We have just received a ship
ment of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
fine clothing—both suits and over
coats—nothing later, nothing bet
ter. We want you to see these new
clothes.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
With Abundant Capital
and with every facility for service we solicit the
patronage of those who are in need of the banker.
Capital Paid up, $100,000.00
Surplus Earned, $11,567.00
=BANKING DEPARTMENT
fALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO.
INrnDPHD ATBTk
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 Rtfad 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 acoredlted
high school with a four
year course.
It Is the only sea coast
tewn offering direot com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
ost and most direct route
to the Matanuska coal
fields.
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
oiflo coast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
Room find board at the Grand
Hotel $ I .DO per day. Hoino cook
ed meals and good bods. Mrs. H.
Sharts.
Bring your Job work to the ]
Prospector office.
[ ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
O. E. Bunnell.
L. V. llay, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. llilchie.
Assayers.
(■eorge F. White.
Banks.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Builders' Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Vakle/. Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentist*
Dr. II. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. Herman.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Kafirs.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
Beyers Cash Store, Ooldeii.
8. Blum & Co.
Fagerhurg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank Mereanlile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. H. Crary.
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Eliaa.
"The CliftV
Rainier-Gvand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheuin.
Manufacturers.
(Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Waler Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Itoadhouses.
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.
Transfer Companies.
! Copper River Draying Co.
| Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
| Alaska Waler, Light & Tele
phono Co.
Sohedule for Launch Donaldson.
Fort Liscum Alaokv., Aug. 2
1912.- Office of the Quartermas
ter:
The following schedule for the
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson wilt
take cfTect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All ordem in conflict herewith are
revoked:
Leave Leave
Du.vs-- Ft. Liscum Valdez
Mondays ...H:l5a.m. 10:45am.
1 :15 p. tn. 4 :00 p. m.
Tuesdays ..8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p. tn.
Wedncsdays8:15 a. m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Thursday ..8:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Fridays ...8:15 a.m. 10:45 q. m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays .2:00 p. in. 4 :00 p. 111
7:00 p. in. 10:30 p. in.
Sundays, such trips as may be or
dered.
There will be no trips for the
launch on Ihe second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
above will be made without no
tice, only to meet Ih#» emergen
cies of Ihe service.
Hy order of Lieut.-Col. O'Neil.
T.. A. KIJNZIO.
1st Lieut. 30fl» Infantry. Qunr
master.
Why freeze in your room and
have to read the sign in order
to tell that your room In healed
with steam, when you can g'*l all i
the steam that you want nl "The i
Cliff?" I
MERER OF TWO ,
MAY BE FREED
I
Sedalia. Mo., her. \ Counsel
o defend Mrs. Pansy Kllen l.osh. '
.vim confessed in l.os Angeles Id
he murder of two Missouri wo
nun, was appointed today. ll was
•xperted tin* case would In- call
[*«J in III'*' crimimil Jcourl. An
is.sislant 1o I he prosecutor .was
*i*i*i|ih*(| willi saying thai a plea
i»f guilty probably would In; re- .
turned, a short prison sentence I
pronounced and Hie prisoner pa- I
roled al onct'. Mrs. I.isli has said
thai if this is dune she will re_
111 i*n immediately to her husband
and rhil,| in Los An^i'lcs. Mrs.
Lesli wupl today whim she road
in a newspaper that liev photo- i
graph, displayed in ;i Jural sin-;
dio window, had attracted crowds I
of I ho ruriotis.
TEXAS JURY
ACQUITS SNEAD !
( Continued from page 1;
\11y, (.ieorgelown, Texas, but ;
h»ve for J.oiia Snyder, the hcauli-i
fill daughter of a well-to-do laud
ownor • • f central Texas, made
the I wo youiik men first rivals.
I hen billor enemies, and evenlu
ally caused I In* loud which, up
lo the present lime, has cost llio
lives of six persons.
Seemed Fond of Both.
