You'U pay a little more
for Hart Schaffner &
Marx clothes than for the
ordinary stuff; its an.advan
tage, not a disadvantage.
You get more value in them than the ordi
nary clothes; all wool fabrics, fine tailoring,
best style.
You want value in these —
things, not just clothes.
Suits and Overcoats $25 and up
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Confident of our Ability
To Please You, We Invite You To
Give Us A Trial.
=BANKING DEPARTMENT
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO.
INCORPORATED
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I VALDEZ\
• The heart of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
In the world open to nav
igation the year 'round.
The logical enterport to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the great gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The seat of government
of the Third Judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters of the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It is 85 miles nearer the
interior than any other
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any community
in Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year course.
It is the only sea ooast
town offering direct com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
est and most direot route
to the Matanuska coal
fields.
Its harbor is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific coast and can ride
the navies of the world.
Why freeze in your room and
linvr In read I lie Hipn ill order
lo 'nil Unit vonr room in heated
willi Plenm, when y«m con ffet nil
Hie Mlnnin Ihnl yon waril nl. "Tli«'
ClilT?"
WafTies aim noney ?!>e a! Vol
dez Cafe. • tf
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ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY PRQ8PECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
C. E. Bunnell.
li. V. Hav, Seward, Alaska,
j K. F. Hilchie.
Assayeps.
I
«»rpr«» F. White.
Banks.
i>. liiuiii & Co.
! Valdez Bunk & Mercantile Co.
Builders' Material.
Clias. II. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Holding & Brewing Co.
Bakeries
Valdez Bakery.
— Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valde/. Transfer Co.
Dentists*
Br. II. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. (icrman.
Drug Stores.
| Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur «& Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
I Odd Fellows.
! Fraternal Order Ragles.
A relic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
j Meyers Cash Store, Ciolden.
S. Blum & Co.
I Fagerlnirg Bros., Na/.ina.
j Valdez Hank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
I W. II. Crnry.
i_
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
"The CliDY'
Rainier-Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
I Laundry.
Launches.
'I'll roe M.
Moving Picture Shows.
Tin1 Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River I.umber Co.
Chas. n. Crawford.
Alaska Waler Light & Power
Co.
Valde/ Sheet Melal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Poo! and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhou8es.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Melal Works.
Transfor Companies.
Copper Iliver Drnvinpr Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Waler, Lltrhl & Tele
phone Co.
Sohodulo for Launch Donaldson.
Fort Llscum Ala..,!:.., Aug. 2
1912.- OfTico 11 f Ilio QuarlermaR-j
lor:
The following schedule for the
launch Lieut.. C. V. Donaldson will
fake effort Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All order* in conflict herewith are
revoked:
Leave Leave
Days— Ft. Liscum Valdez
Monday# ...8:10 a. in. 10:45 am.
1 :15 p. in. 4 :00 p. ni.
iTucHilayH . .8:n>a. m. 10:45 a.m.
2 ;00 p. in. 2:30 p. m.
5:00 p. in. 5:30 p. in.
Wedue*days8:15 a. m. 10:45 a. m.
I :l 5 p. m. 4 :00 p. m.
Thuraday ..8:15 a.m. IO:45a. m
1:15 p. in. 4 :00 p. in.
Fridays ...8:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Kalurdays .2:00 p.m. 1:00 p. ni
7 :00 p. rn. 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, such trips ns may hp or
dered.
There will he go trips for (he
munch on Ihe second nnd fourth
Fridays ench month, these dnys
hcinf? used to clean hollers.
Spccinl Irips or cancelling of
nhovc will he mnde without no
tice, only In meet Ihe otnergen
ries of Ihe service.
U*.order of T.ieut.-Col. O'Neil.
I,. A. KUN/.IO.
1st f.ionI. nnih fnfnntry, Qunr
mnsler.
"The Cliff" is Ihe place, not
n bunkhouse; not chenp, hut rca
sonahlo nnd moderate in prico,
and you get what you pny for
uomfort.
Subscribe for the Prospector
Eight Hundred and Fifty Tons
Will be Used in a Test by
Naval Vessel.
i i
I IK* Juneau Knipire says It. V.
Williams, I . S. mining engineer
in chare*' government coal
milling operations in the Hering
I Hivi'r mill li.'hls, willi a parly of
jlliirly miners, passed on South
1 on I In- Yukon, hound for 1 In*
| si ales. In an interview Mr. Wil
I liams said:
"Tlii' expedit ion which has .ju>l
I returned to Juneau on tin* steam
I er Yukon, lias completed I in* ex
I aniinal ion of tin* Itcriug IIi\<• r
{foal liclds ami has mined I8r>.")
