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y||LL kinds of shoes.
=for men
=for women
=for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes tor Men.
Valdez ^Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust Company
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
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To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. J,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. I, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
hook No. 2. page 19; Valdez claim
No. -5, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bay, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December.
1912. The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
the sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become fhe property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
232 5. Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE 11. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 5. 1913.
Last pub. May 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Lark”
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
th1 office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
ber 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
$100 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
I his notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) .your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2325. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
JOHN PAULK.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Gentle horse and comfortable
cutter for rent by day or hour.
Rate reasonahle. Apply_Fred
Fish, ’phone 47. i-dPTSl
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve
ments upon the Last Chance No.
1 and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims
under the provisions-of the laws
of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December 31, 1911, and De
c mber 31, 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
ection 2324. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
1,” “Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,” the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording District, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier, about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid: that being $300 per
vear, the amount required to hold
said claims for I he year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States. • s
JOHN PAUI.E.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
East pub. April J5. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In Hie Probata Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is hereby given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of
the estate of Hardin Smith, de
ceased, has rendered and pre
i sented for settlement and filed
his linal account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
[and that Tuesday, the 6th day of
May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
1 licio judge in probate of the Val
j dez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
[has been duly appointed by the
[said court as the time and place
of settlement of said final ac
count and report, at which time
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
tile objections and exceptions to
[said filial account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1,’13.
Dale of last, pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In I lie* Commissioner’s Court for
the Territory of Alaska. Third
Division, at Valdez.-In Probate,
In the matter of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Stull, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the sain
deceased, to exhibit them wiih
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the Iransaction of'the busi
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, Ibis
271 h day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the eslale oJW.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27. 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, '13.
To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our hanking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of I he public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return fo Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders’
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents fee Fairbanks, Morse Jb Co.
ABOUT ALASKA
l
Advertises Territory While Seek- j
ing Position of Marshal—Is
Making Headway.
On (lie Iasi Ik ml was received
papers from SI. Joseph, Mo.,
wilh a ileal cut of Robert Fer
guson, (lie Valdez business mail,
now oil the oulside seeking Ihe
appointment of marshal for this
division. Friends have received
from him the information that
no is making good headway and
that lie expects to land the plum.
The article, which appeared in
the SI. Joseph (iazelle. is here re
produced:
For I lie lir.-l t ime since I he real
| settlement of the country, which
came wilh the gold rushes of Ihe
early nineties, Alaska will lie of
importance in a political way to
the Democrats. There are about
a thousand appointments to he
made and these will be, through
I tn- newly tjlecled president.
Heretofore the Republicans
have controlled tin- offices in the
territory for the reason that there
has been no Democratic president
since its settlement.
lioherl P. rorgiison. a candidate
foi' United Stales marshal in the
Thin] judicial division, has been
in SI. Jose ph during the past few
days lining up his friends to help
in his race*. He is a former Mis
sourian, though he has lived in
Valdez ami vicinity since 1898.
He is engaged in business there
and has his home established in
Valdez, a coast teiwn of abend. 2,
000 pe*rsems, which is the* center
eif liis division feu* the* court..
Are Four Divisions.
"Alaska is divided into four ju
dicial divisions,” saiei Ferguson,
“in each of whicli there is a Un
ited States judge, a prosecuting
attorney, and a marshal, appojnt
e*ei by the* president. The terri
tory contains 500,000 square
ntilos, and the Third division, in
which 1 am seeking the* marshal
ship, contains about 100,000
square miles. The marshal,
through deputies, has charge of
preserving the peace in this vast
district. He makes arrests for
anything from murder to petty
thefts. There are commission
ers in tile district, before whom
petty eases are tried. Imt all im
Iportanl eases come before the
! judge. There are about (>0,000
| white persons throughout Alas
ka. The natives an** fast dying
! out,
: "Heretofore tin* territory has
! been governed entirely through
i these judicial divisions. A terri
torial bill was passed by congress
last fall giving the people home
rule lo a limited extent, and on
March i the legislature will meet
for the tirsI. time.. Most of the
sixteeni representatives and eight
senators were elected on non
partisan tickets.
I Want Coal Fields Opened
| “One of I he things most desired
j by the people is tin* opening of
'the vast coal fields, said to he
among the finest in the world.
! which have not yet been touched.
These fields are within 200 miles
of Valdez and the government is
contemplating building a railroad
•to them. Now we pay from $12.50
to $20 a Ion for coal, which is
imporldd from British Columbia,
while our government has mil
lions of Ions, which should sell
for $0 to $7 a ton. *
“While I am a booster for
Alaska. I do not think that the ag
ricultural resources will ever he
developed extensively. The wealth
of the territory will Come from
its gold, copper and coal mines.
