GOOD
DELIVERY
Delivering the goods. Did
ypu ever buy a pair of shoes
that failed to give satisfaction
-Sdrriehow the style did not
please you-little or no comfort 1
in them, and soon the sole?
Well, they did not deliver the
goods, that’s all.
deliver the Goods in the
form of absolute shoe
satisfaction. We will
prove it to you. Give us
a chance.
All Styles $6.
Valdez Mercantile Co, Inc.
true: values
On the basis of Security and Service
■ we solicit uour account. '
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST GO.
You admire it every
time you visit them—the
harmonious lighting, the
clean and orderly ap
pearance of everything,
the always-ready per
sonal conveniences, the c
I atmosphere of comfort
arid luxury.
“Hill is a lucky dog,”
you say; but did you ever
stop to think ho w easily
you could beas fortunate?
The electricity that
does so much for his com
fort is obtained from the
same wires that pass by
your own home. It oper
ates his lamps, flatirons,
sewing machines motors,
fans and other useful
electric heetiiig and cook
ing devices.
You* can have it at
slight cost—let us discuss
wiring with you.
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
You are hereDy notified that 1
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred and thirty
' hree dollars and thirty-three
cents, lawful money of the Unit
id States, in labor and improve
ments, upon your two-ninths in
terest in those certain lode claims
lying and being op Knights Is
land, in the recording precinct of
Valdez, Alaska, Which are known
as and called the “Shamrock”
claim; the "Tramp” claim; the*
V
"Star No. 2” claim; the “Mother
Hill” daim; the “Beach” claim,
and the Last Chance” claim,’ the
location notices of said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31 sf
day of December. 1912.
And unless within -ninety days
after the completion of the publi
cation of this notice, to-wit: with -
in.ninet.y days after the (ith day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing said an
nual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of one hundred
and thirty-three dollars and thir
ty-three cents your interest in
the claims will become the prop
erly of the subscriber of this no
tice. your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure,
by the terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
5t.ii day of April, 1913.
S. A. HEMPL-E.
Date of first puh. April (i, 1913
Date of last pub. July (5, 1913.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that 1, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred-dollars ($100)
in labor-and improvements upon
the "Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statuses of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the Sum required
to hold sqid mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1912.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or Within ninety
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five rants ($18.75), your
interest in s^id claim will become
the properly of the%subscriber,
who is vour co-owner,: and who
has made the expenditure artd
iinprovfcments as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April «23,
1813.,
j i .U - UIV E. DGUCERTY,. .
GUY OF NOME
No Mail on Little Vessel—Perish
ables Taken Ashore and Sold
at Fancy Prices.
Nome, May -it.—Tin* Corwin
n«achud here yesterday after the
fastest trip to the camp ever made
hy the little vessel. The boat left
Seattle the 10th instant, stopped
at Ketchikan for two days to have
her smokestack ^engthenedj (as
the installation of new boilers
caused poor draft with the old
stack, then the boat left and made
outside straight for Unimak pass,
and reached Nome yesterday.
The people of the camp are
much incensed at the failure to
send mail by the Corwin, as has
been customary the past years.
The mail was held for the revenue
cutter Bear and- it is not known
just when the cutter will arrive.
A large shipment of fresh eggs,
vegetables and perishables was
brought ashore last night and
sold at fancy prices to the mer
chants and restaurant keepers.
El nw
School Grades Receive Mach Ap
plause at Entertainment Held
Last Evening.
The Congregational Church was
crowded last night hy the chil
dren of the-school, their parents
and friends, when the grade en
tertainment of the school was
given.
Those who atended were well
pleased with the showing the
children made and were enter
tained hy the youngsters with sev
eral drills and recitations.
Music was rendered hy Messrs.
Iteinke, Welter and Surryhne.
The lower class in charge of
Mrs. Kelsey gave the May pole
dance and won the applause of
the audience hy the sure and cer
tain manner with which they
worked I lie Ted and while rihlton
aboil! the pole. I.itlle Mildred
Wheal, who led in I he dance,
caught I lie heart of the crowd hy
her tpiuinf actions and dainty
manners.
The others in the dance were
Lloyd .Kish, Myrtle Wendler, John
Blum. Kiln Rudolph, James Mead,
Kdilh McIntosh, Henry Wultf, Lil
lian Schmidt, Robert Weeks,
May me McCilvary, Comic
Schmidt, Lena von (iunlher and
Arnold King.
Clarence Rudolph, belter known
as "Happy,” gave a recitation en
titled, "When the Urden (Jets
Back on the Trees,” and was fol
lowed by Walter Zharoff, both ac
quitting themselves finely and re
ceiving much applause.
Margaret Miller, Pearl Miller
and Lurline Leavell recited “Wor
ried About Catherine,” which was
enjoyed bv the audience, and Val
F|sh, 'with his Iweird invitation
[of a spooky wind, threw the crowd
into roars of laughter.
Rose Johnson, with her selec
tion of “Peter at the Gate,” show
ed much talent, and later in “Our
Living Heroes,” proved that she
is a singer of much promise.
