Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
ir you are out of letterheads
call and see our new lino of bond
papers. The finest ever brought
to Valdez.
If you want your clothes clean
ed and pressed 'phone Silverman,
198.
It costs no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's, 'phone 198.
One-third off on furs at Har
vey's Toggery.
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Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plata class, window ilut, roofing and
bwikUni pa par*, roofing pitch, lima, ce
ment. piaster lath, shingles, builder*'
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinda
Window#, Door*, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fair banks, Morse A Co.
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The Big Place
Pinzon Clear Havana Cigars Guaranteed
Pool, Billiards, Bowling and Box Ball
Imported and Domestic Wines and Liquors
17-Year-Old Whiskey a Specialty
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Tom Lawson
Proprietor
VALDEZ, THE TIGER
When Valdez was a kitten,
without a name or tail, and Dick
Gelineau and Johnny Schnidcr
drew plans for the glacier, while
Adam Swan and George Brown
laid out a place for the bay; when
Golden and. Hunt planted the big
trees and made Joe Bourke set out
the little ones and done his hair
up in curl papers; when Ed. Wood
and Joe Bell were putting up the
mountains, and Gene Ames and
Billy Crary rustled snow, )and
Tenas Rosy and. Bob Herron
scouted for wind and water—
when all these were helping to
make this part of the, country,
they laid the foundations of my
bargain sale.
When Ghauncey Shaw and Hen
ry Hildreth were the accepted
'models of fashion, and Jim Mc
Hio was the village "cutup;" when
Bill sold molasses and rat traps
and sandpaper, and told how they,
did it back in Oklahoma and
hadn't as yet found out the lux
uries of a bargain sale; when Dr.
Van Gunther's "malt blossom"
was legal tender and Connecticut
Smith dispensed legal wisdom out
of a Montgomery-Ward catalog,
they were paving the way for my
' bargain sale."
When Slate creek had its rush
and sent back over a million in
dust (which, it continues to do);
when Nizena had its day, and has
been sending its gold back to Val
dez ever since; when the copper
en Prince William sound was.
heralded all over the world and
left us the Beatson, the Fidalgo,
the Dickey, EUamar and the Land
lock all shipping ore, with many
others on the road to success;
with the Solomon gulch showing
many feet of 16 per cent ore car
rying $10.00 in gold; when gold
quartz was found and the GlilT
mine came into existence with its
thousands of dividends, money
was put into circulation and con
tinues to come, which now allows
me to take in over $1.00.00 a day
at my bargain sale.
Am I an optimist? Listen!
Within a month our Cliff mine
pays a dividend and this is Val
ciez money; a $65,000 dyke ap
propriation is certain to pass and
fcive a large pay roll.
The Cameron-Johnson, the
Rutherford-Ramsey, the Mayfleld
and tin* Thompson-Ford will all
soon be stamping ore and pro
ducing dividends and perhaps oth
f.is I haven't inquired about.
There Is the Blue Ribbon and a
list of eleven others that are tun
neling and with line results.
Your bankers tell me this will
be a good summer for mining and
all business, with each year's
production on the increase.
Valdez, the kitten, is Valdez the
tiger, and my bargain sale is a
success.
Come to my store and be a cus
tomer; get a ticket to the vaude
ville show Saturday night.; make
an estimate on the attendance for
that night's performance and, if
the closest, get the large oil
painting.
Buy a ticket at th« door and
get a spoon; make up your thea
ter party and then go to the Moose
dance.
Throw your hat in the air and
dance and sing; money is here
and more is coining, and you have
a chance to get in on my bargain
sale and that's no "josh."
Am I an optimist?
CHARLE8. O. A. J.
N°THe TimC
To advertise. If business is quiet
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merchant who
gets the money is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising columns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
its merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are confident
it will bring results. Try it.
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
VALDEZ
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co.
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LA TOVCBE A PECK, Mm.
Offic* Sartkb'i T«lW Sk*y PUh 102
Swilu to Al Fart* tt Tin. Calk Amnrd f i wid)
Houm and Curptt Cloning
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Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Preof.
Dotert Land*, Contest* and Mining
Casa«. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
The only practical tailor in
Valdez, Ben tiilveiinan. 'Phone
108.
Bring your Job work to the
Prospector office.
EAGLES' CORNER
Regular Meeting. Tonight
Voting forth* Bolloof the Ball started
today at noon. who will bo tha moftt
popular lady at tha hall?
SCHOOL MONEY
SOON AVAILABLE
Present Plan Permitted to Con
tinue This Year and Cash
Will be Sent Shortly
Tin; money set aside by the
governor for I he reservation
school fund will soon be avail
able according lo a telegram re
ceived by the reservation school
board from Governor Clark, who
is now in Washington.
This money, amounting lo $i,
300, has been lied up for some
time owing to a decision of I lie
comptroller of I he treasury that
it was illegal for the reservation
to use the money donated by the
government for school purposes
in part payment of the cost of
operating a school in the town
at which the children of the res
ervation were pupils, and under
this opinion the governor refus
ed to allot the money to the res
ervat ion.
This plan of combining the two
schools has been in operation fori
some years, and had received the
sanction of Governors Brady and
Hoggatt, who took the stand that
the arrangement provided better
educational facilities than eith
er the town or the reservation
could singly maintain and was
an economical arrangement for
both. They held therefore that
the object for which the govern
ment appropriated the money was
accomplished and the combina
tion was a desirable one.
