VICTORIA WILL JOIN
FLEE! ON THIS BUN
Kansas City Wili Be Converted Into
an Oil Burner Before Coming
on Southwestern Run.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship company has received In
formation that the steamer Victoria,
which is now making her last trip of
the season to Nome, will he placed on
the Alaskan run, probably leaving Se
attle the second week in November.
The length of time Victoria will re
main on this run will depend upon
the time consumed in getting the
Kansas City into commission after
she reaches Puget Sound, and the ar
rival of the freighters Bennington
and Burlington, now coming around
the cape.
The Victoria is the largest vessel
engaged in the Alaskan trade, as well
as one of the fastest ships in the
Alaska service, and if copper ore ton
nage continues to be offered in quan
tities as during the past few months,
the Victoria may stay on the run all
winter.
The Kansas City will make a splen
did addition to the Alaska fleet, as
she is fast, has excellent passenger ac
commodations and is splendidly ar
ranged for coastwise travel. The
Kansas City has been operating be
tween Portland and San Francisco
for a number of years and was one
of the popular boats on the run. It j
is understood that she will be con
verted into an oil burner before mak-!
ing her initial trip to Southwestern ,
Alaskan ports. ;
MAKING PROGRESS ON
MINERAL GREEK ROAD.
J. L. Jaynes, superintending a
crew of workmen employed on the ^
Mineral creek wagon road, came up ^
to Valdez last night for supplies and j
reports that good progress is being ;
made in the work, which is now near'
ly completed on the lower end.
Several hundred feet of the road,
near the beach, was covered with
gravel and two bridges have been
completed. One of the bridges Is
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Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton,
Poultry, and Provisions.
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AT THE
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The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinson:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge.
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to cue Coupon.
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thirty feet long and spans the stream
bank to bank, the other Is fifty feet
long and necessitated a center pier.
The pier was constructed of cotton
wood and rock and Mr. Jaynes be
lieves that it will withstand any
strain to which It may be subjected.
The workmen have been camped
at the lower end of the creek but
moved camp yesterday to a point
over the first hill and will begin work
on the upper portion of the creek
road. Twelve men are employed on
the work.
GITT OF PUEBLA
MAKE TRIP AGAIN
Will Ijeave Seattle for Soutliwests-.
Alaska on November 4—North
western Schedule Cancelled.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship Company received advices
from Seattle this morning that the
company had chartered the City of
Puebla to make another trip to
Southwestern Alaska and that she
will sail from Seattle on November 4.
The steamer Northwestern, which
was drydocked when she returned to
Seattle from her last trip, is under
going repairs to her hull which may
delay her for some time and her sail
ing dates have been indefinitely post
poned.
It is reported from Seattle that
freight offerings for Alaska ports are
very heavy and that the City of
Puebla will have a capacity cargo
awaiting her when she reaches Seat
tle from the north.
GIRL'S STRANGE SLEEP
attracting ATTENTION.
MACOMB, 111., Oct. 27.—Physi
cians from all parts of the country
have become interested in the strange
case of Gladys Dobson, daughter of
a prominent citizen here, who has
been asleep for more than a week and
who cannot be awakened. Physi
cians have tried every known method
of rousing the young girl, who was
apparently in perfect health before
being seized with the strange sleep
ing sickness.
INTEREST CAPITAL
IN HOBO 601 WOE
E. C. Eckern Going to States to In
terest Capital in Another Port
Wells Property.
I
Edwin Eckern, wife and son, are
outgoing passengers on the Alen. e(Ja.
Mr. Eckern has taken an option on
the Hobo property which adloins the
Granite mine on Hobo Bay, Pert
Wells District, and is going outside
to raise sufficient capital to further
develop and equip the mine witn suf
ficient reduction machinery.
The Hobo group constitutes the or
iginal locations which gave to Hobo
Bay its name, and is considered by
mining men to be one of the best
showings in the Port Wells district.
The owners of the property have
proven, by tunnels and shafts aggre
gating several hundred feet, ab well
as by a large amount of surface
trenching that the vein contains
shoots of exceptionally rich ore on
the Hobo Bay side of the mountain
During the past summer the vein hn
been traced across the divide to the
Betties Bay side where some excep
tionally rich ore is in evidence at tne
surface.
The owners have heretofore refus
ed to set a price on the property, pre
ferring to develop the same by their
own efforts to such a stage as would
justify the min asking a price some
where near what they believed to be
Its true value.
The soundness of their judgment is
proven by the work they have accom
plished, and further proof of their
faith in the property as an ultimate
producer is evidenced by the fact that
every dollar of the purchase price is
to be paid from a relatively low per
centage of the output of the same.
As Mr. Eckern has been identified
in promoting other mining enterprises
in the district which have proven suc
cessful; as he is familiar with, and
thoroughly wide-awake to the latent
possibilities of the district in general
and the Hobo in particular, he should
experience no difficulty in interesting
the capital necessary to put the Hobo
property on a producing basis.
OFFICERS CONVICTED OF: ,,
LOOTING DUTCH BANK.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 27.—Bar
on Oppenbeim, son of a wealthy Ger
man banker, and Dr. Howard Rogers,
of Syracuse, have been convicted of
wrecking a bank in Amsterdam, Hol
land, and have received prison sen
tences. Dr. Rogers is a member of
one of the most prominent families
In this state and his conviction has
created a sensation.
