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CAPITAL $25,000.
4°/o PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps. Well-Points. Valves TT Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. pV Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Valdez Dock Co • PHONE NO. 1 |
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
TO-NIGHT!
EVERYONE WELCOME
FREE DINNER
Will be served at 9:30 p.m.
Every Evening at
The Big Place
MENU
Meat, Potatoes, Beans, Bread,
and Coffee.
Do Not Hesitate. Welcome Means Welcome.
AL White & Co
PROPRIETORS
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You Will Take No Chances With Your j
LIFE INSURANCE j
If You Insure In The
NEW YORK LIFE
Established 1845. Assets $750,000,000.
The Best Insurance at the Lowest Rate
Do not close any insurance till you communicate with
JAMES FISH, District Agt., Valdez, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H.M. CARTER.
CHAS. McCALLUM^rsUHN
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEOROI SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
| Fourth Avi 8iward. Alarka
ADMIRAL WATSON
LEAVES SEATTLE
•Steamer Had 183 Passenger* When
She Left Seattle for Alaska
This Morning.
SEATTLE, March 15.—The steamer
Admiral Watson, of the Admiral
■Line, sailed for Valdez and other
Alaskan ports, at 10 o’clock this fore
noon. She carried one hundred and
„ eighty-three passengers of all classes.
The Valdez cabin passengers are:
Vera Furrow, Viola Furrow, and two
steerage. i
Colonel D. C. Jacklin, accompanied
by a party of six engineers, are pas
sengers on the Admiral Watson for
Juneau, where they will make an in
spection of the Alaska-Gastineau
■ mines. It is also reported that the
i engineers will visit other portions of
[ Alaska to report upon properties
| which have been called to Col. Jack
i lin's attention.
ALASKA COAL LAND
POOR INVESTMENT
George Watkins Evans, in charge of
the Matanuska expedition for the
Navy Department which examined
that field, recently made the follow
ing statements before the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce regarding
1 Alaska’s coal supply:
“Coal from any country is usually
regarded as more or less unclean, but
Alaska coal seems to be particularly
so, If we are to judge from the num
ber of men whose reputations have
been more or less soiled by having
come in contact with it,” said Mr.
Evans at the outset.
"I have spent a great many years
in studying the geological and mining
conditions in these Alaska fields, and
am in a position to know the com
parative values of the various coals,
and also what the mining costs are
and what they should be. I have al
so spent several seasons in examin
ing the two principal Alaskan coal
fields. If I am correct in my con
clusions concerning them the cost of
mining in the Matanuska and Bering
river fields, and the additional cost
of transportation, will almost preclude
introducing these coals in the Seat
tle market in competition with the
coal supplies from King and Pierce
counties.
"When the supply of California fuel
oil diminishes, and the mining costs
of the West Virginia coal become
higher than they are at present, then
will Alaska coal move to points furth
er south than is possible at this time.
“This statement Is not to be taken
as casting doubt on the importance
of opening the Alaska coal fields for
general use, but the greatest use for
this coal will be within the territory
itself, in developing mining proper
ties, where the price of fuel is now
excessive, and thus assist in install
ing smelters for the reduction of Alas
ka ores.
“It is possible also that steamship
companies will find it cheaper to use
this coal instead of California fuel
oil for steaming purposes if they can
secure a supply of good fuel in Alas
ka and also from the local coal fields
at Seattle, for in this way they can
feave cargo space now used to carry
► fuel oil on the trip north.”
Mr. tivang xneu smu iuai, »»,
claimed, the fuel consumption on the
Pacific coast is equivalent to 20,000,
000 tons of coal there is sufficient
high-grade coal in Alaska to last over
200 years.
“Another way of looking at this,”
he said, “would be to assume that
Alaska at some future date will have
■a population of 1,000,000, and that
each person there will consume five
tons of coal each year, or 5,000,000
tons per annum, and then there will
be sufficient high-grade coal in the
Pacific coast fields of Alaska to last
over 800 years. Then, in the state
of Washington we have in addition
an original tonnage estimate of 20,
000,000, so that we need not fear a
fuel famine for some time at least.”