I«niof coal which has been sack- j
imI ami piled in great heaps along
a trail huill for this purpose. It. |
• is planui'il in haul this coal on
sleds to the head of navigation
during the present winter and to
j transport it down the Itering IIi\
jer next spring.
j "The money for this expedi
tion was appropriated to the navy
department in order !o determine
jllie availability of the Itcring riv
I er coals for use mi our liattle.
shit >s. The hureau of mines was
I inl rusted with the duty of exam
ining the Held and of extracting
a sample of Hun tons of lb.* coal
[ thiil might he considered as rep-j
j resentat ive of the district. This i
j sample of coal is later to lie ]
i hunted in an actual lest on hoard!
some hat t b'ship.
j ''The hardihood of Washing- i
Nun coal miners was proved dur
i ing the three months of Held
work. It should he remembered
that the precipitation in this vi
cinity reaches 2(in inches per
year, and this parly entered the
J Held during the rainy season.
(The lirst forty-three days con-I
'(•tilted only two clear days; and
Ive I in all this rain, the building I
j of trails, the construction of
j camps, and the work of prospect
ing went bravely ahead, and with
j never a murmur from the men.
The bureau of mines wishes (•»
j thank ibis parly for their loxnl
i services which made possible a
, successful «;V|iedil ion."
i
HOMELY ADVICE
TO BE HEEDED
Go Back, Tells Husband, to the
Wonderful Cooking; to the
Wife, "Spread Yourself."
i ii\«• i*. l!ii|n„ I >ec. I lii
' home ami hoard with ymir wife a
j while loiiuer. V• • 11 won'l limlany
I body I ha I <*aii 111 «i k •• pies like her.
' 11•• 111•• 1111••• i- how >• • 11 liked her1
i • . 1
! e<inki iiu years auo when y no 11r-1
! married her".' Nobody eoiihl k1
i heller I him -lie, and I am sali^
! Iie«| I hill ^ Ii •• ran and will
liel lei ||H\\ I lian e\ e|* before." -aid
.Indue Allen In Sailford It. |,e\_;
j mi;-, a and meal «*t11 f -• r. j
( I..-villus ami hi- wife separated
some months ap*. ami all h• •:i ^ii
[lie has a--e|s III' I lie value I'l
' inure llian Mf>u,nno in personally
ami renl.- mil '.Ml houses, lie has •
I • 111iI home ami refuse* lo con
I I I'ihllle In (lie s||ppo|-| of his wife.
I.Mrs. Hell ha I. I.osinus. accord- i
I inu lo her assertion. They were
both before .Indue Allen on ii ^
I ipiesl ion of alimony. Hut .Indue.
| Allen gave them a leclure ami J
1 .-fill I belli home.
**I.*• I s Hml a remedy for I bi,
divorce disease." said (lie indue.)
"There i- uelliliu lo be loo III IK* ll
of il. |l oiiuhl |o be slopped.
{and if you people can'l do il
I yourselves we oiiubl l<» llml a
(remedy somewhere. (Soon home, j
| Mr. I.e\inus. Ir.v >oiir home cook- ;
j inu, Mrs. I.oinus, spread your- i
I self; make him some liltle nick-I
nacks such as you remember lie j
Used lo like so well."
I We will rcccivc a cninplelo lino
of (Christ inas goods mi 11"1 .icxl
sleamer at Harvey's Toggery.
Try I he New Panama holel, I ho
only hotel wilh a flrM-doRft din
ing room in town. No bar.
ITffilBY
'9" REPORT YET
Money Trust Investigation Will
Not be Reported Until Af
ter Holidays.
Washington, I). <1., I
There will 1m> l«jfi-l:il inn ilnr- ;
in^ Hi*' approaching slmrl ses
sion nf con^ri'ss as a ivsiill of)
Mm* niniM'y trust investigation <• t
lh«' 11 • mi ii|* Itcpre.scnl al ivcs, 11" |
llcprusen I a I i \ I'ujo, I In* chair
man ul* llii' investigation commit
tee. ran li;i\«• his way about il.
.Mr. I'n.j<> announced toilay that
hi' hail called a uicctiiitf "I thr
roinmit t•••• lor nc\l Wednesday.
This session i.-> In In* merely pre
liminary. however, ami probably
it will he emilineil In fixing a date
fnr tin* resumption of the oral
hearings thai were b'emin snnn
after the ;t 11 j • t II I'l 11111' It I of roll
Kress.
Mr. I'n,jo said lie wfis hopeful
thai I In; committee would he able
to eoiielnile its invest ij?at ion not
later than December 30. His tie
sire is that the report should be
ready In present In congress by
.lannary -Ju, "in order," lie said,
"that ennyress may lake such ac
tion in I lie way of remedial legis
lation to correct existing abuses
or e\ iIs m I lie carrying "i» of t ho
businc>~ oi clearing houses,
slock exchanges ami national
hanking associations as may he
warranted by I lie I'acls."
