Underskirt Sale
Ladies Taffeta and
Heatherbloom Under
skirts at Greatly Re
duced Prices.
THIS WEEK ONLY
ValdezBank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
INVESTMENTS
Come to us when you want to make a
Conservative Investment^ with" good re
turns and Absolnte Safety.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
SO Per Cent Discount
We are disposing of our large slock of undertaking goods,
consisting otf best metallic-* ined and plain >caslkets, also hard
wood cofllns; also embalming by a licensed ecnbalmer at 50
per cent, of our original price, wHich si afooiKt cost price.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., live.
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a. Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At ^
Pric
Arctic Lumber Co
and Stamp Mill Materials R>8ht
Yards Foo« of WALL ST.
OKc6 in
CRAWFORD BUILDING
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The Prospector
Useful Information.
Cable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 0 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
a. m. and 5 to 0 p. m.
Postoffice hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. rn.
The Indian
The following now world's
rccords worn mnde on tho
Indian Motorcyclo by Ed.
Ilaslia nt I,oh Angeles, Cnl.,
April 51 h, 1012:
1 mile 37 4-5 seconds.
2 miles, I rnin. 1H 2-5 see.
3 miles, 1 min. r>0 aco.
4 miles, 2 min. 30 3-5 hoc.
5 miles, 3 min. 20 4-5 see..
(» miles, 4 min. I 3-5 sec.
7 miles, 4 min. 42 3-5 sec.
8 miles, 5 min. 24 sec.
0 milrs, 0 min. 5 see.
10 miles, 0 min. 45 4-5 sec.
* SMALL MOTOR .
attached to the Sewing;
Machine takes away the*
hard manual work of the
-seamstress. It relieve*
her of the back breaking
tread and leaves her only
the steering of her work
under the needle.
It's aro^al home comfort.
Every woman should have
one attached to her
machine.
The electric man will
give particulars.
Alaska Water, Light & Tit. Co.
Valdez Sheet Mctal'Works
Manufacturers of'
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hone Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
THE COLONEL
SIDESTEPS
Many Valdez people will iv
member W. 1). Ilulbert, who trav
eled along the Alaska cuast a year
ago Retting information for arti
cles for the "Outlook." The ar
ticles suddenly ceased to appear
in the Teddy magazine. The
reason may be guessed from the
following letter Mr. Hulbcrt pub
lished in the New York Times:
"Will you permit a former ad
herent of Theodore Roosevelt and
Gift'ord Pinchot to give his rea
sons for strongly opposing Col.
Roosevelt's candidacy for Presi
dent?
"Last .summer I visited Alaska ]
to gather material for a series of
magazine articles on conditions
in I hat Territory. It was not on
my program to review the Ballin
ger-Pinchot controversy, but in
order write intelligently I
found myself obliged to study the
entire history of Alaska's coal
lands much more thoroughly than
I had done.
"1 think it is not very gener
ally known that on the 'itli day of
May, I uort, in the closing year of
President lloosev'It's Adminis
tration, SiM-i'etary Cartield ap
peared before the Mouse Oonimi!..
tee on tlx' Public Lands and
urged Jtial. on certain conditions
and to the extent of not more
than 3.5H0 acres to each claim
ants every fraudulent eonl claim
in tbi' United Slates should be
patented, no mutter Ivovv much ol
.perjury or crime mix hi. be in
volved in it. Was this conserva
t ion'?
Limit to Coal Grabbing
"Our present laaid laws fortinlj
any one man l"« acquire more
than fiVrt acres •»r fiovernwenl
I coal la*i»-l anil f«*rhid any a^j^x-ia
lion l<* wqnirf more lliaw O-iO
aci'i'*. A ;ri»««&l many nurn and
| cur|Mii'-3i i ions I.a.I. h\ various
j iiiearv, a«*.(|i«n*il njmh larger
lrnct>, «»t* at I• • iui>1 ip»: to >**'
«111i!• - I Immii. In >iinii' •«-ji•»-4 1'ln'
offtMi-se \va> "technical rather than
moral; in fliers il involved per
jury ami laeorc nr |i*ws of inroral
turpitude. it wa> nenovally
npreeil, 'b»'\vev<-r. likiuti ;fhe area
permitted was mnnli loo -small
uufd Kep**>scnlalive "M<in<>»> 11, of
Wyoming., had inlJ!«n&iu*<«d a hill
anthorizi»t,< the sale of coal de
•P'>sihs :afci apprai-sefl ;piweR in
.lusicls of not more flian 2.500
lucres, vmt:ti the prv>vise»ii that
rfflirrha>*°c?-s shouM ndl .enter in
itio any coinbixtubinm- in re
*Arainl <#»f trad*'. 8'resideni
IJlioosevdlU had ffntevioufly with
«4hrawn aJl coal louikis rfi<oin entry,
rimd in h'X annual me.^sa.ge of IK>
•iwmher, fJOOfl, ami apniia in 19<i7.
