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Fred Tracy and Seven Olliers Battled
with Ice of Cook Inlet for Two
Days and Two Nights.
The officers of the Alaqieda report
ed last night that Fred Tracy and the
seven men who were believed to have
been lost in Cook Inlet on the launch
Onward were passengers on the Ala
meda from Seldovia to Seward, where
they were landed.
After the Onward had left the Ad
miral Farragut for Anchorage she
had not proceeded far up the Inlet
before she encountered heavy ice, and
finally reached Fire Island. The In
let was frozen down to the islands,
and it was only by strenuous work
that the members of the party were
able to break the ice and get into
open water. The party were two days
and two nights in the ice and sev
eral times feared that the launch
would be crushed as the floating ice
was very heavy.
Tracy reported that two smaller
boats had been caught in the ice and
it is feared that their occupants will
be lost. The Onward was unable to
offer any assistance as her crew was
lighting for their own lives.
The barge Katy Davenport, which
had been anchored on the flat, was
torn loose from her anchors and is
adrift in the ice below Fire Island.
There are two men on the barge but
the launch was unable to reach them.
Cook Inlet is reported to lie frozen
down as far as East Forlands.
•THK KQV.UV MAX’”
. AT THK KMI'KKSS.
Edward Milton Hoyle’s thrilling
Western drama. “The Squaw Man."
in Six acts, with Dustin Farnum in
the title role, will be presented at the
Empress theatre Thursday. Friday
and Saturday evening.
All the world has read the book,
and the adventures of Jim. the plucky
young Englishman, who agrees to be
the scapegoat of a designing relative,
and drifts out west where he meets
and marries the young squaw, who
saves his life. The “squaw man” and
Jim get on well together until Jim’s
relatives find hint out and persuade
him to return. Then his love for his
Indian wife and his little son tempts
him to remain in the West, in the
' country of his choice, where he has
“made good,” but his wife solves the
problem for him by committing sui
cide, leaving Jim to go back to his
ancestral halls and enjoy the millions
he has inherited.
The compelling beauty of the seen
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ery and the pathetic picture of the
Indian mother fighting out her love
for her huBband and boy In the last
act, will lining tears to the eyes of
the most hardened. The show is a
lufhnuer and those who have read the
bool: or seen the show acted, will en
joy it as well as those who are not
acquainted with the story.
Mary Pickford in “Tess of the
Storm Country,” next week.
These two shows are extra high
class shows, and have been secured
for the patrons of the Empress at an
enormous cost; but Manager Pinkus
is determined to show nothing but
the highest class pictures.
SMELTER MNN WILL
VISIT, SITU MINE
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Output of yGold Quartz Mine at Sitka
Has Been Increased to 110 Tons
of High-Grade Ore Daily.
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TACOMA, Nov. 30.—President W.
R. Rust, of the Tacoma Smelter com
pany, who recently resigned from his
position is interested in the Chicha
goff Mining company, operating a
high-grade gold quartz property near
Sitka. It is reported that he will
i visit Alaska at an early date and will
I become more closely identified with
! the Alaska mining interests,
i New machinery was recently in
; stalled in the Chicagoff mine, and its
j capacity has been increased to one
I hundred and ten tons daily. A five
| stamp mill has been added to the tube
: mill. The property is owned by H.
; P. Wallace, W. R. Rust, and Mrs.
1 Lena DeGroff, the latter's interest
being limited to an interest in the
mill since her holdings in the mine
were worked out.
SMITH VS. GKANBY CASK
SKTTLKD OI'T OK ( OMIT.
i The case of Malcolm Smith vs. The
I Granby Mining company has been
j settled out of court, and the case will
! be dropped from the docket of the
‘district court. Smith was injured,
i having his right wrist fractured,
1 while working on the barge Washing
ton when the first shipment of ma
chinery for the Granby mine arrived
j early last year. The suit was for
j $3500, but the sum paid in settle
ment of the case has not been made
! public.
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Pioneer Miner- Muslies On.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 30.—William
Hopkins, a pioneer of the Fairbanks
camp, died at the hospital last night
from pneumonia. He was a member
of the Pioneers of Alaska.
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FRIENDS GREET
JUDGE BUNNELL
People from Every Walk in Life
Congratulate Former Valdez
Man Who's Made Good.
