.
S. Blum <fc Co.
Fagerhurg Bros., Nazina.
ValdfZ Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. 11. Crary.
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
Rainier-Gvand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrya.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orphcum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Powei
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Ingram & Bash.
ftoadhous68.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agenoies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co.
Alaska Slearnship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Wafer. Lighl & Tele
phone Co.
Wholesale Cigar Merchants.
Ingrain & Bush.
Sohodule fop Launoh Donaldson.
Fort Liscum' Alaol;~, Aug. 2
1912.—Office of the Quartermas
ter:
Tlie following schedule for the
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson will
take effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All orders in conflict herewith are
revoked:
I.cave Leave
Days— Ft. Liscum Valdcz
Monday* ...8:15a.m. IO:45am.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. in.
Tuesdays ..8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
2:00 p. m. 2:30 p. m.
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p. in.
\Vcdnesdnys8: 15 a. m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Thuroday ..8:16a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p. in. '4:00 p.m.
Fridays . . .8:15 a. m. 10:4*«. m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Saturday* .2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
►
7 :00 p. m. 10:30 p. in.
Sundays, such trips as may he or
dered.
There will be no trips for Ihej
launch on I he second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Spccinl trips or cancelling of
above will be made without no.
lice, only lo meet Ihe emergen-!
cies of I be service.
Hv order of LiculA-Col. O'Neil, j
L. A. KIJNZIO,
I at Lieut. 301 h Infantry. Quor
moster.
Why freeze in your room and
have to rend the sign in order
to Jell that your rooin Is healed
'with steam, when yon can get oil
'the steam that vou wont at "The
Cliff?"
DOITS IP, .
m 12 m
New York, Nov. 3U.--Melville
K. Inpalls of Cincinnati, who lias
been <•«»1111I«»«1 wilh llii? Cleve
land, (iiiu'iiinuli & SI. Louis rail
road i2 years, Hrsl us president !
anil then as chairman of the
hoard, resipiied today mi account '
oT ill health.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
18 DEFEATED
Madison, Nov. 3d.—Tile official
j count shows thai woman sulVrawe
|in this stale has been defeated
jby tm.ouo votes.
\V. Schmidt has opened a r«;s
llaiirant in the storeroom form
I nrl.v occupied by him as a deli
j calesseii. Mr. Schmidt proposes
I to sel a lirsl-class table, where
i the delicacies of I In* season ran
j always In* had, prepared by tin*
j l)«*sl chefs obtainable. II' one
!wants a ifood meal In- should im>i
j overlook Schmidt's,
j
j On Sunday the Order of Alaska
rloose will hold their annua1
| n.«'Miori,»l service in memory of
lln ir dep:ited brothers. Service-;
will lie/iiu at Moose hall at 3 p.
in., to wlib h citizens of Vabl •/
are welcome. The services are
always impressive and are held
that- the memories of those who
have pone over I lie last trail may
| never be forgotten.
i Tim road commission will *hip
i tlieir* sleighs to Chitina l»y I
I returning steamer and will also
I send about SO hv«'id of stock over
| the trail. The Northwestern,
i while at Cordova, discharged the
timbers for the Nizina and Clul
kana bridges. The material for
the (lulkana bridge will be team
ed up the Copper river to its des
tination, while that for the Niz
ina bridge will be unloaded with
> in eight miles of the site of the
proposed structure.
A stage will arrive from Wil
low creek tomorrow night, hav
i ing left that point yesterday. At
jthe same time four other passen
j gers went to Chitina and Boh Mc_
| Inlosli says he will eat his dou
jble-enders if h« does not land his
passengers in town a week ahead
of those coming by way of the
railroad town.
! Mr. Washburn slates that
i Harney lleltel is down Mi feet in
'the shaft of (he ('.auicrou-John
|son properly. The showing made
lis better than anything yet seen
I mi that properly. A very heavy
j fall of >1 low lias occurred in that
seel ion. making travel very ditTi
i cull.
