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Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Progressive People
Tke BmiaeM man knawt ikt T«ht and conteBMHez <ot a
Checking Account
S« does .the vp-to-date Proltnma! man, l&rneik pro
gressive Miser and, to, tbe wide-awhke B»nnfi» 'Woman
We will glad to initiate jwi 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. in. -to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
Postoffiee hours:
Week days 9 a. m. *o ft p. hi.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. in.
UNDERTAKING
Embalming Jby (WJA
Licensed Embaimers
Yaldez Bisk 4 Mercaatik Co. Inc.
A' Few Good Seasons why yes should Hate a Telephone
(1) Whew tli«* w<>ather l€ bad your wire ran use It daliy to or<Vr tueei, gro
ceries, etc., asd save herself many a weary /trip to market.
(2) You can got in lnsiarr. communication .with your home at any hour when you
are away.
(3) If one of your children should become «lck In the middle of the nigh:, you
can summon tfee doctor Immediately.'
(4) You can onange your circle of desirable -acquaintances, as a telephone In the
house gives one a peculiar -social distinction tn the coiunvunhy.
(5) in case of lire or -accident you can *ummon help Irorn the Mighhotvs.
(ft) IT you arc too 111 to g«t to your «JTIeeryuu can always'conduct y<MJr business
from home.
(7) ir every elook In the h.iuse stops you c«b always got'the correct time from
"central."
(8) You cam rnrvhe or break social eneagcraeirts over the -telephone to suH vyour
convenience.
(0) The reding (it security which a .lelfjpiione In the bause produces makes
It a noresslty.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 30
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Cairy a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials price*
Y«rd» Foot of WALL ST. A _ • V 1
^awfohd'hbuilowg Arctic Lumber C^o.
Notloe of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lee: You arc
hereby notified that there has
been expended (fairing the year
1911 in labor on these ccrtain
quartz claims, known as the Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and tha Kit
ty, lying, being and situated in
the VaJdcz mining district, in the
recording nivcinct of Valdez, in
the District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Wtatcs, tha
amount required by law to hold
said claims for fhc year, follow
ing (he performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was mado
by .Tames fJ. Cawley, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless wilh
fn ninety days after the comple
tion of the publication of Ibis no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after ti n second (2nd) of April,
1012, you contribute your fwr
tion of the expenses of tho afore
said annual labor for *aid .year,
or your inlerest in said quart/,
claims will he forfeited and be
come the property of tho under
aigrcd, who is your co-owner.
JAMES fi. CAWLEY.
Dale first pub. Jan. "2, 1012.
Date last pub. April 2, 1912.
NoUoe of Forfeiture.
...To Blarney Stevens: You are
hereby notiftod 4-hat tfcero has
been expended during the year
1.91 I in labor on those certain
qmirtz claim* known as the "Last
Chance," the "Last, Chance No.
1," and I he "Last Chance No. 2,"
situate, lying and being on<fthoup
hay near the entrance thereof, in
the Valdcz recording precinct.
Territory of Alaska, Ihe sum of
three hundred dollars ($.100.00),
lawful money of the Unt/ed States,
the amount' required by law to
hold said claims for the year fol
lowing flio performance of the
annual lahnr; that said expendi
ture for labor, as aforesaid, was
made by Win. Koch and Alex.
NeUnn, the co-owners of said
claims. And unless within ninety
(00* days aflcr (lie completion
of the publication of this notice,
lo-wlt: within ninety (00) days
after the 10th day of April, 1912,1
y»u contribute your porlion of the
expenses of ihe aforesaid annual
labor for said year, your Interest
in said quartz claims will bo for
feited rind become Ihe properly of
Ihe undersigned, who aro your co
owners.
ALEX. NELSON.
WM. KOCH.
Date first pub. Jan. H, 1912.
Date last pub. April 11, 1012.
ABE AMBITIOUS
Now Considering Plan of Oper
ating Their Own Line of
Steamers
The business men of Portland
are now figuring on the forma
tion of a corporation capitalized
at half a million dollars with
which lo place a line of steamers
on the run between (heir fity and
Alaska points.
The Portland Journal, which
subscribed $5,000 for advertising
the proposed line in the east, is
devoting front page space to the
enterprise. The following is tak
en from its columns of a recent
issue:: v
"This city should begin to lay
jdeftriitc plans for a large corpor
ation of $500,000 or a $1,000,000
for tin* purpose of buying and
building modern steamers 1«> ply
between Portland ami Alaska
ports, Portland and British Co
lumbia ports, and Portland
American coastwise ports and
"South America; t his "company al
so to take over and operate I tie
'Open Iliver lin«> steamers into the
interior and b»ve steamers on
tin* lower Columbia and Willa
mette river*. In other words—
form a company large enoupli to
make it known to the world that
Portland ha* ti commercial steam
ship line owned by its people, a
people who have faith in the mar
itime possibilities of this port."
