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PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Notice of Filial Settlement.
-r—r
b Commissioner i Court of Valdez
Precinct, *?ry of Alaska,—in
Probate. *'
la the Matter of the Estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that W. H.
Caswell, administrator of the above
named estate, has filed his final ac
count as such administrator in the
above-entitled court, and an order has
been made by the court setting Thurs
day, February 10, 1916, at 2 o clock
a. m., as the time for hearing objec
tions to said account and the settle
ment thereof. All persons interested
to said estate are notified to file
their objections to said account, if
any they have, on or before the date
4pamed, specifying the particulars of
•uch objections.
Dated December 9, 1915.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1916.
Last publication, Dec. 30. 1916. thu
Notice of Final Settlement.
, In Commissioner’s Court for Valdez
’ Precinct, Territory of Alaska,—in
Probate. '— ' _
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter
Johnson, deceased
Notice is hereby given that W. ti.
Caswell, administrator of the above
■amed estate, has filed his final ac
«ount as such administrator in the
above-entitled court, and an order
has been made by the court setting
Thursday, February 10, 1916, at z
o’clock p. m., as the time for hearing
objections to said account and the
•ettlement thereof. All persons in
terested in said estate are notified to
file their objections to said account,
10 any they have, on or before the
Jate named, specifying the particu
lars of such objections.
Dated, December 9, 1915.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of "the estate of Peter
Johnson, deceased.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1915.
L>ast publication, Dec. 30, 1916. thu
SUMMONS.
No. 735
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
John Payne and Chas. Payne, co
partners, doing business under the
firm name of Payne Bros., Plain
tiffs, vs. Rambler Gold Mining Co.,
a Corporation, Fern L. Wagner,
Collin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, J.
Grant Elliot, John Grull and Ralph
Carson, Defendants.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting:
To the above-named defendants, Col
lin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, and J.
Grant Elliot.
You and each of you are nereDy
required to appear in the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, within thirty days af
P4er the completion of the publication
this summons, to-wit, within thir
ty days after the 23d day of Decem
ber, 1916, and answer the complaint
•f the above-named plaintiffs in the
above-entitled cause. The said cause
is an action wherein plaintiffs de
mand judgment against defendant
Rambler Gold Mining Company, a
corporation, above-named, for the
sum of eight hundred ninety-four
and 46-100 dollars, together with in
terest thereon at the rate of eight per
eentum per annum from the 22d day
<rf January, 1916, also for the sum of
i&enty-elght and 30-100 dollars
claimed by plaintiffs for preparing,
verifying and recording plaintiffs’
claim of lien on a certain mining
elalm described in the complaint;
also for the further sum of two hun
dred fifty dollars as attorneys’ fees
for plaintiffs herein; and wherein
plaintiffs Remand judgment against
all of the defendants above-named, 1.
e, all of the defendants in this
cause, that said plaintiffs have a de
cree herein that all of the sums
^above-named be a lien upon that cer
r«ain mining claim and premises and
any and all improvements thereon,
known as ‘‘Tomboy No. 3" lode min
ing claim, situate near Plgot Bay, in
the Port Wells mining district, Val
des recording precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and the notice of location of
which is of record in Book 19 of Re
cords, at pages 144 and 146, of the
records of the said Valdes precinct,
at Valdes, Alaska, to which records
reference is hereby made; and where
in plaintiffs also demand from all of
the defendants herein their costs and
disbursements Incurred in this action.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duly made and en
tered herein on the 10th day ,of No
vember, 1916.
And you and each of you are here
by notified that if you fail, to appear
and answer said complaint as herein
required the said plaintiffs will take
Judgment against you for their costs
and disbursements Incurred in this
action and will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said com
plaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 11th day of No
vember, 1916, and the date of the
last publication thereof is the 23rd
day of December, 1916.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 10th day of Novem
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen,
and of our Independence the one
hundred fortieth.
(Official Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy Clerk.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
the Plaintiffs.
First publication, Nov. 11, 1916.
Last publication, Dec. 23, 1916.
d-Th-7t
NO-TREAT LAW AFFECTS
WOMEN OF LONDON.
LONDON: The no-treating law
now enforced in this city will from
present indications, greatly decrease
drinking among women, for it is
among the women of the lower class
es that treating is the most preva
lent. Even in the most poverty
stricken slums of the East End a wo
man who drinks by herself is consid
ered mean, greedy and unsocial. The
only social life among these women
is at the public houses. At all times
of the day they may be seen around
the bars or in the streets in front of
the beer resorts with glasses in hand.
Since the law prevents minors enter
ing the barrooms, the women with
babies in their arms stand outside
for their drinks. But often children
tend to the babies while the moth
ers and grandmothers are inside.
