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The Alaska Prospector.
Published at Valdes. Alaska,
every Thursday morning hv the
pK«*<PW-n>K Pcbusiiino Co.
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* Cm" Government.
Mayor, ' J. L. Steele
nUNOLMEN.
James McHie. I). S. Osguou.
A. I*. Olson. Kii. Wool*.
I'. N. Crary.
II. If. Hildreth. Cleiik.
J. G. Snyder. Treasurer.
Hon. J. W. Leery, City Attorney.
Dr. A. VonGunther,
Health Officer.
Adam Swan. Pres. School Hoard.
government officers.
John Lyons. U. S. Commissioner.
K. C. Hasey. Deputy U.S.Marshal.
John Goodell.
Deputy Collectdh Customs.
C. K. Crary, Postmaster.
VALDKZ, MARCH 18,1802.
We desire to
The ajiain impress
Ciiamiier on theminds of
of our nierehants
Commerce. and business
men, the nhsn
lute necessity of their taking a
inure active interest in the affairs
of the various organizations that
have ini-ii established for the pur
]Kise of the development, advance
ment and protection of this place.
The Chamber of Commerce was or
ganize^!, for the piir|M>scof assisting
in tlie development and advance
ment of Valdez. and if only one
half of our business men and prop
erty owners could he induced to at
tend the meetings of this Imdv.
much good could lie accomplished.
But tlie majority stay away oil the
most trivial of excuses, and we are
afraid they wijl realize their mis
take when it is too late. There are
matters of public interest that this
liody should act upon, which are of
vital ini|iortanee to the future
growth and development, and al
most the life of this plan*. From
present indications strenuous ef
forts will lie made this summer by
intiuential and wealthy parties to
start an opposition town. They
will use money, influence, printer’s
ink and the latest devices of up-to
date real estate promotors to Ihniiii
their property, lireat efforts will
lie putdc to have tlie railroad
startl'd from other |Miints on the
Imv-and all kinds of inducements
will'he offered.
While we have the best townsite
on the hay, the only feasible place
for a railroad wharf and the only
natural starting jmint fora railroad,
yet. these things may not lie enough
to induce a railroad to start from
Valdez. This matter should lie
taken up by the Chamlier of Com
merce at once.
Congress should be petitioned to
give us Iletter laws, and relieve us
of a burdensome taxation, and
] iet it ions are niueli better going
through organized Indies than by
individual effort.
The capital of Alaska should lie
moved to Valdez, and one of the
Distriet Courts should lie located
here at an early date, but they will
not come without an effort on our
]iart.
Juneau anil Skagway have good
, Chamber* of Commerce and they
do much good for their respective
localities. Kverv uicrclmiit, busi
ness man and projiertr owner in
Vahlez should la- an active mem
ber uf our organization, and that
laaly should i^olil regular meetings
and tlit-v should be well attended
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and conducted in a brisk, business
like manner. A room in the busi
ness portion of the town should In
secured and fitted up with cabinets,
maps of the country, tables, chairs. |
stationery and the leading mining,
and scientific magazines and gov
ernment rej>ort* kept on file, and
the cabinets should In* tilled with
samples of ores and tin- products of
the country.
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An organization for our protec
tion which does not receive the at
tention of the projierty owners is
tin* volunteer tire department. It
is true the merchants subscribed
I'lOO to purchase the needed appar
atus. but they should encourage
the Itoys by attending tlie meetings.
Very few of the active memiiersare
pro|»erty owners, and many lielieve
that the mereliants are not as in
terested in the department us they
! sliouid lie. It is to the interest of
I the community to keep the tire de
partment well organized. It is al
ways the unexpected that happens.
> and we should be un our guard to
! prevent any conflagrations. The
! ladders of the department have
never lieen finished and very few
I persons know where they are. A
number of persons are using the
i buckets of the department for pri
vate puriioscs, in violation of the
law. It would lie well to look into
these matters at once.
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THKimmcdiati
Imthovk improvement of
Ditch Hakhok. Dutch Harlan*
is a necessity
i that should not lie dclnved. If that
harhor was improved hy putting
\ in modern dock and coaling facili
j tics it would be of great service to
i the revenue cutters plying lad ween
j San Francisco, Seattle and
I Behring sea. It would also make
it an intermediate port of call and
j entry for the transport service on
the northern route to the I’hilli
! pines. China and Jupnn. and also
a harhor of refuge for them as
well as the Nome and St. Michael
Imats.
The northern route to the orient
is the most advantageous in many
respects, chief of which is that it
is a thousand miles shorter, and
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j through the summer months, much
more pleasant and safe, as the tv
j phoons and tropical storms are
I u voided.
This matter should lie urged by
the various Chandlers of Commerce
of Alaska, as it would lienetit us
by making the district more prom
j inent, help the merchant marine,
and aid in securing the Alaska
cable, which would probably touch
at Juneau, Sitka and Valdez.
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Tiik al hi sc of
I'owKits the jHiwer of
ok attorney in
Attounky. staking mining
claims has lieen
again demonstrated in a prac
tical way in the new mining dis
trict on the Bremner river where
| eleven men stakc^ 1.50 claims.
I Since then it is reported that one
i man has staked 12 claims in the
• same district. It is doubt
ful whether or not many of these
claims cun Ik- held, as they wereall
staked two feet of snow, anil
| should the country prove to lie ns
I rich us is thought, more than half
jof the ground will lie tied up in
I litigation. We cannot see the jus
j ticc of a law that allows a man to
| stake an unlimited amount of
| ground for himself or a non
resident.
