LET \IS DMVE
v ajewjactj about
I. It has the three essential*
of high grade footwear—
style, fit a..d wear.
II. Packard last and pattern
makers keep in close touch
with fashion needs.
III. Perfect modelled lasta en
sure foot moulded lines,
and easy fitting follows.
IV. The best workmen in
Brockton, Masa., the
famous shoe city, put their
akill into Packards. This
highly skilled workmanship
with the use of top grade
materials make Packarda
aa near wear-proof as pos
sible.
We
Can
Satisfy
YOU
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.
SO Per Cent Discount
We are disposing of our large stock of undertaking poods,
consisting of best metallic-] inod and plain caskets, also hard
wood cofilns; also embalming by a licensed embalmor at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc.
Edison Mazda
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
. We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials *8 Prices
Yard. Foot of WALL ST. A ■ • ¥ 1
cRAWFo^>^*Bimx>iNG Arctic Lumber C^o.
Notloo of Forfeiture.
To William M. Conley: You
are hereby notified that there has
been exponded during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known ate the Alas
ka Bello, Jackpot and Snowflake,
lying, being and situated in ifie
Valdez mining distriot, in the re
cording precinct of Valdez, fn the
District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United 8tateg, the
amount roquired by law to hold
*aid claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for lab r. as aforesaid, was made
by J. NV. liittlo. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
lion of the publication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
•nflnr the 24th day of April,
1012, you contribute your portion
of the oxpenscs of the aforesaid
annual labor #or said year, or
your interest in said quartz
claims will be forfelte-' and be
come the property of the under
«i?ned, who is your co-owner.
J. W. KITTLE.
Fiist pub. Jan. 24, 1912.
T.ast pub. April 25, 1912.
Look! Lookl Lookl
Ladies and gents, black and tan
shoes cleaned and shined. Seel
Johnnlo, the bootblack, Pioneer
Barber Shop.
\ Oh, You Noodle*!
Mr Lorn Hay, tho celebrated
Chinese expert, has taken charge
of Ihe chop suey and Chinese
noodlo department of tho Valdoz
Cafe. Ho was formerly head chef
for Li Hung Chang. 11-flt
Another Shooting Sorapo
Anothor mysterious crime has
taken place in tho foothills. '"A
Tale of I fin Foothills," with thirty
useful nic-nac prios will he on
at tho Orphoum tonight with
other good pictures. Don't for
got hi© Orphoum change tonight.
LOST—Tip of a fountain pen,
with vest clip. Picaso leave at
Prospector office.
MURDERER HAS
GONEJIITSIDE
Bolleves Campbell, Who Killed
Partners Will Not Be Ap
prehended
Thai I ho oihIs uf justice will
not bo sorvod in I hi* invest igal ion
of lho murder of lh«; Nelson
brothers, in the Kuskokwin coun
Iry, is I ho general sonliinonl of
the oili/.ons of Iho hlilarod, who
are inoonsod ill I ho slip-shod
iiiannci' in whioli I ho case is I»*•—
ing handlod.
II is Iho opinion of mosl of llio
residents horo lhal Iho ollleers
of I In; government aro all working
at cross-purposes—horo, at Fair
hanks, at Washington and in the
Knskokwim-- and that, rosntts
will hi' ohtainod from Iho investi
gation that will he of value
should Iho murderer of Iho m«*ii
he caught, is donhtod by ail who
have nolod the steps thus far
taken. In plain English Iho
oaso at present is all hailed up.
An allompl was nuuh^io-Jiave a
physician accompany the olllcors
to Iho sCiHie where/the hodios
were found liuHlii! medico would
not "hit Iho trait less lie was
paid $1,000 and all expenses. Do
ing the only physician in I In*
camp it will ho impossible in hold
a post mortem unless the bodies
are brought to (lie hlilarod. The
prosecuting attorney advises the
marshal's office to do this and
subpoena the physician as a wit
ness. compelling him to testify.
Deputy Marshal Kilday, who
was present when the two bodies
were exhumed left hlilarod tlity
fur I lie Knskokwim undoubtedly
Ih» bring the remains of the Nel
sons lo where an inquest and
post mortem can be hold. Hut
lit lo hope is hold out for the cap
ture nf thi* murders, so much
time having elapsed since I he
commission of the deed.
| ROAD TO GLACIER
IN GOOD CONDITION
Tin* recenl cool nights have so
improved the trail I hut H«d> Mr
1111•»s11 is finding no iliflicully in
I landing supplies al the Ramsey-!
Rulherford properly <m the gla
cicr, or of pclliiiK «u*«? down from
that promising properly.
The ore coming from the prop
erly is attracting a great deal of
alleiilioii from mining men.
