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) Chains, Charms, Brooches, Scarf Pins
Rings, Bracelets, Crosses.
Just Received on the Northwestern,
A Large Assortment of Toys
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OWL DRUG CO.
Same Location f New Management
STEAM HEATED t„ HOT AND!COLD BATHS
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“ The House of Comfort ”
phone 7 for men only
When in Chitina Stop at the
XTHITINA hotel
' Fined Hotel in the Interior—Well Heeled, Cleon Room.
Bar in Connection._Ratei Reasonable
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
I Foot Keystone Ave
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Notice of Final Settlement.
Ip Commissioner’s Court of Valdez
Precinct, Territory of Alaska,—in
Probate. '
In the Matter of the Estate of Rob
1 ert Martin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that W. H.
Caswell, administrator of the above
named estate, has filed his final ac
count as such administrator in the
above-entitled court, and an order has
been made by the court setting Thurs
day, February 10, 1916, at 2 ji’clock
p. m., as the time for hearing objec
tions to said account and the settle
ment thereof. All persons interested
in said estate are notified to file
their objections to said account, if
any they have, on or before the date
named, specifying the particulars of
such objections.
Dated December 9, 1915.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased.
A) First publication, Dec. 9, 1915.
* Last publication. Dec. 30. 1915.. thu
Notice of Final Settlement.
in Commfssituper’s Court for Valdez
Precinct, Territory of Alaska,—in
Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Peter
Johnson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that W. H.
Caswell, administrator of the above
named estate, has tiled his final ac
count as such administrator in the
above-entitled court, and an order
has been made by the court setting
Thursday, February 10, 1916, at 2
o’clock p. m., as the time for hearing
objections to said account and the
settlement thereof. All persons in
terested in said estate are notified to
(lie their objections to said Account,
if any they have, on or before the
date named, specifying the particu
lars of such objections.
Dated, December 9, 1915.
' W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Johnson, deceased.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1916.
Last publication, Dec. 30, 1916. tliu
SUMMONS.
No. 735
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
John Payne and Chis.. Payne, co
, partners, doing business under the
firm name of Payne Bros., Plain
tiffs, vs. Rambler Gold Mining Co.,
a Corporation, Fern L. Wagner,
^ Collin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, J.
“ Grant Elliot, John Grull and Ralph
Carson, Defendants.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting:
To the above-named defendants, Col
lin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, and J.
Grant Elliot.
You and each of you are hereby
required to appear in the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, within thirty days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this slimmons, to-wit, within thir
ty days after the 33d day of Decem
ber, 1916, and answer the complaint
ef the above-named plaintiffs in the
a above-entitled cause. This said cause
F is an action wherein plaintiffs de
mand judgment against defendant
Rambler Gold Mining Company, a
corporation, above-named, for the
stud of eight hundred ninety-four
and 46-100 dollars, together with in
terest thereon at the rate of eight 'per
centum per annum from the 2 2d day
Of January, 1916, also for the sum of
twenty-eight and 30-100 dollars
claimed by plaintiffs for preparing,
verifying and recording plaintiffs'
claim of lien on a certain mining
claim described in the complaint;
also for tbe further sum of two hun
dred fifty dollars as attorneys’ fees
for plaintiffs herein; and wherein
plaintiffs demand judgment against
all of the defendants above-named, i.
e., all of the defendants in this
cause, that said plaintiffs have a de
cree herein that all of the sums
above-named be a lien upon that cer
tain mining claim and premises and
any and all improvements thereon,
known as “Tomboy No. 3” lode min
ing claim, situate near Pigot Bay, in
the Port Wells mining district, Val
dez recording precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and the notice of location of
which is of record in Book 19 of Re
cords, at pages 144 and 145, of the
records of the said Valdez precinct,
at Valdez, Alaska, to which records
reference is hereby made; and where
in plaintiffs also demand from all of
the defendants herein their costs and
disbursements incurred in this action.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duly made and en
tered herein on the 10th day of No
vember. 1915.
Ana you ana eacn or you are here
by notified that if you fail to appear
and answer said complaint as herein
required the said plaintiffs will take
judgment against you for their costs
and disbursements incurred in this
action and will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said com
plaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 11th day of No
vember, 1916, and the date of the
last publication thereof is the 23rd
day of December, 1916.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 10th day of Novem
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen,
and of our independence the one
hundred fortieth.
(Official Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy Clerk.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
the Plaintiffs.
First publication, Nov. 11, 1916.
Last publication, Dec. 23, 1916.
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Interior Weather.
Valdez, Dec. 16, 1915.
Fairbanks, 1 below; 10 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm.
Salcha, —1; 11 inches of snow;
snowing, windy, trail heavy.
