ySILL 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 tor Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. Inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
A
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 expended the sum ol1 six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
Lo-wit: The Valdez claim No. I,
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 in
book No. 2. page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. I, 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 which 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
232-1. Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE II. MKRRIFIELD.
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 l
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
des! Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
th* office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
be' 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
$100 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. i
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
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Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish/’phdhe *f.
NOTICE OF FQBFEITUIIE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance 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 certificatesj»f 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 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 vour 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
ection 2324. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OFFORFEITURE.
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.
I,” “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
year, 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 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
East pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OP HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased—Nolile
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of
the estate of Hardin Smith, dp- '
sensed, has rendered An'd pfe- 1
seated for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the tith day ol
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
pfTice of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
Uicio judge in probate of the Val
dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court as the time and place
of settlement of said final ac
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
file objections and exceptions to
sail! final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st (iay of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1. ’13.
Date of last pub. May ii, 1913.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that a
municipal election will he held
April 1. 1913, at the Fire Hall,
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven coun
cilman and one member of the
school hoard for the position of
Treasurer. The polls will be op
en at 9 a. m. and will close at 7
p. in..of said day.
The qualifications of an elect
or for councilman shall be as
follows: He shall be a male cit
izen of the United States or one
who has declared his intention to
become such; of the age of twen
ty-one years and shall have been
a bona fide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for six months preceding said
election.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who are citi
zens of the United States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL -E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this ifh day of March.
1913.
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
COMl'ANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders’
hardwsre. Shop and job work of all kinds
«a - .
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
i
Agents far Fairbanks, Morse A Co.
Says Dike Money is in Regular
Army Appropriation and Mis
lead Interior Department
.iunioiu, Aiarcli 14. —(iov. Wal
ter K. (Mark gave out the follow
ing statement with reference to
llie Valdez dike lull this morning:
"A copy of the act making ap
propriations for the support of
the army in the next fiscal year,
j received at the governor's office
j this morning, shows that, an ap
i propria! ion. of tj! 155,000 lias been
made for ‘construction and main
jlenance of military and post
i roads, bridges and trails' in Alas
| ka. It is prov ided that not to
[ exceed $55,000 j»f this amount
may be used by the hoard of road
commissioners for the protection
of the signal corps buildings and
jhfrminal grounds of the Alaska
j military cable and telegraph sys
tem. It is the intention to use
j ihis money for the project com
IIMHIIN Kimwn as l no MIHM'Z illKo,
a work, which is intended to pen
itent the town from neighboring
glacial streams. The fart that
neither the town of Valdez nor the
dike project is specifically men
tioned in the appropriation evi
dently misled the Interior depart
ment several days ago when tel
egraphing to the governor that
mi appropriation for the Valdez
dike had been made. The $55,000
appropriation was first proposed
last year in a separate bill which
went over in the Senate on the
objection of Senator Overman.
Later on Senator Overman made
inquiry of Governor Clark, who
was then in Washington, as to
j t he merits of the project, and up
,on the governor’s favorable ex
jplanation of the matter from the
.War department, Senator Over
man withdrew his objection arid
'the appropriation was made in
|tlie Senate as a part of the river
and harbor hill. The item was
‘traded out’ in the conference
.committee. Colonel Richardson
renewed the effort to have the
Valdez dike projqct favorably
passeid upon, and it seems has
succeeded this year'by having the
item placed in the army bill."
BALDWI WRITES
ABOUT TEDDY R.
I
i Coiitmueu i.mn page 1)
! parasites have been able In wring
] from owe people by intimidation,
I bulldozing and other reprehensi
! hie methods, some of them little
I short of highway robbery, have
loot been sufficient to pay their
expenses let alone their salaries.
This conservation scheme is slate
socialism, thinly disguised. Its
deadening effect upon I tie indi
jvidual enterprise ami effort is re
| fleeted in the empty houses, de
|scried villages and bankrupt pio
j peers in that part of (tie terri
jtory which should be I lie most
I prosperous.
j You create vast fnrest reserves,
drive mil the settler, roll (tie in
vestor, discourage and bedevil I lie
prospector and when • solitude
reigns supreme call it (lie work
of Progressives. Y'ou tie up Alas
ka coal fields in order that, the
high-grade coal needed on the Pa
cific coast must be purchased of
Eastern operators. Every ton
brought round the Horn means
tile useless burning' by the ship
carrying it of another Ion, and
'.'no say yon are saving the nat
lural resources for tin1 use of fu
ll ore generations. You are about
|ns progressive as Silling Hull,
iwho murdered, tortured and
slaughtered trying to stop the
westward march of civilization.
Your assuming that an indo
J pendent or irregular Republican
i convention meeting in Alaska and
electing its candidate was an in
dorsement of your parly’s prin
ciples is absolutely without war
rant. Yours very truly,
j * CEO ROE E. BALDWIN,
Late Chairman of the Wicker-j
sham eTrritorial Committee.
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Dougherty & Ferguson recciv- !
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables,
LOST--An A. B. bulton with
diamond setting. Finder please
return lo Al. White and receive
reward.
