Red Cross Seals may now be purchased at this
store. Put them on your Christmas letter and help
a great cause along* They sell for lc each.
New Silks and Chiffons
Are Now on Display
NUMBER OF MUCH WANTED Silks
and Chiffons have just been received,
A THIRTY-SIX INCH BLACK SATIN, good heavy quality,
priced, Cl 7R
per yard .. .0111 w
CHIFFON TAFFETAS, in light blue and navy; 36 inches
wide and extra soft quality; 01 QC
Price, a yard .OllfcV
GEORGETTE CREPES, forty inches wide, in all the light
shades; . 01 Cl)
Price, a yard . Ol'vU
FINE QUALITY CHIFFON, forty inches wide, in pink, blue,
corn, black, white and gray; 01 fl|C
Price, a yard.Oli&v
Women’s and Children’s Bathrobes
All are brand new. Just arrived on the last boat. .
They come in flannelettes and blanket robes. Pret
ty color combinations.
The women’s, priced
$5.00 and $7.50.
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The children’s sell at
$1.50 and $2.75.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
The Christmas Store of Valdez.
COSTLY TO CITY
Dock and Tax Cases Carried to Dis
trict Court Sets City Treasury
Back to Kxtent of $54S.:iO.
The Valdez city council met in ses
sion last night with Councilmen King,
Thomas, Heckey and Von Gunther
present, and Mayor Boyle in the chair.
The only matter of importance com
ing before the meeting was the pay
ment of the bills incurred in connec
tion with the law suits in which the
city was involved over the attempt
of the council to extend its jurisdic
tion over the waterfront including the
Valdez Dock company’s wharf, and
the several tax cases appealed from
the board of equalization.
The little incursion of the city
fathers into the district court to gain
control of the Dock, together with
the cost of the tax cases, set the city
treasury back to the extent of $543.
30. The bills, which contributed to
the total, were as follows: Attorney
L. V. Ray, of Seward, for services in
connection with the Valdez Dock
case, $160; City Attorney O. P. Hub
bard, defending six cases before the
district court, $150:. clerk of the
•court in connection with the chses,
$66.80: Ike Hamburger, for making
transcripts of testimony in the 'cases,
$176.50.
School bills to the amount of
$9“!0.27 were passed upon and war
rants ordered drawn. Included in
this amount is a bill for $240 for
fuel.
Tb" city treasurer reported that ap
; proximately $13,000 in taxes had
| been paid in and that there was
$3500 in the treasury, with war
rants outstanding to the amount of
I $600.
The city attorney gave notice of an
ordinance which he was preparing to
change the tax ordinance by eliminat
ing the section whereby appeals from
'the board of equalization may be
[taken to the district court.
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Asks Patent for Homestead.
John E. Barrett, of McCarthy, has
filed in the Juneau land office an
application for patent to a homestead
claim comprising two hundred and
ninty-six acres. Barrett located upon
the land in 1906 and since that time
has had in under cultivation, rais
ing crops each year. In making his
application he submitted.several pho
tographs to show that his land was
under cultivation.
FISHING PROHIBITED BY
SECRETARY REDFIELD.
Wn. C. Redfield, secretary of com
merce has issued notice that "until
further notice all fishing for salmon,
or other fishing in the prosecution of
which salmon are taken or injured,
be and is hereby prohibited, as fol
lows:
1. In all waters tributary to the
Barnes Lakes, Prince of Wales island.
2. In Hetta creek, its tribuary wa
ters, and in the region within 500
yards of the mouth of said creek.
3. In Sockeye Creek, its tribuary
Bosa de Quadra hatchery waters, and
the region within 500 yards of the
mouth of said creek.
Th order becomes effctive Janu
ary 1, 19! G.
A hearing was held in Seattle on
October 1. after due notice had been
given ,for the purpose of making sal
mon-breeding reserves of certain wa
ters in Alaska.
You will find the latest novelties
in ladies' neckwear at E. Winter’s, tf
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale'and„Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. , Phone 29
jjjJjSj
'vf'
Imported and Ddmestic
Wines, liqeers mil Cigars
Phone 69
DEMOCRATS WILL
MEET JMIMT.IO
Territorial Committee Will Meet In
Valdez Next Month to Arrange
Primaries and Nominations.