r»i-' ha'dir** .'oimneiriAnd'.ftial the titie
rk'» them, should willi th<
government and Mutl llie depos
its shoiii-l he lt»at*»Mj*nn a royalty
(lia.sis. Secretaire .Outfield now
uppeareW before #lb«! committee tto
Li<> give Itfs views nn Mr. Mondell's
I»»ill, whaoin, amoiw?'Other things,
la-ovided that in A certain class
o;f illegal claims, where the of
•fniye appeared to In- more leoh
ilwul Ihttn moral, the claimant
4lro<ild he {permit Lc#l toikecp 2,500
.wires enoh on paynivr an ap
praised piace and Kiftoirning to
Hie govermment all I»>h1s in ex
«*«.>■« of tlu4i area, providing thai
1 Jmy did not combine i;heir hold
ing* in rmOirainl nf trade. Mr.
GttitliHd mil only agro.Mj loHhik
propnal, bwt lie offered an a
rmuifiimmt, v^Pj icb he oa41ed Sec
tion^, and wtbich extended so as
to c*wer every .alleged fraudulent
or ilhucnl clainv of everv kind
"Tlitro is evidence Ihnt Roosi»
v«d! UtuisMf dtMkircd llio passngn
of Uito tftioasure, and, ind<M»«J, il is
nol Jo Aiippowl lhut Mr, Oar
n«*l«y '.vonJ<I pvor h«v« rpcomtnond
o(! if wjJtiout I he approval of his
Hiirf. Hul was ji "ronMCfva
1ion ?"
"Tlii* hill «li»l nof pass; il wns
i.i'vcr I'fvivwl. In Iho following
iW/tMohci' I'rosidftnl Jloosovcll
seiil l« ('.«.• >ur«*«g his flnaJ nnnual
ines.*^^o't and In il ho «Ji»volod
ii'iH'h *pn«'»' |m fon*sf ronnrrvn
Iinn, hul said ii<>i Hiit* word ahonl
fun I * A few week* lain*. in a
Hpi-rial iwAsajre IraiHinilfiiiix Hip
ri'purl of Ili«* National r,on*M»rva
Ii«>11 ('.oimnission. h«- unve ow
simiIrn«,<»--and only «»11»»— |o coal,
'•il, kh*«. nnd phosphate riphls,
I'i'c*•iimii>ndiiilt |hal Ihey In* with
drawn from mUry and leased
"under conditions favoring pro
noioii' dcvelopnienl." II will he
iiolni llial in If»nr, and 100# he
had recommended lea'«iim. In {
10^8 h" was ready lo sell all I in*
I
coal, patenting all illegal claims. |
In IUOU he again recommended
leasing. The Roosevelt con
servation policy seems to have
wobbled rallier badly.
"Turning now to President
Taft's administration. When
Mr. Uallinger became Secretary
there were in Alaska a large
number of coal claims pending
many of them under investiga
tion. If Mr. (Sarfleld's proposal
had been adopted they could all
have been patented upon the pay
ment of an appraised price, and
the appraisals which the govern
ment was then making were low
er than they are now. Anions
them were thirty-three which
constituted the so-called Cun
ningham proup, some of the
claimants in which were friends
or acquaintances of Mr. Ballin
ger. These thirty-three were
now being pushed more vigor
ously than any others in Alaska.
Ordered to Patent
"A year and a half before, when
Mr. Ballinger was Commissioner
of the fieneral Land Ofllce under
(Jarfield and Roosevelt, he had at
one time ordered the*c claims
patented, believing that iiiOy wore
valid, but recalled the ord-r when
Mr. Clavi* telegraphed him that
I hey might prove illegal.
