YOU can't be too particular
k
I. about clothes, they help to
r
"place you" in the minds of
I
i those you meet.
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
'ft style and quality "place" a
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!*«*«;
man right: if you live up to
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| these clothes you'l get on.
Suits $25 to $35
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Copyrigb^ Hart Scliaffncr A Mane
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
5 Per Cent Interest
This Bank affords a convenient and reliable
depository for the savings of the people. We
pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent per an
num on certificates of deposit for one year.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
SO Per Cent Discount
We arc disposing of our large stock of undertaking goods,
oonsistinpr of best metallic-lined and plain caskets, also hard
wood coffins; also embalming by a licensed embaliner at 50
per cent, of-our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Ino.
*•*01yjof
Iffoon Mazda l^t
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials * Prices
Yard. Foot of WALL ST. A • V |
crawfocrd,"building Arctic Lumber C^o.
Republican Convention.
A convention of the Independ
ent, Republicans of Alaska is
hereby called lo meet in Valdez
on the 29th day of May, 1912, at
10 o'clock a. in. to nominate a
candidate for Delegate to Con
gress to bo voted for at fhe ter
ritorial election to be held on the
13th day of August, 1912. Also lo
elect two delegates and two al
ternates to the Republican na
tional convention to be held in
Chicago on the IRtli day of June,
1912. Also to transact such oth
er business as may como beforo
Ihe convention.
ftach election precinct in Alas
ka, as the same were constituted
at lire, delegate election of 1910,
shall be entitled to one delegate
in the convention hereby called
fer every 20 votes or fraction
thereof cfast for Hon. James
Wickersh&m for delegate lo con
gress at thft election held Aug
ust 9, 1910.
Dated Valdcz, Alaska, April 20,
1012.
E, E. RITCHIE, Acting Secretary.
E. VALENTINE, Chairman.
Parlies coming to Skngway on
a recent I rip c»f the Princess May,
loll of a Frenchman who arrived
a| Vancouver a few days before
I he sleamer sailed who had one
thousand dollars in a helt which
he woro close to nature. A coun
Iryman met him and learning of
his "roll," told him il was unsafe
(o carry so much money; to givn
it lo him, Ihe newly found friend,
jn oxchangc for a drafl which he
could have cashed at Skngway.
The unsuspecting stranger did an
advised ami when ho reached
Hkagway last week lie found no
hank. Also, he discovered that
his check was on "Mother Earth."
..Whilchorse Star.
If you want your clothe* clean
9d and pressed 'phone Silverman,
108.
HOME RULE MEASURE
PASSED RY THE HOUSE
(Coninued from Thursday).
Rules, Quorum and Majority.
Sec. 10. That the council and
JioUse of representatives shall
each choose its own olllcers, de
termine the rules of its own pro
ceedings not inconsistent with
this Act, and keep a journal of ils
proceedings; thai the ayes and
noes of the members of either
house on any question shall, at
the request of one-llflh of the
members present, be entered on
the journal; that a majority of
the number of members to which
each house is entitled shall con
stitute a quorum of such house
for the conduct of ordinary bus
iness, of which quorum a ma
jority vote shall suttlce, but the
llna| passage of a law in each
house shall require the vote of
a majority of all the members to
which such house is entitled; thai
a smaller number than a quo
rum may adjourn from day to
day ami compel Ili«• attendance of
absent members, in such man
ner and under sneli penalties as
each house may provide; I hat for.
I lie purpose of ascertaining
whether there is a quorum pres
j cut Ibf presiding otlicrr shall
eounl the number of member:*
present. *
Legislator Shall Not Hold Other
Office.
Sim*. II. Thai no member •»I
Ili<* legislature shall li• >I• I or be
a|»|M>inI«'<1 in any office which has
been created, or Iht' salary «»i*
111<• 1111111*111s of which have been
increased, while hi' was a inein
ivr. (luring III*' term for which
he was elected ami for one year
allcr the expiration of such lerin:
ami no person holding a coin
i mission or appointment under
- the United States shall be a ineni
l«cr of the legislature or shall
hold any office under the piv.
eruinent of said Territory.
Exemptions of Legislators.
Sec. 12. Tlial no member of
the legislature shall he held In
answer before any other tribunal
for any words uttered in the ex
ercise of his legislative functions
in either house. That the mem
bers of the legislature shall, in
all cases except treason, felony
or breach of the peace, lie priv
ileged from arrest during I heir
attendance at the sessions of tlni
respective houses, and in goin^
to and returning from the same;
Provided, that such privilege as
to going and returning shall not
cover a period of more than ten
ilays each way, except in the sec
ond division, when it shall extend
to twenty days each way. and the
fourth division To fifteen days
each way.
Passage of Laws.
Sec. IH. Thai a bill in order
to become a law shall have three
separate readings in each house,
the final passage of which in
each house shall be by a major
ity vole of al| ttie members to
which such house is entitl"d,
taken by ayes and noes, and en
tered upon its journal. That ev
1 cry hill, when passed by the
house in which jt originated or
in which amendments thereto
shall have originated, shall im
mediately be rerlilled by (lie pre
siding officer arid the clerk and
sent (o the other house for con
slderal ion.
