Special Sate Knit Ms
aters and Headwear—Save a Third
LEANING up stocks in knit wear
brings about this unusual opportunity.
Involved are three or four dozen misses’,
i’s and infants’ hoods and Toques,
are good styles and well made. There
few children’s sweaters in white,
■ trimmed in blue, pink and red. A line of
misses sweaters in plain reef and white
sizes from 28 to 34.
Regular prices for headwear from 75c
to $2.50. Sweaters from $1.50 to $2.25.
Your Choice Now at One-Third Less,
Valdez Mercantile Co.
The Daylight Store
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■ST TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING {
FIRS'! CLASS 1
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager,
AH Steamers of the Alaska Steam
ship Company will go tk> An
chorage After April SO.
The sailing of the steamer Alaska,
the flagship of the Alaska Steamship
company, from Seattle to Southwest
ern Alaskan ports last Wednesday in
augurated the now schedule for that
company’s boats There will be three
sailings from Seattle in March, four
in April ami six for every month
thereafter, ail going as far as An
chor-ego after April 20. The Alaska
aril Northwestern will not touch at
Skagway hut will come direct from
Juneau to Cordova. The Santa Ana
will also come r.ortli early this spring
to relieve the Dora in serving the
westward trade.
The steamer Mariposa which was
wrecked last fall on I'orcher Island
near Ketchikan is being repaired and
will leave Seatte on her first trip on
May. She is now being thoroughly
renovated from end to end and will
be practically a *new steamer when
she leaves the drydock.
The Alaska visited Valdez last fall
when she was known as the Kansas
City but as she has been thoroughly
renovated and about one hundred
thousand dollars spent on her she
will be the best boat in the, .Alaska
Steamship Company’s fleet. She has
accommodation for one hundred and
sixty passengers In two-berth rooms,
opening on the deck, and has accom
modations for one hundred in the
steerage.
Following is the schedule for the
company’s sailings from Seattle for
tho coming eight months:
Alaska.....February 29
Northwestern .March 10
Alaska . -March 20
Alameda .March 30
Northwestern .J......April 10
Alaska .April 20
Alameda . April 25
Northwestern .April 80
Mariposa .May 6
Alaska ...May 10
Alameda .... May 15
Northwestern .May 20
Mariposa.May 25
Alaska .May 30
Alameda ....June 5
Northwestern ...1.June 10
Mariposa ...June 15
Alaska ..June 20
Alameda ....June 25
Northwestern ...June 30
Mariposa .July 5
Alaska .July 10
Alameda..July 15
Northwestern .July 20
Mariposa.... July 25
Alaska. July 30
Alaska .. July 30
Alameda .August 5
Northwestern .August 10
Mariposa .August 15
Alaska . August 20
Alameda... August 25
Northwestern ...August 30
Mariposa ...September 5
Maska . September 10
Mameda.September 15
Northwestern . September 20
Mariposa ..A...September 25
Maska ...September JO
Vturned a.October 5
Northwestern .October 10
Mariposa . October 20
Mameda . October 30
Northwestern ... ___.October 30
SAYS GOOD MONEY IN
ALASKA HERRING INDUSTRY
In hia,annual report the Secretary
at tfce'tnterior says that the cod-fish
in*. lafiustry of Alaska is only in its
infancy. Many of the banks have
scarcely .been touched. He also says
that the herring fishing industry has
been by' no means developed to its
full, and that the herring of Alaska
are equal as food to the herring of
Norway and Scotland. In 1914, the
secretary says, there were twenty-one
thousand persons engaged in the fish
ing industry. The number of whites
was slightly over eleven' thousand, or
just about fifty per cent.
Yes, Last Time Tonight.
Seven reels of good film including
Protea fl in five acts and The Knock
out in two reels of laughter. As an
extra the late Pathe News will be put
on, a total of 8 reels’ to* twenty-five
cents. Plenty of light. Visit the
Liberty Theatre tonight. *
Anything in the Jewelry line at tlie
Valrte* Orn* Co. tf
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Imported and Dopnestk)
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
MAI BUilu .run
10 Niltibtl untth
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Alaska Copper Com any Preparing
for Extensive Development
Work on Its Property.
Advices were received In the mail
brought by the Admiral Watson that
James E. Wilson, the Valdez freight
er, has about completed the contract
for hauling four hundred tons of sup
plies and machinery from Strelna sta
tion to the mine of the Alaska Cop
per company, on Nugget creek, a dis
tance of eighteen miles.
The Alaska Copper company now
owns the mines formerly held by the
Jtewarts, who promoted the Valdez
& Yukon railroad. The mine was lo
'ated by James McCarthy, a pioneer
irospector of Vnldez who lost his life
while crossing the Tonsina river a few
years ago.
It is planned by the company to do
extensive development work during
the coming season, and if conditions
warrant a spur track of railroad wil!
•e built to connect with the Copper
River & Northwestern railway at
3trelna. The creek on which these
properties are located was named
after finding th9 famous copper nug
get which Is a solid mass of copper
weighing approximately four tons
An effort will be made to ship tblf
nugget out by Wilson’s team a little
’.ater in the sledding season.
PRESS MESSAGE
WAS HELD UP
Government Radio Stations Refused
to Tell of Steamer Hein;; Chas
ed by Aircraft near Sitka.
That the neutrality censorship ruler,
of the War Department applies to
sending wireless messages via the
government radio system in Alaska
was demonstrated last week when a
message from Juneau to newspapers
on the coast and interior Alaska tell
ing of an aeroplane having followed
a Juneau steamer, was held up and
not permitted to be sent over the
wireless.