Governor Clark, however, ques
tioned the legality of the combi
nation, and submitted the ques
tion to the comptroller of the
treasury, who rendered a purely
technical opinion, in which he de
clared that as the law did not
provide for the maintenance of a
separate school in unincorporat
ed towns, the use of the govern
ment money to pny a portion of
the expenses of a school in an
incorporated town was illegal,
Under this opinion Governor Clark
refused to forward the money. J,o
the reservation board.
The matter was taken up by
the reservation school board with
Secretary Fisher. The details of
the combination, together with its
economy were presented to him,
and it is apparent he has used his
influence to secure a reversal of
the opinion of tho comptroller,
for the telegram slates that the
present arrangemont will be per
mitted to continue for tho pres
ent year and the money used as
heretofore.
ALAMEDA SAILED
SOUTH YESTERDAY
Road is Again Reported to be Open
and First Train of Year
Arrives
Word was received from Cor
dova last night slating I lull Hie
Alameda had sailed lor Seal lie
about noon.
The news was also conveyed
thai the llrsl I rain lo reach Cor
dova from Chilinn litis year had
arrived yesterday, being largely
composed of entities and ro'lar
ies.
The rotary plow which left the
I rack al the lime of the sad ac
cident when Engineer Heed lost
his life, is said Iri he buried un
der a solid mass of icc. It may
he necessary lo huild a dam to
turn the water in order lo re
cover the body Engineer Heed,
which is slill with Hie engine
which carried him lo his death.
WILSON RECEIVE8
HIS FREIGHT SHIPMENT
Jas. E. Wilson, I he freighter,
who is al Chitina lo deliver
freight from that point to Fair
hanks, has wired I he Valdez Hank
& Mercantile Co. I hat everything
is all right with his crew. The
message states he has received 15
tons of the shipment and the
railway authorities have guaran
teed the balance in a few days.
VOTE TO DETERMINE
MOST POPULAR LADY
The Eagles have started a bal
lot to determine who is the most
popular lady in town. Balloi
boxes have been today placed it.
the principal business houses and
voting will continue until noon.
February 14. Announcement of
winner will be made at ball in the
evening, and the winner will re
ceive a handsome prize. Nolim.
it to number of votes which may
lie cast. The price of votes is
5c each. The standing of the
contestants will be published ev
ery evening in the Prospector.
Notloe to Stockholders.
The annual moeting of the
stockholders of the BlufT Mining
company will be held on the 15th
day of February, 1012, at the hour
of 8 o'clock p. m. at tho office of
the secretary, over Frve-Bruhn
Company's store at Valacz, Alas
ka, for tho election of officers for
the ensuing yoar. and tho trans
action of such other business as
may properly como before such
meeting. O. ROBERTS,
flopfa ( f| pv
Valdez. Alaska, Jan. 15, 1012.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
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Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Dei very
The Side Board
Day & Greenig [Proprietors]
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Northern Steam Laundry
Manager
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 65 I I Koujjh Dry 10c lb.
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COAL COAL
VALDEZ DOCK CO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
The Largest and Best Equipped Steamships in
the Alaskan Service, ALAMEDA and NORTH
WESTERN, leave every eight days, All the
Year 'Round for Cordova and Seattle via. Out
side Passage.
i TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA.
I ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
S VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
W^y Drink |
Pitsener Style Beer
Became it is made of
Pure Water—filtered through miles of gravel bed,
Best Malt —which scientific malsters can use,
Choicest Hops—grown high in flavor,# and
Cleanliness—throughout the plant Combined,
makes the famous beverage brewed by the
a VALDEZ BREWING AND MALTING CO. H
Notice of Sale.
n the District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Division num
ber Three.
United States of America, Libe
anl, vs. The Schooner Tokai Ma
ru, hor tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargo, Respondent, and Chc
omon Ki Kuchi, Claimant.—No."
477.--Notice of Sale.
Nolice is hereby given that by
virtue of the Writ of Venditioni
Exponas issued out of thj above
nampd court in tho above entit
led cause on tho 22nd day of No
vember, 1911, to mo directed and
delivered, I will sell at public auc
tion, to tho highest and best bid
der for cash, at Unalaska, in the
District of Alaska, Third division,
on the twenty-fourth day of Feb
uary, 1912, at two o'clock p. m.
of said day, the schooner Tokai
Maru, hor tacklo, apparel, furni
ture and cargo.
Dated this second day of De
cember, 1911.
0. P. SULLIVAN,
United Stales Marshal Third Di
vision, District of Alaska.
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time read the Prospector.
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Notloe of Forfeiture.
To Ambroses Boll and Norman
Merchant: You arc hereby noti
fied that I have expended one
thousand ($1,000) dollars in la
bor and improvement* upon the
Peerless, Lincoln, Clara Bell,
Mammoth and Oravina, claims of
the Peerless group; the Isabella
and Humdinger of the Isabella
group; the Badger and Hawkeye
of the Badger and Hawkeve group;
the Pearl claim located in the
Kotsina river drainage Chitina
district.
in order to hold said premise >
under the provisions of section
2324 Revised Statutes of tho UniU
ed States, being tho amount re
quired to hold tho same for the
yoar ending Jan. I 1912. And if
within 90 days after this notice
by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners
our interest in said claims will
ecome the property of the sub
scriber under said section 2324*
TOM LARSON.
By Matt Larson, attorney in fact.
First pub. Jan. 13, 1912.
Last pub. April 14, 1912.
Northwestern sailed from Seattle
Jan. 16.
Bertha sails from Seattle Jan. 20.
Alameda sailed for Seattle Jan. 16.
Oandy
Tho best, and we got It fresh ev
ery boat. Owl Drug Co., Inc.