S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Tjm eC e rtif ic ates of Deposit
Don’t neglect'your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs*
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Give Your Freight Contra# to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
. For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits—Special atten
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MIl-LER. Prop.
Excellent meals'8' EVe^ng FjfSt ClSSS comodaton for 60 horses.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices ^Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING 'POST.
Telephone connects with "Chitins.!
General Freighting. KNUTE !NAFSTEO.fM#*-.
TAZLiNA HH1 ROAD HOUSE
ii open forjryeight and accommodations for the-now
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES iL SIMPSON.
Wortman’s Road Htttlife
E. P. C ASHMAN. Proprietor.
20jmile» from’Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CH1TINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior---WeH Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. .....Sates Seasonable
GET THE HABIT
tti; A tafcSOSlLJEJB
BE A BOOSTER
A. U. PINKUS, M«r.
EASTERN STAR
DANCE MONDAY
Invitations Have Been 8ent Out and
Committees Are Hard at Work—
Expect Large Attendance.
Inventions have been issued by the
Eastern Star for the grand ball to be
given by the order next Monday ev
ening at Moose hall. The commit
tees in charge of the affair promise
that it will be one of the best af
fairs of its kind ever given in Val
dez and they expect that the big hall
will becrpwded to its Rapacity.
The following committees have
been named by the order to receive
and entertain the fiesta:
Reception—Mr. . Hepry Cockerllle,
Mrs, Henry Cockerllle, Mr. Arthur
Lang, Mrs- jj. p. Sullivan
Cards—Mrs. Diana Austin, Mrs. B.
Belle Lockhart, Mrs. Louise Millard.
Dancing—Mr. Leopold Stocker, Mr.
Arthur Lang, Mrs. Henry Cockerllle,
Mrs. Chass. A. Fowlkes.
Refreshments—Mrs. B. F. Millard,
Mrs. Harvey P. SulHvan, Mrs. Chas.
Bush, Mrs. Marvin A. Burford.
WILL IKE1
Congressman Underwcrod is Opposed
to Reopening ths Matter for
At Least a Year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Con
gressman Underwood, the author of
the administration tariff bill, announ
ced today that there would be 110 ,ar
iff tinkering at this session of con
gress. and that even if some small
minor changes were advisable they
would not be made until the tariff
had been in operation for at least a
year.
"The business interests of the
country require that no more changes
bo made until business nas adjust -
ed itself to the new tariff and the
new currency bill," said Underwood,
“and those interests in favor of open
ing the matter again will only waste
t -eir time.”
FROM ft SHIP
LONG LOST
LONDON, .Ian. 29. A telegram to
tlte Daily Chronicle from Cape Town
pays a message received yesterday
from a country correspondent gives
information which possibly throws
light on the fate of the steamship
Waratah, which left Durban for Gape
Town on July 26, 1909, and disap
peared.
• A man walking on the beach at
Uys Point, eight miles northwest of
Bird Island, on Jsnauary 6, picked up
a black bottle containing the follow
ing message:
WARATAH, Sept. 6, 1909.—Ship in
great danger. Rolling badly. Will
probably roil right over. Captain go
ingto heave her to.
Later. If anything happens, will
whoever finds this communicate with
my wife. 4 lledoliffe Street. South
Kenseington. London.
JOHN A. HUGHES.
The bottle was well corked and
the marks upon it showed that it had
been well sealed. The message was
evidently ..written very hurriedly with
an indelible pencil on a plain sheet
Of paper,, igbich is sllilj. in gopd con
dition. although, slightly damaged by
water. The handwriting is large and
plain, but, shaky and the message is
unpunctuated. ... .
The finding of the bpftle and the
message is attested hy four local .per
-suns,. The only point suggesting
dqpbl juj tu,; whether thn.>ni^ftge is
ftoW,ig. f«fjt jthat
t»n: S«i»t«ubuf 6 siie.,U!f!«ld have been
iorty-*>ight days overdue.
