The First Bank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
4% PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM
M. BLUM
E. B. WHEAT
JOHN LYONS
J. M. LATHROP
W. M. WILSON
JAFET LINDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
CopperBlock
VALDEZ
“The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Baths
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
The New
BIG PLACE
A Fine, New Cigar and Pool Parlor
in Connection.
A small neat bar that handles nothing but first class
goods and gives first class service. The
following brands on sale:
Pebbleford Whiskey
Hermitage
Green River
Clarkes
Jonnie Walker Scotch
Hennessey Brandy
Gordon’s Gin
Holland Gin
Old Crow
Sunny Brook
Lacey
Cyrus Noble
Perfection Scotch
Martell Brandy
Square Gin
8tar Gin
And many other first class standard brands
Port Wlno..
Sauterne
Zinfedel
Sherry Wine
Claret
Rieellng
By the quart or gallon
Blue Ribbon Beer
Valdez
Rainier Beer
Budweleer
By the quart or pint.
The price is right, give us a trial order—Free delivery
Phone 69
W. I. LEVY
PROPRIETOR
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 5 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Stumer sailiagilSth cells Iliamna'andjlKodiak --All sailings call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
alpht reserved to ohsnge sobedu.e without notioe
RICHARD J. RIN6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agfc
G01PENSAII0N
FOR US
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Higher Workmen’s Compensation To
Be Paid In Territory Than Any
State In the Union.
JUNEAU, April 26.—Senator Hub
bard's amendment to the workmen’s
compensation bill to raise the amount
to be paid in case of death or acci
dent twenty per cent, has been ac
cepted by the senate and in case of
death $6,000 must be paid to the rel
atives of the man killed. The form
er payment was $5,000, which is the
highest amount paid in any state in
the Union, and Alaska will have the
highest compensation amount of any
state. Some objection has been ex
pressed to the law, which would add
so great a burden upon the infant
industries of the country and force
small mining companies to purchase
heavy liability insurance.
The bill was originally introduced
by Senator Sulzer. Its provisions may
also operate against the employment
of men of families, as the compen
sation is to be increased for each
child until the limit of $6,000 is reach
ed.
The original bill is as follows:
The title of the bill is: “An act
relating to the measure and recovery
of compensation of injured employes
in the mining industry of this terri
tory and the compensation to desig
nated beneficiaries where such injur
ies result in death, defining and regu
lating the liability of employers to
their employes in connection with
such industry and repealing all acts
and parts of acts in conflict with this
act.”
Compensation for accident, injury,
or death, is provided under a sched
ule incorporated in the bill as fol
lows:
“$2,500 to widow in case of death.
"$500 for each dependent child un
der 14, total sum not to exceed $5,000.
“$500 to father or mother, (if de
t>endent), or both, of employe, in ad
dition to the sum paid widow.
“$1,000 to father or mother of un
married employe, if parents were de
pendent upon employe for support.
“$2,500 for orphaned children of
widower employe, maximum compen
sation $5,000.
“Funeral expenses not to exceed
$125, where no dependents.”
Injury Compensation.
Compensation for injuries is pro
vided for in the bill under the fol
lowing schedules:
“Total disability, $4,000 if married,
and $500 additional for each child un
der 14, with maximum compensation
$6,000.
“Total disability of unmarried em
ployes with dependent father or
mother, $3,500.
"Save where unmarried employe
had both mother and father depend
ent upon him $4,000.
“Total disability of widower or di
vorcee, $3,000, with $500 for each
child below age of 15 years, with
maximum compensation at $5,000.”
Partial Disability.
The schedule for -partial disability
is as follows:
'‘For loss of thumb, If unmarried,
$400. I
"For loss of index finger, $250.
Same If married, $325. Same, mar
ried or a widower, with one or more
children, $400.
“Other partial disability compensa
tion, Increased where the dependency
is greater, Is $1,200 for loss of hand,
$1,500 for loss of leg, $1,200 for loss
of foot, $1,200 for loss of eye, $400
for loss of nose, and $200 for loss of
ear.”
The bill further provides that for
all other injuries causing temporary
disability the employer shall pay to
the employe during the period of dis
ability, fifty per cent, of his daily av
erage wage, provided that the period
for the payment of temporary disabil
ity shall not exceed six months.
The Prospector office for job work.
VALDEZ WRITER 1
WINS A PRIZE
Mrs. James Gilmour Won Contest for
Best Popular Song—Many Con
tested for the Prize.
Mrs. James Gilmour, of this city,
has won a prize for writing a popular
ballad in a contest in which song
writers from all o’ver the United
States entered.
