Men’s Union Suits For Fall
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^ 1VE different numbers in Men’s
^ winter weight Union Suits were
received on the last boat. All sizes from
34 to 46. Priced a suit,
$2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00.
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KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
BREAKING GLACIER
FLOODS KNIK FLATS
Wall of Water Rolled Down Valley
From Lake But Residents Had
Been Warned Previous.
A few miles up the Knik river,
there is a beautiful lake, said to be
14 miles long and about 11 miles
wide. For years it has been a favor
ite hunting ground for the Indians
of this region. Every year the In
dians would bring their families to
the mouth of the Knik river, arrange
their camps, and the men would go
far up into the mountains to hunt
and fish.
About twenty years ago, it is re
lated, the huge glacier which serves
as a wall for the large lake above,
gave way, and huge volumes of water
came tearing down the mountain side,
swelling waters of the Knik river un
til the whole country tributary to .he
mouth of the river was submerged,
drowning nearly all of the Indians
camped in the flat below. Since that
time the Indians have kept an eye on
the glacier, expecting that at any time
another break would occur. But un
til this year, as far as it can be learn
ed, the glacier has held the waters
of the lake, and no floods of any con
sequence have occurred.
About two weeks ago and Indian
came awwn rrom tne laae ana im
mediately warned those living in the
neighborhood of old Knik to leave the
flat, as the glacier was expected to
break at any moment and cause much
damage. The people living in that
vicinity, having heard before an ac
count of the flood, stood not on the
order of going, but “got.”
And none too soon, for on Sunday
morning, it is reported, the side of
the glacier gave way and oceans of
water came sweeping down into the
valley below.
The flood was not nearly so great
as reported to have been before, but
severe enough, however, to wash
away a number of piles, said to have
been ready to put in the railroad
bridge, and had the Indian not given
timely warning, many lives would
probably have been lost. As it is, no
particular damage was done.
Several men who have been up to
this lake, state that further trouble
from this source can be averted by
simply shooting out a portion of the
glacier, which probably will be done
before there Is danger of another
break.—Cook Inlet Pioneer.
We specialize on machine work and
welding, therefore we know our bus
ness. But don’t come here for a
beef steak, go to the butcher shop.
Valdez Iron Works. Mo.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Granite Gold Mining Company
will bevil eld at the office of the com
pany in. the Copper Block at Valdez,
Alaska, on the 21st day of October.
1915, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m.
A Board of Directors will be elect
ed for the ensuing year and such oth
er business transacted as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
The books of the Secretary will be
closed from October 1st, 1915, until
the first day after said annual meet
ing, and no stock will be transferred
during this period.
B. P. MILLARD,
9-21-2 Ot President.
SHOULD KNOCK OUT
PRESIDENT’S TEETH
Trouble In the Ranks of the Teutonic
Sons of Chicago over Radical Ut
terances of Its Officers.
CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—A row is on
among the Teutonic Sons of Ameri
ca, organized last spring following
the sinking of the Lusitania. The ac
tivities of its officers in promoting
the recent gathering of the Friends
of Peace are partly responsible for
the dissension. It is charged that by
too radical utterances and by agita
tion for an embargo on munitions its
officers have diverted the work of the
organization from its original pur
poses.
G. F. Hummel, credited with con
trolling the Teutonic Sons, has de
clared that Henry Meinshausen, pres
ident of the Sons, overstepped the
bounds when he declared that instead
of sending a petition to President
Wilson that the petition should be
used to knock out the president’s
teeth. The rank and file of the Teu
tonic Sons are not in sympathy with
either Hummel or Meinshausen.
NEW TIMBER LAWS
ARE IN FORCE.
Commissioner Clay Tallman of the
general land office at Washington,
has notified department agents in
Alaska that here after in case of an
innocent trespass by cutting wood
from public land, settlement will only
be made on a basis of the severed
value of the wood and stumpage
value will not be accepted.
The land office’s instructions to
timber agents is founded upon a
ruling by the Department of Jhstice,
and means that if woodcutters and
users do not make application to the
the land office for the purchase of
wood, as required by law, they will
have to pay more than 25 cents per
cord for wood cut—probably 60 cents
to $1 per cord. In case they are
found by the government to be guilty
trespassers, they will have to pay full
value of wood where found, This ap
plies to the purchaser as well as the
cutter of wood.
MAKE A LONG TKIP
IN A SMALL BOAT.
