THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Publishing Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez |*ostoffice as second class matter.
What can have happened to the
people of this town? The board of
equalization has had two meetings
and there has been no protest
made against the assessment for
this year; the Chamber of Com
merce had a meeting that was vi
brant with harmony, and to cap
the ciimax a inass meeting elected
delegates to the Seattle convention
without there being a fight of any
kind. Can it lie unani nity of opin
ion among the |<eople, or is it lack
of energy?
The Wrangell Chamber of Com
merce appears to lie the only bodk
in the district with the courage of
their convictions. They adopted
resolutions declaring that Alaska
should have not less than two dele
gates at Washington and that the
con' ention to elect them should be
held at some place in Alaska in
stead of at Seattle.
An election wai held at Haines
Mission, and C. Ford received the
majority of votes for the position
of commissioner. He was after
ward appointed by Judge Gunni
son. The Judge must believe in
the right of the people to have
some say regarding their officials.
The Phillipine tariff will be con
tinued to provide revenue for the
maintenance of the island govern
ment. A law requiring the native
bandit chiefs to put government
stamps on their revolutionary proc
lamations would make quite an ad
dition to the revenue of the islands.
Seward has the edge on us at
last. They have a real live burglar.
The bold bad man will be tried
here at the next term of court, and
the residents of Seward will have
an opportunity to visit Valdez and
see the sights at government ex
pense as witnesses.
The controversy over Rockefel
ler’s tainted money is settled now
that the negro baptists of Texas
liave decided that lie is an inspired
‘giver.
, Seward is sending delegates to
‘Seattle to impress upon the people
theie the fact that the boats run
ning to this section stop at the Res
urrection bay metropolis.
Sometimes the lack of milk of
human kindness in this town
•prompts one to wonder if the kind
old cow is not dry!
^ Prof. Mendenhall announces the
exi-tence of a great thickness of
marine Permian strata, aggregating
6000 feet, in the upper Copper river
valley. The fossil fauna of this
aeries are related to those of the
great limestones of India. The
professor believes that one of the
best developments of marine per
mian in the world exists in this
section of Alaska.
It is related as a fact that high
upon a mountain to the northward
and eastward of Point Hope are
the skeletons of three large oomiaks
or boats in good condition. They
have been well preserved, during
20,000 years or more perhaps by
climatic conditions. Perhaps they
were ancient Noah’a arks, or more
than likely once they resteJ upon
the seashore, and during the grad
ual elevation of this hyperborean
region, they at last obtained a rest
ing place on the topmost summit of
an arctic mountain.
At Copper Center, Alaska, Rev
G. 8. Clevenger meets with much
to encourage him in his work.
There is a white service at the Ag
ricultural station, which is attend
ed by nearly all the whites in the
community. The Indians take
great interest in their services. On
a recent hot Sunday a number
came five and six miles to service
k—Home Mission Echoes!
The common house fly is said to
be the cause of an epidemic of dys
entery prevalent in DawsoiTand
ton the creeks.
Delegates Elected.
The mass meeting last Friday
evening was a very harmonious af
fair, only four names being pre
sented to the meeting and they
were elected by acclamation. Jas.
Fish was given the chair and the
names of Judge James Wicker
| sham, Jas. Lathrop,Sam Blum and
1 Edmund Smith were proposed as
| delegates, and elected without op
position, to attend the Alaska con
! vcntion at Seattle, November 15.
j Some little debate followed regard
j ing the instructions that should ac
Icompany their credentials, hut it
was decided that they had better
be sent without tying them down
to any specified legislation.
The matter of adopting sonn
standard of time for the town was
discussed with the result that a
, committee was appointed to con
fer with the jewelers and induce
them to set their chronometers
with the standard time as received
daily at the cable office.
The University of Washington
, has a short course for prospectors
from January to April of each
year for those desiring to gain
some technical knowledge of min
ing.
According to Eskimo tradition
the curibun or reindeer sprang
from the wild boar, which, like the
great wild boar of the Roman le
gend, was once abundant, and
which devoured men, women and
children.
John E. Ballaine, F. E. Youngs
and S. 0. Morford are the delegates
to the Seattle convention from
Seward.
Fairbanks will have her first
: hanging l>ee December 8th, when
i Vuko Pervovich, a Greek, will pay
j the penalty for murdering in cold
blood one of his fellow countrymen.
Pervovich, after a fair and impar
tial trial, was left without hope.
