What Tn Buy for Xmas
TWO days and then Christmas-so each <
day will be a hurry day from now on. ,
Here are some of the most popular selling
gifts: <
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PERRIN’S KID GLOVES for men,
Priced, a pair . $2-00
I WOMEN’S SILK UMBRELLAS, extra qual
j ity; Priced at.$5.00 <
MEN’S SILK SUSPENDERS,
Priced a pair, at.
j MEN’S COMBINATION GIFT BOXES, 1
Tie, Sox, etc.; Priced at . $1.25
I MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BATH ROBES,
j Priced at.$5-00 to $7.50
MEN’S SMOKING JACKETS, \
Priced from.$5.00 to $9*00
KNOX HATS, new styles,
Priced from.$3.50 to $5.00
WOMEN’S APRONS, scalloped edges;
embroidered. Priced . 35c
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WOMEN’S SILK HOSIERY,
Priced, a pair, at. $1.00 j
Valdez Mercantile Go..
The Christmas Store of Valdez. ^
STRONG FREIGHT
MOVEMENT SOUTH
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Steamers are in Demand to Carry |
Freight Between Puget Sound
and San Francisco.
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The Seattle Times of recent date I
states that the freighters Bennington
and Burlington, recently purchased
by the Alaska Steamship company,
for service in the Southwestern trade,
are now being converted into oil
burners and will leave Philadelphia
on January 15 for Puget Sound. They
will make the voyage via the Magel
len straits and arfe expected to reach
Seattle about the middle of March.
It is also stated that the company
has received offers for chartering the
Nome steamer Victoria for service on
tlje San Francisco-Oriental route,
with Hongkong as the Far Eastern
terminus. This is the route^in which
the Victoria was operated years ago
when she was chartered by the
I Northern Pacific railroad in conjunc
tion with the Olympia and Tacoma.
The latter steamer was caught in the
ice near Vladivostok while trying to
run the Japanese blockade in the
Russo-Japanese war and fell an easy
prey to one of the Mikado’s war
ships. She was seized as a war prize
and was sold by the Japanese gov
ernment. SJince then she has been
operating under the Jtytanese flag as
Sikotan Maru.
The Olympia and the Victoria
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Whole*ale>nd Retail Dealer* in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agent* for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
« PINZON BAR
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
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Phone 69
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passed into the possession of the
Alaska Steamship company and the
Olympia was wrecked several years
ago on Rligh Island.
Advices from Seattle state that
there is a record breaking movement
of freight between Puget Sound and
San Francisco. The steamer Alli
ance, owned by the Independent
Steamship company, has been char
tered to carry flour and wheat from
Puget Sound to the California port.
The Admiral Farragut of the Pa
cific Navigation company, has drop
ped one trip to Southwestern Alaska
to enable her to make two trips to
San Francisco.
C. C. K.
Means “See Captain Rackett.”
Something of a treat. “Captain
Rackett in three acts. Swell comedy.
AT THE LIBERTY
THEATRE TONIGHT.
A change of program tonight as
follows:
1. The Face at the Window.
2-3. The Love of His Kind.
4. His Pal’s Bequest.
5. A Swell Comedy.
Five reels of amusement. Save
your turkey coupons; drawing Dec.
23; visit the Liberty Theatre.
HEMEMBER—Some of the best
pictures, in the large size, will sell
for 30c each today. For 25c Thurs
day. The postcard size are selling
for 6c each today, Thursday they will
be sold 2 for 5c. Friday they will be
taken off the sale. P. S. HUNT.
“Captain Rackett"
Liberty Theatre. Wednesday and
Thursday, Dec. 29 and 30. Adults
50c; children. 25c. 8:15 p. ui. tf
NEW ORDINANCE
RUSHED THROUGH
Resolution Is Introduced to Make
Money Available for Appeal
of the, Tax Cases.
Councilmen Finical, Heckey, von
Gunther and momas, *.... o»
Boyle, answered to their names when
the roll was called last night at the
meeting of the Valdez City council.
After passing city bills to tbe
amount of $138.16, for which war
rants were ordered drawn, bills to
taling $146 were submitted from the
law firm of Donohoe & Dlmond, that
being the court costs in the various
cases decided against the city in the
recent litigation. City Attorney Hub
bard was present and expressed the
belief that two of the bills- were ex
cessive.
