Men’s Union Suits For Fall
-jjj 1VE different numbers in Men’s
^ winter weight Union Suits were
received on the last boat. All sizes from
34 to 46. Priced a suit,
$2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00.
—| Valdez Mercantile Co. [
WY n Want 8trictJy ^rc8** Egg*, Butter, Fruit
IOU 110.111 an<j Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
iUDECLB
JSERVE COMMISSION
*\
Pressure of Private Business Prevents
His Service on New York Sub
way Commission.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Col. Jacklin,
the millionaire mining man, has been
asked to serve on the federal com
mission to investigate the recent ex
plosion in the New York subway,
which wrecked a street and caused
the deaths of seven persons and in
Notice of Sale.
No. 727.
In the District Court for the Terri-;
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. M. Lathrop, Plaintiff, vs. Adam
Swan, Defendan*.
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale, and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
on the 7th day of September, 1915,
in the above-entitled suit, wherein
J. M. Lathrop, the above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and
decree against Adam Swan defen
dant in said suit, cn the 7th day of
September, 1915, recorded in Judg
ment Docket No. 2. page 260, I am
commanded to sell those certain
pieces or parcels of lard, lying and
being in the town of Valdez, Record
ing Precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and
described as follows, to- w:t:
Beginning at the point of intersec
tion W>f Sherman Street and Alaska
Avenue, in U. S. Survey No. 33 6;
thence in a westerly direction along
said Sherman Street fifty (50) feet;
thence at right angles in a northerly
direction sixty (60) fee:; thence at
right angles in an easterly direction
fifty (50) feet; (hence at right an
glCS 111 CL OUUUUXi*.' ---- --
(60) feet along said Alaska Avenue
to place of beginning Also ^Lot
Nine (9), Block Two (2); and
the easterly portion of Lot Thirty
six (36) Block .-'eventy-i ight (78);
the said easterly portion of said Lot
36 being a tract of land fronting on
McKinley Street, Th*rty iwo (32)
feet in width, and One Hundred and
Fifty (150) feet in depth; subdivi
sions U. S. Survey No. 439, survey
ed by J. Frank Warner and F, W.
Williamson.
Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday the 9th day of October, 1915,
at the hour of two o’clock in the aft
ernoon of said day, in front of the
court house at Valdez, Alaska, I will
in obedience to said order of sale
and decree of foreclosure, sell the
above described property or so much
thereof as may bo necessary to sat
isfy plaintiff’s judgment with inter
est thereon, together with attorney’s
fees and costs to the highest and
best bidder for cash, in lawful mon
ey of the United States.
Dated this 8th dav of September,
1916.
F. R. BBENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal for the Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska.
Date of first publication, September
8, 1916. i
Date of last publication, October 6.
1915. 8-15-22-29-6—5t.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Granite Gold Mining Company
will »e held at the office of the com
pany In thb Copper Block at Valdez,
Alaska, on the 21st day of October,
1916, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m.
A Board of Directors will be elect
ed for the ensuing year and such oth
er business transacted as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
The books of the Secretary will be
closed from Octobe^ 1st, 1915, until
the first day after iald annual meet
ing, and no stock will be transferred
during this period.
B. F. MILLARD.
9-21-20t President.
juries to hundreds of men and wom
en.
Col. Jacklin has declined to serve
on the commission owing to pressure
of business in connection with his big
mining enterprise in Alaska and
elsewhere. He says he will leave for
Juneau in a few days and will be in
the north for several weeks.
It is understood that the commis
sion has been appointed to determine
the cause of the recent explosion and
recommend precautions to prevent
further accidents of the kind.
The city is threatened with numer
ous damage suits by persons injured
jn the recent disaster.
GOVERNMENT HILIj
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
What is known as the "Govern
ment Hill” addition to Anchorage is
rapidly becoming one of the most
beautiful residential sections of the
future city of Alaska. In fact we
doubt very much if, even now, a more
attractive residence district can be
found in the entire territory. To
date twelve houses are occupied and
many mofe will be under construc
tion shortly. A private water sys
tem serves this addition, and is also
being extended to the hospital and
offices of the Engineering Commis
sion. This addition is situated on
the bluff just north of the terminal
grounds and overlooks the waters of
Knik Arm and Cook Inlet and the
distant mountains along the west
short of Cook Inlet.—Cook Inlet Pio
neer.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company liave a- fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
WANTED—Cook for Valdez Hos
pital. Apply to Dr. E. C. Dalton. k28
Rubber iootwear to fit all at S.
