Sad Accident
Wm. Page* superintendent of ttie
KDigbts Island Copier Mining Co
was instantly killed la.-t Tuesday at
the mii.e l*y the prematuie explobiot
of a box of dynamite
Mr. Page was alone at the black
smith shop on the mountainside whet
the accident happened and there ism
the accident happened and theie is m
way of ascertaining how the powdei
was set off. Two miners were working
at the inner end of the tunnel wliei
the explosiou occurred at tie shoj
just outside. Then lights were put
out by the shock and in the daiknes?
they were about two minutes reach i:u
the scene oi the accident, where the\
fouud Mr. Page, dead. A whole bo>
of dynamite had exploded, and tin
body of the uuloitunaie man, wluc!
was throwu about sixty feet by the ex
plosion, was badly torn and sbct fun
of rock and coal.
The remaius were taken to the bouse
on the beach at Barnes Cove, when
they were kept for two days until tin
Elsie happened in and they wen
brought to town.
Mr. Page is well known to the min
ing men of this section, having had
change of several properties on tin
Sound. He came here from Liuttt
over a year ago and took charge of tin
Eliamar mine, where he remained un
til toe labor troubles stalled ami then
weut to Kuights. lie leave- a wife
ami two children, who are at pi t
In Valdez, ami seven ch Mi at
I.uiif, Montana.
Mrs. Page and children w.u i ,
me £>iate.-ou Ine Sara oga. T i body
Mr. Page will oa taaon to Unite foi
i* it i n
Another Grafter
When tbe whale had swallo.ve 1 Jonah
lie immediately began
To »wiui around in que,st of fo.,d
To feed the inner man.
Said Jonah, *to d and lodging five!
Ob, what a 1 icky plung.*!”
So be 8i-onge<« upon the whale until
The v.bnle Threw up the sponge
—Kx .
According to t in C udova paper
that city is now expert.*: eing i boom
caused by the unloading m railroad
supplies. Several of ttie* lag freight
ves.eis wee unable to discharge freight
at i.ai.Oi i nn l nad to go to Cordova to
Ull! ia i . r else slay around Katalla
ail wm!e.. Tim paper prophesies tha*
next ye »r w li See a resumption of
laitroad Ond iu-g fiom that place.
It is rep< He 1 lie* f on good authority
that U-u,. E. >1 Can nt Fairbanks is
ou bis wav t > Suit He v,here lie ha:
gone to ially Ms • to his stippoit
to tne Hpp.oi 11,1 ei>* oi judge tor the
Third Judiou l Gr/is- a in place ot
Judge Janies \ c' e who has re
signed. x.lr Coi : s it old-time
Alaskan and **»• i to bo an ahie lawyer.
He at one ti;u* was c ouinis-iouer for
the Fairbanks did rim Th- appoint
ment. of a judge win n* made -nine
time this mouth —Alaskan
The little U. S. goverurne d survey
boat Taku, Captain Dericksotu cnur i'
port ou Thursday and will he bu t up
heie for the winter. The ere* aid g
south on the tJortha. — C " bo >
Alaskan
Al. Grigsby Hiei Judge llurto.M, wu
hav“ been visiting the Cordova h:r.
metropolis, returned t.> \T >1 I*-/, on t
Saratoga.
NEW 1908
f
rat
115
For the skilled or unskille; ]
Stenographer is the sensatior j
of the day.
Cal! and see the new Quadrc
Chrome Remington with the
new annular and Tabulator
Attachments.
See GEO. C. BURFORD
or Prospector Office.
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D. BERGMAN &- CO.
K-TaSUSIIEO 1#C?
St. Pall. Minn.
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-41 Lav.ley St., Vhtokia, L ('
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COPPER CENTER CLUB
O. H. OvERIUSEK Pr*'|».
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
I
Everything First Jh»ss
anti L p-tv>-Date.
OPPER CENTER. ALASKA
Among I be outgoing |iM**®iiger® on
the Saratoga i -at mghr war** Ed Orr,
Otto Schultz, J. Jacobson, k. K King,
Mr. anil Mr*. B) font
Th® remain* of \\ m. F’age war® taken
out on the S»r> toga lust night, and
will t>e talten to liutt.® for burial
Mrs. Pag<* and two ohildien l«ft on
the same boat.
Mayor MarCorm ic, of (’onioea, t* In
town on a short hueinv** trip
Telfurnph and Mail 7’0w-n jn Itself. BlaMcanuth Shop.
Wortmon’s Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT. TWENTY MILKS FROM VALPEZ
Accomn:odation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GEMERAL SyPPLipQ
K!IhMiH TIX(» Ci.ntrKrtr'fJ (or
(fi'iii Vjildi'Z tn the Summit
Pontius Magnuson Prop.
Ptarmigan rop Roadhouse
Mrs. E. DOTY, Proprietor
Host nrcomunulminns l»et-aeen Kaiidanks and Valdm.
All kinds nf ] r**\ i*inns, a~ well a*• Im;--e and «!<f«. <
f'1 r Sal* tin id :M'( Iitllllll *a ini * (nr jails* »■ ;*| d di.„*.
h might ing mid rae *'d — I - * in * a > d fr»*i^n; »r. i »
ported over t lie summit.
?!rst-Class Bar In Connection. 30 fliles Prom Valdez
The Tcikheil Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
liest of accommodations for man and heasi. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dot? Feed All the !****«»
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
JAKE NAFSTEI)
FBOPBIETOR
cO Miles from Valdez at Junction of Fairbanks
and Nizina Trails.
First Class Accommodations for Man or Boast
complete outfits for prospectors
HAY and
GRAfN
Freighting done to any part of Interior.
ni£ Contracts a Specialty.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
ly. G and G. II. RORER, Proprietors.
118 M1 r'Ks ON FA IRB A N K8
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
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Wincs, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T, A. COBB dc CC,, Props