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we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south -7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and Latouclie. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th’
S S Latouche, 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each month Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock^Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from! Seattle at] lO A. M. on
Sth, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer jailing 15th callj Ilia mil a and'Kodiak--All jailing! call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting w'.th
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Bit'ht reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCKJCO. Local Agt.
Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United State?
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court; and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wi.t: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, .Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19,
1915. ._
Notice of Specter Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice Is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1916,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
cqjifeidering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand <i°flkrs> di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of ttie
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE, .
Directors.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To' Mrs. M. K. Roberts, her heirs
and administrators and to all it may
concern: You are'bereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United-States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, boing the amount
required to ho'd said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wlt: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7, 1915.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Sunday, March 28.
High tide 10:11 a. m., 11.4; 10:56 p.
m„ 11:1,
Low tide 4:07 a. m., 2.3; 4:39 p.
m., 0.3.
As if He Didn't Know It.
He— You must admit you have eu
couraged me!
She — Encouraged you! Why, you
haven't been able to save a dollar
since you met me!—Chicago News.
One at Both Ends.
He—My Jenr. 1 think I’ll spend an
hour nt the club.
She—Very well, and If you are gone
longer than that you’ll come home to
one.—Pittsburgh Press.
Mother (to son who has been fight
ing)—“Haven’t I told you time and
again to keep away from that rough
Mixer boy?” Son—“Yes, but you
didn’t buy me no bicycle.”
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
ofJ the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
Claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required- to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1214.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
tehns of said secMon.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1916.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915.
Notice of 8pecial Election.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial election for the purpose of elect
ing a clerk of the Valdez school board
to fill the vacancy caused by the re
moval of C. E. Bunnell from the city
of Valdez, Alaska. Election will be
held at the Fire Hall Valdez, Alaska,
April 6th, 1915. The polls will be
open from 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. The
following persons shall be qualified
to vote: All adults who are citizens
of the United States, or who have
declared their intention to become
such and who are residents of the
Valdez school district. The judges
of said election will be Chas. Sealey,
John Heckey, and Sam McNiece. The
clerks shall be John Krum and C. P.
Toplift.
Dated this 23rd day of March, 1916.
A. VON GUNTHER,
' MRS. ALBERT WHITE,
Members of Valdez School Roard.
"" ACUTE APPENDICITIS.
It It Dangsrout Only When There la
Delay In Operating.
“Acute appendlclts calls for Immedi
ate surgery,” says Dr. Wesley Grove
Vincent, Instructor in surgery at the
New York Postgraduate Medical School
and Hospital. Dr. Vincent Insisted that
there was no medical treatment for
acute appendicitis and that the mortal
ity following operation was always due
to delay, the surgeon being called in
when too late.
“The percentage of mortality in op
erations for acute appendicitis under
taken in the early stages of the inflam
mation is shown by hospital statistics
to be very low. It is practically nil.
* * * The mortality in medically treat
ed cases that tire allowed to go on
to gangrene and rupture with general
peritonitis is practically 100 per cent,
while late surgery in such cases saves
comparatively few.”
Appendicitis is common among chil
dren between live and fifteen years of
age. There is no particular food that
can be singled out as especially liable
to cause it unless possibly fruits hav
ing small pits or seeds. Delay is more
dangerous in children than in adults.
Tfie symptoms described by Dr. .7. 15.
Murphy come in definite order at ap
proximately regular intervals. They
are: First, pain in the abdomen, slid
den and severe; second, nausea and
vomiting within a few hours, most
commonly within three or four hours
after the onset of pain; third, general
abdominal sensitiveness, most marked
on the right side or, more particularly,
over the appendix; fourth, rise of
temperature two to twenty-four hours
after onset of pain.—New York World.
KNEW THE WORD “KIRK.” j
But Went Astray When He Followed
It Into the Turkish.
To hold down successfully the job
of governor of u state or vice pres
dont of the I nited States one does not
have to be up on oriental languages.
>lo the Honorable Thomas It. Marshall
never hesitates to tell this on himself:
it was at a reception in Indianapolis
which took place when the Bulgarian
army was driving.the Turks out of
Thrace. The battle of Kirk Kelisseh
had just been fought.
“Odd name that—Kirk Kelisseh,"
said the then governor of Indiana. “It
means ‘Forty Churches,’ or, rather,
mosques. Now, isn't it queer that the
word ‘kirk,’ which, as we all know,
stands for ‘church’ in the Scotch ver
nacular, and which appears in German
and other languages of northern Eu
rope, should have precisely the same
meaning in Turkish! It makes us
wonder whether all tongues may not
have hud a common source, and if that
is so it would probably be found that
that source was in the east.”
