Shoe Sale
ILL 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
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 I
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
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 m
book No. 2. page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, 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
bav, 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
si erned co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERRIF1ELD.
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 1
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
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
Ih1 office of the recordar of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
ber 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
•SI00 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.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, ’phone 47.
i NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
i -
I 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 certificates of 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
i under the provisions of the laws
jof the United Slates 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 your 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
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have1 expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
1,” “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
vear, 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 PJULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF 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—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
imus Chisholm, administrator of i
;he estate of Hardin Smith, de- j
jeased, has rendered and pre- |
sented for settlement and filed
his final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
and that Tuesday, the Cth day of
May, 1913. at the hour of two
o’clock p m., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
ficio .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 tl^al ac
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear apd
file objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Dale of first pub. March 1. ’13.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In (be Commissioner’s Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate.
In Hie matter of the estate of
W. C. StuM, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of \\. G. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the saio
deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after, the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the bus!
ness of. said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
271 h day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
To the Public.
We hereby announce lhaL 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
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST--An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward.
| Chas. R. Crawford
| Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Sbop and job work of all lands
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse A Co.
NEW YORK CITY SPENDS
A WAD FOR MAINTENANCE
Washington, I). C.—Illuminat
ing figures on the cost of main
taining the larger cities of the
United States have .just been made
public in a bulletin by thin Fed
eral Census Bureau, showing the
sources of revenue and met hods
Hf disbursing municipal funds in
litio. Those figures show that
the per capita cost of maintain
ing the municipality of .Yew York
is greater than that for any oili
er city in the country. The per
capita cost of maintenance for
.Yew York City is given as $25.11.
There are 18 cities of over 30(1,
00(1 population. For those cities
l tie per capita cost of operation
is $20.12. For the I 8 i American
icities which have over 30,0(10
! population the per capita cost is
I $10.55. The per capita cost in
{.Yew York City approximately is
|s.r» greater than the cost when av
eraged for the eighteen cities of
| over 300.000, and almost. $9
Igrealer per capita than the av
erage for the 181 American cities
having 3(1,000 or more population.
The revenue received by the City
of .Yew York in 19 10 was $197,
7 79,83.3. This was 20 per cent of
the total municipal revenue col
lected in all 181 of the American
cities having over 30,000 popula
tion. Tile sources of revenue for
.Yew York are given by the Fcder
I a I Census as follows:
The per capita cost of those
advantages in .Yew York City is
given by the Census Bureau as
83.11 per capita for general gov
ernment of the city, $3.1 i for the
police. $ I .‘.17 for fire protection.
♦50 cents per capita for health
conservation. 82.01 for sanita
tion. $3.39 for highways, $2.09
for charities, $0.15 for schools,
30 rents per capita for libraries,
art galleries and museums; 72
cents for recreation, and 13 cents
for miscellaneous objects.
Like most American cities, New
York spends more for the support
of schools than for any other sin
gle object of municipal endeavor.
The percentage spent on schools
and education is given as 25.7.
New York spends more per cap
ita for general government than
any other large American city, ex
cept San Francisco and Cincin
nqjti.The per capita cost otf
general government in San Fran
cisco is $3.32. in Cincinnati it is
83.15, and in New York $3.11.
The prfr capita cost of general
government in Chicago is $2.53;
Philadelphia, $2.93; St. Louis,
$2.09: Boston. $3.03; Washing*.
Ion. $2.00.
WONDERMENT.
1 wonder why we often know
a st rong desire for sleeping, when
to the synagogue we go to hear
the pastor’s sweeping discussion
of the vital themes? What is the
strange incentive? Why do we
snore and roam in dreams when
we should he attentive? Insom
nia may rack our heads when
we’re remote from preaching; we
loss and flounder on our beds, for
slumber vainly reaching: but in
the quiet house of prayer we’ve
mi such frantic battle; we sleep
and dream and saw the air with
cross-cut snores that rattle. I
wonder why it always rains when
we've planned excursions, as
picnics in the woods or plains, or
kindred mild diversions? 1 won
der why my neighbor’s pup his
noisy watch is keeping, when I
am trying to make up some large
arrears of sleeping? I wonder
why the rooster crows so early
| in the morning, when people,
roused from their repose, shout
words of wrath and scorning? I
wonder as I walk abroad among
the men who bore most, why
things are all so wfcpper,jawed
and tierce and hindend foremost?
WAI.T MASON.
NUGGETS.
Is il possible for a many sided
man to be square?
All things are apt to come lo
those who don’t wait.
