I New Straw Hats Are Here
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I ^ UMMER is coming—the straw hats
j have arrived. There are a num
i her of different styles for men as well
i as a very good line of children’s shapes,
i Also received, is a neat crasher hat in
j white.
| Prices range from 75c to $2.50.
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P" ACKARD SHOES FOR MEN are
best by every test—new styles are
i now on display.
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| Valdez Mercantile Co.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
'T TONY’S PLACE ST
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
WILL WORK FALL i
CREEK^PLACER
TWO hundred acres located
Nels Jepson and William Sitz Have
Made Preparations to Work Prom- j
tsing Placer Ground at the Mouth j
of Fall Creek.
Nels Jepson and William Sitz left
last evening for .Beaver Dam where
they will begin preparations for the
summer’s work ofl their placer prop
erty on Fall Creek.
Messrs. Jepson and Sitz have lo
cated about 200 acres of placer
ground on the creek, running from
the mouth of the stream up to the
canyon. During last fall and for a
portion of the winter they prospected
the ground with most encouraging
results, and expect this summer to
move to the claims, and it is their
Intention to put in a boom dam at the
canyon and ground sluice off the top
gravel, running the dirt through the
sluice boxes.
So far no holes have been bedrock
ed on these claims, but the entire
gravel from the surface carries gold,
and it is anticipated that the sum
mer’s work will yield good results.
Later machinery will be put on the
claims and the deeper gravels worked.
MINER ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED BY OWN GUN
Word has been received from Litu
ya Bay of the accidental killing of
Louis Aissa at that place April 24. B.
McDevitt and Louis Latanzia reported
the accident. According to them. Aiz
sa was digging clatns on the beach
with Gus Stedner. and had placed his
shot gun across a rock near him. Lat
er he told Stedner he had enough
clams and would return to the cabin.
Stedner continued to dig. with liirs
back to Aissa.
A couple of seconds later Stedner
heard a shot, and f>n turning, saw
Aissa fall. dead. B. McDevitt, who
was passing in a row boat was called
and the two men carried the dead
man to his cabin and he was buried
by the miners.
From the story of McDevitt and
Stedner it appears that when Aissa
picked up his gun, he took hold of
the barrel, and the hammer caught,
causing the discharge of the gun. The
full charge hit Aissa in the breast and
death was instantaneous.
PHENOMENAL WRECK
TANANA VALLEY ROAD
What is regarded as a phenomenal
wreck occurred on the Tenana Valley
railroad today when two cars fell over
a trestle twenty-five feet into a stream
but not a passenger was injured.
The train was running slowly at
the time and was rounding a curve
in the hills. Suddenly two of the cats
jumped the track and over they went.
They had twenty passengers aboard
and all were carried down. The
stream was not deep and to this fact
is probably due the safety of the peo
ple. The engine remained on the
track but the cars are completely
wrecked.
How do your children spend their
time? Do they read good books that
you have selected for them? Got them
at the Public library.
Grenadine Punch special at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Public
Stenography
Accounting
Reed Bldg.
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Phone. 196
* PINIJ BAR
Imported and
Wins, Liquors s
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STABBING AFFRAY i
TWO MEXICANS ARE ENGAGED
Aggressor Is Held by the ( ommisslon
er to the Grand Jury—Probably
Come Before the Floating Court—
Wounded Man Will Recover.
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The marshal’s office was In receipt i
jof a telegram Wednesday afternoon
from Deputy Marshal Fursman, at
'Naknek on Bristol bay, stating that
| in a fight between two Mexican can
inery hands one of them was stabbed
by the other, receiving serious
wounds, but will probably recover.
The assault occurred on board the j
cannery ship Zelma on April 23,
while the vessel was on the way to
Naknek. On the arrival of the ves- j
sel at that place the Mexican commit-1
ting the assault was taken into custo-1
dy, and on the preliminary hearing;
before the United States commission-i
er was bound over to the grand jury,
j The victim was placed under treat
!ment, and although his wounds are:
| serious, it is expected that he will j
j recover.
