New Shipment Waterproof
Clothing
rT” 1,1, the Genuine Dri-Bak make—The
I coat comes in Hunting Style, dead
f'**’ grass brown; full layer in and out
side of genuine waterproof Dri-Bak; drab
corduroy storm collar and cuff facing; ad
justable cuff; one large, inside game
pocket, full size of coat; two lower di
vided pockets and three additional acces
sory pockets on left side; two front and
two side vents for entrance to game
pockets; bellows arm pits with air cham
bers. Hunting trousers to match, made
full double front and double seat.
Coats priced at $5. Trousers $2 and $3.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
Wanf 8trictly fre#h Butter, Fruit
I0U Tf dill ancj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
klNG’S GROCERY
Phone 188
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Granite Gold Mining Company
will be held at the office of the com
pany in the Copper Block at Valdez,
Alaska, on the 21st day of October.
1916, 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, 1916, until
the first day after said annual meet
ing, and no stock will be transferred
during this period.
B. P. MILLARD,
9-21-20t President.
Notice Board of Equalization.
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, will meet as a Board of
Equalization to equalize the taxes of
the said town for the year 1916, on
each of the following dates, at the
City Hall in the Town of Valdez:
The first meeting oi the Board will
be held on' the second Monday in
October, and the Tuesday next fol
lowing, from eight to nine o’clock p.
m. on each of said days. The Board
will again sit on the Thursday fol
lowing the third Monday in October,
fromAeight to nine o’clock p. m. or.
said day, and as much longer as may
be necessary to complete the business
brought before it.
The second Monday in October will
fall on the ilth day of that month
and the Tuesday next following the
second Monday in October will fall on
the twelfth of said month. The
Thursday next following the third
Monday in October will fall on the
21st day of October, and the Board of
Equalization will remain in session
until all business before it is com
pleted.
The assessment roll is now open
for inspection at the office of the
Town Clerk at the City Hall, Valdez.
Alaska.
J. W. FRAME,
9-29-7t Town Clerk.
Receiver’s Notice to Creditors.
No. 751
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
George Ker, Plaintiff, vs. Cameron
Johnson Gold Mining Company, a
Corporation, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that by or
der of the above-named court in the
above-entitled cause all creditors of
the above-named defendant, Camer
on-Johnson Gild Mining Company, a
corporation, and all persons having
claims of any kind against said de
fendant are required to exhibit the
same, duly proved and verified to the
undersigned receiver of said corpora
tion on or before the 10th day of
November, 1916, at the office of said
receiver in the City of Valdez, in the
Territory of Alaskp. All claims not
so presented and exhibited to said re
ceiver on or before said date will be
'barred.
Dated this 4th day of October,
1915.
W. M. GOODWIN,
Receiver of Cameron-Johnson Gold
Mining Company,’ a corporation,
the above-named defendant.
First publication Oct. 4/ 1916.
Last publication Nov. 1, 1915.
Mo. 5t
Holders of Fidalgo-Alaska Copper
Company will held at the Company’s
office, being the Jaw 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 befoca
said meeting.
T. J. DONOHOE, President.
First pub. Sept. 18, 1915.
Last pub. Oct. 2, 1915.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
When It Storms in Texas.
The hurricane came in the night
and on our left and on our right,
chimneys were sent through roofs,
and high, up-rooted trees went scur
rying by; our chicken stepped out
doors to see what all of the strange
noises could be, and ere she’s made
her second track, her feather were
blown off her back! And the wind
caught our poodle up, and right now
a Chihuahua pup has a lot more
hair than what our little poodle dog
has got. The wind picked up our
high board fence ancf we’ve not seen
a splinter since. It took our shade
tree bough by hough and it ran down
and milked a cow, and • tore down
electric wires and it blew up a set
of tires, and blew the whiskers off our
face, and left the mortgage on our
place. We can be thankful, always,
some. We’re thankful that our
house is plumb.—Houston Post.
Ladies, buttons made from your
own material, any size. Guy F. Cam
eron. kll
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Royal Develop
ment Gold Mining company held at
Ely Larsen’s residence, October 15,
1915.
JOHN ECKIMO,
kll Secretary.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
New Fall Coats received on the
Evans. Mrs. E. Winter. *
For good home-cooked mepls try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
The city council will hold ity regu
lar meeting tonight and will appoint
the board of equalization to hear the
grievances of property owners who
believe the valuation of their prop
erty has been placed too high
Valdez Weather Report.
Barometer pressure...30.154
Temperature 7 p. m.47.