Applaud a fool and he is al
ways there with the encore.
The people who are well heel
ed are not always those who give
the stamp of approval.
Many a man feels like a hypo
crite when he offers his congrat
ulations to a bride and groom.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. IL Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April. 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and tile
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
19th dav of February, 1913.
JAMES FISH.
\V. II. CASWELL,
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia. deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21. 1113.
NEW YORK LIKES THE
TALKING PICTURE
New York.--After Thomas A.
Edison had invented the motion
picture and the talking machine
he dreamed of talking pictures,
and the next morning he went to
work again. For several years
hints came from the Edison lab
oratory that the kinetophone was
An process of development. Fin
ally Edison spoke of his invention
as a thing accomplished, and yes
terday, for the first time on any
stage, the ''Kinelophone” was on
the bill at four of the Keith the
aters. the Colonial, the Alhambra,
the I'nion Square and the Fifth
Avenue. To judge from the lil
' 11e gasps of aslonishni'uil and the
!chorus of “Ain't that something
i wonderful ?” that could lie heard
|ou till sides the Kinetophone is a
| success.
! The problem involved was fair
ly simple. Mr. Edison was look
ling for perfect sv iichronizal ion
jof record and lilni. The difficulty
|was to have a record sufficiently
t sensitive to receive the sounds
! from the lips of actors who would
still be free to move about in
I front of the camera instead of
| being obliged to rmir into the
• horn of a phonograph. Hut t lie
(difficulties have been overcome
'and the Kinelophone is actually
in vaudeville and highly regarded
II here.
i ur in m mimiHT hi i m* <• \1111111 ;
: was a < !«■ s«-r i | > I i \ < ■ led ure. The!
j s(*ri,i,n showed a man to one ol'j
11 hose terribly slnll'y, early eighl
] ies rooms llial mol ion-|iiet lire :
j folk seem |o all'eel. He talked j
jeiithusiaslieally ahouf I he iuven
jtion, ami as his lips moved the
j words sounded from the big ma
|chine behind the screen. Oesture
land speech made the thing slarl
llingly real, lie broke a plate,
]blew a whistle, dropped a weight.
The sounds were perfect. Then
lie brought on a pianist, violin
ist and soprano, and “The Last
Hose of Summer" was never lis
lened to with more fascinated al
ien! ion. Finally the scope of
kinetophonic powers was furth
er illustrated by a bugler’s apo
plectic efforts, and the harking of
some perfect collies.
The second number was a min
strel show, with orchestra, so
loists, end men, and interlocu
tor, large as life and cpiite as
noisy. It brought down the re
spective houses, but the real sen
sation of the day was scored quite
unintentionally by the operator
of the machine at the Union
Square theater last evening. He
inadvertently set his pictures
some ten or twelve seconds ahead
of his sounds, and the result was
iamazing. The interlocutor, who,
by a coincidence, wore a pecu
liarly defiant and offended ex
pression, would rise pompously,
his lips- would move, he would
bow and sit down. Then his
speech would float out over the
audience. It would be an an
■nouncement of the next song, and
before it was all spoken the sing
er would he on his feet with his
mouth expanded in feVvent but
soundless song.
This diverted the audience vast
ly, but the outbursts of laugh
ter would come when the singer
would close his lips, smile in a
contented manner, bow, and re
tire while his highest and best
(notes were! still ringing clear.
(The audience, however, knew
|what had happened, and the mis
hap did not serve to lessen their
'tribute of real wonder al Edison's
jlatest.
Just received on the Mariposa,
a line of dresses at Harvey's Tog
gery.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
| TIDE TABLES |
Friday, March 7.
High lide, 12:09 a. m., 12:42 p. m.
Low tide, 6:09 a. m., 6:33 p, m.
Saturday, March 8.
High tide, 12:40 a. m.,
Low fide, 6:37 a. m.. 6:5 4 p. m.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, RcpreienUtive
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
insurance today
Policies Written Here
FIRE INSURANCE
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
CITY EXPRESS
;j. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge, I
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office iniWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable offica
DR. GERMAN
Phone i9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to6p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone 136 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phono 31 VALDEZ
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOMZ. ALASKA l
Rmrorts oh Minks
Patmht Suhvmtm
Qmhmsal Mihiho Ehqinmmhihq
Phohm No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. phone. 189
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet eyery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McjjIECE. Arctic Chtel '
1.0.
>0.F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, tlrst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HC7NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Vo. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 d. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Ball Visitors always
welcome.
James B. Patten an..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Seo