S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATES}
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
GveYourFra^^^h^^to
Robert McIntosh
DEUVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCH1NA,
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.
Wort man’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN,'.Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
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.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
V» Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING TPOST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.’
General Freighting. KNUTEINAFSTED, Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Good clean beds. CuOfuthinff Circt PISCO *;'n* warm.'“rn*- Ac
Excellent meals. UlOl Jillillg ill Jm UlQuu comodaton for'60 horses.
f [ P A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
. Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
\ and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
Alaska Water,
\ Light & Tel. Co i
\ Him
MAIL CONTRACT
FOR IDITAROD
Seward Contractor Will Receive $100,
000 for Four Year Service—In
tends to Use Dog Teams.
GHITINA MAN IS
FROZEN TO DEATH
Tim Nally Reaches Cordova But
Soon Dies in Hospital at the
Railroad Town.
Sewanl is rejoicing at the decision
of the Postoffice department to ac
cept the offer of Col. H. H. Revelle,
of that city, to carry the mail from
Seward to the IdParod.
The contract calls for the carrying
of the mail from Seward to Iditarod
each week, beginning November 1,
1914, and ending April 1, 1915, and
thereafter during these months for a
period of four years.
Col. Revelle will establish relay
stations along the trail and will have
the mail leave Seward and Iditarod
simultaneously each week from No
vember 1 until April 1, making twen
ty-four trips each way during the
liffe of the contract. He will equip
himself with the best dog teams
available and proposes to be prepared
to give the citizens of the interior
towns the best winter mail service
they have ever had.
There were several other bids sent
in to the department at Washington,
but the colonel’s bid iseemed the
most acceptable.
The mail to Iditarod has hereto
fore and is now being taken in via ,
Fairbanks.
Col. Revelle will receive about
1100,000 for carrying the mail during
the next four years.
PLENTYMEASLES
TO WESTWARD
Marshal Brenneman has received a
message from Deputy Woo', of Chit
ina. stating that Tim Nally, the min -
er who was found nearly frozen in
a cabin two miles from Chitina, and
who had been brought to Cordova for
treatment, had died at the Cordova
hospital. The patient was so weak
that the doctors in attendance did not
operate to amputate his arms and
legs, which had been badly frozen be
fore the man was discovered in the
lonely cabin near the railroad.
The nearest relative of Nally. so
far as could be ascertained, is Mike
Harrigan, of Portland, Me. The mar
shal has communic.aied~-with Harri
gan and asked for instructions re
garding the burial of Nally.
FULLER UPHOLDS
ALASKA LAWS
FAIRBANKS, Jan. l<t. Judge Full
er has decided that the laws passed
by the territorial legislature amend
ing the manner of serving summons
so that any one not an attorney m'-y
serve them, were good and that the
attack on the law by the attorneys,
who asserted it was unconstitutional,
would not be sustained.
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At the Orpheum Tonight.
Gaumont Weekly of world’s events- -
Auto Fiends, Burning Oil Fields. Sub
marines in Action.
Murphy’s I. O. 1'., one of those
Keystone comedies.
Won at the Rodeo, showing com-1
petition of the best horsemen and lar- :
iet throwers in the country.
A Dollar Did It, another one of j
those Keystone comedies.
Music will be furnished by the Or- i
pheum trio tonight.
Change of program tomorrow even- 1
fng. I
Masonic Meeting Wednesday.
The regular meeting of Valdez
Lodge No. 168, F. and A. Masons,
w'll be held on Wedn sday at Mason
ic Hall Work in the third degree.
All visiting brothers are welcome.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Secy.
Two Hundred Sixty-three Were Re
ported at Kodiak and 260 Cases
at Afognak.
I'. S. Marshal Brenneman has re
ceived ;> letter from Deputy Mar
shal Carl Armstrong, of Kodiak, iail
ing of the epidemic of measles al
tlie westward towns, which has caus
ed many deaths,
A total of 263 cases were report
ed from Kodiak, with three deaths,
while 260 cases were noted al Afog
nak with 21 deaths, mostly children.
