On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit uour account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
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VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TELE. CO.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
You are hereby notified that I
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred and thirty
three dollars and thirty-three
eeuts, lawful money oi the Unit
ed States, in labor and improve
ments, upon your two-ninths in
terest in those certain lode claim-s
lying and being on Knights Is
land, in the recording precinct of
Valdez, Alaska, which are known
as and called the “Shamrock”
claim; the “Tramp" claim; the
“Star No. 2” claim: the “Mother
Hill” claim; the "Beach” claim,
and the “Last Chance” claim,’ the
location notices of said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdes, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 3ist
day of December, 4912.
And unless within ninety days
after the completion of the publi
cation of thi9 notice, to-wit: with
in ninety days after the 6th day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing said an-;
nual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of one hundred
and thirty-three dollars and thir
ty-three cents, your interest m
the claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber of this no
tice, your co-owner, who has
' / made the required expenditure,
by the terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
5th day of April, 1913.
S. A. HEMPLE.
Date of first pub. April 6, 1913
Date of last pub. July 6, 1913.
FOR RENT—Six room house on
Sherman street. Apply to Lieut.
Weeks at the Road Commission
office.
The Prospector for job work.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You,are hereby notified and
will take notice that 1, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars (8100)
in labor a^d improvements upon
the “Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in. Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which boQk and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. % Said expenditure was
made for the'jjurpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under-the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1912.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninety
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five cents (818.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the"' property of the subscriber,
who is vour co-owner, and who
has made . the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1913.
T. E. DOUGERTY.
Date first pub. April 24, 1913.
Date lost pub. July 26, 1913.
NOTICE OP SPECIAL
Terms of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at Naknefc, Dilling
ham, Unalaska, Unga, Kodiak,
and Seward, Alaska.
The President of (he United
States of America:
To the residents of the Third Di
vision of the Territory 6f Alas
ka, and to all whom it may con
cern :
Creeling:
You and each and all of you
will please fake notice that by an
order of the Court, duly made and
entered, a Special Term of the
District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, has
been called and will be held at
the town of Naknek beginning
on the 4th day of August, 1913.
at 10 o'clock a. in.; in the town
of Dillingham beginning on the
4th day of AngUBt, 1913, at 10
o’clock a. m.; in the town of Un
alaska beginning orTthe 18th day
of August, 1913, at 10 o’clock a.
m.; in the town of Unalaska be
ginning on the 21st day of Aug
ust, 1913, at 10 o’clock a. m.; in
the town of Unga beginning on
the 25th day of August, 1913, at
10 o'clock a. m.; in the town ol
Unga beginning on the 29th day
of August, 1913, at 10 o’clock a.
m.; in the town of Kodiak begin
ning on the 1st day of Septem
ber, 1913, at 10 o’clock a. m.; in
the town of Kodiak beginning on
the 6th ray of September, 1913, at
10 o’clock a. m.; and in the town
of Seward beginning on the 22nd
day of September, 1913, at 10
o’clock a. in.; and said Special
Terms of Court will continue as
long thereafter as the public wel
fare may require.
Dated at Valdez this 7th day of
April, A. D. 1913.
Pieter d. overfield,
District Judge.
JAS. C. McREYNOLDS,
Attorney General.
Attest: ANGUS McBRIDE,
Clork
Date iirst pub. April 12, 1913.
Date last pub. May 17- 1913.
SUbsorfb* for' tn^ Prospector
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Alleges the Alaskan of That City— !
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Says Men Mining Bering Coal i
Favor Matanuska.
I
l iicIit tin* caption ol' "Tried to I
Knock tin* Bering Gotti,” file Cor
dova Alaskan of May 15th prints
the following, alleging that the
coal from Bering fields was doc
tored to give lh<! Held near Cor
dova a hlack eye and to assist tin;
Matanuska coal fields. The article
follows:
Gossip with reference to the
coal scandal last summer at the
Bering River coal fields was re
vived yesterday hy reason of the
presence in our midst of one* of
the men who was on the ground
to watch the mining from the
Cunningham claims, of which he
was in charge. Roger Sammy con
tends that from the start there
was conflict between the navy de
partment, that was in charge of
this expedition, and one or two
employees secured from the Bu
reau of Mines and Sumner B.
