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FROM TAIOOSH
TO BREMERTON
Wireless Masts Will be Raised
300 Fest to Overeome
Mountains
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.
Soon I lie most powerful wire
less station on the Pacific coast
| will be established at Tatoosh is
land, which is at the entrance Lo
Puget. Sound. Rein# a connect-,
ing link between the chains of
| stations in Alaska and tho Unit
ed Slates, and being in range of
the palh of travel of myany trans
pacific liners, the navy depart
ment has decided I hat the Ta
toosh station shall be. one of the
most powerful in I he country.
The plans contemplate putting
in more powerful mechanism
with facilities for greater fre
quency and radius. The wireless
masts are lo be placed farther
apart, lo give a greater height,
the experts at the navy yard,
Pugel. Sound, recommending lhal.
the present wooden masts be
superceded by si eel masts three
hundred feel hifih.
DREDGE MATERIAL
EORIDITAROD
Guggenheims Will Build Tram
Line From Iditarod to the
Creeks
Navy believe thai will. IheLjhle moment.
Manager James Wilson, of the
Iditarod Traction company, has
wired the home office at Iditarod
City, from Seattle, informing the
local officials that he will leave
for the north to look after the
forwarding of the new ears and
motors which are to be installed
by the company as soon after the
opening of navigation as the new
equipment can be landed.
The new material is designed
for the special purpose of trans
porting the big (Tuggenh eim
dredge to Flat creek, where it is
to be installed on the properly
recently acquired by the syndi
cate. It is probable that, the
tram wilj be extended so that the
heavy material may he landed
right at I he -spot where it is to
be reassembled.
The traction oullil is now at
I lie fool of I.ake l.ahar^e await
ing shipment at the earliest pos
PROFESSIONAL
ASSAYER
L. V. KAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
8EWAKD,
AI.ASKA
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years-:it Tueoina Smelter
Opposite Electric. Light Offieo
i All Work Curaotccd and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Patents
Mining Incorporations j
CHARLES G. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyer#
Alaska Securities BI'd'g
VaU^z
DR. GERMAN
THE DENTIST
Phone 19
Office rooms o*er Owl Druir store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 6 p. n>...7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work nuuruntfeU.
LOCAL ITEMS
keystone bath house furniture
for sale cheap.
It costs no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's. IMione 198.
Advertising in the Prospector
brings results. Try it.
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Kngineor and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Officc In
Connection
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to
Vuldcs
Alaska
VOLL & BARKER
CIIKMISVS, AS8AYKRH AND
MIN1NO KNGINKEKH
Established 1881
Two doorH Jielow Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VftLDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all part* of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for In advance
Office on Wall St
Phone GO
enlarging of the eapaeity of the
Tatoosh slalion, a physical ob
Manager Wilson pcpm-l* that
he has secured I In* eontraet In
islaele whielt prevents ell'ecl ive 1j.y all of I he dredge material
j eomjuunicat ion between I lie navy I over the Iramway. which means
j yard and the Tatoosh station will : ibal al least two of the big pold
be removed. The Olympic nioun- ■ diggers formerly in use in tIi«*
tains intervening have thus far I Dawson country will be shipped
proved a barrier, lliough botlij)(V,.r (ram line.
j stations are able lo "talk" with I n js unknown here to what ex
Alaska points with ease and fre— 1 |«*ni the Guggenheims have be
jipienlly get in comnpmication rome interested in this camp, but
with southern California points. j j( js believed eiiouph ground has
• The work cannot be started un-J| secured to justify the in
til appropriations are available s(;illation of several dredges.—
after July I. j pioneer.
50 Per Cent Discount
We are disposing of our large stock of undertaking goods,
consisting of best metallic-1 iip'd and plain caskets, also hard
wood collins; also embalming by a licensed embalmer at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc.
I
|! ESTIMATE EOR
HOME ROLE
Christian Science Services
Meetings wilj held in "The
Archibald** e\erv Sunday morn
ing at I I oYloek. All are wel
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Repre»ent«ti*e
Valdez, Alaska Plume 41
Willing Man Will Do
llou.-erleaning, carpet cleaning,
porter work and odd jobs. Robert
Mottram, phone I 4. 'it
FOR IlKNT—Light and warm
room at the Reynolds house, Mrs.
