GOOD
DELIVERY
Delivering the goods. Did
you ever buy a pair of shoes
that failed to give satisfaction
-somehow the style did net
please you-little or no comfort
in them, and soon the sole?
Well, they did not deliver the
goods, that's all.
deliver the goods in the
form of absolute shoe
satisfaction. We will
prove it to ’’cu. Give us
a chance.
All Styles $6.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES*
On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit nour account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
You admire it every
time you visit them—the
harmonious lighting, the
clean and orderly ap
pearance of everything,
the always-ready per
sonal conveniences, the
atmosphere of comfort
and luxury.
I “Hill is a lucky dog,”
' you say; but did you ever
stop to think ho w easily
you could be as fortunate?
The electricity that
does so much for his com
fort is obtained from the
same wires that pass by
your own home. It oper
ates his lamps, flatirons,
sewing machines motors,
fans and other useful
electric heatingand cook
ing devices.
You can have it at
slight cost—let us discuss
wiring with you.
Alaska Water, Light
Telephone Co.
W-l
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
You are hereby notjUwik-.tloi 1 1
have expended ilurinagBMb ytiar
10i-, one hundred ai'uglliiri.y
'hree dollars and ,l|‘l
cents, lawful money ttFMpjHpit
id Stales, in labor attd ttMMjrivft
nients, upon your two*aj|^B|jn
Icrest in those corlaireSBHHniis
lying and being oil iO|flHE'is
land, in (lie recordini
Valdez, Alaska, which stre xnhwn
as and called the “Shamrock”
claim} The “Tramp” claim; the
“Star No. 2” claim; the “Mother
' c,1*i'n; the “Beach” claim,
and the Last Chance’/ claim,’ the
location notices of said-claims be
ing of record in i&i otttoe of the
(commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions
of* Section 2324 of the Revised,
Statute;, of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lode jjhaims
for the period ending on UwJMst
day of December. 1912. raiv'-'
And unless within nine|y day#
u II < * £• tile enmpietion of I lie j > u It I i—
cation of lIds notice, lo-wit: with
in nitiely days after the otit day of
July, 1913, you rontrihi.ile vnur
pioporlioi] of such expenditure
incurred n performing said an
nual lalmr and improvements,
wliicli is lim sum of one hundred
an<l I Itirly-l iiree dollars and thir
ty-three ecu Is, vmir inlcresi in
Hi*- '.'hums will become the prop
erty of l lie subscriber of ibis no
tice. your co-owner, who has
made I he required expendil lire,
by I he lerms of said section.
ililled at Valdez. Alaska. Ibis
51b dav of April, 1913.
S. A. 1IKMPI.F..
Dale of lirsl pub. April li. 1913
Dale of Iasi pub. July t>, 1913,
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Aluir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, aiid l.o. all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby nolilied and
will take notice that I. the snb
■seriher. T. K. Dougherty, have
expended during Hie year A. 1).,
1912, one hundred dollars (.stun,,
in. labor and improvements upon
Hie •’Minnie” lodi* mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
Hie Valdez Recording' Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Slump hay. Thv* no
tice of location Hiercof is rtf rec
ord in Hook *s of Records, at page
370, in tin* office of Hie United
Stales Commissioner for the. Val
dez Recording Rreciucl at Val
dez, Alaska, lo which hook and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expendiiure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory rigliljaiid title to said
milling claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred find I we n|.y_ four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
Stales and the amendments there
to, providing for I lie annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount, being I lie sum rerpiired
In bold said mining claim during
Ibe period ending the fhii'ly-lirst
day of December, 1 9 I 2.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
il service lie had, or within ninety
days alter (lie publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expendiiure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-live.cents (918.75), your
interest ijijstfetd claim will become
the propflpty of the subscriber,
who is y<j|* .jjto-owuer, and who
has made II# ewpenditure and
improvements ns above men(iop
ed pursuant to the provisions gof
the said statute. - > 4m!.
Dated yaldez, Alaska, AprHsB3,
1913. V
T. E. DOUGERTY.
Date first pub. April 2 i. 1913.*
'Date last pub. July 2ti, 1913.
I
Says Public Service Has Been |
Greatly Improved in Alaska the
Past Few Years.
