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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
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 Xanana 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 oraft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has tho largest popu
lation of any community
in Southweptern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high sohool with a four
year course.
It is the only sea coast
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 ooal
flolds. •
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific coast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
\Vh> frew in your room nml |
have In ri'iwl Ihe s i mi in order |
In ' r» 11 iluil vnur room is heated
with alenm, when yon can ffet nil
Ihn Hlontn Ihnt you want nt "Thi*
Cliff?"
Wnffien nnn noney 2»c at Val
drt Cafe. if
ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY PR08PECT0R
Attorney 8-at-Law.
C. 10. Bunnell.
I,. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
R. F.. Ritchie.
Assayers.
George F. While.
Banks.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Go.
Builders' Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
■ Valde/. Bottling & Brewing Qo.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
Dr. II. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Ord»>r.
Odd Fellows.
Fralernal Order Eagles.
A relic Brotherhood. .
General Merchandise.
Bnynrs C.nsh Slnre. Golden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fngerburg Bros., Na/.ina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile C»».
Life Insurance.
W. II. Crary.
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Eliaa.
"The Cliff."
Rainier-Ovand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Pioture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
ltoadhou8es.
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 Metal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone Co.
Sohodulo for Launoh Donaldson.
Fori Liscum Aln.,k>.t Aug. 2
1012.- OfTirc of I ho Quartermas
ter:
The following schedule for the
launch I.taut-, fi. V. Donaldson will
tnke effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All orders in conflict herewith arc
revoked:
Leave Leave
Days— Ft. IJscuin Valdez
Monday* ...8:16 a.m. 10:45 a in.
1:15 p. in. 4 :00 p. in.
Tuesdays • .8:lt> o. in. 10:45 a. in.
2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays#:l5 a. m. 10:15 a. m.
1:15 p. in. 4 :00 p. m.
Thursday ..8:15 a.m. t0:45a. m
1:15 p. in. 4 :00 p. m.
Fridays ...8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4 :00 p. m.
Saturday? .2:00 p.m. 4 :00 p. m
7 :00 p. m. 10:30 p. in.
Sundays, giicli trips as jnay he or
dered.
There will be no trips for the
inuneh on I he pecond and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean hollers.
Special trips or cancelling of
above will ho made without no
tlce, only lo meet fh*» emergon
rlns of Ihe service.
tu- order of f<taut.-Col. O'Neil.
l„ A. KUNZin,
I si not It Infantry. Qunr
maslrr.
Why no! make your own break
fasts and lunches. Try Ihe Pan
ama apartments. Best dining
room there also.
We will receive a complete line
of Christmas Roods on the ;iexl
steamer at Harvey's Toggery.
BOLUtHKItALIIt l
' HOI III SISHT1
Experts Testify That They Could
Not See Qreat Wealth In
Hawthorne Properties.
' New York, UcC. —Two min
ing experts of wide experience
could not see any gold or silver
when they visited Canadian prop
erties controlled by Julian Haw
thorne and his en-defendants,
now nn trial before Federal
Judge Hough on the charge of us
ing (lie mails to defraud. The
experts failed to be da/zled by
the mineral display, despite tin*
fact that "literature," circulated
by tin* defendants for the edifi
cation of the investing public
described in eloquent manner the
riches nature had lavished on the
properties.
Mr. Hawthorne, who prepared
many of the circulars, is the son
of the novelist, Nathaniel Haw
thorne, while the other defend
ants are Josiah Quincy, former
mayor of Boston; Albert Free
man ami l)r. William J. Morton.
Can't Bust the Old Man.
Franklin, Pa., Dec. 2 \.—That
th.1 husband has the right to hold
the purse when the wife wants to
run him into debt was the de
cision of jJudge Grosswell when
he refused to grant a divorce to
Mrs. Laura Sylvester.
i CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Tile Christmas .services In be
held at the Church of the Kpiph
any by llev. W. II. Ziegler, will
take place at 11 a. in. The reg
ular choir of the church and sev
eral members of the choir of St.
Mat how's church, of Fairbanks,
will sing the following numbers:
"Silent Night," Michael Haydn.
