Your Christmas Mail Must Go
Out On The Next Alameda
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N order to reach it's destination on time Christ
mas mail must be sent out on the Alameda due
about Saturday. This store, a veritable storehouse
of gifts, is ready to assist you in everyway.
For Men
There Are
A NEW LINE OF
HOUSE COATS:
GOOD LOOKING.
A VARIED ASSORT
MENT OF MEN’S
BATH ROBES
AN ESPECIALLY
GOOD LINE Oh
NECKWEAR AT
SEVENT Y-F I V E
CENTS.
ALL THE STAN
DARD MAKES OF
SAFETY RAZORS.
POCKET KNIVES of
EVERY KIND.
MEN’S DRESS
SHIRTS
MEN’S SILK AND
LISLE HOSIERY.
MEN’S HOUSE
SLIPPERS, Good
Styles.
SILK SUSPENDERS.
Nicely boxed.
A KNOX HAT Certifi
cate
For Children
There Are
BOY’S SCOUT Series
and Girl’s CAMP
FIRE Series of books
very popular.
DRESSED DOLLS,
DISHES, IRONS,
WASH I N G MA
CHINES, GAMES,
Etc.
DRUMS, ELECTRI
CAL AERIAL
SWI N G S, CAN
NONS, AUTOMO
BILES, WAGONS,
BLOCKS, TOOL
CHESTS, Etc.
COMMUNITY
SILVERWARE,
CHILD’S SETS.
BABY SPOONS,
Etc.
CHILDREN’S Boxed
KERCHIEFS—
Inexpensive
CHILDREN’S
PERFUME, Boxed
Sets, Price Thirty
five Cents
CHILDREN’S FELT
SLIPPERS, Red
and Blue.
BOYS’ HIGH-CUT
SHOES
For Women
There Are
3UT GLASS,
HAND PAINTED
CHINA, SILVER
WARE, CARVING
SETS, Etc.
WOMEN’S GLOVES
in Black, White and
Tan
SOME VERY FAIR
QUALITIES IN
WOMEN’S KER
CHIEFS
COLGATE’S PER
FUMES, daintily
boxed, always appre
ciated.
ALUMINUM
PERCOLATORS,
TEA KETTLES,
BERLIN KETTLES
DOUBLE BOIL
ERS, Etc.
ELECTRIC IRONS,
ELECTRIC TOAST
ERS,
CRUMB TRAYS,
ROASTERS, Etc.
SILK HOSIERY
NEVER COMES
AMISS
PYRALIN IVORY
TOILET ACCES
SORIES
Valdez Mercantile Co.
The Christmas Store of Valdez.
Where Can I Meet You?
LEVY & ROSS’
CANDIES
Cigars and Tobacco
BILLIARDS
Phone 54
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT
Wishes to Call Your Attention to Their Strictly
UP-TO-DATE NUGGET AND OLD IVORY JEW
ELRY, FINE WATCHES, DIAMONDS, COMMUNI
TY SILVER, CUT GLASS AND HAND PAINTED
CHINA SUITABLE FOR XMAS GIFTS.
All New Goods and More Coming
SEE OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSE
WHERE. PRICES RIGHT
Nugget, Ivory and Copper Glance Jewelry Made to
i- v Order
GIVE US A CALL.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
A full line of pyralln Ivory at Owl
Drug Co.
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
Love-Wh:;)ey Co. W
For business locations or residence
property, phone 196, the Alaska In
vestment Co. 2t
Valdez Miner, $3.99 per year.
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.Moose Christmas Dinner.
Tickets are now on sale for the An
rual Christmas Dinner given by the
Order of Alaskan Moose. Only a lim
ited number of tickets are to be sold.
Moose members have until December
20th to purchase tickets for them
selves and families. After which ttme
the tickets will be sold to the friends
of the Moose. Moose members please
secure their tickets as soen as pos
sible.
AARON E. RUCKER,
tf Secretory.
Basketball Game Tonight
A double-header basketball game
will be played tonight between the
Moose first and second and the Lls
cum first and second teams. In the
last games played between these
teams both of the Moose teams were
victorious and tonight the soldiers
are coming over with the firm inten
tion of wiping up the floor with the
Moose team. The game starts promp
ly at 8 o’clock. Admission twenty-five
cents.
THREE CONCERNS DENY
LOSING WAR CONTRACTS
NEW YORK, Dec. IB.—The Amer
ican Locomotive, Westinghouse Elec
tric and the du Pont companies deny
that their concerns have suffered any
cancellations of war contracts.
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresh line of Haas
Candles, the kind you like, at Levy &
Ross.’ tf
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
A new assortment of silk waists ir.
Crepe de Chine »nd Taffeta, just re
ceived at E. Winter’s. tf
Steamship Sailings
Alameda—Sailed west from Valdez
Dec. 14.
Spokane—Sails from Seattle for Val
dez, Dec. 12.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez, Dec. 10.
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez,
Dec. 8.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Lts. Fort Llscum Lts. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAY8
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:14 p.m. 4:00 p.m
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launcL
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being ased to
clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES.
Friday, Dec. 16—
First High Tide 4:00 a. m.. 7.0.