Seal lie. May 27.--Ivx-Govcrnor
Clark reached lliis city last night,
and in an interview he stated that
the public service in Alaska had
greatly improved during his ad
ministration, (he recommenda
tions made liy him had been gen
erally followed and had made for
heller service in the territory.
He praisnld Governor Strong
and predicted an administration
of progress with the constant de
velopment of the lerrilory in the
next four years.
SUPPtlEUir
SOLOMON BASIN
The Yukon brought two cars of
wooden slave piping and one ear
oy cement for I he Alaska Water,
Light & Telephone Co. The ce
ment will he used lo raise the darn
and the piping for the water pow
er to he generated in the, new
(lower house now built in the ba
sin. The balance of I lie piping
is expeeled to arrive on the Samp
son and part of the machinery
may'also he on the same boat.
LOCAL HEMS.
Tile Valdez Hank & Trusl Go.
ami lIn* bank of £v Hlimi & Go.
have arranged to close I In:ir
banks on Friday. May .‘{0. which
is I >eeoral ion Day.
McDowell, one of Hie principle
owners of (.lie Gash Greek mines,
near Seward, arrived in Valdez on
I he Yukon to all,end lo some bus
iness for ilie company.
I _
| Tom Parker, Tom Donohue. F.d.
Dickey and \V. Scold will be pas
I senders on I lie launch Fidaljzo to
morrow for down sound points.
—
! Mr. Hire, i f (lie Amalgamated
| Copper Go., left for llliamna bay
'to inspect some copper prospects
in that region for bis compunv.
i Gaplain W'hilley, inspectors of
bulls and boilers, is in lown on
II lie business of inspect inji' bulls
and boilers.
i lie new ci meiil safe for the
{bank of S. Ilium & Go., is now
[started and will be completed in a
few weeks.
Vanished Things.
There are no birds in Iasi year's
nesls. IheyTe gone, willi all their
young: there are no laughs in Iasi,
year’s jesls, however well Uicy're
• sprung'. There is no news in Iasi
i year's sheel: 'llie tilings lint!
happened I lien and made us
prance on anxious feel, are chest
jnuls now lo men: Time is no
I wheal in last year’s sheaf: it’s
| ground and gone lo dough ; there
are no fear’s in Iasi year’s grief,
; no wails in Iasi, year’s woe. Some
; folks are always looking hark to
jlhings l.luil are no more; lliey
jwring their hands and cry aUrk
j for pleasures gone before. They
‘don’t admire llie birds I hat sing >
|with ardor in llie wood; they say
llie birds llial sung Iasi sprint?
were lifly limes as good. They
don’t enjoy the genlle breeze that
j rustles‘In and fro; “we had no
• jim crow winds like these.’’.they
muller, “long ago." They don’t
appreciate the Mowers that scent
four modern Juno; "alas,” lliey
.sigh, “for bygone hours.'when ev- j
eryone raised prunes.” And if j
these people dwell in bliss, when
gone to Kingdom Come, they’ll
sigh: “Confound a harp like this
!--I wish I had a drum.” The
world is brighter now, today, than
eV*r it was before, and foolish is
that fgpMW jay who sighs for
,things of yore.
WALT MASON.
Clean Up.
V.Qtean up day, Thursday, May
29,~ everybody do their share and
we Will have a clean town. Clean
u,p your back yard and the street
wi|l be cleaned by the oily au
thorities.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.
(By George Fitch.)
A telegraph operator is a man
with a little flexible wrist, ami an
enormous capacity I'm- going
without sleep.
Most telegraph operators are '
employed by railroads. Their du
ties are lo send and receive mes- 1
sages, sell tickets, make mil re-,
ports in ear load lots, set out |
semaphore lights, liuslle baggage. |
deliver express, and keep the rail- j
road property in a neat and or- j
dcrly condition. After a telegraph
operator has done these tilings a
few years, tie knows more about
the railroad than the president,
and has to he promoted in order ■
that, th<* company may make use |
of his knowledge. Most railroad
officials were once telegraph op
erators.
There are two kinds of operat
ors—day operators and night op
erators. The latter work all night
and play ball all day. A night
operator ran gel along williout
sleep at all. except what little lie
is abb* lo snatch in the depot
while I be train dispatcher, a hun
dred miles away, is Irving lo wake
him up.