Ilyinn, "<>, I.ittle Town of
Bethlehem," I.. 'II. Ilednes, words
hy Phillips Brooks.
| "Venite, Exultenius, Domino,"
jJ. Hobinson.
| "Te peiini l.anilainus," Win.
| Jackson.
"Benedictlis." Anon.
"Kyri«' Klison" and "liloria
Tin," Bel hold Tours.
Ant hem, "Peace oo Karlli,"
Caleb-Simper. Solo pari by .Mr.
Mack.
j 11 > l u 11. "Adesle Kideles." <1.
I Heading. "ii. mine, all ye failli
! rui."
—
Maps of Florida in 1414.
Washington. I>. The dec
laration |>v W. Ml. Ilabeock of the
An! hropidopieal Society thai liis
lory improperly had honon>d
Christopher Columbus as the dis
coverer of America and that Ibis
coiitinenl. or a portion of it, was
shown on maps drawn before the
great discoverer was born, lias
divided the society into I wo
camps. Mr. Babcock started I be
conlroversx recently in a lecture
before Ihc organization.
The coasts of Florida and Cu
ba were known lo the Portu
guese, Kalians ami Spaniards.
Mr. Bahcnck asserted, long be
| fore (Columbus sel out on his voy
lage. lie showed reprodncl ions
| of maps daliiur back to I < I i.
One was ;i reprodncl ion of lb.*
work Martin lleliaim in I i'.ej.
before ('oliniibiis relnrned rrom
bis voyage of discM\er>, showing
boib Cuba and Florida.
I Mr. tbiheuek ascribed l<> I It** |
AI l«t 111 i«* i' ii r 1*1*111 s I In* diseuvi*ry <»f
lln* western mill i 111 • 111 a I a «la I«» |
«>iii*li«*i* flian I iThose cur
rensl. In* said. *sel in past lln*
Azures' ami wmilil liavi* swept a
vessel to tlii* slmrcs I'illii*!' «if
Florida nr Cuba.
Tin* si ill* bivefce hlnwiim duriiiK
tin1 past '2 i liuurs has compelled
iiwui'i's 11r small craft In maki*
Ihi'ii* vessels mure seeure at their
muuriiiKs,
Steamee Movements.
Mariposa, mirth hound.
Yukon, north bound.
\nrthwestern, .smith 'hound.
"The (»li(T" is I lit* place, not
a hunkhnuse; nol rlirnp. hut rea
sonahle and moderate in price,
and you feel what you pay for
com fort.
!t, coats you Iorh to stop at
"The C.lifT" than it does to ront
and heat a cahiu, and you have
a nice warm, clean room to dree*
In. No flre« or care* at all to
attend to.
Atltn C)ftLUUHO
" IN TACOMA CITY
Tacoma, Dec. 24 An order
compelling saloon proprietors I
mid tin* men employed by them I
Lo remain away from their places j
i»f business from the time they i
clean up early Sunday morning j
until !> o'clock Monday morning'
was issued this morning by Cap- j
tain A. S. Head following an an- i
nounecmcnt made by Police Chief j
A. P. Loom is. There has been
considerable complaint of late,
say 'lie police, that saloon men
remain in their saloons on Sun
day and clilerlain a few <»f their j
more intimate friends.
STILL THIRD AS
A NAVAL POWER
Washington. — The t'niled
Stales remains in third place
among tin- naval powers, and as
a result of Ihe curtailment of
I he naval construction program
in the last session of congress,
France becomes a more formid
able irival for the -position this
country holds. A chart just is
suer! by the office, of Naval Intel
ligence of tin? Navy Department
names the naval powers in th;*
following order, the position of
each being based on tonnage of
warships built anjMiuilding:
(ireat Britain, (lermany. 1,'niled
Slates, France, Japan. Itussia.
Italy ami Austria.
Although tin? Fniled Stales
has live battleships of ihe dread
nought lype building or author
ized. France has seven. Those
figures are considered signifi
cant as indicating the proposal
lo develop the strength of the
French navy. Thai republic has
no dreadnoucrlils in commission.
