yf]LL kinds of shoes
=for men
=for women
—for children
at a big discount during March.
From 25 to 60 per cent off.
This does not include the Packard Shoes tor Men.
Valdez Mercantile Co. inc.
Successors to
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
This Space Is Reserved for the
Valdez Bank & Trust
NOTICE of FON^EITUNE- £ j
To Charles R. Crawford and Geo.
B. McMullen, their heirs and
administrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended the sum of six
hundred ($600) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the fol
lowing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The Valdez claim No. i,
recorded in book No. 1, page 97;
Valdez mining claim No. 2, re
corded in book No. 1, page 98;
Valdez claim No. 3, recorded in
book No. 2, page 19; Valdez claim
No. 4, recorded in book No. 2, page
18; North Star claim No. 1, re
corded in book 2, page 20; North
Star claim No. 2, recorded in book
2, page 21, all records of the Val
dez Mining District, Territory of
Alaska. Said mining claims be
ing near Mineral creek, about one
and one-half miles from Valdez
bav, in the recording district
aforesaid. Proof of said expendi
ture appearing by affidavit, filed
on the 31st day of December,
1912. The sum of six hundred
($600) dollars expended being the
amount required to hold the said
claims for the year 1912, and if,
within 90 davs after this publi
cation you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion each of
two hundred; ($200) dollars, being
i.he sum of $33.33 for each of said
claims, your interest in said
claims, for which you fail to con
tribute your said proportion of
expenditure for annual labor, will
become the property of the under
signed co-owner under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the Un
ited States.
GEORGE 11. MERRIFIELD.
First pub. Feb. 4. 1913.
Last pjib. M^y 8, .1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. ;
To John McPherson, his heirs,
administrators, and to all
whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $100 in labor and
improvements upon the “Rark"
lode mining claim, situated about
two miles N. E. of Shoup bay and
S. E. of Shoup glacier, in the Val
dez Recording District, Territory
of Alaska, the location certificate
of which said claim is of record
in Book 2 Of Records, page 392, in
th» office of the recorder of the
recording ditsrict aforesaid,
proof of said expenditure appear
ing by affidavit filed on Decem
be. 28, 1912, in the office of the
recorder aforesaid; that being
•SI00 per year, the amount re
quired to hold said claim for the
year ending December 31, 1912.
And if, within ninety days after
Ibis notice by publication, you
fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion ($50) your interests
in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under
Section 2324. Revised Statutes of
the United Slates.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
Reinke can fix anything from a
watch down.
Oentle horse and comfortable
cutter for r«yit by day or hody.
Rale reasonable. Apply Fred
Fish, 'phem* 47. ■ » l?Mi
I NOTICE OF FOWFEITUBE.
I To Alex. Nelson, his heirs, admin
istrators, and to all whom it
may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended four hundred dol
lars ($400) in labor and improve-;
ments upon the Last Chance No.'
f and Last Chance No. 2 lodes,
situate in Shoup bay near the en
trance thereof, Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the
location certificates of said claims
being of record in the office of the
U. S. commissioner at Valdez,
Alaska. Said expenditure was
'made in order to hold said claims
! under the provisions of the laws
| of the United States and of this
territory, said amount being $200
I per year, the amount required to
hold the claims for the years end
ing December.3f, 1911, and De
c mber 31, 1912. And if, within
ninety (90) days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion
($200, being $100 for each of said
ears) your interest in said claims
will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, under
Section 2324, Revised Statutes of
the United States.
WM. KOCH.
Date of first pub. Jan. 24, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 24, 1913.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Frank Rease, his heirs, ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended $300 in labor and
improvements upon the follow
ing named lode mining claims,
to-wit: The “Two Friends No.
I,” “Two Friends No. 2,” and
“Two Friends No. 3,V the loca
tion certificates of which said
lode claims are of record in Book
2 of Records, pages 377, 377 and
316, respectively, in the office of
the Recorder for the Valdez Re
cording Distfict, Territory of
Alaska, said lode claims being
situated on the west side of
Shoup glacier* about six miles
from Shoup bay, in the recording
district aforesaid, proof of said
expenditure, appearing by affi
davit filed on December 28, 1912,
in the office of the recorder
aforesaid; that being $300 per
vear, the amount required to hold
said claims for the year ending
December 31, 1912. And if,
within ninety days after this no
tice by publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your pro
portion ($75, being $25 for each
of said claims), your interests in
said claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under Sec
tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the
United States.
JOHN PAULE.
First pub. January 11, 1913.
Last pub. April 15. 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL.
ACCOUNT.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of Hie estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.—Notice
of hearing of final account.
Notice is, hereby, given that An
gus Chisholm, administrator of j
the estate of Hardin Smith, de- j
ceased, has rendered and pre- |
sehted for settlement and filed
las final account and report of his
administration of the said estate,
land that Tuesday, the (5th day of
[May, 1913, at the hour of two
o’clock p. m., of said day, at the
| office of Thos. R. Shepard, ex of
ilicio judge in probate of the Val-'
jdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court as the time and place
I of .settlement of said final ac
count and report, at which lime
and place any person interested
in said estate may appear and
tile objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of March, 1913.
