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One-thirrd off on Cut Glass, China
and leather goods for one week on
ly at Ilium’s.
Cook wanted by Mrs. Carlelon at
Fort Liscum; call or phone Mrs. Car
leton.
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Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
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OVER THE
"MILWAUKEE”
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
"The Olympian” and "The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE, MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kracmer, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee Sc St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
I ( I* A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is heady for use in an instant,
and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
Alaska Water,
Light & Tel. Co
H4B
FROM SEATTLE
Brings Seventy-five Tons of Freight—
Has Only a Few Passengers
From Seattle.
The steamer Alameda, of the Alas
ka Steamship line, reached Valdez at
11 o’clock last night with 75 tons of
freight and 20 passengers. The steam
er unloaded and left for the westward
early this morning.
The passengers from Seattle for
Valdez were Miss Ruth R. Raymond,
Miss L. Wilson, Mrs. Steeves, Mrs.
E. R. Ramsay, P. Erickson, J. J. Mc
Carty, H. H. Knox, William Baxter,
Miss Rose Martin and four steerage.
Prom Cordova: Deputy Marshal
Sam Brightwell, Louie Belter, Sam
Borgen, Parke Griswold.
Por Fort Liscum: Dr Mitchell.
For Seward: Jay Spencer, George
Van Pelt and J. J. Beck.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Tuesday, January 6, 1914.
Wortmans .
Summit . 69
Beaver Dam . 2 40
Teikell ,. 60
Tonsina . -Hi 16
Copper Center . 10
Gulkana . -27 12 j
Hogan . IS i
Paxson’s . -17 24 I
Summit—Clear, windy, trail heavy
and drifted. ,
Beaver Dam- Clear, windy, trail J
heavy.
Teikhell—Snowing, trail heavy.
Tonsina—Snowing, trail heavy.
Copper Center—Cloudy, cajm. trail
fine.
Gulkana—- Cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Hogan—Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s—'■Clear, calm, trail good.
Monday, January 5, 1914.
Wortman’s .. . . 56
Summit . 69
Denver Dan) . Zero ' 40
Teikhell . ' 60
Tonsina . -17 16
Copper Center . 10
Gulkana . -JO 12
Hogan . 15
Paxson's . -2 22
Valdez, Jan. 5, 1914.
Baromertic pressure .29,491
Temperature at 7 p. in. 21
Maximum temperature . 28
Minimum temperature . 20
Mean temperature . 24
Clear, strong breeze N. E. 26 miles.
Tom Parker, the musher, returned
to Valdez today. He made fast time
out, coming from Nelohina to Ernes
tine across country in four days.
'
Dr. Mitchell, who is to be tempor
arily stationed at Fort Liscuni, was
an arrival on the Alameda.
TIMES PITS
M'WTOSN STORY
Gives Big Story to Valdez Freight
er’s Opinions on Valdez as Best
I
Route to Nelchina
The following interview with Rob
ert McIntosh appeared in the Seattle
Sunday Times of December 21. Bob
is boosting for Valdez and the gov
ernment road as the best route into
the interior, as can be seen by read
ing the story:
"That the Nelchina diggings will
be the easiest of access in winter of
all interior Alaska camps is the news
brought to Seattle by Bob McIntosh,
pioneer Valdez freighter, whose men
and several big outfits have just fin
ished a round trip swing between
Valdez and the new placer gold camp.
"Valdez, according to McIntosh and
many other northern authorities equ
ally as reliable, is the most feasible
winter way of entry to'both the Nel
china and the Shushanna diggings.
" ‘Already a lot of travel has start - !
ed,’ McIntosh said at The Dillar last
evening, ‘and it looks like there will
be big movement over the two trails
before the end of the snow season.
I have put on a big freighting out
fit to haul into both camps. I am now !
using 30 head of horses and a big i
crew of men, and the outfit will have !
to be increased at once as I made j
several big contracts for freight just
as soon as 1 landed hero.
“ ‘The distance from Valdez to Nel I
china is only about 200 miles, aim !
the trail is one of the best we ever
have had to an interior camp. Shu- !
shanna is almost loo^miles further
and there is a pretty big divide to
cross, but the route'is comparatively
easy when compared with other we
have had to follow during the past
ten years.
" The outfits I sent out tn the first
trip to Nelchina have just returned
to Valdez. They made the round trip
in 1? days, which shows the ‘going’
is pretty good. They report having j
met a number of people en route to j
the diggings, most of them coming j
from other interior camps. There !
were about 200 people in Nelchina at !
the first of the month and 150 outfits, I
most of thpni small, were met. on the !
trail. |
" ‘There will be a great deal of I
shipping to both camps during the j
winter as freighting by trail can be i
done at comparatively low cost and j
much equipment is needed to prepare
for early working of the ground af
ter the breakup next summer. The
Nelchina bids fair to become an im
portant small camp right away, as the
owners of the principal properties
have already made arrangements for 1
development. Two big hydraulic out- |
fits are to be sent in from Seward
after the first of the year and two I
more are to go from Seattle at about
the same time.’
"McIntosh is one of the best known j
freighters of Alaska, having spent the
past ten years bucking blizzards and
snowdrifts with big outfits of horses
and sleds. Last winter he made a big
hit with the whole northland by put
ting on an emergency sleigh service
to deliver mails during a forty three
day period when the Copper river
railroad was tied up by snowdrifts and
avalanches." |
..
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Lais Johnson arrived on the Ala i
meda.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Fine c-hange of program tonight ..t
the Orpheum.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Extra tine change of program at
the Orpheum.
General Agent Tracy was a
through passenger on the Alameda.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Mrs. Steeves and mother, Mrs. E.
R. Ramsay, returned to Valdez last ,
night on the Alameda.
Lars Holland will leave on the Ala
meda lor Seattle to appear as a wit
ness in the Shiels-Munday coal fraud
cases.
J. J. McCarty, who made a hurried
trip to the states, returned on the
Alameda this morning from the Spir
it City.
Many a man has put his money on
a sure thing, only to regret that he
didn't take a chance. '
Valdez
Electric
Company
The Consumers Organization
that has reduced the cost
of electric light and pow
er in Valdez.—Send in
your orders for connec
tions before January 1st.
Office in CopperJBIock
Phone 57
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