Richardson, —10; 14 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail heavy.
McCarthy, —8; 17 inches snow;
cloudy, high wind, trail heavy.
Donnelly, —4; 34 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
McCallum, —6; 36 inches snow;
cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Paxson, —1; 30 inches of snow;
cloudy, high wind, trail drifted.
Hogan, zero, 14 inches snow; trail
heavy, cloudy, high wind.
Gulkana, 9 above; 18 inches of
snow; cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Copper Center, 2 above; 18 inches
of snow; cloudy, light wind, trail
good.
Tonsina, 11 above; 17 inches snow;
cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Teikhell, 12 above; 26 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail heavy.
Beaver Dam, 18 above; 38 'inches
of snow; cloudy, windy, snowing,
trail heavy.
Summit, 2 above; 66 inches snow;
cloudy, high wind, trail heavy and
drifted.
Wortman’s, 22 above; 38 inches of
snowf} cloudy, windy, snowing.
cAIOAL BREVITIES.
Two loads of grain were sent out
to the Camp Comfort roadhouse this
moaning.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s
Prices reasonable. •
J. Johnson, teamster with the Alas
ka road commission, has returned to
Valdez.
George Reinke’s jewelry has been
moved to the Valdez Drug store,
where a full line of jewelry is on dis
play. tf
Turkeys for Christmas.
We have received a large ship
ment of fresh killed turkeys. Best
shipment ever brought to Alaska. Call
and inspect them. Love-Whitley. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valde2
Drug Comnany. tf
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
The Love-Whitley meat shop has
received a fine shipment of fresh
killed turkeys* for Christmas. Harry
Whitley has Issued an invitation to
the people of Valdez to call and in
spect the birds.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
New Show Tonight.
Complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight. A pro
gram of good films worth seeing.
Pete Cashman, of Wortman’s road
house, is in town purchasing sup
plies. He reports that travelers are
crossing the divide every day and are
finding no great difficulties in making
the trip.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
I Drug Company. tf.
Select your Xmas presents at E.
Winter’s. tf
John Moon, of Fairbanks, left on
the Admiral Evans this morning for
Cordova. He is engaged in freighting
from Chitina to the interior and made
the trip to Valdez expecting to find
more horses but found horses at a
premium here.
Just received ,tlje finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdez, at
Ben Silverman’s.
Ft>r good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
George Vingar, the well known
salesman of the J. B. Caro Co., of
Juneau, was operated on December 9
at the Juneau hospital for appendici
tis. Vingar was taken to the hos
pital on Nov. 22 and it was thought
that the operation could be avoided.
Latest reports are to the effect that
Mr. Vingar is well on the road to re
covery.
I
Big (lolls anil little dolls for the
kiddies at E. Winter’s. tf
Why not select one of those pretty
silk or wool dresses for your wife
for a Christmas present at E. Win
ter’s. tf
The Liberty Theatre has received
some of the finest turkeys ever seen
in Alaska. The birds will be given
away to some of the lucky patrons of
the house.
See Ueinke's fine line of nugget
jewelry at the Valdez Drug store, tf
Huts Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
George Reinke. the jeweler, has
moved his store to the V,aldez Drug
store where he is prepared to serve
all his old customers and meet new
ones. He has a big stock coming on
the steamer Northwestern for the hol
iday trade and will continue to make
a specialty of fine nugget jewelry.
Turkeys Arrive.
The Liberty Theatre is displaying
some of the finest turkeys ever in
Valdez. They Will be given away to
the patrons of the Theatre. Save
your coupons.
New Show Tonight.
Complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight. A pro
gram of good films north seeing.
Notice to Republicans.
There will be a meeting of the Re
publican Party at Moose Hall next
Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock for
the purpose of organizing a Repub
lican club.
JAMES FISH.
k-17 District Committeeman.
Valdez, Dec. IB, 1915.
Barometric pressure . 29.144
Temperature 7 p. m.24
Maximum temperature .27
Minimum temperature ..19
Mean temperature.23 *
Precipitation .90
Cloudy, wind northeast 4 miles,
snowed at night and all day.
FAME OF CAPE COD.
It Is Many Sided and Fairly Eclipsaa
Poor Cape Ann.
Cape Cod. aside from Its stinpe'f has
a name to conjure with. What more
appropriate? Cod is the palladium of
our liberties. We have made unto our
selves a graven image thereof and
have hung the same lit our staiebouse
as a memorial forever Our senior
senator and the various congressmen
from down Essex way never let the
sacred flsb go out of their thoughts.
