MO DARNING I Think what a blessing
that means to you.
Because six pairs of Holeproof Hose are
GUARANTEED against holes for six
months or new hose are furnished FREE
—promptly and cheerfully.
And these soft snug-fitting hose cost
no more than ordinary hosiery!
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit uour account.
Wh DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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For Sale By
ALASKA WATER LIGHT & TEL. CO.
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UUGO FELS
Contractor and Bottler
Day Work tf Daairad
Ertfmataa FiwMirf:
WORK GUARANTEED '
City Express
Meet©|all|boats.
lirfc buy, rout, and iell£houiei, cab
” ini furniture and everything else
Phone 82 '
H. O. SMITH
EuU Pilitir ni PiHikniH
Firit Ciaii Work Guaranteed
WUPOLWa FAINT STORE.
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Week days 8 a. m. to 8 p. u>.
Sundays and holiday* 9 to 10 a. ni.
aad I to C p. ol;
Administrator's Notice.
In Probate Court for Valdez Precinct,
' Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Liz
zie Stropp, deceased.—Notice to Cred -
itors.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons having claims against the estate
of Lizzie Stropp, deceased, to pre
sent the same, with the proper vouch
ers, to the administrator of said es
tate, at his office in the Whaling
Building, Valdeez, Alaska, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated May 4, 1914.
E. E. RITCHIE,
Administrator of the Estate of Lizzie
Stropp, deceased.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Alaska Water, Light and Tel
ephone Company has been adjourned
to meet Monday, May 25th, at 8
oclock p. m. at the offices of the
company in Valdez, Alaska, at which
meeting a board of directors for the
ensuing year will be elected. Other
important business will come before
the meeting. By order of the Board
of Directors.
ARTHUR LANG, Secretary.
Musicl Music! Musict
All the latest popular music at the
Valdez Drug Store.
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Notice of Sale of Real Property.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I. D.
Flynn, deceased.—Notice of Sale of
Real Property.
Notice is hereby' given that in pur
suance of an order of the above en
titled court, made on the 30th day of
April, 1914, in the matter of the es
tate of I. D. Flynn, deceased, the un
dersigned, the administrator of said
estate, will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder for. cash, in lawful
money of the United States, and sub
ject to the confirmation by said court,
on Saturday, the 30th day of May,
1914, at 2 o’clock, in the afternoon
of said day, at the front door of the
court room of the above entitled court,
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, all
the right, title and interest of the
said I. D. Flynn, at the time of- his
death, and all the right, title and in
terest, that the estate haB by opera
tion of law or otherwise, acquired
other than or in addition to that of
the said I. D. Flynn, at the time of
his death, in and to that certain piece
or parcel of land, namely an undi
vided one-third interest in and to lot
ltt in Block seven (7), in the said
town of Valdes, Alaska. Dated at
Valdes, Alaska, this 30th day of Ap
ril. 1914.
W T SCOTT
Administrator Of the Estate Of I. D.
Flynn, deceased.
First publication April SO. '1914.
Last publication May 29,1914.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
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Andy Dierlnger has opened a class
in bicycle instruction.
Glasses $1.00 and up. G. O. Reinke
at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Logan Archibald returned to Val
dez on the Mariposa.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Frank Kernan, the Nizina operat
1 r, arrived on the Mariposa.
Nugget jewelry made to order by
G. O. Reinke at the Valdez Drug Co. I
E. C. Keesjer returned on the J
steamer this merning after a trip to
the states.
Just received on the last boat 1,964
cans of paint. C. C. RUDOLPH, tf
Cook, hotel or otherwise. Address
P. Poupard, Valdez, P. O. general de
livery. k 16
Norman Leopold, of S. Blum & Co.,
returned to Cordova on the Marip<Jsa
after a short trip to see the sights
in the Spirit City.
G. O. Reinke, the watcnmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co. All
work guaranteed.
Lieut. Von Schrader returned to
Fort LLscum this morning after a trip
to San Francisco to take an exami
nation for promotion to a captaincy.
Suits pressed for $1.0 ■ at Silver
man's, the tailor. Telephone 198.
J. Frederick Johnson, the travel
ing organizer of the Loyal Order of
Moose, has written to Albert White
that he will soon arrive in Valdez
and will organize a local lodge of
the Moose.
Have your watch repaired at the
Valdez Drug Co. by an experienced
workman. All work guaranteed and
promptly done tf
W. R. Morton, the mining expert,
and operator in the Slate creek dis
trict, returned this morning from the
states, where he was called on busi
ness connected with his mining op
eartions in the interior.
All ladies interested in making the
Pioneer ball to be held May 23rd
a success are requested to meet at
Pioneer hall Wednesday, May 13, at
3 o’clock p. m. C. M. Day, presi
dent.
A telegram was received here yes -
terday front relatives of Mayor Ritch -
ie telling of the sudden death of
his mother at the old home near
Kansas City. The message was re
peated to Mr. Ritchie at Ketchikan.
Emoprium open from 1 to 9 p. m.
Don’t miss the opportunity to buy a
silk evening gown or fine underwear
at prices away below cost. First
come, first served. tf
Good Business House for Sale.
Good business block for sale on
Keystone avenue, Valdez, Alaska.
Apply to owner, Mrs. S. E. Gleason, tf
ARCHBISHOP SCORES TANGO.
Mgr. Chollet Calls It Powerful Dis
solvent of French Morality.
Paris.—Mgr. Chollet, archbishop of
Cambrui. has published a denunciation
of the tango os a corrupter of morals
and asks Christian families to bar it
from their homes. In his letter the
archbishop says:
“The tango performed according to
its special rules is a dance profoundly
dangerous to morals. It tends by an
Inconceivable infatuation to spread
more and more.”