There was murmured applause from
every one except an unobtrusive little
professor, who had been hovering near
the group.
“I’ardon me, governor,” he piped up,
“but your conclusions, while interest
ing, might lie called—er, a little mis
leading. It is perfectly true that Kirk
Kelisseh is the Turkish for ‘Forty
Churches,’ but it is the word ‘kelis
seh' that means a place of worship,
while ‘kirk’ means ‘forty.’ ”
' And the professor was right.—New
York Sun.
c
A South Pole Hero.
Captain ItoaId Amundsen, the Nor
wegian who put the south pole on the
map, was born in Sarpsliurjft Norway,
July. 10, 11ST”. His youth was spent
in Christiania and on board sealers
and whalers commanded by his father.
Captain Jens Amundsen. lie was
twenty-five when he entered on his
first south polar trip as the first otiiccr
of the Belgica expedition. This jour
ney lasted two years and tilled the
young sailor with aspirations for fur
ther explorations in the frozen regions.
Ills parents wanted him to become a
physician, and he spent a year in a
medical college. Eater he went to
Germany to study sciences that would
aid him as an explorer. His first nota
ble feat was to take a ship through the
northwest passage, and on tlds trip he
twice wintered in the ice.—New York
World.
Not Catching.
June's sister was coming home from
normal school.
"Why is she coming home?” nskeil
the neighbor. "Is she sick?”
“Yes, she is very, very sick,” said
Jane. •
“What ails her?” asked the neighbor.
“Well, I don't know exactly. Mamma
had a letter from the principal, and
he said it was lack of mental ability.
I don’t know whether it is catching or
not.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Mystified.
Little Elizabeth was telling her first
dream to her grandma and her auntie.
Her mother, who was listening, asked
her a question about it, whereupon
Elizabeth looked up wonderlngly and
said:
“Why, you were there, mamma!
Don't you ’member?”—Lippiueott’s.
Lifelike.
Admirer—Where did you get that
heartrending description of a sick
child? Great Author—It’s the way my
boy says he feels when he wants to
getjout of going to school.—Life.
Only a Comparison.
Smith—Does your wife think you're
the best man who ever lived? Jones—
Of course not! I’m her second hus
band—Judge.
The greatest fool Is the one who
fools himself.
FLINT STONES WERE SCARCE.
Our War Office Had to Advertise For
Them In 1776.
“The war office calls upon all per
sons who know where flint stones can
be secured to notify congress.”
Was there aught of prophecy In this
6rlef appeal printed four days after
the signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence?
A copy of the Pennsylvania Packet
contains the advertisement. The news
paper hears date of July 8. 177<>, and
In the same column explains that the
flints are to lie used for rifles. And
without the old flintlock there would
have been no American independence
—at least not for many more years
after the Boston tea party, if indeed,
tile colonials unarmed could have mus
tered up courage to dump the lead
lined boxes into the bay.
Further perusal of tlie old news
paper shows Jamaica ruin and sugar
were offered for sale by tile hogshead:
a reward of was offered for the re
turn of a horse that had strayed away
from the range, and a woman who had
lost two cows rushed into print with
I lie statement that the individual who
would lead the bovines home again
would lie remunerated to the extent of
$».
Sheriff's sales occupy a column and
a half and the Packet's publisher takes
space to announce “advertisements arc
thankfully received,” adding that “un
less subscribers pay their back dues
at 10 cents a copy it will be impossible
to continue publication after another
month.”
EAST INDIAN MAGIC.
The Clever Dry Sand Trick and the
Way It Is Performed.
A very* clever trick often seen in In
dia is the following, which is known as
the “dry sand trick.”
The fakir brings forward a pail,
which lie proceeds to till with water.
He then shows some ordinary sand,
quite dry. To prove its dryness lie
takes up a handful and, blowing sharp
ly upon it, scatters it in all directions.
He then takes up another handful and
drops it into the water. We can all see
it lying in the bottom of the pail under
the water. Next, showing his hands
empty, lie places one in the pall and
brings out a handful of tile sand.
Blowing upon it. it still scatters in all
directions, showing it t<> be as dry as
ever. This is repeated several times
until all the sand is again extracted.
This clever trick is performed in the'
following manner: Fine, clean sand is
selected, washed carefully in hot wa
ter several times and dried in the sun.
