A r5 JAR IS HELL, so some grea/ man has
said; and another has warbled, “com
petition is the life of trade. ”
That reminds us, we have some values in
Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits—the latest models and good Weights, that really defy com
petition.
The admission is free, and we charge you nothing to get out,
but if you can’t trust yourself within take a look those in our
show window, priced
$20 and $25.
New arrivals in Stetson Hats, some excep
tionally good ones—the price,
$4.00.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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Is Have a
You admire it every
time you visit them—the
harmonious lighting, the
clean and orderly ap
pearance of everything,
the always-ready per
sonal conveniences, the 4
atmosphere of comfort'
I and luxury.
I "Hill isa lucky dog,”
I you say; but did you ever
' stop to think ho w easily
you could beasfortunate?
The electricity that
does so much for his com
fort is obtained from the
same wires that pass by
your own home. It oper
ates his lamps, flatirons,
sewing machines motors,
fans and other useful
electric heating and cook
ing devices.
You can have it at
slight cost-let us discuss
wiring vjjth you.
Alaska Water, light
& Telephone Co.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William liogan.
You are hereby notified that. 1
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred and thirty
three dollars and thirty-three
cents, lawful money of the Unit
ed States, in labor and'-improve
ments, upon your two-nintns in
terest in those certain lode claims
lying and being on .Knights Is
land, in the recording precinct of
y*lAlaska, which are known
as and called the “Shamrock”
claim; the "Tramp” claim; the
S No. 2" claim: the “Mother
,.cthe "6ench” claim,
and the Last Cban’ce” claim,’ the
location notices of Said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Lomnussiogw aird ..Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under, the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor On blitt
ing claims, being the amount re*
quired ' to' hold sai^.. lode claims
for tire 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 niiiely days after the tlth day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing' said an
nual labor and improvements,
which is the 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. HEMPJ.E.
Date of first pub. April 6, 1913
Dale of last pub. July 0, 1913.
Notice.
For the purpose of maintaining
good sanitary conditions, the citi
zens of Valdez are hereby re
quested, according to section one,
ordinance No. 27, to remove from
their premises, from the streets,
alleys, grounds and gutters,
streams and creeks adjacent to
their premises, all dirt, rubbish,
garbage, ashes, empties of cans
and bottles and all filth of any
kind deposited by them. All per
sons who have or caused to have
manure piles on their premises 6r
adjacent thereto are requested to
remove and hpul away the same.
Anyone failing to comply with the
above ordinance will be subject to
its provisions.
D. H. SLEEM, '
Health Officer.
TIDE TABLES
Friday, May S3.
High tide, 1:25 a. m., 3:01 p. in.
Low tide, 8:31 a. m., 7:57 p. in.
. , Saturday, liay 24.
High tide, 2:06 a. m:; 3:54 p. m.
Low tide 9:16 a. m., 8:47 p. m.
. v Sunday, May SS.
High tide, 2:48 a. m., 4:49 p. m.
Low tide, 10:02 a. m., 9:47 p. in.
Talk about your bargains at
Adler’s. ' '
Clean Up.
Clean up day, Thursday, May
29, everybody do their share and
we will have a clean town. Clean
ut> your back yard and the street
Will be cleaned by the city au
thorities.
PROBLEMS FOR
STATE APPRAISER
Must Fix the Value of , Qood
Will of J. Pierpont Mor
gan’s Business.
.New York, May 23.—The prob
lem of appraising the estate of.j.
Pierpont, Morgan, the financier,
who recently died, is causing the
slate controller's office much
trouble. A bill is now before the
slate legislature to exempt from
the stale inheritance tax law the
large and .valuable collection of
pictures now owned by I he estate,
provided they are deeded to the
stale or city or placed in a public
museum for I he use of the public
within two years.
Tb(> value of the former head
of (he firm’s personality is also
to be appraised.
The stale controller’s staff has
always been confronted with a
dispute over the proper basis up
on which to. compute file valua
tion of the business and good will.
This will probably he the most
important question in the ap
praisal of the estate of J. Pier
pont Morgan. It is generally be
lieved that Mr. Morgan’s firm ex
ercised a power in the financial
world far greater in proportion
than the actual amount of its
holdings. This is good will. As
such it is subject to appraisal.
But under the recent Rees decis
ion, the estate is privileged to
deduct from this amount, the val
ue of ihe personality of the dec
edent to his business. The bal
ancing up of good will, with the
subtraction of the loss due to the
death of the commanding person
ality. which was a factor in this
good will, is a most complicated
problem.
Call for Bids.
The street committee will re
ceive bids for the digging of a
sewer main and the covering of
same and the laying of a sewer
pipe. The bids must be received
by the committee- before noon,
May 2(ilh, when they will he pub
licly opened. Spccilicalions can
Ik* seen by applying to Council
man Finical. The right to re
ject any and all bids is reserved
by the committee. Payments will \
be made to the successful con- ]
lrac|or in city warrants drawing
eight per cent interest.
