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Liberty Theatre
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Admission, 25c Children, 10c.
FAIRBANKS TIMBER
RESERVE BEEN EXTENDED.
The Juneau land office has in
structed the Fairbanks land office
that all timber lands for five miles
on both sides of the railroad have
been withdrawn from entry. A for
mer order was to the effect that the
timber land reserved was along that
portion of the right of way between
Broad Pass and the Matanuska river.
The new order extends the reserva
tion down the Nenana river from
Broad Pass, thence up the Gold
stream Valley and through to Fair
banks.
It has been explained by the offi
cials of the Fairbanks land office that
the order means that the timber
along the right of way of the rairoad
is placed in the hands of the Alaska
Railway Commission. The commis
sion therefore has the right to do
with the timber as it pleases. Appli
cations for timber cutting permits in
NOTICE.
-1—
Notice Is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of Fidalgo-Alaska Copper
Company will held at the Company’s
office, being the law office of Dono
hoe & Dimond, in the town of Val
dez, Alaska, on Monday, the 4th day
of October. 1916, at the hour of two
o’clock in the afternoon of said day,
at which meeting the directors of said
Comp any.®! i all be elected for the en
suing year. There will also be con
sidered at said meeting a proposi
tion to sell and dispose of all of the
Company’s property at Fidalgo Bay,
Alaska, consisting of twenty lode or
quartz mining claims, together with
the improvements thereon; there will
also be considered such other busi
ness as may regularly come before
said meeting.
T. J. DONOHOE, President.
First pub. Sept. 18, 1916.
Last pub. Oct. 2, 1916.
the reserved zone will still be receiv
ed at the land office, but they must
now be passed upon the Railway
Commission as well as the land office
officials.
The order does not mean that the
right of homesteaders to take up
land is withdrawn. However, if they
do decide to take up the land in the
timber reservation as named, they
will not be given patent to it until
the government signifies that it is
through with the land and the tim
ber upon it.
DORA 18 AGAIN
ON WESTWARD RUN.
The steamer Dora, which was with
drawn from the westward run last
spring and replaced by the Santa Ana,
has “come back,” and will make her
regular trips to the westward along
the Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleu
tian islands. When the Dora went
south last spring people living along
the west coast bid her good bye, be
lieving that she was destined to be
dismantled, or would be converted
into a cannery tender, but the staunch
little steamer s back again, ready
to battle with the worst storms which :
sweep the shores of the Pacific.
The Dora brought a cargo of ex
plosives north and is under the com
mand of Captain Victor Westerlund,
a well-known pilot in the service of
the Alaska Steamship Company.
Capt. C. B. McMullen, who was in
command of the Dora for six years
on the westward run, was captain of
the big freighter Edith, which he
was forced to abandon recently when
her cargo of ore shifted during a
heavy sea.
The Santa Ana, which is being re
placed by the Dora, will be placed
on the Southeastern Alaska run, do
ing a combined freight and passen
ger business of the westward, and
may possibly be back on the run next
summer but the Dora, which has nev
er been worsted in her fight with the
westward gales, will keep the distant
settlements along the islands in touch
with civilization for the coming six
months.
GREEK RESERVES
GALLED ROME
King Constantine Has Finally Been
Forced to Order Mobilization
of Greek Army.
PARIS, Sept. 24.—Little doubt re
mains but that Bulgaria is preparing
to enter the war as an ally of the
Teutons and that it is only a matter
of a short time before all the Balkan
nations will be engaged in the strug
gle.
King Constantine, who has strong
ly opposed the military -party of
Greece in its efforts to force the em
pire into war with Turkey in hopes
of securing territorial concessions,
has at last been forced to call his sub
jects to arms and is mobilizing an
army of nearly two million men, to
resist the invasion of Serbia by the
Teutonic allies.
Twenty classes have been called to
arms and Greek residents in all Bal
kan states have been notified to re
turn home. It is believed that the
mobilization of the Bulgarian army
on the borders of Rumania and
Greece will be followed by a declara
tion of war by Bulgaria against Ru
mania and that all the Balkan states,
which have maintained armed neu
trality, will be in the war before the
close of the month.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—
The Greek embassy in Washington is
preparing to notify Greek consuls
throughout the United States to send
Greek reservists home to Greece to
fight for their mother country. Trans
ports are also reported ready to take
the men from New York across the
Atlantic.
SAYS KENNECOTT COPPER
IS SOLD TO THE ALLIES
James Rockefeller, manager of the
Orr stage line at Chitina made a
trip recently to Fairbanks and be im
parted the following information to
the Daily Times of that place
For every day the Kennecott cop
per company mines are shut down,
the company loses approximately
$40,000, as they are bound by con
tract to turn out a certain number of
tons of copper per week for the al
lies.
MARCONI WIRELESS CO.
CHARGES INFRINGEMENT.
The Marconi Wireless Company of
America has filed suit against Kil
bourne & Clarke Mfg. Co. of Seattle,
charging the defendant with infringe
ing upon its letters patent. It will
be remembered that the Kilbourne
Ac Clake Co. last year constructed
some wireless sets which have been
successfully installed upon many of
the Alaska steamship and fishing
boats, displacing the Marconi equip
ment.
Civic* League Meeting.
