S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Give Your Freight^Contract^o
Robert McIntosh
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DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
Wortman’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN, Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Everything First Blass coaodaton (or'60 knti.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiaeit Hotel in the !iterior---Well Heated, Cleao Roe oil.
Bar in Connection. Rate* Reasonable
GET THE HABIT
The
Orpbeum Moms
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER
A. H. PINKUS, Mgr.
I
SHS G. CRISTO
Reached Valdez Last Night and Will
Return With Mor£ Supplies
—Is Optimistic
George Cristo, the well known Val
des prospector, reached Valdez yes
terday from the Nelchina, where he
has spent the past two months pros
pecting his claim on Willow creek.
Mr. Cristo came to the coast for
supplies and unknowingly passed the
shipment which was sent from here
a week ago for him. He remained
on his claims until he had exhausted
his grub and on Feb. 4 left the claim,
reaching here early in the morning
Feb. 13.
“I have never been in a placer
camp which, at the start, gave such
indications of a big future,” said
Cristo to a representative of this pa
per, "and I am going back as soon
as I can. I hope to overtake the out
fit I passed on the road out. Not only
have I great faith in the country but
every man in the camp seems im
pressed with the prospects and all are
determined to remain. Many have
ordered outfits to be sent in which
will keep them going all summer.
“I have only sunk six feet on my
ground and had just started the work
when my supples ran out. I was
for a time busy establishing camp
and expected mote supplies every
day.”
The reports from the camp regard -
ing the strike on Crooked creek by
the negro Irwin are corroborated by
Cristo, as well as the other state
ments sent to Valdez regarding the
extent of the camp. The strike on a
creek 18 miles from Crooked creek
is also verified.
The Pulpit, the Coward’s Castle.
It has been charged frequently that
the pulpit is the coward’s castle, that
the preacher speaks and cannot be
himself reached or answered. I pro
pose to come within reach and have
my statements open to answer;, in
other words, for at least a month, to
make the close of our Sunday evening
services a public religious forunt.
The men who have been using Ev
eryman’s Clubhouse to while away
their time, who have been reading,
playing, talking and arguing there,
have assured me that they will not
stay away merely because there \yill
be held on Sunday evening a halt
hour religious service with prayers
and the singing of familiar hymns.
Some of these men have asked that
I make my short sermon, an address,
and myself open to answering and
questioning by anyone prese'ntj. 1
agree.
The service will conmmenre at
7:30. You men, you women, and you
boys and girls of tfildez are all cor
dially invited to come and '.see, and
take part in this experiment, which
I trust will be popular. There will
j be no offering taken up at these
j meetings.
Other services will be held as us
ual at the little Church of the Epiph
any at 8:30, 11, and 12 o’clock.
WINFRED H. ZIEGLER.
Notice.
! By order of the board of direct
! ors the Granite Gold Mining Co. of
j fers for sale at 50 cents a share 10,000
! shares of the treasury stock of the
! company. This is for the purpose of
I clearing up all indebtedness up to
March 1, 1914, at which time, barring
the acts of Providence, the mill will
start. The company has expended
about $32,000, for which we have a
complete power equipment, a com
plete twenty-ton mill, a hoist, an un
derground station, a gallows-frame
for hoisting, 450 feet of tunnel work,
an upraise from the tunnel to the
surface of 147 feet, and a shaft 6 1-2
xlO 1-2 feet and 40 feet In depth,
leading from the tunnel down and
which exposes the ore for 200 feet.
A shaft has also been driven on the
upper vein for 40 feet in depth. The
company has a surface tram across
the gully 200 feet long and will have
an aerial tram 320 feet long to trans
port the ore from the mine to the
mill. Supplies to the value of $3,000
’ are on hand on the property. Stock
can be secured at Attorney C, E. Bun
nell’s office, secretary of the com
pany. B. F. MILLARD. President.
I
The Valdez Igloo No. 7, Pioneers
of Alaska, extends to all the citizens
of Valdez and visitors a cordial Invi
tation to attend the dance on Feb.
It at Eagle hall. Dress to salt your
self. COMMITTEE.