Blum & Co. •
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Stanfield’s Famous Unshrinkable
Underwear for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
Mrs. Merchant, Milliner.
Hats remodeled and made to1 or
der. At Emporium. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
FOR SALE—My new Ford deliv
ery car, $600. Joe Stanton. tf
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, RugB and Mattresses. S. Blum
ft Co. •
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For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
For the Nu-Bone Corset see Mrs.
Leavell, phone 200. tf.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
BRITAIN TO LET
II. S. 600DS PUSS
Cargoes Contracted Before March 1
Are Now Being Brought Thru
Blockade Lines.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—The
imports of German manufactured
manufactured goods which have been
released and delivery permitted un
der the recent order of the British
government, will aggregate $150,
000,000. The shipments have been
detained at Rotterdam. It has been
announced that instead of going thru
the delay of filing their applications
by special attorneys at London, Amer
ican importers under the new ar
rangement must make application
through the office of the foreign
trade advisers of the state depart
ment at Washington.
The foreign trade advisers will
submit these applications and proof
to the British officials. Where the ap
plications are in due form and the
proper showing made the British em
bassy will recommend the issuance of
special permits under which the
goods will be moved from Rotterdam
through the British blockade lines to
the United States.
The arrangement applies to goods
ordered prior to March 1 by Ameri
can importers, or for their account
before that date, by a contract under
which the purchases was bound to
pay for the goods. Close estimates
of the value of the goods which have
been detained at Rotterdam, and
which will now be released place the
figures at $150,000,000.
PETROGBAO CLAIMS
SUCCESS IN SOUTH
Slavs Drive Teutons Back and Recap
ture Many Villages and Large
Number of Prisoners.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—The Rus
sian army on the Galician border has
defeated the Teutonic allies and has
recaptured a number of villages lost
in the retreat of the Russians some
weeks ago. It is reported that many
Austrian prisoners were captured as
well as a number of guns and war
munitions.
It is stated that Emperor William
has changed the commanders of his
troops in the south owing to their
failure to check the Russian advance
upon Galicia. Gen. Eichorn, who has
been one of the leading German
.strategists on the eastern frontier, is
reported to have been placed on the
retired list and his command given
to a German prince.
FRAME ASSAULT CASE
BEFORE THE COURT
The case of John W. Frame for as
sault upon the person of Dr. E. C.
Dalton, which was appealed from the
Commissioner’s court to the district
court, is on trial this afternoon.
Frame was convicted in the commis
sioner’s court of assault and was fin
ed $50 and costs, bringing the total
to over $200. The jury in the case
are as follows: C. L. Peabody, A. P.
Brown, E. H. Molony, F. R. Reed, E.
Millett, Gus D’Jarf, R. W. Wiley, E.
W. Hershberger, E. C. Smith, A. Am
mann. Hank Stodder and F. D. Kelly.
The case of Frank Johnson of Mc
Carthy, Indicted for selling liquor
without "a license, went to the jury
this forenoon and had failed to return
a verdict up to the time of going to
press.
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JACK RONAN MINING
IN MOOSE PAS8 DISTRICT
Ronan and James have picked up
the lead again on the Skeen-Steven
son property in Moose Pass, and it
has been found to carry the same
good values found on the surface.
Messrs. Jack Ronan and Bennett
James took over the property after
the discovery by Messrs. Skeen and
Stevenson and paid down cash, the
amount of which has not been told.
The new owners immediately began
to sink and went to a depth of twenty
five fqet where the lead faulted. They
then drifted and on that level picked
the lead up again and found it to be
similar in value and otherwise to the
lead as it was on top.
See S Blum & Co., for the latest
styles in Boys and Youths Hats. •
Price's Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
FORESTS AND MOISTURE.
Trees Conserve Water, Aid Percolation
and Retard Evaporation.
Trees drink in nud transpire un enor
mous quantity of water. Tills giving
!>tf tempers the dryness of the nearby
atmosphere. Moisture bearing currents
of ah’ are cuugbt by forest areas as
they are not by the heated plains. Lo
cal showers may thus become more
frequent where trees abound, or at
least the availability of whatever rain
mny fall is increased for the locality
by forest growths.
Foliage, twigs and branches break
the fall of the raindrops. So does tbs
litter on the forest floor. Hence the
soil under this cover is not compacted
as in the open field, but is kept loose
and granular, so water can readily
penetrate and percolate. The water
reaches the ground more slowly, drip
ping gradually from the leaves, branch
es and trunks, and thus more time is
allowed for it to sink into the soil and
appear again in springs or subsoil
moisture lower down.
