VOLUME 4. WO. 46_VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1905. OFFICIAL OTY PAPER.
For
Christmas
We are showing a large and varied
stock of useful presents, too numerous to
mention in such a short space.
Our assortment of Men’s Ready Made
Suits and Overcoats, Hats, Shoes, Neck
wear and Handkerchiefs has never been
so complete.
We have just received new consignments
of Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes, Oxford
Ties and Slippers.
If you are looking about for Christmas
Presents visit our store and you will not
be at a loss for a selection.
VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
<*PP. A. »,*VY A OS.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
33.
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
Extension of Delinquency. I
Be It Revolved by the Common Coum-El af '
the Town of Valdez, that tl»e Town Treasurer ,
be. and Is hereby authorized and testrmted .
to extend the term if defcnvirnev for town:
taxes for the year Isua.iram rise to-l Wnodirv in I
Deeember, 19U5, (Deoemtarr tils, Wtw) at d!
e’eloek. pm, to Deeeinl»r 3otli,V«Vi. at HoVlock
p.m.. and net to inalae any eharite for penalty
•ml interest ants after sard Het-ember doth,
1905. at * o’eha-k, p in., and
Be It Further Resol veil. That the Town Treas
urer lie Instrurled not to alow Interest an
Town Warrants presented to him in purulent
of taxes, after said first Monday in Herein ler,
190-5 (Heeember 4tli. 1M5)
Passed and approved lleoember .5, Hsu.
Attest: Ji. W.M1U.KR,
W. H. CHART, Mavur
rterk
Anyone having chairs for -sale
will please notify this office. Sev
eral dozen are wanted.
Any Diamond over IW90 re
claimed at 15 per cent, discount if
you’re not satisfied with your pur
chase. That’s how close diamonds
are sold at Stull’s Jewel Palace.
Don’t forget your faithful friend
the dog. <iive him some tktg frnit
cake, a choice morsel of cooked
meat and fat, at th“ Valdez Bank*
■& Mercantile Oo. Inc.
Special Term Court.
In llteVnited States District Court. Third Di
vision,Territory of Alaska.
The President «*!lhe United State*, to the Peo
ple-of the Third Judicial Division, Territory
m Alaska—<; meting.
indvnfh of you will lAmsc take ludiee,
<liat by an order of the above named court,
made and entered on the first davof November
1HU., a SPEC IAL TERM of the United States
District Court, in and fortheTHIRD DIVISION
h»m been (tailed and will he held at the Court
House In the Town of Valdez, beginning on the
Twviity-sefioud day of Januarv, A. D., limit ,ai
the hour at Ten oVloek In the forenoon and
eon tinning as long thereafter as the nulilic
businchs mhv require.
Witness the ItaaerabV JAMIES WICKER
SHAM, Judge of tire above iiainod court, and
theneal tlieredf affixed this 14th davof Deorin
her, ltftt.
kdward j. stikr,
(lerkalV. H. District Court for the
District 4 A task. Third Division,
j BfffL A. Crandall, Deputy.
] Levy A Co. are now representing
i M. Born <fr Co., the largest Merchant
| Tailors in the United States. If
you caimot befitted or suited from
their large stock of Ready Made
Suita, they wiii take your order
and guarantee satisfaction. Thet
a-ill not ask you to take the sent
unless you are perfectly satisfied.
dn-istmas Novelties at Stull's. '
Your Last Chance
To get the swelleet Xunas present
imaginable for the dear ones at
| home. The big raffle of Edison.
Phonographs is now on at the'
Bowling Alley. Don’t overlook this,
glorious opportunity to win the!
swellest outfit that ever struck the!
town. It consists of the famous:
•Home’ machine, with latest re-'
peating attachment, the No. 3 front
horn crane, and what is acknor
lodged by -all to be the handsomest
■and best toned 4 Flowei* horn ever:
sokl-also the latest gold moulded;
reci-rds. Have tobt ‘hubby’ takeai
chance for you. . j
Get your Xmas Cigars at the1
. Bowling Alley. Select Stock—Pri
oes Right.
“Tend To Tour Own Business.”
In view of the necessity for in-,
structive amusement in Valdez,.
