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Collars
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Latest patterns in Ide and Silver
shirts from $1.25 to $2.00.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank .& Mercantile Co. Inc.
On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern: . , ,
You are hereby notified that I
have expended the 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 in
book No. 2. page 19; Valdez claim
No. i, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. I, re
corded in book 2, page 29; 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
i he sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the properly of the under
<ierned co-owner under Section
2321. Revised Statutes of Lhe Un
ited Stales.
GEORGE II. MERRIF1ELD.
First pub. Feb. 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To tteorge Benson, your heirs,
personal representatives and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned, H. M. Carter, ex
pended during the year 4912, «ae
hundred dollars in labor and im
provements on the following min
ing claims, to-wit: The O. K.
No. I quartz claim, filed for rec
ord in Val. 10 of Book of Rec
ords, page No. 235 of the records
of the U. S. Commissioner at Val
dez, the said claim being locat
ed in the Port Wells mining dis
trict, Territory of Alaska, for the
purpose of holding said claims
under the provisions of Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Uni
ted Slates, during the year of
1913.
And if you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of
said expenditure as a co-owner,
within ninety days after comple
tion of publication of this notice,
to_wif. the sum of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00), your interest in
said claim will become the
property of the undersigned co
owner, who has made the oxpcn
said, pursuant to statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April I.
1913.
N. M. CARTER.
Date first pub. April 1. 1913.
Date last pub. July 31, 1913.
Ceo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, liis heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($100) 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
jU. S', commissioner at Valdez,
I Alaska. Said expenditure was
| made in order to hold said claims
! under the provisions of the laws
jof the United States and of this
j territory, said amount being $200
I per vear, 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
ection 2321, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
YVM. KOCH.
Date of tirst pub. Jan. 21, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n tli 3 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
1 ,ouis 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. H. 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 the 21st
day oF Affril. 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at (he
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska, i
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
.of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
sl id final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
> 9th day of February, .1913.
JAMES FISH.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21. 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—Nolije
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 Oth day of
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, ht the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
fifcio judge in probate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been .duty 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
lile 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 OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
Von are hereby untitled that I
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred and Ihirlv
Hiree dollars and lhirly-1 hree
rents, lawful money of the Unit
ed States, in labor and improve
ments, upon your two-ninths in
terest in those certain lode claims
lying and being on Knights Is
land, in the recording predinct of
Valdez, Alaska, which are known
as and called the “Shamrock”
claim; the “Tramp” claim; the
“Star No. 2” claim; the “Mother
Hill” claim; the “Beach” claim,
and the “Last Chance” claim,' the
location notices of said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims tinder Ihe provisions
of Section 232 4 of the Revised
^Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min ■
ing claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31st
day of December. 1912.
And unless within ninety days
after the completion of the publi
cation of this notice, to-wit: with
in ninety days after the 6th day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing said an
nual labor and improvements,
which is tiie sum of one hundred
and thirty-three dollars and thir
ty-three cents, your interest in
the claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber of this no
tice, your co-owner, who • has
made the required expenditure,
by the terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this
5th day of April, 1913.
S. A. HEMPLE.
Dale of first pub. April 6, 1913
Dale of last pub. July 6, 1913.
l’OR RENT—Three-room apart
ments furnished over Valdez Drug
Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
It is worth while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany's, jewelers.
t ——
Will the owner or the 15-foot
dory which is in the warehouse
on the dock call at the Prospector
uffice if he wishes to sell?
Where Miles, Are as Dust.
Surveying the billions of miles
,o a star would be an impossible i
feat to the ordinary person, who j
is, perhaps, not a mathematician, jt
Even the astronomer may make it
i mistake of a billion miles or so. i
The lirst requisite is a basis of!'
calculation. For Ibis, Ihe astron- ji
inner takes the spot where his oh- ji
servatory stood in Ihe month of;
March and its place in Septem- ■
her. II is the same location on
earth, of course, but in celestial
spnce--thc earth having traveled
half way around the sun—Ihe
distance is 18(i,(Kill,(1(1(1 miles.
