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| with faahion needs.
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sure foot moulded linea,
and easy fitting followa.
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Brockton, Mass., the
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with the uae of top grade
materials make Packarda
as near wear-proof ss poa
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YOU
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 are disposing of our large slock of undertaking goods, 4
consisting of best metallic-lined and plain caskets, also hard- \
wood collins; also embalming by a licensed embalmer at 50 4
per cent, of our original price, which si about cost price. <
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO., Inc. 4
Edison Mazda JjLcyht
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Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials 8 Prices
Ytrdi Fool of WALL ST. A ■ • ¥ 1
crawf^d'wdwc Arctic Lumber
VALDEZ SOON TO HAVE RE
LIEF.
It if a matter of much con
gratulation that tho house com
mittee has taken favorable ac.
lion on I he measure introduced
to build a dyke in Valdez to pro
loct the residents from tho disap
lor# of the glacier stream that
annually Ih a source of groat hav
oc it) our neighboring lown. An
approprialion of 955,000 is pro
vidod to perform Ihe required
work to give the good people of
Valdez fho protection that lh»'y
aro entitled to. It is to he hoped
I (inI congress will speedily paaa
lhih moaHure, for Ihern all Alaska
can lako courage and liopo for
ihe accomplishment «»f other
morilorious work upon Ihe part
of the national lawmakers. Hy
affording the relief required a
patient people in Valdeft I hero uill
ho no cause for criticism upon
Iho part of any locality, and all
will rejoice that tho government
has been awakened to perform on
act that has been so long needed.
—Cordova Alaskan.
Lookl Look I Look I
Ladies and gents, black and tan
shoes cleaned and shined. See!
Johnnie, the bootblack, Pioneer
Harbor Shop.
All Feature Film.
AI the Orpheum tomorrow ev
I'nfng will bo shown I href? reels of
Ihe latest features in motion pie
I ureH.
"Jeff and Mutt" gel tickets lo
neo Ihe ball game by Mud Fish
er; also showing Fisher in his
studio. This is fine comic.
"The Jironco Buster," dare
devil bronco riding, lariat throw
ing and tricks by the world fa
mous Otto Klin^. Fine lariat work
by the champion of Wyoming,
Art Bodon, and other fine sub
jects at the Orphoum Hunday ev
ening.
SMELTER TRUST
IS IMMUNE
Attorney General Says Conditions
Do Not Call for Inves
tigation
When Attorney (Inn-rat Wiek
ershani rocMMilty reported t<» con
gress that tin* American Sinelt
i 11 k & Helming Co. had been ill—
vesligated liy tin* government and
found not to call for any action
upon tin* part of the administra
tion, tIk* matter of conducting an
inquisition by members of the
house of representatives, in re
sponse to the resolution of Con
gressman (Martin, r»T Colorado,
was apparently dropped.
The Colorado legislator, how
ever, is somewhat restive upon
the subject, and announces bis
intention of insisting upon action
by the lower house. The Deni
oc.atic majority in that body is
expending a great deal of energy
in an inquisitorial way just now;
several "trusts" are being put
upon tin! rack, and why not the
smelter trust? As we remarked
before in referring to this ques
tion. a great many persons will
probably not rest content until
the subject is aired by a legis
lative committee. This being the
case, it might be a soun re
lief to bring it to a head.
THE NORTHLAND.
A branch tribe of lied Men has
been orKanixcd at Nome. The
branch is known as Siwash Tribe
No. I<».
I John Newland, second mat** of
I In- steamer hiira, has rttsiimcd
|o lake command of the steamer
Itidarky, plyiiiK on the inlet.
In a hook comprised of I lie re
port »d' Kovernment olllcials the
native population of the Yukon
basin is estimated at about 7,000.
A forest lire occurred on Ko
diak island in March, and for a
time it was feared that the ele
ments mixlil reach the town of
{ Kodiak.
The cannery tender A. li. Car
penter, recently constructed in
Seattle, for I In* Northwestern
Fisheries company, is en route to
(.look inlet points.
Ira I>. Orion, the Nome attor
ney, who recently passed through
Cordova on his way to Fairbanks,
has been appointed :is an addi
tional attorney to Receiver Noycs
of the Washington-Alaska bank.
The Sixty-mile stampede still
continues and miners are enter
ing into the new country. Iload
hotiscs are now established every
U0 miles from Dawson to l,edf.rc
Oily on Malson creek, where the
new discovery was made.
