FRISCO FAIR’S
ILLUMINATION
Wonderful Work of Engineer
Ryan'-Auroras Thrown in
Southern Sky.
San Francisco, Jan. 3.—De
scribing the illumination of the
Panama-Paoilic International
Exposition, W. D. A. Ryan, the
illuminating enginser who plan
ned the lighting of Niagara Falls
and the wonderful illuminating
of the IIudson-Fullon celebra
tion, said:
“One of the special features
will be the introduction of jew
els in the place of incandescent
lamps so commonly used at pre
vious expositions. The whole ef
fect will be surmounted by a 48
electric scintillator—one for each
state, which will be mounted off
the main axis of the exposition,
about five or six hundred yards
out in the water. It will be plac
ed on barges anchored in the bay
and will require kO trained men
to operate the lights. These will
go through an evolution of col
or, forming auroras and various
effects in the sky and over the
exposition, and will spread like a
great lilly, and will be seen in all
the surrounding bay cities and on
dear nights will be visible in the
sky for 40 or 50 miles.
“We have a great deal of fog
here and this will assist us very
much in producing wonderful
lighting effects. The lighting of
the exposition will, without doubt,
surpass anything in lighting in
the world’s history. One of the
strongest features of the lighting
will be. produced here that have
never been seen before.
“The entire lighting is new in
every respect and it marks an
epoch in illumination. The ad
vance since the last big exposi
tion in science and art of elec
tric engineering and development
of electric apparatus has been so j
great that we are now able to
produce effects with economy
which would have been physical
ly impossible five or six years
ago. In other words, the exposi
tion is to be. a magnificent pic
ture by night, with the architec
tural splendor brought out to the
best ^possible advantage in both i
form and color, maintaining the
daylight, perspective.”
TOOK MANY MILLIONS
AND GAVE NOTHING
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 3.
The PostofTiee department today
made a statement concerning Llie
^operations of the Sterling lichen
ture company, whose oiTices in 1
New York were, raided yester
day, when half a dozen men were :
arrested. It says:
“This corporation, which lias ,
been doing business only since ;
1906, it is estimated conserva
tively has sold approximately j
1133,000,000 of the stocks of the
various companies represented.
Considerable of the stock sold by
this corporation was of legitimate
companies, but an enormous
amount of the slock sold the ^
public was of fake concerns'
whose stock was absolutely
worthless.”
KILLED HU8BAND
FOR HIS MONEY
Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—Mrs.
Frieda Trost, who was on Inal
here this week on a charge of
having killed her husbam Wil
liam Trost, was convicted today
of murder in the first degree.
The commonwealth charged
That Mrs. Trost within one week
after her marriage last August
•rave Trost poison in order that
she could obtain his estate, val
ued ai less than $10,000.
Buys the Old Ledger. j
Philadelphia, Jan. 3—Cyrus;
Curtis has purchased the Ledger,,
„ne of the oldest and strongest
papers in the city._
mou aoe o| iJiimi.id.ins s,l|| j
many people make for lll« j
Cliff” to gel warm rooms these
snappy days.
Dougherty & Ferguson, for.the
balance of Deoembor, are selling
foods at reduced prices.
_ . ' • « . .
' Dougherty St' F^rgfueon,- for tbe
balance of December, are soUfng
goods at deduced ’prlfces. '
CHINOOK WINDS
FOLLOW STORMS
, tm ■ n»J
Lowlands Liable to Floods #<r
count Rapidly Melting 8nows,
Result of Warm Winds.
Seattle, Jan. 3.—The heavy
snows and storms of the past few
days has been followed by Chi
nook winds and rain, which is
rapidly melting the heaviest
snowfall in 24 years, threaten
ing inundations in the lowlands
of the valleys and the further
stopping of railway traffic.
GIVE8 GIRL CAR FARE
AND PICKS HER POCKET
San Francisco, Jan. 3.—“Bet
ter lake these; they might come
in handy,” said the escort of Miss
Eve Willis last night, as he press
ed two nickels into her hand and
assisted her to a trolley car. To
day Miss Willis complained to
the police that after taking her
seat she found her pocket had
been picked of a wallet contain
ing $35. She had met her escort
at a dance and couldn’t remem
ber his name. The nickels did
come in handy.
SAYS ATHLETES
USE STIMULANT
Berlin, Jan. 3.—America is ad
dicted to taking opium, accord
ing to Professor Ilueppe, of Dres
den. He addressed the Associa
tion for the Scientific Investiga
tion of Sport last night on the
subject of “Sport and Stimu
lants,” and in his lecture enum
erated the stimulants to which
tin? various nations are addict
ed. The association, which was
recently formed, includes many
of the leading physicians and ex
perts. Professor Hueppe, who is -
a court councillor, holds high j
rank as a writer on alcoholism.
DIPLOMA AWARDED AT !
SWEET SIXTEEN DANCE
Hank Staler was presented with
a diploma last evening by Prof.
