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DID YOU KNOW?
The
Valdez
Mercantile
Company
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ALL BOYS NEED SHOES
Get the Famous
BILLY BUSTER
'v' We Have
A New Supply.
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That the MERCANTILE is the place to go?
For all good things to eat,
The VALDEZ MERCANTILE can not be beat.
No matter what the article may be
Whether S. & W. PEACHES or SCHILLINGS’
BEST TEA,
For good bread use FISHER’S BLEND;
We also have SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAM;
On your Christmas Table use COMMUNITY SIL
VER, the best,
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For the Children we have SHOES and RUBBER
BOOTS,
Pretty DOLLS, HORNS and FLUTES.
We have nice new MACKINAWS to keep you
warm,
And also RAINCOATS, to protect you from the
storm.
Of our handsome DRESS GOODS there is no end,
In making up, the BUTTERICK PATTERNS will
great assistance lend.
Our elegant TRIMMINGS, your gown to adorn,
Are both Domestic and Foreign.
Prompt services await you here,
Each CLERK will meet you with a friendly cheer,
And be sure in mind to bear
That the VALDEZ MERCANTILE will treat you
square.
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SANTA
JUST WHAT YOU WANT
Gloves For All
Just Received a Fine Assortment of
KID GLOVES
Will Suit Everybody.
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In All Colors and Sizes.
$1.50; $1.75; $2.00;
Children’s Misses’ and Ladies’.
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Phone 188
CHMIDT’S BAKERY
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies.
Delicatessen and Lunch Goods “"Bread 3 for 25c. Call 156
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AIjIj BOATS AND NEVER MISSES V TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night. v
Buy and Soli Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD.. Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson? Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
_."APCrtAl
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One ro&d—one management—one service all the way .
through to Chieago. It’a the Short Line to the East
v over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask *
J. C.' MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
SAYS GRAIN MATURES
NORTH OF ARCTIC CIRCLE.
| Washington: That crop produc
' tion may be a practical reality north
i of the Arctic circle is one of the in
Iteresting facts brought out by a re
port on a reconnaisar.ce soil survey
of Alaska soon to be issued. This
embodies the results of the study of
the soils of a vast area in Alaska
by experts of the bureau of soils,
made for the purpose of determining
the possibilities of agricultural de
velopment.
i It was found that gardening was
carried on and grass thrives in Alas
ka, up to and north of the Arctic Cir
cle. In auu.Lion it is shown that
the climate and soils of Finland are
very similar to those of Alaska, the
atitude of the two regions being
practically identical. In Filand a
| number of crops are grown at a con
i siderable distance north of the Arctic
Circle
I Barley, for example, is generally
grown as far north as sixty-eight de
Igrees and thirty minutes, or two de
crees north of the circle. Almost
7,000,000 acres in Finland were un
ider cultivation and in improved
meadow cultivation in 1901. That
country has a population of 3,140,
loOO, as reported in 1911, and about
85 per cent of this number live out
side the cities. Crop production,
stock raising and dairying are im
portant industries.
This comparison with Finland and
another with parts of Siberia are giv
en by the government to demonstrate
the poss,.y of agricultural devel
opment in Alaska. ,
WORK COMMENCED
ON SEWARD HOSPITAL
Passengers coining from Seward
state that work has commenced on
the $12,000 hospital which will be
constructed in that town. The hos
pital will be located on Fifth avenue,
and the project has been brought to
a reality through the earnest endeav
ors of Father Van der Pol and the
citizens of Seward.
The need of such an institution in
Seward as a result of the government
railroad building operations was very
apparent and deserves the support of
every person on Kena} peninsula as
there is no doubt that such a hos
pital, where immediate surgical care
can be secured will be the means of
saving many a life, which might oth
erwise he lost.
Father Van der Pol has purchased
three lots near the hospital site for
the Seward Catholic church. The
present church and site was traded
for the new site but the regular ser
vices will be held in the old church
until the new building has been erect
ed next year.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
ALLIGATOR PEAR TREE
INSURED FOR $40,000.
An alligator pear tree lias been in- ;
sured for $40,000 by Lloyds This
now makes an American tree situated
in Los Angeles County, California,
the most valuable tree in the world,
even outstripping the centuries-old
date palms of Arabia. Through the
enterprise of Lloyds, of London, this
tree is insured against damage by
wind and rain.
The avocado tree grows on a fruit
ranch in Whittier, Calif. Last year
it produced 3,000 pears which sold
for an average of 50 cents apiece.
Besides the pears, which are sold
extensively for salads, the owner re
ceived $1,500 for the bud wood. The
total amount brought by the tree last
year was $3,000, which is equivalent
to the interest at 4 % per cent of a
$60,000 investment.
Not only is the tree valuable in
its production of fruit and bud wood,
but valuaoie by-products can be tak
en from the fruit, allowing no waste
in the event of over-ripeness or by
spoiling. The seed is used for the
making of black dye. and any fruit
unfit for market purposes can be
squeezed and the oil expressed.—
The Springfield Republican.
CARGO OF SALMON
TAKEN AROUND HORN.
Owing to slide in Galliard cut,
Panama canal, which will likely uot
be removed until January, the steam
er Windber, of the Pacific American
Fisheries company has just left Bel
lingham for New York, by way of
the Straits of Magellan, with a cargo
of salmon canned at Excursion In
let, Alaska. Ira Cohen, for many
years a purser on the Alaska pas
senger steamers, is making the trip
on the Windber.
It is learned that all sailings by
the Panama canal route have been
cancelled, since Col. Goethals esti
mated that it would be two months
more at least until the Canal block
ade is lifted.
SAYS GREENLAND DOGS
BETTER THAN HUSKIES
A. W. Weller, of Los Angeles, who
accompanied the Peary party on one
of its trips to the north, has left that
city for Alaska where he will pro
ceed to introduce his Greenland Es
kimo dogs, which he says are descen
dants of the famous dogs that ac
companied Peary on his trip to the
north pole. Mr. Weller is bringing
two dogs along with him. He says
that his Greenland dogs are much su
perior to the Alaskan dogs and that
he intends to demonstrate that to
Alaskans.
FOR SALE!—My home on Fifth
street, near Reservation avenue.
Five rooms, bath, large shed, lot 60x
150, poultry house and yard on rear
end of lot.—F. Butterworth. tf
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
| Doing Business As Usual
Satisfaction Guaranteed i | F!,«< Kcvmoiu- Ave
Telephone fifi ! * ■ R"u.d> Dr> 10c lb
Mead's Sheet Metal Works
P LIMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Values, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VAI.DEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Kavlgalicn. To.
PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail frcm Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, £5lh—EVERY MCNTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* lllamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamera Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINUWOOD, Mgr., Seattlei VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, £. 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, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Bllamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, J6th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
p. B. TRACY, Oen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO* Local Agent.