SHE DOES WHAT SHE
PLEASES IN KANSAS
TOPEKA. Kansas: Women who
feel that their spheres of activity are
circumscribed should come to Kan
sas. The law in Kansas prohibits
women from few liberties that men
enjoy. Because of many requests for
information about the Kansas laws
for women, S. M. Brewster, attorney
general, has prepared the following
list of things women can do in Kan
sas:
Can take back her maiden name
after her husband Is dead without
any legal process or legislative action.
Can keep her own name when she
is married.
Can persuade her husband to take
her name, and give up his family
name, if she does not like it.
Can retain her maiden name for
business transactions and use her
husband’s name for social affairs.
If wife does not like either her
own or husband's family name, they
can change to a name that does suit.
A woman can wear men’s clothing
without any restriction except that
she must not pose as a man.
She can vote at every election.
She can hold any office in the state
and run for congress.
The can hold property of her own
and give her share of the family
property by will, but cannot deed her
share away.
She can take up a homestead on
school lands as her own property.
V. H. 8,
Will stage the three act comedy,
“Captain Rackett,” on Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. It is a
sidesplitting comedy in three acts.
Don’t forget 29th and 30th.
MU RACKET!
TO BE PBESEKTED
High School Students will Present
Three Act Comedy at Lib
erty Theatre Next Week.
The students of the Valdez High
School have undertaken to raise
funds for the better equipment of the
school laboratory and for the pur
chase of books for the school library.
With this "side-splitting comedy, next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings at
the Liberty theatre.
The students have always been
free In offering their services in aid
ing societies to present entertain
ments, and have themselves furnish
ed a number of high class entertain
ments for which no admission charge
was made, and it is to be hoped that
the people of Valdez will show their
appreciation by greeting “Captain
Rackett” with crowded houses.
The boys of Fort Liscum have an
nounced that they will at the
show to a man and have arranged
that the Post launch should make a
special trip across the bay.
Following is the cast of characters:
Captain Rackett .Fred Fish
Timothy Tolman .Emmet Egan
Mrs. Rackett (formerly Clarice
Dalroy) .Lurline Leavell
Mrs. Tolman .Margaret Miller
Obadiah Dawson .Elmer Kidwell
Dalroy (Clarice’s father) .
. Earl Wathey
Katy .Pearl Miller
Hobson .Harry Selby
FRANZ JOSEF ADVISES
ACCEDE U. 8. DEMANDS.
LONDON. Dec. 23.—It is reported
from Vienna that Emperor Franz
Joseph of Austria has advised the
foreign minister to accede to the de
mands of the American government
in the matter of the sinking of the
Italian steamer Ancona. It is also
reported that the ministry will ask
for an extension of time as the de
mands of Secretary Lansing are re
garded as unreasonable as the Aus
trian government has been unable to
get into communication with the
commander of the submarine.
Drawing Tonight.
The Liberty Theatre presents for
tonight a swell arranged program
that will be enjoyed by all.
During the performance the draw
ing for the turkeys will take place.
Pour tickets will be drawn for the
thirty pound turkey and four for the
fifteen pound, second prize turkey.
Twenty-four hours will be allowed to
claim same. It is desired that the
tickets winning be presented at once
so that the winner can be announced.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The launch Viking made a trip to
the Cliff mine this afternoon.
Miss Lille has opened a fancy
goods store in the Ellis block, near
the corner of McKinley and Keystone
avenues.
Mike Zharoff and his daughter,
Mary, who were severely slashed Vith
a knife by John Rankin, when he ran
amuck at their home, are reported to
be making good progress toward re
covery and will soon be around again
Owing to the regular meeting
dates for the Order of Eagles meet
ing falling on Christmas and New
Year’s eve. the meetings have been
postponed until Friday, January 7,
when the installation of officers will
take place.
Gold at the Assay Office.
In the four and a half months end
ed Nov. 15 the Assay Office received
from foreign and domestic sources
$163,600,000 in gold coin and bul
lion. Since that date about $15,000
000 of the metal has come In and
been credited to the account of local
banks of England and France on ac
count of purchases made in this coun
try. The great part played In the ac
tivities "of the office by the Inflow of
gold on the import movement is
shown by the fact that of the total
received only $18,500,-000 came from
domestic mines and smelters of
which a round amount represented
the by-product of the production of
copper refineries. Yesterday $3,
675,000 in sovereigns arrived from
the strong rooms of steamships in
from English ports.—N. ,Y. Times.
Dawson Aerie Is Prosperous.
The Dawson News says the Dawson
Aerie of Eagles have started a big
campaign to bring their membership
up to the six hundred mark before
the close of the present year. The
Dawson lodge has assets of over $20,
000, a large share of which is cash
in the bank.
THE SQUEEZE PLAY.
Its Success Hangs on the Batter Hit
ting the Ball to the Ground.
