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VALDEZ, ALASKA
Notice to Creditor*.
In the United States Commissioner’*
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Dav
id IJ. Sleem. deceased; A. J. Wendler,
administrator.—Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of David H. Sleem, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six (6) months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the said administrator, at the
office of C. E. Bunnell, at Valdez,
Alasita. the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 24th
day of November, 1913.
A. J. WENDLER,
Administrator of the estate of David
H. Sleem.
Date of first pub. November 25, '13.
Date of last pub. December 26. ’13.
Schedule of the Donaldson,
The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
in. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m„ 2
[t. m. and 5:30 p. m.
ruesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m., 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. in.,
i p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
in. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Superintendent Ray Millard brought
up two gold bricks from the Cliff to
day.
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, alter 7 p. m. tf
Sergt. and Mrs. Thompson left on
the Northwestern this morning for
Seattle.
POSITION WANTED as cook at
cook at roadhouse by experienced wo
man. Call or write to Prospector, tf
Dr. and Mrs. Von Schrader, of Fort
Liscum, left on the Northwestern for
San Francisco.
One-thirrd off on Cut Glass, China
and leather goods for one week on
ly at Blum’s.
Captain Austin Lathrop, of Cordova,
returned to the railroad town on the
Northwestern.
Masquerade costumes made to or
der for the New Year’s ball. See Mrs.
Gunther, in the Krau building. tf
Charles A. Fowlkes has taken a po
sition with the Valdez Bank & Trust
company as assistant cashier.
Harvey’s Toggery are closing out
their complete line of dry goods and
ladies’ furnishings. Now is the time
to get real bargains. tf
Dr. Council of Cordova, reached
Valdez yesterday on a special launch
to perform an operation on Lenn
Meenich, who is suffering from ap
pendicitis.
Dr. C. H. Vance, the Valdez doc
tor and surgeon, left on the North
wester;! uf Juneau on a short busi
ness trip and to visit his brother, who
is located in the capital city and has
one of the largest practices of the
territory.
N. P.'Jensen, Marlin Ellin gson, C.
F. Johnson, C. P. Knocke and F. Van
Camp, employed by the road com
mission on {he bridge crew, left to
day for the Nizina, where they will
start the work of constructing the big
Nizina bridge.
The regular annual election of of
ficers of Igloo No. 7, Pioneers of
Alaska, will be held Wednesday night,
Dec. 31st, at the lodge rooms. All
members are requested to be present.
Smoker follows meeting. E. G. Ames,
secretary.
Tfce Ballot.
(By George Filch.)
The ballot is the weapon of liberty, i
Like other weapons, it is most dan- j
gerous to its owner when it isn’t load- i
ed.
So long as (he common citizen
I keeps charging indignantly around
i with his ballot in his hand he is treat
: ed with fear and respect by all. But
I when he lingers at home on election
! day and toasts his toes at the lire
while the hosts of evil hunt for votes
with automobiles, his ballot withers
and his power with it. And when
he calls at the city hall to ask why
he has been assessed for a pave
ment which has been put in an al
derman’s pocket he receives the rude
guffaw to say nothing of a punch in
the back from a policemans club.
The ballot makes our president and
j governors and congressmen and al
I dernien and justices of the peace and
poundmasters. However, the ballot is
not entirely to blame for what hap
pens. A ballot must be used with in
telligence just like a hair brush or a
garden hose or a collar button. If
j some men put as much brains and
j careful thought into voting as they
(do into pushing a lawn mower, the
! nation would get better results.
The ballot is the precious posses
1 sion of every freeborn citizen. No
matter how small or insignificant the
citizen may be, the ballot makes him,
for one day at least, as big as any
other citizen. For months and years
he may suffer under his wrongs with
out sympathy or remedy. Haughty
officeholders may float him and there
Is naught for him to do save write to
the complaint corner-of his daily
newspaper. But on election day he
rises a man of migiit, takes his bal
lot from its casket and as he walks
down the street stepping over trolley
wires and small buildings, the poten
tates of yesterday bow down before
him and ask him with anxious hospi
tality to have a drink. Until he casts
his ballot he is a giant. Small wonder
that bo many men do not vote until
5 p. m.
Politicians stand in fear before the
man who uses his ballot at elections
as if it were a cutlass, and relentless
ly mows down the unworthy office
holder. But they only laugh at the
man who sits at home on his ballot
like a setting hen year after year try
ing to hatch odt good government.
