Shoe Sale
~k|LL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for women
—for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes tor Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bav, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, “lied
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount, required lo hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERRIF1ELD.
First pub. Feb. 4, 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
lh» office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
be. 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
SI no per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
Ibis notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($501 your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2321. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Rcinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phone 47.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
1 and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the-en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims
under (lie provisions of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
c mber 3L 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, yoh fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTIOE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it-may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
1,” “Two Friends No. 2," and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on ' the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said,
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid; that being $300 per
rear, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
.said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PJULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913,
Hast pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus- Chisholm, administrator of
the estate of Hardin Smith, de
ceased, has rendered and pre- |
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sented for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the 6th day of
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex o£
jflcio judge in probate- of the Vil
idez precinct, at Valiiez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed, by the
|said court as the time and plate
of settlement of Said final ac
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
file objections and exceptions t'd
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate ..f
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1, ’13.
Date of'last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner's Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
v\. C. Stull, deceased.--Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the saia
deceased, to exhibit them w/rli
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after' the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the busi
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, (his
27th day of February, 1913
' . ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of iirst pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
To the Public.
we hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone' 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, time, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders’
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents far Fairbanks, Mstse* Co. I
WHAT 18 DOING
AT THE CAPITAL
( Continued from page 1 :
committee named. The commit
tees named are:
I. — Hanks and Hanking: Cor
porations 'including Municipal)
—Tripp, Sutherland and Kreed
ing.
3.—Transportation, Commerce j
and Navigation—Millard, Tanner'
and Sutherland. i
3.—Finance and Contingent
Expenses: Printing—Freeding. 1
Tanner and Roden.
i.—Elections, Election Laws
and Mileage—Freeding, Tripp i
and limner.
5.—Engrossment and Enroll
ment—Tanner, Hrnncr and Ro
dim.
<i.—Fisheries; Fish. Came and
Agricult ure Sul lierlaml. Tanner
and Millard.
7. —Education. Public Health.
Ouaranline and Morals- Tripp.
Freeding and Tanner.
8. —Judiciary and Federal Rc
lal ions— Roden. limner and Suth
erland.
i).—l.almr. Capital and Immi
gration Roden. Freeding and
Milhard.
Ml.—Mining and Manufactures
Millard. Sutherland and Tripp.
II. Revenue and Taxal ion
i limner. Roden and Tripp.
! I — Roads and Highways—
!Sutherland. limner and Tanner.
13.— Rules limner. Roden and
Millard.
The committee on cominil let's
reports as follows. Standing
committees of the House selected
in accordance with the resolu
tion creating a committee on
committees is as follows:
1. —Banks, Banking and Cor
porations. including Municipal—
Burns, Aldrich, Kennedy, Gray,
Ingersoll, Kelly and Shoup.
2. —Transportation, Commerce
and Navigation—Gray. Driscoll,
Aldrich. Gaffney and Burns.
3. —Wavs and Means ami Con
tingent. Expenses—Kelly, Boyle,
Svindseth. Shoup, Burns, Dris
coll and Kennedy.
i.—Elections, Election Laws
and Mileage—Driscoll, Stubbing,
Ingram. Shoup and Gray.
5,—Engrossment and Enroll
ment—Svindseth, Boyle, Shoup,
Gray and Kennedy.
0.—Fisheries, Fish. Game and
Agriculture—Svindseth, Kennedy,
Boyle, Shoup and Gray.
7. —Education, Public Health,
Quarantine and Morals—Boyle,
Shoup and Ingram.
8. —Judiciary and Federal Re
lations-—Shoup, Ingersoll and
Driscoll.
9. —Labor, Capital and Immi
gration—Gaffney, Svindseth, Kel
ly, Burns and Kennedy.
10. —Territorial Institut ions—
’Aldrich, Shoup- and Ingram.
11 .—Printing—Ingram, Inger
soll and Gaffney.
12. —Roads and Highways—
Jones, Burns. Kelly, Stubbing and
Gray.
