S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Prospectors,
Don't neglect your health on the trail. (
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest andbfest of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Give Your Freight Contract to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
Wort man’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN/.Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in tbc Interior---Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. _ Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE i
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable ,
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connect* with Chitina.
General Freighting KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
GET THE HABIT
Otpbeum fflovks \
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER j
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But Judge F. M. Brown Decide* 'that
Commissioner’s Neglect Does Not
Operate Against Locators.
CORDOVA, April 2.-Judge F. M.
Brown today decided that the case of
Dan Sutherland against F. W. Purdy
involving number two Big Eldorado
in the Chisana district should not be
thrown out of court because of the
failure of the recorder in the Chisa
na district to fully record the • papers
giving power of attorney to G. L.
Gates, who locateu for Purdy.
The recorder simply made a mem
orandum Of the tiling of the record
and the plaintiffs nsiert that the
failure of the recorder to place the
paper on record left Gates- Without
the Authority to locate for his prin
ciple 'and ' they asked that the case
be taken from the jury and that the
court instruct a verdict for them.
Judge F. M. Brown, however, stat
ed that the neglect of the recorder
could not operate against the defend
ents and ordered the case to contin
ue. The defendents expect to con
clude the examination of witnesses
today and will' slim up tomorrow.
The case is expected to reach the
jury about noon tomorrow.
FATHER RICH BUT
BOY IS A CROOK
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Son of Lewis Nixon, New York Mil- 1
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lionaire, is Arrested for Rob
bery—Is Yale StuderrL
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. April 2. j
Stanhope Nixon, a 'Rodent, at Yale j
college and a son of Lewis Nixon, ;
former boss of Tammany hall, was ;
ares ted here today charged with rob- ;
bery.
the arrest caused a sensation, as the i
boy’s father is wealthy and is the
owner of a large shipbuilding plant 1
located at Elizabeth, N. .1.
Friends of the arrested student claim
that the robbery was committed on a
dare and that having been successful
the boy was afraid to return the
stolen property, which was found in
his room. They point out the fact,
that the value of the articles stolen
was less than the amount given each
month to young Nixon by his father.
Two attorneys from New York are
here with Nixon’s father to aid the
boy in his trouble.
EASTERN MAN GETS
GOOD JOB AT FAIR
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. Ellis
E. Cooley, a well known eastern tlieal \
rical manager, has assumed his duties
as thief of the Panama-Pacific expo
sifion bureau of special events.
Among other things he will plan -and
supervise the great public functions
which will be given from time to time
•n connection with the expose ion.
Hats Retrimmed.
Hats made to order and re-trim
med at Mrs. E. Winter’s store. tf
■ANY ARE WM
NORTHERN JAPAN
Millwns People in Stricken District—
200,000 Actually Starving—
Houses Burned for Fuel.
TOKIOV Japan, April 2.—Nearly
one-lenth of the population of Japan
is undergoing the worst famine that
Japan has had for more than 100
years. In the northeastern and north
ern districts, known as Tohoku and
Hokkaido, th* almost entire failure of
the rice crop last year, combined with
the failure of the fishing industry, has
brought on the present conditions.
An offlc'al report, issued by the Home
Office, states that nearly 10,000,000
persons are in the famine district. A
conservative estimate places the
number who are now in urgent need
of food at 200,000. Definite reports
as to the number directly hit by the
famine are lacking, and oaly estimates
can be had from missionaries and
press representatives who have been
in the stricken districts.
The actual loss in- the rice crop in
these northern districts ts 23,500,000
bushels, valued at $5,000,000, accord
ing to the report of the Home Office.
If compared with the huge crops of
wheat in our great western states, this
may seem not an overwhelming loss,
hut when one realizes that the Tohoku
and Hokkaido districts would not
equal one good -sized county, it is easy
to see how quickly the popnlation
must h touched by such a loss of
what is their chief food.
For Hie Japanese rare not only lakes
the place of bread, hot it makes lip
turee fourths of the bulk of their
daily food. Fish constitutes a big
proportion of the remaining portion.