All*nil one hundred tons will lie
shipped out side as a lesl of tile
mine run.
STORE BUILDING GOING
UP AT PORT WELLS.
The launch Brighton returned from
l'grt Wells today. Captain Stamoy
reports that Mr. Byers is getting the
lumber on the ground at Golden for
his store building. Port Wells will
be the scene of much activity during
the coining season.
NORTHWESTERN SAILED
FOR ALASKA TODAY
Seattle, April 10—Tin* Norlli
wi'sli'rn arrived Wednesday
morning and sailed again at I0:.'l()
III is forenoon.
NORTHWESTERN HA8
ONLY THREE STEERAGE
Sea I Hp, April 19—The steam
er Northwestern sailed from here
today with only thrco steerage
passengers booked for Valdez.
Majestlo Dark Tonight
On account of the church play
tho Majestic will be dark tonight.
Tomorrow fherc will bo another
Bargain Night at which there will
be seven pictures shown, three
of them comics. Look for Hun
day's program.
DOWN IN DIXIE
Stall's jewelry store will be
close/! until further notice. If
you wish anything from the
stock make appointment with
Adam Swan or call tip Dr. Hag
gelt; 'phone 83.
Orpheum
More prizes will be given away
at the Orpheum tonight. All the
pictures are tine. Great feature
film l.onne Dora on Sunday ev
ening.
• Our Motto
Is to please everybody and a
visit to our store will convince
you I Jin I we do.
LOCAJJPS
DOWN IN DIXIE.
A few sacks of Marly Ohio seed
potatoes at Kind's <irocery. :i'J
without hoard. PIkmi* 120.
Assistant District Attorney
(«uy llriihaeker lias gone to Onr
ilova <>n oilieial business.
For Kent. Nice quid rooms
in bachelor apartments with or
Frank Nelson left this, morning
for Soloman bay to bring i» timbers
for tho Cliff mine. ISd Held accom
panied liim and will cut the timber.
SIX IIOU-: UANftK— tor sale.
(iooil coinlition. Bargain. F.n
•Iii.re Exchange.
The launch Corsair left last even
ing for Katalla, after having, brought
a cargo of gasoline from Katalla for
S. Blum & Co.
Cream wafTIcs and honey 25c jat
I lie Valdez Cafe.
Tho machinery of 'the oil company
in which "Powerful Joe" Huston is
interested has been attached by the
workmen for wages.
The Keystone Bathhouse fur
niture for sale. Keystone avenue.
Erick Iaiwick was a passenger on
tlio Alameda enroute to Norway. He
received word that his father was
sick.
The Cameron-Johnson people ex
pect to have their donkey engine on
the glacier at Shoups Bay by Sunday,
From that place on they mill make
fast time.
DOWN IN DIXIE.
FOIl SALK CIIKAP—Power
dory. Apply Pete ('ashman.
Silverman will call for and do
liver your goods, 'phone 198.
Aruguments on the demurrers <o
the indictments charging Capt. E. T.
Barnette with, embezzlement from
the Washington-Alaska bank, while
prseident of that institution, have oc
cupied the court all day and are still
in progress. Arguments were closed
late this afternoon, the court, reserv
ing its decision.
Stull's jewelry store will be
closed until further notice. If
you wish anything from Ihe
slock make appointment with
Adam Swan or call up* Dr. Dag
gett, 'phone 83.
Attention, Moose!
The Moose will give a smoker
next Thursday evening, April 18,
afler Ihe regular meeting, fit 8.
p. in. sharp. House Con\miMee.
Families desiring clam clmw
der, hoiled chowder, chile con
earne, lamales and crab salads
can get litem a| Rosenberg's llsh
market. Ita/.or hack clams ready
for frying, ('.lam chowder, ehilo
con earne, coffee, bread and bul
ler for - fi cents. Try the place
once.
DOWN IN DIXIE
NORTHLAND NOTES
Sifainl HI irk, or Norway, a
lieutenant kuliner (if I In* Norwe
gian navy, has been hired as an
export marksman mi hoard (lie
whaler Tyee Jr..
The thirteenth child was ad
ded recently to a Skapway family.
The Alaskan claims that this is
tin; largest family ever reared in
Southeastern Alaska.
The construction of a smeller
with a treatment capacity of 2,
000 tons daily at Oranhy bay, in.
the Portland canal district, for
the Granby Consolidated MinlnK
<& Smelting .Coniparty, involving
an expenditure of $1,000,000,
will be started in May.
