SITUATION III
BRITAIN CRITICAL
Col. Grant Believes Government
Must Soon End Coal Min
ers' Strike
r.ul. .1. |\ <Irani, a mining man
«11* prominence, arrived mi I In*
Norl hweslern ami is shipping at
J In* JMiocnix holol. lie nuncs •! i —
vert from Loudon ami will in
vcstitfale the mini'ral resources of
lliis camp as the representative
of Brilisli capilalisls whoso at
tention have been attracted in
I he district. 11«» was greeted a I
the wharf hv IMr. ('. K. Campbell,
who arrived here a few weeks ago
from London. Tliey are old
friends and have met in many out
• »f the way places of the world,
as well as in I In? world's nie
t ropolis.
Col. <Sranl is greatly inlerest
ed in the outcome of the coal
strike in Britain. II is a month
since he left London ami even at
that lime factories were begin
ning', In close down for want of
fuel. lie believes the govern
men|. \vil| be forced lo pass a
measure causing Hie coal mines
lo resume produe.l ion as I he sit
uation is loo critical lo admit of
much further delay.
Col. <«ranl says I lie deep snow
)ianks of Yahley, have no terrors
for him as lie was horn in Kasl
«*rn Canada, where I he snowfall is
heavy, lie has, however, spent. I he
past 'JO years in warm countries
>11 various parts of the jrlohe.
Democratic Pow-wow.
Itoherl Jennings will jrive. the
Itepuhlieans a ruh.
Al the l'liot'iiix hotel-- at the
1 >eniorrat ic eluh.
< !o hear liini I ;i I k—this man from
.1 U lie —o.
who. mi lo Washington. so
anxious to fro.
Ami a Her the <|iral\iu^ yuu're
uo| justified.
In ^oiiijr to hed. I ill our hen*
you've tried.
As you e;iI ;i sandwich. >011 will
of course,
jliriuk Aiihcuser-llusch, and dis
cuss his discourse.
Tleceivod on the last hoat, line
line of Caster hats at Mrs. S. K.
Clea^on's store on Keystone. kIG
Subscribe for the Prospector.
ALASKA THE
LAST FRONTIER
Neat Booklet Issued by Traffic
Department of Alaska
S. S. Company
Tin! Alaska Steamship com
pany is sending out a 1 >«•;»I hook
I • * I l<> give sportsmen an idea of
America's last frontier ami ils
wonderfnI big frame. The cap
lion is "Alaska's liij-r Came" ami
I lie pamphlet contains photos
taken in many parts of the ter
rilory and will strongly appeal to
lovers of advent lire.
Splendid trophies of the rillo
are shown and include mountain
sheep, moose, caribou, and many
varieties of hear which are found
on llic mainland and islands of
Alaska.
Mountain sheep are to he
found most plentiful in Central
Alaska and wild poats in almost
al| of the mountainous regions
of the territory. Caribou are
plentiful in seasons from the
Arctic regions as far south as
the head of ihe Tanana river.
iminer wolves art' occasionally
seen in (lie liuihcretl di.slricls of
I lie norlli ami many varieties of
foxes abound in all parls of the
territory.
Moose are niosl plentiful on (lie
Ke.uai peninsula. Itlaek, brown,
prrizzly ami polar hears are 1o he
fonml in ililVereul loealilies alonjr
lln* coast. I Mirks. creese ami ptar
migan alVonl jjooi! shooiinK for
those \\ 11«i hesitate I<» no after
hi^cr jrame ami Hie streams ami
hays of Alaska «ill'<>r«I uueipjalh'il
uppnrl1111 iI ies for makin? jrood
rali lii's of lisli.
Masonic lYIee.ing.
Spreial mm mimical ion Yahlcz
l.oilpc \i». | lis A. I', ami A. M.
Wednesday evening al 8 oYh»rk
in .Masonic hall. Work in second!
decree. Visiting brethren cor- I
dially i11\ iinl.
('.. UKV.NOI.DS. Sec'y.
Late Pictures. !
\l I In* (>rpii<• 11111 I'liinph'le !
i*h;ini:«* i»f pielnres. whieh arrived
mi Norl hwesl ern.
Our Prescription Department
Work is in I'liar^e of a skillful j
pharmacist al all limes. Owl
liriiff r.o.. Inc.
Subscribe for I lie Prospector.
Anheyser-Busch Brewery
Covers ;m area of I io acres «>r ground, o<pial In 70 cily
blocks, upon which art* located III) individual huihlings.