J It is expected that the case will;
come up before the floating court. ‘
which will visit Naknek some time in
July or August.
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j FAIRBANKS MINING MAN
CITED FOR CONTEMPT,
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I SEATTLE, May 25.—Thos. Lloy.i, |
a mining man of Fairbanks and an i
, alternate to the Republican national
; convention at Chicago, June 7, was i
cited this morning by Presiding \
Judge J. T. Ronald in the superior’
court to show cause Friday why he
should not be punished for non-pay- i
Intent of a judgment for $50,000 en
tered four years ago by Superioi
Judge A. W. Frater at the conclusion1
iof Mrs. Hulda Lloyd’s action for di
vorce. Judge Frater granted tlwe de-:
Icree on the ground of nou-support.
| Judge Ronald this morning fixed
; Lloyd’s bond at $5,000. which was
■given this afternoon. The Lloyds
i were married in San Francisco in
1901 and separated in 190G. Theyi
have one minor daughter. Mrs. i
Lloyd since the decree has remarried.:
:The fortune Lloyd had at the time of
I the divorce is said to have been lost
in a mining venture.
BODIES OF SEVEN WOMEN
FOUND IN SOLDIER’S HOME i
BUDAPEST. May 25—The work of j
a modern Bluebeard has been discov-|
ered by the police in the village of
Oinkota. While searching the home
of a missing soldier they found seven
lead cases containing the body of
a woman.
The bodies could not be identified, I
but are presumably those of servant!
|girls enticed to the village from Vi- j
enna. The former occupant of the j
house, who is reported to have died
of typhus fever in Serbia, cautioned
the proprietor when he was leaving
for the front under no conditions to
enter the building, where machinery
which could not be replaced was
stored.
RESPECTED VALDEZ
RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
W. S. Dow, for a number of years
a well-known and respected citizen of
Valdez, died suddenly at his home
yesterday morning about 8:30 of
heart embolism. Mr. Dow had been
seriously ill but a few minutes before
he passed away. For about two weeks
Mr. Dow had been suffering from a
varicose vein in one of his legs and
was recovered sufficiently to get about
a little. He was about the house as
usual in the morning when he was
suddenly taken with a difficulty in
breathing, and a physician was im
mediately summoned, but he passed
away within a few minutes.
Mr. Dow had been a resident of
Valdez for a number of years, coming
ihere from Oregon. He was a native
of Minneapolis, Minn., and was 58
years of age. He is survived by his
.wife, two sons and a daughter in Val
dez, and a married daughter at Great
Bend, Oregon.
Funeral services over the remains
will be held in the Congregational
church Saturday afternoon at two
o’clock, Rev. J. F/ Dunstan officiat
ing, and the Interment will take place
In the local cemetery.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Just received thd largest shipment
of paints and brushes that has porno
to Valdez in many years, and we have
the only complete stock in the town.
Get to work and paint the town as It
needs it badly. C. C. Rudolph. tf
Are you educated? No man is well
educated who has not read much. You
will find the books you want at the
Public Library.
GERMANS EXECUTE 85
SOCIALIST SOLDIERS
GENEVA, May 25.—Swiss Social
ists report that they have received in
formation to the effect that three
German officers and thirty-two sol
diers, all Socialists, have been shot
for distributing in the trenches a
pamphlet concerning the second So
cialist peace conference at Zimmer
walde near Berne.
At this conference protests were
made by Socialists of many countries
against methods of warfare which the
delegates said had been adopted by
the Germans.
TACOMA MAN MAY GET
PROHIBITION NOMINATION
SEATTLE, May 25.—The state
delegates elected to stand the na-1
tional prohibition convention to be:
held at St. Paul have been instructed !
to place the name of Harold King!
Rockwell, of Tacoma, before the con- i
vention for the nomination of vice- j
president. Mr. Rockwell is the sec-'
retary of Mayor Fawcett of Tacoma 1
and is prominent in temperance mat-!
ters.