On the question of investments in
these Alaska coal fields, Mr. Evans
said there are certain areas that
would not justify the investment of
- a dollar, and because of the great
t variations existing he would have to
I advise his banker friends not to haz
ard the risk of a loan until after they
had obtained the judgment of a com
petent mining engineer.
If you want all the news all the
( time, read the Prospector.
MARIPOSA COMES
FROM JHE SOUTH
The steamer Mariposa, of the Alas
ka Steamship company, reached Val
dez this afternoon shortly after 1
o’clock. The officers report one of
the pleasantest trips up ever exper
ienced. The Mariposa carried a 'big
crowd of passengers when she left Se
attle, forty-eight of whom were for
Valdez. The steamer will only go
to Seward to the westward this trip
and should return some time tomor
row night or early Wednesday morn
ing.
ANOTHER ALASKAN
PIONEER DEAO
The officers of the Admiral Evans
reported last night that Adam Block,
■postmaster and storekeeper at Sel
dovia, had succumbed to a compli
cation of diseases, dying last Wednes
day. The funeral was held Friday.
Deceased was about 75 years of ago
and leaves a wife and ten children.
Adam Block was one of the pio
neers of Alaska, having first come
north soon after the territory was
acquired by America from Russia.
For a number of years he was in
the employ of the Alaska Commer
cial company and later established a
trading post for himself at Seldovia.
During the early days of mining in
the Cook Inlet district Block took a
prominent part in the development
of the country.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fred. Tracy, general gent of the
Alaska Steamship company, is on the
Mariposa making the trip to Seward.
The big free dinner at the Big
Place tonight at 9:30. All are wel
come.
Mrs. Miester, wife of the Fort Lis
cum physician, was a returning pas
senger on the Mariposa today and
was met at Fort Liscum by her
daughter.
Don’t forget the St. Patrick’s dance
given by the Eagles in Eagle hall,
Wednesday night, March 17. Music by
Reinke’s orchestra. Lunch served dur
ing the evening in the balcony, k 18
A nice line or art pictures Just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
*re have a lot of paper in small
lots of two or three rolls that we
will sell for as low as 5 and 10 cents
to make room for spring stock. Ru
dolph Co. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for 81.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Telephone 198.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdes
Drug Co. tf
Chinese noodles and chop sue? at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p.m. tf
G. O. Relnke, tne watchmaker and
Jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Spring Halts! Spring Coats!
A strictly and most up-to-date line
of both hats and coats direct from
the East will arrive in time for East
er. Watch for further notice at the
Ladies’ Shop. E. WINTER.
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co tf
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Men’s wool socks, 25c; Hold-Heat
electric stove, $2.50, and everything
else in proportion at the Emporium.
Suit-s pressed for $1.00 at SilVer
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Snow glasses 15c and up, at the
Emporium.
Fred Tracy, general agent of the
Alaska Steamship company, spent a
few days in Valdez during the week.
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co tf
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
_THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY;
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Well Street.
Sweet Yakima Cider
Cider Vinegar
The Yakima Fruit Company
Chas. R. Crawford WaH street. Phone 159
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fairbapJic"morse a co
When in Ghitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in tbc Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable'
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
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I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rough Dry 10c lb.
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Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
ARCADE CAFE
"We Hirer Cloee."
Private Dining Room.
The Beet of Everythin*. We Bake Oar Own
I Bread and Paltry. Bread forlSale.
Jack CaUin * . • Proprietor
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Valdez I,odge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
Ed, Wood, Sec- _
, LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Thursday at 0 p. m.
Next door to 8enate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
This Is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, We*
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Only The Best
Smokers Con Now Enjoy
the Best ,
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U. S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company *
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
u VERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kinds
Positively oo coal deliveied
amass paid for la advance
It yon want all tn« news all the
time read the Dally Prospector.