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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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D. F. MILLARD. Agent and Supplies—Copper E lock. Valdes
The trail Is broke and the Tele
phone. No. 86 ft working. Did you
ever sio^tor think that every time
you leave a dollar with your local in
dustry that <you have a fighting
- chance to get it back, as they live and
eat in the old home town and it costs
something at that. You may not get
It back directly from him; he may
have to give it to some one else who
has to give it to you. Try the Val
dez Iron Works. fr-tf
Fer good home-cooked meals try
lira M. Olson, on Hobart Street *
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The Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
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Arctic Hotel
Wins, Light Rotes—Tit Htitt of Coeftrt
RATES REASONABLE
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Copper River
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Freighting and Passengers
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GENERAL TRUCKING
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■ McKinley Street, Valdes
SB. WOOD. Proprietor'
Weather Report.
• Valdez. Jan. 20, 1916.
Barometer pressure .30.070
Temperature 7 p. m.—10
Maximum temperature.— 6
Minimum temperature.—16
Mean temperature.—11
Partly cloudy, strong wind north
east 70 miles. The lowest tempera
ture and strongest wind on record
at weather bureau office.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Jan. 21, 1916.
Wires down from Fairbanks to
Paxson.
Paxson, —36; 36 inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Hogan, —26; 21 inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail drifted.
Oulkana, —27; 22 inches suoyv;
clear, windy, trail drifted.
Copper Center, —29; 23 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Tonslna, —32; 34 inches of enow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Telkhell, —24; 36 inches snow;
clear, windy, trail drifted.
Beaver Dam, —26; 36 inches o'
snow; clondy, light wind, trail drift
ed.
Summit, —23; 9 feet of snow;
clear, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, —20; 40 inches snow;
clear, light wind, trail drifted
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12 Vi
cents bait pound at the Emporium.
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
VALDEZ HAS A
$20,000.00 BLAZE
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the fact that the four-foot space be
tween the buildings had been hard
packed with snow.
The business houses which were
emptied of their effects when threat
ened by the flre included the Love
Whitley butcher shop, King’s grocery,
The Pioneer Barber shop, Mrs. Win
ter’s ladies’ furnishings store, the
Valdez Drug store, the office furni
ture of the Alaska Road commission,
Mrs. Wathey’s furniture from over the
Valdez Drug store, George Reinke’s
jewelry store, the Minnesota club
boarding house, the Pinzon bar, Pin
zon Cigar store and Liberty theatre.
The transportation companies fur
nished teams and as the perishables
were taken from the buildings the
stuff was loaded onto Sleighs and tak
en to warehouses where they were
protected from the frost.
Several of the firemen were drench
ed with ice cold water at the begin
ning of the fight with the flames.
When they attempted to connect the
hose with the hydrant in the rear of
the Pinzon their mits froze fast to
the iron and prevented the couplings
being made. Russell Herman’s ears
were frosted and others suffered froz
en cheeks. «
Good work was accomplished by
men with shovels during the earlier
stage of the fire as they kept the
flames from breaking through where
they would be fanned by the wind.
Inquiry among those whose effects
were taken from the buildings and
piled in the street shows that the peo
ple of Valdez have lived up to their
reputation for honesty as all report
that nothing of value is missing. This
is considered all the more remarkable
when it is remembered that thousands
of dollars worth of Jewelry was en
trusted to the hands of persons who
were practically unknown to the pro
prietors.
The big stock of the Pinzon Cigar
store was quickly moved as was that
of the liquor stock of the Pinzon Bar,
hundreds of men and boys volunteer
ing in the work.
Mrs. White lost all her pretty fur
niture and hundreds of dollars worth
of cutglass which she had received as
wedding presents, but saved her dog
and birds.
Andy Marovich, who suffered the
loss of his business, reports that he
had just paid bis rent and laid in a
stock of coal amounting to several
hundred dollars.
Harry Whitley is congratulating
himself over escaping with the loss of
only a few hundred dollars damage
to his building and breakage in mov
ing stock.
During the fire the mercury in the
thermometer at the court house stood
at fourteen degrees below zero and
the water from the hose turned the
huge piles of snow in the street into
a glacier.
GEORGIA MOB
LYNCHES FIVE
Doors of Jail are Battered Down and
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Murderers of Sheriff Done to
Death—Trouble Is Feared. •
ALBANY, Ga., Jan. 21.—Five ne
gro prisoners who bad been appre
hended on the charge of having mur
dered the sheriff of this district,
were taken from the jail here last
night by a mob of white men and
lynched. The mob numbered hun
dreds of men who made no attempt
to conceal their identity.
When the guards refused to turn
the prisoners over to the mob the
doors of the jail were battered down
and the prisoners dragged out to their
deaths. The lynchings has added to
the intense race hatred and it is fear
ed that further trouble will ensue.