Councilman Finical contended that
as the statement had been certified
by Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang It
could be accepted by the council as
being correct. The bills were allow
ed to go over until the next regular
meeting and Judge Hubbard was in
structed to verify the statements.
The ordinance to repeal Section 11
of Ordinance No. 80 was given its sec
ond and third reading and was ap
proved by the mayor. The ordinance
met with opposition from Council
men Finical and Thomas. Finical
asked for information and was en
lightened by Judge Hubard who stat
ed that the recent tax litigation in
which the city had been involved was
entirely due to the section which the
new ordinance would eliminate. He
said that the section had no legal
precedence and had been ordered
stricken from the thx ordinances by
the Oregon state legislature. The
elimination of the section coukl not
deprive property owners who had
been unjustly dealt with by the
board of equalization in securing re
dress as the law3 provided a remedy.
It would, however, prevent appeals
from the board of equalization being
taken before the district court with
out due process as in the recent tax
cases brought under Ordinance No.
80. Finical and Thomas voted against
the passage of the ordinance.
Councilman Mecicey lniroauceu *
resolution authorizing the town treas
urer to draw two warrants of five
hundred dollars each, to be made
available for the mayor or acting
mayor in meeting expenses which are
expected to be incurred in taking ap
peals in certain tax cases to the court
of appeals. Councilman Finical
wanted to know which cases would
be appealed but did not receive the
desired information. He then ob
jected to the money being turned
over to anyone, declaring that it was
improper for any one man to have
the right to expend $1,000 of the
city’s money without it passing
through the regular channels. The
resolution did not look right to him
and it was changed to read "to be
held by the treasurer” The money
not used in carrying the cases to the
circuit court of Appeals is to be turn
ed back to the city treasury.
The matter was referred to the fin
ance committee and will be acted
upon at the next regular meeting of
the council. It is understood that the
resolution was introduced to have the
warrants drawn now while the mbn
ey is in the city treasury, which will
probably not be the case before the
term of the present council expires.
The treasurer’s report showed that,
personal property taxes to the amount
bf $55 remained unpaid and the city
marshal was insti u. to proceed
with the collection of same as by or
dinance provided.
HOME GOOD THINGS
AT THE EMPRESS
During Christmas Week and New
Y ears.
Program for Wednesday only—
A Man from the East, drama.
Stopping thfe Limited, comedy dra
ma.
Love and Flames, comedy.
Sherlock Bonehead, comedy.
Program for Thursday only—
Fragment of Ash, drama.
Mayor’s Secretary, Alice Joyce in
two acts.
Under False Colors, comedy.
Christmas Eve and Christmas
Night, “M’Liss,” Bret Harte’s fa
mous-story, In five acts.
New Year’s Feature—
, "The Moonstone," a 5 part feature
stoi9 of thrilling interest.
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Notice of library Board.
Under the rules of the library
| Board the reading room is reserved
for men only every evening with the
exception of Friday. On Friday eve
ning the Literary Boclety or any oth
er club or organisation desiring the
use of the room muse see either Mr.
Lang, the President of the Board, or
Mrs. Kraemer, Secretary.
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| Just Received
A large assortment hand painted
china suitable for Xmas.
Also Fresh Rose B.-ads from Cali
fornia.
New leather goods suitable for
presents; fancy pillow tops in
felt and leather.
All kinds of smoker’s articles.
Universal Electric percolators,
Eastman Kodaks and supplies.
Japanese baskets one-fourth off.
Christmas candies—see our as
sortment.
Valdez Drug Cp.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Dec. 21, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.145
Temperature 7 p. m.14
Maximum temperature .24
Minimum temperature . 5
Mean temperature .14.5
Partly cloudy, light wind, north
east 6 miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Dec. 22, 1915.
Fairbanks, —25; 19 inches snow;
clear and calm.
Salcha, —22; 17 inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Richardson, —22; 14 inches snow
clear, calm, trail good.
McCarthy, —25: 17 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, —23; 19 inches snow:
clear, calm, trail good.
McCallum, —6; 42 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson, —20; 30 inches of snow:
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan, —22; 22 inches of snow
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Gulkana. —20; 10 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —15; 20 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, —11; 17 inches of snov. :
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell, —4; 26 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, —2; 37 inches sn> ;;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Summit, zero, 65 inches of snov;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Wortman’8, 1 above; 34 inche ■ of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair
WAR PROSPERITY MAKES
CITY GROW IN A NIGHT.
