Winter Styles in
Benjamin Clothes
ENTER Old Man Winter
—and that’s your cue not
to let him get under your
skin and to your marrow
bone. Bluff his bluster in a
BENJAMIN
SUIT or
OVERCOAT
Styles as spirited or as
conservative as you like,
but all full of pep, temper
ed with good taste. Form
fitting models on unusu
ally good lines, and grace
fully draped loose coats—
minus any suggestion of
“What time does the bal
loon go up.”
Time honored Meltons
and many new weaves and
conceits that add a touch
of smartness.
We would be pleased to
show the new models to
you at any time.
Prices Range
from
, $20 to $35
Valdez Mercantile Co.
KY_i_ Want 8trict*y "es" ESfg*» Butter, Fruit
_I'OU i» a.nt and Groceries, and appreciate
5 prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
^Keystone Produce Co.
E. G. AMES, Manager
Fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Vegetables
Cor. Keyitone Ave. end McKinley St. PHONE 44.
Receiver’s Notice to Creditors.
No. 751 <
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
George Ker, Plaintiff, vs. Cameron
Johnson Gold Mining Company, a
Corporation, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that by or
der of the above-named court in the
above^ei^itted cause all creditors of
the aboCraamed defendant, Camer
on-Johns^J*rGild Mining Company, a
corporation, and all persons having
claims of any kind against said de
fendant are required to exhibit the
same, duly proved and verified to the
undersigned receiver of said corpora
tion on or before the 10th day of
November, 1915, at the office of said
receiver in the City of Valdez, in the
Territory of Alaska. All claims not
so presented and exhibited to said re
oeiver on or before said date will be
barred.
Dated this 4th day of October,
1915.
W. M. GOODWIN,
Receiver of Cameron-Johnson Gold
Mining Company, a corporation,
the above-named defendant.
First publication Oct. 4, 1915.
Last publication Nov. 1, 1915.
Mo. 5t
Call and Notice of Special Meeting of
the Stockholders of Alaska Water,
Ught and Telephone Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spe
cial meeting of the stockholders of
Alaska Water, Light and Telephone
Company will be held at the office of
the Company, Valdez, Alaska, on the
16th day of November, A. D. 1916, at
two o’clock in the afternoon for the
purpose of considering:
The proposal of Sydney Marshall of
Seattle, Washington, to purchase the
entire plant, properties, franchises
and assets of this Company for th.e
sum of Two Hundred Twenty-five
Thousand ($225,000.00) Dollars,
and the assumption by said Marshall
of the present outstanding debts of
this Cotnpany, said purchase price to
be paid as follows:
Two Hundred Twelve Thousand
Five Hundred ($212,600.00) Dollars
to be paid by the issuance to the or
der of this Company of Two Hundred
Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
($212,500.00) Dollars,* at par, Of
the fully paid and non-assessable
stock of Prince William Sofind Water
Power. Light and Telephone Company
a corporation of the State of Wash
ington, and Twelve Thousand Five
Hundred ($12,500) Dollars in the
seven per cent first mortgage bonds of
said Company, such bonds to be is
sued to this Company or to its order,
! and to be payable on or before Janu
ary 1st, A. D. 1917.
\ And make counter proposal to the
, said Sydney Marshall including
i changes in the amount of purchase
I price and the manner of payment of
; the same and to transact any and all
: business in any manner connected
! with said proposal, and in case said
proposal or counter proposal is ac
cepted at said meeting to instruct the
Company’s Board of Directors, thru
; its proper officers, to make, execute
and deliver any and all documents of
whatsoever kind and nature as may
; be necessary to fully and completely
carry into effect the sale, transfer
j and delivery of the possession of all
1 of this Company’s property as herein
I proposed.
* ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Secretary.
First pub. Monday, Oct. 18, 1916.
jLast pub. Monday, Nov. 15, 1915 21t
New Tonight.
Complete change of program to
night at the Liberty Theatre.
Masonic Notice.
Special communication F. & A. M.
'Wednesday night. Work in second
I degree. Visitors always welcome.
ED. WOOD, Sec.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
United States District Attorney W
N. Spence left on the Alameda for
Anchorage to investigate conditions
there in connection with a number of
arrests for illegal killing of game and
selling liquor without licenses.
| Russell Herman, who has been witn
the Valdez Drug company here for
several years, left on the steamer
—.ameda last night for Seward,
where he will take charge of the Alas
ka Drug company’s store. He is one
of the most popular young men of
Valdez, and is sure to make friends
for himself in the railroad town.
A jolly party of Valdez people yes
terday visited Camp Comfort, going
out in the City Express and Claude T.
Boyles’ autos. The members of the
party were Mr. and Mrs. Spenard,
Bruce Ryder, Mr6. H. M. Sallng, Mrs.
