W. C. Stull. Ex|*ert Watchmaker
Place makes Signs.
French dinner from 4 to 9 at
\VikidcPs.
Furnished cabin tl ]ier week.
^Stull, Jeweler.
Fine stationery—the latest, at
Broadway Pharmacy.
Parker Bunk House on Keystone
•venue. Bunk, stove and wood,
•11 comforts, ‘25 cents |»er day.
Bottlid beer can now l*e secured
■from tlie Voider Brewing Co.,phone
37. Delivered to ar.y ]>art of town.
New goods arriving on every boat
•t Ladies Bazaar.
“Cleanliness is next to Godli
ness.” Go to the Dock Batiis for
cleanliness.
Wellington coal 115 per ton or
:$1.25 |>er sack, delivered. C. W. Mil
ler, agent, or Copjtcr River Drov
ing Ci*.
Your old clothes can be restored
to a res|>ectablc condition at the
Valdez laundry, Keystone ave.
For Sale—A large graphophnne
with four dozen records. Apply at
'this office.
The mail from interior points
arrived yesterday on sceedulo time.
For Rent—Twelve clean, warm,
rooms, furnished double or single,
25 cents per night. Several heds
tl. per week. Open all night.
Positively no trust. Mrs. Johnson,
-Miner’s Hotel.
Wm. Angel of Ballard arrived
on the Santa Ana with two horses,
and left several days later for
Fairbanks. He will probably go
via Slate creek and across the head
of the Delta.
'Rev. J. C. Patey of Pcnnsylva
' nia passed through here on his
way to Unga, where he will act as
a missionary and also as teacher
in the government school. He
was sent by Sheldon Jackson.
During the present season schools
will be established at Hope, Kenai,
Seldovia, Chignik and Seward and
the one at Kllamar will be con
tinued. A teacher will be sent up
to take the place recently vacated
by Miss Mann.
Governor Brady, who was a pas
senger on the Santa Ana. took a
trip to the westward to look over
the district. He returned here to
day and will, on Friday or Satur
start for the interior over the gov
ernment trail, and go as far as
Copper Center, and from there in
vestigate the Copper river va llev
The Gold Fields is the name ot a
paper printed on the fair ground
at St. Louis in the interest of
Alaska. It is edited by Wilson
Foster and besides being newsy is
rather unique being as stated, “A
mining paper printed on mineral.”
Instead of paper asbestos is used
•nd to quote the author, it can
stand more roasting than any
paper on earth.
The Santa Ana, Capt. L. J.
f>chage, arrived on Thursday eve-1
wing with a passenger list of 08
people, 15 of whom were for Val
dez and some weTe for points along
the coast, while quite a number are
tourists making the round trip.
Those of the passengers destined
for points farther west than Sel
dovia were transferred to the mail
steamer Dora. Following is the
list for Valdez: Father P. H. Tur
nell, C. H. Hayden, A. B. lies, F.
S. Romange, G. W. Dustan, Mrs.
C. L. Vawter, W. Angell, E. B.
Wheat, J. Hubbard, W. H. Mon
han, H. E. Bruce, F. W. Cornell
and wife, Rev. J. E. Patey, Geo.
W. Stilliamn.
\V. 0. Stull, (Graduate Optician.
Place Paints.
Place Hangs PajHT.
Moose meeting tonight.
Military Hair Brushes nt Broad
i wav Pharmacv.
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Lowney’s candies fresh, Broad
way Pharmacy.
50-cent French dinners are a new
departure nt Wikidel’s.
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated
Coffer- is to l»e had at Hemple «&
Dougherty’s.
•Ias. Fish, 8k., licensed real es
tate agent, McKinley st., Valdez.
Telephone Id. Properties for sale
or rent.
SPECIAL SALE CRETONS at
12-Jc per yard—this month only—
at Mrs. Shcffer’s Store.
Al. White, of the Gold Dust Ex
change, will leave here in Novem
ber to open a place of business in
Fairbanks.
On Thursday night last there
was a dance at McKinley Hull
that was well attended, particular
ly by the passengers of the Santa
Ana.
Fat er P. H. Turned of Sitka, is
at present making a tour of this
section studying up the feasibility
of establishing Catholic churches.
The new saloon on McKinley
St., known as the Palm Garden,
was yesterday sold to H. P. Kars
tens, who will complete the prem
ises in first-class style.
