DMIRAL FARRAGUT
GOES SOUTHWARD
fficcrs Iteiiort Cook Inlet Covered
With Ice from Point 80 Miles
Below City of Anchorage.
The steamer Admiral Farragut
eached Valdez late Saturday night
rom the westward, after a trying ex
erience in attempting to land her
assengers and cargo at Anchorage,
'he officers state that when the ves
el went into Cook Inlet the last time
t was covered with firm ice as far
s the eye could reach.
Many of the Anchorage passengers
lere landed, and It is said that all
ould have been landed but they De
leved they had plenty of time and
ailed to leave the ship on the first
inrges. When the barges returned
rom the first trip they carried a
lumber of outgoing passengers as
well as a number of their friends who
iccompanied them out to the steam
ihip to see them off for the str.tos.
Die visitors were unable to get back
to shore so were brought to Seward
and will be compelled to mush back
over the trail.
The Admiral Farragut dropped
back to Fire Island with the tide ex
pecting to pick up the barges and gas
launches when returning with the
flood tide to Anchorage, but as the
temperature had dropped to twenty
degrees below zero, the barges had
been unable to force their way thru
the ice and were in danger of being
cut in two by the pressure. The ship
broke the ice around them and towed
them to Seldovia.
The difficulties of the navigators
were increased by a dense fog which
drifted in from the ocean, preventing
them from seeing the shore and mak
ing it dangerous in rescuing the gas
hoat« and barges. The heavy ice to
gether with the strong tide made the
handling of the steamer difficult, and
the passengers and longshoremen j
were mighty well pleased when taken
off by the Admiral Farragut and 1
landed at Seldovia or Seward
When the steamer left Seward sev
eral of the Anchorage peop’e were
preparing to go over the wipter road. !
so anxious were they to retu 11 home. 1
I’re tty Homes in Valdez.
Valdez has passed its boom days
or mining camp stage, and has a
score of homes which would be an or
nament to outside towns. One can !
he just as comfortable here as in the j
States, and the long winters are not,
• he worst part of the year at that, as |
our people have a good time, not-'
withstanding the weather. i
I FISH BOAT REPORTS
LOSS OF’ “PROGRESS.”
Corning into port last night for re
pairs, the fishing boat Constance re
ports that the Progress, a Seattle
Ashing boat, has been wrecked to the
Westward. The Progress had a gross
tonnage of 169 tons and was 90 feet
long, 21 feet wide and had a depth
| of 16 feet. She has been engaged
j in the Alaska Ashing trade for a num
j her of years. No wreck report has
yet been Aled at the customs office
here.
The Constant is on her way to Se
attle and came in here in order that
several minor repairs might be made
to her engines. She was to leave
for Seattle this afternoon.—Juneau
Empire.
DEESTRICT SKULE
A SURE SUCCESS
■
Everybody Taking Interest iur Enter
tainment for Club House
NEXT THURSDAY.
The “Deestrict Skule" is creating
the greatest interest, and so anxious
are the public to see this comedy per
formed by local talent that the man
agement has been prevailed upon to
advance the date one day, so that it
will take place in the Liberty The
atre next Thursday evening at 8:16
instead of on Friday, as at Arst an
nounced.
Mrs. Davis has been selected as
stage manager, and together with
Mrs. Kramer anti Miss Spence, will
have charge of the presentment of
this really meritorious comedy. Mr.
Quinn as Finnegan Floggem. the
Skule Master, is working hard to get
his pupils to that stage of efficiency
as will reflect credit not only to him
self but to all concerned.
While the audience will learn a
good deal that is new in the way of
jography, rithmetic, spelling and his
tory, they will also hear two debates,
first, “Resolved, That it is Cruel and
Inhuman to De-hqrn Hydraulic
Rams,” and second, "Resolved, That
It were better to have Loved and
Lost than Never to Have Lost at all.”
In view of the fact that this en
tertainment is being given for the
sole purpose of keeping open during
the winter months the Everyman’s
Club House, it is expected that every
seat in the theatre will be filled, and
it would be well to come early and
not be disappointed. Further an
nouncements will be made in tomor
row’s Prospector.
