S. BLUM & CO.
wish to announce that,’ on account of the passsge
of a regulative banking act by the last Territorial
Legislature, their banking department faas'been in
corporated under thelaws of the Territory of Alas
THEFIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
with the following officers and directors:
JOHN LYONS
yy iyi WILSON BLUM# President
S. BLUM [DIRECTORS M. BLUM. Viee-Prtudent -OFFICERS
M. BLUM W. M. GOODWIN.ICuhier
E. B. WHEAT
They bespeak for the new Incorporation the same
liberal patronage accorded to them in the past.
Valdez, Alaska, May 18, 1914.
Condensed Statement of the Condition of
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
at the opening of Amines* May 18, 1914:
ASSETS
Loans and discounts. $68,687.02
Overdrafts . 1,733.97
City warrants . 3,676.46
Bank fixtures . 3,600.00
Cash on hand and due
from banks . 87,870.67
$165,468.11
LIABILITIES
Capital .825,000.00
Due banks . 1,635.34
J
i
Deposits .138,832.77
4165,468.11
Cash reserve required by law, 20 per cent.
Our cash reserve, 63 per cent.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, [• SS.
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION. )
I, W. M. Goodwin, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of fmy knowl
edge and belief. W. M. GOODWIN, Cashier.
~ . • .. ,. ( S. BLUM M. BLUM 1 nmpcTons
Correct Attest, j JOHN LYONS E. B. WHEAT \
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of May. 1914.
J. W, GILSON,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
[seal] My Commission expires January 21, 1917.
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on'the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and host of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages. ,
Give Ypur Freight Contract to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small. |
For prices apply to Rob’t"McIntosh, Valdez,
' Is Still the Attraction.
Brunswick Whiskey, per gel. $4.00
Pebbleford per quart 1.65
Old Crow per quart 1.65
Hermitage per quart 1.65
Clarks’ Rye per quart 1.65
Hunter'Rye per quart 1.65
Cal. ftruudy per quart 1.75
Heunesy or Kartell per quart 2.25
Port Wine per quart 75c
Sherry Wine, six years 4ld,vqt 75c
Muscatel,qt - 75c
Claret per quart, our bottling, 50c (
Gate Chrctperqurt . fScj
’White <Winetper„ quart ''95c:
-PerfectionScotch per quirt 1 92300 j
Johnnie WUker per quart '9800*
Rum per quart 1.50
'Rainier' Beer “4 quarts - 1.00
Rttlwtfcer,,3'quarts - k00.
Gneklraaif per quart - “230;,
OumpMgiMMper^at -2.95^
ts
- t
All imported wine*, whi*kie» and 4waodaa in -stock—
friMMMMMe, good* .guaranted.
fte,<|tanrt3.lN per doz. Bear, |drt*|tDO perdoz. t
All Smalong liamw 40c par 1aar
BIG siaceI
pium mis -
HE $1.28 $ TON
Shipping Won in New York Say Pae
eenger Traffic Will Not Pay
at This Rate.
NEW YORK, May 20.—The ship
ping companies have been notified
from Washington that the tolls for
> the Panama canal will be $1.20 a
[ ton based upon the canal measure
[ ment, which is close to gross reg
> istered tonnage. This means that any
! enclosed space on the promenade deck
| like a smoking room, gymnasium or
> drawing rpom will have to be paid
> for at that rate. A vessel in ballast
| will pay about 60 per cent of the
J duty, but If there is one passenger
> on board the full rate of $1.20 a ton
! will be charged according to the
I notification sent out by the officials
at Washington.
Managers of the American and for
eign steamship lines complain that
the tolls should be based upon what
the ship contains the same as in the
Suez canal, and not upon the ship
Itself. That is, there should be a
minimum charge on the ship and then
so much a ton for freight and a charge
per head for the passengers taken
through. During the cruising season
to the West Indies a vessel like the
White Star liner Laurentic, which
carries 400 tourists, would have to
pay tolls of $25,000 to go through the
canal to Panama and back, which
works out at nearly $62.60 per pas
esnger, as the vessel would be in
ballast. ;
i American steamship companies, who
are considering the operating of
steamers from New York through the
canal to San Francisco in the expo
sition y ar at a moderate rate, even
with the small quantity of freight they
can carry, will have to pay about
$15,000 to $20,000 in tolls for the round
trip. The rate charged by the Pan
ama Railway and Steamship company
from New York to San Francisco,
via the Isthmus of Panama at the
present time, is $120, and the rate
for taking passengers through the ca
nal when it is opened, could not be
fixed much higher than tliat rate to
attract traffic, the steamship man
i agers say.
Unless some reasonable reduction
is made by the Canal' Commission
for cruising steamers in ballast car
rying tourists alone, it is said that
the steamers could not operate at a
profit between this city and the Pa
cific coast. The distance from Pan
ama to San Francisco is 3,200 miles.
The steamship managers say that
a big steamer with only 100 tons of
freight in her hold, or even less,
would have to pay the same charges
as if she was full of cargo.
Call forbid*.
At the regular meeting of the city
council May 18, 1914, the-Street com
mittee was instructed to ask for bids
. for not less than 350 yards of gravel
to-be delivered,as follows: ,250yards
to be delivered -«in Sherman street
near Wickersham avenue, and 100
yards to-bedelivered on Hobart street
near Wickersham avenue. .All bids
must he sealed and, delivered before
3 p. m. May 21, 1914. ,The city re
nerves the right to reject any.and
-AH bids. 'Bids can -be -delivered -to
chairman or any - member of said
committee.
