Start Your Xmas Gifts Early
IT’S not a minute too early to be planning
your Xmas gifts, especially those that
have to be made up.
Fancy Ribbons at 35c
t
ai?d there are plenty to select faom—-widths
5 to 7 inches-pretty floral designs, a yd, 35c.
Stamped Turkish Towels
in plain white, and in colored strips and
borders to be worked in white or colors,
priced from 75c to $1.00.
Linen Huck Towels
Several sizes and designs in stamped huck>
both hemstiched and scalloped ends, priced
50c and $1.00.
Fudge and Pantry Aprons
of crash and glass cloth—simple little de
signs that are much appreciated. Priced
each 75c.
Linen Toweling
Plain crash, plain and fancy linen huck from
16 to 20 inches wide—excellent quality—
Priced 20c to $1.00.
Art Thread
Coats crochet thread, Perl-Lusla cotton; C.
M. C. crochet, embroidery cottons and silks
--fancy workers supplies.
Silk Hosiery 75c
Women’s silk fiber stockings in blue,
pink, black and white—good weight,
a pair, 75c.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
AL ASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public; SSSS, Reed Bldg. Phone. 196
Your Groceries will come ou
time. Don’t worry about dis
appointments about the gro
ceries either. Your house
wifely judgment will be thor
oughly satisfied. As for prices
—well just compare ours with
others of equal grade. Spe
cial attention to out of town
orders.
KING'S GROCERY
PHONE 188
THE SENATE
ANGTJS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._ Phojrje. 35
CROSSED AMERICAN LINE 1874
Nellie Cushman, Sixty Years of Age,
Was One of the Early Pioneers to
Mush Into Wilds of North—Was
In North Before Klondike Pound
t
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—The first
white woman to cross the American
line into the Klondike, a pioneer of
the Pioneers, Miss Nellie Cashman
is in Seattle. A slight little woman
with gray hair brushed straight back
from her forehead and big hands
roughened and muscular from doing
the work of men along the trail and
in the camps of the North, now past
GO years of age. she is as active and
eager to go back to the claims she
has staken in the big Koyukuk re
gion as she was in the days of '74,
a slip of a girl fresh from Ireland.
Nearly 20 years before the first
rush to the Klondike, from which
thousands returned tntitled to the
name of Sourdough, Miss Caslimaa j
first hit the trail of the North coun
try.
She told yesterday of a trip which
she made in 1875—only one of many
and any one of which would give the
ordinary woman her fill of adventure
for life—a seventy-seven day trip o i
snowslioes over 200 miles of snow
and to carry medidal aid to the 150
American men whc were down with
scurvy in the Kassaik country.
Mis3 Cashman, with six men to
help her, mushed out of Wrangell to
their rescue and nursed them so effi
ciently than not one man died. She
had been a few weeks on her journey
&hen Indians brought word to town
that a white woman was in danger
out on the trail and that help should
be sent. A detail of United States
soldiers went to her rescue and
found her comfortably settled in a
camp ministering to the scurvy
stricken band of miners.
“I don’t think I ever knew the
meaning of fear,” said Miss Cash
man, “and I was always restless and
wanted to see new and far away
places.
“I came to this country a young
girl from Ireland and went first to
Arizona. I never saw another white
woman in the months that I stayed
there. That was in ’73. Then I
went north.
“I’m going back now for a visit
in Arizona, to stay with a nephew
of mine. He will take me around
the country in an automobile and I
know .he will want me to stay there,
but he might as well try to keep the!
sun from rising as to try to keep me;
from going back to the North.”
After here first trip into the inte- i
rior in ’74, when Miss Cashman
mushed in from Wrangell over the
Stickine river route, she opened a
grocery business in Dawson, which
she carried along with mining inter
ests that she formed in that region.
Later she entered the Fairbanks
field. Then the ambition to make \
strike seized her and she followed
the trail into the Koyukuk region,
where she spent most of the last 11
years. She reports that there are
2500 or 3000 claims staked in that
region, and that at least one thou
sand claims are staked and working.
It is her opinion that next year will
see many big strikes in that region.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 13, 1916
Barometric pressure .29.861
temperature 7 p. m.34
Maximum temperature .40
Minimum .32
Mean .36
Snow on the ground . 8.5
Precipitation . 1.67
Cloudy, calm.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Do You Know
That with Crescent Baking
Powder your dough or batter
can stand all day waiting to
be baked.
makes good under these con
ditions. The batter may stand
any temperature, any time,
and your biscuits or cakes
will be fine.
ASK TOUR GROCER
25c lb.
CRESGKKT MFG. CO.,
Beattie, Wash.
Steamship Sailings
Northwestern—Sailed south from
Valdez Nov. 11.
Mariposa—Passed Juneau, north
bound, 11 p. m., Nov. 12.
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez,
Nov. 9.
Admiral Watson—Sailed from Seat
tle for Valdez, Nov. 12.
Admiral Evans—Sailed west from
Valdez, Nov. 6 at 3 a. m.
Admiral Goodrich—Sails from Seat
tle for Valdez Nov. 8.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:14 p.m. 4:00 p.m
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
--
TIDE TABLES
Wednesday Nov. 15.
