rOR MEN
PACKARD SHOES appeal especially io the men who like to
be always -well dressed and who appreciate the finer details in style
and workmanship. PACKARDS have strength and character be
cause they are honestly and skillfully made.
SHOES
OXFORDS
$6.50
$6.00
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
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We are disposing of our large stock of undertaking goods,
consisting of best metallic-lined and plain caskets, also hard
wood cofllns; also embalming by a licensed embalmer at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
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Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Cany a Complete Assortment
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and Stamp Mill Materials 8 Vrices
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Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. in.
tiundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. m. and B to 0 p. m.
Postoffice hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to fi p. in.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. in.
The Indian
The following now world's
records wcro tnado on (ho
Indian Motorcycle by Ed.
Hasha at Los Angeles, Cal.,'
April 51 h, 1012:
1 milo 37 4-5 seconds.
2 miles, 1 inin. 18 2-5 sec.
3 miles, 1 min. 50 sec,
4 miles, 2 min. 30 3-5 sec.
5 miles, 3 min. 20 4-6 see.
0 miles, 4 rnin. 1 3-5 sec.
7 miloB, 4 min. 42 3-5 sec.
H it * *s, 5 min. 24 . sec.
Of as, 0 min. 5 sec.
10-illes, 0 min. 45 4-5 sec.
A SMALL MOTOR
attached to the Sewing
Machine takes away the
hard manual work of the
seamstress. It relieves
her of the back breaking
tread and leaves her only
the steering of her work
under the needle.
It's a real home comfort.
Every woman should have
one attached to her
machine.
The electric man will
give particulars.
Alaska Water, Light & Til. Co.;
Vaidez Sheet Motal Works
Manufacturer* of
YAKSHAW STOVES
•" "Plumtfng, Steam Hoi
Wil«r Heillni, Pump» and
•J Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hoae Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fitting*.
SEWARD MINE
BEING OPENED
The Konai-Alaska tn u
ha to "ave Tram
Way 'nst*"ed This
Season
Supt. .lames It. Hayden. of Hit*
Keuai Alaska .<■••Id company, lias
[arrived in Seward and taken
charge of I lie work at tile mine.
The sawmill has been engaged
in culling limhers for (he ci»n
1 struct ion of the tramway to ho
■installed this season. Mr. lla>den
^'reports that Ihe Kenai-Alaska
<iold company has concluded the
(purchase of a Hleichart tramway
•/roin I he Trent mi Iron Works, of
Trenton, N. which, by I he
'terms of I he contract, must be
shipped from the factory by June
1.
The new tramway will have a
carrying capacity of live Ions per
hour and will be 8,200 feel in
ienulh, and from reports by the
Irani expert who will have charge
»>f I In; installation of Ihe ma
chinery will be in operation on
or about August I.
Tom Magill
The carpet layer and uphol
sterer is back lo stay in town.
Order.s can be left at the V. It. &
M. store. If.
Valdez Real Estate.
ff you have a house to rent
list it with the Valdez Real Er
Iqle Agency, Wall street.
Fairbanks operators say there
is plenty of labor in Ihe country.
»
■
! Silverman will call for and de
liver your goods, 'phone 198.
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
NORTHLAND NOTES
V
Duals arc now rnnniiur on Lake
Allin.
The Jun.siu sawmill will op
era I e this summer.
Ileav; rains extinguished the
Yuknn forest fires.
Tin? Juneau town council is po
ine aflcr llic town dogs.
J'hcy call themselves "wine
clerks" down at •Ketchikan.
Iditamd Oily spent $18,500 on
its fire department last year, ami
$2,500 for schools.
An exchange, flpures it out that
the Alaska cable made a clear
profit last year <>f $251,008.
Fairbanks 1* making extensive
'preparations for the celebrationl
J of the "I'esl ival of the Midnight
| Sun."
Thomas I« mis, nf tin*
First judicial district, is visiliiur
at his old linnic luwri. Walla
Walla, Wash.
| W. F.. Thalrln*r an«l O. L.
Clasfrow. holn r»f Daeoma. Okla.,
jeanic up In Haines on Hie Spo
kane, May 2.r». eMssrs. Thalcher
'ami (Jlasjiiiw arc looking over Ili«*
prround in the Chi Ira I valley
Pioneer Press.
On l In* llh insl., I In* wharf at
(iyi»siini collapsed. dumping
ahoul 28,000 Ions of gypsum in
*o I hi* hay. The wharf is owned
hy the Pacific Coasl <!yp'--uin Co.,
•which operates a gypsum mine.
The mine is closed down awail
inK Ihc re-building •»f the wharf.
While the pro-spec!s f«»r the
Bering sea trade lliis year are
lione loo promising, the various
Companies anticipate ahoul llie
same amount <>f hiisin'ess as dur
ing lh" last Ihree or four seasons
kind I he steamship service has
beenp lanned accordingly. There
Will he little change from 1011.
Practically the same vessels will
tie operated and no material al
leralions have heen in.ade in I he
schedule.
HOTEL ARLINGTON
;t; a '8t. Ave. nnd University Street
'"-li \X/ O D A1 l"»o n •
Ave. and University Street.
