THOMAS BIGGS
LEAVES FOR STATES
Re|)orts that Locating Engineers
Have Finished Field Work and
are all in Seward.
Thos. Riggs, of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, was a passen
ger on the Alameda to Seattle last
night from Anchorage en route to
Washington. He has been in charge
of the commission’s operations in in
terior Alaska during the summer just
closed, and recently came over the
government road to consult with
Chairman Edes and Lieut. Mears. the
other members of the commission.
Mr. Riggs stated that Chaiimnn
Edes. whc has just returned to S.w
ard from a trip of inspection to An
chorage, intends leaving on the next
trip of the Admiral Evans for Wash
ington to consult with the depart
ment regarding next summer's oper
ations.
He reports mat an me locaung en
gineers have finished their field work
for the season and ire now in St.v
ard preparing maps and other data of
their work.
Mr. Riggs reports that the work is
progressing satisfactorily at Anchor
age and states that Anchorage is fast
assuming the proportions of a city.
He says a wonderful ehange has
taken place since his last visit to
Cook Inlet last summer.
MINING OPERATOR RETURNS
hROM THE INTERIOR.
Chas. Swanson, the Slate creek
mining operator, has returned to Val
dez after a summer spent in prospect
ing ground in the interior camp. Mr.
Swanson holds a bond on the Elmer
and Watkins properties on Slate
creek and during the past summer
used a drill to prospect the ground
with a view of placing a hydraulic
plant on the claims next season. The
ground is reported to have stood the
test and it is believed that it will
prove one of the best hydraulic prop
ositions in that district. Mr. Swan
son will cut 200,000 feet of lumber
this winter for next season’s opera
tions.
EMPRESS OPENS WITH
“AN AMERICAN CITIZEN."
The Empress theatre will open to
night with one of the best comedy
drama films ever seen in Alaska,
when “An American Citizen” as pro
duced by the Famous Players Film
company with John Barrymore in the
leading role, will be shown. Capt.
Eathrop, who secured the film for the
opening program, says it is a high
class comedy of five reels in which
there is not a dull moment. The
caste is an exceptionally strong one,
the stage fittings ideal, and the pro
duction one of the greatest ever stag
ed in America. It is expected that a
crowded house will greet the open
ing performance as Valdez has every
reason to be proud of her new thea
tre. Manager Pinkus promises ap
propriate music by the Empress trio.
FAMOUS RACER IS
SOLR FOR (15,500
Ballot Who Won $150,000 for James
Keene Sold to Major Macdow
ell at Auction Sale.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 29.—Maj.
Macdowell, the well known American
horseman, yesterday brought James
Keene’s famous racing stallion "Bal
lot,” for $16,500. The horse was sold
at public auction when the estate
of James Haggin was closed out to
satisfy the claims of the heirs.
Ballot is one of the most famous
racers in America and won $150,000
in prizes for James Keene while in
his string of racers. The horse’s best
record was made at Sheepshead Bay
on July 1, 1906, when he raced one
and five-sixteenths miles in two min
utes, nine and three-fifths seconds.
Horsemen state that the prices
paid for the animals auctioned off
at the sale are the lowest for several
years, as many of the horses owned
by Higgins were among the best in
the United States.
Wells-Fargo Money Orders and
Traveler’s checks are payable any
where In the United States or Cana
da. D. F. Millard, Copper Blk. tf
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fresh
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton,
Poultry, and Provisions.
Fresh Stock on Every Boat.
PHONE 29.
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AX THE
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The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinson:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge.
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to one Coupon.
PINZON BAR
PHONE 69
BELIEVES END OF
IS
Member of President Wilson's Cabi
net Says King Alplionso Will
Act as Mediator.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—A morn
ing newspaper here prints an inter
view with a member of President
Wilson’s cabinet, who requested that
his name be withheld, stating that he
believed the European war was about
over and that peace would be soon
restored In the warring countries.
The cabinet mertber believed that
King Alphonso, of Spain, would
orobably be called on to act as medi
itor with Pope Benedict, ac the Uni
,ed States, owing to President Wil
son’s Arm stand on the German sub
marine warfare, would make him un
acceptable to Germany.
It is believed that President Wil
son has received an intimation from
some of the governments of the Eu
ropean nations engaged in the war
that terms of peace would soon be an
nounced as dispatches from London
of a few days ago predicted that Em
peror William was ready to state his
terms upon which peace could be
reached and hostilities cease.
ANOTHER SHE
IN GRANITE MINE
Body of Rich Ore Unexpectedly Un
covered in Upraise Which Will
Add to Value of Property.
Senator B. F. Millard returned
from the Granite mine at Hobo Bay,
Port Wells, yesterday afternoon,
bringing the news that another good
strike had been made in the Granite
mine on a different level from the
strike made last week.
The new ore body was struck in an
upraise and proved a surprise to' the
miners as they'were not aware of its
existence. It appears that while run
ning one of the upper tunnels some
time ago a lead was encountered
which was believed to be one of the
surface leads that had pinched, and
as it carried little values it remained
undeveloped. Later development
work lias shown that the lead was di
vided by a "horse” and that the ore
body just uncovered is about twenty
inches wide and very rich.
