Phone,29
Beef, J
Mutton, Veal
^ POULTRY. -
Oysters, Fresh Fish,
Fresh Vegetables,
Fruits*.
BUTTER and EGGS
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and] Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone’187 1
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, RepruentatiTe
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods--Reasonable Prices
VALDEZ
7 he heart of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
In the world open to nav
igation the year ’round.
The logical entrepot to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing Into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The seat of government
of the Third judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters o,f the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It is 85 miles nearer the
Interior than any other
coast city.. --
r It Is tfie'headqu'artei's
of the largest fleet of
small’&^hft In Southwest
ern, Alaska.
if has the largest Mu
tation of a*T&>i*munlty *
In Jomtiwmleisn, Alafftft. 4
Wliki'Hbl Best PuW»6 ]
eohoole and an accredited
ht£ii school with a four
year courts*^*. „
It is the only sea coast
town offering dlreot com
mun lost Ion with the in
terior By wagon, slimmer
or, winter. :H „
Valdez offers the near
est and most dlreot route
to the Nlatanuska ooal
fields.
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific coast and can ride
the navies of the world.
(continued from page 1).
McCarthy’s up the Chitistone
river and through the Scolai pass
and Regal glacier became avail
able, but there is no information
at hand as to the present condi
tion of either of these trails or
the nature and amount of work
necessary to place them in good
condition.
Winter Comes Early.
“The Scolai pass has an eleva
tion of 5,000 feet above sea lev
el; the summit of the trail be
tween (he White River and the
Chisana has a still greater alti
tude, while the point of discov
ery on the Chisnaa is not less
than i,000 feet, and the backbone
between the Copper River and the
Nabesna is about the same. Win
ter comes early in such alt Rud
est in Alaska, as easily can be un
derstood. Prospectors have been
in the habit of taking their
horses out about the end of Aug
ust or first of September, so that
it is not at all probable that any
Work can be done during what is
left of the summer season, even
if the character of the work was
known; and it is altogether likely
that no force of workmen could
be kept together while the strike
fever is epidemic.
“ 1 lie bureau appreciates Hie
public spirit of I lie writer of the
letter (Mr. Heinrich who propos
ed that the money be raised
through the chamber, in which
he offers to head a subscription
for this purpose, but fears that
no good can be accomplished this
sotason. It would also call at
tention to the fact that as a win
ter route, both to Valdez and
Cordova, trails by way of the
Valdez-Fairbanks wagon road will
have an immense advantage over
the Yukon and White river mule
when winter closes the river, by
reason of the much shorter dis
tance and the superior character
of the road.
“it should be understood that
the foregoing conclusions are
.based largely on the experience
of the surveyors attached to the
United Slates ecological Survey,
and may therefore be cousider
'ed without bias. They suggest
that as an all-round proposition
for winter, as well as common
travel,the Valdez-Fairbanks road
to (tiilkana, by wa yof Valdez, ov
er which heavy loads can be tak
en, leaving a pack trail of about
too miles to jXabcsna creek, or
some 30 or SO miles more to the
Chisana or Shushanna."'
ALASKA-ASIA WIRELESS
CANNOT BE USED YET
Washington, l». Aug. 23.
While hailing the achievement of
the connection of Nome, Alaska,
and Anadir, Siberia, by wireless
telegraphy as a scientific tri
umph, the officials of the State
department and the diplomalic
represent al ives of Russia say
I hat an agreement will have to
lie reached between the United
Stales and Russia before the
American! government wireless
stations at Nome, St. Michael and
elsewhere in Alaska can co-op
erate with Russia in I he commer
cial use of government-owned
stalinins. The problem is a deli
cate one, involving the question
as to whether the United Stales
can grant a concession to Rus
sia which would place that gov
ernment in the Held as a com
petitor of American privately
owned compgn|tjys. ^
' NOTICE.
All persons are forbidden to
ride bicycles or tricycles on side
walks below Hobart street and
■•ii 'Ve Front street. ’ 1
E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
Special change al the Orpheum
twight.
