Fine Lines Children’s Shoes
THE snow is going pretty lively and
new shoes will so,on be needed. You'll
find here good, generous assortments and
in the styles you'll like.
Pla Mates, shape of
the foot, best make of
children’s shoes, sizes
from 2 to 12. Prices
$2 to $3.50.
Billy Buster and Hard
pan, good stout shoes
for boys—seamed and
nailed, high and low
cuts, Blucher; comes
brown and black; sizes
from 9 to 5 1-2-Prices
$3 to $4.
Child’s Gun Metal But
ton, a well made good
wearing shoe for the
boy or girl, in sizes
from 5 to 12—Prices
$1.75 to $2.
Dorothy Junior; a shoe
for the growing girl,
with a medium heel,
made gun metal but
ton; sizes 2 to 5. Prices
$3.00 to $3.50.
Boy’s button gun met
al, made on dressy
lines, is a shoe that
looks well and wears
well. Sizes from 9 1-2
to- 5—Prices $2.50 to
$3.50.
Community Silverware Always Pleases j
Valdez Mercantile Co.
V TONY’S PLACE sa*
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
MINING MEN HUE
GIVENWRITEUP
HISTORY OF PORT WELLS MINE
M. G. Thomas, and Son, Well-known
Mining Men of Sound, are Subject
Article in Late Issue of the Seattle
Times.
M. G. Thomas and his son D. M.
Thomas, well known mining men of
this section, were given the following
write-up in the Seattle Times of April
14:
Although not Imbued with a desire
to be known as a modern Robinson
Crusoe, M. G. Thomas, who was
first to discover mineral in the Port
Wells district of Alaska, was in a
fair way to break the record of the
gentleman adventurer who has de
lighted every schoolboy. .
For five years Thomas and his son,
D. M. Thomas, have lived on Culross
Island, near Port Wells. They have
been taking out mineral during all
this time, making small shipments
of ore containing gold, silver, copper
and lead to the Puget Sound smelters.
But it became a litte bit lonesome
on the island with just the two of
them. So they decided to put in ade
quate machinery which will require
the employment of a number of men.
Already they have shipped up 40,000
feet of lumber, a mill, rails for 1,200
feet of ground tram, and other equip
ment, and a small concentrator will
leave for the island May 1.
“Living on the island is all right,”
said the younger Thomas yesterday.
“The highest altitude is a little more
than 2,000 feet, and there's a lake
on the summit. There's no fish in
it, however. We get our fish out of
the salt water.
“There are a few ptarmigan and
other birds. A couple of creeks on
the island furnish fresh water. We
never have any danger of fresh water
shortage. The fall last year was 191
inches. If there was any time when it
didn’t rain or snow it must have been
when I was asleep. We have about
20 feet of snow during the winter.
It would have taken a dozen lifetimes
to have worked on the vein by hand,
so we decided to install machinery
on a small scale to work with, and
will add to it from time to time.”
Thomas reports considerable ac
tivity in the Port Wells district. The
Granite gold mine is running right
along 'and development work is be
ing conducted at Piggott Bay and
other points in that district he says.
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
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SENT ADRIFT IN
AN OPEN BOAT
CASEMENT ABANDONED AT SEA
Vessel Carrying Arms to Ireland
Takes to, Heels and Escapes When
Patrol Appears, and Sets Noble
man Adrift In Small Boat,
LONDON, April 27.—Sir Roger
Casement, who was arrested on the
charge of high treason, having been
caught in the act of unloading arms
on the coast of Ireland from a Ger
man boat, is confiued in the Tower of
London.
It is said that when the German
steamer sighted the patrol boat, the
officers, turned Casement adrift in an
open boat, where he was picked up.
No decision has been reached as to
what disposition will be made of
Casement. He has been pronounced
of unsound mind, which will prevent
his execution on the charge of trea
son. and it is believed he will be con
fined in an asylum for the insane.
JUNEAU HOUSE SLIDES
FROM ITS FOUNDATION
With a crash that could be heard
for several blocks and which alarmed
the whole neighborhood, the two
room house owned by Mrs. Mary
Hilton at Fourth and Kennedy street,
slid from its founuatlon posts a few
days ago, skidding about twelve feet
down the hill. In the course of its
travels the house struck a ten by
twelve shed on the house of Julius
Johansen atiu ieduced it to splinters.
Mrs. Hilton was not in her house
at the time. SK’e was just returning
and was about to enter, when men
passing told her not to do so as the
hou3e was moving. She hesitated
for a minute and the house went over.
The men broke in the door after the
structure stopped sliding and exting
uished the fire which was burning in
the kitchen stove. The house was
not badly injured with the exception
of the chimney and will b’e raised and
placed back in its former position.
It'll Take More Than Proof.
Roe Gilmore came into our sanc
tum yesterday, and after a good deal
of fussin’ around laid an egg of unu
sual size on our editorial desk. It
measured seven by eight and a quar
ter inches. We still have the egg
and can prove it.—The Green Ridge
(S. C.) News.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Led to Slaughter.
Two room bungalow, new range,
electrical cooking utensils, new thru
out. Great snap. Sale price $250.
Rents $6. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
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A. Lavioso, of Ellainar, arrived In
town last evening.