With Ibis as Ihe base of a Iri
angle, Ihe astronomer, by a sim
ple calculation, computes I lie op
ening of the angle where Ihe star
is situated, and then tinds Ihe
distance lo I lie earth; I tin I is, he
could do so accurately if Ihe 180,- |
Odd,(1(1(1 miles were proportion-i
ately long with the two other!
side's of Ihe triangle instead of
being almost inadequately short.
, Some idea of Ihe method may
be gained from its employment
for land-measuring. The distance
$o a mountain top is desired.'The
surveyor lays off a fehv hundred
v'ards on the ground, finds the
angles at which straight lines
proceed from this basis of meas
urement lo the mountain top, and
solves tin* problem easily. To as
certain the distance lo the moon,
a very long line is needed; one
drawn between two observatories
will do—not along the earth’s j
surface, which is round, but Ihe!
straight line through the garth,!
from observatory to observatory, i
With this line, a-triangle is drawn :
with Ihe moon at the vertex, and :
the stellite found lo he 2 40.00(1 !
miles away.
In making a mangle willi a!
star, astronomers have hail re- 1
course to the longest line pos- \
sihle to earthlings—between the ]
aforementioned points located by j
the extremes of the earth’s orbit. |
If a star were only a trillion miles I
■bff, a 186,000,000-mile shaft in j
the position of the earth would i
afford quite an advantage for a I
look at the other cheek, yet it
makes hardly an appreciable dis
tance in the relative position with
the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.
2<i trillion miles beyond.
Now, the arc of a circle is di
vided into 360 degrees, each sub
divided into 60 minutes, and the
ininute into 60 seconds. So there
are 1,-'90,000 seconds in a circle.
The angle that Alpha Centauri
'rffakes is less than the millionth
part of a circle; it is about three
quarters of a second of the arc.
Imagine' tile angle, a line drawn
from the star to earth in March:
another line from the star to the
I earth in September. Tliel base
jof this triangle is 186,000,000
! miles, which constitutes less than
[tlie millionth part of a circle in
j measurement of the angle where
shines Alpha Centauri. This is
| hard to detect with the linest of
mathematical instruments, and
that is why the distance to even
[the nearest star is a vexing proli
[ lem.
I .....
Flowers From Cold Storage
Tin* rxporlal ion of refrigerated
plants from China to France has
met with much success. The
jleast success has Iteen had with
violets and roses. Other (lowers
kept in cold storage now llml their
way to European markets in a
stale of perfect preservation. The
Horticultural Society of Paris lias
recently' received peonies from
the' Orient in excellent condition,
though they were cut three
months ago.
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
to 2 p. m.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to in
. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without hoard. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
Just received at Harvey's Tog
gery, a nice line of spring and
summer coats.
FOR SALE—A Smith-Premier
typewriter, in first-class shape.
Call at the Valdez Transfer Co.
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 far Fairbanks, Morse Jt Co.
Puddles of Silver in Mexico. -
II was at Pachuca, Mexico, that ;
he patio system of separating j
diver had its origin. This sys-^j
cm is still‘followed extensively at
he silver mines throughout Mex
CO. 'I lie ore is crushed and
vorked down to a state of pud
lie. It> is then spread out lo a
leplh of two or three feel over
tie paved lloor of the courtyard,
>r patio. To this mass sulphate
)f copper is added in powder. !
ibout 15 pounds of sulphate lo
1,000 pounds of puddle This is j
roddeu into the puddle hy horses.
Several gangs of old. worn-out
dorses or mules, about Iin a
fang, are seen in various parts
if the patio, being driven round1
in circles to tread in the sulph
ite.
On the next day six per cent
if common sail is added and in !
I,wo more days one hundred per
I'eiil of pure quicksilver, or as
imieli as the assay of t In* ore
shows is required. This mass' is i
I hen trodden up hy horses lor 15
days. II is then wheeled to a
large lank through which passes 1
a rapid stream of water. This j
washes away the clay, leaving the
silver and quicksilver. This res
idium is, poured into cone-shaped
canvas bags Ihrnugh which most ;
of the quicksilver runs out, ami
what remains with the silver is
passed off with the vapor by
means ul healed retorts. None of
I tie quicksilver is lost, and ev en
the vapor is brought hy cold wa
ter to its original state and used
again and again. The quicksilver
soon lots the hoofs of the horses
and the mules, hut the Mexicans
themselves do not seem to he
much worse for it even though
they wade anmud in the puddle
for days at a lime.
