The First Bank of Valdez
CAPITAL #25,000.
AX PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY. ]
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
Copper Block
VALDEZ
“The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Baths
The New
BIG PLACE
A Ffne, New Cigar and Pool Parlor
in Connection.
A small neat bar that handles nothing but first class
goods and gives first class service. The
following brands on sale:
Pebbleford Whiskey Old Crow
Hermitage Sunny Brook
Green River Lacey
Clarkes Cyrus Noble
Jonnie Walker Scotch Perfection Scotch
Hennessey Brandy Martell Brandy
Gordon's Gin Square Gin
Holland Gin Star Gin
And many other first class standard brands
Port Wine.. 8herry Wine
Sauterne Claret
Zlnfedel Riesling
By the quart or gallon
Blue Ribbon Beer Rainier Beer
Valdez Budwelser
By the quart or pint.
The price is right, give us a trial order—Free delivery
Phone 69
W. I. LEVY
PROPRIETOR
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangali, Ketchikan and Seattle.
. Regular freight servloe for Ketohlkan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep oreek Treadwell,
Douglas Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Latouehe. Explosives. S 8 Seward.
S S Seward, 5th* S S Latouehe. 15th: S S Cordova. S5th of each month—Right re
served to change this schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l'Agt- VsMei Dock".Co„ Local Agt
Send the Prospector To Your Friends In The States
BIG SMOKE GOES
BACK TO SPAIN
Hope* To Get To England Without
Passports, Which Are Refused
Him By United States.
HAVANA, Cuba, April 21.—Jack
Johnson, defeated heavyweight cham
pion of the world, left here today,
sailing on a steamer going direct
to Spain. His white wife accompan
ied him. Johnson hopes to reach
England in spite of the fact that the
United States government refuses to
issue to him passports showing his
American citizenship. The British au
thorities hav# made an order that all
foreigners arriving or leaving Great
Britain must have passports or they
will be arrested.
The American government, through
Secretary of State W. J. Bryan, in
sists that Johnson is a fugitive from
justice and all consular agents have
been advised not to grant him pass
ports. It is hoped that he will en
deavor to return to the United States,
when he will be forced to serve a
sentence for white slavery.
CHICAGO STRIKE
BE SETTLED
CHICAGO, April 21.—The state
board of arbitration will settle the
trouble between the building contract
ors and the union carpenters. Both
sides have agreed to have the board
hear the evidence and settle the trou
ble. The men are to return to work
immediately. All the workers on
buildings who went out in sympathy
with the carpenters are also to re
turn. to work and building construc
tion is to be resumed.
Catholic Dance.
Saturday, April 24th, a benefit dance
will be given for the convent at Moose
hall. After the dance a good lunch
will be served at midnight. The la
dies’ are asked to have the lunch
brought to the hall before 7:30 o’clock
in the evening. k 25
Ladies Aid Meet Tomorrow.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega
tional church meets tomorrow after
noon at the parsonage. All members
are requested to attend the meeting.
The Seward Gateway reports that
District Attorney Spence and his as
sistant, W. A. Munley, have purchased
several lots in the westward town.
The lots were purchased while the
attorneys were in the westward town
to settle the case of the right to
tide lands upon which a number of
people had squatted.
The steamers of the Admiral Line
will leave Seattle at 5 p. m. here
after instead of 10 a. m. as has been
the custom for the past few months.
The change was made for the con
venience of the traveling public.
Masonic Meeting.
A special meeting of the Valdes
Masonic Lodge. No. 168, will be held
tonight at eight o’clock. Work in
the first degree.
ED. WQOD, Secretary.
MEXICANS FIRE AI
ARM! AVIATOR
Gen. Funston Immediately Demands
Explanation and Mexican Gen
eral Apologizes.
BIIO WNSVVILLE, Tex., April 21.—
Carranza troops fired upon a United
States army aviator while the latter
was flying over Fort Brown today.
Hundreds of shots were fired by the
infantry of the Mexican division
camped across the line in Matamoros.