A copy of the first issue of the
Seward Gateway arrived here re
cently and is now before us. It
promises to be a bright paper when
the editor gets fairly settled in his
new surroundings.
F. A. Cornell of the Uyak Bay
Gold Mining Co., accompanied by
his wife, arrived on the Santa Ana
on his way to the mine. Mrs.
Cornell made many friends in Val
dez during her short stay.
J. D. Meenach and family, ac
companied by Miss Neva \\ oods,
sister of Mrs. Meenach, were pas
sengers on the Santa Ana from the
stales. On arriving at Ellainur
the ladies and children decided on
an excursion to the Westward on
the steamer. Mr. Meenach re
mained at the mine but came to
Valdez later on his own boat. He
remained hut a short time and re
turned to Ellamar.
According to to the Seward
Gateway they are having at that
place some guy party times. There
is the walking party, boating par
ty, ice cream party, card party,
dinner party, social gathering par
ty, S. D. C. entertains party, Sirs.
Coleman entertains party, and so
on through a whole list of parties,
which must tend to keep the peo
ple from getting the blues for we
find the same names at all the
parties.
In the course of her address at
the Clubwomen’s Federation Bien
nial, Mrs. Charles S. Johnson of
Nome made the following state
ment: “It is unfortunate that
Alaska proves such a convenient
dumping ground for men incon
siderate enough to be in the way
at home.” Now isn’t that rather
tough on some of us?
A letter was recently received by
E. A. Henderson, dated Aug. 4th.
from P. Monahan on Valdez creek,
in which he states that but tw’o
claims are being worked, both of
which arc producing well. He al
so states that two of White’s men
have discovered a creek near by on
which they are getting coarse gold,
but that there is not snfhcient
water this year to work it profit
ably.
VALDEZ MERCANTILE CO.
Frpgh Stock. - Up-to-Date.
Men's Suits From $12.50 to $27.00
Cravenette Overcoats, Rain and Wind Proof, $27.00
Bats, Shoes and Furnishing Goods
E. B. WHEAT, General Manager
Beef - Veal - Mutton
Live and Dressed Chickens
Fresh Eggs
Valdez MarRet
A!! £•<*•••- :>.* greatly rcditci . .
it uriug Al;g..st} wr mt.si ihum- n*. »n
tor iaiI stock. Mrs. Slicffer’s Ston.
!>. F. M'iiaril and Chari.- Mdr
lard returned yesterday trum a
trip to tin- Chillvna.
\\ . K. i avis oi Worcester. Mass.,
"'ns n recent arrival bound for lie
Cook Inlet country to prospect.
Among the other things that
were started going by the earth
quake was Todd's woollen clock.
Miss H. Ji. Bruce passed through
here on her way to Afognak where
she is assigned a position as teacher
in the government school.
Mr. K. S R .unsay, a mining en
gineer passed through here i n liis
way to Uvak to examine and n -
]Kirt on some of the mining prop
erty at that place.
Mrs. C. L. Vawter came up on
the .Santa Ana to join her husband
at Unga, who was recently up
pointed deputy marshal at that
place.
Mrs. Kiln Higginson, the well
known author, w; s among tl e
tourists seeking pleasure along thy
coast of Alaska on hoard the Santa
Ana.
A new weekly paper, The Yukon
Valley News, has tecently been
started at Rampart. S. E. Hceter
is proprietor and San J. Callahan
editor.
On last Saturday at about 10:30
a. m. quite a severe earthquake
shook up Valdez and surrounding
country. It was not a sudden jerk
as is usual, but a slow, rolling mo
tion oscilating from north to south.
Dr. G. G. Dutton, of Inerskin
bay, after a short trip to the states
in the interest of his mining prop
erty and to secure assays, returned
on the Santa Ana and transferred
to the Dora on his way to the bay.
He will leave again in a few weeks.
H. H. Hinckley, an attorney of
Seattle, accompanied by Miss E. L.
Riggs and G. I'ulver, with a min
ing outfit, were passengers on the
Santa Ana bound for Yakataga,
intending to put in the winter at
that place working some claims.
Arriving off Yakataga it was
found too stormy to land. They
remained on the steamer and w ill
endeavor to land with thoir effects
on the return trip.
