An Old Firm
Under a New Name
JolAVlNG disposed of the Banking Department, we
|^t| will hereafter devote our entire capital and energy
to a Strictly Mercantile business—believing that we will be
in a better position than ever to serve vour wants.
Valdez Mercantile Co, inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
notice of fobfeituwe.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern: ,
You are hereby notified that I
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. J,
recorded in book No. 1. page 9 r,
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 \aldez
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 oi
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest, in said
claims, for which you faii 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 If. MERRIF1ELD.
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
fh1 office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
bei 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
s 100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
I his 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 il, 1913.
Last pub. April 15, 1913.
Why frpeze in your room and
have to read the sign in order
to fell that your room is heated
with steam, when you can get all
the steam that you want at “The
Cliff?
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY
DAILY PROSPECTOR
Attorneys-at-Law.
0. E. Bunnell.
L. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska.
5. E- Ritchie.
Assay era.
George F. White.
Banks.
S. Blum & Co.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Go.
Builders’ Material.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Breweries.
Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
Bakeries.
Valdez Bakery.
Coal.
Valdez Dock Co.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Dentist*
Dr. H. Cockerille.
Dr. Charles Daggett.
Dr. German.
Drug Stores.
Valdez Drug Co.
Furs.
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
Fraternal Orders.
Masonic Order.
Odd Fellows.
Fraternal Order Eagles.
Arctic Brotherhood.
General Merchandise.
Beyers Cash Store, Golden.
S. Blum & Co.
Fagerburg Bros., Nazina.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
Life Insurance.
W. H. Crary.
Hotel*.
Copper Block, Valdez.
Coleman House, Seward.
Hotel St. Elias.
“The Cliff.”
Rainier-Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Laundry*.
Independent Laundry.
Launches.
Three M.
Moving Picture Shows.
The Orpheum.
Manufacturers.
Copper River Lumber Co.
Chas. R. Crawford.
Alaska Water Light & Power
Co.
%
Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
newspapers.
Prospector, Daily.
Miner (Sunday), Weekly.
Pool and Billiard Rooms.
Copper Block.
Roadhouses.
Camp Comfort.
Real Estate Agencies.
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
Restaurants.
Valdez Cafe.
Steamship Lines.
Alaska Coast Co.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Sheet Metal Works.
Valdez Sheet -Metal. Works.
Transfer Companies.
Copper River Draying Co.
City Express.
Valdez Transfer Co.
Telephones.
Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone Co.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that I
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
I 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 $200
per year, the amount required to
hold Ihe 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
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
i
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
The steam heat at “The ClifT”
is mighty fine these frosty days.
Notice the contented expression
of our tenants.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster latk, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and Job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse Jk Co.
*
CLUB WOMfEp
HATCH VOTES
__
1 New York, Feb. 13.--A new plan
whereby they hope to hatch “votes
for women” will be instituted
here today by ardent leaders of
the cause. Headed by Mrs. Perry
Hastings, president of the Inter
borough Suffrage Club & Wom
an’s Exchange, and Mrs. Sophia
Kreamer, vice-president of the
organization, enthusiastic mem
bers spent last night pasting
“votes for women” slips on 12,
000 eggs.
These eggs, which the women
say are fresh from the farm, are
to be placed on sale today. The
women behind the project believe
that good missionary service will
he performed through placing the
fresh eggs with their novel in
scription in the hands of consum
ers.
“We crn get all the fresh eggs
we want Mrs. Kreamer explain-'
ed. “They come from farmers
in New York and New Jersey and
we intend lo sell them at prices
that will do away with Hie middle
men.”
Two dozen of the eggs will not
he sold. They are In be sent by
parcels post lo <io\. Wilson and
(toy, Sulzer.
ATTORNEY IS FINED
FOR CONTEMPT COURT
Ex-Judge Fuller lined Louis K.
Piall, a Fairbanks attorney, $150
for contempt of court. Judge
Platt., however, has filed a peti
tion for a writ, of error in the
proceedings and will take the case
lo the circuit court of appeals.
WOULD PROTECT
BRIGHT PLUMAGE
Washington, I). C., Feb. 13_
The sundry schedule of the tar
iff law, with its large number of
varying articles that fall outside
the othej* 13 schedules, was again
up yesterday for discussion be
fore the House committee on
ways and means. Most of the wit
nesses want retention of the
present tariff on the. products of
their industries. The remaining
hearings will be on the free list,
the miscellaneous provisions and
the administrative features of the
tariff.
Chairman Underwood said at
the opening of the day’s hearing
that the present 20 per cent (ar
id' on harness and saddlery was
too high. The ■ statement was
made while E. W. Campbell, of
Cincinnati, representing a sad
dlery association, was pleading
for the retention of the duty.
