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on our entire stock of Men’s
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Putman Northern
Pacific Logger
and other well known brands
in broken sizes at
% to off
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TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
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TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY t
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For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
_ C. H. Kraemer, General Agent, » »
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City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
j,. 443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C, jpJk,
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOA
PATENT.—Survey No. 993._
Serial No. 01018. United States
Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
August 20, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance of the act or Congress approved
May to, 1872, Fred Llljegren, whose
postofrice address is Ellamar, Alaska, has
made application Tor a patent for 1,500
linear feet on Iho Copper Bullion No. 1
lode nnning claim and for 1,500 linear
rcet on the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode
mining claim, bearing copper, together
with surface grounds as allowed by law,
lying, being and situate in the record
ing precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and de
scribed by the oll'ieial plat and by the
Iloid notes of U. S. Mineral Survey No.
093, on file in the office or the Register
of the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode.
Dt-KHiiiiiis at our. no. i, wneucc u. 8.
Mineral .Monument No. 8 bears N. 40 de
grees 44 minutes 21 seconds E. 013.92 reel
distant; thence N. «l deg. 99 min. W. tiuti
Teet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 28 deg. 51
min. E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3; tliencc
S. 01 deg. 09 min. E. 000 feet to Cor.
No. 4; thence S, 28 deg. 51 min. W. 1500
feet to Cor. No. 1, place of beginning.
Area 20.061 acres. The A ddltional and
Amended Location Certificate or the Cop
per Bullion No. 1 lode claim is duly of
record in Book 14 or the Records of the
Valdez Recording Precinct at page 361.
This claim Is bounded on the north by
the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode claim. '
Copper Bullion No. 2 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, Identical with
Cor. No. 4, Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode or
this survey previously described, whence
U. S. Mineral Monument No. 8 bears S.
17 deg. 12 min. 50 see. \V. 934.98 Teet
distant; thence N. 61 deg. 09 min. W.
600 feet to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor, No. 3, Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode;
thence N. 28 deg. 51 min. E. 1500 reel
to Cor. 3, whence a witness corner, a post
marked C B No. 2 Cor. 3 W C bears S. 28
deg. 51 min. W. 383.40 feet; thence from
true corner S. 61 deg. 09 min. E. 660
feet to Cor. No. 4, whence a witness cor
ner, a post marked C B No. 2 corner 4
W C bears S. 28 dog. 51 min. W. 141.70
feel; thence from true corner S. 28 deg.
51 min. W. 1500 feet to Cor. No. t, the
place or beginning. Area 20.661 acres.
The Additional and Amended Location
Certificate or the Copper Bullion No. 2
lode claim Is duly or record In Book 14
of Records of the Valdez Recording Pre
cinct at page 362. This claim is bound
ed on the south by the Copper Bullion No.
1 lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said mining claims or sur
face ground, are hereby required to file
their adverse claims* with the Register
of the U. S. Land OlTice at JtTneau, Alaska,
within the time prescribed by law, or they
will be barred by virtue or the provis
ions of*the statute.
• FRED HLJEGREN,
Claimant.
It is hereby ordrfed b.at the foregoing
notice of application be published In the
Valdez Bally Prospector, the newspaper
publlsheU nearest the said mining claims,
for a period or sixty days.
C. B. WALKER,
( , Register.
Date nr first publication Aug. 27, 1913.
Date tff last publication Nov. 6, 1913.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Ord9r of Alaskan Moose
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
For Sale.
One two H. P. and one 10 H. P.
ilectric motor in good condition.
3rosius & Noon, Seward. 0 21 i
News Received in Letter That Five
Miles of Copper River R. fl.
! Was Wiped Out.
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A luller was received on the
Alame'da from Cordova which
gives the information that (he
Copper River it Northwestern
railroad had been put out of
commission ny the heavy rain
and wind storms which recently
visited that section.
Tile letter slates llial about
live miles of the track had been
washed out on the flats and that
a number of slampeders who were
returning from the Chisana were
forced to return to Chitina.
The letter also conveyed the
intelligence that a bridge had
been carried out above Chitina
and that traffic was likely to be
blocked for some time. Tile
heavy rains caused I lie Copper
river to raise* so that it spread
over the flats |o a depth of sev
eral feet and carried the track
before if. Crews of men were
sent from Cordova to repair the
track, hut were meeting with dif
ficulty in doing so owing to the
high stage of the river.
SEA COAST UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
Development Work be Carried on
All Winter on Another Shoup
Bay Property.
Peter Krivokapich, an old-time
prospector, returned on the Ala
meda from a I rip to the slates,
lie was one of the original lo
cators of the Sea Coast Mining
company's ground and his trip
outside was for the purpose of
attending a special meeting of
lhi‘ stockholders of that company
recently held in Seattle.
Ili* says lie hopes the affairs of
the company will he carried on
in a different manner from what
they have in the past. The com
pany directed a complete change
in its affairs and is now under
new management. The work of
development will he carried on
all winter and if development
warrants a mill will he placed on
the ground next year.
The property of the Sea Coast
company is located on Slump hay,
one of Ihr* most promising sec
tions of this district.
COURTOFFICIALS
8E ON ALAMEDA
Whorf Fined $250 and Herberth
Pleads Quilty to Two Counts
—Gets $200 on Each.