Professor Jolwi Notes has been
prevailed upon to give a lecture at
Moose Hall Friday evening. His
■subject, upon which he has spent
years of study, will lie “Tend to
your own Business.” I'roieesor
Sokes is a lecturer of great versa
tility and ability. Don’t miss it.
Instructive and amusing. Tickets
-50-cents. Lecture starts at 9.
I * _
i James Fish Jr.aged about? years
left town this morning with a load
of feed for Camp Comfort.
Did you ever have a date with *
peach? At the Valdez Bank Jb
Mercantile Co., Inc. can lie had i
Dates from Persia, and our Peaches
are the famous Diamond \V brand.
Mew Corporation.
The Royal Development Co. is
the name of a new company, or
ganized under the laws of the state
of Washington, to do a mining and •
other business in this section of
Alaska. The incor)>orator8 arej
K. J. Fjeld and Paul Paulson, of:
Valdez, and James Cnsey, Alfred ‘
K. Parker, L. G. Droz, L. D. Casey,
and Chas. E. Howard, of Seattle.
The company' is capitalized at
92 ,500.000. and has taken over a1
group of ‘.’8 quartz claims on Jack
sina river, a tributary to the Tan
ana, near the head of the latter.
These claims were located by Fjeld
and and a company called the
Royal Gold Mining Co. was or
ganized here this winter t«. handle
them, but for some reason the pre
motors decided to nnnul the former
incorporation.
Son.
On Xov. 24, a son to Mr. nud
Mrs. Arthur McNeer, at Fairbanks •
Mother and son are doing well.
Clerk of the Court E. J. Stiers
and Geo. Driebelbis passed Tonsina
this morning enroute to Valdez.
A party of nine from Fairbanks
will reach town to-day.
The following gentlemen arrived
in town Tuesday after a twenty
day trip from Fairbanks: H. W.
Coffin, E. L. Plumb, Charles Hens
ley, A. Carmichael, Tom Mackin
and T. Snow.
ImjKirted Toilet and Manicuring
Sets for tl e holiday trade at lire
Owl Drug Store.
A lone musher from Kantishna
broke through the ice on the Delta,
was hauled out hy his dogs and is
now laid up at Casey’s cache in a
badly frozen condition. He will
recover with the loss of a few toes.
The swdll Neckwear Levy get in
is selling well. A beautiful tie
makes a good Christmas present
for your husband or friend.
George Love, of the City Market,
will leave on the next trip of tf>e
Oregon to purchase a first class
•■old storage plant. A plant suffic
ient to make ten tons of ice a day,
if necessary, will l>e installed.
“Tend to your 0wn Business."”
It will he worth while. Friday
night.
Next Saturday we will serve in
the Mercantile Department free
drinks, consisting of 'Fluid Beef,
Vigoral, Tomato Bouillion, and
will also give away a sample of our
goods. All lire most cordially in
vited. WE WANT TOUR TRADE
and if HONEST GOODS. Fair
Prices and Square Treatment carry
any weight with you we will get it.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Iroc.
COAL — COAL
C. W. Miller, agent, or Copper River
Draying'Oo.
The Ladies Bazaar would like to
meet .all patrons Saturday after
noon.
Reorganization meeting of the
fire department to-nig,1it 8:80
p.m. at fire hall. Everyone should
attend. j
i
The ba-nd will give adanre-at
McKinley Hall Saturday. Band
and orchestra name.
Adolph Larsen when on his way'
to work on the Solomon Basin
mine became exhausted and fbe
other men wrapped him in therr
blankets and left him while they
went for a sled. On their return
he was missing but his tracks were
followed and he was found wander
ing aimlessly and partially frozen.
He was quickly taken to the Val
dez hospital where be is <n«r ■being
treated.
Hand’s Restaurant wiYI soon be
removed to the hailding adjoining
the Candy Kitchen.
Xms Greetings
Owl Drug Co.
J»t Received T« The Holiday Trade,« Choice Assortment Of
Imported Toilet, Manicuring and Shaving Sets Xowneys Tom Candies
Key West Cigars High Grade Mirrors, Perfumery and Box Stationery
Juries Are Drawn
Following it a list of grand ju
rors drawn yesterday for the Jan-!
uary term of court.
