An Old Firm
Under a New Name
WAVING disposed of the Banking Department, we
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 your wants.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust any
notice of forfeiture.
To Charlies R. Crawford and Geo. |
B. McMullen, their heirs and,
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that l
have expended the sum oi six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor;
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit:' The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book No. 1, page 9/;
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
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 19.12, 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 H. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4* 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concert!:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor aftd
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
lh» office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
ber 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 his 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 2324, 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.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rale reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phone 47. • I .
1 ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
0. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Ritchie.
Assaybrs.
George F. White.
Bihfar'N___
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Builders' Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
Dr, H. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drttg Stores.
Valdez Drug GO.
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.
Fagerburg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. H. Crary.
Hotel*.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
’‘The Cliff.”
Reioiep-Ofami Hotel, Seattle.
Laundry*.
Independent Laundry.
■ “LSUfiSbes...^
Three M. — —
Moving Picture Show*.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sft6Ct Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily. t
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.;
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Stock.
Roadhouses.
; Camp Comfort; 5
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Rkal Estate Agency. „.
Restaurants.
1 Valdez Cafe. <
Steamship Lines.
-■ Alaska Ot>ast Co.
Alaska Steamship 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.
1 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 said 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
bold flie claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
c mber 31. 1912. And if. within
ninety (90^ days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears V your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
l
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
VVM. 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 glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Shop end job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse A Co. j
BLOCK »L5
BE EVERYWHERE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Recommends Their AdoDtion
by All Interstate Roads.
Washington, I), C„ .March I.-- :
Compulsory a■ i<>|>1 ion I»\ all inlcr- i
slate railroads or (hr block sig-|
n a I system was (lie musl import-i
anl rccommcmlal ion of I lie lilock
Signal and Train Control Hoard j
made loday in its linal rcporl to ;
the Intcrslalc Commerce Com- j
mission. The board was ercalrd
by congress in limj. Special al-j
tdnlion was paid In devices Cor i
aid omal ic slopping oi l rains :
"Tlic development of Hie un
jlomalie (lain slop,” said I lit* re-:
port, "lias proceeded far enough '
l.o warrant the exportation (lull
by its use greater safely can lie i
procured in the operations of I
trains. Railroads should lie made ,
to understand that, the automal- i
ic train slop must he developed j
by | hem as rapidly as possible.”
'I'he: hoard also recommended
that, tracks be inclosed and laws
against trespassing enforced. If
said there should be more com
plete co-operation of the state
and federal governments on the
one hand and railroad companies
on the other to bring about more
stable conditions throughout the
country; piecemeal legislation
should he brought together and
harmonized into general enact
ments, comprehensive in charac
ter, and based on the best stand
ards of practice, and the enforce
ment of that general legislation
should be intrusted to a body hav
ing powers similar to those ad
ministered by the Railway Depart
ment of the British Board of
Trade.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor.
Just received on the Mariposa,
a line of dresses at Harvey’s Tog
gery.
FOR RENT--Three-room apart
ments furnished over Valdez Drug
Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
FOR SALE--Tho Ernestine
roadhouse at a bargain. Inquire
at the Exchange Bar.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third 'Judicial Division,
—'-TtrW.itor.v of Alaska.
In tlie"TdU'tiir of the estate of
Hardin Smith, 'deceased—Notice
of hearing of linai -account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator_<>f
the estate of Hardin Smith, de;
ceased, has rendered and pre
sented for settlem’ent and tiled
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the 6th day of
May, 1913, at the hour of t\Vo
O’clock p. in., of said day, at the
office of Thos. H. Shepard, ex of
ficio judjife in probate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has be£n duly, appointed by the
said court as the time and place
of settlement of sAid final ac
count and report, kl \Vhich time
and place any person interested
in said estate may Appear and
file objections and. exceptions to
feaid final; account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM,
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March I. ’13.
Date (if last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE OF MEMHNO OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the United States Commission
er's Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account. ,
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and \V. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented for
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock n. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
19th day of February. 1913.
JAMES FISH.
W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased. .
Date of fl^st pub. Fbb. 19, 19I&.
