EOR MEAT
U1LT by master
shoe makers; on
lines that appeal
to both the eye and foot;
made of the best of
leathers and materials
throughout, the Packard
shoe is qualified and
guaranteed to give abso
lute satisfaction and ser
vice.
Prices $5 and $6.
Valdez Mercantile Go.
PLACER GOLD STRIKE
NEAR COLD BAY.
That a gold strike of Importance
has been made near Cold bay away
out on the Alaska peninsula Is the
statement conveyed In a letter Just
received by Nate White from William
Rustschow, a business man of that
quarter. The letter was written over
two months ago and Just after two
mluers had returned from the strike
with $300 in gold dust which they
had sluiced from the new creek. Tho
writer of the letter describes the
scene of the strike as between Cold
Bay and a place called Katmai Bay.
Cold Bay is opposite Unga island on
the peninsula. The new creek has
been called Three Pine creek and Mr.
Rustschow himself has visited the
place and seen the sluicing so that
there Is, no doubt as to the authenti
city of the Information. So well does
the outlook seem to him that he ex
presses the belief that there will be a
stampede from several quarters, in
cluding Seward. The creek runs right
into the ocean.—Seward Gateway.
MATINEE AT LIBERTY
THEATRE ON SUNDAY
The management of the Liberty
Theatre states that the matinee to be
given Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock will be free to all the chil
dren of Valdez as it \s being given by
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Callaghan. A fine
program has been arranged and the
children are promised a good time.
THE ILES ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
Has been incorporated under the laws of the
State of Washington as the
INTERMOUNTAIN TRACTION & POWER CO.
and will soon be ready to extend its lines to any mine
on the mainland within 40 miles of Valdez.
If you are intereatedip cheaper lights and power see us.
LOUIS E. JOHNSON, Supt. ALFRED B. ILES, V. Pres. & Treas.
TST TONY’S PLACES"
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRST CLASS Manager.
Wtfatlier Report.
Valdez, Jan. 26, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.417
Temperature 7 p. m.—07
Maximum temperature .—01
Minimum temperature .—17
Mean temperature.—--09
Clear, light wind, northeast ten
miles.
Yesterday was the coldest day of
the winter, the mean temperature av
eraging 9 degrees below zero.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, January 27, 1916.
Fairbanks, —27: 14 inches snow;
clear, calm.
Salcha, -—-IS; 14 incites of snow:
clear, windy, trail good.
Richardson, —21; 19 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
McCarthy, —-18; 23 inches snow;
cloudy calm, trail good.
Donnelly, —20; 30 inches snow; |
cloudy calm, trail good. ,
McCallum, —21; 45 inches snow;
cloudy windy, trail good. •
Paxson, —25; 30 inches of snow; j
cloudy calm, trail good.
Hogan, —30; 21 inches of snow;
clear calm, trail fair. ’ j
Gulkana, —52 21 Inches of snow,
cloudy calm, trail good. ■
Copper Center, —53; 15 inches of
snow; clear calm, trail fair.:
Tonsina, —50; 18 inches of snow;
clear calm, trail drifted.
Teikhell, —40; 36 inches of snow;
clear calm, trail drifted.
Beaver Dam, —43; 45 inches of
snow; clear calm, trail drifted.
Summit, —22 9 feet of snow;
cloudy windy, trail drifted.
Wortmans, —14; 40 Inches snow;
dear calm, trail closed north, drifted
south.
ALAMEDA DUE IN PORT
EARLY THIS EVENING
The steamer Alameda, according
to Cordova dispatches, left that place
at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Val
dez and should arrive earlyvlhis eve
ning. It is reported that the steamer
received wireless instructions after
she left Cordova this morning for
Valdez to return there in order that
she might load coal for the steamer
Dora. The coal for the Dora was lost
when the dock at Seward was de
stroyed by fire and she would have
been compelled to make the trip to
Valdez or Cordova had not the Ala
meda arrived in time.
The Valdez passengers on the Ala
meda from Seattle are: Miss L.
White, C. J. Lawson, Mrs. Lawson, W.
Cuddy* H. Ashby, Mrs. Arthur Lang,
Raymond Meyer and Dr. Smith for
Latouche.
Card Party Postponed.
The entertainment committee of
the Valdez Civic League has announc
ed that1 the card party which had
been planned for next Saturday after
noon at the rectory of the Episcopal
church ha8 been postponed owing to
the severe weather. The party-will
be held at some future date which
will be announced later.
