, VOLUME 2, NO. 33. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903* OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
THE FIRST MAN 1
on earth would never have worn such a scanty costume as history relates, had we been on I
the ground with an assortment of swdl suits, such as we are now selling. I
NEVER BEFORE I
in the history of our business have we sold so many suits in such a short time, and each I
week the sales are greater than those of the previous week. The plain reason for this is 1
that EVERY SUIT WE SELL, SELLS ANOTHER FOR US. When buyers I
are pleased with their purchase, they tell their friends about it. The word has been passed I
along the line and in as fas as Slate creek the miners have heard about those suits, and I
when they reach town 1
THEY BUY THEM |
F'.very suit in the lot is a neat one. They are guaranteed for wear, and last but bv no I
means least, THEY FIT. Prices range from I
$15 to $30
NOT ONLY I
are we headquarters for suits, but also for EVERYTHING YOU WEAR FROM I
HEAD TO FOOT. Jf you feel like j
DRESSING UP I
come in and see us. We have quantity to select from, quality to suit, and in all cases OUR |:
PRICES ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. i
Everything To Wear. j:
JAMES FISH & CO
Cure That Cold at
P. O. PBHJO STORE
P. E. KERN,
* GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
See Our Large Line Of
NUGGET JEWELRY
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO merchant’s CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beet Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices are RIGHT. Give us a call.
Nuggets and Nugget Jewelry
CHAINS, CHARMS,
PINS, BRACELETS,
NECKLACES, HATPINS
WE MAKE ANYTHING YOU MAY WANT
Are You Going East?
If not, a few cents will take them by mail. Re
member your friends are looking for something.
W. C. STULL,
Optieian, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
The Council.
The council passed resolutions
Monday which will be forwarded
to the Territorial Committee of the
Hennte, urging them to favor legis
lation giving to each incorporated
town in Alaska the control of the
liquor traflic, and placing under
the jurisdiction of the municipal
magistrate all cases of misdemean
ors committed within incorporated
towns. This would turn into the
municipal treasury all money aris
ing from such cases. The same set
of resolutions was adopted by Ju
neau council, who are seeking the
co-operation of nil other public
bodies in Alaska in trying to secure
such legislation.
A committee was appointed to
proceed with the construction of a
jail adjoining the fire hall. The
government jail which has been
used by tike town for somo time is
now crowded with prisoners, and
the city is forced to provide other
quarters for their prisoners.
Farmer Neal, of Copper Center,
reached town Saturday with the
grain exhibit for St. Louis exposi
tion. He has some fine specimens
of oats, barley and rye, fully ma
tured, which were on exhibition at
tl»e bowling alley Saturday. He
returned to the Center Sunday.
Nuggets for mother, sister, wife,
or sweetheart, should be made into
jewelry liefore leaving town. P. E.
Kern.
To the Gold Producers.
Why don’t you hare the llauk of Valdez ship
your gold dust to the Mint at San Francisco,
Calif., or U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, Wash., and
get all your gold ia worth, as cliatn gold will
pay a good premium over $17.00 per ounce, and
they will advance yououa-half of the valuation
at once without interest? Below are some of the
returns after all expressage and exjwnae are
paid.
James Fish & Co. - . $17 so per nance
James Fish. Sr. - . . 17 •* "
James (J. Stevens, - . 17 67 «
tleiuple * Dougherty, - - 17 jo “
C. 11. Kraemer, ... 17 31 «
I*. B. Is-avcJl, - - - - 17 31 a
and inauy others. All settlements are made as:
per assay returns.
VETTED STATES DISTRICT COVKT.
DIHTKKT OF ALAAKA,
Third Division.
Notice is hereby given that a special term of
tha above named court has been ordered by
the lion. James Wiekeraiiam. Judge of said
Court, totw held in the town nl Valdez. Alaaka
on the Kith day nf October, 19US, commenting
at 11 o'dcck a. m. and cautinuHig until aU
•neh business as may properly come before tbe
t sort h.'s beun disposed of.
