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 has been earned
now amounts to
$104,567.00
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
B
Harmless Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. in. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
;a. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
Postoffice hours:
Week days 9 a. in. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. lo
2 p. in.
UNDERTAKING
Embalming by d[CA
Licensed Embalmers yvU
Valdez Bank & MercanTile Co., inc.
A Few 6ood Reasons why you should Have a Telephone
(1) When the weather Is bad your wire can use It dally to order meat, gro
ceries, etc,, and save herseir many a weary trip to market.
(2) You can get In instant communication with your home at any hour when you
are away.
(3) IT one or your children should become sick In the middle of the night, you
can summon the doctor Immediately.
(4) You can enarge your circle or desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In the
house gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(5) In rase or lire or accident you can summon help rrom the neighbors.
(0) ir you are too III to gel to your office you can always conduct your business
rrom home.
(7) ir every clock In the house stops you can always get the correct time rrorn
"central."
(8) You can make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit your
convenience. •
(1)» The reeling or security which a telephone In the house produces makes
tt 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
Prices
Y«r«U Foot of WALL ST. A . _
raAW°Kln5r,NO Arctic Lumber Co.
NOtloe of Forfeiture.
To Frank E. Lee: You are
hereby notified thnt there has
heen expended during the year
1011 in labor on these ccrtain
•quartz elaims, known as the Gla
cier No. 1 and No. 2, and tho Kit
ty, lying, being and situated in
tho Values? mining district, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, in
I he District of Alaskn, the sun) of
three hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United States, tlirj
amount required by law to hold
said claims for I he year, follow
ing the performance of tho an
nual labor: that said expenditure
for labor, As aforesaid, was made
by James C. Cawloy, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after the comple
tion of tnc publication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after tho second (2nd) of April,
1012, you contribute your por
tion 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 tho under
signed, who is your co-owner.
JAMES C. CAWLEY.
Date first pub. Jan. 2, 1012. I
Date last pub. April 2, 1012, |
Notice of Forfeiture.
. .To Hlamey Stevens: You are
hereby noli (led lhat there has
been expended during (he yenr
1911 in labor on those certain
quartz claims known as tho "Last
Chance," I he "Last Chance No.
1," and I he "Last Chance No. 2,"
situate, lying and being on Shoup
hay near the entrance thereof, in
the Valdez recording precinct,
Territory of Alaska, I lie sum of
three hundred dollars. ($300.00),
lawful money of tho United Stales,
the amount required by Inw to
hold said claims for the yO&P fol
lowing the performance of the
anuual labor; lhat said expendi
ture for labor, as aforesaid, was
made by VVm. Koch and Alex.
Nelson, the co-owners of said
Claims. Ami unless within ninety
(00) days after the completion
of the publication of this notice,
lo-wit: within ninety (00) days
after the 10th day of April, 1912,
you contribute your portion of the
exponses of the aforesaid annual
labor for said year, your interest
in said quartz claims will be for
feited and become the property of
the undersigned, who aro your co
owners.
ALEX. NELSON.
WM, KOCH.
Date first pub. Jan. 11. 1912.
Date Hist pub. April 11, 1912,
THE OBPHEDM
PHOTO PLAYS n
Latest Released Films on every
Boat
CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY
SUNDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY
Illustrated long* by Mr. T. F. Gillies
Orchestra of Four Pieces
One show 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
LOCAL ITEMS
Meeting or I In* Woman's (juild
al I hi; rectory al 2 :.'<(• tomorrow
afternoon.
If you want your furs repair- |
ed sco Silverman, plume 1H8.
Al lorney .11>1111 Lynns is a re
turning passenger on Hie North
western.
\VANTKI»—Odd jobs, snow
shoveling, house work, washing.]
Phone 211. kl-io!
j
Judge .1. I.. Herd. |ln» cominis- j
sjoner here, is coming north on I
I In* Mori hwi'.-lcru wliirli sailed
yesterday.
FOR RKNT—Neatly furnished!
eahin. Inquire Mrs. K. fi. Ames. IT j
Wanted—Odd jobs. Steady work.
Wood sawing. Snow shoveling;!
anything. 'Phone 1 i. If
I
j Mr. W. C. Thompson, who is
a passenger on the Northwestern
with his wife, is a cable operator
•nut will be stationed in Valdez.
He will take the place of Mr.
Zwinck, who has been transferred
to Seattle.
LOST—In the Buffet, a leather
cartridge belt. Please return to
BufTet. I
There will be a meeting of the
Ladies Aid society in the parlors
of the Congregational church on
Thursday afternoon at 2:30. All
members and friends are request
led to be present.
Fall coats, §5 and up. Suits
$15 and up at Harvey's Toggery.
KOIl RENT—The Keystone, cor.
