The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-10
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F uneral Arr angements Await Word from
 Relatives m Colo.


 pioneer resident of Juneau and prominent in the business and poh- tical annals of this city. died at o'clock this morning in his apart ments in the Valentine Building here. Death was caused by stony ach trouble which, at intervals. dulx ing periods of the past six months, had confined him to his bed at times for periods of several weeks
 Recently he had appeared conl valescent and only last Monday he was able to be in his jewelr$ store for few hours and enjoyed a short automobile ride. At the bedside when the end came weres Dr. w. J. Pigg, attending physicians Miss Mildred Keaton, nurse; and Lee Pulver, intimate friend and business associate of many years.
 Surviving Relatives
 MT Valentines immediately sur viving relatives are a brother, Jul ian Valentine, Central City. Colo. sister, Mrs. Etta Perenteau. Dem yer, Colo; and a stepson, Philip Cough, who he had adopted, and son of Mrs. Cough Valentine, sec ond wife of MT. Valentine, who is a wholesale jeweler in Los Angeles. Of four wives, three who were sep arated from him by diyorces, sur vive him. Two, Mrs. Katherine Valentine and Mrs Josephine Cook, are believed to reside in Seattle.
 Word of MT. Valentines death has been communicated to his brother and sister, and funeral ar engagements await advices from them. The remains are at the mortuary of Charles w. Carter.
 Heavy Property Owner
 MT. Valentine, besides proprietor ship of his jewelry store, was the owner of valuable real estate in the business district. His holdings in- clude the Valentine Building on the corner of Seward and Front Street; the building occupied by Wolland the tailor, Ordway's photograph store and the Silver Fox Barber shop on Front Street; the Arctic building, occupied by the Arctic Cigar Store and Billiard Hall and the Pioneer Barber Shop, also on Front Street; lot occupied by a sheet iron garage, on the east side of Franklin Street immediately north of the roadway north of the Elks Club building; all the property occupied by old wooden buildings on the west side of Franklin Street between the new Juneau Laundry building and Second Street, and the vacant lots on the south side of Second Street between Franklin street and the building occupied by the A. Zlenko's Alaska Upholstery.
 Followed Pioneer Trails
 Born in Dowagiac, Michigan in 1858, MT. Valentine lived almost all the years of his life in pioneer countries. His ancestry dated back on his mothers side to William Bradford, who came to America on the first trip of the Mayflower in 1920 and served as Governor of the Plymouth colony for many years, and his father was Joseph Valentine whose ancestors came from Ham stead, England, in 1630.
 As boy of ten years, he crossed the plains from Michigan to Colo rado, riding small pony all the way with an old overcoat for a saddle and rope for stirrups.
 He grew to manhood in Colorado, early engaging in metal mining which pursuit he followed until an accident deprived him of leg. He then apprenticed himself to a jewell CT and learned the goldsmith's trade Leaving Colorado in 1884, he went to Montana and following two years residence there, he came to Alaska, arriving in Juneau in May, 1886, and since that time has made this his home.
 Is Active in Affairs
 Almost from the very outset or his residence here, and until a few years ago, MT. Valentine took personal interest in civic and po- litical affairs as well as business enterprises. He opened a jeWelry store here immediately after arriv- ing and continued it through all the intervening years. He had great faith in Juneau, and in the future of Alaska as a whole, and invested all of his earnings in local properties.
 He was organizer of the present Juneau Volunteer Fire Department and its first chief. He has been an honorary member of that or ganization for many years and re- tained his pride and interest in 1t until the last. He is credited With being the father of the Juneau Puo- lie Library, and his activities in the