Shoe Sale
SLL kinds of shoes
=for rpen
»
=for women
=for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes for Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
* Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co, Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawfotd and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended tne sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded m
book No. 2: page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bay, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to. con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of sajd
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of Ihe Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4. 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
- To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
* improvements upon the “Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
th1 office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
be' 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
$ 100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
this notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11. 1913.
Last pub,. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, ’phone 47.'
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 mher 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
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
VVM, KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.*
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have1 expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
1 ,, •‘■pwo Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
310, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid; that being $300 per
year, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PytULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of
the estate of Hardin Smith, de
ceased, has rendered and pre- |
seated for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the Cth day of
May, 1913, at the hour of "two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
ficio judge in prohate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court as the time and place
of settlement-of said final ac*.
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
tile objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM,
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1. ’13.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
in the Commissioner's Court for
I he Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
VV. C. Stull, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all. persons
having claims against the sain
deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publica
tion of this notice, jto the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the ou»i
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
27th day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Banlt & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitcb, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Shop end job work df all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
: 1
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse A Co. j
BOTTLE TOSSED INTO SEA I
EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSE8
E. S. Penn, general agent of
the passenger department of the
Canadian Pacific Railway com- 1
pany, recently ,received in the
mail a slip of paper .found in a 1
bottle drifting in Yakutat bay, i
Alaska, which had been tossed 1
overboard from 11. M. S. Empress
of Japan, li. Pybus, R. N. R., '
coininander, on Feb. 3(1, 1908, at
noon. The slip of paper gave the
position of the Empress of Japan
at latitude 50 degrees, 30 min
utes north, longitude 137 de_ j
greets, 35 minutes west. The
j finder was instructed in the mes
sage to forward the slip of pa-|
I per to the Foiled Stales Weat her
Bureau at Washington.I>. C., cx
! plaining that it had been tossed
I overboard for experimental pur
I poses in an cll'orl |o get accurate
information as to the direction]
of ocean currents. The bottle was
picked up by Indians, who turn
ed it over to W. A. Leonard, a
cannery man of Yakutat. The
position of the Empress of Japan
when the bottle was lossed into
(lie sea was approximately 9<m
mile's west of I lie entrance to Fui- [
mak pass and stood about Itmj
• miles south of I lie Aleut inn is- .
lands.
All is excitement al AM in over
I lie new gold strike to the south
east. Up to date, live creeks have
heen discovered and staked. While
no extensive prospecting has been
done, on account of the presence
of snow and the frozen condition
of the ground, good prospects
have heen found in various places
on all of the creeks. Over thro’
hundred claims in the new dis
trict have been recorded.
Cake Diminishes in Post.
With half of what had once
heen a line sponge cake in her
hands, an indignant suffragette,
weighing slightly more than 200
pounds, called at the Flushing
(N. Y.) postoffice recently and
demanded from Postmaster Low
erre the name of the letter car
rier who had eaten half of the
cakci which had been sent her
through the parcel post by a
friend.
It was in vain that Postmaster
Lowerre pleaded that the cake was
the victim of its environment;
that it probably had for its bos
om companion in the mail pouch
sections of a family cooking
glove or a scuttle of coal sent on
from the anthracite regions.
His words fell on deaf ears.
Half of the cake was missing and
tin; woman wanted Uncle Sam to
investigate. She said the way to
her house was long and cold, and
she knew that' tfief carrier got
hungry on the route and fed on
the cake. Making a note of the
complaint, Postmaster Lowerre
dismissed the woman, who went
her way declaring that things
would he different when women
got their rights.
Plan Invisible Aeroplanes.
A newly discovered material for
the manufacture of aeroplanes—
p material transparent and that
'makes part of a machine invis
ible in flight—is being used in
the construction of war aero
planes for the United States army.
Major Edward RPssell, of I he
aeronautic division of the War
department, said recently:
“We are experimenting with a
‘Semi-transparent material to he
used as parts of the w:i«gs and
under structure of the flying ma
chine. fine object of that is to
givel the operator of the machine
a better vision of things below.
