Fruits and Vegetables
On the Evans tomorrow is due
a big shipment of fresh fruits
and vegetables-—Order your
supplies for Sunday.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
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\ CONTRACTOR and builder I
I Dealer in " Agent for J
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F1RS1 CLASS Manager. 4
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SAW SIXTEEN AND SMALL Cl'B
Suessdorf, Bayan and 'liu/.aid Return
from Trii> to Gravina Bay with Five
Black Bear Skins as Result of their
Skill—Many Bears In that Vicinity.
Henry Suessdorf, M. Bayan and J.
0. Buzard, returned last evening from
Gravina bay,.where they spent several
days hunting bears. They brought
with them five bear skins as a result
• of their expedition.
During the trip the party saw six
teen bears and one cub, and tried to
capture the little one, but the barking
of their dogs seared the mother and
little one away before they could get
in range.
The skins are in prime condition
and form a very handsome collection
of fur. The party hunted about fif
teen miles from the head of the bay,
and state that there are a iarge num
ber of bearj in that vicinity, but that
the grass is now so high as to make
hunting difficult.
No Beating About the Bush.
“I see,” he said, “that coal has gone
up again.”
"Has it?” she replied.
“And they’re raising rents," "he
continued.
“Well,” she exclaimed, flaring up,
“if you wish to have our engagement
off say so. I always hate to have
people beat about the bush in a case
of this kind."
Edgar Hawley of Seward, was an
officer in the army in the Philippines
and once arrested three Chinamen for
killing human beings and serving
them up as chop suey. Mr. Hawley
and a Lieutenant Gallagher went Into
!a Chinese cafe and had their dishes
served. Out of the dish protruded the
hand of an infant and the two mili
tary men ordered the house surround
ed. The Chinamen were arrested but
proved later that the hand was noth
ing worse than ttie hand of a succu
; lent young monkey.
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EXPECTS TO FINISH
BERING ROAl) SOON
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While in Cordova recently George
W. Nelson, who has the contract for
, building the road from Goose Bay to
; Carbon H1I, in the Bering River coal
: fields, stated that he expected to fin
j ish the road this summer,
i The road will be 22 miles in length
; and will connect the coal fields with
j tide-water. A small dock will be
built at Goose Bay at which the coal
will be loaded into barges. It will
be necessary to tow the barges 14
miles to the nearest deep water an
chorage to transfer it to vessels for
shipment.
Daily Weather Report.
Valdez. May 25, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.161
Temperature 7 p. m.42
Maximum temperature .45
Minimum temperature .36
Precipitation .55
Mean temperature.40.5
After some months of prospecting
and some years of work in the coun
try, W'alter Johnson, his brother, L.
J. Johnson and a man by the name of
Frank Solley are reported to have
made a strike on the south fork of
the Good Paster river, on a creek call
ed Michigan creek. At the bottom of
one of the holes which the men put
to bedrock they took out $10. the
largest nugget of whifih weighed 75
cents. x
Mrs. C. C. Rudolph returned on the
Alameda from a trip to Seward.
Mrs. St. Marie returned from a trip
to Seward on the Alameda.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
| One cent per pound. Love-Whitley, tf
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Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
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Imported and Domestic
Winas, liqunrc and Cigars
Phone 169
COUNCIL PASSES
|SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT
Matter of the Annexation Election
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Taken l'|i ami the Qualification* of
the Voter* Are l*as*e<l Cpon—
>lu*t Have Property to Vote.
: . A special meeting of the city coun
!c;ii was held last evening in the city
hall to take up the matter of the qual
ification:; of voters at the annexation
election to be held Tuesday, June (i.
There have been some differences of
opinion as to what the requisite quali
fications were in an election of this
kind, some holding that any qualified
! voter at a city election might partici
pate. After giving the matter con
siderable study and taking legal ad
vice, it was agreed to vote at the elec
tion it»was essential that the voter
should have property interests in real
estate or improvements thereon either
in the town or within the area sought
to be annexed, and a resolution lo
this effect was passed-by the council.
Some time was spent in the discus
sion of other matters of importance
to the city, but no further action was
taken, and the meeting adjourned.
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CLEAN IT MEXICAN BANDITS
Now Commander Given Instructions
to Wage War on Ail Bands of Vil
listas and Prevent Balds on Ameri
can Border Towns.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex., May 2G.:
—It is reported here that President
Carranza will make a strenuous effort,
to clean up the bandits in Northern j
Mexico. To this end he will appoint |
General Osvira to the command of the
troops in Chihuahua with instructions
to wage war against all bands of Vil
listas in the country. Implicit in
structions are to be issued to use the
most stringent measures to prevent j
the further raiding of towns of the |
United States side of the border.
WIFE TESTIFIES I
AGAINST WAITE |
ARSENIC WAS FOUND IN FOOD
—
Says Husband Made Eggnogs and
Other Foods With Poison in Them
—Slept In Room to Prevent Others
From Finding Out.
NEW YORK, May 26.—Mrs. Waite,
in deep mourning and heavily veiled,
appeared as a witness for the govern
ment today in the trial of her hus
band for the murder of her father
and mother.
She testified that during the illness
of her father Waite made him egg
nogs and other food, in which was
afterwards found arsenic. She stated
that Waite also slept in the room, on
the pretense of caring for her father,
but she was now confident his reason
for remaining in the room was to pre
vent others from discovering the fact*
that he was administering poison to
the sick man. ;
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Anything in the Jewelry line at
the Valdez Drug Co. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company-N tf
Cherry Special and Grape Punch
at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen 1C
- Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
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"Parties not receiving their papers
before 6:00 o’clock should 'telephone
the office and a special messenger will
be sent with one. Turn your com
plaints (a to the office- tf'
Are you particular about your
health? Then be particular about
your druggist. The Owl for yours.