Sewaril, Sept. 2(5—The docket
'before the federal court has been
cleared and the court officials
will return to Valdez when the
Alameda leaves.
Capt. Whorf was found guilty
on one count, that of violation
Nof the game laws by purchasing
game during the closed season,
.and .was lined $250.
J. A. Herberth also pleaded
guilty to two counts through his
attorney and was lined $200 on
each count for the same offcuiso.
Orpheum, Orpheum.
The following are the pictures
at the Orpheum tonight, all in
teresting:
"The Other Half”—Fine Than
houser drama.
"The Hypnotic Chair”—1,000
feet of scream comedy.
"Oaumont Weekly"—$1,000,
000 lire in Indiana. Across the
Alps in an aeroplane. Alligators
in captivity. A week of carnival,
etc.
Change of program tomorrow
5venln&- ; jsam
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W'akhjjngion, Sept. 2 It,—A
deadlock exists between the
members of the House and Sen
ate committees over the tariff
schedule as .being arranged to
apply to cotton, zinc and woolen j
goods, !
LOCAL BREVITIES.
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Fresh eastern oysters- at the'!
Valdez Cafe. ’ tf i
Oaunuffft Weekly at I he Or- j
phenol tonight.
J. II. Irvin, of Seallie, is at
I he Copper block.
Tom Lane has sold the fine
launch Elvira to Frank Nelson.
Sinilli Higgins will leave in the
morning over the trail for Heav
er Lain. *
WANTEl)--To purchase small
residence, close in. Must he
cheap. Apply M. P. Prospector.
The crew of men who are plac
ing the pules in position for Mr.
lies over which lie will bring
electric power from Solomon
gulch, have reached McKinley
street and will soon complete
I heir coni rad.
The Alameda brought a car
load of cement for the Alaska
Water, Light & Telephone com
pany for use on the completion
of its big dam on Solomon
gulch. Another carload will be
received on the Mariposa and
that will be the linal shipment.
The launch Elvira, which was
‘recently purchased by Frank Nel
son from Tom Lane, was in a
precarious position for a short
while today. She was tied too
close and when the tide went out
the launch Was suspended. She
was righted when the tide return
ed.
I
linn I forget I lie line pictures
at the Orpheuiii lonighl. Special
Saturday change tomorrow eve.
Mr. Robinson, representing the
Olympia Brewing Company, of
Seattle, was a passenger on the
Alameda to Seward, lie will re
turn on Ihe same Jioat. and emi
linue on south.
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| Fine watch ana Jewelry iepair
j ing, all work guaranteed. II. V.
j Herndon, with Owi Drug Co.
Joe Spenard, of Ihe City Kx
| press, stales that he has been
I disappointed in m l receiving the
; hell for which he sent outside.
He has ..ived word that there
is nothing suitable for the pur
pose ill Seal lie and Joe wauls to
jknow if any person in Valdez has
one, as he would like In purchase
jil.
I Oannmnt Weekly and other
j line pictures at Ihe Orpheuiii to
night.
A pool and billiard tournament
will begin on October I and con
tinue up to November I at In
gram A Bush’s. Two prizes will
die offered, one for the highest
i,score made at pool and Ihe oth
fer for llu* highest at billiards.
L'l'lie prizes will he ivory lipped
{.prize billiard cues. They are
twine wrapped and four-spliced
wood hull.
The Alameda arrived late yos
i terday aflermmn from Seal Me,
bringing a number of passengers
from the stales and way points.
She brought 127 Ions of freight
for local merchants. The steam
er sailetl during the night and
was due to reach Seward at three
o’clock this afternoon, and is ex
pected back in port some time to
morrow morning.
A report that a strike has been
made on the Colville river was
brought to town within the last
fdw days and is said to be very
well founded. The facts are not
to be given out for publication
yet but it is declared to be a
genuine discovery.--Nome Nug
get.
The Seattle Spirit is all “hot
up" over the Poindexter bill, and
all at once they get together and
want to open up Alaska. Wheijb
is the joke? If .lies in the fact ,
that Tacoma is after the Alaska
trade. See the point? 5
A skating rink ha's beeii opened
in Douglas and it is said to be
a great success and is well pat
ronized by the young people.
I
-» A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer!
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior point*
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds]
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
! Graduatelof National University
Washington,ID. C.I
DENTIST
Phone 92 !ZFeurteen?yearsfin
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DA?. ^GERMAN
..'■ THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Dru« store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m., 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
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E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
PHONE ise Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and^j f
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing_Ros Phone. m
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska (
Reports or Mines
Patent Suryeys
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. tos
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less'
_VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdefc Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome,
James H Patterson..W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Vo. 1971
Meet every Friday. 8 p. m. F. a trie Hal
VALDEZ LODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at 8 p. m. in
ODD FELLOWSjHALL
PJJJjJ^isitiriir Brothers especially invited
Wm. Thomas. n. o.^i ZiF. S.'Huht. p. (t.'Sec
CAMP VALDEZ|No. 10
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Meet e*ery Tuesday evcniDK at 8 o’clock In
EaKle Hall. All members >re requested to
attend. S. McnjECE. Arctic Chief
JPjOHEERS OF'AUSKAj
^IGLOONO.K.WW
Meets every first and third Mon
day of each month. All visit
ing Brothers welcome.*
E. O. AMES, Secretary.