I There are many men in Valdez
■ who have lived in Alaska for years,
i prospecting and o|a-ning up the
country, who would have liked to
get property in that district, and
who would have been able to secure
j good claims if the right to stake
! was limited to not more than one
or two claims for each lama fide
j locator.
j \Ve do not blame those who lo
; cated these claims at all, as it was
; their right to do so, and no doubt
: if they had not located the projier
tv by (tower of attorney, others
; would have done so.
There is a bill before Congress at
I present time to limit the num
! Iff of claims that a person can
• take, and it ^s to be hoped that it
will soo1ii Income a law.
STRIKE ONGOODPASTER
Believed to be Good, Bat no Au
thentic News Received. Oat
look Good at Circle City.
Circle City Correspondence.
During the winter there have
liwn some wild tnlcs published in
regard to the strike in (ioodpaster
district. These are not to Is- de
pended upon, for no news has Iteen
received from that place since the
rush took place, early in the win
ter. There have been men from
this camp prosiiccting in that sec
tion for some time and last Nov
ember a Unit one bund rial left
on a stampede for that country.
Among the numWr were several
old miners who had Ih-cii on (Sood
paster before, so it is generally con
ceded that there were good reasons
for the rush.
(ioodpaster river empties into
the Tanana alaiut 150 miles In-low
the crossing place of the all-Ameri
can trail, and heads in the Kctch
umstock hills only a short distance
from the headwaters of Hirch. Mas
todon and Preacher creeks, all of
which are steady gold producers.
The old creeks are Wing steadily
worked and the Circle district will
show up. Wtter than ever as a
steady producer. Large numWrs
of men are at work on the winter
diggings on Eagle, Mastodon. In
dependence, Preacher and others,
w-ith some work going on in all tin
small subdivisions of the old Birch
creek country.
This season will see n large
amount of machinery installed in
the various camps adjacent to
Circle. Davies creek, a tributary
of the Tatiana, is to have a steam
dredger, and several hydraulic
elevators are to Ik* put in operation
' on Mastadon, Harrison and other
i creeks of tin* district.
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Bertha Again Afloat.
The Bertha has Ik*cii patched Up
sufficiently to allow of her Iteing
towed to Seattle. The steamer
, City of Seattle passed her alsiut 70
! miles south of the scene of the
wreck, in tow of the British tug Al
bion. She did not appear to la*
hadlv damaged and was expected
' to reach Seattle l»v Fell. 80.
, As near as can lie learned, the
; Bertha will l>c repaired in time for
her March trip on this run and is
.expected to arrive here on the
| regular date.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, who
has just returned from a tour of
study in the Phillipines, has writ
; ten for the Saturday Evening Post,
! of Philadelphia, a valuable paper
| on the business aspect of our insu
i lar affairs. He thinks that our
| account with the Phillipines must,
i for an indefinite time, In* on the
• wrong side of the ledger. The Post
; is one of the la-st weekly papers
published.
} The cheapest insurance is pre
' caution. Get tile pi(H-s anil proper
stove piiie at Fish’s.
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LAUNDRY
Family and Bachelor
Washing of all kinds
Promptly Attended to.
HRJ.W.E. RILEY,
Miners Hotel.
Furnished Rooms with
Boardif Desired. Com
fortable Quarters, Light
Airy Rooms.
MRS. JOHNSON,
Professional.
Cards.
L. K. RILEY, «. D.
Physician and Surgeon
YAI.l’KZ.
Offirr anil RwitlrtiM’ ALASKA
(’nr. MfKinlv.v ami Rim-rvutlniiSti*.
A, Von GUNTHER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
City Hkaltii Okkickk.
41!) Sherman St. VALDEZ.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
A. P. OLSON,
Architect,
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer.
Mining and Land Laws,
Sjieeialties. 12 Years Ex
jierienee in Mining and
Land Laws.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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LEEDY & KELSEY,
! Attorneys and Counselors.
| Kkyhtonk Avk. Vai.dk*.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
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!U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next dcor to Merchant* Cafe.
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VAIDB H(I ( TITLE (0.
Complete nWtraets of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River. Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
j tricts.
j Abstracts Furnished to Valdez
Town Lots.
Valdez, Alaska
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Second Hand Goods
Bought and Sold.
Good Prices Paid.
Mrs. Sy ring, Keystone Ave.
Thos J. Coles
Carriage Making,
Blacksmithing,
General Jobbing
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GLACIER St. am. McKINLEY Av,
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The Keystone
WINES, LIQUOR
AND CIGARS.
BEST QUALITY.
Hall Adjoining. Music.
Gor.McKinley St. and Keystone Ave.
WALTER L. WHITE
PAINTER *25 PAPER NANQER.
Pajicr Simi|drri Shown at Your Own Home.
STEAMSHIP NOME CITY
New Modern Wooden Steam Slop. Electric Lighted and Steam Heated.
Sails from ARLINGTON STREET IKK’K, SEATTLE,
on the loth of each month, for
Sitka, Yakutat, Ellamar,
Valdez
AND
Bliiamna*
The S. S. Nome City is tinder Contract with the government
to make regular monthly trips by a schedule not exceeding
Seven Days between Seattle anti Valdez, thus affording Quick,
Safe and Comfortable service.
I MAILING DATES;
Leave Seattle on the loth of each month northlmund.
I,enve Valdes on the 2nd of each month southbound.
• FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RATES APPLY TO
FISH BROS, Agents.
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All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
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Wines
Liquors
Cigars
Alex Singletery, Proprietor