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EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRST CLASS Manager.
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THE ILES ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
Has been incorporated under the laws of the
State of Washington as the_
INTERMOUM TRACTION ft POWER CO.
and will soon be ready to extend its lines to «ny mine
on the mainland within 40 miles of1 Valdcx.__
If you are interested in cheaper lights and power see us.
LOUIS E. JOHNSON,-Supt. ALFRED B. ILES, V. Pres. & Tress.
WILL MAKE LONG
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Engineer Officer of Alaska Road Com
mission will Travel Over Alas
ka’s Winter'Roads.
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Lieut. 3. C. Mehaffey, engineer of
the Alaska Road commission, is pre
paring to leave on one of the first
steamers for Seward, where he will
begin an overland trip which will take
him several thousand miles through
interior Alaska. He is making the
trip at this time in order to familiar
ize himself with conditions in the dif
ferent sections of the country where
the commission nopeB 10 ouuu tuaua
or trails if congress provides a suffi
ciently large appropriation for that
purpose.
At Seward, Lieut. Mehaffey will be
joined by Anton Eids, superintendent
of the commission, and together they
will travel by dog team through to
Anchorage and on to Iditarod. From
Iditarod they will .go to Euby and
other Yukon river points en route to
Fairbanks.
Lieut. Mehaffey has been receiving
good reports regarding the develop
ment of the Tolovana camp and
Bhould time permit he will visit that
district before the breakup next
spring. The Road commission has
taken over the bridge at Fairbanks
which spans the Chena slough and
material will be sent up the Yukon
river early next summer for the con
struction of a permanent bridge
there and end for all time the bridge
trouble which has been a source of
vexation to the residents of the town
each spring since the discovery of the
camp.
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Congregational Church!
Rev. J. F. Dunstau. pastor.
Sunday services.
11:00, Devotional service. Ser
mon, “Waiting on God.” Children’s
story, “The Wooden Horse of Troy.”
12:00, Sunday School.
7:30, Evangelistic Service, address
, ‘The Meat of the Gospel."
Monday evenings, Bible Study Cir
cle. ,' "
Thursday afternoon, Ladies’ Aid. **
Thursday at 7:30, Prayer meeting:
Pam Xnkeney, the well known Va’
dez miner, who was stricken with
rheumatism while at Parson's road
house several weeks ago is reported
to have reached Chitina, where he is
recovering from his attack. He spent
the summer prospecting On the Delta
divide and was en route to the coast
to secure work when he became ill.
He writes Valdez friends that he may
go to Valdez creek to work next sum
mer.
Subscribe for the Prosoector.
BOOKLET ISSUED ON
DISTRICT COURT RULES.
A neat booklet has been issued by
the Procpector prinfery which will
be. of Interest and assistance to the
United States commissioners, attor
neys, and in fact all who have busi
ness in connection with; court affairs.
It has been prepared under the sup
ervision of Judge Fred M. Brown and
explains in detail the rules of prac
tice in the district court in this div
ision.
The list of, the court officers shows
that there are twenty-nine persons
connected with the Clerk of the Court
U. S. District Attorney and U. S.
Marshal’s < office -;in ..this division.
There are also twenty U. S. commis
sioners located at widely separated
points as this division extends from
the Canadian border at White River
to the extreme westward. There are
thirty-nine resident members of the
Bar in this division.
Jack Blake, who has been with the
Alaska Mines corporation at Fidalgo
for some time, came to Valdez last
night on the Shamrock.
ELECTRIC ALARM
BELLS INSTALLED
Central is Connected with Fire
Alarm Bells Located at Differ
ent Sections of the City.
The installation of the electric fire
alarm system which was undertaken
by the members of the Valdez Fire
department has been completed and
it is now possible for a general alarm
to be turned in by "Central” in the
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone
company’s office.
The electric bells are located in
widely different sections of the city
and will serve to summon firemen at
any hour or the day or night when
an alarm has been turned in. The
bells are located at the following
places: Corner o* McKinley and
Keystone avenue, corner of McKinley
street and Court avenue,\corner Mc
Kinley street and Rudolph. avenue,
corner Sherman street and Alaska
corner Alaska and Fifth avenue,
Broadway and Seventh avenue and at
Keystone and Sixth avenues.
There are two separate alarm sys
tems connected with the telephone
jfflce, one of which sounds an alarm
by. ringing the big bell at the fire hall
ind the other starts the new system
>f electric bells ringing.
