VOLUME 4, NO. 24 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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HOTEL 5T. ELW5
(Only First Class Hotel in Valilez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
BEBNEy & POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Dregs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
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IN THE « O*JtlSMONI It M « Oi'KT FOR rORTY*M ILK
Precinct. Third Division or the
Territory ok Alaska.
Before E. K. Hrady. commissioner and Ex
Officio Jvdoe of Prolate.
In the Matter ok the Estate * Notice
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J ames Johnston, Deceased, icrkdito;
Notice is hereby given, i*. all peraou* i.avim.
Claims against the i* tale *»f Janies <*. Joint'o*n.
deceased, to preaen the same, witu pr »p
vouchers thereh»r, within >ix mouths iroui the
date hereof, to the underde •'ign,*d, adminis
trator of said estate. . t hi* r si lence upon
creek claim number two below du overy »»n !
Walker’s Fork creek, Forty-Mile Precinct, " r-!
rit«»ry of Alaska.
Alexander Thompson,
Admi’iU: rator of said Estate.
Dated at Wiekersham. F rty-Mile Pre. met.
Territory of Alaska, this Id day of June, iyo'».
1 ate of first publication, July •». lmfc.
1 ate of last publication, Aug. a, lkii. 1
Provisions at Valdez ] r c s with
freight added. CopjK-r Ct nUr Min
ing & Trading Co.
i' «:»fc i ommis^ioxekn cori.;' kok the
TEKK1TOBY OF W.ASKA. THIKh DIV1
W‘»x. AT VALDEZ. IN l*!:v>BATE.
Ik th" Matter of the k
Estate • r i Notice to Creditor*.
*»••*. Haxskk, Deceased. ?
Notice i» acre* v K:V»-.i Hint tin* uudeisigned
whs on tiu* h day of lun -, 1»*. d i!y and re*
’•»' ly ».»i*o.!it *.i k* administrator of the estate
of («u* Hauseu, deceased *.U‘l tili creditor* or
pr-soiis having cl*: mi* . ..dust x.iid estate are
*«• iiiiml !o**x,iil.lt thru, wiih .!»o ue ‘unrjr
voucher**. Within six no nth* after the first
public!a!ion of uolitr, fo uic as admit ii*
rati*r oi said e-iate, nt my pltiec <»f Luaiucss at
the town of aid-2. \la>ka.
Dated thin £>ih d.iv . f .h *»«•. \ . |'u *».
Jo-m.1 A. D«»t rki .
Admiuisirato * i th- estate of Uu*. Hausen
deceits -d.
Ihtieof nrsi fmhli;*Htifin .Iuu< »uh, l'JUu.
Pate »»i iasf j» .lib .'*«»•). ir.lv .TUi, l‘JD».
H«**el Ho,mail, Copper Center,
lias eiu-loscti u 40-arre tract of first
das? pasture for tlie aecommodu
tioti of its patrons.
Copper Center News
Copper Center, July 12—L. R.
Radelifre of Chicken creek arrived j
last night on his way to Valdez. -
hut will r* si up for a wet k and
look in:o tin po>*ihilitv of raisin
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Fred. It. i*t arrived here last ;
night with two milk i-->ws for *hei
Gakona roadhouse.
Phil. Collins arrived last night
on his way to Slate creek.
Joe Weckert, in charge of a bunch
of 30 cattle, arrived this morning
enroule to Fairbanks. The cattle I
are in tir-t class condition.
Ralph Mayer left here on the 8th j
with 2t> head of cattle hound foi i
Fairbanks.
Quite a heavy rain fell last week,
which was • »f great value to the
farmers, as the ciops were drying
out badly, hut since the rain are
making a marvelous growth.
It is reported here that there is
work for a few more men at Slate \
creek.
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Northern Express Co.
Articles of incorporation were]
filed Inst week by the Northern1
Express Co., a corporation coni-:
posed of people of tbis city, with \
W. E. Adams as president and'
general manager, S. A. Ilemple,1
treasurer and Jas. Fish, secretary. j
It is the object of the company to
do a general express business be
tween lu re and Fairbanks, Eagle i
and other interior points, and in !
addition will do a commission hus-'
i 1 less, i-sue iiion v orders, make
collections, etc. Particular atten
tion will be given to tiie handling
of gold ,u- , end arrangements
lime heen entered ir.t > witli some
of the leading insurance companies
whereby treasure shipments will
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Money Hor RoadWork
Ten Thousand Dollars Authorized Expended Between
Here and Fairbanks- japs are not Angels.
