A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, C. Stull,Graduate Optician.
Houses to Rent Sec Staghound
Bill.
Alaska Strawlwrries 4e jht 11». at
Richard’s.
Camera!* for rent or sale at Val
dez Pharmacy*.
Store your trunks at the Miners
Hotel for safe keeping.
The Bertha is due here next
Wednesday.
Get your outfit for the interior
at Copper Center from Blix.
Mr. Blei rojHsrtsthat Dr. Pearson
will prohahly Ik- here within the
uext two or three weeks.
R. Blix has lxniglit the stock c.f
goods freighted into Copper Center
last winter hy C. K. Hammond.
Houses and lots for rent or for
sale. Call on Dr. Von Gunthi'r.
Win. Wortmnn now has a good
pasture enclosed. at liis road house
for the Wnetit of any stock that his
pat rolls may have.
The CopjH-r River M. T. A P.
Co’s, pack train, Billy Soule in
charge, left on the Third for Slate
Creek with provisions.
Staple foods from SO to !!'> cent
a pound at Blix’s. Copper Center
Hay and feed cheap.
The office of the V. C. R. A- Y.
R. R. has Wen moved into the
White building forndy occupied by
F. J' Kinghwiu.
Mr. T. H. and Mi SS Nellie Lyons
of Juneau. brother and sister of
Judge Lyons came up on the New
port and will visit here for several
weeks.
The C. R. M. T. A. I). Co’s, store
at Copper Center can outfit you at
reasonable prices. A full line o
staple groeeries iais just Wen
received.
Mrs. Ceo. M. Ksterly arrived on
thc’Kxcclsior from the east on a
visit to her husband at this place.
Mr. Ksterly, Wing at Latouche, his
wife went there to meet him and
will return with him on the launch
Manila.
W. J. Hills, Clerk of the United
States Court with his wife and son
are in town. Mr. Hills is on a trip
examining the hooks of the wen-ch
ants of western Alaska to ascertain
what their licenses for the ensuing
ycarwill Ik*.
Tin* Geodetic Survey party under
Capt. Hitter have* finished surveying
Jack’s and Galena Bays and are
now at Hocky point. The survey '
steamer McArthur is now working
this side of the entrance to Prince
William Sound.
Dr. W. G. Alexander our new |
dentist has moved into the Gclineau
building on McKinley street and is
doing a good huincss. From what
we hear he is giving entire satisfac
tion to his patients. Several part
ies from down the Sound have
come up to have dental work done.
Holly Flour is making for Fish
Bros, new customers every day.
You don’t know Hour if you are usi
ng any hut HOLLY
Mr. J.M. (iriflin, formerly black
smith for tue government at this
place, is now located in a new
camp on Chicken creek, in the Yu
kon district. He reports some new
discoveries in that section which
look very good to him.
Mr.Orillm left here last Febru
ary and never stopped till he
ft ached thejYukon. and from theie
he hauled into Chicken Creek.
W. C. Stull ExjH-rt Watchmaker.
Choice hams. Inc per pound at
, Richard's.
Recertified Government Script
for sale by C. X. Crary.
Bromide of Quinine Capsules
cure a cold in one day at Valdez
Pharmacy.
Mr. Hielscbcr is erecting a
slaughter house on Klutena street
In-tween Third and Fourth.
One Dollar and fifty cents buy
sack of Holly Flour at Fish Bro’s
every day
The Ft. Liseum and Valdez base
hall teams will play a game of hall
next Sunday afternoon on the hall
grounds west of town.
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to he had at Hemple A
Dougherty’s.
The new meat market of J. F.
Hilcher is now open for business
and Dad Bancstcr is behind the
| block ready to cut you a tenderloin
j or pork chop or any other piece of
i meat that you want.
Bishop I*. T. Rowe of the Episco
pal Cmirch will visit Valdez within
a few weeks. He will prohnhly W
accompanied hv Rev. F. C. Taylor
who is to he installed as the perm
anent minister of the Church of
Epiphany at this place.
What with HOLLY FLOCR and
MONOPOLE CANNED HOODS
Fish.Bro’s. Business is increasing
Mr. Ike Loomis has several tons
of provisions at his roadhouse on
the Tonsina for sale at an advance
of 20 jkt cent of Valdez prices.
Those going into the new Nizina or
Brcmncr Districts can get all the
provisions they want of him.
Parker Bunk House, on Key
stone Ave. Bunk, stove and wood.
All comforts, 2'>c per day.