.1
Word from Slump bay stales
I that work on the Alice proper
ties is progressing in a very sat
isfactory manner since the new
j machinery has been put into
i play.
..
K. II. Mark, of Fairbanks, left
Sourdough roadhouse this morn
ing en route to Valdez as a wit
ncss in the bank cases. i
Fred lirown and wife returned
•from F.llamar on the launch Flirt,
•where lhe> have been visiting
' their daughter. Mrs. Middlceamp.
Father Van dec Pol will arri\c
• |oda> from Cordova and will hol(|
services tomorrow in I lie Cat Iodic
I church a* usual.
| (Mi t heir arrival I lie court hou.-e
• hunch will receive the new* of
Itlle many good dinners enjoxed
i here on Thanksgiving day.
Fine Show Tonight.
j Al Orphem at K o'clock sharp.
Don't. fail lo spend a pleasant
hour lotiiulil. ('.haiiKc tomorrow.
Masonic Meeting.
Tlii'rc will bo a special rom
iMiinicalion of I.odfre No. H»K K.
nnd A. M. Saturday night. Work
in I ho firs I, degree. Visiting
brothers welcome.
fi. fJ. UKYNOI.DH. Sec'y.
Buy your Chrlntniflu pranonln
(»it the Ha/aar. which will Iip »*iv
en by flic Women's (Inild ncxl
Tnesdny al Moose hall.
('nil and select presents from
nur line of Xmns to\s, n few of
which an1 mentioned: Pnssv
Pippins, Puppy Pippins, Camp
bel Kids Sleds. Trains. Blocks,
Tbicklmards, Express Wagrtns,
Blackboards, T<*a Sets, Ball*, ,
^Pool Chests, Dump Carta, Roily
Pollys, etc., at Rudolph's.
MAN BLOWS HP;
His VACUUM
New York, Nov. HO TiirniiiK j
from (lie Hpeetacle being pre
sented on tlu» stage • >T (lie Hip— t
podroino last night, a man in I In* ,
gallery stepped lo I hi; head oT a
stairway leading- lo I ho lobby, J
drew a revolver from his poekct '
and shol. himself twice in lb**;
breast and stomach. Incipient !
panic caused by liis act was soon :
quelled. The would-be suicide :
is in a serious rondilion.
Sells 10,000,000 Stamps
Ten million cancelled postage?
>lanip<. donn'slic and foreign, !
;«b»iie up in ion.nun ileal packages
J were sold reeently In Joseph II.
Nepri'en I.I New Yurk. a deab*r
| in stamps ami •••■ins, by Mrs.
■ Charles II. Parkhursl. wile <»f I he
Ipaslor "if the Madioiu Squarei
! Presbyterian rluireh. .Mrs.
| Parkhursl had tlieni lo soil l»e_ |
jcause she has been patiently co|_
heeled them for thirty years, i
jail,| she sn|i| I lieni because the
! Parkhursls recently moved from
j I heir sparous home in Kasl Thir
ily-liflh Street in the Ansoiiia.'
iaml there never would he room
|o'iionph in the Ansoiiia for ail.
j I hose stamps.
II scorns th;il I li ii*l> years ago'
Mrs. Parkhursl read an adver
tisement which offered free fui
I inn for :i ('.hiucse I;• < 1 al an Ainer
i * \ i * I i < i ii 1' l*«»1* 1.000,(100 canceled
stamps. Mrs. Parkhursl cnni- ;
ini'iici'il in collect I Ih-iii wilh ureal l
dilliKcin-e. lull wlii'ii slit* ha«l it
million she run hi find no place
where I hey mi^fhl h»* exchanged
l'«»r college ila.vs for a Celestial.
So she jnsl went f»n saving them.
The price paiil hy I he dealer
was no| disclosed, hut he seemed
pleesed with I lie bargain. lie
has figured it all out that, placed
side by side, they would reach
from New York to Pittsburg, lie
has also calculated that when
|they were new the stamps repre
sented an outlay of at least.