Subscribe for .he Prosnector.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal,‘Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
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Cigars
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SUPPLIES SUV
AT ANCHORAGE
Reported that Heavy Winter Travel
Will Result and Many Favor
Portage Passage Result.
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Commercial men on the Admiral
Farragut, who had investigated con
ditions at Anchorage shortly before
the Inlet was closed by ice, believe
that a serious shortage of provisions
will be experienced in the railroad
town before the opening of naviga
tion next spring.
They believe there will be consid
erable hardship there during the win
ter owing to the fact that hundreds
of men and women went in during
the rush with nothing more than a
steamer ticket, expecting to get work,
but have been disappointed. They had
no means of getting out nor secur
ing an outfit for the winter.
It is stated that between three and
four thousand tons of provisions
have failed to be delivered in An
chorage owing to the closing of the
Inlet by ice. ,lt is estimated that two
thousand persons will winter in An
chorage independent of the Commis
sion crews, and a shortage of grocer
ies is looked for owing to the failure
of the steamships to land their
freight. The Admiral Farragut car
ried approximately fifteen .hundred
tons, and the Alliance about the same
amount. The latter boat was loaded
with supplies for the Brown & Haw
kins store at Anchorage.
It is believed that a heavy passen
ger travel between Anchorage and the
outside will begin shortly after the
close of navigation. Opinion is di
vided in Anchorage as to the route
which will prove most popular for the
winter travel. Many of the oldtimers
believe that Portage Bay will be the
logical route as it will affect a sav
ing of more than fifty miles of diffi
cult travel as compared with the Sew
ard route.
The pass over the Divide from
Turnagain Arm to Portage Canal is
only eight hundred feet above sea
level at the highest point, while the
Seward diviue is said to be more
than 2200 feet high and wind-swept.
There are roadhouses at both ends
of the Portage Passage route yrhich
would accommodate the travelers.
The roadhouse at the head of Portage
Bay is kept by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gri
set, of Cordova.
The launch Shimrock, Capt. Tim
Marcum, makes Portage Bay each
weekly trip down the Sound, and
should travel warrant the boat could
make semi-weekly trips. All indica
tions point to good business between
Anchorage and the States this win
ter and Valdez should take action to
secure here share of the trade.
Weather Re|x>rt.
Valdez, Nov. 28, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.316
Temperature 5 p. m.12
Maximum temperature .16
Minimum temperature . 5
Mean temperature.10
Partly cloudy, strong wind 25
miles per hour, northeast.
Interior Weather.
~ Valdez, Nov. 29, 1916.
Fairbanks, 25—, 6 inches snow;
clear, calm.
Salcha, 30—; 7 inches snow; clear
and calm, trail good.
Richardson. 33—; 10 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
McCarthy, 36—; 11 incite? snow;
clear, light wind, trail good.
Donnelly. 31—; 10 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
McCallum, 12—; 36 inches dnow;
cloudy, strong wind, trill drifted.
Paxson, zero, 30 inches of snow;
cloudy, windy, trail good.
Hogan, 20—; 19 inches snow;
cleara, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 13—; 16 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, 12—; 22 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, 31—; 13 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell, zero; 20 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 10 above; 33 inches
of snow; cloudy, high wind, trail
drifted.
Summit, 2 above; 60 inches .mow;
clear, high wind, trail drifted and
closed.
Wortman’s, 4 above, 14 inches of
■snow; cloudy, windy, trail good
Nulato, 64 -
Birches, 65- -.
Gibbon, 37—.
GKAFTER COPPER MINE
IS A BIO SHIPPER
The large bodies of high grade ore
which have lately been "struck” In
the Grafter mine, cause that property
to rank among the very best copper
mines known. On the 160 foot level
recently a ledge, was broken into
which is known to be eighteen feel
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YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
wide and still widening. At the
present price of copper something
like $15,000 per week is the output
of the Grafter and should the weather
remain as it has been or even with
in twenty-five degrees of what it has
been, operations there will continue
right along during the winter. At
Ihe present time the Grafter is the
only “paystreak” of this community.
—Whitehorse Star.
MISSING LAUNCH PARTY
REPORTED AT SELDOVIA.