.New Radishes, new California Cab
bages, at the Keystone Produce Co. *
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Ajent* for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
, - _I
«• V ^ : * ■ 1 • i‘ • • > • ■*.
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Uquers anil Cigars
Ph6nfe 09
FARRAGUT COMES
FROM SOUTHWARD
Steamer was Fortunate In Missing
Heavy Wind Storms but Encoun
tered Very Cold Weather.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in Valdez shortly after 7 o'clock
last night and. brought news of the
effects of the storm and cold weather
along the coast. Capt. Hickman is
in command and he is nursing a very
sore ear as the result of a frostbite
while unloading a cargo at Peters
burg.
Capt. Hickman reports that the
weather was Intensely cold all the
way up from Seattle but that the Ad
miral Farragut was fortunate in
missing the wind storms which were
encountered by other vessels in Alas
kan waters. He reports that the
Northwestern came into Juneau cov
ered with ice and her forward rails
washed away. She had been caught
in a terrific storm between St. Elias
and Juneau and members of her crew
had nearly perished. Several of them
had their faces and hands frozen.
The Admiral Farragut Wrought sev
eral small shipments of freight for
local merchants and four head of
horses for Ed Wood of the Copper
River Draying company. Mr. Wood
also returned from his trip to the
states and reports that he unloaded
eight horses at Cordova. The animals
stood the trip well and showed no ill
effects of their tossing about while
the steamer was in the storm zone.
The steamer was to have called at
Fidalgo bay on hfer up trip to load
copper ore from the mine of the Alas
ka Mines corporation but when she
arrived there It was found that the
mining company’s wharf had been
carried away by the big storm.
The Admiral Farragut will go to
Kodiak and is expected to return to
Valdez about Tuesday next.
HORSES COMMAND
VERY HIGH PRICES
European War Has Drained Country
$
and Heavy Draft Animals Are
Reported Very Scarce.
Ed. Wood, proprietor of the Oopper
Rlver Draying company, returned on
the Admiral Farragut from a brief
business trip to Puget Sound, where
he purchased several head of horses.
He says that the weather was cold In
Seattle and the streets were covered
with ice. All of the big business
were scouring the country to secure
horses as the trucks had been put out
of service by the slippery pavements.
Mr. Wood says that the price of
good horses has increased enormous
ly during the past year owing to the
European countries having drained
the country of horse flesh for the bat
tle fields of Europe. Horses weigh
ing between sixteen hundred and sev
enteen hundred pounds it young and
in good condition commanded prices
ranging, tip to five hundred dollars
each. Animals weighing over eigh
teen hundred pounds were hard to
get at prices ranging between five and
six hundred dollars.
He purchased (our head of horses
for his transfer business and eight
head for mine operators In the Fair
banks district. The animals for the
interior which were landed at Cordo
va, had formerly been in the service
of one of the big brewing companies
which had been forced out of business
by prohibition and Is selling off its
stock. The horses brought to Valdez
will be taken to Landlock bay where
they will be used In freighting copper
ore from the W. A. Dickey to the
beach a distance of two miles. Mr.
Wood brought his horses from a
rancher at MOunt Vernon and states
that he was delayed in reaching Se
attle owing to the Skagit river being
frozen over.
The Liberty Theatre re-opecs Sun
day with one of the beet programs
ever shown In Valdez.
_
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Pictures developed at the Veldet
Drug Company. If.
Fanny btationery at the Valdez
Drug Storey *
’ Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure' Buttermilk at Love-Whitley's.
JUNEAU PEOPLE
CROWD ROMS
Intensely Cold Weather Canses Citl
V
zens to Desert Homes to Es
cape from Perishing.
Passengers for the westward on
the Admiral Farragut last night say
that from all reports Valdez seems
to have escaped the full force of the
wind storm and cold weather which
has been experienced in other parts
of the territory. The mercury regis
tered 22 below at Juneau while the
steamer was there and householders
were reported as being forced to de;
sert their homes and seek the shelter
of hotels to escape from freezing.
The city water works had frozen up
and the city was in darkness until
connection had been made with the
electric plant supplying Vltane.
The natives at Yakutat are said to
have suffered intense misery from the
cold as they are Ill-prepared in the
matter of clothing to withstand the
storm. The natives repor*. that not
in the memory of the oldest member
of the Yakutat tribe has such ex
tremely cold weather been experienc
ed.
