Preferred StockCanned Goods
Heinz's Bottled Goods
Imported Goods
Chinaware
SNYDER’S.
A Department of Select Ready Made Clothing Has Just Been Added.
_ Rogers Silverware
Mens Genuine Derby Ribbed Underwear
Australian Lambs Wool Underwear
The Latest in Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes
Glassware
A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, C. Stull,Graduate Optician.
Alaska Strawlierries 4c per lb. at
Richard’s.
Billy Soule of Teikhcl is in town
this week.
A set of new harness cheap at
Richards.
Cameras for rent or sale at Val
dez Pharmacy.
A few choice offices to rent in
the Fish Building.
Ralph Wheaton is in town from
the Brcmner country.
Store your trunks at the Miners
Hotel for safe keeping.
Get your outfit for the interim
at Copper Center from Blix.
Houses and lots for rent or for
sale. Call on Dr. Von Gunther.
Call at the new store and get a
Sample package of Atlas Boiled
oats.
T. Rochford is on his way to town
and will probably Ik- in in a few
days.
Max Rigler, Chas. Mellcrk and
Lou Guvot are in town from the
Brcmner.
Chase and Sanborn's Cob-bra toil
Coffee is to Ik- had at Ilcmplc A
Dougherty’s.
Chas. C. Gillis and Patterson
arrived in town from Slate creek
Inst Monday.
Staple foods from 30 to 3o cents
{round at Blix’s. Copper Center
lav and feed cheap.
Parker Bunk House, on Key
stone Ave. Bunk, stove and wood.
All comforts, 2oc per day.
Billy Beaton and Grant Sweet
are due in town to-day. Sweet is
troubled with the rheumatism.
If you need shoes, look in the
window of Jas. Fish A* Co’s, store
and you will see just what you want
Connecticut Smith.George Brow n
and Morgan O’Brien are on their
way out and expect to take a look
at Fall creek on the way.
Chas. Talbot, Eli Payment, Tom
Gains and Anderson built their
boat on the Tana and are on their
way to Valdez via the rapids.
' The C. R. M. T. &. D. Co’s, store
■at Copper Center can outfit you at
reasonable prices. A full line of
staple groceries has just been
•received.
Tonight is Ladies Night at the
Moose Lodge. Each member is ex
pected to take his lady friends.
Cards, dancing ami ping pong will
be the program for the evening.
Mrs. H. M. Miller sang a verv
beautiful solo at the Endeavor
church last Sunday night. She
has a iieautiful, sympathetic voice
and her singing is greatly enjoyed.
Jack Williams, Dan Kane, Toni
Blakeley have discovered a fine
ledge of cannel coal oil the Cliitti
stone, in the Xazinu district, it is
said to l>e excellent coal and will
be of great value.
Crawford & Rutherford are now
prepared to supply sliinghs of fin
est quality, also doors and windows
of any required size. The next
steamer will bring them a large
supply of mouldings.
James Casey, the mining expert
frho was here last summer returned
to town on the last steamer. He
has gone to the Westward on a
short triphut will return soon amt
remain here for some time.
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W. C. Stull Exjiert Watchmaker.
HOLLY FLOUR is for sale at
the new store.
Exchange your old stove for a
new range at’ Richards’.
C. 0. Yager and Ike Loomis of
Tonsina were in town this week.
A. H. lies left Copper Center
Wednesday morning for this place.
Mr. Sam 11. Means arrived in
town from Slate creek last Tuesday.
There will lie choir practice, at
the Episcopal church Friday night.
Mr. W. W. Oollin arrived here
on the Bertha on a short Business
trip.
Blix has a fine assortment of
choice candies at his Copjier Cen
' ter store.
i* Bromide of Quinine Capsules
; cure a cold in one day at Valdez
Pharmacy.
The new organ for the Episcopal
'church arrived this week and will
i he used next Sunday.
The Merchant’s Cafe have a
stock of cucumbers on hand, that
look like watermelons.
Mr. Fish has just completed one
I of the neatest cottages in town, and
will occupy it in a few days.
Mrs. \V. I). Cram will leave on
the next trip of theSanta Ana for
a visit to her old home in the East.
A porterhouse steak, as served at
i the Merchant’s Cafe is tender and
juicy. It puts us in mind of the
"heef of hold Hengland.”
Buy a nice comfortable rocker
from llichnrds, and take life easy
They are guaranteed to cure the
hlue>. and remove wrinkles.
The display of cantaloupe at the
j Merchant’s would force an observer
j to pan with his hist two-hit piece,
to stop his mouth from watering.
j John liaison and wife are regis
: tered at the St. Elias. Mr liaison
I expects to go into business here
and is looking around for an open
! ing.
A gang of twelve men with mule
j teams are working on Kimlmll pa.-.-.
; They will fill up the soft places
ballast the road and put it in good
shape.
At the Merchant's Cafe we saw
some watermelons being put on ice
ami the sight struck us in a tender
spot as we thought of I mv hood da vs
and our neighbor’s farm.