Judge C. E. Bunnell of Fairbanks,
was * passenger on the steamer Ala
meda last night en route to visit his
parents in Philadelphia. Immediate
ly upon his arrival he was taken in
charge by his Valdez friends who re
gretted that his short stay would
prevent Valdez people from showing
their regard for their former fellow
townsmen who has made good as
judge in the most important district
in Alaska.
When it became known that Judge
Bunnell had gone to the court house
to visit Judge Brown scores of his
friends crowded into the hallway to
greet him.
Judge Bunnell stated that he had
enjoyed the trip from the interior as
this is his first vacation since taking
office last spring. Cases had accu
mulated on the calendar during the
time there was no judge in the di
vision, necessitating a long session
to clear the calendars.
The Fairbanks Times in comment
ing on the wonderful record made by
Judge Bunnell in that division states
that during the 182 days intervening
since he took office he has had no
less than 277 cases before him for
consideration, in which it was neces
sary to take some action. In addi
tion to this he has heard many appli
cations for citizenship, has been dis
bursing agent of the Indigent fund,
and many other matters which do not
appear on the court records, but
which take up considerable time.
The Times gives the summary of
the cases coming before Judge Bun
nell as follows:
Summary of Civil Matters.
There were 277 cases before the
court for consideration.
There were 272 court orders made.
There were 207 motions and de
murrers heard and passed upon.
There were seven trials by jury.
There were 23 trials by the court.
There were 183 cases finally dis
posed of.
In Addition.
There were 39 divorce cases up
for consideration.
There were 25 divorces granted.
There were 54 aliens naturalized.
Summary of Criminal Matters.
There were 22 convictions.
There were 9 acquittals.
There were 14 cases dismissed
without trial.
There were two cases in which
there was a disagreement of the jury.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 29, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.4 80
Temperature 7 p. m.14
Maximum temperature .24
Minimum temperature .12
Mean temperature .18
Clear, strong wind, northeast 30
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 30, 1915.
Fairbanks, 15—; 9 inches snow;
cloudy, calm.
Salcha. 20—; 8 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Richardson, 22—; 9 inches snow;
cloudy, windy, trail good.
McCarthy, 26—; 10 Inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, 28—; 12 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCallum zero; 86 inches snow;
cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Paxson, 20—; 30 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 20—; 19 inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 7—; 15 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, 2—; 20 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good
Tonsina, 18-—-: 13 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
'feikhell. 4—. 20 inches snow
windy, cloudy, trail good,
tleaver Dam, 10—; 33 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail fair.
Summit, zero: 60 inches of snow:
cloudy, wind' frail closed.
Wortman’s. ? above; 12 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
NOTICK.
The Liberty theatre announces
that starting on December first and
ending on the evening of December
23rd, tickets will be given to every
patron of the theatre entitling them
to a chance on a 36-pound turkey
first prize, and 16-pound second
prize. Both turkeys will be live ones.
Drawing will take place in the Lib
erty theatre, December 23, 1916. Vis
it the Liberty, the home of good pic
tured. and save your coupons, tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable.
YOU want
i not the slight
:
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The taeeting of the Valdez Com
mercial club which was held last
evening in the Fish building was well
attended and several matters of im
portance were discussed. The club
will hold another meeting next Fri
day afternoon at 5 o’clock, in the
Fish building, when all members are
requested to be present.
Court Doings.
In the case of Mrs. Hattie Woodin
vs. W. W. Harvey & Co., the motion
to continue was over-ruled and the
case submitted to the Judge, who en
tered judgment for the plaintiff in
the sum of $200. This was a suit
over the rent of a horse.
Findings of fact, Conclusions of
Law, and Decree were filed itij the
cases of M. Blum, E. B. Wheat and
John Lyons vs. Town of Valdez, and
the Valdez Bank & Trust Co. vs.
Town of Valdez. .
Smith vs. the Granby Consolidated
Mining Co. case was dismissed. The
suit was settled out of court the
plaintiff receiving $1000.00.
Order on Receiver's report was
entered in the case of Territory of
Alaska vs. Valdez Bank & Trust Co.
Fire Extinguishers Filled Free.
