STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
"The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
A Glance of Approval
is always bestowed upon the
wearer bf a suit tailored by
us. The style is so evident,
the whole effect so distin
guished, that the keenest
clothes critics cannot with
hold their approval. Why noi
stop in and order such a suit.
You'll not find the cost at ail
excessive. On the contrary it
will be very reasonable
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
M CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1017
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will lake contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. Bl\jM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
latisf action Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
T 'lepbone 66 ' I Rough Dry 10c lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
FOR RENT—Three room bouse,
completely furnished, $10 a month
Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
For the most efficient service and
satisfaction go to the St. Elias. t’
Only a first-class drug store can
secure an agency for Rexall products.
The Owl Drug Store, exclusive agents
for Valdez. t*
In every line of manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agent!
f'r Valdez. tf
OK. HYDE IS GIVEN
HIS LIBERTY AT LAST
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 5.—If Dr. B.
Clark Hyde did give his millionaire
philanthropist father-in-law, Col. Wil
liam H. Swope, typhoid germs in his
drinking water and kill him to get.
bis fortune, it probably never will be
proven.
Dr. Hyde has been tried on the mur
der charge three times in the last
seven years. Prosecution of the case
was dropped by order of Judge E. E.
Porterfield in criminal court.
The Urst case resulted in a convic
tion, but a re-trial was ordered on ap
peal. The second was a mistrial, be
cause one of the jurors climbed over
a transom and escaped to visit his sick
wife. The third trial resulted in a
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
Of the Town of Valdez, Alaska, for the
Year 1916
ALL TAXES HEREIN LIHTEI) BECAME DELINQUENT DECEMBER 4.
1916, AT 6:00 O'CLOCK P. M.
OWNER Lt Blk
Ray Larson . 3 A
Kay Larson . 2 3
R. A. D. Co. 4 3
T R. Shepard . 5 5
R. A. D. Co... 4 6
Edmund Smith . 6 7
R. A. D. Co. 8 7
Mabel F. W’hite . 2 8
J. B. Stull.. 4 8
Mabel F. White.. 4% 8
Mabel F. White . 5 8
Mabel F. White. 5 8
A. W. B. Shepard. 9 8
W. H. Crary. 6% 9
W. H. Crary. 6^ 9
Oscar Fish .,. 11 10
Walter Stuart . 4 11
Kay Larson . 6 11
A. O. Wilson. 5Vfell
Adam Swan . 12 12
Makar Zharoff . 1^17
J. T. Carroll . 2% 17
J. T. Carroll . 3% 17
F. Korth . 7 17
It. A. D. Co. 12 18
Mabel F. White . 10 19
Mabel F. White 11 19
H. J. Rutherford. 12 19
James Bullard . 4 22
Cooper & Sweet. 2 23
UU8 uenson . 6 za
Gus Benson . 10 23
Ted Johnson . 4 24
A. L. Singletary . 9 24
Dan Grennig . 3 25
Dan Grennig. 4 25
J. D. Jefferson all 12 lots 35
James Bullard . 5 26
James Bullard . 12 26
Adam Swan . 12 31
A. Roman . 2 32
R. A. D. Co. 6 32
A. W. B. Shepard .... 10 32
J. D. Jefferson all 12 lots 35
Adam Swan . 11 39
Ursula Gaeng . 3 40
Ursula Gaeng . 4 40
Ursula Gaeng . 5 40
Ursula Gaeng . 6 40
Newell & Tollefson ... 7 40
Newell & Tollefson. 8 40
Newell & Tollefson.... 9 40
A. W. B. Shepard ... 1 50
A. W. B. Shepard ... 2 50
T. R. Shepard . 3 51
T. R. Shepard . 7 51
T. R. Shepard 1 to 11 inc. 55
T. R. Shepard . 1 57
A. W. B. Shepard 1 60
T. R. Shepard, all 12 lots 62
A. W. B. Shepard all 12 lots 65
Hall, Brown, Sullivan 1 79
Hall, Brown & Sul. 2 79
Hall, Brown & Sul. 3 79
I Oscar Kish . 9 79
| Annie W. Kish _ 5 80
j Oscar Kish . 6 80
'Oscar Kish . 20 80
I Annie W. Kish. 21 80
'Oscar Kish . 3 81
Oscar Kish . 4 81
: A. K. Sullivan . 6 81
i Kate S. Page . 4 85
Kate S. Page . 5 Ms 8 5
K. J. Hayes . 9 85
John Emil . 12 85
John Emil . 16 85
K. J. Hayes . 27 85
vaidez dock c ompany z »/
Valdez Dock Company 3 87
Valdez Dock Company 4 87
Valdez Dock Company 5 87
Valdez Dock Company 10 87
Valdez Dock Company 11 87
Valdez Dock Company 12 87
Valdez Dock Company 13 87
Valdez Dock Company 14 87
Valdez Dock Co., all.... 88
John Emil . 1 89
Mae Cameron . 7 89
Christina Osland. 31 89
Mabel F. White . 33 89
Lilian Burford . 5 90
Oscar Fish . 10 91
Jake Nafstead. 16 91
Mrs. C. H. Sandberg. 2 93
Hugo Bergstrom 4 93
M. J. Walker . 8 93
H. L. Rider . 2 94
Oscar Fish . 1 95
Nels Tjosvig . 5 97
M. J. Walker . 14 99
Mrs. H. Shartz . 15 100
M. J. Walker. 7 101
M. J. Walker . 8 101
M. J. Walker . 9 101
Mrs. Florence Wendler
von Gunther Add. .. 6 1
A. Swan, von G. Add 1 % 1
Pty. Val. Tot.
