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\ Announcement
With yesterday’8 copy the advertising con-,
test for the High School closed. We Ttelieve
from every viewpoint the contest was an un
qualified success. Each advertisement was of
an unusual high order—in tact the writer only
wishes these same students had charge 365 days
in the year. As soon as the judges announce
their decision the result will be published.
The judges are Mrs. Thomas Donohoe, Mr.
E. E. Ritchie and Mr. William Meals.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
VY Wor»f *trict,y fresh Egg*> Butter, Fruit
1 011 YY aUl ancj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
ING’S GROCERY
J _ Pt^one 188
CHM1DTS BAKERY
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Calces and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies.
Delicatessen and Lunch Goods—Bread 3 for 25c. Call 156
nli.tii|"I"l"l"t l-l-H-1 t1 'T"1fW SWIFT DELIVERY
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Roods.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Independent Laundry Co.
satisfaction Guaranteed l I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 6fi ' 1 Routrh Dry lCc lb
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Notice of Filing Final Account and
Hearing Thereon.
No. 139.
In the Commissioners Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
Valdez Precinct, at Valdez.
In the Matter of the Estate of Pon
tius Magnuson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on the
3OtR day of October, 1915, T. J. Don
ohoe, the administrator of the estate
of Pontiu3 Magnuson, deceased, filed
in and presented for settlement to the
above named court his final report
and account of his administration of
said estate and that the 5th day
of January, 1916, at the hour of 2
o’clock in the afternoon in the court
room of the above named court, in
the Town of Valdez, Alaska, has been
duly appointed by the above named
court as the time and place for the
settlement of said final account and
the hearing of objections thereto; and
all persons interested in estate may
on or before the date appointed for
such hearing and settlement file his
objections thereto or to any particu
lar item thereof specifying the par
ticulars of such objections as requir
ed by law. „ ,
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 30th
day of October, 1915.
T. J. DONOHOE,
Administrator of said Estate,
lonohoe & Dlmond, Attorneys for'Ad
ministrator.
First publication, November 1, 1916.
Last publioation November 29, 1915.
Dally, M 6t
Notice of Filing Final Account and of
Hearing Thereon.
No. 146.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Valdez Precinct—
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of George
Hansen, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
first day of November, 1916, A. S.
Jensen, the duly appointed, qualified
and acting administrator of the es
tate of George Hansen, deceased, filed
in and presented for settlement to the
above-named court his final report
and account of his administration of
thh said estate, and that by order of
said court the settlement of said, fin
al report and account and the hear
ing of objections thereto will be had
and held at the courtroom of the said
court. In the town of Valdez, Alaska,
at the hour of three o’clock In the
afternoon of Wednesday, the fifth day
of January, 1916. _ ^
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this first
day of November, 1916.
A. 8. JENSEN,
Administrator of said Estate.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for the
Administrator.
First publication, November 1, 1916.
Last publication November 29, 1916.
Dally M 6t
Fancy btatlonery at the Valdez
NOTICE OF RECEIVER’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, receiver of the Cameron
Johnson Gold Mining Company, will
sqll at public aution to the highest
bidder for cash, on Tuesday, Decem
ber 21, 1915, at 10 o’clock a, m., at
the front door of the federal court
house in Valdez, Alaska, the follow
ing real and personal property, to
wit:
Divide, Columbia Gold Certificate,
Treasury Note, Walloper, Muzzier,
Spike No. 1, Spike No. 2, Spike No.
3, Spike No. 4, Spike No. 5, Spike No.'
6, Spike No. 7, Spike No. 8, Alvarez,
Gazook, Quartez, Gazabo, Lallapa
loosa, Mazuma, Montezuma, all being
lode claims, and the Gold Basin,
Cashier an£ Paymaster placer claims.
One-fourth interest in the Lorraine
Fraction lode Claim and a right of
way over said Lorraine Fraction lode
mining claim and the Nellie placer
mining claim for pipe line purposes;
together with all buildings on said
claims.
Also the following personal prop
erty, to-wit:
1 5-stamp Risden mill with plates
and ore feed complete.
1 7-foot Lane mill with full equip
ment.
1 7x9 ore crusher.
2 concrete tables.
1 Pelton water wheel, shafting, belt
in e. pulley wheels, etc., to equip
mill.
z extra sets snoes and dies ror stamp
mill.
1 gasoline hoist 15 h. p.
1 gasoline hoist 8 h. p.
1 Trenton Iron Work's tram, 3800
feet in length with terminals, ore
towers, buckets and complete
equipment.