After calling faithful members of
the church to exclude this dance from
their homes. Mgr. Chollet asks the
clergy to combat in an energetic man
ner “one of the most powerful dis
solvents of French morality.”
1,500 Acres In Potatoes.
Caldwell, Ida.—As a result of the
phenomenal success of J. B. Frye, a
Deer Platt settler under the Fayette
Boise project, in raising potatoes, there
will probably be some 15,000 acres set
out to tubers in this vicinity next sea
son. Mr. Frye this year made 94,500
off a fifteen acre patch, gathering 0,000
busbols. and got an average price of 50
cents per bushel.
Judge Spence and Miss Spence have
leased the Oliver residence on Ho
bart street.
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TIDE TABLES.
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Wednesday, May 19.
High tide, 1:52 a. m. and 3:26 p. m.
Low tide, 9:00 a. m. and 8:35 p. m.
Thursday, May 14,
High tide,2:41 a. m. and 4:25 r. m.
Low tide. 9:68 a. m. and 9:16 p.
Friday, May 18. :
High tide. 1:15 a. in. and 6:81 p. m.
Low tide, 10:61 a. m.and 10:61 p. xn.
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MARIPOSA GOMES
FROM THE SOUTH
Had Big List of Passengers for Val
dez—Sailed West at Six This
Morning.
The steamer Mariposa reached
Valdez at 4 o’clock this morning with
a large passenger list and 75 tons of
freight. The boat sailed west at six
this morning and will sail south to
morrow evening. The following pas
sengers arrived on the steamer:
S. Blum, wife and children, J. C.
Bjorn, F. W. Beade, L. Archibald, A.
C. Dowling, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Dickey and children, P. Boyle, Ole
Gunderson, V\\ E. Gilkey, Miss Bell#
Qualley, Lewis Kua, L. G. Stanley,
C. T. Sutter, J. \V. Spalding and
wife, Hariet Spalding. Wm. Jensen,
E. C. Keesler, Frank Kernan, Jafet
Lindeberg, Norman Leopold, B. Leedy,
Mrs. C. W. Littlejohn, J. M. Lath
rop and wife, Hulda Lake, Major C.
H. McManus, W. R. Morton, W. P.
McNeill, Lieut. A. Von Schrader, Mrs.
Eva Van Clif, B. S. Wiltse, H. B.
Wiltse, Agnes Orum, and 20 second
class.
STEAMER DIRIGO
AGAIN DISABLED
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Broke Crank Pin While Off Cape Om- j
manay—Ship Reaches Klawak— j
Dora Make Another Trip.
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The steamer Dirigo is uow at the
Klawak Cannery on Prince of Wales
Island disabled, having broken her
crank pin while off Cape Ommanay,
and Captain Jensen succeeded in
reaching the cannery at Klawak,
where the passengers were discharg
ed and are now being eareft for at
the cannery. How long the Steamer j
will be delayed is not known.
The officials of the Alaska Steam
ship Company immediatelly wired to
Captain McMullen, of the Dora, which
was at Cordova, that he proceed im
mediately to Seward, take a shipment
of freight to Knik which was on
board the Mariposa, then return to I
Seward and leave that port on May
21 for Dillingham.
Passengers for the westward on the
Alameda will connect with the Dora.
WILLIAM O'CONNOR
GETS CHITINA JOB
Judge P. M. Brown, who returned
this morning from Chitina, today
named William O’Connor as IT. S.
Commissioner for the Chitina pre
cinct to succeed Judge Oscar Fish,
who has held a temporary appoint
ment since the death of Judge Paul
(PHeirry. Judge Brown made «be
trip to Chitina to give the people
of that section a chance to tell hint
who they wanted, and but little op
position appeared to the naming of
William O’Connor.
Judge Brown stated that the tem
porary appointment of Oscar • Fish
had given general satisfaction and
that many business men of Chitina
desired his retention as commission
er.
HEAVY RAINS IN
NORTHERN OHIO
CLEVELAND, O., May 13.—Tor
rential rains in northern Ohio have
caused all the rivers to overflow their
banks. Several people have been
killed by lightning and a number of
buildings destroyed by fire following
the bolts of lightning.
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TaU$ over that matter of life in
surance ■ with Crary. You know his
cbmpany—New York Life. Its the
largest and safest life Insurance com
pany- 1b the world. Has over 748
million dollars assets. Its .policies
oonfcioall^af the modem liberal fear
tmres. tf
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Boyde Xeedy, the surveyor, re
turned to Valdes this morning.
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Valdez Electric
Company
Phone 57 copper5b"k
ARCADE CAFE
IS THE BEST PLACE TO EAT
U AkTCOV IN CONNECTION
DJUVLK1 EVERYTHING GOOD
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
JACK CALLIN & CO.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
I 7 a m to 9 a m
I MEALS < Lunch 12 m to 1 |i m
t 6 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $80 per Mo.
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LAUNCH BRIGHTON
-for
PORT WELLS and
Way Port*.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
VALDEZ DOCK
STEAM LAUNCH N & S
Leave* from Valdez dock for j
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
THREE M~
Powerful Fast Commodious
Passengers, Freighting
and Towing.
See CAPT. MORRIS, Valdez Dock.
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11 > Fresh Milk and Cream 1,
h! VALDEZ DAIRY li
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I! Telephone orders to Phone 187 ||
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every' Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Eagle Hall., All members are renoested to
attend- T. O. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNIKCK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday id
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. K. CJRIGSBY. W. M.
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOKZ. ALASKA
Rzports ok Minks
Patknt Sunykvs
Qknksal Minins Ensinkknihs
, Pmonk No. to*
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingrain & Bush’s Cigar Store