GOOD
DELIVERY
Delivering the goods. Did
you ever buy a pair of shoes
that failed to give satisfaction
-somehow the style did not /
please you-little or no comfort \
in them, and soon the sole?
Well, they did not deliver the
goods, that's all.
deliver the goods in the
form of absolute shoe
satisfaction. We will
■ H m fiuAee prove it to you. Give us
w - onURa a chance.
All Styles $6.
Valdez Mercantile Co, Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit your account.
— WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
You admire it every
time you visit them—the
harmonious lighting, the
clean and orderly ap
pearance of everything,
the always-ready per
sonal conveniences, the
atmosphere of comfort
and luxury.
I “Hill is a lucky dog,”
f you say; but did you ever
stop to think how easily
you could beas fortunate?
The electricity that
does so much for his com
fort is obtaineJ from the
same wires that pass by
your own home. It oper
ates his lamps, flatirons,
sewing machines motors,
fans and other useful
electric heating and cook
ing devices.
You can have it at
slight cost-let us discuss
wiring with you.
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
You are hereDy notified that I
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred ancj thirty
three dollars and thirty-three
cents, lawful money of the Unit
ed States, in labor and improve
ments, upon your two-nintns in
terest in those certain lode Claims
lying and being on Knights Is
land, in the recording precinct- of
Valdez, Alaska, which are known
as and called the “Shamrock"
claim; the “Tramp” claim; the
‘‘Star No. 2” claim: the “Mother
claim; the “Beach” claim,
and the “Last Chance" claim,’ the
location notices of said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
quired tn tiojd said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31st
day of December, 1012.
And unless within ninety days
after the completion of the publi
cation of this notice, to-wil: with
in ninety days after the Cth day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing said an
nual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of one hundred
and thirty-three dollars and thir
ty-three cents, your interest in
the claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber of this no
tice, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure,
by the terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this
5th day of April, 1913.
S. A. IIEMPLE.
Dale of first pub. April C, 1913
Date of last pub. July G, 1913.
Notice.
For the purpose of maintaining
good sanitary conditions, the citi
zens of Valdez are hereby re
quested, according to section one,
ordinance No. 27, to remove from
their premises, from the streets,
alleys, grounds and gutters,
streams and creeks adjacent to
their premises, all dirt, rubbish,
garbage, ashes, empties of cans
and bottles and all filth of any
kind deposited by them. All per-,
sons who have dr caused to have
manure piles on their premises or
adjacent thereto are requested to
remove and haul away, the same.
Anyone failing to comply with the
above ordinance will be subject to
its' provisions.
D. II. SLEEM,
Health Officer.
TIDE TABLES
- •«#***;»* * .**-*••»«. * * - ./•.
* -XJtkM U 7 ' L r < l,v # It '
. . MWrdfr, May W,
High lijft, 1:0/ ». in., 3:54 p. in.
Low tide. 9:16 a. m., 8:47 p. m.
Sunday, May 25.
High tide, 2:48 a. in., 4:49 p. m.
Low tide, 10:02 a. m., 9:47 p. m.
Monday, May 28.
High tide, 3:38 a. m., 5:48 p. ifi.
Low tide, 10:48 a. m., 11:04 p. m.
Tuesday, Slay 2T.
High tide, 4:41 a. m., 6:41 p. m.
Low tide, jil :37 a. m.
Wsdnssday, Slay 28.
High tide, 5:54 a. in., 7:23 p. in.
Low tide, 12:36 a. m., 12:33 p. m.
Thursday, May 2».
High tide, 7:16 a. m., 8:06 p. m.
Low tide. 1:52 .a in.,. 1:22 p. m.
Friday, May 80.
High tide, 8:31 a. in., 8:40 p. m.
Low tide, 2;4fl a. m., 2:06 p. m.
Blrt tidTSlf'i,S!: V\2 p. m.
Low tide, 3:31 a. m., 2:47 p. m.
GOODWU LACKS
COMM SEISE
■ Los Angeles, May 2 i.--.\al
t.ioodwin will wed Miss Marjorie
Moreland next Sunday afternoon.
This will he the fifth matrimon
ial venture of the famous actor.
Miss Mooreland is an actress.
(ioodwin says that lie loves
Miss Moreland and that in spite
of the many wrecks of his past
loves he believes lie will tie hap
py with Marjorie.
Hunting Whales in Alaska.
By O. U. FISH.
Shortly after the sawmill whis
tle blew six o’clock Friday even
ing the good ship “2.N” threw off
her ropes and gassed down the
bay, with Capt. Leopold on the
bridge. Chief Engineer Belloli
swearing at the engine and K. B.
Wheat al the wheel. Ceo. W.
Fawcett .guarded the bottles of
gasoline, while Ashby let air into
the gas lank.
Everything went line1 and they
arrived al the cod-banks in fine
time, but after fishing about two
hours they decided that someone
had robbed the bunks, for nary a
lish came near I he red flannel
which Ashby tore from his shirt
to use for bail (lish bail), sjo they
were hauling in I heir lines to j
Iconic home when Ernie Wheat,
snagged one of Jack Bishop’s
tame lish that had escaped from
the bathtub the day itefore yes
terday.
Everyone got evicted and lished
till 10 o’.clock, when Engineer
Belloli started to oil up the en
gine for the Irit) holme. He start
ed to swear, but he did not use
the right word, for nary a chug
from the engine could lie get,
Capt, Leopold then called for vol
untears to row home, and Wheat
and Ashby manned the dinky, tied
a tish line to the launch and
started bravely for home. When
opposite the fort the line parted
and (he “2N” was at the mercy of
the waves. Ashby and Wheat
kept on going, landed at Fort I.is
cum and awakened the garrison.
