Light and Power
Beginning January 15 we shall be ready to to supply
consumers with light and power at rates lower than
ever, and on a flat rate basis—The patronage of the
business community is solicited.
Stop and Consider
what you paid for current before the lies’ plant
came into the field, and what you would have to
pay again should it go out of business.
A complete and up to date Telephone service will
be established later.
lies Light & Power Co.
Not Incorporated
JUDGE BDNNELL TO
GOME VIA CORDOVA
Artptngements will He Made to Bring
Him to Valdez on haunch if
Steamers Fail to Connect.
Word was received from Copper
Center last night stating that Judge
Bunnell had reached there yesterday
afternoon en route to Valdez. The
wire conveyed the news that the
fudge would go to Chitina and Cor
dova as the operators on the summit
reported that a strong wind was
Mowing, with the road badly drifted.
Local friends of Judge Bunnell
are planning to send the launch
Shamrock to Cordova to bring him to
Valdez, as he is not expected to reach
Cordova before Monday night and
might have to wait there for several
days before the arrival of a boat from
Seattle to bring him to Valdez.
Judge Bfcnnell is making a hurried
trip as his vacation ends about the
last week in January, a term of court
having been called in Fairbanks for
February 8. He will visit his par
ents in the east as he has not been
home for a number of years.
NOTICE.
The Liberty theatre announces
that starting on December first and
t-.nding on the evening of December
23rd, tickets will be given to every
patron of the theatre entitling them
to a chance on a 35-pound turkey
first prize, and 15-pound second
prize. Both turkeys will be live ones.
Drawing will take place in the Lib
erty theatre, December 23, 1915. Vis
ft the Liberty, the home of good pic
tures, and save your co.upons. tf
LOST—Lady’s watch and nugget
fob, between the Empress theatre and
Valdez Dock. Liberal reward for re
turn of same to Prospector office, tf
! FEDERAL EMPLOYE
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Government Detective Airested in
San Francisco for Conniving at
Destruction of Seattle Wharf.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27.—A
sensation was created here among
the government officials when Chas.
Crowley, a detective in the employ
of the department of justice, was
arrested for being implicated in the
alleged Teutonic conspiracy to de
stroy munition plants in the United
States.
Crowley had been sent to San
Francisoc to investigate the report
ed attempt of German agents to bribe
the officials of the Longshoremen’s
union to cause a strike which would
prevent shipments of munitions be
ing made to the Allies, and is report
ed to have accepted German money
to engage in the conspiracy.
The detective is charged with hav
ing been responsible for the destruc
tion of the Seattle dock which was
recently burned, causing a loss "of
more than one million dollars. The
federal prosecutor for whom Crow
ley was working, became suspicious
of the detective after witnessing him
spend money lavishly and investiga
tion disclosed the fact that he had
been paid thousands of dollars to
join the conspirators by directing
suspicion from the guilty parties.
The Hit of the Year.
Tonight at The Liberty Theatre the
funniest comedy ever seen in Valdez
will be shown. A laugh from the
start to the finish. Be sure to see
‘‘His Fatal Wedding,” nothing but
fun and joy while on the screen.
Suits pressed tor 81.Ot at Silver
man’s. th> *aiIor. Telephone 198. tf
The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinsjon:
With^each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge. ,
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. AH orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to cne Coupon.
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JUDGE JENNINGS
TRY DOCK CASE
Judge Brown Declined to Render a
Decision as he is Interested
in Property Affected.
The appeal case of the Valdez Dock
company from the decision of the
Valdez magistrate’s court whereby J.
C. Martin, local agent of the Dock
company, was fined $50 for violation
of ordinance No. 90, prohibiting col
lection of wharfage on freight land
ed at private docks, will be decided
by Judge Jennings of the First divi
sion.
The case has been before the dis
trict court for several days, all the
testimony on both sides having been
taken, about twenty witnesses having
offered testimony. Counsel for the
Dock company demurred as to the
validity of Ordinance No. 90 but the
court overruled the demurrer.
When court opened this morning
Judge Fred M. Brown announced that
he felt that he was disqualified to de
cide the case owing to his having
been one of the original owners of
the dock and having real estate which
would be affected by the decision in
the case.
The attorneys representing noth
sides conferred as to the possibility
of having Judge Bunnell decide the
case, but the latter, like Judge Brown
is financially interested in real es
tate, the value of which will be de
preciated by an adverse decision. It
was finally decided to submit the case
to Judge Jennings, provided he had
the time to review the evidence, a
transcript of which will be made.
During the trial it was shown that
construction work on the wharf was
commenced on April 30, 1903, and
that Prank Kinghorn, P. M. Brown,
Alfred B. lies, and other pioneers of
Valdez were financially interested in
the enterprise. For years the wharf
failed to be a profitable venture and
passed into the hands of the present
owners in 1906, several years before
the reservation uplands were includ
ed in the corporate limits.
The case has attracted wide atten
tion and the decision will have an
important bearing on the right of pri
vate interests to maintain wharves
in Alaska which serve the public car
riers.
An agreement was reached this
afternoon between attorneys repre
senting both sides to have the case
decided by Judge Brown and it is ex
pected that the ruling of the court
will be handecl down at an early
date.
CORDOVA ROAD EARNING
« PER CENT ON $20,000,000
SEATTLE: Falcon Joslin thinks
the government made a serious mis
take in not buying the Copper River
& Northwestern railroad, when the
Guggenheims offered to sell it. The
road he says, is now earning 6 per
cent on $20,000,000, and the govern
ment could have bough it for half
that sum. He believes that, even
with the coal from the Bering River
fields, it will be necessary to double
track the lines within ten years.
