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 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates^of Deposit
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your 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 bandages.
GveYoOTjFrdj^Contrad^to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
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.
Wortman’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN,'.Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
TAZLINA HILL HOAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. M*r.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 mile* from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Jr* '“S' Everytliing First Class conodatoo for’60 koriei.
When in Chitina Stop at the
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Fiattt Hotel in Ac Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
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Bar in Connection. Rate* Rea*onable
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Rescue Workers Take Out Callagay
and Bergman—One Living—
The Other Dead.
Deputy Marshal Dowling and Dr.
Dalton reached Valdez at 3 p. m.,
bringing George M. Callagay, who suf
fered a dislocated knee and is badly
bruised as a result of being caught
in the slide yesterday at Keystone
canyon. They also brought the body
of P. O. Bergland, who was killed
in the same slide, and report that in
spite of the efforts of fifty men work
ing all of yesterday afternoon, through
the night and all of today they have
been unable to locate the body of,
Mrs. Lizzie Stropp, who was buried
by the slide at the same time.
Callagay was taken out or tne suae
>soon after he was buried, as the sig
nal' corps boys tvho witnessed the
slide immediately stalled the work of
resuce and when they discovered that
he was severely injured they rushed
i him to Wortman’s. Bergland was
found by the men from the Cashman
I Roadhouse, who went to the scene
as soon as they knew of the acci
dent. As they were taking his body
from the snow the first of the party
sent from Valdez yesterday afternoon
reached there. Every effort was
made to resuscitate Bergland by ar
tificial means but it was found useless
as he had suffocated.
The two relief crews combined and
endeavored to locate the body of Mrs.
Stropp. but so far no word of the suc
cess of their efforts has reached town.
Callagay it at the Hospital of the
Good Samaritan and the body of
Bergland is in the parlors of the Val
dez Undertaking company and will be
prepared for burial.
Lieut. Dougherty kept an operator
on duty all night at the local office
so that the operators at the scene of
the slide could send to Valdez for any
aid necessary, one of them having
made a cut-in near the accident.
The story told by those who return
ed from the scene is that Mrs. Stropp
walked from her camp at Wortman’s
to the head of the canyon for the
only purpose of witnessing the slide
as it came down the mountain, as all
of the mushers through the canyon
expected that the warm weather would
cause the immense body ot snow to
slide. All the party were almost ov
er the dangerous part when they
heard the slide coming, and when
they yelled to Mrs. Stropp to run she
turned back towards the canyon, and
thus she was caught in the center of
the slide where it was the deepest,
and may be buried beneath tons and
tons of ice, snow and brush. Chunks
of ire weighing many tons came down
into the valley carried by the force
of the avalanche. Bergland was haul
ing his last load from Comfort to
Wortman's.
Two signal corps men were caught
and the horse and sled covered, but
the men escaped injury, excepting the
driver, George N. Callagan,, a pros
pector, who was riding with them, had
his leg broken and was badly crushed
wb.cn taken from the slide.
The party from Valdez was organ
ized by Lieut. Dougherty, and Mar
shal Brenneman sent Deputy Marshal
Al. Dowling to take charge of the re
lief party of 35 men who volunteered
to go to the canyon to help in the
rescue, work. Three hundred men
could have been secured had the ne
cessity for them been apparent. The
teams of the road commission and of
the signal corps were used and sev
eral volunteered the use of horses and
sleds.
Early this morning Mayor Ritchie
wired to E. P. Cashman that the city
would guarantee the expense of feed
ing the men who were working, but
the roadhouse proprietor, who is a
sourdoigh, had already provided them
with ntenls without cost,
i The authorities of Valdez, the chief
‘ bfftcer of the signal corps, the mar
shal and the populace In general all
aided in sending out immediate re
lief" and deserve the praise., of all
^Alaskans for the promptness and
Jthoroui hness with which they, acted.
If Whe ! news reached Valdes that
nnora v iuptecra were needed ,!§ more
Inen w re sent tn the scene. io charge
'fit pet< Layton,, anq thq teams• were
- furbish <1 by. dh*rle5,'Kraen»fir. of the
Gold * «$»£’ lljttiaell, of
fjthe^ €t ieijon-Johnabji Co^Ij^tk of
nrhtch bmpanies''have stock in the
essary at t£e * >r the city.
Watch and Jewelry repairing. All
work guaranteed - and delivered
promptly. Plant ft Co., Jewelers, tf
HAVE ORGANILED
B. F. Millard Is President—Thousand
Dollars Is Raised In a Very
Few Minutes.
The Valdez Commercial Association
met last night at the City Hall and
perfected the organization of the as
sociation, adopted a constitution and
by-laws for the governing of the as
sociation and elected seven trustees,
who are to act as a board of governors
for six months.
