Shoe Sale
SILL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for Avomen
—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.
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that l
have expended tne sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
Lo-wit: The Valdez claim No. 1,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97,
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. I, 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-hall' miles from Valdez
bav, 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
i$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 ol
two hundred ($200) dollars, being
ilie 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 the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324. Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE H. MERR1FIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4. 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”
'ode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. F,. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
,,f Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 of Records, page 392, in
Hi1 office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing bv affidavit filed on Decem
hc 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
8100 per vear, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
I his nolire by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
iri said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United Slates.
JOHN PAULF,.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Heinke ran fix anything from a
watch down.
deni In horse and comfortable
differ for rent by day or hour.
Rafe reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phoaa 47. , . ^ .. fc* 13
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
I 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
i made in order to hold said claims
kinder 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 Do
rn inber 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
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United Stales.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 19t3.
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
year, the amount required to hold
said claims for the 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
lion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PAULK.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Tu the Probate 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
seated for settlement and filed
his final 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
ficio .judge in probate of the Val
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
file objections and exceptions to
said final 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.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
fn the 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 saio
deceased, to exhibit them with
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 transaction of the t»u*i
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
27lh day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of \V.
C. Stull, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 27. 1913.
Date of last pub. March 28, ’13.
To the Public.
We hereby announce I hat we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofingpitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Mono 4b Co.
NEW MINING LAW.
(Continued on page 4}
ber one, with the number of feet
in width claimed on each side of
the center of the vein.
Huch a certificate shall set forth
a description of the location of
such claim with reference to some
natural object or permanent
monument or well known mining
claim; a description of the lioun- |
daries, corner monuments and ;
markings thereon, amt a descrip
lion of the location work and the
place where (lie same has been
performed. 'Such cprtilieatc of
location shall not tie accepted for
record by the precinct recorder
‘unless the same be verilied. be
fore some officer authorized to
administer oaths, by the locator
or one of the locators, if there be
more than one, or by an auth
orized agent, having personal
knowledge of the facts required
to he staled therein. A certificate
of location so verilied, or a certi
fied copy thereof, shall he prima
facie evidence of all the facts
properly recited therein.
See, It. If the discovered of
any vein, lode or ledge of rock, in
(place, bearing gold, silver, cinna
bar, lead, tin. copper or oilier val
uable deposit, shall fail to com
ply with any of the provisions of
sections seven, eight, nine and
•ton. within the lime therefor
specified, all rigid to appropri
ate any portion of the public do
main, acquired by him by reason
of bis discovery, shall cease.
Sec. 12. Tlie levin "lode’ as
used in this act shall be constru
ed to mean ledge, vein or deposit.
Location of Placer Mining Claim.
Sec. IX Any person who dis
covers upon the public domain of
the United States, within the Ter
ritory of Alaska, a placer depos
it of gold, or other deposit of
mineral having a commercial
value, which is subject to etitry
and patent under the mining
laws of the United States, may, if
qualified by the laws of the Unit
ed States, locate a mining claim
upon such deposit, in the follow
ing manner:
Sec. 14. He must at the time
of discovery post conspicuously at
the point of discovery, a notice of
location thereof, containing (a)
the name or number of the claim:
| (b) the name of tlje locator or
.locators, (c) the date of discov
ery and,posting of notice as in
i thin section provided for (d)
[number of feet in length and
iwidth claimed, the notice herein
I described shall be known as the
| location notice.
; Sec. 15. Within thirty days af
I ter the posting of the notice of
location, lie shall distinctly mark
[the location of the ground so that
jits boundaries can be readily
traced, by placing at each corner
or angle thereof substantial
stakes or posts not less than
three feet high above the ground
and three inches in diameter and
hewed on the side or sides facing
the claim or by placing al each
corner or angle I hereof mounds
of earth or rock not less than
three feel high. Whatever monu
ment is used it must be marked
with tile* name or number of the
claim and the designation of tin*
Corner by number, and the monu
ment nearest tlx* discovery shall
lie (lie initial post, stake, monu
Imenl, and shall lie post, stake or
monument, number one; and fur
ther (tie corners shall be number
ed in regular rotation. If tlx>
[claim is located on ground that is
[covered wholly or in part with
brush, or trees, such brush shall
I hi* cut and trees be marked or
| blazed along the line of such
[claim to indicate the location of
such lines. If located in an open
country the boundary lines shall
ne marked by placing line stakes
,sir line monument so as to readily
[lead from corner fo corner of such
claim.