If yop want all tl>e news ail tbb 1
time, read tfie Prospector,
NORTHWESTERN
SAILS SOUTH
Takes One Thousand Tons of Ore
From Latouche and Has
Many Passengers.
The Northwestern arrived at
Valdez al noon today and sailed
south al 1 taking several pas
sengers for I he inteirior via Cor
dova and also many for Seal lie
from I tie westward.
The Seward passengers sailing
south were F. Swanson. Dr. Iloh
la. If. Slinler, II. Purler. .1. \V.
'Kemp, 11. C. Brandon, II. E. Welt.
I and the following passengers IeI'l
I from Valdez for Seattle:
i Mr. and Airs. T. I*, (teraghly.
(ieorge lloharl, Mrs. W. It. .Mil
lard. E. F. Dul l in. II. I. Wellke,
I Peler Pal inagos. P. II. Sams.
| Cordova .Mr. and Mrs. II. C.
jDavis, (). Fish. W. F. (iilman, C.
jC. Page, (i. Wallace. A. F. Ilotf
i man. X. Book. P. S. Fricks.m, F.
| Erase.
! .Juneau F. A. Ilollahaugh. S.
J,. Dlinr.
! PONDEROUS PERSONAGES.
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i Robert Bruce.
(By George Fitch.
Hotter Bruce, who was about as
much Scotchman its has ever been
gotten together under one kilt and
tartan, was horn in t i and is
.still very well remembered on
both sides of the border line.
Bruce was a huge man with
massive purple and red legs and
was a very handy man in battle,
being considerably more fatal
than smallpox. In his time Scot
land was doing a precarious bus
iness as an independent kingdom
add when Bruce, who had a life
job as Earl of Garrick, was ask
ed to swear fealty to the English
king, Edward I, it ground his
proud spirit until ho could not en
joy his oatmeal. He stood it for
ten ydars, after which he went
back to Scotland, rallied his men
Around him and asked for the
Scottish crown which trail been
kepi locked in a safety deposit
vault for years, because no one
dared to wear it. Placing the
crown on his head, Bruce waded
into the English, and an enjoy
jable lime was had after the rus
'tom of those days.
: Twice Bruce was defeated and
chased over the hills will) great
| vigor. The last time tie retired
to an island for a year lo gel his
breath and sew up tin* arrow holes
in his kill. In the spring of l.'iOT
lie came mil again, assembled ten
| thousand ScolehmPn behind him
jwilh one tool of the pibroch and
|took the till oiT of Scotland.
The still tell in Sod laud how
j Bruce strolled through Ihe Hug
jlish armies, mowing down men
, ns if they were thistles and ocea
jsionully biting a Ijelled earl in
ft wo: Inn doubtless these laics are
iexaggerated. At any rate, Bruce
I freed Scot land and when the Eng
lish army under young Eddie the
Second met him at Bannockburn,
he heat it so badly that defectives
had lo lie sen| out to find1 it.
There were other bickerings af
terward. but always with very dis
couraging results to the English,
and in the end Bruce hung up his
sword, worked the dents out of
his crow and went to reigning
peacefully as Holier! I. King of
Scotland.
It was achieved a great triumph
in those days for a king lo die
peacefully in bed. Bruce accom
plished this by dying hastily and
not pushing his luck, lie passed
away in 132!). one year after final
peace was declared, and when the
news reached England slocks
went up HI points.
Scotland had many kings after
Bruce but none of t hem was very
successful and none of them sass
ed England and got away with it j
as Bruce did. He.was the George !
(Washington of his country, 1ml
unfortunately neglected lo pro
vide it with a Benjamin Franklin
and an Alexander Hamilton.
Tip Top registered brand seu
lected Petaluma eggs three dozen j
for sI at King’s. Phone t 18.
i
TIDE TABLES
Saturday, March 29.
High lide, 1:42 a. in., 7:21 p. in.
Low tide, 12:25 p. m., 11:21 p. in.
Sunday, March 30.
High tide, 5:58 a. in., 8:53 p. rn.
Low tide, 1:56 p. m.
, Monday, March SI.
High tide, 7:36 a. m., 9:48 p. in.
Low tide, 1:43 a. m., 7:07 p. m.
A M. Diprinjjer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
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LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
I
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Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
PROFESSIONAL
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
1 Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in.Whaltng building VALDEZ
Next to cable offica
DR. GERMAN
!1 honc 9 THE DENTIST
I
: Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
! 9 a. m.. to 0 p. m., 7 p, m., to 9 p. m. Sundays
i by appointment All work guaranteed
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A W Y K R
phone i.w Valdez, Alaska
j L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
| SEWARD, - ALASKA
! MINING ENGINEER
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L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska [
Reports on Mines
Patent Surtets
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. ios
. F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Ken- Phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock is
Eagle Hall. All members are requested te
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic ChieJ
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HCNT. Secretary.
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F O E
VALDEZ AERIE Vo. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m. Eu?le Hall
Valdes I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
eao>) month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
Welcome.
James H. Patten ih..W. M
C. C. Rev cold*. Sec