or style, fit and Material
--real tailored goods
Wear a “benjamin”
hand-shaped fronts, set up necks and
elegant backs; a piece of work any
tailor would be proud of.
Suits and Overcoats, from $20 up.
P. S.—We'are not the Sole Agents for
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
FINE CLOTHES
though we have some real values in those suits, from
$18.00 to $25.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
| CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
j
Notice' to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner's
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter at the estate of Dav
id H. Sleem. deceased; A. J. Wendler,
administrator.—Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of David H. Sleem, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six (6) months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the said administrator, at the
office of C. E. Bunnell, at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 24th
day of November, 1913.
A. J. WENDLER,
Administrator of the estate of David
H. Sleem.
Date of first pub. November 25, ’13.
Date of last pub. December 26, ’13.
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect’ today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except-;
ed:
Leave Fort L.scum. Alaska, 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m„ 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. in.,
2 p.m. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
m. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be ho trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good tuc DiiExrr G ° °d
Goods Int Burrli 6o°ds
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
^Native and I ¥ TRAjDCD and Building
Puget Sound LUlVIDLiX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
!“ OLYMPIAN”
Tlie Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux.City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
All Points East, via the
“MILWAUKEE”
Leaves Seattle Daily at 1Q.15 A. M.
“A TOUR DE LUXE" is an expression supremely fitting in con
nectiow with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
■ nental train.- It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call on or address
C. H. Kraemer. General Agent, Alaska Steamship Ce. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
City Ticket Offices. Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway. 441 Hastings St. West
VANLUVVKK, 0.
SECOND AVE. AND CHERRY ST.. SEATTLE
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Vai
dez Cafe. tf
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Get your wife or girl a set of furs
at Blum’s.
Kiddies Christmas chairs and rock
ers at Rudolph’s.
Suits pressed for 11.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
The Valdez Drug Co. has an elegant
stock of Hammered Brass Ornaments.
The steamship Jeanie is expected
next week, on Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Fine watch and jewelry repairing
all work guaranteed. H. . V. Hern
don. wit a Owl Drug Co.
S. Blum & Co. are sole-agents for
Hart Schaffner & Marx fine suits.
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
Goods coming on every boat at the
Emporium. Open from 12 to 4 p. m,,
and from 7 to 8:30 p. m. tf
S. Blum & Co. are showing the
largest line of Xmax goods in (own.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Blum’s are showing a large line oi
cut glass for Xmas.
Fancy Meerschaum Pipes specially
priced at the Valdez Drug Store.
See the exquisite Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles at the Valdez Drug
Company’s store.
Judge F. M. Brown yesterday dis
charged the entire panel of jurymen
and no more jury cases can be heard
at this term of the court.
Sewing Macnine tor Sale—Your
choice of a White or Singer machine;
both in first-class condition; drop
heads; for $20.00. Call at Mrs. St.
Marie’s. tf
A very complete line of Xmas Art
| Leather Goods is shown at the Val
dez Drug Store.
Hubby, don’t forget to buy me one
! of the pretty Parisian Ivory Toilet
| Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—YVifey.
Nothing more appropriate than a
box of Lowney's dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
Buy one of the nifty combination
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
_
The Northwestern was scheduled to
leave Seattle tonight, but as she was
late in reaching the Spirit City it is
possible the ship wi.l be delayed up
on her return voyage.
The Valdez Moose Lodge will serve
a "home dinner” on Chr'stmas day at
4 p.m. sharp to its members and their
families and to any friends whom they
would like to entertain on that day or
evening. Tickets $1.25 each. For sale
at Hunt’s. Kindly make reservations
by December 23rd. W. E. Let, chair
man of committee. k21
Congregational Church.
Services will be preached in the
Congregational church Sunday by the
Rev. Charles S. Price at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
Morning subject, “The Borrowed
Cradle." j
Evening subject, “The Three Wise
Men.”
You are cordiall yinvited to attend
these services. The evening service
will be preceded by the Christian En
deavor Service in the lecture room of
the church at 6:30, when the pastor
will deliver an address on "What I
Saw In Jerusalem.” All those inter
ested in travel or the Holy Land
should be there.
Episcopal Church.
Services at the Church of the
Epiphany are:
Holy communion 6:30 a. m.
Morning prayer 11:00 a. m.
Sunday school 12:00 m.
Evening prayer and sermon 7:30 p.
m.
Pentecostal Mission.
Regular meetings: Sunday, 3
p. m. and 7:30 p.,m., also Mon
day, Tuesday., 8hursday and Fri
day at 7:30.
Bible study each Monday even
ing.
ORATORICAL AND NERVY.
An Old Cobbler Who Won a Laugh and
Favore From Napoleon.
On Napoleon's arrival at Mare-la*
Tours tlie mayor, n farmer, tried in
vain to make tlie speech he hud pre
pared. Mowing and scraping, he stood
fascinated by Bonaparte’s scrutinizing
black eyes—an unhappy squirrel in tlie
gaze of tlie rattlesnake.