! sec. wiinm ninety <ivas
■from tin* date of discovery. and
prior to the filing of the cert id
eate of location as provided in
the following section, the locator
or locators shall perform labor
upon such claim in developing the
same, to an amount, which shall
be equivalent in the aggregate to
one hundred dollars worth of such
labor for each twentv acres, nr
fractional part thereof, contained
in such claim, and such work
shall be known as and shall con
stitute “location work.”
Sec. 17. Within ninety days af
ter the discovery the locator shall
record with the recorder of the
precinct wherein such claim is
situate a certificate of location.
Such certificate shall contain:
•'a"i The name or number of the
claim,
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that a
municipal election will be held
April f, 1913, at (lie Fire IFall.
in the Town of Valdez, for the
purpose of electing seven coun
cilman and one member of the
school board for the 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 lie as
follows: lie shall In* a male cit
izen of the f'nited Stales or one
who has declared his intention to
become such: of the age of Iwen
tv-one years and shall have been
a bona tide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the town of Val
dez for six months preceding said
election.
The following persons shall la*
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who arc citi
zens of the Dinted States or who
have declared their intention to
become such and who are resi
dents of the Valdez school dis
trict.
RANDALL F„ ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Dated this 1th day of March,
1913.
(b) The name of the locator or
locators.
(c) The date of discovery and
posting of the location notice.
(d) Number of feet in length
and width claimed.
Such certificate shall also set
forth a description of the location !
of such claim with reference to'
some natural object permanent ;
monument or well known mining
claim; a description of the boun
daries, corner monuments and
markings thereon, and a descrip
tion of the location work and the
place where the same lias been
performed. Such certificate oft
location shall not be accepted for j
record by the pro'cinct recorder,
unless the same be verified, before ’
some officer authorized to ad- [
minister oaths, by the locator, or j
one of the "locators, if there be |
more than one. or by an author- !
ized agent. having personal j
knowledge of the facts reipiiivd ,
to be stated therein. A certificate ;
of location so verified, or a eer- I
tided copy thereof, shall be prime i
facie evidence of all the fads,
properly recited therein.
Sec. 18. If the discoverer of any j
placer deposit shall fail to com-!
ply with any of the provisions of j
sections 1 i, 15, It! and 17. with
in the time therefor specified, all
right to appropriate any portion;
.of the public domain, admired by j
linn by reason of bis discovery, i
[shall cease.
Sec. It*. Thai ibe Act of ('.on- l
gross. entitled. "An Act to modi
fy and amend the mining laws in
their application to the Territory
.of Alaska, and for other purpos
es'’ (37 Slat. I.. 2 42. 2 43 , ap
| proved August I. 1912. arid the
I Act of Congress entitled, “An Act
I to amend the laws governing la
bor or improvements upon min
ing claims in Alaska’’ (35 Slat.
L. 12-43), approved March 2, 1907.
and they are hereby repealed.
I Sec. 20. This act and lhe pro
visions thereof shall be in full
force and effect on and after the
tirst day of June, 1913.
There is no rest for Ihe man
who is pursued .by hill collectors
and a guilty conscience.
A woman notices what an act
ress has on; a man notices what
she leaves off.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without, board. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
Just received the latest, up-lo
the-hour Eastern millinery at
tlrs. S. E. Gleason’s, Keystone ave.
FOR RENT--Small four-room
furnished house. Inquire of Mrs.
W. Orary. Phone 41.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor.
Reinke. expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
FOR RENT--Thrce-room apart
j merits furnished over Valdez Drug
■Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
| n Hie United Stales Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate. Valdez Precinct, Ter
| ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of (he estate of
I.ouis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and VV. II. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and \V. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
j report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this
19th dav of February. 1913.
.TAMF.R FISH.
W. II. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia. deceased.
Date of first puh. Feb. 19. 1913.
I Dale of last puh. April 21. 1913
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK—MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, RtpretcaUlWt
Valdes, Alaska. Phone 41
A. M. Diei'inger
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid tor in advance
CITY EXPRESS
PJ. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery t - all parts of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years in
Office in.Whaling building ” VALDEZ
Next to cable offico
DR. GERMAN
Phone l< THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 0 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone i.iB Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
A TTORNEY-AT- LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
!
[ L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDNZ, ALASKA
RsroNTB on Minns
Ratnnt Surveys
Gnnssal Mining Enginnnrino
Rmonn No. ioa
f; butterworth
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kea. Phone. 18»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Eagle Hall. All nu mbers are requested to
attend. S. McjtflECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
O.F.
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. HfTN'T. Secretary.
FOE
VALDEZ AKK1E M.y 1971
Meet every Friday 8i>. m. Eagle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month In MoKlnley Hall Visitors alsrays
we loom e.
James H. Fatten an,.W. M
O. C- Reynolds. See