F. Duttcrworth, F. Millard. Wm. Arnold. J.
Tnnijr, C. il. Uoldaa, Chat Craw
lord. Chat Sehlotser, 0. V. RobUne
Jim Fielder. (Jen. I Holey, chat Knpmit, J. Van 1
Iderttine, Valdes:; I. l-uu.JCUamar; F. L. Bal
laloe, Al. Cionld. Ed. Heekwith, Andrew F. Aa
drewton, And-aw Grierson, Ottoolaw. Howard;
W. F. Swill, c. Rosenberg. CaiaCa; Mike Con
ley, Sunrise, C. L. Iloyl. Copper Center
FEriT JUROItH.
Charter Adler. Charles M. Shelter. L. C. larr
»o, Charles N. Crary, Holly Condon. T. E.
Hlkldel, J. 0. McCracken. J. 9. Camp, .1. J.
Yak thaw. Val.lei; IV J. McDernioti. Frank
Hatson, J. FlusImon.SFrud Glatbrcnner. Thom
aa Irvine, li. II. Brown. John Brown-low, K. II
\ nughan, W. 11. Poland, Omar Patten Seward; i
John Mfenach.-Ellamac; li It. Hklnu-r. CatAI
la; George CuSliAng, JCd tteahal. L'nga: Ur
Stone, Kodiak
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Chinn fljmit (Bowls. The >repro
•duc.ion* of ffnuit, which .constitute
the ornamentations af -some of our
bowls, are so'flotjuwiteky and faith
fully executed in free, offhand
.painting, •voiTU think they’re tilled
with real, live, luscious giapes,
juicy peaches, and bright red aje
pies. A shaded background throws
them out in bold .relief, and an
elaborate tracing -of twenty-two
karat gold on the edges brightens
the whole effect. These and Olliers
suggest themselves as fitting Christ
mas present. They’ll dress up and
beautify the table, delight the
Queen of the liouseliold, and
brighten the sidelxiard or china
closet. You’ll tiiul them only
■at Stull’s Jewel Pulace.
William F. Hunter, of Kenai,
has written a letter to President
Roosevelt, in which lie makes com
plaint against the methods of the
Russian church in Alaska, in par
ticular! as regards the methods of
conducting its educational affairs.
The letter amounts to an attack
upon bishop Innocent, who is in
charge-of the affairs of the church
ou the .Pacific<Coast. The bishop
snakes his headquarter* in iSitka.
but at present is on a tour of the
parishes to the westward. ;
Pell Down Shaft.
•George Donaldson, a well-know n
•resident of this-section, was killed ;
last week by ialling down the shaft
at the Ellamar mine.
He was working at t lie-300-foot
level mid pushed an ore car into
tlie shaft thinking the cage -wasj
these, lait it was >not and the-car
fell, dragging him with-it. He dell
over 200 feet and was instant)*
killed. ;
Donaldson, who leave* a native
wife and four children, came to'
Alaska in 1885 from Aspen «Colo-‘
rado. He was on the Yukon and
at Cook Inlet until 1805 when he
formed a partnership with JLouis'
Torstensen to raise foxes on Goose
Island. He has lieen around the
Bound ever since.
Frosen at Nabesna.
A prospector named Frank Ku
hel, who was wintering at the Na
beena, has been lost and i sup
posed to have frozen to death.
The news was taken to Tana u a
Crossing Dec. tlti by G. Below, who
reported that he and KubeFs part
ner had made search for the miss
ing mm, bnt succeeded -only in
finding his -dogs. Two operators
from the Crossing,-with dog teams,
have started for Nabesna, on.order
of Captain HaTtmmi, te assist in
the search.
Coft'roa, Couches, Metalic Lined
Caskets, Linings, Ornaments. Name
Plates, Trimmings, Ladies and
Gents Holies. Cur Undertaking
Department is complete and can
not be-beaten on the Pacific coast.
Valdes Band & MercantileCo. Inc.
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Church-of the Epiphany—Christ
mas day—Full Choral Service,
I0;3G a.m Children’s service Sun
day evening, « p.m. Christmas
tree and exercises Wednesday, Dec
*27,7 ;30 p.m.
