A Proposition
You Can't Afford to Overlook
3 S. & W. ™ t $1
And Every Can Guaranteed
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
progressive People
The Business man knows the value and convenience of a
Checking Account
So does the up-to-date Professional man, likewise the pro
gressive Miner and, to, the wide-awhke Business Woman
We will be glad to initiate you into the details of a
Checking Acconot
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Harmless Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. .to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. ni. and 5 to 6 p. in.
Postofl'ice hours:
Week days 9 a. im to 6 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 the weather Is bad your wire can use It dally to order meal, gro
ceries, etc., and save herself many a weary trip to market.
(2) You can get In Instant communication wltli your home at any hour when you
arc away.
(3) if one of your children should become sick In the middle of the night, you
can summon the doctor Immediately.
(4) You can enarge your circle of desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In the
house gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(5) In case of lire or accident you can summon help from the neighbors.
(0) If you are too ill to get to your office you can always conduct your business
from home.
(71 If every clock In the house stops you can always get the correct time from
"central."
(8) You ran make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit your
convenience.
The reeling or 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 AtRight
and Stamp Mill Materials
Prices
Yard. Foot of WALL ST. A ■ • ¥ 1
CRAWFORDinBUILDlNG AfCtlC LUIXlDCr LO.
Phone 214
Notloe of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lee: You arc
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as tho Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and the Kit
ty, lying, being and situated in
the Valdcz mining district. In tho
recording prncinct of Valdoz, in
the District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United 8tates< tha
amount required by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of tho an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was made
by James C. Cawlcy, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
tion of Inn publication of this no
tice) to-wit: within ninety days
after tl-e second. (2r>d), of April,
f9)£-,V •/od' fcorfitHbtite your por»
tlon of the expenses of the afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your interest in said quart*
claims will be forfeited and be-;
cqmo the property of the under-/
sigr edf who is your co-owner. t
JAME8 C. CAWLKY. .
Date first pub. Jan. 2,. 10i 2. '
Date last pub. April 2, 1912. ?
Notloe of Forfeiture.
..To Blarney Stevens: You are
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year
1011 in labor on those certain
quartz claims known as tho "Last
Chance," the "Last Chance No.
1." and the "Last Chance No. 2,"
situate, lying and being on Shoup
bay near tho entranco thereof, in
the Valdez recording precinct,
Territory of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars ($300.00),
lawful money of tho United States,
tho amount required by law to
hold said claims for tho year fol
lowing the performance of the
annual labor; that said expendi
ture for labor, as aforesaid, was
hiade by Wm. Koch and Alex.
Nelson, tho co-owners of said
claims. And unless within ninety
('00) days after the completion
of tho publication of this notice,
t'o-wlt: within ninety (90) days
i after the 10th day of April, 1912,
you contribute your portion of the
expenses of the aforesaid annual
labor for to*id year, your inturast
In said quarts claims will be for
feited and become tho property of
the undersigned, who are your oo
ownere.
ALEX. NELSON.
WM. KOCH.
Dale first pub. Jan. if, 1912.
Date last pub, April 11, 1912.
WOULD ABOLISH
CUTTER SERVICE
Government 8ee» Way to Save
Money by Adopting Busi
ness Method
If a recommendation made by
President Taft is a special mes
sage recently sent to Congress is
adopted tins revenue cutter ser
vice as at present maintained
would be abolished. The recom
mendation to abolish the cutter
service was in connection with
the message urging economy. If
adopted it will apply to Alaska, a.,
well as to other ports of America.
The president is evidently of thu
opinion that the services ran be
secured through the use of pri
vate crafts and a considerable
saving effected.
Enabled to investigate public
business by an appropriation of
$100,000 made June L»r>, 1<J1U, I be
president appointed a commission
on economy and efllciency, and as
a result of their work the mes
sage was submitted. The coin
mission, the president says, has
entered upon the preparation of
three separate talmlalions. The
first deals with the manner in
which the services of (In* govern
ment should be grouped into de
pal (incuts; the second and third
series of reports deal with tin?
iactivities of particular services
| and I lie form of organization for
|the particular business opera
f ions.
Aiming Hit' recommendations
of tin; commission is tun? Unit I lie
revenue cull or service, which
costs the government. $2,500,000
each year, be abolished ami its
work performed by oilier services.