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Just Received;—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
RICH STRIKE
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.1 TRIBUTARY TO GOOD PA8TEU
Ground is Ten to Twenty Feet Deep
and will be Worked by Opencut
Methods—Nuggets Weighing 73
Cents are Taken Out.
A letter from E. E. James, the
commissioner at Richardson, receiv
ed in Fairbanks, tells of a strike that
has been made on a tributary of the
south Fori; ct the Good Paster river.
The strike was made by L. J. John
son. Walter Johnson and Frank Solly,
on Michigan creek a tributary of Good
Paster. How much the ground will
go to tiie foot is not known but in
the letter from Janies it was stated
Fuat the prospectors panned $10 out
of one hole.
The ground on Michigan creek is
only from 10 to 20 feet deep, and in
the greater part of it will not go
over 12 feet, so that it would be ail
excellent opencut proposition, even if
the ground was not rich.
That the gold is coarse is evident,
a? several good nuggets are reported !
to have been found, the largest one j
of which was worth about 72 cents. I
Michigan creek is about one day’s ]
travel from W. H. Newton’s trading j
post at the mouth of the Heaiy river, '
according to the statements made by!
Hie men to the Richardson commis-1
sinner. The ground is in the Taiiana
recording precinct, so that claims I
staked would be recorded at Richard
son.
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SAFE MAN REPORTS
BUSINESS BEST EVER:
—
A. G. Mink, representing the Hail i
Sal* oc Lock C'o., is a visitor in town.
This is Mr. Mink's seventh annual
trip to the north, and he reports bus
iness better than lie has ever found
it before. Starting at Ketchikan
Mr. Mink has stopped at every town |
along the coast and prior to reaching
Valdez he had sold forty-nine safes.
Yesterday he 30id his fiftieth and ex
pects to sell at least fifty more. He
will go from here to Seward and An
chorage, and will then return to
Slcagway, thence over the White Pass
and down the river to Dawson, Fair
banks and other interior points, with
Nome as his ultimate destination.
Prisoner Wore a Barrel.
Clad in a sugar barrel, a boudoir
cap set jauntily upon his head, and
his feet shod in brilliant carpet slip
pers, Curlis Mailey hobbled Into a
police court on a charge of drunken
ness. He had got drunk, disrobed
and went to sleep in a wagon in an
alley. The wagon separated him and
his clothing by driving off.
His wife appeared with a suit of
clothing and the prisoner departed,
vowing never again.—Baltimore Sun.
SEATTLE HINDU
STARTED NATIVE REVOLUTION
Former Student at Lincoln High
School and University of Washing
ton Is Hung for'Sedition—Another
Student Hanged.
A desire to incite a Hindu revolt
against English rule in India has led
Vishnu Oanesh Pingley, former Uni
versity of Washington and Lincoln
high school student to his death. The
Associated Press carried a dispatch
Friday telling of the execution of
Pingley in India, after being convict
ed of high treason. S. Lai, a former
Hindu student at Oregon Agricultural
college in Corvallis, also was hanged,
and Bhai Parmanan. University of
California medical student, was im
prisoned for life. •
Pngley entered the University of
Washington in September, 1913, after
graduating from Lincoln High school.
He was a bright fellow, level headed,
and a fine student. He worked for his
board and room at one of the frater
nity houses. He did not have much
money, so that when be was injured
in a class fight during the fall of 1913*
he submitted a bill to the class for
$3 for medical treatment. It wat.
paid.
The records at the office of the re
corder af the university show that
Pingley was born at Talegoan, India,
in 1892.
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Several pieces of desirable proper
ty fo)r sale. Osfar Fish. tf
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF 5
The First Bank of Valdez j
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE CLOSE 3
OF Bl SI MISS ON THE I5TH DAY Oh' MAY, 3
RESOURCES: jj
Loans ancT Discounts $119,736.78 3
Overdrafts . ‘786.77 3
Bonds and Warrants 41,478.62 4
Furniture and Fixtures. 3*535 39 3
Checks on Other Banks and Other Cash Items 482 4? 1
CASH ON HAND AND SIGHT 1 nc mn nn *
EXCHANGE . 105,370.48 3
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TOTAL . $271,390.87 \
LIABILITIES: 5
4
Capital Stock Paid in ....... .. $ 25,000 00 3
Surplus Fund . 500.00 3
Undivided Profits 3 517.41 4
Due to Banks—Deposits 1.550.26 3
Deposits 239,345.26 3
Certified Checks . 1 477 94 4
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TOTAL $271,350.87 3
United States of America, Territory of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi- 3
sion, ss. 4
I, J. \V. GILSON, Cashier of the above-named hank, do solemnly vj
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl- 4
edge and belief. j. w. GILSON. 3
Cashier. 3
Correst Attest: *
A
M. BLUM, ] j
S. BLUM, l 3
JOHN LYONS, | Directors. 3
J. C. MARTIN, j * 4
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of May. U iG. I
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND. \
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska. 4
My Commission Expires March 13. 1917. <t
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We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumps
Which have fewer parts, run more p
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the A
“Thor 5“ Vacuum Gleaner (
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines. ^
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