egin the New Year
with a resolution to
have the best * * * * *
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and you will have a good start.
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Steam Heat Electric Light*
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Good fiir DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods IIIL DUlTLI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
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Puget Sound LUIViDLIx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
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Travel East
OVER THE
“MILWAUKEE"
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Mpntana Canyon, trav
ersing a country,of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
“The Olympian" and “The Columbian"
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE. MILES CITY, SIOUX CITY,
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train sendee, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kraemer, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Ave, and Cherry St., Seattle
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, January 7, 191;.
Wortman’s . 56
Summit. 6B
Beaver Dam . 6 40
Teikhell . 60
Tonsina . 12 10
Copper Center . 10
Gulkana . 12 12
Hogan . 15
Paxson's ...:. 0 24
Wortmans—snowing, calm, trail open.
Summit—cloudy, calm, trail closed
south, heavy and drifted north.
Beaver Dam—cloudy, windy, trail
drifted.
Teikhell—clear, calm, trail heavy.
Tonsina—clear, calm, trail heavy.
Copper Center—cloudy, calm, trail
good.
Gulkana—cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan—clear, calm, trail good.
Paxsons—cloudy, calm, trail open.
Tuesday, January 6, 1914.
Wortmans .
Summit . % 69
Beaver Dam . 2* 40
Teikell .,. 60
Tonsina . 10 16
Copper Center . 10
Gulkana . -27 12
Hogan . 15
Paxson’s . -17 24
Valdez. Jan. 6. 1914.
Barometric Pressure .29.405
Temperature at 7 p. m.2
Maximum Temperature .22
Minimum Temperature . 2
Mean Temperature .12
Partly cloudy, calm, wind N. E.
two miles.
The St. Elias, the best place to stop
n \aidez. i'.'ian. warm outside
rooms and prices reasonable.
Harvey’s Toggery are closing out
their complete line of dry goods and
ladles' furnishings. Now Is the time
to get real bargains. tf
Cook wanted by Mrs. Carleton at
Fort Liscunr; call or phone Mrs. Car
leton.
One-tliirrd off on Cut Glass, China
and leather goods for one week on
ly at Blum’s.
Something must be done to Demo
cratise the egg.
HERRING PACKERS
Jack Cann Purchases Large Shipment
of Lumber From Local Mill to
Build Big Warehouse.
The Prince William Sound Packing
Company, of which Jack Cann is the
manager, have purchased a large
amount of lumber from the Copper
River Lumber Company and will im
mediately commence the construction
of a large warehouse and the salting
and smoking of sound herring will
be continued on a larger scale as the
result of the fish pack just market
ed, which has indicated that the mar
ket for this fish is greater than an
ticipated and that the Prince Wil
liam Sound herring will soon sup
plant the foreign herring.
The people of Valdez, who have
tried the new smoked herring now
on sale at all the local stores, are
confident that nothing better has ever
been placed on the market.
JACK SMITH HAS
HOTEL AT VICTORIA
Jack Smith, known everywhere
north of 54:40, has finally dropped
below' the line and started in the ho
tel business at Victoria, B. C. He has
bought the Manitoba hotel and has
remodeled it and made it an up-to
date house.
One of the earliest of the Alaska
Yukon pioneers, Jack Smith has a
host of friends in the north. He was
one of the original owners of the ;
Dawson townBite and iived at var
ious places in the interior. Then he
came down to Sew-ard and ran the
Bank saloon there during the railroad
boom He tackled the railroad boom
at Katalla and stayed with the town
several years, but finally gave it up.
He left there with money and after
maneuvering around a while has fin
ally gone south. News of his venture
comes in a letter to a Valdez friend,
enclosing an imposing "subpoena,”
which reads as follows:
Province of British Columbia,
City of Victoria.
You and each of you are hereby
commanded to appear before Jack
Smith, 610 Yates street, Victoria, B.
C„ on the day an’ night of January
1, betw'een the hours of 10 a. m. and
11 p. m„ and there testify to his claim
that he did there and then set up the
best liquor refreshments and enter
tainment over and‘above all others in j
said city.
And this you are in no wise to omit |
under penalty of losing the best op- j
portunity for a good time that ever i
happened.
Given under my hand and seal this |
3rd Jay of December, 1913.
(Seal.) JACK SMITH.
The Valdez recipient of this sub-;
poena is in contempt, as his copy got
on the Jeanie and was ducked in
Charlotte Sound, and January 1 w;ts
past when he got the bid.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.'
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. if
Tom Blakeney left this morning
for Fidalgo Bay
Salts pressed for 51.(To at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
_
Charles Plauman left on the Ala
meda for Jun au.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Raymond Myers is expected in Val
dez in a few days.
James Pish is expected in from out
the trail this week.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
The district court adjourned this
morning until February 17.
Suits pressed for 51.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Sam Borgen was placed under 52,
000 bonds today by the district court.
James Fielder,- the Ellamar mer
chant, is in town from the copper
burg.
One-thirrd off on Cut Class, China
and leather goads for one week On
ly at Blum’s.
The beauty about happiness la that
no man can keep M all to himself. •
TO PARIS BY AERO
IN THIRTY HOURS
Inventor Expacts to Cross Ocean
In Machine of Own Design.
IS PRACTICAL, SAY EXPERTS
Northdiff* Prize Competitor Building
Two "Sfca Planes” Along . New Lines.