At Cordova the visitors found the
town lighted by lamps or gasoline as
the electric light plant, which is oper
ated by water power, had been pul
out of commission by the frost. The
city water works had also been froz
en and the citizens were alarmed over
the possibility of a fire while there
was no water with which to light it.
the steamer secured a limited amount
of water while at Cordova trom the
Dalton water system which is still in
commission, but with a greatly re
duced flow.
Train from Kennecott Is Stalled at
Tiekhell and Chitina Local at Mile
68—Track Soon Cleared.
_ S
That traffic on the Copper River
railroad between Cordova and Chitina
has been temporarily blocked by the
storm is the report brought from that
place by the passengers on the Ad
miral Farragut last night. The wind
in the Copper River valley is said to
have attained the velocity of a gale
and piled huge drifts of snow at a
number of places along the track.
The train which left Chitina last
Thursday for Cordova is said to have
been stalled at Tiekel and the north
bound local at mile 68. There are few
passengers on the train and as sup
plies are carried on the trains for
emergencies no attempt was made to
clear the track across the flat until
the wind subsided.
Superintendent Corser is said to
anticipate but little trouble in clear
ing the road fos> traffic after the
storm subsides. The blockade will
temporarily effect the heavy shipment
of ore from the Kennecot mine and
will afford the steamers a chance to
clear the Cordova terminals of the
thousands of tons of ore which are
stacked up there awaiting shipment
to the smelter.
Mrs. H. L. Ryder will ship her
househould furniture on the Alame
da to Latouche and will leave on one
of the next steamers to join her hus
band and son Bruce, who are now em
ployed with the Beetson Mining com
pany there.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s
Prices reasons Me *
CHAMBER DOING
SOME GREAT WORK
The Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, of which
Scott Bone Is chairman, has started
a campaign which will unquestionably
do more toward opening up Alaska
then all the work heretofore done.
And Secretary McPherson of that bur
eau la one of the busiest men in this
city.
Several hundred of the leading
business men are writing personal
letters to their most influential
friends and business associates all
over the United States telling of the
needs of flasks, what its develop
ment meaiqHo the nation, and how
they can 'lelp. Many thousands of
such letters are being sent out, and
already answers, whloh are being in
dexed and filed by the bureau, .are
pourinjt ta.‘
While this is but one feature of
the campaign which is being conduct
Protect .Yourself
Against Theft and Fire
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
<wWe Have-—
Varied ^'Sweets Nut Chocolates
place Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials -j<
• v
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of W*1I street.
“Do It Electrically”
Electric
Vacuum Cleaner
makes a cleaner and
healthier home;
Irons sare steps, time
and patience;
Wanning Pads can
be kept at an even
temperature;
Flashlights show you
the way at night—
Matches are dan
gerous.
Safety First
The Fire Alarm
Bells Located At
Keystone and McKin
ley, Keystone and
Fourth, Court and
McKinley, Broad
way and Sixth, Ru
dolph and McKinley,
Alaska and Fourth*
Sherman and Nizipa,
will be rang daily at 12
M. If yon do n*t hear
bell nearest yon please
notify Central.
Electric
Percolato r s make
best coflee;
Toasters make de
delicions toast:
Grills fry a burry-np
meal cannot be equ
aled;
Fixtures, Reading
Lamps, Shades, etc.
Quality
Always
Agent j for Dayton Silent Electric House Pump
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
_ Chas. Persy
5E«TfLE
si Complete Services
IN THE HEART OF THE OIT
l55Scotn5witfi bafh-50 Samplefooma *
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lva. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valias _
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the laundi
on the second ana fourth Fridays K
each month, these days being uaad •»
clean boilers. ' „ £
S'
ed, It is an Important step in pre
paredness, for the . bureau will, have
an organization, extending into every
congressional district in America, of
men who are. willing to do anything
which may be asked of them to fur
ther the interests of Alaska.
Enemies of the Chamber of Com
merce hare, in the past, stated that
that body la working in the inteireap
of the Guggenheima. Nothing ia far
ther from t^e truth. ‘That atory , w|jb
started in either cities akwu»*the coaaf,
jealous of the Alaska trade krhichfhije
come to this city. Anybody with g
particle of sense.kgows that there
could be no possibility of a word of
truth in it.—Seattle Argosy.