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Of Today Are Wearing
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Fine Clothes. Why don't you? They
are the Best Styles; Best Fitting; Made
of the Best Material«, and give the Best
Satssfaction of any clothes you can wear
Suits $25 to $35
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Copyright Hait SchifTocr te Marx
YOUR INVITATION
If you have never had any dealing
with us please consider this an invita
tion to give ue a trial.
Paid Up Capital - - - $92,300
Surplus Earned .... $11,567
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
Harmless Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
Postoffice hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 m. to
2 p. in.
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A Few Good Reasons why you should Have a Telephone
(1) When the weather Is bad your wire ran use It daily to order meat, gro
ceries, etc., and save herself many a weary trip to market.
(2) You can get In Instant communication with your home at any hour when you
are away.
(3) If one of your children should become sick In the middle of the night, you
can summon the doctor Immediately.
(4) You can enai'Ke your circle of desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In the
bouse gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(5) In case of lire or accident you can summon help from the neighbors.
(C) If you are too III to get to your olTlcc you can always conduct your business
from home.
(7) If every clock In the house stops you can always get the correct time from
"central."
(8) You can make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit your
convenience.
(0/ The feeling of security which a telephone In the house produces makes
it a necessity.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials 8 Prices
Yard* Foot of WALL ST. A • V m
craw^ord^buiuj^g Arctic Lumber Co.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lee: You are
hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and the Kit
ty. lying, being and situated in
the Valdcz mining district, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, in
the District of Alaska, tho sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
moncj^of the United States, the
amount requirod by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, ns aforesaid, was made
by James G. Gawley, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after tho comple
tion of the frtiblication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after tbe second (2nd) of April,
1012, you contribute your por •
lion of the expenses of ths afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your interest in said quartz
claims will be forfeited and be
COme the property of tho under
8igr ed, who is your co-owner.
JAMES G. GAWLEY.
Dale first pub. Jan. 2, 1912.
Hate last pub. April 2, 1912.
Notloe of Forfeiture.
..To Tllamey Stevens: You are
hereby notified, that Ihere has
been expended during the year
1011 in labor on those certain
qiiarfz claims known as the "Last
Ghance," the "Last Ghance No.
I," and Ihe "Last Ghance No. 2,"
situate, lying and being on Shoup
bay near the entrance thereof, in
the Valdez recording precinct.
Territory of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars ($300.00),
lawful money of the United States,
the amount required by law to
hold said claims for the year fol
lowing the performance of the
annual labor; that said expendi
ture for labor, as aforesaid, was
made by Wm. Koch and Alex.
Nelson, the co-owners of said
claims. And unless within ninety
(90) days after the completion
of the publication of this notice,
to-wit: within ninety (90) days
after the 10th day of April, 1912,
you contribute your portion of tho
experiHes of the aforesaid annual
labor for said year, your interest
in said quartz claims wilhbe for
feited and become the property of
the undersigned, who aro your co
owners.
ALEX. NELSON.
WM. KOCH.
Date first pub. Jan. H, 1912.
Date last pub. April 11, 1912.
Mrs. Kraemer Wins
The handsome copper fray of
fered by the Majenlio theater last
night was won by Mrs. Charles
Kra^nior, who held coupon No.
59300.
The Ladies Aid Society will
g'vo a ton in tho parlors of I he
Congrogal ional church tomorrow
afternoon. There will also ho a
sale of aprons, fancy work. etc.
Evoryono is welcome.
Subscribe for tho Prospector.
LAUNCHES ASKED
FOR ESTIMATES
Proposed Route Would Make Cor
dova Starting Point for the
Mail 8ervice
The owners of launches plying
on the sound are being asked to
submit estimates for which they
would be willing to make con
tracts to carry mail-over n route
which is under contemplation by
(he postolVice department.
When a petition was sent in
from Valdez last December to es
tablish a service between Valdez,
(ioldcn Port Wells, another
petition was sent in from Cor
dova covering practically the same
route. The captains of the laun
ches say they have been asked t<>
estimate on three difl'er-nt sched
ules f<»r service which would
cause I hem In make a much long
er trip. The proposed route is
from Cordova to Valdez via Port
Wells, then hack over the same
route to t;oruova. This would
make Valdez one terminal of the
route and Cordova I lie other. The
owners of the launches do not un
der. lan«d tire proposition as the
ditance to bo traveled would he
made greater than if a direct ser
vice was established from Valdez,
which covers all the camps where
development work is being done.
Few of tho launches making their
headquarters here would b« able
to perform the servjee even 'dur
ing the summer months. The
services for which they are ask
ed to furnish estimates are as
follows:
Four trips each month for five
months during the summer and
two trips each month for ©even
months during the winter season.
Four trips each month for five
months during summer and one
trip per month for the remaining
seven months.
Four trips each month for five
months or 20 trips in all.
The absurdity of the proposed
route is puzzling not alone -Ihe
owners of launches but others
with whom they have conferred
regarding the proposition. There
is a regular mail service between
Cordova and Valdez which includ
es Kllamar. The proposed route
would cause the boats carrying
tho mail to be exposed in danger
ous waters for a much greater
time. It would also serve to bring
Cordova into more direct connec
tion with the new district than
Valdez.
Weather Report.
Barometic pressure 30.142
Maximum temporature. . . .38
Minimum temperature. . . .30
Mean temperature 31
Temperature aLfi p. in....32
Partly cloudy, calm.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
Alaska Olub.