Arthur Hill, Mrs. Robt. Weber and
C. T. Boyles. The party enjoyed a
chicken dinner at the Camp comfort
roadhouse and returned home during
the bright sunshine of the afternoon.
TONIGHT. |
Entire new show at the Liberty
Theatre tonight.
NATIVE SCHOOLS DISCUSSED
BY SUPT. W. G. BEATTIE.
(By Supt. W. G. Beattie.)
In Alaska the school service is
subordinate to the’United States Bu
reau of Education and has under its
charge only schools for natives. That
is, the descendants of the aboriginal
peoples of Alaska.
The work done in these schools is
of a practical character. Sewing, I
cooking, and general home keeping
for the girls and useful hand work in
wood and metal for boys are applied
and emphasized as rapidly as equip
ment and conditions will permit.
Stress is also laid upon elementary
English subjects, for the natives must
learn to speak, read and write En
glish, since they are compelled by
force of circumstances to deal with
English speaking people. It is also
obvious that they should learn prac
tical work in numbers. Not only are
there provisions and clothing to be
purchased, but fish are to be countea
and their value reckoned; there are
boats and houses to be built and re
paired, and an ever increasing num
ber of problems to solve as these
people fire thrown more and more
into the difficulties of the complex
civilization of the whites.
The work is conducted for the ben
efit of the adult as well as children.
The development of native industries
is encouraged, principles of personal
hygiene and village sanitation are
taught, and their value to the indi
vidual, family and community are
constantly set before the people. In
fact, as far as possible, the schools
are endeavoring to promote the men
tal, moral, physical and industrial
welfare of the Alaska natives.
The special aim of these schools is
to train the child to think, to pre
pare to make a living for himself,
to understand his environment as far
as possible and to become a skillful j
factor in the betterment of that envi
ronment. In brief, it is to give to the
children increased powers and to
train them to apply such powers to
wards the development and enrich
ment of the life of their own commu
nities.
The first school was estabiisnea a
third of a century ago. The progress
seems slow when measured by stan
dards of schools among peoples who
have flowing through their veins cen
turies of civilization and education
and culture, but rapid, indeed, when
it is realized that the work has been
in progress for less than a generation
among people who had no means of
communication but the spoken word
of a meagre language and whose
veins were sluggish with an econom
ic and sociffl system and religion so
foreign to that which has been thrust
upon them since Alaska became a
part of the United States.
Today there are about eighty na
tive schools with a total of more
than twenty-five thousand natives in
Alaska. Probably twenty thousand
of these live along the coast in vil
lages from two hundred to five hun
dred population, from Metlahaktla on
the southeast, approximately 55 de
grees north latitude, 131 degrees
west longitude, to Atka on the south
west, latitude 52,'longitude 174, and
to Point Barrow—the northernmost
school in the world—on the Arctic
coast, latitude 71 degrees, longitude
154. The remainder are scattered
through the river valleys of the in
terior of the Territory. Nearly four
thousand pupils have enrolled in
these schools but the average attend
ance is far below this, due to various
local conditions and the fact that
inrny of the natives do not realize
the value of sending their children to
school regularly. The attendance in
some places has risen in the past four
years from 36 per cent to 40 per cent
of the enrollment to an average of
7 . and 75 per cent.
Thus slowly but surely the native
is ‘•e'ng brought to realize the need
of fitting himself for the new condi
tions of life that are rapidly sur
rounding him as the white population
of Aiaska increases and changea-his
old environment.
Frank Watson, general agent of
the Admiral Steamship company is in
Valdez looking after the interests of
his company among the shippers of
Valdez. He will leave for Anchor
age on the Admiral Farragut.
A large number of commercial
men arrived in Valdez on the Cityj6t
Puebla from the westward and the
steamer Alameda from the soitth.
This is the season when the comnier
cial men are busiest among the mer
chants of the Alaskan coast towns,
and an unusually large number are
reported as making the rounds title
season.
The Unexpected.
"Sir. I admit being u poor man, bm.
I am determined to marry yonr daugh
ter in spite of her wealth."
“Ob, Well, if that’s the case I’ll just
remove the obstacle!”—Judge.
Fashion Chang**.
Mrs. Nnwed—When we got married
didn’t you promise me a new hat every
season? Nuwed--But you never told
me that there were about a dozen hat
seasons in a year. - Life.
CHOOSING MUTTON.
4uf*s to Guide Those Who Wart to £e
Careful Buyers.
Mutton is generally considered the
most healthful meat and fs earen by
many to the exclusion of any variety,
consequently great care should be ex
ercised In the selection, and a little
time should be given to the study of
quality.
In buying mutton or lamb care
should be taken to see that the fat is
clear, hard and white, as mutton with 1
soft or yellow fat indicates too long a
stay in cold storage. It might appear
that a great quantity of fat on mutton
signifies waste, but the lean part la
much juicier and more tender when
this is the case, so the wise housewife
makes purchases with this in view.
