BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cenMnterest oh Time Certificates of Deposit
Gv^o^^ght^wMJP|
ROBERT KlcINTbSH
DELIVERY guaranteed
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
' • 1 r . Vi. ' t i
No contract too lkrge, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ftady to go to any goint in Third or Fourth Divisions.
GET THE HABIT
Every Evening
be a Booster
A. H. P1NKUS, Mgr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable !
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with' Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED, Mgr.
Wort man’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN, Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most cofnfor tabid beds Procurable.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open forjfreight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Good clean beds. PVPrVthiniT PjrCt PloCC Fine warm barns. Ac
Excellent meals. CfCIJtlllllg nidi UlQud comodaton for 60 horses.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Miter
\ W«oJ* jf Pswjnwj
| f Estimates Furnished
;'~\VORK GUARANTEED
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Forty-four
Jives were lost on the Pacific coast of
the United States during 1913 and fif
ty-two vessels were wrecked accord
ng to the report of the Department
of Commerce.
Hospital of the Good 8amaritan.
For Iti.Oti we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service ijnd
•are for any eight weeks out of the
.•ear from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
3ee \V. 1L Ziegler.
Sewing Machine tpr Sale—Your
choice of a White or Singer machine;
both in first-class condition; drop
;c:u'is; fcr -520.00. Call at Mrs. St.
Marie’s. tf
INSTALLATION OF
Banquet Given at Masonic Hall—Past
Master James Patterson Pre
sented With Jewel.
,The annual installation of officers
of the Valdez Lodge of Free and Ac
cepted Masons was held Saturday ev
ening at Masonic hall. James H. Pat
terson, past master of the lodge, in
stalling the new officers. A. E. Grigs
by was installed as Worshipful Mas
ter of the lodge frr the ensuing year.
After the installation the members
and invited guests enjoyed the ban
quet, which had been prepared for the
occasion and a number of speeches
were made by prominent members of
the order.
Judge F. M. Brown, on behalf of
the lodge, presented to Past Master
James H. Patterson, a beautiful Jewel,
and in a short reply the former master
of the lodge thanked the members
for the kind words and the beautiful
memento.
The following officers were installed
for the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master, A. E. Grigsby;
Senior Warden, G. H. Merrifield; Ju
nior Warden, J. H. Plant; Secretary,
C. C, Reynolds; Treasurer, Arthur
Lang; Senior Deacon, G. F. Cameron;
Junior Deacon, F. J. Cameron; Senior
Steward, Sam L, Jones; Junior Stew
ard, Sam Knudson; Marshal, R. T.
Larson; Chaplain, Rev. C. S. Price;
Organist, E. C. Dalton; Tyler, J. Fred
Lenander.
M’INTOSH SECURES
Agrees to Deliver "twenty Tons of
Freight in the Nelchina and
More in Sight.
Robert McIntosh, the freighter, now
in Seattle, has written to Mrs. Mc
Intosh that he has secured contracts
for the delivery of twenty tons of
freight into the Nelchina country.
The freight is for a number of pros
pectors who will go into the new dig
gings and also lor men who already
have located claims and are return
ing on the first steamers after the
holidays to commence the work of
prospecting tiller ground.
He also writes that much more
freight is in sight and that he will
secure contracts for the delivery of
200 tons.
Patsy Marshall has the teams busy
distributing feed along the govern
ment road so that as soon as the
freight arrives it ".an be taken
through immediately.
Reaches Valdez at Three This Morn
ing and Goes South at Four, Tak
ing a Few Passengers.
The steamer Northwestern reached
Valdez this morning at 3 o’clock and
sailed south one hour later. The
boat stopped at Lap uche and loaded
ore and will also load ore at Cordova
for Tacoma.
The following passengers sailed
from Valdez for Seattle: Mrs. F. M.
Kempler, Mr. and Mrs. Von Schrader,
J. H. Kahler, H. V. Herjidon, W. C.
Thompson, wife and child, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Eckern and son, Hal
■Jones.
For Ketchikan: Mrs. Fred Soby.
For Cordova: N. P. Jensen. M. E.
EUingson, C. F. .Johnson, VV. Nelson,
C. P. Cnoche and F. Van Camp.
For Juneau: Dr. C. H. Vance.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that I will
pay all city warrants up to and in
cluding No. 3,800, series of 1912 and
1913, 'f pre ented within ten (10) days
from date. C. C. REYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez, Alaska, D#c. 23, 1913.
«EI»
MONA LISA
Police and Troops Drive Crowds
Away—Will be Taken to Paris
Immediately.
ROME, Dec. 29.—Thousands of
people of this city crowded to see
the Mona Lisa Sunday,the last day up
on which the famous painting will be
shown in Italy. The troops were call
ed out to drive away the people
crowded before the museum in which
the painting was displayed.
