vaidgz Daily Prospectoi
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TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month....$ 1.00
By mail, per annum 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month 40c
By mail, per annum $3.00
The Daily Prospector and VVeeklj
Miner, by carrier, to one address
only after September 1st..$1.25
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner by mail lo one address
only $12.50
Business Office and Ediloria
Rooms, Phone No. 222.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912.
NO EDITION TOMORROW.
Tomorrow being New Your,
there will be no issue of Ihe Pros
pector, we,-in eoiiiiiion with «• tIi —
cr mortals, will cease our labors
long enough I«» eelebrute the in
coming year.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
In a few short hours the year
"1912 will have been of the past,
ami in its place will have come
Ihe lusty young 1913. (iood-hye
to the. old ami welcome lo I lie
n«?w; many of us will watch the
old year go out with lender mem
ories of llifl past twelvemonth,
as we will ^Imlly usher the new
in.
The past >ear has been one of
gr«Mil importance to the future of
Valde/.. During that period such
progress has been made in the!
development of our resources as j
justify the prediction that the fu
ture of this community, as tin? j
center of a populous and pros- j
porous district, is assured.
There has been no blare of:
trumpets indulged in. and yet j
much has been accomplished. No
attempt has been made to cause
an inrush of speculators, while j
at. Ihe same time many proper
ties have passed into the hands
of those having the means to de
velop them; other prospects have
been opened sufficiently to jus-j
lify the expenditure of greater!
sums of money to bring the
properties into the mining class.!
Of the many claims which were
developed during the past twelve i
months not one has been wliolyy j
abandoned and in c\ery case, i
without an exception, work will
lie continued dnrin? the coming;
> ear.
I nlike former m'iisoiis. I In* J
work of delving into Ihe bowels
of the earth has continued into
Ihe winter and will continue un
til the sun of Ii>I.'t has again!
caused the snows to melt. l-'or j
the llrs I I inn* in Ihe his|or> of
Ihe camp mining machinery is
being shipp"d 'it during the win- i
I• r iisoi;.iis. at •sling to III" j«
I ii«. inu di> played in
hills.
The coming' year promises
much to Valde/.. Before the year
has passed there will he a do/en
stamp mills pounding on ore suid
double that number ready for ma
chinery w hen I lie snows again
begin to fall, ami I hns it will
continue until the "glacier town"
has reached ;i population of
ono.
. We wish you all a happy New
Year.
BANKING LAW N£EDED.
(tanking l;i\v, or more accurate
ly. Ii.fiil lack hanking law in
Alaska, which makes possible the
loss of sexeral hundred thousand
dollars lu depositors, without
criminal liability on the pai't of
anyone, certainly exposes a con
<1 if ion of I lie law which should he
speedily rein.'died. The nalinnnl
banking law makes crimes of all
irregularities in I lie conduct of
hanks, and most state hanking
laws «l<• the same.
In Alaska all hnsiness is con
ducted h.v looser methods and
wider assumptions of risk than
■elsewhere for reasons too obvious
for comment, hut this relaxation
of approved Imsiness systems
should never have been carried to
I he extreme in banking bouses,
which lias led to the failure of
some. Hepelition of failures
should be1 discouraged by penal
statutes that will insure cntf
servalisin as well as good inten
tions on the pari of bankers.
While the Fairbanks prosecu
tions have mostly failed, and it is
generally accepted that the law,
a« laid down by Judge T.vons. was
correctly interpreted, yet Is is
, only fair to recognizc that the
trials have resulted in gobd
IhrouRh exposing defects in the
law and in banking methods as
practiced by the bankers acoused
and no doubt by others. Bankers
are too prone to treat the trust
funds in their charge as (heir
: own.
For this popular education,
which will doubtless result in
safer banking in Alaska',. great
credit is due to James J. Cross
ley, district attorney of the
Fourth division. Relieving that
wrong doing lay at the bottom
of the Fairbanks bank failure, he
set to work to expose the; wrongs
as he saw them and as he was
advised that they existed.
If the Alaska legislature en
acts a modern bunking law the
incentive may be largely credited
to the airing Mr. Crossley has
given the subject of banking in
the territory.
In the live years that Mi'.
(Irossley has been in Alaska he
has earned and deserves the re
speet. and honor of I bo1 people,
lie has eomlueted his office with
out fear or favor ami to liim ami
other men of his type we owe tin;
fact that the Alaska judiciary is
no longer called corrupt and dis
honest, but has the respee I of
nil classes of people.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Anyway, they are using more (
words than bullets in the Bal
kans .just now.
Tin' principal business of Ihe
KIgin Huller Trusl consisted in
making quotations.
■ I
The business bouses will re
main closed tomorrow, remain
ing open until eight o'clock (bis
evening. Make your purchases
tonight if you do no' wisb l<> go
wiliioul tomorrow.
Tbe parcels post Roes into ef
fect tonight at 12 o'clock. Ordi
nary postage stamps cannot be
used to pay postage 01A merch
andise after midnight. In tbe
parcels posi weight is computed
by tbe pound in place of by tbe
ounce, as in letter or second
class mail. A postal pound is 10
ounces . Should the package
weigh 17 ounces postage for two
pounds will have to be affixed.