1 steel pipe line for power, graduated
11-in. to 8-in., 1400 feet in length,
with a diversion dam, head gates,
nozzles, etc., complete.
1 mine car.
2 blacksmith enuipments complete.
Approximately 600 feet mine rails.
500 lbs. drill steel.
1700 lbs. powder.
1000 ore sacks, new.
800 ore sacks, old.
125 cases distillate.
15 cases coal oil,
25 cases gasoline.
1 2-borse wagon, new.
2 complete cooking equipments.
Complete bedding for five bunks.
1 dory.
1 small rowboat.
4 miles insulated telephone wire.
4 telephone instruments complete.
1 ton oats.
Sundry miners’ and carpenters’ tools.
Such sale will be made pursuant to
an order duly made and entered In
the district court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division,„ on the 20th
day of November, 1916.
W. M. GOODWIN,
Receiver of the Cameron-Johnson
Gold Mining Company.
First publication Not. 22, 1916.
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LOCAL. BREVITIES.
Billy Egan, who recently returned
from Knight’s island, will go to Min
eral creek tomorrow to represent
some quartz claims there.
Suits pressed for |1.00 at Silver
man’s, thi tailor. Telephone 198. tf
Yes, Holiday Goods and articles of
every-day needs coming on every
boat for the Emporium. tf
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
FOR SALE: Smith-Premier type
writer, latest model. Also one dress
er with mirror, and one commode.
Cheap for cash. F. Butterworth. tf
The Moose dance last Sunday night
was one of the pleasantest affairs of
the season. Moose hall was comfort
ably Ailed and the music just right.
The clock was turned back in order
to prevent the dancers from violat
ing Their consciences against dancing
on Sunday.
LOST—Lady’s watch and nugget
fob, between the Empress theatre and
Valdez Dock. Liberal reward for re
turn of same to Prospector office, tf
Kodak Supplies at ihe Valdez
Drug ComDany. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s
Prices reasonable. •
F<sr good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Empress Program Tonight.
Two shows, 8:00 and 9:20 p. m.
Pathe Weekly News.
“The Divine Appeal, or the Lion
Tamer’s Revenge,” a drama in three
acts by Famous Players of Frafice.
“Ham, the Piano Mover,” comedy.
Select music.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 21, i.-o.
Barometric pressure .29.222
Temperature 5 p. m.26
Maximum temperature .33
Minimum temperature .22
Mean temperature.27—
Precipitation .19
Cloudy, wind northeast 8 miles an
hoqr; snowed at night and frequetly
all day.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 22, 1915.
Fairbanks, 13 below, 5 inches of
snow; clear, calm.
Salcha, 18 below, 9 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Richardson. 20 below, 6 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCarthy, 2 below, 12 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly, 2 above, 18 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
McCallum, 15 above, 36 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Paxson, 2 above, 30 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Hogan, 5 above, 18 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 16 below. 13 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good. v
Copper Center, 4 above, 12 inches
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, 20 below, 12 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, zero, 20 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam, zero, 33 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Summit, 18 above, 60 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail closed.
Wortman’s, 4 above, 12 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
A gasoline engine has been made
that uses but one-twentieth of a drop
of fuel at a charge.
A double ena^ adjustable wrench
has been invented to grip square nuts
with one set of jaws and' round sur
faces with the other.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lys. Fort Llscum Lvb* Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45.a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m..
7:00 p.m 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays oi
each month, these days being used to
clean' boilers.
Qiao. Percy
SmnT
si Complete Services I
IN THf! HEART Of TOE G7Y ;
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DEER HUNTERS HAVE
FIGHT WITH WOEVES.
Frank PreuschofT and Mr. Dawson
had an exhilarating encounter with
a bunch of wolves on Friday of last
week.
They started from the Preuschof
logging camp, at Beecher Pass, for
a deer hunt. Before traveling very
far they got into a place that re
sembled a wolf den—which it proved
to be. |
Pretty soon a wolf head was es
pied in the nearby thicket, and then
another and then some more. They
were practically surrounded by the
beasts. Frank will swear to ten
wolves, but they appeared to be more
numerous at the time.
