STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
| VALDEZ, AliASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
NINETY-SIXTH HALF YEARLY REPORT OF
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The German Savings
and Loan Society.
SAVINGS (THE GERMAN BANK) COMMERCIAL
526 CALIFORNIA STREET
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA.
DECEMBER 31, 1915
ASSETS
United States, State, Municipal and other Bonds, (mar
ket value $16,428,216.00), standing on books at $15,497,757.54
Loans on Real Estate, secured by 6rst mortgages. 40,622,878.61
iximis on Bonds and Stocks. 689.151.7Z
itnnlr Buildings and Lots, Main and Branch Offices
(value $600,000.00), standing on books at.
Other Real Estate (value $168,000.00), standing on
books at .----- ■
Employees' Pension Fund ($211,288.93), standing
on books at ... _ __J*®'
CASH ■* .-. 5,090,371.15
TotaI $61,849,662.02
. * LIABILITIES
Due Depositors.
-Capital Stock actually paid in. 1,000,000.00
Reserve and Contingent Funds. 2,008,962.64
Totai ..$61,840,662.02
N. OHLANDT, GEO. TOURNY,
President. Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, 1916.
(Seal) CHAS. F. DUISENBEUG, Notary Public.
For the 6 months ending December 31st, 1916, a dividend to
depositors of four per cent per annum was declared.
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NEXt7..“THE QUEST”-IN 5 REELS
FAVORS REVISION.
OF MINING LAWS
Senator Walsh Declares Present Min
ing Laws are Mostly Good for
Emolument of Attorneys.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon
tana, is a firm believer in revision of
the mining laws. At a recent meet
ing of the Mining and Metallurgical
Society in Washington, D. C„ Sena
tor Walsh delivered a lengthy ad
dress on the subject. He start:
with the law governing extra-latera
rights, reviews the practical' minim
history of the west, and declares tha
conditions then and now are sti dif
ferent that new laws are necessary i.
the West is to have its proper de
velopment.
The Senator will also deliver thi'
address before the Senate Committee
on Public Lands when ho will attemp
to show that the present mining lav
is mostly good tor the attorneys a:
it Is too complex for the ordinary
mining man to interpret. His ad
dress in part follows:
“In the opinion of Clipper Minir.i
Company vs. Eli Mining Compan;
(194 United States, 220, 234), tin
supreme court of the United State j
quotes with approval the followinf i
comment from Lindley on Mine
(Page 167) viz.: |
“ ‘The townsite laws as they nov
exist consist simply of a chronologi
cal arrangement of past legislation
an aggregation of fragments, a sor
of crazy quilt in the sense that the;
lack harmonious blending. This ma:
be truthfully sao. of the genera
body of the mining laws.
“Mention of the revision of th
mining laws will ordinarily prompt n
the mind of the lawyer concerned
with such and perhaps in the mind of
the engineer whose activities are
supposed to be regulated by them,
■ reflection on the wisdom or unwis
dom of abolishing extra-lateral rights.
I Unless his attention has In some spe
cial manner been directed to other
incongruities In the law, it is more
than probably that he will extol the
perfection of the system under which
we have been working as the foun
to promote the rapid development of
the west and the sure guaranty of its
future prosperity.
“The record of 40 years is the best
encomium that can be pronounced
upon it. It has admirably served the
purpose with which it was designed,
to promote the rapid develipment df
a wild, unexplored country and to
meet pioneer conditions.
“In order to have a better under
standing of how well it meetB present
day conditions, it should be consid
ered in connection with those pre
vailing when the system which was
30 highly extolled had its birth.
“At the time the mineral land code
was enacted mining operations in the
public land states were confined al
most exclusively to the washing of
auriferous beds and the extraction
and reduction of gold and silver hear
ing quartz.
Tlie Old Law.
“The act of 1866 specifically named
gold, silver, cinnabar and copper in
section 2, which provided for the lo
cation of quartz claims, and it used
no generic term authorizing the loca
tion of veins bearing any other me
tals. Cinnabar was being mined at
the time of the' passage of the act,
the mercury it' yielded being used it
the process of amalgamation, then
the standard treatment of gold and
silver ores. The prospective value of
Ores parrying copper was not over:
looked, but. in those days cupriferous
ores were penalized, as ores- carry
ing zinc were at si later day, because
their . presence interfered with the
processes then in vogue for the ex
traction Of t'he gold and silver values
It was not until 1876 that the sys
tematic treatment qf copper qres be
gan in Montana. The act of 1872
added lead and'tin to the list of me
tals enumerated in the act of 1876.
and then because no other-metal had
attained to sufficient prominence to
give it place, but in recognition that
veins might be found carrying other
metallic substances of value and the
specific enumeration was supplanted
with the general language ‘other val
uable deposits,’ under which velne
containing' such were made equally
subject to- location.
To the Merchants.
Don’t think we are alighting you
If we : don’t call In every day and
• make g purchase me there is so many
of ybii'In the same Una that we
would have nothing left to lay Ip
modern tools and machinery to keep
up with the automobile business, as
It la; setting a rapid pace for our lim
ited-means, as we have no bank con
nected with the business;' b«t we so
licit- your patronage Just the same',
and if yon have an. axe to, grind, Just
Mug It along; the emery wheel le
j running. Valdes Iron Wka. sat-tf
BARBECUE AND BURGOO.
