When vou have purchased vour outfit and have packed your horses and are readv to look for a
GOLD MINE
you would not go to San Francisco, would vou? Of course not, because there are no gold mines there.
NOW •
When you want something in the wearing apparel lino, the right place to go is to a store that
makes a,specialty of such goods. SUCH A STORE IS OURS. We do a CASH BUSINESS and
can therefore afford to handle goods on a much closer margin than stores that sell on time. When
you trade with us YOU 1)0 NOT HELP TO PAY FOR UOODS WHICH OTHERS HAVE
BOUGHT, and which have not l>ecn paid for. You only pay for the goods YOU buy.
We Are Headquarters For
Mens Tailor Made Suits
Boys’ Clothing
Kingsbury and Stetson Hats
Underwear
Trail Shoes
Dress Shoes
Smart Neckwear
Collars and Cuffs
Negligee and Golf Shirts
Dress Shirts
Socks, etc
Rubber Boots and Shoes
Womens’ Tailor Made Skirts
Silk, Wool and Shirt Waists
Plain and Fancy Hosiery
Under Garments
Dress Goods and Linings
Gloves and Veilings
Hair Ornaments
Lawns, organdies and Cambrics
Corsets in all Styles
Dress Shoes
Curtains, Towels, etc.
Rainy Day Wear
Everything To Wear.
JAMES FISH £> CO
Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE.
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
We Carry a Large Lot of
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
Musical Instruments.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton,PorkandPoultry
Our Prices are RIGHT. Give us a call.
SIGNS
OF
FAILING
VISION
When your eyes tire in reading. When you frown or partly close
your eyes when looking at an objcc*. When things “swim” or Incomej
dim after being looked at for a while. Wheu the eyes ache, smart, or
water, or when you have pain in the eyeball, orbit, temples or fore
head.
All these conditions can be alleviated by
Froperly Fitted Glasses.
W. C. STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
Council Proceedings.
Monday night was a bill paring
session of the council. The "bills1
for all street work and work on the
glacier stream, amounting to 1900,
came in at the meeting. It was
decided to discontinue work on the
streets until the town is better fixed
financially.
Application was made by Wm.
Webb for the position of pound
muster, and he was appointed.
The pound will be built immedi
ately as the ordinance goes into
effect Saturday.
Geo. W. Robbing, who was for
ten years chief of the Billings,
Mont., fire department, made ap
plication for the position of fire
chief here. The application was re
ferred to a committee, who were in
structed to take the necessary steps
toward organizing a volunteer fire
department.
Mayor Goodell and W. S. Ainy
were appointed a committee to
communicate with the chamber of
commerce and get their co-opera
tion in preparing a reception for
the congressional committee, which
will be here in about two weeks.
The matter of an exhibit at St.
Louis was discussed, but there was
considerable difference of opinion
on the matter; some contending
that Alaska should go it alone, in
dependent of Mr. Ryan, of Kansas,
and others were of the opinion that
it would be poor policy to antagon
ize the government representative.
No action was taken.
The following bills were orderad
paid:
McIntosh <& Duncklee, work
on fire eugine 9 15.00
A. H. Baker, stationery, 3.00
J. G. Snyder, broom, 85
S. G. Matthews, labor, 1.80
W. F. Allender, “ 2.50
Wm. Webb, “ 2.50
C. Durlin, “ 4.00
W Vrooman, “ 33.00
W. Workman, “ 11.50
J. Fold in, “ 42.00
L. S, Coleman, “ 20.00
Geo. Robling, “ 36.00
G. Tiftanv, “ 2.00
A. Olsen.' “ 24.00
C. R. Dray Co., hauling, 603.50
C. L. Place, signs, 10.00
M. Adler, sa^ks, 2.50
ABOUTALASKA
NEWS ITEMS OF INTERE8T {
TO AEASKAN8.
Strike Dear Whitehorse’
Railroad News. Big Sale of Oil
Land. Will Visit Al
aska.
Strike Near Whitehorse.
