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 Time Certificates of Deposit
Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely FurnUhed Room. . All Modern Convenience.
THE BUFFET
| JAMES NAREY, THE |
SHOEMAKER
has moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do j
BOOT & SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable. j
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Dougherty & Ferguson j
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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J-JUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
CITY EXPRESS I
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A.SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK! for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porte.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
MILK -MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and] Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
‘felephone orders to Phone 187
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valde* dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
i Whe* In Seward Stop at tie ;
| COLEMAN HOUSE ;;
X oeoRoe sexton, froa. «'
• S'l HICTLY FIRST CLASS J!
X Fourth Av« Siwaro. Alaska i i
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Freeh Good«-ReMoneble Price*
Subscribe tor in.* Prospector
NOME REBUILDING
NEED CARPENTERS
Cold Storage Plant Sufferes the
Heaviest Loss, Also Mosquito
Fleet Suffer.
Annie, Oct. y.—With the end
nf the sin nil the people of Annie
are totaling up their losses and
are starting the work of rebuild
ing the city. The loss will reach
$ 1,500,000. All the buildings on
the sandspit have been washed
away and all the homes along the
beach are gone, having been
crushed in by Ihe heavy «eas
which beat high upon the beach,
the Oaeilie Cold Storage company,
le Macilie Cold Storage company,
the company having lost $100,
ooo in buildings and produce,
which they had stored for the
wintur use. All the vegetables,
fruits, eggs, meal and perish
able supplies are gone and it is
doubtful if Ihe planl can be re
built this winter.
Tin* Sessions company, owning j
ill,* lighterage aim coal business,
will suIVcr lo the amount of SOO,
(MIO.
The mosquito Heel will also
miss many of Hie best boats.
Kiglil ol Hie small trading ves
sels arc so badly wrecked that
Ih.cy will never be- repaired. The
conslant pounding of the boats
on I lie beach has broken them
up, although some seem not to
have sull'ered so much damage.
The business men and the peo
ple ol' the town have taken heart
and the work of rebuilding bus
commenced, and carpenters are
at a premium. Men are tearing
away the old buildings and us
ing the lumber for I lie new slrue
iurew which will tic small and
mostly one story.
The body of a man has been
lound in Hie wreckage and one
man is missing, but the loss of
life will he very light, as the peo
ple left Hie buildings long before
I hep were washed into the sea or
came crashing lo flu* beach, when
I hey were undermined by the
breakers.
Special Notice.
Mrs. T. K. Needham, formerly
Mrs. llobt. S. Hutcheon, of Daw
son and Fairbanks, desires to in
forin the ladies of Valdez that she
is in Valdez for the special pur
pose of demonstrating the Nu
Hone Corset, the, “wonder of the
age.” She will demonstrate and
lit these corsets within (he priv
acy of pour own homes without
obligation on your part to pur
chase. Prices and models to suit
all. Mrs. Needham is located in
the Fish building, on McKinley
street. Telephone 105.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is nereby given llial I
will pay all city warrants up to
and including No. 3(158, series of
HU 2, y presented within ten days
from date. (1. (1. REYN0L1JS,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 7, 1913.
(leu. Itciuke, the watch repairer
and jeweler,, is,at like Valdez Jtrug
company*',; - , . ,,
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Investigation Shows That Ander
son Was First Viotim of the
Murderer.
Deputy marshal A1 Dowling and
Dr. Boyle returned last night
from Willow Creek, where they
had gone to make an inspection
of I he bodies of the two men who
were recently found dead near the
Willow Creek roadhouse.
The bodies had been exposed to
the elements for some time and
were in an advanced stage of de- |
composition, but the doctor was
able to ascertain that both men
had been shot and afterwards
clubbed. The murderer had used
a small-bore high power rifle,
and had evidently used a heavy
club or the pole of an axe with
which to make sure of his deadly
work.
The first body discovered was
that of Ole Nelson, and was
found about 150 yards from the
Willow Creek roadhouse. The
other is believed to be that of
Herman Anderson and was found
dm1 and three-quarter miles far
ther along on the road. The men
had undoubtedly been traveling
companions as shown by the ef
fects of their packs. Both packs
contained the same kind of socks,
handkerchiefs and gloves.
The officers have learned that
I he men left, Fairbanks about. Jaily
I!), as a 'Strip of the issue of the
Fairbanks Times of lhal date was
used by one of the men to tight
en Hie (band of his hat to keep
il from blowing: off. The keeper
of Ihe Copper Center roadhouse
remembers the two men passing
that place about the first week in
August. The men stopped there
in the afternoon for dinner and
left again the same afternoon.
There was nothing particular
alinul Ihe men to distinguish
llie.ii from huud 'eds of other
travelers, except that one of the
men wore a pair of new tan shoes.
II is believed that Anderson,
whose Imdy was discovered last,
came lo his death lies! and lhal
after having shot and clubbed him
In death. Ihe murderer followed
and sliol Nelson. Anderson had
been sled while silling on a
brush bed with bis feel lo Ihe lire,
lie bad also been clubbed by his
assailanl while Ihe laller was
standing behind him. Ilis skull
was fractured in several places.
Hie whole lop of his head liter
ally being smashed in. Ilis pock
ets had been gone through and
contained only Iwenly-live cents.
The body of Nelson showed lhal.
lie had been shot through Ihe
slumbler. as though lurning lo
see if his pursuer was gaining on
him. Ho hail lallcn on Ins tad1
ami I lie niui'ilei'ei* hail not I mo
lded to I urn I.he hoily over, hnl
hail taken the rope from his pack
anil tieil it about his feet in or
der to drag him into the brush
beside the road. The burly was
only lifly feet from the road,
where hundreds of people iniisl
have passed since Hie murders
look place. II was concealed in
! I hick undergrowth and was on
ly discovered by Occident. Mis
head showed Dial he had also
been clubbed with some blunt iu
sl rument.
