0UR Grocery Department
can supply your wants in
all fancy and staple groceries.
We are sole agents for the
reliable
brand of canned goods: fruits,
vegetables, jellies, preserves,
etc.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Confident of our Ability
To Please You, We Invite You To
Give Us A Trial.
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VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO.
INCORPORATED
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VALDEZ
The heayt of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
in the world open to nav
igation the year 'round.
The logical entrepot to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The seat of government
of the Third judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters of the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It is 86 miles nearer the
interior than any other
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft In Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any community
in Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best publjo
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year course.
It is the only sea coast
town offering dlreot com
munication with the in
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
est and most dlreot route
to the Mlatanuska ooal
fields.
Its harbor is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific ooast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
Why freeze in your room and
have to read the sign in order
to 'ell that your room is heated
with steam, when you can .get all
the steam that you want at “The
Cliff?"
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
1 ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
0. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Ritchie.
Assayers.
George F. White.
Banks.
S. Blum & Go.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Builders’ Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
! Valdez Bottling & Brewing C<.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
Dr. 11. Cockerille.
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. II. Crary.
Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
“The Cliff.”
Rainier-Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrys.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Pmvei
Cc.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate 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.
Schedule for Launch DdWaldeon.
Fort Liscurn Alaok-, Aug. 2
1912*- Office of the Quartermas
ter:
The following schedule for the
launch Lieut. G. V. Donaldson will
take effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All orders in conflict herewith are
revoked:
Leave Leave
Days— . Ft. Liscurn Valdez
Mondays ...8:15a.m. 10:45am.
1:15 p. in. 4:00 p. in.
Tuesdays . .8:15 a. m. 10:45 a.m.
2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
5:00 p. in. 5:30p. m.
\Vednesdays8:15 a. m. 10:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Thursday ..8:15 a.m. 10:45 a. m
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Fridays .. .8:15 a. in. 10:45 a.m.
l:15p. in. 4:00 p.m.
[Saturdays 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m,
Sundays, such trips as may be or
dered.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
above will be made without no
tice, only to meet the emergen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut.-Col. O’Neil.
N L. A. KUNZIG,
1st Lieut. 30th Infantry. Quar
ma8ter.
“The ClifT” 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.
i BY ALASKANS
j Former Northerners Who Have
I
Made Good on the "Great
j Outside”
I _
i That Alaskans are prominent in
coast politics is evidenced from
the following:
Dr. Harry Lane, of Portland,
Ore., who will succeed Jonathan
Hourne, Jr., in the United Stales
Senate, was engaged in mining in
the Nome district in 1900. He re
turned to Portland and later was
elected mayor, and he now goes
to the United States Senate.
Thomas M. Word, who became
sheriff of Multnomah county,
Ore., for the second time, having
ljei‘11 elected to I hat position in
the late elect inn. was a former
member of the tirni of 11. A.
Bauer & Co. at Skagway in 1897
and 1898.
Kdward 1.. Terry, now city
treasurer of Seattle, was a pio
neer of Skagway in 1897 and ’98.
lie was then in the employ of Gen.
Rice, of Juneau.
\V. 11. Hanna, rccentlj re-elect
ed treasurer of King county,
Wash., stampeded to Nome in
1901) and lived there for several
years.
Josiali Collins, now a member
of the state senate of Washing
ton. was a Klondike stampeder in
1897, and nearly died of scurvy
that winter in Dawson.
Key Pitman, city attorney of
Nome during the period of “con
sent government,” is now a Unit
ed States senator from, the state
of Nevada.
Jim Galen, formerly U. S. Com
missioner at Teller, is superin
tendent of Glacier National Park,
in Montana, a life position.
Hugh Wallace, who formerly
operated the tram on the pyea
trail, is high in the councils of
the Democratic administration
and is prominently talked of as a
member of Wilson's cabinet.
Astor’s Widow May Marry.
| New York, Jail. 20.—Lord Basil
jBlainwood has arrived here, it Is
reported, to marry (he widow of
Col. Aster, who lost his life on the
Titanic.
TIDE TABLES
i
!
Monday, January 20.
| Hit'll tide, 9:51 a. in., 11:18 p. in.
I Low tide, .‘1:37 a. in., 5:1(1 p. in.
Tuesday, January 21.
iJik11 tide, 10:18 a. ni., 12:28 p. in.
Low tide, 1:38 a. in., (5:01 p. in.
Wednesday, January 22.
Ilipli tide, 11: 10 a. m.
I Low tide, 5:3 5 a. in., 0:12 p. in.