L. A. Depuy, Prop.
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Office in
Whaling Building
Dentist
VALDEZ
SAVE MONEY
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. It. Kinsman will organize
a class in drawing and oil paint
ing during the coining week. All
wishing to join call at her resi
dence on McKinley street.
Silverman will call for and de
hor your goods, 'phone 108.
M i .s Or.)y
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What Salaries and Expense to
j Government for Senate and
House Would be
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials
Right
Yard* Foot of WALL ST.
Office in
CRAWFORD BUILDING
Phone 214
Prices
Arctic Lumber Co.
Useful Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. in. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. m. and 5 lo 0 p. in.
PostofTicc hours:
Week days 1) a. m. to 6 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. in.
Subscribe for the Prospeotor.
The Indian
The following new world's
records were made on the
Indian Motorcycle hv Fd.
Kapha at Los Angeles, ('al.,
April r»lh, 1012:
1 milr .'17 >4-5 seconds.
2 miles, I inin. IK 2-5 sec.
.'I miles, 1 mill. 50 see.
\ miles, 2 inin. 30 3-5 sec.
5 miles, 3 inin. 20 4-5 sec.
0 miles, \ mill. 1 3-5 see.
7 miles, \ inin. -42 3-5 sec.
K miles, 5 min. 24 see,
0 miles, 0 min. 5 see.
10 miles, 0 min. 45 4-5 sec.
SUBSCRIBE
Secretary Wilson, of the De
parlmeiit of Agriculture, asserts
jlliat nearly $1,000,000,000 would
t.r the. new home rule hill for I he saved lo the farmers and mer
Alaska passes the senate a leg- ! rhants of the tuition if llie road*
i-la I tire composed of a house of;jn every slate in the t'nion
10 members and a senate of eight improved as they are in the r.«.i
mcmhers will meet for 00 days ' |mental countries of Kurope.
during every two years. Accord.) "he llgures, large as they ai<\
ing to an estimate suhmilteil in i ■ -ippear lo be exaggeta'ed
Accord
to an estimate submitted lojd.. not i<> oe exugKeia-.u
congress each branch of the leg- I •.vben the facts are all consider,
islalure will ..s.ri.i ■ , ,|_ j,, „f 5l )MI I l«*f I
Mature will require at least eight
employes. The following is a
summary of the expense, for sal
aries and mileage for a session
of the legislature:
Mileage, 24 Members.
Miles No.
lo Mriii
Jiineau
I >ivision
Juneau . .
Valdez . .
Fairbanks
480 jli
850 0
In the eoursi
on the subject he says:
"A few figures will illustrate
•lie possible saving. For instance,
there are nearly 5(10,000 atilos in
the United Slates; their vain.'.
cMiplily estimated, is close !..»
$150,000,000. In addition, there
hers Mileage Jare 21,040,000 horses and 4,123,
0 $ j i!f.o mules. The value of the
80 4.00 '
Nome 2000 0
1,530,00
3,000.00
Total mileage cosl. ..$5,994.00
Per Diem Members and Officers.
Per No. Total
diem days salary
24 members ...$15 00 $21,000
2 chief clerks. 8 00 000
2 asst. clerks..
2 enroll clerks.
2 eng. clerks..
2 sgt. at arms.
2 doorkeepers.
2 messengers..
2 watchmen...
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
000
000
000
oon
000
000
000
The only practical tailor hi
Valdez, Ben Silveinian. 'Phone
198.
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dotert Lands, Contests and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
YOU GET
The Seward Gateway is oil 3ale
at I he Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Grand hold under new
management. Rooms 25c and up.
Laundry in connection. Mrs. It.
Sharts.
Silverman will call for and de
liver your goods, 'phono 198.
Bring your job work
Prospector office.
to the
Ail the News
IN THE PROSPECTOR
Weather Report.
29.903
liai'Miiieiit- pressure. .
Temperallire al 0 p. in...55
Maximum temperature. ...74
Minimum temperature. . . .30
Mean tempera!ure 55
I'dear, lit-'hl breeze N. M.
F. M. 1JLADE, OUsci'ver.
Total per diem..
Total mileage
. $20,700
. 5,994
FOR
•1 •
j j The Prospector :
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Total.expense, 2 years >32,75 4
The number of subordinate of
ficers and their pay is llxed h.v
Sec. 1801 U. S. Rev. Slat. 1878.
