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VOLUME 4, NO. 43 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. ^
Hints Tor Your Thanksgiving Dinner
CW«r--»r m ■■■■ ■
r Toke Point Oysters
Cranberries
Celery
French Peas I n Glass
Gold Medal Mince Meat
Plum Pudding
Assorted Nuts
Cluster Raisins
Puree d’Koi Ciras
VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
01*1*. A. I*. LEVY & CO. j
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FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
33.
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that taxes
upon property within the limits of
the town of Valdez for the year of
1905 are now due. That said taxes
will be delinquent on the first
•Monday of December next, at six
o’clock p.m., and that unless paid
.prior thereto, ten per centum will
be added to the amount thereof.
Payment rf said taxes maybe
made at the store of A. L. Levy &
‘Co., McKinley St., in Valdez be
tween the hours of 1:30 p.m. and
p.m, each week day until Decern- j
ber 4, 1905, and on said day until
6 p.m.
E. B. Wiikat,
Town Treasurer.
November 7,1905.
Notice.
:Owing to increased transporta
tion facilities the Copper Center
Mining and Trading Co. will, after
Aug. 1, reduce the prices of pro
visions twenty per cent.
T. E. Hofcr came up on the fc'nn
‘ta Ana from Seattle and laid over
"lor the Dora. He is bound for the
^C^pe-Elizabetb lighthouse.
S. A. •Crandall, clerk of the dis#
trict court, while on a visii to Sew
ard this fall received the applica
tions of 22 Finns for citizenship.
George Barrack accompanied bv
some mining men was a passenger
on the Bertha bound for La tone In
Island where he recently purchased
several copper claims. During his
absence an engineer has been on
the ground laying out the work
which will he begun immediately.
Miss N. Carstens. a sister of the
Carstens Bros., Seattle butchers
and packers, was a passenger on
the Santa Ana bound for Seward
on a visit.
C. L. Pc-lly, with two horses,
reached here on the Santa Ana.
and as soon as possible will start
in over the trail for Fairbanks.
Miss L Atexandroff was a pas
senger on the Santa Ana bound for
the West. The young lady is a
sisfyr of the interpreter for the
Northwestern Commercial Co.
O. >1. Dutton, owner of oil and
copper property at Iner- kin ha
returned on the Santa Ana after ..
short stay in the States.
Of Local Interest.
The Thanksgiving proclamation
oi Governor lirady reached town
on the* hist boat. It sets aside
Thursday, Nov. <50, as a day of
Thanksgiving.
Morton II. Morrison, in the em
ploy oi the Brown-Alaska Co., of
iladlcy and New York, is here to
lcprtscnt the company in regard
to the Solomon Basin property.
Extensive alterations are being
made in the Nizina saloon prepar
ing for the big winter trade.
Attention is called to the ad. in
this issue of the Rainier-Grand
Hotel at Seattle. It has been com
pletely renovated at a cost of $75,
000, making it one of the neatest
and most convenient hotels on the
Pacific coast. It is the headquar
ters of many of the people from
ibis section when in Seattle
Be sure and see those exquisite
hand painted faces at Ladies’ Ba
zaar.
The steamer Bertha, Capt. Knuil
son, arrived Friday evening last
with a number of passengers and a
good cargo oi ft eight.
Following is the passenger list
for Valdez: Harry Malone, C. L.
Brown, with wife and children, G.
Barrack, J. O. Buzard, M. Stewart.
Thursday evening the Dora ar
rived in port after a few days de
lay owing to severe gales off the
coast, rough weather being encoun
tered all the wav from Dutch Har
bor.
W. J. Warner, who is opening tip
a pumice stone mine at Chignik,
left on the Oregon to put in tiie
winter in the states.
The entertainment at McKinley
haii last Friday was quite it suc
file management have an
r>nier out for more moving picture
films, and will give another exhi
bition later in the season.
•fake Nafsted left Monday with
a load of supplies for his roadhouses
at Tonsina and Willow creek.
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Rvan Goes as
Ryan Works Scheme On Alaskans and Goes as the Onl*
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Delegate. Revolution In Russia Looks
Serious.
Seattle, Nov. 2?*—Dick Mvan.
the delegate appoint!d bv the
Alaska convention to represent the
Second district at Washington this
winter, has been agreed upon by
the other delegates elected as the
man to goto \\ ashington. carry
ing proxies from them. He will
present the memorial adopted bv
the convention and attempt to se
en re a seat as delegate from Alas
ka. He will leave for the Hast
Saturday. In an interview In
stated that the agitation for ti rri
:orial government would la-dropped
ibis session, givingas a reason that
• t might discourage capital from
investing in Alaska. He says he
will wait until eomjre.-s devises
some equitable form of governmciit
for tin- people. I he delegates are
favorable to a commission to han
dle Aln-kan affairs, provided they
--ire elected bv the people, but sav
they are tired of appointive oili-•
einltt ru’ir.ine lids eonu'rv Kvan
will als > ask to hav■■ .Mask;.'! eo;n
mittees app.>in e-l in ||(< ij.,u~e
and Senate, and "i!i use ev rv en
deavor to have an appropriation
made of a million doihtrs to- e >a
struetion «•» roads hi A.lasl:,i.