With her in the latter sketch
were Neal Dow, Thomas Donohue
and Herbert and Valdez Cameron.
“The Little Brown Wren,” by
Opal Dow, and “Our Whippings,”
by Irving Cameron, were well re
jelled.
The third and fourth grades in
the motion song were forced to
repeat the last verse, as those
prgfent did not want to go home
and they.highly enjoyed the sing
ing of' the class, consisting
of Edna Thawiey, Anne Lyons!
Katheryn Topliff, Adelina Lakson,
Mary Swanson, Lillian WulfT, Op
al Dow, Ethel McIntosh, Jennie
Leavell, Elaine Cameron* Floice
Korth, Elwell Thawiey, Charles
Johnson, John Korth, George
Boyd, Clarence Rudolph, Albert
Heckey. .
The teachers and scholars are
to be congratulated on the suc
cess of the entertainment, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by every
one attending.
i
FOB SEAM
Electric Machinery and Stamp
Mill be Installed This Sum
mer—Have Good Showing
Capl. Jos. Bjorn, of Hie Sea
coast Mines Company, operating
on Shnup bay, is now on route to
Valdez with bis new 50-foot pow
er launch, which will be used by
the company in ils work about the
bay. The launch was loo large to
ship and it was thought more eco
nomical to bring it to Valdez un
der its own motive power.
Jack Krunim, in a letter to Pet
er Krivokapiek, says that the
company has purchased a new
Hydro-electric plant, which is al
so ready for shipment and will
leave on one of the lirst boats for
Valdez, and will be installed early
in the sumer. The company have
a five-stamp mill on I he wharf
at Latourhc and it will be brought
here and placed on the property.
Krivokapiek, who has been in
charge of the work at the mine
the past winter, has driven a tun
nel 200 feet, tapping a good lead
three feet wide and carrying val
ues averaging about 81 on to the
ton.
The company intend pushing
development work this season and
expect to number the property
among tin* big producers in this
section.
MINING CASE
BIG HEARD
The ease of Ben Davis against
Hamsay and Rutherford is on
trial before Judge Overlield in the
district court. Davis alleges he
should have an interest in the
claims because of grub supplied
jlo the owners when they were
| prospecting for and located the
| claims.
Charles Canty and K. K. Ritchie
i appeal- for Ramsay and Ruther
! ford and F. .M. Brown and C. K.
| Bunnell for Davis.
The case is being tried without
j a jury.
Memorial Day Proclamation.
Juneau, Alaska, May -’it.—Cov
! i-rnor Strong yesterday issued the
| follow ing Memorial Day proda
: mat ion:
'Territory .if Alaska, by lln- Cov
ernor. a proclamat ion :
From the dawn of history un
til the present day men have ren
dered grateful admiring homage
lu the memory of those who had
| risked or nobly laid down their
j lives for what they believed to be
I the honor or safety of their fei
j low men. It has been well said
it hat "the- whole earth is the sep
i iilchre of illustrious men, and all
j time is the millenium of their
glory.”
| Iii this nation May thirtieth is
j generally observed as a day for
J honoring the country’s dead and
paying tribute to those who still
survive from the struggles where
in they risked all for their coun
try. Now, therefore, 1, J. F. A.
Strong, governor of the Territory
of Alaska, in accordance with the
law of the territory, do recom
mend .hat all our people cease
j front labor on that day, except,
such as may be absolutely neces
sary, and that they join in such
demonstration as may be practi
cable in the various locaJities
with the usual exercises and cere
monies suitable for the occasion.
These annual recurring exercises
typify the beautiful ideas of a
, memory kept ever green in the
| minds and the blossoms of grat
itude and hope in the hearts of
j a great and free people. Given
under my band and the seal of
Alaska at Juneau, the capital, this
twenty-eighth day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen, and
of the independence of the United
States of America the one one
hundred and thirty-seventh.
,J. F. A. STRONG,
By the Governor.
Win. L. Dislin, ex Officio Secre
tary of Alaska.
.
Boots & Shoes
REPAIRED
PricM |Um—y»- *1 the Lett
4AN&VAREY
At Stull** former jewelry rfcey. VALDEZ
A. M. Dieringer
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
unless paid lor in advance
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
ia my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
| PROFESSIONAL
;Dr. H. COCKERILLE
i Graduate of National University
i Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
l Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office in j Whaling building VALDEZ
Nest to cable office
OR. GERMAN
; '» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
. 9 a. m.t to 0 p. m., 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
L V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
E. E. RITCHIE
L A \V Y E R
1‘hoxk i.w Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Rhone. IR»
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valomz. a lam ka ;
Rifour* om Mimmm
PAjamr Sumvmrm
Gmmkmal Mimima ENQINKKRIHO
phonm No. iom
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Vo. 1971
Meet every Friday. 8 am. Eatrlc Hal
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening nt 8 o'clock Id
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
ttend- S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
Valde* Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday fo
each month in McKinley Hall Visiters always
welcome
James H. P»ttersos..W. M
C. C Reynolds. Sec