S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange oil all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Give Your Freight Contract to
DELIVERY. GUARANTEED
robert McIntosh
Contracts latcn for ddivcry IK the NEIXHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE GREEK section*.
No contract too large, ibne tote small. '*"'
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
When in Cintina Stop at tKe
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection._ Rates Reasonable
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Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
D Air CRY IN CONNECTION
DHIVLIXI EVERYTHING GOOD
JACK CALL1N & CO.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
57 a m to 9 n in
Lnnch 12 m to 1 p .in
6 to 7 P m
BOARD & ROOM 8SO per Mo.
PIONEER BARBER SHOP
WM.GIULINEAU. Prop.
Tonsorial Parlor*
Beat Appointed
BATH ROOM
in Valdez.
Fine, Large Tubs—Plenty Hot Water
LAUNCH THREE-M
Twin Screw, Powerful
and Commodious,
Freight, Passengers and Towing.
Inquire Room 1, Panama Hotel.
LAUNCH IDA
Leaves from Valdez dock for.
SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and] Creajn
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone, 187
J-JUGO FELS
Contractor and Bonder
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Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
When In Seward Stop at the
iOLEMAN HOUSE,
| STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward. Alasha
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
THE PINZON CIGAR STORE
DICK’S PLACE « i
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Fine Line of Cigars and Tobacco;
Fruits. Nuts. Candies.
Card Room Soft Drinks of All Kinds
ffcup Hotel
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SEATTLE
Chas. Perry, mop.
THE BESTOrEVEOTHING
in the heart or marc
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Copper River
Draying Co
freighting and passengers to all parts
of Hie interior. lleneral Trucking
hid. Wood Proprietor
MeKltmw >t Valdez
Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez,
Alaska, for the year 1913 are now due
and payable at my office, at the of
fice of the U. S. commissioner.
. Taxes, will become delinquent on
the first Monday of December, 1913,
at o’clock p. ip., and unleses paid
prior thereto ten per centum will be
added to the amount thereof.
Town warrants will be accepted in
payment of taxes" .but no interest- will
he. allowed aft^r November 3, 1913.
Office hours: j/Two to 4:30 p. m. ex
. cept Supdays, and holidays.
C. C. REfYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
Dated at Valilez, Alaska, this 3rd
day of November, 1913.
Ladle*.
For Ideal Comfort in corset as well
as style, health and durability, try a
Nu Bone Corset and be convinced.
| Fittings in the privacy of your home.
.For- appointment—Phone 105. Mrs.
T. R. Needham, general manager, in
Fish building.
FIRE OR
M’KWLEY STREET
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Exchange Building is Damaged $2,
000—Owners Plan Re-opening
Next Saturday.
The Exchange saloon building was
damaged to the extent of $2,000 at
6:30 last night by a fire which broke
out in the hallway of the upstairs part
of the building.
The fire was first discovered by
Dolph Smith, one of the owners of the
building, who was sitting near the
stove in the saloon when the sparks
dropped through the .flue into the
room below. When he and Jack
Bishop tried to reach the fire they
were driven back by the smoke and
flames and were forced to return to
the first floor and commence the work
of taking out the stock and fixtures
before the fire should 'reach the low
,er part of the building..
In the meantime an alarm had been
'sent into the fire hall and the mem
bers of the department commenced
to arrive from all sections of the city,
Taking the hose cart, chemicals, hook
and ladders and other needed appar
atus to the scene of tl}e fire.
Fire Chief Finical and Assistant
Chief Suessdorf were soon on the
ground directing tbe work of the de
partment and after a delay, which
seemed long to the watchers, two
streams of water were soon pouring
Into the building from the back and
front and the fire was gotten under
control in a very few minutes.
As is usual in such cases, many
citizens greatly aided the members
of the fire department, while the
great majority stood around watch
ing the others work, doing nothing to
aid the department, but working their
jawbone overtime telling how it
should be done and making it as un
pleasant a» possible for the depart
ment to wolrlc to advantage.
The loss is estimated at $2,000, the
entire upper portion of the building
being damaged, besides the saloon, so
far as the water pouring into the up
per rooms could destroy anything
downstairs. No insurance was car
ried on the building or stock. The
building is owned by Dolph Smith and
Fred Wilson, and is on ground own
ed by Mrs. Barrett.
It is presumed that clothing hung
about the flue to dry dropped onto
the pipe and became ignited, and as
no one was in the upper part of the
building at the time, the roomers all
being at supper, the fire had consid
erable headway before noticed by the
proprietor in the saloon below.
At the time of the fire a dog was
trapped in the front part of the
building, but before the fire reached
hun willing hands helped him down
the ladder to safety.
The stock of the saloon was car
ried into the street and suffered but
little damage. The stock of . P. King,
the grocer, was also carried into the
street and returned to his storeroom
when the fire was extinguished.
No insurance was carried on the
building.