SERIAL NO. 01552.
MINERAL APPLICATION
MINERAL 8URVEY NO 736—U. S. I.anf.
Office, Juneau, Alaska, Aovemher a;,
1C I il.
Notice Is hereby Riven that the Knights j
Island Copper Mining Company, a cor- |
poration organized and existing turner i
and by virtue of the laws or the Ter* !
rltory or Alaska, by S. A. Ilemplc, Its at
torney In fart, whose postolTice address
is Valdez, Alaska, has made appliealion
for a patent for twelve hundred rorty-one
linear feet of the Appolla Lode, lode,
mine or vein; fifteen hundred linear feet !
of Hie llereules l.ode, lode, mine or
veln; lirteen hundred linear reet or the
liald Knob Lode, lode, mine or vein;
thirteen hundred rorly-three and eight
tenlhs linear feet or the Mogul Lode, i
lode, mine or vein; thirteen hundred nine- j
ty linear feet or the One Dime No. '2 .
Lode, lode, mine or vein; lirteen hundred )
linear reet or the One Dime Lode, lode, j
mine or vein, all bearing copper, with
surface ground six hundred reel In width •
on each or said lodes, situated in the
Valdez Mining District, Territory or I
Alaska, and described m the onicial plat j
and by (be teld aotes cm die tn tat
office of the Register of the U. 8. lam
Office it laneau, Territory or Alaska. u
follows, to-wit:
. _ APPOLLA LOOK.
Betinnlnr at Corner No I, • ffreen
9tone #4" i t«" x 10" «i» It" to tbe
ffround, with moond of stone etuaeiea
cr0** < -> •n<1 T«6-aI, from
which u. 8. Location Monument No. 17
be^n. N. 18 dev. 63 mln. E. 866.44 reel
__ it^ thence N. 24 dev. 04 mtn E.
B8».po feet to Corner No. 8; thence tt.
98 .dev. 84 mln. t\ 1*41.00 r#et to
Corner No. 3; thence S. >4 deff. 04 rain.
W. 000.84 feot to Corner No. 4; thence
N. 67 dog. 38 mln. W. 1840.14 reet to
Corner No. 1, the place of beginning.
HEROULE8 LOOK.
Beginning at Comer No. 1, which is
Identical with Corner No. 4 or the Au
pollo Lode, rrom which U. 9. L. M. No.
17 bears N. 52 deg. 55 mln. W. 1340.93
reet distant; thence N. 24 deg. 04 mln.
B 600.54 rcot to Corner No. 2; thence S.
78 deg. 54 mln. E. 1500.00 reet to Cor
ner No. 3; thence 9. 24 deff. 04 mln. W.
604.48 reet to Corner No. 4; thence N.
78 deg. 4 5 mln. W. 1409.40 reet to Cor
ner No. 1, the place or beginning.
BALD KNOB LOOK.
Beginning at Corner No. 1. rrom
which U. S. L. M. No. 17 bears N. 65
deff. 29 mln. W. 2770.32 reet distant;
thence S. 88 deg. 32 mln. F. 1500.00 reet
to Corner No. 2; thcnce S. 87 deg. 32
mln. W. 598.20 reet to Corner No 3;
thence N. 89 deff. 13 mln. W. 1508.03
reet to Corner No 4; thcnce N. 27 deff.
32 mln. E. 618.80 reet to Corner No. t,
the place or beginning.
MOGUL LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, rrom which
U. S. L. M. No. 17 bears N. 65 dear. 4V
mln. \V. 3058.50 reet distant; thence N.
24 deg. 27 mln. E. 67 3.09 reet to Cor
ner No 2; thence N. 87 deg. 30 inin.
E. 1343.80 reet to Corner No. 3; thence
S. 24 deg. 27 mln. W. 673.09 reet to
Coiner No 4; thcncc 3. 87 deg. 30 mln.
W. 1343.80 reet to Corner No. 1, the
place or beginning.
ONE DIME NO. 2 LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1 rrom which
U. S. L. M. No. 17 bears N." 37 (leg. 38
rnln. E. 353.10 reet distant; thence s.
07 dcg. 38 mln. E. 1390.00 feet to Cor
ner No. 2; thence S. 27 deg. 32 mln. W.
000.00 reet to Corner No. 3; thence N.
07 dog. 38 min. W. »390.00 reet to
Corner No. 4; lhence N. 27 dcg. 32 min.
E. 000.00 feet to Corner No. 1, the
place of bcirlnnlnir. *
ONE OIIHE LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, identical
with Corner No. 4 Appolla Lode, corner
No. 1 Hercules Lode and Corner No. J
One Dime No. 2 Lode, all of tins s irv-y,
from which U. S. L. M. i*o. 1 hi a.'s N.
52 deg, 55 mln. W. 13 40.93 r« «»t •mtant;
thencc S. 70 deg. 43 mln. E. 1500.00
feet to Corner No. 2; then>"3 6. J'7 iter.