St. Poter.-hurg. !!»v. ;S—Sevas
topol mutineers a till !i. n. I>ut
as neiler tier nor tii e.niin
ment otliei.nl- are ore of ti.■ tors -
that emi he re.’.isl upon l•.» nmvt
has h ‘en ma-le. Advie •- r , 'iv( d
from I ieia vai I. i. \ in h -'.He that
the insiirit ••lion is ; piendiie' iii the
.Vanehurian e.rany on neeotini of
•poor foa l and unconifortaiiie ouar
i< rs. Agitators are givitur their
attention to the army and naw
"ith tiie idea of starting a revolt
in hoth Ioidies, and getting them
to join the revolutionists. Jt i
Colonisation Company.
llio Alaska Colonization & De
velopment Co. is the name of a
corporation which has trans
ierretl its charier to Alaska, tiling
i copy with the clerk of the court
it Valdez.
This is tin* company which has
had representative:- at A tit ora this
fall investigating the i o.-siliiiittc=
of starting a colony. They have
decided to go ahead with the
scheme and have incorporated to
engage in all lines of business
which can he handled in this coun
; ry.
Tito hoard of directors consists
* i Alex (i. II fii'iorg, Walter
C ut'di, S. E. Ellison, (». E. Rolin
son and E. IS. Churchill, of New
York.
Cold Storage Plant.
The Valdez Market, hy last
steamer received all the machinery
necessary for a complete cold stor
age plant and men arc now busy
installing the same. It will occu
py all the lower rear part of their
large building on McKinley street.
Frank Kckard and John Dunn ac
companied the outfit from Seattle
to install the plant which is of the
latest up-to-date design, it will
be run by a coal oil engine.
The freezing plant will occuny a
srnce 4x1-1 and the adjoining cool
ing room is to he 14x22, large
enough to hold at least 50 carcas
es.
Moved Camp
The V.-Y. railroad east of town
has been closed down for the pres
ent, and the men transferred to
the camp near the terminal, where
grading is still in progress.
Officials of the company an
nounce that a wharf and wart
house will soon bo erect*d for con
venience in handling supplies ex
pected this winter.
Work on Telegraph Tine.
Fair progress is reported to the
war department on the work of re
building the telegraph line between
•Uampart and Fort Gibbon, al
though the weather is cold.
The papers of town had a re
porter at the discussion of ‘‘Saloons
and Public Morals” Sunday even
ing, but the discourse was so heated
that the shorthand notes took lire,
and we are consequently unable to
publish details. There was music
by the choir.
'I’he Delta is frozen now so as
to he safe for travel.
Have you seen the latest in pic
tures at the Ladies’ Bazaar?
YOU’LL SAY it’s a pleasing
line in fine Xmas Greetings at
Stull’s Jewel Palace.
OJve i Nine Koni'-.s.
J. Connor.-, si fin mail on the
Dora, was :ri« •! before Judec l.yom
ami si jury Monday, on ■ ch.iv .
larceny. ilr was ion ml <e*;ite
ami s* till 1.«••*«> to nttH* mouths in
t lie fedora! j:ii!.
lie stoie three caddies of tobacco
fiom llie earner au*1 ilnil in sell
tin in to tl.e m*. reliant': in town.
JVIails For Alar.ka
the jHistolliee ill partment i t
Wa binjdon itas instrueled Post
master Stewart, of Seattle, to ad
vertise for bids for the carry:!1 . of
•nails lietween Seattle and Valdez
and Seward, Alaska. Tlu* eon true;
will I, from January 21 toJum
dl), Pint,,
i tie steamers carrying the mail
are expected t(> make one trip
within twenty days, and not to ex
ceed six day- on each run froni
rattle to Valdez. 'J'lio run from
Valdez, to Seward is not to exceed
one dav. A horn! of $lo,000 is re
ipiired from the company seenrinsi
the eontract.
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Adier-Scliult2
Tuesday evening, Nov. 2Kth, ]
Charles Adler and Matilda M
Schultz were united in the bonds
of matrimony, by the Rev. Hur
nett, at the re- nonce of the hri le’s
mother.
Miss Georgia Ross acted as
bridesmaid and ilarrv Grennig as
last man. A small party of friends
was present at the eeremonv.
The couple will reside for the
present in rooms over the Valdez
Market.
Watch Him!
A Certain Kan in This Town
Keens Watching.
Is he your husband, your broth
er, or your son? We have noticed!
the pool fellow gazing longinglv at
the good watches in Kern’s window i
as he thought of the worn-out. i
worthless timepiece in his pocket.
Doscti’t he deserve a better one?
Hoes he deserve a Christmas pres-t
cut? Then there is nothin*' that:
would suit him bettor than a'
watch. We have them in all sizes
ami grades at lowest prices.