"A strong impression went
abroad thai Mr. Uallinger was
about lo pal.-ill I he Cunningham
claims wlnau I hi- Forest Service
| under Mr. l'inehol. slipped in and
slopped him. That was I In- im
I pressjoii I held m\ self.
"As a iiimI I'T of fael Ihere was
iin possibility of I In* issue of pal
■•lits al llial linn*. I'm* a further
invest igatif>11 hail b»M»n ordered,
wliirli «*«mI«1 not possibly liavi*
been completed fur many months.
What is more important, Mr. Hal
lingcr's subordinates in tin* land
office belic.vcd thai this invest u
gal ion would result in the can
cellation «• f thv claims, ami llial.
was I he end ft-r which they were
wwk i n g.
"PresidcnS. Tafl lias never w
otnmcnded tin1 sale of the r»>ul
lands on »\»y terms, but has con
sistently advocated leasing. "Yaft
! ami TJallinger <1 ill not ,w<,rs/
i Hoosr-vvil's conservation policy.
I Instead they carried it Forward
land improved upon il. "Roosevelt
bimsvir is tti«* man who, in 1008,
k
. would have reversed it—or at
jleast would have greatly modified
' il — if congress had 1k*«'Fi so dis
j po«ed.
*'I am not arguing I lie «iues
jtion of whether Mr. Hallinger
J was or was not I lie best man for
j tfJie place, bul 1 do slwite that his
'actual performance ^ as f.'ir liet
iler than is -pvneraTJy supposed,
i'lhal his <roT>duc't in connection
with the Currniiiffham claims was
jind open to any severe criticism
J*»r censure, "hut was ralher enlit
jled Io praise, and llial the attack
jou him was imjos'l and undeserv
ed.
Under the Fifth Rib.
"VVhal 1 have said above ap
I plies only 1o I'lre conservation of
coal. With lb#- conservation of
Hie forests Mr. Rallinger had
nothing to do—-al least directly
— for I hey were nol in his de
i parlinenl, Inrt under Mr. Pinchot
and Secretary Wilson, in the De
part men! of Agriculture. Colonel
"Roosevelt severely criticises
President Taft Ten1 dismissing Mr.
I Pinchol. The Imlh is that Mr.
Pinehol himself crealed a sihia
II ion in which the president was
[obliged to dismiss him in order
to maintain his own authority
and I lie respecf of^lTis subordi
nates.
"All over Hie counlrv hundreds
of thousands of life.long Repub
licans are saying llial they wol
vole (be Democratic ticket before
1hey will vole for Col. Roosevelt.
Already lie has losl something
heller I ban I he presidencv--the
confldonro, and, lo a jrroat %ox
fonf, I ho rpspool. of n vast num
ber of honosf, conscientious,
ITiirikinpr mon who have horolo
forr» looked upon him as Iho
jrroalosl and hosl of our present
day loaders. Willi sorrow Ihoy
oonio |o fool I tin f ho has «ho\vn
himself laokinf? in fairness, ean
dor, wisdom, common sense, rlo
conl dignity, and solf-reslrninl.
and fTint. worst of nil, ho has nol
hoon square Willi his own friend,
whom ho liimsolf mado prosidenl.
Many of lliom ndd Dial ho has not
heen ««f|unro wilh f.a Follollo or
\\ilh llio country.
"Tin* aposllo of Iho square donl
ha* fallen down.
•\V. I». IM'MlKHT."
SonlIh*. AVnsh., May l?. 101?.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs. Andrea* von flunllior has
Ih-kum foroihlo onlry nml dolnin
or proceedings ntrainsl Mrs, Shaf
f• • r l<» recover pos*o*sjon of a
house near I In* hpoworv. Tito
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY "
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BEWAItO, - ALASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g VaUtf
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Druif store. Office hours
0 a. m., to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed.
LOCAL ITEMS
Keystone bath house furniture
for sale cheap.
l-'Oll SALE—New complete set
photographic history of Civil
War, published by Review of Re
views; cheap. Se»; Hmosit, cable
olTicc. 21
II costs no inoro to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's. Phono l'J8.
Advertising In the Prospcctor
brings results. .Try it.