Val. Imp. Val.
2000 . 2000
400 1250 1650
650 600 1250
150 150
800 125 925
700 700
1100 . 1100
1760 2250 4010
Rem. debris & clntc lot
3440 3250 6690
5000 2750 7750
sidewalk repairs
1000 800 1800
400 400
sidewalk repairs
600 225 825
475 475
250 350 600
250 300 550
100 . 100
125 200 325
150 150
75 100 176
325 575 900
250 100 350
75 75
75 75
125 125
50 50
225 100 325
225 200 425
1UU . 100
325 200 525
225 50 275
226 150 375
225 150 376
120 . 120
175 175
126 125
25 25
126 50 175
160 150
100 . 100
120 . 120
50 ........ 50
200 . 200
200 400 600
200 700 900
126 125
100 . 100
200 1500 1700
100 . 100
10 . 10
10 . 10
10 . 10
10 . 10
110 . 110
20 . 20
10 . 10
120 . 120
120 . 120
300 200 500
275 275
275 275
200 . 200
500 400 900
1000 675 1675
300 300
300 300
150 150
150 150
150 450 600
150 600 750
25 25
175 50 225
175 200 375
150 450 600
125 50 175
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
50 50
100 . 100
700 500 1200
525 600 1125
500 2000 2500
1500 2500 4000
250 250
100 . 100
175 200 375
400 400 800
250 25 275
200 100 300
250 100 350
50 50
150 150 300
150 25 175
75 150 225
75 50 125
75 75
75 75
375 675 1050
150 150
I
Tax Pen. Int.
40.00 4.00 .46 j
33.00 3.30 .37
25.00 2.50 .28
3.00 .30 .03
18.60 1.85 .20
14.00 1.40 .10
22.00 2.20 .25
80.20 8.02 .91
74.76 .55
133.80 13.80 1.50
156.00 . 15.50 1.75
1.50 .01
36.00 3.60 .40
8.00 .80 .09
1.86 .02
16.50 1.65 .18
9.60 .95 .10
12.00 1.20 .1 4
11.00 1.10 .12
2.00 .20 .02
6.60 .65 .08
3.00 .30 .03
3.50 .35 -.04
18.00 1.80 .20
7.00 .70 .08
1.50 .15 .01
1.50 .15 .01
2.50 .25 .03
1.00 .10 .01
6.50 .66 .08
8.50 .85 .09
2.00 .20 .02
10.50 1.05 .12
5.50 .55 .06
7.50 .76 .08
1.50 .75 .08
2.40 .24 .02
3.50 .36 .04
2.50 .25 .02
.50 .06
3.50 .35 .04
3.00 .30 .03
2.00 .20 .02
2.40 .25 .02
1.00 .10 .01
4.00 .40 .05
12.00 1.20 .14
18.00 1.80 .20
2.50 .25 . .03
2.00 .20 .02
34.00 3.40 .39
2.00 .20 .02
.20 .02
.20 .02
.20 .02
.20 .02
2.20 .22 .02
.40 .04
.20 .02
2.40 .24 .02
2.40 .24 .02
10.00 2.00 .11
5.50 55 .06
5.50 .55 .06
4.00 .40 .05
18.00 1.80 .20
33.50 3.35 .37
6.00 .60 .07
6.00 .60 .07
3.00 .30 .03
3.00 .30 .03
12.00 1.20 .14
15.00 1.60 .17
.50 .05
4.50 .46 .05
7.50 .76 .08
12.00 1.20 .14
3.50 .36 .04
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .03
1.00 .10 .01
1.00 .10 .01
2.00 .20 .02
24.00 2.40 .27
22.50 2.25 .25
50.00 5.00 .57
80.00 8.00 .91
5.00 .50 .06
2.00 .20 .02
7.50 .75 .08
16.00 1.60 .18
5.50 .56 .06
6.00 .60 .07
7.00 .70 .08
1.00 .10 .01
6.00 .60 .07
3.50 .36 .04
4.50 .45 .05
2.50 .25 .02
1.50 .15 .01
1.50 .15 .01
21.00 2.10 .24
3.00 .30 .03
1 certify that the foregoing and attached list is a full and correct copy
of the delinquent tax roll of real property of the Town of Valdez for the
year 1916; that said delinquent tax roll has been completed, and is open
for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk in the Valdez Mercan
tile Company’s store on McKinley Street, in said town; that on the 12th
day of March, 1917, the same being more than thirty days after the com
pletion of publication of said delinquent tax roll; to-wit, more than thirty
days after February 5th, 1917, the said delinquent tax roll will be presented
i to the District Court of the Third Division of Alaska for adjudgement and
; order of sale; or if said 12th day of March, 1917, shall not be a day of juris
I diction in said Court, then such presentation of said delinquent tax roll will
be made on the first day of jurisdiction thereafter.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Town- of Valdez, this 15th day of
January, 1917.
(Seal) WM. M. MEALS,
Town Clerk of the Town of Valdez, Territory of Alaska.