Second High Tide 3:12 p. m., 7.5.
First Low Tide 9:32 a. m., 3.5.
Second Low Tide 10:01 p. m., 1.0.
Saturday, Dec. 16—
First High Tide 4:41 a. m„ 7.2.
Second High Tide 4:02 p. m„ 6.7.
First Low Tide 10:30 a. m., 3.6.
Second Low Tide 10:39 p. m., 1.6.
Sunday, Dec. 17—
First High Tide 5:22 a. m., 7.4.
Second High Tide 6:06 p. m„ 6.0.
First Low Tide 11:36 a. m., 3.3.
Second Low Tide 11:26 p. m., 2.2.
Dally Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 14, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.291
Temperature 7 p. m. .32
Maximum temperature .35
Minimum temperature .27
Mean temperature .31
Snow on ground .33 Inches
Partly cloudy, southwest wind. 5
miles; 33 inches of snow on the
ground.
—Myrtle F. Billings. Obs.
Interior Trail Conditions.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 15, 1916.
Fairbanks, 13, 6 inches of snow,
cloudy, calm.
Salcha, 8, 11 inches of snow; calm,
snowing, trail heavy, Ahlmark and
2 sleds north 9:15 a. m.. dog team
south 9:30 yesterday.
Richardson, 12, 3 inches of snow,
cloudy, calm, trail good, 1 dog team
and two mushcrs south this morn<ug.
McCarty, 10, 6 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair; Sheldon’s 2
autos south 3 p. m. yesterday, 3 pas
sengers.
Donnelly, 19, 6 inches of snow,
calm, trail fair, N. C. freighter south
this morning, north mail by 11 a.
m. yesterday.
Paxson, 12, 12 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, north and southbound
mail out 6 a. m.; Paxson and McCal
lum teams relaying beef and supplies
7 a. m.
Hogan, 11, 8 inches of snow; calm,
cloudy, trait fair, Wilson’s outht of
3 men and 8 double enders and six
horse team south.
Gulkana, 10, 4, cloudy, calm, trail
good, Wilson’s one six-liorse team,
north 6 a. m„ Hoyt truck leaves for
south 3:30 a. m.
Copper Center, 15, 5 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good, stage
southbound 7 a. m„ 1 passengers.
Tonsina, 18; 8 inches of snow,
cloudy, calm, trail fair, Charles and
Judge Bunnell left for Telkhell 7:30
a. m.
Telkhell, 14, 26, calm, cloudy, trail
drifted Rowbottom and Davis arriv
ed 12:30 p. m. yesterday with dogs.
Beaver Dam, 20, 14 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, tyall heavy, 2 dog
mushers south 8 a. m.
Summit, 18, 48 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy, north drift
ed south.
Wortman’s, 28, 14, cloudy, calm,
trail rough and heavy; Jepson north
S a. m.
Nels Jepson left yesterday with his
dog team to return to Beaver Dam
after a stay of several days in town.
He made Workman's last evening and
left this morning to go over the sum
mit.
Judge Bunnell left Tonsina this
morning en route to Valdes, and is
expected to arrive here Saturday
night or Sunday.
For steam heatea rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
A new assortment of toilet water'
and perfumes. Owl Drug Go. tf
ALASKAINVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agt*. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public
m m m m
Reed Bldg. Phone. 196 ;
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources $250,000.
WE DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON ANY PART
OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Xmas Suggestions
GAME SETS
SMOKER SETS
TOY BANKS
TOOL CHESTS
ERECTORS
BLOCKS
KODAKS
GAMES
DOLLS
PIPES
CUT GLASS
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NUGGET AND
IVORY JEWELRY
HAND PAINTED CHINA
FANCY BOX PERFUMES
FANCY BOX
STATIONERY
PYROLINE IVORY
FOUNTAIN PENS
PILLOW TOPS
MOCCASINS
PENNANTS
PHONOGRAPHS
We wrap goods for mailing without charge.
OWL DRUG CO.
ALASKA JEWELRY CO.
You Are Undecided
What would be more appropriate
for the Dear Wife or Mother, than
a Vacuum Cleaner, an Electric
Pump, a Percolator or Electric Grill
a new Flat Iron, a Reading Eamp
or any one of a dozen other useful
Appliances that lighten the labor
and brighten the home.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
SEALSHIPT OYSTERS
Selects, New York Counts and
Standards, in bulk, at Lore-Whltley
Co.’s. tf
You will find a nice assortment of
all the latest novelties, such as hand
kerchiefs, collars and pretty silk un
dergarments at E. Winter’s. tf
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Your picture wili please the felks
at home better thee anything you can
send them. Jenner the phetegrapher
tf
For Christmas Gifts.
We have just received ivory from
Nome. Indian curios from Aleutian
Islands, Kodaks from New York,/
China from Japan, Moccasins from
Yakutat, and Leather Goods from the
Steers of Texas. We have Marten.
Mink and Pox Skins, and Feathers
from the Wings of Gabriel. Drop in'
and see our curios. Valdes Drug Co.
tf.
Come and see eur new line of nug
get and ivory ware at Alaska Jewelry
Company. tf