The commission estimates I hat
this would save $1,000,000 annu
ally.
The commission also urges I lull
the lighthouse ami lifesaving ser
vices be administered by a single
bureau instead of, as at present,
by two bureaus, located in differ
jenl departments. This would save
|$ 100,000 annually.
• Another abolition recommend
ed is thai of llie returns office of
(the department of lh<> interior.
; It was also pointed mil that
whereas the annual transporta
tion cost to the government is
about $12,000,000, the country
'gels no consideration from the
I public carriers. The president
ladvocates more business-like
methods in arranging for and
paying for these servicr:*.
In closing his message, which
deals with a multitude of govern
mental business matters, the
president declares that the cost
of the efficiency commission's
services during the fiscal year is
at the rate of $130,000. lie asks
that, congress' appropriation for
the work he incieased to $200,
000 and that an additional $50,
«!€••• .-hould be i »vided for th.*
publication of the results of Hie
commission's work.
Masks
jOf every description and several
hundred to select from. Owl Drug
Co., Inc.
If you want your !urs repair
ed see Silverman, phone 108.
BEN ATWATER 18
CRIPPLED FOR LIFE
Through the accidental dis
charge of a double barreled shot
gun, Bon Atwater, a widely known
sourdough along the entire
length of the Yukon basin, now
in lditarod, received injuries
which have tolally incapacitated
him. The right hand and the left
forearm received the full charge
from th'! shotgun. The injured
man is now at Takotna, where
friends are caring for him.
Atwater came over the Chilkoot
in IRBfl. He is a charter member
of the Pioneers of Alaska. He
came to Alaska from Boise, Ida
ho, and in view of his total lack
of resources he will be sent out
on the flrst boat in the spring for
his old home. A purso is being
raij-ed for his relief.
FOR RENT—Large front room,
furnifthcd, $20 month. Inq. Rey
nolds Bouse. tf
W« at tier Report.
Maximum temperature.... 3R
Minimum temperature....28
Mpah temperature 81.5
Temporaluro At fl p. m...29
Clear, -light breere N. E.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
APEX LAW SOURCE
OF LITIGATION
Director of the Qeological Survey
Recommends Change
in Law
The law of tin; apex lias prowd
more productive of expensive liti
gation than of economical min
ing. In many of the more recent
ly established and more progres
sive mining districts this statute
has'been made inoperative either
by common agreement or by com
promise between adjoining own
ers. Its repeal could not affect
established equities under patents
already granted, but would render
possible more certain property
rights in large mining districts,
not as yet discovered, where new
and valuable claims will lie lo
caled a hundred years from now.
The unit of disposition should
be the claim, preferably square,
limited on its four sides by vorti
cal planes, and of a size sullici.'nt
to allow the miner occupying two
contiguous claims to follow the
vein or lode to considerable depth,
even if its dip is only if> degrees.
Such definition of a mining claim
found practical in both Mexico
and Hritish Columbia, and in tin*
latter country the change from
the apex law was effected without
11rouiile or confusion.
Thi« same knowledge of natural
conditions Ilia! leads lo tin- sug
gestion of a repeal of (In; law of
llic apex forces I lie furl her sug
gestion that discovery «»f ore in
t»lace can nol he made universal
ly a prerequisite lo the location of
a mining claim, (ieologic study
of ore. deposits lias furnished ex
amples in a number of regions
where the present, law cannot lie
complied with, although rich de
posits exist underground and
their extent can he more definite
ly surmised than in mosl places
where ore is discovered at the
surface To meet such actual
conditions the law should pro
vide for the acquisition of metal
liferous mineral land classified as
such upon fhe hasis of adequate'
geologic evidence, whether actual
oulcroppings are present, or not.
(From .'12nd Annual Report, Di
rector l.'nited Stales ecological
Survey. 1
Must Leave on This Boat.
Make me an ofTer for 2,000
shares Fidalgo-Alaska stock. In
quire Prospector office.
i LOCAL ITEMS j
A great reduction in Silk anil
Flannelette Kimonas, also Wash
Waists at E. Winter's, the ladies'
furnisher. k 12
WANTED to exchange vacant
lot for piano. Apply "A" Pros
pector o/Tice. tf
If you want a good fitting suit
see Silverman, 'phone 198.
