can't be too particular
I about clothes, they help to
r
"place you" in the minds of
\
1 those you meet.
Hart Schaffner
& Marx
J, style and quality "place" a
man right: if you live up to
^ these clothes you'l get on.
Suits $25 to $35
Cupyricli! Halt bcbaffncr 4 Mil!
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.
50 Per Cent Discount
We are disposing of our large slock of undertaking goods,
consisting host metallic-lined and plain caskets, also hard
wood collins; also embalming hy a licensed embalmer at 50
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc.
M
, ^ . *i/ ** ' '
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials g prices
Y«rd« Foot of WALL ST. A • W ]
cRA^oRD;nBu,Lo,NG Arctic Lumber C^o.
userui information.
Cable ofTice hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays ami holidays 9 to 10
a. ni. and f> to 0 p. in.
PostolTice hours:
Week days 9 a. in. lo 0 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. in.
Subsoplbe for the Prospeotor.
The Indian
Tlif Col lowing now world's
rcffirfl.H wero made on tj»c;
Indian Mnlnrnycln by TCd.
Ilnnhu nl I,ns AtikcIch, Gal.,
April 51 li, Ii»l2:
1 mile 37 i-5 Heconris.
2 milo*, I min. 18 2-5 roc.
.'I mile*, l min. 59 woe.
i miles, 2 min, 30 3-5 hoc.
5 mil«'s, 'I min. 20 4-5 hoc.
(1 miles, '» mill. 1 .'1-5 sec.
7 miles, t min. \2 3-5 sec.
H 111110*, 5 min. 24 sec.
1> mill's, (J min. 5 hoc.
10 miles, 0 min. i5 4-5 see.
WILL EXAMINE HI8
MINERAL GREEK HOLDING8
Mr. A. Parker, an old operator
in I lie Fairbanks district, lias nr.
rived from the outside, where he
spent th<> winler. Mr. Parker fs
interested in some properties on
Mineral ereek, and as soon as
Iraveling will permll he will
make an examination of his hold
ings, when he wil| deride wlial
sleps lie will lake for their de
> elopmenl.
WIL80N FEEDING 8TOOK
AT COPPER CENTER
'"t
.Tim Wilson, Ihe freighter, is
now at Copper Center wilh his
stork. ITo will eome over lh<> pass
when lhn trail gels heller, not
ileeming Ihe demands for horses
here to.he very great at this sea
son. (irass ah/fiit Copper Center
Is up high "nough to make good
feeding for horses.
MARTIN HARRAIS
IS AT JUNEAU
Tells Juneau People He Came to
Convention to Support
Jennings
Marl in Hurrnis pracl irally en
dorsed the candidacy of Hubert
\V. Jennings in the Crand theater
last night, lie spoke to a fair
sized audience in favor t»f his
'own candidacy and left at I a. in.,
on I tie City of Seattle, for Ketch
ikan, where lie is hilled l«> speak
in a few days. From Ketchikan
Mr. Ilarrais goes In Seattle, and
will then double hark to W'ran
gelI, Petersburg, Juneau, Haines
and Skngway. 11«» said last night:
'*1 came from C.hena. Alaska,
to the Yaldcz convention with
bona tide proxies from our own
primaries. I was instructed lo
vo|.« for lloherl \V. Jennings, for
whose eamlidacy inlerior Alaska
l.)en<ocrats were uiu|ualiliei]|y in
favor. Itul I was also in.•<Iru«•! —
ed to embarrass (lie present na
tional coinmil leeimiu. Mr. I »aIy.
as mneh as possible.**
{ Mr. llnrrnis limn 1:iii»«»ly :nl111iI —
! 1 «m1 I li;il lli«* stampede ur split si I
Villi|i7. Would ltnl ii;i\«• oeeurred
liiul 1 >aly i*i*111;ii11•*«I in iil(s«Mii*ily
laud in>1 xiti^lii I'ni*iIi«-r reeom
] 111 < -11 > I a I inn as nal imial eonun it -
i I co11ia 11.
