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 and best 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.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodatiQns for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
THE BIG PLACE
Is Still the Attraction.
Brunswick Whiskey, per gal. $4.00
PebMeford per quart 1.65
Old Crow per quart 1.65
I 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
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
Rum per quart • 1.50
Rainier Beer 4 quarts - 1.00
Budweiser, 3 quarts - 1.00
Greek Brandy per quart - 2.50
Champagne per pint • 2.75
All imported wines, whiskies and brandies in stock—
Prices reasonable, goods guaranted.
Beer, quarts $3.00 per doz. Beer, pints $2.00 per doz.
PrtMKtor Office fir
DEPARTME1T HOLDS
BANK LAW VALID
Territorial Legislature Had Right to
Legislate Regarding Banking
in Alaska.
Charles E. Davidson, surveyor gen
eral, ex officio secretary of the ter
ritory, and member of the Territor
ial Banking Board of Alaska, has re
ceived an opinion from the offidfe of
the attorney general of the United
States, confirming the validity of the
banking law passed by the territorial
legislature that empowers the board
to examine banks and collect fees
from such institutions in accordance
with the law and perform such oth
er acts as the law directs. The opin
ion is signed by Preston C. .West,
assistant attorney general, and ap
proved by Adolph C. Miller, assistant
to the Secretary of the Interior.
The opinion states that the act of
the legislature creating the banking
board does not purport to create new
and distinctive offices with annual or
fixed salaries or compensation at
tached thereto, but provides a board
to supervise the execution of the laws
relating to banking and designates as
members of the board, the governor,
the treasurer, and the secretary of
the territory. In other words the
territorial legislature has simply con
ferred upon the officers named addi
tional authority, and has authorized
them to accept fees from the banks
while actually employed in making
examinations. This employment is
apparently not inconsistent with the
performance of their regular duties
as governor, secretary or treasurer.
The opinion holds that the ease in
point is different from that which
involved the revenue laws of the ter
ritory in that it interferes in no way
with the performance by the officials
mentioned with the duties conferred
upon them by federal statute.
The opinion states:
“It is clear to my mind that the
legislature has no power to deprive
the governor, secretary and treasur
er of authority conferred upon them
by federal statute or to interfere with
the performance of their duties there
under. I think, however, that the
legislature may confer upon ,them
authority and the performance of du
ties which will not interfere with
their duties as federal officers, par
ticularly where the performance of
the duties so conferred are in line
with their general duties as federal
officers, unless this goes to the ex
tent of attempting to invest them
with an office, the holding of which
would be inhibited by section 11.
As already intimated, it is my
opinion that the performance of du
ties as a member of the territorial
banking board do not constitute the
holding of an office within the mean
ing of said section 11, will not be
inconsistent with the performance of
their duties as governor, secretary or
treasurer, and that in consequence
they are not inhibited from acting
as members of the board by the terms
of said section 11 of the Organic
Act.
“I agree, however, with the view
of the comptroller that the United
States cannot be called upon to bear
any expenses incurred by the terri
tory in the enforcement or admin
istration of the territorial act creat
ing the board and regulating the bus
iness of banking in the territory of
Alaska, but that any expenses so in
curred must be paid by the territory
directly or through fees collected un
der and in pursuance of the terri
torial law.”
PUBLIC MEETING ON
SEWERJRANCHISE
The Street committee of the city
council will hold a public meeting to
night in the council chambers in the
City Hall to give the people of Val
dez an opportunity to express their
views upon the advisability of grant
ing to Edwin Eckern a franchise to
construct a sewerage system for Val
dez afad also to install a water sys
tem for fire protection atyd domestic
use. The meeting will be opened at
8 o’clock.
Talk over that matter of life in-’
surance with Crary. You know his
company—New York Life. Its the
largest and safest life Insurance com
pany In the world. Has over 748
million dollars assets. . Its policies
contain all of tha modern liberal fea
tures. tf
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SQCI
HELP I
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Say Are Fighting for Principle Not
Againet Individual*—Won’t Picket
Standard Oil Office*.
CHICAGO, May 11.—The members
of the executive committee of the
Socialist party ‘oday refused the re
quest made by Upton Sinclair that
the Socialists picket all the offices
of the tSandard Oil company as a
protest against the treatment of the
coal miners in the Colorado strike
zone and as a protest against the
action of the militia in killing de
fenseless women and children.