The failure of the rice crop in these
districts was due chiefly to cold i
weather, colei ocean currents'kept the;
fish away from tneir usual runs, and j
o.ut at., gi'eu.^ distances from the j
shores. As a result, the fishing in '
dustry also suffered severely.
Figuring the cost of a day's sup •
ply of food for one person at 15 sen, |
or 7 1 2 cents goln. «nd figuring that ,
10,000,000 daily rations are needed to :
keep the people of these northern dls !
tricts from starvation, we get the :
large sum of 11,500,000 yen, or $750,-1
000 required per day. This would be '
a large amount for even a wealthy .
country like the Fnited States to
raise, and in Japan it is impossible/
However, many people are able to;
exist on much less than 15 sen per
day at least they no exist for a time. ;
And, too, not all of rite 10,000,000 i
daily rations are required for charity.,
That the distress is already very’
real is shown by me many appeals
and letters from those in the famine
centres sent to the Tokio press and
to charitable organizations.
Furnished Rooms.
Mrs. Frank Hoffman has taken
charge of tlie Arizona and has sev
oral of tilt* best furnished rooms in
town for rent. tl
Notice, Eagles!
All members are requested to at
tend tlie meeting on Friday. April
Flection of secretary.
('. .1. TODI), Acting Secretary.
Appropriation for the Judiciary.
WASHINGTON, April 2. The ju
diciary committee of the House uas
recommended the appropriation of
$36,000,000 for ihe maintenance of the
department during the fiscal year.
Change of pictures tonight at the
OrpHeum.
THE BIG PLACE
Is Still the Attraction.
Brunswick Whiskey, per gal. $4.00 j
; Pebbleford per quart 1.65 i
Old Crow per quart - 1.65
Hermitage per quart 1.65
; Clarks’Rye per quart 1.65
Hunter Rye per quart 1.65
; Cal. Brandy per quart 1.75
Hennesy or Martell per quart 2.25
Port Wine per quart 75c
| Sherry Wine, six years old, qt 75c
i Muscatel, qt 75c
Claret per quart, our bottling, 50c
Case Claret per quart 75c
White Wine per quart - 75c
Perfection Scotch per quart $2.00
Johnnie Walker per quart 2.00
Run per quart 1.50
Rainier Beer 4 quarts 1.00
Bndweiser, 3 quarts 1.00
Greek Brandy per quart - 2.50
Champagne per pint 2.75
AH imported wines, whiskies end brandies ip stock—
Prices reasonable, goods guar anted.
Beer, quarts $3.00 per dor. Beer, pints per dez.
AH Smdkmg Tobaccos 10c per Tin
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQffiDAD’S
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE C
SMOKECRAFT’S
CL IIDELLITI
REPRESENTA ’ S
OPTIMO'S
LOVENA'S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERSJ
I Independent Laundry Co. \
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'' SatiHfactron Guaranteed
( ( Telephone 66
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♦ Alaska Steamship Company
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Pacific Alaska!
Navigation Company 1
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE g
Steamers sn.il from Seattle every ten days of each month on :C
the 5th, 15th and 25 th,
via tiir Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau. Vakutat. Ka-ig
talla. Cordova, Valdez. Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak, g
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE |
Seatble-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Vale and S
Harvard for southern California ports. 8
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I ALASKA!
>| STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and ». ». North western
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south —8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
lti:£Uhtr freight servim* fur KulfhiUuti. .lutr'un. itrrrk TivudwHl. D'lUtrlus
l Jardovn* Kl Isunaiv!Voldtv. and lsiitoUeht*. Kxplosiues. S s d S s Seward. ;»th*
S S Latouohe. I.MU: S S Cordova. *i.'»llt •»!' eacli n»'»ntli -ISiVlii' to rhnnuv t hi*
jichedul***witliodt notice. I
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
VALDEZ SHEET METAL WORKS
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES
I Pumps. Well-Points. Valves X Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. rS Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
j Chas. R. Crawford WaH Street Phone 159
Plate Glass. Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Platter Lath, Shingles, Builders’ H >rd
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
I Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber, fambanks!morse*co
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{General Trucking ***** Freight
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Positively no eonl MUntnt
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