Engineer L. Graham of the Valdez
Fire department, has requested the
owners of chemical fire extinguishers
to bring them to the Fire Hall where
they will be recharged without ex
pense to the owners. The chemicals
in the extinguishers are impaired
with age and should be renewed at
least once every year.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M.
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack Caliin > - - Proprietor
TIDE TABLES FOR 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 which case sub
tract it.
Tuesday, Nov. 80, 1015.
High, 6:44 am, 7.1; 6:21 pm, 6.2.
Low, 11:41 pm, 1.6; 12:44 pm, 3.4.
Wednesday, December 1.
High—7:31 am., 7.8; 7:47 pm, 6.1.
Low—12:36 am., 1.8; 2:01 pm., 2.6.
Thursday, December 2.
High—8:16 am., 8.6; 9:04 pm., 6.%
Low—1:31 am., 2.2; 3:02 pm., 1.3.
Friday, December 8.
High—8:69 am., 9.3; 10:10 pm.. 6.7.
Low—2:26 am., 2.4; 3:55 pm., 0.1.
Saturday, December 4.
High—9:43 am., 10.1; 11:06 pm..
7.0.
Low—3:20 am., 2.5; 4:44 pm., —1.0
Sunday, December 5.
High—10:39 am., 10.7.
Low—4:09 am., 2.5; 6:31 pm. —1.8
Monday, December 6.
High—12:68 am., 7.3; 11:16 pm.
11.2.
Low—4:59 am., 2.6; 6:01 pm., —2.3
Tuesday, December 7.
High—12:47 am., 12:03 pm., 11.4.
Low—5:48 am., 2.6; 7:06 pm. —2.6
Wednesday, December 8.
High—1:36 am., 7.6; 12:62 pm.,
11.3.
Low—6:37 am., 2.4; 7:45 pm. —2.3
Thursday, December #.
High—2:26 am., 7.6; 1:43 pm., 10.8
Low—7:23 am., 2.6; 8:42 pm., —1.8
,, Friday, December 10.
High—3:15 am., 7.6; 2:37 pm.. 9.9.
Low—8:25 am., 2.7; 9:32 pm. —1.1
Saturday, December 11.
High—4:08 am., 7.6; 3:34 pm., 8.9.
Low—9:29 am. 2.8; 10:22 pm. —0.2
Sunday, December 12.
High—6:03 am., 7.7; 4:37 pm., 7.8.
Low—10:42 am, 2.9; 11:13 pm, 0.7
Monday, December 18.
High—6:08 am., 7.9; 5:36 pm., 6.8
Low, 12.07 am" 2-8
Tuesday, December 14.
High—6:54 am., 74; 7:18 pm, 6.2
Low—0.06.. am.; 1.6; 1.33 pm., 2.3
Wednesday, December 15
High—7:4b am., 8.4; 8:41 pm, 6.0.
Low—1:02 am, 2.3; 2:43 pm, 1.6.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF $
The First Bank of Valdez j
MK7ATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT/TUI. 3
CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE IOTH DAY OF / J
NOVEMBER, 1015. f j
RESOURCES. 3
Loans and Discounts .. $ 84,693.25 4
Overdrafts .-. 360.16 3
Bonds, Warrants and other Securities. 24,911.00 j
Furniture and Fixtures ..... 3,428.80'to
Checks on other Banks and other Qash Items 1,798.80 3
CASH ON HANb, including Gold Dust 107 fll 3 11 3
and Sight Exchange .. I L I jU I Ui I I |
TOTAL .$242,205.12 j
LIABILITIES. ]
Capital Stock paid in. $ 25,000.00 3
Surplus Fund . 500.00 1
Undivided Profits . 1,970.13 3
Due to Banks—Deposits . 453 11 3
Deposits ... 214,074.88 -j
Certified Checks . 207.00 3
TOTAL .$242,205.12 3
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi- 3
sion, ss. 4
I, W. M. Goodwin, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemn- d
ly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my 1
knowledge and belief. 3
W. M. GOODWIN. Cashier. j
Correct Attest M. BLUM, j
JOHN LYONS. 4
, Directors. 4
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of Nov. 1916. 3
(Notarial Seal) J. W. GILSON. j
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska. ||
My commission expires Jan. 21, 1917. ^
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