The sea .strength of the United
Slates, including vessels built
and authorized, consists of thir
teen dreadnoughts, twenty-five
battleships, eleven armored cru
isers, fifteen cruisers, fifty-six
destroyers, twenty torpedo boats,
forty-seven submarines, and four
coast defense vessels. That of
France is seven dreadnoughts,
twenty battleships, twenly-one
armored cruisers, len cruisers,
eighly-four destroyers, 157 tor
pedo boats, eighty-nine submar
ines. and two eoasl defense ves
sels.
In the relative order of war
ship tonnage of vessels building
; and completed, the 1'niled Slal-'s
I has HD.S.:tir». against HOC,.729 for
France. <«real Hrilniu -has 2.
! 17H.I52; <iermany, I.I2J.257.
jThe warship tonnage of the olh
jer powers in rehilive order is:
(.Japan. <» I:t.T~ •: Russia. 159.2117 :
! Ilaly. i I ('».:< in; \uslria. 2<Jn,75l.
Thorough hred English Seller
puppies for sale. Males $25, fe
males $15. Registered stock. Karl
Arms! rong.
Try I he New Panamr hotel, the
only holel wilh a first-class difi
in>r room in town. No bar.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Repreicntative
VaMoz, Alaska. Phone II
CAMP VAL.DEZ No. 10
Aire! Tucsilify #,*<,nlr>if itt •» o'clnr:, tn
llaul'1 Hull. 'All m tuber-- sin* ri-fiticttrd to
nlteml. H. M«*\IKCK. Anllo Chief
1.0.
O.F.
Visiting Mill liK'nl (Hid Fellow* hit re
quested to register their name with the
VnUlrx Odd Fellow*' Club. Keitulnr
meeting*. first nnd thinl Mondnjr.
< 'nil on P. s. lift NT. Seeretnrv.
F O E
VAI,DKZ AKl<IK v<> UCI
Meet every Kriilny R n. ni. Knirle lluil
W
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Freo and Accepted Muonit
(toruUr Oommunk*ttot)« flrwt Wedn*»<1»y lo
wbBonth In MoKlntoy H»l> Visitor*ilwtii
J*m*« H. P*tt«n M
O. C Reynold*. fW
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
oniess paid tor in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery t all part* of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rate*
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
DR. GERMAN
Phon. .. THE dentist
I
Uftlce rooms over Owl Dm* store. Oltlee hours
! 9 a. m.. to B |k til.. 7 |t. in., loft |> in. Sutultiys
! by appointment All work uuuruntcccl
QR. H. COGKERILLE
^ Office Phone 92
Dentist
° Whaling Building V
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORN EY-AT- LA W
Offices Wall S'.reet
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A VV Y E Ft
1'iioxK i:«o
Valtlf/., Masks
L. V. KAY
ATTORNKY -AT LA W
SKWAIlll, AI.ASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VAI-DKZ. ALASKA
I Reronrs on Miivfb
• Patknt Suhykys
(mZNKBAL. MININQ £ NtiINt KHINa
pHo/VE No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy L«nd and
Mineral Surveyor
J
Blue Printing K,.s Phono. I*(#
; ASSAYER
Geo. f. w tk.
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No Mow, No l,t'HH
VALDKZ, ALASKA
As a mailer of fnct 'The UilT"
ii.-« (lie most comforlnlile place to
slop iw. Vnldt/. Why not go
there lirsl and save llie cinlmr
rassinenl of changing?
TIDE TABLES
Tuesday, Docon(l;or 24.
Iliyli lido. I2:3tf n >11., 11:1.'< p. m.
I.mw tidi', r»::ir> a. mi.. 0:30 p. in.
Wednesday, December 26.
11 i^li I id'*. I -'20 ». m.. 12:30 p. in.
I,ii a l.jilp, 0:23 n. in.. 7 :25 p. in.
Thursday, December 26.
High Iid«*. 2:03 a. m., 1:17 p. in.
f.mv lido. 7:12 a. in., 8:00 p. in.
Friday, Deoember 27.
High lido, 2:40 a. m., 2:08 p. m.
T.ow tide, 8:05 a. m., 8:50 p. m.
Saturday, Deoember tS.
High tide, 3:31 a. m., 3:03 p. m.
I.ow lido. 9:03 a. m„ 0:45 p. m.