The telegraph operator in a
small .station leads a carefree and
romanlie life, communing over
the wires with the whole railroad
system, and calling for help, when
bound and gagged by train rob
bers. by pounding his telegraph
key with his ear. The small town
telegraph operator is the biggest
hero in town to the small boy,
except the man who plays the cor
nel in the band, and can always
gel most of Hie work around the
station done free of charge oy
hoys who hope to be able some
day to receive long messages with
an important air, while 17 pas
sengers are pounding frantically
at the ticket, window.
If the operator heroines very
j skillful In* gets good wages, and
I goes lo the big telegraph offices,
where he leads a life of toil. If
I he remains a plug in a small sla
jtinn, ha gradually learns the oth
er branches of railroading, and
! becomes slat ion age ill ur super
intendent. II is Ihe ambition of
i every 'telegraph operator to so
! rise that tie may some day he
able lo look down upon a train
[dispatcher and tell him to go to.
'and have a ride in his new auto
mobile.
A voting negro walked into the
oH'ire of a prominent lawyer in
l.nuisiana and said:
*' I toss, I k IIIII to se see you
,‘lioul gellin' me a 'vorcemenl.”
"Whal's Hie mailer, John?"
said I lie attorney ‘van,I. you gel
along with Mary, or have you
! found some oilier girl you like
heller?"
Tlii‘ negro, with a grin, ad
mitted l hal lie had found such a
girl, and asked:
"What you goin'er charge me,
Mr. Charlie?"
“Tilly dollars. John," said I In*
attorney.
The negro moved uneasily
alioid Ihe office, scratched his
head, huf dj|l not speak. After a
few minules Ihe layer asked:
"W'hal's Ihe Iroiihle, John?”
"I .iusi tell you. Mr. Charlie,”
said he. “there ain't no (iffy dol
lars difference in them gals.”
A little hoy whose father had
happened In lie a Philadelphia
lawyer as very much puzzled ov
er Ihe theory of evolution and so
questioned his mother I hits:
"Mamma am I descended from
a monkey?”
'"I don’t know." the mother re
plied, "I never knew any of your
father’s people.”
Talk ahoiit your tiargains a* i
Adler’s.
' _I
TIDE TABLES
:
Tuesday, May 27.
High lido, 4:41 a. in., 0:11 p. m.
Low title. 11:37 a. in.
Wednesday, May 28.
High tide. 5:54 a. in., 7:23in.
Low lido, 12:30 a. m., I2:3,jfp. in.
Thursday, May ,
High lido, 7:10 a. in., 8:(uf?p. in.
Low tide, 1:52 .a in., I :?8*'p. in.
Friday, May 30.
High lido, 8:31 a.«m... 8^-10 p. in.
Low tide. 2:40 a. in., 3:00 p. in.
Saturday, May 31.
High tide, 0:31 a. in.. 9:12 p. m.
Low tide, 3:31 a. in., 2:47 p. rn.
WANTED—A cook; inquire of
Col. O’Neil at Fort I.iscum.
Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer
anil jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company. , •
Boots & Shoes
REPAIRED
Prictt R(ihuU(. Warkauikip of tke kul
JAMES RAREY
At Stull's former jewelry shop. VALDEZ
A. M. DierinK*-r
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
onless paid (or io advance
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry coll on me.
‘ QUICK ACTION”
i* my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods* -Reasonable Prices
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in» Whaling. building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
OR. GERMAN
jfw 9 THE DENTIST
I OJttce rooms over v »\v Drug stoi". Office hours
I 9 a. m., to6 D. in.. 7 p. ni..t<»9 p. m. .Sundays
I o.v appointment AJJ work guaranteed
! L V. ray
ATTORNEY AT LAW
j SKVVARD, - U.ASKA
E. E. RITCH.E
r. \ v i: rt
phonk 1 x Value/ Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
A T TO TIN !■: V- A T- L A \V
Offices Wh]] £>re* r.
Phone VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
^ U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing 1{,.s. i.(,one. ,s9
L. W. STOilM, E. M.
Valdez, alaska
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
Gene sal Mining. £ n'iine ef/ino
Phone Mo. roa
, - O E
’V VALD1CZ AKRJH Vo. l‘,71
Meet every Frida;. £ i*. m. Mark Mai
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday eveninx at v o'clock la
Katrle Hall. All members art requested to
ttend. S. MONIECK. Arctic Chief
Valdez kodge
No J68.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.. W. M
C. C. Reynolds.. Sec