First High Tide 3:52 a. m. 6.4.
Second Higli Tide 2:52 p. m., 8.0.
First Low Tide 8:58 a. m.. 3.9.
Second High Tide 10:03 p. m., 1.0.
Thursday, Nov. 10
First High Tide 5:50 a. m„ 6.4.
Second High Tide 3.41 p. m., 7.3.
First Low Tide 9:45 a. m., 4.2.
Second Low Tide 10:53 p. m.t 1.5.
Friday, Nov. 17.
First High Tide 5:50 a. m., 6.4.
Second High Tide 4:45 p. m., 6.6.
First Low Tide 11:09 a. in., 4.3.
Second Low Tide 11:47 p. m., 1.9,
Saturday Nov. 18
First High Tide 6:49 a. ra., 6.7.
Second Tigh Tide 6:07 p. m. 6.1.
First Low Tide 12:48 p. m., 4.0.
Sunday Nov. IV)
First High Tide, 7:38 a. m., 7.2.
Second High Tide, 7:34 p. m„ 6.2.
F’irst Low Tide, 0:43 a. m., 2.3.
Second Low Tide, 2:11 p. in., 3.2.
Monday, Nov. 20.
First High Tide, 8:18 a. m., 7.8.
Second High Tide, 8:48 p. m., 6.2.
First Low Tide, 1:38 a. ra., 2.5.
Second Low Tide, 3:03 p. ra . 2.2.
Free But Not Cheap Advice.
All physically fit should carry life
insurance. A kind of insurance
adapted tor every age. Make out your
application, for an Equitable policy
today. Alaska Inv. Co., Agts. 2t
Interior Trail Conditions.
Fairbanks, 20, cloudy, windy.
Salcha, 18, Cloudy, calm, sno4r in
spots, trail frozen; Guy Birch N. C.
wagon north at 7:30 p. m.; 1 musher
north 5 p. m.
Richardson, 22, cloudy, calm, no
snow, trail fair. Overflow on trail be
tween Birch Lake and Munson’s by
river jamming.
McCarty, 28, Cloudy, light wind,
no snow, trail fair; 2 Gibson cars
north 6 a. m„ 7 passengers; two
Sheldon autos south 4 p. in., eight
passengers.
Donnelly, 34, cloudy, calm, trail
rough, north mail by 6 a. m.; Shel
don’s two autos south midnight.
McCallum, 23, 8 inches of snow;
snowing, calm, trail fair, south mail
by 12 noon yesterday; Sheldon’s two
double enders north 2 p. m. yes.
Paxson, 30, 10 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, light snow; trail heavy,
southbound mail out 6 a. m„ no pas
sengers.
Hogan 30, 1 inch of snow; snow
ing, cloudy, trail bad N. C. freight
team north 6 a. m.
Tonsina, 22, Cloudy, calm, trail
bad; no snow.
Beaver Dam, 30, 8 inches of snow;
snowing, windy, trail fair.
Summit, 26, 44 inches snow; trail
bad, cloudy, snowing.
Wortman’s, 37, cloudy, calm, trail
rough, Wilson’s outfit departed north
7:30 a. m., Kinlock north at 7:30 a.
m.
Saving or Investing—Which?
By investing alone, can you make
your money work for you. Let us
show you our list of high-class in
vestments. Both business property
and homes. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
A full line of pyralin ivory at Owl
Drug Co. tf
Private First-class Daniel E. Loder,
Signal Corps, and Private Albert O.
W. Taylor, 14th Inf., left this morn
ing for Wortman. Taylor will be sta
tioned at Wortman and Loder will
go through to Donnelly, making re
pairs and inspecting the local tele
phones installed at the various n
houses along the trail.
Private First-class Warren Nicho
las, Signal Corps, left last night on
the Evans for Cordova where he will
be stationed as messenger at the Ca
ble office.
Rev. Father Shepherd w»s an ar
rival from Anchorage on the Admi
ral Evans and expects to remain here
for several days.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
...OF... ^
The First Bank of Valdez
located at Valdez, Territory of Alaska, at the close of busi
ness on the 8th day of November, 1916.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts . $123,765.38
Overdrafts . 1,573.27
Bonds and Warrants 53i844.92
Furniture and Fixtures 3,564.20
Other Real Estate Owned . 1,000.00
Checks on Other Banks and Other Cash Items 2,717.86
CASH ON HAND 01 QC OQQ in
AND SIGHT EXCHANGE * 1 *30'1 »
TOTAL . $321,763.73
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in $ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund 1,000.00
Undivided Profits . 3,930.03%
Due to Banks—Deposits 7,699.10
DEPOSITS 283,179.60
Certified Checks 955.00
TOTAL $321,763.73
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, ds.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swt?ar that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. J. W. GILSON,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
M. BLUM. E. B. WHEAT. )
JOHN LYONS, J. C. MARTIN, if Sectors
Subscribed and sworn t) before me this 14th day of November,
1916.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires March 13, 1917.
Where Can I Meet You?
LEVY & ROSS’
CANDIES
Cigars and Tobacco
BILLIARDS
Phone 54
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
coal, Hay
GRAIN and
Office, foot of Wall street
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