The cost of the purchase of the
electric bells was defrayed by the
members at the fire department in or
ler to increase its efficiency and as
sist them in reaching the places
From which alarms have been turned
in at the earliest possible mompnt
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale end Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
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VALDEZ SAWMILL
WILL BE REBUILT
Charles R. Crawford has Purchased
Bite of Old Mill and will Es
tablish Mill and Yards.
That. Valdez ia soqn to have one of
the best equipped sawmills in Alaska
to, replace the one;destroyed by Are
last July is the latest announcement
made by Chas.. R, Crawford, the com
tractor, and builder.
i Mr. Crawford suffered the loss of
yetfrs of labor when his big planing
mill and woodworking factory was
destroyed in the fire but he has su
preme faith in the future of Valdez
and is . planning to build bigger and
better than ever.
He has purchased the site occupied
by the Copper River Lumber com
pany’s sawmill and lumberyard from
Judge Bunnell and will erect a mill
having a capacity of twenty or twen
ty-five thousand feet of lumber per
day. He promises that the mill will
be turning out lumber before April 1
and that the market will be plenti
fully supplied with the choicest na
tive lumbers for. all classes of work.
Previous to the July fire the Cop
per River Lumber company was own
ed by Wm. Finical and Judge Bun
nen, ana the latter nas since pur
chased the Interest of his co-partner
in order that he could .dispose of it
to the new owner. When the fire
wiped out their business Messrs. Fini
cal and Bunnell suffered a very heavy
loss as in addition to the mill build
ing with its splendid equipment they
had more than one million feet of
seasoned lumber piled in the yard.
The property involved in the tran
saction consists of one acre of patent
ed ground which also carries with it
the right of use of the tideflat ad
joining for the lumber yard. He bas
also taken over the big boilers and
engines of the company which , passed
through the Are as they were found
to. have sustained practically no in
jury as the pumps were left working
when the flames reached the mill and
the inflow of water prevented the
boilers from being destroyed.
The work of clearing the site for
the mill building will begin at an
early date and will be rushed to com
pletion. Arrangements are now be
ing made by Mr. Crawford to send a
crew of men down the Sound to get
out necessary piling for the buildings
as well as rafts of timber for the mill.
The news that the Valdez sawmill
will again be doing business at an
early date will be welcomed by the
residents of Valdez. The town has
largely recovered from the effects of
the big fire but the loss of the payroll
maintained by the Copper River Lum
ber company has been sadly missed
by the many men who were sure of
earning at least sufficient money to
keep them in the hills for the balance
of the year.
Valdez will welcome the old famil
iar sound of the sawmill whistle
again, and will thank Mr. Crawford
for his enterprise.
Weather Bulletin.
Valdez, Jan. 14, 1916.
Borometric pressure.30.467
Temperature 7 p. m. ..15
Maximum temperature..21
Minimum temperature . 8
Mean temperature .................... 14.6
Clear, wind northeast 4 miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Jan, 15, 1916.
Fairbanks, 15 above; 12 inches of
Bnow; cloudy, calm.
Salcha, —18; 12 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Richardson, —6; 22 inches snow;
partly cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
McCarthy, 6 above; 24 inches of
Bnow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, zero; 46 Inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
McCallum, zero; 48 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Pazson, —4; 40 inches snow:
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Hogan, —12; 19 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Gulkana, —22; 20 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —14; 18 inches of
snow; clear, light wind, trail heavy.
Tonsina, —19; 20 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell,—10; 33 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Beaver Dam, 12 above; 40 inches
cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 14 above; 34 inches of.
snow; calm, cloudy, trail good.
M.' V. Vaughn caMe down from the
Ramsay-Rutherford mine this morn
ing aid Reports that the crust was
sufficiently hard to bear his weight
and' that the use of snowshoes were
not necessary.
Dick Wood, president of the First
National Bank of Fairbanks, who is
spending the winter in California,
writes his friends in the north that he
is learning to fly ar.d that he will
have no farther use for the launch
when he wants to take a trip as the
flying machine is the real thing in
the way of sport. His favorite pleas
ure costs his $10 per half hour.
The city treasury was enriched to
the extent of $3,406.80 by the receipt
of a check for that sum on Friday
of last week from the clerk of the dis
trict court. The remittance includes
the cannery tax of the Pacific Coast
& Norway Packing Company for 1913
and 1914, $2,948.20; Citizens.