Thursday, January 23.
i llipli tide. 1:04 a. in., 12:29 p. in.
j Low tide, 0:28 a. in., 7:23 p. in.
Friday, January 24.
Wlipli tide, 1:12 a. in.. 1:20 p. in.
Low tide, 7:10 a. in., 8:02 p. in.
Saturday, January 25.
High tide, 2:22 a. m., 2:05 p. in.
Low tide, 8:5 a. in.. 9:19 p. in.
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
Chas. R. Crawfqgd
Wall Streat Phone 159
'i *
Plate flank viadaW gl*M, roefiag and
safiBrSfafitt 'fcws
hardware. Sboo and job work of all kind.
Window*, Door*, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse A Co.
ASSAYER_
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Tenting
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
rT” -i* - - ' ‘ ,
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GOES LONG WAY
Alaska Packers Association Send
in Annual Grist of Affidavits
Which Passes for Money.
i
The Alaska Packers Associa
tion lias paid in to the clerk of
| (lie district court the license for
! twelve canneries and two salter
ies; $39,298.0-1 was paid in liatcli
i ery certiticates for the. tax on
i canned salmon and $898.80 in
|cash for salted salmon, which
• cannot lie paid hi certificates.
I During the past tpiarter the
j clerk’s office received $ 10,059.0 \
in certificates from the caiimw
• ios.
Through keen foresight file A.
! P. A. always manages to hatch a
I sufficient mindier of salmon
! spawn to cover the amount of li
Jfcensc due (tie government for sal
• mon canned. A greater farce and
j a more bold-faced robbery was
i never committed on a people than
it lie use of these certificates in the
j payment of government licenses.
;The Alaska fund is being robbed
(annually in order to fatten it lot
; of hungry outsiders whose maws
tappear never to lie appeased.
A McIntosh stage left \\ illuw
jereek Ibis morning with Mr. .ia
jeohson aboard. I! is feared I l.al
inis feet are pretty badly I'ro/.cn.
| Wednesday's stage from Widow
| (reek will have Mrs. Anderson
.and two others for Valdez mi
j Fairbanks. Today live stage - are
icoming over the summit. l'he
[trail is said to he in splendid eon..
dilion for travel.
It is worth while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany’s, jeweiers.
PUBLISHED SUMMONS.
In the District Court for the Ter
I ritory, of Alaska, Third Divis
ion.
United States of America,
plaintiff, vs. William B. Poland
and Frederick William Low, de
fendants.—No. 503, Published
Summons.
The President of the United
States of America, greeting:
To the above named defend
ants, William B. Poland and
j Frederick William Low.
i You and each of you arc liore
[ by required to appear in tiie Dis
| triet Court for (tie Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, within 30
[days after the completion of the
i publication of this summons, to
jwit: within 30 days after the loth
[day of February. 1013, and au
! swer the complaint of tlie above
' named plaintill' tiled in Llie above
|entitled court and cause; and uu
} less you so appear and answer,
the plain tilt's will apply to the
! court for the relief demanded in
I said complaint, to-wit: for the
I cancellation of the patent here
I to fore issued by tiie United States
[to William B. Poland for certain
mnu in sum complaint ucsciiu
ed and for tin* cancellation of
certain deeds pertaining to said
land in said complaint describ
ed, which said land is situate in
the Kenai Recording Precinci,
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. a,
U. S. Survey No. 211, an iron pipe
three inches in diameter, marked
S. 2 42', cor. No. 1, thence west 40
chains to corner No. 2, an iron
i 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 soutii 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 (lie District Court, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion.
Date first pub. Dec. 30,, 1912.
Date last pub. Feb. 10, 1913.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
V. H. CRART, R^tmmUOt.
VAW**, AWn. Phone 41
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
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
J. A. SPF.NARD, Prep.
Quick delivery t 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 Feurteen years in
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
j Next to cable office
| DR. GERMAN
j “ 19 THE DENTIST
j
( Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
i d a. m.. to 61>. m.. 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
-LAWYER
phone 136 Valdez, Alaska
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I
jL. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
‘ SK WARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
I
L. W. STORM. E. M.
i Valdez, alaska
j Reports on Mines
j Patent Surveys
j Genesal Mining E nginbering
Phone No. toa
I ~~
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kes. Phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e very Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock In
Kagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. SicNIECE, Arctic Chief
Visitina and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to reaister their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Reaular
meetinas. tirst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HPNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERJE N0. ism
Meet every Friday 8 i>. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Aooetited Masons
Regular Communications M Wednesday la
each month In MoKinley Hall Visitors always
Welcome.
, James H Patten SO..W. M
c. c. Remolds. See