FULL STORY OF
JEKNIE WRECK
Post-Intelligencer of Dec. 21 Contains
Account of Accident—Registered*
Mail Was Saved Fiirst.
VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 20.—That the
steamer Jeanie will be a total loss is
the word received here this morning
by the marine and fisheries depart
ment from Captain Barnes, of the Do
minion government steamer Estevan,
which went to her rescue. Capt.
Barnes telegraphed to the department,
that he would make an attempt later
that he had been able to save the
registered mails on the Jeanie and
to save the ordinary mail.
Because of the dangerous position
of the vessel the crew of the Jeanie
was taken off this morning and put
ashore at Safety bay.
Capt. Barnes’ advices state that the
Jeanie is in a bad position, down by
the head with a ten per cent list and
pounding on a rocky bottom. The
propeller is gone, her bottom badly
damaged and her hold filled with wa
ter.
The Jeanie struck in a fog during
a smooth sea. In the event of a
southeast wind blowing the vessel will
break tip.
Later this morning the marine and
fisheries department received a mes
sage from ('apt. Barnes saying that
the Jeanie’s hold is filled with water
and that the heavy seas may carry
away her deck load.
Vessel Was Northbound.
The Jeanie struck at Point Clark
on the southern end of Calvert is
land at 12:40 Thursday morning in a
heavy fog. The vessel was bound
from .Seattle for Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska ports via Gran
by bay, B. C., having sailed from Seat
tle last Tuesday, replacing the steam
ship Admiral Sampson. She had 150,
000 feet of lumber for Granby bay,
150 tons of coal for Valdez and about
500 tons of hay, gasoline, powder and
miscellaneous freight for various
Alaskan ports, aboard at the time of
the accident. A large quantity of
lumber was carried on deck. The
Jeanie was scheduled to go as far to
the westward as Kodiak.
May Save Part of the Cargo.
Arrangements were being made yes
terday afternoon for dispatching a tug
with scows to the scene of the wreck,
in order that an effort may be made
to lighter at least part of the cargo.
The Jeanie has been operated un
der charter by the W. F. Swan Navi
gation Company, but had been rede
livered to her owners, the Alaska
Coast company, for two vooyages to
Southeastern and Southwestern Alas
ka ports, replacing the steamship Ad
miral Sampson. She was on the first
of these two voyages when she met
disaster. The Jeanie and her cargo
are covered by insurance.
conn THIEF
GETS MIL TERM
I !
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 29— Robert Her- j
old, of Tanana, has been sentenced by
Judge Fuller to spend the next 300
days in the Fairbanks jail, he having
been convicted on a charge of lar
ceny.
_ I
H. V. Herndon left Valdez this
morning for Seattle, where he con
templates opening a jewelry business.
SUMMONS BV PUBLICATION.
IN TIIE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TER
RITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION. I
John Delamlcr, Plaintiff, vs. Duncan Mc
PHeil, Defendant—No. C 80—Summons bv I
Publication.
The President of the united stales or i
America, greeting: To the above- I
named defendant:
You. are hereby required to appear
within thirty days after the completion 1
or Hie publlratimt of this summons, to
wlt: within thirty days arter the 29th day
of December, A. D. 1913, and answer
the complaint of the above named plain
tiff which is on Hie with clerk of the
above entitled Court, and derend the
above entitled action therein; and unless
you so appear and aiwwer the plaintiff
above named will take Judgment ugaln9t
you and apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint, which is Tor
Judgement against you for one thousand
dollars and for restitution of possession
of the following described premises, to
wn:
That certain Mining Claim (placer)
called “No. 2 above Discovery,” on Gold
Run creek, which creek is a tributary of
Glacier Creek, which creek is a tributary
of Wilson creek, \STlUh creek in turn ts
a tributary of u.hlgana River, all or wnrch
creeks places, and wblrh mining claim,
are within and of record in the White
River Mining and Recording. Precinct of
the Third Division of the Territory of
Alaska.
This summons is served upon you by
publication pursuant to an order made
and entered by the Hon. Fred Brown,
Wot the above entitled Court, on the
day or October, A. D. 1913.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown, Judge
of said Court, tbls 15th day or Novem
ber, A. D. 1913.
ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
By T. P. GERAGHTY, Deputy. (Seal).
Date of nrst publication Nov. 17. 1913.
Date of last pubHcatlon Dec. 29, 1913.
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