I
The members of the Democratic ter
ritorial committee will mqet in Valr
dez on Monday, January 10, 1916,
to decide the date when the primaries
will be held as well as the date for
the Territorial conventioh when dele
gates to the Democratic National
convention in St. Louis will be elected
!and the Democratic nominee for del
egate to congress chosen.
Democratic clubs are being organ
ized In every part of the territory and
| are planning to make a winning fight
■next year. There will be no lack of
good timber from which the party
will select a standard bearer is evi
denced from telegraphic reports from
other portions of the territory urging
the candidacy of some favored resi
dent of their division.
The Democrats of the Third divi
sion are urging Judge Bunnell to
i again accept the nomination, believ
ing that his residence in the Third
division has increased his strength
there. When Judge Bunnell was the
Democratic candidate last year he
was practically unknown in interior
Alaska. Since then he has made
jgood on the bench of the Third divi
jsion and his friends believe he would
i carry the Third division which has
always been the delegate’s strong
hold. Judge Bunnell is reported to
have stated that he has no desire to
again make the race.
I
Member of Democratic Territorial
Committee Says District At
torney Is Incompetent.
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JUNEAU. Dec. —Z. R. Cheney
;of Juneau, a memoer of the territo
rial committee, has recommended to
Ithe Department df Justice that Dis
trict Attorney Spence, of the Third
i division be removed for incompe
tency.
It is not known whether all of the
I other members of the territorial com
mittee have taken similar action, but
lit is believed that they have acted in
dividually. There has been no meet
ing of the committee to take action in
ithe matter.
Mr. Cheney is reported to have as
; serted that he did not recommend the
! removal 01 .... strict Attorney Spence
I because of the allegations that the of
: ficial had failed to identify himself
| with the Democrats but on the ground
that he was incompetent.
SENATOR SL’DZER TAKES
SHOT AT OEliKOATE.
"While in Seattle I had the plea
sure of addressing the Arctic Club
land Chamber of Commerce along
| with Delegate Wickersham," said
Senator Sulzer after his return to
Juneau. "In his speech the delegate
stated that one of the first things he
would do upon the convening of
Congress was to introduce a bill pro
viding for statehood for Alaska. I
'cannot believe that his is a wise pro
icedude at this time and so stated in
Ithe remarks 1 made on that occasion.
I It is contrary to the sentiments of
| the last legislature and of practic
'ally every Alaskan I have talk
ed with about it. The Delegate
I claims that by starting a campaign
'for statehood it will be the means of
'inducing Congress to grant us full
[territorial government, but it does
not appear that the Delegate can be
| sincere in his contention, for he and
his supporters in the last legislature
[bitterly opposed a memorial to con
gress asking for fuller government
| for Alaska. The results of the last
legislature ought to make it easy to
! persuade congress to grant ■ us more
latitude in legislative matters, and if
ithis is the object of the Delegate
'well and good, but it appears very
plausible that the object of the Del
gate in advertising statehood is to
j cover and sidetrack the issue of full
■ er territorial rights, and thus retain
:! the legislative power entirely with
congress as at present is the case,
| and which will enable the delegate
I to retain his power over practically
all Alaskan legislative matters, and
! will provide him with a campaign
cry for the next decade. To my mind
Just Received
A large assortment hand painted
china suitable for Xmas,
Also Fresh Rose B jads 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 ear as
sortment.
Valdez Drug Co.
this is a very serious question at
this time and one which ail true
Alaskans should deeply consider."
New Show Tonight.
Complete change of program at The
Liberty Theatre tonight. A program of
good Dims worth seeing.
Weather Ite|>ort.
Valdez, Dec. 14, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.804
Temperature 7 p. m.21
Maximum temperature .24
Minimum temperature . 8
Mean temperature .16
Precipitation .08
Cloudy, wind northeast 6 miles;
snowed at night.
Interior Weather.
Vaidez. Dec. 15. 1915.
Fairbanks, —6; 9 inches snow;
clear and calm.
Salcha. —8; 10 inches snow; calm
and clear, trail good.
Richardson, zero. 16 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail good.
McCarthy, zero, 28 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Donnelly. 14 above: 30 inches of
snow: trail good, windy, snowing.
McCallum, 9 auove; 40 inches of
snow; cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Paxson, 1 above, 30 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 5 above, 18 inches snow;
snowing, calm, trail good.
