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We Carry tbe LARGEST and I
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of I
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska,being equipped
to handle both .Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS FROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
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VALrDu*, COLD STORAGE CO.,
ar;d CITY MEAT MARKET.
*OIM>. A. L. LEVA' & CO.
tM' FRESH
VEGETABLES
■Wholesale and
•Retail Jloalers
TELEPHONE
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I/ive and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Pish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
Medicine Outfits Por The Trail
(Largest Assortwent of •fSnow'Glassta.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
Agents 0wi Pr«9 CO. P4°0ng
Notice.
The-City will pay for coal -packs
in good-condition and-dry. if de
livered at the Tire Hall in bundles
of 25. tracks must bi delivered
Saturday. Sec H.^ue.-sdorf.-chair
man.
Always ©n Hand -A Tig supply
•of Beef, Mutton, Pork, and (Poultry.
Fresh stock on •every beat. 'Vul-.loz
Market. Phone 29.
Nails, Locks, (Building and Tar
Paper. also large stock. <of other
Building Material »e be bad at
A. L. Levy it (Vi s.
"Have You Seen
Tire new Edison “Home” Phono-:
graph, with repeating attachment,
just received at tiie Bowling Alley? 1
They are jnst the thing. We also
| have'the largest stock of Flower
Horns ever carried in 'Valdez, and
Gold Moulded Records galore.
BeloTe you buy that Phonograph
see us. It will pav vou.
Fresh 'Halibut at the Valdez
Market. iPhone 2ft.
We are-sole agents for Strong A
i Garfield’s famous waterproof'shoes.
i A. L. Lew A Co.
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ALLEVYSrCO- !
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
'Buy and Sell Exchange, Buyand Ship Gold Dust, Accept Deposits,
Klake Collections and Loan^Money on £vpproved security at Low Rates
•f JLnterost
Knight’s Island Claims
Dr. A. von Gunther anil family
have left for Knight’s island to
jpeiul the summer doing develop
ment work on his copper property
[it Herrin bay. Four men will
he employed this season, and the
[lootor expects to have the claim.'
in shape to begin shipping early
next summer.
Information Wanted.
•information is wanted by Alvah
Eames, chief clerk of the railway
mail service, as to the whereabouts
of Charles Race (or Rice) who was
at onetime employed as mail car
rier between St. Michaels and
Dutch Harbor.
The custom office wishes infor
mation regarding Russell Mont
gomery age 28, height oft. 11 in.,
red hair. Last heard of at Nome
in September ItiJO, when he was
hound for Bristol bay.
Summons.
Hi Tic Commissioner's Court, Forty Milo Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska.
Before E. K. Brady, Commissioner and Ex
Oflielo Justice of the Pence.
Janies Claliinger, Plaintiff, i
vs. S SIMMONS
A. C. Moffat, Defendant J
The President of the Cniied States to 4he above
named defendant: Greeting—
You Mre hereby summoned to he aird appear
before the undersigned, a Just ice of the Pence,
in and for the*Forty Mile Precinct, of the Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska, on the sev
enteenth day of July Nineteen Hundred and
Six, at the hour of two o'clock iu the*afternoon
of said day, ut Wickendiaiu. i»> -said Precinct
Divison-and Territory-aforesaid, tu answer the
complaint of .lames Uallinger, a copy of which,
duly verified, is now on file in said court, in
which sahl* plaint iff deinarrU judgment against
you for the sum of ninety-one (9J.UU) dollars,
with costs. And unless you so appear and an
swer plaintiff may take judgment against you
for the amount prayed for, to-wit, the sum of
Ninety-one ($91 .‘hi) dollars, and cost.-*; the order
for the Publication of Suuunoi-.s being made
herein this 24th day of April, Wuf*.
‘liver, under my hand and the
seal of this court, this twenty
fourth Uav of April, nineteen
SEAL hundred and six.
E. It, Hkadv
commissi oner and ex-ofTieio
Justice of the Peace.
Date first publication May 24. 1006.
i>ate last publication June 21. 1906.
Edison Phonographs and 40 rec
ords for sale. Also good violin.
Enquire Home Restaurant.
Balzac’s complete works at the
iProspector Circulating Library—
50c a month.
Telegraphic Items.
Albany, May 23—The attorney?
for Hearst presented their argu
ment to-day before the attorney
general for a recount of the votes
cast at the reeent election, at which
McClellan defeated Hearst. They
claim to have evidence of fraud.
Decision in the matter has been re
served.