The squeeze play Is one of the pretti
est in basehall when successful. When
it falls no play makes a ball team look
/.lore foolish. The play is best worked
with oue#out. a runner on third and a
run needed to either tie or win the
game. Muny of the best base runners
when about to make the play create
the Impression that there is no inten
tion of pulling it by taking only a fair
lead off the base and standing still.
The very moment the pitcher starts
bis movement the man on third tears
for the plate.
If in any way the intention to use
the play is tipped off or foreseen it is
an easy matter for tbe catcher to
break it up by calling for a waste ball
that is so wide of the plate that it is
impossible for the batter to bunt it It
is an easy matter to touch tbe base
runner out and make the team trying
tbe squeeze appear ridiculous. But a
successful completion of the play usu
ally puts the team in tbe field in the
air and makes them look equally fool
ish.
The squeeze play does not call for a
hard hitter or a good hitter, but it
does call for a man with a good eye. a
fellow who invariably hits the ball,
even though it may not go safe. If
the batsman bunts tbe ball In the air
an easy double play is usually the re
sult if he is able to keep the ball on
fair ground there is seldom a chance
to 8top the run at the plate. It is not
necessary to have a fast man on third
to make this piny. Tor most of the play
depends on the ability of the batsman
to keep the ball on the ground.—Billy
Evans in St. Nicholas.
THE YOLK OF AN EGG.
It Is Good Predigestod Food, Whils the
White Is Not.
It has long been known that many
persons cannot eat even perfectly fresh
eggs without suffering all the symp
toms of violent poisoning.
The egg has two parts—the yolk in
side and the white outside. The white
is the part of the egg that the chicken
is made of—the part that makes the
bones, the feathers and the flesh. The
yolk, however, is what the chicken
lives on. it is a dinner basket placed
there by nature for the infant chicken
It is a little lunch put up for the young
life within the egg to support it until
it gets out of the shell, for the chicken
must eat inside the shell as well as
outside, and the yolk is a little bundle
of predigested food that nature has
prepared for the chicken to eat before
it emerges into the world.
Thus we see that the yoik is ioou.
whereas the white of the egg never
was intended to be eaten. Really it is
not at to be enten. It has some food
value, it Is true, it can be utilized un
der some circumstances, but it is not
good food. The yolk is the only part
of the egg that really is wholesome
food, it is digested very quickly, too.
recent investigations showing that the
yolk is digested entirely in the stom
ach. There is some fat in the yolk,
there is some protein in the yolk and
some carbohydrate iu the yolk, and all
are digested in the stomach.
The l’at of the yolk is of a peculiar
kind, it is more readily digested in
the stomach than any other fat, al
though other emulsified fats are also
to some degree digested in the stout
uch.—Dr. J. H. Kellogg iu Good Health
First Talking Machine.
The recording of vibrations of a
membrane was first accomplished by
Leon Scott in 1857. by the invention of
what he called a "pkouaulograph."
This is regarded as the precursor of
the modern phonograph. The actual re
production of sound was tirst achieved
by Thomas Alva Edison in 187(1 and
first patented by him in 1877. the pat
ent being dated in January of that
year. There had been, of course, sev
eral experiments and improvements
between. The first method of recording
vibrations of a tuning fork on the sur
face of a drum was discovered by
Thomas Young in 1807. Alexander
Graham Bell and S. Tainter patented
the graphophone in 1885. Emile Ber
liner patented the gramophone in 1887.
—New York Times.
Of Minor Importance.
“Our little Jane is becoming a more
serious problem every day. I’ve had to
get three new school dresses for her
and lengthen out two skirts and buy a
new school hat and school shoes and
no end of other things. She keeps me
busy most of the time.”
"And how is she coming on in her
studies?”
“Studies! Mercy, I've had no time to
ask hdf!”—SL Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Connection.
Hyker—Why did you give up smok
ing? Pyker—In order to marry a rich
widow. Hyker—I fnil to see the con
nection. Pyker—She refused to give up
her weeds unless I would give up mine
It Is simple enough.—London Tele
graph. _
Genius Recognized.
“It’s a pity that Shakespeare Is
dead,” remarked the old playgoer.
“Yes,” replied the modern manager.
“What a moving picture scenario he
could have written!” — Washington
Star.
Joined Right Off.
Lady (Interviewing girl)—I may tell
yon that we are vegetarians. Girl (anx
ious to be hired)—That's my church,
too. mum.—Boston Transcript.
If you are big league material the
scouts are pretty apt to hear about you.
—Atchison Globe.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AN1) NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD-. Prop.
VYrni Want *trict,y fre*h Egg*, Butter, Fruit
***** ff dm an<j Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meala—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Iliumua and Kodiak—All Sailing eall at linik
nnd Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday nnd Sunday, connecting with
Steamer. Vale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Senttlei VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, SOTH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, El la mar, Valdez 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. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
OneProad—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
""Chicago, Milwaukee & st, paul ry.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.