They phoned to Tony Carlson for
assistance, but as the Skidoo was
in dry dock installing a wireless
he kicked Frank Nelson from the
feathers and started him to the
rescue.
And had one looked across the
hay in the wee small hours of the
morning lie would have seen the
good shii> Helen towing the “2N"
—behind ftial the dinky, and. last
of all. the tame lisli.
j I nforlunntely for all these lisli
lermen, William Finical blew the
j mill whistle til 5 this morning in
] stead of ti. the usual hour, and till
i live tumbled mil of lied and rush
ed to I lie store only to liml that
they were an hour early. They
j have organized into a possce and
tare laying for Finical with pick
! axe handles.
The Prospector for .job work.
I
j FORFEITURE NOTICE.
j Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
Tit II. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that I, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars ($100)
in labor and improvements upon
the "Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez. Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1912.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninety
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-live cents (818.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the subscriber,
who is vour co-owner, and who j
has made the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1913.
1. E. DOUGKRTY.
Date first pub. April 24, 1913.
Date last pub. July 28. 19141.
A Man In the Open.
We--most of us—abide in
towns, and tread the granite
walks, and deal in bricks and
hand-me-downs, or fuss with
bonds and stocks. We struggle
to the same old goals, endure tin*
same old stings; yet there's aj
longing in our souls for bigger, i
stranger things. And since we j
cannot pirouette heroic through |
the laud, we should he glad I hall
we can get adventure second-!
hand. This bunk of Pocoek's tills j
tiie hill: M's something truly line; j
it sent a good old-fashioned thrill i
adown my calloused spine. The I
hook is fairly bristling with big j
deeds--a dash of gore; the hero i
(and his name is Smith is i>ncj
you will adore. With him you'll j
walk the wondrous woods and |
hear the torrents moan, and roam i
primeval neighborhoods where!
inan is little known. With Smith j
get close to Nature's heart and |
read the message there; forget a I
| while the busy mart, its fury and |
despair. Smith stands for man- i
hood st rong and free, uiU'rushed, j
untrodden down--! he sort of chap j
I’d like lo he if I could just leave i
town. Whoever reads this lfook, j
I know, this tale of outdoor strife, i
will feel his pulses stronger grow I
and gel new grips on life.
WALT MASON.
_
THE CORN PLANTER.
(By George Fitch.)
The corn planter is a small ve
hicle, with no social pretensions,
I which has tone more for mankini !
than the automobile, the aero
plane or the huge and haughty
sleeping car with its plutocratic
'porter, and its early Norwegian
I wood carving.
I Before the corn planter was |
! invented, the farmer was forced j
I to insert his seed corn into the:
bosom of a forty-acre field by j
hand. This was a slow and cost- !
ly process, because not more than |
three nor less than two kernels of
corn had to In* dropped into each
spot, and it. took a man and a
boy a day to plant an acre—the j
boy to drop the corn, and the* man
to see that he didn’t hide most of
it under the’ fence and go fish
ing. Thus it was impossible to
raise much corn, and vast areas
j of the United States went un
i ploughed by the plow. Then some
l genius invented the automatic
'corn planter, which runs on a
I wire like a trolley car, and dis
tributes kernels with such math
ematical exactness that the corn
'grows up in avenues and can be
j weeded by another intelligent and
conscientious machine, instead of
I rc(|tiiring a hoe and a backache
for each acre.
W'liiMi llii' corn planli'r was m
venleil, tin' iiii'ii who wi'i'f plant
ing furly acres witti nirn and
I'i'sling up from il all year, bought
eighty anes mure with a glad
1 shout, and began to go in debt
for corn cribs. Settlers swarmed
into vacant stales and the click
of I lie corn planter was heard
in the land where the click of
the irritable revolver and bufl'alo
extef'ininalor bad been the only
j recorded clicks lo date. The
; sturdy Kurupean farmer packed
the proceeds of a life lime of
toil in a market baskei and came
| to America to build two-acre
ibarns and raise future govern
[ors, and corn became king by
revolution-—of lh*‘ corn planter
I disc.
The corn planter costs about
| $.50 and has never been sung by
lovers of the* beautiful. But the
I humble $ 50 corn planter can
earn a $2,000 automobile for its
owner in a couple of seasons, and
it is the chariot on which the
American farmer, clad in flowing
overalls and a straw helmet, has
ridden to glory. {
Call for Bids.
The street committee will re
ceive bids for the digging of a
sewer main and the covering of
same and the laying of a sewer
pipe. The bids must be received
by the committee before noon,
May 26th, when they will be pub
licly opened. Specifications can
be seen by applying to Council
man Finical. The right to re
ject any and all bids is reserved
by the committee. Payments will
be made to the successful con
tractor in city warrants drawing
eight per cent interest.
STREET COMMITTEE,
Of Town Council.
WANTED—A cook; inquire'of
Col.. O’Neil at Fort kiscum.
Adler is selling out. Bargains
in anything and everything.
Boots & Shoes
REPAIRED
Print IttnttMt WtAatatU* tl tkt Wtt
JAMES NAREY
* fe*. fttnt.i~.hr tkt*. VAUOCZ
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
-it-_
Positively no coal delivered
enless paid ter in advance
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
i* my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
PROFESSIONAL
'Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office MiWbalinc building VALDEZ
Nest to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6p. m., 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
L v. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
| SEWARD, - ALASKA
E. E. RITCHIE
I, A \V Y K R
PHONK 130 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
A TTORNEY-A X-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3> VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Lend end
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. 1B9
L. W. STORM. E. M.
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