After tiif speaker hail apolo
I ^rtically slated Hie wh>s ami
i wherefores fur liis eandidney,
! having heen nouiinaled in 1 Ii••
faee <»1" a reprular.ly organized ami
rceo^iwzed I >i• 1111m*raI i<* conven
tion, ho.jrave tin* history of liis
lift-. Martin llarrais has Immmi :i
hard worker i'mt since lie can
remember, he sai«l. Horn in Rus
sia, In* came In California in l.hu
early eighth's: 1892 found him ■an
amliitioiis man. working in I Ii•
shipyards in S'calllo. While work
ing lIn*i'i* In* sought to cdueah
himself, and took a tive-yeai
fonrsi* at tin' I'niversily o|
Washington. In I8D7 In* joiu
' i>d Ihr pro I d rush and went l<
|l>a\vsoii. remaining in {In* Ynkoi
land at I'orty-mile until limn
Then lie went into Ihe Tanam
eountry. At present. lie says. In
lias a sawmill at C.lieun and f<d
lows minium in a jrenenil \\ny._.
Juneau Hispateli.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AT
FIRE HALL TONIGH1
Tin* Republican primarily l<
have been hold last niffhl l<
clccl delegates In I lit* fniivi'iil i*»i
lit h«» In-Ill in Yalricx nil May *J1»
was postponcl unlil tills cxoninj.
on account i»f I he arrival of I In
'steamer*. Tin* im-clinK will In
held in I lit* room in which I In
council mucliiiKs aro In'hl, in lln
lire hall, hcpinninK at 8 o'clock
LOOAL ITEMS.
Mrs. Jepson, daughter and soiif
wore passengers on Iln> S. S. Ad
miral Sampson.
I'OH SALT'—Kurilillire of four
rooms equipped for hoarding
house. Apply Prospector office.
If. cos Is no more lo get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's. Phono 198.
J. Frank Warner, of the gen
eral land office survey uud party,
arrived on the S. S. Northwestern
I to complete the townsile survey.
James Millsap has returned to
Valdez after spending llio winter
along the coast and in the terri
tory.
The Taeoiua papers had Judge
Cushman opening the regular
term of the United .Stales district
court in the fJily of Destiny on
May t'Jth.
President Alexander, of I tie
Alaska Const company, was a
passenger on the Sampson on a
tour of inspection over his com.
pnny's routes.
Advertising In the Prospector
brings results. Try It.
»<<■>... ,
Christian Solsnoe 8arvloes.
Meetings wil| ho held in "The
Archibald" every Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. All are wel
" Willing Man Will Do
Housecleaning, carpet cleaning,
porter work and odd johs. Robert
Mottram, phone 14. 31
LAW IS FULLY
COMPLIED WITH
All Boats of Alaska Steamship
Company Increase Lifeboat
Capacity
As a direr I result of the Ti
tanic disaster, President J. II.
Young-, of the Alaska Steamship
company, has ordered an increase
in (he number of lifeboats on all
the vessels of bis company.
The law requires that all pas
senger carrying vessels must be
boated l<> their tonnage, that is,
a vessel of 20,000 gross Inns an
additional lifeboat capacity of
~~.*i cubic feel for each additional
500 gross Ions and a similar ra
tio maintained on vessels of less
than 20,000 gross tons.
President Young realizes I lie
weakness of tin* law and has de
cided In <•<111i|> the entire Meet of
tin' Alaska Steamship company
with enough lifeboats |<» lake nIV,
! in case nf accident, the maximum
number of passengers each yes
J se| can carry, regardless of 111••
i tmiuagc of the craft.
I I In' steamship Victoria. \\nich
■ li;i< aceommodal ions for 7<in |»«• i*—
j mhis ami is the largest pa^sen
I ger carrier owned by I)i«» coni
! panv, will n'ri'i\f live a«!• 1 iI ional
| 1 , *
: IiI'i'Imials. making a lolal of I 1
I aboard lli«' vessel. 'I*li«* «»lIi•• i*
| li\«* lifeboats will In* divided
j among |he sieamsliips Xnrlli
: western. Mariposa. Alameda, Jef
j ferson ami Dolphin. Tin* life
boats to be ordered by iln> Alaska
j Steamship company will liaxe a
! rapacity of 5<> pcrsmis rarh.
