The FirstBank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
AX PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps, Well-Points* Valves
and Packing.
Water. Steam and Suction
Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
\
Copper Block
VALDEZ
“The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Baths
The New
BIG PLACE
A Fine, New Cigar and Pool Parlor
in Connection.
A small neat bar that handles nothing but first class
goods and gives first class service. The
following brands on sale:
Pebbleford Whiskey
Hermitage
Green River
Clarkes
Jonnie Walker Scotch
Hennessey Brandy
Gordon’s Gin
Holland Gin
Old Crow
Sunny Brook
Lacey
Cyrus Noble
Perfection Scotch
Martell Brandy
8quare Gin
Star Gin
And many other first class standard brands
Port Wine..
Sauterne
Zinfedel
Sherry Wine
Claret
Riesling
By the quart or gallon
Blue Ribbon Beer
Valdez
Rainier Beer
Budweiser
By the quart or pint.
The price is right, give us a trial order—Free delivery
Phone 69
W. I. LEVY
PROPRIETOR
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Norses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terma'and Particulars Applr to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
Remington ana Smltn Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
Developing. Printing, Enlarging
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Kyer,
and Shull’s candies at Valdez Drug
Co. tf
See Tod Winter ter your watch and
Jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tt
CITY ELECTION
QUIET AFFAIR
The city election *oday was car
ried off in a quiet manner and no
disturbances have been reported up
to 4 o’clock, at which time 400 votes
had been cast for councilmen and con
siderable more than that number for
members of the school board. The
authorities had arranged for many
booths and also for good police pro
tection, having secured the services
of Louis Rosenthal as special police
man at the polls.
THE HAGUE, Holland, April 6.—
Gifford Pinchot, the American, who
has been very active in Belgium in
aiding the residents of that country
during the present war conditions,
has been ordered from Belgium be
cause of the fact that his sister is
the wife of the former minister to
Denmark, and the kaiser’s generals
feared he would give information to
the enemy. Pinchot was given 24
hours in which to make himself
scarce and was forced to abandon his
work among the Belgium concentra
tion camps.
ABANDON HOPE
FOB DUTCH SHIP
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 6.—All
■hope for the safe return of the Dutch
steamer Prins Maurlts has been aban
doned and it is almost certain that the
vessel went down with all on board.
Coast patrol ships have been search
ing the seas in vain for a sign of
the ship and report by wireless that
they cannot locate her or any wreck
age. The search will be continued
'for several days in the hope that if
the ship is crippled and helpless that
some of the boats will locate her.
JOHNSON WILL GO
BACK TO FABM
HAVANA, Cuba, April 6.—Jack
Johnson, defeated yesterday by Wil
lard, will go to Martinique and raise
chickens according to an announce
ment made today. Johnson dare not
return to the United States because
he will be forced to serve a sentence
for white slavery.
Juneau Reports Quiet Election
JUNEAU, April 6.—Although 1,272
citizens were registered and three
tickets are in the field the election
today is not causing much excitement.
The old council is up for re-election,
Valentine heads an opposition ticket,
and the Socialists have a third ticket
in the field.
Weather Report
Valdez, April 5, 1915.
Barometric pressure ..j.29,248
Temperature at 7 p. m. 34
Maximum temperature. 41
Minimum temperature . 32
Mean, temperature . 36 1-2
Precipitation.24
Cloudy air, wind northeast 6 miles.
' Rained at night and from 2:30 p. m.
•to 3 p. m.
GONVIGTED OF
ELEGTION FRAUD
Terre Haute Official* Mutt Serve
Time for Crooked Work At
Last Election.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.—The jury
which has been listening to the evi
dence of the government against the
twenty-seven Terre Haute city offi
cials who were charged with having
stuffed the ballot boxes, bought votes,
Imported repeaters and accused of
other acts of lawlessness at the last
election returned verdicts of guilty
against all of the accused.
The court room was crowded and
the wives and relatives of the con
victed men made a scene in the court
room when the announcement was
made but court attendants threatened
.to clear the court room and finally
obtained order.
The convicted men will be senten
ced in a few days.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The launch Brighton returned to
Valdez this morning from down the
sound, bringing a few passengers
from the Port Wells district.
Swan hangs wallpaper. tf
Earl Marr, the representative of the
capitalists who are interested in the
Culross Island mining property, re
turned to Valdez on the Brighton this
morning and will leave for the states
on the next boat to make his report.