Immediately Gen. Funston sent an
orderly to the Mexican commander de
manding an explanation, while the
border patrol was doubled and the
American troops massed as if for an
assault upon the Mexican line. The
explanation and apology was immedi
ately given by the Mexican command
er, who acted without attempting to
wire to Vera Cruz for instructions
from First Chief Carranza.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Swan hangs wallpaper. tf
Sidney Drake is a passenger on the
Mariposa bound for Seward.
Clearance sale of rubbers; 25 and
35 cents in children, girls and boys
sizes at Snyder’s Store. k 25
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Matt Reich is on the Mariposa
headed for Seward.
Home cooked dinner served at Mrs.
M. Olson’s on Hobart street, 6 o'clock
on week days, 5 o’clock on Sundays
Dinner 50 cents. tf
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Thirty per cent, discount for cash
on anything in Rudolph’s store for
30 days beginning Wednesday, the
21st.
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New spring coats direct from New
York at E. Winter’s. tf
Spring is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed Tor ?1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
FOR SALE—Either one of my
horses with or without express wag
on. City Express. k 19
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Kyer,
and Shull's candies at Valdez Drug
Co. tf
R Redpath is in town from Shoup
bay. _
Attorney Capers, of Cordova, re
turned to the railroad town on the
Northwestern.
Animated Weekly and change of
pictures tonight at the Orpheum.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
Jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. t
Ladies and children’s spring and
summer hats at The Emporium, tf
Rev. Chas. S. Price, formerly in
charge of the local Congregational
church, has accepted a call to Santa
Rosa, California.
Until further notice 1 will give FREE a
chance an a $35.00 suit with every dol
lar's worth of work done.
Suits Sponged and Pressed, $1.00
J. D. CLARK Panama Hotel Both Phones 15
Northern Real Estate Exchange
Wall Street—Phone 59
Collections Insurance Mining Investments
List Your Property With Us.
FRESH VEGETABLES
The following arrived via last boat: Cauliflower, Lettuce, Rhubarb,
Parsley, Radishes, Artichokes, Cranberries, also 8weet Cider, Honey,
Vinegar, Maple 8yrup and some more of those fresh Eggs.
Give us your next order for Fruits or Vegetables and see the dif
ference.
The Yakima Fruit Company
BOTH PHONE8 65. BOTH PHONE8 55.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY
| Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
I List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Well Street.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chltina.
General Freighting. knute nafsted. Mar.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fineat Hotel in tbc Interior—Well Heated, Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Chas. R. Crawford Wal1 Street- 159
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fairbajIkIl morse a co
- - ■ -■■■ —
What 2 Cents Worth Of Electricity
Will Do For You.
Run a sewing machine motor
twenty-five hours.
Pump 900 gallons of water 100
feet high.
Grind 900 pounds of sausage.
Clean 4,400 square feet of car
pet.
Milk fifty cows.
Run a two-ton electric truck
one mile.
Heat a 12 x 12 room for thirty
minutes.
Light a five-room house three .
hours.
Do the week’s ironing.
The week’s washing.
And at the expense of 3 1-3
cents per day you can be con
nected with 185 other telephone
subscribers at any hour day or
night.
Alaska Water; Light & Tele. Co.-Phone 39
ii Independent Laundry Co.
i >
] [ Satisfaction Guaranteed I | Foot Keystone Ave
, ( Telephone 66 I | Rouffh Dry lOo lb.
Your Last Chance.
The Little Place has received on
the Northwestern: Bottled Bock Beer
and will be sold as long as it lasts,
four quarts for fl.OO. As the Rainier
brewery suspends operations next
January, it will be likely that nd
more real bock beer will be brewed.
W. I. LEVY.
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdec Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, In the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the questfbn of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided Into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to (he sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of tne
par value of dne dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of incorporation, so that its
Indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
Incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
Is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary. 1916.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL.
OHO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and cell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Copper River
Draying
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
MeKiniey Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor. .
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kinds
PosIMy no coal deliveied
unless paid far In advance
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Valdez T?9iIf^e
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday ia%
saoh month in MoKlnley Hall visitors always
weloome.
A. K. QRIGSBY. W. M.
Bd Wood. Sen.