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 Company
PUBLISHED SUMMONS.
In the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion. .
United Stales of America,
plaintiff, vs. William B. Poland
and Frederick William Low, de
fendants.—No. 593, Published
Summons. ,
The President of the United
States of America, greeting:
To the above named defend
ants, William B. Poland and
Frederick William Low.
You and each of you are here
by required to appear in the Dis
trict Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, within 30
days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, to
wit: within 30 days after the 10th
day of February, 1913, and an
swer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff filed in the above
entitled court and cause; and un
less you so appear and answer,
the plaintiffs will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in
said complaint, to-wit: for the
cancellation of the patent here
tofore issued by the United States
to William B. Poland for certain
land in said complaint describ
ed and for the cancellation of
certain deeds pertaining to said
land in said complaint describ
ed, which said land is situate in
the Kenai Recording Precinct,
Third Division, Territory of
Alaska and is bounded and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. 1, near
the north shore of Resurrection
bay, identical with corner No. 5,
U. S. Survey No. 241, an iron pipe
three inches in diameter, marked
S. 242, cor. No. 1, thence west 40
chains to corner No. 2, an iron
pipe three inches in diameter,
marked S. 242, cor. No. 2, thence
north 40 chains to corner No. 3,
an iron pipe three inches in di
ameter, marked S. 242, cor. No. 3;
thence east 40 chains to corner
No. 4, an iron pipe three inches
in diameter, marked S. 242, cor.
No. 4; thence south 40 chains to
corner No. 1, the place of begin
ning, containing one hundred and
sixty acres, being the land em
braced within United States Sur
vey No. 242, according to the of
ficial plat of said survey return
ed to the general land office by
the Surveyor General; and for
plaintiff's costs and disburse
ments herein.
This summons is served upon
you by order of the above entitled
court, dated, made and entered on
the 28th day of December, 1912.
Witness, the Honorable Thom
as R. Lyons, Judge of the said
District Court, and the seal of
said Court, affixed at Valdez, this
28th day of December, 1912.
ANGUS McBRIDE,
Clerk of the District Court, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion.
Date first pub. Dec. 30,, 1912.
Date last pub. Feb. 10, 1913.
Why freeze in your room and
have to read the sign in order
to tell that your room is heated
with steam, when you can get all
the steam that you want at “The
Cliff?”
Subscribe, for. the Prospector,
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY |
DAILY PROSPECTOR
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Attorneys-at-Law,
0. E. Bunnell.
L. V-. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Ritchie.
Assayers.
George F. White. ^
Banks.
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.
Dr. H. Cockerilie.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
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.”
Rainier-Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundry*.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhouses,
Camp Comfort,
Real Batata Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast 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
hold the 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) your interest in said claims
will become the property* of the
subscriber, your co-Owner, under
I
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
^ • WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
It is worth while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being rallied at Plant & Com
pany’s, jewelers.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 158
Plata glam, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and Job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents far Fairbanks, Metso A Co.
MEN AND MONEY
TO DM CANAL
Washington, .!>. C., Kelt. 3.—
A garrison of 25,000 men will
be necessary to guard the Panama
canal, Col. (Joethals told the
House and naval affairs commit
tee recently. Under present plans
congress would provide for a gar
rison of only 8,000 men.
“Once we losl control of the
sea in a war,” he said, “we would
have to depend upon the garri
son on the zone. We could not
expect to get reinforcements there
from Hit! United States. The locks,
the vital portion of the canal,
should he guarded by a large force
and the Atlantic and Pacific ends
of the canal should he garrison
ed. At least 25,000 men would
be needed to properly guard the
canal.”
Col. (ioelhals lauded the work
done by the marines in the canal
zone and urged the retention of
a considerable force of marines
there. His statement that the ca
nal could hardly be held if the
United Stales lost control of the
sea aroused much interest in the
committee, and later in the day
Representative Hobson, of Ala
bama, urging provision for a
larger army in the debate on the
military appropriation bill, quot
ed Col. (loethals at length.
Washington, 1». C., Feb. 3.—
Guantanamo, Cuba, is to be made
an impregnable fortified harbor
by the United States. It is to be
fortified as an outpost of the Pan
ama canal defenses on the Atlan
lic-Caribbean side.
The plan has been announced
at the War department as the
decision of the joint board of
army and navy officers appoint
ed by the Secretaries of War and
Navy at the direction of the pres
id nt. to perfect the Panama ca
nal fortifications scheme.
Sergeant Longley will leave in
the morning to open the new tel
egraph station on. the summit.
The Post quartermaster will
send several teams out the trail
tomorrow with supplies,, , 1
A Fairbanks mail arrived in
Valdez last night from Fairbanks,
consisting of 350 pounds of steer
age mail.
Reinke, expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without board, Ibex House, Key
stone Ave., Mrs. II. Sharts
Reinke can nx anything from
a watch down.
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, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Centle noise ana comfortable
cutter for lent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred.
Fish, phone M.