Mr. \V. A. Dickey came up from
Seattle on the last boat, on business
connected with his mining property
near KUamar. Mr. Dickie has
j some very valuable copper property
in the Prince William sound coun
try.
lam H. Crisman the well known
miner and packer arrived here on
the last steamer from Seattle, and
left yesterday for the interior with
a number of experts who go to ex
amine the copper properties located
hv Mr. Crisman and others this
summer.
Webster Drown, P. W. Campbell
and J. C. Egan, with six horses,
will start soon for a hurried trip
| into the interior, to look over some
properties. They will endeavor to
go to the Chisua. Mt. Drum and the
copper country and get hack before
the snow flies.
C. Ij. Wayland. United State.'
postofliee inspector was in Valdez
this week, and examined the ac
counts of the local postofliee, find
ing them correct and in good shape.
Mr. Wayland paid Postmaster
Chary the compliment of saying
that less complaint had been made
about bis office than any office in
Alaska.
If you want an outfit let
me figure on it and you
will save money. AGE NS
BU ITER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
J1. W. Miller, Manager
(iirl wanted to care for small
eliild. Good pay. Call at this
office.
I \\ hat’s the use being liothvrrd
with (lies, when you ean get fly
paper at Crsry’s.
II. ltaird left town yesterday
for his Fall creek property to do
assessment work.
If your watch gets rusty from
being in soak, take it to Toil Win
ters. lie eon fix it.
Mr. A. N. Leopold arrived here
on the ,ast steamer from the East
and will sj*end the winter here.
; Mr. Leo|M>hi is well known in Val
dez having spent several months
here last year.
Tin' launch Manila, in command
<>f Capt. Worden., is the busiest
boat on the hay. It is under con
tract to the railroad people, taking
survey and working parties down
the hav and hack each day.
The dime tea at Mrs. Hnpkil’s
yesterday afternoon was a Miects
socially and tinnnciallv. Mrs.
; Strouse made a hit as a fortune
teller, and the dime tea will here
after he quite a social event.
Judge \\ illiams left yesterday on
the small steamer. Sunbeam. He
will secure men at Kllamar and
proceed with developim ;;t work on
his Lamlloek hav property. The
work already done proves it ti he
I a very valuable projK-rtv.
II. A. Cohen and party were at
the Davis roadhouse on the lath
and wire geting along very well.
Mr. Cohen is standing the trip let
ter than was expected and is doing
remarkably fast traveling consider
ing that hi* has a broken leg.
S\. \\. (iollin has secured the
services of several experienced n,i n
to open tip his copper proper! v on
Solomon gulch. They left yester
day for the claims, which arcalsnit
| six miles up the gulch. They have
no connection with the Williams’
property.
Among the recent arrivals*in
town is A. V. Johnson of New York.
Mr. Johnson went to .Aurora list.
April and on the failure of that
camp went to Settle and flien
came here to prospect or invest in
the interest of Capt. T. H. Dunn of
New York.
(’has. Schlosscr, Antouc Kido i ml
Hillv Muckier arrived vestewlav
from the Nazinn. They arc'de
lighted with the country. In Rim
ing out they came down the Chi*tv
na and Copper rivers in a iaiut to
the mouth of the Tasnuna and
thence over the railroad trail to
town.
Mrs. King lias received a letter
from her husband, who went into
the l.remnor country this spying,
stating that he was about to start
for the Nizina, in company with
U. T. Heron and O. M. Duntou. It
is their intention to prospect in
that country until driven out by
the snow.
I'ink Dennison. (Seo. Dicker and
B. O. IVterson returned last week
from the head of the Tanana where
they have Ih“cii prospecting for 15.
F. Millard. They dist •overed an
immense ledge of ore there this
summer and .ocated over fortv
claims. They brought out ajarge
number of samples which they will
have assayed.
A small party consisting of Lou
1L Crisman the well known min< r
ami packer, J. A. 11a.-set aim H. J.
II. Bradley mining cxi>erts and
engineers, with live horses -*tnd a
good out lit left town yesterday for
a trip of inspection into the copper
country. They will prohuhlvisit
the Nicholi and Bonanza jiroja r
ties la-fore they return.
Messrs Sam Lynch, 1 >r.Cockerel,
Clint Morris and A. Van oi-'tt ar
rived in town Monday from the
Kot. ilia country, wlu-re tln> have
Ix-en iloing assessment work on
some of the Millard pr --crtics.
Kay Millard accompanied them as
far as Tousina, win re he tact ('has.
Millard and returned with.him to
the Kotsina to investigate some
recently I Minded property in that
section.
Farmer Smith and Ole Scott
opened their new place ku nvn as
"The Si i:ate” lust Saturn;?* e> eu
ing. Both men are well JLii_»tl and
tin- hoys I legal: to Hock ill to si c
them and a jollv time v. as main
taineit till mi ruing, every m- en
joyed t lieniselvis. The ,.r « ,(
in his easy chair and w til i all
w>re dealt with. fair, ramie lis.k
lit er and so in-took pum h. But all I
were welcome to a soiiil lunch.
Court News.