#200,000. He has not decided
just how he. will dispose of them,
hut lie is sure that, for paper
alone, they would bring a sub
stantial sum.
How He An sew red.
A Harvard student who look a
course in Hihle history attended
infrcipij/ntly, and paid little ;t I -
jletion when he did attend, lie
j had been lol l that the instructor
|would ask for a list of flu* kings
of Israel in the examination, so
'he learned this list and wenl to
the exainiiiiil.ion in high hope.
To his horror I In- ipieslions con
tained no reference to the kings
of Israel, and lie looked in \nin
Mr. I'pdegraf. of the Circle
counlr.v, is one of today's arriv
als over the trail.
for a <|iic>l ion lliitl lie «*• >iiId ;in
ewer.
The lasl i|in;slion was: "his
tiuguish hetween the major and
minor prophets."
In answer lie wrote: "The
Lor-1 forbid that I should draw
distinct ions between these holy
men; Inil I lie Kings of Israel are
these." Then followed I lie li-i.
Mrs. ids Jepsnn ciiiiie into lowii j
I oil a \ from Mm* other side of the]
s 111 n 111 i!. |
\V. I>. riioiiip-on came up Jroin (
the Thompson. Kurd properlies. I
lie reports work mures*jMg in ;i ,
ver> sati-fiiclor> manner. i
Vlr. and Mrs. William Morion
came np from the lower sound!
• mi I lie launch I'lirl to spend a j
few days in I he cilv.
The lanneh Flirt will leave !'•»»*
Kllamnr. Ki<lalui» ami I .a ii < 11 • k
• mi Tuesday.
. .
II. It. .Miller «ml Carl lluhhard j
arc in Iowii from Kllauiar.
I.orem I'. Washburn came in
from the r.aiiHM'on-JnhnsMii prop
er! it's liisl evening.
The famous Manulirher and
Mauser sporting rifles for sale
iif. Hmlnlph's.
The Ha/aar I«» he ft i veil 1»> llie
Women's (iuihl will he held in
Moose hall ncxl Tuesday. Don't
fnrfrcl I he dale, Dceemher Hrd.
Hny your Christ mas present*
it Ihe Hazaar, which will lie Kiv
'n hy Ihe Women's Guihl next
fuesday at Mooso hall.
WatTia* ana nonoy 25c at Val
\er C*f«. tf
•ulmcrfh* roi the Prowp«clot-..
A. M. Dim-inger
Mm 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
onless paid tor in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all part* of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building, Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
DR. GERMAN
i
I'hunr » THE dentist
rooms ovrr Owl I)rti« sioro. ORIce hours
u a. in., in o i>. in.. 7 i». in., to » |i. m Suntluys
l>y ai>|Miirkun«'iit All work irii:iiantff<l
:QR. H. COCKERIILE
i
Dentist
I Whaling Building VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A W Y E R
PHONK «se Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORN KY-AT-LA VV
Offices Wall Street
Phone ji VALDEZ
L. V. KAY
ATTORNKY AT I.AW
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM, B. M.
VAUDEZ. ALASKA
»eP0«rs on Minis
Patent Suhyeyb
Gmnkbal Mining Enoine*ninci
Phonb No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer nnd
U. S. Deputy Lard and
Mineral Surveyor
ASSAYEP
EO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ. ALASKA
TIDE TABLES
Saturday, November 30.
IfiKli tides, i :53 n. in., »: 10 p.m.
I."»w I idea, 10:15 a. in., 11:05 p.m.
PostofTloo Hours.
Work dnys 9 n. m. to 6 p. m.
Sunday* nnd holidays 12 noon
to 2 p. rn.
Cable Offloe Hour*.
Week days 9 «• til. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. m. and 5 to 8 p. m.
Oh, you kids, save your dimes
for the flsh pond.