JUNEAU IS CENTER FOR
MINING PROPOSITIONS.
Mining men from all over Alaska
are beginning to look upon Juneau as
the center for financing their mining
schemes. This fact is being demon
strated every week as hardly a boat
arrives in Juneau without some pros
pector or mine owner on board who is
after financial assistance. They re
alize that the heads of the big com
panies are in touch with the large
capitalist centers of the east, Salt
Lake, Denver, New York and Boston,
and that if a mining property receives
the approval of any of them the mon
ay can easily be raised to'handle the
proposition. Capital is looking to
Alaska for mining investments and
the men on the ground have the ad
vantage. Every mail brings its quo
ta of descriptions of mining proper
ties and terms, asking for an investi
gation.
That the Alaska Gastlneau com
pany and the Jackling interests are
in the market for mining properties
to develop is indicated by the fact
that the company geologist is kept
constantly on the go. Before the
Jackling people invaded the Alaskan
field there was little chance of get
ting capital in Alaska for prospects.
But the Jackling interests and other
large companies now operating in and
around Juneau are ready to give any
prospector or mining man a hearing
on what he has to offer.—Alaska and
Northwest Mining Journal.
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and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
Ladies’ buttons made from your
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snd Cheese. Phone 32." tf
The Eagles Old-time ’98 dance
next Saturday evening will be some
thing different from anything the
newcomers have ever seen and will
make the sourdoughs feel that the
days of their youth are being renew
ed.
] YOU want
i not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Oct. 26, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.356
Temperature 7 p. m.28
Maximum temperature.27
Minimum temperature .16
Mean temperature .26
Partly cloudy, wind northeast six
miles.
Interior Weather.
Fairbanks, 13 above, 4 inches snow,
cloudy, calm.
Salcha, zero, 5 inches snow, calm,
cloudy, trail fair.
Richardson, 12 above, 23 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good
McCarty, 2 above, 6 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, 2 below, 10 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCallum, zero, 36 inches snow,
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s, zero, 14 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 1 below, 8 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Gulkana, 9 above, 6 inches snow;
cloudy, light wind, trail fair.
Copper Center, 15 above, 7 inches
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Tonsina, 14 above, 2 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell, 11 above, 6 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Beaven Dam, 10 above, 12 inches
of snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Wortman’s, 20 above, 1 inch of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Change Tonight.
Entire change of program tonight
at the Liberty Thearte. Spend the
evening in a warm, steam-heated,
comfortable place. Among the early
attractions coming to that theatre,
are; Lillian Russel in “Wildfire,” 6
acts; Charles Chaplin, the great fun
maker, and "Across the Pacific,” in
five acts.
WANTED—Capable woman for
general housework. Address Box 85,
City.tf_
LIBERTY THEATRE
Steam Heated-Comfortable
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL » P. M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
Jack Callin_• • Proprietor
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions (or high and low water
aie taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is use^ be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Wednesday, October 27, 1915.
High, 2:46 a. m-, 9.6; 1:62 p. m.,
11.8.
Low, 7:46 a. m., 3.6; 9:04 p. m.,
0.6.
Thursday, October 20, 1915.
High, 3:30 a. m., 9.1; 2:29 p. m„
11.3.
Low, 8:22 a. m., 4.0; 9:41 p. m.,
1.0.
Friday, October 29, 1915
High, 4:29 a. m„ 8.8; 3:13 p. m.,
10.8.
Low, 10:08 a. m., 4.7; 11:40 p. m.,
1.8.
Saturday, October 30, 1915.
High, 6:46 a. m., 8.6; 4:13 p. m„
10.2.
Low, 11:40 a. m., 4.8. -
9.7.
Sunday, October 81, 1915.
Low, 9:06 a. m., 4.4; 10:36 p. m.,
1.5.
High, 7:04 a. m., 8.9; 6:37 p. m.,
Send the Folks in the Old Country
Your Christmas Present NOW!
MONEY 18 CHEAP IN EUROPE—
WE SELL EUROPEAN CHECKS AS FOLLOWS:
926.80 will bay 100 Kronor on Norway.
, $26.80 will buy 100 Kronor on Sweden. *
$20.30 will buy 100 Kronor on Denmark. (
$16.20 will buy lOO Lire on Italy. 1
$20.05 will buy 100 Marks on Germany.
$17.45 will buy 100 Francs on France.
$15.80 will buy 100 Flnmafks on Finland.
$15.88 will buy 100 Kronor on Austria.
RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Our Rates are About Ten Per cent Less than
the Post Office Charges.
The First Bank of Valdez
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
The Pinzon
Cor. McKinley and Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Finest Pool and Billiard Room
In Alaska.
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We handle only the Best
Cigars and Tobaccos.
Haas and Vogan Candies.
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co. mmhe wo. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street v -
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The “light” Fantastic
Tango down here and let us
give ydu some light on the sub
ject of EDISON MAZDA Lamps
and you’ll feel no Hesitation
about dancing back home with
a full equipment of
EDISON
MAZDA LAMPS
They give three times as much light
as old-style Carbon lamps—with the
aama amount of electricity. Put one in
every lamp socket In yoqPbome* office*
store or factory.
Let us show you.
Alaska
Water,
Light and
Telephone
i
Company
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these dart being used to
eieen hellers.