The Valdez Civic League will meet
Saturday Afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Everyman’s Club house. All mem
bers requested to be present.
MRS. E. G. AMES, Pres. "
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
TONNAGE OF A VESSEL
Just What it Is and the Me.hods by
Which It Is Measured.
To find tiio tonnage fit displacement
of a ship is rather puzzling. The ton
nage of a ship is the measure of its
cubical or carrying capacity expressed
in tons. At the present time there are
four methods in use of expressing the
tonnage of a ship, known respectively
as the gross tonnage, the net register
tonnage, the deadweight tonnage and
the displacement tonnage.
In calculating the gross tonnage the
whole interior capacity of the ship be
low the tonnage deck is found, includ
ing that of all covered in spaces on
deck used for stowage, and the result
In cubic feet is divided by 100.
The net register tonnage is the gross
tonnage minus all the spaces used for
the accommodation of the crew and
Instruments and the working parts of
the ship. It is on the net register ton
nage that almost invariably dues are
paid.
The deadweight tonnage is the meas
ure of the exact amount of cargo that
a ship can carry without sinking too
deep in the water.
The displacement tonnage is the
space occupied by the ship in the wa
ter. The amount of water displaced
by a ship is, of course, equal in weight
to the ship and all it contains. As
one ton is equal to thirty-five cubic
feet of water, the displacement ton
nage is found by dividing the number
of cubic feet of water displaced by
thirty-five when the ship is immersed
up to its draft or load line.—London
Standard.
GEOLOGIC PERIODS.
8tories of Time Told by Fossilized
Plants and Animals.
Scientists hesitate to estimate geo
logical time in terms of years. Such
estimates have, however, been made,
and one published by Professor Charles
Schuchert in 1910 states that about
12,000,000 years have elapsed since the
close of the carboniferous age, an age,
as the name suggests, in which great
deposits of carbon, in coal, were being
formed in many parts of the world.
This age has been divided by geolo
gists into the Mississlppiuu, Pennsyl
vanian and Permian epochs, of which
the Mississippian is the oldest and the
Permian the youngest. The Pennsyl
vanian epoch alone is estimated by
Schuchert to buve covered 2,100,000
years, and unimal life is supposed to
have existed on the earth for over 14,
000,000 years before that time.
Geologic periods are recognized pri
marily by the animals uud plants that
lived in them, so that the study of
fossils plays a very real and important
part in the progress of geologic knowl
edge.
Rocks of carboniferous age. as shown
by their fossils, have a wide distribu
tion in the United States, and they
are apt to abound in these remains of
plant and animal life. The fossil shells
which are found in them, however,
may vary greatly from point to point,
because the animals they represent
lived in different periods of geologic
time or In different regions in the car
boniferous ocean.—Argonaut.
Languages.
The principal languages of the world
are listed in order as follows: English,
spoken by more than 150.000.000 peo
ple; German, more than 120.000,000;
Russian, more than 90,000.000; French,
more than 00.000,000; Spanish, more
than 55,000.000; Italian, more than 30,
000,000, and Portuguese, more than 30,
000,000. These seven are the principal
languages of Europe and America.
There ure said to be 3,424 spoken lan
guages or dialects in the world—1,024
in America, 937 in Asia, 587 in Europe
and 270 in Africa. Among other Im
portant languages are the Chinese,
Japanese, Scandinavian branches, Sla
vonic speeches and dialects and the va
rious languages of India, Persia, Ara
bia and modern Greece.
A Poor Present.
A wounded soldier explained his
grievance to nis nurse.
“You see. old Smith was next me in
the trenches. Now, the bullet that
took me in the shoulder and laid me
out went into 'im aud made a bit of a
flesh wound in his arm. Of course I’m
glad he wasn’t ’urt bad. But he’s stuck
to my bullet and given it his girl.
Now, I don't think that’s fair. I’d a
right to it. I’d never give a girl o’
mine a second ’and bullet.”—Exchange.
Now York City’s Pensions.
New York city has eight pension
funds. They are the public school
teachers’ retirement fund, the police
pension fund, the Are department re
lief fund, the department of health
fund, the College of the City of New
York fund, the supreme court appel
late division fund, the street cleaning
department fund and the city of New
York employees’ retirement fund.—
New York Mail.
Diplomacy.
“Johnny,” said the Indignant parent,
“why didn’t you come home, when I
called you?”
“I didn’t hear you,” replied truthful
John.
“Then why did you run away?”
“Because I was afraid that I might
hear you.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Family Joys.
“When you were courting me,” said
his wife, “you declared there wasn’*.
another woman in the world like me.”
“Yes,” replied her husband, “and I’m
glad of it—for the sake of other men.”
In common things the law of sacri
ace takes the form of positive duty.
J’roude.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire I)uy or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 * .1. A. SPENARD Prop.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Reeess.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
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Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED * VALDEZ, ALASKA
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 ChaS. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
• Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitine.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. Mar.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 j I Rouirh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM ANI) HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pii>e and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valde* and La
touche. Explosives. S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova. 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TBACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
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Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing lBth calls lllamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Saa Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting rrtlk
Steamers Yale and Harvard for SOatkera California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr, Seattlei VALDBE DOCK CO, Local Agt.