Heavy Winter Clothing
suitable for the trail or
other outdoor wear.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
increase in Capital
Our paid in Capital and Surplus which hat been earned
now amounts to
1 04, 5 6 7.00
all of which is being used for the benefit of Valdez.
We solicit your banking business.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
' VALDEZ, ALASKA
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. in. lo
Sundays and holidays
a. m. and 5 lo 0 p. in.
PoslolTice hours:
Week days a. in. lo
Sundays and holidays
2 p. in.
UNDERTAKING
p. in. | .
lo lo i Embalming by
Licensed Embalmers
$5C
p. in.
III. lo
Valdaz Bank & Mercantile Co., inc.
A Few Good Reasons why you shouid Have a Telsplions
(1) When tlif* weather Is bad your \v!f«; can use It dally to order meal, gr<>
eerles, cli\, and .save lierseir many a weary trip to market.
cj i You can get In mutant conimunlcatlon with your home at any hour when yoi
are away. *
(3) IT one of your children should become sick In the middle of the. night, yoi
can summon the doctor Immediately.
(\) You can enarge your circle of desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In th
house gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(5) In case or lire or accident you can summon help from the neighbors.
(0) If you are too 111 to get to your olTlce you can always conduct your busines
from home.
(7) ir every clock In the house slops you can always get the correct time fron
"central."
(8) You can make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit you
convenience.
(9 > The feeling of security which a telephone in the house produces moke
it a necessity.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
j oT UMI M i. • V Ri«ht
and Stamp Mill Matenals Price:
Arctic Lumber Co,
Yard. Foot of WALL ST.
Office in
CRAWFORD BUILDING
Phone 214
NOtloe of Forfelluro.
To Frnnk K. Lee: You are
hereby notified that, there has
been expended during the year
1911 in lnbor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and the Kit
ty, lying, being and Hitunlcd in
the Yaldez mining district, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, in
the District of Alaska, the mini of
•ireo hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Slates, th.^
amount required by law to hold
said claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of the an
nual labor; that safd expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was.madc
by James (J. Cawley, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after the cornnle
tion of the publication of I his no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after the second (2nd) of April,
1012, you contribute your r>or ■
lion of the expenses of the afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your Interest in said quartz
claims will bo forfeited and be
come the property of the under
signed, who is your co-owner.
JAMES C. CAWLEY.
Date first pub. Jan. 2, 1912.
Dale last pub. April 2, 1012. |
Notice of Forfeiture.
..To Blarney Stevens: Yon an
hereby notified that there hai
hern expended during tho yea
11)11 in labor on those ccrtaii
quart/, claims known as the "Las
Chance," the "Last Chance No
I," and the "Last Chance No. 2,1
situate, lying and being on Shou|
bny near the entrance thereof, ii
Ithe Valdez recording precinct
'Territory of Alaska, I he sum o
I three hundred dollars ($.'100.00)
lawful money of tho United States
the amount required by law t<
hold said claims for I he year fol
lowing the performance of ttu
annual labor; that said oxponm.
turn for labor, as aforesaid, wai
made by Wm. Koch and Alex
Nelson, the co-owners of sab
claims. And unless within ninet;
(00) days after the complollor
of Ihe publication of this notice
lo-wil: within ninety (00) davi
after the 10th day of April, 1912
you contribute your portion of th<
expenses of tho aforesaid artnua
labor for said year, your interna
in said quartz claims will bo for.
foiled and become tho property o
the undersigned, who are your co
owners.
ALEX. NELSON.
WM. KOCH.
Dato first pub. Jan. 11, 1912.
Date last pub. April 11, 191*>
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CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY
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Illustrated tongs by Mr. T. F. Gillies
Orchestra of Four Pieccs
One 3how every evening 8 p.m.
Two Shows Sunday, 8; 9:30
| For the Winter Months
A. H. PINKUS, Prop.
Model Laundry Co.
Flannels our Specialty.
Work done the way you
want It.
Phone 63, next to Prospector
GOVERNOR BRADY
IN NEW YORK
Sends Copy of Memorial Drafted
at Convention Over Thirty
Years Ago
I — .
Tin- following memorial was
seal lu Mu* Prospector by former
(iovornor John <1. Brady, ..who is
now in New York, lie nnearthed
(lie letter while searching through
the Public Document library
that city, lie look a copy of it
in order that Alaskans might see
that the present generation are
not the lirst to become dissatislled
with government from Washing
ton. Nine of the signers to the
memorial have parsed to their re
ward and few of them are now liv
ing1 in Alaska. C.onditions have
'changed since the memorial was
'drafted 31 years ago, but th.»ru
lis still room for improvement:
■ Memorial of the people of
southeastern Alaska t<> the pres
ident and congress of tin; Unit
led States, adopted in general eon
ij vent ion Aug. 10, 1881. The resi
J [dents of the Territory of Alaska
jlind themselves at this day in an
|anamalous and most remarkable
I situation.
| The supreme of the pro
• lorietary of which the territory
I became the property fourLeen
jyears ago, has failed through all
.that time to prescribe any rule of
• action or civil code by which
j their rights might be determined
or protected, and through all its
•|broad limits there exists nowhere
, any authority before which they
can lawfully arraign the perpe
trator of wrong or demand the
vindication of right. They are,
i therefore, reduced to that state of
society in which their natural
rights must be asserted through
i their own spontaneous act, tak
ing shape in such social compact
and declaration as their condi
tion requires, and demanding the
recognition of that authority to
which they may rightfully appeal
for the sanction of their action
. and the relief ol the extremity.
