Christmas Choice
Goods * SNYDER’S. * Apple*
a*_' by the Box.
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A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, ('. Stull.Dradnate Optician.
Mmw* meeting tonight.
Did you see any of Doolev’s
gold?
Full stock of paints at Ken
}1 rick’s..
Kendrick can make an artistic
sign for you.
For fine Smoking Jackets go to
Lion Clothing Store.
A new line of Ih»vs and childrens
clothing at the Lion store.
Everything to wear for man. wo
man mu chiiu at J. Fish & Co
Choice Yakima Burhank potatoes
at Citv Market, next to Merchants
(.'ale.
Your friend is expecting a Christ
mas present. You can he suited
at. Stulls, •»
The Log Cabin saloon is i repnred
to sell Leer to families or other* ttt
25 ct nts j er quart.
Shaw & Williams have rentod
flcd their store and now have a
very attractive place.
Jas. Fish went to Seattle on the
Nome City to buy a large stock of
(try goods and clothing.
Kings, pins, bracelets, necklaces,
chains, charms, thimbles, scissors,
bait-curlers, manicure sets, endless
variety at Stulls.
F. Hudson and Win, Brodltagcu
are to have a building erected on
Broadway, in which they will start
a first-class turkish hath house.
Tin* Bohemian is at present un
dergoing repairs, preparatory to
tin* opening on Monday next by
Al itowling and Joe D.-neuger, the
pew proprietors.
Judge Boy will sing at the En
deavor Church next Sunday night
and Kev. Hosiord will deliver one
pf his short addresses. Miss Root
V'ill preside at the organ. All are
Welcome.
Mrs. M Gregory wishes to call
the attention of her patrons to the
fact that she is now sefiled in her
new quarters on the reservation,
McKinley St., and is prepared to
do all kinds of sewing and dress
uni king.
A number of .placer locations
have been made on a stream tribu
tary in Kings hay. The gold pan
ned out proved fairly coarse, anil
the gravel is very shallow. The
discovery was made late and a
heavy snow fell before the ground
was thoroughly prospected.
Messrs. Love it Whitley, propri
etors of the Merchants Cafe, have
closed that popular restaurant fig a
short time to enable them to make
extensive alterations made neeis
sary by their large and rapidly in
creasing patronage. The dining
room will Ik* lengthened thirty
feet, and the en'ire place will Ik*
newly painted, papered and deco
rated. When these improvements
are completed-this will lie the larg
est and best appointed restaurant
north of Seattle.
C'apt. Malcom C. mpliell, one of
the contractors for carrying the
mail from Katmai Jo £t. Michael,
was a passenger ‘oii'the Shelikoff
11c will go as fitr as Nushigak, and
make the necessary arrangements
tor transporting the mail. Capt.
Gampliell anil Attorney Oscar
Foote of Juneau received the con
tract for carrying this mail for
tin* next four years, and will en
deavor to make a success of this
route. This route Is established
for the benefit of the missionaries
|ind canneries throughout the Kus
kokwim country.
V\ C. Stull Expert Watchmaker.
Santa C ausal the Valdez Cai dy
K itehen.
Tree Ornaments at the Valdez
Candy Kitchen.
Emiles variety in christening
; presents at Stull’s.
Fre-di Eastern Oysters at the:
City Market, next to Merchants
Cafe.
For Rubber Glove? and Mitts
coll at Lion store.
Fresh frnit on every boat. Shaw
A Williams.
The boxing contest which was to
take place to-norrow evening, has
;l>een postponed until Thursdav,
Dec. 1 StJLi.
Wages have been out by the new!
| superintendent at the Ellamar J
mines in f-J a day. All the men
have quit work.
C. X. Crnrv has purchased the
entire sf.iek of stationery of Shaw
I A* Williams, and has now the
finest line of stationery in town.
L. C. Larson has completed his
| photograph gallery and has the
'only gallery in town with skylight
and other necessary arrangements
for first class work.
The following passengers for this]
place arrived on theShelikoff: W.
L. Chapman. R. V. (lihson. B. H.
Gibson, J. C. Lerneke and Albert
Lindherg. She took nine passen
gers to the Westward.
Following are the outgoing pas
sengers on the Xomc City.
P P SI*Hn mill wile. R F Mfllint, C R TjitI
; more. I S M |» phM hpM wlf*\ Ml*** M Muni'll.