Private dispatches have been re
ceived from Seward stating that the
launch Onward, with Fred Tracy and
five other men on board, had reached
Seldovia safely. It is believed that
the launch was forced to seek shel
ter in some of the numerous small
bays after leaving the Admiral Far
ragut, but that her crew were able
to break a passage for her through to
Seldovia.
JUDGE BUNNELL IS
PASSENGER ON ALAMEDA.
Chas. Hand, of the clerk of the
court’s office, received a message
from Judge Bunnell this morning an
nouncing that he had arrived in Cor
dova and would come to Valdez on
the steamer Alameda.
June Bunnell will continue his
journey on the steamer to the States
as he is anxious to visit his parents
in the East, but will visit Valdez
when returning to Fairbanks in Jan
uary.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL t P. M.
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack Callin • - Proprietor
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
aie taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Monday, Nov. 29, 1915.
High, 5:36 am, 6.7; 6:57 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:17 am, 4.
Tuesday, Nov. 80, 1915.
High, 6:44 am, 7.1; 6:21 pm, 6.2.
Low, 11:41 pm, 1.6; 12:44 pm, 3.4.
Wednesday, December 1.
High—7:31 am., 7.8; 7:47 pm, 6.1.
Low—12:36 am., 1.8; 2:01 pm., 2.6.
Thursday, December 2.
High—8:16 am., 8.5; 9:04 pm., 6.8.
Low—1:31 am., 2.2; 3:02 pm., 1.3.
Friday, December 8.
High—8:59 am., 9.3; 10:10 pm., 6.7.
Low—2:26 am., 2.4; 3:66 pm., 0.1.
Saturday, December 4.
High—9:43 am., 10.1; 11:06 pm.,
7.0.
Low—3:20 am., 2.6; 4:44 pm., —1.0
Sunday, December 5.
High—10:39 am., 10.7.
Low—4:09 am., 2.6; 5:31 pm. —1.8
Monday, December 6.
High—12:58 am., 7.3; 11:16 pm.
11.2.
Low—4:69 ami, 2.5; 6:01 pm., —2.3
Tuesday, December 7.
High—12:47 am., 12:03 pm., 11.4.
Low—6:48 am., 2.5; 7:06 pm. —2.5
Wednesday, December 8.
High—1:36 am., 7.6; 12:52 pm.,
11.3.
Low—6:37 am., 2.4; 7:46 pm. —2.3
Thursday, December 9.
High—2:26 am., 7.6; 1:43 pm., 10.8
Low—7:23 am., 2.6; 8:42 pm., —1.8
Friday, December 10.
High—3:15 am., 7.6; 2:37 pm., 9.9.
Low—8:25 am., 2.7; 9:32 pm. —1.1
Saturday, December 11.
High—4:08 am., 7.6; 3:34 pm.. 8.9.
Low—9:29 am. 2.8; 10:22 pm. —0.2
Sunday, December 12.
High—5:03 am., 7.7; 4:37 pm., 7.8.
Low—10:42 am, 2.9; 11:13 pm, 0.7
Monday, December 18.
High—6:08 am., 7.9; 6:35 pm., 6.8
Low, 12.07 am., 2.8.
Tuesday, December 14.
High—6:64 am., 7.1; 7:18 pm, 6.2
Low—0.06 am-. 1.6; 1.33 pm., 2.3
WediMsday, December 15
High—7:46*am., 8.4; 8:41 pm, 6.0
Low—1:02 am. 2.3; 2:43 pm, 1.6.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CliOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE 10TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1015.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts . $ 84,693.25
Overdrafts . 360.16
Bonds, Warrants and other Securities. 24,911.00
Furniture and Fixtures. 3,428.80
Checks on other Banks and other Cash Items 1,798.80
CASH ON HAND, including Gold Dust 107 fll 0 11
and Sight Exchange .. I Z I jU 10i I I
TOTAL . $242,205.12
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in.$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund . 500.00
Undivided Profits . 1,970.13
Due to Banks—Deposits. 453.11
Deposits . 214,074.88
Certified Checks . 207.00
TOTAL .$242,205.12
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
1, W. M. Goodwin, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemn
ly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
W. M. GOODWIN, Cashier.
Correct Attest M. BLUM,
♦ JOHN LYONS.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of Nov. 1916.
(Notarial Seal) J. W. GILSON,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Jan. 21, 1917.
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