Whitley at the final dance of the
Sweet Sixteen Club. The presen
tation was made by “Dad” In- I
gram after a committee, consist- |
ing' of Hayes, Caswell and “Gug- j
gie” had made the award. Not j
another member of the club re- j
reived a diploma and as a conse- j
quence will be compelled to take!
another lesson in tin* lerpsirhor- )
ran art.
Cold Weather In Nome.
Nome, Jan. 3.-A fierce cold
wave has been prevailing during
the past three weeks over th > en
Iire peninsula. The temperature
varies from 53 below at Candle
creek to 38 below in Nome. It is
the longest cold spell on record
in this section.
Roman Masons' Tools.
The excavations at Pompeii
and Herculaneum have unearth
ed masons' tools much resemb
ling those in use today and dem
onstrated the freer use of large
tiles, the employment of iron to
tie together brick and stonework
and the use of a kind of con
crete of which lime was the bind
ing medium and finely broken
brick a favorite material.. The
dome of the Pantheon, built in
the first century of the Christian
era, still testifies to the endur
ing nature of the concerete sup
erstructure, albeit hound with
lime and not with cement.
No N«ed.
• “Why doesn’t that old million
aire limber up by taking gymna
sium exercises?”
| “He doesn’t need them. He gets
!enough agile practice dodging his
taxes.”
Dougherty & Ferguson, for the
balance of December, are selling
goods at reduced prices.
This is the kind of weather
that the tenants of “The Cliff"
wear a broad smile and spend
their time in their rooms with
comfort.
Room and board at the Grand
Hotel $1.50 per day. Home cook
ed meals and good beds. Mrs. H.
Sharts.
] --7---—
1 ii ;jg ' wprth.. while taking a
chapeeoti tjie $800-diamond riff*.
ieYng raffled at Plant k Com
pany’s, jewelers. .. k:.i. nr/;.
SHIM MIS
J i
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 3—Unit
ed States Senator Jefferson Da
vis died here of appoplexy. He
was born in Little Rock in 1862.
He was elected governor of Ark
ansas three times and was then
sent to the United States Senate.
PITTSBURG ATTORNEY
MISAPPROPRIATES MONEY
Pittsburg, Jan. 3.—A surprise
was sprung in financial circles
herd today when it became known
that Elmer W. Moore, an attor
ney and former treasurer of the
Federal Oil & Gas company, had
been arrested charged with the
embezzlement of $187,000 from
that company. Moore was releas
ed on $50,000 bail given by Al
derman Martin. The warrant
charging Moore with embezzle
ment was sworn out by Unitdd
States Marshal Porter, who is an
officer of the company.
RECOGNIZES ASSAILANT
AND PROCURES ARREST
Kansas City, Jan. 3—When a
young man met E. W. Andrews,
of Kansas City, on the street here
today and asked for a dime to
buy something to eat, he was
surprised at Andrews’ willing
ness to comply with the request.
“Yes, I will buy you something
to eat,” Andrews said, as he led
the way to a restaurant, where a
meal for the hungry man was or
dered. While the man was eat
ing Andrews summoned an offi
cer. Andrews had recognized
him as one of two men who slug
ged and robbed him last Tuesday
night.
“I hope 1 have secured free
board for you for a long time,”
Andres said as In* gave him over
to the policeman.
WILL NOT USE THE
PANAMA CANAL
Montreal, Jan. 3.—“There is no
necessity for the Canadian Pa
cific railway to operate its ships
through the Panama canal,” was
the statement of G. M. Bosworth,
vice-president of the1 C. P. R.. to
day. He declared that the At
lantic & .Pacific steamship lines
of the company work in the ca
pacity of assistants to the trans
Canada railway and if their
routes were changed to a direct
service through the canal, it
would seriously affect the rail
way.
Bosworth says there is little
telling what the future might
bring. In time it may be made
absolutely necessary that the C.
P. R. use the route, but at'this
date, he says, “the function of
our ships is to bring grist to the
mill and the decision of the com
pany is that the ships of the At
lantic will not traverse the Paci
fic, nor will the ships of the Pa
cific operate on the Atlantic.
Bull Moose b« Represented.
Chicago, Jan. 3.—Election
commissioners of Cook county
hereafter will recognize the Pro
gressives instead of Republicans
in selecting judges and clerks of
election, according to a decision
of County Judge Owens today.
Easy Treatment.
"My brother’s doctor told him
he must build himsrdf up.”
“Well, he ought to lind it easy
enough to do that. He’s an ar
chitect.’"
Many a fellow is a goner before
he has had a chance to be a enm
••r.
People who fish for compli
ments don’t always find their
lines cast, in pleasant places.j
“ Moose'” Oanoe
The Order of Alaskan Moose
will give their regular weekly
dance Saturday night at their hall
to which all friends of the organ
ization are invited. Dancing will
begin at 9:30 sharp. Tickets can
be had of members, (food music.
The steam heat at “The Cliff”
is mighty tine these frosty days.
Notice the contented expression
of our tenants.
Dougherty A Ferguson, for the
balance, of December, are wiling
goods at reduced prices.
FOR fiAT.F.—Linger- jewing
machine. Fine condition. Apply
Henry Bnossdorf.' ’Rhone 7.
