China and Glassware
At Big Price Reductions
E ARE OFFERING SPE
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cial pricings in order to clean up
our stock of imitation cut glass
L_!
and odd pieces of fancy china; including
cruets, fancy glass bowls, jelly stands,
pitchers, vases, mugs, plates, cups and
saucers, etc. Values from 35c to $ l .25.
Now priced from 15c to 35c.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
g TONY’S PLACETS*
everything
FIRST CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
NEW BUILDINGS
FOB ANGHORAOE
Report Shows that Seventy-Five
Thousand Tons of Freight were
Landed There Last Season.
Some conception of the enormous
business handled by the Alaskan En
gineering commission at Anchorage
last summer will be gained from the
fact that the records show that sev
enty-live thousand tons of freight
were landed from the steamers there
between June 20 and November 20,
the opening and closing dates for
navigation on the Inlet.
It iB announced that bids will be
opened on January" 15 for the con
struction of a warehouse containing
retail stores, commissary, storekeep
er and clerk’s offices, and two store
(Cooms, A platform will be built
alongside the railroad and also a two
story, building erected there. One
hundred and eighty thousand feet of
lumber will be required for the' work.
ERECT BUILDINGS FOR
COMMISSION AT NENANA
Howard Curtis, of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, who was left
in charge of the commission head
quarters at Nenana by Commissioner
Thos. Riggs when the latter left for
Washington last fall, is reported to
.have erected several fine buildings at
Nenana for the use of the commission
next summer. About February 1, or
after the days lengthen out, the party
Will move across the Tanana and
start in on some work to be done on
the townsite which was surveyed last
summer. It is believed that the land
office will probably arrange the sal*
of lots in the townsite next summer.
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Funny What a “Xut” Can Do.
Fairbanks citizen: Apropos of the
reiterated refusal of Otto Praeger, the
second assistant postmaster general
of the United States, to allow Fair
banks to receive all of her mail all
the time, a certain well known Fair
banks business man was talking a
few days ago. Among other things
he stated that years ago he was well
acquainted with Mr. Praeger and at
that time he and all of their best
business associates thought Praeger
was one of the biggest “nuts" ever
known in that part of the country in
which they were.
It was a matter of 20 years ago
that Mr. Praeger and the well known
Fairbanks business man were asso
ciated in a way They were not busi
ness associates, for both of them
were reporters working on the San
Antonio Express For the Fairbanks
man is one of those with a most
eventful business career.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WANTS RATES REDUCED.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce
believes that with a reduced rate
on salt to the north and favorable
rates upon shipments of cured fish
to the states that a good fishing in
dustry could be created, here. The
rate on salt has been $15 per ton
from Seattle and the rate on fish
precluded the possibility of northern
fishermen competing with other sec
tions of the country closer to the out
side market. The herring and codfish
eries in the north have hardly been
touched and bid fair at some future
date to be a renumerative business
when rate are more equitably adjust
ed to its needs. The Barring sea-her
ring have been pronounced by ex
perts to have no superior anywhere
in the world.
1,0 WER YUKON CAMP
IS VERY PROSPEROUS
Recent mail advices from Ruby,
the lower Yukon river camp, are to
the effect that the camp is showing up
better than ever before and that next
spring’s cleanup1 from winter dumps
Will be greater than that of last year.
New. pay has been found on Spruce,
Midnight, Poorman, Tamarack and
Straight creeks. A discovery, Which
promises to be extensive, was made
on Low Mountain between Poorman
and Cripple Creeks. The use of drills
to prospect wet and deep ground has
aided in locating a number of new
paystreaks.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale''and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agent, lor MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Pkone 29
Phone 69
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FURNISH POWER
VALDEZ MINES
Company Will Kztend Its Lines to
Any Mine Within Forty Miles
of Valdez on Mainland.
Alfred B. lies, manager of the lies
Power plant, located on Solomon
Gulch, across the bay from Valdez,
has announced that a company tinder
the title, of the Intermountain Trac
tion & Power company has been or
ganized under the laws of Washing
ton state to utilize the power furn
ished by the plant.