We, therefore, the people jof
southeastern Alaska, in general
» convention assembled, by and
through our.elected delegates, do
most respectfully, but llnnly, pre
sent to the president and congress
of the United States the follow
ing facts :
First. Upon the acquisition of
this territory from Russia the
government of the United Slates
guaranteed to such of its inhabi
tants as chose to remain in it,
I except the uncivilized tribes, the
enjoyment of all tho rights, ad
vantages and immunities of citi
zens of tho United States and the
• protection of their liberty, prop
. erty and religion. In this it has
signally failed. There are i»o
courts of record bv which prop
■ erty may be established or eon
, estates administered, or nalural
■ ization or other privileges acquir
ed. or debts collected, or the com
mercial advantages of laws so
; cured. And persons accused of
crimes and misdemeanors are
subject to the arbitrary will of a
military or naval commander—
; thrown into prison and kept there
for monlhs without trial, or pun*
' ishment by imprisonment upon
J simple accusation and without
Inn verdict of a jury--all in plain
; vi latlon of tho Constitution of
the United States.
" Second. The Indians of the
' Alexandrian archipelago, of whom
: there nro O.OlOO, have a great re
' sprct for any form of law ox
ecu ted by legal authority, and
were civil government ohco es
• tablished, there would be no nee*
esslty for tho retention of an
; armed vessel here, the expense of
j which is much groator than that
of such a government need bo;
" hut without such law and the
► moans of its prompt execution; (t
will be necessary to contlnno art
armed force in those wators.
Third. The discoveries of rich
deposits of the more preoious
metals in southeastern Alaska
will undoubtedly prove sources of
.great wealth, and are ready to at
i tract immigration. Without the
• extension of the land laws, so as
to place lands in the market, and
the laws to perfect titles and pro
tect capital, development must he
greatly retarded. Another great
resource of this section is tim-i
her, which also needs the sanc
tion of law for its development.
Only recently a company desiring
to carry on this industry on a
large scale has been driven from
Alaska to British soil by reason
of this want. *
Fourth. Besides these there are
two other resources—the fur
trade, which in this section is de
pendent on the native tribes; and
the llsheries, capable of yielding
I immense wealth, but also needing
[•law for their fostering and their
development.
We do declare that by,reason of
these facts there exists a present
and urgent necessity for a civil
government for that portion of
Alaska which embraces the min
eral and timber belt of the terri
tory, which, to be eiricient for the
full discharge of the obligation
assumed in the treaty of secession
and* the full enjoyment of Amer
ican citizenship therein, should
be complete.
We do further declare that for
the want of such a government
this section of Alaska has been
for fourteen years a useless piece
of territory to the United States,
while with its development its
civilization and value would be
rapidly advanced. We, therefore,
respectfully, but most earnestly
insist that some such form of
government be immediately pro
vided for and extended over it.
And to this end, and as the pri
mary necessity in order to the
nroper understanding and relief
or our wants, we respectfully de
mand tin; accrediting of the dele
gate to be elected under the pro
ceeding to be inaugurated, as the
legal and true representative of
I this people, and ask that he be
accepted as such in and by the
popular house of congress."*
J We hold it to be undeniable
jthat such representation is one
I of the assured privilege.! of eiti
jzenship. It is especially neces
sary here in order to prevent the
misrepresentation which ob
structs the enjoyment of our oth
er rights. It. is acocrded us by
the letter of our "en era I laws, and
lis Hie essence of American lib
lerly and institutions.
[ If it be objected that there has
ibeen no enabling act to authorize
|such an election, we rely that the
failure of congress to prescribe
the manner in which we mav ac
quire possession of an admitted
right should not. be held to in
validate our cITort to possess it,
made in compliance with the spir
; it of the law, in good faith, and
J by the best means at our dispos
uU.L This would be to take ad
vantage of a wrong in order to
!ncrpeluale it. and to deny not 011
!ly a chartered privilege, but also
j I he natural right of the people
in absence of the forms of law,
it<» establish their will by o.iginal
.assertion.
j Wherefore, we pray thai the
full form of our petition may be
granted, and our delegate receiv
ed as the legal representative of
,this territory in the Forty-seven Hi
|congress of the United Stales, and
i permit led to advocate the legis
lation we so much need.
