ELECTION GASES
ORE NOW ON
Trial of Three Afognak Election
Officials Charged With
Fra,ud Has Begun.
The trial ol' I he Afognak clce
liou cases was taken up in the
dial riel court this afternoon and
the work of selecting the jury was
begun by the examination of those
constituting the regular panel.
The defendants, who are repre
sented by C. E. Bunnell and L. V.
Ray, elected to be tried separate
ly. Alex. Fredolin will be the
first to be tried.
The defendants are charged in
the indictment with having vot
ed a number of natives who were
not at Afognak on election day.
It is understood that defendants
Fredolin and Folstadt will try to
show that if any fraud was com
mitted it was done by defendent.
Pajoman, who has turned state’s
evidence.
The government lias -’5 wit
nesses in attendance on court.
WILSON NABS A
MAIL CONTRACT
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Will Take 12,000 Pounds of De
linquent Mail From Val
dez to Fairbanks.
James Wilson, tile freighter,
lias been awarded a conlrael, by
I he postoll'icQ department, lo take
12,00(1 pounds of ilclimpicnl mail
from Valdez to Fairbanks. He
will leave here Saturday morning
and must deliver Ihe mail at
Fairbanks wilhin l<> days. The
eonlrael price is -’,‘1 eenls a
pound.
This is Ihe aeeumnlaled mail
which was brought from Cordova
lo Valdez after I lie lie-up of I lie
railroad. The eonlrael was let by
Alvah Fames, lln> chief mail
clerk.
Posl master Jell'erson was Ihe
lucky holder of lickel No. 8.’! and
is now Ihe owner of Hie percolator
raffled al Ihe firemen’s dance.
ticinkc can n\ anylhmu from
a waleli down.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR U. S. ,
PATENT.
SURVEY NO. 929.
Serial No. 01571.
1 . s l.and OITice, Juneau, Alaska. January
.. 191 :i
Noire is hereby Riven that in pnrsu
alien of an Art or Congress, approved May
lorb, 1872, Robert Pringle, by Frank C
Weber, attorney in Tact, whose postolTict
address is Valdez, Alaska, has made 8p
plication ror a patent for 1454.70 tlneai
Tret on the Helena and 1204.24 linear reet
sin the Ground Hog lodes, bearing gold,
silver and copper, the same being 144 4.70
feet S. 22 deg. 04 min. \V. and i0 fee,
X. 22 deg, 01 min. E. on the Helena ana
1 254.24 feet N. 0 deg. 33 mill. E. and to
Teet S. 0 deg. 33 min. W. on the Ground
Ilog lodes, rrom their respective discov
ery points, with surface ground 350 feet
on the north end in width and 489 feel in
width on the south end or the Helena lode,
and 350 feet In width on Ihe south enn
;md 490.53 feet in width on the north end
„>f the Ground Ilog lode; situate in the
Valdez Alining District, Knights Islano,
Territory of Alaska, and described by tin
nlfieial plat and llrid notes on llle in tin
.olTiee of Ihe Register of the Juneau l.ann
District, Alaska, as follows, viz:
neiena ldoi. >
Beginning at cornel' No. I. whence f. S. i
I \| Nn. IIS hears N. 27 (leg. 18 min.
;(V| see \V. 11078.00 reel; thence S. id (leg.
'.7 min \V. 1390 Teel to corner No. 2, 1
II,cnee S. 85 (leg. 52 mill. E. i89 feel U, I
corner No. 3; thence N. 22 (leg. 04 mil,. I
l 115 4.70 feel to corner No. 4; thence
V 85 (leg. 52 mill. E. 350 reel In cornel
No. I, (lie place or beginning.
Ground Hog Lode
Beginning at corner No. 1, whence I!. S.
i M No. 38 bears N. 17 deg. 04 min. 30
sec W. 2145.43 reet; thence S. 7 deg. 5i<
!«nln W. 1284.50 rect to corner No. 2;
thence S. 85 deg. 52 min. W. 350 rect to
corner No. 3; thence N. 0 deg. 33 min. E.
I ••04 24 reet to corner No. 4; thence N. 85
deg, 52 min. 496.53 reet to corner No.
I, the place or beginning.
Containing 24.813 acres, and forming a
portion or Knights Island, whir l lies In
Prince William Sound. In the Valdez Min
ing District. Terrtory or Alaska, described
as Survey 929. ......
The presumed course or the lode line on
the Helena lode Is S. ?2 deg. 04 min. W.
and on the Goriind Hog lode N. 0 deg. 3,t
min. E. magnetic variation 26 deg. 35 inin.
K.
The location notices or said lode,mining
claims are recorded In the office or the
rnlted States Commissioner and Ex-officifl
llecorder at Valdez, Alaska, In Book ‘‘H’
or Mining Locations on page 409, and In
Book “J” or Mining Locations on page 58.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion or said Helena lode or Ground
Hog lode, are required to Die their ad
verse claims with the Heglster of the
rnlted States Land Office at Juneau, Alas
ka, during the sixty day period or publi
cation bereor or within eight months
iBarearter. or they will be barred by pro
visions or the statute.