In forests there is much less evapo
ration of moisture than in the open
country because sun and wind not
have such free play. It is estimated
that forests have from 50 to 60 per
cent of water supply more than the
open fields because of increased per
colation and decreased evaporation.—
Country Gentleman.
ITALY’S CRACK MARKSMEN.
They Are All Athlete* and Are the
Pride of the Army. •
The bersaglieri (sharpshooters) are
the elite of the Italian army, and each
bersagliere Is a picked man, chosen for
his hardihood and stamina, the aver
age bersugliero being short and thick
set, but with magnificent strength and
exceptional powers of endurance.
There is no prouder soldier in the
world than the full blown bersagliere
as he swaggers along the street of an
Italian town in his dark blue uniform,
with its rich red. facings, and on his
bend, set at a rakish angle, the famous
wide brimmed black slouch hat adorn
ed with large, heavy, drooping plumes
of green cocks’ feathers.
Bersaglieri. by the way, is pro
nounced ber-sarl-iary.
When on the march the bersaglieri
never walk as do other soldiers, but al
ways go at a sort of quick trot.
These 25,000 or so men are among
the most perfectly drilled troops in the
world. Every single bersagliere, apart
from being a man chosen for bis endur
ance, is a fully trained athlete—West
minster Gazette.
An Idol With Diamond Eye*.
The famous Orloff diamond was once
the right eye of the great idol Serring
ham in the temple of Brahma. This
precious gem was stolen at about the
beginning of the eighteenth century by
a French soldier who had made a pre
tense of being converted to the Hindu
religion in order to gain the confidence
of the priests and admission to the
temple. The Frenchman first sold the
diamond for £2,000. On the next turn
It was bought by a banker of Con
stantinople for £12.iXiO. The banker
kept it until 1774 and then sold it to
the Russian empress for £00.(XX) nnd a
life pension. The gem has been in
the Russian royal family ever since.
As it is now set in the imperial scep
ter of Russia it presents a flattened,
rose cut surface and weighs exactly
104Vi carats.
Stinging Rebuke.
A society mail said in Newport apro
pos of a current scandal:
”It reminds me of a very trenchant
anecdote. A young married woman at
a seashore hotel went up to a pretty
girl in white who had been dancing
like mod with the llrst one's husband
and said: ■
“ 'I’ve got a last year’s coat suit
that’s quite good, realty. To be sure,
it’s out of style. Still, would you like
to have it?’
“The girl blushed red with mortifi
cation.
“ ‘What!’ she said. ‘Do you think
I’d wear your cast off clothes?’
“ ‘I thought you might,’ hissed the
young married woman. ‘You seem
anxious enough to get my husband.’ ”
—Kxchange.
Grenadier*.
Evelyn writes in his diary under
date 1078: “Now were brot into service
a new sort of soldiers called Grena
diers, who were dexterous in flinging
hand grenades; they had furred caps
with coped crowns, which made them
look very fierce: and some had long
hoods hanging down behind as we pic
ture fools.” The original grenadiers
hurled their grenades, and then charg
ed the enemy with hatchets.—London
Standard.
Not the Usual Kind.
“WEat a fool exercise fencing must
be for women.”
“Why so? I always understood it
was fine.”
“Here Maude Binks is taking lessons,
and she told me yesterday she was
learning how to feint.”
Before and After.
Stella—When you are engaged you
tell him that he must economize. Bella
—And after you are married he tells
you that you must.—Boston Journal.
Lorraine.
Before Lorraine was united with
France in 1736 it belonged to the de
throned king of Poland. Before that
it belonged to Austria.
It happens many times that we seem
much deceived in others because we
first deceived ourselves.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 3. A. SPENARD. Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA j
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel ia the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNVJTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY |
Doing Business As Usual j
Independent Laundry Co. j
<
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave j
Telephone 06 l ! Roush Dry 10c lb <
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pi|>e, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south--7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND j
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on \
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calle Illamna and Kadiak—All Sailing call at Knlk j
and Anchorage. ,
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Saa frraaclaco every Wednesday and Snnday, connecting with S
Steamer# Yale and Harvard for Soother# Cnllforala. i
Right reserved to change schedule wltjhout notice
RICHARD A RING WOOD, Rgr„ Seattle l VAUWI DOCK CO* Local Agt.