Early this morning Messrs. Smith
& Wilson placed a large force of men
at work to clear away the debris and,
unduunted by the heavy loss, will re
open their place of business on Sat
urday with un old-time opening. The
lower floor will be immediately re
painted and re-papered and all ready
for business by Saturday.
CHINKS RECEIVE
PEKIN, China, NOV. 13.'—President
Shih-Kai haB announced that French
bankers, with the support and en
couragement of their government,
have loaned to the republic the sum
,pf $30,000,000, the money to be used
fo purchase arms and to pay back
salary‘due the soldiers and civil em
ployes of the government.
tl It is rumored in official circles
that the French bankers will loan the
government $300,000,000 and that they
pre to receive a number of valuable
concessions.
To Rent or Lease. *
The Gakona' roadhouse, including
25 acres' oflaind under Cultivation;"
located in Copper river valley, 130
miles north of Valdez, on the Shusban
na trail. Good trading point for furs.
A, splendid opportunity for right par
ties. Apply to JAMES PISH, next
door to Tilllkum Club.
Cole’s famous Hot Blast stoves,
large and small, at S. Blum & Co’s.
NEW COMPANY
11 TO SELL JUICE
Secure Many Contracts With Users
of Light and Power—Reduction
in Rates is Announced.
The Valdez Electric Company will
•soon be organized by local business
men to purchase electric current from
the lies power plant in Solomon
gulch and resell the “.mice” to con
sumers of light and po "er in Valdez.
The organizers of the company have
circulated contracts among the busi
ness men of the town and William
Wilson, who is one of the men at
the head of the new concern, stated
to a representative of the Prospector
today that contracts fo.- all the pow
er to be used by more than sixty
of the business men in Valdez during
the next five years |tad been ge?
cured and that more are expected' to
sign in the next few days.
The business men behind the com
pany are reported to be William Wil
son, William Finical, C. E. Bunnell
E. E. Ritchie, F. M. Boyle and some
others.
Ernie Erickson, who is at present
superintending the erection of poles
for the new concern, and who is to
he appointed superintendent of the
Valdez Electric Company, when it is
organized, will be in charge of the
work of stringing the lines, erect
ing the jmles and wiring the build
ings. He has a crew of men under
it is directions now at work.
The new company have contracted
to sell “juice" at lower rates than
has heretofore been charged in Val
dez, but the Alaska Water, Light &
Telephone Company has announced
that they will meet the reduction.
The Valdez Electric Company will
operate under a franchise granted at
the last session of the city council,
which will run for twenty-five years,
and they have entered into a contract
with Mrs. Ida B. lies to buy the cur
rent during that period to be gen
erated at the power plant owned by
her at the foot of Solomon gulch.
graftersIrT
SENT OVER ROAD
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Entar Gold
berg, a zinc dealer of this city, and
Navy Yard Clerk Meyer were con
victed today in the United States
district court of giafting in the navy
yard by selling old zinc to the gov
ernment at excessive prices. Both
the merchant and the clerk were
sentenced to serve one yeai at Mc
Neil’s Island.
For Sale.
"Our Home” roadhouse at a bar
gain, on Valdez-Fairbanks trail, fur
nished and ready for business. Gar
den under cultivation. Berries in
abundance in season. Good trapping^
and prospecting ground in vicinity.,
Possession can be given at once.
Dougherty & Ferguson.
i Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
; For $6.00 we will give you a ticket ]
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the j
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
Catholic Dance.
The Catholic ladies will give a
grand ball and bazar on November
22nd at Moose hall. Tickets to
dance entitle holder to a chance up
on a beautiful hand-worked table cen
terpiece.
Hand laundry, corner of Hobart
street and Keystone avenue. Flannels,
and silks.a specialty.
MRS. H. SHARTS & CO. !
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Ladies, Attention.
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New line of coats, one-piece suits.'
and a few pets of fine furs just re-t
reived at Harvey's Toggery. i
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' New Goods!
New goods on every boat at Mi'S.
Winter's. , , _ |
The Tidies of the Congregation^
Aid Society will meet this week atj
the.hpme of . Mrs, McGllvray Thnfsj
day afternoon at 2:30. All ladiesl
are cordially invited, • <
E.1 Johnson, "E. Bevill and Jte
Fielder arrived in town from Ella-,
; mar last evening. '
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j The best place to bathe is at the!
j Pioneer barber shop: large tubs anc
plenty of warm water.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ M|OST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQRIDAD’8
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKER
SMOKECRAFT’S
EL 8IDELL08
REPRE8ENTAS
OPTINIO’8
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factoryi
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 16c lb.
Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
COAST
OMPANY
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latoucke, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailings from Seattle
November 15.
((SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHOR AG I', each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacilic. S. S. Co.
Ri,,ht is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Mariposa
Sail
Nov. 7th, 17th and 27th
For Skat?way, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock^Co., Local Agl
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