/Of MEN
^ — THINK IT OVER. —
If you want to do- away -with all
chance in picking out good shoes try
a pair ot
PACKARDS
«pd sure o£ I
kwrfd Mtii* 1
fied.W«kave I
the latest
styles. '>
Oxfords $6.00
Shoes $6.50
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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 J
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 are dthsprtslng'of our j&rgn stock.of undertaking goods,
consisting of best inetallic-1 inea and plain caskets, also hard
wood coffins; also embalming by a licensed embalmcr at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc.
/ , » ' •
Alaska W^ter, light & Tel Co.
PHoiie 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker
and Stamp Mill Materials Prices
Ymrda Foot of WALL ST. 4 _ • W ■ - |
c.A^D'-iu.tDiNc Arctic Lumber Co.
Useful Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
b. m. and 5 to 0 p. m. - ' •
Postoffice hours:
Week days 9 a. in. to 0 p, »n. I
Sundays and holidays 12 m. to
2 p. m.
Subaorlbo for the Proipiotor
The Indian
The following new world's
records wero inndo on I ho
Indian Motorcyclo by Kd.
Ilnwlia at Low AngelcH, Cnl.,
April 5l.li, 112:
1 iniIn .'{7 4-5 seconds.
2 milon, 1 mill. 1H 2-5 see.
3 milon, 1 min. 50 hoc.
4 miles, 2 min. 30 3-5 hoc.
5 miles, 3 min. 20 4-5 hoc.
r> miles, 4 min. 1 3-5 hoc.
7 milos, 4 min. 42 3-5 hoc.
R miles, 5 min. 24 hoc.
0 milos, 0 min. 5 hoc.
10 miles, 0 min. 45 4-5 too.
SUBSCRIBE
FOR
The Prospector*
GREAT DEAL OF MININQ
ACTIVITY TO WESTWARD
I '
(Continued Iroin page, i)
other producer will be added to
the list.
linliotr and Saulhury will have
their stamp mill, now on their
property, in working order about
August i.
John llirschev, of Hope, will
install a mill on his rich gold
quart/, property this season.
Robinson and Colwell, who own
a rich prospect in the Moose pass
district, propose to start devel
opment this season, an outfit for
the purpose being on the ground.
Should the vein maintain its val
ues with depth, and there is no
reason- to believe otherwise, in
view of the fact that all veins
thus far developed show no evi
dence of pinching out, either in
values or width of vein matter, a
fine gold quartz properly will be
(added to the list of producers, as
it is the plan of the owners to
jnsLqll machinery just as soon as
a demonstration has been made.
The Mickey property at Mile
21 is being steadily developed,
and a late report from there
stales thai the tunnel is now be
ing driven in six fret of good pay
ore. A mill is |o be installed on
this propei ty at an early dale.
Ciould and Peterson, who have
taken over the properly of Axel
Krickson and his partners, loeat
ed ill Mile IS. proposing to.dig
into il. Tin1 win. while small,
is wr\ rieh in values, and the
only I It in*: 'o In* determined is its
extent.
Tlii- .Mill" 7 properly, taken ov
er by Hrewer. Ilayden and (loiter.
Sand mi which development work
has steadily progressed through
lout the winler. is showing up re_
i markahly well.
! (Seorge 1$. tliiniiwny, who owns
property at liinl point, on Turn
again arm, proposes to begin ex
tensive development this season.
Milling Kwjsineoi* 1 Junkie, rep
resentative *>1' the < itiggenheiuis.
departed-oil the steamer l>ora. en
' rout** to 'title Willow creek gold
; camp. T3i«; ("iugpenhejms have
► organ iftjill a company to take »>v
►! er -arid develop prospects, and
>jMr, I Mi nVv le is I ho engineer who
► i exsinuine^ the properly and makes
► j rt'ooinmemlal ions I hereon.