BARGE WITH EIGHT MEN
CUT LOOSE FROM TUG
1
i ——— — —
I
(Cnnl intied from page i.>
j in justice to Ili«* men on their ln^
ithcy shonhl no longer roaiinm
1 In placc their lives in jeopardj
when it serineil rertain that the>
, i ronhl not save tile men oil tin
,! barge, ami lhat it was liul •'
; ipiesti<'ii of a short time iinli
j h • • 111 vessels wonhl he cngulfc*
,! in I lie raging sea.
Sii it was deemed wise ami tin
• o:11 > course left |o eul the rop»
that was convoying the harge
i This a sailor ded in «l«•.
iling, almost losing his own lift
!in the etlort. Rain was coming
J ilown in torrents ami the weath
j er was thick. The harge ami il.*
'j cargo of eiglit humans soon dis
>j appeared from \ iew. in all proh
! ahility being engulfed in the fnrj
i of the waves. The tug. freed from
ils encumbrance. was then ahh
I to weather \hf storm, although il
'had manytmrrow escapes during
|an almost iiiterininahle night
I When daylight came the seas had
J calmed some and the Pioncei
| cruised until night fall in tin
j neighborhood of where the harge
had las' been seen, IH mile*
southwest from ('.ape SI. Klias,
The shore line a:'i»ui d the rape
\\a- searched, i»ii* r-lhing could
I e found to give auv I. ip»» that the
narge and its occupants had been
washed a* bore. ( 1:\ iiig up any
further •»eavr!: as hopeless the
I'loncrr pioeeeded I". (Cordova o
report lln happening. Il reach
» d I here Sunday morning and 11»-•
owners, the Pugel Sound Tow
Moat Company, were immediate
ly notified. Sunday night Deputy
Collector of Customs Whiltier
succeeded in notifying by wire
less Ihe United Stales revenue
culler Manning of the occur
rence. That vessel was bound to
Kodiak, but not far from SI. Eli
as. The captain responded lhat
he would immediately go to the
cape and make a search for the
barge, lie arrived there Monday
morning. Imt no favorable report
has yet been received.
i no pioneer nml Iho Ilnydon
Ttrown shipped Ilioir orows from
ftcAlllo nnd slnriod on April 10
Willi «iipplio«* for Iho whnlinpr
Jdntion nl Aknlnn. Thoy find n*»
difficulty in ronohinpr llioro. nnd
nlnrlod l»nok on Mny l. Iho hnrpro
fnrrylriff. in nddilion Io n tnnsler
nnd flvo sailors, (wo employe* of
Iho whnlinp eompntiy, Ttnf oili
er llwn I In* rriplnin Ihoir name*
nro no| known l»y nny on I ho Iiik. I
The crow of lln* Inpr. which hnd |
such n narrow escape willi llioir
lives, is composed of Cnpl. Niol
son. Mnlo Johnson, Chief KiirI
noor Klromhorpr, Assislnnl F.ntri
noer flrnnfrer, Firemen Olson find
Reoinmn, Snilora Kn^olkon, A1
d»K, Olson nnd n .Top rook. This
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bi'd'g vaUdz
DR. GERMAN
Phon. 19 THE dentist
onice rooms over Owl Drmr store. Ofllce hours
9 a. ui.. to 6 i>. m.. 7 u. iu.. to 9 i>. m. Sundays
by UMKjiiitment All work uuuruntccd.
LOCAL ITEMS
kr> stone balh house furnilmv
for sale cheap.
<>lln Kanilz lias sufficient ly re
covered from liis !•••«••• nt attack of
I»11<m1111<hiia as |o In* 211»If• In |ravi>
lli<' Imspilal.
A w irelrss message from tlapc
\\ liilcslmd slates that heavy
weather, I lif \\iii*«-t of I In* season,
is pre\aiIing «mlTim Samp
.—••li j-; l\ iug o!f llape CI. I'.lias
1111 a I > I • * to eonm in.
Two horses "I lln* mail eom
missinu wi'iv shipped In Juneau,
where a y«i\ernmeiil road is I—
in}.' ••onsilaicfi'd In Sheep creek.
1.1'inianl l»avis, wlm mail*! a
> failui'i' nf hydraulic mining in
| 11a11111ai-1. is making a success as
an arli>l in New York.
1
KOI I HK.NT—Lighl ami warm
I room a| tlio Reynolds house, Mrs.
I L. A. J>epuy, Prop.
Drawing and Painting.