Queer Manx Laws.
Tlie Isle of Man presents many
curious features, none of which
are more curious than its laws.
For instance, the legislature is
called the House of Keys and was
in other times a judicial body
charged with the duty of inter
preting the laws. *Any person so
hold as to slander this House of
Kitys was liable nut only to a tine
in the amount of j0 pounds, hut
to the loss of both his ears.
Two deemsters were once ap
pointed lo execute the laws which
before the year I 417 were un
eodilied, and these were known as
Breast laws,' for Hie reason I hat.
they were imparted lo the deem
sters in secret, to he kept by them
within Hie secrecy of their own
breasts as long as they chose or
during their whole service,
though they were authorized lo
impart and explain to the popu
lace as imieli of these special laws
as should ill any lime seem wise
and expedient.
certain ill ilia Manx laws as sai
down after Ilia codilicat ion, are
extremely <| u a ini. Hare are a anil
ide of extracts from lha Manx le
gal rulings:
"If a man steal a horse or an
ox il is no felony, for tin* of
fender eannol hide I hem: lull if
ha steal a ration or a pig lie shall
lie hanged.”
"In ease of | haft, if il aimuinl
lo the value of sixpence half
penny. il shall he felony and death
lo the offender: and under that
value lo ha whipped or sat upon
1,1 ..Ian horse which shall he
provided for such offenders.’
The arms of lha Isle of Man.
which, though il may sound like
an Irish hull to say so, arc lags
--three lags haul al the knees and
apparently kicking outward from
a common center in the midst of
a shield-—have provoked a num
her of jocular descriptions, ot
which the hast declares that one
leg spurns Ireland; one kicks al
Scotland, and Ilia third kneels lo
Kngliyul.
On July 51h of every year lha
laws of the Isle of Man are still
read aloud lo lha assembled peo
ple from the top of Tynwald Hill.
This is said lo he the most in
teresting and archaic legal cere
mony observed today in Europe.
j TIDE TABLES
Wednesday;' April 16.
| High tide, 8:I2 a. in., 9:30 p. in. j
Low lido, 2:I0 a. in., 3:05 p. in. I
Thursday, April 17.
High lido, 9:20 a. in., 10:10 p. in.
Low lido, 3:22 a. in., 3:52 p. in.
Friday, April 18.
High iid**, 10:23 a. in., 10:40 p. in.
Low tide, 4:22 a. in.. 4:31 p. in.
Saturday, April 19.
! High Iido. 11 :15 a. in., I I :2 I p. in.
| Low lido. 5:0 4 a. in.. 5:13 p. in.
Sunday, April 20.
High lido., I I :59 a. m., I I :55 p. in.
Low lido. 5; 41 a. in.. 5:47 p. in.
B. PINDER, C. I. M. E.
Aaiayer, Mining Engineer
Send samples by Mail
8uablative Analysis or Express with charters
bocks made on Smeller Pulp
Gold A Silver, tl.50; Cold. Silver & Copper $», etc
Second AdiHFVeaktyn Sis. JUNEAU, ALASKA
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
PROFESSIONAL
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
i* my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
Dr. H. C0CKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
| Office in^Whaling building VALDEZ
| Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
i
I Phon, .» THE DENTIST
j
j Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
: 9 a.m.. to6p. m., 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
j by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
L A VV V E R
phoxk i:!6 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W
Offices Wall Street
Phone* 31 VALDEZ <
! L. V. RAY
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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| SEWARD, - ALASKA
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MINING ENGINEER
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L. W. STORM. E. M.
' Valdez, alaska ■
Acpodts on Mines
Patent Suntets
(Senegal Mining Engineering
Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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Blueprinting Res Phone. IBS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock in
Eagle Hull. All members are requested to
attend. S. McnIECK. Arctic Chief
Valdes I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Comm unicat-ions first Wednesday io
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patton *>n„W. M
O. C. Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZ AERIE No. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p.m. Eagle Hal