: H Hull •?. s I* FmviiioihI. Wm MerMii. Ml** E E
lH»tv. Ml*- Phv R.own. M W Mil s 11. r I.
Th"iiipjM*u. M flrilTHh, .!••** Fl-li. M*— ls**rrt
.1. hriv4»n (Min* Murnliv, C ramf»l*eU. Ii«H Unle*.
r,; Holmov. Mr- Fi ‘Minir, <* Noll, J Noonan. A j
L**f. S L How. W F H. we
P. E. Kern, the jeweler, has just
issued a neat little eight paw pa
per called the Valdez Holiday
Mess engcr. advertising his business.!
It contains a number of illustra
tions. poems and Christinas arti
cles for young and old. Mr. Kern
j believes in advertising.
Some of the hoys who have just
' returned from a prospecting trip to!
the Sound, brought in some fine i
I samples of white qeartz. contain
ing copper sulphide. A samnle
broken from the surface, assayed
a ton in gold. They claim to;
have a large body of the ore in i
sight.
If the arrangements of the com-1
j mittee are fullyearried ont.to-mor-'
few night will witness a v< ry swell i
affair at Moose Hall. Full dress is
j the order, ns we were given to un
Iderstand that many of the hovs re
ceived their swallow-tail suits on
I the last boat. The whole affair
I will he under the management of
I the dance trust.
There wa* a large.attendance at |
the Endeavor icecream social Tues- i
day night at the church, and the
affair was a financial success. Dur
ing the evening Mrs. Miller sang a
'solo which was much enjoyed.
Several who were expected to fur
nish entertainment were sick or
! unnvoidah'y absent, hut the even
ing was spent very pleasantly.
A meeting of the lot owners on
i the Reservation will he held on
| Saturday night at 8 o’clock at the
office of Oscar Fish, next to Whal
: ing Co’s building. The object of
i the meeting is to organize for the
j purpose of getting a survey, and to
'discuss the desirability of liecom
ing part of. the town of Valdez,
i Mr. F. M. Brown, owner of the
j Whaling Co’s building, will he
| present to discuss the ways and
i means for having this building set
j hack on the street line. As the ac-!
! commodatinns of the place of j
meeting is limited, the meeting!
J will he confined to owners of lots
and residents of the Reservation.
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1B AQEN5.
CASH STORE
There’s Eggs and Eggs.
We have the BEST.
Manager.
Souvenir simons and r ng-i ; t
Sub’s.
# Po|»orn nt the Valdez Candy
Kitelieli.
Felt Shins for the children at
J. Fish it Co.
Stall’s Christmas spread equal
to Kustern stocks.
Ynckshnw is now selling stove
pipe at 25e per length.
The finest line of candies in Val
dez Shaw A Williams.
For fine Cashmere and heavy
Wool Socks go to the Lion,
Carpenters are now actively en
gaged in pushing the work on the
power house anil just ns soon a«
the flooring is laid the electricians
will begin to install the plant, and
will use every endeavor to give us
lights for Christmas, as all the ma
chinery is here.
l>ont miss the ten round contest
lietween tieo. J. Shepard and Win.
H .Iohn*ton, which will In- brought
off at Von taunt tier’s hall on l>ec.
IHtlr F. Hansted. better known
as Young Dutcliy, will act as ref
eree. Thera* will Ik* a four round
preliminary bout lietween Chas.
Johnson and a soldier. Contest
begins at S o’clock sharp. Admis
sion fl.oO and 92.CKJ. Reserved
seats on salt- at the Montana.
Tlu* Engle dull, at their meet
ing last Sunday, received very fa
vorable rejwrts from the commit
tee appointed to arrange for a
Charity Ball. As previously an
nounced the proceeds of the hall
will Ik* devoted to the construction
of a hospital for the town. Five
hundred tickets were printed, and
most of them have lieen placed on
sale in the various stores. The
tickets will cost 92.oUeech, but la
dics will^ Ik* admitted free. The
committee wish it thoroughly un
derstood that they reserve the
right to refuse admittance to or
eject any objectionable characters.
The steamer Shclikoff, of the P.
P. & N. Co., arrived here on Mon*
dry evening. She is scheduled to
run from Valdez to the westward
with mail, and will carry passen
gers and freight. The boat is well
adiip.ed tor the purpose, lieing
small and s auncli, and has a speed
of eleven knots an hour. The of
ticirs arc as follows: Cap'am Al
ison; iliv, Mr. s.aal.'; Par.-er.