Indeed. Cape Ann is just as anxious
over the cod as the other cape is and
probably wishes it bad a similar
chance at the name. The name of
Cape Ann doesn't mean anything now.
whatever it meant to the flattering
colonists who first wished the then
monarch’s name on It.
Cape Ann doesn’t look like a human
foot. In fact it doesn’t look like much
of anything but Cape Ann. Bnt Cape
Cod. with Its sands, its bars, its long
tongues and spits, is distinctive. Peo
ple try to swim to it A certain kind
of aristocracy is named for it Its
people get into books and then sue
the publishers. The pilgrim fathers
landed on It—and then bad the su
preme good sense to get back to the
boats and hunt up Plymouth, where
there was at least a rock to set his
toric feet upon, so that future gen
eratlons might chip off bits of the
same.—Cowell Courier-Citizen.
SQUINTING AT THE STARS.
It Help* tha Astronomer In Calculating
Their Distances.
While lecturing recently to an audi
ence of children at the Royal Institu
tion. London. Professor H. H. Turner
explained how astronomers measure tha
distances of the sun. moon and stars.
The importance of a squint was ex
plained with the aid of a match and a
cigar. Putting the cigar in his mouth
and lighting the match, he told them it
was by squinting that he judged the
distance at which to hold it.
Then, taking another cigar, which
was about twelve inches in length, he
explained how in that case It was not
necessary to squint so much, as the
point of distance to be measured by the
eyes was further away.
This was done to illustrate the fact
that, just as the brain calculates the
distances of things seen by means of
the angle of the squint, so astronomers
tell the distance of the stars by reckon
ing the amount of “squint'’ Involved
when looking at them.
Two telescopes are placed a|>art at on
exactly measured distance. The astron
omer then looks through the two tel
escopes at the same time and, having
got them to the angle at which he can
see the particular star. Just reckons up
the amount of “squint" and reels it off
in millions of miles.— Boston Herald.
Not What They Seemed.
A marquise, who was in residence for
a few days at a Parisian hotel discov
ered that her pearl necklace, worth
$13,000. had disappeared from her
room. . Suspicion fell on a messenger
lioy, who admitted his guilt, but de
clared that the necklace had been
taken from him by his mother. The
mother corrolxirated her son’s state
ment. expressing astonishment that so
much trouble should be made about
“a trashy little trinket." which, she
explained, looked so cheap and tawdry
that she had given it to her daughter
in-law. This young woman, in her
j teens, displayed an equal contempt for
I the “lilts of things.” She told the po
lice that she had given the necklace
to her little girl to wear, but she hud
removed about half the beads. All the
missiug pearls were found in a box
among buttons and hooks and eyes.
The Lilies.
L Two thousand years ago it was sup
posed that water lilies closed their
flowers at night and retreated far un
der water to emerge again at sunrise
This was Pliny’s view, and it was not
impeached until the English botanist
John Ray in 1088 first doubted its ve
racity. The great lily of Zanzibar, oue
of the grandest of the lily family, opens
Its flowers, ten inches wide, between
11 In the morning and 5 in the after
noon. They are of the richest royal
blue, with from 150 to 200 golden sta
mens in the center, and they remain
open four or five days. It is not gener
ally known that there are lilies that
have nocturi}jii habits—night bloomers
as well as day bloomers. They, are very
punctual timekeepers, too. opening and
closing with commendable regularity
1 Poor Loser.
"Good morning, Dodswalte.” said the
first commuter after be had settled
himself in a seat and partly regained
his breath.
"Morning, Godson." said the second
commuter somewhat shortly
"You don’t seem pleased to see me.”
"I should say not. When I saw you
running just now I made a bet with
the gentleman on my left that you
wouldn't catch this train. Drat the
luck! I’ve lost $5.—Boston Herald. .
His Standard.
Purchaser (bringing back bis\jmr
chasei—This dog is the most ferotyms
beast I ever came across, and you" said
he was as gentle as a woman Dealer
' in Canines—That’s straight. My wife's
the only woman I know anything about.
-Chicago Herald.
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Nat Used to IL
Alyce—I'm learning to paint on chi
na! Grayce—Don’t you find it hard to
become accustomed to such a hard sur
face?—'Indianapolis Star.
Prosperity tries the heart with keen
er temptations, for hardships may be
endured, whereas we are spoiled by
success.—Tacitus.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
, Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 , J. A. 8PENARD, Prop.
If You Want ,,r^f"*hEgg*' ,Butter- FrufK
and Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Clias. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
i Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
i Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
I California
Admiral
line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 151b calls Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knik
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Siinduy, connecting: with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr* Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ella mar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
r. B. TRACY, Gen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
When You Leave
. For the Outside
' take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One'road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the .East
„ • over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
t 1
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska. -