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,
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Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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MILK-MILK-MILK
Freih Milk and, Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* 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. STAMET
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, RepreienUtWc
Valdez, Alaska. * Phone 41
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh tioods—Reasonable Prices
VALDEZ
Th heart of
the gold belt
t
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 s*at 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 other
coast city.
It Is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft In Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
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 coast
town offering dirept com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez Offers the near
est and most direct route
to the Matanuska coal
fields.
Its harbor Is the most
easily defended on the Pa
clflo coast and oan ride
the navies of the world.
Was Stampeding to New 8trlke
and Drowned in Chittystone
—Body Recovered.
McCarthy, Alaska, July 19.—
H. H. Fields brought to McCar
thy the news of the drowning of
a man whose name is believed
to be Fred Tam, of Fairbanks,
in the Chittystone1'. The man was i
w;ith Westburg and came with
the latter from Fairbanks with'
packhorses.
The animals were placed on!
the train and shipped to McCar
thy and the two men bought
their outfit here and started for
the n.ew gold sampede near
White river. They joined ano
ther party headed by George
William Handy. In crossing the
river below Chittystone glacier
Tam was riding behind a pack.
His horse was swept from its
feet, and recovered later by the
other members of the party.
They then reported the drowning
and continued on their way, hav
ing spent half a day looking for
the body. It was recovered and
buried by G. E. Lewis, Peter Mil
ler and J. J. Munsell.
A party outfitted and tinauced
by Dora Kedn is on its way to
the White river to start a fox
farm.
Vegetables of all kinds from
Long Lake are now being sold
at McCarthy and Kennicott.
McCarthy held a successful
.Fourth of July celebration.
The Mother Lode has over
twenty men employed and will
begin work soon on a thousand
foot tunnel.
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Alameda Arrives In Spirit City.
Seattle, July 19.—The steam
er Alameda reached Seattle this
morning after an uneventful
trip south.
The Cordova Gun Club sent
to the Valdez Gun Club a formal
challenge for a shoot at clay
birds on the grounds at Cordova.
Just now it would be unfair to
the Valdez team to accept the
challenge as the clul) is only in
a formation position, up to the
present time practice has been
impossible as no store in town
Was prepared to furnish . the
proper ammunition. This dilli
eulty now. however, overcome,
practice will he. carried on finder
the rules, and il is hoped the
club will be able to accept the
challenge in the near future.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Marion Leach, the linotype op
erator, is con tilled to his bed with
a “bad eye.”
Mrs. Gabel Corser and Mrs. L.
M. Price returned to Cordova on
the Mariposa.
Miss Ti. Miller arrived on Ihe
Mariposa for a visit with her
sister Mrs. T. P. Donohue.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. lies return
ed to Valdez on the Mariposa.
Mrs. William I.ear returned to
Valdez for a visit.
L. A. Lavensaler came up as
Tar as Cordova on the Mariposa.
The contractors have finished
the work of laying the city sewer
mains.
G. S. Rankin, B. J. Yaeger and
II tf. Saint who are interested in
mining properties near Valdez
arrived on the Mariposa this
morning.
Moose Danes
will give their regular weekly
dance Saturday night at their hall
to which all friends of the organ
ization are invited. Dancing win
begin at 9:30 sharp. Tickets can
be had' of members. Good music.
Independent Messenger Service,
Phone 153. Day or Night.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that I
will pay all city warrants up to
and including No 3502, series
of 1911 and ,1912, if presented
within ten {10) days from date.
C. C. Reynolds,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez, Alaska, July 10, 1913.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
YOUR POLL TAX IS DUE,
BLOW IN WITH 4 BUCKS
Notice to Pay Poll Tax.
Notice! is hereby given to all
whom it may concern that by
the provisions of Chapter S4 of
the laws passed by the first leg
islature of the Territory of Alas
ka, entitled, “An act to impose
a poll tax npon male persons in
the Territory of Alaska and pro
viding means for its collection,”
BASE BALL SCORES.
Friday, July 18, 1913.
'‘Worthwestern League.
New York 3, St. Louis 4. Pitch
ers-i-Tesrcau, Crandall; Crier,
Sallee, Perritt.
Second game. New York. 5,
St. Louis 0. Pitchers—Mathew
son;1 Perritt.
Brooklyn 1, Pittsburg 12.
Pitchers—Curliss, Warner, Hall,
Kent; Adams.
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 5.
Pitchers—Chalmers, Mayer;
Brown.
Others rain.
American League.
St. Louis 1, Washington 5.
Pitchers—Blaumgardner; Groom,
Johnson.
Chicago 1, Philadelphia 4.
Pitchers—Russell; Bender.
Cleveland 2, New York 5. Pitch
ers—Gregg; Ford.
Detroit 5, Boston I. Pilch
ers—Dauss; Mosely, Hall.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 5, Portland 4. Pitch
ers—Fullerton; Kastley.
Tacoma 8, Spokane 7. Pitch
ers—Kaufman; Smith.
Victoria 4, Vancouver 5. Pitch
ers—Kant lehner; Clark, Doty!