First publication Jan. 15, 1917; last publication Feb. 5, 1917. 4t
disagreement.
Dr. Hyde has always maintained
bis innocense. The case against nim
was entirely circumstantial. Dr. Hyde
claimed the Swope water supply had
been contaminated by a near-by cess
pool.
Want Everett Riot Investigated.
SALEM, Ore., Peb. 5.—A federal
investigation of the riot at Everett,
Washington, last fall in which se/
eral persons were killed when a boat
load of I. W. W. rioters attempted to
land, is demanded in a resolution
adopted by the Oregon State Federa
tion of Labor. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
who has a national reputation in la-.
bor circles, and who was not allowed
to speak before a labor convention j
held in Everett, was one of the strong ;
est advocates of the resolution before i
the convention here. j
| COAL TEAMSTERS ADD
TO CHICAGO’S TROUBLES
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—When 7,000
coal teamsters struck recently Chicago
faced another shortage of fuel. The
men demanded $4 a day, an increase
of $1 over their present wages.
Striking janitors have invaded
apartment buildings at night and pull
ed fires with the result that pipes have
burst and much damage has resulted.
New York Gun Fighters Busy. I
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Another
chapter was added to the annals of
New York’s gunfighting gangsters
when Salvatore Zurica died after be
ing riddled with bullets in the dark.
A pretty girl, Hilda Peterson, is
held by the police as a decoy alleged
by the police to have been used to
lure Zurica to his death.
t •
OPKN KIKES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if tire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez. Real Estate Agency
■ST TONY’S PLACED
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS'! CLASS Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our targe Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and Calif omia
„ r»- '» r:*'r
iroh is a a „„ Feb. 4—S. S. Admiral Evans
Feb. 16—S. S. Admiral Evans Peb. n_s s Admiral WatBOI1
For Seward.
Feb. 26—S. S. Admiral Watson Feb. 23—S. S. Admiral Evans
For Kodiak Mar. 8—S. S. Admiral Watson
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Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez., Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Jan. 26—S. S. Alaska.
Feb. 1—S. S. Northwestern.
Feb. 8—S. S. Mariposa.
Feb. 16—S. S. Alaska
Valdez to Seattle—
Jan. 27—S. S. Mariposa.
Feb. 2—S. S. Alaska.
Feb. 8—S. S. Northwestern.
Feb. 16—S. S. Mariposa.
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN. JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY. Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO,. Leenl Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci
dent to "Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valdes, Pkoat 1 A. E. Harm, T. P. A. Juneaa, Alaaka.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rexall! Rexall! Always gets first
call by discriminating buyers wh »
know that Rexall stands for superla
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
clusive agents. tf
Pure Fresh Drags at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
For fine Candies see our stock.
Valdes Drug Co. tf
A new line of beaters priced right,
at Mead's. tf
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. tliat baggage for you. tf
For good warm rooms try the St.
Elias Hotel. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building,
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, notn quarts and
placer, at the Miner office.