Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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TERMS. !
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month....$ 1.00
By mail, per annum. 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month. 40o
By mail, per annum.$3.00,
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by carrier, to one address
per month. $1.2o
The’Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner by mail to one address
only per year... ...$12.50
Business Office and Editorial
Rooms, Phone. 152..
Advertising Rates on Application.
MONDAY, JULY 21, 1013.
LOCAL ITEMS
The condition of Wallace
Spiers has greatly improved.
J. L. Steele made the round
trip to Seward oil the Mariposa.
Marion Leach is still confined
in a dark room suffering with
his eyes.
The Valdez Sheet Metal Works
are installing the new steam
heating plant in the Blum build-'
ing.
Robert McChesney has yeft,
the hospital and is now stopping
With Rev. W. H. Ziegler at the;
Robert McChesney has left
A number of the ladies from
the post were over this after-,
noon calling on friends in Val
dez.
Charles Rystrom came up yes-,
terday from Landlock bay and!
left on the. Mariposa for his home
in Chicago.
A number of men left Ibis
morning for the new strike and
will take the cutoff at Ernestine
to Chitina instead of going to
Ton sin a.
Former clerk of the court An
gus McBride lofl un the Maripo
sa for Skagway and will take a
similar position under Judge
Fuller. C. C. Page may he re
tained as deputy clerk.
Ehired MeClaire returned from
his properly in the Port Wells
section and reports I he work on
his properly showing up a fine
lead two feet wide and holding
big values.
Olis ftrigshy has shown no
marked sign of improvement to
day and remains in about the
same condition as he has been
in for the past few days.
Someone started a story Sun
day that F. R. Brennerman of
Kaliiila had received the appoint
ment as marshal for the Third
Division but the Prospector man,
after careful1 investigation found
that the story has no founda
tion in fact.
Lentenant Edgertnn is in re
ceipt of a wire from Colonel
Richardson to the effect that the
Victoria on which the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce is touring
■from Nome lo Seattle would ar
rive at Valdez about' July 23rd.
As far as the Prospector can
learn, nothing has heen received
at Valdez which would indicate
that the Maryland will not be
here Thursday as per her sched
ule.
A bicycle rider whose name we
were unable (o ascertain made
the trail from Fairbanks to
Wortmans roadhouse in five
days and (here sold his wheel
and came into town last night
with E. P. Cashman making the
distance from Fairbanks to Val
dez in six days.
Pete Cashman, the roadhouse
‘keeper, is in town and will leave
tomorrow for Wortmans. Pete
says the trail is all right except
the snow slide which is fast dis-:
appearing and the bad break in
the road at the seven pines.
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Notice to Stooltiiolders.
Notice is hereby given to the
stockholders of the Midas Cop
per company, that the regular
annual meeting of the company
will be held on Wednesday, July'
21, 1913. at the hour of 2 p. m.,
at the office of the company, for
the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
MIDAS COPPER CO.,
A. E. GRIGSBY, Sec’y.
Yaldez, Alaska, July 2, 1913.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford Building, opposite Te’.e
phpne Exchange.
S 7 a in to 9 a'm
18 m to 8 l) in
6 to 7 p m
A. Special Dinner S|ylsy» St ,5 VcfoA ^
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
■Day yfork if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
TO ENTERTAIN THE
VICTORIA CROWD
(Continued from page 1.)
•'Seeing Alaska” trip.
Local business men are anx
ious lo give the visitors the
best reception of which Valdez
is capable and at their request
the mayor has appointed a com
mittee lo direct the entertain
ment. A message was sent to
day to J. L. McPherson, who has
charge of the excursion, to be
'delivered to him on his arrival
at Seward, asking him to cable
at once when the Victoria will
reach Valdez and the probable
length of her stay.
If (he time of the Victoria’s
stay will permit, a dance will be
given in honor of the visitors.
As far as possible they will be
shown points of interest around
Valdez. Col. O’Neil has promis
ed to loan the launch Donaldson,!
and Pete , Cashman’s automobile'
and other vehicles will give as
many visitors as possible a trips
on the government road. !