13. —Mining and Manufactures
—Kenncdv, Burns. Kelly, Inger
soll and Jones.
I }.—Rules-—Ingersoll, Gaffney.
Boyle and Svindseth.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that a
municipal election will be held
April I. 1913, at the Fire Hall,
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven eoun
cilmen and one member of the
school board for the position of
Treasurer. The polls will be op
en at 9 a. m. and will close at 7
p. m. of said day.
The qualifications of an elect
or for councilman shall be as
follows: He shall be a male cit
izen of the United States or one
who has declared his intention to
become such; of the age of twen
ty-one years and shall have been
a bona fide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for six months preceding said
election.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who are citi
zens of the United States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL E. ASHBY.
Town Clerk.
Dated Ibis ilh day of March,
1913.
TIDE TABLES
Wednesday, March 12.
High tides, 2:!2 a. m„ 2:53 p. m.
Low tides. 8:46 a. m., 8:31 p. in.
Thursday, March 13.
High tides, 2:42 a. in., 3:39 p. m.
Low tides, 9:31 a. in., 9:04 p. in.
Friday, March 14.
High tides, 3:19 a. m., 4:41 p. in.
Low tides, 10:27 a. m., 9:44 p. in.
Saturday, March 15.
High tides, 4:08 a. m., 6:14 p. in.
Low tides, 11:37 a. m., 10:42 p. nn.
FOR SALE
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Kejritone Dock Valdez Iron Works
HELEN CAMERON
PISSES BEYOND
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Long Fight for Life Ended in De- j
feat—Funeral Services To- j
morrow Morning.
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I
The long liyIII for ]iIV made liy j
llllle lleli'il Cameron, wild has]
been sick for several weeks with !
spinal meiiiny il.is. ended Iasi, ;
niyhl and Ihe liltle suul passed;
away.
Hope for her recovery had lieen ;
lyiven up fur several days. Iml Ihe '
igrim Reaper was kepi away liy
t he l.irave tiyiil made liy (he lil 1 |e i
child. !
| Helen is Ihe yminyesl daughter!
jdf .Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cameron i
j and she was horn in Valdez Ihreej
years ayn. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron j
have Ihe sympathy of Ihe people!
jof Valdez in their bereavement.
Funeral services will lie held
III Ihe rhlireh of the Kpiphany lo- ;
j morrow morning at H o'clock by
the Rev. Zeigler. the pastor. The
jliody will lie interred in Ihe lo
jcal cemetery.
i George llecnianii and Kverman
will leave tomorrow-on Ihe Urigh
lon for Port Wells, where tliey
will continue the development
work on their claims.
H. R. Hermann, who arrived on
Ihe boat to take a position with
the Owl Drug company, is a
brother of George Hermann, the
mining operator of Port Wells.
FRESH FISH just in from down
the sound--black bass, herring,
red snapper, trout and haljbut at
the Valdez Cafe.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
ii the United Stales Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
!9lh day of February, 1913.
JAMES FISH,
VV. H. CASWELL,
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21, 1913
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, ReprocaUtive
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
A. M. Dierinftei’
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for In advance
CITY EXPRESS
»J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
PHONK i.!6 Valdez, Alaska
! DR. GERMAN
Phone .9 THE DENTIST
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Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. toftp. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office in'iWhaling building ' VALDEZ
Next to cable office
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SKWAHD, . ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
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L. IV. STORM. E. M.
VALDMZ, ALASKA J
Pkpontb OH Minbb
Patknt Suhykyb
Gknkbal Mining Ehgihbkhino
Pmonb Mo. iob
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Ren phone. 1S»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clook in
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, tlrst and third Monday.
Call on P. R. HIT N'T, Secretary.
F
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VALDK/i AKIUK ^0- IH71
Meet every Friday 8 i>. ra. Ruffle Hall
Valdez I,odge
No 168.
free and Aooepted Masons
Regular Communications Hrst Wednesday Is
mob month In McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome. <
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