Tiie steerage aircraft chased the
steamer Georgia for twenty miles
along the hack of Douglas Island but
did not catch her and the Juneau cor
respondent attempted to send the
news out to other newspapers, as the
sable is down between Sitka and Val
des the message would have been re
quired to be transmitted over the
government wireless to Whitshed and
it was held up with the explanation
that, the stations were not permitted
to handle messages pertaining to
movements of vessels or aircraft of
belligerent nations.
ITALIAN LINER
SENT TO BOTTOM
London Press Believes that Teutonic
Admiralties Will Continue to
Sink Armed Merchantmen.
LONDON, March 6.—The British
admiralty has received official advice:
irom Rome stating that the Italian
jt’eamghlp Gavis has been torpedoed
in the Mediterranean Sea by a sub
marine .which failed to display any,
Bag. The steamer, according to thr
dispatches and sank within a few
minutes after being hit by the tor
pedo.
The London press believes that the
destruction of the steamer by the
Teutonlo submarine indicates that
the Teutonic governments have decid
ed to Ignore the defeat of the armed
ship resolution by the American con
gress. The advices fall to state if any.
American citizens were lOBt when the
steamer Bank.
Father Corbett wishes It to be an
nounced to the public that as he har
.o go to Cordova to open the Lentei
eason, he will be unable to give suf
lcieut attention to the preparation of
.he play contemplated for the Saint
?atrick’s Day celebration. Ho there
fore declares it called oft for the pres
ent.
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btAlTLE GETTING
ALASKA BUSINESS
Territory Was Su. piled with $20,000
000 Worth ot Merchandise Last
Year by Seattle Houses.
SEATTLE, March 6.—The Alaskc
Bureau of the' Seattle Chamber of
Commerce has compiled figures from
the customs reports showing that Se
attle merchants and manufacturers
shipped more than twenty million
dollars worth of merchandise to Alas
ka during the past year.
The development of the big gold
quartz mines on Gastineau channel
and the copper mines in the Copper
River valley and in the Prince Wil
liam Sound district has resulted in
Seattle machinery houses having re
ceived heavy orders during the year.
The officials of the transportation
companies operating between Seattle
and Alaskan ports predict a record
breaking business during the closing
summer and are urging the Seattle
business houses to get intq closer
touch with the development of the re
sources of the North.
PKINS
DIES IN SENILE
Failed to Recover from Injuries Sus
tained in Automobile Accident
in Seattle Last Year.
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Private advices have been received
in Valdez from Seattle which state
that Dr. M. M. Hopkins, the well
known Valdez physician, had died in
a hospital there last Thursday as a
result of injuries received in an auto
mobile accident in Seattle last year.
Mrs. Hopkins was with him when the
end came.
Dr. Hopkins was connected with
marine health department and had
lived in Valdez and practiced his pro
fession for more than ten years. Be
fore coming to Valdez he had been in
the public health service in Ketchi
kan.
As a surgeon Dr. Hopkins was pos
sessed of rare ability and his services
were frequently in demand in the pri
vate hospitals where he was stationed
at the mariue hospital in San Diego,
where he was called by the depart
ment for a few months three years
ago. Several of the operations per
formed by him in' the marine hospital
there received wide attention from
the medical journals.
Dr Hopkins was prominently iden
tified with the fraternal life of Val
dez and was a member of the Masons,
the Odd Fellows and a charter mem
ber of the Valdez Igloo of the Pio
neers of Alaska. He leaves a grown
family by his first wife, two of his
daughters being married and now re
siding in Ketchikan.
Dr. Hopkins was married tour
years ago to Miss Cora Eaton, who
was a nurse at the Good Samaritan
hospital, and her wide circle of friends
In Valdez and vicinity will extend
sincere sympathy in her bereave
ment.
Are You Coming.
To see for the last time tonight
Protea II in five acts. The Knockout
a two reel comedy and a late Pathe
News. Total of eight reels of good
enjoyment at the Liberty tonight.
Joe Stanton, who has been employ
ed with Jim Wilson, the freighter,
will leave on one of the first steam
ers for Cordova where he will work
for Capt. Lathroo until June, when
he will resume his auto stage busi
ness to the interior from Valdez.
SEWARD BEEN TURNED
’ DOWN BY ANCHORAGE
The Kennel Club of Anchorage has
decided to run the big dog race on
March 17 from Anchorage to Knlk
and return instead of from Anchor
age to Seward and return as at first
planned. Anchorage subscribed one
thousand dollars for prizes and re
quested Seward to contribute five
hundred dollars but the latter city
could not see that the race was worth
that much money considering the
hard times. Five hundred dollars
will be the first prize, two hundred
the second and the team to finish
third in the race will receive fifty
dollars. ^
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Pasteurized Whipping Crenm and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitlev's
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE CI.OSE
OF BUSINESS ON THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1010^
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts ..... $ 94 83122
Overdrafts -___Z.ZZZZZZI L255!22
Bonds and Warrants . 35,883.12
Furniture and Fixtures..^ 3,549.80
Checks on other banks and other cash items J 2.063 60
CASH ON HAND AND SIGHT EX- nil no
CHANGE _117,973.83
TOTAL --- -— -$255,556.79
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock paid in _ -$ 25,000.00
?U«d«- 500.00
Undivided Profits_ _ 2 712.10
Due to Banks—Deposits _ 552 05 *
DEPOSITS ..
Certified Checks__
TOTAL ---;..$255,556.79
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, 88.
I, J. W. GILSON, Assistant Cashier of the above-named bank do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
J. W. GILSON,
Correst Attest: Assistant Cashier.
M. BLUM, )
J. C. MARTIN, ^ Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to'before me this 25th day of Feb., 1916.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission expires March IS, 1917.
THE PINZON
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