When foil Have Time
Don’t forget to dr<y> in at the
Bowling Alley, where yen own -see
and hear Edison’s perfection <of the
Phonograph. We have just re
ceived a large stock <rf the hand- 1
so meet Flower Horns ever put on
the market, to aav nothing of many
'‘Standard’ and ‘Home’ machines,
all with the latest No. 3 crane at
tachment. A Isa a large stock of
‘Geld Moulded Records, if you
-contemplate buying a plionognyih J
tit witlipuy you to call ernue.
Suit Against Perry.
An notion was commenced in
ttie I'liited Stall** district eoirrt
ngainsMJmr !•'(' if t-r- •• i rs!i>,’
"• tin I n .iii.vriv.
of Alaska, by Joe Smuhrr.iur false
imprisonment.
Sander rlnims that he was ar
rested hy Perry’s deputy. <i«o. Sea
ton, nml that thereafter the mar
shal, through his deputy, “mali
ciously, ami without warrant, im
prisoned him in the jail at Seward
foJ a Ur. hi of-eighteen days'.” to hi*
damage in the -Mini of ffl.OOO, for
which .-sum together iwith-eo*t* nf
•action he demand* Judgment
against the marshal.
*<i. M. Jrwin nod IE. H litanies
are the attorneys for the plaintiff.
—iRecord-.'M inor.
Oppose Confirmation.
It is reported upon good author
ity that the member* of the Fair
banks Bar association are.making
every effort to prevent the confir
mation of Judge AViukurshani. and
that the majority have repudiated
the resolutions passed endorsing
his candidacy, which were passed
during the time .he was .«t Fair
banks.
It is certain that nothing but
Roosevelt’s insistnnee can save tlie
defeat of his confirmation.—Juneau
Record-Miner.
Jit* Lares.
i?an Francisco, Dec. 21—The
Fitzsimmons - O’Brien fight last
night was awarded to O’Brien. Fit*
collapsed at end of 13th.round as a
result of a hard left punch in stom
ach. He fought hard and at limes
had a shade the best of *rt. fj'hk
gives O’Brien the championship
jQuarter of »M illii n
.A shipment oi $250,000 in goiti
diN-t front .Fairbanks passed Tor
siiia this morning on tlie way tc
Valdez. The gold -was put-on u
boat for shipment from Fairbanks
this fall, hut they saw it was toe
dale to get out by water, so.it was
sent out over the trail. The treas
ure is being sleddc-d out by a Fair
banks freighting outfit with mules
Washington, Dee. 19—Represen
tative -Cushing bus introduced a
hill granting right-of-way for the
construct ion.of .railroads, telegraph
and telephone lines in Alaska by
|the Alaska Railroad Co. it,pro
vides for a government guarantee
of interest on huuds of.a road from
Crodovu-hay toJ£agle, a distance
of 525 ini lies, dor an amount-not to
exceed $30,000 a mile. It also
provides for a grant to the com
pany of 2500 acres of lai-d, for
which $2.50 per acre Is to be paid
fThe-new local Valdez Souvenir
Spoon, which has been in course of
construction at the die sinker* ic
theJCast for six month* ,past evil!
probably be here on the Sir. Santa
Ana. It will l»e true to nature,
having been made from special
photographs taken for tlie purpose.
The first spoon will cost $103.50.
The spoons, however, will-be wold at
a very low price considering the
magnificence of their general ap
pearance, weight and artistic con
struction—showing a plain pano
ramic view of the wharf, the city ol
Vuldez. the glacier and mountains
in clean-cut, Inild relief on the
front, and a typical winter scene.
Dog Team on the -Street, “Ready
for the Trail” oil tlie hack of han
dle. You must see this spoon to
appreciate its real significance and
grandeur. It’s at Stull’s Jewel
Palace.
S«e our Featherweight Fur
'Sleeping Bugs—Tunned soft as
velvet. Made on entirely new
.principle—weight hut 40 pounds.
Valdez Bank A Mercantile Co. Inc,
GIFTS
Paeaeate ace Here for Everybody,
IF you are in doubt what to give;
IF you want something that
wont be duplicated;
.IF you are hunting a gift that
■will be as creditable to your good
taste as to your good nature;
IF you desire a gift that will be
thing of beauty and joy forever,
call on us to-dav.
The finest goods by the best
makers at the lowest prices for
standard quaKtv.
J». E. KERN,
diald and .Silversmith.