FOH SALE CHEAP—Corner lot,
house and furnishings, fuel for
six months. Apply P. J. Huganir,
Silverman will call for and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
If you want your clothcs clean
ed and pressed 'phone Silverman,
198.
FOR RENT—Eight room, un
furnished house, close in. In
quire Dougherty & Ferguson, tf
It costs no inoro to get your
clothing clcancd i id pressed at
Silverman's, 'phoi & 198.
See Herman, tho dentist, over
Owl Drug Store. Examination
free. 'Phono 19.
Fall coats, $5 and up. Suits
815 and up at Harvey's Toggery.
BROWN BEAR PEELS
EFFECT OF CURRENT
Urown hear arc coming out of
their hibernating holes.early this
season. Whother this augurs an
early spring, or tho beasts wero
driven from tholr rotreats hy
some untoward occurrence in na
ture, Much as snow slide, remains
a matter of conjecture. Col. Ro
vellc, tho Soward-Sunrise-Hope
mail oarrior, saw ono in the reg
ion of Summit lake on his recent
trip...Seward Qateway.
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Two Shows Sunday, 8; 9:30
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PROFESSIONAL
L. V. KAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HKWAUD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers.
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaLiz
DR. GERMAN
Phone .9 THE DENTIST
Offlcc rooms over Owl Drtijr store, 0(llce hours
0 u. m.. to 8 i>. m.. 7 |». m.. to 9 p. ni. Sundays
by appointment All work Kuuruntced.
Alaska Securities Co.
C. GANTY, Gen. Mgr.
Real Estate Mining Stock
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Beaver Dam Roadhouse
NKLS J EPSON. I'ROP.
41 Miles from Valdez
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
First Clan Accommodation.
Ample Stable Room
Model Laundry Co.
Flannels our Specialty.
Work done the way you
want It.
Phone 63, next to Prospector
YOU GET
All the News
IN THE PROSPECTOR
ASSAYER
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Twelve years at Tacomti Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Oftlco
AU Work Gurulttd and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS IV. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Office In Valdez
Connection Alaska
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to
VOLL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, ASBAYER8 AND
MINING ENGINEERS
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking ahil Freighting
t<» all parts of the interior.
Telephone no
Oflic« with Northern Trust Co
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valdez
Prospector
IS IN THE BUILDING
REAR OF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
Call And See Us
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Next to Scuttle Hotel. J'honcKl. Always open
V A L I) E Z
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matter*: Final Proof.
Dosert Land*, Contests and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
Archibald
Carpets and Rugs
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VALDEZ DRUG CO.
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Telephone Orders Solicited Free Deivfery
Notice of Forfeiture.
To William M. Gonlcy: You
nre hereby notified that Ihere has
been expended during the year
1011 in labor on these certain
quartz claim#.-known as the Alas
ka Hello, Jackpot and Snowflake,
lying, bHng and situated in the
Valcfez mining district, in tho, re
cording precinct of Valdez, in the
District of Alaska, the sum of
threo hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United States, the
amount required by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor: that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was made1
by J. W. Little. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
tion of the publication of this no
tice, to-wif: within ninety days
after the 24th day of April,
1912, you contribute your portion
of- the expenses of the aforesaid
annual labor for said year, or
yqur interest In said quartz
claims will be forfeited and be
come the property of the under
nlfcned, wfip |{ yjOu^c.O-o^jr
Fitst pub. Jan! 24, 4912.
(Last pub. April 25, 1912.
* t «* * < « « to *--y \
Notice to Creditors.
In I ho United Stales Commission
er's Court ox officio judge of
orobnle, Valdcz Precinct, 'ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division.
In the matter of the eslate of
Thomas V. Smith, deceased.—No
tice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by tho
undersigned, administrator of tho
estate of Thomas V. Smith, de
ceased, to tho creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
the said estate, to exhibit thom
with the necessnry Vouchers
within six (0) months afler tho
first publication of Ibis notice,
to tho said administrator at tho
ofTice of SmiUi, Bunnell <& Weber,
at Valdez. Aiaslwi, tho same be
ing tho place for tho transaction
of tho business of said estate.
Dated at Valdcz, Alaska, this
19th day of January, 1912.
GEORGE C. TREAT,
Administrator of tho estato of
Shomas V. Smith.
ato first pub. Jan. 20, 1912.
Date last pub. Feb. 18, 1912,
Ths Prospector ft ths pspsr Is
buy.