S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
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BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the^ world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Give Your Freight Contract to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
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Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK: sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
5 For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior---Well Heated, Clean Rooms. "
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
K and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
^ day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
Alaska Water,
Light & Tel. Co
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LAUNCH THREE -M
Twin Screw, Powerful
and Commodious.
Freight. Passengers and Towing.
Inquire Room 1, Panama Hotel.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
RAKFRY IN CONNECTION
DHIU<n * everything good
JACK CALLIN & CO. j
BEST PUCE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford 'Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
S7 s m to 9 It m
Lunch IS m to I i> m
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P,HE:1 BARBER SHOP
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Doughert) & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
LAUNCH IDA
Leaves from Valdez dock for
4 SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
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For Valdez School Board—Charles
Wilcox Unable to Act and
Money is Tied Up.
The Valdez School Board met last
night and at the request of seven citi
zens of the town, called an election to
be held December 24th at the City
Hall to elect a successor to Charles
Wilcox, the present treasurer of the
Board, who is unable to act at this
time because of his temporary resi
dence in Cordova.
Mr. Wilcox did not care to name a
substitute and requested the remain-'
der of the Board to do so, but as no
authority exists, therefore it was
thought best by C. £. Bunnell and A.'
Von Gunther, the remaining members
of the Board, to have an election.
Under the code the election will be
held by the School Board, while the
general elections of members of the
Board is held under the supervision
of the council. This election will be
held by the Board, which will name
three judges and two clerks.
No candidates have been announced
yel, as the position is one necessitat
ing much work, so the politicians are
not falling over one another to get
the job.
T
Lieut. Dougherty Orders Report Each
Day of Conditions on Thomp
son’s Pass.
Lieut. Dougherty, chief signal offi
cer of the first division of the niili
buy telegraph and cable lines, has
instructed the operator in charge of
the government telegraph station on
Thompson’s pass, to send in each day
a complete report of the weather con
ditions on the summit, as the many
stampeders, mushers, freighters and
prospectors in Valdez are anxious to
know the weather conditions before
they leave town.
Lieut. Dougherty is making every
effort to make the cable service as
useful as it possibly can be made and
will continue to make improvements
whenever he sees an opportunity to
do so.
To Rent or Lease.
The Gakona roadhouse, includirg
25 acres of laud under cultivation:
located in Copper river valley. 130
miles north of Valdez on the Shushan
na trail. Good trading point for furs.
A splendid opportunity for right par
ties. Apply to JAMJIS FISH, next
door to Tillikum Club.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight, weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
Fine watch and iewelry repairing
ii' work guaranteed II V Hern
don. wit j owl Drug Co.
GABLE STILL
Half Million Dollar Never-ready Re
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pair Ship Burnside Not Equal
to the Job.
The cable repair ship Burnside has
failed to make good the promise of
yesterday to have the Seattle-Sitka
cable repaired last night and the lo
cal cable office have received no com
munication from the ship since early
yesterday morning.
The Valdez end of the broken ca
ble was buoyed at 8:30 yesterday
morning, but telegrams from Sitka to
the local cable officials give the in
formation that the cable ship has not
as yet picked up the Sitka end of the
break.
It is possible, think the officers, that
a severe storm may have prevented
the work of the ship grapling, while
another theory is that a second break
may have occurred in the cable thus
forcing the Burnside to continue in
her efforts to locate the other break.
Notice of Special Election.
Notice is hereby given that a special
election for the purpose of electing
a Treasurer of the Valdez School
Board, to iill the vacancy caused by
the removal of C. H. Wilcox from the
City ol' Valdez, Alaska, will be held
December 24, 19X3, at the Fire Hall
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska. The
poles will be open at 9:00 o’clock a.
in. and will close at 5:00 o’clock p.
in. of said day.
The following persons shall be qual
ified electors: All adults who are cit
izens of the United States, or who
have declared their intention to be
come such, and who are residents of
the Valdez school district.