Mrs. Gilmour is one of the three
winners, and these winners are now
engaged in a contest for the prize of
$500, which Is to be divided as fol
lows: The writer of the song hav
ing the largest sale within the three
months following publication is to re
ceive $250, the second $150, and the
third $100. The ballad written by the
Valdez song writer is now on sale in
this city.
The ballad is entitled, "I Am Long
ing, Love, for You.” The words were
set to music by Everett J. Evans, one
of the best musicians in New York.
The contest was open for six
months arid the nine best songs were
passed upon by five leading musicians
in the eastern city. The publication
is made absolutely free of charge,
with a copyright, to the authors, and
also a royalty of fifty per cent, from
the sales goes to them.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Offices to rent over Valdez Drug (Jo.
For pure drugs see window of Val
dez Drug Cb. tf
Boys and men’s pants, overalls and
socks at Emporium. tf
Public stenographer, Miss E. E.
Johnson at the Southern Hotel. k2
A. M. Mclvoy and wife left for An
chorage on the Mariposa.
Sidney Drake arrived on the Mari
posa to spend the summer in Valdez.
New spring coats direct from New
York at E. Winter’s. tf
Ed. Austin left on the Mariposa
for Seward to look for an opening
in the western city.
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Kyer,
and Shull’s candies at Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
—
Chinese noodles and chop suey a*
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
The Copper River Lumber company
is turning out 25,000 feet of lumber
every day.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. t
15c and up for double roll of wall
paper at Emporium. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
District Attorney Spence and his
assistant W. Munley, left on the
steamer Mariposa for Seward to
spend a few days in the railroad
terminal town.
Something new ih piece goods, al
so summer hats for ladies and chil
dren received on last boat at E.
Winter’s. tf
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Supt. Jack Ingram, of the Alaska
road commission, returned from Chit
ina on the Mariposa.
G. O. Reinke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
Ml work guaranteed.
Until further notice 1 will give FREE a
chance on a $35.00 suit with every dol
lar's worth of work done.
Suits Sponged and Pressed, $1.00
J. D. CLARK Panama Hotel Both Phones 15
Northern Real Estate Exchange
Wall Street—Phone 59
Collections * Insurance Mining Investments
List Your Property With Us.
Received On The Evans
Asparagus, New Cabbage, Carrots, Head Lettuce,
Onions, Parsley, Rhubarb, Radishes, Grape Fruit,
Sweet Cider, Naval Oranges, Bananas.
We invite you to come and look over our stock of green staff.
The Yakima Fruit Company
BOTH PHONE8 65. BOTH PHONE8 55.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiaeit Hotel in the Interior—Well Heater), Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Chas. R. Crawford w*“ sm* pt«°e >*»
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber, fairbattics) morse a co
What 2 Cents Worth Of Electricity
Will Do For You.
Run a sewing machine motor
twenty-five hours.
Pump 900 gallons of water 100
feet high.
Grind 900 pounds of sausage
Clean 4,400 square feet of car
pet
Milk fifty cows.
Run a two-ton electric truck
one mile.
Heat a 12 x 12 room for thirty
minutes
Light a five-room house three
hours.
Do the week’s ironing.
The week’s washing.
And at the expense of 3 1-3
cents per day you can be con
nected with 185 other telephone
subscribers at any hour day or
night.
Alaska Water; Light & Tele. C®.—Phone 39
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rough Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paint* and Oils.
Pumps. Well-Points, Valves T Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. fV Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Hi* Share.
W W —
Young Wife—Everybody tells me how
nice I look In my new dress, but you
haven’t said a word.
Hubby—Your friends, my dear, pay
you compliments; I pay your bills.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Giant Redwood.
The largest tree in the United States
Is said to be the mother of the forest,
a giant redwood in the Calaveras big
tree grove in California. It is suppos
ed to contain 140.019 board feet of
lumber. There are. however, many
claimants for the honor of being the
“largest tree” and the “oldest tree,”
and these claims, according to forest
ers, cannot always be verified.—Indian
apolis News.
Thera Ain't No Such Animile.
"Why don’t you engage her as
cook?”
“She signed her letter of application.
•Your obedient servant,'" — Philadel
phia Ledger.
Quite Logical.
Teacher—Freddie, why do you spell
bank with such a large “BP’ Freddie—
’Cause pa said that a bank was no good
unless It had a large capital!
Copper River <
Drayihg Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
MoKlnley Street, Valdez,
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kindr
Positively no coal dellveied
unless peld for in adranw
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted liaaona
Regular Communication* Jim Wedneodag in
eaob month in UeKtoie* Had V union aiwar*
we Loo roe.
A. E. QRIGSBY W. M.
Bd Wood. Sec-.
The Prospector office for job work.