Smith, mine inspector for Alas
ka. l)r. Downey, a physician in
lip. now tliinni'f mttnl wn v; lifiv —
master amt the man on the
ground with full authority. He
had for his foreman a Mr. Wil
liams, who was supposed to he a
practical mining man, and who
was suggested, by Dr. Holmes for
the place. Sumner Smith was
supposed lo. be "present” because
of orders received from the In
terior department. 'He had no au
thority in connection with the ex
pedition, hut people of Katalla
contend that no move was made
by, Williams without llrst con
sulting Smith.
When the Cunningham claims
were reached il was decided to
'take the eight or nine hundred
I tons'of coal that Ihe navy depart
' incut required for testing pur
poses from that property. Sammy
|contends that instead of entering
jthe tunnels and taking from the
I seams of high grade coal exposed.
'Inspector Smith advised follow
ing smaller scams and mining
iwhat the men employed there re
panleil as an inferior quality.
| I hi' work went oil and Mr.
Downey presumed that lie was
j gelling a fair average of I In' fuel
ns il was brought to light and
1 placed in sacks. Il was dually re
i purled lo him that 855 Ions hail
been properly sacked and was
! reatly lo he Iransported lo Still
; water, from which point il was to
he bi'olighl alimil 1<> miles lo the
st'ii. Arrangements were made
I fur ihe overland haul and then
Ihe party returned to Katalla in
((rtidier, and on November 3 final
ly sailed on Ihe Yukon for Seat
tle.
.... .. ..I vrauHiiurt.nl
: \ i Ui n.iui uiup > ' ’ " ..*
as the story goes, Dr. Downey
caught on to the fact that tie had
been duped, and an investigation
followed, showing lo the depart
ment that not seven hundred tons
had been mined, and that much
of it was slack and of inferior
quality, the good grade having
been deliberately overlooked by
orders of Smith and Williams.
The fact brought out indicated
that the latter two were prejudic
ed in favor of the Matanuska coal
and' that they were not desirous
of making a good showing of the
Bering River fuel.
Dr. Dawney returned from
Philadephia a few days ago and is
now at Katalla awaiting the rise
of the water to take barges up
the rive* to Stillwater. These
lighters each hold 15 tons, and
will be taken up the river by-gas
oline launches, that have a ca
pacity of 75-horse power. It is
stated that it is the intention of
the Doctor to have all the coal ex
amined and re-sacked, with the
possibility that from one-third to
one-half will be rejected, because
of its worthlessness, that would
give a false idea of the real val
ue of the Bering River coal. This
will result in more delay and may
cause the cruise* Maryland to be
held in California for several
weeks yet. She is to take the coal
aboard and give it a test for
steaming purposes.
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Word was received at the mar
shal’s office last night that the
commissioner at Unalaska had
placed George Bereskin under
$1,000 bonds to keep the peace.
He had threatened to assault one
of his neighbors.
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California View of Japanese.
We have tolerated, if not invit
ed, Japanese to acquire and cul
tivate a trifling quantity of land
and engage in a limited amount
of commercial and industrial pur
suits in our midst. They are, as a 1
rule, peaceful, industrious and
law abiding, though inferior' to j
the Chinese in their qualities.
They engage in no labor to Iti<• -
detriment of any American who
is willing to work. The percent-:
age of them In he found in .our J
prisons and asylums is less than j
jhat of any European rare. They j
do uni detract from the wealth!
and prosperity of California. ;
Tin* add to it. There are no dy
namiters. or I won’t workers, or i
henroost robbers, or porch climb- ■
ers, or highway robbers, or pick
pockets among them.
