SLL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for women
=for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes for Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern: , ■
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book" N6. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
■>, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bav, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs* after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
i,he sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section;
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited ■Stales.
GEORGE H, MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb.' 4. 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, afid to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of-Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 f)f Records, page 392, in
th1 office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof o*said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
he' 28, 1912. in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
8100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said clafin for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
this notice hv publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last. pub. April 15, 1913.
Rcinke can fix anything from a
watch down. *
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, ’phone 47.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
I To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
I may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last'Chance No.
I and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims
under (lie provisions of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and Do
rn mber 31, 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jart. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, Ins heirs, ad-*
ministrators,, and tQ ajl whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor, and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
1," “Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office Of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid; that being $300 per
vear, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PAUI/E.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of
the estate of Hardin'Smith', de
ceased, has rendered and pre
sented for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the 6th day of
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. bhepard, ex of
ficio judge in probate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court as the time and place
of settlement of safd final ac
count and report, at which time
and' place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
file objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1, ’13.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner’s Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate
In the matter of the estate of
\V. C. Stull, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Stull, deceased, t'i
the -creditors of and all persons
having ejaims yagainst the saia
deceased, to ekhfbft them wiih
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publica
tion^of this notice, to the aaid ad
mimstrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely,; thfT Office of the
Valdez Mercantilfe Qo., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the tranSactiori of* the bu.-d.
ness- of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this.
27th day of February, 1*913.
. , . ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of \V.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the genii
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. While and receive
reward.
stimmmimmmmmmitimttmimana
CHas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
PUle glaw, window glaga, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
» y Agents for Fairbanks, Morse 4k Co.
STEAMER DIRIGO
...
Seward, March 20.—The steam
er Dirigo arrived here from the
westward, where she went in the
place of the Dora, now undergo
ing repairs in Seattle.
The local office of the steam
ship company have received no
advices as yet as to whether the
boat will make another trip or
hot.
Tortoise 8helf.
It is the hawk-bill turtle of
West-lndian waters that furnish
es the tortoise shell of commerce.
This material is also called caret.
The shells are worth from 85 to
8-0 a pound, according to thick
ness and markings; so it will tie
seen that the quest of the turtle
is rewarded with ample financial
returns. The boats wherein the
tortoise shell hunters operate are
diminutive schooners about 30
feet long and I i feet in beam.
Each turtle boat carries a num
ber of smaller boats wilt) two men
to each boat.
\ most essential mature oi me
equipment is (he “water-glass,”
which it., a soft of wooden box 12
inches long and 10 inches square.
In one end of this box there is
.fitted ie such manner as to render
it water tight an ordinary window
pane.
The net that forms so import
mi a part of the equipment is
conical in shape and about sir
feet in depth, showing a six by
eight-inch mesh. At the bottom
there is a half inch iron hoop
w. ighted w'th lead. This net is
attached to 5ft or Oft fathoms of
light rope.
The fishing ground being
reached, a number of boats are
sent out and they frequently scat
ter to a distance of a mile or more
and in each of these small boats
there lies at the bow an expert
who “searches the bottom.'’ lie
accomplishes this task by peering
through the water-glass, which is
immersed to a depth of three or
four inches below the surface.
With this glass, it is said, he can
see to a depth of from six to 20
fathoms in the clear West-lndian
waters.
When a turtle that seems de
sirable is seen, the net is care
fully lowered and dropped over
the game. The turtle attempts to
escape, hut becomes enangled in
he mesh and is soon landed in the
boat.
Inasmuch as the turtle is
sought merely for its shell, it is
killed on hoard the larger vessel
and this shtjll removed.
The most valuable of tint shells
are those called “lantern-hacks.”
During my absence to Cordova
toy house was broken into and a
pair of spring chickens stolen. If
're' ■••ned within ten hours no
'questions will be asked.
JAMES McIIie, Senator-at-Large.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke. the watch doc
tor.
Are you a dancer? Then go to
the Eagles’ dance next Saturday.
FOR RENT—Three-room apart
ments furnished over Valdez Drug
Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
TIDE TABLES
Thursday, March 20.
High tide, 10:35 a. in., 11:27 p. m.
Low tide, 4:32 a. m., 4:14 p. m.
Friday, March 21.
High tide, 11:01 p. m., 11:25 a. in.
Low tide, 5:20 a. m., 5:52 p. m
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that a
municipal election will be held
April t, 1913, at the Fire Hall,
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven eoun
cilnien and one member of the
school board for the position of
Treasurer. The polls will be op
en at 9 a. m. and will close at 7
p. m. of said day.
