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JAMES FISH & CO
Furnishing Goods.
Do Not Forget
Tluit we liave ho«i oil tin- other side of the range and know what you
need for the interior. Y«>u will realize the truth of this statement
when v«u *ee <*wr -took of
Cooking Gear For The Cam|>,
Tools For Working The Claim,
Clothing For The Men and The Women
who live among the hills of the great interior.
We also have on hand
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings
tluit meet every demand of those who live on theeoasL
Everything to Wear.
Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE.
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
We Carry a Large Lot of
Souvenir Spoons
Nugget Jewelry
Rings, Etc.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
KEXT TO MEKCIIAXT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
OurPriceg are; RIGHT. ~Give uw n call
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Errors of Refraction Retrieved by Perfect Fitting Glasses
SEE OUR SOUVENIR SPOONS AND NUGGET JEWELRY.
W. C. 5TULL, Nugget Jewelry Made to Order
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker.
Wants To Move To Suburbs.
It appears that the local inspector
of customs in a report to the chief
of this division has suggested the
removal of his office from its
present site on McKinley st. owing
to its proximity to liquor saloons,
though there are many reputable
men who, of their own volition
have chosen that locality and in
fact the same building as a conven
ient and suitable place to do
business. However if the office is
to l>e moved it should be a suitable
office within easy reach of either of
the wharves and within the cor
porate limits of the Town of
Valdez.
There are many good offices to
he had along McKinley st. or Key
stone Ave. that would suit well for
the purpose and within easy reach
of any seafaring man who might
have business to transact with the
office, tiimigh we never heard of a
seafaring man who objected to
going in the neighborhood of a
liquor place.
On Tuesday a petition was cir
culated asking that the office re
main in Valdez and not be removed
to the suburbs.
If you have any old garbage,
tin cans, broken glass, dead fish or
any thing of that kind that may be
in your way in the hack yard, just
dump it out on the public street
where it will lie looked upon us an
ornament. The luioken bottles
won’t injure tlie horses feet a bit,
and tire refuse in the tin cans will
help to make business good for the
doctors, and force us to build our
hospital sooner than we expected.
Vo English Boris.
News comes from Eagle tHiat
Judge Wickershum has decided
that boats built in British territory
will not he allowed to traffic in
any way on the Yukon or Tanana
rivers—for they cannot enter Amer
ican waters. All freight and pas
sengers leaving Dawson for the
new diggings, ujion reaching tile
American line,must be transferred
to American lioats.
RILLED JlflSftf
RESIDENT OF ELLAMAR IS
FOUND
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Supposed To Have Committed Sui
cide. Inquest Will Be At
Ellamar.
Wednesday afternoon the laxly
of an old man named Bowman.was |
found in a sited adjoining the home
of Pete Htenmetx, at Kllauiar.
Bowmon, who has lieen a resi
dent of Alaska for a number of
years was a quiet, inoffensive man,
of whom little is known.
The Ixiys who own the house left
Ellamar sometime ago to attend to
mining property, and the old man
took up quarters in their place. He
had no regular occupation and
would come and go at will, there
fore his absence was little noted till1
a week or ten days had passed, and
inquiry Wgan to l>e made as to his
wherealxuits, which finally resulted
in a search of the building. After
g dug through ali the rooms they
went into the woodshed, and there
found the body on the Hoor, with a
shot gun alongside. His head was
badly shattered and it is supposed
that he committed suicide.
Kw authorities lieing there to take
charge, the discoverers locked the
premises and immediately repaired
to Valdez, and put the case in the
hands of Commissioner Lyons, who
left here this morning to view the
remains and hold an inquest.
Geological Surveys.
The work of the geological sur
vey for Alaska this year will be in
the neighborhood of those parts
where aetual raining operation are
now going on. Arthur J. Collier
and assistants -will study part of
the Seward Peninsula, while D. C.
Witherspoon will make a topo
graphic survey of the northeastern
part of the peninsula. J. T. Uer
dine will go over the ground from
Forty Mile west to the Tanana. L.
M. Prindle will have for his share
the Forty Mile and Birch creek
country, and also the vicinity of
Fairbanks.
The coal and iron formations at
Kayak, Controller’s bay and Cook
Inlet will come under the study of
Frank C. Schrader, who is so well
known in the Copper river regions.
The Nome City and Bertha on
going west from here last week had
on board some old_ friends; those
that we meet twice each year us
thej" go to aud from western points.
Among them was J. T. Cornforth,
who was on his way to Coal bay,
to open up some oil proi»erties. On
the same boat was S. W. Wible,
bound for Sunrise. He brought
with him additional supplies aud
machinery, and expects to do placer
raining on a large scale at points
on Turnagain Arm.
Changed His Mind.
Since the last issue we learn that
F. D. Kelsey has withdrawn his
siame as a candidate for the office
of police judge. He was however
•a candidate but only for a little
while.
The P. P.- A N. Co. will forward
a check to the clerk of this District
amounting to 4most $12,000, as
their license fee for canneries at
C'hignik, Xushagak, Uyak, Kenai
and Orca.
Levy A Co. are doing a jobbing'
business in cigars, having a large
assortment of the best brands.
Accused of Manslaughter.
The Bertha brought in Alex. R.
Ryan in custody of \V. X. Dawson,
special deputy marshal from Kenai.
The charge against him is attempt
ed manslaughter.