PAY GROUND LOCATE!D
IN UPPER KOBUK
There is considerable, excite
ment in Nome over I he reported
discovery of 30-cent, pay on
Leech creek, in Ihe tipper Kobuk
country above Ibe Dahl. Advices
just received from lhal district
tell of the lluding of a large area
of Ihe rich gravel, indicated by
the holes which have been put
down at different polnfs on the
creek. So far as known, tho pay.
streak extends across four claims
and Ihe ground is shallow, the
deepest hole being four feet lo
bedrock, and tho pay is uniform
wherever encountered.
trunk line railways fed by arterial
highways built iu such a manner
as to make the haulage of heavy
As matters stand
horses is about 82,270,303,000;
the value of tin* mules about
$500,000,000. The pleasure ve
hicles number 907,0(10 and are
valued al approximately $51,500,
000. Wagons used for commer
cial - purposes total 570,300 and
are worth $51,500,000. The wear
and tear on these animals and j
vehicles is nearly 25 per cent. A
completed system of improved
highways would cut this loss in
half.
"Statistics show that it costs
about seven cents a ton per mile
to haul produce lo market on the
roads of France, while in the
United Stales the cost averages
23 cents per ton per mile. The
Department, of Agriculture esti
mates thai 300,000,000 tons of
farm produce are hauled an av
erage of 9.4 miles to the markets
in America every year. tf Ihe
American roads were as good as
those in France the saving to
American farmers alone would be
more than $300,000,000 a year,
or about four limes as much as
is annually spent in (his coun
try on road improvement. It I
costs less lo carry wheal from
New York to Liverpool than it
does to haul il 9.4 miles from the
American farm lo Ihe railroad
slal Ion."
These fuels constitute an ap-I Edison and Vlotor
peal iu favor of good roads. What .Phonographs on easy payments
applies lo Ihe slates strikes us I nt 'he Dependable Drug Store,
with double force, when our few!Owl Drug Co., Inc.
best, roads are of the worst pos- ! ~
sible destiptlnn. There is noth. j " >'°o want your furs repair
ing which would tend more tothejed seo Silverman, phono 198.
rapid development, and opening
I-XjOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOOOOOO
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
n. j
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. Ilarlman,» Mabel
liartman and L. W. Russell: You
- \ and each of you are hereby noti
freight a practical proposition., nod that there has been expended
today, it isjduring the jear 1911 in labor on
■ f hsiun f nrlnin !
cheaper to have farm produce
transported from Seattle 10 say
Valdez, a distance of 1,200 miles,
by water, than to carry them 20
miles over one of our roads, j ° «^i'owPan«ana
., , ... . , , Maud, Susie, Rose, Big Jim, Llt
Alaska wil never come into its hp iim ukviu. -.,,1
w y — - > V • s III lUOVI KJIA
those certain lodo mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsina Iliver drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wlt: The Luoy, Alice, Ocorge,
Red Lead, Anaconda Emma, Dick.
... —1 «—•- — —•
into its
own uiili| such lime ns she has
a system of good roads.
Week
Day Services at Oatholto
Ohureh.
up of Alaska than a system of
tie Jiin, Phyllis and North Star,
tho sum of $ 1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of tho United Stales, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for the year following the
performance of the annual labor;
I hat said expenditure for labor
aforesaid was made by Patrick
1 Murphy and James Fish, tho co
Mass every morning in Ihe owners.of said 1 aims. And un
ehapel at 7:30: however, onjlf" within ninelv days after the
Thiii'xiiiiv fensi ,,r lb., imeeiihinn completion of the publication of
1 nuisiia> nasi of the nsrt mioi . ,|ljH notice, to-wit: within ninety
Mass will he said 111 Ihe chureh da>s afler the Plli day of July.
at 8 a. 111. Saturday, litany and 1912, you contribute vour portion
benediction in Ihe chureh al 7:3(l'"r Ihe exnenses of the aforesaid
annual labor for snal ycc.r. your
P* ,n* 1 Interest in said lode claims will
he forfeited and become Ihe prop
erlv of the undersigned, who n
your co-owners.
PATRICK Mt'RPIIY.
JAMFS FISH.
Dalf of first pub, April 10. M2.
Dale of last pub. July 9, 1912.
If you are ni of letterheads
call and see o •» new line of bond
papers. The 'iiie^t ever brought
to Valdez.
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