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.
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 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 86 miles nearer the
Interior than any other
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of tho 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 publlo
schools and an accredited
high sohool 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 dlreot route
to the Matanuska ooal
fields.
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Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
olflc ooast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
Room and board at tho Grand
Hotel $1.50 per day. Homo cook
ed meals and good beds. Mrs. H.
Sharta.
Bring your Job wort to th«
Pro§peolor offlM.
ADVERTISERS' DIRECTORY
DAILY P
Attorneys-at-Law.
| G. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
J E. E. Ritchie.
Aaaayers.
! George F. White.
Banks.
| S. Blum & Go.
I Valdez Bunk & Mercantile Go.
Builders' Material,
j Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Go.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Bowling Alleys.
Ingrain & Bush.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co. « ;
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
- Dr. II. Coekerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
j Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Go.
Fraternal Orders.
j Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Eagles.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
' Beyers Cash Store, Golden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fagerburg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
j W. II. Cra^y.
i
ROSPECTOR
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Eliaa.
Rainier-flrand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Luirfber Co.
films. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Pow
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block. 3
Ingram & Bush.
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Va Id07. Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Melal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Cm.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel
phone Co.
Wholesale Cigar Merchants.
Ingram fc Bush.
tide tables
Monday, November 26.
Hitch I ide, 12:37 ji. hi., 11 :50 p.m.
Low liduM, 5:49 a. in., 0:47 p. in.
Tuesday, November 28.
IIiKli lido, 1:25 n. in., 12:00 p. in.'
Low lido, 0:110 p. hi., 7:33 p. in.
Wednesday, November 27.
Ilixh tides, 2:07 n. in., 1:20 p. in.
Low lith'H, 7:13 p. in., 8:11) p. in.
Thursday, November 28.
Ili^h I ides, 2:58 n. in., 2:0H p. in.
Low tides, 0:00 a. in., 9:10 p. in.
Friday, Nov®mber 29.
IliKh tidoH, 3:53 n. in., 3:03 p. in.
Low tides, 9:01 a. m., 10:05 p. m.
Saturday, November 30.
High tides, 4:53 a. m., 4:10 p.m. I
Low tides, 10:15 a. m., 11:05 p.m. 1
Fin© Pearl In Oyster.
Now Itrilain, Conn.—Kdwai
Hums, n enf«» waller ln»ro, is i
possession of im unusually III
pearl, wliirli Im* found wli i
"sliurkiiiK" ovsltuvs for n ruslon
nr.
"I'll Kivr you #.r>0 for.il," sai
n .jeweler, who was in I In* n»slau
rani.. Huras refused.
"I would have lei you have
for r»0 reals if you luul lold m
•'I was wnrlh only (hat mu.'n.
said I ho wniler. "luil Ihis *.r>
nfTer ralher interests me. 1 tfnes
I'll hold oalo j|."
Attention, Moose.
All members of Moose lodge ar
requested !•» meH al Ihe hall a
? p. m. tonight for memorial re
irarssl.
THE EARLY DAYS
MIKING CAMP
Spokane, Nov. irrinp in
cidents showing I In* early-day
mniiiK stampede in the west, ami
depicting a typical pioneer ramp
willi all its activities, will lie en
acted in Spokane on I In* last two
days of the American Mining"!
Congress, November 25 l«» 110.
Visitors will enter the scene of
tin* realistic drama through a
tunnel .'PKl feel long, which will
open on a mining camp in the
grip of a full-Hedged hooin. Lmi
t a I. io 11 mountains will cast their
shade over log cabins, in which
will he enacted many of the
events portrayed in the writings
of lirel llarte. Hiiito pack trains
will lie there to convey visitors
up the mountains I" I lie home of
the covet<*d minerals. As the story
writer lias devoted much alien
lion to mining camp amusements,
the gilded dance hall and tlx*
gambling house, with its wan
j faced, calculating dealer and
"look ..ill." will he ail essential
{feature of tile scene.
BRAIN AFFECTED
NOT THE HEART
l.ilchlicld. Conn.. ,\«>\. J~>
Cuslavc H. Schwab, former head
nf Oelrichs & Co., New York, died
from hanging and not from heart
disease, as was supposed, accord
ing to a death certificate on file
here today l»y Dr. Page, medical
examiner.
Schwab,- who -died in Dr. Duel's
sanitarium, committed suicide by
hanging himself with his bath
robe. His family withheld the
facts of his death.
Salem Women First to Vote.
Salem, Ore., Nov. 25.—Capital
City women will be the first in the
state to cast their ballots under
the lew woman suffrage law.
Salem will hold a city election tin
first week in December.
Under 1 he direction of Super
| intended! It. S. (iiddiugs, t.h<
Saward-Idilarod trail has been
tinishcll from Kainy Pass, divid
ing the Kuskokwim from I lie Su
sitiia country, to Knik. I.ast year
Mr. (iiddings tinished Hie roail
from Iditarod Cily lo Iht* Pass,
thus making a completed winter
trail from the interior gold rani|i
to Knik. The trail, on an aver
| age, is from 1(1 to I "J feel wide,
j while al curves il reaches a width
I of from IH lo id feel. Aaout .'tfl
bridges were hnill and the trail
\\as Iripoded where necessary.
The German syndicate, which
has been prospecting on Kenai
river, with the aid of a drill, has
closed down for I he season, bill
(will resume work nexl year. Kn
ginecr Werneke, who was in
charge of llic prospecting, has
go ic to Hope lo look over prop
jjrl ies in I IihI sect ion.