This briTad statement of Port
land's Alaska and other trade ex
tension obligation and^opportun
ities were made recently by W. S.
Smallwood manager of the trans
portation committee of the cham
ber of commerce. Mr. Smallwood
has been authorized by I ho trans
portation committtee to definitely
learn if Yhe business firms of
Portland will meet the 200 tons
per trip freight guarantee asked
by K. If. Dodge of the E. J. Dodge
company between Portland and
Alaska ports on Tiering sea. Mr.
I Van lleekeren of the committee is
canvassing the merchants to learn
what amounts each will Turnish.
"It is a reflection upon the
wealthy people and business men
of this city that we must depend
tipon San Francisco for (he bonis
to bring merchandise to our stores
and to lake the merchandise from'
this city into Alaska and oilier
Pacific coast ports;" continued Mr.
Sfmallwoocl.
"True, we have maintained the
Open River Tine, w'lii«:li is'becom
ing a greater l»»»n«*flI. ouch year
to |h*» people. anil this small en
terprise lias won us national
praise and is spoken of very higli
l.v.
"There was, for instance, an
attempt made some years ago to
establish a direct line from Port
land and a guarantee of tonnage
was made l»y a number of the
Portland houses, but the attract
ive rail rate of 10 cents per hun
dredweight fromoPortland to Se
attle witli fj^e reduced rales put
in by the steamship Ikies from
Seattle diverted the traffic via
.Seattle.
"What I am afraid of at pres
ent is something of this same
-nature. E. 1!. Dodge, speaking
for his company, IHIs m^ that
They will positively char*o no
more from Portland •than they
wfll from Seattle, or have heen
charging from Seattle in past rea
son*. Now in the r-V/»nt that com
peting steamship lines from Se
attle should make sweeping re
ductions in their rates In order
to put the Portland line out of
business, if is doubtful whether
our Portland shippers will stand
hy the direct line where a saving
in freight can be effected by ship
ment through Seattle. There 1*
a decidedly selfish proposition
hack of all of this, particularly
where bouses are represented in
both Seattle and Portland, for by
making shipments from the Port
land branch the Seattle branch
feels there is encroachment up
on their territory and naturally
complains, and .jusljy so.1
"While I am endeavoring first
of all to be very sure of the rales
both out of Portland and Seattle,
not only over the Dodge line, but
every lino contemplating operat
ing into the Hering sea this year,
and second, tp he very suro that
when I he boat is ready lo come
into Portland the tonnage will be
available and that competing in
fluence will not be able to divert
it.
"Mr. Dodge has placed a very
low minimum guarantee of ton
nage. In fuel it almost seeing ab
surd that Portland could makeup
this amount of tonnage within a
few hours among her grocery
houses alone. Mr. Dodge does
not want a money guarantee, and
I gather from him that in event
we are unable to furnish the 200
tons he will not expect us to make
up the difference in cash. You
understand the St. Helens can
come from San Francisco to Port
land loaded with merchandise and
cement, take on what load she
can gel Here and proceed to Se
attle for the balance of her load."
$5,000 Reward.
Five thousand dollars reward
will l»e paid to anyone who, dead
or alive, hands over the body of
the great hold-up man as shown
on the curtain at the Orpheuin
theater tonight. Watch for the
big vaudeville and special pro
gram on Saturday and Sunday ev
enings. Program tonight is the
same as lasL evening. See the
great hold-up picture, $5,000 lie
ward.
LOCMJPS
If you want a good filling suit
see Silverman, 'phone 198.
Anyone purchaser of anything
to tin; amount of one dollar or
more at the Big Bargain Sale, will
lie given a s|>oou ami one fork. k2
WANTED-Good Japanese rook.
Telephone or apply Major Ben
nel.t. Fori Liscum. l-it
If you want your !urs repair
ed see Silverman, phone 198.
The only place in town to get
genuine Chinese noodles and
chop suey Li 'Hung Chang style.
The Valdee Cafe. tf
Wanted—Odd jobs. Steady work.
Wood sawing. Snow shoveling;
anything. 'Phone 14. tf
Silverman wrill call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
If you want your clothes clean
ed and pressed 'phone Silverman,
198.
Foil RENT—Eight room, un
furnished humse, close in. In
quire Dougherty & Ferguson. If
It costs -no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's, 'phone 198.
See. fierman, the dentist, over
Owl Drug tftore. Examination
free. 'Phone 19.
The Big Place alleys are offer
ing the following prizes 1his
week: A bottle of wine for live
games in the day, box of 20 ei
gars for 10 games and two hot
tles of wine for high score.
Majestic.
From this dare until further
notice the Majestic theater will
ho closed except on Thursday and
Sunday evenings, when the usual
ercollont program will lie pre
senled.
