FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Phone 29
Beef, Pork,
Mutton, Veal
POULTRY.
Oysters, Fresh Fish,
Fresh Vegetables,
Fruits.
BUTTER’and EGGS
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
■ and nuts.
MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk end Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
'CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
V ALDEZ
1\ heart of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
In the world open to nav
igation the year ’round.
The logical entrepot to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed..
The seat of government
of the Third Judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters of the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It Is 85 miles nearer the.,
Interior than any othSr
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft In Southwest
ern Alaska.
Itjias the largest pO0U
lation of any community
In Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year course.
It Is the only sea coaqt
town offering direct com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez ofTers the near
est and most dlreot route
to the Mlatanuska ooal
fields.
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Ra
ciflo coast and oan ride
the navies of the world. .
ALAMEDA SAILS
FOBJEATTLE
Takes Number of Passengers—
Was Delayed In Reaching
Valdez.
The Alameda reached Valdez
hi, 9 this morning, having been
'delayed at Latouehe, loading ore.
Many passengers left on the
boat for Seattle.
The following is the outgoing
•list:
Mrs. Marie E. Ziegler, Col.
Von Schraeder, Mrs. Von Schrae
der, Ailene H. Scott, T. S. Dun
bar, J. 11. Biggs, Sister M. A.
Lincoln, Sister M. A. Dunne, Mrs.
,1. H. Ingram, R. Hart, VV. K. Hob
son, M. A. Lund, T. Malcolm and
J. YVagncr.
VALDEZ WINS
FROM LISCUM
(Continued from page 1.)
umn, you’d think the boys were
all 400 hitters, but most of the
runs were speared over by one
or two errors—sometimes more.
Gaze vt the strike-out column
and you notice that the pitchers
sawed a lot of wood, but the
Held hands didn’t pile half of it
up. Seven Valdez and eight Lis
Lots of Strlke-Out$.
cum maulers Tanned out.
Valdez made nine hits and
Liscum only four, but two of the
safeties pushed across the lot by
the soldiers were for the second
spck and they walloped several
long Hies which were safe from
dangerous interference by Val
dez Holders.
Everybody Swats Flies.
Belli teams swatted flier all
right, but hardly anybody seem-*
ed able to snare the insects.
When the leather sailed over the
inlield the nearest hand at the
! fringe of the lot would run around
in circles until he was black in
the fac,t|, Unit seldom got Hear
enough to linger the ball. If he
The Files Were Slippery.
did get a mitt on the pill, it gen
erally slipped through like a grea
sed pig with a shaved tail. And
all the time he was perfecting
arrangements to pick it up the
base runners were -trekking
around the diamond.- If they
had been sprinters they might
have made more (allies, but as
they ara not running much ex
cept Sundays, most of them tra
vel like hose carts. But nearly
all the workmen took turns at
slamming the whey out of the
ball.
Valdez went to bat first and
aftelr two outs, the “Dam Kid,”
beat out a bunt', Bush stopped
! the pellet with a rib and was
; handed first sack for a poultice,
’ but , both perished miserably
when Honus Wagner Bishop,
I grounded out. When the sol
’ diers faced Cpok in battle array
! he alternately 'passed them and
1
struck them out, and boosted by!
fielding- errors two Liscum path
finders found their way home.
In the second Valdtfz spasm
Cook, poled a base hit to center
field '.that ripeped into a tally
before his felldw workmen spil
led the fat in the fire. Daykin
brought him in with another
single Near the end of this
round pitcher Oyler tried to
block a grounder with his index
linger jfnd after the fuss went
on the hospital list. Before
laying off he took his turn with
the stick and aftrfr getting first
oil an error made the round trip
home.
Soldiers Get Gay.
The second inning -ended with
Liscum leading If to 1 and the
soldier rooters back of first base
line directed the attention of
the spectators to the score board
and indulged freely in prediction
worse disaster to Valdez. Miller
and Sheets went on the points
Herding Bush’s Short Hit.
fnf the visitors and Bush started
(rouble by beating out an infield
hit that rolled on unlocated
ground and several soldiers who
surrounded il could not corral it
before Bush reached lirst.
Bishop beat out a fumbled
grounder and hired Leopold to
continue the journey for him.