The following business men of Val
dez were elected on the board: Sen
ator B. F. Millard, Charles Kraemer,
C. E. Bunnell, J. C. Martin, William
Finical, Edwin Eckern and William
Wilson.
The organization already consists of
fifty of the business and profession
al men of Valdez and more are ex
pected to join. Thirty-four members
paid to the secretary last night the
$25.00 required for membership and
other subscribers who were not pres
ent will pay today. The charter list
will be kept open for a week.
The forum of the association, as
adopted by the members, is as fol- j
lows:
“The forum of this Association shall i
be, by its members and officers, kept !
and maintained, free from political,
social and religious arguments and j
discussions, and shall be occupied on j
ly by member or officer in honest en -;
deavor to advance the general welfare '
and business prosperity of the town j
or vaiaez ana vicinity.
"Any member of this Association
who shall violate the spirit and in
tent of Article IX. of these by-laws,
or who shall, while in possession of
the floor of this Association, by vir
tue of his membership, use any abu- I
sive or ungentlemanly language ad
dressed to any member of this Asso
ciation, or who shall fail and neg
lect to observe proper decorum at any
meeting or meetings of this Associa
tion, shall be suspended or expelled!
from this Association, by a two-third
vole of the members present.”
Without political bias the organiz
ation hopes to do considerable for the
general welfare of the community and
will work for the best interests of;
the town of Valdez. The trustees:
contemplate the election of a secre
tary, who will be paid a salary and
who will spend considerable time the
next few months preparing data to
submit to the special board which wilj
examine routes in Alaska for the gov
ernment system of railroads.
The board of trustees met after the
adjournment of the meeting and elect
ed Senator Millard as president of the
Association, but left the matter of a
secretary open for future consider-}
ation. '
One of the features of the meeting |
was an extemporaneous speech made j
by C. E. Bunnell, which was heartily !
applauded.
Attorney E. E. Ritchie presided at
the deliberations of the meeting and
many members were desirous that he
serve on the board of trustees, but he
refused.
COUNT BONI NEEDS
ONE DECISION
(Continued from page 1.)
Duchess of Tallyrand. As a conse
quence, Boni can now go before his
French Catholic electors this spring
with at least one full decision In his
favor. This will probably enable him
at least to be re-elected to the cham
ber of deputies, after which the Rota
will grant the third hearing in the
case, which will be final. The Rota!
has now rendered two decisions, the
first in favor of the Duchess of Tally
rand, and the second in favor of Boni.
The third one, which will necessarily
have to agree with one of these, will i
be final, the proceedure of the Rota
requiring two similar decisions for tlu
final adjudication of a case. Lime
doubt is entertainer at Rome tha:
this third decision will confirm the
second one in Foni’s favor.
The First Harbinger
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Harry N.
Hempstead, pr sident of the New
York Giants, prepared to leave to
morrow for Marlin, Tex., where the
National League champions will train.
The New York leader will pick up
players at various cities along his
route to the training camp. Hemp
stand expects to return to New York
in time to take part in the reception
«f the White Sox and Giant contln
. Rent, which will arrive here on Mar£h
• from their tour of the world.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Stiver
mail's, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
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BELMONT’S
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SMOKECRAFT’S
EL SIDELLO’S
REPRESENTA’S
OPTINIO’S
LOVERA’S
utrect from me factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co. i
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
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I Foot Keystone Ave 1
I Rough Dry lCc lb. |
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1 \
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla. Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND-CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
• night reserved to change dates and steamers without notice
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and 5». ». IN or tn western
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau. Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, .luneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas.
Cordova, Kllumar. Voider, ami l.atouche, Kxplosiues, S S Seward. S S Seward, r.th:
s S l.atouche. 15th: S S Cordova, doth of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen'I Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glam, roofing and
building papei •, roofing pitch, hme. ce
ment, plaster lath, an ingle*, builders
hard were. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish*
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
V •%
Maanfactarers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
>i Water Heating, Pump* and
WellPoint*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valve*.
IrCi °ipe. Fittings.
I
a M. Dierinin*i
Valdez Tnasfer
i; *
General Trucking and Freight.
ing to all interior points
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LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teeming of all kinds ZZ
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trim paid far in adiantei
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t When In Seward Stop at the |
I COLEMAN HOUSE :
} GEORGE SEXTON, PROP. ♦
* STRICTLY first class f
1 Fourth Avi Scwaad. Alaska e
Copper River
Draying Co
Pr«l*hi(nx iM pamsncara to all pari i
at the It carlo.*. General Trueklaj
McKinley Itreet, VaMta*
Did, Wood, l>n>irleOo|