According l<» llu> annual report
of Iho Alaska agricultural exper
imental stations, Ih*» lolal pre
cipitation for I In* year 1910 at
Silka was 7(5.8H inches; Cordova,
123.7-4 inches; Killisnotf, H2.lt
inches; Rkagway, 27.11 inehes,
and Juneau, •!!>..15 inches.
Captain William Kidston, one
of (lii* best known shipmasters on
l.tio Pacific Coast, died on hoard
the* Pacific mail liner Pennsyl
vania, March 7, at Ralboa, Paci
fic entrance to the Panama canal.
Capt. Kidson was well known in
the early days of Nome, when ho
was a master of the steamer
Roanoke.
Damages aggregating $50,000
are sought hy the Humholdt
Steamship company in a civil ac
lion brought recently in the su
perior court against the Alaska
Steamship company, the North
Pacific Wharves & Trading Com
pany, the Pacific & Arctic Railway
A Navigation Company, Charles
E. Peabody, O. H. Higbec and C.
K. Wynn-Johnson.
For a substantial ensh consid
eration K. E. Rchoonover has dis
posed of his gold quartz holdings
on Porcupine creok, near Lake
Kenai. The buyer is Mrs. A. C.
Gould. Mr. Rchoonover will do-*
part on the steamer Admiral
Rampson, en routo to North Yak
ima, where he will engage in
farming.
If you aro out of letterheads
call and see our new line of bond
papers. The flnest ever brought
to Valdez.
MURDERED MEN'S
RODIES FOUND
Nelson Brothers Were Murdcren
That I Iy Marshal KHday I
has been successful in his search
f«»i* Ih<> bodies of the I\v<» Nelson
brothers, who were supposedly
murdered in the Kuskokwim
country a year ag«». is I he report
hronfrht to Idilarod r,ily hy .liin
mi«' Kaglu, the well known sour
dough, who has just arrived from
Nushagak, says Iditarod Pioneer.
Kagle says Kelday found the
two bodies buried on a lonely is
land in the Kuskokwim below
Tuluksak, where they apparently
had been secreted by their slayer.
Kagle says also thai there is lit
tle doubt as to the identity of the
man who made away with the
Nelsons, all of the Kuskokwim |
people being agreed that Camp-1
bell is the guilty party.
The description of ('amphell
agrees in detail with that of
Crane, the man Wada suspects of
killing his fellow countryman and
two white men in I1M0, and there
are a number here who believe
with Wada, that the two men are
one and the same.
on Island in the Kusko
kwim
Till' government has allowed
#5(1(1 in eomluH llw Nelson in
vesl igat ion. *•
.loliu lloltan. now in Seward,
who runs a steamer on llie Kus
kokwim river, ami has a trading
slalion on Hie south fork of the
big stream, at an Imlian village
known as Nirolai, reported this
murder to tin: I'niled Stales nmi.
missioner at (Jem-fret own, soon
after it occurred, last August,
lloltan got his information from
the Indians, who are said to have
heard the shots. Slier, the olli
jcial. gave no heed to the matter
| at the lime, declaring it to hi' a
j nal ive warning unwort hy of cred
I ence, although lloltan urged him
to investigate the mailer, prof
fering the services of his hoal. at
a minimum cost, In lake the otll
cial lo the scene of the tragedy.
Campbell, who was a parlner of
the Nelson brothers, is the sus
pected assassin, lie has tied the
country, going out via St. Mich
ael, and his getaway was aided
hy official neglect.
lloltan. who lias been in the
Kuskokwim for the pa>l live
years. says that several myster
ious disappearances have occur
red in that region, with no at
tempt on the pari of the officials
to investigate the cause. Seven
years ago Chris Fredanhal was
murdered, and (ion marten skins
were stolen from his camp. Mis
partner. Ilohsnn, is suspected of
this crime, hut no attempt has
been made to |j\ the responsibil
ity. Ilohson said Frcdcnhnl wa>
drowned, but the story he odd
sounded "llshy" to old-timers.
TIii'im; years ago a Jap was killed
and some '>0 marten skins and a
considerable sum of money wlrcli
lie carried on his person were
stolen, Slill no investigation.
Aron Kricson intimately knew
the Nelson brothers, and mined
willi Ilieiu on iJouan/.a rivi'k,
south of Nome.
Oh, You Noodles!