A new line of Valdez and Alaska
pennants and pillow tops at the Val
dez Drug Co. tf
The launch Traveler, commanded
by Capt. Cramer, met the Admiral
Evans at Seldovia and took fourteen
passengers from the Evans to Ship
Creek.
Capt. Hickman, of the Admiral Ev
ans, reports having passed the steam
er Santa Ana at anchor at Port
Graham, where she was waiting for
the storm which was blowing to sub
side. The Santa Ana had also been
forced by heavy weather to return
to East Chugach.
G. O. Reinke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
Ml work guaranteed.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Men’s wool socks, 25c; Hold-Heat
electric stove, $2.50, and everything
else In proportion at the Emporium.
Ladies and children’s spring and
summer hats at The Emporium. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian Ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Thirty pounds of fresh Yakima
spuds for 50 cents at Yakima Fruit
Co.’c store. tf
Suits pressed for $1.06 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Spring Is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
For pure drugs see window of Val
dez Drug Co. tf
JjUljJj Sponged and Pressed $1.00
J. D. CLARK, Panama Hotel
Give us a Call. Both Phones 15
Northern Real Estate Exchange
Wall Street—Phone S9
Collections Insurance Mining Investments
List Your Property With Us.
Vote For Councilman
AL WHITE
For Re-election—Independent Candidate.
FAVORS maintaining, improving and upkeeping of the
City Dock as past two terms. Favors anything and
everything for the further progress of Valdez. Favors
some immediate relief for the unemployed.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
Liat Your Houaea with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fined Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Roome.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr
Chas. R. Crawford Wa|1 sir«*. wx™ 159
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. Fairbanks! morse & co
What 2 Cents Worth Of Electricity
Will Do For You.
Run a sewing machine motor
twenty-five hours.
Pump 900 gallons of water 100
feet high.
Grind 900 pounds of sausage.
Clean 4,400 square feet of car
pet.
Milk fifty cows.
Run a two-ton electric truck
one mile.
Heat a 12 x 12 room for thirty
minutes
Light a five-room house three
hours.
Do the week’s ironing.
The week’s washing.
And at the expense of 3 1-3
cents per day you can be con
nected with 185 other telephone
subscribers at any hour day or
night.
Alaska Water; Light & Tele. Co.-Phone 39
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keybtone Ave
I Rough Dry lCc lb.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Offices to rent over Valdez Drug Co.
Judge Robbins is in town from El
lamar.
Ray Millard and wife arrived in
town from Port Wells last evening.
The launch B. F. M. arrived from
Port Wells last evening.
H. Haveness is In town from Port
Wells, arriving last evening.
C. Schmidt arrived in town from
Lowe river this morning.
H. Oskinsky left for Solomon bay
last evening.
. C. L. Handres arrived from Fair
banks yesterday and left on the Ad
miral Evans for the states.
The sailing ship Abner Coburn has
reached Kenal, making the fastest
trip north in the history of the Cook
Inlet operations. The Abner Coburn
made the trip up in seven days, as
fast as any of the steamers now op
erating in northern waters could have
done. Fair winds aided them.
Notice of Filing Final Account and of
Hearing Thereon.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Valdez Precinct.
In the matter of the estate of Dan
S. Kain, deceased. No. 146. Notice
of filing of final account and of hear
ing thereon.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of March, 1915, S. Blum, the
administrator of the estate of Dan S.
Kain, deceased, filed in and present
ed for settlement to the above-named
court his final report and account of
his administration of said estate, and
that Thursday, the 20th day of May,
1915, at the hour of two o’clock in
the afternoon, at the court room of
the above-named court, in the Town
of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed by the above-named court as
the time and place for the settlement
of said final account and the hear
ing of objections thereto.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 18th
day of March, 1915.
S. BLUM.
Administrator of said Estate.
Donohoe & Dimond attorneys for
administrator.
First publication March 18, 1915.
Last publication April 8, 1915.
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 0 P. M.
Try Our Specials After 4 P. M.
Private Table* ,
Jmek C«Bin-._Prepri««oc |
Copper River
Draying Co
. . t
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - • - Proprietor.
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal deliveied
unless paid for lo advance
Valdez I^odge
No 168, ^
Free and Accepted Mason*
Regular Communications first Wednesday to
each month In McKinley Hall Visitor* always
welcome.
A. E GRIGSBY. W. M.
Ed. Wood. Sec