S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Cive Your Freight Contract to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CH1SANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Roh’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
GET THE HABIT
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER
A. H. PINKUS, Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 mile* from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Everything First Blass comodaton for*60 horse*. |
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times. ,
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
Wortman’s Road House *
E. P. CASHMAN, Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez. *
The best meals and most fcomfortabld beds Procurable. ,
UPPER TONSINA ROADJHOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices 'Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING [POST.
Telephone connect* with Chitina.1 _
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr. j
Bonghert) & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
f
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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J^UGO FELS
■SsRlractor and Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
Chinese ('hop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
“Let ’Er Go, Boys.”
TRENTON, N. J.—When Chaplain
Griffin, of the New Jersey state pris
on visited William Diamond, a negro
murderer, in his cell last night to pre
pare him for his execution, he found
Diamond reading a comic paper and
laughing at the jokes and pictures.
"What’s the hurry?” asked the con
demned man. "Can’t they wait until
I finish the paper?”
Diamond finally was persuaded toi
drop the paper and prepare to pay1
the penalty for his crime. He was the1
least concerned of those who were'
present at the execution.
When he had. been strapped in the
pntb chain in readiness'
i he shouted: "Good-bye, boys,” and'
! turning to the gurrds, said: “All
f right—let ’er go.” ^
Sick Man on Trail.
i At 2 o’clock this morning Axel Sed
| erberg, formerly employed at the Cliff
j mine, whs brought in over the trail
j jc :n Wcrtmans in it very sick con~t
jdhion snd whs received at the Hos
j pital of the Good Samaritan.
•
[fire destroys
v SURRYHNE HOME
Believed Fire Was of Incendiary Or
igin—Loss $1,500—Valued Cel
le Destroyed.
Shortly after eight o’clock ;ast
night fire was discovered in the cab
in occupied \by Jack Surryhne on
Broadway near the grade and owing
to the distance from the Fire Hall
and the fact that the fire had secur
ed a big start before being discovered,
the entire cabin and contents were
destroyed.
The fire was discovered by Louis
Rosenthal, who lives next door and,
as the building was already a mass
of flames in the interior, he could do
nothing to put out the flames and
therefore ran to the Fire Hall and
turned in the alarm. The two fifty
gallon chemical sleds, with a number
of small chemicals, were taken to
the building, but one would not work
and although the other did splendid
work, it was not large enough to con
trol the flames which had spread into
the three rooms of the building.
Jack Surryhne stated to a repre
sentative of the Prospector that he
could not account for the fire as he
had left the cabin at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon but had left no lire as he
had dressed and gone to a restau
rant for his breakfast. He sleeping
late as he had played at the dance
at Moose Hall the evening previous.
He is inclined to believe that the
fire was of incendiary origin as the
cabin which stands on the outskirts
of the city is an easy mark for any
crook who desires to steal. Twice
before has the cabin been entered
and things stolen.
The loss will be more than $1,500
as the building was worth $500 and
Jack- Surryhne owned a violin worth
$100 and a cello which he has had
since boyhood and which was wortn
many hundreds of dollars and could
not have been purchased for any
amount. Efforts were made to recov
er the instrument from the blazing
' cabin but it could not be reached
from the window and no one. could
enter the building. Surryhne was
down town at the time of the fire
and when he responded to the alarm
found it was his own cabin in flames.
Several hundreds of dollars worth of
sheet music was also lost in the blaze,
besides all the personal effects of
(he occupant.
The cabin was owned by Jack Bol
I lard and wras in the care of (’. ('.
! Reynolds.
No effort was made by the fire de
partment to string out the fire hose
j and start the big pump to working
j as tlie hose at the Fire Hall would
not have reached to the scene of the
j conflagration. Formerly the de~
! partment owned enough hose to have
| reached the building but part of it
has been placed in the small shed
over the hydrant at Broadway gnd
McKinley streets and none has been
purchased to replace it in the Fire
Hall.
Chief Finical and Assistant Chief
Suessdorf were on hand to direct the
efforts of the Are department to con
trol the fire with the chemicals, but
their efforts were unavailing.
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Notice.
Order of Alaska Moose will contin
ue their regular Saturday night dances
for the members and friends, and all
| honorable and respectable citizens
j many consider themselves friends.
I Dancing at 9. Grand march at 10. Ite
| freshments at 12. Objectionable per
sons and disgraceful ragging exclud
ed. House committee—A. Swan, W.
Lee, W. Morion, Gits Djarf. H. Chris
tensen. The Moose ladies will have
charge the last Saturday of each
month. A. SWAN.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Vai
dez Cafe tf
DALTON PUNCH&8
* JOHN W. 8WIFT
(Continued from page 1.)
five dollars, and the admonition of
the learned judge in administering
the fine would lead one to believe
that the fine was imposed because
Dalton did not hit the official trouble
maker harder.