The leg has the least fat in propor
tion to weight. Next comes the shoul
der. The color of lean mutton is a
deep red.
Lamb is good to eat when a year
old and is much more digestible than
other immature meat, such as veal or
young pork. The wise housewife
knows the vnlue of nutrition, so she
will hesitate about buying lamb mere
ly because it is in the market, as It is
generally expensive.
The meat of spring lamb should be
a clear pink, with plenty of pure white
fat—New York Sun.
FIRST ARMY MEDAL
It Was Issued After Cromwell Defeated
the Scots In 1650.
The first medal issued as a reward
for military service was struck by or
der of parliament to celebrate a vic
tory of English troops over the Scotch.
When the news reached London that
Cromwell had defeated the Scots at
Dunbar on Sept. 3, 1650. the house of
commons instructed Thomas Simon,
chief engrnver to the mint, to proceed
to Edinburgh and design a medal in
honor of the event, of which a leading
feature should be a portrait of the vic
torious general.
The result was a lifelike portrait of
Cromwell in profile, and over his head
is engraved the battle cry of his iron
sides, “The lord of hosts.” On the re
verse there is a wonderful representa
tion in miniature of the house of com
mons in session. This medal was given
to all officers and privates alike who
fought in Scotland, but this democratic
practice was discontinued till revived
in 1815 at the suggestion of the Duke
of Wellington for the troops under his
command at Waterloo.—London Tele
graph. __
Antiquity of Fishing.
Probably no brunch of industry can
lay claim to greater antiquity than that
of fishing. Its origin would seem to be
coeval with the earliest efforts of hu
man ingenuity, for the oldest monu
ments of antiquity show the fisherman
in full possession of the implements of
his calling, and even those tribes of
savages which have learned neither to
keep flocks nor to till the fields are
skilled In the fabrication of the hook,
the fish spear and the net. The earliest
civilization of the eastern Mediterra
nean was begun with fishing. Sidon.
which means "fishery.” was originally
a fishing village, and Its enterprising
inhabitants devoted their attention
mainly to the collection of a certain
kind of mollusks. from which they pre
pared the famous tyrian purple, prized
more highly for the* richness ami vari
ety of its hues than any other dye
known to the ancients.
Women Author's Pen Names.
Among the noted women authors
who wrote under pen names are the
following: Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Cross
as George Eliot, Baroness Dudevant
as George Sand. Klara Mundt as Lou
ise Muhihach. Mrs. Cralk as Miss Mu
lock, Charlotte Bronte as Currer Bell.
Emily Bronte as Alice Bell, Mrs. Sarah
Parton as Fanny Fern. Abigail Hamil
ton Dodge ns Gail Hamilton. Mrs. Lip
pincott as Grace Greenwood, Mrs. Ter
huue as Marion Hnrlnnd, Louise do
la Knmee as Ouida, Sarah Smith as
Hesba Stretton. Susan Warner as Eliz
abeth Wetherell, Miss Mnrfree as
Clmrles Egbert Craddock, Alice French
as Octave Thanet, Mrs. Elizabeth
Akers Allen as Florence Percy. Laura
C. Reddon as Howard Giyndon, Miss
Woolsey as Susan Coolidge.
As to Insults.
The quotation "No gentleman would
insult me; none other can," is credited
to John Quincy Adams, who is said
to have made the reply when he was
told that a man had spoken to him so
rudely that he ought to send a chal
lenge to a duel, and it is said also to
have been used by Senator W. H.
Seward in a debate growing out of the
assault upon Senator Sumner by Pres
ton Brooks in 1850, but it is pointed
out that the quotation
—A-moral, sensible, well bred nan
Will not affront me, and no other can
is to be found in William Cowper’s
“Conversation.”—Boston Globe.
Those Were the Times.
“The first of our line. Sir Hlggledy
Piggledy, founded the family fortunes
with a grist mill he ran."
“When did he run this grist mill?*'
“Back in 1560 or thereabouts."
“Oh, yes. I’ve often heard that those
were the times when knighthood ^as
In flour.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ought to 8ell.
“At last I have perfected it.”
“What Is the invention ?"
“In case your auto hits anything this
device makes a cloud of smoke for
you to get away in. No chance for
identification." — Louisville Courier
Journal.
- The amen of nature la always a floir
♦r.—Holme*.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Niglit.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENAKD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA .
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
» FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone <13 C'lias. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER T&NSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing[Business As Usual
Independent Launory Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone A ve
Telepbone 66 i I Roujfh Dry ICc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and FUn
(inns, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SGUKD PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
Sth, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calla Uiamaa and Kodlak~-AU Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard tor Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez *outh-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Bllamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the Sth; Latouche, on the ISth; S. 8.
Cordova, 2Sth of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
V. B. TRACY, Oen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.