The material is not celluloid, but
celluloid enters into its composi
tion.”
This new material is a liquid.
It is lighter per square foot than
canvas and is noncombustible.
It is admitted that the occupant
of the machine and its frame will
be always visible, but the experts
contend that, the wings can be
made invisible at 1,000 feet.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. II. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that fhe 21st
day of April, 1913, al the hour of
2 o’clock n. m. of said day, al I he
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at Ihe time and place
rtf settlement of said final account.
and report, at which titne and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions .to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this
191 Ii dav of February, 1913.
JAMES FISH.
W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Dale of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21, 1913. 1
•RESIDENT WILSON
FILL8 HIS CABINET i,
( Continued l.mn nage l)
laniels, of North Carolina.
The appointment of a secretary ]
if labor and one of commerce j
11 so would indicate that the bill j
0 provide for a labor department !
n the new cabinet had passed, j
md that the present cabinet will j
lave one more1 member than did |
''resident Taft’s. J
Lind<ey Garrison.
Nothing is known here about I
i.indley Garrison. the new See-j
•elary of War. lie is not listed i
in “Who’s Who in America” and !
■ herefore must never have tig-j
need tq an\ great extent in Amer- i
ican polities, lie may be a per
sonal friend of the new president,
us be is from the same slate.
James Clark McReynolds.
•lames Clark Mrlteynolds. attor
ney general, is a lawyer and i~
unmarried, lie was an assistant
allornex general from I Odd loi
1 <mi7. and was for many years re- j
tabled as special counsel of the I
department, prosecuting the To- j
banco Trust, the coal barons and I
the railroads, lie lives in Nc\\»!
York, and at I lie I ime of his ap
poinfmeni was in private prac
tice. lie is a gold Democrat.
David Franklin Houston.
David Franklin Houston. Sec
retary of Agriculture, is u col
lege professor amt was born in
North Carolina in I8(i(>. He is a
tutor of ancient languages, asso
ciate professor al Harvard; for
three years dean of the faculty
of the University of Texas, lie
is also an author of some note.
At the lime of appointment he was
living in St. I.ouis, Mo.
William Redfleld.
William Redfleld, Secretary of
Commerce, born in New York in
1858 and is a large manufactur
er of tools and steel forgings.
Was at one lime commissioner
of public works of the city of
Brooklyn, and is reputed to be
worth many millions. He is a
member of the 02nd congress.
William Powell Wilson.
William Powell Wilson, Sec
retary of Labor, was born in
18 4 4, was a professor of anatomy
and physiology of plants at Har
vard, of which university he is
a graduate, ami is at present the
director of the Commercial Mu
seum of Philadelphia. He1 has
been a great traveler, studying
the trade relations of the United
Stales and other nations, and has
been a member of many govern
ment commissions.
It is worth while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany’s, jewelers.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Just received the latest, up-lo
Ihe-hour Eastern millinery al
*Irs. S. E. (Heason’s, Keystone ave.
TIDE TABLES
Wednesday, March 5.
High tide, 10:58 a. m., 12:02 p. in.
Low tide, 5:06 a. m„ 5:45 p. in.
Thursday, MarcH 6.
High tide, 11:34 a. m., 12:22 p. in.
Ibdw tide. 5:40 a. m., 6:10 p. in.
Friday, March 7. *
High tide, 12:09 a. m., 12:42 p. in.
Low tide, 6:09 a. m., 6:33 p. m.
Saturday, March 8.
High tide, 12:40 a. m.,
Low tide, 6:37 a. m.. 6:54 p. in.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fe insurance
See Crary about that
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
_ !
A. M. Dieringw
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid (or io advaoce
CITY EXPRESS
y. 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 inlWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone .9 the DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to6p. m., 7 p. m., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phonk 13# Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ.
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L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdes. Alaska :
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
Genesal Mining Engineering
Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. IBS
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. €
10. F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, tirst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HTTNT. Secretary.
F O E
VALDEZ AERIE Vo- 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month in McKinley Ball Visitors always
welcome.
James B. Patten -«..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec