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.
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Well Street.
Give Your Freight Contract to
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.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED, Mgr.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior---Well Heated, Clean Rones.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
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.
GET THE HABIT
Otpbeum Movies
Every Evening
BE A BOOSTER
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A. H. P1NKUS, Mgr.
NOME PROMISED
EARLY BREAKUP
Southerly Winds Have Worked Havoc
With the Trails and Sweepstake
Race May be Called Off.
NOME, April 8.—A warm southerly
wind has been blowing for several
days and it is feared that the Sweep
stake races which were to have been
held on the 13th, will have to be call
ed off. The weather is the warmest
ever known at this season of the year |
and it is believed that the breakup
will occur at an unusually early date.
Miners arriving from Council state
that the trail is in very bad condi
tion and is impassable in many places
for teams.
WILSONSFAVORITE
WASJEFEATEO
PATTERSON, N. .1.. April 8. -The
congressional election yesterday was
the hottest ever waged in this slate,
and was carried by the Republicans.
Dow Drukker, the Republican candi
date, is a local contractor and car
ried the election through his person
al popularity. His opponent 6’Bryne,
had the endorsement of President
Wilson.
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DEMOCRATS ELECT
TRE CONGRESSMAN
i
BOSTON, Mass., April 8. James 1
Gillivan, the Democratic candidate in
the congressional light, was elected
yesterday with a majority of 4,000.
The tight was one of the warmest ever!
witnessed in the state, as many of ;
the national leaders of both parties |
had stumped the district in the in
terests of their favorites.
PROHIBITION FOR |
LAST_FRONTIER
WASHINGTON, April 8. Son
gressman Falconer of Washington,
today introduced a bill in the House j
to provide for prohibition in Alaska. |
Under the bill as drawn by the Wash
ington representative no liquor will be j
allowed to be imported or manufac- j
tured In the north and no licenses are '
to be granted. t
.
McIntosh is making good time with j
his teams to the Nelchina and Slate j
creek.
CORDOVA TICKETS
WEREJCRATCHEB
CORDOVA, April 8.—The election
here yesterday was the closest and
most exciting in the history of the
town. There were two tickets in the
field and both were liberally scratch
ed. Four men on the Citizens Pro
gressive and three on the Tax Payers
ticket were elected.
The citizens Progressives elected
were: E. V. Boyle, who has been
mayor for the past year, J. E. Cur
rier, Chas. J. Goodall and Thos. Da
vis. The Tax Payers elected were
George C. Hazelet, H. A. Slater and
Edgar Davis.
Mrs. J. W. McDonald defeated Mrs.
Rosswog for school director. The
former was principal of the Cordova
schools before her marriage.
GRIGSBY TO BE
MAYOR OP NOME
NOME. April 8.—The Independent
ticket elected live of their men yes
terday and the Citizens ticket two.
George B. Grigsby, who headed the
Independent ticket, will be mayor.
The couneilmen are William H.
Webb, H. H. Moller, Henry Burgh,
A. L. Orlander, Andrew Anderson and
Philip Murphy. Anderson and Murphy
were the only candidates on the Cit
izen’s ticket elected. The women’s
vote was heavy and resulted in sev- i
eral surprises when the votes were !
counted.
PEOPLE TO RULE
SEWARDS MOTTO
l
SEWARI), April 8.—The People’s i
ticket carried everything before it in j
the election yesterday. The election !
was warmly contested and a full vote I
was recorded. The councilmen are: !
Charles Crawford, George B. Hoe, j
John Noon. E. E. Chamberlain, J. L. j
Graef, C. F. Hewett and J. O. Patten.!
The candidates on the Citizens I
ticket, which was defeated, were \V.!
M. Sauers, George Sexton, H. J. |
Vaughn, T. W. Hawkins, H. V. Hoben,>
F. L. Ballaine and \V. A. McNeilley.
PASSENGER ON THE
MARIPOSA ARRESTED
W'lien the Mar:p"sa reached Valdes
last night a deintj marshal was a*
the dock and immediately arrested
James Powell on it warrant wired
from the assistant district attorney at,
Seward. Powell is charged with hav
ing touched a Seward citizen for his j
roll, amounting to $87.
We are slightly disfigured for al -!
derntanic honors, but jdst to remind !
you, we are selling those pretty Ja- !
panese baskets at Seattle prices. Val
dez Drug Co. tf
THE BIG PLACE
'
Is Still the Attraction.
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Brunswick Whiskey, per gal. $4.00
Pebbleford per quart 1.65
Old Crow per quart 1.65
Hermitage per quart 1.65
Clarks’ Rye per quart 1.65
Hunter Rye per quart 1.65
Cal. Brandy per quart - 1.75
Hennesy or Martell per quart 2.25
Port Wine per quart 75c
Sherry Wine, six years old, qt 75c
Muscatel, qt 75c
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Claret per quart, our bottling, 50c
Case Claret per quart - 75c
White Wine per quart 75c
Perfection Scotch per quart $2.00
Johnnie Walker per quart 2.00
Run per quart 1.50
Rainier Beer 4 quarts 1.00
Budweiser, 3 quarts 1.00
Greek Brandy per quart - 2.50
Champagne per pint 2.75
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All imported wines, whiskies and brandies in stock—
* Prices reasonable, goods guaranted.
Beer, quarts $3.00 per dot. Beer, pints $2.00 per doz.
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All Smoking Tobacco^ 10c per Tin
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Marca Rica Cigars \
VALDEZ MOST POPULAR SMOKE |
INTEORiDAD'S
BELMONT'S
VAN DYKE S
SMOKECNAFT’S
CL SIDELLO’S
REPRE3ENTAS
OPTIMO’S
LOVERA’S
Direct From The Factory j
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.] j
Independent Laundry Co.
T Satisfaction Guaranteed
X Telephone 66
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Foot Keystone Ave 1
Rotteh Dry 10c lb. J
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Valdez Dock Co PHONE NO. 1 |
[JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAM
AGENT FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
Pacific Alasldj
i Navigation Companyi
I Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.!
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
5 Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on \
the 5th, 15th and 25th,
8 via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka-ij
S talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak, j
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
8 S iattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and ;!
5 Harvard for southern California ports. 5
5 itijihl reserved to chamr«* d.it»*s :md strainers without notuv}
§ B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO. ;
g General Agent Local Agent j
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
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.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
c >rdova, KlluuiaO'oldiv. and I.atouche, Kxplosiues. S S Seward. S S Seward, 5tta‘
S S Lailouehe. 11th: S S Cordova. 2.1lh of each month—Right' reserved to change this
schedule without notice. *
F B. Tracy, Gan’l Agt- Valdex Dock Co., Local Aft
VALDEZ SHEET METAL WORKS
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES
Pumps. Well-Points. Valves 1 Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. /V Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Chas. R. Crawford Wal1 Street-Phone 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. Fairbanks! morse a co
rt M. DieWnicrr
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
PtsMt n cad Mimed
unless paid lor It adnate
When In Seward Stop at the \
COLEMAN HOUSE i
GEORGE SEXTON, P»o». j
StRICTLY FIRST CLASS 1
>'VUATH Avi StWAAO. |
Copper River
Dr&ying Co
i-'rKiimLiaa wu iswiien i*ail parit
of tbf io<e.K>\ Onml Tttickra*
McKInlty tlfift, VaMM.
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