Less of wife no damage. Steamer
Hits Floating Mine.
Fairbanks. July 20—It is an
nounced that Major Richardson, of
the Alaska Road Cotninission, has
authorized tin* ex|>enditurc of fm
thousand dollars on tin- trail 1m>
tween here nnd to • head of the
Little Delta. D is understood that
he will authorize the expenditure
of a similar amount in improving
the condition of tin* trail between
the head of the Delta and Valdez.
London, July 19—Baron Hoy
ashi, the Japanese minister, stated
in an interview to-day “I cannot
s> e where people get the idea that
Japan is going to deal leniently
with Russia in the mutiea of peace
terms. The people evidently mis
take the Ju| anese for angels ”
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Olympia, July 10—In the case
| <»f Christian Johnson, who sued t<>
recover ila i ages for the loss of his
wife who was killed hv a Seattle
street car, the supreme court holds
that a husband cannot recover
damages for the loss of his wife,
Seattle, July 20—Huron Konntra
Japanese envoy to the peace con
ference, with a numerous suite, ar
rived to-day on tlu* Ureal Northern
steamship .Minnesota. She was
met at Port lownsend by a delega
tion of prominent Seattle men who
formally welcomed the Huron, lie
will leave to-night for Washington
over tlte (»rent Northern road in
tin- private ear of President Hill,
"Midi lias lieen placed at his dis
posal.
Vlndivostork, July 111—An un
known American steamer struck a
Moating mine between Pori Arthur
and hi I toll island and foundered
with all on board.
New orK, July 1'J—The widow
of William Zeigler, the baking
(winder sing, has begun suit to
break his will on the ground that
her husband Was insane. The es
tate amounts to about thirty mil
lions, the gtenter portion of which
was left to an adopted son.
On Juno tM there was filed for
record in \anlezu series of trans
fer.-. conveying to Hugh Murray
certain mining claims in Landh-eK
hay, i'rince William sound. There!
is ;ii all fourteen names to the eon-1
veyanee.
i'!n- is the ground formerly
known a- the A.C.company’.- pn p
• r’y u which t >v run a tun
nel o. hiO reel. Through an error
of juu; men; the lend was not struck
and tie comp any, after expending
ah ut retired from the
ri d, but the original locators, toj
who n the i roperty reverted, had
faith in its value and have vear
af r yi at done the assessment
work required hy latv.
one were made in 1 97,
hy H. il. Williams and Hugh Mur
ray, • holh of whom were on the
g;« und at the time, hut others were
taken iu and a company formed,
it tie- from this company that the
Alu.-ka Comuiercial (Jo. received its
optional ti>.ie.
lingo Murray, v. t.o never los.
interest in the i r..j < r: v, iinallv dt
eiii« d to operate it. and to that end
spent considerable* lime and money
in securing the nUive mentioned
transfer. Immediately upon its
eompietioii Mr. Murray came to
Lanuioi k hay and entered actively
u; on the work. The old buildings,
nave liven thoroughly overhauled
and put in gooii condition; the
engine house will he greatly en
larged. anti a twenty-iwo loot addi
tion will he added to the hunk ;
house.
Aiiout 100 tons of ore that is on
ilit* wharf will lie* shipped in order
to make room tor the reception oi
tile extensive machinery that has
i-een purchased and is expected to,
arrive in a slum time.
1 he manner o! working the mine
will be laid out by a celebrated
western milling engineer who will
arrive so* n; in the meantime a
number of men are at work strip
ping tne ledge on wlial is known
as the Juneau claim. The ore
shows up the lull length of the
claim, K.O) feet and of various
widths, f:oui a few inches to four
feet, of a solid copper sulphide that
assays over fifteen per cent. The
old tuum-l is on the west end of
tiie claim and a new one is being
run on the east end and following
tiie lead. As soon as the u achin
ery is installed a large force of men
will be employed.