“The Cliff” is the place, not
a bunkhouse; not cheap, but rea
sonable and moderate in price,
and you get what you pay for—
comfort.
FOR RENT—Three furnished
houses, apply to C. E. Bunnell.
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
ASSAYER_
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No Mora, No Loss
VALDEZ. ALAHKA
BREAKS CONTRACT
WITH AMERICAN
l
Berlin, Feb. 3.—l)r. Friedmann
failed to sail as contemplated and j
it is said he is now negotiating!
with the Berman government for
the sale of his tuberculosis serum, I
completely ignoring the tentative!
contract entered into with Banker j
Findley, of New York, who agreed :
to pay him one million dollars !
for the serum, which was to have l
become the property of the world, j
TALKATIVE THIEF
ENTERTAINS VICTIM ;
Cleveland, <>.. Fell. 3.—An mi- j
identified man held lip an assist
ant ticket agent of the Erie* rail
road’s down (own ticket idl'ice and
rilled I he safe and cash drawer
last night. He tied the agent,
Frank Cogsil, In a chair, and,
iwhile rifling Ihe safe, told Cogsil
that lie was the man who had rob
bed Hie New York office of the
Erie two weeks ago. He escaped
with aliyut $35 in cash, a diamond
ring belonging to Cogsil and near
ly $1,000 worth of negotiable
travelers’ checks.
Uncle Sam Quits Sphere.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 3.--In ap
pearance exactly I lie type which
the corlnonists draw to represent
Uncle Sam, Col. Ellsworth N.
N. Phelps, who once blocked traf
fic in Pennsylvania avenue when
he visited Washington, I). C., died
Iasi week al his home at Wind
sor in the house ill which lie was
horn Feb. 9, 182(5. .
HARD TIMES.
Hard limes will come ere very
long, some prophets do affirm;
soon things will all be going
wrong, and grief will make us
squirm. The seers may all be off
their base as they have been be
fore; they like to scare the human
race and make us sad and sore.
And then again, they may be right,
their guesses may come true; if
panics put us in a plight, ’twill
he a howdydo. So let’s be hop
ing for the bes( while fixing for
the worst, and do our daily stunts
with zest till our suspenders
burst. Let’s put in brine the use
ful scads for which we work with
haste economize as did our dads,
and cut out foolish waste. It will
'not hurt us to believe that pan
ics will arrive; the more of sav
ing we achieve, the more we all
will thrive. And if (he panics do
not come, but better times in
stead. if things keep up their busy
hum, we’ll be that much ahead.
1 sometimes think when I am
sane, free from my keeper’s care,
a panic would not be in vain, e’en
though it brought despair. For in
these fat and golden years we
efease to value cash; go in debt
tip -f.b our ears for-ey^cy kind of
trash. We buy a thousand fool
ish things, we are such easy
marks; the dollars that we earn
have wings and fly to beat the
larks. Perhaps we’d learn to val
ue wealth and try to save the
price, if Panic came on us by
stealth, and slugged us once or
twice. WALT MASON.
FOR SALE—Paxsons roadhouse,
store and postoffice business,
probably as good and complete
a plant, in as good location, as
there is in Alaska. Undoubtedly
the best roadhouse stand on the
Fairbanks trail. Reason for offer
ing for sale want to go outside.
For particulars address A. J. Pax
son, Paxson. Alaska.
The steam heat at “The Clifl”
is mighty fine these frosty days.
Notice the contented expression
of our tenants.
TIDE TABLES
Monday, February 3.
High tide, 10:23 a. in.
Low tide, 4:17 a. m., 5:39 p. in.
.Tuesday, February 4.
High t ide, 12:05 a. in., 11:07 a. in.
Low tide, 5:09 a. m„ 0:13 p. in.
Wednesday, February 6.
High tide, 12:3.0 a. in., 11:45 a. in.
Low tide, 5:50 a. in., 0:45 p. in.
Thursday, February 6.
High tide, 1:04 a. in., 12:20 p. m.
Low tide, 0:24 a. in., 7:09 p. in.
Friday, February 7 .
High tide, 1:20 a. in., 12:53 p. in.
Low tide, 0:57 a. in., 7:32 p. m.
Saturday, February 8.
High tide, 1:47 a. in., 1:25 p. in.
Low tide, 7:29 a. in., 7:54 p. in.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRAKY, liimehliw
Valdes, Alaska. Phone 41
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. 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
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in'Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
phono.« the dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9a.m.,to6p. m.,7 p, m.,to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LA WYER
phone 136 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL j
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW j
Offices Wall Street j
Phone 31 VALDEZ j
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
W. STORM. B. M.
VALOKZ. ALASKA ’
ftURO RTS OH MIS MS
Patmst Susrsvs
Gmsmsal Misisa Bsaissssisa
Phosm No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
O.F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, drst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HTTNT. Secretary.
F O * E
VALDEZ AERIE *0. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 i». m. Eagle llall
Valdes I*odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
. __>_. »_u__ In
eaoh month in McKinley Hall Visitor* always
welcome.
James H. Patten m..W. M
C. c. Reynolds. Seo