loo Cool Coal
To Til doti it!
w. e. stuirs
TT|» f'nt- rigec Royal Bavarian, Klosterle and Italian
WUL ulaoSi Hand Painted China, sparkles with new
ness and choice selections.
There is a Certain Security in buying
Wedding Rings.
too. His STAND THE TEST
Cut Rates on Watch Repairs.
Main Springs $1 Cleaning $1.50 Watch Class 10c
Nugget Jewelry In Every Variety
W. A. Dickey, of Landlock, is in
town.
Fresh Oysters for Wikidel on
every l>oat.
See the beautiful Collars and
Lace berthas at the Ladies’ Bazaar.
Mrs. E. C. Richards and family
went to Seward on the Santa Ana
to resiae.
Edison GOLD MOULDED R.c
ords—Smooth, sweet toned and
natural.
If you have enough faith in the
railroad dope to buy real estate
see Oscar Fish.
New Dress Goods and Waistings
1'ust arrived on the Bertha for the
.ladies’ Bazaar.
S. Blum, accompanied by his
wife and child, will leave on the
Santa Ana for a trip to the States.
On the 20th the Dora, on her
way to Seattle, was sighted by the
Santa Ana about 40 miles east of
Wrangell Narrows.
. \\. Stoddard and S. « est
brook were passengers on the Santa
Ana bound for Uyak bay, there to
connect with Mr. Cornell in his
mining operations.
Frank Kernan returned this
week from the Nizina country,
.where he worked his hydraulic
:on Chititu creek to good advantage
and brought out large returns in
gold dust.
; The indefatigable Tom Hogan
returned to town Monday after a
busy prospecting season in the in
terior. After a short Slav here he
.will go in again to finish up
:his season’s assessment work on
some very promising ground.
\ Can yov afford to experiment
.with your films after packing your
camera all over the country, or is
t it not cheai>er to take them direct
to P. S. Hunt, where you are sure
; af the best possible result? Prices
labout the same as the first-class
houses in Seattle.
, Last Monday Lars Holland and
. crew returned from the timber
;camp down the sound on board the
jShelikoff, which towed in a raft of
,logs for the sawmill. The raft is
; estimated to contain about 325,000
ifeet of lumber. This will probably
be about the last ruft of the season,
• The Santa Ana, Capt. F. Moore,
arrived on Monday night and left
-Tuesday morning for the West
i ward. She had 27 passengers, 861
tons of freight and a number of
,beef cattle. Following are the pas
, sengers for Valdez: W. W. Stod
dard, S. Westbrook, W. I. Warner,
(Mrs. J. Nichols, H. W. .Ogalber,
jC. W. Brain, J. E. Shwarts, G. Be
man, H. A. Adams, M. S Dennison
Morning Glory and Flower
horns, Latest out for Edison Phon
ographs.
Houses—Furnished or unfur
nished, for sale or to rent. See
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
New Pillow Tops, new Embroid
eries, new Suitings and new Silk
Underwear at the Ladies Bazaar.
A. J. Adams returned to town
Monday, having spent some time
at Landlock bay surveying mineral
claims.
Hear all the latest Grand and
Comic opera hits in your own
home on an Edison Phonograph.
For sale at Wikidel's Phonograph
Parlors.
Take the short air line trail on
the railroad survey, one mileshort
er to Valdez, all streams bridged.
Stop at Parker’s Bunk House.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Eide re
turned to Seward on the Santa
Ana. Mr. Eide has a mail con
tract from that place to Sunrise.
The \ aldcz Bank & Mercantile
Co. will receive on both the Santa
Clara and Portland a large ship
ment of carpets and furniture of
various slyles and patterns.
The Shelikoff, with a few passen
gers and all the freight she could
carry, left Tuesday night for Dutch
Harbor and way ports, taking the
regular run of the Dora.
M rs. J. Nichols arrived on the
Santa Ana to join her husband.
He has spent the season on Slate
creek and will remain in Valdez
this winter.
On Saturday, at Robbie’s candy
kitcbcn, all the children in town
were treated to a sack of candy,
which they enjoyed muchly. Some
that were too small to call received
their package at home.