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Now York. May 23—Tokalone
won the Brooklyn Handicap bv a
nose under the whip. Dandelion
was seconn an 1 ‘Picket, a former
winner, was third. The mile and
a quarter was made in 2:5 >1-5.
Denver, May 23—‘During the
municipal ownership contest over
the passage of an electric franchise
it has developed that 'bogus tax
certificates were used by‘voters as
an evidence that they owned prop
erty and were entitled to vote.
Henry Dougherty, of New York,
president of the gas and electric
company, refused to testify before
Judge Johnson, and -was commit
ted to jail for contempt of court.
He was released to-day by the su
preme court. An effort will be
made at the hearing Monday to
restrain Johnson from presiding
over further hearings of the case.
Seattle, May 23—The force at
the cable office has been working
all night taking the story of the
Fairbanks tire.
Seattle. May 23—The war de
partment has determined to se'nd
the Tenth infantry, now at'Forts
Wright and Lawton, to Alaska.
The transfer will take place in
July or August. One company
goes to Fori Davis, one to St.
Michael, two to For*.Gibbon, one
to Fort Egbert, one to Fort Listum
and two to Fort Seward. Of the
Third infantry four companies will
go to Lawton and eight companies
to Wright. This order is final.
Republican Convention
Juneau, May 24—The Republi
can Territorial Committee issued a
call today to form primaries hv June
25 and elect delegates to:a conven
tion convening here July 1-st. 'Rep
resentation at the convention will
he equally divided. 50 delegates
being allowed from each of the
three judicial district*. The follow
ing is the allowance from eacli of
-the principal town: Juneau 10,
Douglas 4, Skagwav 0. Ketchikan
|*6, Wrangle 3, Sitka 3, Nome ..nd
vicinity 17, »Candle 5, Council 5,
•Fairbanks>30. Cleary 4, Valdez 6,
■Seward 4, Orca 2, Chenoa 2, Kan
tishna 2. Therest are scattering
among the small towns to make 5G
delegates from each district.
Ball Season Opens.
Kow that the snow has gone
the local sport* are turning to
thoughts of the great American
game, and are 'unliml>ering their
ins, outs and drops, preparatory to
-showing the base hall plavers of
Tiscum how the game is played.
Arrangements have been made for
a game Sunday between the nine
from the Post and local talent. The
old ballgrounde noTth of town will
be fixed up for the occasion.
Lessons in Needlework and Py
rographv will be given by Mrs.
Biggs. Enquire at Ladies’ Bazaar.
Fairbanks Destroyed i
Fairbanks, May 24—All of the
town of Fairbanks f>etween First
and Third Streets and l.acey and
Cushman Avenues lias been wiped
out bv fire. It staited in the af
ternoon of the 22nd in the dental
office of F)r. Moore, in the Fair
banks building, from gasoline
stored in bis office. Heroic work
was done by the fire department,
but it was impossible to-control
the-flames. Newspaper-plants are
burned out, and (papers arc being
printed on job.presses. The N. C.
Co. store was lost but there are su
fficient supplies to .prevent suffer
ing. The federal buildings were
burned but all the records were
sued. Rebuilding will Jstart at
once. There was no loss of life or
suffering. Banks are advancing
unlimited credit to owners of real
estate. Loss is estimated at about
♦2.000.000.
Copper Center Iterm>
The ice in the Qopper River
seemed to he on the move today,
Moating down in large cakes. Some
were deposited on the hanks but
the greater portion went on down
jamming and crashing together,
causing great commotion.
Andrew Holman has a sawmill
installed on the'Klntena, and will
hereafter lie in a position to sup
ply rough luiiber in any amount.
This mill will greatly hasten the
building in this neighborhood.
Heretofore all houses have been
built of logs, and construction was
consequently rather slow.
Jack Relou arrived at John Mc
Crary’s place today from Xatiesna
with a fine hunch of dark martin
and silver gray fox, which he
traded for a horse and pack of
•Siwash goods, and again took to
the tall and uncut. Jack is a
rustler.
A blacksmith shop has been
i opened here by Charles Oi wig for
the accommodation of the travel
ing public. Horseshoeing and re
| pair work of all kind, will he
; promptly attended to. The shop
| is near the L\ S. Commissioner’s
office.
Mr. John McCrary today was
awarded the contract of building
three boats for the Hazelett Rail
road people. Work has already
i commenced on the boats, and he
j expects to deliver them at the
| mouth of the Chittyr.a river, in
' twenty days These boats will he
| used by the survey party tilts sum
mer, making a reconnaissance of
the route from Tarsi down the
river.
