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
Give Your Freight^ontracHo
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.
Wortman’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN,',Proprietor.
20£miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfor tabid be is Procurable.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices IRestonsble
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING ;POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.*
General Freighting. KNUTE *.N AFSTED. Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Eienfrtim First Class IIZSSSJ::
———JZZ—— III . I
A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The Q-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
v and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
' day and night, without capsing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it wqrks.
Alaska Water,
Light & Tel. Co
' . , . Hl»
RICE RAKE-OFF
FOR N. G. CO.
Transportation Outfit Wilt Get About
90 Cents a Pound for Carry
ing the Mail.
If the Northern Commercial com
i
pany carries the weight limit of mail
‘between Fairbanks and Cordova next
winter season it will win about 61 ,
cents a pound, but as it does not car
ry half weight out from the Tanana
to the coast its actual earning will be
91 cents a pound. Here are the fig
ures : ;.
The winter contract for carrying ! ^
mail between the coast and the Tan
ana calls for the following deliveries: ,
Thirty-eight trips inward bound with ,
800 pounds totals 30,400 pounds; 48
trips inward bound w'th 1,600 pounds
totals 76,800 pounds; this makes
.107,200 pounds to carry from Cor
dova to Fairbanks. The contract
calls for the same weight from Fair
banks to the coast, or a total of 214,
400 pounds. For the eight months
Contract annually from October 1 to
June 1 at 1130,000 the company will
scoop in 61 cents a pound if it car
ries the weight limit on every trip.
It wdil carry the weight limit on ev
ery trip going in from the coast, or
nearly so, but coming out from Fair
banks to the coast it will hardly av
erage half the contract weight. This ,
is established by the records of sev
eral yoars.
About 400 pounds is the average
coming out. On that basis the com
pany will carry a total of about 141,
600 pounds, and receive about 91
cents a pound for the compensation
or $130,000 annually. i
The Reasonable Cost. i
Freighters last winter carried sur- i
plus second-class mail from Valdez !
to Fairbanks for 17 cents. It is clear- ]
ly worth more to carry both first I
and second-class mail on a pretense I
of schedule time except when the I
Copper River A: Northwestern rail- I
road is frozen up solid, but to a spec- I
tator on the sidewalk it appears as if <
louble the freighter’s prce ought to :
tie plenty for an outfit that only I
maintains the schedule, when wind I
and weather and the intermittent ef- s
forts of an invalid railroad permit. i
Most folks gtiess that the addition
of $37,500 a year to the compensa
tion for carrying 886 jags of mail 1
sacli way is for the use and behoof *
of the Copper River railroad, which 1
lias been receiving from the North- •
am Commercial Company for carry
ing the mail from Cordova to Chit-- ‘
ina about what the railroad saves the !
stage line-—the cost of carrying the ■
mail about 50 miles. This doesn't
pay axle grease on the railroad, so 1
the pay had to be boosted. Maybe
so, the Northern Commercial Com 1
pany gets a little piece of the extra •
money. Must be, because that con- 1
cern was not incorporated as an
eleemosynary institution.
Graft or Blunder
The question i , who put this over ;
on the Postoffice department? Was
it ignorance or a case of stand-in
that led the department ‘o demand an
enormous bond that barred everybody
who might have been willing to bid
except the Tanana octopus? Inas
much as the department can cancel
a contract any time it feels that way
there was no need of requiring such
a bond. Or it could have cut the
interior mail contract into two or
three sections.
And if the department in its far
eastern wisdom didn't think of doing
either of these safe and sane actions
beforehand it might have set aside the
solitary graft bid of $130,000 for car
rying the same mail that has been
carried heretofore for $92,500 over a
road that is getting better all the
time.
Neither is it too late for the de
partment to burn the proposed 1130,
000 contract and put the ashes on
its head with a little sackcloth and
Btart over again on a basis that will
give the government and small con
tractors a square deal.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
is depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Thursday, January 22, 1914.
iVortman’s, clear, calm .. 5 56 !
3eaver Dam, clear, calm .. 6 42 I
relkhell, clear, windy .... 60
ronsina, clear, calm . 15 16
Copper Center, clear, calm 10
lulkana, cloudy, calm .... -24 12
Jogan’s, cloudy, calm .... 14
r’axson’s, cloudy, calm .... 10 14
The trail is in good condition from
iVortman’s to Paxson's.
Wednesday, January 21, 1914. j
iVortman’s. clear, calm ... 2 56
lummit.
leaver Dam, clear, windy-12 42
reikhell, clear, calm . 60
i'onsina, clear, calm .-27 16
lopper Center, clear, calm 10
Milkana. clear, calm .-30 12
Bogan’s, clear, calm . 14
•axson’s, clear, calm . 8 28
Valdez, Jan. 21, 1914.