Whitehorse, July 14. This city
is all excitement over the placer
strike on Ruby anil Fourth o( July
creeks, near the headwaters of tin*
Alaska river, about 120 miles dis
tant. Two white men, McMillun
and Weisdepli, friends of y*e dis
coverers, Dawson Charlie and other
Indians, have returned after locat
ing, and bring news that 12 cents
to the pan was found on shallow
bed rock. The excitement became
intense, and over 50 left on foot.
The steamer Clossctt left this
morning via Lake Arkell, loaded
to her full capacity.
Railroad News.
The Juneau Dispatch contains
the following message regarding the
Valdez railroad. It is dated one
week later than the message re
ceived here, to the same effect. It |
seems rather strange that there i
should be no news of the letting of j
the contract, except in telegrams!
from the promoters of the road. j
New Yoke. July 13.—(Special
to Dispatch.) It is announced
to-day that the Valdez-Copper river
line has been financed. The con
tract for the construction work was
let to James P. McDonald and John
Hayes Hammond. The contract
calls for the completion of the road
within fourteen mouths. The pro
moters have placed #1,000,000 to
the credit of the contracting firm,
who anuounce that they will have
1,000 laborers and all the necessary
material in the field by September.
Buys xo.ooo Acres.
J. H. Costello, the Buffalo milli
onaire, has added 10,000 acres of
Kayak oil lands to his holdings,
previously 40,000 acres.
The land is located on Cape Suk
lin, of the Kayak district. It was
owned by 0. L. Willoughby. The
consideration was between $25,000
and $30,000 and a royalty of 6^ j>er
cent. The land sold was taken up
by Willoughby and associates in
1902. It has been examined by j
Mr. Burroughs, the well known
London oil expert, and is pro
nounced to be among the best in
the Kayak district.
This is one of the largest oil land
deals that has been closed by an
individual operator since the gusher
was discovered by the English com
pany. The Cape Suklin section is
noted especially for its large seep
ages and its unbroken formation,
and experts are certain, when it is
developed, that it will be a large
producer of petroleum.
it is Mr. Costello’s intention to
immediately begin the work of de
veloping the land. A weir boring
plant will be at once put to work
and other improvements will be
made. _
Will Visit Alaska.
Director of Mint Roberts, of
Washington,D.C., announces that
he will soon leave for Alaska to
personally investigate the mining
activity of the district, and to secure
authentic information as to the out
put. He plans to leave Seattle via
Juneau and Skagway for the Yukon,
and return via Nome.
Kayak Notca.
Judge Whittlesey has removed
his oflice from the island of little
Kyak to the Mainland at Catella.
The Ahernethy Co., is down
al>out 400 feet. I’rosjHs'ts are very
good.
The hippy Co. having quit a
1700 foot dry hole, are a Unit 400
feet down on a new hole along the
Chilkut River, and are preparing
to renew o|m-rut ions on the dry
hole.
The Santa Ana has brought to
the English Co., another consign*
ment of tools and outfit and a large
number of men. They now have
about 100 men and will start a
couple more wells, as well as going
to a lower level on the gusher. I
They have sent a number of!
men to Yukatag and ley bay to do:
assessment work hut nothing more.
Considerable building is now
going on at Kyak and Catella.
Thompson and Cummings are
adding a large dance hall to their
saloon.
At Yakatag there are al<out 100
men on the lieach rocking and at
White river they are doing the
same.
The White River Co., have a
force of men sluicing with good re
sults.
A party left Yakatag on Friday
afternoon, July 24, a storm sprung
np from the rear and drove them
along. They readied Kyak, a dis
tance of 2'S miles, in an hour and
20 minutes and 15 minutes after
landing, Capt. James Orson, Capt.
of the boat, died, lie was buried
by his companions the following
Sunday.
Jack Rice whn is evidently buf
faloed by the wicked waters is
determined to remain at Yakatag
till he can walk out, so we need
not expect to see him in Valdez
till well on in the winter.
Letter from Nome.