Drawing and Painting*
Mrs. 11. Kinsman will organize
ii class in drawing and oil paint
ing during the coining week. All
wishing to join call at her resi
dence <»n McKinley street.
Silverman will call Tor and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
The only practical tailor In
Valdec, Ben Silveijnan. 'Phone
198.
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Valdcz Drug Co. tf
The Grand hotel under new
management. Rooms 25c and up.
Laundry in connection. Mrs. H.
'Siharls.
Silverman will call for and de
liver your goods, 'phone 198.
Jack Ford, an old-timer, i*
hack greeting his friends of ear
lier days.
FOR RENT—Three room house.
Apply Tlios. S. Cw.lt at Clerk's
olTiee, Court House.
Mrs. llenry Suessdorf and soil
were passengers on the North,
western for Co« Angeles. Mrs.
Suessdorf will !»»• met in Seal lie
by her mother, Mrs. Gilbrealh.
from which place (lie party will
proceed lo the cjly of angels.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve years at Tacoma Smelter
OppoHito Electric: Light Olllee
A11 Work Curutctd and Promptly Attended To
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CYRUS *V. HARRINGTON
Mining Engineer and
U. S. Dop'y Surveyor
Assay Office In VuldeR
Connection Alusku
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
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CHEMISTS, AS8AYKR8 AND
MININQ ENOINKEKH
Established 1881
Two dooru Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
A. M. Dieringer
VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
General Trucking and Freighting
to all partR of the interior.
Positively no coal delivered un
less paid for in advance -
Officc on Wall St .
Phone CO
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Repreiontative
Valiloz, Alaska. Phone 41
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Dentist
°Wh«lSnt Building ^ AI/DH^
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
inntfpp will be ln>a(*«J by Commis
sioner Slirpnnl.
On |In* advice of his allorucy,
F,eroy Tozier. who lins been con
sulting wilh hint since To/.inr
reached (he outside, It. H. Dnsen
hnry, <»f Vancouver, B. (1., will no
longer resist extradition in the
bank ease* ami will apponr at
Vahlez June !»i for trial.
.JuiIkc Cushmnu has appointed
J. II. Hrownlow. of Sunrise, Unit
ed HI ales commissioner nt Ken
01, on Cook Inlel. The appointee
will lake office June I.
NOTICE
Tlii» oflfiro «>f I ho T'tiif<*fl SIuIcm
cominis«ioMi>r for Valdc/. prorinrl
hiiH Im-cii (lii?; «Ijiy rcmovcil |o Hip
mtxlrrly mmIc of Hcsi-rvjili«ni nvr
iMn», Im'Iwoimi MnKitili'v nml llo
Imrl .«I roofs in Vnl'loz, Alnxkn.
I llns. M. HIIKI'AHI),
Arrivals at tho Seattle Hotel.
M. .1. f.nllnglinn. Vnttonuvor, 11.1
(!.; Ii. I flionignn, KohIIIp; I.. S.j
'I «»iir;rni. Tncontn: \V. Hniili
nlmow. J'pokano; C.lins. Hwn.:<oi ;
Sr.I Knnknln: M. Kihblo. 11• • f
S|»' ii;;:>. VN . \V. Powrll, Cllir.r-f i;
• ,Im><. .1. .Minor, Slump Hay.
Notioe of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. Ilarlman, Mabel
Hartman and L. W. Hussell: You
and each of you aro hereby noti
1 (led that there has been expanded
| during the yoar 1911 in labor on
' those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier Kiver
Kotsina River drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: Tho Lucy, Alice, George,
Red Lead, Anaconda. Emma, Dick,
Maud, Susie, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tie 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 tho year following the
performance of tho annual labor;
ihat «aid expenditure for labor
aforesaid was mado bv Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, tho co
owners of said C.aims. And un
less within ninetv days after the
Completion of the publication of
Ibis notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the Olh day of July,
I!»I you contribute your portion
of the expenses of I lie aforesaid
annual lanor for said yer.r, your
interest in said lode claims will
he forfeited ami heroine the prop
erty of the undersigned, who
your co-owners.
PATRICK MFRP1IY.
JAM KB FISH.
Hate of first pub. April 10. *\2.
Mate of last pub. July B, 1012.
If you are out of letterheads
rail and see our new line >»f bond
papers. The finest ever brought
to Valdez,