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A DOLLAR SAVED THE
LIKE OF A SEATTLE MAX
Thomas Dunbar, a realty agent, at
tributes to a silver dollar the saving
pf his life when Condar Leo, a for
mer restaurant keeper, fired point ]
blank at his breast. Dunbar was j
stunned by the blow of the bullet j
striking the silver coin in a vest pock
et. Apparently under the impression i
that Dunbar at least had been wound-:
ed, Leo shot himself and died soon
after. [
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VENGEANCE IS MINE.
SAYS SAN DIEGO WOMAN |
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SAX DIEGO, May 25.—Mrs. John |
Deerner departed from here this!
morning in an auto, en route post
haste to the Mexican border, where
she goes to personally avenge the!
death of her husband, who was re
reniiy killed by Mexican bandits.
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Only Meter She Knew
Hub. (with newspaper)—I see that'
the French have gained two hundred j
meters from the enemy.
Wife—Two hundred meters! I sup
pose the Germans made another of
their gas attacks.
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An operation, said to be the first of
its kind, was performed by Dr. E. F.
Reeder, at Ancon Hospital, Panama,
311 D. W. MacCormack, who ruptured
in ear drum. The skin from the in
side of a fresh egg shell was taken
xnd put over the ruptured membrane,
it being drawn tightly together. Aft
sr IS hours the egg skin was removed
and the membrane of the ear drum
had grown together. i
A woman from Wakaukee, Wis.. on
X-ray examination, was found to have ,
in her stomach a live snake, six inches ;
long.
Beatrice Whitelam, four years old,!
jf Philadelphia, Pa., swam 320 yards
in 13 Vi minutes in the Schuylkill
river.
Mrs. Nathanial Valone, of Detroit,
Mich., gave birth to twins. They are
the 27th and 28th children of the
father. 21 of whom are living, all be
ing born within a period of 31 years.
Mrs. H. W. Napier, of Harrisburg,
da., possessed a week-old duckling
with three feet, perfectly developed.
A four-year old Holstein cow, own
ad by James N. Jarvis, of Montclair.
N. J., produced in seven days 734
pounds of milk. For thirty days she
gave more than 100 pounds of milk
daily.
MEREDITH NICHOLSON.
Novelist Who Was Mentioned
as Assistant War Secretary.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valde*
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA. AT THE CLO&
OF BUSINESS ON THE 15TH DAY OF 1»1«
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts .$119,736.7
Overdrafts . 786."
Bonds and Warrants . 41,478 f
Furniture and Fixtures. 3,5351
Checks on Other Banks and Other Cash Items. 4821
CASH ON HAND AND SIGHT 4 1
EXCHANGE . IU3,jfU.<
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TOTAL .$271,390J
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in.$ 25,000.
Surplus Fund . ’500.
Undivided Profits . 3,517];
Due to Banks—Deposits 1*550.'
Deposits . ' 239]345.
Certified Checks . L477.1
TOTAL $271,390.
United States of America, Territory of Alaska. Third Judicial DU
sion, sa.
I, J. YY'. GILSON, Cashier of the above-named bank, do soleinr
swear that the foregoing statement.is true to the best of my kno'v
edge and belief. j. \\-. GILSON,
Cashier.
Correst Attest:
M. BLUM, j
S. BLUM, ]
JOHN LY'ONS, Directors.
J. C. MARTIN,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of May. 191
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY' J. DIMOND.
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska
My Commission Expires March 13, 1917.
THE PINZON
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Cigars, Fruits, Candiei
OPTIMOS MARCA RICAS
REPRESENTAS EE SIDEEOS
BARRETTS EOVERAS
JUAN de FUCAS VAN DYCK!
MONOPOEES CARABANAS WEBSTER!
Haas & Sons Celebrated Candies*
Always Fresh.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO.
JOBBER IN
GOAL, HAV
GRAIN and
LUMBER
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Office, foot of Wall street
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumps
Which have fewer parts, run more
easily and quietly, require less ^
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the
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“Thor 5” Vacuum Gleaner r
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it se.lls.
We stand back of both the above machines. ^
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