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There are new models, back
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neat trimmings, make Warners
one of the most attractive of
1917 lines.
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TIDE TABLES FOR FEBRUARY.
Compiled for Valdez Bay, by T .u
Prospector:
Wednesday, Feb. 21—
First High Tide 11:52 a. m.. 10.2.
First Low Tide 5:43 a. m., 0.6.
Second Low Tide 6:24 p. m., —;-1.9.
Thursday, Feb. 22—
First High Tide 0:38 a. m„ 9.2.
Second High Tide 12:40 p. m., 10.1.
First Low Tide 6:32 a. m.. —0.2.
Secoud Low Tide 7:00 p. m., —1.6.
Friday, Feb. 23—
First High Tide 1:15 a. m., 9.5.
Second High Tide 1:28 p. m„ 10.9.
First Low Tide 1:28 p. m., 10.9.
First Low Tide 7:19 a. m., —0.7.
Second Low Tide *:36 p. m„ —1.1.
Saturday, Feb. 24—
First High Tide 1:53 a. m., 8.4.
Second High Tide 2:13 p. m„ 8.8.
First Low Tide 8:05 a. m., —0.8.
Second Low Tide 8:13 p. m., —0.3.
Sunday, Feb. 25—
First High Tide 2:30 a. m., 9.7.
Second High Tide 3:00 p. m., 7.8.
First Low Tide 8:52 a. m.t -—0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:48 p. m., 0.6.
Monday, Feb. 26—
First High Tide 3:10 a. rn., 9.4.
Second High Tide 3:50 p. m., 6.8.
First Low Tide 9:42 a. m„ —0.2.
Second Low Tide 9:26 p. m. 1,5.
Tuesday, Feb. 27—
First High Tide 3:52 a. m., 8.8.
Second High Tide 4:48 p. m., 5.8.
First Low Tide 10:37 a. m., 0.4.
Second Low Tide 10:05 p. m., 2.4.
Wednesday, Feb. 28—
Find High Tide 4:46 a. m., 8.2.
Seoond High Tide 6:07 p. m„ 6.1.
First Low Tide 11:45 a. m.. 1.0.
Second Low Tide 10:66 p. m., 3.2.
Only a Orst-class drug store can
secure an agency for Rexall products.
The Owl Drug Store, exclusive agents
for Valdez. tf
Dan Ross secured a fine bag of
ptarmigan yesterday, about five miles
out on the trail. Mr. Ross reports the
birds exceedingly scarce.
I WARMER WEATHER 18
REPORT*;!) IN INTERIOR
A considerable rise in temberature
is reported during the past twenty
four hours from the interior stations.
Fairbanks reports a rise of 20 degrees
to zero and Salcha a rise of 36 de
grees to 10 above. All the other sta
tions between Fairbanks and Gulkana
report thermometer readings from 2
to 38 degrees higher than yesterday
morning with the exception of Hogan
which reports a drop of G degrees ‘o
20 below. Richardson and Gulkana
report 7 and 8 above, while McCarty
reports zero and Donnelly, McCallum
and Paxson 10 to 13 below. Copper
Center reports a ris eof 3 degrees to
22 below’ and Tonsina and Teikhell
report a rise of 8 and 5 degrees re
spectively. Beaver Dam reports the
same as yesterday, 10 below and the
Summit 12 below, a raise of 1 degret.
Wortman remained stationary at 3
above. The local weather report for
the 12 hours ending at 7 o'clock this
morning gives a maximum tempera
ture of 37 and a minimum of 9, the
reading at 7 o’clock being 13. Calm,
clear weather is reported from all sta
tions.
This Day in History
Feast Day of Sts. Daniel and Ver
da; St. Severianus; Blessed Pepin of
Landen; Sts. German and Kandaut.
Trial of Joan of Arc began in 1431.
James I, of Scotland, murdered at
Perth in 1437.
Pope Julius II died in 1513.
Restoration of British Parliament
of members, excluded in 1848, in
1660.
Medfleld. Mass., nearly destroyed
by Indians in 1673.
Pope Benedinct XIII died in 1730.
French invaded Ireland; retreated
and were defeated at the Isle of Man
in 1760.