11 has been ordered that aU persona bound
by summons, recognizance, notice, order or
other undertaking or requirement to be and
appear or answer nt'the next term ol this
Court, be and appear at said court at Valdez at
tbe time herein set forth .
Dated Valdez, Alaska.September 19,1908.
... ^ .. A. K HEIUU,
t lerk l. 8. Distrtet Court lor the Diitrict of
Alaska, Third Division.
Hi By E. A. HENDERSON, Deputy.
IS STARTED BY Al. WHITE
AND OTHERS
loltatt Delate
By Poundmaster. Question le
gality of the Present
Council.
Albert White and others have
started suit against the city fathers
to recover IB dogs now detained in
the pound for non-payment of li
cense. The uction is’ brought on
the ground that the ordinance cre
ating the dog tax was passed by an
illegal council during the absence
of the regularly elected council.
Restraining orders were asked for
bv counsel to prevent tike dogs from
being destroyed at the expiration
of their five days in tiie pound.
Argument on tike restraining orders
will he heard by Judge Wicker
sham on Friday at 10 a. m.
Jurors.
Tl*e grand and petit jurors .'or
the couuiug term of court were
drawn last Friday. Foilowuiu is
the list:
GRAND JURY.
VaMei: A W Van Zuu.lt. ttuu Sl,<-lian. C.
Hoy Holds, II. K. Leslie, liursii 1'ea.utfll, A. D.
Brown, Jnnies Mi'll it*. K. \V. Marhoi»t>er, I
Arehibald, A. Hurr, R. Uttlluean. Deo. C. Le nu
ke, James Fielder. I'mraj M. Robinson. Alex.
Olpen. Sunrise: {juuuel MilU. T. J. J»-u-r
i'fitellaz Thus. C.orlcw. Said ov la: James cleg
Atom. A naJuska: Stephen MolvedofL Kodiak:
otto Kraft. Ellamar: Deter Brown. Kavak:
w . J. A hornet hv.
FBTIT Jt RY.
Valdez: J. Worden. C. J. Tinld, L. A. Decker,
C. OsUnd. < has. Johns >n. W. S. Amv. Charles
Jones, Ralph Kyherg. C. K. Wilkes, \\. K. K nit.
O-nar Lars ,n. Alex. Ohlhanvn. W. U Cewry.
J.eih F. Hooper. Kayak. - Willoughbr, Jr..
Oeo. Dutton, Frank Townsend. J. DrertD, J. T
Barrett. I nga: Deo. Revert, M. Vineeut. Ko
diak . Jesse Robbins. Eliuimtr: W. A. Die key..
One of the prisoners brought
down on the Hush is a Chinaman
found guilty of selling liquor to
natives; lie has been in jail some
time and will finish the short re
mainder of his team here.
Por Improving Alaska.
Han Franco*-ft, Aug. 30.—U. H.
Hcnator Tims. M. Patterson, of Col
orado, arrive*! in this city en route
from Alaska to his home in Den
ver. “The most urgent need of
Alaska,” said he, “is good roads.
Another crying need is for law.
Fvery man is a law unto himself,
. and the administration of justice is
woefully slow. The mining laws
need to Is- reformed and regulated
and courts appointed with power
to control the territory. We have
not decided yet upon what recom
mendations we shall make the sen
ate upon these things, hut we shall
do everything possible for the im
provement of the territory.”
That’s Why.
.Some of those who arc opposed
to self-government,say that we must
first wait until congress shall have
given us roads and iietter means of
transportation, which will he fol
lowed hy more people, l*efore we
ask for territorial government.
There is one thing sure, if we do
not get territorial government be
fore a railroad shall have been
built across the country from some
point westward to the Yukon,
Juneau will not lie the capital of
the territory.—Alaskan.
Seward a Favorite.
Although Alaska was at one lime
looked upon as “Seward’s Folly,”
the people are changing their
minds and endeavoring to heap
honors on the aforesaid Seward, so
much so in fact, that three cities,
or would be cities, in Alaska are
now named after him; and when
the mail man of the future receives
a letter for Seward it will lx* hard
for him to dctcimine whether it
should go to Lynn canal, the Forty
Mile country or to Resurrection
Bay.