New York, Aug. 23.—EVfelyn
Thaw is writing a biography of
her life, which will be issued in
a few weeks.
CANNOT COMMlUilllCAYf "
WITH ROOSEVELT
Chicago, III., Aug. 23.—Ex
President Roosevelt is now in the
Navajo desert and it take's a tele
gram 19 days to reach him. His
mail and telegrams are piling up
awaiting his return to civilization.
BASE BALL SCORES.
Games played August. 22, 1913.
National League.
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburg 3.
piteheVs—Mayer, Seaton; Adams,
Robinson, Cainnilz.
Boston 9, St. Louis* t. Pilch
ers—Rudolph; Doak, Grier. .
Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati 7.
Pitchers—Allen, Rucker; John
son.
New York 8, Chicago i. Pitch
ers—Tesrau; Cheney, Vaughn.
American League.
Detroit 7, New York 5. Pilch
ers--Willett; Keating, Ford, Mc
Connell.
Second game. Detroit 7, New
York 12. Pitehers-Norlh, House;
Schultz.
Chicago I, Philadelphia 2.
Pitchers—Russell, Houck, Plank.
St. Louis 3, Washington (!.
Pilchers—Mitchell; Boehling.
Cleveland I, Boston 2. PiLcli
ers—Gregg, Cullop; Bedienl.
Northwestern League.
Victorias, Portland 13. Pilch
ers—Fitzgerald, Barnham, Slatl
on: Kastloy.
Spokane 2, Tacoma I. Pitchers
—Coveleskie; Belford, (lirol.
TEAM 8TAN0ING.
National League.
Per
Gaines— Won Lost cent.
JVew York .78 30 081
Philadelphia .. ..05 42 007
Pittsburg .01 52 5 40
Chicago.02 5 4 53 4
Brooklyn.50 01 450
Boston.....-48 0 4 42'.)
Cincinnati. 48 72 400
SI. Louis ,,.,...43. 7 4 308
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
Philadelphia .. ..77 38 070
Cleveland.00 48 500
Washington .. ..04 50 501
Chicagi.03 57 525
Boston.55 58 487
I Ml roil.50 08 42 4
SI. Louis . 18 7 4 303
.Yew York.30 7 2 351
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost. cent.
Vancouver.70 5 4 585
Portland.08 55 553
Seal lit*.70 00 538
Victoria.02 00 481
Tacoma.50 73 4 47
{Spokane.52 70 400
mmmery.
Just received from Chicago, the
latest, up-to-date fall and winter
millinery at the Keystone milli
ner’s. MRS. S. E. GLEASON.
_\■ - ■ ■ ,
Cook Wanted.
Cook wanted by Col. O’Neil, call
or ’phone commanding officer,
Fort Liscum.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that 1
will pay all city warrants up to
and including No. 3590 series of
1912, if presented within ten (10)
davs from date.
C. C .REYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 19,
1913.
«. RHloiriit Howe.'
Week day* 9 a. nt.'to O p. m. ’
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum tonight.
t .r_1--) 1 'tJ.r
GET THE||HAB1T
Every Evening
BE? A*? BOOSTER
, A. H. PINKUS, M*r.
STORY OF A NEWS “SCOOP.”
Trick of H Cbrrccpcnifti* That "Beet"
tlltertflli tfevbmitart. V r/t
’* At ttfe’tfhJWPSf tfte”B6ef war of
1902 the London, Standard publish
ed the news of the signing of the
tteaty of peace some time before
the government itself knew of it—a
circumstance that greatly puzzled*
the officials. In “Campaigns of a
War Correspondent,” the author,
the late Melton Prior, tells how the
feat was accomplished.
The conference between the Eng
lish and the Boer leaders took place
in a farmhouse at the base of Ma
juba hill. While it was going on a
small army of correspondents and
artists camped outside, anxiously
waiting for the news that the war
was over. They were lounging and
lying about on the grass with their
horses saddled and bridled, ready to
race to the telegraph office in camp.