French captured Saragossa after a
siege of 1809.
British force pillaged Malone, N.
V. and burned an arsenal in 1814.
President Lincoln’s youngest sou.
“Tad” died in 1862.
First execution of a slave trader
in forty years took place in New
York in 1862.
Territorial government granted to
the District of Columbia in 1871.
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Services Episcopal Church.
Today being Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of Lent, services will b«*
: held this evening at S o’clock in the
Episcopal church.
j :{()<) DROWN OK FREEZE
IN JAPANESE DISASTER
CHEFOO. China, Feb. 21.—Three,
{hundred persons suffered death by
{drowning or freezing on the Japanese
(steamer Hankaka, which ran aground
j in a terrible snow storm near this
city.
Thru the heroic efforts of Capi.
Stampe, a Dutch officer connected
with the Netherlands Harbor Im
provement company, 75 of the -pas
sengers and crew who clung to the
etorm-swept ship for four days and
survived the low temperature finally
were rescued.
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Panama Bank Falls.
i PANAMA, Feb. 21.—The Continen
tal Banking & Trust Company has
! closed its doors.
Speed Boats Offered.
BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 21.—The
members of the Maryland Motor Boat
club have offered their fleet of sixty
motor and speed boats and their own
services to the government.
Post card's received from Owen
Meals, Of this city, who is visiting in
Seattle, state that he is enjoying him
self and will return to Valdez in about
three weeks. He reports the Valdez
contingent at Seattle well and enjoy
ing themselves.
W. N. Cuddy, manager of the Val
dez Mercantile Cbmpany’s stbre at
this place, will sail for Valdez on one
of the boats leaving Seattle soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Blutn will sail
from Seattle for Valdez about March
1st, according to reports recently re
ceived.
The recent warm wlndB Mowin'*;
are reported to be knocking the bot
tom out of the trails, making sledding
heavy and difficult.
Word has been received here thai
Messrs. Swallow and Leopold, whc
left for the States last fall with the
intention of putting in a large garage
for Dodge cars in this city, have aban
doned the idea and will not return to
Valdez.
Superintendent W. R. Millard and
Mrs. Millard of the Granite mine, are
visitors in town.
The launch B. F. M. came in last
evening from the Granite mine, bring
ing several passengers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wilkie, from the
Granby mine, are in town, and will
leave on one of the next steamers for
the States.
Steamship Sailings
Alaska—Passed Juneau northbound, j
Feb. 19.
Admiral Farragut—Passed Juneau,
northbound, Feb. 20.
Northwestern—Sailed south Feb. 12.
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez, Feb. 9.
Admiral Watson—-Sailed south from
Valdez Feb. 12.
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez
to Seattle, February 15.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscurn
8: IS a.m.
1:15 p.in.
Lvs. Valdez
9:46 am.
4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:16 a.oi.
1:16 p.m.
4:39 p.m.
9:45 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m.
7:« p.m.
4:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being nsed to
clean boilers.
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Daily Weather Report.
Feb. 20. 1917. 7:00 p. m.
Barometric pressure .29.985
Temperature .37
Maximum temperature 4 3
Minimum temperature .25
Mean temperature .34
Snow on ground .32 in.
Clear, east wind. 10 miles.
Feb. 21. 1917. 7:00 a. m.
Barometric pressure .30.0S6
Temperature .13
Maximum temperature .37
Minimum temperature . 9
Mean temperature..23
Snow on gr>u;:d .32 in.
Clear, calm.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Trail Weather Re|x>rt
Fairbanks—-Zero, 19 inches snow,
clear calm.
Salcha—10 above, 14 incites snow,
clear, calm, trail good. 3 dog teams,
south yesterday. Little Delta—X. C. 1
freight team and 1 dog team soutni
(5 a. m. today. Munsons-—One dog|
team south 0 a. m. date.
Richardson—7 above. 0 inches o7(
• now, clear, south wind, trail good.
1 freighter south G a. in., yesterday
and one dog team south 3 p. m., yes
terday.
McCarty—Zero. 5 inches of snow,
clear, trail fair.
Donnelly 10 below, clear, calm,
trail good. North mail by 11 a. in.;
yesterday. Terrill and 2 N. C. freiglit-l
ers left Rapids this a. m.