W- G. POTTS, Proprietor
in.nemodeled and Newly Fur
n , -"v,,,,n on e s in each room. u. S. P.
60 cents fo fj.so.01 °nd Coid bSm!
w ■ hi mm II I U L L II
Cor. Fl'St Ave und University St. Seattl
GEO. H. STEVENSON. President.
C. J. MUNGEK. Manager
Headquarters for Valdez people. 120
Rooms. Hates 50 cents, 91 and 91.50 per
day. First-class restaurant In connection.
Free buss. Opposite U. S. postomce.
Happiness
is largely a matter
of Health
f
P>rcad being the "staff of life," its quality
is an important factor in your
physical well-being.
Fisher's Blend Flour
hakes the very hest bread
One price, at all grocers
Costs More Per Sack
Costs Less Per Loaf
FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS
r" i? '*
PROFESSIONAL 1
L. V. RAY
I
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining loeorporatiois
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUz
DR. GERMAN
Phono ,9 THE dentist
Ofllce rooms over Owl Dru* store. Ofllce hours
9 u. m.. to1® i). m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. tn. Sundays
by uiipofntment All work guaranteed.
LOCAL ITEMS
It costs no more lo get your
clothing cleaned and prcssei1 at
Silverman's. Phono 198.
SKI,LING OUT our stock of
millinery at cost for next .'10 days.
Mrs. S. K. Gieason. 7-1
If yon want, your lurs repair
ed see Silverman, phone 198.
If you want your clothes clean
ed and pressed 'phone Silv«rman,
198.
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. II. 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 McKinley street.
The only practical tailor In
Valdez, Ben Silveiman. 'Phone
198.
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
Notice
The party who bo rowed West
ern Union Code book from the
cable office will confer a favor
by returning the same ae once.
Subscribe for the Prospecfor.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve year« sit Tacoma Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Office
All Work Gauutetd and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS *V. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Office in Vuldca
Connection Alaska
Mail Order* Peonptly Attended to
VOLL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, ASBAYEKS AND
MINING KNMINERHB
Accuracy Ktmranu-ed ami i>rom\>t mums.
Established 1881
McKinli-y St.. Opposite V. 11. & M Co.
Valdez, Alaika
A. M. Die ringer
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 6C>
New York Life;
Insurance Co. i
W. H. CRARY, Representative
| Valdez, Alaska. I'hone 41 '
QR. N. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Whaling Building VALDES
Weather Report.
'BammHrir pressure -9.807
Maximum lempuralure. . .09.
AIiiiiit111111, Imiiperallire. . . . i5.
AI«*a ii Temperal ure 5^.
Cloudy, I.I. Sv \V. TJreey.e
IMvcipilal imi ., 07
E. M. BLADE, observer.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
PORT
WELLS
Full line Of
GROCERIES
FOR PROSPECTORS
At Valdez Prices
BEYERS' CASH STORE
PORT WELLS
Special Rate to Mount Katmai.
An opportunity will lie given tin;
I In* public to visit the scone of
the late eruption of Mount Kat
mai. Tlio Alaska Coast Company
will make a special rate of one
faro for the round trip from Cor
dova, Valdey, and Howard to Ko
diak and return. Hate only on
the steamer Sampson arriving at
Yaldez about the 22nd of tlii<
month. The steamer Sampson- is
expected to call nl I'yak this trip,
thus passing through the^ tfe titer
nf the district affected by the re
cent action of Mount Krtlmai. The
■dght is one that in.all probabil
ity may never ho witnessed in the
world again. It is estimated that
tio less than 70 billion tons of
debris fell within the area af
fected.
ALASKA COAST COMPANY,
11. y. WATSON, Ceiieral Agenl.
. Advertising In the Prosp%otor
brings results. Try It.
DAGGETTiND LEKHY
Sntlnfflotlon QufePMMMl
All branches of up-to-date den
tlstrfr. Offices over Jfm Kahler's
drtfg store, Valdcz, Alaska.
^ .»VW.G
Notice of Forfeiture.
i To Carl F.* Harlman, Mabel
i Hartman and L. VV. Hussoll: You
'and each of you aro hereby noti
j lied that there has been expended
during the year 1911 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsina Biver drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wft: The Lucy, Alice, George,
Red Lead, Anaconda Km ma, Dick*
Maud, Susio, Rose, Rig Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
the sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of. the United States, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for the yoar following the
performance of the annual labor;
that said expenditure for labor
afiresaid was mffde by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, the co
owners of said i.aims. And un
less within ninetv days after the
completion of tho publication of
this nolice, lo-wit: within ninety
days after the 9lh day of July,
1912, you contribute your portion
of the expenses of fhe aforesaid
annual labor for said yecr, your
interest in said lode claims will
be fo.'felfod and become llw pin
erly of tho undersigned, who n
your co-owner*.
PATUWK MURP1JY.
JAMF.8 FISH.
Date of first pub, April 10. '12.
. Dalo of last pub. July 9, 1912.
If you are out of letterheads
call and see our new line of bond
peper*. The finest over brought
lo Valdet.