It is stated that the company will
be ready to furnish light and power
to Valdez customers before the end
of the present month and that a regu
lar service will be inaugurated on
February 1. A big crew of men are
now erecting poles and stringing
wires in the business section and the
service will be extended to the resi
dential sections as soon as connec
tions can be made.
The Intermountain Traction &
Power company is a strong financial
corporation and Manager lies states
that it is going after the business of
furnishing power to the many mines
which are operating in this district,
The plan feds capable of furnishing un
limited power and transmission lines
will be extended to any mine on the
mainland within forty miles of Val
dez. This would include the mines
located near the Valdez glacier. Min
eral creek, the Cliff mine, and the
Bhoup Bay and Columbia Glacier dis
tricts. The Ellamar copper mine, and
the big copper mines which are now
being developed at Fidalgo and Land
dock bays will also come within the
radius of the district which will be
covered by the company’s transmis
sion lines.
It is announced that the service of
the company will be furnished on a
fiat rate for both light and power and
that no meters will be installed as
the rate will be lower than any ser
vice ever offered to users of electricity
in this district, or for that matter,
in Alaska. A twenty-four hour ser
vice will be maintained during the
entire year.
Fairbanks Miners Contract to Ship
Three Thousand Tons of Anti
mony Ore Next Spring.
SEATTLE. Jan. 13.—The Ameri
can Yukon Navigation company, op
erating steamers on the Yukon and
other rivers in interior Alaska, is
making every effort to encourage the
shipment of ores from the interior
to the States in order to secure the
tonnage for thetr river steamers and
to assist . the miners fn developing
their properties.
Contracts have been closed witn
W. R. Taylor of JCantlshna and Si
Scrafford and the Northern Commer
cial company of Fairbanks, for car-1
rying their antimony ores to the
States ror treatment.
The ore shipments will be brought
from the interior of Alaska on one of
the first steamers via St. . Michael and
will be sent to San Pedro, Calif.,
where a special plant for handling
antimony oresi has been established.
The Fairbanks shipments will amount
to more than three thousand tons
and will have a value of more than
one million dollars.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be opened by
the Lighthouse Inspector, Ketchikan,
Alaska, at 2 o’clock p. m., January
31, 1916, for lightering about 400
tons of miscellaneous freight from
Katalla anchorage to Cape St. Elias
Light Station, Alaska. Specifications
and forms for proposal may be secur
ed by applying to above offices or to
the Postmasters at Katalla, Seward,
lor Cordova, Alaska. 3t-eod.
It you were sick would you go to
a blacksmith for repairs? Why then
do you go to a lung mechanic for in
formation about machinery when you
have mechanics in your home town
that stay there the year around, and
depend on their'knowledge an4 abil
ity to do your work satisfactorily for
their existence as mechanics. Try the
Valdes Iron Works; we are here to
stay with your assistance. th-tf.
WANTED: Experienced woman de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer
ences given. Address Prospector.
SWANSON AND PARTY
ARE OVER THE SUMMIT
C. P. Swanson, who left last week
with his outfit of men and .horses for
Chltina to transport a hig shipment
of freight from the railroad to Slate
creek. Is reported to have passed over
Ihe summit last Tuesday and Is now
making good time on the other side
cf the divide. It Is reported that dur
ing the storm the party were on the
divide and kept moving at the rate
of two or three miles a day.
While the Alameda was at Cordova
on her up trip last week she discharg
ed two horses and eighty tons of
freight at Cordova, which was sent
over the Copper River railroad to
Chltina where it awaits the arrival of
the party.
Republican Club Meeting.
The Valdez Republican club will
meet In the office of Valdez Trans
fer company Friday evening at 8
o’clock. 2t
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Colorado Miners Discover that For*
tones were Discarded while Sil
ver Mines were Operated.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 13.—Hun
dreds of thousands of tons of suppos
edly waste material which was
thrown on the dumps of the mines
in this state are now being worked
over and returns greater profits than
that recovered from the original pro
duction.