-Mr. Neahof the Government Ex
i peri mental Farm, is making quite
; extensive i i provemonts, this spring
in the way of a new shop and other
buildings, and as soon as the frost
! is out of the ground, he expects to
break more land, in all making
: about forty acres under cultivation.
William Klitzke of the Tazlimi
' Roadhouse was down to Copper
! Center a few days ago with his
I pack train and took buck a>.quant
ity of supplies for his summer’s
use. Mr. Klitzke expects to do
■some farming this year in the way
of.raising oats and hay. He has
so far manufactured his*cwn funn
ing impliments which are quite
ingenious.
Bonded Inlet Pteeer.
K. H. Craig left on the Portland
to visit some placer property at
tire head of Cook Inlet, near Crow
j # 1 y
i creek, which he has bonded. The
I
j claims have made a good showing
| with the limited amount of devel
opment work done so far and Mr.
Craig, will, if the examination is
satisfactory, take up the lond and
work the claims.
DOCK BATHS—Open all night
Of local Interest
Valdez-Ynkon Railway.
Col. A. W. Swanitz -of th<
Valdez-Yukon Oo. will return ic
Valdez on the Santa‘Clara. It is
re[>orted on good ’authority that
he has succeeded in mabior; ar
rangements lor prerefr.itwif * t?r
construction wokl- nn Iris Toafc 03.
>an -enlarged scale, aw'd hw® pur
chased rails and Tolling stock,
which will fee-shipped to Vgfde/ it
■July.
•The'-whatf below town- is Tepidly
nearing completion -ami will 1*
ready for use by July 1st. A cren
of graders will he started at once
on the right-of-way and will tbr
largely increased upon the «trrivai
of Mr. Swauitc.
Tl»e new 6ilice<building,iuear tire
end of the wharf, is now complete*!
and the engineers ’inoTed their
quarters to-it this week. Work ot.
a boarding ami rooming house for
the men has begun and the build
ing will l>e completed in about two
weeks.
J.ftjga News
On April tl the three wiastrtri
schooner Marion, -C-apt. Kraus. lie
longing to the Alaska Codfish Co.
•of San iFranciseo, while •attempt
ing to make ‘Corn pa Fy hraiboi,
heavily laden wrii provisions anil
I lumber, was totally 'wrecked o»
j Koslok point.-Bunak island,
18:30 p.m. According to-infernos. -
I tion gained from -eceoud mate K.
i Nelson, as well a* the whole ef the
i crow, it-seems to fee a case of willful
j neglrgewe on tire part-Uf tire cap
j tain, lie being in a drunken stupor.
i'He had been warned of the 'clow
j proximity of the land, hut after
j running into ‘Unimak Cove hy
; mistake, and coming out again, Ire
; was heard to make the etateinertt
! tlwit ho would eithor 'make com
l panv iwirbor or -pile her up high
I and dry. Just before striking, tire
captain wa* again warned of tire
rucks ahead, hut he simply answer
ed, ‘‘Let her go.” Shortly -after
-striking a strong wind tame ‘U|>
and it was-not - many .hours before
the vessel was totally destroyed.
What seems to'be a ; matter for in
vestigation .-was the amount '«f
liquor said to have been carrier.' by
the captain on his own behalf, and
•which lie -seemed very anxious tt>
save. After this liquor-had beer,
landed, others, in the confusion,
heljied themselves lihere-llv,.‘result
ing in two deaths by drowning
•The Alaska Codfish Co. has, by
latest accounts, purchased the com
plete plant of the Alaska Commer
cial Co. on this.island, and intends
to run a large station here, which,
hut for the wreck of tiie‘Marion,
swouhl have been in operation this
-summer.
The Apollo mine has now slnlt
down indefinitely, ataLSupt. F- K.
Brown and his company arc in
terested in the Unalaska mine.
Considerable excitement prevails
in this precinct over the report.of
a discovery of quartz at Capo Jolm,
hut as investigators from hero have
; not returned yet proper authority
! for the report it held t it abeyance
| Fishing, up to two or three weeks
| ago, has been -very good, a heavy
j season being the. result, but is now
slacking up. _ _
Challenges any Team.
Fairbanks lias a baseball team
organized, under the management
of Fred Martin, which issues -a
challenge to any team in Alaska
They claim to have some of the
best talent in the North. Eddie
-Stroeeker, formerly of Valdez, ap
pears as one of the team.
Call For Warranto
Valdez, Alaska, May 24—Notice
is hereby given that I will pay
Fire Apparatus Fund warrant No.
2, upon presentation.
E. B. Wheat,
.Town Treasurer.