.; -:rr—’ ■
J. R. .Guerin,.thp. ol^ctrjlclan^, who
has. been . emplQjyed , :jpy; ,,$p Alaska
Water, Wght nod Tei^anp jsp., fur
Ifet J^.^4?onth», tej^on ptehaut
this morning for’Juneau.
V 12 +lr1l:U.‘ ' ' Cm ■ ’■■!. ' ...
A. H. Phikus and Qny -Cameron arc
sending in a ton of supplies to their
I*rtper la, the Nelchinn by McIntosh,
the freighter;
»•; • H i -iw>
STRENUOUS BANKING.
Client* Faced a Cocked Gun While
Handing Ov«r Their Duet.
Many years ago gold was discovered
Hokitika, on the west const of New
Zealand. There was a rush to the
pmall Maori village, und within a few
weeks seventy vessels, of all rigs and
tonnage, were waiting to get over the
dangerous harbor bar. Tbe author of
“Antipodean Notes" describes the Bret
bank established in the little town.
With tho vessels came two agents of
a local bank. Their bank furniture
consisted of a safe, a pair of scales, a
i teut and a couple of revolvers. Tho
two agents set up their tent, put tbe
sure in the back part und a plank, laid
across two tree stumps, in front.
The bank "stair’’ sat down behind
the plank: before one man were tbe
scales, a bottle of acid and a note
book; the other held a cocked revolver.
The digger brought his gold to tbe
plank “counter." where it was weigh
ed and tested When tho value was
determined tbe testing clerk unlocked
tbe safe, placed tlie gold in It, brought
out a bundle of dirty banknotes and
banded them to the digger
During this transaction the clerk
with the revolver looked carefully
about to see if any suspicious persons
were lurking near.
GOOD ADVERTISING PAYS.
Before You Can Reap a Harvest You
Must Firat Sow the Seed.
The ordinary newspaper or periodical
reader doesn't dream of the potency of
good advertising. One of tbe largest
general advertisers in the United
States, if not quite the largest, is a
manufacturer in the 1’hilndelphln met
ropolitan district.
There fa a never ending race at that
plant between the advertising depart
ment and the builders. The advertisers
bring In so much business that the
builders are kept busy enlarging the.
factory.
Something like SI.OUO.OUO a year is
spent in advertising this company’s
output, which is a luxury in every
sense. At the present moment orders
for new business are so far ahead of !
the capacity of the plant that it would
seem a hopeless Job ever to catch up.
Rut the advertisers never relax.
The head of that great concern now ■
knows almost better than anybody else i
that before you can reap a harvest you j
must first sow the seed The advertis 1
ers are the chaps that are doing that —
Philadelphia f.edger
Where Red Hair Is Disliked.
in Cornwall, particularly tlie Laud's
End district, it is nut advisable to dub
a person "a red haired Dane," though
in most parts of England, especially
iulund, the expression would ns likely
as not provoke no comment at all or be
regarded as simply frivolous
At a police court case beard in isf!7
at Penzance town hall It came out in
evidence that the defendant bud called
the complainant "a red haired Dane."
and this led to an assault. The strong
repugnance of Cornistimen to lie dub
lied by ttiis strange appellation is use
strong as ever
Tin* Celtic nations lulled (lie Dunes
ami wore always fighting them And
not only in Cornwall, lull niso ail along
our i oasis, whole the Danes or Norse
men made their ravages. Ibis deep
looted prejudice against people with
red tmir. "red headed.” more or less
reimiiiis ingrained in the national char
acter.—.!. Harris Stone in "The Eng
lish Illustrated.''.
Boone’s Portrait In OH.