C. W. Gompertz, agent of the P.
P. A X. Co.,was loading some jades
used in fishing onto one of the com- i
pany boats at Kenai, when Ryan 1
appeared on the shore and took
three shots nt GomjK-rtz with a HO- i
30 rifle. It appears that all the
fishermen had their poles piled in
the same place, and Ryan claimed
that Gomjiertz was removing his
pile.
Ryan was told to quit shooting. |
and if he could prove the owner-1
ship of the poles he would Ik* paid j
for them. He replied that he had 1
the upper hand of them, and shot |
again at the boat. The engineer,
Beeingjthat trouble could not l<e;
avoided, backed the lioat out and i
pulled down to Scldovia, where
they met the new commissioner,
Hildreth, who returned with them
to Kenui, and put Ryan under ar
rest. He was ltound over to ap
pear before the Valdez grand jury,
under $5,000 l»onds.
W. X. Da wson was sworn in to
bring the prisoner to Valdez.
Narrow Escape.
Xine men left Liscum Tuesday
afternoon in a small ls»at to go
aboard the Lilly, and as they were
alongside the steamer the boats
collided with force enough to up
set the small one and tlje entire
jmrty were thrown into the water.
The lioat immediately sank and
as only a few of the party could
swim it looked very serious for u
time. Stewart Scow of the hospi
tal corps was going down the third
time when he was luckily caught
a ml pulled out. The others were
all rescued, with no injuries further
than a good ducking.
To Help the Natives.
Rev. (1. S. Clevenger and wife
arrived on the Nome City Saturday
evening, and will remain here until
they can cross the summit. They
will make an exploration trip into
the interior to ascertain what can
be done for the Copjier River In
dians. They will make their head
quarters at Copjier Center and try
to reach the different trilies and
learn their condition. Theorphans
will lie sent to Wood Island, where
an Indian orphanage has been
established for some years. The
purpose is to formulate some
plan whereby these* Indians may
be brought to self sup|Mirt. Rev.
Clevenger will also visit the differ
ent mining camps and hold services.
We Fear No Rivals.
When we look over the columns
of some of the pu]>ers of the District
it is rather gratifying to notice their
occasional statements about other
towns that are springing up along
the coast as “possible rivals to Vill
ilez.” Valdez fears no rival either
as a railroad terminal or as a point
of entry into the interior. We have
an open harbor .all the year round,
and as a site from which to run a
railroad we are 200 miles nearer
to the Copper river than any other
point so far disco vert'd.
Court Itinerary.
On or about the 15th instant
Judge Wickersham will l>e at Ram
part, and clerk, A. R. Heilig will
be there June 5lh. Court will be
opened there on July 0th, and on
August 15th a revenue cutter will
he at their disposal at St. Michael’s
which will take them to Bristol bay.
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SPECIAL ELECTION MONDAY.
A FIRE.
Delore lie Chamber
Railroad People In Seattle. Sur
vey Parties. Local
Items.
After arriving in Seattle A. B.
lies and Janies Fish, Jr., appeared
before the chamln-r of commerce of
that city, and unfolded the plans
as formulated here, to huild a rail
road from Valdez to the Yukon.
The pro|M>sitiun wan favorably re
ceived by the chamber und a speci
al meeting was called to consider
the matter. When the latter meet
ing was hehi our two representa
tives were present, and the plans
were given more in detail.
While the chamber would not
adopt the resolution which was pre
sented urging the citizens of Seat
tle to subscribe for $150,000 of the
stock, they heartily endorsed the
building of a road from Valdez.
From late reports we learn that
over $100,000 worth of stock has
been subscrilied for in Seattle.
After placing affairs in proper
condition in Seattle. Mr. lies im
mediately went the East, where ho
exjiects to hurry matters along, and
return here at an early date.
In the meantime affairs are shap
ing themselves well at this end of
the line. The ties and stringers
are being cut and will be landed in
town in a short time, and then be
spread over tlie Jiae, so that it ca*i
truly !>e said that the building of
the Valdez, Copper River & Tana
na railroad will soon he actually
commenced.
Fire at Ellamar.
Flames were seen issuing from
the building known as Little’s sa
loon, at Ellamar, on Monday af
ternoon last, by Kramer and John
son, who were about to laud on the
beach opposite the building. They
immediately gave the alarm, and
Billy Kipsteiu, who heard the call,
spread the alarm, and, leaving his
own saloon, he, with the help of
others and a few buckets of water,
soon put out the Hames.which were
caused by a defective stove pipe.
Some of the occupants of the house
were asleep, ami the rest were ab
sent, so that nothing was known of
the tire until discovered as above
stated.
Geodetic Survey Party.
H. P. Ri tter, of the coast and ge
odetic survey, arrived here last Sat
urday on the Nome City. He
brought with him a party of 13.
He will immediately put his steam
er Taku in commission, and begin
operations on the Sound where he
left off last season. When on the
steamer going home last fall Mr.
Ritter fell and broke his leg. He
has been eon lined to bis bed for the
past eight lunnths. and is now just
sufficiently reoovored to walk with
the aid of .a .stick.
Far Fa&Cfc Jndge.
Monday luorjuayc tlte (tolls wild
lie o(h«uk1 ior the syvtsuj flection
to fill thesrifioe-of police anagUtckte.
The .only name now tieforc the
people as a eumlhlate is that of
Arthur M. Kdwards. He has
lived in Valdez for the past three
years and understands the people
and the prevailing -conditions.
His whole life has been spent in
frontier settlements, and it would
l»e hard to find a Wtter man far
the position.