I, "one in convention this 10th
day of August, 188!, at the town
oi Marrisburg, Alaska,
j - W. B. UOBKIITSON, Jr..
i , „ President.
S. 1IAI.I, YOUNC», Secretary.
(Signed): J. I). Sageiniller. T.
A. \\ ilson, .John Dix, Henrv Dor
mi, II. I). Crittenden, W. J. Steph
ens, hdinond Dean, (Jeorge Newell
M. P. Berry, Henry Zachert, II. E.
Culler, M. I). Ball, W. M. Ben
nett.
Majestio Tonight
Tonight is your last chance to
sec the "Resurrection of John,"
a spicy comedy, also other inter
esting pictures. Don't let a lit
tle cold weal her keep you away as
it is nice and warm in the theatre.
Program:
1. Selig presents "The Semi
nole's Sacrifice," an Indian dra
ma of great power.
2. Illustrated sonpr.
.'I. "A Fatal Resemblance," an
American Pathe photo-play.
i. "The Resurrection of John,"
a rip-roaring comedy-'and one of
Edison'e.
Notice of Sale.
• n the District Court for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Division num
ber Three.
United States of America, Libe
ant, vs. The Schooner Tokai Ma
ru, her tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargo, Respondent, and Che
omon Ki Kuchi, Claimant.—No.
'■77.--Notico of Sale.
s Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the Writ of Venditioni
Exponas issued out of th.} abova
named court in tho above entit
led cause'on the 22nd day of No
vember, 1911, to mo directed and
delivered, I will sell at public auc
tion, to tho highest and best bid
der for cash, at Unalaska, In the
District of Alaska, Third division,
on the twenty-fourth day of Feb
uary, 1912, at two o'clock p. m.
of said day,, the schooner Tokai
Maru, her tackle, apparel, furnl
luro and cargo.
Dated this second day of De
cember, 1911.
• If. P. SULLIVAN,
United Stales Marshal Third Di
vision, District of Alaska.
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
8F.WAUD, - AI.AHKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vauaz
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Onice rooms over Owl Drutr store. Office hours
9 a. in., to 0 u. III.. 7 {>.m.. lo tt i> in. Sundays
by utipointbient All work Kuuiiinteed.
Alaska Securities Co.
C. GANTY, Gen. Mgr.
Real Estate Mining Stock
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Beaver Dam Roadhouse
NEI.S J EPSON. Pitoi'.
41 Miles from Valdex
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
Firtt Class Accommodatios.
Ample Stable Room
For OLIVER VISIBLE TYPEWRITER
Hee Q. Fac.EKSON,
Seward Concrete Stone Co.. (Local Aircnt.)
B-Hold the Motto for 1911
It is chea -or to build a WAItM HOUSE
wltbCO NC ItETE blocks, than to heat a
a cold one with #14.50 coal.
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valdez
IS IN THE BUILDING
BEABOF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
Call And See Us
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yeai*H at Tacomn Smeller
Opposite Electric Liuht Ollice
All Work Guaranteed and Promptly Attended To
VALUE Z, ALASKA
CYRUS HARRINGTON
Mining Knffitu;or and
IJ. S. Surveyor
AssayORIrt in Valtlea
Connection Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Next to Scuttle Hotel. Phone M. AHvuys open
V A L D E Z
FALKENBURG & LAUCKS
[Assaying and Ore Testing
I Gold und Silver $1.00 Copper $1.5
Lead $1.00
95 Yesler Way. SEATTLE, WASH
VOLL & BARKER
CHKMISTS, ASSAYERH AND
MINING KNCilNKKKS
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
EUROPEAN I'l.AN
ST. ELIAS
MRS. M. U. UllLY, Mgr.
Clean, Comfortable Rooms
Headquarters for Mining and
Commercial Men.
I'lIONK NO. IUI
Keystone Avenue. VaUloz. Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co.
Krcik'tiiinir ami i'si»ctwis t«» all |>nrts
of tin- interior. (.iriieral Tnu-Uinu
ted. Wood, * ' Proprietor
McKiuley St. VuM<*/
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking ami Freighting
to all part« of tho interior.
Telephone till
£jBT"Ofllc*» with Northern Trust Co.
Jlrcbwald 1 *
s 1 Carpets and Rugs
BIG DISCOUNT ON ALL
OUR HOLIDAY GOODS
Many Pretty Things to Select From.
We must close out all in order to make room
for other goods.
PARTIAL LIST
Manicure Set* Toilet Seta
SciasorSets Travelers' Seta
Jewel Boxes Mirrors
Shaving Stands Gents' Brush Seta
Vases Baby Sets
Ash Trays Carving Sets
Leather Brushes Set in Rubber
Many other things that will make beautiful Xmas
presents at a discount.
You are cordially invited to inspect our stock. We
are Leaders. We buy for cash and we are in a po
sition to please you in all departments.
Our Xmas display of Box Candy is the best that can
be produced—m half pound to ten pound boxes.
" YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
VALDEZ DRUG COMPANY