ThT1 qualifications of an elect
or for councilman shall he as
follows: lie shall lie a male cit
izen of the I'niled Stales or one
Who has declared his intention to
heroine such: of the age of twen
ty-one years and shall have been
a bona fide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for si\- months preceding said
elect ion.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who are citi
zens of the United States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this 4th day of March,
1913.
Life on the Planets.
If the scientist cannot affirm
that the planets are inhabited,'he,
knows that some of thorn are in
habited. Animal life, as man
know.s it, demands oxygen and a
medium temperature. With tin*
exception of the moon, the visible
spheres have atmosphere compar
able to that of Hie earth. No
mental picture of life on Saturn,
Uranus or Neptune can be form
ed. Saturn has one hundred limes
less light and heat than the earth,
Uranus 360 limes less, and Nep
tune 1,300 times less. The sun
appears to Neptune like a great
star. Saturn's year is 30 terres
trial years and l,sl lerresrial days
long; Uranus’s year is Hi terres
trial years, with winters of 30
years. Neptune accomplishes its
revolution in a period equal In
1 0 i lerres'cal years and 330 lei
••eslrial days. The three SornUod
exterior planets are worlds of
night and ire. darkness and gla
cial cold, of magnitude and si
lence beyond the conception of the
human imagination. And yet they
were comfortable abiding places,
gild their Ihin crusts permitted
Hie emission of the endurable
warmth of their slowly dying
hearts and favored the growth of
gigantic plaids and animals af a
time when the earth was nothing
hut, a drop of tire.
The inhabitants of Sat uni saw
revolving in the sky, 8,300 leagues
above their heads, the luminous
rings ol' the planet, gilded by the
sun, silvered by the changing rays
of eight swiftly traveling moons,
or darkened by Saturn's shadow.
The human mind cannot imagine
life on a planet of this kind; but
as the atmospheres of Mars and
Venus are comparable to the at
mosphere of the earth, it is within
the power of the imagination lo
picture life on those planets. The
temperature of Mars is like that
of the terrestrial polar regions;
the temperature of Venus is like
that of the terrestrial tropics. Al
though, man could nol breathe the
atmosphere of the moon or maiir
tain the vital warmth on a sphere
as cold as Jupiter, he cannot af
firm that nothing could live un
der such conditions of tempera
ture. There are microbes that
live without air by borrowing and
decomposing oxygen directly from
the substances that surround
them. Oxygen is found every
where, in the form of chemical
combinations, metal oxides, sails,
etc. II would be strange could it
not be found in the earth of the
moon; and possibly there are liv
ing on the planets where there is
no oxygen beings that exist by ex
tracting the combinations of oxy
gen from tin* minerals known to
exist on the planets.
Nor is the glacial cold of Nep
tune, Saturn and Jupiter a proof
that there is no life on those plan
ets. A planet dies, as tin1 sun
will die, slowly, in measure as the
cenj.^1 tires died out. ‘ During the
period when an inhabited planet
is dying the super human inge
nuity of the planetary dweller
finds all the means of producing
heal; and as those means are re
duced the generations may be
come habituated to restriction of
heat so that every succeeding
generation finds it easier to live
without it. The species are trans
formed to resist the cold. On the
planets farthest from (he sun life
ceased long ago, but all the dead
planets were at one time warm
and in their warmth there prob
ably existed fauna and llora.
DougherD A Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
Eagles’ regular semi-monthly
dance next Saturday. Good mu
sic, good lunch, good floor, good
lime. Will you he there?
Geo. f. white
The Aaaayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VAI.DEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK \\
Fresh Milk and Cream < >•
VALDEZ DAIRY !!
Telephone orders to Phone 187
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New York Life
■ Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
i
I
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
: General Trucking and Freight
| ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
"QUICK ACTION"
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
i
PROFESSIONAL
j Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in’jWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
; Phonc 19 THE DENTIST
\
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
1 9 a. m., to 6 p. m., 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
| by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone i:w Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phono 31 VALDEZ
j L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
I
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOAZ. ALASKA
Rskokts ok Mikas
Patskt Sumrsrs
SSKASAL MiHIKB EkOIKSSKIHO
phoks No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Lend end
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. 18»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chlel
10. F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Cluh. Regular
meetings, tlrst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HfTNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Mo. 1971
Meet every Friday 81>. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Aooeptnd Masons
Regular Communications llrat Wednesday In
each month in McKinley Hall Visitor* always
welcome.
James H. Patten an,,W. II
C. 0. Remolds. Hfd