Often Confused, the Words Have En
tirely Different Meanings.
Barbecue uud burgoo are both words
of Auierlcuu birth, but of foreign ex
traction.
Barbecue is a variation of West ln
diun-Spanisb barbacoa, a low frame
work on which meat or fishes are laid
to be smoked. From the framework
the word came to be applied to the ar
ticle thus smoked or cooked. Strictly
speaking, it applies only to an animal
cooked entire, as a whole sbeep or a
whole ox, but it Is not held strictly to
that usage.
The modern barbecue is the cooking
of meat on a large scale by roasting
or broiling in such a way as to pre
serve its juices and flavor.
Burgoo is of English origin, coined
by sailors to designate thick porridge
or gruel, sometimeB also called loblolly.
American burgoo is a thick soup or
stew composed of the fat and juices
of a barbecued animal thickened with
a variety of vegetables and highly sea
soned.
It sometimes has been spelled bur
gout, under an' impression that it is
derived from the French, but that is
a mistake.
There is no rule or recipe for mak
ing it except experience and a genius
for making a savory and eatable com
pound. It may consist of fish, flesh
and fowl, cereals, vegetables and any
thing that appeals to the appetite.—In
dianapolis News.
APES OF GIBRALTAR.
They Are Highly Prized and Protected
by the Authorities.
The rock of Gibraltar ia the home of
a highly prized and carefully protect
ed tribe of Barbary apes. The chief
of this tribe is oue Major, aud in
Gibraltar there is a saying that it
"were better to kill the governor than
Major."
This band of apes numbers about
twenty. They came, mysteriously
enough, from Africa many years ago
and claimed citizenship in Europe.
They are duly protected by the author
ities. and any addition by birth to
their number Is carefully chronicled
aud aunouuced iu the local paper.
These apes transfer their abode from
time to time, according to the state of
the weather, from the highest peaks
of the rock to lower and more shelter
ed places. They Indulge their sense of
humor at times by throwing stones at
the soldiers. They may not be seen
for weeks at a time, save In the early
morning hours.
A few years ago, on account of the
diminishing numbers of these crea
tures, some apes were procured from
Barbary and turned loose upon the
roek, but the resident apes killed them
all. Although so fierce to intruders of
their own kind, they never attack hu
man twinge aud are greatly esteemed.
’ The Human Lobster.
The lobster has always appealed to
the Englishman as affording a nick
name for his fellow Englishman. “Lob
ster” was a favorite term of abuse
among the Elizabethans, though it Is
only conjectural that an allusion to red
faces was conveyed. As signifying a
soldier, "lobster" originated in the civil
war, being applied to the Roundhead
cuirassiers, as Clarendon explains, "be
cause of the bright Iron shells with
which they were covered.” Afterward
the allusion was transferred to the
soldier’s red uniform. But that was
the "boiled lobster.” The "raw lob
ster” was naturally the man in blue,
the policeman. In learlier duya we Uud
Grose explaining that “to boll one's
lobster” meant for a clergyman to be
come a soldier.—London Chronicle.
New England Weather.
The late George M- Stearns of Chic
opee, Mass., spoke once at tbe dinner
of the New England club of New
York. Previous speakers had remark
ed concerning tbe different varieties of
weather “down east" During his
speech Mr. Stearns said:
“I note what yon say about our re
markable New England weather, but
gentlemen, let me tell yon that any
man wbo lives here- the first twenty
years of his life builds up such a vig
orous constitution that.if be then con
tracts a fatal disease be can live
twenty years longer on the by way*."—
Pittsburgh Press.
First Flying Machine
The attempt on man’s part to navi
gate the air is almost as old as civili
sation itself, but tbe first' time in the
history of tbe world that a |iower
driven, heavier than air machine ever
carried a man through the air was in
December, 1003, when the Wright
brothers made their ever famous flight
•t Kitty Dawk, N. C. That was the
real beglilning of tbe flying machine.—
New York American.
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First Woman Legends.
Heathen nations have different leg
ends as to the origin of woman. Tbe
Japanese believe that she grew on a
tree, the Laplanders that she was once
a rabbit, tbe Persians that she fell
from tbe heavens and the Australian
natives that she was once a toad.
No 8anse.
Jones—So many people are struck by
automobiles while alighting' from trot
lay cars! Trolley Official-Well, yea,
but those people have paid tbelr fares:
it's this running over people who a re
waiting to get on that- gets our goatt—
New York Globe.
Hobo In Beeten Disguise.
Small William—Father, kindly con*
•vey to my mind tbe meaning of tbe
Word “hobo." Paternal Ancestor—That
lie' tbe ransWertdlnhry designation of
vm indigent traveler, my son.—Judge.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let u« do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed !
Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Ron»rh Dry lCc lb
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meala—Price* Reaaonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connecta with Chitlna.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted Mar.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 ■ Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PIAMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and FittinKs, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils,
located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, JuneaU, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Ezplosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latourhe, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F, n. TRACT, tSen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Ageat.'
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steancr SalUag 15th calls Ulamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kntk
and Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
iMttlt to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steatuers Vale and-Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD j. RING WOOD, Mgr.. Seattle) VALDSZ DOCK CO„ Local Agt.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One’Voad—one managerrent—one service all the w ay
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.