The First Bank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
AX PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM
M. BLUM
E. B. WHEAT
JOHN LYONS
J. M. LATHROP
W. M. WILSON
JAFET LINDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1 j
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps. Well-Pointy, Valves
and Packing.
Water. Steam and Suction
Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
TONIGHT!
EVERYONE WELCOME
FREE DINNER
Will be served at 9:30 p.m.
Every Evening at
The Big Place
MENU
Meat, Potatoes, Beans, Bread,
and Coffee.
Do Not Hesitate. Welcome Means Welcome.
AL White & Co
PROPRIETORS
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday, lo
each month in MoKlnley Hall Visitor® always
welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
RED CROSS HOSPITAL
PRIVATE ROOMS.
Open to All Physicians
MISS JONES,
Hobart Street. Matron.
Valdez Hospital
Largeet and Boat Equipped Hoepital
in Southweetern Alaaka.
Gradute Nurae*—Private Rooma for Patient*
For Temu'and Particular* Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Phyaician in Charge.
If you want all the news all the
tfmq, read the Prospector.
ARCADE CAFE
"We Never Cion.”
Private Dining Room.
The Beet of Everything. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Poetry. Bread forlSale.
Jack Collin--Proprietor
Blooded Dogs for Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine bead, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
Notice to Valdez Women.
The Auxiliary of the. Pioneers of
Alaska is composed of \*ives, moth
ers, sons and daughters of members
of the Order of Pioneers, or women
who came to Alaska before January
1, 1901, and all such persons are eli
gible to become members of the Aux
iliary. The charter has been extend
ed until the first Thursday In March.
Auxiliary meets every Thursday night
at Pioneer hall at 8 o’clock sharp.
^Applications 'may be obtained from
secretary.
MAE C. HARRINGTON,
Secretary and Treasurer.
CANAL OFFICIALS
Three Distinct Shocks Have Been Re
corded, But No Damage Done
To Date.
PANAMA, Jan. 27.—Three heavy
earthquakes have been recorded here
and the canal officials are greatly
worried as they fear that new slides
will be started in the cuts along toe
canal.
To date no damage has been done
but the shocks keep the men in charge
of the canal in constant fear that
a slide will start that will cause a
postponement of the celebration in
March, when battleships from many
nations will pass through the canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
BUY IN AMERICA
LEAGUE STARTED
Women Launch a Nation-wide Organ
ization To Build Up Ameri
can Business.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Many
leading women have joined in organ
izing the Women’s National Made in
the U. S. A. League, which has open
ed headquarters here and will enlist
the aid of the housewives of the coun
try to the end that a big home man
ufacture of products now bought in'
Europe may result. i
In an announcement tonight that
the organization had been perfected
it was explained that the object of
the league was to arouse public sen
timent among the women of the coun
try to buy American products.
CAVE taojwo
FOR CHABIT)
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—J. D. Rocke
feller, Jr., who was a witness again
today before the Industrial Relations
Commission, told the members of the
commission that his father had given
$250,000,000 and was greatly interest
ed in the work of bettering mankind
and aiding the citizens of the coun
try to better support themselves.
The commission plans to call many
more financial leaders, especially
those who employ a large number of
workers.
THAW PLEADS
NOT GUILTY
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Harry Thaw,
the slayer of Stanford White, who was
brought back to this city to stand
trial because of his escape from the
Matteawan asylum for the criminal
insane, from which he escaped over
a year ago, was given a preliminary
hearing today and pled not guilty to
the charge of conspiracy up which
he was brought back. The trial of
the case was set for Feb. 23 and will
be held in this city.
Silver Tea At Rectory.
A silver tea will be given tomorrow
-afternoon at the rectory of the Church
of the Epiphany. Proceeds for church
work. Everybody welcome. k 2S
Great Murder Case.
A great murder case that baffled
'the keenest detectives is solved at
the Orpheum tonight. "Who Killed
Olga Carew?” Also the juvenile com
edy, “The Slippery Spy.” Don’t miss
these good pictures.
Beautiful hand-painted vases just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
If the party who took a pair of
skis painted red and marked with
the name Valdez Sheet Metal Works
will return them ,at once they will
avoid trouble. The skis were taken
from In front of the Scheffer resi
dence on Alaska avenue. > tf
OUTBREAK OF
CATTLE DISEASE
Stockyards In Chicago and Pittsburg
Closed By Federal Inspectors
—Cattle Be Killed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—The in
spectors of the Department of Agri
culture, who have been watching the
cattle shipments at the different
stock yards have ordered the yards
in Chicago and Pittsburg closed be
cause of the prevalence of the foot
and mouth diseases.