Another Inventor Believes His Bird
Aeroplane Forestalls Accident—Naval
Flying Boats Approach Perfection.
With new achievements in aviation
for 1913, further great strides In
“man flying” are in sight. One aero
plane inventor expects to fly from
New York to Paris in thirty hours,
and another has an invention which,
he thinks, assures absolute safety In
the air.
Charles E. Smith of Newark, N. J..
is tlie man who hopes to accomplish
the record flight to Puris. lie will
compete for the $55,000 Northcliffe
prize in August Smith has begun
building two machines at a cost of
$15,000 each.
The many new features in his air
and water craft, Smith declares, make
it totally different from anything ever
before seen in this country or Europe.
Bird men who have seen the machine
and talked with the inventor in his
laboratory In Newark say his idea is
entirely practical.
The inventor claims to have solved
the problem of carrying suflicient gas
oline for a trip of at least 4,000 miles
and is confident that his craft will ex
ceed a speed of 100 miles an hour.
With tills speed, he contends, lie can
cross from Newfoundland to England
in twenty hours, making the Journey
in one spurt without landing, or he
can sail from New York to Paris in
less than thirty hours, also continuous
flying.
Shared Opinion of Graham Bell.
Smith holds the same opinion which
was recently expressed hy Graham
Bell, who for years lias been interest
ed deeply in affairs of air travel, that
the only craft capable of making the
transatlantic trip is one so constructed
that it can soar to an altitude of live
miles and then make the journey in
one tremendous glide at a high rate
of speed. The Newark man estimates
that a gradual drop In altitude of a
foot to the mile will accelerate great
ly the work of two propellers and is
of the opinion that the velocity of the
machine will increase until toward the
end of the trip a speed of 1.T0 miles an
hour Will be reached.
Applying all the known principles
of mechanics, studying the structure
of birds and their mode of flight and
watching the results obtained by each
new machine invented, lie became con
fident that ho was on the right track.
Less resistance, more stability and a
practical assurance against accidents
were the three main points lie work
ed on
Should he prove successful in his
transatlantic Higbt Smith will begin
immediately the construction of sev
eral larger machines for the transpor
tation of passengers and freight
Builds Bird Aeroplans.
Bluest Molner of Detroit 1ms per
fected a bird shaped aeroplane which
he believes will solve the problem of
safety in the air lie has substituted
Wings for the planes of the Hying
machines now in use and Iui3 made
the backbone of the machine similar
to a bird's body. The wings may
he raised or lowered, contracted or ex
panded at the will of the operator
Molner has been at work on his
plane for ten years and recently ob
tained his patents. The machine is
built entirely of steel and aluminium
It will lie propelled by a gasoline
motor
Better Flying Boats.
With the closing of the United
States aviation camp at Uammonds
port. N. Y.. and shipment south of
Uncle Sam's new fleet of flying boats,
it is announced that ns direct results
of the summer's season of flying and
experimental work under the direction
of Captain Washington I Chambers
there lias been developed a larger and
more seaworthy type of flying boat,
a combination craft adapted to either
land or water flying, which Captain
Chambers has named the “Owl" type,
and a practical automatic stabilizing
device
RAMPOLLA AND POPE LEO.
Cardinal Mentioned For Papacy 3oro
Famous Message to Dying Pontiff. ,
The late Cardinal Rampolla was the
closest collaborator with Pope l.eo
XIII. in the movement for the reunion
of the Christian churches. When Pope
Leo was dying a cablegram was re
ceived in Home saying, thnt the Amer
fcan Protestant congregations were
praying for his recovery. Cordln.-i*
Rampolla was Informed of tbe cun
tents uf the dispatch, which he ru»u
Immediately to the dying pontiff. The
latter Instructed Cardinal Rampolla to
write thnt the message had been tbe
greatest consolation to dim before uls
death, as It had proved thnt bis scheme
for the reunion of the church** **■
not a dream.
It had been thought ih many quar
ters thnt Cardinal Rampolla waa. tha
most likely candidate ter the papal
chair to case of the death of tha prat
ant pope.
Valdez
Electric
Company
The Consumers Organization
that has reduced the cost
of electric light and pow
er in Valdez.—Send in
your orders for connec
tions before January 1st.
Office in CopperfBIock
Phone 57
fi«up Hotel
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IN THE HEART OT THE CITY
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BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford'Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
c 7 ;i rn to 9 >i in
“ M K A LS < Lunch Vi in t *» I i> ml
' (5 to 7 i» in
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
D AftPPY IN CONNECTION
Dttrvc.rv i everything good
JACK CALLIN CO.
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.
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Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
-FOR
PORT WELLS and
Way Port*.
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VALDEZ}DOCK
PIONEER BARBER SHOP
WM.GILLINEAU. Prop.
Tonsorial Parlors
Best Appointed
BATH ROOM
in Valdes.
Fine, Large Tubs—Plenty Hot Water
CITY EXPRESS STORE
II/P Buy Anything
W Hi Sell Everything.
LYNCH & SPENARD
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valder dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
THE PINZON CIGAR STORE
DICK’S PLACE
Fine Line oflCIaara ui Tobacco;
IFruits. Nut*. Candles.
Card Rossi Soft Orishs si AU Kiada,
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 a. m.
and 5 to 6 p. m.