Sarometric Pressure .29.828 |
reraperature at 7 p. m.28 ]
Maximum Temperature .35
Minimum Temperature .13
Mean Temperature .24 |
Partly cloudy, strong breeze, wind ;
V. K. twenty-six miles. j
Wickersham’s Joker. J
i i
Hon. James Wickershain, Alaska’s <
lelegate to congress, has taken up j J
he matter of the O’Connor bridge'^
icross Gastineau and is giving it his
glorious support. He has introduced
i bill in the House of Representa
ives appropriating the proceeds of!
he sale of tide lands at Juneau, to !
mild the nice, new bridge. In or- j
ier that there may be no undue haste !
>r confusion the delegate has wisely j
did in the little joke about the tide j j
ands But when the Juneau tide] 1
ands are sold there is going to be j i
mshels and bushels of coin to build , ]
he bridge, although, somehow, we j
ear it will not be this summer, Jim, '
or tide lands are held as a sacred! !
rust by your Uncle Sam and turned j
iver to the territory when it becomes j I
state. When that day comes and i
he towns of Gastineau unite to cele- ' |
irate the opening of the bridge they j
hould, by all means, send an invi- S
ation down to Jim.—Douglas News. !
Captain Ben Durkee, the steamboat 1
nan of Kataila. who made a visit to
lis former home in Washington, re- ,jj
urned to the oil city on the steamer
Sampson.
B. F. Watson, general agent of the
llaska Coast Co., is a round trip pas
enger on the Sampson.
Notice of Marshal's Sale.
'nited States of America, Third Di- 1
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice hereby given, that
>y virtue of a writ of execution, dated I
tanuary 9th, A. D. 1914, issued out \
>f the District Court, for the Third j
livision, Territory of Alaska, on a :
udgment rendered in said Court, on :
he 5th day of January. A. D. 1914,1
n favor of the United States of
Vmerica, and against James Fish, ad
hinistrator of the estate of Louis Ca
n’cia, deceased. Angus Chisholm,
’Vank Gustafson, Max J. Schm'dt and
lennie Raymond, \ have, on this 9th
lay of January, A. D. 1914, levied
lpou the following described real es
ate, situated in the town of Valdez,
I'erritofy Of Aiftaka, to-wit: '
Lot nine (9) Id Block B; lot three ‘
(3) in Block two "(2); lot four (4) !
In block twenty-four (24), of the
Valdez Townsite, according to the j
jfficlai plat • f Said townsite on file |
in the office of the recorder for said j
precinct, and that I Will,' according-j
iy, offer said real estate for sale, at j
public vendue to the highest and best j
bidder, for eash, on the third day of
March, A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.!
m., at the front door Of the Court j
House, Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January j
9, i914.
F. R. BRENNEMAN. I
U. S. Marshal, Third Division. Ter
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
Don’t neglectjyou* health on the trail
The VALDEZ DRUG CO
is prepared to fiU your medicine hit
with the purest and best of drtfgs,
medicines, add surgical bandages.
When in Chfy'na Step et the
CHITINA HOfElL
Fmeit Hotel ■ the Ie»erie»---W<# Heetet, Que £eetp*
Bar m Connection. Bete* Reasonable
I '.'liiij I 1< ''. .. .
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEGRIDAD’S | EL SIDELLO’S
BELMONT’S REPRE8BNTA’S
VAN DYKET OPTIMO’S
SMOKECRAFT’S LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 6K I
1
I Foot KnyMoue Ave 1
I Rough Dry lCc lb. 3
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
jobber;in
C0AL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each monty on
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka- j
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and i
Harvard for southern California ports. 1
Rl»rht reserved to change tilth's and steamers without notice
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. a. Mariposa and a. a. r>ortnwestern
Sail from Seattle 1.0th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau. Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Itegular freight service for Ketcbilcan. Juneau. Sheep el-eels Treadwell. Douglas.
C jrdova, Elluniar. Valdez und I.utoUehe. Kxplosiues, S S Seward. S S Seward. .Mb:
S S I.atouehe. 15th: S S Cordova. S5lh of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
j Chas. R. Crawford
j Wall Street Phone 159
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I »Plate glare. w indow glee*. roofing and
| building papam roofing plteh. Htrt.ee;
j meat, plaetei lath. •Jungle*. boHdcf*
| hardware. Shop and tob work of all kind*
S
j Window*, Door*. Moulding, Finigh
1 ing Lumber
j
| Agent* for Fairbanks*. Mor»e A Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturer* of
yakshXw STOVES
Plumbing. Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
WellPoint*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valve*.
Ini °ipe, Fitting*.
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\ M. nierinfjei'
Valdaz Transfer
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior point*
LIVERY air d FEED SI ABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of aH kinds
Positively no coal deliver
onless paid tor In advance
« When In Seward Stop at the ;
| COLEMAN HOUSE i
{ GEORGE SEXTON, VttOP.
{SiRICTLy riftST CMOS
Fc OATH AVt StWAAO. AlAAAA . i
Copper River
Praying Co
KreltfhUatC and paaaencere la all porta
at the iete'ie \' General Trueklna
McKinley Street, Valdes.
fcd. Wood, • I'ropiieltM