32 mln. \V. 018.20 feet to Corner No.
thencc N. 76 dcg. 02 mln. W. 1495.00
reet to corner No. 4; then?e n d'-c.
32 mln E. 600.00 reet to CO:*n!" iSo. i,
the place or beginning.
Variations at all corners or this survey
26 deg. 17 inltt. K.
AREA8
Acres Acres
Area of Appolla Lode ... .
Area or Hercules Lode . . . . 20.5115
Area or Bald Knob Lode . IS s««»
Less area In conlllct with
Hercules Lode .... n ot)
Net area Bald Knob Lode . . 1S T01
Area Mogul Lode .... 18.509
Less area In connict with
Bald Knob Lode .... 1.379
Net area Mogul Lode . . . . 17.130
Area One Dime No. 2 Lode . . . 19.008
Area One Dime Lode . . . 20.329
Less area In conlLct with
Hercules Lode 1.759
Net area One Dime Lode .... 18.570
Not area Inl Survey Wo. 730 . . 110.977
Tlic presumed course of the lode line
on the Appolla Lotle Is S. 68 deg. 21
mln. E., on the Hercules Lode 8. 7V
deg. 54 mln. E., on the Mogul Lode «
87 deg. 30 mln. E. on the Uald Knob
Lode 88 ueg. 32 mln. W., on the one
Dime No. 2 Lode N. 67 deg. 38 mln. W.,
on the One Dime N. 76 deg. 43,, mm. W.
through the center lengthwise or each
of said claims.
The location notices of said lode min
Ing claims are recorded In tne U s.
Commissioner's and ex-otllclo's Olllce at
Valdez, Alaska In Book C. or Mining Lo
cations on I'agc 92, in Book E. on Page
279,, In Book C on Page 91, In Book E.
on Page 4 26 and In Book II. on Page
•59 respectively.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly any portion or said Appolla Lode,
Hercules Lode, Mogul Lode, Bald Knoh
Lode, one Dime Lode No. 2, or one
Dime' Lode are required to nie their
adverse claims with the Hegisler or the
United States l.aud olllce at Juneau,
Alaska, during the sixty day period or
publication hereof or within eight months
thereafter, or tlie.v will he liarrcd py
provisions or the statute.
Knights Island Copper Minting company
By S. A IIEMPLE,
Attorney in Fact
I'MTED STATKo LAND OFFICE
Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 27, 1912
It Is hereby ordered that the rorego- \
ing notice be published In the Valdcz
Prospector, the newspaper published
nearest the said mining claims ror a
period or sixty days.
C. B. WALKED, Itegister
Dale or First Publication Dec. « 1912
Date »»r Last Publication Feb. 15", win.
independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction. Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave '
Uoujrh Dry 10c lb. '
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
JOBBER IN ,
COAL, HAY AND GRAIN
PHONE NO. 1.
Agent for
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
ALASKA COAST COMPANY.
FOR SALE
>* •
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Inquire
Keystone Dock
Valdez Iron Works
The Wind She Blew,
by and by She Blow Some More"
So prepare for it by getting inside of one of our
OVERCOATS,
We have them from $12.50 to $85.00,
and then let her blow.
FELT SHOES and CAPS
We have them of all kinds
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
fekl. Wood, - Proprietor
McKtnley St. Valdex
ffcup Hotel
CTR^10
Rf11 fl' ^SEATTLE
I C'flAS. PEfifiY. HJB.
" THE BEST 01 EVERYTHING
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COOO REASONS
Tho jnost prog>-©3sivo
storo keepers all over tho
country uso electricity for
lighting- Why : It?
Beccuu 2
It ma!'-"-,.i .v.itore.
It is elc.' oly.
It giver, icrj-.-. Iro-iblo.
ltr'oo'-..o: | v Mi'io the air.
It loiv'r. IIn !f,r cadily to
nny r-f ecia' decorative
effect.
It ehovr. <■,->.ore. to
pood p.*.!v • * *,(«.
Phonn for • »». cr.pCit to
laik it o\ Vl iV;.>tj
ALASKA WATER, II6HT &, TEL. CO.
Steam Heat
Electric Light*
rmely Furnished Room*
All Modern Convenience* 4
Good
Goods •
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL, KINDS ()!•'
Native and
Puget S^jund
LUMBER
and Building
Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
W. M. FINICAL, ftfer.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
VALDEZ D^tUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited*' '
Free Delivery
Arguments May Be Disputed, But
"Facts Are Facts."
II i if fact dial VaIdez beer is a fond and nut a Ionic.
Ask any (toctor yon know. Valde/ beer aids digestion. Usi>
it a few tiino». with your tncnls and you'll Iind we're right.
If you drink L«er you should use Vnlde/ beer in preference lo
others. First, tyyeauaCof itp unquest irtnabb' high quality.
Second, because it is a home product; brewed in your homo
town and all who are interacted in tlw growth and prosper
ity of VnMez shnyld patroniz home product*.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S-BLUM & ©•
— I N C G W P O P ATC D —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 200.000,10
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We P*y 4 Per tent Internet mn Time Certifiratee of Depcsit.