The Excelsior arrived here last
Monday evening from Seattle with
.■{.') passengers, 200 tons of freight
and 40 head of live stock for this
place. She left Seattle on the 28th,
hut had to lay over at Port Town
send for over a day to repair some
part s»f her machinery that was
broken. There was a number of
passengers and a large amount of
freight for Cook Inlet,
IF you have not yet tried Holly
Flour.order a sack from Fish. Bro’s.
and your money will l>e cheerfully
returned, if the Flour is not entire
ly satisfactory.
Charley Millard returned to town
last Saturday Morning, having
made a hurried trip to the Nicolai
Mines in eopanv with Ray Millard.
Sam Lynch, Billy Crary, Jolnii
Steele and Vic Marion. Charley
immcdiatly took the hack trail,
while the rest of the party contin
ued on to the new diggings. He
found the water in the Kotsina
very high and waited two days for
it to lower before crossing, as Ken
neally’s fate was a warning to he
careful.
Joe Bell returned to town this
morning from the new copper dis
coveries, made this season by him
self, Dick (jellineau and Tony Bar
ret. Joe eame in loaded with sam
ples from a later and richer discov
ery of outcropping further down
the mountain, hut eveidently on
the same ledge. He is here to se
cure tools and powder, and will re
turn immediately to do some devel
op n ent work and see 'what they
hay*.
Why use any other flour when
you can get a sack of Holly at
. Fish & Cos. for $1.50.
J. B dQENS.
CASK STORE
If you want art outfit let
me figure on it and you
will save money. AGENS
BUTTER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
If* V. Miller, Manager
INJUNCTION SERVED.
Brehme-Wenke Claim Is
Tied Up
On June IK Mr. Frank Bartlett
served papers on Chas. Brchm re
fraining the latter from working
the Slate Crook claim which was
supposed to Wlong to Breliin.
Wcnke and Neweomh.
The facts of the ease are as fol
lows: In the spring of lltOO Jim
Neweomh, under a gruWstake con
tract entered into with Frank
Bartlett, went to what is now known
as the Chesna District to prospect
and locate mining property.
W hen Slate Creek was being lo
cated Neweomh was on the ground
and secured a claim for himself
and one for Bartlett, by power of
Attorney. Shortly thereafter when
all the claims on the creek were
staked, Chas. Brchm and Harry
\t dike appeared on the scene and
seeing Batrlett’s claim located by
an agent, they immediativ jumped
the same hv posting their own loea
non notice thereon. Newcomb'
on several occasions protested and J
threw off their notice hut the oth
er* presisted in replacing it and
thus the ownership was disputed
until working time arrived.
Then the jumpers eagerly sought
a compromise and after considcrhle |
delay Newcomb finally agreed to a
settlement the effect of which was
that Wenke, Brcluii and Bartlett
should each have a one third un
divided interest in the claim.
This was all done without consult
ing Bartlett, and under these con
ditions the claim was worked last
year, Newcomb looking after Bart
lett’s interest.
Last fall Harry Wenke sold out
his interest to Oscar and Kay Lar
son ami left for his home in
Pittsburg Penn.
The present injunction, issued in
in the interest of Mr. Bartlet, is in
tended to restrain Brchmc and
\\ enke, or Wenke’s assigns, from
working the claim pending a suit,
m which Bartlett will undertake to
prove his right to possess the en
tire claim [[on the grub-stake con
tract, which gave Newcomb the
right only to locate.
Mr. Cliff Phillips returned from
the states on the Excelsior.
M r. and M rs. F. J. Kinghorn have
moved into their new residence on
Alaska Avenue.
Where will the terminal of the
railroad l>e? is the question of
everyone in Valdez.
Dgarf tfc Me In tosh are Building
a new Blacksmith shop on the cor
ner of Broadway aud Third street.
Mr. Millard is now in possession
of tlte ancient copper pot discovered
recently at one of the villages along
the eoa t.
The attorneys of Valdez held a
meetiog at the office of Mr. F. M.
Brown for the purj>ose of organiz
ing a Bar Association. A commit
tee consisting tf J. Goodell, O. P.
Huhhard and F. ft. Kelsev, was
appointed to draft a set of By-laws
and attend to the preliminary ar
rangements toward making this a
permanent organization.
Messrs. W. S.Ainy and Ed. Wood1
have formed a partnership ami
will conduct a transfer lmsiness on
a large scale. They promise to do
any kind of hauling and trucking,
and will he prepared to transfer
goods to any part of Alaska. They
expect to secure a large numltcr
of horses in addi tiou to those
they already have, and will
erect suitable stables for the care of
them. They will care for horses
for other parties during the winter
at reasonable rates. This will till
a lotig felt want as heretofore no
one in town has l»een prepared to
take care of stock. The new firm
will iumiediatly begin the election
of their office on McKiuley Stiw-t
next to the Bohemian Saloon.