.The Knik, Comm|brical Club find
citizens of Knik held an indignation
meeting, protesting against the ac
tions of Swift, which was attended by
Dalton, who made a statement to the
club practically accusing Swift of be
ing in league with the big coal com
panies and of conniving to prevent,
the completion of the delivering of
the coal to salt water. Dalton said:
“Ever since this outfit left Seattle
this man Swift has done all in his
power to prevent that coal from get
ting out. He stalled and delayed get
ting away from Seattle until the last
minute, and then came up the coast
it a speed of eight knots per hour
until they picked up the scow at
3eldovia. He did not want to get
that scow to Knik and the ship was
speeded up to twelve knots, pulling
the scow under and losing it, as was
the intention. When we arrived at
Knik Anchorage we spent two days
wasting time looking for a landing,
when I went to the captain and told
tiim to land the supplies on the beach.
We had a gas launch which was put
In the water, and after being tinker
ed with by the chief enginer and first
issistant engineer of the Hubbard,
Lliey pronounced it out of order and
impossible to run. I was looking for .
ihis, however, and had an engineer
with me. I asked permission to let
tint try and the launch was running
n twenty minutes. We landed the !
supplies all right and I wanted to
build a trail. In this I was opposed
by Swift, so- I took the matter in my
)wn hands and built the trail. For- 1
unately we did not have to use this j
trail, but with the assistance of Cap- ;
tain Sam Cramer we were able to:
land the outfit at Knik.
“I wanted to start building a trail
at once and again I was opposed by
Swift, who refused to pay the men.
i built Ihe trail connecting the gov
ernment wagon road with the Mata
auska at Kings river, and if we never
.tse it it will be a good thing for the
country. I have been paying the hill
out of my own pocket, and gentle-j
men, I will tell you one thing, that'
coal is coming out from the Chiek
aloon—whether it comes out over the
trail or down the river. If the river
Freezes we will bring it down that j
way, if not, we will have the trail.
I am going to land that coal at salt
water and it will be placed on a cut
bank where the tide wont wash ovet
it and spoil it as was done to the
Katailtt coal. And 1 am going to do
ii in spite of Swift and all tite ani
mals of his nk that may try to stop
me.
"My commission covers all of the
acts that I have committed except
the act of punching Swift in the nose,
and I take all the responsibility for
that on my own shoulders, and 1 do
not regret it, nor would I hesitate to
do the same thing again.”
'Mr. Dalton’s statement was receiv
ed with applause by the Knik Com
mercial Club and the club decided to
wire to the department at Washing
ton, asking for relief. Dalton also
wired and Swift sent his version.
The citizens of Knik are behind
Dalton to a man, and are linn in their
belief that Swift is simply a trouble
maker and that he is in vthe employ
of the interests that do not want to
see the Matanuska coal delivered in
good condition, and who are doing all
in their power to hinder the work.
In spite of this handicap, though,
the trail is completed and at the time
the mail carriers left Knik, it was
said that the coal would be started
toward salt water by December 2t>.
Call for Warrants
Notice is hereby given Ihnt I will
pay all city warrants up to and in
cluding No. 3845, series of 1913. if
presented within ten days from date
C. C. REYNOLDS.
Town Treasurer.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan .7, 1914.
Prospectors, 1
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CHITINA HOTEL
Fifte«t Hotel ie the laterier—Well Heated, Cleon Roeai.
Bar in Connection. ■_Rates Reasonable
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEOItlDAD’S EL SIDELLO'8
BELMONT’S REPRESS NTA’S
VAN DYKE T OPTIMO'S
SMOKEORAFT'8 LOVERA'8
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I | Rou^h Dry 10c lb.
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Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Northwestern
Sail
10th, 20th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
For Skas;way, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
ALASKA C OMPANY
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latoucke, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. ADMIRAL SAMPSON
Sailing from Seattle
January 15 with Mail, Freight and Passengers
gSAMPSON’ calls at Kodiakjeach trip.
California connections Alaska-Pacific K. S. Co.
Riphi is l.'served to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Grnietsl Agent Local Agent
Chas. R. Crawford
Well Street Phone 159
Plate glaw, a indow glaw, roofing and
building papei a, roofing pitch, lime, ce- •
ment, planter lath, •hinglo*. bmldery
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Door,. Moulding. Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks. Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
i
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi °ipe, Fittings.
,\ M. Dieri.iRei
Valdez Transfer
Gonpny
General Trucking and freight.
ing to all interior points
8
LIVERY an d FEED SI ABLE
■ STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
|Positively no coal delheiec
-iwlasspaidloiiaadiance
When in Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
SiRICTLV FIRST CLASS '
Fourth Avt - StWRRO,' Al«»»»;
Copper River
Draying Co
Freight init aud imssengoM to all pern
of the Inter!***. • General Truck! a*
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Hd. Wood. • Hroprietoi