1
y|]LL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for women
=for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes for Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
— ■ •
notice of forfeiture.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern: '
You are hereby notified that 1
have depended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars m labor
and improvements upon. the . fol
lowing named lode mining olaims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. J,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded m
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21. all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about, one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bay, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
$600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims,'for w’hich you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4. 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
.whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Lark"
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
lh1 office of the recordsr of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
ber 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
SI00 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
this notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913,
Reinke can tlx anything from a
watch dow’n.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phone 47.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, hi^ heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended four hundred dol
lars (8400) in labor and improvcv
ments upon the Last Chancy No.
1-and-Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez 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 8200
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
!8200, being 8100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
VVM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The "Two Friends No.
1,” "Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid; that being $300 per
vear, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2321, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN P.1UT.E.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In flic Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased—Notice
>f hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
?us Chisholm, administrator of
he estate of Hardin Smith, de
’eased, has rendered and pre- |
.seated for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the tith day of
May, 1913, at.ttie liodr of two
o'clock p. m., of said day, at the
office of Titos, ft. Shepard, ex of
ficio judfre in probate of the Val
dez, precinct,*a%vValdh£, Alaska,
has been duly appointed ;by the
said court as the time and place
of settlement of said final ae
c/ninl and report, at which lime
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
file objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGOUS CHISHOLM,
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of lirst, pub. March I. 13.
Dale of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
fn the Commissioner's Court, for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate.
In the'matter of the estate of
\V. C. Stull, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the sain
deceased, to exhibit them wiih
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, natnely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the busi
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
271 h day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LAND,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of tlrst pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28. '13.
To tho Public.
Wo hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return lo Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate, glass, window glam, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents fer Fairbanks, Morse 4k Co.
CHERRY AMD BARRETT
GET THE CONTRACT
Sherry and Barrel! were the
limes! bidders !<i do the rock work
asked for by tin* Alaska Water,
Light ,y I’owei.inpany for .their
new plant to be built in Solomon
basin I'lie cmtrnct price is
S.'bti") a fool and it is estimated
that it will reipiire ,'!<I0 feel of
|work to clear the space needed i
j for the tin i Id mg s. ;
—
SENATOR MILLARD
WANTS LAWS I
Contumeu i.om page l) i
: passed by Congress offering any- !
thing for sale is a contract lie- j
tween the government and the 1
| parly trying' to purchase it. The j
i average Alaskan wauls to see
justice done lo the coal claim-j
'ants, but, however, insists that |
the government open up the coal!
immediately. The fact that the;
government should open up the:
coal would not invalidate a just,
land legal claim. We are paying!
lannually *18,nun for coal with
iwhirh to operate the Clilf mine.!
jor nine dollars per Ion for Wash
ington steam coal. This should
lie cut ill I WO.
"I mu in favor of i hr govern- s
menl i 111 n 11 ■ < I i a I < “ i \ Inking up I lie
sub.jeel of Alaskan Iransporla- '
lion. 1 am inclined lo favor gov- j
rrnmiml Iniil'ling ami owning of
railroads or of government as- ;
sislanec in the building and of
government eontrolling of the
roads to I hi* end I hat cheaper
transportation may be ■ brought
about in Alaska.
"I think the Alaska code should
he revised and provision made for
a reveu.ue system for Alaska and
other matters should In1 careful
ly gone into.”
Senator Millard has had quite
an experience before coming to
Alaska in politics, having been
mayor of a city, and several years
as councilman, and county board
member in Chippewa Falls, Wis
consin. He served one term in
the lower house* of the Wiscon
sin legislature and one term as
sergeanl-at-arms in the lower
house and live years on the Re
publican state central committee.
Since coming to Alaska, 15 years
I ago, he has taken no part in
politics up to the present time,
i He was elected as a non-partisan
land a thorough progressive,
whatever that name is politically.
[And he says that he is and will
jbd, at all times for that which
I he believes will he to the best in
Iterests of Alaska in general.
| lie is a warm supporter of
home rule for Alaska and touch
ling the home situation ns to ap
pointments for Alaska his posi
tion is more specifically shown
■ by the fact that he will introduce
i in the senate a joint resolution
I requesting President Wilson to
appoint tiona tide residents of
Alaska to till all offices from gov
ernor down.
Wanted to Die a Natural Death.
Le Kami, in liis “Seventy Years
of Irish Life,” tells of a peasant
who said to a gentleman:
"My poro father died last night,
your honor."
“I’m sorry for that, now,” re
plies the other, “and what doctor
attended him?”
■ “Ah, my poor father wouldn't
have a doctor; he always said he’d
like to diet a natural death."