While the Maiming, Bear, The
tis and Rush were together at'
Dutch Harbor a coal schooner
aliout to lx; unloaded was found to
he on fire. The cutters went to the
rescue, and with a stream of water
pumped from each .the fire was
soon put out.
A CALL TO REPUBLICANS OF THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
Jr»EAi\ Alaska, September 5,1903.
The Republican Territorial Committee of Alaska in obedience to
custom, hereby call upon all those who believe in ami indorse the
principles, and who cherish faith and pride In the unparalleled record
of the Republican Party, to unite in the various cities, towns and!
settlements wherein they reside, and elect delegates to tin- Republican
lerritorial convention to be held at the city of Juneau on the 10th dav
of November, 190.>, anti there to select six (6) delegate-* and six (0)
alternate delegates to the Republican National convention, wiiich will
lie held early in the summer of 1904.
In the selection of the date for the Territorial convention, tile
committee has encountered the manifest difficulties resulting from
the remote locality of many interior settlements, and the climatic
conditions prevailing in ihe second and third Court Divisions, ren
dering it impracticable for delegates from those divisions to receive
notice of and attend a convention at Juneau or any oilier point in
Alaska in the spring time of the year, 1904, awl thirty days prior to
the National convention.
Therefore with the approval of the National executive committee,!
the date named for our Territorial convention lias Wen selected toij
facilitate a general attendance from all sections, and it is to be hoped!
dolegates will be selected who can attend the convention in person. ’
The primaries and meetings for the election of delegates in each'j
settlement and town hereinafter named, should lie held at once without]
further notice from this committee.
Delegates to the Republican Territorial convention have! been ap-!
portioned as follows: ,
ADVUUiy. 1 i
AnvJe. i |
Berners Bay.
Bethel.i
Beetles or Koyukuk District. .2
C'liomly and vicinity. 1
CopBermountain an<J vicinity 1
chTikoot. i
Chllkat . i
Circle City.’ »
Candle. 1
Chenik.„. ” i
Council. 2
Copper Center. 1
Chestoehina District. 1
Dolomi and vicinity. 1
Douglas . 4
I>ntch Harbor.. i ,
Dunda* Bay District. 1
Eagle tlty .. 3
Elleintr .... lj
Eagle Kiveu*. '.'.'.IV. ‘ 1
Fairbanks..1..V.V. 2
Fun ter Bay .. 1
Fortyuikl ‘ District..'. 2
Cold Creek District.1
tioloviti Bay District. 2
ilowkau . 1
Hoouah... i
Haines.._. y
Homer. \
Hunters Bay and viciuity. t
Hollis and viriuity.. i
Hoj»e. _ j
Juneau . .. in
Jualin. 1
Kasaan and vicinity... 1
Kyak.„. \
Knick. j
Koograk District.._..1
KillDnoo. j
Ketchikan.. . 5
Kodiak. j
Kalt>\g . I
Kalrnai...!!*.*. 1
Kkneribkl. i
Koggimg. i
Karluk . 1
Klawak i
Kotzebue£ound District .2
UfftOf. T
.Metlukahtln. i
MHiinnis.1
Mastodon ... ..._. . 1
Nome ... . j
Nushagagk.! 1
Xulato . j
Orca . 2 *
Porcupine .!! ! 2
Pyramid H«i*D»r. 2
Petersburg...... 2
Peavy.!!!.*.! Ml]*. 1
Kamgiart . 3
Hodman Bay and vicinity. 2
Kesumectiou Bay ..
«»ika .
Sunrise. 2
Sulzer and riritritv. j
Ht» Michaels... 2
Shakan .. ’’ j
Seward .!V.... 1
ftkagway. .. . . . . . 7
Snettishftju . 1
Sumdum .2
Sheep Crufk .. 2
Tonka. I
Treadwell. 4
Taku Harbor and Taku Inlet .1
Teller._ 2
t'nga . 2
I’nalaska. . . 1
Valdez ..1...!.. t
W range! ....\\ 3
Wiudham Bay. ’ 2
Yakutat...._.* 2
Yankee Cove._. 2
All delegates sitouId be given written credentials over the signa
tures of the election officers or the chairman and secretary of the meet
ing at which they were chosen, and delegates unable to attend the
convention in person should attach such credentials to their proxies
OSCAR FOOTE,
Chairman Republican Territorial Committee.