When arrested he was wearing his
victim’s clothes. He attempted to
conceal his crime by burning the
body.
An Ottawa dispatch says: An
order in council has been passed in
reference to the royalty on gold
| mined from quartz in the Yukon.
The order provides that no royalty
will be collected on gold produced
from claims uj>on which $25,000
has been si>ent for machinery, etc,
within five years from the passing
of the order. It is also provided
that royalty is afiolished with res
pect to copper claims upon which
$50,000 has been spent within ten
| years, The order is to encourage
quartz mining, which involves a
greater outlay of capital to produce
better results than placer mining.
_
New Industry Proposed.
Dr. K'.riloff, the learned Russian,
advocates the erection of a jdant in
South-eastern Alaska for manufac
turing foods from seaweed. In
Japan they make jellies, breakfast
foods, confections and other things
from a species of caminaria, which
are so cheap and |>opu!ar that they
are eaten by the whole population,
rich and poor. From the iodine
contained in the seaweed, disi ases
arising from the stomach are elim
inated, and all our systems require
more or less iodine. That the Jap
anese are freer from scrofulous and
kidney diseases than other nation
alities is owing to the iodine con
tained in the seaweed.
For Sale
Eight lots in Von Gunther’s ad
dition, one Hall, 26x76 and annex
16x40, stage and balconv, two
cabins in Valdez. Will be sold
cheap and on easy terms. Apply
to A", von Gunther.
Notice.
Owing to increased trans|iorta
tion facilities the Copper Center
Mining and Trading Co. will, after
Aug. 1, reduce the prices of pro
visions twenty per cent.
Excelsior Damaged.
While lying at anchor off Seldo
via the steamer Excelsior was
s'ruck in the Ih>w hv the sclmom r
\ olante, ar.il considerably dam
aged. The stem above water wa.-!
! broken open, and fearing a hak-ge
the captain ordered all loading to
lie done in the rear so as to keep
I the how out of water as niueli as
I possible. She will be repaired up
|on her arrival in Seattle.
i Lloyd Mason, a Candle business
man predicts that next winter’s
output of gold from Candle rrcek
1 U ndies will reach at least $.*>00,000.
I Candle is probably the most pro-*
perous small camp in Nortliwestern
Alaska, and its people are satisfied
with the outlook.
I COAL — COAL
C. W Miller, agent, or Copper River
Draying Co.
Commissioners’ Blanks of all
i kinds in stock at Prospector Print*
| cry. Ktiblier stamps for commis
s’oners and notaries.
Summons for Publication.
In the I'nlted state' Commissioner** Court,
District of AIa*ka. Thin) Judicial Division.
Kayak I*reelti4*t at Catalla Before i- i
Ilritton, I*. S. Commissioner nod Kx-otH do
Justice «*f the I'enitv
W. II CAMPBELL, \
I'laintiff. Summons
vs. > For
NORMAN D. MACAI LEY, j Publication
Defendant. j Xo, 15
The President oi the t lilted Sta'c*. to Nortnaii
D Maeaulcy. the above named d-f ndant
lou are hereby summoned to apjA-ar fa-fore
the undersigned, an Lulled State* l ommi
*b»ncr and Kx-oflieio Ju*!irc of the Peace in
Kayak Prvelnct in -aid District, on the “7th
day of November, 1 **•*», at the hour of one
o'clock in the forenoon of -aid dav, at the
Court llou-e In cnral!a in -aid Previ'nct. and
answor the complaint of the plaintiff founded
upon an oral contract for the sale of g .*!» to
you l»y the Plaintiff about November, P.*o|.
And In «as-- of your failure to app--ar and
answer the plaintiff* complain! at the time
and place aforesaid, judgment will ia* enter -d
against r«m for one hundred dollar* and the
eost* and disbursement* of thl* action.
The-TVl<-e «»f thl*-ummon* by publication
I ** made by virtue of an order duly made and
cut-red *-ept. 11. 1 >*.*».
j ‘dveu under my hand this Uth dav of S nt.
lfcfc. O. c. BftlTToN.
L. > i'ouimi—loner and Ex t >fticto
Jtisthe of the Peace,
Mrst publication s-p. It. i«m>.
Last publication <K*toiler *». |<«M.