ROBERT PRINGLE.
By FRANK C. WEBER, Attorney In Fact.
LnHed States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
January 4. 1913.
it 19 hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice be published In the Valdez Pros
pector. the newspaper published nearest
the said mining claims, for a period or
S'ny ‘rty9- C. B. WALKER.
Register.
First publication Jan. 16. 1913.
East publication March 17, 1913.
OTELI LE GETS
OFF VERY EASY
Jury Return Verdict Guilty of
Adultery—Three Months the
Worst He Can Get.
i The Ole l.iltle jury returner! a
verdict last night of guilty of
adultery. He was charged with
having lived in a state of adul
tery, which carries a penally of
two years and a line of $500.
The penally for simple adultery,
however, is three months in jail.
The jury was out almost 24
hours, and stood most of the
time nine for comition and three
against.
The court was requested by the
jury to show mercy in passing
sentence. The court has not yet
set the time for passing sen
tence.
HOPElm
FOREIGN LABOR
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 30.
What is understood to be prac
tically a duplicate of the Idaho
bill regulating unskilled labor on
railroads and in lumber camps
was introduced today by Senator
Sanford. It provides for an edu
cational lest, which would bar Ja
panese. Greeks and other non
English speaking aliens.
The employing company under
the bill must tile at each county
seat a declaration of the langu
age spoken in their camps and
all business about the camps
must he carried on in that langu
age.
TO TAKE CHARGE
EASTERN^ PRISON,
Si. Paul, Minn.. Jan. 30.—Char
les s. Heed, former warden* of
the Washington stale prison at
Walla Wjallu, and prior chief of
police of Seattle and superin
tendent of l he Washington Re
form school, has heen selected as
general superintendent of the
.Minnesota slate reformatory at
SI. Cloud, succeeding Frank I,.
Randall, resigned.
DISINCORPORATE
OBDURATE TOWN
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 30.—Fail
ure on The part of Coatsville to
punish any of the persons impli
cated in the death of Zach Walk
er, burned to death by a mob in
August, 1011, resulted today in
a recommendation before the
Pennsylvania legislature from
Covernor Tenor that the town's
charier he revoked.
STE*[ WOMEN
coMMimnocus
Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 30—An
insurrcclion has broken oul in
Augolo, Portuguese West Africa,
and all dispatches received to
day by the minister of the colon
ies relate that the natives have
committed many atrocities. They
raided settlements, killing the in
habitants and pillaging property.
Several European women were
carried off by the insurgents, and
four men captives were burned
alive. The governor of the col
ony has sent an expedition to
suppress the insurrection.
House and Lot for Sale.
Six-room house and lot on Ho
bart street below court house.
Tnis property can be had for $1,
500 on easy terms. For further
information apply at S. Blum &
Co., or the Valdez Dock company.
This is the kind of weather
that the tenants of “The Cliff"
wear a broad smile and spend
their time in their rooms with
comfort. . • ,
JUDGE ORDERS
INVESTIGATION
Mrs. Ripstein's Child May be Tak
en From Her and Placed in
Government School.
When court convened this;
morning Judge Lyons instructed
the district attorney’s office to
investigate the home life of the
Ripsteins with a view of having
the government take action to
wards placing the 14-year-old
daughter of the Ripsteins in a
government school.
The judge said evidence enough
had been given at the trial of
Little to show that the mother
was not a lit person to have the
c;ue of a child.
Application was made to Judge
Shepard, U. S. commissioner, to
hav Rev. Zeigler appointed as
guardian of Elsie Ripstein, and
she may be sent to school at the
expense of the government. Judge
Shepard set 1 o’clock this after
noon as the lime to hear the evi
dence.
CORDMLOADING
AFTER REPAIRING
Seal I le. Jan. JO.—The freighter
Cordova, which made herself a
berth on the mud Hals of Scow
bay, near Petersburg on her Iasi
south bound trip, lias been fully
repaired and is now loading for
I he north again.
TO SEARCH FOR
RADIUM DEPOSITS
Washington, 1). C., Jan. 30.—
Apparently convinced that the
Rocky mountains constitute a
store house for radium, the most
precious of all metals, the Tint
ed States bureau of mines pro
poses to increase ils force of ra
dium hunters in that section. The
civil service commission announ
ce dloday that examinations
would be held February 20 next
lo supply the demand of the bu
reau for junior chemifls in radio
act i\ ity.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended 8100 in labor and
improvements upon the "Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. li. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
lh» office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
ber 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
$100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
this notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United Stales.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January II. 1913.
