ILL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for women
=for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes for Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. Inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
book No. 2. page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bay, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912.- The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
sierned co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4. 1913.
Fast pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Lark”
'.ode mining claim, situated about
Iwo miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
>>f Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
fli> office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
hc' 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid: that being
$100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
this notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribule your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2321. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January II, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phone 47.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
.. "T1
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and-improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
1 -and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
| made in order to hold said claims
Sunder the provisions of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
c mb'er 31, 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
. - WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
II ! r VI 1 " ‘
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The "Two Friends No.
1," “Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid: that being $300 per
vear, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
with in ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion t$75, being $25 for each
of said claims', your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
lion 2321, Revised Stabiles of the
United Stales.
JOHN P.t ULE.
First pub. January II, 1913.
I.as! pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
fn the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
rind. Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the mailer of Ihc estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased—iNotice
of hearing 'of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of
Ihe eslale of Hardin Smith, de
ceased. has rendered and pre- i
Rented for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the 6th day of
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. in., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
iflcio judge in probate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court as the lime and place
of settlement of said final ac
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
file objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM,
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1. ’13.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE tO CREDITORS.
In (he Commissioner’s Court- for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate
In the matter of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased.--Notiee to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W, C. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them wiih
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the bu»i
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
2/th day of February, 1913
. , . ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
" ' -
To the Publlo.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to AI. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 1S9
Plate class, window glace, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders’
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents far Fairbanks, Morse A Co.
CORDOVA-FAIRBANKS ROUTE.
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(continued from page 1).
ddrstood to have advanced in a
northerly direction as much as a
fourth of a mile in the past year.
Such a movement would parallel
the track, and should, therefore,
eau.;e no damage. The menace
from this glacier and the summer
thawing of the buried ice must he
taken into consideration in any
estimate of maintenance cost on
this paid of the line.
From the end of Haird glacier
moraine to the north end of Tas
niina River valley, miles 63 to 86,
the line again traverses the river
Hals, continuing on the west side
of Copper river. The alignment is
good and the grade light. The.
const ruct ion is similar to river
bottom work hereinbefore de
scribed. From miles 62 to 68.
some trouble with Hoods has been :
encountered. This has been im- '
proved by lifting the track and
providing adequate water open
ings. At mile 75 |lie track lies
over some m,oraiuic material from
lleney glacier, the foot of which
glacier is over 2 miles to the
westward oft he line.
HH ween miles 8(5 ami Id I emi
slruetion involved rook clilV work
of expensive character and one
•iOO-fool tunnel, with consider- j
aide curvature. This district is
also subject to strong winds and
heavy snnwslides, besides which
il is probably the worst part of
the line for loose rock and earth
slides. II was partially due to the
slides on this section that oper
ations were suspended during
September and October of till 2.
The rock hillside is very steep,
and the muskeg covering of the
sloping benches above is loosen
ed by hard raids, while the frost
serves to start the rock in the
cuts which have been fractured
by over-shootihg during con
struction. The slides cause very
expensive maintenance work in
the present operation of the road,
hut this trouble is sure to grow
rless in time, and the maintenance
cost in 10 years should be no
more than upon any ordinary
mountain railroad section.
For the entire distance from
the mouth of the Tiekel river to
Chitina, miles 101 to 131, the
road is supported on the west side
hill, involving heavy rock work,
and, during the first 10 years at
least, high maintenance costs.
The rock of the cuttings is of
slaty character, and has been bad
ly shatlred by over-shooting dur
ing the construction period. The
frequent draws are spanned by
frame trestles, some of which arc
higli and on sharp curves. In
Woods canyon I he road clings l<>
cliffs where the rock bed slopes
toward the track at about I 1-2
to 1, thereby dumping its frost
talus directly on the roadbed. At
miles 103 In 112 and 111, there
are short rock tunnels. The loca
tion tits the hill trace very close
ly.