Captain Cropper, General Sir
Evelyn Wood’s aid-de-camp, and I
were very good friends, and as he
occasionally came out of the house
to have a chat, he kept me informed
how matters were going inside.
'• Another great friend of mine
was Jack Cameron, correspondent
of the Standard. I was anxious to
do him a good turn, and it occurred
to mo that now was my chance, so
I said, “Cropper, you might let me
know when they really are signing
or going to sign.”
Then I said to Cameron, “Look
here, old chap, you get your horse
ready and send it round the corner
of that hill, but be careful that the
other fellows don’t suspect any
thing, for as soon as General Wood
and Kruger begin to sign the terms
of peace Cropper is coming out to
tell me, and when you see me raise
my helmet, that is the signal for
you to galiop into camp and send
the news off.”
Shortly .afterward Cropper came
out and carelessly whispered to me,
“It’s all over, Prior; they have sign
ed.” I simply had to give the pre
arranged signal to Cameron, and he
was off like a shot at a full gallop
for the telegraph office.
It must have been twenty min
utes or half an hour later that the
general came out on the veranda,
and calling the members of the
press round him, said, “Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in announcing to
you that President Kruger and the
other delegates representing the
Boer nation and myself have signed
the terms of peace, but I warn you
that the wire to England is closed
to all communication until my dis
patch has gone.”
I could iiot help smiling to my
self, for I knew well enough that
Cameron’s news was already on the
way to England.
Benefit of Peerage.
Every one may not know what
the term “bcnclit of peerage” im
plies. A peer can demand a private
audience of the sovereign to repre
sent his views on matters of public
welfare. For treason or felony he
can demand to be tried bv his peers,
lie cannot be outlawed in any civil
action, nor can he be arrested un
less for an indictable offense, and he
is exempt from serving on juries.
He may sit with his hat on in courts
of justice, and should he be liable
to the last penalty of the law he
can demand a silken cord instead of
a hempen rope.
Children In Pliny’s Day.
It was not a modern American
writer who, discussing the children,
wrote of them thus: “Ilow many
are there who will give place to a
man out of respect to his age and
dignity? They are shrewd men al
ready and know everything. They
are in awe of nobody, but take
themselves for their own example.”
These were the words of Pliny the
younger used in one of his famous
letters during the first Christian
century, but they will strongly ap
ply to much of the young America
of -today.
Custom* of Brittany.
* Brittany alone, of all the prov
inces of France, seems to have pre
served its types of individuality. To
be Breton is by no means to be
French. The old men to this day
chatter in the Celtic tongue. The
Breton another when not at work in
the fields sits in the door of her
cottage plying the distaff and recit
ing the old legends and quaint folk
Sbngs to the white coifed baby be
side her. The Breton woman still
Wears the. costume of her mothers
before her and is satisfied in it.
Whipped For Not 8moking.
Thomas Hearne records that at
the time of the plague of London in
1G65 “children were obliged to
smoak. I heard Tom Rogers, who
wns a yeoman beadle, say that when
he was that year that the plague
raged a schoolboy at Eton, all the
hoys were obliged to smoak in the
school every morning and that lie
was never whipped so much fn his
'life i/s he.'was one morning for not
smoakinjf.”—London Chronicle.
a Cigars
VALDEZ Mioif ft ULAR SMOKE
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BELMONT’S REPRESENTA’S
VAN DYKE'S tOfflMO’S
SMOKECRAFT’S LOVERA’S
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INGRAM &
i ' ” EXCLUSIVE CIGAR < DEALERS. **■» <
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling-at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, La touche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
" 3 li t v! r * jf r 4' -v. f •» i-«
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailings from Seattle
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
gSAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGE each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Right is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Mariposa Alameda Northwestern
Every
Six
Days
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan andJSeattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt* Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Uousrh Dry lCc lb.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
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