Close behind the trembling mayor
stood an old shoemaker, in figure a
true Don Quixote, clad in his working
dress. “Why don’t you speak, you
fool?” lie muttered from time to time
to Ills leader. At last ills patience
gave way. He pushed the mayor aside,
advanced, with his left hand removed
his greasy cotton nightcap, with his
right lifted the horn spectacles from
Ills nose, made his bow and delivered
tlie oration: “Emperor, you are on your
way to thrash tlie Prussian rogues
once more. I hope soon to see you re
turn crowned with glory, and I have
nothing more to say. but that Caesar
and Alexander were botches In com
parison with you.”
Tlie emperor lnuglied and inquired of
tlie old man whether he had any sons.
“Yes; four are in tlie army—two of
these in the guards.” Their names
were taken down, and the honest shoe
maker soon saw them raised to the
rank of officers and found himself pro
vided with a comfortable pension.
A CORNER IN WHEAT.
It Didn’t Take the Usual Course of
Deals of That Nature.
John Wilier of Searboro township
had a good crop of spring wheat one
year—almost tlie only good crop for
miles round. Ho thrashed it out during
tlie winter and cleaned It carefully,
but did not sell it. “Seed wheat will be
scarce in the spring,” lie said to his
wife. “I’ll keep it till then.”
One day in April a man who lived
several miles farther out in the coun
try drove up to John Willer's barn and
said lie wanted to buy a load of seed
wheat. The farmer did not answer him
at once.
“You needn’t' be afraid, Mr. Wilier,”
said tlie would be purchaser. “I’ve got
tlie money to pay for it right here.”
"Now, that's Just what 1 wanted to
know,” said John Wilier, and ills face
brightened perceptibly; “I’m glad you
told me. Lots of my neighbors need
seed this spring and haven’t the cash
to pny for it. If they can’t get seed
on credit they can't get it at all. and
I want to help them out. But if you’ve
got tlie money you can get seed wheat
anywhere. So Just drive on into town.
You’ll find plenty there.”—Youth's
Companion.
No Place For Postmen.
The new postman was called before
the office superintendent for a repri
mand.
“You were seen loitering In the neigh
borhood of that big fire down the
street.” the superintendent said.
“T only stopped a minute.” the man
pleaded, “and 1 was already eight min
utes ahead of schedule time.”
“It is not a question of time, Imt
safety.” the superintendent replied.
“The last place on earth a postman can
afford to loiter is in the vicinity of a
big fire. On the contrary, ho ought to
make a detour to avoid it
“By neglecting that simple precaution
more than one postman lias had his
leather bag drenched by a stream from
the hose and a lot of ruined letters
charged to his conscience if not to his
pockctbook .”—New York Times.
English Words In German.
Like the word "sport” and many oth
er English words for which the Ger
man language has no adequate terms,
the word “strike” has become one of
common usage in Germany. “Start,
finish, mutiny, trick, snob, smart, part
ner. detective, picnic, film, handicap
and hundreds of other words.” says a
letter on the subject, “are used in their
original form, with not a letter
changed. Panic has been made into
'pauik' and check iuto \sekeck.’ record
as ‘rekord' when the German uses the
word, and strike, in order to preserve
the proper pronunciation, is written
•strelk.’ These words look English
enough when you see.them printed, but
when you hear them you involuntarily
think of the •English spoken here’
signs.”—New York Tribune.
Camp Candlesticks.
A camp candlestick can easily be
made with a piece of stick. Choose a
straight stick about eight iuches long
and one inch thick. With a good knife
sharpen one end ns you would a lead
pencil or a stake. Then split the other
end into four parts, taking care not to
allow nny to snap, and strengthen the
point where they meet by binding with
string. The candles can then be placed
between the four branches and held tn
position with string. The pointed end.
la then stuck into the ground and the
candlestick is ready for use.—Boston
Herald.
Watered Milk.
••Farmers." said the fair city visitor,
"are just as dishonest as the city milk
man.''
"How d'ye make that out?" asked
the farmer's wife.
"This morning." said the girl, accus
ingly. "with my own eyes I saw your
hired man water the cows just before
he milked them."—Exchange.
His Infinite Variety.
qiohbs—Saphedde in a man of many
parts Stobtm—Ten. he tries to be all
the different kinds of fools at one*—
Philadelphia Record.
Revenge a wrong by forgiving It—
French Proverb.
Light and Power
Since the organization of the
Valdez
Electric
Company
* Valdez consumers are getting
electric current at a reduction of
forty per cent in rates.
Support the new company and
keep rates down to bedrock.
Office in Copper*Block
Phone 57
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
RAKFRY ,N connection
U EVERYTHING GOOD
JACK CALJL1N & CO.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE'S
Crawford Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
(7a in to 9 a m
MEALS < Lunch 12 in to I p m
( 6 to 7pm
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
CITY EXPRESS STORE
\I7P Buy Anything
W H Sell Everything.
LYNCH & SPENARD
PIONEER BARBER SHOP
WM.GILLINEAU. Prop.
Tonsorial Parlors
Best Appointed
BATH ROOM
in Valdez.
Fine, Large Tubs--Plenty Hot Water
MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
,s
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
VALDEZ; DOCK
Ding, Dong! Hear that gong.
City Express
Is Coming Along
We handle your baggage,
trunks and grips, by day or
night. We meet all ships.
THE PINZON CIGAR STORE
DICK’S PLACE
Fine Line oflCigara and Tobacco:
Fruita.cNuta. Candiea,
Card Room Soft Drinks oi All Kinds
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. iu.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 a. in.
and 5 to 6 p. m.