There will be a special mroling
of-the club tonight. Business 'of
importance. A full attendance is
desired.
R. A. CI.08TF.nMAN, Pres.
THE BIBLE A
WONDERFUL BOOK
Memorial Services In Congrega
tional Church 8unday by
Pastor J. Bunting Johnson
A good congregation filled the
church Sunday evening, when the
pastor, Ilev. J. Bunting Johnson,
delivered a sermon with special
reference to the sudden deaths
which have recently occurred in
this vicinity.
He took for his text Ilev. xiv:13:
"Blessed are the dead." In open
ing his address he said: The Bi
ble is the one book to which af
flicted humanity may turn in the
great emergencies of life for
light, hope, guidance, support and
consolation. It is as the moon
rising above the horizon on a
dense night, piercing the dark
ness wilh its silvery light, reflect
ed from the sun. So the Bible
illumed the dark night of be
reavement with the silver line of
hope reflected from flic God of
Hope. Wonderful book, life's
chart containing instruction for
• he young, counsel for the youth,
invaluable knowledge for man
hood, consolation for the aged and
infirm. The Psalmist aptly de
scribes it as "a lamp unto my
feet and a light unto my path."
It has safely guided millions
through the maze of life and
lighted them through the valley
and shadow of death.
In the remarkable volume from
which the text is chosen we have
a record of the. vision of (lod to
John, the divine; a glimpse into
the unseen world. We catch
some of the brilliancy of the aug
ust throne of Jehovah. There
breaks on our ears as distant
thunder, something of the halle
lujah chorus of the numberless
white-robed throng whose ora
loria sounded to John like the
roar of many waters, then he
heard a voice saying unto him:
"Write—'Blessed ar«> the dead
who die in the Lord." Blessed,
yes happy and highly favored are
such dead. Well was it that he
was fold fo write such a glorious
message to lm handed down
through the ages, a bright star of
"hope to solace tho bereaved.
J)eath is a solemn reality, pro
ducing changes where nothing
rise could in the nation, com
munity and the home, turning joy
to sorrow, happiness to misery,
rejoicing to mourning. Yet Mis
inevitable and visits all. The time
is. unknown and uncertain as evi
denced by its visitations a short
we' k ago, calling away two of our
; eighbors who \scr 3 n the prime
of life and apparently in the pink
of health; the one by sudden
heart cessation, the other by an
appalling accident, throwing the
whole community into gloom,
froi.i which it rose and by the
very kindliness expressions of re
spect for the dead, paid that
splendid tririnte in the beautiful
service conducted by the Frater
nal Order of Eagles. When the
whole business of the town ceas
ed end the townspeople filled the
spacious ha!! becomingly attired
to bow in humility and to give
revercnce to the memory of the
dead.
Tho preacher enlarged further
upon the text as follows: Tho
state of the pious death. They die
in the Lord. To do this it was
necessary to live in the Lord. To
personally accept the Savior and
servo Him in daily, life; in other
words, to live tho Christian life—
tho best lift1, tho only real life
which would consunrato in a hap
py death. Tell mo how a man
lives and T will tell you how he
will die. Death to such in said in
the text to be rest; blessed rest
from tho cares and toils of this
life—the best life, the only ival
lifo--which would consummate in
a happy death.
Consummating in a glorious re
ward for active service there is
added, "Their works shall follow
them." Yes, our works hero shall
influence our destiny hereafter.
Then 'tis well to live ami labor in
the •ervicc of rightiousness, to
shun every evil way, bccauso this
is but the sowing time. It. is an
unalteroble law "As wo sow so
shall wo reap." 'Tis no vain
thing lo servo Cod here; though
at times it may seem as though
those who lived tho noblest lives
and endeavored by self-sacrifice,
lo serve Cod and bless humanity
had but lilllo reward here, while
the careless and Oodloss found
much gratification. This was on
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
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Offlce rooms over Owl Dru« store. Ofllce hours
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by appointment All work guaranteed.
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Real Estate Mining Stock
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Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
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41 Miles from Valdez
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ly transient and would »,«on pass
away. After death came Homily
--the reaping lime, when our life's
work would follow us. Oh, let us
see In it that life produces the
hest hy faithful service in our dai
ly en 11 uk.
LOCAL ITEMS
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at tho Valdoz Drug Co. tf
v>FOn SALE CHEAP—Corner lot,
houso and furnishings, fuel for
six months. Apply P. J. Huganir,
LOST—Elks loolh with "A. P.
S. Lodgo No. 420," engraved on
il. Plcaso leave at marshal's of
fice.
FOH SALE—Two good work
dogs, harness and sled. Apply
Prospector. tf
Notlco of Forfeiture.
To William M. Con ley: You
|arc hereby notified that there has
been expended during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Alas
ka Belle, Jackpot and Snow-flake,
lying, being and situated in the
Valdez mining district, in the re
cording precinct of Vtlldcz, in the
District of Alaska, the sum of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United States, tho
amount required by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforosaid, was mndo
by J. W. Little. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
tion of the publication of tins no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after the 24th day of April,
10113, you contribute your portion
of the expenses of the aforesaid
annual labor for said year, or
your Interest in said quartr.
claims will be forfeitc ' and be
come tho property of the under
signed, who is your co-owner.
J. W. LITTLE.
Fiist pub. Jan. 24, 1012.
Last pub. April 25, 1012.