The fact that the murderer ov
erlooked the roll of bills in the
shirt pocket on Nelson’s body was
probably due to the fact that bis
victim fell on his face. The kill
ing took place near the road
house and he was in a hurry to
gel I he body concealed before the
appearance of any chance travel
er or investigation by the road
house keeper. It is also possi
ble that having aecured a big
sum of money from Anderson, he
reasoned that Nelson, had noth
ing except the change he carried
in his pants poCKets, wmcn nan
been turned inside out. Nelson’s
watch, which was picked up close
to the road, where it is believed
lie dropped il wnen shot, had
stopped at six o’clock.
The place where Anderson
caniQ to his deatn showed no
signs of a struggle having tak
en place. The murderer had evi
dently been close to his victim
when he tired the shot and im
mediately clubbed him, as the
fractures showed that he was
still alive when struck. One fea
ture' of the investigation which
fs puzzling the officers is to ac
count for the fact that the shells
of the 22 rifle, were in the pock
ets of Anderson, while the rifle
was found near the body of Nel
son.
The fact that there had been
only one brush bed prepared
where Anderson was found indi
cates that ihe camp was that of
the murderer. Anderson and
Nelson were traveling tight ana
having money witn which to pay
for meals at the roadhouses, it is
reasoned that they would not be
likely to camp in the open when
so near a roadhouse. If is be
lieved that they came upon the
camp during the night and stop
ped to speak with the murderer,
whom they may possibly have
known. If is also possible that
I he murderer may have followed
them from I he interior, knowing
ifhev had money. Being tired, it
was natural that Anderson, who
was an elderly man, should sit
down for a rest. Nelson was a
young man and did not unsling
his pack from his shoulders.
When the fatal shot was tired he
evidently ran for the roadhouse,
but was overtaken and killed.
Evening Scene.
The western sky is tinged with
mse. I ho day is ended now; and
wearily the farmer goes to milk
the muley cow. The cow lias
anger in her eyes, and life lo her
seems stale, for all day long she's
swatted flies with her brisk, ropy
tail. The farmer lakes his milk
ing stool and sits down bv her
side. “So, Moss! So, Moss!” WO'I
hear him drool, “dodgasl your!
brindled hide! So. Moss; so. I
Moss! I'll lake b rail or u-< aj
pitchfork's prongs, if you don't
keep your doggone lail where j
your denied tail belongs! So.
Mossy, so—sn and repeal. Me
•still, you pesky fool. You want
lo use ;your big splay feet to
knock me off this stool. You'\e
knocked I he bucket half a block,
and still your lail you switch.
Just wait until I get a rock. I’ll
show you which is which! The
dusk has deepened into night; the
zephyrs whisper low: the stars
present a wondrous sight, a mil
lion worlds aglow. And si ill
through dingle and through dale
the farmer trails his cow, and
soaks her with a cedar rail upon
her bulging brow. And we. I hough
kindly and humane, can only
cheer him on. for we've milked
cows—ami know the strain—at
eventide and dawn.
WALT MASON.
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Position of Forest Ranger.
Tin* Civil Service Commission,
w ill Inilil an examinal ion in
Kelehikan and in Cordova, Alas
ka. ((duller 21 and 22, 1015, for
I lie position of Forest Hanger in
1 lie Furesl Service. Fur appli
cation blanks and further infur-j
inaliun apply lu Ihe Deputy Fur-j
es| Supervisor, Cordova. Alaska.
T. M. IIF NT.
Ilepulv Furesl Supervisor. !
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To the (Ladies of Valdez.
Harvey's r,allies’ Toggery w ill (
enmmence October 1st to close;
oul the entire line of ladies’ line!
tailored suits at from $10.00 to
$15.00, komona's at half price.
Our swell line of ladies’ sweat
ers al from $ i.50 to $7.50 each.
Children’s sweaters from 75c to
$2.50.
Weather Report.
Or 1. 8, I 01.1.
Barometric Pressure.20.700
Temporal ure at 7 p. m. . . .52
Maximum Temperature ... 18 •
Minimum Temperature ...20
Mean Temperature .28.50
Partly cloudy, calm, 1$. E. wind
2 miles.
L. JONES.
A Million Dollars.
A swell change of pictures at
I he Orpheum tonight:
A Million Dollars—An exciting
and interesting story. -
In the Nick of Time—(treat
cowboy rollicking picture.
On Account of a Banana—1,000
feet of laughs.
” Notlo*.
Go to Mrs. A. Burr’s, two doors
above Moose Hall, for your tail
or-made gowns. Special sale.
. A fur neck-piece was found
last night, and the owner can have
the same by applying at the
Prospector and paying for this
ad.
FOR RENT—Two five-room
houses on Broadway, in first
class condition. Enquire of
Charles Crawford at the Plain
ing Mill. tf.
FOR SALE, rent <>r lease, a 2ft
room lodging house; central lo
j cation. A snap. Call at Pros
pector office.
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Telephone 66 I
I Foot Keyhtone Ave
I Roucrh Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
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AGENTS FOR
Alaska Sleamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
ALASKA
| Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
I neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
[ cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
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Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
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I gSAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHOKAGh each trip, also calls
j at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections -Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
f Rijjht is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
I B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
| General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Mariposa
Sail
Oct. 8th, 18th and 28th
For Skatfway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
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