Keystone and McKinley Sts. Com
pletely furnished; warm. Inquire
premises. If
The passenger list <»f the North
western contains- the names «»f
ten persons hnuml for Yahh'Z.
This is I In* largest number of!
passengers for Ibis point for |
some time and is an indication
that the tide has turned. People
'who have spent the winter out
side are beginning to come back
and they will bring many new
ones with I hem.
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone I OH.
If you want a good fitting suit j
see Silverman, 'phone 198.
Rehearsal of the Epiphany
choir at the residence of Mrs.
Martin this evening at 7:30.
WANTED—A good girl for gen
eral housework to go to Cordova.
Small family. Modern convenien
ces. Inquire of Mrs. Ostrander.
Advertising In the Prospector
brings results. Try It.
GOVERNOR OLARK ON
~ TERRITORIAL QOVERNMENT
\
(Continue/I from pago 1)
ed from*hunting and shipping li
censes) : for the care of insane
($50,000 per annum); a'nd for
perhaps one or two other objects
which* aro now being provided for
by the congress, including care of
territorial prisoners. (The oth
er territories care for their own
prisoners; and the expense of
Alaska jail and penitentiary pris
oners is flow about 1200,000 per
annum). On the other hand, al
though some of those who opposQ
an organized territorial govern
ment do so oh I he ground I hat the
population and the taxable prop
erty are too small, it is certain
that the product of the fisheries
should ho taxed from $75,000 to
$100,000 more each year than
they arc? taxed at present. Assum
ing the larger figure to be the
correct amount, tho license and
tax monies from all present
sources with the new fish taxes
added would aggregate about
$500,000, on tho basis of the col
lections for the fiscal year 1911.
If it be assumed that Uie ob
jects to which the tax and license
monies are applied at present
ought to bo and would be sup
ported to the same extent under
the now government, there would
be, then $100,000 to devote to new
objects. If, however, the nation
al legsilature should withhold
from Alaska certain present ap
propriations which are withheld
from territories where full terri
torial government prevails, this
additional $100,000 would be more
than oirsct by the amount of
funds now being appropriated
specifically for roads, protection
of game and care of insane—
funds which aggregate the
average about $250,000. Unless
other new sources of revenue be
found, it seems possible if not
probable, therefore, that Alaska
under a local government would
have annually less money avail
able for public uses by at least
$150,000—and if a fair amount
lie added for I he support of a
territorial prison and jail, by at
least $:i00,000--than is afforded
under Ihe present form of nov
i-rnmenl.
The i* her possihil il ies, how
ever, in eonneelion willi the linaii
eial side of Ihe questions are to
be eonsidered. A territorial leg
islature being installed and a
separate territorial treasury be
ing established, if Ihe national
government should deejde (it leave
the care and edueation of the na
tive people to the local govern
ment, Ihe present appropriations
for schools, reindeer, suppression
of liquor traffic and relief of des
titution and medical relief would
either have to lie abandoned or
supplied by Ihe territorial treas
ury. These appropriat ions now
amount to $22-4,000 per annum.
The oilier of the I wo possibilities
alluded to is that of taxing one
other large source of revenue,
namely, Ihe mines of the lerri-1
lory-- provided il is deemed good
policy to tax the mines further
at this stage of territorial devel
opment. Quartz mines which op
erate stamp mills are taxed al
ready to some extent, the pro
ceeds being covered into the Alas
ka fund, but a tax of from 1 per
cent to 2 per cent upon the gross
output of all mines throughout
Ihe territory would yield from
$175,000 to $350,000 a year. This
estimate is based, of course, ap
proximately upon the present
production of metals.
The Arizona territorial govern
ment has for some years, I be
lieve, le\ied taxes upon assassed
valuation of mines. In examining
I lie tax lists of that and other ter
ritories, however, one is struck
with the number of sources of
revenue which exist in these ter
irtories which either do not exist
at all in Alaska or are so small j
as to render them unproductive
of large lax returns. A cursory
examination «»f the sources of
public revenue in Alaska fails to
promise returns under anything
like a just system of taxation of|
more than $-150,000 per annum
over and above the present rev
enues. even if a lax of 2 per cent
be levied upon the gross output
of all mines, as some persons
have suggested. Under a terri
torial form of government, Ibis
increased revenue would presum
ably be offset to the extent of
$2150,000 of appropriations which
the national congress now gives,
furthermore by at least $150,000
of the amount which the feder
al government now pays for
maintenance of penitentiary and
jails; and perhaps even overbal
anced by I ho wit hdrawal of%other
appropriations, already mention
ed, amounting to $22i,000. Ac
cording to this estimate of finan
ces, therefore, the possible gain
under territorial government
would be $450,000 a year and the
possible loss $042T,OOO. Whether
the form of government be chang
ed or not the $75,000 or $100,000
of additional iisli taxes ought to
be collected.