“In Valdez the climate is mild
compared to the interior. I have
• never known it to be more than
| 15 below zero, and last winter the
lowest was two below. It remains
that low for only a short lime
during the day.”
• Ferguson left last night to visit
friends in . M'oberly, where he
formerly lived. He was a visitor
yesterday at the. ojl'ice of Ernest
I,. I.each, who has a brother,
Marion' Leach, on the Valdez
Prospector, a daily newspaper.
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Mrs. MICH I very and children,
who have been visiting wilji Mr.
and Mrs. Biillerworth at La
touche, a re •'expected to return on
the steamer Northwestern.
Dougherty & Ferguson receiv
ed on the steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
land vegetables.
SUPPLIES ARRIVE
-i \
The balance! of the Cameron-|
Johnson supplies including the I
five-stamp mill, arrived on the j
last boat and will he loaded up- :
on a lighter and sent Id the prop- I
crly. ,
The company has a large crew '•
of men working under the direc
tion of M. K. Olson, a mining man I
(if large experience, and will make
a producer of the property in a
J'ow months.
Supl. Olson left this morning
for Slump hay lo direct the work.
LOCAL_ITEMS
Kd. Mickey will leave in the
morning for < tulkana.
Jack .Miller will leave in Ihe
morning for Slate creek.
U', M. Hay, of F.llamar. is in
town for‘a short visit.
J. II. Shot vv el I rel urned from a
I rip out I he I rail lodav.
J. B. Clark left for Landloek
hay on I lie Flirt today.
Herb Davis ami wife will leave
fur Eordova on I lie Northwestern.
A liltl«* daughtrlr was horn yes
terday to Mr. and Mrs. (ins Nel
son.
Hraxton has purchased Ihe
Sains A Hraxton scavenger busi
ness.
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Wi. E. Dunkle is expected lo
return on Ihe Norlhweslern to
morrow.
Nets Jepsoii, of the Beaver Dam
roadhouse, arrived in town Ibis
morning.
Archy Parks and partner left,
for their (ialena bay properly
this morning.
Very best, Seattle ranch eggs,
three dozen for SO cents at King’s.
Telephone I 1S.
Joe Baxler returned from Ihe
Bold creek mining camp of the
Bud Mining company today.
•Tip Top registered brand se
lected Petaluma eggs three dozen
for S| al King’s. Phone IIS.
(',. C. Page, clerk of Ihe court
for Ihe Fourth division, will Pune
in Ihe morning for Fairbanks.
T. P. (ieraghly and wife will
leave on the .Northwestern for Ihe
states. Mr. (ieraghty will return
in a few weeks, but Mrs. (ieraghly
will visil for a few monlbs willi
relatives in I tie East.
Frank McKenna. Ihe diamond
drill man, who arrived on Ihe
Northwestern lo drill for the
Midas company, acroks Ihe bay,
left for Ihe camp Ibis morning
al Solomon basin.
If you want, all the news all Ihe
lime, read Ihe Prospector.
'i
TIDE TABLES
Friday, March 28.
High lide, 3:47 a. in;, 5:20 p. e
Low I iile, 11:01 a. in., 11:10 p. m
Saturday, March 29.
High lide, 4:42 a. in., 7:21 p. in
Low lide, 12:25 p. in., I 1 :2l p. ni.
Sunday, March 30.
High tide, 5:58 a. in., 8:53 p. in
Low 1 ide, 1:56 p. in.
Monday, March 31.
High lide, 7:30 a. in., 9:58 p. in.
Low lide, 1:13 a. in., 7:07 p. in.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given Mini a
municipal election will he field
April I. 1913, at the Fire Hall,
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven coun
cilman and one member of the
school hoard for (he position of
Treasurer. The polls will be op
en at 9 a. m. and will close at 7
p. m. of said day.
The qualifications of an elect
or for councilman shall he as
follows: He shall he a male cit
izen of I he United Stales or one
who has declared his intention to
become such; of the age of twen
tv-one years and shall have been
a bona lide resident, of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for six months preceding said
election.
'The following persons shall he
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who are citi
zens of the United States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this 4th day of March,
1943.
, A M. Pleringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar i FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
GUY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in'tWhaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
i 9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
I by appointment All work guaranteed
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E. E. RITCHIE
Ij A W’YER
phone i:s« Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY- AT-LA W
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
j L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
! SEWARD, - ALASKA
i MINING ENGINEER
! _
j L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska ;
Reports or Mimes
I Patent Surveys
General Minino Engineering
Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Re,. Phone. I3t>
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Eagle Hall. All members ore requested to
attend. S. MONIECE. Arctic Chief
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. H17NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Mo. 1971
Meet every Friday 8 p. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Macons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month in MoKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H; Patten •'S..W. M
c. c. Remolds. Bee