To summarize, the Copper Riv
er ami Northwestern Railway is
a well built, standard gauge rail
road, with 70-pound rail and sub
stantial track structures design
ed for the heaviest class of (raf
fle. In general, the curvature
doe not exceed 14 degrees, and
the maximum gradients do not
exceed eight-tenths per cent and
nine-tenths per cent against
north and south boun dtratTic, re
spectively. The road is econom
ically located and suitable for the
traffic contemplated. With the
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that a
municipal election will be held
April 1, 1913, at the Fire Hall,
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven coun
cilmen and one member of the
school board for the position of
Treasurer. The polls will be op
en at 9 a. m. and will close at 7
p. m. of said day.
The qualifications of an elect
or for councilman shall be as
follows: ,T« shall be a male cit
izen of the United States or one
who has declared his intention to
become such; of the age of twen
ty-one years and shall have been
a bona fide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for six months preceding said
election.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for the school
hoard: All adults who are citi
zens of the United States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents'of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL F. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this 4th day of March.
1913. |
TIDE TABLES |
Friday, March 14.
digh tides, 3:19 a. in., 4:4! p. m.
jow tides, 10:27 a. m., 9:44 p. m.
Saturday, Maroh 15.
Ugh tideftiMfOtf a. in., 6M4 p. m.
,ow tides, 11:37 a. m„ 10:42 p. m.
elimination of one or two sharp
curves, a net train load of 700
tons could he carried either way
with suitable equipment.
The country traversed may be
divided ihfo three distinct districts I
as regards operating conditions. '<
The Copper river delta section will
always be expensive to maintain
on account of its floods and the
shifting chanels of the river. The
district in the neighborhood of
Childs, Miles and Baird glaciers *
must be considered as constitut- ;
ing a more or less remote men- |
ace to the continued operation of j
the road. While it is believed that
no future movement of the gla
ciers in this district will ever ren
der it entirety impossible to op
erate, such a contingency is at
least within the possibility and
should be taken into considera
t on. Should it occur, it would '
involve expensive changes in :
alignment. The district from
mile 60 to Chitina, with its earth
and rock slides, although, invoiv- '
ing the heaviest maintenance
costs at present, should ultimate
ly become settled and result in a
comparatively low and uniform ;
upkeep expense.
An Alaska Visitor.
S. T. Brighl wcll.bepul v I'. S. j
Marshal at Cordova, Alaska, was j
in Lomax last Saturday, lie is an ■
old-lime friend of Mr. Love, lie
was number (hr.if the original
Alaska Promotion Option sub- j
scribers, and is more Ilian pleas
ed with bis investment and with
what, he saw here. Before leav
ing he made a selection of three
Fourth street lots for himself and
friends, and they expect to cover
it with a first-class business
building. Mr. Brightwell's old
home, is in Missouri, and to show
his home folks what Alaska gold
looks like he brought with him
some Alaska jewelry and nuggets.
One nugget weighs $51 and the
others lesser amounts. They
were beauties and were much ad
mired by a large party of stran
'gers and the office force—
most of whom had never seen
anything of the kind before.—
Lomax (ill.) Herald.
PROMINENT NOMEITE
r‘ ' ARRIVES IN JUNEAU
saw o' a ■ i.-i.v' ,
'Hon. E. Grimm, of Nome, who
came near winning a seat in the
Alaska legislature, is in Juneau
on business matters. Mr. Grimm
is engaged in beach mining at
Nome and has recently perfected
a method of treating the mag
netic sands that is said to he very
successful.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n the United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. II. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
19lh day of February. 1913.
JAMES FISH,
- W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21. 1913
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New,.York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CTAKT, HifiwHlitiw
Valdes, Alaska. Phone 41
A. M. DierinRer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
onless paid (or in advance
CITY EXPRESS
|J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery t all part* of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
E. E. RITCHIE
L A \V Y E R
phone i:« Valdez, Alaska
DR. GERMAN
Phone ,9 the dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to6p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
Dr. H, COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in'iWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, Alaska
Reports or Mires
Patent Surveys
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. 199
C AMR VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock Id
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. MCNIECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. R. HHNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE M0. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 t>. m. Eujrle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications ttrsi Wednesday Id
each month In McKinley Rail Visitors always
we looms.
James H Fatten m..W. M
O. C Reynolds. See-.