ANGGUS CHISHOLM.
Administrator of the estate of
Hardin Smith, deceased.
Date of first pub. March 1. ’13.
Date of last pub. May 5, 1913.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
lu the Commissioner’s Courl for
th*! Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, at; Valdez.-In Probate.
In. (he matter of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased_Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the !
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of W. G. Stull, deceased, t--> i
the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the sara
deceased, to exhibit them w-*h
the necessary vouchers, within -si?
months after the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at his place of busi
ness, namely the office of the
Valdez Mercantile Co., at Valdez,
Alaska, the same being the place
for the transaction of the bind
ness of said estate, in the said
town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
27th day of February, 1913.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the estate of W.
C. Stull, deceased;
Date of first pub. Feb. 27, 1913.
Date of last pubvMarch 28, T3.
To the Public.
We hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the) public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
LOST—An A. B. button with
diamond setting. Finder please
return to Al. White and receive
reward.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glam, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
i
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents fair Fairbanks, Mono * Co.
Conley, McChesney and Morton
|
Sell to W. F. Lows, Who
Will Develop. |
\V. \l. Conley, I lie I’oi'l Well
miner, sold this morning his in
terest in I l’ claims, owned h>
himself, Hubert McChesney and
John Neen, located on Avery riv
er. to W. K. Lows, of Valdez, who
will open Ihe property this spring.
The claims were staked a few
years ago by Conley and liis part
ners and they have done consid
erable development work. Conley,
j however, has other claim < upon
w hich he intends to eoneenI rate
I Ill's eil'orls.
! The emisideral ion is not given.
!
Nitroglycerine.
i Nitroglycerine does not always
! behave in Ihe same way. One
I day. it is said, this tickle explo
sive will “go oil" at the slightest
shock, while the next, day one
might, if he had the temerity
strike quite a blow upon a can
of Ihe saute substance and live
to tell the story. Nitroglycerine’s
readiness or reluctance to ex
plode doubtless depends upon its
quality. One “run” of stock may
he well washed and clean and an
other may be full of impurities.
If a ran he tilled to the cork so
that the substance within has no
opportunity to wash against the
sides, it is thought, that it will
not explode so easily as one
which is three-quarters or seven
eighths full.
It is an interesting sight to be
hold the nitroglycerine workers
at their task. Usually the build
ing wherein the stuff is made
contains several huge wooden
vats, a few pails and barrels, an
engine, and a great iron kettle
like receptacle. This receptacle
is called an “agitator.” It con
sists simply of a small kettle
within a large one. The space
between the two is kept constant
ly Oiled with a stream of cold wa
ter. The inner kettle is fitted
with several paddles turned by a
Crank.
One will see about fifteen hun
dred pounds of acids, sulphuric
end nitric mixed, poured into the
smaller kettle. A thin but con
tinuous stream of glycerine slow
ly follows; the engine begins to
pant, the crank revolves, the pad
dles churn the glycerine and ac
ids, and the manufacture of the
powerful explosive is under way.
The flow’ of glycerine is con
trolled by a stop cock, the work
men the while observing with un
remitting vigilance the agitator
and tiie thermometer that reg
isters the heat of the perilous
mixture. Nitroglycerine is form
ed by the action of nitric and sul
phuric acids upon glycerine.
When red fumes begin to show
the greatest caution must., be ob
served. They indicate that the oil
is on fire, and should the mix
ture attain too great, a degree of
heat an explosion will follow.
When the inercur.v in the ther
mometer attains 90 degrees Cen
tigrade. it behooves one, not to
linger too long in a nitroglycerine
factory. The stream of cold wa
ter constantly circulating about
the base of the agitator keeps the
mixture cited, in warm weather
iee must be used. *
After leaving the agitator the
product is placed-in the “drown
ing tank.” Then it is transferred
to other tanks and carefully
washed. At the end of a period
of four tumps tin; milky, amber
.linted nitroglycerine fis poured
into rectangular fin cans. These
cans are deposited in a huge iron
safe and the explosive is (hen
1 ready for the market.
Much nitroglycerine is used by
oil-well “shooters.” The “shoot
ing” of oil wells is the discharge
of nitroglycerine at the bottom
of the wells in order to increase
their flow. Nitroglycerine, rather
than (he safer dynamite, is used
because it can be exploded under
water.
Senator Hill returned to the
land of easy money on this morn
ing’s steamer.
Tim Marcum left last night for
Cordova.
TIDE TABLES
Tuesday, March 11.
High lilies, 1:46 a. m., 2:15 p. in.
Low tides, 8:09 a. m., 8:05 p. in.
Wednesday, March 12.
High tides, 2:12 a. m., 2:53 p. m.
Low lides. 8:46 a. in.. 8:31 p. m.
Thursday, March 13.
High tides, 2:42 a. in., 3:39 p. in.
Low tide*. 9;3J'a. in., 9:04 p. in.