■: Dougherty A-Ferguson, for the
!>»ianc0 af Decetnber,-are selling)
goods atj’jedsaed P^lv., .rv.
JUST ARRIVED
Mr. Ben Silverman, the merchant tailor, has just arrived from the
outside with a full line of up to date suitings.
THE VERY LATEST NOVELTIES IN WOOLLENS.
For thirty days you can take your choice from the finest stock ever brought
to Alaska.
ANY SUIT $35.
A few uncalled-for suits can be had at your own price.
BEN SILVERMAN, Merchant Tailor.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Chris Tjosgvig, E. P. Casn
man, Oscar Olson, N. P. Jensen,
Frank Gustafson, L. M. Price, ad
ministrator of the estate of Alex.
Nesbitt, deceased, and the heirs
of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased, and
the heirs, assigns, personal rep
resentatives and successors of
each of you:
You and each of you are here
by notified that the undersigned,
Lars Holland, John McDonald,
Chris Johnson and Adolph Lar
sen, co-owners with you of the
Viking group of fourteen lode
mining claims situated about five
miles northeasterly from the
head of Gravina bay, Prince Wil
liam sound, in Valdez mining
and recoruing district, Territory
of Alaska, to-wit: The Viking
No. 1, Viking No. 2, Viking No. 3,
Viking No. 4, Viking No. 5, Vik
ing No. 6, Viking No. 7, Viking
No. 8, Viking No. 9, Viking No. 10,
Viking No. 11, Viking No. 12,
Viking No. 13, Viking No. 14, have
expended labor and improvements
upon said group of claims to the
amount and value of fourteen
hundred dollars (SI,400) in each
of the years 1910, 1911, 1912, in
cluding certain amounts contrib
uted by you or some id' you; that
each of you above-named, co
owners in said group, respective
ly, is delinquent in Ihe amount
due for annual labor, in the
amounts and for the years here
inafter specified, to-wit:
Chris Tjosevig, $/00 lor the
years 1910, 1911, 1912; E. P.
Cashman, $137.50 for the years
1910, 1911, 1912; Oscar Olson,
$225 for the years 1910, 1911,
1912; N. P. Jdnsen, $180 for the
vears 1911, 1912; Frank Gustaf
son, $270 for the years 1911,1912;
estate of Alex. Nesbitt, deceased,
$90 for the years 1911, 1912; that
the amounts specified are the
amounts due respectively from
each of you as your respective un
paid proportions of the amount
necessary to be expended for the
years rained, to hold possessory
right and title to said fourteen
mining claims under the provis
ions of Section 2321 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendments
thereto; the last of said annual
expenditures being the. amount
necessary to hold said claims tor
and during the year ending De
cember 31, 1913.
And if you, or any of you, laii
or refuse to make payment of the
amount above specified and recit
ed as due from you as a co-own
er, according to law, within ninety
days after personal service of
this notice upon you, if personal
service be made, or within ninety
ninety days after the completion
of publication thereof according
to law, the interest of any of you
who may fail or refuse to make
the payment due from him as a
co-owner will become the prop
erty of tile undersigned co-own
ers, who have made the required
expenditure, pursuant to said
statute. , ,
Dated Valdez, Alaska* January,
2, 1913
LARS HOLLAND.
JOHN MCDONALD.
GUS JOHNSON.
ADOLPH J. LARSEN.
Date lirsl pub. Jan. 2. 1913.
Date last pub. April 1 », 1913.
Launches and Lighters
For Hale, Rent or Charter
Weekly lervice to Eli'ainar
Landlock and Fida'gi
Cm>l. D. E. MORRIS, city KocU
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bnt best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order .
Bread—10c the loaf—3 for 26c.
Doughnut* A Cake*, 16c do*.
Phone order# oronatly delivered.
WOOD * HENRICH, Praps.
Valdez Skeet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Wall Paint*.
Sbe* Metal Werk ef E**r,
TABLE QUEEN GROCERY AND BAKERY
Can supply your wants in Fresh Fruits, Fancy Groceries and j
other Good Things to eat
FAMILY SIZE HOME MADE BREAD
phone i5s 3 loaves for 25 cents
OPEN SUNDAYS D SCHMIDT Prnn
PROMPT DELIVESIES *'• OCnHIIU 1, r rap.
Alaska Coast Co.
The “INSIDE ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Ports and Southwestern Alaska
S. S. YUKON Leaves Seattle January 20
Connecting nt Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co. for
Soutnern California ports Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Rates. Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Seattle Sailings *****
Fine steamships Mariposa, Alameda and Northwes
tern leaving here about
9thf 19th and 29th
of each month all the year around.
Mail, Express, Freight and Passenger line
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miner* & Prospector* Supplies
Fmh Goods-RoMenable Price*
When In Seward Stop at the <
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGS SEXTON, Prop.
9TRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avc Seward, Alaska
tAASSS4SSSSSSSSSSi>444>4l
Now is
The Time
To advertise. If business is quiet
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising columns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Its merlU. We will bring it be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.