That ambitious young man soon
afterward started for second and
had a merry race with the ball,
and Sheets tried to »>eg him. Man
and ball arrived simultaneously
but Leopold fell on base and
baseman like a sack of cement,
/&*> / V*
Leopold Lands on Second.
skinned his shins on Derby's
spikes and was jarred into a heap,
lie was picked up and led off the
field limping, but soon recovered.
Hanson ran for liini and follow
ed Bush home a lillle later on a
furious effort of the I.iscumites
to throw the ball, so far nobody
could find it. This >tied the
score.
Small Boys Whoop.
Whereupon the small boys who
carried the burden of rooting, for
Valdez lifted up their vujg-es in
lehrill comment and bombarded
the opposing camp witjv predic
jti.Qns, of dire .trouble, but in Lis
cum's ^hlf ■ B'ei'by was started
with a base on balls and a jlong
two-bagger, by ./Martens chased
— ---:—-- -
Martens Gets a Two-Bagger.
him in.
In the fourth, Leopold reached
first on an error, Hanson moved
him along with a single and both
circlefd around on errors. This
made the tally 5 to 4 for Valdez
and the small boys raised anoth- J
er din, which was gradually
choked off by the next proceed
ings. Miller got to first on an
Bab
EuUt Lands a Hot One.
error and then Euiii leaned
against the ball so hard that lie
shoved it to the end of the gar
den. When it came back to (he
infield Eulif was roosting on
second and Miller had crossed
the home plate and take'll a drink
of water. 7 lo 5. Subdued grum
bling among file small boys.
In the liffb Valdez started oil'
like a whirlwind. Cook made a
hit, Hopper hopped lo lirst on an
error, Dougherty and Daykin
made'two hits in concussion be
fore anybody was out and the fus
ilade netted three' runs, putting
Valdez in the lead again, to the
great joy of the kids, who dis
cussed the situation earnestly
with the soldier rooters and out
lined the future, which didn’t
happen. A pass to Martens, a
hit by Sheets and a brace of er
rors slid both of those gents
around the course and the score
board totaled t> to 8 for Eiscum.
Two Blanks in Sixth.
The sixth >vas a blank, and as
the seventh started, Col. O’Neil,
who couldn't see the conclusion
Of the ninth with a lield glass,
inquired if an armistice couldn’t
be agreed on at the end of the
seventh. The (answer was af
firmative and the Valdez boys
spit on their war clubs and star
ted to do something or bust.
Daykin got lirst on an error. Leo
pold drew a pass and Hanson
pushed both along with a ground
er that was fumbled and let the
Kid reach lirst, Hush lammed out
Roche Calls a Strike.
a base bit and Daykin came home.
Bishop went oul but Leopold
and Hanson came home. Then
Look forced Bush at second, end
ing the agony.
This made 11 dots foe Valdez ,
and the small boys informed the
soldiers that they were out on a
limb which was about to break
off. For once the kids were
right. After ail out by._JVfiller,
ShOels walloped a'hit and the
soldier rooters yelled to Jack
Hanson, who had been pitching
for three, innings, to go back to
Beaver Dam, arid they began
•counting runs in advance. Did
the soldiers make them? They
did—in a pig’s sunbonnet. They
pushed two little grounders into
the out basket, leaving Mr.
Sheets almost as far from the
home plate as he was from thei
boat.
Sergeant Roche and “Long”
Todd umpired without provoking
anything worse than the regu
lation base ball sarcasm, Score
by innings:
Valdez .0 1 2 2 3 0 3—1 1
Liscuin .2 1 1 3 2 0 0— 0
For Sale
Six room house, residence
district. W. H. Crary, phone 41.
Get a bicycle from Owen Meals
and enjoy your evenings riding
out the government trail.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQRIDAD’S
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE’S
SMOKECRAFT’S
CL SIDCLLO’S
, REPRESENTA’S
OPTINIO’S
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
I
Alameda Northwestern
Every
Six
Days
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.1
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- , Valdez Dock Co„ Local Agt
COAST
OMjPANY
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson S. S. Yukon
Sailings from Seattle
5th 15th 25th
Of each Month
^SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGF. each trip, also calls :
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co. i
Right is reserved to change this schedule without notice. i
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rou<rh Dry lGc lb.
Valdez JDock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
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AGENTS FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
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816 Third Ave. Seattle, Wash.
Branches in all Principal Cities
Fop Sale Cheap. Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
Twenty-eight foot Racine rr.o-and jeweler. is at the Valdez Drug
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