Senator Millard states that while
’he extent of the deposit, or as to
whether it is continuous, has not been
determined he is satisfied that suffi
cient rich ore is in sight in the new
deposit to yield $100,000 in addition
to the ores already blocked out.
The Granite mills will be started
grinding the rich ores and it is ex
pected that bricks of gold will be
coming to Valdez with an even
g-eater degree of regularity than dur
ing the past year. A number of the
Granite miners who were laid off
while the upraises were being made
will leave for the mine tomorrow
morning on the launch Shamrock.
MAYOR WILL ADDRESS
PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT.
A public meeting will be held in
the Liberty Theatre tonight after the
first show when Mayor Boyle will
speak on the question of the hour and
will tell the city’s side of the contro
versy over the Valdez Dock company
and assessment disputes. The meet
ing will be free and all who wish to
attend will be welcomed.
Tonight.
Owing to a public meeting being
held at the Liberty Theatre tonight,
only one show will be held, starting
at 7:30 so as to end by 8:30.
Don’t forget' that the Eagles are
going to turn loose Saturday evening
next kt Eagle Hall and will spring
something which will make the chee
chacos sit up and take notice.
The Eagles Old-time ’98 dance
next Saturday evening will be some
thing different from anything the
newcomers have ever seen and will
make the sourdoughs feel that the
days of their youth are being renew
ed- _ t
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
'98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. *
Ladies’ buttons made from your
own material, any size. Guy F.
Cameron. _ tf
I YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt| when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
| Valdez Drug Co’s pre
j scription department.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Oct. 28, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.596
Temperature 7 p. m.17
Maximum temperature .33
Minimum temperature .12
Mean temperature.22%
Clear, wind northeast 4 miles.
Interor Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 29, 9 a. m.
Fairbanks, 9 above, 3 inches snow;
clear, calm.
Salcha, 7 below, 3 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Richardson, 9 below, 8 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCarty, 4 below, 9 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, 6 below, 8 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCallum, 21 below, 36 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair.
Paxson, 10 below. 13 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 15 below. 8 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Gulkana. 7 below. 6 inches snow;
cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Copper Center, 2 above, 7 inches
snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Tonsina. 2 above, 2 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell, 2 above, 6 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, snowing, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 2 below, 11 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Wortman’s, 14 above, 1 inch of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Gibbon, 12 above, cloudy, 3 inches
of snow.
Nulato, 14 above, cloudy, calm, 2
inches of Bnow.
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU.—
I am still In the photo work and as
well, if not better fitted to do yonr
finishing work than ever. I have
merely moved my place up stairs in
the Cliff house, temporarily, which
I have been running for the past four
years, and have more photo goods in
stock than any other place in town.
Amateur finishing work can be left
with my son in the Candy Kitchen.
tf P. S. HUNT.
E. D. Reiter, of the Fidalgo-A'.as
ka Copper company, came up from
his mine on the launch Shamrock and
reports that everything is moving
along nicely at the mine.
A. J. Dimond, member of the law
firm of Donohoe & Dimond, who re
cently underwent a minor operation
in the Valdez hospital, has fully re
covered and is back at his work again.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Taylor of La
touche, were passengers on the Ala
meda last night en route to the states
on a four mouths vacation. Mr. Tay
lor is assistant superintendent of the
Beetson Copper company’s big mine
at Latouche. They will visit the San
Francisco exposition before going
east to visit relatives.
We are working the red devil over
time these short days, welding brass,
bronze, cast iron and aluminum.
Valdez Iron Works. We
Follow the Crowd
to the
LIBERTY
THEATRE
To-Night.
Arcade Cafe
OPlN UNTIL • P.M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Table*
J«ch Callln--Propri«tor
Send the Folks in the Old Country
Your Christmas Present NOW!
MONEY 18 CHEAP IN EUROPE—
WE SELL. EUROPEAN CHECKS AS FOLLOWS:
926.80 will bny 100 Kronor on Norway. *
926.80 will buy 100 Kronor on Sweden. t
926.80 will bny 100 Kronor on Denmark. '
916.20 will buy 100 Lire on Italy.
920.95 will buy 100 Marks on Germany.
917.45 will bny 100 Francs on France.
915.80 will bay 100 Finmarks on Finland.
915.88 will bny 100 Kronor on Austria.
RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Our Rates are About Ten Per cent Less than
the Post Office Charges.
The First Bank of Valdez
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
The Pinzon
Cor. McKinley and Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Finest Pool and Billiard Room
In Alaska.
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Admiration \ W I O #\ 1 VO ( Carabana
We Handle only die Beat
Cigars and Tobaccos.
Haas and Vogan Candies.
Free Auto Tickets
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Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
jobber IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
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Office, foot of Wall street j \
Alaska
Water,
He “Light” Fantastic
Tango down bore and let us
give yon some light on the sub
ject of EDISON MAZDA Lamps
and you’ll feel no Hesitation
about dancing hade home with
a full equipment of
EDISON
MAZDA LAMPS
They give three times as much tight
as old-style Carbon lamps—with tbs'
asms amount of electricity. Put one in
every lamp socket in your boms, office
store or factory.
Let ns show you.
Light and
Telephone
Company
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Qua. Peppy
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