The Veto Power.
Sec. I t. That, except as here
in provided, all bills passed by
the legislature shall, in order to
be valid, be signed by the gov
ernor. That, every bill whirh
shall have passed the legislature
shal| be certified by the presid
ing officers and clerks of both
houses, and shall thereupon be
presented to the governor. If he
NEW ALASKA LINER 18
MAQNIFIOENT SHIP
(Continued from page 1)
nealness, tlic» ship's ponderous
nngines propelling the vessel on
(he present frip north at ft 10 1-2
knol flip. No rionht lhe Mari
posa will prove to be the popu
lar slenmer among the traveling
public. Thn vessel is officered ns
follows: Captain, Thomas Moore,
formerly in command of the
Hewnrd, and known from one end
of Alnskn's "waler front" to the
other. "Ray" Raymond, 'form
erly of Ihe Alameda, coftimands
lhe motive power, and from the
looks of his quarters cortali)ly,
shows nri Interest fVi hlg depart
ment. "Hi I lie" Harris Is the
Approves il, he shall sign U and il
3hal| become a law. If Ihe gov
ernor does not approve such hill,
he inay return il, with his ob
jections, to the legislature, lie
may veto any specific ileni or
items in any hill which appro
priates money fur specific pur
poses, hut shall veto other hills,
if at. all, only as a whole. That
upon the receipt of a veto mes
sage from the governor each
house of the legislature shall en
ter upon the same at large up
on its journal and proceed to re
consider such bill, or part of a
hill, ami again vole upon il by
ayes and noes, which shall he en
tered upon its journal, after
such reconsideration, such bill
or part of a bill shall he approved
by a two-lhirds vote of all the
members to which each house is
entitled, il shall I hereby become
a law. That if the governor
neither signs nor vetoes a bill
within three days after il is de
livered to hiin. il sliiill become a
law without his signature, unless
lite legislature adjourns sine die
prior In I In- expiration of such
tin days. If any hill shall not
be relumed by the governor \\ illi
iu three days (.Sundays execut
ed al'ler il shall ha\e been pre
sented to liiin. the same shall be
| a law in like manner as if lie
Iliad signed it. unless the le^is
1 1 a 111 re. by their adjournment.
prevents its return, in which case
il shall not be a law.
I payment of Legislative Expenses.
Sec. 15. -That upon an csti
I nuilf lo lit* Hindi* by the Secrc
I lary of lln* Treasury «»f lln* Unil
j ci| Stales, lln'n* shall be annual
11y appropriated by ('impress a
sum sulTicient lo* pay lln* salar
ies of members and authorized
employes of I lie legislature of
Alaska. I lit* printing of the laws,
and oNier iiiciU«*nlal expenses
thereof; lln* said sums shall be
disbursed liy Hit* governor ot
Alaska, wilder sob* insl rut*I ions
from the Seerelary of the Treas
ury, ami In* shall account quar
terly to the Secretary for th
milliner in which tin* said funds
shall have been expended: and mi
expenditure, to be paid out ot
money appropriated by Congress,
shal| he made by the governor or
by Hie legislature for objects md
specially .nilhori/eil by the Acts ot
('.impress making the appropria
tions. nor beyond the sums thus
appropriated for such objects.
Laws Transmitted to President
and Printed.
Sec. h». Thai the governor of
Alaska shall, within ninety days
alter the close of each session
of the Legislature of the Terri
tory of Alaska, transmit a cor
rect copy of all the laws and .joint
resolutions passed by the said
legislature, ecrlillcd to by the
chief clerk of each house and by
the Secretary of the Territory,
with the seal of the Territory at
tached: one copy (o the President
of the United States and one each
to the President of the 1'iiilcd
Stales Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Mepreseut at ives. Illid In
the Secretary of Stale of ttie
United States; and the legisla
ture shall make provision for
print iiik I lie session laws and
joint resolutions within ninety
days after the close of each ses
sion and for their distribution to
public officials ami sale to Un
people of the Territory.
! Laws Shall be Submitted to Con
gress.
Sec. 17. That all laws passed
by the Legislature of the Terri
tory of Alaska shall be submit
ted to the Congress by the Pres
ident of the United Slates, and if
disapproved by Congress they
?hall be null and of no cfTccl.
ship's purser and will do his pnrl
to add to tho popularity f»f the
ship, ns ho did on tho North
western, from which Vessel ho
wos assigned. Tho steward, Mr.
Saunders, is K"inpr to add to tiis
popularity by making Iho dininK
room of Iho Mariposa Ihe host
eating placo on tho const. Sure
tho Mariposa is a welcomo addi
tion to our tloot of coastwise vis
itors.
