BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
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We do a general banking business.
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We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Steam Heat Electric Lights
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
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Good Tlir Good
Goo d4s lilt Goods
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VALDEZ TURKISH BATHS
FINEST EQUIPPED ON THE COAST
Turkish, Steam, Shower and Plain
baths s „
Plain Bath SOc; Steam Bath SOc; Steam and Show
er Bath 91.00; Turkish Bath with room 92.50.
Open Day and Night. JOHNSON-SCHMIDT CO., Valdez, Alaska.
j JAMES NAREY, THE j
SHOEMAKER
has moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT & SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable.
J-|UGO FELS
Contractor^nd Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 852. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
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, LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
1 MILK -MILK -MILK J:
Fresh Milk and) Cream
V ALDEZ DAIRY <\
Telephone orders to Phone 187 <»
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NIS5INA'; Alaska
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
fresh itiQods-peasdneble Prices
TURKISH BATHS
J. C. Johnson and W. F. Smith
Have Installed High Class
Equipment.
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C. Johnson anil \V. I'. Smilh
have compleli il Ihe remodeling of
Ihe Arizona Hole! and have in
stalled a complete and up-lo-date
hath house, and Russian, Turk
ish, lull and shower ballis, steam
and lm| rooms, are now ready
for I lie general public.
Itulh of (he proprietors are ex
perl massagers and they have
spoilt mui'li lime and money in
an ell'orl lo give the Valdez pub
lic whal il has long desired—a
..I hath house.
The building has been allered
and changed lo mcci Ihe new re
quirements, and cement Hours,
marble slabs and tile walls all
make for a sanitary hath in this
new establishment. •
The rooms upstairs are reach
ed by an inside stairway and will
he used in connection with the
baths. The building will he sleam
heated, a large boiler having been
installed for Ibis purpose;
Congregational Church Services.
- Sermons tomorrow at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m by Rev. Charles S.
Price.
Morning subject, “The Church’s
One Foundation."
Evening subject, “The Crisis.”
The sacrament of the Lord’s
supper will be administered at
the close of the morning service.
1 Special singing at the evening
service. You are cordially in
vited to attend.
Episcopal Church.
Services at,.the 'fch|ineh of the
Epiphany Sunday are:
: Holy communion at 8:30 a. in.
Morning prayer at II a. m.
Sunday school at 12 in.
Evening prayer at 7:30 p. in.
Quartet will sing at the even
ing service.
Call for Warrant*.
NoUge-ds ncreilhyegiven that I
wilf tray all cityi warrants up to
and including No. 3#58, series of
1012; if presented within ten days
from date. tl.'C. REYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
, Valdez., Alaska, Oct. 7, 1913.
<i(g>„.Reinke,-ihe.watch repairer
,amt jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company* » ■ •, .}r- :
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Spirit City Making Effort to Help
the Homeless of Nome and
Solomon..
Seal,tie, Orl. II.—The fund to
aid the sufferers of Nome lias
reached the $10,000 mark and
the money will he telegraphed l.p
the authorities there to he used
as they see lit. The government
will also he urged to provide free
transportation for all who wish
. to leave the north for the out
side.
Private dispatches from resi
dents of Solomon tell of the des
truction of that town an dthe es
cape of the people from the scene
of ruin in small boats. The town
is reported to bo destroyed leav
ing three hundred people home
less and without means of sup
port. The railway terminal was
the first to be wrecked by the surf
iind was quickly followed by the
other buildings until the town had
[’entirely disappeared. The hamlet
of Safety was also wiped out and
the sea has thrown up a great
sandspit leaving the former site
two miles inland. No lives were
lost at Solomon or Safety, many
of the-people having miraculous
escapes.
WICK ROASTS
WASH. SOLONS
Says Division of Congressional
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Delegation Defeated Alaska
Railroad Bill.
Seal tie, Oel. ] I.— Delegate
James Wiekersham lilanuyk lhe
Washington congees' ional dele
gation for the failure of the
passage of I In* Alaska railroad
hill, claiming Ilia) the division
of tile members from this stale
prevented congressional action.
Some of lhe members of Wash
ington's delegation agree will) I
lhe delegate that the reemnmen-j
dal ions of lhe railroad eommis-j
“•ion regarding the construction j
of lhe roads should he followed. !
ImiI Congressman Johnson and a !
number ol others are in favor of
a road from lhe I niled Slabs!
'through Canada and then into I
Alaska as far north as Nome, J
I here lo conned with a road to;
lie I,mill across Siberia. Branch
lines are also planned from the
trunk line lo (lie coast, lo reach
the harhoVs.
Con'sideralde opposition lias
also developed against lhe pur
chase hy the government of the
(luggenheim $20,000,0011 while
elephant from Cordova to Chit
ilia.