STREET COMMITTEE.
<)f Town Council.
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WANTED—A cook; inquire of
Col. O'Neil at Fort I. iscum.
J Adler is selling out. Bargains 1
I in anything and everything.
If you want all the news all the ;
time, read the Prospector.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
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Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to ail whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that 1, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty,. have
expended during the yt*ar A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars (8100)
in labor and improvements upon
the "Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Bowk 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
Stales Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaiska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a tnore particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Secftbfl'lwenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1012.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninety
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five cents f$18.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the subscriber,
who is vpur co-owmer,' and who
has made the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
* Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1013.
. T. E. DOUGERTY.
Date first pub. April 24, 1013.
Date last ttuv. July 20, *013.
MAY SOI ANNEX
THE RESERVATION
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Will Double the Population of the j
j
City and Provide for Many j
Improvements.
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Many citizens both of the town \
of Valdez and of the Reservation ;
have started the agitation to in-i
corporate the present Reservation
into the city of Valdez and, with
but few exceptions, tile plan
seems to have the endorsement
of the people on both sides nf the
line.
it is pointed out by those fa
voring the annexation that many
improvements needed to make the i
city streets passable and to pro- |
vide sidewalks for the residence j
Sections ran thus he secured,
while now many property owners j
refuse to build sidewalks and the j
citizens are unable to force them
to do so.
The opponents of tin* plan fear
not only that the taxes will he too
high, hut also that the money
now given by the government for
schools is more than all the
revenue that will he raised by
taxation.
! LIEUT. DONALDSON
GOES TO CORDOVA
| The government steamer, Lieut.
Donaldson, will leave tomorrow
morning for Cordova to undergo
her annual inspection by the mov
ement hull and boiler inspectors,
who are expected at the railroad
town on the Mariposa. Col. O’.Neil
will make the trip to Cordova on
thel boat returning Sunday.
! DOG POISONER
GETS TWO CANINES
j A dog poisoner succeeded in
(■killing two dhgs this morning,
one of which belonged to O. A.
Borgen and the other was the pel
of Bill Thomas, Jr.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
MEETING TONIGHT
A special meeting of the Val
dez Fire Department is called to i
meet tonight at the Fire Hall to |
arrange for a celebration to be
held July fl.h. All members are
'requested to be present.
W. M. FINICAL. Chief. .
MARIPOSA IS SLOW
PASSING JUNEAU
The Mariposa passed Juneau
at noon today, a day behind her
schedule and is due to reach Val
dez early Monday morning.
Judge Peter I). Overfield and
Angus McBride returned last
night from their bear hunting
trip. They were fortunate to see
and shoot at a big black fellow
hut. unfortunately, never touched
him. The hear was sighted (luce
miles this side of Comfort and
the hunters were about 300 yards
from him when he made for the
tall limber pursued by the bul
lets from the guns of the nim
rods. The hear is still running,
hut the bullets have probably quit
working.
There seems In he some mis
understanding concerning the
commencement announcements,
some being under the impression
that only those are invited who
have received announcements.
This is by no means the. case.
Everyone is most cordially invit
ed, indeed urgod, to be present,
whether any announcement has
been received or not.
Bill Holmes has been hauling
sand and gravel for the canstruc
tion of a bank vault for the bank
of S. Blum & Co., who will move
their bank into the new building
as soon as it is completed and a
new vault will be needed.
Orpheum Matinee.
Parents should allow the chil
dren to attend the matinee to
morrow in order to see the fine il
lustrated picture of President
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, al
so 3,000 feet of other interesting !
pictures. A complete change Sat
urday evening.
Pathe Weekly at the Orpheum
tonight. .
Boots & Shoes
ftEPAmil)
PrkM liiitHt. VafauiUf ti tk« kit j
. JAMES NAREY ,
At«tiH»W— ItHihlM VAUKE
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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
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
it my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Freah Goods—Reasonable Prices
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office injWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over owl Drug store. Office hours
9a.m„to6p. m.,7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
L V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
| SEWARD, - ALASKA
E. E. RITCHIE
L A W Y K H
PHONE me Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3t VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, Alaska ,
Reposts oh Mires
Ratert Surveys
OersSal Mihirs Engineering
Rhone No. 10a
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S- Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Rea. Phone. 1R9
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE No. 1071
Meet every Friday. 8 D. m. Eagle Hat
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in MoKinley Hall Visitors always
weloome.
James H. Patterson,,W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
‘A.B
Mmi every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Eagle Balt. All member* ate requested to
l«o* 8. McNXBCE. Aiette CMet
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