At an early hour an immense throng
of all classes gathered outside the
doors of the gallery under the arcade,
which was guarded by the police, who
were frequently thrust aside by the
excited populace. The public was al
lowed to enter in parties of 100, wo
men first. Between the portraits of
Raphael and Titian, on an easel in
a carved and gilded sixteenth-century
frame, was the “Mona Lisa.” The
painting was behind a balustrade and
beyond arm’s reach. The room w'as
guarded by four gendarmes. Visitors
were allowed to spend only three
minutes in the room, the director of
the gallery all the while exhorting
them to be calm.
u hen the gallery dozed at 1 o'clock
as is usual oil Sundays 30,000. per
sons had seen the painting, and thou
sands cf others went away disap
pointed.
Tlie painting was stolen by Vin
cenzo Perugia, an Italian workman in
the Louvre, who claims to have tak
en it in revenge for the many thefts
of Italian works of art oy the Corsi
can bandit, Napoleon Iionaparte, dur
ing the many raids he made in the.
wars between France and Italy. The
picture was stolen August 21, 1911.
It is said to be w’orth $4,000,000, but
there is no doubt that it could not
be purchased for ten times that sum
from sue French.
The "Mona Lisa,” also known as
“La Gioconda”—in French "La Jo
eonde”—is one of the half dozen most
celebrated paintings in the world,
Leonardo da Vinci worked on it for
four years, from 1500 to 1504, and
then declared that it was not finished.
But then Leonardo was one of those
geniuses who are never satisfied, al
ways striving lo make the perfect
more perfect, always seeking the un
attainable. King Francis I, of France,
fell in love with tin* picture, which
is r. portrait o*' Lisa del Gioconda,
third wife off Francesco del Giocon
da. of Florence, and bought it for
4,000 gold crowns. What this means
in modern coin it is almost impossi
ble 'o say, hut the price for those
days was an enormous one.
The king also bought the artist.
imiming i.euuanio to go 10 live 111
France, where he died. Francis was
a great patron of the arts, and an
other famous Italian whom he em
ployed was Renveriuto Cellini.
Under the circumstances, the "Mo
na Lisa” having an unbroken "pedi
gree” since the day (hut the king
bought it, its authenticity would ap
pear to be beyond-question. Yet there
have been and still are critics who
declare that it is only a copy of the
original painting.
iwiLLIIM SOULE .
GETS MARRIED
BROCKTON, Mass., Dec. 29.—Wil
iliam Soule, the Susitna creek operat
or, was married here last night to
j Miss Mabel F. Iloon, the daughter of
j a wealthy manufacturer of this town.
j ,-EARS FOR SPUD;
WOULD BAR MANY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—
i Declaring the potato Is threatened
; with extinction. Congressman Lind
■ quist, of Michigan, today asked the
j agricultural department to extend the
i diseased-potato embargo to every
j country where toe potato disease has
'< .existed.
Weather Report.
, Dec. 28, 1913.
Barometric Pressure .29.531
Temperature at 5 p. m. . 26
Maximum Temperature .30
Minimum Temperature .14
Mean Temperature ..22
Precipitation ..50
Partly cloudy, calm, wind N. E.
j four miles. Snowed at night. Fre
quant snow until 2:30 a. m.
L. JONES.
i-,
J. H. Kahler was an outgoing pas
.1
senger on the Northwestern.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQRIDAD’S EL SIDELLO’S
BELMONT’S REPRESENTA’S
VAN DYKE f OPTIMO’S
SMOKECRAFT’S LOVERA'S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Koyttlone Ave
Rough Dry 10c lh.
Valdez Dock Co. phue ». 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
S. S. Alameda, S.r S. Northwestern
Sail
10th, 20th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
For Skas;way, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy.'Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
ALASKA CSS3S
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat. Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, LatoucPe, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON
Sailing from Seattle
January 15 with Mail, Freight and Passengers
JSAMPSON calls at Kodiakjeaeh trip.
California connect ions-*-* A iaska-Pacitic S. W. Co.
Rijrht is l- served to chance this schedule without notice.
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b. f. Watson valdez dock co.
General Agent Local Agent
Chas. R. Crawford j
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and j
building papei s, roofing pitch, lime, ce* |
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders •
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds |
i
Windows, Doors, Moulding. Finish- j
ing Lumber •
AgenU for Fairbanks, Morse A Co. I
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valve*,
Irci °ipe. Fittings.
A' NL.lMeiHngw
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
i
Positively no coal dellveied
unless pdld for In advanw
< Wien Iu Seward Stop at tit* |
[ COLEMAN HOUSE |
> GEORGE SEXTON, Proa. X
* StRICTlv FIRST CLASS T
J Fourth Avt *. Siwarr. Alasjia X
Copper River
braying Co
t 'i :*ic*-{ and passengers to all parts
o' •:■»• Smerin*. Gonernl Trucking
Md. Wood. - Propriovo
MtKlniej St. Valde