Nome, June 25.—I arrived here
several days ago after a very pleas
ant trip, and find the season very
late. The ice did not bother us
any coining up until we got within
20 miles of Nome, and it is still
hanging along the coast.
The winter work here turned out
very good, and it looks as though
the country had a great future be
fore it. In fact they have struck
pay not only in the benches but
clear to the hill tops in places.
Some shafts where good pay was
stuck are 200 feet deep.
They haven’t got any freight into
Council at this date on account of
high water in the river, so you see
the season will be short. Everyone
agrees that last winter was the
hardest ever known in Alaska, and
both Nome and Council were very
short of foodstuffs this spring.
Jas. N. Ralston.
Boyce Still Moving.
Notices have been served upon
the retail liqour dealers of Juneau,
that District Attorney Boyce has
filed in the District Clerk’s office a
remonstrance against the issuing
of their licenses for the current
year, for violation of the section
which prohibits their keeping open
house on Sunday. The list includes
every liquor selling etablishment
in the city. Ti»e matter will come
before the district court soou and
the outcome will be watched with a
great deal of interest.
Banquet to General Funaton.
Dawson, July 30.—Gov. Ross
gave a banquet last night to Gen.
|Funston and staff, who are on their
way down the Yukon.
FASTiD ID DATS
THREE MEN HAVE ROUGH
EXPERIENCE
floin? From The Flizina
To The Tnnann. Lost Their Out
fit on Tanann and Nearly
Starved.
Tile rrjiort has just come in that
E. C. Munson, one of the govern
ment packers, while camping at
the Tanatia crossing saw a raft coin
ing down the river; upon its near
approach hcdiscerned the prostrate
form of a man lying across the
logs. He quickly secured the raft,
and carried the man to his tent,
where he soon brought him to con
sciosness, and then fed him spar
ingly as he was ravenous]v hungry.
He was a Mr. Behrends, who stated
that he in company with Matthew
Reagan and another man. left Niz
ina and crossed over onto the Tan
ana. where they lost everything,
and trying to raft down the stream
met with all sorts of mishaps, and
were 111 days without food.
Behrenus said his two compan
ions were somewhere hack along
the river. Munson immediately
set out to look for them, and after
a long tramp found them, hut some
other mushers hail previously met
them and administered to their
wants. The three are now in good
condition and will finish the season
prospecting.
The Radies’ Frst Attempt.
Tuesdays W-tween the hours of
1 and 4 p. m. are ladies’ days at
the liowling alleys, and oil last
Tuesday the privilege was largely
taken advantage of.
•Shortly alter one o’clock ladies
began to arrive with their escorts
and matches were immediately
made up. In a short time the
alley was tilled with a joyous
party. The game was new to most
of the ladies, and (j>r the fir~t
couple of games the halls would
roll off into the gutter much to the
satisfaction of the pin boys. Hut
the players soon discovered their
mistake in handling the hulls, and
after that they begun to tigure up
some very good scores considering
it their first offense. When they
got rightly warmed into the game
the following scores were made:
Mrs. Esterlv, - - - #7
Mrs. Hazelett, * 65
Mrs. Dcbney, - - - 60
Mrs. I)r. Bartlett, - - 131
Mrs. Willis, - 100
Mrs. Karnes, ... 70
Mrs. Stoel, 71
Mrs. Brown, ... 45
Mrs. Dougherty, - - - HO
and Mr. Willis made the alley
record of 221.
Chenoa Gets Commissioner.
Judge Wickersham lias appoint
ed J. T. Cowles, an attorney form
erly of Circle,as United States com
missioner for Chenoa, in the Tan
anana district. Fairbanks already
had a commissioner.
To Help Alaska.
At a meeting ot the Oregon
Congressional delegation and the
directors of the I.ewis and Clark
Exposition, at Portland, it was
decided to ask Congress for $700,
000. Of this amount it is desired
to expend $100,000 on an Alaskan
exhibit and $100,000 on Philippine
exhibit.