When they had recovered' from
their surprise, the boys started the
fireworks. One wolf was quickly shot
dead and three were wounded. Then
the varmints retreated a little way
and were followed up and three more
of them were killed. Dawson fol
lowed the pack on their second re
treat, to see if he couldn’t bag some
more, and Frank started into skin
the pelts from those killed. Soon a
series of howls came from around
the den, and Frank located a wolf in
the brush whose glaring eyes showed
utter disapproval of the “skin game”
being worked on the family. He
then grabbed his gun and fired sev
eral shots which evidently went
wild; then climbed on a stump—in
order to get a better view. The
wolf closed In anyl finally bolted
just past the stump. Frank had the
muzzle of his rifle within four feet
of the wolf’s back when he fired, but
for some reason the bullet missed its
mark.
Although after this there were no
further demonstrations by the wolves
in that vicinity, Frank didn’t care to
finish the skinning job alone, so he
went down to the camp and brought
Hans back to stand guard until the
pelts were secured.—Petersburg Re
port.
Your Money's Worth.
Five good reels of amusement at
the Liberty Theatre tonight. Two
shows, starting at 7:30 p. m. Visit
the Liberty, the home of good pic
tures. Next attractions, The Pit.
Weber & Fields, Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch, and that well known
star, Mary Pickford; all five-act feat
ures.
PUR SEAL HERD SHOWS
A HEALTHY INCREASE. I
A census of the seals resorting to
the Pribilof islands has been taken
by the resident officials of the United
States bureau of fisheries. The first
part was made at the height of the
harem formation in July. Prom the
preliminary figures that have been
received by wireless messages it ap
pears that the number of harems on
St. Paul island this season was 1789,
against 136 in 1914, an increase of
35 per cent; while on St. George isl
and, the number of harems increased
from 248 in 1914 to 362, or 49 per
cent. The number of idle bulls on
St. Paul Island this year was 54 6
,and on St. George island 127, mak
ing a total for both islands of 673,
an increase of 501 over 1914.
The second count made early last
August was addressed to the pups.
The number^f pups born this year
was 88,137 «i St. Paul island and
15,389 on St" George island, a total
of 103,526. The birth this year ex
ceeded those of last year by 10,276,
or 11 per cent. The number of de-’d
pups found was 1810 or 1.7 per cent
indicating no abnormal mortality
among either the pups or their
mothers. The average number of
ows per harem this year calculated
by dividing the total number of pups
born (equivalent to the number of
breeding cows) by the totai number
of harems was 46. In ’914 It was
59.8; in 191, 65.8; and in 1912, 60.4.
These figures indicate that the
Alaska' seal herd at the end of the
breeding season of 1915 consisted of
approximately a third of a million
animals of both sexes and all ages,
an increase of about 40,000 over the
last year.
The killing of seals on the Pribl
lof islands was restricted in 1914,
through provisions of existing law,
to such numbers of male seals as
were needed to supply food for the
native inhabitants. The Secretary
of Commerce fixed upon 3500 as tbe
maxmium number which might prop
erly be killed for that purpose. There
were 1764 seals seals killed on St.
Paul island and 971 on St. George
Island. The annual shipment of fur
seal skins, to the number of 2884,
was made in October, and because
of the depression in the fur market,
these skins, which had been forward
ed to St. Louis remained unsold at
the end of the year.
We have Increased our stock, tools
nnd machinery every year, and our
noxt increase will be In floor sps «.
Now don’t get jealous and take your
work some place else, but show your
Dride in home industry and help us
to make VALDEZ the manufacturing
center of ALASKA by giving us all
the work you can, and pay ;>p
promptly. We will do the rest. Val
les Iron Works. Mon.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALE BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
I Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. 8PENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
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UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chltina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mer.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Clias. Fischer, Propr.
! VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
, Doing Business As Usual
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
IMA MISIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Rooflint. Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Eit
l intis. Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located tin Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
I
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail frcm Seattle at 9 P. M* on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
steamer Soiling Kith culls Illnmnti nml Koiltnk—All Sailing eall at Knllt
anil Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Sail Francisco every Wcilncsiloy anil Sunday. connecting with
Simmers A ale nml llartaril for Southern 1 itllforula.
Kiuht reserved to change schedule without notice
IIH'IIAIII) .1. III V(i\V(M)l)f MKr.. Seattle: V A LI) HZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
..^ * wavs WAVNAV.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
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S. S. Naripcsa, S. S. Altnrcda and S. S. Northwestern
sail ficrn Seattle the €th, 12th, l£th,24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
Frem Yaidez icuih— 7th, I3th, ISth, 25th and 31th tor Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Cfeek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellamar. Valdex and La
touche Explosives, S. S. Seward, on tlio 6th; Latouche. on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova. 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. n. TRACY. Gn’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over 1
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.