NORTHWESTERN
SAILS SOUTH
Arrived From the Westward at
1:30 and Sails South After
Short Stay.
Tin* Xorl h\\i*rn arrived in
ai I :.'{() anil li-l'l !"• • r Ihr
si nil 11 shortly al'liT. N'o niv \va»
l<ia«li'<l ai l.aliiiii'ln*. Inil t!i<• in>al
' will I'iMiiaiii l"r "J • Inmrs al «• r
• |i«va luailinu <<i<* fr«un tin- Itoii
j.iii/.a l"ii|« Tacniiia. "I'ln* !«>l|n\\
j !Mi: |i;'«-i,ni:i,rs li-fl I In
-Mill It:
i ir<»rjii:i \<laiii>, iJcrl II'anl
ll'iplx in-. M. .M. Ilopkiii-. A.
j It.jnrkInml. .1. I.i-l 11*i-111a11. Mi -. .M.
Ilii k.\v. II. Itrumhau^h. I'!. I. .len
jsi'ii. I-'. It. Hales. .Mr. ami Mr-.
I W*. M. \Vil-«in, Tiul l»al«', W illiam
| Kri-li'i*. I». It. Mi*lhcsney, .1. S.
| Mi'K'»n/.i»*. Mr. ami Mi's, r.hns.
Taylor. Mrs. ilnhry, .1 <• li11 .1. I'al
-Iail. (i. S. I.arsihi.
."t costs >ou loss lo slop ul
"Tl.v Clifl" lhaii it docs to rent
ami lieal a cabin, and you have
a iiiri? warm, clean room In dross
in. No fires or cares al all I"
a11«>ii11 lo.
Why nol ntuki* your own hreak
I'asls ami lunches. Try I In- Man
ama apart nu-nl s. Mesl ilinin-:
rni'iii (In*r«» also.
¥
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. II. CRARY, Rrprtirnlalivt
i V'hUIh/,, Alaska. Phone II
I.0.<
0. F.
Visliintr un<1 Iik'iiI (V<1 Follow* lire rr
'iiicstnl to resistor thi-lr numo with tin
Viililrz i»,l«l IVIIown' Club. HeKtiliir
tnci'tlDifii. first nnil thlnl Mntidny.
Cull on r. S. HUNT. S<*orrlnrv.
VAI.MK/ A Kl( IK V.». ii»;i
Mm cvrrjr Krlilny x i». m. Knirlf ll:iil
Vatdes Lodge
No 168.
Frre unci AcoepM*) Mn#ons
K«irular Communication* MrM Wednesday la
*ach month In MoKlnW Hall VIMtors always
wplpomc.
Jamr* II. P«tt*n M1..W. M
O. C- RfTDOlrt#. JVC
A.M. Diei'lnger
Valdez Transfer!
Company j
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar i FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery t all part* of town
at short notice. Will movr bnggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall Tit. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
DR. GERMAN
Phon...» THE DENTIST
onw-«- rooms o\or Owl Drugstore. Oillcc hours
9 a. di.. in « i> in.. 7 ii. hi., to i» i>. in. Sunduys
by ii|i|ioi:itiiii iit All nork uiiiirunlcrd
[)R, H. COCKERILLE
" Office Phone 92
Dentist
! °Whtlinu Building V AI/DE^
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LA \V
Offices Wall S'.rect
PIion<-31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
I. A IV YE It
f'lio.VK i:u>
Viildcz, Alaska
I.. V. KAY
ATTOHNKY AT I.AW
MINING ENGINEER
I
L. W. STORM, E. M.
VALOKZ. ALASKA
Reports on M/vfs
Patknt Surykyb
GEives^t. Mining E nmn r f rino
phont No. ioa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
(J. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing if..*, |»hor.e. l«9
ASSAYER
Gf.o. f. wnn r.
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT-RESULTS
No Moiv, No l.rss
VAI.DBZ, ALASKA
TIDE TABLES
Friday, Doc. 20
lliuh Titles, N:II8 a.m. 10:09 p.m.
Low Titles. *J:0:i n.m. :.**7 p.m.
Saturday, Doo. 21
Miyli Titles 0n.m. I 1:0I> p.m.
Low Titles. a.m. i:il p.m.
As a mailer .of faet "The LlilT"
ii.-< Hit' iiinti comfortable place lo
I• • I» in VaUlt/. Why not go
I here llrsl and save I lie etnbar
mssmcul i»f rhnnging?
Km* warm. «iiii«*t rooms at rea
vmahh* rales, »ro lo the SI. Klin*.
Thoroughbred English Seller
puppies for sale. Males $25, fe
male* sir». Registered stock. Karl
\rmstrong.