Wharf Company, $182.70, and Bank
of Petersburg, ,$250, taxes for cur
rent, jr ear; also several small license
items.—Petersburg Report.
MUST GO HUNGRY
French Government will Not Guar*
an tee Safety of Ship Carrying
Cargo of American Milk.
PARIS, Jan. 16.—The government
of France has refused to grant the
request of the charity organizations
of the neutral nations of Europe to
permit of a ship carrying a cargo of
American condensed milk for the
starving babies of Germany and Aus
tria.
The request for the safe passage
of the ship from America to Stock
holm was made by the charitable or
ganizations on the statement of prom
inent physicians of neutral nations
who had visited the central European
countries that thousands of babies
were dying every month from lack of
proper nourishment owing to the cat
tle of the countries having been
claimed by the war departments to
furnish food for the troops.
Germans in the United States have
exerted every effort to get shipments
of milk into Europe and have even
attempted to send individual cans
through the mails by means of the
parcel post but all shipments have
been seized by either the British or
French cruisers.
MOVING FREIGHT
OVER THE GLACIER
Wilson’s Teams will Deliver Supplies
to Rumsay-Rutherford Mine
and Bring Concentrates.
The big shipment of freight for
the Ramsay-Rutherford mine, which
was cached near , the dike several
weeks ago, is now being delivered to
the property by Jim Wilson. Seven
men are employed on the work and
the freight is being rapidly moved
sver the glacier.
The shipment consists of approxi
mately ope hundred and sixty tons of
supplies and includes dynamite, gaso
line for furnishing power and general
supplies for the mine and workmen.
It is also understood that about
forty tons of concentrates from the
mill will be brought down for ship
ment to the smelter after the work of
ielivering the freight to the mine has
been accomplished.
Miners who came in from the prop
erty today state that the trail over
the glacier is in splendid condition as
the small crevasses left ' after last
summer’s big thaw have been hard
packed with snow by the recent wind
storm.
The Moose will' give a Leap Year
iance next Saturday evening. The
lance will be in charge of the ladies
ind a supper will be served. kl6
AMERICAN TRADER
IN RUSSIAN PRISON
Bill Schroeder received a wire
less from Max OottBChalk at Ana
ilr, the first word has been heard
From the latter since his arrest by
the Russian authorities over in
Siberia. The authorities could not
prove any connection between Gott
schalk and the alleged shooting of
tbfe Cossack some years ago* bhjfc’
they didn't let him go altogether and
placed a charge of hootch against
Mm Three' hundred dollars and costs
was the penalty for that, and’ Max
mys that it they send him five hun
dred dollars he will be able'to get
»ut. Apparently Gottsohalk does not
realise that the- Diamond L is a to
tal loss and that the furs traded for
Save also been seised. In any event
It will be tmpogf|)>]p to send film the
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire ,
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
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We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
; The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240/XX>. t
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
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Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates '
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
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Office, foot of Wall street
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Sew-E-Z
HERB'S the wonderful tittle Sntag Meehtee ‘TTmTimint
which runs the machine for yon. At la* yaw am eew with
eat foot pedaling; absolutely without the slightest effort.
This simple Utile wonder-worker changes your Sowing Machine
(old or new) inlwav electric self-operating labor saver.
Find eat what 4be Sew-E-Z means la health and eomfert.
Remember—yon never touch the wheel; Sew-E-Z makes it run
automatically right. No broken threads; no Jerks mJust a silent
steady motion; which stops the instant yon remove your foot
from the pedal.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Lts. Fort Llscum Lvb. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:45 ana.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.a. '
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.ai.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 pua.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.aL
There will be ao trip «t\be laaaeh
on the eeooad ana fourth Fridays ed
money needed now/but next summer
they wUlmnks the necessary wrr
angements for the clearance. More
over, It la reported that John Felkel
will go to Washington D. C.» this win
ter and will see the Russian ambas
sador. He will also endeavor to tat-"
erest the State Department In obtain
ing restitution of the property seized
from the Diamond L by the Russians |
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and which they kad no right to.de
at any time. That Oottnehalk la kUve
end well with only a mild offenge
charged up againat him. give aome
relief to those whcffeared all kinds
of things would overtake him when v
alone.’ unfriended in the land of the
Tsar. Some- anticipated him being at
the salt mines before now.—Nome
Industrial Worker.