The marshal has started the work of
fumigation and hopes to prevent any
more cases from breaking out, al
though a number of children are sick
at the Wood Island school for native
children, and it is feared that all
of the 60 scholars at that institution
will contract the disease.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale. I
United States of America, Third Di -
vision. Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice >s hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated
January 9th, A. D. 1914, issued out
nf the District Court, for the Third
division, Territory of Alaska, on a
judgment rendered in said Court, on !
the 5th day of January, A. D. 1914,
in favor of the United States of
America, and against James Fish, ad
ministrator of the estate of Louis Ca
m'cla. deceased, Angus Chisholm,
Frank Gustafson, Max J. Schnrdt and
Jennie Raymond. I have, on this 9th
day of January, A. D. 1914, levied
upon the following described real es
tate, situated in the town of Vaidez,
Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot nine (9) in Block B; lot three ■
(3) in Block two (2): lot four (4) j
in block twenty-four (24), of the i
Valdez Townsite, according to the 1
official plat f said townsite on iile
in the office of the recorder for said ;
precinct. and ihit I will, according
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at ;
public vendue to the h'sliest and best
bidder, for cash, on the third day of j
March, A. D. 1914, at two o'clock p. '
m„ at tne front door of the Court
House, Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January j
9, 1914.
F. R. BREXNEMAN.
U. S. Marshal, Third Division, Ter - !
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10, 1914. j
Last publication February 21, 1914. |
MARIPOSA COMES
AND SAILS SOOTH
The steamer Mariposa, of the Alas
ka steamship line, reached Valdez at
mklnight. last night and sailed an
hour litter for Seattle, taking a num
ber of Valdez passengers for the out
side.
The outgo'ng passengers for Seat •
tie were L). McEUigat, J. L. Steele,
Sam Lynch, S. K. Drane, H. Deyo,
,1. E. Morgan, Mrs. J. E. Morgan, R.
H. Halford.
For Cordova: J. H. Knox, J. Y.
Ostrander, Luclle Wilson, Ruth Ray
mond, Louise Moore, Cleo Williams.
For Juneau: P. R. McGuire.
When in Chitine Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiaeit Hotel ia the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Marca Rica Cigars
o VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
;; INTEQRIDAD’S EL 8IDELLO S
BELMONT’S REPRESENT A'S
VAN DYKE r . _ OPTIMO’S
SMOKEORAFT’S LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
O EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
| Independent Laundry Co.
Jf Satisfaction (luaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave (
<. Telephone fi« I | Ronjfh Dry l(!c lb. j
| Valdez Dock Co. phone no. ,
! \ JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
;; Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
WMWV.WMWVMV.V^W WMWW^W>AWWVWJ^WWWWMW
ALASKA CSA3S
| Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis- 1
I cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON;
Sailing from Seattle |
January 15 with Mail, Freight and Passengers!
{(SAMPSON calls at Kodiak’euch trip. <
California connections Alaska-Pacific. S. S. Co. )
Hiirht is t«served to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO. \
. General Agent Local Agent j
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Northwestern ■
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
yj.
From Valdez south —8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag>
way, Juneau. Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Kugular freight service for Ketchikan. .Iiineau. Shecitcreek Treiidwe'l, noughts.
Cordova, Ellamar. Voidest and l.atoticlic. Kxplosiucs, S s Seward. S S Seward, .ah:
S S Lutouche. lath: M S Cordova. 2fith of cttch momh-Ulght resent'd to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
| Chas. R. Crawford jjj
8 Wall Street Phone 159 15
| i;
•# Plate glass, window glass, roofing and *,
building papei», roofingpitch, lime, ce- ,,
M ment. plaster lath, shingles, builders
tt hardware. Shop und job work of all kinds ^
m *•
:: H
H Windows, Door*, Moulding Fini*h- ••
8 , »:
!! ing Lumber ;;
I 1
g /Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co. gj •
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| Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
, Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
• Iroi °ipe. Fittings.
ti_
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\ M. Dieringei'
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE «<
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivemd
unless paid tor in advance
• 4+44+ ** > n. »» -r*
When in Seward Stop at the |
i COLEMAN HOUSE ;
j GEORGE SEXTON. Prop. *
> SiRICTLv FIRST CLASS f
l Fourth A»« St»ARi>. Ai.a*h» e
Copper River
Drying Co
F'relfrtittaz and passenzera to all pans
of the Iota .'ill-. General Truoklna
McKinley Street, Valdez.
hill. Wood. • Propiiotot