Dawson News-—A party comprising
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Burdin, Robert
Eames and Louis Kezer,, arrived here
yesterday from Livingstone creek, a
tributary of the Big Salmon. They
made the trip down in a small boat
with flat bottom, shovel nose, and a
sail. The trip was made without
special incident, except that they
found the shoals numerous because
of the lowness of the river and the
stream, therefore more difficult to
follow. The last night out was the
only one in which they were caught
in the rain. Owing to the lowness of
the river at this season of the year,
they have decided to complete their
trip through to Fairbanks, where
they will winter, by steamer.
The party has been Installing a hy
draulic plant on Cqttoneva creek, in
the Big Salmon district. They ace
well pleased with the proposition and
will return to operate It next season.
They report that rich pay was found
on Lake creek this season by an out
fit which was drifting. The pay was
obtained, they, say in thawed ground.
Alaska Trip Opens Eyes of j
National Forrester Graves |
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National Forester Henry S. Graves,
who recently passed through Valdez,
having come over the government
road from Fairbanks after having
completed a trip through interior
Alaska, is most enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the territory, and he
states that anyone who has never vis
ited the great interior of Alaska, has
something to live for. The possibil
ities of the territory astonished Mr.
Graves, and he assured Governor
Strong while at Juneau that he would
use every resource in his power to
push any recommendation which
Governor Strong should make to the
Washington officials in the future.
Mr. Graves gave the following inter
view to the Juneau Dispatch before
leaving Juneau for Washington:
“As soon as I reach Washington I
shall endeavor to get the proper au
thority and an appropriation of mon
ey to fight the disastrous forest fires
which rage each year in the interior
of Alaska and which do inestimable
damage to the timber, roads and
trails of that section. Several things
struck me very forcibly while on my
trip and I am going to try and have
them worked out by the departments
when I get back to Washington.
“The forests of the interior are a j
problem entirely different from any j
thing we have had to cope with yet.
While the forests there are not in the
reserves, and probably never will be,
they need protection, if the economic
questions of that section are ever to
be successfully worked out.
"The timber there is a grade of
spruce entirely different from our
coast timber. It is found on the
North American continent from the
coast of Maine to Alaska, clear across
the northern border, and while it
does not grade as large as the coast
trees is still very valuable for many
uses.
Wants Timber Nearby.
“When a community or settler lo
cates at any point they want timber,
and they want it right there instead
of having to haul it for many miles.
A homesteader, and they are locat
ing in the interior as rapidly as pos
sible, wants wood for fuel. He wants
wood to build fences. He wants logs
to build houses and barns, especially
in that country where lumber is high
and timber is cheap. The transpor
tation companies wanf wood for fuel.
Mining companies want timber for
thawing the ground and for buildings
and other purposes. The road build
ers want timber for culverts and
bridges, and the growth of timber
in the interior of Alaska is more
closely tied up with all phases of the i
economic and business life of that'
country than anyone realizes. Even
the old time Alaskans whom I have
met on the trip do not realize the
value of the stand of timber on the
hillside of the interior, and which is
being destroyed at the rate of several
millions of feet per year by the fires.
Much Timber Burned.
“On the 300-mile trip from Fair
banks to Valdez we passed through
tracts which had just recently been
burned over, or which were still
burning when we passed through, ag
gregating a hundred miles of the
journey. One place we saw was at
least 20 miles long and the timber
was entirely destroyed.
“The roads, while still passable,
had been damaged to an extent
where it will cost more to repair
them, than it would have cost to pre
vent the fires in the first place.
“My idea is to get authority from
Congress, accompanied by an appro
priation of some money, to inaugu
rate a campaign of education against
the fires.
Fighting Force.
The country is covered to a cer
tain extent by roads and trails which
are passable with autos, and a very
few men with motorcycles, and mon
ey to work with could do a great
deal to prevent the disastrous fires
of the past summer. A start must.
be made somewhere and a small sum
of money would go a great ways.
"These men could co-operate with
the auto and stage drivers, roadhouse
men, prospectors, mushers, signal
corps men and the general public and
could quickly be at the scene of any
fire which started. They could also
educate the general public about care
of fires while in the forests and no
tices could be posted at all conspicu
ous places. It would be a very short
time before the fires of that section
would be practically a thing of the
past.
Wants Many Roads.