“The Celebrated Scandal,” with
Betty Nansen the royal actress from
Copenhagen in her first made-in
America photo play at the Empress
tonight. She is assisted by Edward
Jose and an all-star cast. Five acts
commencing at 8:10 sharp.
Grant Remington and Charles Kop
pus left this morning for a trip
across the bay.
Quite a Youngster.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
White, a son, aged 69 years and 4
months.—Oneida (N. Y.) Union.
The launch Pathfinder, Captain B.
Smith, arrived last night from Port
Wells and way ports, having landed
its party bound over the trail to An
chorage, and bringing Mrs. Mels
Ulander from the Granite and Ben
Rusey also from the same place to
Valdez.
A fine display or nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co.. ' tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Anything in the jewelry line at
the Valdez Drug Co. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. ' tf
“Jimmie” Lankin who for a long
time was freight clerk on different
Alaska Steamship Company boats,
and later purser, has been promoted
to the position of agent for said com
pany at Anchorage and went through
last night on the Alaska to his new
post.
Subscribe for the Prospector. :
VALDEZ GOLD GO.
VALUABLE PROPERTY BOOSTED
Local Gold Quartz Property Adver
tised by Seattle Brokers—Stock Is
Offered for Sale at 40 Cents per
Share by Promoters..
The Seattle Times, of Sunday,
April 16, carried a quarter page ad
vertisement extolling the merits of
Valdez Gold Company stock, which is.
offered at forty cents per share.
The advertisement states that the
property consists of twenty-three
quartz and three placer claims; that
$160,000 has already been spent on
the property in the development and
machinery, and has not only one ore
body, but several proven ore bodies
with high-grade ore, which has been
[proven by several mill tests. It also
^states that the company is free of
debt.
The mine .» fully equipped, having
two mills, crusher, concentrating ta
bles, aerial tram, etc., and that a big
compressor and other machinery has
just been delivered to the mine.
The officers of the company are
George S. Rankin, of Seattle, presi
dent; H. Y. Saint of North Yakima,
secretary and treasurer; and the di
rectors are Chas. S. Mead, W. A.
Bell and George Kerr, prominent
business men of North Y’akima, and
J. M. Bruce a Seattle contractor. J.
A. McDougall, the well known min
ing engineer of Valdez, is superin
tendent.
Sidney Drake, the promoter of the
j Cameron-Johnson Company, which
has been succeeded in the ownership
of the property by the Valdez Gold
Co., now in the brokerage business
in Seattle, is the advertiser.
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, MARSHAL ASSAULTED
ON WAV TO STATES
! _
According to advices received by
jthe marshal's office at Fairbanks, 0.
i Myers, one of the prisoners who was
{being taken to the penitentiary, as
saulted Marshal L. T. Erwin at the
18-mile roadhouse, but was prevent
ed from doing the marshal any seri
|ous injury by prompt action on the
| part of Deputy Marshal Jack Mac
Cormack and Guard Fred Douse.
The assault, although not looked
‘for at that time, was not wholly un
expected. Myers who has seemingly
! shammed insanity, has repeatedly
i made threats against the marshal and
other court officials,. stating at one
itime that if he could get a gun he
would gladly kill them all.
Myers was the only prisoner who
wore leg irons when the stage left
Fairbanks.
STEAMSHIP PROFITS ARE
GREATER THAN CAPITAL
NEW YORK, April 14.—The an
|iiual report of the Scandinavian
I American Steamship line for 1915,
received here today, showed a net
profit for the ypar of $10,000,000.
The unusual profits are attributed to
the freight rates which have prevail
ed since the outbreak of the war.,
The profits, the report, states, exceed
ed by $60p,000 the capital stock. A
dividend, of 25. per cent was declared
after $.4,000,000 was placed In re
serve.
“Rastus,” he of smoky color and
| musical proclivities, is again a prison
er in the Federal bastile after a few
days of freedom. He was picked up
last night by ' City Marshall Scott.
NEWTON DIEHL BAKER.
N«w Ssorstary of War at Dssk la
suing Ordsrs For Villa’s Capturs.
Photo.by American Preaa Aaaoolatlon.
We have the Facilities
For Properly Handling
Your Business.
We issue Drafts on all parts of the world
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
RESOURCES $250,000./
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REPRESENTAS EE SIDEEOS
BARRETTS EOVERAS
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MONOPOEES CARABANAS WEBSTERS
Haas & Sons Celebrated Candies—
Always Fresh.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumps
Which have fewer parts, run more ^
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on,
the market.
And the
"Tlw 5” Vacuum Gleaner
This is one of the fittest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines.
Alaska Water Light & Tel. Co.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE j
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a,m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:80 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m >~
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.i&
There wUl be no trip of the lsMnch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Don't Read This.
Three room house, well furnished,
on Front street. Ideal for home or
investment. Big bargain. Alaska
Inv. Co. 2t
T. J. Donohoe returned on the
Alaska from a business trip to Cor
ilova.
George Pulver and E. R. Pulver of
the Seacoast mining company, ac
companied by Mrs. E. R. Pulver, re
turned on the Alaska from a business
trip to the States.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
One cent per pound. Love-Whitley. tf