PROGRESSIVES
STILL III BING
Have Adopted Tariff Reform and Pre
paredness for War as Their
Battle Cry.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—That the
leaders of the Progressive party are
determined to make a vigorous fight
to keep the party alive and force rec
ognition from the standpatters is evi
denced by a platform which has just
been adopted for the party during the
coming national campaign.
The announcement has been made
that the Progressives will pu^straight
tickets in the field in every state in
the union and will appeal to the peo
ple with the battle cry of “Tariff Re
form and Preparedness for War.”
The state leaders of the Progressives
will have the assistance of national
organizers and the campaign in fav
or of the platform adopted is now
under way.
ANCHORAGE! WILL SOON
HAVE! DAILY PAPER.
The plant of the Cordova Alaskan,
which suspended publication last
spring, has been sold by Will A.
Steel to Manager L. F. Shaw, of the
Cook Inlet Pioneer, and as soon as
the plant is installed in the govern
ment town the Pioneer will become a
daily. The Pioneer will have a splen
did plant, which consists of a No. 5
Mergenthaler typesetting machine, a
Cotterill cylinder press, job presses,
paper cutter and all the rest of the
machinery and equipment necessary
for the issuance of an up to date
daily paper. The plant was shipped
to the westward on the last trip of
the Mariposa.
T. R. Needham, well known in Val
dez, is associated with Editor Shaw
in ihe enterprise.
The Moose dance next Saturday
evening will be under the auspices
of the ladies and a good time is as
sured. Mesdames Grigsby, Lang,
Whitley and Ashby will be the host
MflN.
ON THE ADMIRAL EVANS
we received a big shipment of
Fresh Meats, Poultry and
Vegetables of all Kinds
and we are again open for busi
ness and are prepared to serve
all our old customers and new
ones with the best the marke t
affords.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
I
AT THE
PINZON BAR
The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinzon:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge.
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to cue Coupon.
PINZ( >N BAR
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4 PHONE 69
ELECTRIC BELLS
TO BE INSTALLED
—
Fire Department Planning Dance to
Cover Expense of Improve
ments.
“Did you hear the fire bell last
night?” This is the query every one
hears after a night alarm. The usual
answer is “No!” and the blame is
divided between the present system
of telephone calls and the poor ef
forts of the big fire bell. The tele
phone company’s instructions to their
telephone girls is to first ring the
big bell and then notify all firemen
having phones. The result of this
system is the absence of several mem
bers of the fire department at the
early stages of a fire, when with the
quick action of trained men a con
flagration may be averted. Another
reason for a more general alarm is
to notify the business men and prop
erty holders that there is a fire so
that they may a chance to protect
themselves and their property.
The Valdez Fire Department at
their regular meeting last night at
the City hall decided to install, at
their own expense, a complete sys
tem of street alarms, such as are
used in all the large cities.
The alarm system consists of six
large electric bells to be placed on
the following blocks: The intersec
tion of Keystone and McKinley,
Broadway and McKinley, Alaska ave
nue and McKinley, McKinley west of
court street; Sherman street brew
ery corner, and Broadway and Sixth
avenue.
The system is to be operated inde
pendent of the big bell, from the tel
ephone office or the fire hall. It is
the plan of the department to help
defray the expense of installing this
system by giving a dance in the near
future, to which it is hoped everyone
will lend their patronage and assis
tance.
The Woman’s Guild will give a sil
ver coin tea at Everyman’s Club Tues
day, September 28, from 2:30 to 5
o'clock. Everybody welcome. k28.
GOOD GW Oil
VALDEZ GREEK
Sias and Associates Went South on
Northwestern, Well Satisfied
With Season’s Work.
Geo. W. Sias, president of the Val
dez Creek Placer Mines company,
who passed into the interior last
July accompanied by B. R. Boughton,
R. B. Griffin, F. E. Cuttler and S E.
Cuttler, Boston capitalists, who are
financially interested with Mr. Sias
in the property, have arrived at Cor
dova, and report a successful sea
son’s work.
The Valdez Creek Placer mines is
one of the biggest companies operat
ing in Alaska. It owns between five
and six thousand acres of placer
ground, together with all the water
rights, as well as control practically
the balance of the claims in that sec
tion. It is regarded as one of the
biggest hydraulic propositions in
Alaska.
Notwithstanding the shortage of
water this season a good clean-up was
made. In the overburden the gold
was coarse and the quantity much
greater than expected. Over 100 feet
on bedrock was worked and the bal
ance of the ground fully opened up
and is now ready to be installed on
a large scale. A new No. 3 Keystone
drill and a 68 horsepower air com
pressor were installed ovr 180 tons
of supplies and material being
freighted to the workings this season.
In order to facilitate the handling
of the work on a larger scale addi
tional ground was purchased and
next year two pits will be run. By
the operation of four No. 4 giants,
there will be a continuous flow of
water and a repetition of this season’s
dry spell will not retard operations
in the future. Two of the Giants
will average a 250-foot head of wa
ter and the other two a 350-foot head.
Mr. Sias stated that next year the
company’s operations would be al
most entirely in virgin ground and
that a big clean-up should rsult. On
bedrock the gold averages $21 a cu
bic yard. Mr. Sias has been work
ing on the Valdez creek property for
several years, and has finally succeed
ed In opening up all of the ground.