The Valdez Bank and Mercan
tile Company has rented the store
in the Richards building to accom
modate their rapidly increasing
stock.
Invitations to the wedding of
Miss Beatrice Roberts and Charles
H. Kraemer will be out this week.
The ceremony will be performed
October IB, at the Church of the
Epiphany, and will be followed by
a reception tendered by the parents
ot the bride at the Hotel Phcenix.
G. G. Cantwell and Robert Web"
er, who spent the summer visiting
some properties on Young and
Chititu creeks, left this morning on
the Bertha for the States. Mr.
Cantwell will return in about a
month to winter here.
Edison Phonographs and GOLD
MOULDED Records for sale at
Wikidel’s Phonograph Parlors.
THE LADIES’ BAZAAR
t
Thompson’s Glove Fitting Corsets,
Underwear, Waists,
Skirts, Ladies Furnishing Goods, etc.
■fesvAl
«*M1
Everything for the Ladies and Babies
Mrs- E. C. Ames, Proprietor. S
Call U|> Phone 66
and our collector will get your Soiled Clothes; they will
be laundered and delivered to you promptly. None but
^experienced workmen are employed by us, and our mod
ern equipment enables us to do the best work, without
injuring the finest clothes.
Keystone Avenue near the Wharf.
Clothes Cleaned and Pressed.
^Northern Steam Laundry
John Crawford, Manager.
Fresh killed chickens for Satur
day at City Market.
The Santa Clara and the Dingo
are due today.
For Rent—Cabin, furnished com
plete. Valdez Real Estate Agency
Duplicate bonks, cloth binding,
good titles, cheap at Prospector
Library.
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to l>e hnd at Hemple A
Dougherty’s.
Oscar Fish has received a large
stock of glass of all the standard
sizes. See Rrcnnen.
Make cheerful the long winter
evenings with an Edison Phono
graph.
Fred J. Slack left this morning
for his home in Iowa. He will re
turn in the spring.
A. K. Bent son has recorded loca
tion of seven copperclnims on Hin*
chinhrook island.
Dr. Rystrom and wife returned
to-day from the Westward, where
the doctor has been practicing all
summer.
Alaska Agency for Edison Pho
nographs and Records—Wikidel’s
Phonogrnpli Parlor*.
Chas. H. Kraemer hns purchased
half of the \V nIff lot on the rescT
tion and ha< a residence building
in course of construction thereon.
For the pnst few mornings the
bay has been full of jelly fish.
The reason for this is unknown, our
scientific editor being too busy to
formulate a hypothesis,
Last Satuaday a large party of
ladies were entertained by Mrs.
Esterly and Blum at Moose hall,
which was 1 andsomely fitted up
for the occasion.
Edison Pholiograph Supplies of
all kinds—Wikidel’s Phonograph
Parlors.
The Bertha, after a quick trip to
Kodiak and way points, arrived
early this morning with a cargo of
ore from Latouche, and left for
•Seattle and Tacoma at 10 a.m.
She had over one hundred passen
gers.
A Long Felt Want Supplied by
The Valdez Bank and Mercan
tile Ccmpany.
As there has always been a large
demand for smoked meats and
packing house products, and al
ways a shortage of the same dur
ing the outfitting season, the above
company has effected a deal with
the Armour Packing Co., of Chi
cago, by which they act as their
agents and carry a stock to supply
the Westward and loeal demand.
As they receive the jobbers price
and also brokers discount, they
can supply other dealers at the
Seattle wholesale price, freight
added. No bill will be too large to
be supplied promptly.
New Goods at the Valdez Bank
and Mercantile Company’s.
Buy the Happy Day laundry
soap, 6 bars for 25c, or 14. per box
of 100 bars.
Fine fresh candy and cigars.
Finest line of Shoes.
Our Hardware line will be com
plete in all its branches. Two big
shipments on the last boats.
Latest styles new Hats. Big
Stock.