Jake Menehel received a tele
gram frjHiv Martandale to have
the dog.team which was left with
Jake last' fall, ready for a trip
into the lditarod.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, "Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21 st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock n. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court, at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which lime and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and (lie
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
19th day of February. 1913.
JAMES FISH.
j W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub.* April 21. 1918 '
Air ships for Alaska.
Falcon Joslin, president of the I
I’anana Mines Railway company,!
s in Germany investigating the]
vorkings of the Zeppetlin air- 1
ships. Should these airships ap
pear feasible for the conveyance ;
if passengers and light freight
raffie, it is the plan of Mr. Jus
in In establish airship lines in
lariniis pari of Alaska. The lies I
line I" he established in Alaska
Aill In* between Chilina ami Fair-1
banks. The mail conli'acls expire
next year mi lliis rmile. ami thi>
is said lu he another incentive fur
Mr. Juslin's present invesliga
limis. The Zeppelin airship i
pciiving a greal success ami is
l lnnighl In he n snlul inn uf t he
J can'pmiat ii m problem jn new
cminlrics. An airship nf lliis
type can carry Mu m- mure pas
sengers ami travel al a speed uf
in miles an Imnr.--Ketchikan
M iner.
GENEROSITY.
• Mil Kink's always \\ 111 i ng In
preach, and hand mil wise roun
sel and leach: hut ask him fur
aid whim vuii'rc hungry and fray
i'd, and lie’ll stick In tiis wad like
a leech, lie's handy with pruverh
and text In ciimfurl the needy and
vexed: luit when there's a nlau
lo feed iiidigcnl man, uld Kink
never seems lu get next. He'll
help mil tile widow with p minis,
ami pray fur her fatherless lambs,
but lie never would try to bring
joy lo her eye with codfish and
sauerkraut and hams. On Sun
day lie joins in the hymn, and
makes the responses with vim:
when they pass around the box
for liie worshiper's rocks, his gift
is exceedingly slim. He Ihinks
■In* is fooling the I.ord and is sure
of a princely reward when to
heaven he goes al Ibis life’s
journey’s close—with which view
I am not in anford.i For the
Lord. He is wise lo gold bricks,
and the humbug who crosses the
Styx will have to be sharp if he
captures a harp: St. Peter will say
lo him. “Nix.” They size up a
man nearly rigid when he comes
to I he portals of light, and no
stingy old fraud ever Ihimble
rigged God or pul on a robe
snnwv while.
WALT MASON.
Paleontology.
The earliest animals of the
earth were, no doubt, soft crea
tures of simple structure whose
dead bodies left fewr traceable im
pressions in tlie mud and sands in
which I hey were buried. The suc
cessors of these early unknown
animals acquired from genera
tion to generation protective cov
erings whose remains in the old
er rocks are now studied by
paleontologists. The fossil shells
of these early inverlabrates are
of great importance to the geol
ogist, for they indicate the geo
logic period in which the beds
containing t.hein were formed.
Kacli fossiliferoiis rock bed con
tains characteristic forms of
groups of forms that determine
the period in which it was mud
or sand. Former Director Pow
ell of the United States Geolog
ical Survey once tersely explain
ed to a congressional c oiitiee
the value of paleontology say
ing I hat it is "the g gist’s
clock," by which he tells ne time
'when rock beds were formed.
Naturally, paleontology shows al
so the! order or succession and
therefore the relation of (he rock
beds studied by the geologist.
TIDE TABLES
Thursday, March 6.
High fide, 11:34 a. m., 12:22 p. in.
Low tide, 5:40 a. m„ 6:10 p. in.
Friday, March 7.
High tide, 12:09 a. m., 12:42 p. m.
Low tide, 6:09 a. m., 6:33 p. m.
Saturday, March 8.
High tide, 12:40 a. ni.,
Low tide', 6:37 a. m.. 6:5 4 p. m.
EO. F. WHITE
Hie Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska- Phone 41
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
*J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all 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'jWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone ,9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 d. m., 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone 13« Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ 3
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
, ^ VALOMZ. ALASKA
NaraiRr* or Miras
PATffMT SuRrzra
GARMSAL MiHIRa EHQIHAARIHa
Phorm No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
Deputy Land and
•..^ajlfceral Surveyor
Vv ~
Blue Printing Kes. Phone. 18»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet eTery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Eaule Hall. All members arc requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Cluh. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HrTNT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE 1971
Meet every Friday 8 d. m Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Keirular Communications tlrst Wednesday In
each month In McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patten K>,.W. M
n. u* Reynolds. Sec