It now appears that this supposed
ly waste material was nothing less
than tungsten, and runs high in val
ues to the ton. To the miners, who
were after silver, the iron ore which
contains the tungsten was worthless
and was discarded. Many of the old
dumps have been found to contain
from seven to twenty-five per cent
tungsten.
The discovery of the fact that the
iron ore carries tungsten has caused
many of the old silver mines which
have ceased producing owing to the
low price of the white metal, to be re
opened and become active producers.
Tungsten forms the basis of high
speed tool steel as it retains its hard
ness up to a low red-heat, and the big
demand created by the munition fac
tories has caused the price of the
metal to be trebled since the begin
ning of the European war.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 12, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.546
Temperature 7 p. m.,10
Maximum temperature >.31
Minimum temperature .23
Clear, wind northeast 4 miles.
Interior Weather.
Fairbanks. 5 above, clear, light
wind.
Salcha, 2 below; clear, calm, trail
drifted.
Richardson, —4; cloudy, calm',
trail fair.
McCarthy. —3; cloudy, calm, trail
good.
Donnelly, 6 above; 18 inches snow;
doniy, calm.
MoCallum, —10; 44 inches snow;
dear, calm, trail good.
Paxson, —4; cloudy, calm, trail
heavy.
. tSlogan, —is; au incnes snow;
clear, ealm, trail good.
Oulkana, —19; 19 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
•;;Copper Center, —14; 23 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonslna, —18; 19 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
- Teikfaell, —6; 40 Inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver. Dam, —12; 46 Jpches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Summit, xero, 9 feet of snow;
clear, calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 10 above; 40- inches
of dhow; clear, calm, trail drifted.
.Louis Johnson, who recently ad
vertised for the return of a coat
which he believed had been stolen
while he was erecting poles for the
electric company, states that he had
recovered three pieces of the gar
ment, indicating that the theft had
been committed by a batch of pups.
Louie sayB he knows the dogs who
are guilty of depriving him of his
winter wear and may decide to have
them taken in charge by the marshal.
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL
STOCKS ARK SOARING
*
Seattle P.-I.: Though th eaggre
gate ot war orders given to American
industries during the* year 1915 is
from three-quarters to one billion dol
lars, the increase of values In Ameri
can Industrial stocks on account of
the the war orders totals more than
One billion dollars. S> % * •
Computing profits at 30 per cent,
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Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire t
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
We Have.
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates '
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co • phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Sew-E-Z
HERE’S the wonderful little Sewing Mitrhtne jaechnwt
which rone the machine tor yon. At lam you can eew wtth
eot toot pedaling; abaoluteiy without the sllghteut edtort.
•mis simple little wonder-worker changes your Sowing Marfif—.
(old or new) Into ah electric self •operating labor saver. .
Find out what the Sew-E-Z means in health and emnfert.
Remember—;you never touch the wheel;.. Sew-B-Z it run
automatically right. No broken threads; no Jerks Just n
steady motion) which stops the Instant you remove your toot
from the pedal.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
Chas. Perry
^ ’SeattuT
j\ Complete Services
IN THE HEART OF THE CnY
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lts. Fort Liscum Lts. VAldes
8:16 a.m. 9:45 stm.
1:16 p.m. 4:90 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m. >
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:80 p.m.
There WEI be no trip ojfthe launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these dan being used to
dean boilers.
which is probably fair estimate, Am
erican -industries stand to realize
$225,000,000 to $300,000,000 in pro
fits. Yet the value of the manufac
turing plants has increased approxi
mately one billion dollars according
to stock exchange figures.
Either speculators have overesti
mated the value of the stocks, or
there hare been assurance* of the
continuance of the war that bare not
reached the general public. If war
is to continue two or three years, .<
with the accompanying large war or- •>
ders. the industrial stocks should be
excellent property at current prices.
Otherwise they have more than reach
ed the limit of speculative value.