CAPACITY.
Hn»\ving capacity, barrels i»«*i* year 2,500,00ft
Mailing capacity, bushels ner year 2,000,000
Holding works, hollies daily 1,000,000
drain storage elevator*, bushels 1,750,000
Slock houses (for lagering), barrels (>00,000
Steam power plant, horse 12,000
Electric power plant, horse 4,000
Refrigerating plant, Ions per <lay i.ooo
Ice plants, tons per day 1,200
Coal used. Ions per day 325
TIIANKPOUTATION 1 ACIMTIKS.
Hefrigeralnr freight cars 1,500
Horses al home plant tin
Wagons and carls at home plant 7H
Auto trucks al home plant 7i
Horses al branches 'iKH
Wagons at branches \.'JO
Auto trucks al branches i7
KM Pl.OYKS.
Al St. Couis plant, people 0,000
Al .'10 branches, people 1,500
KHKIMHT.
Inbound and oulbound, cars per year 50,000
BUY
IS
SELLING OUT B ELOW WHOLE8ALE OOST AT
STULL'8 JEWELRY 8TORE. OPEN FROM 5:00 TO 11:00 p. m.
' I "L _ Of. Under New Management
U H 1C ^ Warm, Light, Outtld* Room#. HwdqutrUri tor Mln
ln« and Traveling Man. fpaplal Aooommo
w A datlon* for Pamllfee. RATBi RKASONAftLt
fcJLlAo Mrs. Marlon Leach Mrs. Ben Silverman
GOAL COAL
• it • n '
VALDEZ DOCK CO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO
WILL MAKE
ANOTHER ttllP
Northwestern to Make Another
Trip Before Going Into
Drydock
Tlio Northwestern arrived in
port about 10 o'clock last, night
and left before morning for the
westward Sin* is expected to re
turn ami sail from Valdex for the
south aL 110011 tomorrow.
Sin' brought. over l(io passen
gers to Cordova, many of whom
wen; hound for the interior. Tin*
delegates to the Republican con.
veil I ion which meets in Cordova
oh Saturday next, also came tip
front Southeastern Alaska.
The, Northwestern will make
one more trip before giving place
on this run to the Mariposa. She
will be drydoeked and given an ov
ei hauling preparatory to going on
the Nome run.
The Mariposa is a sister ship
of the. Alameda and is now be
ing titled up in Seattle for the
Alaska run.
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATION
Illinois Will Enact Law for State
Presidential Primary
Election
('.liirauo, March :M» Tin* slal«*
lrj-risla!iin* ini'l in special si»s
sion lliis iimniimr in answer In
a rail i• r lioviTnor Ihwiwn.
Tin' prt'siili'iilial primary mcas
nri' is I In- rliirf lull I'nr rimsiil
cralion Iml I In* r«* arr lwH\«' * • 111 _
••r laws wlii<*li will lie arlr«l up
on.
VALDEZ DOCK WILL
HAVE BUSY WEEK |
Fi\e steamers wili dock in Yal
«I• •/. during 11n* wri'k and will
make up I'mi* tin1 IncK <»f them «1111*—
in}: I In* past week. The North
western will return* from I In
westward ami the Rerllin, Ala
inrila. Edith ami .lyannic will all
lir here iltii'iiiK the/next few days.
The Iii*i*l ha "TMlsJfcalIle on t lie
•J I si ami as slnytmiially makes
IIh; I rip in nine days she should
lie here nil Sal unlay. The Ala
meda will also be here Friday ev
en iiiK or Saturday morning. The
big freighter Jeannie left Seal lie
on March 12 wilh a cargo of ex
plosives and cannery supplies for
Port Graham and other points to
the westward and will also ar
rive during I he week.
TWO TICKET8 IN
FIELD IN CORDOVA
Arrivals from Cordova say lhe
municipal elect ions I here next
month will be keenly contested.
There are two lickHs in Ihe Held
and il is said to be an even bet
which will win
The Peoples' ticket is as fol
lows: W. II. ('base. Harry Thin
led, C. I*. Mickclson, A. J. Adams,
('.has. Ilosswog, A. E. Ilegg and
Alvah Eames for school director.
Citizens' Economy ticket: II.
A. Slater, Hartley Howard, A. E.
Fiathrop, ' Win. Fursman, It, J.
Harry, O. E. Lambert and M.
Finkelstein wilh James Flynn for
school director.
