UY six pairs of Holeproof Hosiery
j[jji now and you won’t have any darn
—— ing to do for half a year—no neces
sity of wearing darned hose—no wasted
time in looking for whole hose—no hos
iery trouble whatever. Try it for six
months.
On the last boat we received a shipment
of this famous hosiery for men, women
and children. They are priced a pair, 25c,
35c, 50c’ and $1.00.
“Holesproof Ends the Mend.”
VALDEZ MERCANTILE CO. Inc.
KV W nf *trictl? ^re8^ ^8g8> Butter, Fruit
I Oil If ani an(j Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
RING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
Notice of Sale.
No. 727.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. M. Lathrop, Plaintiff, vs. Adam
Swan, Defendant
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale, and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
on the 7th day of September, 1915,
in the above-entitled suit, wherein
J. M. Lathrop, the above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and
decree against Adam Swan defen
dant in said suit, cn the 7th day of
September, 1915, recorded in Judg
ment Docket No. 2. page 260, I am
commanded to sell those . certain
pieces or parcels of land, lying and
being in the town ot Valdez, Record
ing Precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the point of intersec
tion of Sherman Street and Alaska
Avenue, in U. S. Survey No. 336;
thence in a westerly direction along
said Sherman Street fifty (50) feet;
thence at right angles in a northerly
direction sixty (60) fee:; thence at
right angles in an easterly direction
fifty (50) feet; thence at right an
gles in a southerly direction sixty
(60) feet along said Alaska Avenue
to place of beginning Also Lot
Nine (9), Block Two (2); and
the easterly portion of Lot Thirty
six (36) Block .-’‘-venty-i ight (78);
the said easterly portion of said Lot
36 being a tract of land fronting on
McKinley Street, Tlrrty two (32)
feet in width, and One Hundred and
Fiftv (150) feet in depth; subdivi
sion’s U. S. Survey No. *39, survey
ed byAj. Frank .Warner and F. W.
Williamson.
Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday the 9th day of October, 1915,
at the hour of two o’clock in the aft
ernoon of said day, in front of the
court house at Valdez, Alaska, I will
in obedience to said order of sale
and decree of foreclosure, sell the
above described property or so much
thereof as may be necessary to sat
isfy plaintiff’s judgment with inter
est thereon, together with attorney’s
fees and costs to the highest and
best bidder for cish, in lawful mon
ey of the United States.
Dated this 8th dav of September,
1916.
F. R. BPENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal for the Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska.
Date of first publication, September
8, 1915.
Date of last publication, October 6.
1916. 8-15-22-29-6—5t.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of Fidalgo-Alaska Copper
Company will held at the Company’s
office, being the law office of Dono
hoe & Dimond, in the town of Val
dez, Alaska, on Monday, the 4th day
of October, 1915, at the hour of two
o’clock in the afternoon of said day,
at which meeting the directors of said
Company shall be elected for the en
suing year. There will also be con
sidered at said meeting a proposi
tion to sell and dispose of all of the
Company’s property at Fidalgo Bay,
Alaska, consisting of twenty lode or
quartz, mining claims, together with
the improvements thereon; there will
also be considered such other busi
ness as may regularly come before
said meeting.
T. J. DONOHOE, President.
First pub. Sept. 18. 1915.
Last pub. Oct. 2, 1915. •
An Argentine government commit
tee has found that several native
plants yield fibers for textile pur
poses.
According to a French scientist
ultra-violet rays from mercury vapor
lamps will purify the air within sub
marine boats.
VON KAPOSMERE WILL
REPRESENT AUSTRIA
BUDAPEST, Sept. 22.—It is re
pored here, that Count von Kapos
mere, who was formerly Austrian
minister at Rome, has been selected
to succeed Ambassador Dumba, at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
Advices have been received here
stating that the Austrian government
has chosen Von Kaposmere, who for
merly was Austrian minister to
Rome, to represent Austria in the
United States. The appointment of
the new ambassador is stated to be
gratifying news to President Wilson,
as it was feared that Austria would
not appoint a successor to Dumba un
til the close of the war. The new
Austrian ambassador is reported in
diplomatic circles to be one of the
most polished and brilliant courtiers
in Europe.
FRYE-BRUHN BUTCHER
SHOP DOING BUSINESS.
Manager Borgen, of the Frye
Bruhn butcher shop, is a busy man
today, owing to the arrival of a big
shipment of fresh meats on the Ad
miral Evans last night. The com
! pressor for the new plant arrived on
j the Northwestern and after being in
stalled is working to perfection. The
Frye-Bruhn shop in Valdez has been
built along the lines of the company’s
shops in the states, and is one of
the finest buildings in Valdez. The
building is painted a spotless white,
inside and out, with black trimmings,
the tops of the counters of Alaska
marble and the meats enclosed un
der glass, makes a handsome and at
tractive butcher shop and Mr. Bor
gen has every reason to be proud
of his new quarters.