Miss Snyder M»cuied lo be fond
of hotli young men, and. not un
til after she had married J. Ileal
Sncad, did sin* discover that she
was really in love with Boyce. i
She did no| have the strength of
character lo resist the impulses
of her heart and soon after her
marriage to Sncad she began to
have secret meetings with Boyce,
which became more frequent af
ter the Snead's took up their res
idence: at Aintyillo, where Al.
Boyce, Jr., lived.
On tin? night of Oct. 13, lull,
Mrs., Sncad informed her hus
band that she loved Al. Boyce and
would not live with him any long
er. Snead, who was devoted to
his beautiful wife, became fur
ious and would have killed his
wife and himself had not one of
his little children come into I he
room at the time. On the fol
lowing day, however, he had her
taken to a private sanitarium for
insane ' persons at Arlington
Heights, near I'orl Worth. A few
weeks later Mrs. Sncad managed
lo send a letter to Al. Boyce, her
lover, hvgginp liiin lo rescue her
from her prison.
Eloped to the North.
Al. Hoyee drew a large sum
u|' money ami went. lo I'm'I
Worth, brihi'il inn* of the attend
ants nl' lln* sanitarium ami
through liiin secured tln> release
nf .Mrs. Snead. Hoycc and Mrs.
Sm*ail •• 1 o|)<>«| hi |hi> north, going
lirsl In SI. I.miis, llirn In Oma
ha. Al Omaha. Hoyre^ learned
I hat Snead was in hoi pursuil.
ami without delay In* lied willi
Mrs. Snead In Chicago and I hence
In \\"iiini|ii'K. Maniloha. There
Ilie.v were arrested as umlesir
ahh's on Dec. '.Mi, ItMl, and when
Snead reachcil Winnipeg, having
heeii informed of the arrest.
Moyce lied. Siira.il took his wife
hack lo Texas and again placed
her in lln* same sanitarium from
which she h.iil escaped.
In some manner Snead Icaru
e,l Mint Captain A. Mo>ce, the
ralher of Al. Mover, was in full
sympathy Willi his son and was
plotting In gel Mrs. Snead out
nf I lie sauitariuni. Young Move.*
had hi• 11 iiiilirleil mi the charge
nl ahduclimi, hut his father
hroughl a hunt Hie dismissal nf
I lie imlicl meals, which fart al
so ureal ly eiuhittered Sneail
against Itiin. The Iwo men inel
in the |nhh> of a hotel in litis!
eil> on .Ian. I,'I of litis year and.
after an exchange of a few words,
J. Heal Snea(| dr.'W his pistol and
fired several shots al Ihe old
man, killing liiin instantly.
Al. Hoycc, the lover ,if Mrs.
Snead. was supposed to he in
British Columbia, ami il was re
ported Ihal lie had purchased a
ranch I here and intended lo live
there.
On Sept. 15 of lliis year Snead
and Al. Iloyee net in one of the
principal streets of Amarillo.
Tex. Snead. who, according to
Ihe statement nf certain witness-*
was disguised as a I ramp, ap
U'onehed Ihe unsuspecting Hoyee
tnd killed him hy several shots
rruiti Pit anlMinalic shotgun.
"If you wnnl lo at tend a kiiimI
diow go and see "The ProfoS- i
tor" on Friday nighl ul Kagle.s
mil.
JACK JOHNSON
GETS MARRIED
I
Chimin, l)cc. —.lark Johnson I
\as yi'slcnlay marrifd l«» J.weille j
laiiiMinii l»v a parson. Tin* I
rasi*s a^i-jinsl liim will m»t he j
Iroppnl hy I he t'fi|i>i*al «i(i\c|*ii— ;
■ 1**111. |
EIGHT ARE KILLED I
IH AN ACCIDENT!
/iUiic>\ille, [>••«.'. i Ki^lil |— j
I»I«• were ki11«•«I ami »ti\cn injur—
••<1 in a collision between I rains j
• 11 tlh> I't'iinsx l\a.iia railroad.