, There never was hut one oil portrait,
of Daniel Hooiie painted from life, and
that w.ijs Uy Chester, .(larding, n dl«
linguislied artist of Boston, who came I
to Missouri In June. IffijtV -and painted j
It in the residence of Flanders Calla-1
way. .Bentie’s sun indnw. whore Qooae ,
wns then living, nenr the village of '
Mnrthaaville.'-in-AVarren county Tim;
lie' .lames Ji. VVelch.- one of Hhe old
eat Baptist preecltevs In tlie state and
father of Atkina n AVnk’h. attorney gen
eral of MIssotnU.during tiovemor <ium- j
tile's administration, sat lu Boone’s bed ,
Itebind Boone for hjm to lean against j
w’liite Hurtling painted the picture, the ■
tdoueer truing tim feeble |o sit alone. |
Harding’s portrait of iloope now hangs ;
In the state enpltol at Frankfort. Ky.—
Kansas fits Star
Quiet Elections.
dSven when political feeling runs at ,
Its higlurst. polling In Hie commune of 1
BlnnchefontiUiie. in eastern .France. is
sure to tie conducted without any dan
ger of riot, as for some-years past only :
one citizen has figured on its roll of
electors At election times, according
to French law, eacli commune is en
titled to demand a separate polling
station, although it is a frequent prac
tice to make one serve for several
seigliboring communes The Hlnuohe
fontalne elector Insists on his fail
rights mid whenever called upon to
vote has a polling station erected for
his special benefit.
- Bwitohing It Off. ,
i M(M aaderltrtgh—So you *entark#&to
Katherine, that 1 looked a» old as the
bills? ,**«. don’t deny It I AMP
rfu. Jeck Spott-Qh-oe-hn!
<jade«Mttt& J wa* rnetojy qnpiyrtMjy
M»nr age with that of the BUI yoMp
WBiee I att eoddatoted wUh-twtoo,
yon, know. Bnoesu Twaacript
.•
.Be^HdVfOfl m**r*mal
would roake-epoor luahae mr a hue
baud He—Well, a peer eeeqeo te bet
ter tlmn none.-Exchange
’The fool who la silent pfttpea far
whw - French l*ro»erb.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEGRIDAD’B
BEMHOPT'S
mpmt
BMOKECRAFT’S
EL 8IDELLO S
REPRE8ENTAS
OPTIMO’S
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
I & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone Ofl
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Kouoh Dry 10c lb.
VaWfez bock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Kejililnr freight service for Ketchikan, .lime.hi. Sheep crceK Treadwell. Dmieiast,
Cirdovn, KUainai. Voltlez ard Latollehe. Kvplosimts. S S Seward S S Seward, .'did
S *s Latouohe. J.'ith: S-S t’o'dnva. J.'»th oi month -Kiydit reserved i<* chyiure this
schedule wit limit notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt* Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail froui Spittle ^ye.ry ten da» of„ each month on
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
via the inside Passage for Ketchikan. Juneau. Yakutut, Ka
talla. jQprdovu, V^Udez.jgetwwd^Uook Inpletjoints apd J^ediak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNI A ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
.> > Uiltfl nwrvol in ftaHnie- rtiito. and su-att.'.,*. ith»«t not;.* ....
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
G«mef|d Aaiirat .. ■ .«. ■ ..... . .. . . ... JUa»1 Agent
Chas. R. Crawford
Well Street Phone 159
Mote glass, window glass, roofing sod
building papas s.roofingpsto*.
ssant, plaster lath,. »»«**»• .*»*■?
hardware. Shop aod job work of a IT kind*
Windows, Door*. Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks. Morse A Co.
Valdez Slice) Metal Works
•
Manufacturers of
YAKSHfW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumpa and
y^l Ppnta. .
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
net *ipe, Fittings.
r •» 1 j . . .. . Ta ... -IT*
A M. Diunnjter
Valdez Transfer
Compann
General Trucking and Freight,
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar 4 FEED STABLE
STORAGE
fi tJSw
Posltleeh no coat deflraed
onto InMfnrfn toe
When In Seward Stop at . the
COLEMAN DOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop
SiRICTLV FIRST CLASS
JFRURTH Awt : ) i SlWAIRO.
Copper River
braying,
bWlirhuur «uui imsaeiutertt io Ail i>ai««
or ih«* liue'to". General Trucklnn
" “**’ .... . '•*.'*! V • ' ‘
McKinley Street, Valdez
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