P. K. Kern,
Gold and Silversmith.
Tin* war department lias author
ised Captain Hartman of Valdez to
draw up a set of plans and specifi
cations, and proceed with the con
struction of a suitable building for
almut twenty men, the buildings
to he complete in every detail tot
make a comfortable home. The
space intended for the budding is
now occupied by the old log stable
built in ’iiS.
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C. L. Brown, with his wife and
two children, arrived on She Ber
tha and will make their home in
Valdez. Mr. Brown, who is tin* son
of Mrs. L. A. Brown of this city, is
a native of New York, and is a
newspaper man, having winked for
a numltei of years on some of the
large dailies of the Ea*t.
ex|»i'!(.l that the whole empire
i In- thrown into tlie throes of
civil war soon. The avilators are
■rail t so«juietly that the govern
ment has Ik en unable to put them
down.
New A or!:. Nov. 20—At the an
t'"ai la i'.ing of the stockholders
i i lb-- .Milwaukee rood it was nn
i* ww a.I that llie i‘: i-iiie railroad
■'. tt :t«l from Kvart,
Ikikom. to > Mule, is the property
oi tin* Milwaukee road.
11 .'ivl'iiijlon, Nov. 2b—Senator
' u-innan called on the president
■-it ;.lay and informed him. dur
ii;g a dtsettssion of Alaska affairs,
thai ia would 111is year present the
Aia -ka why. c hill again, in prac
ti aliv the s,,mi» form as lr.st *year.
SanFraneiseo. Nov. 2s—After 20
rotii'iis A:ik«• ( Iwin) Sullivan dc
I'ei'ed Jimmy Gardner ia-t night.
'■ fii.g was i until the last
r,,tind wla n Gardner went weak
■»im "h.
Galena Kay Mining Co.
] : v-i cetu- of t!io Galena llav
-’!i1151:■ (Jo. readied (own this week
i in.- company is organized under
(*•»; u- • \' ushingtoii, ami is
i-I pit a i iz- *1 -it fi\o humlretl thous
and Uolia -. Shares §1. each.
1 in* oi! ■•or? and incorporators
a' -.-i -1:j i• ■ ■:11 k. Millard president
at -1 uvm-ril manager; (J. A. Hayes,
' ice pi; si,lent; Migims Firth, sec
• cic.ry; J. L. Rusk, treasurer and
resident attorney; J. 1>. Metcalf,
r neral council. Tins company
"as formed to take up the 14
i-hiims on Galena Ray known as
t iic Simcnstad iV. llemlrie prop- rty
•or jfHKMXN) and open up and de
velop the same.
li is a hue property and is very
conservatively treated in the pros
pectus. Ore can be shipped and
large profits he made immediately
upon the installment of a tramway
from the mine to the beach. It is
but a short distance to a first class
harbor. The property is now in
fine shape for actual mining oper
ations to begin, and with a com
paratively small expenditure of
money large shipments can be
made within the first year.
A new restaurant will he opened
to-day in the Kanitz building4>y
-'1 is. C. (Island ,y Co. to he known
as the Rrooklyu Restaurant. A
special Tiiairksgiving Dinner-will
be served.
Our office force is on a strike to
day. having inv ited them.selves’to
a Thanks- jiving dinner, so if any
one wants to pay their subscription
or whip the editor, call around to
morrow.
('. 1). Shaw leaves to-day for
Reaver Dam to bring in the sleds
cached there by the Xizina Trading
Co.
As soon as conditions permit,
Captain Hartman will leave town
for a trip in over the trail to Eagle
ami to Fairbanks, prevailing con
ditions will be examined into and
wherever necessary recommenda
tions will he made for improve
ments. Xegotiotions are now pend
ing which will probably result int he
erection of a home for the com
manding oilicer to be built on the
oj posite corner. The ground to be
covered is that reserved by the de
partment, exit tiding from Hobart
street along Reservation avenue to
the water front.
Trail Weather.
Thilly report, turnishi4 by the telegraph
ehlee.
November 22 23 21 27 28 29
\V unmans :!2J 2 3i( :: lot 3 22) 3 21 3
Saiatt 311 20 31 2; 11 20 8(20 19 20 11 20
T< il mil 271 9 I5( 1! hi 9 10 9 1st 9
r<>o iua 1 12 1 ( 1 fll fll 23
< enier ♦ il « 0 0 il 0 f p
11'.kuna 35(0 30 0 20 0 0 019(14 10 >5
8 lOKillt 5 18 18(19 18 20 -1 18 8 21 -5(13
I‘el l a - 2 2 J 25 29 I 2 (1
Fairbanks 10(26 32*9 1 28*28 30(3'. 10 25 6*!M
Coislueluna 37(!s 27(4, 21|‘, 11', 17 >. 15 >4
Fiul column under each dale, temperature,
above zero unless - is used. 2d c»duur 11 inches
snow on ground. * raiu. ( cloudy ! snow