“Another thing which forcibly im
pressed me was the lack of roads and
the pressing need for them. We and
when I say we, mean the officials at
Washington, must not get the Idea
that Alaska has an adequate road
system.
"I talked with many men whom I
met on my trip, and they told me of
their fields of land which were in cul
tivation, with their crops of potatoes,
grain ahd hay, but which could .not
be put on the market on account of
lack of roads. What could they do?
They had to let the stuff rot, unless
they could use It themselves.
Government Roads.
“I think the government must ap
propriate large sums of money to
build roads all over the entire terri
tory, a road system which will he
entirely independent of all road sys
tems of other states. It will cost
vast sums, but it must be done if
Alaska is to have a class of settlers
who will be permanent. When you
have to deal with a farmer you are
dealing with a man of small means,
and one who cannot build roads of
his own.
"The government has authorized
the expenditure of a large sum of
money, which has not been appro
priated as yet, for the building of a
railroad from the coast to the inte
rior, a work which is very commend
able. This road will only be the back
bone of a transportation system
which will reach every section of
Alaska ultimately.
“The railroad is the small part of
the work, in my estimation, The
road must have tonnage and tonnage
can only be supplied by the surround
ing country. This country must be
in touch wth the railroad by means
of roads and trails or else the money
spent on the railroad is wasted.
Vast Farming District.
“The interior will make a vast
farming section in future years,, and
every ounce of brains'in the depart
ment of agriculture is needed right
here in Alaska to help the people
work out their problems. The man
who comes from Iowa to Alaska will
find things entirely different than
anything he is used to and the same
is true of a man who comes from any
part of the world.
"Unless they have some »one to
direct them into the right channels
and work out their problems for
them, most of them will make fail
ures, and there is no necessity for
that in Alaska.”
Tackle iroDienis.
“Mr. Sherman, the head of the
land department of the forest serv
ice, and X have had many problems
put up to us since we have been in
Alaska which will be straightened
out as soon as possible. Most of
them have been due to the depart
ment heads in Washington not get
ting close enough together and I
shall take them up when I return.
“They are problems which mean
much to Alaska,” Mr. Graves con
tinued, “and ones which can easily
settled. Some of them can be set
tled by departmental orders, but
some of them will have to be put up
to Congress.
80 Rod Strip.
“As an illustration, the law which
requires all settlers to leav§ a strip
SO rods between locations along the
shore line of salt water. This is an
injustice. The government has the
privilege of reserving all of the land
it wants at any time, and in Alaska
where all of the locations are along
the shore line, with no locations
back from the beach, needing access
to salt water, no hard and fast rule
should be applied.
“I think I can get the authoriza
tion of Congress to have this order
changed insofar as it applies to Alas
ka. I shall try,” he said.
Had Talked It Over.
There was a couple who had two
children, a boy of fourteen and a girl
of twelve. About that time another
baby came along. With that narrow
prudishness so commonly found, the
parents took the greatest pains that
the children should know nothing of
the condition of their mother or of
the impending event, and when the
time approached the girl was sent on
a vacation to some relatives in an~
other city. At last the great event
took place, and the father said to
the boy: “Johnny, you have a new
baby brother. The boy said nothing.
The father sat down at his desk and
in a few moments handed the boy a
telegram. “Take that to the tele
graph office,” he said, “and send <t
to sister. Here is a dollar to pay
the charges. The boy came back after
while and handed his father the
change. ".What,” said the father,
“that telegram cost more than 36
cents, didn’t it?” “Oh, yes,” the boy
replied, “the one you wrote would
have cost more. I sent one of my
own.” “You did,” the father said,
"and what did you say?” “Oh," the
lad replied, “I just wired sister, ‘1
win; a boy.’ ”
Valdez Weather Report.
September 26, 1916.
Barometer pressure.29.396
Temperature 7 p. m.43
Maximum temperature.65
Minimum temperature .37
Mean temperature.41
Precipitation .23
Cloudy, wind northeast, 4 miles
per hour, rained at night.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson,Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel h the Interior-Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
! VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
\ Doing Business As Usual
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Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 6fi | I Rousrh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, steam and hot water heating.
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe ami Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
‘ S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
l sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
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! From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
! dova, Skagway, Juneau. Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
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i Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
« Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
• touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
> Cordova. 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
* without notice.
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F. B. TRACY. Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
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Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna and Kodiak—All Salllag call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard (or Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD. Mgr., Seattle i VALDB1 DOCK CO* Local Agt.