Mr I,(mil Hay, the celebrated
Chinese expert, has taken charge
of the chop suey and Chinese
noodle department of the Vahlez
Cafe. He was formerly head chef
for Li Hung Chang. Il-Ct
LOCAL ITEMS
' Clarence H. Golden will leave
for the Nazina country on Mon
day to look after his mining
properties situated in that sec
tion.
I-OIl BALK CHEAP—Power
dory. Apply Pete Cashman.
The steamer Alameda is not
expected to arrive here before
Tuesday morning, no adivecs of
tho vessel having passed Juneau
having been rcceivod.
The "Sweet. Sixteen" club gave
a pleasant informal dance last
evening in Eagles' hall, at which
there wa« the usual large at
tendance.
StulTs Jewelry store will be
closed until further notice. If
you wish anything from tho
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Ph<™ .9 THE dentist
Ofllce rooms over Owl Drue store. ORlce hours
0 a. in., to U i>. in.. 7 l>. in., to U |i. ill. Suniiu>s
by appointment All work ttuurunteed.
slock make appoint nient with
Adam Swan or call up Dr. Dag
gett, 'phone 8U.
FOR SALK—All my household
furniture. House for rent after
i May 1, 1012. Edmund Smith.
i
j FOR RENT—Light and warm
! room at the Reynolds House. Mrs.
| L. A. Depuy, Prop.
j Cream waffles and honey 2lie at
! the Vnldcz Cafe.
I See German, the dentist, over
1 Owl Drug Store. Examination
j free. 'Phone 10.
\ The Seward Gateway is on sale
j at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
I Genuine Chinese chop suey and
! noodles at the Valdez Cafe,
j
j It. costs no more to pet your
I clothing cleaned and pressed at
j Silverman's. Phone 108.
I
Say!
I Tht* Valdez Cafe is one good
j place to eat.
i
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Willing Man Will Do
Mouse and carpel cleaning with
I vacuum cleaner, and odd johs.
! Hubert .Mot I ram, phone I i. .'it
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EO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Twelve yearn at. Tacoma Smelter
Opposite Kleetrie Light Olliee
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VALDKZ, ALASKA
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Conm-cOon Alaska
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Two doors Below Stock Exchange
Valdez, Alaska
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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 . Phono GO
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Valilez, Alaska. Phone 41
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Notlo* of Forfeiture.
To Ambrose Bell and Norman
Morchant: You aro hereby noti
fied that I have expended one
thousand ($1,000) dollars in' la
bor and improvements upon the
Peerless, Lincoln, Clara Bell.
Mammoth and Gravina, claims of
the Peerless group; the Isabella
and Humdingor of the Isabella
group; the Badger and Hawkeye
of the Badgnr find Hawkevo group;
the Pearl olaim looated in the
Kotsina rlvor drainago Chitinn
district.
In order to hold said premise
under the provisions of section
2324 Revised Statutes of tho Unit
ed 8tates, being tho amount re
quired to hold the samo for the
year ending Jan. 1 1012. And if
within 00 days after this notioe
by publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners
your interest in said claims will
become the property of the sub
scriber under said section 2324.
TOM LARSON.
By Matt Larson, attorney in fact.
First pub. Jan. 13, 1012.
Last pub. April 14, 1012.
Weather Report.
BaromHir pressure 20.090
Tempi'nil lire al 0 p. in 33
Maximum temperature. . . .19
Minimum temperature. . . .20
Mean ti-mperature 313.5
Partly cloudy, light breeze N. E.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To William M. Conley: You
are hereby notified that there has
been oxpended during the year
1911 in labor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the Alas
ka Belle, Jackpot and Snowflake,
lying, being and situated in the
Valdez mining district, in the re
cording precinct of Valdrz, in the
District of Maska, the sum of
threo hundred dollars, lawful
money of the T'nited 8lat«'s, the
amount required by law to hold
aaid claims for the year, follow
ing the performance of tho an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for lab r, rts aforesaid, was mado
by J. W. Little. And unless wilh
in ninety days afler the comple
tion of tne publication of Ibis no
tice, to-wil: within ninety davs
after the Mlh day of April,
1912, you contribute vour portion
Df the expenses of the aforesaid
annual labor for said year, or
your interesl in said quart*
claims will bo forfeit* and be
come the property of the under
lined, who is your co-owner.
J. W. LITTLE.
Flint pub. Jan. 24, 1912.
Last pub. April 25. 1912.