BRYAN'S ADVICE
TO BOOK AGENT8
William Jennings Bryan was
never n hook agent, hut at one
time came near enough to it lo
qualify as a counselor of those
who followed the business. On
one occasion he undertook to sell
lo the cilixcns of the Salem
neighborhood, in Illinois, 10
maps which his brother had been
peddling unsuccessfully for sev
eral weeks.
"All you want me lo do, as I
understand il, is to sell these
maps?" said Bryan,
"Yes; that's all," agreed the
brother.
That night William returned
home with the announcement:
"I have sold them all."
This astounded I he brother,
who insisted that the 10 n*|ps
could not have been disposed u/
within so short a lime.
"Oh, it was easy enough," said
Ihe future presidential candidate.
'I did not bother about Ihe rnon- j
oy. One mnp 1 sold lo Ihe barber,
who will keep mo shaved for sov
oral weeks. Another I turned ov
er to a groceryman, and f used
the remainder lo pay olT some
little bills I owed around town."
"But where do I get ofT?" ask
i»d Ihe brother. "Where do I got
my percentage?"
"Well," said Bryan, without
['nthusiasm, "you can coine
i round and have supper with me
*oino lime."
THE OBPHEUM
PHOTO PLAYS
Latest Released Films on every
Boat
CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY
SUNDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY
Illustrated tongs' by Mr. T. F. Gillies
Orchestra of Four Pieces
One shoW.eyteryi evening 8 p.m.
Twb Show* &ridayj8; 9j30
For ike Winter Months
A. H. PINKUS, Prop.
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
s
SEWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUz
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 8 p. m.. 7 p.m.. to 9 |). m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed.
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 Roadtiouse
NKLS JKPSON. Prop.
41 Miles from Valdez
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
First Class Accommodatios.
Ample Stable' Room
For OLIVER VISIBLE TYPEWRITER
See G. Faoerson,
Seward Concrete Stone Co.. (Local Agent)
B-Hold the Motto for 1911
It is cheaper to build a WARM HOUSK
withCONCKKTK blocks. tlinn to heut u
u cold one with $M SO com.
Model Laundry Co.
Flannels our Specialty.
Work done the way you
want It.
Phone 63, next to Prospector
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years at Tacoma Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Office
All Work CurutMi and Proaptly AllnM To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
! '
CYRUS iV. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Ansa7 Offloe in Valdez
Connection' Alaska
Mall Orders Promptly Attended to
VOI JL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, AS8AYER8 AND
MINING ENGINEERS
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Oeneral Trucking and Freighting
to all parts of the interior.
Telephone 60
fS^-'Offlc* with Northern Trust Co
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valder
Prospector
IS IN THE BUILDING
REAR OF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
I Call And See Us
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
' STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
k Next to Seattle Hotel. I'hone Kl. Always open
V A L I) E Z
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dosert Lands, Contests and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
Jlrcbibald
Carpets and Rugs
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drug* and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Dei very
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Willinm M. Conley: You
arc hereby notified that them has
been expended during the year
11)11 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Alas
ka Helle, Jackpot ami Snowflake,
lying, being and situated in the
Valaez mining district, in the re
cording precinct of Valdez, in the
DlfliPiOi of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Stales, Ih«*
amount required by law to bold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as ^foresaid, was made
J»y J. W. Little. And unless with
iti tiinoty days after the comple
tion of the publication of this no
tice, lo-wil: within ninety days
after the 2 4th day of April,
1012, you contribute your portion
of the expenses of the aforesaid
annual labor for said year, or
your interest, in said quart/,
claims will bo forfeited and be
come the property of the under
signed, who is your co-owner.
J. W. LITTLE.
Fit st pub. Jan. 24, 1012.
Last pub. April 25, 1012.
Notloe to Creditors.
In the United Stales Commission
er's Court ex officio jiujge of
orohalc, Vn!dez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judicial
l>ivisiou.
In Iho mailer of I tin eslnle of
Thomns V. Smith, deceased.—No
tier* t<» Creditor*.
Notice is hereby given hy the
undersigned, administrator of Iho
entali' of Thorn*.* V. Smith, de
ceased, l»» the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
the said' eslnle, to exhibit lliem
with (ho ncconeary vouchors
within six (rt) montiis after tho
llrst puhlieallon <»f this notice,
In the said ndminislralor at tho
otTiee of SmiLji, Hunnell & Weber,
at Vnlder.. Alaslui. the twrno be
ing the place for the Iransncliou
of the business of said eslnle.
Daled nt Valdcz, Alaska, Ibis
I Oth day of January, 1912.
OKOROE C. TilKAT,
Administrator of the eslato of
Thomas V. Smith.
Halo first pub. Jan. 20, 1012.
Date Inst pub. Feb. 18, 1012.
The Proepeotor Is the neper to
buy.