PENN GROVE, N. J.:War, which
in Europe is laWlng waste—whole
provinces and leaving piles of ruins
where once populous cities stood,
came to the people of Penn’s Grove
beaiy gifts. _ a hnnm city is being
built hire^a corollary to the exparP~
sion of the du Pont war industries.
They began breaking ground for it
last Spring, about the time that the
farmers were preparing to plant corn
on the <{ite. The harvest moofl_qfl.w.
shines on rows of white concrete cot
tages and rubberoid bungalows, where
in other years it had shimmered over
the irnnni atiihhle which marks the
reapers’ path athwart the fields.
Penn’s Grove was a hamlet with a
population of 2,200 most retired far
mers from the surrounding country,
when the booming of big guns abroad
awakened it from two centuries of
slumber. Today the borough of
Penn’s Grove has more than 6,000
Inhabitants, while the rising boom
city of the du Ponts just beyond the
borough boundaries, but so close as
to be really % part of it, will, accord
ing to a conservative estimate, show
a population of approximately 17,000
when they the can spare time to take
the census.
Holiday goods, wearing apparel,
household utensils and articles of ev
eryday needs coding on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
no half or one-third oft after the Holi
days at the Emporium. The goods
are now marked at bottom prices;
you will find many articles on our
flve-cent counter you have been cus
tomarily paying 15 and 25 cents for.
A Good Show.
A good show at The Liberty to
night. Visit the Liberty Theatre and
receive a coupon on the turkeys.
TIDE TABLES TOR 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 whloh case sub
tract it.
Wednesday, December 22.
High—-1:23 am, 6.9; 12:20 pm, 9.6
Low—6:11 am, 3.4; 7:20 pm, —.8
Thursday. December 28.
Low—6:47 att, 3.8: 7:61 pm, —0.7
High—9:66 |m, 9.6.
Fridaft December 24.
High—2:28 am. 7.0; 1:29 pm, 9.2
Low—7:25 am, 3.3; 8:22 pm, —0.6
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Firet
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
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We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
<^We Have
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials 0^.
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Schmidts bakery
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
H Wiegels High Grade Candies. •
|| Delicatessen and Lnnch Goods---Bread 3 for 25c. Call 156 .
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Sew-E-Z
HERE'S the wonderful little Sewing Machine Attachment
which runs the machine for you. At last you can sew with
out foot pedaling; absolutely without the slightest effort.
* This simple little wonder-worker changes your Sewing Machine
: (old or new) into an electric self-operating labor saver.
Find out what the Sew-E-Z means in health and comfort.
Kemember—you never touch the wheel; Sew-E-Z makes it run
automatically right. No broken threads; no jerks—just a silent
steady motioni which stops the instant you remove your foot ^
from the pedal.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
Saturday, December 23.
High—3:01 am, 7.1; 2:06 pm, 8.8
Low—8:06 am, 3.3; 8:66 pm, —0.2
Sunday, December 20.
High—3:36 am, 7.2; 2:46 pm, 8.2
Low—8:42 am, 3.3; 9:28 pm, 0.2
Monday, December 27
High—4:11 am, 7.4; 8:31 pm, 7.6
Low—9:44 am, 3.2; 10:06 pm, 0.8
Tuesday, December 28.
High—6:00 am, 6.4; 3:62 pm, 7.8
Low—10:01 am, 4.1; 10:60 pm, 1.1
Wednesday, December 29.
High—6:82 am, 8.0; 6:37 pm, 8.0
Low—11:66 am, 1.6.
Thursday, December 80.
High—6:21 am, 8.4; 7:06 pm, 6.6.
Low—11:81 am, 8.1; 1:14 pm, 1.8
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Friday, December SI.
High—7:16 am, 8.9; 8:40 pm, 6.6
Low—12:27 am. 2.7; gjj^O pm, 1.0
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
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Lvs. Fort Liscum Lts. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 8:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 0:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4:80 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY^
?<“• . 4:00 p.m.
T:00 p.m. 10:80 p.m.
Thera will be no trip of (he tauaoh
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these dan being used to
clean boilers.