In the foregoing remarks rela
tive to taxes and approprialiotis,
all of that which may he regarded
as unfavorable to a local gov
ernment and independent treas
ury is based on the assumption
that'Alaska, under the local gov
ern men I, would he treated by the
United States just as Iho other
territories have been treated.
That is, it has boen assumed that,
if a local government is author
ized it will bo with the idea that
Alaska is able to tako care of it
self and does not need any more
financial support from the na
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES C. CANTY
FRANK R FOSTER
Lawyer*
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g VaUaz
DR. GERMAN
Phone It THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
B a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed.
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
NKIjS JKl'SON*. I»uot>.
41 Miles from VsiUlrz
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
First Class Accommodatios.
Ample Stable Room
For OLIVER VISIBLE TYPEWRITER
See CL Kaukkson,
Sewar«1 Concrete Stone (I.ocal A^ent.)
B-Hold the Motto for 1911
It is cheaper to Imihl a WAHM IfoUSK
»iih CX)NCIICTK lildcks. than to lieiita
a eolil one with $14.50 coal.
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valdez
Prospector
IS IN THE BUILDING
REAB OF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
Call And See Us
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years at Tacomit Smelter
Opposite Electric Light Office
AU Work Gs&rutcci ud Promptly AtteaJcJ T«
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS *V. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dep'y Surveyor
Assay Office Id Valdm
Connection Alaska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Next to Seattle Hotel. Phone 83. Always open
VALDEZ
FALKENBURG & LAUCKS
Assaying and Ore Testing
Gold and Stiver $1.00 Copper $1.5
Lead $1.00
95 Yesler Way. SEATTLE, WASH
VOLL & BARKER
CIIKMISTS, ASSAY Kits AND
MINIMI KNCINKKKK
Established 18S1
Two (lours Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
El'llOl'EAN PLAN*
ST. ELIAS
MltS. M. 15. UHLY, Mgr.
Clean, Comfortable Rooms
Headquarters (or Mining and
Commercial Men.
PiioMK no. n>r
Keystone Avenue. Valdez. Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting ami passengers to all part*
of the interior. General Trucking
HJd. \\ ood, * - Proprietor
McKlnley St. Valdez
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all parta of the interior.
Telephone (50
CVOlllco wilh Northern Trust Co,
Archibald
Carpets and Rugs
Ii<miiiI government flian Ihe oth
er regularly organized territor
ies have received—which is com
paratively Iif11«>. In any event, I
apprehend thai I hi* people of
Alaska do mil wish In have I he
form of local Icrrilorial kovitii
mcnl wilhoul I ho substance, I hat
a local legislature wilh powers
less ample Ihan Ihose of other
lerrilorial legislatures, or a local
government Ihe expenses of which
shouhl he paid in pari by feder
al approprial ions, are nol desir
ed.
Even if Ihe mailer of general
feasibility he nol questioned, Ihe
subject, of n change in Ihe form
of government is one of much
gravity and surrounded by so
many conditions nol generally
well understood, thai it is lo he
hoped no action will he taken un
til the congress shall have re
ceived a report on a personal vis
it of its own members lo Ihe ter
ritory. It is unfortunate that Ihe
Joint committee appointed last
winter was unable, by reason of
Ihe extraordinary session, to vis
it Alaska this year. The people
of I lie territory have had much
causa for Ihe complaint, frequent
ly heard, that many of Ihe meas
ures heretofore enacted for Alas
ka are poorly Adapted by reason
of a lack of full information at
4hn time of their passage; and the
territory has sufTered because,
except by the enactment of the
civil and criminal codes, there has
never been any effort lo create
a sysleiualic and rsyefully relat
ed ImmIv i.r laws. II is highly im
portant llial tlx* mistake In* not
made of passing so momentous a
measure as a territorial p'vern
ii m* it I law without full knowledge
whether such a measure is cx
pc<lifiiI ami neressary--aml if it
is expedient and necessary, with
<»nI a careful investigali«>11 as to
wlial Hi** exact scope ami nature
of its provisions should i.e. Such
invrsligaTlon and knowledge can
hest he had by a committee of
senators and congressmen in
Alaska: and on Ihis latter propo
silion I think the advocates and
I ho opponents of n full territor
ial form of government are in
accord.
Majestic Tonight.
The program tonight al the
Majestic will he the same tine
show which wax put on lasl Sat
urday night for r.has. Daggett,
A.J. Program:
I. "Hy a Woman's Wit," a
strong military drama.
I?. Illustrated song. "Mayhe I'll
f'.ome Hack," sung hy t'.has.
Henry.
II, "Master Hahles," a child
acted photo-play, ami something
great.
4. "Misplhccd Jealousy," Hio
grnph comedy.
5. "Cupid's Pranks." the littte
sport is on the job all the time.
Your last chance to see this
flno program. Kntire change to
morrow night.