k. i
.v 111til11y known as I he < irunt
► Lake Wiiu*s is in process of for
► willi W. ii. .Minting, Ili«"*
. illinium mail, as tli«* con
1 niiSi-m^ I'nekir. Tin* company
j plans nil an extensive »i»
I im'iit i»r ilif gold quart/, claims
; jn *i ti*> ilraul lake country, 1«»«-:iI«*il
| last season Iiy ('.larcnre W'hituey
• aiWi Frank :Casc, for themselves
j ami ol hers, .uud which wonp later
transferred H*» Mading aiv<l asso
ciates. Caw. is in charge of a
crew now -engaged in develop
ment. Madliaig departed on the
la* I slcamer, en route to the
Idt'tfarml. Where he will wind up
In* large minium interests, and
experts lo ireturn here jn Sep
li.eauJier.
General Manager Silverman, of
IIh* Skcen-ljcchiier Mining com
pany, has given a contract lo
Gtwge A. Kinman for the haul
ing of one hundred tons of ore
frwiii I he company's mine to I lie
mill in I lie valley below, and
stamps will *ooii he dropping in
that section. The Skeen-Lechner
properly gives promise of devel
oping into a hig gold mine. Kin
man, who has the contract, is a
'• recent arrival from the Iditarod,
j having come out over I he trail.
William lirisgjn and Charles
K. Tecklcnhurg have purchased
,the llice stamp mill, and the plant
jig now engaged in treating ores
from the Hrishin-Tccklenburg
property on Porcupine creek. The
quart/ is milling about the same
as the ore from what is known as
tho Schoonovcr property, which
gave an average of heller than
$500 in gold per ton. The Uris
hin-Tecklcnhurg property is de
scribed by those who have scon
it as ,i vein from four lo six feet
in width, containing a bluish
quart/, with a slate gangue. It
lies between diorile walls. Tho
quart/, is freely impregnated with
gold.
Dan Iliee, who has disposed of
his holdings in the Hchoonovcr
II in- property to I ho Primrose
Mining company, will devote his
anergics this soason to the de
velopment of what, is railed tho
Hluchcll property, located In the
sanfe region. Tim vein, though
small »"ii Ihc surface, is rich in
values. Tin1 Primrose company
will install a stamp mill on llicir
property as soon as possible.
Superintendent, Tozler and li. V.
Ilohen, of the Alaska Transfer,
returned recently from a hasty
trip to Hie scene, sizing up the
matter of transporting Hie plant
from l.ake Kenai lo the properly.
. Fredericks, who is developing
a prospect in the Porcupine creek
section, has just completed a
drift on the vein 30 feet in
length, lie claims 22 inches of
ore which will average 9 i0 per
ton.
REGULATIONS FOR
PANAMA EXPOSITION
San Francisco, May 2M (lull's
and regulations for the guidance
of foreign and domestic partici
pants in the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition, have been
prepared hy l)ir'ector-in-Ghicf
Frederick J. V. SkitT ami are now
heing distributed by the Exposi
tion. These rules specify that
the Exposition is to open on Feb
ruary 2<»th, 1 'J 15, and close on
December 4th, 11)15. They also
specify that 025 acre# will be de
\oted to the Exposition and that
it will have a frontage upon the
bay at. the (iolden (iate of 15,000
feet. The main exhibition pal
aces wiii 1 •«* open to visitors at D
o'clock each day ami will lie clos
ed at the hour of sunset, except
tbv' Art palace, which may he op
en after sunset at staled times.
All applications I'or sites of
buildings and for outdoor exhib
its must be til»'d <hi «»r before
.llllie 1st, II I.
A Decade of Gold Production.
During I!»•* «i«•<•;»« 1from I'.mi I
llllii. inclusive, llii' Io|;i| po|i|
«• 1111»i11 «>r flu* l'iiiI«*€ 1 Stall's was
sH7(i.-.'ir,.SUll. <)r lliis |ir<ii|nc| ion
l!«• |« • i*si«l«» run I ribnted SL'.'l/.HTii.