Oulkana. -12; IS inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, 6 above; 16 inches
of snow; cloudy, ca:m. trail fair.
Tonsina, —2; 17 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good. »
Tetkhell, 6 above, 28 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Beaver Darn. 12 above; 36 inches
of snow; snowing, trail fair, calm.
Summit, 8 above, GO inches snow;
snowing, high wind, trail drifted.
Wortman<s, 22 above, 36 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, snowing, trail
heavy.
New Show Tonight.
Complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight. A pro
gram of good films worth seeing.
Furnished fooms at Mrs. Osland's
Prices reasonable. *
Arcade Cafe
OPEN til«TU.*P.M.
We Sonre Coronr Coffco
Strictly Fresh Eflp.
Jack CaWa . • ■ PrSartotw
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the Afloiti tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water la 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 tubular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Wednesday, December 15
High—7:45 am., 8.4; 8:41 pm, 6.0
Low—1:02 am, 2.3; 2:48 pm, 1.6.
Thursduy, December 16.
High—8:32 am, 8.6; 9:60 pm, 6.1
Low—1:58 am, 3.9: 3:39 pm. 0.9
Friday, December 17.
High—9:16 am, 8.8; 10:47 pm, 6 3
Low—2:52 am, 3.3; 4:26 pm, 0.3
Saturday, December 18.
High—1:56 am, 7.0; 12:64 pm, 9.4
Low—3:40 am, 3.6; 6:06 pm, —0.2
Sunday, December 19.
High—12:43 am, 6.6; 10:43 pm, 9.2
Low—4:25 am, 3.6; 5:43 pm, —0.6
Monday, December 90.
High—0:13 am. 6.7; 11:09 pm, 9.4
Low—6:01 am, 8.6; 6:16 pm, —0.7
Tuesday, December 91.
High—12:49 am. 6.9; 11:44 pm, 9.6
Low—6:37 am, 3.4; 6:49 pm, —0.8
Wednesday, December 99.
High—1:23 am. 6.9; 12:20 pm, 9.6
Low—6:11 aim, 3.4; 7:20 pm, —.8
Thursday, December 98.
Low—6:47 am, 3.8; 7:61 pm, —0.7
High—9:66 aim, 9.6.
Friday,- December 94.
High—2:28 am, 7.0; i:89 pm, 9.2
Low—7:26 am, 3.8; 8:28 pm, —0.6
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire ,
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place,
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
Cigars Tobacco Fruit Candy
Billiards Pool Card Rooms
El Sidello
Carabana
Juan de Fuca
CIGARS
Optimo
Monopole
Van Dyck
Have You Smoked a Garcia Vega?
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Our Specialty-Haas & Sons Candy
CHMIDT’S BAKERY
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies.
Delicatessen and Lunch Goods---Bread 3 for 25c. Call 156
SWIFT DELIVERY .
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
■4
Office, foot of Wall street •
*
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
Saturday, December 23.
High—8:01 am, f.l; 2:05 pm, 8.8
Low—8:06 am, 3.3; 8:65 pm, —0.2
Sunday, December 26.
High—3:36 am, 7.2; 2:45 pm, 8.2
Low—3:42 am, 3.3; 9:23 pm, 0.2
Monday, December 27
High—4:11 am, 7.4; 3:31 pm. 7.5
Low—9:44 am, 3.2; 10:65 pm, 0.8
Tuesday, December 28.
High—5:00 am, 6.4; 3:52 pm, 7.3
Low—10:01 am, 4.1; 10:50 pm, 1.1
Wedneeday, December 20.
High—5:32 am. 8.0; 5:37 pm, 6.0
Low—11:55 am, 2.6.
Thursday, December 80.
High—6:21 am, 8.4; 7:06 pm, 5.6.
Low—11:81 am. 2.1; 1:14 pm, 1.9
Friday, December SI.
High—7:16 am, 8.9; 8:40 pm. 5.6
Low—12:27 am, 2.7; 2:80 pm, 1.0
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
_ A
Lvs. Fort Ltscum Lva. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:90 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m, 4f00 p.m.
.. 10:8# *»•
Thpre will bo no trip of tb« ‘ mb
•h the second ana fourth Frl of
Obdh mtrfath, these dara being vmm to
Mom boilers.