NORTHLAND NOTES
A peculiar feature of tho Ruby
City camp is that there is not a
cheohaco in it. Recent arrivals
from thore state tho town is two
yeafs ahead of Ihe camp. The
bedrock at points along Long 1
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
3EWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. CANITY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g VaUz
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Omcc rooms over Owl Drug store. Ofllce hours
9a.m.. to6 i>. m.. 7 p.m.. to 9 i> in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed.
LOCAL JTEMS
Keystone bathhouse I'urnilun*
for sain cheap.
Fop Sale.
Four room house for sale cheap
Cellar 10x20 fl. Furnace. Warn
12x24 11. 'Address 1\ C). box 31,
Vahle/., Alaska.
Foil JtK.VJ'—l-i^lil ami warm
rnnm af. I Ik? Ib'yimMs linuse, Mrs.
I,. A. Oepuy, Prop.
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. II. Kinsman will nrgani/.c
a class in drawing ami oil painl
| iiiK during I lie cnniitiK week. Ail
wishing lo .join rail at her rcsi
I deuce mi McKinl«*y street.
Look I Look! Look!
Ladies and gents, black and tan
shoes cleaned and shined. Seel
Johnnie, the bootblack, Pioneer
Barber Shop.
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
FOIl SAI.K—Cable cabinet
grand piano. See J. p. Ltlade, ca
ble office.
firing your job work to the
Prospector office.
The only practical tailor In
Valdez, Ben Silveunan. 'Phone
i 98.
The Seward Gateway is on safe
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Grand hotel tinder new
management. Rooms 2Hc and up.
Lnundry in connection. Mrs. II.
Sharls.
FOIl SAI.K—One I(» fl. .'I h. p.
Ilaciue dnry. One ponl lahlc, 9 x
5. One l50-.fl. Irammcl net. One
barber chair. Apply In Company
"C," Hilli Infantry, Fnrt I.is
Silvernian will call for and de
liver your goods, 'phone 19R.
I
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yearH at Tacoma Smelter
Opponito Eleetrie Light Olllee
Ml Work Cdarmnteed and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Oftlce in Valdex
Connection Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
VOLL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, AS8AYERH AND
MIKINO ENGINEERS
Established 1881
Two (loor» Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all parts of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for in advance
Office on'Wall St
Phone GO
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Repreientative
Vakloz, Alaska. Phone 41
QR. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Whaline Building VALDE T.
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dosert Lands, Contest* and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
YOU GET *
All the News
IN THE PROSPECTOR
Weather Report.
ItarmnH it*
'IVmprral mv ;il (» p. in.....'17
Maximum lriup»'ral11r«». .
.Minimum Iriiiperaluri1. . . ..'II
Mean li'mporatiUP' i 2
iM'f'ipilal i"ii '2
(IIimmIv, frrsli X. K.
K. M. bLADE, Oliscrver.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
creek in I In* Ituhy district is more
llian Ir»(i fci'i below I In* surface
of Ih«> ground.
Tlii' Canadian government has
appropriated money In pay for
fh<> examination of quart/. and
other properties in I ho Yukon
territory and for Iho establish
ment of diamond drill operations
at Whilohorse. I). (J. Cairnes,
Dominion geologist, will como
north l«» lake charge of (lit* work.
Tin* While Pass «St Yukon rail
road, on Apri| I, abolished Ihe
through rah* complained of hv
Iho Humboldt Steamship com
pany,and thai company is now on
an equal fooling with compel i
lors. There is, therefore, no case
against Ihe White Pas# road now
pending before Ihe interstate
commerce commission.
Wireless Operator Hannister,
of Iho 8. 8. Spokane, picked tip
distress signals from Ihe Norwe
gian steamer Sandy Ford, which
had lost its rnddor near Hum
boldt island, not far from Uni
mak Pass. No relief has been
sent, as the dislanco was 1,500
miles. H is believed that furth
er reporls will loll of a ship-'
wrcck.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. Ilartmau, Mabel
llartman and L. \V. Russell: You
and each «»1' you are hereby noti
fied that there has been expended
during I he yoar 1911 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier Iliver
Kotsina llivcr drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: The Lucy, Alice, George,
Red Lead, Anaconda Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susie, Rose, Dig Jim, Lit-,
tlo Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
tho sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of the United States, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for the year following the
performance of the annual labor;
that said expenditure for labor
aforesaid was made by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, tho co
owners of said ( aims. And un
less within ninotv days after the
completion of Ihe publication of
this notice, to-wit: wilhin ninety
days after the 01 h day of July,
1012, you contribute your portion
of Ihe expense* of Ino aforesaid
annual lanor for said veP.r, your
interest in said lode claims will
be forfeited and become ihe prop,
erlv of the undersigned, who n
your co-owners.
PATRICK MTTRP1IY.
JAMF.S FISH.
F)ate of first pub. April 10, *12.
Date of las! pub. July 9, t912.
If you are • »uI of letterhead®
call and seo oi" new lino of bond
(tapfcrfc!* The -s#»r brought
t* Yal4e*.