Special Saturday Change.
Kino new pictures tonight <tl
the Orpheutn.
For Love of Her, Helianre dra
ma.
Neglect, American cowboy.
Two Women and One. Man, ex
citing comedy.
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Odd Fellows, Attention.
Quadruple initiation at the Odd
Feltow.s hall. (Monday evening,
October 13. Visiting brothers arc
especially invited.
W. THOMAt\ Noble Grand.
P. S. HUNT, Secretary.
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Danoe Tonight.
Attend 'the- big.danee,4onight at
Eagle Halt. Four-piece orches
tra; fine music.
FOR SALE, rent or lease, a 207
room lodging house; central lp(
cation. A snap. Gall at Pros
pector office.
Lessing Proposition.
Will let a lease on two. small
rfrffl'iifyartz leads. Liberal terms.
Sot- R. P. Ferguson.
Nolle*.
Go to Mrs. A. Burr’s, two doors
above Moose Hall, for your tail
or-made gowns. Special, snle.
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WANTKli—To rent a sewing
machine for one month—;Mi:s. J
P. Hanson--P. 0. Box 205.
Police Find Hand of Woman In
Waters of Hwbor—Have No
Clue.
Ndw York, Oct. II.--The police
of this city are puzzled and baf
fled at the new murder mystery
which has been unearthed by
the finding of the hand of a wo
man in the East river. The hand
was found near Long Island City
and it is believed that the body
is at the bottom of the river,
■where it was sunk weighted down
by the murderer, ^>ut that the
hand was freed by- the action of
the tides.
■ The best-detect ives of the city
are working on the case and they
hope to find the other parts of
'the body and thus secure a clue.
The harbor police have been in
creased and parol boats are hunt
ing all along the water front.
i Paris of fthree bodies have
been found in the waters about
New York in 1 he past month and j
all of them have been women.!
Anna Aumuller’s murderer is
now being held by the police and
they hope In secure some clue by
which they can apprehend and |
punish the murderer of lhe wo- i
man whose baud was discovered ,
today.
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RIDES MONOPLANE 1
UPSIDE DOWN
Adolphe Pegoud Takes Passen- j
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ger on Daring Trip—Re.
ceives Ovation.
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Paris, Orl. I I.—\dolphe Po
goud. ilir daredevil aviator, who
a few weeks ago startled the
world hy “looping' the loop" with
his monoplane, has further start-;
led the people of Paris hy living;
his maehine while it was turned'
upside down, and lie rarired a;
passenger while performing Ihe (
feat.
Pegoud had operated his mon
oplane upside down before, es
pecially when "looping the loop."
but never before has he carried
a jisscnger nor allowed lliej
maehine lo remain inverted for
more than a quarter of a mile', j
In today’s feat lie llew for more
than a mile upside flown. Moth
lilt" pilot and his passenger were
strapped into the seat.
Before he made I lie al tempi In
11 >- with his machine tipside down,
Pegoiul repealed liis perform
ance of -‘looping the loop."
Climbing into his machine he J
ipiiekly rose In a height of 2,500 j
feet. There he begat) a head- j
long diVe, or rather a fall,' In-j
ward the earth, tie fell thus1
about 1.000 feel. Then ho turn-;,
ed the machine on its hark and
planed away upside down, but !
this lime, inslian of righting!
himself directly trnm his posi
tion, he allowed the impetus nf i;
the descent of 1,000 feet to carry I
him on and up again toward the
sky. Still in an inverted posi
tion, on up he went until for one
moment the monoplane was
brought upright in the nir, stiihd- j
ing on its tail. The momentum
of the machine took him on in
safety until, a fraction of a sec
ond later, he was right side up
again on'the top of the aerial cir
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A shipment of tin ore valued j
at $10,000’ was recently brought ;
down ft'otti Nome by the steam- ■
ship Navajo, ;
A MfHllon Dollars.
A M ilh'oini iDbllar.‘»i.u A re exciting
and interesting story.
In the Nick of Time—<ireal
cowboy rollicking picture.
On .Account of a jtonana—1,00(1
feet of laughs. ' 11
Change rtf program tomorrow
evening.
FOR RENT—Two nvc-room
houses on Broadway. In first,
class condition. Enquire of
Charles Crawford at the Plain
ing Mill. 1 ’ tf.
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JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
1 ALASKA
' STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Mariposa
Sail
Oct. 8th, 18th and 28th
For Skagway, Jupeau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
ALASKA C2&2Z
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latoucte, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailings from. Seattle
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
^SAMPSON calls at KNHC ANOHORAGK, each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Right is .reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO. j
General Agent Local Agent j
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