Las! pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease. his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in -labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
t," “Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay. in fhe recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid;-that being $300 per
year, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $26 for each
of said claimsV. your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PAUI.F,.
First pub. January H, 4913.
Last pub. April 16, 1913.
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McIntosh Sta_e Line;
Mail and Passengers from and to Valdez.
Connecting at Willow Creek with the Orr
Stage Line for Fairbanks and the interior.
ROBERT McINTOSH, Mgr.
I NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
i
To Chris Tjosovig, E. P. Cusn
man, Oscar Olson, N. P. Jensen,
• Frank Gustafson, I,. M. Price, ad
ministrator of the estate of Alex.
Nesbitt, deceased, and the heirs
of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased, and
the heirs, assigns, personal rep
resentatives and successors of
each of you:
You and each of you arc here
by notified that the undersigned,
Ears Holland, John McDonald,
Chris Johnson and Adolph Ear
sen, co-owners with you of the
Viking group of fourteen lode
mining claims situated about live
miles .northeasterly from the
head of Gravina bay, Prince Wil
j liam sound, in Valdez mining
and recoruing district, Territory
of Alaska, to-wit: The Viking
I No. I, Viking No. 2, Viking No. 3,
| Viking No. 4, Viking No. 5, Vik
ing No. (!, Viking No. 7, Viking
i No. 8, Viking No. 9, Viking No. 10,
Viking No. 11, Viking No. 12,
Viking No. 13, Viking No. 14, have
expended labor and improvements
upon said group of claims to the
amount and value of fourteen
hundred dollars (81,400) in each
of the years 1910, ltd I, 1912, in
cluding certain amounts contrib
uted by you or some of you; that
each of you above-named, co
owners in said group, respective
ly, is delinquent in the amount
due for annual labor, in the
amounts and for the years here
inafter snecilled. to-wit:
Chris Tjosevig, 8/00 for the
years 1910, 1911, 1912; E. P.
Cashman, $137.50 for the years
1910, 1911, 1912; Oscar Olson,
$225 for the years 1910, 1911,
1912; N. P. Jensen, $180 for the
.years 1911, 1912; Frank Gustaf
son, $270 for the years 1911,1912;
estate of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased,
$90 for the years 1911, 1912; that
the amounts specified are the
amounts due respectively from
each of you as your respective un
paid proportions of the amount
necessary to be expended for the
years rained, to hold possessory
right and title to said fourteen
mining- claims under the provis
ions of Section 2321 of the Re
vised Statutes id' the l." nilcd
Stales, and the amendments
thereto; the last of said annual
expenditures being the amount
necessary to bold said claims for
and during the year ending De
cember 31. 1913.
And if you, or any of you. fail
or refuse to make payment of the
amount above specified and recit
ed as due from you as a co-own
er. according to law, within ninety
days after personal service of
this notice upon you, if personal
service be made, or within ninety
ninety days after the completion
of publication thereof according
to law, the interest of any of you
who may fail or refuse to make
the payment due from him as a
co-owner will become the prop
erty of the undersigned co-own
ers, who have made the required
expenditure, pursuant to said
statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, January,
2. 1913
EARS HOLLAND.
JOHN MCDONALD.
GUS JOHNSON.
ADOLPH J. LARSEN
Date lirsl pub. Jan. 2. 1913.
Date last pub. April 17, 1913
Place your
FIRE INSURANCE
In the
Sttiyvesatit Ins. Cu.
Pacific Ins. Co.
Spi'ins.' Harden Ins. Co
American Fire Ins. Co.
Manufacturers Lloyds
Merchants Fire Lloyds
C. G. WULFF. Local Agent
Licensed Insurance Broker
Kates on Application
Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to Ellamar
Land lock and Fidalgo
Copt- D. E. MORRIS. City Dock
Valdez Sheet Metal Walks
MauMfectwen of
YAKSHAW STOVES
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TABLE QUEEN GROCERY AND BAKERY
Can supply your wants in Fresh Fruits. Fancy Groceries and
other Good Things to eat
FAMILY SIZE HOME MADE BREAD
phone i5« :i 'oaves for 25 cents
PROMPTDELIVESIES R. SCHMIDT, Prop.
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Alaska Coast Co.
The “INSIDE ROUTE”
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southwestern Alaska
S. S. YUKON Leaves Seattle January 31
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the AlasUa-Uacitic Steamship Co. for
Soutnern California ports Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Rates. Right reserved to change stea mers and sailing dates.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Seattle Sailings Just like the click
Fine steamships Mariposa, and Alameda leaving
here about
8th, 18th and 28th
of each month all the year around.
Mail, Express, Freight and Passenger line
Via Inside Passage
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Sevkard. Alaska
He Advertised-At Last
There was a man in our town,
And hejwas wondrous wise;
He swore {it was'hisfpolicy }
He would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The'“ad.” was set in quite small type
And headed “Sheriffs Sale.”