Mr. Eiwc'!!; fc • ward, Mr. Carlson;
Chief Engineer. Mr. Dunn; Assist
ant engineer, Mr. Brennan. The
lioat left Seattle on Nov 22nd, and
-op pod at Juneau. Sitka Yakwtat.
Kayak and Or«a. Stic met the
Berthe at Jiuicau on the third and
the San'ii Ana at Nuchek on the
7lh.
WANTS--FOR SALE.
AdfprtiwmifH* under !hi« head. 10 cents u
i line for one insertion, A rents for eaeh subse
quent Insertion.
Foil RENT -F1n«*. new, warm cabin. Kn
quire<<• (Null -.
TOKKHf^AtMr Will ueenuindaf foul
hordes. Enquire at thi* ofll ■
BIR1> DOi» — First dot* bird dug for «hI.
SchneiderfMvn, Broadway.
PIANO .\ Fine upright piano for sale by ih«
Scliutddor Sisters. Broadway.
ECAA Bl’YS Three nice 1 »t* and houses on
yvww McKinley SI. One frame house cost
**■». < h1I at this ,.th< e.
Cl OC Bl'YS g-uat mahogany upright piano.
•P* *tn.»l. scan, itiU'ic and one grapho.
pin lie. ‘JU latest Coluinoia r.*e .idv d m al
most new au<I in go «i cotiditi. u. Owner leav
ing town. < all at this • (Vi e.
HOl'ftitt \NI» l.oisj for motor mr «*:•'. Cull
on l>r. Von Ounther.
FOB SALE C1IEAI* A first class gold rocker
and pump. Just the thtug tor beach dig
t gings. Richards L Co.
FOR SALE -Rest All Lump Coal. Se Alaska
Transfer Co., or leave ardors at B li’s cigar
store.
Just what you’rt- looking for at
StullV.
Hot Chili and
Waffle Kitchen.
Open Always.
Broadway, Opp. Rending Room.
Mrs. J. It ttvAx
CHAS A. HAND, Prop. 1
The Only Short Order
House in City.
VitBiw May. Met aid (hop lios»
Is now open for b isines*, in the new
building opposite The Nizina. We cirry a
full line of Bread, Cake and Pastry, and run
a Frst Class Coffee and Chop H ouse. We use
only the best goods the market affcrds.
Boxes for Ladies.
Golden <& Friss,- - - Proprietors
You Don't Need a Wife
. If Yon Get Your
Work Dane at
The STAR LAUNDRY
We Repair and Sew on Buttons.
The Orl Drii? (o.
']
Pure Fresh Drugs.
Valdez, Alaska. ;(
Hemple Dougherty,
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Pioneer Outfitters.
Having purchased the stock of Groceries of Jas. Fish & Co., we now
have the MOST COMPLETE LINE IN VALDEZ. We are
prepared to All orders, either large or small.
Goods Delivered To Any Part Of The City.
t BANK Or VALDEZ, j
0 AND 4
J SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS. J
0 ('ii|>itill. Ptiitl-np - $10,000 4
A Heservi*. in Km I mnl IVr- a
a iMinul I’rojiertv • $07,000 J
J <iem>nil B.mkiiii! Bindncwn (.old *
f Din*! Kini)dit. l,oansand l)i.*cm,n'.s. 0
0 Foreign mid Kantt-m Kx<l;an;rc 0
0 Bmiglit and Sold, lieneral Collect- 0
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A PATRONAGE SOLICITED. A
Gold Dust
Exchange.
Highest Price Paid For
Gold Dust
Treasury Notes, Drafts and Money Orders Cashed Free <>f Charge.
_AL WHITE, Proprietor J
RICHARD/ fr CO,
Furniture, Stoves and
Household Supplies.
Second-Hand Goods Bought and Sold.
J. F. HIELSCHER fr CO.
Wholesale and Retail
BUTCHERS
Speeiiil Attention Given to FAMILY TRADE.
Orders Taken and Delivered to Hotel* and
Restaurants.
RAILROAD CONTRACTORS SUPPLIED.
European Plan Rates Reasonable .
HOTEL 5T. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers. ^
DEBMEg * POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave.Valdez. Alaska.
For General Hauling see
The Alaska Tra nsfer Co.
freest Attention To City Tra*? ** Mwtw
-*G AL and General Forwarders