Street and Lighting Committee.
AL. WHITE.
WM. THOMAS.
JOHN LYONS.
Nuhone Comets.
Try -Mrs. St. -Marie’s for one of
those Nuhone corsets. tf
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of.Alaska, Third Division.
E. 'E. Ritchie, plaintiff, vs. George
David, defendant. No. 654—Summons
fof’Publication.
‘The’■president of the United States
of-Am erica, greeting:
To **he above-named defendant,
George David.'
You are-hereby required to appear
in the . District Court forthe Terri
tory- of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days After the completion of
the publication of this summons
against ' you to-wlt:—within ■ thirty
day* 'After 'June 6th, ’ 1*14, and unless
you so appear ■ sad ' answer the ‘plain
MNrlll'tilu Jwlgaasnt against' you
-tor t the; aunt -'of Ninety-Are -DeUars
MH.QO) -and the ousts-of this Action,
This publication of sanunans is
made pursuant to an order of the
above entitled court dated. April 22nd,
2*14. '
Witness .the Hon. Fred H. Brown,
Judge of said court and the seal of
MM court HKed’-this' 24th day of
April, 11*14.
(foal.) ARTHUR. LANG, Clerk.
Firt publication April 25, 1*14.
Last publication Hay 30, 1914.
MORGAN LOOTED
THE NEW HAVEN
According to the Testimony of Presi
dent Mellen—Inside Bankers Got
the ..Money.
WASHINGTON, May 20—Former
President Charles S. Mellen, of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railfoad, testified here today before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that in 1907 he had consulted with
former President Roosevelt regard
ing the merger of the Boston and
Maine steamship line with the New
Haven system, and that President
Roosevelt stated that he preferred to
see the merger with the New Haven
than the control of the coast steam
ship line by the Canadian system,
which was reaching down into New
England to secure the heavy freight
shipments from the manufacturing
districts and take them north and
west over the Canadian lines.
The purchase of the steamship line
was necessary for the very existence
pf the New Haven, according to Mel
len.
The road was compelled to buy the
Westchester road under orders from
J. P. Morgan, and the Westchester
system cost $35,000,000 and Morgan
spent $11,000,000 in improvements
and when asked for a statement of
how he spent the money by the pres
ident of the railroad, Mellen says he
was insulted and humiliated and even
worsted in the interview which fol
lowed and left the office of the money
king none the wiser regarding the
expenditure of the money.
The directors of the railroad only
favored the expenditure of $5,000,000
for improvements on the Westches
ter system, while Morgan forced the
company to expend $11,000,000. All
the railroad operators feared Morgan,
who could make or break any of them.
Mellen also testified that he had
opposed the purchase of the West
chester system, but was made the
goat by the Morgan crowd of railroad
wreckers and after unloading the
worthless stock on his system all the
directors responsible had fled to Eu
rope. He declared that all of them
had unloaded worthless Vailroad stock
on the public when it wa sat top
prices.
The testimony of Mellen caused a
sensation in the court room and it is
expected that the Interstae Commerce
Commission will demand indicments
against the directors and that stock
holders of the New Haven will start
suits to recover the money looted
from the treasury.
It developed today that the fight
between Attorney General McRey
nolds and Attorney Folk related to
the testimony of Mellen, whom the
department claimed was the respon
sible head of the wreckers, while Folk
is determined to expose Morgan and
the inside bankers, who make all the
profits and then escape prosecution.
The Alameda reached Valdez at 2:30
this ’ afternoon and sailed south at
3:30 with a few passengers.
Music 1 Mualcl Music!
■All the, latest popular music at the
Valdez Drag Store,
-Summons tor Publication.
In the U. S. Commissioner’s Court
tor the .Territory of Alaska, Valdea
Precinct.
H. E. Ellis, Plaintiff, vs. A. S.
Brown, Defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the above-named defendant, A.'
S. Brown: .
You are hereby required to appear
in . the above-named court, within
thirty -days , after the completion of
this summons against you, to-wit,
within thirty days after'the Nth day
of Hay, 1814,. and answer the com
plaint of'splaiatiff filed herein based
on a aoatract expreas sand implied
for the direct payment of <00007, and
Unless you so Appear and -answer .the
plaintiff, will .apply to the court for
tterraltaf demanded iaaaid complaint,
and take jadgasent> against you In the
sum. of*f84tt20 and costs. Pubiica
Hon ordered April 13.1814.
: dieted .at Vsidez,. Alaska, this i21st
day Of April, lk4.
GEORGE 3. LOVE,
TJ. S. Commissioner and et-offlcto
Justice of the Bence.
First»puMt—MBA »kprll.;82, .1814.
Last publication Hay 27, 1814.
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COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Pacific-Alaska Navigation ;jCo
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez *outh--6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th for Cor
way,.Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
. Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cardova, Ellamar, Voider and Latouche. Kxpiosiues. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th1
• S S Latouche. 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to^iange this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’! Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Aft.
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. ' Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on
the 6th, ISfhand 25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward,Cook Inlet points and,Kodiak.!
PUGET SOUND-CAUFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard.for southern California tHMftS. ,
Hight referred to change dotes and stgpmara without not inn]
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