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 21. p.gtt
To c. Tjosevk* and Herman Mkvkh:
You an I -ach of yon a-c hereby uotitled that
J Lave exp-tided, during th year l *d. one
Hundred Dollars upon eucti of tfj« hereinafter
name l quartz mining claim*, in labor and im
provement*. to wit: The Little Bonanza"
Bale claim, duly recorded In l»o«.k «.. at page
-o»of mining location*, in the office of mere
| corder oj th- \ aid -z Itecord ug District. Un
its: the “Bull Dog” b de claim, duly .ec j-.:ed
! in book <i. «t page :**; of > ,id re-* rd* t , •
• Norway” bale claim, duly :e ••roe : i«s I.> -k
*•- at page • *o of *n I rc-ord*. Ail -i then', ve
i named iaiiu* arc dtnated near the Kcuui t
— ■ : ; • in ' • Vabl . miuing .
triet of Alaska. And that L Jam. - Me* artnv.
during the year 1»|. in ord t to h d -aid
claim* ituder the provision* oi >• 2...-I >t
i the Kevi*e 1 Statute* •>! the 1 11 edS'. I
j *he am-ndment* thereto, concerning ant.u .l
labor upon mining claim*, bing the am unt
required to bold *aid eiaim* for the year end*
;i.g De« emU r ;!*t. p.*d. have exp-iitbd one
Hundred Dollars in annual a*»e»-m.*ni work
Upon each «»f above said claim*.
And if within ninety days of the p rsonal
s rvh-e of tt. s notice, or within ninety day* of
t o- publication thereof, you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion ,.i -ueh exp-udi
sure upoii each or any of a. I claim*, your in
terest in *«:d claim*or in any or either of them
will become the |»tope y of tie >ub- riber
hereunto, your co-muer, who has iunde the
re.,'iisite expenditure under the terms of the
la u,
This notice does not preclude either of vou
from contributing your proportion of »uch ex
penditure upon either of *aid miuing claims
and preventing u forfeiture of your interest in
, eith.-r of *aid mining chum-up.m whi.-n such
1 payment is made.
jameh McCarthy.
' First dated publication Aug. 21. P> A.
Io»*i date of publication November 23, 1905.
Forfeiture Notice.
Alaska Mining and Development Company
If EADtJt’AKTMft- AT ST L *| 1-. Mo :
You MTV hereby notified t at the undersigned
[*“' perform. *1 your share of one bundle 1 dol
lar** worth of work for each of the years of p.*oi,
1A/J. lturt, i*t| «ud 1'AU.OU the placer mining
claim situated on Slate i 'leek, Al-ieka. know n «>
jii- **J*t. Auce.” Said claim W as bi.-ai-i June 22,
1 a«j, Recorded June >. 1'«m, in tWk l, p„g.. n.t
' liisna Mining Kee.-rd*. in Ala-ka. .-aid ex
peiJditure Ua- it:ude in order t*. hold -aid
! * i Vi und r the provisions ..f N i'tiou z.Jl of
; the Ku vised statute- «u me Cnited States, and
amendment- thereto, concerning annual work
on miiii?ig claims, b-ing be amount required
I to livid said claims until December il»i. !•**>.
| And if. at tlie cxpiratiou of ninetv dav» fr- in
the publication of thi- j, ?j,.. Vou iaii or refuse
to coutrib’t your proj.ort j..:/ f such -xuernli
tore a- •;o-<wn- r. >..ur intere-t i.» -aid mining
claim will become the pr-.p-rtv of the under
signed, a. M. Powell, vour co-owner who ha
made the r quired expenditure. or paid for the
same, a -cording to the terms of -aid recti* u.
.... ... A. M. Powell.
>ir-t publication Aug. i*. 19U">.
La-t publication Nov S. 19o>.
I
Anrone ~mdlM* . »kel<-l! and d«*rip»tnn mty
qub-kly ascertn a our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Conmiuniea.
tions strictly <* .undentlaL Handbook on Patent*
sent tree. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munu k Co. receive
tpecuU notice, without chai-e, in the
Scientific American.
A h.nitaom.lr IHirttrwed wwklr. I.rant etr
cu latum of any tu-ienuAr Umrul. Ternn. 13 .
**• Sold by all newadualer*.
"M*£KVrs|e«lir»
R I P A N S Tabula
ISxtor* find
A >:iK*d prescription
For mankind
The -5-cent package is enough for usual occa
sion T e family bottle (60 cents) amuiu* a
supply for a year. Al« dr jggisi* seU them
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
*F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ. '
Office*: ALASKA
Fish Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Room* 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fish
Building. V ALDEX.