Date of last pub. ApHl 21, 191a,
Just received (lie latest, up-to
the-hodr Eastern millinery at
firs. S. K. Gleason’s, Keystone ave.
New Alaskan Enterprises.
Juneau ami its vicinity is al j
present the most prosperous sec- !
lion of Alaska, according to W. j
A. Irwin, mining engineer, who ,
has just returned from Alaska
'and is stopping al Ihe Wolroit.
"And md only is that section
prosperous at the present lime, !
said Mr. Irwin, “Init four or five :
large enterprises arc about lobe]
launched in the way of quart/
mining. Low-grade gold mining
is about to be started on a scale
that has never been attempted lie. :
fore, and when Ihe lummels are;
driven and Ihe reducing mills
completed, a larger tonnage will
lie handled I ban lias ev er been
attempted al any gold mine be
fore. Some of the biggest mill
ing men iii Ihe country are back
of lliesd enterprises, and when
fully ei| u ipped. the mines will lie
I lie lar-iesl gold mines in I lie
will'll I.
“Thai seel iimi nf Alaska i- go
ing In lie a great mining' mini- i
|ry. Tin' immense tonnage nf
low-grade ure in sight insures
long life to the mines, ami in
some nf the plants already in op
eration I lie eost of mining and
treatment of the ore has been re
duced lo 75 eenls a ton, so a pro
fit can he made on exceeding!'
low-grade ore if handled on a
(sufficiently large scale.
: "Thrtre is no question aboul the
quantity of ore: the development
of lhal section is complete. The
trouble heretofore has been to get
sufficient capital In work ores
showing a very sm^ profit a
ton, lint which if worked "hole
sale yield a good return.
“The people who are going in
to low-grade gold mining are
j those who have made such a suc
|ress in low-grade copper mining
i i:■ the past. The completion of
their new enterprises at Juneau
.- ill mark a tiew era in mining
in Alaska.”—New York Times.
Raining at Tonsina.
Ti»e reports front Tonsina this
morning show that it is still rain
ing in that section, ami the
iweather on the interior is very
j warm.
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.
TIDE TABLES
Saturday, March 1.
lligh lide, 6:36 p. m„ 9:23 a. m.
:Low lide, 12:04 ip m„ 2:39 a. m.
Sunday, March 2.
High lide, 8:03 a. m., 10:20 p. m.
Low lide, 1:29 a. hi., 3:45 p. m.
Monday, March 3.
High lide, ,9:19 a. ip., 11:06 p. in.
Low lide. 3:19' a. pi., 4:39 p. m.
TdoMay, March 4.
High tide, 10:14 a. m., 11:37 p. m.
Low tide. 4:22 a. rh., 5.:I5 g. ni.
Wednesday, March 5.
High tide, 10:58 a. in., 12;02 p. in.
Low tide, 5:06 a. in., 5:io p, m.
Thursday, March 6.
High tide, 11:34 a. ni., 12:22 p. in.
Low tide, 5:40 a. m., 6:10 p. in.
Friday, March i.
High tide, 12:09 a. m„ 12 :42 p. in.
Low tide, 6:09 a. pi., 6:33 p. m.
Saturday, March 8.
High tide, i2:40 a. hi.,
Low tide, 6:37 a. in.. 6:51 p. in.
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Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
—
MILK—MILK—MILK
Freah Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Policies Written Here t
«R£ INSURANCE
A. M. Dleringer
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
IJ. 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
iDr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
: Office in'.Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone ,9 THE DENTIST
! Office rooms over Owl Drug ,tore. Office hours
I 9 a. m.. to Op. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LA WYER
phone i:«i Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOSX. ALASKA
R A ports ok Mimas
Ratsmt Susrsvs
Gsmmsal Mimimo Bmoimbsmiho
Rmoma No. ios
F. BUTfElWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Reg. Phone. 19»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
7K.&'
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
.
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. HUNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE 1971
Meet every Friday 8 i>. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Aooepted Mason*
(tegular Communication* drat Wednesday la
each month In McKinley Ball Visitor* always
welcome.
Patten m..W. M
c. c.