The outbreak is more serious than
it was several months ago and mil
lions of dollars worth of cattle must
be killed and the bodies burned tn
an effort to prevent the spread of
the disease.
REBELSREADHI)
BOMBARD DURAZZO
ATHENS, Grece, Jan. 27.—The Al
banian insurgents, according to infor
mation which has reached here, have
occupied the heights of Iiitspol and
have placed guns in a position for
use against Durazzo, the Albanian
port recently occupied by Italian
troops and where Essad Pasha and
troops representing the provisional
government are stationed. Interna
tional complications are expected to
follow the bombardment of the city
and all the Balkan states will be in
volved.
CANAL TRAFFIC
GROWING FAST
PANAMA, Jan. 27.—On an average
of six ships daily pass through the
canal. The number of ships increases
each month, and January will be the
record month since the canal was
.opened. The United States collier
Proteus is the largest ship to use
the canal, having passed through on
January 7th.
BUY HORSESHOES
BY THE_MILLION
CATASUQUA, Pa., Jan. 27.—Agen's
for the Russian government have
placed orders for 1,000,000 horse
shoes for delivery within three
months. The order is the largest ev
er placed in this country and will tax
the capacity of the factories to the
utmost.
WOMAN'S BUILD TO
GIVE UR TEA
The members of the Woman’s Guild
will hold a silver tea tomorrow after
noon at the rectory of the Church
of the Epiphany. Mrs. W. H. Cas
well and Mrs. Guy Banta will be the
hostesses. All are invited to attend.
The proceeds will be used for church
-work.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fine show at the Orpheum tonight.
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
Twenty lbs. best Yakima spuds for
50c at King’s new place. k 28
Bert Ford arrived this morning
'from the Ramsay-Rutherford property
and will return in the moning.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Jay McGilvray, the flve-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McGilvray,
is very low. Reports this morning
from the sick room were that the
little lad was resting somewhat eas
ier.
Silver Tea At Rectory.
A silver tea will be given tomorrow
afternoon at the rectory of the Church
of the Epiphany. Proceeds for church
work. Everybody welcome. k28
MJLcuJfco* &rnbA$Jiiwrn,
PRODUCERS and CONSUMERS EXCHANGE—Valdez
- -ADAM SWAN. Manager- -- -
Inventor*, Importer*, Manufacturer* and producer*:—We handle good* on
consignment and Cut-Out Go-Between Profits as direct ^nvsyors and
Distributors to the Users, Wearers and Cunsumers of HonftM,'umishings,
Household Utensils. Electric Appliances, Wearing apparel, Notions, Sta
tionery, Jewelry, Cutlery, Novelties. Toilet Articles, Dainties, etc., etc.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
_THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY_
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
From Kiver to Kiver
When you buy a Box of Apples from us we Guarantee
every apple from cover to cover.
We repack every box before delivery.
Remember: By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them.
Delivery. Phones 55.
The Yakima Fruit Company
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL. STQRE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE! NAFSTED. Mur.
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
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When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiaeet Hotel in tkc Interior—Well Heated, Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Chas. R. Crawford w«n sb«i, Phone i»
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fairbasIks) morse a co
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Cooking apples $2 per bos at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Household furniture for sale. En
quire of Mrs. W. W. Harvey. tf
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
—
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
To demonstrate our electric heateis,
cookers, bakers and percolators, we
will serve coffee and toast, buns, cake
or doughnuts for 15 cents at the Em
porium. tf
FOR SALE—Canned fruit, book
case, child’s bed, centre table, chairs,
heating stove, couch, some white Hav
iland dishes. Enquire Mrs. C. E.
Bunnell. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
For home cooked meals go to Mrs.
Matilda Olson’s on Hobart street.
Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner
served at 5 o’clock. Week days dim
ner served at 6 p. m. tf
G. O. Reinke, the watchmalter and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Corsets at half price. We are clos
ing out all of our corsets at one-half
cost. Hosiery and underwear at less
than cost at Harvey’s Toggery. tf
The big free dinner at the Big
Place tonight at 9:30. All are wel
come.
HOUSE FOR REmT furnished or
unfurnished. Enquire of Mrs. C. E.
Bunnell. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Only The Best
Smokers Can Now Enjoy
the Best
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U. S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS }
When In Seward Stop at die
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROF,
STRICTLY FIRST CLA8S
Fourth Ayr Srward, Alaska
A. M. Diertager
Valdez Transfer
Company
t "
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior point*
LIVERY and FEED STABLB
STORAGF
Teaming of all kind*
Positively oo coal daliveied
aaless paid lor lo advance
D0NALD30N SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Llscum. Leaves Valdes
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. fav
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:80 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:80 p. m.
There will be no trips ef the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean botlsrs.