:io«»: «:a 1 il'«• r11ia. «IK \ I SI ,<)U0;
Alaska. #1 i i.lTiT.nou; NVvada,
S!in.r»r,j.!»ii(l; South I >akola. siii._
0 iii.i'nn. The tijrurrs show a
| sU-a.lily incrrasin;/output f«»i* I Ii•*
: i*iiii1111*> as a whole. although Ili«*
i <11111>i11 ili'cn'asiMl in I'.MH. I'.lftll,
j I '.mii ami l«.»IM. A fieiirrally in—
I rn-asinff • • 1111>i11 for Mm dccadt* is
1 shitwn I'm* Alaska. California and
; Ni'\a<la; a fairly stationary oul
jpiil for South Dakota. and a K«*n
11*rally invrcasin*r product inn for
Arizona. Colorado. Idaho, Moli
lalia and Oregon. The compari
son «»1' I In- iM'Kinuin^ with tin*
ending of lln? dceadc shows
Knsvlly iiii'i't'ascd output from
| Alaska ami Nevada and ih'croasril
I out put froiH Colorado.
! MUCH ACTIVITY IN
THE TASLINA DISTRICT
(Continued from page 1)
i lain t«»i». Sin* has vvilh her ;i
; parl y «»I' se\ en.
j MeCarly i* growing iiiI<• tpiili
}n promising town. A <I• >x• • 11 01
i more cahins ami liall as niaiiv
rulla^i's have heeii creeled inlln
' pasl fi'\v nntiil lis. Tlii' town
• hoasts nf I w«» hotels. a store,
I stable ami hlaeksmilIi .-Imp ami
} laundry.
I *1 in* Craig is developing a
i ipiarlz pj-i>|> mi Copper creek,
I I lu re mill's up fn»m Dan. A luii
! im'I l,'(» feet driven on the vein
I sln»ws ore i*ti ii ii i i i>f from s:{i» to
I I i per Ion.
' Work on the Dan ereek hy
idraulic properly is being pushed
ahead. Hams, (resiles and Humes
are all completed. II will lake
all the coming season before op
erations cmi he carried oji in full
(swing. The hydraulic nu(lit con
I sisls of u mile and a half of pipe,
iif>0 fed of Hume. Two six and
one llxe-iuch monitors will In*
used.
If the Copper lliver road was
i extended over the line into the
| White river country, where there
I are large deposits of coal, a great
impetus would he given lo the
copper business of this section.
The coal is fully eipial to that
of the ItgriiiK river lidd and can
he purchased from the Canadian
governmenl al SI on per acre
provided il is worked, and he
sides the Dominion will pay £0.
000 per mile every mile road huill
in the territory. A route has linen
surveyed hy the Copper River
eompifny and was found to ha
entirely practical and. compara
tively speaking, not extensive.
moose Danoo.
Trn» regular weekly (Inner will (
he given al Moose hall 011 Snlur
ilay evening. May 25lh.
If you want your inrs repair
ed sen Silverman, phorfc 10R. ^
The Flag.
If a Mexican nYoh fore d»<wn
nn American finM". trampled mi il
and cursed il what a liowl fhere
would* lie! Or imagine Ihe furore
if such nn episode were staged in
a Japanese oily! Anil yrl in our
own land, al our own door, *u»:h
nccnos are becoming rilmost com.
mon. We are Ipng-suflering
people. We pass laws lo insure
respect f«»r I he flag and then per
n i| I hem lo he ignored. We give
1 man Ihe protection of our flag
uid permit him lo call il a "rag" '
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT L.WV
SEWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUez
DR. GERMAN
Phone .9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms o?er Owl Drutr store. Office hours
9 u. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p.m.. to » |i. m. Sundays
by appointment All work Kuurumeed.
LOCAL ITEMS
i • •
Keystone bath house furniture
for sale cheap.
It costs no more to get your
clothing cleaned and preyed at
Silverman's. Phone 198.
Advertising in the Prospector
brings results. Try it.
Willing Man Will Do
llouseclcauiiig, carpet ek-aning,
pf»rl.«*r work and odd jidis. It«»l*<-rl
I Molt ram, idiom; I i. Ill
I
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. It. Kinsman will organize
a class in drawing and oil paint—
• ing during the coming week. All
wishing to join call at her resi
dence on MeKinley street.
