S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4percent Jnterest on Time Certificates ef Deposit
Gjv^Toui^reiglitXMitracMo
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK section*.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
Wortman’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN, Proprietor.
20 mile* from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
UPPER TONSINA ROADHOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRAPING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.* __
General Freighting. KNUTE,'NAFSTED. Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
S"idrt:J- Everything First Class omodatoa for 60 horses. jjj
A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
v and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
* day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift, Come in and see how nicely it works.
Alaska Water,
Light & Tel. Co
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TRAIL IS OPEN
10 IE OB
Report* From All Station* Show Fine
Road All the Way From Val
dez to Fairbanks.
The reports received each morning
at the local cable office from each of
the operators along the military cable
and telegraph line and incidentally
along he government road from Val
dez to Fairbanks, indicate that the
road is open from the coast to the
interior and is in excellent condi
tion. The Wilson teams, numbering
twenty-three, have just completed de
livery of stores to all the stations.
The McIntosh outfit is relaying feed
along the line for use when the big
freight shipments come from Seat
tle to be taken to Nelchina via the
Valdez route. The Wilson outfit is
doing likewise and expects to secure
some of the many big shipments ex
pected to go via Valdez to the Nel
china and Chisana.
Now that the glacier route from
McCarthy has proven a failure, ac
cording to the reports received here
yesterday of teams beit.g stalled, the
freight will largely go via Valdez and
Chitina. The Valdez route is by far
the cheapest, as the cost of trans
porting stock and provisions from the
coast to Chitina over the Cordova
road and the ever present danger
that the road will be blocked for from
ten to 72 days, as it has been ever
since it was opened, the Valdez route
over tlie government road is the best,
surest and most economical to the in
terior.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, January 14, 1914.
Wortman’s . 56
Thompson's Pass . 76
Beaver Dam . -.2 42
Teikhell . 60
Tonsina .-12 16
Copper Center. 10
Gulkana .-20 12
Hogan’s . 14
Paxson’s . :: 24
Wortman’s—cloudy, culm, trail open.
Thompson’s Pass -cloudyv light wind,
trail open.
Beaver Dam -cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell—cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina— clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center clear, calm, trail
good.
Gulkana--cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan’s—clear, calm, trail good.
Paxson's--clear, calm, trail open.
Tuesday, January 13, 1914
Wortman’s . 56
Thompson’s Pass . 76
Beaver Dam ....,. 0 42
Teikhell . 60
Tonsina .-11 16
Copper Center . 10
Gulkana .-11 12
Paxson’s .-10 24
Valdez, Jan. 13, 1914.
Barometric Pressure .29.239
Temperature at 7 p. m.17
Maximum Temperature.26
Minimum Temperature . 9
Mean Temperature .17.5
Partly cloudy, calm, wind N. E. one
mile.
I John Gray spent several hours
hunting ptarmigan and after a suc
cessful hunt, bagged ten of the white
birds which he hung in his woodshed,
but he mourns the loss of the entire
lot as someone beat him to it and
•'swiped" the bag.
The Ellamar Mine is installing two
irew boilers >n the steam plant and
the recent bad weather has delayed
the work on the tram from the min<
to the loading station for the large
steamers.
MAY SEED IDE
VALDEZ DIKE
Col. Richardson Endeavored to Se
cure the Seed From the Agricul
tural Department.
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Col. VVils. I*. Richardson, of the
Alaska Road Commission, which built
the Valdez dike to protect the town
and government property from the in
roads of the glacier stream, is anx
ious to sow the embankment with
grass seed in the hopes that the mat
ting of grass roots will prevent the
washing of the sands when the wa
ters strike it.
In order to secure the most expert
advise possible the colonel wrote to
Professor C. C. Georgeson and re
quested his advice and in reply wTas
g'ven a list of 15 seeds which are
to be mixed together and will grow
a heavy matt of grass roots, as the
roots creep.
As the appropriation for the dike ,
is exhausted it is possible that the ’
city will purchase the seeds. Prof.
Georgeson say.e they will cost about
$60.00 and that the department does
not have them all.
The list is as follows:
Ten pounds Agrostis stolonifera
(creeping bent).
rive pounds Agrostis vulgaris (red
top).