Drop a niekle in the new slot
machine at Fish.Bros, and try vour
luck
Suhscrilto for the Pkosckctok.
Pettr ;Dill
lias Passed.
The hill to redistrict Alaska was
passed hy Congress on June 15th
and approved and signed hy the
President on the 20th, and heeanie
a law on July 1st. This news was
telegraphed by the Attorney Gen
eral to! nitcd States Attorney R. A.
Fredericks at Juneau, and by him
sent to his assistant, Thos. R. Lyons
who is now at this place.
This is most welcome news to
to the jM-ojde of Valdez and of wes
tern Alaska. They will now he
recognized as a people, and their
wishes will Ik* considered l»v a
broad minded court. Valdez is
now the seat of the government
for the third district of Alaska, and
court will probably he opened.here
by the first or middleof September.
Judge Wickersham may possibly
come directly from Nome to Valdez
with out going to Kagle. Judge
Moore is now on his way to Nome
to take his seat on the bench to re
lieve Judge Wickersham.
Hot at Copper Center
Copper Center July !>. — To
day we had the hottest weather
ever known of in the Copper river
'ally sinee the advent of the white
•nan, the theuionieter standing at
100 d -grees in the shade. The
weather has been warmer eaeli year
sinee the valley was lir.-t settled by
prospeetors in ISOS. Hut today the
reeod was broken. We may have a
tropieal eountrv some day.
Karnv Greer, Joe Gardner,
"Mule” Jones. Mace and Marsden
arrived vesterdav from Valdez on
the way to Slate Creek with pro
visions.
Stanley Parker and A. J. Kelsey
passed through here today from
Slate Creek enruute to the new dig
gins.
Captain Wilson who has lieen
along the trail on a tour of inspeet
iou, is now on the-load [•> Valdez.
Tk.nas Kosv.
SLATE CREEK LETTER.
Continued from First Page,
and the stream went into the tent,
and gave Bert a shower hath, lie
said it reminded him of the old
days hack on the farm, when after
a night of fun his father would
sprinkle cold water on his face to
wake him up in the morning about
“milkin” time. He fired and hired
Kelly on the spot. That is two
instances where hose brought peace
into the family. Judging from the
clean ups Hurd is making, he will
use his hose to put the gold into.
His« second clean up amounted to
nearly $700. The third and last
one he has made so far went near
ly $1,<XX). for the two shifts of five
men each. That looks had for Mr.
Wilkie.
t). J. Hosford has sold his outfit
and gone to Chesna to dovclnpe his
property there. Provisions are
selling from $1. to $1.25 per pound.
Walter White and Willis bought
Hosford,s outfit.
Hammond and Workman arrived
here yesterday with a load of sugar
rice, butter and Units. The hull
arrived all O. K., and Mr. Ham
mond says he is a good packer. He
will lie turned out on the Chesna
Divid • until some of his saddle
sores are healed, when he will lie
killed, and some of the men will
eat what is left.
Frank Bart'ett served an injunc
tion on Larson Bros. * Brehme a
few days ago- The claim will lie
run in the future hy Bartlett *!fc
Neweomh, or at least until the mat
uer is settled.
John Me Laren, J. Stanley Par
ker and “St. Klias” Montgomery
are working for Fred Bate on the
"Marie.” #Hollingsworth “Ave.” is
working for Neil Koheson on Mil
ler Gulch. The output of this dis
trict for the season will lie several
times greater than it was last year.
MoutK.
A set of new liarne.-s cheap a
Richards.
fltnf Honn
General Merchants
Groceries
■Hardware
Clothing
Footwea r
etc.
We are Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
Pioneer Outfitters
Lumber and Timbers of all kinds
Rough, Planed, Matched.
Lathe and Band
Saw Work Special
Orders Promptly
\l0Nu
>1 Attended To
CRAW-FORD & RUTHERFORD,Managers.
The Bohemian Saloon.
LIQUOR flNt> CIQ/1RS,
NONE BETTER. .
McKinley St. Between Keystone and Glacier Ave
Gold Dust
Exchange.
Highest Price Paid For*
Goid Dust.
Treasury Notes, Drafts and Money Orders
Cashed Free of Charge.
AL WHITE.
THE ~ LOQ - QdDIN
OTTO KANITZ, PROPRIETOR.
Liquid Refreshments of Best Quality. Clean and Comfortable Rooms
to Let at Reasonable Rates.
McKinley Street near Glacier Avenue.
RKHriRD/ 6- QO,
FURNITURE, STOVES^ KGUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
Beeond-lland Goous Bought and Bold.
Jones Bi'ildim - Keystone Ave
~ll
IK We id Mil Dealers in life Maud Heats.
ir.iMituco.