Open evening*. Sunday excepted. 7:.**> t 9.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH,
Lawyers
Minin* an<l Land 1<mw*( Specialties.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Swan Bldg. Valdez.
D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER,
Attorneys at Law,
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM.
Mem Iter of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bid?. Seattle.
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... 2.00
Lead - • - 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
HOTEL blLLER.
Headquarters fur Valdez people. lju rooms.
Kales Ju emit., II and II..Vl per duv. Kirsteiass
Restaurant .11 connection. tree Hus. Opposite
l . 8. FustolBee.
w. G. POTTS, Manager.
< os. First Av. & I'niversity st.. SEATTLE
The
Copper
Handbook
A practical book of nearly liMXi page*, useful
to all and necessary to moat men iutere*trd in
auy manner in Oopj»cr Production or Copper
lu vestment
it* facts Hill pas* muster with the trained
scientist and it- language is easily understood
by the every day man.
It a dozen Uiok* in one, covering the His
tory, l Terminol*»gy, Geography. 4Jcology,
* h-mistry. Mineralogy, Metallurgy’. Kinam-es
and Statistics of Copper.
It lists and describes ;t,*b» copper mines and
companies in ail part- of the world.
The Copper Handbook is conceded hr ail
authorities to be the
World’s Standard Reference Book
On Copper.
Price is in Buckram with kilt lop. and XI Vu
in full library morocco. The Popper Hand
b.M.k will be sent, fully prepaid, louuv address
ordered, in any part of the world, without any
payment in advance, to la- paid for if satisfac
tory, or may be returned within a week of it.
receipt if fouud unsatisfactory, for any rea-on
whatsoever. HORACE J KVKN8. lirj Pu,t
oflice Bha-k, Houghton, Mich., I*. S. A.
Do Yon Want Lands In Alaska.
The tjuioke**t, best, aud absolutely safe way
to secure title Is by
Recertified Soldiers Additional Scrip.
I have several thousand a«*re* of this scrlpon
baud. Piece* vary iu sue from .19 of one acre
up to 142 acres.
Special attention given to Land and Mining
practice.
F. W. McREYNOLPH.
Attorney uud Counsellor at Law,
4«dorado Bldg.,
Washington, I». 4*.
keferenee*: 4\>mnierclal Nat‘1 Bulk; Sufi
Hale Pip. 4c Tfu-t Co.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior points. Large com
fortable quarter* with every accommodation, tor
nmn or beast. Garden product* in season
Fresh Milk and Home Grown Vegetables
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. •'! Mile* From Valdez.
workman’s Road House
P. MAGNUSSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse huilt on Government
Trail. Can accomodate *>0 people, ha* large
warm barn for 20 horse* and good quarter*
for dog*. Good meals and everything the
nnisher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
A | Meal—Try It A Good Bed—Enjoy It
White House
.**»* MILES FROM VALDEZ
U. S. Mail and Stage Station
The Last Place Before Crossing Thompson Pass
Freighting Contracted Feed For Sale
T. M» Daniels, Prop.
The T i hell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat,
Poultry and Vegetables always on hand. Best feeding ground
for horses on the trail.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
Willow Creek Roadhouse
• Nafsted & Bingham.
On \\ inter Trail, Half Way Between Tonsina and Copper
Center.
Best Accommodations For Travellers.
Frank Bingham, Manager.
HAY GRAIN
V. T. Co.
Tin- following Roadhouses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the management of the Valdez Transportation Co.'
will be found to be lirst-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles From Valdez.
Rates $4.00 per day. BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
135 Miles From Valdez
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $1.50, Beds $1.00
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
School ol Open All Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Arctiitectiir . Iiruuingau.l A Hay
ing. A—aylng of Or.-., Hullion and Cblor
iuution A.-say. f; iii'.u;■ i[H- A.»uv. Ill), full
course of Assaying, ('*). K.iab!i>h.,l 1m;i. Semi
for circular.
A. VAN DEF NAILEN, President.
ll:i hultou Street, >«n Francisco, I'al. One
block West «»X I’itV Hall.
The northwestern line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicgo,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all {mints East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to lie had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write.
F. W. PARKER,(iencral Agent,
151 Yesler Wav, Seattle.
SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
tyns A Specially
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar, ai..w.