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Ptir Friend The Candlehsh.
1899
The glacier wind howled, and the cotton tree*
bent,
And grub was exceedingly low;
For no boats had arrived, and men knew that
meant
That their b ail* nad b'dte r go slow.
Ho thf pioneer planned, lie figurei aid
thought
Ifc measured hi* outfit once more;
But »ry a* he migh\ lie figured in vain, fo
Hu fo ml it th * same >•* before.
oh ! Thing* looked had and men grew thin;
cir f'lirg’s turn 'd *o malumnt • s'e«,
Th-dr lard r* held one hucon-rlnd, whe
Then-ws from shae!- toeahin flew:
Thank God! The eandletish ure hero
1907
And years went by, and the times took 1
torn
For the better, w^’d wi*hed for *0 long;
Wo had rmh, and had light, and had fuel f*
burn.
We were getting eonfenteil and strong.
But ala*! But u'aek, the dvnatno burst
And the council, on gaz’llne was sore;
No uoal oil, no candle*, the merchant
p >s e sod
Which left us, the same ns of yore.
And thing* look dark, the lights are 0111;
Nii juic*. no oil, wimt will we burn?
All! What is that! What i* that shout,
That comes to 11s at every turn?
TnankGod! The caiuliefish are her*
T. K.
Bratnober Coming North.
II< nry Bratnober, who lias ha
a crew of men in the Tatiana com
trv since last summer, anm>unc<
in the Seattle papers that he wi
go to that section h wav of Vnld*
early in the summer. He mai<»
the statement that the Guggei •
heims will huihl a railroad frni
Some point near Valdez to 11 «
Yukon, starting work this vear.
In 1905 there were 183 prop* -
ties credi.ed with a production o^
one million or more pounds of tin
Copper each. Of the one hundr*
leading producers, one, the smeltet
trust, drew ores from nearly all of
North America, while the otlers
were located as follows: Unit'd
States, 46; MVxieo, 11; Chile, 10;
Japan. 6; Canada and Australio, r
each; Spain, Russia and Caje
Colony, 3 each; Germanv, 2; Tas
mania, Norway, Italy, Turkov and
Newfoundland, one each. Ninety
four of these 100 properties mad*
more than 3,000.090 pounds of fin*
Copper each in 1905.
What is perhaps the largest mas
todon ever unoov red completely
in Alaska was uncovered durine
the Iasi six months at a place near
Circle City by Max L. Lohbrunner.
who is at present sojourning in
Fairbanks. One tusk of the mas
todon. which is still intac* is over
nine feet eight inehe long, and has
a circumference of eighteen inches.
The jaws of the animal still have
the teeth, four in number, in the
jaw. Each of these teeth, which
have been taken oitt and replaced,
weigh fifty pounds.
The switchboard for the tele
phone exchange will he here on
the.Penn.-yivania, and everything
is in shape to install the hoard im
mediately so that the phones will
be working in a few hours after its
arrival.
L. C. Dillman. who ib reported
as coming on the next boat w ith a
large outfit for the interior had
Harry Fitch and C. L. Warner
pro.-pecting in this country last
summer, and it is thought by.some
that the party is bound for Brera
ber, where they made a number of
placer locations.
4 •' - v «
A $1,000,000 FIRE
locomotive Works Par
tially Destroyed
By Fire
Philadelphia, Jan. 30 -A loss r i
>\er * 1,000000 Mas entailed on t In
Baldwin Locomotive Works v»sler
lay by a lire whi« h started m th
|
| mint shop. For some cause un
known there was a fierce explosioi
i i the shop and the Haines sprea<
•ipidiv destroying a sec ion of tie
vorks before they con1 1 he eyn
-roib d.
The P.-I. says tluit a completi
•«11fit for a 500 ton per day coppe
nining plant is on the dock a
mattle and will la* taken to 1 )ri« i
•av on the Jennie and Portlaiu
>r the Huhhnrd-KIliott Mining C<
t’he shipment has been lield hnei
>r some time because the steamer*
ouid not agree to land it withou
n indemnifying l»ond, hut nov
, >at the hay has been charted tin
> it fit will be tftken up immedi
itely.
Notice Ox rorleiture.
To Ous Sponherg:
You ar • hereby notified that the under
1 rncd have expend’ d ?20<> in labor aud tin
irovcnients on ihe claim* known a> tli
•view, t'iit* Paw, Ruby No, 1 and Ruby No
I'ua ed on Kmslit’s Island, Alaska. In ord
»hold said mining claims under the pro
•Men* of Sec. 2S24 ot the Revl ed Statii'cs .
i • f nited uta'es, being the required amour
t > hold said minify claim* for the years 1 *.h• j
>i and 1906. And if within ninety (90) day
r >:n the service < f this n ciy , or < ii>» oomplo
indication theref.if, you fail or ref <e to cor
ribute your prop >ration of *ai i exp'td
tire as co-rwner, yo ir one fourth in cres’ li
ai l < laiins will become the property of tt «
••id ■r-igt,o J under and pursu’ nt of .-al l Sc
Mo i ‘M24 of the Revised Statutes of the Unite
Statos.
Dated at Valdez this 171h day of Jan
u try, 1097.
Tins. flrONBKRO,
Chap. S «NnrBc.O,
Jas. Simison.
Date of first publication January 24, 1907.
l*ato of last publication April 2.5. 1%7.
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You can nil
Ride a Winner
i
When you want to go
anywhere
On the Sound
If you will flee T. W.
Doherty, of the gaso
line launch
The ‘Buttinsky1
Ht* can tell yon about it.
Hem
Barber
ShoJ>
Bath Blouse
Mrs E R. Davis, Prop.
Best Equipped Shop
and Bath House in
Valdez -
ED. NELSON MANAGER
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Workman’s Road House
P. MAGNFbON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trai1. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm burn for 20 horses and good quartern
for (logs. Good meals and everything the
munher desiren.
j Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Mrs. E. DOTY, Proprietor
Best accommodations between Fniibanks and Valdez.
All kinds of provisions, as well as horse and dog feed
for sale. Good accommodations for horses and dogs.
Freighting contracted—Passengers and freight trans
ported over the summit.
Mrst-Class Bar In Connection. 30 Miles From Valdez
i _
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and brast. Fresh Meat
■ always on hand. Horse and Doar Feed All the latest
improvement*. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
L. G. and G. B. RGRER, Proprietors.
118 MILES ON FAIRBANKS
/ROM VALDEZ AND EAOLK TRAILS
I
Hoyt & Smith, Proprietors
Best of accommodations for the traveling public, and <v»n\~
fortahle quarters for horse* or dog*.
Tbi* hotel ia the largest and best equipped home between
Valdez and Fairbanks, and is situated on the Culkana Cut-eff
Trail, which saves four miles of travel on the Fairbanks trail.
128 MILES TO VALDEZ 26 MILES TO COPPER CENTER
Our Home Roadhouse
ICO Miles From Valdez
On the new VAEDEZ-FAIRBANKS Trail
40 miles north of Gulkana.
Mrs. L. M. HICKS, Proprietor
Wines,Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. COBB ft CO., Prop*