T. A. MARQUAM, Secretary.
ITEMS OP INTEREST HERE
AND THERE.
Sate (reek M Down
Miners Coining To Town. Letter
From Kyak. Local
Mews.
CorpKnCFXTEK.Sept.22.—Weath
er very fine, Copper river is low,
Wrangell smoking hiyu. Slate
creek wind-up due in couple of
days. Heavy snow and rain fall
washed in ail cuts on the loth.
Judge Leavell, Kraemer, Miller.
Sandhcrg, Ohlscn and the rest of
the Slate creek millionaires due to
morrow. Rosy, Hr lie Smith. Demp
sey, McFadden, Sprague, Walter
ravage, lom Kenney, La Belle,
Marr and Cot-krill with three bulls
left yesterday. Caj>t. Johnson, Sam
Taylor, A. Ahlhausen, Taylor and
about a dozen more left this morn
ing for Valdez. Tenas Rosy due
to-morrow, iiels Jepson whois on
siek report here is gaining slowly.
Company pack train due to-mor
row, leave fur Valdez on 1st.
Tonsina. Sept. 23.—(lapt. John
son, Sam Taylor and a few others
left this morning for Valdez.
Kayak Island. — The country
surrounding Controller Bay, Alas
ka, is an oil and coal country. The
oil seepages and other evidences of
I oil are found all along the coast
varying in width from 7 miles at
Yakataga to 25 miles at Copper
river. The oil land has all been
staked in large tracts by ntaint 20
different ■ooui|iaiiies. The JunglbLi
company hits about 70,000 aert.-u
and own the ground which has
nowing wen or gusher. 1 hey have
four well-boring rigs on their
ground and are <•reeling derricks
preparatory to putting them all >.■
work. The Alaska Steam Coai «x
Petroleum Co., known a* the Lippy
company, has one rig now lioring
which lias reached a depth of about
200 feet. They have another rig
ordered that will sink 3000 feet
which they will use to deepen the
well they bored to depth of 1500
feet and could not go deeper, their
present machinery being too light.
1'he indications are such that thev
are practically certain of getting
oil in their well by sinking deeper.
The A. O. syndicate owns about
30,000 acres of choice land liere.
They have their well down 440 ft.,
and have encountered considerable
gas, hut owing to ditliculty in get
ting down their easing they may
have to try a new leile. Their lo
cation is very favorable for oil.
Tl*e Cudahy company have one rig
they are now putting in operation,
and will have another one come on
the Bertha. They own 10,0»i0
acres. The Spokane Syndicate
have two rigs euroute to put oil.
tl.eir ground near Martin river.
The Union Oil company of Cali
fornia, has two rigs ready for ship
ment, to lie put on their land near
Martin river. Steve Bailey, of Se
attle, lias a crew of men preparing
the ground for a rig which he is
sending in. Chancellor & Canfield,
extensive California operators, will
ltave one rig on tlieir ground in a
few days, and will ship two more
at a later date. 4V. S. A.
Fred Anderson oti Monday even
ing ferried two soldiers in a row
boat from Valdez to Ft. Liscum.
They arrived without any trouble,
and the soldiers state that Ander
son immediately left on his return
trip. Since then nothing lias hem
heard of Anderson, but the Iniat
containing one oar and his coat
was picked up on the hay.
The school board will petition
Judge Wickersliam for 50 per cent
of license money received in the
town, to he used for school pur
poses. The council has been noti
fied of their intention, and decided
not to make any protest. Follow
ing is the estimate of the expenses
of the school for the year ending
July 1, 1904.
Principal’* salary, 10 mo- .$1,? q
Two Teacher*, salary at #lvk) each . -*’u©
fuet. :..: . u
t-*K*»l*. 1.10
Janitor 3.*)
Hooks, furniture, etc.
Maintenance, repair*, incidental* •"’0
V, 0U