“We are not going to write a
prohibitive tariff.” said Mr. Un
derwood.
The fight to bar out aigrettes
from the country, in the interest
n/ the National Association of Au
dubon societies and other organ
izations favoring thy protection
of birds, was led by I)r. William
T. llornaday for the New York
Zoological society. He advocated
a specific prohibition against the
importation of plumage of wild
birds for millinery.
Col. Millard has made payment
on the Tatum property at Port
Wells, for which he organized a
company in British Columbia.
Work on these properties will be
gin at an early dale.
During the progress of the
masquerade ball next Friday cir
cus lemonade will be served in the
balcony. The mixing, fixing,
serving, and all other things ap
pertaining thereto, will be under
the personal superivision of the
noted caterer, Tenas Tony, whose
services were secured at a great,
expense.
FIRE INSURANCE
■ See Crary about that
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
JONGRATUi-A I1 KUklUK
ON THEIR STUPIDITY j
Moscow, Feb. 13.—The' first
•egular convention of the thieves
>f all Russia has passed a vole
if self-congratulation on the slu- j
pidity of the Russian police.
Learning through spies of the!
proposed convention, detectives j
watched the railway stations and j
July not“d the arrival of numbers |
of "delegates” but the planned]
wholesale arrests were bungled
miserably. .
A large force of -prdicc sur
rounded a well known restaurant,
and arrested what they believed to
be the whole congress, but the
captives turned out to be respec
table guests assembled for no
thing more harmful than an or
dinary wedding breakfast. Natur
ally it was hours before the mis
take was discovered and in I lit* {
meantime thr* real convention was !
successfully pulled otf at a much j
more obscure restaurant where, j
after a substantial repasl. the
thieves formed a strong' organiz
ation with rules for combined ac
tion and mutual help. Then tin*
convention adjourned after pass
ing a vote of thanks lojhe au
thorities for their stupidity and
directing the secretary In send
a copy to tin* chief of police.
NOREMAC SISTERS ENJOY
TRIP THROUGH ALASKA
The celebrated Xoremae sisters,
who arrived from Nome a few
days ago, have been traveling
through Alaska for tin* past six
months, are loud in their praises
of our country. When interview
ed today they staled that before
leaving Boston their impression
of Alaska was .hist like the av
erage Easterner’s idea; that this
country was nothing more than a
huge iceberg and during the win
ter months the people lived like
Eskimos. This impression, they
stated, has been entirely forgotten
in the wonders seen by them
while traveling along the coast
and through the interior, and they
intend to tell about the real con
dtions existing here on their re
turn to Boston.
Both of the young ladies have
bean associated with the Boston
Sympathy Orchestra for a num
ber of years and their trip
through Alaska was taken in the
nature of a vacation and to gain
a much needed rest.
It was their intention to give
a musieale during their slay in
Valdez, but the committee in
charge of the Eagles’ masquerade
persuaded them lo change their
plans and play for a few hours at
the ball tomorrow evening. The
sisters play a number of instru
ments and have consented lo in
troduce a number of the latest
Easlelrn dances.
They will leave here on the next
boat, going direct to Boston,
where they will resume I heir work
with the Boston Sympathy Orch
estra.
FIREMAN DROWNED IN
' A FLOODED CELLAR
SI. Louis, l-’eli. 13.—One tiro
man was drowned in a Hooded
basement alter having been over
come by chemical fumes with nine
of his companions in lighting a
(Ire in the plant of a glass com
rany, a broken window through
which the firemen entered and
rifled desks and lockers, caused
the police to think that the lire
was started by burglars.
Reinke, expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
The Eagles decorating commit
tee is busy doing some artistic
stunts for the big masquerade
ball.
To the Public.
We 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.
TIDE TABLES
Thursday, February 13.
High tide, 4:03 a. in., 4:53 p. ni.
Low tide, 10:50 a. ni., 10:17 p.in.
Friday, February 14.
High tide, 4:49 a. in., 0:25 p. in.
Low tide, 12:10 a. in., 11:09 p. in.
Saturday, February 15.
High tide, 5:55 a. i«, 8:34 p in.
L>* ‘ire, 1:44 a. in., 12:29 p m.
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, R»pr«mlitifi
Valdes, Alaska. Phone 41
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ard 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'.Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
phone .9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to6p. m., 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LA WYER
phone 136 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, • ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska .
Reports or Mimes
Patent Surveys
Qzhesal Mimimo Ehqimeerinq
Phone Ho. tos
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Re». Phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o clock Is
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctio Cblel
1.0.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name writh the
Valdez. Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HT7NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE No. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m. Fugle Hall
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular communications nrsi weanesaaj in
sach month in MoKinley Hall Visitors always
weloome.
James H Patten an,.W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Seo