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
New York .55 27 071
Philadelphia .... 50 32 590
Chicago .44 39 530
Pittsburg .....’..43 39 52 4
Brooklyn .38 40 487
Boston .35 40 432,
St. Louis .33 51 393
Cincinnati .33 53 38 4
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
'.Philadelphia ,...C0 25 700
Cleveland .51 30 580
Washington .49 37 570
Chicago .49 4 1 5 44
'Boston .40 42 488
'Detroit .30 55 398
S|. Louis .3(> 50 391
New York.27 50 325
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
'Vancouver .50 3-4 022
Seattle .50 38 590
Portland .4^ 40 5 40
Tacoma . 5 5 4 48
Spokane .32 58 350
1 Jack Carrol has hired the auto
mobile and will take a party of
young folks to the canyon rifext
Sunday. Jack will have lots of
fun and can foot the bill and the
children are sure to have a fine
time.
Just arrived, a line of latest
style waists at Harvey's Toggery..
For a Delicious 3alaa twue Sea
Tuna.
A delightful fish for salads
packed in ohve oil, caught in Cal
fornia. Try it, at Love-Whitley
Company.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of 'he Valdez Mer
cantile Company will be held at
their offices in Valdefc, Alaska, on
Monday, July 14, 1913, at 8
o’clock p. m. for the purpose of
electing a board of directors for
the ensuing year artti other im
portant business.
ARTHUR LANG, Secretary.
Date of first publication June
30, 1913.
approved May 1, 1913, and in ef
fect from and after said date, an
annual tax in the sum of four
dollars ($4), designated as a
poll tax, is imposed and levied
upon each male person (except
ing soldiers, sailors in the Unit
ed States navy or revenue cut
ter service, volunteer firemen,
paupers, insane persons and
Territorial charges) within the
Territory of Alaska or the wat
ers thereof, over the age of
twenty-one years and under the
age of fifty years, to be paid
and collected in the manner pro
vided in said act; and it is fur
ther provided in and by said act,
among other things, that the
commissioner of each precinct
in said territory shall collect
said poll tax from each person
residing within his precinct sub
ject thereto, that skid tax shall
be paid between the first Monday
in April and the first Monday in
August in each year, that it shall
be the duty of every person lia
ble to pay said lax to pay the
same to such commissioner
withinthe time in this notice be
low specified, that it shall be the
duty of the commissioner to re
ceipt to each person( by a re
ceipt from books thereof with
stubs, supplied by the territorial
treasurer) upon payment of said
poll tax. whch receipt shall be
the only evidence of payment,
that every person indebted to
one who neglects or refuses, af
ter demand, to pay a poll tax,
becomes liable therefor, and
may deduct the same from such
indebtedness, that it shall be the
duty of the commissioner to col
lect and enforce the collection
of all unpaid taxes by giving no
tice to each delinquent, person
ally or by m'ail, and each delin
quent shall pay a penalty of one
dollar in addition to such tax,
that the commissioner, after de
mand and refusal of payment,
must collect said tax, with said
penalty ip addition, by seizure
and sale of any personal prop
erty owned by such delinquent
person, in the manner provided
by law for the sale of personal
property on execution, and that
any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of said act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in a sum not more
than one hundred dollars nor
less than live dollars, or impris
oned in the federal jail for not |
more than thirty days nor less!
than one day.
And notice is hereby further
given by the undersigned, to
each and every person subject
to said tax according to said
provisions of said act, I bat said
poll tax is due and payable be
tween the dale of the first publi
cation of this notice, to wit, the
16th day of July 1913, and the
first Monday, to wit, the 4th day
of August 1913, that payment
thereof on or before said, last
named date is hereby demanded
by the undersigned from each
and every person in the Valdez
precinct subject to said tax, that
the payment thereof will be
come delinquent as provided in
said act, to wit, on the expira
tion of last named date, th,at in
case of failure to pay same, pen
alties, as provided in this act,
will be imposed, and that it is the
duty of every person liabli to
pay said tax to pay the same,
within the time< in this notice
above specified, in person or by
mail the undersigned com
missioher at his office, on Alas
ka avenue opposite to the court
•house in Valdez, Alaska,
i THOMAS R. SHEPARD,
U. S. Commisioner, ex-officio
Poll Tax Collector, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
GET THE HABIT
The.
Otpbeum Wo vies
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER
A.1 H. PINKUS, Mgr.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEQRIDAD’S
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE’S
SMOKCCRAFT’S
EL SIOELLO’8
REPRESENTA’S
OPTIMO’S
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
ALASKA Cw£S
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latoucfte, Seward, Cook.lplet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson S. S. Yukon
Sailings from Seattle
5th 15th 25th
Of each Month
^SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGE each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Go.
R'»ht is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
b; F. WATSON
A General Agent
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Mariposa Alameda 1 Northwestern
Every
Six
Days
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.]
F. B. Tracy, Gan’l Apt- Valdes Dock Co., Local Aft
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR /
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
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Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 10c lb.
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Branches in all Principal Cities
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Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
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