Under a New
19JAVING disposed of the Banking Department, we
\ I will hereafter devote our entire capital and energy
to a Strictly Mercantile business—believing that we will be
in a better position than ever to serve vour wants.
Valdez . Mercantile Co. inc
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
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This Space Is Reserved for the
notice of FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. J,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded m
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bay, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
($000) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to,Con-,
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE 11. MERRIpIELD.
First pul). Feb. 4. 1913.
T.ast pub. May 8,'1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements' upon the “Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. 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
th» office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
be- 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
I hi* 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 232-1. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11. 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Genlle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, ’phone 47.
I ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY 1
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorney s-at- Law.
0. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Ritchie.
Assayed.
George P. White.
Banks.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Builders’ Material.
Clias. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentist*
Dr. H. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co. ’•
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Eagles.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
Beyers Cash Store, Golden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fagerbi^rg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W,. y. Crary.
i
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
“The Cliff.”
Raiuier-Gvandf'HtStel, Seattle.
Laundry*,
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Show*.
The Orpheum. .
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lfimber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Dally.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool an# Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines,
Alaskd-Coasft Go.
Alaska 3teamship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
City Express.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone Co.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
I and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold sajd claims
under the provisions of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
3 mbcr 31. 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication^ you fail or re
vise to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of.paid
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
'tibeorlher. your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
LOST—An^ A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward. ✓
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159 :
Plate slate, window glass, roofing and ;
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce- ;
ment, platter lath, shingles, builders* ]
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds ;
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse * Co.
FOR THE SOUTH
Left at Midnight With a Large
Number of Passengers From
Seward and Valdez.
Tin* S. S. Mariposa arrived in
Valdez at II o’eloek Iasi niglil
and sailed in an hour for Seal
lie and way ports. A large nnin
her of passengers who had roine
from I In' interior, left on I lie lioal
for Seattle and a nnmlier for -In
ni‘.'iii. Following is the passenger
list:
Seal lie--Mrs. I.. Cogeshall. M.
X. Crenshaw. Irene Cogeshall,
Clyde Cogeshall, Mrs. I,. If. .Nor
ton. .Norman Frail, A. A. I.ipp,
I!. A. .Johnson, Mrs. J-'. M. Boyle,
.1. M. Flmer. Mrs. C. Newberry,
Mrs. .J. A. Hanson, Max Kahn. J.
(I. Mnlroy. F. Stone, \V. II. Mor
rison. -J. MeKennon.
.rnneau--.Mr. and Mrs. T. It.
Lyons, F. M. Boyle. J. C. Hep
finger, Tom Met till. II. B. Ingram.
Clinton Egan.
,:Cur.ilo.va-'-A. Fi Sullivan.
WILL OPEN PRIVATE
BOARDING HOUSE
Mrs. Mercer lias leased I lie old
Customs House and as soon as
her furniture arrives will open
a private club boarding house.
Mrs. Mercer has. had lots of ex
perience in this kind of work, as
she ran a club and hotel in Yal
dete for several years.--Ketchikan
Miner, s. • ■ * yv
Race Pigmentation.
Bergfcld. the German investi
gator, holds the view that the
pigmentation of the races is dne
to feeding,. He points opt in the
animal vfbrld that color is often
determined by food, and he con
tends that by chemical process
the same results are shown in
the different human races. Ac
cording to this theory, the. orig
inal mun was black, since his
chief diet must have beeri vege
tarian. . , Fruit and vegetables
contain 'manganates that ally
tlfenfselyes with iron, constitut
ing a “dark brown combination."
Bpfgfeld states that negroes who
add meat and milk to their veg
etable fan* are never as dark as
those negroes who eat only veg
etables.
Indians are red, il appears, be
cause t hey have absorbed for gen
erations haemoglobin, the red
substance in tile blood of ani
mals for food.
Mongols are yellow by reason
of the fact thal they are de
scended from dark fruit-eating
races who penetrated into the
plains of Asia, became shepherds,
and lived to a great extent on
milk, which contains chlorine and
has a bleaching effect.
Tin* Caucasians were another
branch who becapn* still whiter
.‘by adding salt to I heir del ary.
Common salt is a strong chlor
ide and a powerful agent in
bleaching (lie skin. The effect
caii be seen, il is declared, in the
case of negro children who have
beeii reared on a “white” dietary.
They are never s?> black as their
kindred w|?d, hgve not abandoned
vegetarianism.
Platinum In Jewelry.
In the setting o,f many prec
ious stones platinum is now
greatly favored over gold. Plat
inum possesses the property of
not detracting from the beauty
of any jewel. Settings of it. are
well nigh invisible, whereas gold
is most obtrusive and injures the
effect of the finer settings. The
price of platinum is, however,
about twice that, of eighteen-karat
gold and the waste is greater.
