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
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Give Your Freigh^CoutractJo
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 comfortabld beds Procurable.
TAZL1NA 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 Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitine.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
Ernestine Road House
On Government Road 65 miles from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Everything First Class comodaton for‘60 hortci.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rate* Reasonf bie
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_ .GET THE HABIT
A. H. PINKUS, Mgr.
In Spite of Untiring Work of 50 Vol
unteers Working Night and Day—
Find Her Glove.
The body of Mrs. Lizzie Stropp.
who was caught in the Keystone Can
yon slide, has not been recovered in
spite of the efforts of a volunteer
crew of men numbering between
thirty-five and fifty who have worked
all night and today trying to find the
body of the unfortunate woman. The
efforts are being continued and it is
hoped that they will be successful.
Mayor Ritchie has taken charge of
the relief work and has instructed
E. P. Cashman and Carl Schmidt to
furnish meals and berths to all relief
workers.
The body of P. O. Bergland was
brought to Valdez by Deputy Marshal
A1 Dowling, Dr. Dalton and the son,
who was not caught In the slide, as
at first reported. Bergland was dead
when taken from the slide but in
hopes of resuscitating the man was
taken to Wortman’s and placed in
warm blankets and Dr. Dalton, as
sisted by E. P. Cashman and A1
Dowling, worked until two in the
morning finally abandoning all hope of
bringing the man to life.
George M. Callagay, caught in the
slide and brought to town yesterday,
is at the Hospital at Fort Liscum
suffering with a dislocated knee and
bad scalp wounds besides being badly
bruised about the body.
The workers at the canyon today
found a glove worn by Mrs. Stropp
and are in hopes of finding the body
soon although in spite of every effort
it may not be uncovered until spring.
BUREAU OF SOILS
TO EXPLORE OCEAN
(Continued from page 1.)
Although as many as 900,000,000
menhaden have been caught and con
verted into fertilizer in one year the
number becomes almost insignificant
when compared with the number of
these fish destroyed by their natural
enemies, principally the dog fish and
the blue fish. One authority estimates
this number at three thousand mil-!
lions!
The Canadian government has al
ready sought to combine a war on the
dogfish with an increase in fertilizer
material by establishing three plants
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
for the purpose of converting the dog
fish into fish-scraps.
Near Pensacola, Fla., a plant has
recently been erected to utilize the
waste due to preparing fish for food.
With the establishment of other such
plants it is thought that millions of
mullet which cannot be disposed of
for food might be made available for
the fruit and truck growers.
HEAVY RAINS FALL
IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20—The worst
rain storm in the history of the town
occurred here yesterday. The streets
were all flooded, the sewers being un
able to carry Off the excess water.
Cellars are ttlled and much damage
has been done. The railroads leading
into the city are tied up as mand
slides followed the heavy rains.
IT IS YOUR DUTY as a member
to attend the special meeting of Lo
cal Valdez, Socialist party, Thursday,
Feb. 26, 1914. Something doing.
Notice.
By order of the board of direct
ors the Granite Gold Mining Co. of
fers for sale at 50 cents a share 10,000
shares of the treasury slock of the
company. This is for the purpose of
clearing up all indebtedness up to
March 1, 1914, at which time, barring
the acts of Providence, the mill will
start. The company has expended
: about $32,000, for which we have a
! complete power equipment, a com
! plete iwenty-ton mill, a hoist, an un
| derground station, a' gailows-frame
| for hoisting, 450 feet of tunnel work,
! an upraise' from the tunmSi to the
[ surface df 147 feet; and [A shaft 61-2
il'd [1-2 feet and ^0'; feet in depth,
[leading from [the tunhei down and
iwdich exio'ses [the'ird*'foi1 '2(d0 feet.
| A shaft das alsd beein driven on the
! ppper vein for 4ff 'feet'lri [dApth. The
cofhpany has a surface Warn across
the" gully 200 feet long ahff'wlll have
feet lohg to trans
'port'!$e' ’b'fd, $Poh£ tetrife to the
'ttin. ,sT3uii$ie8 aid' vAiue of $3,000
are on hand on the property. Stock
can be secured at Attorney C. E. Bun
nell's office, secretary of the com
■pany. B. F. MILLARD, President.