“Mora than $1,600,000 worth of
ore Iff^^hing into Cordova every
said Joslin, “and it has been
jiOTessary to put on an extra train
schedule. The company is now run
ning two trains a day. Heretofore
there have been only three trains
a week. There isn’t another mining
district in the world as rich as the
Copper River valley. The Bonanza
and Jumbo mines are working to ca
pacity. Ore that would be consider
ed fabulously rich in Michigan or
Arizona—that is, running 16 per oent
copper—is left lying on the dumps.
"The Alaska Consolidated copper
Company has opened up a big ledge
on Kuskalina, the Mother Lode Com
pany has a lot of ore blocked out
ready for shipment, the Lackinaw
Company on Castle mountain, is con
structing roads to get its ore out, and
several other copper properties and
one or two gold quartz deposits are
In process of development.
“When these and other mines be
gin shipping the railroad will have
to run many more trains than at the
present time. I have mentioned but
a few of the high-grade propositions,
but there are in addition many so
called low-grade properties that are
not opened, because the ore has to
be shipped to Seattle to be smelted.
"When you consider that the Utah
mines are making big profits from
ore that runs less than 1 per cent
copper you can get some idea of what
Alaska will do when the coal is avail
able and the ore from the mines run
ning all the way from 6 to 16 per
cent of copper is made available.—
Seattle Tlmee.
&
YOU want
not the slight-*
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co's pre
scription department.
LOCAL, BRKVTTTES.
Rev. J. F. Dunstan will hold a ser
vice at Port Li8cum Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock.
POUND—Pair of keys. Apply at
this office.
The ladies of the Valdez Civic lea
gue are planning a grand dance to
be given in Eagle Hall on Saturday
evening, December 11.
Jeff Devinney left this morning
for the Three-in-One mine, on Shoup
Bay, to begin preparations for devel
oping the property on an extensive
scale.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's, the tallot. Telephone 108. tf
The launch Shamrock for Port
Wells this morning carrying mail
and freight for different points on
the Sound.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY P. CAMERON. j
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
A number of miners who came up
from the Cliff mine last night return
ed this morning to their work.
Hundreds of ptarmigan shot by
Rudolph’s fresh loaded shells, 90c
per box. tf
FOR RENT—Furnished house,
will lease at reasonable terms, oppo
site court house. See Chas. Oanty. tf
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Congregational Church.
Rev. J. F. Dunstan, pastor.
The following services will be held
on Sunday:
11:00, Devotional service. Child
ren’s address, “Scouting." Sermon,
“Bearing Fruit.”
12:00, Sunday School.
7:80, Gospel Service. Subject,
“Saving Kknowledge.”
Tuesday at 6:30, Get-Together pic
nic dinner.
Thursday afternoon. Ladies' Aid.
Thursday at 7:30, Prayer meeting.
Before the gangplank Is on the deck,
Joe is there your baggage to check.
He knows Just where you want to go,
And his auto bus is not so slow.
When leaving Valdez it is just as well
To wait until you hear Joe’s bell.
He never yet has missed a boat
But connects with all that ever floats.
Joe never sleeps day or night,
He does his best to treat you right.
The traveling public well can bless
The man who runs the City Express.
All you do—Just Phone Eight Two,
The City Express will see you thru.
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Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M.
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack (Tallin . Proprietor
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
aie taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time. Indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Saturday, Nov. 27, 1015.
High. 4:10 am, 6.4; H pm, 8.0.
Low, 0:01 am, 4.0; 10:40 pm, 0.7.
Sunday, Nov. 28, 1015.
High, 6 am, 6.4; 3:62 pm, 7.3.
Low, 10:01 am., 4.1; 10:60 pm, 1.1.
Monday, Nov. 20, 1015.
High, 6:36 am, 6.7; 6:67 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:17 am, 4.
Tuesday, Nov. 80, 1015.
High, 6:44 am, 7.1; 6:21 pm, 6.2.
Low, 11:41 pm, 1.6; 12:44 pm, 3.4.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, ATfTIIK
CIOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE IOTH DAY OF /
NOVEMBER, 1915. \
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts . $ 84,693.25
Overdrafts . 360.16
Bonds, Warrants and other Securities 24,911.00 ,
Furniture and Fixtures. 3,428.80 "
Checks on other Banks and other Cash Items. 1,798.80
CASH ON HAND, including Gold Dust 107(113 11
and Sight Exchange . I LI jU I U« I I
TOTAL ..$242,205.12
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in.$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund . 500.00
Undivided Profits'. 1,970.13
Due to Banks—Deposits . 453.11
Deposits ... 214,074.88
Certified Checks . 207.00
TOTAL .$242,205.12
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I, W. M. Goodwin, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemn
ly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
W. M. GOODWIN, Cashier.
Correct Attest M. BLUM,
JOHN LYONS.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of Nov. 1915
(Notarial Seal) J. W. GILSON,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Jan. 21, 1917.
THE PINZQN
Cigars Tobacco Fruit Candy
Billiards Pool Card Rooms
El Sidello
Carabana
Juan de Fuca
CIGARS
Optimo
Monopole
Van Dyck
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FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale]and Retail Dealer* in |
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29 ]
Valdez Dock Co • phome no. i
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JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
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