Maximum temperature.63
Minimum tempers ure .32
Mean temperature.42
Clear, moderate wind, northeast,
20 miles.
PRESIDENT SENDS
NOTE TO TURKEY
United .....tes Will Sever Diplomatic
Relations Unless Massacres of
Armenians Stops.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—President
Wilson has forwarded a note to Am
bassador Morgenthau, United States
representative at Constantinople, in
structing him to warn the Ottoman
government that the Armenian atroc
ities must stop or America will sever
her relations with Turkey.
The reply of Ambassador, Morgen
thau as to his investigations with re
gard to the reported massacre of five
hundred 'thousand Armenians by the
Trukish and Kurd soiaiers has been
received by the State department but
has not been made public but it is
understood to confirm the reports of
the American missionaries that
wholesale slaughter of Armenians
has taken place in interior Asiatic
Turkey.
When war was declared upon Tur
key by the Allies the Ottoman offi
cials sent all Armenian residents of
Constantinople and other coast cit
ies to the interior and it is reported
by missionaries that the men have
been murdered and the women claim
ed as slaves by the Turkish soldiers.
..
CUFF MINE CASE IS
BEFORE DISTRICT COURT.
When the district court convened
at 10 o’clock this morning Judge F.
M. Brown dismissed the petit jury '
with the exception of J. Tripp Gavi
gan, who will form the nucleus for
other juries to be drawn later on.
The attention of the court is being
occupied today with the equity case
in which Edmund Smith, Geo. C.
Treat and Logan Archibald are suing
H. E. Ellis for a 20 per cent interest
in the Cliff mine. There are a num
ber of witnesses to be examined and
it is believed the end of the case will
not be reached before tomorrow after
noon.
ALAMEDA DUE IN VALDEZ
EARLY THIS EVENING
The steamer Alameda reached Sew
ard from Anchorage early this morn
ing and sailed from Seward for Val
dez at 7:30 this morning and is ex
pected here about 7:30 this evening.
She will carry a number of passen
gers south from Valdez.
THE WAR STRENGTH
OF THE BALKANS.
LONDON, Sept 24.—With the Bal
kan States certain to be drawn into
the war, with the possible exception
of Rumania, the war strength of Bul
garia, Greece and Serbia is shown to
be a^ follows:
Bulgaria (certain to be an ally of
the central powers). Total war
strength 450,000. Of these about
400,000 are reserves, and there are
about 100,000 men unorganized but
available for duty.
Greece (ally of entente powers) —
Total war strengtn 120,000, in addi
tion to about 150,000 men unorgan
ized, but available for military duty.
Rumania—Total war strength of
nearly 600,000 men. What Ruma
nia’s course will be has not yet been
determined.
Don't Talk About Your Neighbors.
Hush! Not a word! You must
not talk about your neighbors, be
cause by doing so you get away from
Christian teaching. Not only that,
but remember that you are a new
comer and cnnno* tell who you are
talking to. The j't rson to whom you
are talking to may belong to, or in
some way be related—that's the
worst part of it-—to the ones you are
talking about; and the first thing
you know there’ll be hell a-popping.
Never forget either that this world
is full of organizations. There are or
ganizations galore. As a matter of
fact, there are organized organiza
tions the world over and then some, j
Such being the case you gossipers had
better take an old timer’s advice— j
old timers never talk about anybody,
hardly ever—and while you must not
take active part in their delibera
tions, join every flub, organization,
company, corporation, church and ev
erything else that has a semblance of
sticking together. But until you get
wised up, hush! not a word. We’ve
learned our lesson.—Progressive
Miner.
Blueprints can be waterproofed by
ironing them between cloths that
have been soaked in melted pariffin
and thoroughly dried before using.
A generator to produce gas from
peat having a high water content for
use in suction gas engines seems to
have been perfected in Germany.
A wire frame to be attached in the
sole of a shoe to hold it flat has been
Invented and is said to be preferable
to the'erdinary shoe tree.
SAVED HIMSELF, UNAWARE.
8howing How the Eye Sees More Than
One Thinks It Does.
Writing on psychological subjects in
the Ladies' Home Journal. U. Adding
ton Bruce says:
‘•From Dr. A. H. of Pennsylvania,
one of our well known psychologists.