The Innoko quartz mill, of ten
Ions capacity, is now crushing
ore from the Carter ereek quartz
mine, in which an 80-foot shaft
has been sunk and a 00-foot lat
eral (Mil has been driven. The
ore runs from $5 to $37.50 per
ton. It is said Ihe ledge can be
traced for ten miles.
The ItolivMi'i gold fields are >»t
Iraeliug Ihe attention of old
Alaskans, many of whom have
gone or are now in the ftmiln
Amcrhan country. A purse was
recently made up in Ihe interior
and a lelegrnin sent to f,a J'az
makini? Inquiries . at first han't
from that country.
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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 every evening 8 p.m.
Two Shows Sunday, 8; 9:30
For the Winter Months
A. H. PINKUS, Prop.
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT I.AW
I
SEWARI), - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUdz
DR. GERMAN
Phone ,0 THE dentist
Onicc rooms over Owl Drugstore. OMec hours
9 u. ni.. to fi i>. m.. 7 |>. ni.. to a i> in. Siimlays
by uppo>iiiuii.'tii All work uuiiruDtt'ed.
Alaska canners have a si rung
delegation in Washington (<> ll^lil
the proposed raise in the salmon
tax.
FOR SALE—All my houscliold
furniture. House for rent after
May I, 1912. Edmund Smith.
FOll RENT—Light and warm
room at the Reynolds House. Mrs.
L. A. Depuy, Prop.
See German, the dentist, over
Owl Drug Store. Examination
free. 'Phone 19.
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Yaldcz Drug Co. If
Genuine Chinese chop suey and
I noodles at (lie Valdez Cafe.
It costs no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's. Phone IDS.
Say!
The Valdez Cafe is one irood
place lo eal.
Willing Man Will Do
House and earpel cleaning with
vacuum cleaner, and odd jobs.
Robert Mollram, phone I i. 3t
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yeat-H nt. Tacomu Smelter
OppoHite Electric OHice
All Work Guaranteed and Promptly Attended T«
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay onice in Vuldcz
Conm-i-ilon Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
VOLL & BARKER
OIIKM1STS, ASSAYKltS AND
MINING KN<<INKK1<S
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaaka
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZTHAHSFERCO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all parts of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for in advance
Office on Wall St . Phone GO
Beaver Dam Roadhouse
NELS JKPSOX. I'uor.
41 Miles from Vultloz
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
First Class Accommodatios.
Ample Stable Room
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdcz, Alaska. Phone 41
QR. H. COCKERILLE
• Dentist
°Wh«l!ng Building VALDB^
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dosert Lands, Contests and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
YOU GET
All the News
IN THE PROSPECTOR
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Weather Report.
Barometrig pressure .... UO.OO.'l
Temperalure 0 p. m .'<8
Maximum temperature. . . . i~.
Minimum- tomperaluiv l>8.
Mean temper a Lu re
Part cloudy, ealin.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
Tlio only practical tailor in
Valdez, Ben SHveiman. 'Phone
198.
Motioe to Creditors.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct. Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Charles W. Shelley, deceased.—
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby Riven by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estato of Charles W. Shellov, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
the said estate, io exhibit thein
with tho necessary vouohers
within six (0) months after the
first publication of this notioe,
to tho said administrator at the
ofTlep of Smith, Bunnell «& Web
er, at ValdoK, Alaska, the same
being the place for the transac
tion of tho business of said es
tate.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this
9th day of April, 1912.
ki>. WOOD.
Administrator of tho estate of
Charles W. Shelley, deceased.
First pub. April 9, 1912.
Last pub. May 8, 1912. I
Notice of Forfoiture.
To Curl F. Hartman, Mabel
Mailman and L. W. llussell: You
and each of you arc hereby noti
fied that I here has been expended
during the yoar 11)11 in labor on
those certain lodo mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsina River drainage, Ghitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: Tho Lucy, Alice, George,
Red Load, Anaconda. Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susie, Roso, Big Jim, Lit
tlo Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
tho sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of the United States, tho amount
required by law lo hold saidi
claims for the year following tho
performance of tho nnnual labor;
that, said expenditure for labor
^foresaid"was nifido by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, tho co
owners of said c.aims. And un
less within ninetv days after (he
completion of tho publication of
this notice, to-wit: within ninety
tlays after the 0th day of July,
1012, you contributo vour portion
r»f I he expanses of the aforesaid
nnnual lanor for said year, your
interest in said lodo claims will
l)o fo.'feiled and become the prop
or.ty of tho undersigned, who air
voiir co-owners. ' ,
PATRICK MURPHY.
JAMF.S FISH. .
Dale of first pub. April 10, *12.
hale of last pub. Jijly 0, 1012.
If you are out of letterheads
jail and seo our now lino of bond
japers. Tho finest over brought
.o ValdeE.