Silverman will call for and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
The only practical tailor U
Valdez, Ben Silveiman. 'Phone
198.
The Seward Gateway is on .sail
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
The firand hotel under nev
management. Rooms L'oc and up
Laundry in connection. Mrs. H
Sharts.
FOR SAM! nl a snap: logout
wheelbarrows. I heifer rail'. yeai
I old: lint' milch row; .'t«i laying
i liens: (*—h<>l<* Horn rang*', pond a
j new; single buggy ami hanies*
[I horse, can he dri\en «ji- pack
ed: illso fine satldle horse; 8 goni
] single l»e«| springs; .'! riding .-ad
tiles: I park saddle; I I~i wag
on; niie sei heavy team harness
Apply Mrs. (!. II. Kraemer. resi
lience.
j Silverman will call for and tie.
j livor your goods, 'phone 198.
i
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years sit Tftcoma Smelter
OppoMltu Kleetrle Light Office
All Work Guaranteed and Promptly Attended To
VALDICZ, ALASKA
CYRUS VJ. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay in Vuliler.
Connection AlusW.a
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to
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CHEMISTS, ASBAYKR8 AND
MINING ENGINEERS
Established 1881
Two (Joortt Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
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VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all parts of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for in advance
Office on Wall St . Phone CO
! i New York Life]!
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valilez, Alaska. J'lione 41
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Whaling Building VALDE2
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Cases. Scrip.
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t
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Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
and without exposlulatinns hear
liiin declare lie cart'jt no 111>>i-«> fur
it I ha ii li*' docs foe the (la uf
lluxsiu nr Siam. Hut patience
conies In nil «• iiiI.. We tolerate Hid
preaching of ism* ami theories
without end. so long as il. is rlour*
peacefully and with due respect
|o Ihi* laws which protect those
wild preach them. Wlial tho.ma
jority wishes coition l«» pass, for
our government, moans th»j nilo
of tin1 majority. And Ih«• agita
tors must romciuhor Hiat. The
Kreal majority of us are patriot-1
ir people, who have pride in I ho
nation's achievement*, who havoj
railh in lii'i' institution* and in<
IIioiiihHvom, and who love Ihofil
lifter. They will md forovor t«d-|
••rule insults |o ttiat finer, *orlt-|
liou and anarchy. If honestly'
hoiit upon what they believe are
rofnrms, henrimr is assured those
who preach I lieui ami I hey will
have fair opportunity to accom
plfsli what they desire. ItuI in
sults and violence will only mean
ll<$eeO-linie as ill-omened as thai
when the dragon's teeth were
sown that a fearful harvest might
spring up.' I
Wall Paper,
Ml the latest Kastern designs.i
Jul Drug Co., Inc. • i
Notice of Forfeiture.
I To Carl P. llarlman, Mabel
llartinan and L. W. Russell: You
and each of you arc hereby noti
fied (bat there has been expended
during the yoar 1911 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
(situated on Long Glacier lliver
Kotsina lliver drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: The Lucy, Alice, George,
lied Lead, Anaconda. Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susio, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
tbo sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dqllars), lawful money
of the United States, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for (no year following the
performance of the annual labor;
that said expenditure for labor
aforesaid was made by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, the co
owners of said c alms. And un
less within ninelv days after tbo
completion Of the publication of
this notice, lo-wit: within ninety
Vlnyd after Ihe 9th day of July,
Mil?, you contribute \our portion
r»f the expenses of the aforesaid
annual lanor for said yer.r, your
interest in said lode claims will
be forfeited and become Hp* prop
ertv of the undersigned, who i
your en-owners.
PATRICK Mt'RPllY.
JAMKS FISH.
Dale of tlrst pub. April 10. 'f2.
Dale of last pub. July 0, 1012.
If you arc om uf leilerhemu
rnll and see ooi new lint- <>f bond
papers. The Pne*i »m* hrmigM
t* ,VaIder.