COMMERCIAL ASS’N.
FULLY ORGATIZED
James Fish is Selected as Secretary
Office on Wall Street and Will
Gather Data.
The trustees of the Valdez Com
mercial Association met last night
and elected James Fish, Jr., as the
secretary of fthe organization and this
morning secured the rooms on Wall
street formerly occupied by Frank
Weber. The secretary will be at the
service of all the merchants and pro
fessional men of the town In any mat
ter which will go to aid the general
prosperity of all.
It is planned to secure a fine ex
hibit of minerals from this section
also an exhibit of the agricultural
products and natural resources and
have them so arranged that tourists
coming from the boat may stop and
see them. The secretary will also
secure and prepare data regarding the
availability of fthe Valdez route to
the interior |and pamphlets descrip- j
tive of this section will be printed |
for distribution.
Mr. Fish will devote his entire time '
to the work.
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WILL BE BURIED i
ON MOUNT APIA
- !
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Feb. 20 —
Mrs. Robert Lou's Stevenson, the wile
of the famous author, who (lied a few
years ago, passed away today at her
home in this city from apoplexy.
Mrs. Stevenson directed that her body j
be buried beside that of her husband !
on the top of Mount Apia, Samoa. 1
The last wish of the dead woman will J
be carried out and the body will leave I
here on one of the first boats for its *
final resting place across the Pacific, i
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur-1
suant to an order made by the dis-1
triet court of the Territory of Alaska,i
Third division, in the matter of the I
annexation of certain territory to the j
incorporated Town of Valdez, the I
common council of the Town of Val- 1
dez has called an election to be held |;
in said town and in the territory pro-I
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21. 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, tiled in said district
c ourt as provided by law. The de- ,
scription oi said territory as set up
in said petition, is as follows, to -wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 Of the Valdez townsite survey and
running thence south, 24 degrees. 19
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.6.18
feet: thence south 53 degrees, 32
minutes east, 1228.26 feet; thence
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees,
43 minutes east, 136.62 feet; thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet; thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes eas^, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election qualified electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words “For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,"
or “Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to.
The polling place tor sucn election
ip the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in the territory proposed to* be an
nexed shall be in the ground flooi
room of the Fish building on McKin
ley street, adjoining the TilJlkum
Club. The polls shall be open from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. of March 21. 1914
The election board designated fot
the Town of Valdez is composed of the
following persons. .Judges—H. J’
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal. Thoiuar
Hunt; clerks—J. J. Cavana, Dan Wll
cey.
The election board designated fot
the territory proposed to be annexei.
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise
J. H. Bell; clerks—Frank Millard.
Robert Weber.
The qualifications of an elector en
titled to Vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follows: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years,
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
'building or improvements on land or
t tide land within the said corporation
i or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or Incorporated within such
corporation.
| TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
I RANDALL E. ASHBY,
| Town Clerk.
. First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
1 Last publication March 20, 1914.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE
INTEGRI DAD’S
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE T
SMOKECRAFT'S
EL SIDELLO’S
REPRESENT A’S
OPTIMO’S
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE cigar dealers.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 j
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rough Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1 |
JOBBER IN
COAL, 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 month on \
the 3th, 15th and 25th, |
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka- ?
jtalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak. ?
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE \
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and}
Harvard for southern California ports. i
; night reserved to change dates and steamers without notice ^
| B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
| General Agent Local Agent \
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO. j
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south —8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau. Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
lingular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas.
Cordova. Kllamar. Voider and I.atoiiche. Kxplosiues, S S Seward. S S Seward, r.th:
S S f.iitouehe. 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month—liiglit reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
. ei s, roofing pitch, lune, ce
er lath, shingles, builders
hop and job work of all kinds
Window*, Door*. Moulding, Finiah
ing Lumber
Agent* for Fairbanlu. Mor*e & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Wefts
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Wail Points. • "J ,
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
IrOL Pipe, Fittings.
A. M. Dieringet
Valdez Transfer
Campanil
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds m
Posltiipliiiiecoal ieliaeied
unless paid for In adtance',
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave v Seward. Aladka
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and paueagers to all parts
of the Interior. General Trufklna
McKinley Street, Valde*.
Md. Wood, - I'roprietos