The local authorities have request
ed the governor to send the state mi
litia to patrol the district as the ne
groes are arming themselves and are
vowing vengeance on the whites.
STEAMER EVANS DVB
HERE AT ANT UOVK
The steamer Admiral Evans, which
was reported to have left Seward yes
here at 11 o’clotk thin forenoon, had
failed to put In air appearance pp to
a late hour this afternoon 'The
steamer was to discharge fuel oil at
the Granite mine and has no doubt
been delayed in the work by the cold
weather. There Will be several out
terday for Valdes and would re«oh
she leaves this port for tha south
ward.
Colonel Roosevelt, Speaking 1^0^
Americanization Committee
Denounces Brutality.
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PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 21— l'he
National Americanization committee,
which is in conference here, was ad
iressed yesterday afternoon by Col.
Roosevelt, who advocated the adop-,
tion of the Swiss military system for;
the United States army.
Col. Roosevelt bitterly denounced
what he termed as the callous brutal
ity of the German military system,
but declared that it had proven the
nost efficient fighting force the world
iias ever known.
The committee will be in confer
ence for several days and is planning
to perfect branch organizations
throughout the country, the member
ship of which will devote a portion
of Independence Day each year to aid
ing and encouraging immigrants who
have come to make their home in this
country.
The utterances of Col. Roosevelt
regarding Germany’s invasion of Bel
gium is being made the subject for
editorials in all the leading newspa
pers, many of whom are severely
criticising him:
HEATING PLANTS
ARE SUFFERING
Unusually Cold Weather Causing
Pumps, Hot Water and Steam
Plants to be Damaged.
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The drop in the temperature to 14
degrees below zero is working havoc
with the heating plants of many of
the Valdez residents. The weather
is the coldest ever experienced by a
majority of the residents of the
town and they have failed to take pre
cautions to guard against requiring
the services of the plumbers.
Pumps are frozen in all parts of
the town and many of the house
holders have been engaged all day
In repairing the damages. At the
Pinzon a part of the heating plant
went out of commission yesterday
but the defect was soon remedied.
A water coil in the residence of
Judge J. L. Reed burst, flooding the
kitchen.
The big heating plant at the Val
dez Hospital, which is now occupied
by the family of Supt. A. G. Stahl of
the Alaska Mines corporation as a
residence is reported to have been
frozen up and will require several
days before the repairs can be made.
Fire Chief Finical has requested
that a warning be issued to the resi
dents to take every precaution to
guard against fires during the pres
ent- cold spell. Many of the build
ings in Valdez are none too well con
structed to protect their occupants
from the cold and stoves are kept red
hot. Most of the disastrous Pres in
Alaskan towns originate from over
heated stovepipes and Valdez people
are asked to use care for the sake of
their own and nelgjjbors’ lives and
property.
GREEK PREMIER BITTERLY
ARRAIGNS THE ALLIES
LONDON: That the entente Al
lies flirted with Bulgaria and humili
ated Greece, asking Greece to give up
Kavala and Seres, and Ignored Greek
suggestions as the best way to take
the Dardanelles, is asserted in an in
terview by Premier Skouldous of
Greece, reported here. The premier,
who complained bitterly of the allies'
behavior, says they demanded Greek
help at the Dardanelles but stipu-_
lated that Greece troops should get
no closer than 60 milch to Constanti
nople. He also said the allies had
given Greece no definite assurance of
compensation in case Greece should
help them.
The native* of Nome have caught
the indoor baseball fever from the
whites and have organized three
teams, two of boys and one composed
of girls. One team has taken the
name of Polar Bears and the other
the Bering Sea. The native girls have
liiittifwl naine Of "fifoow makes?'
for their team. They have challenged
the female ball tossers to a gam*.'
The old telegraph line that wa£ put
out of commission by the wlrelesii at
Nulato, has been pressed info ser
vice, by John Somers who is using it
age telephone line to SL'idehael.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worry ing.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I j I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I 1 Koutrh Dry lCc lb
MERCHANT'S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAIRY
Phone 03 Oh as. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mur.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PMMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils..
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Ofllce. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California Line Alaska
ALASKA
Steatners sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 13tli calls lllaninn anil Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
anil Anchorage. %
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Snn FrnndMco every Weilnemlny and Sunday, connecting with
Steamer* Vale and Harvard for Southern Californio.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RKCIIAflD J. IIINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. S. ALAMEDA AND S. S. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND BOTH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the 6th; Latou-he, on the 15th: S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. D. TRACY, Cea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the wag
through to Chicago. lt*s the Short Line to the East
, \Ar.V
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
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For information and literature write or aik
J. C, MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE A ST, PAUL RY.
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A*. E. HARRIS, Freight and passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.