I have received this Impressive piece
of testimony to the power of the eye
to see more than one consciously ap
prehends:
“ 'Three summers ago, when 1 was
on a visit tv my old home town, 1
took a short cut across familiar Helds
where a fair growth of weeds covered
the ground. I was going along at a
rapid gait, with my mind wholly oc
cupied with matters other than my
path, when suddenly, quite reflexly,
my left foot, instead of going down on
the spot where It should, jerked Itself
over to the left and I went on fully
ten steps before I realized that I had
made the sharpest kind of an offset In
my path. I wondered what made me
do it, turned, retraced my steps and
found an adder still coiled and ready
to strike, exactly, as I judged, where
my foot would have gone.’
“Dr. A. H.. recognizing the correct
explanation of his fortunate misstep,
adds:
“ ‘During my boyhood summers 1
used to go barefooted much of the
time. Through sad experiences with
stubble fields, brier patches and stony
paths 1 learned automatically to pick
my way without giving thought to the
matter. As a result. 1 find myselt
frequently in my walks avoiding ob
stacles which at the moment I do not
consciously discern.’ ”
A LESSON FOR THE NURSE.
She Didn't Like It When She Was Paid
In Her Own Coin.
A mother overheard her nurse girl
talking to the c hild she was putting to
sleep, and among other legends of the
nursery In which she was indulged was
this: “If you don’t go to sleep this very
minute a great, big. awful, black bear,
with eyes like coals of fire and sharp,
white, cruel teeth, will come out from
under the bed and e-a-t-y-o-u-a-1-1 up!"
The poor little thing nestled down un
der the clothes to dream of horrid
bears eating her up.
That night when the stolid nurse had
composed herself In her own comfort
able bed and had put the light out
there came a sudden rap at the door,
and the voice of the mistress called
loudly through the panels: “Maggie!
Maggie! Get up as quick as you can!
There’s a burglar under your bed!" At
the word “burglar" the girl sprang
screaming from the bed, tore open the
door and fell into hysterics in the hall.
The lesson was more Instructive than
the mistress designed, but when the
girl’s fears had calmed she said to her:
“You did not hesitate to tell my deli
cate child, who could not possibly
know that It was a lie. a cruel story
about a bear under her bed. Now.
when I treat you to the same kind of a
story, you are nearly frightened to
death. Tomorrow you can go into the
kitchen and work there. You are not
fit to care for little children.”—St Lou
is Globe-Democrat
A Curious Experience.
Lombroso, the famous Italian crimi
nologist once had a curious expert
enc-e. Ue was in a printing office cor
recting the proofs in his “Delinquent
Man" with the chief reader when on
reaching a page which dealt with a
young man who, impelled by Jealousy,
had stabbed his fiancee he made a sur
prising discovery. The proofreader
was this man.
"Suddenly,” Lombroso said In telling
the story, "he threw himself at my
feet, declaring that he would commit
suicide if 1 published this story with
his name. His face, before very gen
lie. was completely altered and almost
terrifying, and I was really afraid that
he would kill himself or me on the spot.
T tore up the proofs and for several
editions omitted his story.”
Thunder.
Winter thunder is considered through
out Europe to be of very ill omen, but
April thunder is considered to he very
beneficial, in Devonshire and other
cider counties of England there is a
saying that “when it thunders in April
you must clean up the barrels”—in
readiness, that Is. for a plentiful crop
of apples. The French consider April
thunder to be indicative of a good
yield from vineyards and cornfields.
Getting It Straight.
It was In the Elysian fields.
“I am gratified to see that Shake
speare is more sought after than the
military heroes.” declared a highbrow
shade. “I consider this a tribute to
the peaceful arts.”
“It isn’t that so much.” pointed out
a lowbrow shade. “Every new ar
rival wants to ask him If he really
wrote those plays.”—Kansas City Jour
nal.
Angel Coin*.
An “angel” was an ancient gold coin
weighing four pennyweights and val
ued at 6s. 8d. in the reign of Henry
VI. and at 10 shillings in the reign of
Elizabeth in 1562. It took its name
from the effigy of an angel embossed
on one side.
Desperation.
Lady Visitor—My poor man, what
first drove you to a career of crime?
Desperate Criminal—Trying to match
samples for my wife.—Baltimore Amer
ican.
There never was an excuse as inter
esting as a duty well done.—Toledo
Blade.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AIAj 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
Fined Hotel in the Interior—Well Heoted, Cleon Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Clias. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STtfRE. - 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 Routrh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, steam and hot water heating,
Sheet Metal Wrork, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Cn.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calln lllamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knik
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Sun Franclaeo every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle* VALUE* DOCK CO„ Local Agt.
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 Valdes 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. Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th, S. S.
Cordova. 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
jp. Be TRACY, Gca’l Agent VALDBB DOCK COe, Local Agent.
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