_
J. :T. Vaksli aw the proprietor ot
the \ aide/. Silt'd Metal and I’lumh
ing Works brought suit against
Otto Kcnitz to collect a bill of lltit
jfor an air tight coffin and ptlici
! work ordered by Mr. Kcnitz. ’ Th<
case came up lieforc Judge I,von?
j and a jury last Saturday and’ tin
jury rendered a verdict for $80.
The case was ap]>ealod. Mr. Kcnitz
i has not yet returned from Califor
nia where he went to bury the re
mains of his wife. ’ .
A suit was entered against ('has.
Yager by Jas. Donaldson for $ Chi
alleged to Ik- due for rent of tlx
property known as Yager’?
roadhouse. The case came up on
Tuesday morning before Jtnlgi
Lyons and a jury. Yager placed
I iu evidence receipts for $.V>, which
lie claimed lie laid paid. After a
lengthy hearing with Lccdy Ar Kel
sey for the plaintiff and ( MMwlrll A
Kd wards for the defense, the case
went to the jury who rendered a
'verdict for $70.00 in favor of plain
■ tiff. Notice of appeal was innne
! diately given.
Arrivals.
Tin* Ih-rtlm reached |M»rt Monday
afternoon with a small consign
ment of freight and the following
passi ngers:
< an*l win II .1 Wrnkc, W A fMrkcy
Jo* Kilt", K W Sin*||slld**r. John KhNoii and w lft
A N l<r**|»old, I* W 4'hui|*1h II. WelMler Krowll
J 4' Kkhii, L 11 4'ri>iiii«ii. I! J 11 llrwdlry. J A
itaswi it. \ Johnson, i.j*,, || wi*Nli, I. F Kir**. I.y
uiHii l.ninb, \ K'-yburir. Mrs Ltitiridwon, Mrs 4
M Nay, 4,oo Kealt*. John Young, \Y \V lioliin
Jaw Prlii*.
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W axtku. Situation todoeooking
or general housework. Mrs. O,
Clausen at residence of ]>r. Von
Gunther.
A man brought his watch to Toil
Winters to have it repaired, and it
was found to be full of bed bugs.
Tin v evidently got in between the
tieks.
Mrs. Wm. Workm an is now con
ducting the Swan restaurant. She
has had the house thoroughly
i cleaned and renovated and has a
' large run of customers. The meals
are excellent and the service good.
Mr. C. M. l)av who stopped over
here on his way down from Illiam
na where he was working for the
; proposed railroad decided that Val
dez looked good to him and sent
for his wife who arrived here last
Monday on the steamer.
S. D. Montgomery has returned
to town after spending the season
on Slate. He had a successful
season and brought out a long poke
; well tilled, and will use the same in
I town as he intends to go into Inisi
: ness here. Monte looks quite well
: in his new store clothes.
Rev. F. S. Taylor met with a
painful accident a few days ago.
\\ hile chopping wood the ax slip
ped and cut his foot quite badly
making a painful hut not Ser
ious wound. He is aide now to get
around with the aid of a cane.
The last steamer brought the
City Meat Market (next to Mer
chant’s Cafe) a small herd of stail
fed cattle. The slaughter house is
completed and Whitley will begin
operations at once so that families
and trail parties can Ik- supplied
with choice sections of IK-ef on de
mand.
Horses Wanted
A limited iuiiiiIkt of horses will
U‘ eared for on one of the islands
in the Sound at a reasonable rate,
flood ranj'e and shelter and little
snow. Apply at this oHice for
particulars.
N’ew Pack saddles complete for
$■’>-00 at Richards.
Finest Bread
Ever Baked.
Try It. j
F. FT. JCHJYiDT, PROF,
Cor. IlcKiuley St. and Broadway
nmpir t Douotifpn
GENERAL MERCHANTS.
Groceries, Hardware. Clothing, Footwear, etc.
We ore Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
Pioneer Outfitters
This space is reserved for the
BANK Of VALDEZ,
That will open a (teneral
Hankimr Itusiness about
S].t. loth with $10,000
1'aid Cp Capital.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Lumber and Timbers of all kinds
Rough, Planed, Matched.
Lathe and Band
Saw Work Special
\ Orders Promptly *
\10NV/ ;
>1 Attended To
CRAWFORD & RUTHERFORD, Managers.
Gold Dust
Exchange.
Highest Price Paid For
1 Gold Dust
| Treasury Notes, Drafts ami Money Order* Cashed Free of Charge.
AL. WHITE, Proprietor.
RICHARDS & CO,
'FURNITURE, STOVES, HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
Seeond-IIand Goods Bought and Sold.
Jones Biilding, - . Keystone Avb
J. F. HIELSCHER &■ CO.
Wholesale and Retail
BUTCHERS
fyeeial Attention Given to FAMILY TRADE.
Orders Taken and Delivered to Hotels and
Restaurants.
RAILROAD CONTRACTORS SUPPLIED.
European Plan Rates Reasonable
HOTEL ST. ELIAS.
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers.
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DEBMEg & POOT, Proprietors.
Valdez, Alaska.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SCOTT & SMITH, Props.