An Old Fim
Under a New Name
AVI.NG disposed of the Banking Department, we
will hereafter devote our entire capital and energy
to a Strictly Mercantile business—believing that we will be
in a better position than ever to serve vour wants.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
PUBLISHEDSUWONS.
In the District^Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion. .
United States of America,
plaintiff, vs. William B. Poland
and Frederick William Low,, de
fendants.--No. 593, Published
The President of the United
States of America, greeting:
To the above named defend
ants, William B. Poland and
Frederick William Low.
You and each of you are here
by required to appear in the Dis
trict Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, within 30
days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, lo
wit: within 30 days after the 10th
d.ay of February, 1913, and an
swer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff filed in the above
entitled court and cause; and un
less you so appear and answer,
the plaintiffs will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in
said compiauu, 10-wit: iur mu
cancellation of the patent here
tofore issued by the United States
to William B. Poland for certain
land in said complaint describ
ed and for the cancellation of
certain deeds pertaining to said
land in said complaint describ
ed, which said land is situate in
the Kenai Recording Precinct,
Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, and is bounded and de
scribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. 1, near
the north shore of Resurrection
bay, identical with corner No. 5,
U. S. Survey No. 241, an iron pipe
three inches in diameter, marked
S. 242, cor. No. 1, thence west 40
chains to corner No. 2, an iron
pipe three inches in diameter,
marked S. 242, cor. No. 2, thence
north 40 chains to corner No. 3,
an iron pipe three inches in di
ameter, marked S. 242, cor. No. 3;
thence east 40 chains to corner
No. 4, an iron pipe three inches
in diameter, marked S. 242, cor.
No. 4; thence south 40 chains to
corner No.-l, the place of begin
ning, containing one hundred and
sixty acres, being the land em
braced within United States Sur
vey No. 242, according to the of
ficial plat of said survey return
ed to the general land office by
the Surveyor General; and for
plaintiff’s costs and disburse
ments herein.
This summons is served upon
you by order of the above entitled
■* court, dated, made and entered on
*lhe 28lh day of December, 1912.
Witness, the Honorable Thom
as R. Lyons, Judge of the said
District Court, and the seal of
said Court, affixed at Valdez, this
28th day of December, 1912.
angus mcbride,
Clerk of the District Court, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion.
Date first pub. Dec. 30„ 1912.
Date last pub. Feb. 10. 1913.
Why freeze in your room and j
have to read the sign in order
to tell that your room is heated
with steam, when you can get all
the steam that you want at “The
Cliff?"
Subscribe for the Prospector.
[ ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY
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DAII.V PIIOtf^CTQ*
Attorneys-at-Law.
0. E. Bunneli.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
E. E. Ritchie.
Assayers.
George F. White.
Bank*.
S. Blum & Go.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Builders' Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Bock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentists
Dr. II. Cookerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Eagles.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
Beyers Cash Store, Golden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fagerburg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. H. Crary.
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Hotels.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
“The Cliff.”
Raiuier-Gvand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundrya.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers. , .
Copper River Lumber'Co? "
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block,
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Raa( Estate, Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
City Express.
Valdez Transfer Co.
* • Telephones.
Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone Co.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
1 and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdes recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner . at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
c mber 31, 1912. And if. within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, ypur co-owjppy, under 1
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
_ , , „ WM. KOCH.
Oate of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Uatc of last pub. April 24, 1913.
It is worth while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany's, Jewelers.
gnniiniiiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiimiuB
Cha». R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 158
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
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Odessa, Feb. I.--Responding to
the frantic appeals of Jews who
have been ordered from their
homes in the Kietf district, Gover
nor General Trepotf has suspend
ed further expulsions until spring
With a touch of sympathy un
usual for a representative of the
bureaucracy, the governor gen
eral announced that he consider
ed, it inhuman to evict people dur
ing the winter season. Inciden
tally, it is reported that the pres
ent governor of Kietf. M. (tiers,
is to lie transferred to another
post.
Meantime numerous petitions
are being forwarded to SI. Peters
burg from other districts, where
expulsions have taken place un
der the most distressing circnm- '
stances. Among the Jews expel I- !
ed from Volhynia was a feeble old i
man of 83 years, who had served I
in the army under Nicholas t. !
This class of so-called "Niclm- (
las soldiers" hitherto had always
enjoyed the privilege of unre
stricted residence throughout the
empire, regardless of their relig
ion or birth.
PRINCE 18 WILLING
TO TAKE THE THRONE
Paris, Feb. 1.— Prince Ahmed
Fuad, of Kgypt, who has been
reported as preparing to enter
Albania and proclaim himself
prince of the Albanians, arrived
in Paris recently. He said he
was not a pretender lo the throne
of Albania, strictly speaking, but
he was ready to fill any role to
aid in building up Albania should
he be called upon by the Alban
ians or by the powers, lie said
he wanted Albania lo be ind -
pendent. The Albanians, he de
clared, would not accept the suz
erainty of Turkey, but they were
ready to submit to the control of
; the powers.
FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT
tj OR PANAMA. DISPUTE
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i Bogota, Colombia, Feb. I.—Jas.
T. Dubois, minister of the Unit
ed States lo Colombia, returned
yesterday from Washington and
was greeted wilh a hearty recep
tion. The Colombian press un
animously declares that the in
dications point to a friendly set
tlement of the dispute regarding
Panama.
NEVADA 18 TO VOTE
ON WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE
| Carson City, Feb. I—The legis
lature has passed a law suhmit
iting the question of women’s suf
frage to a vote of the people.
i All New. Pictures Tonight.
| >; ecial Saturday night change
Itonight. Another complete change
I Sunday eve.
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I The Copper River Draying com
Ipany sent, out a number of sleds
j this morning with feed for the
I trail.
| 'tentie norse ana comfortable
eutter for lent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred.
Fish, phone <7.
“The Cliff’' is the place, not
a bunkhouse; not cheap, but rea
sonable and moderate in price,
and you get what you pay for
cnm fort.
FOR RENT--Three furnished
houses, apply to C. E. Bunnell.
‘ Policies Written Here j
l FIRE INSURANCE j
i MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
| Telephone otdera to Phone 187
ASSAYER
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The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
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Paris, Keli. I.— President Kal-j
lieres lias invited Aristide Briand, j
Hie minister of justice, to form a I
cabinet in succession to I be re-j
firing Poincare ministry.
After a talk with M. Kallicres, ,
M. Briand replied that he would !
give the president a definite an- j
swer tomorrow. M. Briand’s at-;
tilude is assumed generally to
favor his acceptance of the prc- i
miership. Either Leon Bourgeois,]
minister of labor, or Stephen j
Pinchon, ex-minister for foreign !
affairs, will be .asked, it is under- 1
stood, to take the foreign port
folio in the new ministry.
KING’S DAUGHTERS :
SUE THE ESTATE
Brussels, Kelt. I .--The three
daughters of the late King Leo
pold. alter a conference today,
decided to reject the proposal of
the minister of justice that they
accept 87,500.0(1(1 as their share,
in their father's Bongo accretions
and withdraw the suit pending in
the court of appeals against his
estate. The princesses announced
I lint they had decided to allow
the case to go to judgment. The
court is expected to render its
decision next week. It is said the
princesses desire the entire Bon
go estate of Leopold, amounting
to about 810,000,000.
WOMAN SCORNED
TAKES HER REVENGE
Chicago, KeTTT.—Vengeance of
a woman scorned is said to have
been responsible for the betrayal
and arrest of James B. Perry,
confessed leader of the automo
bile bandits and his companion,
'Walter Scott.
A woman with whom Perry had
been on friendly terms for sever
al years and with whom he quar
reled a few days ago, is said to
have betrayed the alleged auto
mobile bandits.
JUDGE'S ILLNESS
ANNULS TRIAL
—
New York, Feb. 1.—The illness
of Judge Charles M. Hough, of
the district court, who was strick
en on the bnech yesterday, may
necessitate a new trial for Julian
Hawthorne, Josiah Quincy, Albert
Freeman and Dr. William J. Mor
ton, who are charged with using
the mails fraudulently in promot
ing mining companies. Judge
Hough has presided over the trial
during its seven weeks’ progress.
JUDGE SWEARS HE
WILL NOT FIGHT
Alexadria, Va„ Fob. I.--When
Judge l.ouis Hurley of the cor
poration court was sworn in to
day for another term to begin
February 10, the old-time oath of
office was administered for the
first, time in a decade. The oath,
among other obligations, pledged
the judge not to tight a duel or
lake part in one.
Makes Crime His Vocation.
Hilda Pest, Feb. l.—lgnez Pal
1<ill, one of the most, extensive
railroad and bridge contractors of
Hungary, lias been arrested here
charged, with embezzling $1,000,
000 and issuing forged checks.
Palloh is director of railroad
companies and financial institu
tions both in Hungary and other
countries. One London company
is said to have been victimized to
the extent of $30,000.
To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our hanking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
A M. Diet-inger
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively 00: coal delivered
unless paid lor in advance
GUY EXPRESS
J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to ell parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office in*(Wha!ing building VALDEZ
Neat to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone .9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to « p. m.. 7 p. up., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER j
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phone 136 Valdez, Alaska J
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C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ <
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDMZ. ALASKA
Nkpomts ok Mirks
Patsnt SuRvsrs
asHKSAL Minims Ehoikssrimo
Phok* No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Re*. Phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. MCNIECE, Arctio Chief
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Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, llrat and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HIT NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Mo. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m- Kusrle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
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