If there is a remnant of pa -
triotism and common sense with
in the breasts of our legislators at
Saeramenlo they will make haste
to rescind their foolish action,
and suffer the Japanese in our
midst to cultivate their vegetable
garden and clean clothes and
make and sell kimonos without
molestation.—Los Angeles Times.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Lieut. Edgerton left for Sew
ard on last night’s boat.
Father Van der Pol is making
a trip to Seward on the Alameda.
Lieut. Anderson left last night
for Seattle on the Sampson.
Sam Bright-well came over from
Cordova on the boal last night
with two prisoners.
Don't forget the Eagle dance to
night. Everybody assured a good
'time.
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WATERED STOCK.
'.By George Fitch.)
| Watered stock is a method of
| making wealth swell.
Watering stock is more profit
able than watering deserts or gar
dens or cattle, just before de
livery. The profits of a gold brick
peddler in a district which hasn’t
time to read newspapers are trifl
ing beside the profits of a cap
tain of industry and guardian of
jour national prosperity, when he
begins making two shares of stock
i grow where only one had been hr
| fore.
1' Stock is mil watered with a
; fountain, hut with a fountain pen.
i if the proprietor of a railroad
capitalized at s50,<rtf(i.(Mlo looks
lover ils stock and decides that its
gelling dry and season cracked,
he moistens il up by issuing an
!oihrc liftv million dollars worth
'of slock. The money which is
goll.cn from Ibis stock naturally
‘belongs I" I he holders of the old
slock. Thus '•very share of slock
has swelled into two shares, and
I he general manage*!' is ordered
to lake one section hand out of
each crew and extinguish the
switch lamps an hour earlier each
i morning, in order to save enough
money to pay the extra dividends,
j Stock can only be watered suc
'cessfully in time of great pros
jperily, when the company which
is going to get soaked is earn
ing a great deal of money. After
the stock has been watered limes
often become harder, and the rail
road, in order to pay its dividends,
must increase its rates. Some
people are so wicked as to insist
that this should not be done, but
they are agitators, and have no
respect for vested wealth.
watered siock iias u^u a Bit-av.
blessing to this country, increas
ing the value and magnificence of
private residences in New York,
and enabling us to introduce the
justly celebrated American Duch
ess in all the courts of Europe.
In the good old days, when the
financial rainfall was greater
than it is now, a man could start
with a branch line road worth
$50,000, and by judicially bond
ing and watering the same, could
in time, purchase a transconti
nental system before the one lo
comotive of the original road was
sold for taxes. But a cruel and
ruthless public has objected to
paying higher rates every time the
president or afailroad owner gets
social ambitions, and it looks very
much as if in Che bleak henceforth
the preferred and common stock
of our glorious republic would
have to thirts in vain.
Don’t forget the Eagle dance to
night. Everybody assured a good
tim'd._
TIDE TABLES
Saturday, May 17.
High tide, 10:09 a. m., 10:07 p. m.
Low tide. 4:04 a. m., 3:53 p. in.
Sunday, May 18. ‘
High tide. 11:03 a. m., 10*45 p. m.
Low tide, 1:49 a. m., 4r3S p. m.
A M. Dierinjfer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid ter in advance
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop,
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
! PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
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Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office iniWhaKng building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
I DR. GERMAN
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Phone .9 THE DENTIST
I Office room9 over owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
L V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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SEWARD, - ALASKA
E. E. RITCHIE
I. A- \Y V E U
PHON’K iso Valdez, Alaska
C. L. dUMNLLL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3) VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOES. ALASKA J
Rarorts am Mimmm
Rataat Surveys
Qamssal. Mieies B ewe a arims
Rhoem Wo. km
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Depaty Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. phone. i«t
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE Wo. 1071
Meet every Friday. So. m- Ea*K Ha)
Valdez Lodge.
No 168.
Free and AooeDted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patten *»n,.W. M
C. C Remolds. Sec
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'elook In
Eagle Rail. All members are requested to
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