E. B. Wheat, general manager
of the Valdez Mercantile Co., re
turned on the Santa Ana with a
large and varied stock of men’s
clothing and furnishing goods.
During his absence on a purchas
ing trip, the large store iii the
Brown adn Amy building was
fitted up in fine style and is now
open for business, though the stock
will not be completed till the ar
rival of the Santa Clara.
ATTENTION LADIES.
If you want to preserve youth,
health and beauty or restore it, if
lost, you now have an opportunity
of doing so. There is no excuse
for looking old beyond your yea rs.
Health is a duty you owe to your
self and family and with it you
have happiness. No need of feel
ing tired and nervous when na
tures own remedy is at hand.
Electricity, the use of electricity,
properly used, cures all nervous
and chronic diseases, clears the
complexion and restores all.organs
of the body to their normal con
dition. Take advantage of the op
portunity and consult Dr. Jessie
B. Conway at her office across
from McKinley Hall. Office
hours 1 to 5 p. m. Consultation
free.
NEW PROCESS
STEAM LAUNDRY,
McKinley street.
Finest Work. Prompt Delivery.
Fully Responsible.
S. Q. MATHEWS,
Sadlary ■ Pubiii;.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdez.
THE LADIES’ BAZAAR
Ladies Furnishing Goods, Skirts, Waists. Red
fern Corsets. Underwear. Dress Trimming,
Etc., Etc. Fancy Pillow Tops. Brainard &
Armstrong Embroidery Silks.
New Goods on Every Boat
Mrs- E. G. Ames, Proprietor.
There seems 10 k a diversity of opinion
as to how old Mary is. To settle the mat
ter would state that Mary is old eno^ft !»»
know tnat liempie & iKHigkriy’s is the rest
place in town to trade
iler age? Oil yes, 40.
llemple (Ei. Douglierty,
Pioneer Outfitters.
Everything to Eat Everything to Work With Everything to Wear
I bwer ot attorney blanks at this
office.
AT HOME
Dr. C. T. DAGGETT
Dentist and Dental Surgeon
MoKinlpv St l>p|M»1tp Stull'
\ » I. Jvwvlry Store. »
Valdez Dairy
Milk, Cream,
Butter,
Buttermilk
Delivered Anywhere In Town.
JOS. JAN DOS Prop,
VALDEZ m
Bread, Cake, Pies
FRESH DAILY.
All Kinds of Cake To Order.
John Walters, Prop.
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Hand’s Bakery
I
Bread and Pastry
of all kinds made
daily.
Lunch Room in Connection
Chas. A. Hand, Prop.
E. R. King,
W. E. Baumann,
Assayers
and
Chemists
Valdez Kodiak
Keystone Av. near wharf.
He DoMern Line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
^Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to be had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER,General Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
Bank of Valdez.
S. A. Hemple, President E. W. Adams, Cashier
Capital paid up - $10,000
Surplus earnings - - 1,200
Resources available - 75,000
Correspondents:
SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN RANK,
PUGET SOUND NATIONAL RANK, Seattle. Wash.
NATIONAL RANK OF COMMERCE. New York City.
We Carry In Cash tiO to SO per cent of our Deposits, transact a gen
eral hanking business, issue drafts payable in nil parts of the world.
We solicit your business And assure you t-lie most liberal treatment
consistent with careful hanking.
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent Collections a Specialty
Olymbic : Club : Rooms.
Bowling
Alley
Billiard
Hall
Cigars
Private
Card
Rooms
European Plan Rat? Reasonable
HOTEL ST. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
BEBN Eg & POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
'98 Pioneer ’98
Shaving and Bath Parlors.
Best equipped shop in the city. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed the best.
Try Our Shamrec and Face Massage
Baths Ft If lies or Gentlemen.
CAMS RON GOLDEN
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building_ House Moving
Change Your Shirt
ami then Bend us the dirty one together with a few collars
a pair of cuffs, a suit of underwear and probably some
sockf. We will launder them in FIRST CLASS STYLE
and at a REASONABLE PRICE and return them to vou
before you need them.
*
Doerf your suit or trousers need cleaning or press
inj l If soi, send them to us and we will give them a new
lei .« of life.
The STAR LAUNDRY
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SENATE RESTAURANT
McKinley st. next to senate
I
Meals all kinds at all hours