Landlock bay ttiis season is a
very lively place, an.l will la1 stili
more lively as all the claims located
about the buy are being developed
to a gr. ater extent this year than
ever before.
bn the fiourkcHeniple prop
erty the tunnel that was started
last year lias been extended to a
considerable distance, running in
on the lead covered by their group
of four claims. In order to open
up tl.eir group of seven claims on
Cupp r mountain, work will be
begun in a short time to build a
burse trail running from the beach
up t<> the locations and the* neces
sary buildings will be erected so
that men can be located near the
work.
The Putz, Steinmetz iV: Egan
property at the* bead of the buy
makes an elegant showing, the
ledge having been stripped fur a
distance of over -KM feet. These
claims were recently bunded to a
company who intend to begin im
mediate operations.
\V. A. Dickey has a force of men
at work at numerous points about
the bay.
Boulder Bay Development
In Boulder hay the Ibynohls
Ahiska Development Co. are mak
ing rapid progress on their prop
erty. A cross-cut tunnel is being
driven in from the Uacii level to
tap ibe lead and give three hundred
feet of hacks. The work is being
pushed to the utmost capacity of
the plant, the tunnel being ad
vanced six feet every twenty-four
hours.
The property of Rita and com
pany on the opposite side of the
hay is being worked again and
tin re is now a good showing of ore
in the breast of the tunnel. The
Fioidcr it Wagner properties con
tinue to he steadily developed, and
Dr. Von Gunther intends to spend
several tnoiiti s this season in open
ing up his prospect.
Manila Blows Up.
Tilt* gasoline launch Manila was
totally destroyed by fire last Tues
day morning in Snug Corner Cove.
Frinee William sound.
The boat had been chartered for
the season by f'rofessor Grant and
Sydney I’aige, of the l'. S geologi
cal survey, and was in charge of
A:.. 1 Fast. The party bad been
out for several weeks and bad
visited u any of tin- mining proper
tie.- along tile sound, studying the
iorumtiou and getting data for
.heir report. On Monday night
they run into Snug Corner Cove
ami anchored for the n.giit. In
the morning alter breakfast, while
I’rofessor Grant was ashore, the
" hole interior of tin* boat suddenly
I 'keatne a mass ot flume*. Paige
I and ba^t narrowly escaped to their
■ rov-l»oat and only sin-, eeded in
saving two grips and a camera; all
’heir mst rnmcnls and samples
, "ere lost. All attempts to save
’he boat Vi re fruitless and she was
lowed to the shore and left. The
party then started for town in their
small boat. After rowing for an
hour they were picked up by the
: Annie ami brought to Valdez. Their
future actions for the season are
j uncertain.
A. P. A. Cannery Burned.
At two a. m. on the lTtli the
strainer Jennie, from Kussiloff,
came into this port, bringing Capt.
ii. M. Wi in-rtiee, superintendent
ior tlit* A. I*. A. at Kussiloff, for the
purpose of cabling to the home
otlice in San Francisco, the news of
i the total de.-truciion hv fire of the
i cannery and contents at that place
on the night of the 18-14. The lire
started in an unused room and was
discovered almost immediately hv
the watchman, hut despite the
; utmost efforts of the cannery ert-w
the building was totally destroyed
together with eight thousand cases
of salmon. The storehouses and
dwellings were saved. Tiie cannery
had been particularly successful,
■ the pack to dale having been twenty
thousand eases, which was aliove
j the average of previous years at
j even date, and the prospects were
: bright for a record pack. Twelve
i thousand eases had l>ecn removed
irom the cannery to the company’s
j ship L. J. Morse, and were thus
; saved. Aside from a few slight
burns none of the crew were in
jured. The cause of the tire is a
uusterv, but is thought to he of
! incendiary origin.
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New Valdez Corporation
The Valdez Hank and Mercantile
Co. is the name oi a corporation
organized last week. The new cor*
poratimi lias a capital stock of
1*100,000. and will take over the
business now conducted under the
; tirm name of iiempledt Dougherty
'and tlie hanking business of the
' dank of Valdez. The prime object
jot the iiicorj-oration is to provide a
| capital ample to meet the demands
’ of both branches of the business.
this large capiiul will enable the
^ banking branch of the business to
handle a much larger portion of
h ■ gold dust coining to town than
1 has heretofore been possible, and
! will enable the mercantile branch
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