McCallum—lii below, 55 inches of:
snow, clear, calm, trail good. Stage |
south noon yesterday.
Paxson—10 below, 20 inches snow.j
clear, calm, trail fair. South stage, j
North stage 2 passengers. 2 mushers
south. McDonald, freighter out G a. m
Gulkana—8 above, 24 inches snow.j
dear, calm, trail good.
Sourdough—One Road Commission
team south with two.
Hogan—20 below, 7 inches snow,!
clear, calm, trail fair. One N. C.
freight team each way 7 a. m.
Copper Center—22 below 10 inches
snow, clear, calm, trail heavy. Stage
southbound 2 p. m. Stage northbound
1 passenger 6 a. m. 5teams north 7
a. m.
Tonsina—22 below, 3 Oinches of
snow, clear, calm, trail bad.
Teikhell—7 below, 35 Inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam—10 below, clear,
calm, snow 4 feet, trail drifted. Row
bottom and Lines with mall north 8
a. m.
Thompson—12 below, dear, calm.
76 inches of snow, trail cloaed.
Woftman—8 abdve, 3 inches snow,
clear, calm, trail drifted and soft.
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ELK HERD DRIVES EASILY,
BUT iBLLOWS BOGS BACK
EVERETT, Feb. 21.—County War
den Miller learned yesterday that it
Is one thing to drive a herd of elk,
but quite another to make the ani
mals stay where they are put. With
several deputies and a bunch of dogs
Warden Miller started Monday to
drive the county elk herd from the
vicinity of farms hear Startup back
to the hills. I
The drive was undertaken when
farmers appealed to the county com
missioners for protection from the an
imals, which have become so tame
that they follow cattle into the barns
and have ruined several orchards by
eating off all the new shootB. After
spending all day Monday chasing the
elk, Warden Miller went to Startup
yesterday to tell the farmers they
would have no indre trouble, and |
found that the elk had come back lo •
their old quarters a few hours after,
the doge were called off.
The herd purchased by the county
tour years ago has Increased rapidly.
The first year the snow drove them
from the hills to the valley aad farm - '
ers helped feed the animals. Theyj
evidently liked the treatment for theyj
have made the farmers’ fields their '
headquarters ever since.
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
• REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
THE FIRST BANK Of VALOEZ
located at Valdez, Territory of Alaska, at the cl.1*0 of busi
ness on the 15th day of February, 1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts . $ 89,106.55
Overdrafts . 374.48
Bonds and Warrants . 70,884.37
Furniture and Fixtures . 3,591.95
Other Real Estate Owned. 1,000.00
Checks on other Banks and other cash items 2,316.00
CASH ON HAND AND
SIGHT EXCHANGE 109,550.92
TOTAL . $276,824.27
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid In . $ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund. 1,000.00
Undivided Profits ...... 6,458.68
Due to Banks—Deposits . 4,480.12
DEPOSITS . 239,855.47
Certified Checks . 30.00
TOTAL ... $276,824.27
United States of America. Territory of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi
• sion, ss.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier oi ttye above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. J. w. GILSON,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
E. B. WHEAT.
JOHN LYONS.
J. C. MARTIN.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of February,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires March 13, 1917.
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WOMAN REFUGEE RIDES
175 MILKS OX A CALF
COLUMBUS. N. M.. Feb. 21.—
While the refugees arriving at the
border presented a pitiable spectacle
as a whole, there have been some in
cidents affording a comic relief.
Four babies born en route were
given the surnames of officers in com
mand of the refugees' escorts.
A Mexican woman rode to the bor
der on a calf which she saddled at El
Valle. 175 miles to the south.
Chickens, cows, herds of horses.
sheep and even little lambs tied ia
the axles of wagons have accompan
ied the civilians fleeing from the
wrath of Villa. *
To Rash Gabs East.
QUINCY, 111., F*b. 21.—Orders
have been received here by officers of
the local division, Illinois naval re
Berve, to rush its entire gun equi^g
ment to the east.
Elmer Taylor and Sergt. Simpson,
of the Post, were hunting on the flats
yesterday, with indifferent success.