WILL LEOTURE THUR8DAY
ON SUNNY QUEENSLAND
The tickets are selling well and
arrangements are completed for
a successful time for Thursday
night. When flev. Johnson will
deliver his interesting lecture at
the Congregational church on
"Sunny Queensland."
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that I
will pay al| city warrants up to
and including warrant No. 2023 it
presented within ten days from
date.
E. D. WHEAT, Treasurer.
Valdcz, Alaska, March 10, <012.
See German, the dentist, over
wl Drug Store. Examination
free. 'Phone 10.
Anheuser-Busch
The Northwestern brings, a good sized bunoh;
Escort them to Big Place, and sample the lunch.
We can entertain all—in our special way;
It's easy with Anheuser—itTs Just like play;
Al. White
Proprietor
WILL EXAMINE
THE GUFF MINE
Manager Hamilton Has Extended
Privilege to British Min
ing Engineers
Col. J. P. Oranl. and Mr. E. C.
Campbell, the British inirtinK ex
perts, will make an examination
of the Cliff mine tomorrow. The
manager, Mr. Hamilton, has ex
tended them the privilege of mak
ing an examination of the prop
erly.
The fame of the little ClilV has
extended to Europe and the.en
gineers have been requested to
make an examination of the mine
upon which to base general
knowledge of the possibilities of
the ledges continuing with depth
and carrying their values.
The dill' i-s pr.>.lining better
than *1.1)00 per day with three
stamps in oprraii*>ri nod iis rec
ord for more th in a year pasi
has been phenomena!. If the Y.il.
dey. ramp is |o be pidifcd on the
record of the (Hill |1:«» proper! i<-s
o| I lie district will n<>: sutVer.
Col. (iranl ami .Mr. Campbell
wil make a ri'porl of their ex
amination to the capitalists of
Europe, whom lliey represent.
richIeIT
LYING ON DUMP
Party Returns From Trip of In
spection to Port Wells
Mino
Alex. Smuklary. who went down
Willi <»ilherl t.ee and Win. West
erly to Port Wells lo make an
inspection of the former's prop
erly on Avrry river, have returned
lo town.
The open cut now lias a face of
18 fort and I In4 pays I rrak is in
creasing in size right along as
depth is pained. The miners are
short of sacks and are piling I he
rich ore on a dump where jl is
exposed. They have several Ions
sacked up hul. have about 20 Ions
lying on the dump which shows
free gold. They brought up a
number of beautiful specimens,
which are lo lie seen al Hie Mon
tana.
Demoorats Attention.
A territorial convent ion, is held
Ibis week:
A good man for delegate, the
Democrats seek.
A friend of the people, they'll try
to pick,
To gray away the .job, from old
Fight-in' Wick.
"James, the. Terrible." has ruled
in vaih,
"Heap big noise," but "no kelcb
um rain."
.lust elect a Democrat, and then
you'll see,
That. Alaska will flourish, like "a
green bay tree."
Alaska needs a man--ready at all
Ii flies,
To block the schemes, of the (lug
genheims.
Always ready lo light, in a digni
fied way,
That. Alaskft and Alaskans, may
havo some say.
"All work and no play, makes Jack
a dull boy,"
80, aflor the convention, proceed
to find Joy.
Visit tho Big Place--there yell all
you like,
For AnhoUflflr-HuBch, and Champ
Clark, of Pike.
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Alaska Coast Co. |
The "INSIDE ROUTE" 1
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southeastern Alaska M
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle March 5$
Steamer Bertha leaves Seattle March 20|
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle March 27^j
sfoomoi- loanio LcavesJSeattle March 10 for Kodiak and wayv
JlCamCI Jcalllc porU carryirfK ^asolinca nd explosives ^
('(inncrlini! at Stiittli! with steamers of tlie AlasUa l'aeitic Steamship Co. for
So ithern California ports. Sailings every Morulas and Thursday. Through
St'rvici! anil Dow Kates. Itijrht reserved to change steamers anil sailiiiL' dales. jSj
3. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.S
General Agent Local Agent j*j|
Independent Laundry Co.
SatiHfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave K
Telephone I | Rouirh Dry 10c lb. £
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PILSENER STYLE
THE BEER THAT MADE VALDEZ FAMOUS
A Home Product for Home People
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
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Money at HOME ]
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4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
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. In
side Passage.
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Day A Grcenig [Proprietors]
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms]
Fo* Housekeeping, Sleeping end Office*. Relet
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Fttot of Wall St.