During this time approximately
$360,000 has been taken out In gold,
although considerable money has
been expended for development pur
poses. The members of the party
Interested In the enterprise believe
they will reap a rich reward on their
investments.
Forbes Richard, the mining expert
who operated on the ground for the
Boston capitalists, estimated that it
would require twenty years to work
out the company’s ground.
EXPERT SAYS ALASKA
IS IN GRAIN BELT.
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of the
government experimental agricultural
stations in Alaska, declares that the
interior of Alaska will rival Canada
and the western grain states when
the territory has been settled. “Let
the right kind of people settle in
Alaska and you will see production
of grain and farm products that will
be astonishing,” he told a Seattle
newspaper man before leaving for
Alaska on the last trip of the North
western.
In speaking of the experimental
stations in interior Alaska, Prof.
Georgeson said:
“Our work this year has been very
successful and wheat, barley, oats,
and rye have made very heavy yields
and have ripened successfully where
ever planted. The vast interior re
gions of Alaska are suited for the
various valuable grains and for gen
eral farming has been proven. The
coast regions are better fitted for the
raising of stock, feed and vegetables.
The coast would also make a great
dairying country, and the government
dairy farm started on Kodiak island
is doing well. Although this has been
the dryest season we have ever ex
perienced, the experimental farming
has been very successful. In the in
terior the grain grew short straw but
on the other hand bore a heavy yield
of the grain itself.”
Notice of Meeting.
The regular meeting of Valdez
Aerie 1971, Fraternal Order of Ea
gles will be held at Eagles Hall, Fri
day evening, September 24. All mem
bers requested to be present. All
visiting Eagles specially invited.
2t C. J. TODD; Secy.
Some Show Tonight.
The Liberty Thetre presents the
World film feature, Uncle Tom's
Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in
five acts. America’s most famous
play with a famous cast and wonder
ful photograph. See it at the Liberty
Tonight. •
YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store —'investigate the
Valdez Drug Go’s pre
scription department.
Gaines Flayed September 23, 1915
National.
Chicago. 1; Philadelphia, 5; second
game, Chicago, 2; Philadelphia, 3.
Pittsburg, 8; Boston, 4.
Cincinnati, 2; Brooklyn, 3.
American.
Boston, 5; Cleveland, 4; second
game, Boston, 6; Cleveland, 2.
New York, 7; St. Louis, 0; second
game, New York, 5; St. Louis, 1.
Washington, 1; Chicago, 2.
Philadelphia, 5; Detroit, 6.
Standing of Teams.
National.
Won Lost Pet.
Philadelphia .82 59 582
Brooklyn .77 66 538
Boston .7 6 66 535
Pittsburg .71 77 480
St. Louis .69 76 476
Cincinnati .67 75 472
New York .65 76 461
Chicago .65 78 455
American League.
Won Lost Pet.
Boston .97 45 683
Detroit .94 51 648
Chicago .83 62 572
Washington .83 62 572
New York .65 78 455
St. Louis .61 84 421
Cleveland . 55 91 377
Philadelphia .40 101 284
Wake Up!
Do you know that we weld cast
iron, brass, bronze and aluminum
and make your broken stove plate,
sewing machine stands, washing ma
chines, broken pumps, and in fact
anything that needs mending as
good as new, and do it quicker than
patching it. Valdez Iron Works. Fri
THE PINZON has a new shipment
of the large 12in.x5 foot pictures of
Valdez. Make your selections early.
15-tf. THE PINZON.
THE
LIBERTY THEATRE
CONTINUOUS SHOW
YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND
ON SEEING A GOOD SHOW AT
THE LIBERTY.
MORE FEATURES TO
FOLLOW.
WATCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Admission 25c Children 10c
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL • P4M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
Jack Callin • • Proprietor
m Shamrock
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CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fldalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
The First Bank of Valdez
CAPITAL *25 000.
4% PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS )
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
The Pinzon
Cor. McKinley and Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Finest Pool and Billiard Room
In Alaska.
El Belmont) ADC ) E1 Sidel,°
Admiration \ 1 vJ Ay r\0 ( Carabana
We handle only the Best
Cigars and Tobaccos.
Haas and Vogan Candies.
Free Auto Tickets
-AT
THE BUFFET
PHONE 7 VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
The After-Hours
Salesman
MANY concerns lose money every night by not attract
ing the attention of the crowds on the streets in the
evening. On the other hand, many other concerns pros
per because they employ the after-hours salesman—Elec
tric Light. You can readily pick out these stores on the
busiest thoroughfares—their show windows pouring a
brilliant flood of light upward, outward and downward,
thereby adding an attraction to the goods displayed not
obtainable in any other way. Few people can resist a
glance at the beautiful effect—most people stop and ad
mire it. The proprietors of these shops are well versed
in all modern methods which make for success in devel
oping trade. They know that the lavish use of electric
light pays, and use Edison Mazda Lamps to obtain it at
a minimum cost.
Alaska Water, Light and
Telephone Company
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.pa.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays ot
each month, these days feeing used to
| clean boilers.