E. R. KING,
Assayer and Chemist
Keystone Av. near Wharf,
VALDEZ.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
SUCCESSORS TO
BANK OF VALDEZ AND HEMPLE & DOUGHERTY
CAPITAL STOCK flTO.OOO
Bankers and General Merchants
. %
In our MERCANTILE DEPARTMENT
Wc carry the Largest anil .Most Complete Stock of GcnSTdl MCTChdn
dise and Outfitting Goods in Valdez, consisting of Staple and
Fancv Groceries, Fresh Vegetables, Blitter, Eggs and Fruit*, Tobaccos, Cigars,
Pipes, Etc., Tinware, Wooden ware and Queens ware. Heavy and Shelf Hardware,
Tents, Camp Stoves, Rope, Complete Camping Outfits, Mining Tools of all kinds
for placer or quartz, Ladies’ and Gent’s and Children’s Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Complete Stock of Dry Goods, Ladies’ Dress Goods, Etc.
Everything to Eat Everything to Work With Everything to Wear
VALDEZ MIEBT
Bread, Cake, Pies
FRESH DAILY.
All Kinds of Cake To Order.
John Walters, Prop.
Hand’s Bakery
Bread and Pastry
of all kinds made
daily.
Lunch Room in Connection
Chas. A. Hand, Prop.
If You Want
To Look Well-Dressed.
Have your suit cleaned and
pressed. Trousers bagged at
the knees denote a slovenly
man.
Cluy F. Cameron will Clean,
Press and Repair your clothes
on short notice.
Clothes Relined.
Have your Sunday suits cleaned
and pressed at the Valdez Laundry.
Parker Bunk House on Keystone
avenue. Bunk, stove and wood,
all comforts, 25 cents per day.
For Rent—Toe Hammond barn
on McKinley street, stables 25
horseB. See Oscar Fish at the saw
mill.
Newspaper advertising costs you
too much when you try it to-day
and stop it tomorrow. So would
clerks cost you too much, if you
hired them for a day now and
then. Same with your delivery
wagonB. The wheels of your busi
ness must never stop; and the
whole machinery is out of gear un
less the big advertising wheel is al
ways turning.
*Robbie’s Candy Kitchen
(Next to Postoffice.)
Up-To-Date. Best Confections,
Special Candy Sale For Children Every Saturday.
Cabins And Houses For Kent Collections A Specialty
See TJs For Prices Oa Real Estate.
Now la The Time To Invest.
Notary Public and Stenographer in office.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
(Incorporated.)
Next to Gov. Cable Office VALDEZ,
Upstairs ALASKA
This space reserved lor
V. T. Co.
Olympic Club
Bowling Alleys
Billiard Hall
Cigars and Tobacco
If yon want a box of Swell Cigars-- An Up-To-Date
Phonograph, or perhaps a Slot Machine,
Write Us.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT HIGHEST PRICE PAID
AND SOLD FOR GOLD DUST
Banking House
OF
A. L. Levy & Co.
A Conservative Banking Business Done.
CORRESPONDENT* I \/S|HP7
Seattle— Puget Sou ml Nat’l Hank *
San Francisco— Hank of < alif.»rtiia a i a
New York - First National Hank A IdSKd
European Plan "Rates Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men ~ C
and Commercial Travelers
DEBNEg & POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
S. A. HEMPLE, Pres. J. G. McCRACKEN, Cashier
Valdez Dank IS (lercantile Co.. Inc
Gold Dust Bought
Or shipped out for assay, fully
covered hy insurance.
We make a specialty of trans*
fering money by telegraph.
Debartment. Exchange
r Bought and Sold
Collections made Anywhere.
Unexcelled facilities for hand
VMr ling any transaction in the
hanking line.
Correspondence Invited.
'98 Pioneer ’98
Shaving and ath Parlors.
Best equipped shop in the city. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed thebest
Try Our Shamrtc and Face Massage
Baths Ft 1 lies or Gentlemen.
CAMERON GOLDEN
P. S. HUNT.
Commercial Photographer
Developing and Printing a Specialty. Views
Taken to Order. Camera Supplies.
Bromide Enlargements, Copying, Etc.
The Hoffman House
ROOMS 12.50 to
•5 PER WEEK.
M rs. S. Day, Proprietor. Cor, McKinley and Keystone