The freighter l.alotichc dis
charged -r><> Ions of coal here on
Sunday together with gasoline
:ind einply ore sacks. The vessel
proceede,! to Kllamar and l.a
l.ouche this morning, where she
will take on ".'.find tons of ore for
I lie Tacoma smelter.
A telegram has been recei\ed
from Col. WilU P. Ilichardsoii
staling lie had reached Washing
ton safely and that the annual
appropriation for Alaska roads
would he included iu the army
appropriation hill for submission
lo congress.
Irishmau--Cimmc three cigars.
Shopmau--Strong or mild?
Irishman WHinine the strong
wans. The weak wans break in
me pocket.
Household furnishings for sa!o
cheap, inquire at cable officc.
HE GETS LIFE
FOR HOLD-UP
Portland, Ore., Nov. 2f> Wil
liam Wilson, convcted «»r hotding
up K. J.'Hawkins July .'{(> in Haw
kins' drug1 store and relie\ iitff liim
of $27 and also found to ha\c
broken his parole from the re
formalory at Hutchinson, Kan.,
in HMD, was today given a lift*
scnUflice by Circuit Judge Mc
< S inn.
Oregon is I he only si ale in tile
I'niou where a prisoner eoinniil
Iting a crime after breaking: a pa
| role may be given a life sentence,
j The sentence came as some,
j what of a surprise lo the prison
er. who, although conscious of
.the strength of the case against
| him.—was visihl\ stunned when
' I old o|- his fat e.
| In pronouncing sentence Judye
j.Mrtiinn state,) lie would slay up
! all night to keep a man from the
{penitentiary if reason so dictat
i«:d. Init would also slay up all
| night to send a man there if such
(action were .instilled.
DASHES AUTO
| INTO A TRAIN
I
j I* resiiii, Hal...Nu\. -'5 Iterance
MI. Nelson :il.11*1111>I•••! lu drive lii>
antumohilc across I In* irack in
I niiiI op an unrushing I rain ai
Floyd, in mill's west of here, two
persons are dead today and a
third frightfully injured. The
dead are Mrs. C. Nelson and her
IG-montIts-old habv. Harold Nel
son, G years, is not expected to
recover. Nelson says the engi
neer failed to sound his whistle.
LARGE INCREA8E IN
POSTAL DEPOSITS
Washington, 1). C., Nov. 25.—
Postal savings have increased
during, the year to two hundred
and thirty-nine and a quarter
million Of dollarrs.
A. A. Everman, who is at pres
ent on Port Wells, took a barge
down with him with which to un
load a hoist, compressor, pumps
and boiler with which to work his
properties on Bet ties bay. The
shaft is now down 75 feet, the
ore body gaining steadily in
width and richness with depth.
Arrangements ha\e been made by
which the steamer Yukon will un
load the machinery directly <>n
the property on her present trip
to the westward.
Pnsseiijsesr from purl Well*
•dale thai the pay streak on ('.apt.
i*corg"*s Port Wells properly is
steadily gaining in width as dis
tance under I he mountain is be
ing made. The richness of the
ore keeps up with remarkable
persistency. i
The relief station established
hy the Signal Corps on the sum
mit is proving a great Conven
ience In the traveling public and
in case of a severe storm would
he the menus of saving life. The
stnlimi has ample convenience*,
for both man and beast.
New Transfer Office.
.loi> Spenard lias opened up a
transfer olVice at his home and
will commence Ioiiihitmw the de
livery of orders from some n'f the
! merchants and oilier li-t
I freight lug.
The famous Mannlicher ami
I Mauser sporting rilles for sale
jal Itudolph's.
j Why freeze in your room and
have In read the sign in order
to tell that your room is healed
with steam, when you can get all
the steam that yon want at "The
(II iff?"
Don't forget the Women's
(inild Hazanr. which will he held j
December 3rd at Moose hall.
A. M. DierinKer
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
unless paid for in advance
Stop at the
SARATOGA HOUSE
Working man'i home—Free Pool
Room—Beit accommodations.
Lowest rates.
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
PROFESSIONAL
DR. GERMAN
" THE DENTIST
Unlet* rooiiis iivcr < ml Drug store. OHIee hours
tt u. m.. to <51>. ni.. 7 ii. in.. lott |i. 111. Sundays
by ut'i»>inuiicnL All worU u'uaninu-t-d
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Whaling Building VALDE Z
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
PHONK i:ttt Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
A TTORN E Y-AT-L A W
Offices Wall Street
PhotH- si VALDEZ
L. V. HAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
3KWAKD, - AI.ASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. B. M.
VALOKZ. ALASKA'
Rkrohtb on Mimas
Ratknt Surnvmrm
Gknkbac Miming Enoinkkhino
Phonk No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
I
Blue Printing ({,.< I'honc. \<t
j ASSAYER _
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
| CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
PostofTlce Hours.
I Week days 0 a. in. to 0 p. m.
! Sundays and holidays 12 noon
1 to 2 p. m.
TOMORROW MORNING
the prize* and rallies to be given awsiy at the Eagles
Thanksgiving Hall will be on display in
BLUM'S WINDOW
Twelve prizes given away absolutley free—six
raffles—eighteen in all.
Do not fail to see this display. Remember the date--- Wednesday «mn
EAGLE'S 6RAND THANKSGIVING BALL ing, November 27% 1912