Main springs $1.50. All work de
livered on time. Plant & Co., jew
elers. ' tf
LABORATORY FOR
JUNEAU IS FAVORED
JUNEAU, Jan. 27.—That Alaska
should ask for the establishment of
a metallurgical and mineralogical
laboratory at Juneau by the federal
bureau of mines is the first recom
mendation contained in the first an-*
nual report of Territorial Mining In
spector William Maolney, which has
been submitted to the governor.
Mr. Maloney also recommends that;
the eight-hour working day be ex
tended to all underground employes,
whether they are working in quar;?.
or placer mines;
That the owners and operators of
mines should be required to register
with the mine inspector and set forth
the name of the mire, its character,
the location, name of person in
charge, principal place of business,
the number of actual employes and
prospective employes, etc.;
That the mine inspector should be
provided with blankets for reports
to be made by mine operators and
their agents, setting forth these and
other particulars, including accounts
of accidents, etc.;
That it should be a crime for any
operator or employe of a mine to
wilfully and wantonly neglect any
precaution against endangering life or
injury, or to violate the rules provided
for their safety;
That the mine inspector should be
provided with funds for office assist
ance and for deputies to assist in
field work. He particularly asks that
deputies be provided to visit new
camps.
Mr. Maloney reports lhat twenty
four lives were lost last year through
accidents in mining operations, fifteen
of them >n the quartz mines of the
territory and nine in the placer.
There are approximately 8,000 em
ployed, making three deaths to the
thousand employed. He thinks that
this number is too high.
Moot of the work in the placer dis
tricts now is confined to “sniping”
out the pillars that were left to sup
port the earth, and overlooked cor
ners in the old mines, according to
the report, and this is extra hazar
dous employment.
The labor supply has been ample,
according to the report, and in some
places there are more men than the
situation requires. This was due,
however, to the lack of rains, which
restricted mining operations.
The inspector found conditions
fairly satisfactory at Fairbanks,
though he says ventilation could be
improved in some instances. The
working out of the richer deposits,
there, as at Nome, litis curtailed the
output.
Mr. Maloney finds that quartz min
ing is becoming important in Fair
banks and Nome districts, but the
operations are confined to the richest
lodes on account of high cost of pro
duction, due to excessive transporta
lion charges.
The report says that forty dredges
are operated on Seward peninsula and
that 300 men are employed in their
operation.
The mining inspector finds that the
wages for men employed in Alaska's
I mines run from $3.50, without board,
to $5 a day, with board. The former
obtains along the coast in the quartz
districts, and the latter at Fairbanks
and at Nome in the summer time.
In the winter time the wages iat
Nome are $3 to $3.50 and board.
The report shows that conditions
have been satisfactory to employes
and that there have been no strikes or
lockouts.
Mr. Maloney says in his report that
there has been insufficient develop
ment work in the Chisana, Nelchina
and Andreaofsky strikes to determ
ine anything as to their richness or
extent.
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Launch Donaldson to be Repaired.
The launch Donaldson was laid up
on the beach at Valdez near the Val
dez Iron Works this afternoon and
will remain there until repairs to the
cylinder of the engine are made,
which, it is expected, can be done
about Tuesday. No schedule will be
maintained during that time.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner's
Conn, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Vajdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision. Territory of Alaska,
lit the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, 10 the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims agglnst the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months lifter the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this lflth
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
last publication March IS. 1914.
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Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave
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Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co.. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten clays of. each month on
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
tatla. Cordova. Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
night reserved to change dates and steamers without not ice
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for KeU'liiUim. Juneau, Sheep creek Treudwe'l. Douglas.
Cordova. KUoinar, Voldez and l.alooehe. Kxplosiues, S S Seward. S s Seward, 5th:
S S Latouche. 15th: S S Cordova, ioth of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B.-Tracy, Gan’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
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buildinc papei •, roofing pitch, Hme, c«;
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Window,, Door,, Moulding. Fini.h
ing Lumber
A,enU for F*irb,nk*. Morse A Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.
Sbeet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi °ipe. Fittings.
A M. Die ringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
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General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds ^
PasMMv no cut dellveiedi
nnfats paid far in advance!
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
S . RICTLY FIRST CLASS
KCURTH Avi SlWARO, AlAS-VA
Copper River
Draying Co
hYtfitfutiiitf iiM<l in all jnfcns
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