Five pounds Alopecurus pratensis i
(meadow foxtail).
Twenty pounds Ammophila arundi -
nacea (beach grass).
Twenty pounds Avena Elatior "(tall
meadow oat grass).
Twenty pounds Dromus inermis:
(awnless brorne).
Fifteen pounds Cynosurus cristatus
(crested dog’s tail).
Five pounds Festuca ovina (sheep’s j
fescue).
Five pounds Festuca pratensis 1
(meadow fescue).
Five pounds Festuca rubra (red
fescue).
Five pounds I’halaris aruninacea
(reed canary grass).
Five pounds Poa compressa (Can
ada blue grass).
Five pounds Poa nemoralis (wood j
meadow grass).
Five pounds Poa pratensis (Ken
tucky blue grass).
Five pounds while clover.
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Woman’s Guild.
There will he a meeting of the Wo
man’s Guild at the rectory tomorrow
afternoon. Full attendance desired.
Albert Sullivan. Deputy I'nited.
States Marshal, has finally recovered
from his attack of rheumatism.
Notice of Marshal's Sale.
I'nited States of America. Third Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice 's hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated
January 9th, A. D. 1914, issued out
of the District Court, for the Third
division, Territory of Alaska, on a
judgment rendered in said Court, on
the 5th day of January, A. D. 1914,
in favor of the I'nited States of i
America, and against James Fish, ad- j
ministrator of the estate of Louis Ca- I
m'cia, deceased, Angus Chisholm, I
Frank Gustafson, Max J. Schnrdt and j
Jennie Raymond, I have, on this 9th :
day of January, A. D. 1914, levied ;
upon the following described real es- I
tate, situated in the town of Valdez,i
Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot nine (9) in Block B; lot three!
(3) in Bl.ock two (2): lot four (4) |
in block twenty-four (24), of the [
Valdez Townsite, according to the
1 official plat f said townsite on file j
in the office of the recorder for said j
precinct, and that I will, according-1
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at ;
public vendue to the h'ghest and best 1
(bidder, for cash, on the third day of
■ March, A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.
m., at the front door of the Court
j House, Valdez, Alaska,
i Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January
9, 1914.
, F. R. BRENNEMAN.
U. S. Marshal, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
I First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
Prospectors,
Don’t neglectjyour health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO,
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bondages.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CfcUTINA HOTEL
Fhlll HOtl ii IkJiltritr-i-Will IlnteJi Cku Rnbi. ’ '
"Bar in-Gonnectkwi;--^ ' ■ Rates-Reasonable
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQRIOAD’t
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE r
SMOKECRAFT'S
CL SIDELLO’S
REPRE8ENTA’S
OPTIMO'8
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co. j
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J Satisfaction Guaranteed I
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| Rousrh Dry 10c lb. J
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1 |
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COAL, HAY and GRAIN j
* AGENT FOR j
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♦ Alaska Coast Company j
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ALASKA CSftfgj
j Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju- J
2 neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis- j
9 cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak. <
|S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON)
| Sailing from Seattle ]
January 15 with Mail, Freight and Passengers!
5 {(SAMPSON calls at Kodiakjeaeh trip. ■
g < California connect ions -Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
5 Rij/ht is i-served to change this schedule without notice.
f B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
x General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Northwestern
Sail
10th, 20th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
I Chas. R. Crawford f
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§ Wall Street Phone 159 j
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K Plate glass, window glass, roofing and t
building papei i, roofing pitch, I**"®* ce; (
l{ ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders t
H hardware. Shop and job work of all kmdg t
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3 Window., Door., Moulding. Fim.h- {
3 ing Lumber j
S Agent* for Furbuki, More* & Co. |
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Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES !
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Deacription, Hote Valve*,
Iroi °ipe, Fitting*.
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A M. Dieringer J
Valdez Transfer
Campanil
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior point*
LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal ddiveied
unless paid for In advance
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’ When In Seward Stop at the
i COLEMAN HOUSE
£ GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
» SYRICTLY riRST CLASS
J Fourth Avt Seward, Alaska
Copper River
Dfaying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
or the inte'ie-. General Truekintt
McKinley Street, Valdex.
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