The FirstBank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
4% PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET LINDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps. Well-Points, Valves I Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. /V Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS__
The Big Place
Beers of all kinds Fine Liquors
Wines, Cigars
Come In And Get Our Prices,
Cheapest In Town.
W. LEVY
PROPRIETOR
You Will Take No Chances With Your
LIFE INSURANCE
If You Insure In The
NEW YORK LIFE
Established 1845. Assets $750,000,000.
The Best Insurance at the Lowest Rate
Do not close any insurance till you communicate with
JAMES FISH, District Agt., Valdez, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER. IWdent,
Grunt* Min*.
CHAS. McCAtXUM. Secretary,
Veld**. Alesha.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEOROE SEXTON, Prof.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward. Alaska
ODENWALD WILL
BE CONFISCATED
German 8hlp Which Attempted To
Run From San Juan Will Be Sold
—Captain To Go Free.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—It has
been officially announced that the
American government will not pros
ecute the captain of the German
steamer Odenwald which attempted
to leave the Porto Rican harbor
Without clearance papers and was
stopped by the guns of the forts.
The Odenwald has been libeled and
she will be confiscated and sold, that
being the extreme penalty in similar
cases under international law. The
captain was also subject to a heavy
fine or imprisonment, but leniency
was shown to prevent further com
plications.
JOHNTHWAITES HAS
JOINED BENEDICTS
SEATTLE, March 25—Jno. Thwaites,
mail clerk of the steamer Mariposa,
was married to Miss Estella Morse,
of Seattle, last evening. The groom
Is popular among Alaskans, having
been running north for many years.
His bride will accompany him on his
next trip north.
NORTHWESTERN IS
C0A1C NORTH
SEATTLE, March 25.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed on schedule time
last night, marking the beginning of
the summer schedule and making
Skagway a port of call for all pas
senger vessels of the line running to
Alaska. She carried 164 passengers
for the north. The passengers for
Valdez are: B. F. Towle, M. O. Good
ner and wife, George Hobart, and
twenty-one steerage passengers.
John Twaites has
Warship ordered
USED THE MAILS
TO WORK EHAUD
NEW YORK, March 25—Rae Tan
zer, the woman who filed suit for
$50,000 damages against former As
sistant District Attorney James Os
borne, of this city, tor breach of
promise, has been indicted by the
federal grand Jury for using the mails
to defraud.
GRAFTED FROM THE
CAFE_GRAFTERS
SEATTLE, March 25.—Patrolman
Schuman, who was arrested and sus
pended from the Seattle police force
when charges of grafting from wom
en who frequent the Pike street cafes
were preferred against him, has been
found guilty by the Jury. Several
women testified that Schuman had
compelled them to pay him $10 per
week each to secure his protection
from being arrested for soliciting in
the cafes.
HONEYMOON TRIP
TO TREJTERIOR
SEATTLE, March 25. —George Rei
ly, Alaska representative of the Me
Neil, Libby & McNeil packing firm
will leave next month on a business
trip to interior Alaska^, acocmpaji
led by his bride. He states that he
will combine business with pleasure
by taking their honeymoon while he
is rustling orders in the north.
Announcement.
Millinery opening Friday, Marcl
19th, and we cordially invite your in
spectlon. Mrs. E. Winter. tf
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dec Drug Co. tf
SEATTLE STRIKE
SOON SETTLED
Longshoremen Still Maintain Boycott
Against Vessels Making Vancouv
er Port of Call.
SEATTLE, March 25.—The striking
Seattle longshoremen returned to
work this morning, having accepted
the same conditions which prevailed
here before the strike was called
The longshoremen, however, still
maintain a boycott against vessels
making Vanvouver, B. C., a port of
call.
President O’Connor, of the Interna
tional Longshoremen’s union, has
gone to Vancouver to make an effort
to settle the difficulty. The agree
ment reached yesterday will enable
vessels In the Alaska and foreign
trade to handle cargoes promptly.
Several foreign vessels have been tied
up here during the week, being un
able to discharge their cargoes.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Joe Domenzie is in town from Port
Wells.
Mrs. Uivonesky and children are in
town for a few days from Port Wells.
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co tf
George Francis arrived from Port
Wells last evening.
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
Florence Lawrence, America’s fore
most actress, in “His Wife’s Child,”
at the Orpheum tonight.
_
The most exquisite nand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
The launch B. F. M. arrived last
evening from Port Wells.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Sam Calvin and Wm. Whitney left
this morning for Portage bay to do
assessment work.
FOR RENT OR SALE on long time,
the Gakona ranch. To an experienced
farmer with a little capital this is an
opportunity to make big money. Ap
ply to James Fish. k 31
Clarence Golden will leave for the
copper country In the morning to
do assessment work. He will take
4,000 ounces of grub along with him.
Latest popular copyrights and Clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
a. O. Retake, tee watchmaker and
Jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Oe.
All work guaranteed.
Up to a late hour this afternoon
the steamer Admiral Watson had not
been reported as having reached Sew
ard from the westward. She went
west last Monday morning and should
return some time tomorrow.
The steamer Alameda returned from
the westward at 10 o’clock last night
and left within an hour for Seattle.
She carried a number of traveling
men who had spent a few days tak
ing orders from local business houses,
to Cordova, Juneau and other points.
The only passengers for Seattle were
Joe Stanton and Mrs. Wm. Blackwell.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
A nice line or art pictures Just re
ceived from New Torn at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Ladies and children’s spring and
summer hats at The Emporium. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Men’s wool socks, 25c; Hold-Heat
electric stove, $2.50, and everything
else In proportion at the Emporium.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Snow glasses 15c and up, at the
Emporium.
The Prospector office for Job worn.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway '*v
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
JUST ARRIVED
Several hundred boxes of the best
Juicy Yakima Apples
Jonathans, Winesaps, Spitzenbergs, Black Twigs, North
Yakima Pippins, Roman Beauties.
Sweet Cider Sour Vinegar
The Yakima Fruit Company
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitinn.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED, Mgr.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable 1
Chas. R. Crawford w«"Street- »»• is»
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fairban!u!morse * co
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Roujrh Dry 10c lb.
What 2 Cents Worth Of Electricity
Will Do For You.
Run a sewing machine motor Heat a 12 x 12 room for thirty
twenty-five hours. minutes.
Pump 900 gallons of water 100 Light a five-room house three
feet high. hour»
_ , . , _ Do the week’s Ironing.
Grind 900 pounds of sausage. *
The week’s washing.
Clean 4,400 square feet of car- And at the expenM of 3 14
pet- cents per day you can be con
Mllk fifty cows. nected with 185 other telephone
Run a two-ton electric truck subscribers at any hour day or
one mile. night.
Alaska Water; light & Tele. Co.-Phone 39
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Onr Specials After 4 P. M.
Private Table*
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Valdes Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
Ed, Wood. Sec
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meet* every Thursday at 8 p. m.
Next door to 8enate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
This la a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman's Club. Library houra:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
'days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Only The Best
Smokers Can Now Enjoy
the Best
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U. S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company '
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior point*
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kindr
Positively no coal deliveied
unless paid tor In advance
It yon want all tn« news all the
time read the Dally Prospector.