Platinum exhibits such a de
gree of ductility that one ounce
of wire made of it may be spun
so thin that it will reach many
miles.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor.
The dance at Moose hall last
evening was enjoyed by all who
attended
Judge and Mrs. T. It. Lyons
left for their home in Juneau on
last night’s boat.
Frank Youngs, of Seward, w'as
a passenger to Seattle on the
Mariposa.
Alvah Eames returned to Cor
dova <m I lie boat. Iasi night.
R. J. Boyer, the railroad at
torney, passed through last night,
returning to Cordova after a visit
to Latouche.
FOR RENT—Three-room apart
ments furnished over Valdez Drug
Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
FOR SALE—The Ernestine
roadhouse at a bargain. Inquire
at the Ettibang* Bar. •'■I
Subscribe for the Prospector.
DUTCH BUI RICHFIELD
NOW AT CORDOVA
Dutch Bianchfleld, the freight
er, came tip as far as Cordova
on the Mariposa, bringing four
head of stock. He left the ship j
at the railroad town on the prom
ise that the road would be open
in “three days," and he is 'till
there. He has a consignment of
eggs for Fairbanks. Sargent 'is
also waiting at Cordova with bis
teams and out 1 i^ for the Nabesna
country, lie lias been at Cordova
over a month.
TWO MORE SKINNERS
FOR VALDEZ TRAIL
■lim ll'irkafalldw. I In* dwi:
manager. »•«*<•<• ixml a win* frmn
his wifi* I h a I -ha wmild Inave mi
Ilia Xnl'l hwaslani uaxl Sallll'ilaV
I'nr Yahla/. liMiiuii'm with liar ilia
ki<|.-:—Iwi> laiys, wlm waul In lialp
papa v.'l ilia mail inln I'airhanks.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THANKS. COL. RICHARDSON
Ilia Yahla/ (ihamher id' (iam
iiiai'i'a. Ihrmiyh ils prasiii'iil. si'll I
a telegram In (ini. Ilicharilsmi.
IhaiikiiiK him I'nr his all'acls in
lialialf of Ilia Yahla/ dike hill, and
asked if I hare was any I limy Mini
Ilia rhninlier imiild ild In aid lip*
passage id' tha hill. Inil Ilia <hd
mial wirad hack In Presidenl Hnii
111*11 lhal Ilia hill was in K'lmd
shape and that mdliina mare
imiild lie iIn11a In aid ifs passage.
—
A famous Pie.
Of all I he pastry ever cooked,
none has attained the magnitude
of the pie ordered hy Frederick
the Great 180 years ago for a
feast given in honor of 30,000
soldiers at the end of a campaign.
The pie was brought to the table
in the most dramatic manner.
Toward I he conclusion of (he
meal a strange vehicle drawn by
eight horses drove into the camp
grounds. The load seemed heavy
land e^ery one was consumed with
curiosity to know the nature of
His Majesty’s "surprise.” The
pie, which completely tilled Hie
vehicle, contained a ton of Hour.
5,000 eggs, 900 quarts of milk.
It was cooked in an oven built for
the purpose in the woods. After
the soldiers had partaken of the
pie, enough Was left over to give
a portion to every one in Hie vil
lage near which I he army had
been quartered,
Collector of Customs Willis ha >'
announced al Juneau that the de
partment did not make a port of
entry al Fairbanks, as was wired
to Fairbanks by Delegate Wiek
ersham.
Jusl received <m I ho Mariposa,
a lint* of dresses af Harvey's Tog
gery.
i
I To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska; Jan. 29, 1913.
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TIDE TABLES
Thursday* February 27.
High tide, 1:27*4, in., 5:37 p. m.
Low liqe, 1,1:51 a. m., 10:39 p. in.
Friday, February 2$.
High link, 5:2,4 p. m., 7:33 a. in.
Low tide? 1:01 p. in.
Saturday, March 1.
High tide, 6:36 p. in., 9:2.3 a. in.
Low lido, 12:01 p. m„ 2:39 a. m.
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Geo. f. white ,
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
_i
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fe insurance
See Crary about; that
insurance today
m&m*'
__1
, A. M. Dieringer •
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office iniWhaling building VALDEZ
Ne^t to .cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone ,9 THE DENTIST
I Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
j 9 a. m., to 6 p. in.. 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
i by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone 136 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
-lU—i -I > r . .---1 1 K
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska
Reports ok Mikes
Patent Sunvets
Oenesal Minins Ensineeninb
: _' Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res- phone. l»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
iA-.B
Meet erery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clook Id
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HHNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Vo. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m- Eagle JlaH
Valdez Lodge
No 168.. .. .
Free and Aooepted Masons
Regular Communications Drat Wednesday >o
each month Ip McKlnlai^Ball Visitors always
volootoo.
James H. Fatten m..W. W
C. C. Reynolds. See