In rejecting the request the com
mittee made the public statement that
the Socialist party was fighting for
principle and not fighting individuals.
That they wanted conditions reliev
ed not only in the strike district of
Colorado, but in every town and city
in the United States and as far as
possible throughout the world.
Mr. Hockefeil -r says the statement
is no more to blame than thousands
of others, and should he be deposed
another magnate as unconsiderate of
the workmen and the right of labor
would surely take his place, and that
the only sure relief was by the spread
of the principles of Socialism and the
ownership by the people of all public
utilities, mines and the collective
ownership of the main instruments of
wealth production.
GOKONA RIVER
IS ,FREE_ OF ICE
Word was received by Supt. In
gram, of the Alaska Road Com
mission, that the ice in the Gokona
river went out at 9 o’clock yesterday
and that no damage had been done
to the big government bridge at that
point.
Bids will De received for the sale
of the Y. M. C. A. property, located
vt thee orner of Hobart and Broad
way, up to May 15th. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids.
Address W. T. STUART, Pres, k 15
Port Wells Gold Mining Company Of
fers Stock,for Sale.
Myself and associates have organ
ized and incorporated the Port Wells
Gold Mining Company with a cap
italization of one million dollars, di
vided into one million shares of, the
par value of one dollar each.
This company now owns the Tar
Flat group of lode mining claims, con
sisting of six claims at Port Wells.
Tbe sum of $4,500 has been ex
pended on the property, resulting in
over 200 feet of tunnel and the con
struction of a cabin, blacksmith shop
and ore bunkers in which there is
now thirty tons of ore of an average
value of $50 per ton. The locators of
the property, Wm. Hogan, Peter
Black and my associates, have trans
ferred this property to the company
for all the capital stock of the cor
poration, and have donated to the
treasury to be sold for developing
and operating the property, five hun
dred thousand shares of the capital
stock.
We propose to offer fifty thousand
shares of this capital stock for a
period of twenty days at 10c per
share. All funds raised by the sale
of treasury stock will be used for
developing and operating this prop
erty, which will be under my direct
charge and supervision. Orders for
stock may be left with either myself
or C.. E. Bunnell, secretary and
treasurer. M. J. CALLAGHAN,
President and General Manager.
Summon* for Publication.
In the U. S. Commissioner’s Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Valdez
Precinct.
H. E. Ellis, Plaintiff, vs. A. S.
Brown, Defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the above-named defendant, A.
S. Brown:
Vou are hereby required to appear
in the above-named court, within
thirty days after the completion of
this summons against you, to-wit,
within thirty days after the 27th day
of May, 1914, and answer the fcom
plaint of plaintiff filed herein based
on a contract express and implied
for the direct payment of money, and
unless you so appear and answer the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint,
and take Judgment against you in the
sum of 9946.20 and costs. Publica
tion ordered April 13, 1914.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 21st
day of April, 1914.
GEORGE J. LOVE. ;
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
First publication April 22, 11..
Last publication May 27. 1914.
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INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.]
Independent laundnf Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed j
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Roagh Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
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AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, \akutat, Ra
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and ]
Harvard for southern California ports. I
Kitftat reserved to chantre dates and steamers without notice] j
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO. j
General Agent _Local Agent j
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south~6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th for Cor
way, Juneau, Wrangell,; Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan," Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova EUamar. Volde* and Latouche. EapWuea. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th*
S?s l.atouche, 15th: S S Cordova. 35th of each month-Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice. , »
F B. Tracy, Gan’l Aft- VaMwPoak Co., Local Aft.
VALDEZ SHEET METAL WORKS
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES
Pump.. Well-Point*. Valre. A " Water. St^mn and Suction
and Packing. O ,mr. H°*®
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Chas. R. Crawford w*“ Sh"t-Pfc—1M
fftif, Shop tnd Job Work of tlrktiidi.
Windows, Doors, Monlding, Finishing Lumber. fairb^^orsesco
A. M. Diei'injter
Valdez Traasfer
Company
General Traakiag and Freight.
ing to all interior pointo
LIVERY av d FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all ldndr
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Wbea h Seward Stop it die
COLEMAN HOUSE
SCORCC SCXTON. PROF.
< STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
fourth Avr Stw»R». Alarr*
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Draymg Co
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rraiahttaa aai paeeeiuen toeujMte
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