Friday1,-March 14.
High tidasj jftM'a.Hn.,1 4:41 p. in.
Low tides; 10:27.a. m... 9:44 p.. in.
■ Saturday, March 18. <
High'tides, 4:08 a. m., 6:14 p. m.
Low tides, 11:37 a. m., 10:42 p. m.
“ME
STILL KNOCKING
Tell Sampson Passengers Trail
From Valdez Abandoned—
| Many Refuse Go via Railroad.
■ Mau> nf I In* pa-eu-ngn-s mi ihe
i Sampson fur Ihe interior bring a
! lale of I lie si rails I hal I lie Cur- :
I h I \ a I > I ■ I. > 1»I e go 1,1.1 III order lo ~r
] cure1 IralTir for I In'1 "Cuggs Iwen
jly million dollar idaylhing" n,iu
: neel ing Cordova and Cliil inn.
| .Judge Taylor, of Ihe blilurod.
and J. M. Hastings, Hie Knyuknk
j mining' uiierator. who arrived on
. I In* Sampson. I el I. along with utli -
er passengers who are headed tor
tile interior, a lale of Ihe i. (forts
of the Cordova people to piewul
1 IralTir from coming' lo Valdez.
Kxpeeting' that I lie railroad
would lie open, hu I w an I ing In
|make Mire. I hey recpjrslr-l the
imanagemenl of Ihe road il limy
iwould guarantee I hem passage In
jChilinn. hul the company refused
| to do so; they wanted them, nev
ertheless, to remain in Cordova
until Thursday, when a train
iwould leave, without a guarantee.
Judge Taylor, Mr. Hastings and
the balance of Ihe Fairbanks peo
ple, refused lo slay at Cordova
and preferred lo come to Valdez
and lake that chance, in spite of
tile efforts of the Cordovans lo
convince I hem that Ihe trail over
j Thompson pass was impossible,
iimpassable, a dealh trap, a trail
of misery and suffering, and
| much more tommy rot.
! Mr. Hastings said I hal he will
| go iii this way and lie is certain
that he will he able in make it
through, hut had he remained at
Cordova he might have to remain
tied up for many days, as the
road is troubled with slides.
IN CANADA.
| In Canada, the land I knew,
when up from infancy I grew,
they’re choppng down the noble
trees, and using all the inland
seas for waterpower for factor
ies, O Canada, fair Canada. In
Canada, where roamed the hear,
jay villages pollute the air with
smoke and germs and things like
those; where once the unstained
forest rose the housewife's hang
ing out her clothes, O Canada,
my Canada. In sylvan groves
where once the owls were fright
jened by the gray wolf's howls, the
! whiskered farmer builds his
i shack and shapes his ugly forage
[stack; the' frontier’s driven farth
ler back. O Canada, sweet Canada.
! You see it all, and nothing loath,
[you talk about your greater
igrowth. You see your beauties
fade away, the prairie flowers give
place to hay, the water falls grind
wheat all day. O Canada, proud
Canada. In lime you doubtless
will invade your Arctic regions
with a spade and shovel all the
In now away so that the greedy
"rangers may plant squasties in
the fertile clay, O Canada, swift
Canada. You'll manufacture
bricks and tiles upon your fa
mous Thousand Isles, and har
ness down the scented breeze that
used to wave a million trees, so it
will manufacture cheese, 0 Can
ada, great Canada. The dear old
Canada of yore. "No man shall
see it evermore, T' e Canada of
fine romance, of wo. dland pomp
and circumstance, of mighty deed
and parlous chance. 0 Canada,
old Canada. WALT MASON.
(ieorge W\ Nelson returned to
Valdez on the Sampson. Mr. Nel
son has spent much of his time
in Canada since he left here.
Dick Walker left Iasi nighl for
Seattle.
FRESH FISH just in from down
the sound—black bass, herring,
red snapper, trout and halibut al
the Valdez Cafe.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying knid Ore Testing 1
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance €0.:
W. H. ClAfeT. R*r«*MUtmY ' '
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
A. M. Dieringer
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 tor in advance
CITY EXPRESS
JJ. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Ouick delivery to all part* of town
at short notice. Will move baggrge,
furniture, etc., at reasonable rates
Office in Alaska Securities
building. Wall St. Phone 82
PROFESSIONAL
E. E. RITCHIE
\. A VV Y E R
• t
RHONE i:<e Valdez, Alaska
DR. GERMAN
I
IPhone 9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m.'Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen years in
Office in)Whaling building ~ VALDEZ
Next to cable offico
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - ALASKA
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska ;
Reports oh Mires
Patent Surveys
Qehesal Mining Engineering
Phone No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. 18»
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. S. McNIECE. Arctic Chief
1.0.
L_
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re*
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows’ Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HHNT. Secretary.
F
o
E
VALDEZ AERIE W0. 1071
Meet every Friday 8 i>. ni. Ea»rle Hall
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Aooepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month In MoKInley Hall Visitors always
weloolse.
James H. Patten an.,W. M
C. O Remolds. Coe