Some of tills saml is then placed in a
frying pan with a lump of fresh lard
ami is cooked until all the lard is burn
ed away. The result is that every par
ticle of sand is covered with a thin
coating of grease, so that when this
sand is dropped into the water it re
mains dry.—Scientific American.
Four Footed Poultry.
A certain old mini in the Wynetaopo
settlement named Bickley was exceed
ingly fond of “1 ii.tr words.” He was
riding ids horse over the country one
bright spring day. apparently intent on
some important business.
Whenever lie mot anybody lie grave
ly asked: "Have you seen anything of
any stray poultry today? I've lost
mine and am limiting it." When they
told him "No" lie would proceed on his
way.
After spending several hours in what
seemed to be a vain search lie at last
rode up to the door of a farmhouse and
called. "Hello:" A lady came to the
door, and, dolling bis hat very politely,
the old man inquired if she had "no
tieed any stray poultry around?"
After a moment's thought the wom
an told him she had seen no chickens.
“Oh," he replied, "it's my hogs that
I've lost, not my chickens."—Youth's
Companion.
Armenian Peasant Life.
Among the Armenian peasants the
okl patriarchal system prevails. The
entire family of a score or two of
people of several generations lives
beneath a single roof. Together botli
men and \fc>men till the fields in a
primitive manner, and when the grain
Is ripe, they take a siieaf to the road
side that the passing stranger may
give a present and thus bless tlie crop.
Their houses are of stone roughly laid
or of mud, or frequently they are half
underground, nnd from a distance their
domelike roofs resemble the mounds
of a prairie dog settlement.—Christian
Herald.
Cured.
‘‘She married him to reform him, and
she has succeeded.”
‘‘What was his favorite form of dis
sipation?”
“He was a spendthrift.”
“Why, he Iihs nothing to spend!”
“Nope. She spent all he had.”—
Houston Post.
Sufficient Grounds For a Divorce.
"Man never knows what untold ag
ony woman suffers,” exclaimed chatty
Mrs. Gabb.
“The only untold agony a woman
suffers is when she wears tight shoes
to be stylish,” replied Mr. Gabb.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Reflection.
“Not everything in this world is ap
propriate.”
“What makes you think of that?”
“The fact is that navy widows do
not wear sea weeds.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
A Snapshot.
“Here's a case where the police
caught a photographer they wanted in
his dark room.”
"Ha! A genuine case of arrested de
velopment!’’—Baltimore American.
Dougherty & Ferguson
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CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Elec lion will be held
in the Town of Valdez. Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for the
l purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified; also one member of the
Valdez School Board who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town 'Hall has been designat
i ed as the polling place for said elec
'• lion.
I Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8. 15, 22, 29.
Notice of Filing Final Account and of
Hearing Thereon.
I In the Cnited Stales Commissioner’s
! Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Valdez I’recinct.
In tlie matter of the estate of Dan
j S. Kain, deceased. No. 1 Hi. Notice
of filing of final account and of hear
ing thereon.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of March, 1915, S. Blum, the
administrator of the estate of Dan S.
Kain, deceased, filed in and present
ed for settlement to the above-named
court his final report and account of
his administration of said estate, and
that Thursday, the 20th day of May,
1915, at the hour of two o’clock in
the afternoon, at the court room of
the above-named court, in the Town
of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed by the above-named court as
the time and place for the settlement
of said final account and the hear
ing of objections thereto.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 18th
day of March, 1915.
S. BLCM,
Administrator of said Estate.
Donohoe A Dimond attorneys for
administrator.
i First publication March 18, 1915
Bast publication April S, 1915.
Notice To Creditors.
: In the matter of the estate of George
1 Hansen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of George Hansen, deceased, to
the creditors thereof, and to all per
i sons having claims against said es
tate, to exhibit the same with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no
! tice, to-wit, within six months after
the 24th day of February, lllla, to
; said administrator, at the office of
j Donohoe & Dimond, his attorneys in
said matter, at Valdez, Alaska, the
j same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said-es
tate.
The date of the first publication
j of this notice is the 24th day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
A. S. J KNSEN, Administrator.
!
Notice To Property Owners.
Ttibllic notice is hereby given prop
erty owners that all sidewalks must
be cleared of snow and ice before
Monday morning, March 29, or the
work will be done by the city at the
expense of property owners.
WILLARD T. SCOTT,
k 29 Marshal.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
With the idea, tine man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
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