GENERAL SICKLES
IS RECONCILED
New \nrk. Dee. i.—(ieiiera I
Siekles lias alV«M*l.',| si reroncilia
Ijon willi hi.s wife. thus saving
hi> war relies.
WRITE SLAVERY
IS THE THEME
New York, Dim*. i.--Danker
.lames La id l«>w addressed a
"white slavery" meeting ami said
thai tin; disappearance of Dor
othy Arnold brings the question
home alike to the rich ami I he
poor.
NEW SENATORS
HUE SWORN IN
Washington, L>. C., Dec. i.
Si^nator Jackson was sworn in
yesterday to succeed Senator Rey_
her, of Maryland, deceased, and
Senator Perky to succeed Senator
ll«\vhurn. of Idaho, deceased.
Call and «elecl presents from
our line of Xinas toys, a few of
which are mentioned: Pussy
Pippins, Puppy Pippins, C.amp
hel Kids Sleds, Trains, Blocks.
Hnckhoards, Kxpress Wapons,
Black boards, 'i'ca Sets, Balls,
Tool f.hesls, Dump Carts. Roily
Pollys. He., al Hudolph's.
!l costs you loss to stop~at.
"The (IIiIT** than it does to rent
and heal a eahin. and you have
a nice warm, clean.room to dress
in. .No fires or cares al all to
attend to.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, RfprtifDlnliTt
1 Valdez, Alaska. Photic 41
Vfoltintr iinil lorn I OiUI IV'luws 11 r«- rc
to r«vist»T tlirir nutnc Willi llio
Vuhlex odd Kj>1 lows' club. Ki'irulnr
meeting*. tlrst nnd third Mondtiv.
OilII on I'. S. IIONT. Sfcrctnrv
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet eery Tuesday evcnloir lit » o'clock in
Katric 11»lI All members ure roiuestcd to
nltenil. S. McnIKCK. Arctic Chief
foe
VAI,DKZ ARK1K V.,. |»7I
Men 0T0ry Friday H i>. m. Kngle Hull
Valde^ IyOdge
No 168.
Frff mrwl Aootpttd Muoni
Reiriiltr OomiAu»f<»Hftt>* flrtt Wrdnexlky |q ]
moh month la MeKlatoy Hall Vlxltort *)»»?•
teleome. 1
jmim n. Puten >o.,w. M
G. C s«e
A M. I)iei*iDK«r
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building, Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
DR. GERMAN
l'»wn«' |>I THE DENTIST
I
OflKf riMiiiiMitfr Owl Drug stun*. OllSfC hour*
3:i. in., to t;p. II-.. 7 11. in., low i». in. Sunday*
i by awMiimiwnt AH wnrk trii:ir:int**c*d
QR, H. COGKERILLE
Dentist
VALDEZ
;; E. E. RITCHIE
\\ LAWYER
< ► PHONF. lite Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORN EY-AT-LA VV
Offices Wall S'.reet
Phone :ii VALDEZ
L. V. KAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
5KWAKD, - A/.ASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. B. M.
rtmronTB on Mines
Patent Surveys
GtENESAU M INI NO E NC3INK ERINO
Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Hch. I'lione.
I ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No L«-sh
VALDEZ, ALASKA
TIDE TABLES
Wednesday, Decombor 4.
High I ides, H:41 in., 9:39 |». ni.
Low I ides, 2:20 n, in., 3:23 p. in.
Thursday, December B.
11 iff li I l«le, 9:25 n. m„ 10:30 p. ill.
Low liiles. 3:00 u. in., 1:13 p, in.
Friday, December 6.
High liiles. 10:04 a. in., 11:25 p.m.
Low Mtles, 3:55 a, in., 4:57 p. m.
Saturday, December 7.
11 ik h tides, 10:45 a. tn., 5:41 p. m.
Low liiles, 1:35 o. in., 5:41 p. m.
Steamer Movement*.
Norl hwenlern, hence to Sen!tie.
Mariposa, from Seattle hence.
Yukon, to the westward.
Waffles an a noney 25o at Val
Hi Oafe. It