It is requested that business
houses decorate with flags dur
ing the stay of the visitors. El
aborate decorations, with bunt
ing as on Independence Day, are
not expected 1ml flags are easily
hung out.
According lo present informa
tion the cruiser Maryland will
reach Valdez the day after the
Victoria and decorations will be
in order then also.
The committee named by the
mayor to manage the reception
is as follows: Dr. Hoyle, Col.
Millard, II. B. Ingram, S. Blum,
Dr. Dalton, T, J. Donohue. Lieut.
Weeks, S. A. llemple, 11. P. Sul
livan, C. E. Bunnell, T. (i. Quinn,
C. G. Wullf, Arllnir Lang, Logan
Archibald, John J.. Steele, Jo
seph A. Bourke, John Lyons and
A. E. Grigsby.
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United States of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship's boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment
Whereas a libel of informal ion
bps been tiled in the above court
on the 1 1th day of July 1913. on
behalf of the United Slates again
st the above mentioned ship's
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25th day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit- |
ed Slates Marshal who now holds
the same at the Port of Unalas
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to the
United Stales for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within! the waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United States.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to mo directed and
delivered, 1 do hereby give public
notice to all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in any manner interested
therein, that they be and appear
before the United States District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’clcok in the forenoon of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise on
the' next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condem
nation will be ordered.
II. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
Go to the
ARCADE
for tjujck, clean service.
JUlfFRY in:c6nnectjOn
TP/WVCqVI everything GOOD
_ jXcy calun & qp.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
it my motto.
Phone 82. J. A.SPENARP, Prop.
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a bargain.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
CAPT. STAGEY
Leave* p^c'« a W«eW from
yALDEZ DpCK for
Port Wells and
•VAY Por^a.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT.JSTAMEY
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GEOAGE SEXTON, Prop.
S'iRICTLY FIRST CLA££ «
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Schedule of .Donaldson.
Olliee of the Quartermaster
Fort Liscuni, Alaska, June 9lli,f
1913. I
Daily, Saturdays and Sundays
excepted.
Leave Fort Liscuni, 1:15 p.
m. and 5:00 p. in.
Leave Valdez 2:00 p. m. and
5:30 p. in.
Sundays
Leave Fort-Liseum, 9:30 a. m.
Leave Valdez, 12:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscuni, 1:15 |>.
m., and 7:00 p. in.
Leave Valdez 1:00 p. m. and
10:30 p. in.
There will he no trips on the
2nd and IIh Fridays of each
month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
the above will lie made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service..
By order of Lietut. Col. O'Neil.
L. A. KUNZIO.
1st. Lieutenant, 30lh Infantry.
Quartermaster.
Cable OfTice Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your neirs and ad-,
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You 'are hereby notified and
will take notice that I, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars ($100)
in labor and 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 book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining cla.im 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
dav 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 ($18.75), your
interest in said claim will bqcome
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. DOUGHERTY.
Date first pub. April 24, 1913.
Date last pub. July 20, 1913.
YOU who like a light
weight Flan-nel
Shirt for about town
should know Viyella
Flannel— Guaranteed
not to shrink—Your
money back if they
do.
$3.00 to $5.00
Arrow Collars
2 lor 25c.
t
Are good shirts — they’ll
stand wear as well as wash
ing — and they come in so
many good patterns that
we are sure to be able to
please you,
$1.60 and vp
WE ALSO recom
mend the Ore
gon Woollen M i 118
Shirt for the man who
wants the;,best in heavy
or medium weight
Flannel for use in the
hills.
$2.50 to $4.00
Arrow Collars
2 for 25c.
Copper fever I
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKimey St. Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford 1
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Wall Street Phone 159 j
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and J
building papers, roofipg pitcb, lime, ce- ;
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders* *
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds J
Window,, Door*, Moulding, Finith- j
ing Lumber
Agent* for Fairbenlu, Mone & Co.
Valdez Street Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing) Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.;
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
IroL °ipe, Fittings.
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IRONING WORRIES
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE- EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lipbta
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., he.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f f HV/IDCD and Bui,ding
Puget Sound v/ 1V1I5I1<1\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
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Telephone Orders Solicited Frec Delivery
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
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