.Mrs. II. Kinsman will organize
a class in drawing and oil paint
ing during the coining week. Al
wishing lo join call at her resi
deuce on McKinley street.
Silverman will call for and de
I lver your goods, 'phone 198.
"j The only praclicnl faTlor U
iValdez, Ben Sllveiman. 'Ph^ni
.! 1 98.
Tim Seward Oaleway is on sah
at Hie Valdez Drug Co. If
j The Ornnd hotel under nev
j management. Rooms L'oc and up
Laundry in connection. Mrs. ll
j Shorts.
Silverman will call for and de
liver your poods, 'phone 198.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelvn ycai'M :it Tacjonm Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Olllce
AU Work Gnaranteed and Promptly Attended T*
VALUl'Z, ALASKA
CYRUS VJ. HARRINGTON
Mining KnKineer unci
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Office In VaWtez
Conniption Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
VOLL & BARKER
CHEMISTS, ASBAYKRB AND
MINING ENCilNKKKH
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieriitger
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
(ieneral Trucking and Freighting
to all parts of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for in advance
J Office on Wall St . Phone 00
I New York Life I!
I * - i!
Insurance Co. i j
W. H. CRARY, Representative
, i \ ahh'Jt, Alaska. IMione 11 J j
QR. H, CGCKERILLE
Dentist
0WhalSnti Building V A
I
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof. *
Dosert Land*, Contest* and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
ASSOCIATE WORK FOR ATTORNEY
I YOU GET
All the News
IN THE PROSPECTOR
Weather Report.
I•;ir«•»11•• I ir pi'i's»tir;* :;o.:ss »
, '."••rui.'-j nhiiv ;il 0 |>. in.. . . ;•!»
.M;i\11•• t:111 IciiipiM-nlui <*. . . .."»«
.Miniitii m 'ftnperalu
iMrstn h-niporallire i \
• (.vim.
I *!*••«• ipiI;ii i *n .!•'.*
K. M. ULADF., OliscVver.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
I crew is slill in Cordova awaiting
orders from Seattle.
Thai more llian 15,000,0(10'
persons in Ihr I'nili'il Slates will j
record llifir volt's for President j
This Tal| is evident from Ilif* offi-j
rial statistic* of presidential vol-j
t'l s published in tli>» "Slatistieal i
Abstract of Hip I'liiled Stales," |
which has just lit'fii issued bylliol
Ilureau of Statistics, Department |
t»f Commerc*.' ami Labor, The
loiol nimiher in 1008 was I i.
887,000; in tt»0(», 13,005,000; in
| IK0l», !:»,011,000, and in 1888.
j I I,3h1,000. Dividing Hie vole
thus officially recorded into the
population the average popula
tion for each vole cast was as
follow*: In 1008, 5.OK persons
for each vide cast; in IOO'i, 0.10;
in M*00. 5.ii; in 1800. 5.10; in
I HQ*.'. r».io. ami in IHHK. 5.21. The
I Old census gives lis a poptiht
i tin of ot.000.000. I
If you want >our nirs repair- I
cd sec Silverman, phone 108.
If you want yoVir clothes cjean
od and pressed 'phono Sil«"rman,
108,
Bring your Job work to the i
Prospector office. I
Notice of Forfolturo.
To Carl F. Marl man, Mabel
Karliuaii and L. \V. Russell: You
and cacli of you arc hereby noti
fied that there has boon expended
during the year 1911 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsiua River drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: The Lucy, Alice, George,
Red Lead, Anaconda. Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susie, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
the sum of 81,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of the United Stales, the amount
roquircd 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 nnd James Fish, Iho co
owners of said c.aims. And un
less within ninetv days after the
completion of Iho publication of
this notice, to-wif: within ninety
flays after Iho Oth day of July,
101:', you contribute vour portion
i>f tin* expenses of the aforesaid
unmml labor for srtid yecr, your
Interest in naid lodo claims will
lie forfeited and heroine the prop
r»rIy of Iho undersigned, who arn
inur co-owners.
PATRICK MURPHY.
JAMKS FISH.
Date of first pub. April 10, M2.
Date of last pub. July 9, 1912.
If you are out of letterhead*
•all and see our new line of bond
>apers. The finest ever brougkl
o Valdei.