Dated this 12th day of December,
1913.
A. VON GUNTHER,
C. E. BUNNELL,
Members of Valdez School Board.
Making a Servant Work.
We may easily imagine, says an ex
change, that it is a source of satis-1
faction to Albert S. Burleson that it S
fell to his lot to give the parcel post j
Its first real try-out. The Institution '
itself is epochal—-most people do not
appreciate its possibilities—and any1
man might well feel pleased to have
been instrumental in bringing about
its fruition. Of course, the parcel post
was inaugurated before Mr. Burleson
took office, but it was admittedly ex
perimental. In a recent magazine ar
ticle Mr. Burleson speaks of it as
"the biggest thing in business," and
such it is proving to dc. One of the
most important offices of the parcel
post is its promise to cut out the ex
pensive middleman between produc
er and consumer when these two wish
to co-operate. Whatever the ultimate
result of the parcel post may be, it
is certain that at his time it is giv
ing the postmaster general a field for
labor and through it the government
j is making at least one servant do a
lot of work.
i Weather Report.
Dec. 11, 1913.
Barometric Pressure .29.786
Maximum Temperature .25
! Minimum Temperature .15
I Mean Temperature .20
Partly cloudy, calm, wind N. E. two
miles. Snowed from 12:15 p. m. to
. 2:45 p. m.
L. JONES.
' Bet your wife or girl a set of furs
1 at Blum’s.
We are closing out our entire line of Dry
Goods and have cut out,prices'to Siftt your,
pocketbooks. Note our wonderful reduc
tions, including: ^
Drets Good* in Broadcloth* and fancy weave*:
Regular $3.00 per" yard, now.. .$1.50
Regular $1$6 per yard,, new.
Regular $i.5Q, per yard, »®w. 1.0o'.
Regular $1.00 per yard, now..50c
Measaline* in a variety of shade*, regular $1.00 yard, new 75c.
Chiffons at WaLf price. , ' , . ! '
Bwoatora’'regular $10.0^ now ... ■ ...V..$5.00 and $6.00
Children'* Sweater*, regular>$.25 and $2.50, new...-75c and $1.00
Cur splendid Ben Ton Coregie, 1913 . models: Regular $«.0Q,.$4.50
Regglar $4.00. . .\$2.$0 Regular $2.25..$1-2$.
Regular $1.00 hose, now...G0c Regular ,7$g ho*e, now.---50c
Regular 50e hoes', now-25c Regular 25c hose, now.15c
'Flannel Gowns' at HALF PRICE.
Fjiij Tailo'-ed Suit*, Skinner’s Satin trimmings, regular $25, now $8
MANY OTHER WONDERFUL VALUES TO 3HOW YOU WHEN
YOU CALL. .
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Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ M!OST POPULAR SMOKE
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INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
independent Laundry Co.
> Satisfaction Guaranteed I
, Telephone 66 !
I Foot Key t> tone Ave
I Rough Dry 10c lb.
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Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. I
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
COAST
OMPANY
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
Steamer Jeanie
Sailing from Seattle
1
Dec. 10th, with Mail and Freight
jfSAMPSON calls at Kodiak?each trip.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific 8. S. Co.
R'i.'hi is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO,
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Northwestern^
Sail
10th, 20th and' 30th
EVERY MONTH
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For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, 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 for Fairbanks, Morse St Co.
.Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing. Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Deicription, Hoie Valves,
Iroi °ipe, Fitting*.
A. M. Dierinjifi
Valdez Transfer
Qeneral Trucking and Freight
ipg to all interior point*
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LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
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Teaming of all kinds'
Positively no coil deliyeieij
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop,
SiRICTLV FtRST CLASS
Fourth Avt Stwarr, Aus»'«
Copper River
Drayin#Co
fieliiniin* an* pasaanriirj to all part t
of thr inierin-. «eaaial Tru*kl»a
Uri. Wood. - t*ropri*toi
MaKiaia.t St. Valdai