$1594 GONE, WIFE NOT WON.
Notes Torn Up on Promise to WTed,
Says Suit; $1000 Added for
Mental Anguish.
Alleging that he tore up $1591
worth of her promissory notes when
she promised to marry him and that
she later married another man. oi
thur P. Olsen yesterday filed a breach
of promise suit in County Clerk Cof
fey’s office against Mrs. Mollie M.
Patton Saxton.
Miss Mollie M. Patton owed Olsen
$1594 and on Christmas day, 1913,
she promised to marry him, Olsen al
leges. Then he tore up the notes.
On September 5, 1914, she married
John W. Saxton. Besides the amount
of the alleged notes, Olsen asks for
$1000 exemplary damages for mental
anguish occasioned by the alleged
breach of promise.
MUCH MONEY CLAIMED
™ DUE THE TERRITORY.
Figures compiled from the annual
reports of canneries and salteries in
the district clerk's office show that
from the First division alone a total
of $66,626.99 is still due the terri
tory for taxes in the year 1914, un
der the law passed by the Alaskan
legislature in 1913. The 1913 taxes
amount to $72,722.66, but if the law
is upheld this amount will have to
be equalized as the law did not go
into effect until September 1st, at
which time nearly the entire salmon
pack of the territory was up and had
been shipped.
In the First division in 1914, the
amount of tax which should have re
sulted from the pack of the canneries
was $65,711.40, with salterles giv
ing a total return of $915.69. There
were 41 canneries operating in the
southeastern part of Alaska and 19
salterles.
Figures compiled by Territorial
Treasurer Smith for the benefit of the
members of the second legislature
show that the total amount of taxes
due from the fishing industries of
Alaska for the year 1914 amounted
to $166,572.99.
The suit has not been ordered as
yet, but Governor Strong has the mat
ter under consideration and the fig
ures are being compiled in anticipa
tion of the beginning of the action.
SEWARD MAY ASK TAXES
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
The Seward city council is prepar
ing to guard against any attempt on
the part of Uncle Sam to foist the ex
pense of supplying police protection
to the residents of the tract of land
adjoining Seward, which is soon to be
sold by the government’s real estate
agents.
When the government sold lots at
Anchorage all the purchasers of lots
were exempted from taxation on their
city property for a period of five
years, and a similar course is feared
at Seward. It is expected that the
Seward council will take steps be
fore the lots are sold to have an un
derstanding with the government’s
agent regarding the part the purchas
ers of lots are to take in the upkeep
of the city.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Arthur Pinkus, the Valdez mana
ger of Capt. Lathrop’s Empress the
atre, has announced that the film of
the great Alaskan plan, “The Sea
Wolf,” will not be shown at Eagle
Hall Thursday evening as previously
advertised. The movie machine
which should have been received on
the Evans has been delayed in Seat
tle and will not arrive until the next
trip of the Alameda.
Marion Leach left on the Robinson
auto stage this morning for Fair
banks, where he has accepted a posi
tion on the staff of the News-Miner.
Previous to the destruction of the
Prospector plant by fire last July Mr.
Leach was operator on the Prospec
tor Mergenthaler typesetting machine
for three years. He is one of the
finest operator machinists on the Pa
cific coast and can always be relied
upon to turn out the type required by
the office with which he is connected.
Mr. Leach’s many Valdez friends,
among whom are numbered the en
tire staff of the Prospector and Min
er, wish him success in the interior.
For fresh Butter, Eggs, Fruits and
Vegetables, try Ames & Co., Key
stone Ave. and McKinley street, tf.
_
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Going to Chitina?
Frame Autos will leave Valdez for
Chitina Thursday morning. Inquire
Phoenix Hotel. ♦
Ice! Ice! Ice!
One cent a pound delivered to any
part of the city Phone Love-Whit
ley Company. tf.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
New Fall Coats received on the
Evans. Mrs. E. Winter. *
J. S. Gray is in town from Valdez
creek.
FOR SALE—My new Ford deliv
ery car, $500. Joe Stanton. tf
Change Tonight.
The Liberty Theatre presents to
night that gorgeous superb produc
tion in three acts, "The Sleeping
Beauty,” and a comedy to complete
the program. *
To remove grease and dirt from
machinery with gasoline is the pur
pose of a new compressed air syr
inge.
A seismograph invented by a Japa
nese scientist registers the velocity
of all earthquakes two hundred fold.
A gasoline engine driven dynamo,
that is entirely automatic in its ac
tion, is attracting attention in Eng
land.
It has been found that the ash of
the seaweed found on the shores of
Manila Bay yield 15 per cent of pot
ash.
A waterproof match box has been
invented that will float when dropped
into the water.
A CZ.1R IN AN ATTIC.
Room In the Winter Palace Where
Emperor Nicholas I. Died.
Tbe Winter palace of the czar sur
passes an/ other palace in Europe. It
is on tile banks of the Neva und owes
Its existence to the Empress Catherine
II.. that most extraordinary woman,
extraordinary in ability and in vice,
the surprise of all her contemporaries
and the wonder of all who have stud
ied her character. The building Is four
stories high, of a light brown color und
highly ornumeutal in architecture. It
Is a wilderness of halls, stairways and
apartments. Tbe Nicholas ball and the
St George's ball will never be forgot
ten by those who have seen them.
One of the most interesting rooms is
that where Nicholas I. died. It is in
the upper story of the northeast corner
of the building and Is approached by
four doors and finally by a narrow
passage. It is a small room, only
about eighteen feet long and twelve
feet wide, with two small windows,
and Is the place where the emperor
spent most of his time when not offi
cially employed. It is the room in
which he died, some say by poison ad
ministered by himself in a fit of melan
choly Induced by the outcome of the
Crimean war.
The room remains just as he left It.
Near the center is a plain iron bed
stead. Some chairs and a few cheap
pictures adorn tbe room, and a dilapi
dated. down at the heel pair of slippers
complete the furnishings of the attic
room in the palace.
EQUAL TO OCCASIONS.
A Man of Quick Wit and Prompt
Action Was Lord Whitworth.
Lord Whitworth, who held various
posts of honor In English diplomatic
circles, was a kindly, gracious gentle
man as well as a wit and a man of
the world. He had indeed almost meas
ured swords with Napoleon at the
Tuilerles when that despot railed at
England for not having evacuated
Egypt and Malta, accused her of hav
ing violated treaties and ended by
flourishing a cane dangerously near the
face of the English ambassador.
Lord Whitworth put his hand on the
hilt of his sword.
“What would you have done if the
emperor had struck you?" he was aft
erward asked.
"I would have felled him to the
ground." was the quiet answer.
Perhaps the best story told of him is
one showing how his quick wit dis
posed of a rival. When he was at the
Russian court. Fox sent there as a sort
of ambassador of his own a man named
Adair, the son of a surgeon.
One day the empress, speaking in
French, said to Lord Whitworth:
“Is he a very important man. this M.
Adair?”
“Not so very, madame." replied Lord
Whitworth, “although his father was a
grand salgneur.” a remark which read
ers of French will recognize as a very
good pun. for the word used by Lord
Whitford means “blood letter.” while
by its sound it also meant a great lord.
—London Standard.
“Discovery."
According to some wonder mongers,
whenever you tell a story asserting the
existence of something new and aston
ishing you "discover" it. But that is
not the sense in which the word is used
by scientific Investigators. When Pro
fessor and Mme. Curie “discovered” the
wonderful element "radium" they plac
ed it. so to speak, “on the table.” and
every one has been nble to examine it
and to prove that the statements made
about it are true. When Dr. Lnveran
of Paris "discovered" that malarial fe
ver Is due to a parasite in the blood he
showed the parasite and showed how
one can alwuys find it. and thus he en
abled any one and every one to see it
and to examine its relation to malarial
fever. Those are instances of "discov
ery." Mere guesses and assertions
without proof are not "discovery."—
London Telegraph.
Pretty Useful Shoes.
It would be difficult to realize what
the Frieslauder would do without his
klompen. or wooden shoes, for they
have a hundred uses. With them he
bails out his boat, corrects his chil
dren and scoops up a drink of water
wherever he may be. He places In
them bis worms for fishing, uses them
as missiles In a free fight, digs with
them, measures dry goods with them,
and a hundred other things. The
klompen are cheap: they cost about
fifteen pence a pair, man’s size, and
Dutchmen's feet are not Cinderella
llke by any means.—Wide World Mag
azine.
Used to Dodging.
“You never hear of a wealthy bache
lor being run over by an auto.’’
“That’s so. I wonder why it is.”
“To a man who Is used to dodging
mothers with marriageable daughters
dodging automobiles is merely child's
play.”—Houston Post.
A Stickler For Good Form.
“Of course you looked up the new
girl’s references?”
"How could I. dear? They were
from a lot of women I don’t know.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Estimating It.
“I hope I haven’t kept you waiting
too long." gushed the girl.
“Only about $3 worth.” estimated
the young man with the taxicab out
side.—Pittsburgh Post.
An Incentive.
Mrs. Csawford— I thought you said
you weren’t going to the sewing circle?
Mrs. Crahshaw But. my dear. I didn’t
know Mien nlmiit the things you have
told me .Mill;..-.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD. Prop.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest lists! in tbs latsrisr—WeD Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To ; Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
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. Mar.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Roujrh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and 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
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
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.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND j
California Alaska
ALASKA
/
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th ealla lltamna and Kodiak—All Salllag eall at Kalk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franclaco every Wednesday aad Sunday, connecting with i
Stenmera Yale aad Harvard tor Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD. Mgr.. Seattle) VAI.DKt DOCK CO, Local Agt.
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