VOLUME 5. NO 24 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906._ - > OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
We Carry the LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
I SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS FROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
i
V Ai/Ds4 COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. IKVY & <X>.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale ornfl
Retail dealers
TELEPHONE
33.
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, .
Fish, Oysters., Butter and Eggs.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow (fittests.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
Agents Owl Drug Co. Ph4°0ne
Special Term Of Court.
Tn’ilie J»istri*t Coert, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Ala-ka.
The I'reddcnt of the I'nited States, to the
-lYojde of the Third Judicial Division, Territory
Of Alaska Creeling.
You and each of you will n’easv rtHk* notice
that by an mder of the above named court
auadc and entered 04; the ttnth day of June
l'.HMi. a Sl'KCl \l. TKRM ot the District.Court in
iiiid for the THIRD DIVISION l*a> been called
and will be held at the Court House in the
Towr of Valdei,4 cointrciiciiir 01, Monday the
•Wixth day of Augis t A. !> ltKXi, at 10 o'clock,
A. M. and continuing 11 repeat ter a** Song a*
public busincs* may require.
Witness the Honorable ROYAL A. Cl N
NISON, Judge of ttit* above named court, and
fin *>eal thereof affixed the ik»th day of Jiuie,
1900
i.D W XRD.I. STiKR,
Clerk «•* tin Df.itriet Court r the Ter
[Seal] ritory ot Sla^kn Third Division.
•S. A. ckanuall. Deputy
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Amusements Are Scarce.
An Edison Phonograph will en
tertain you and your friends, an
Edison Gold Ttloulde Record is a
■work of art. We carry a complete
lino of both. Phonographs, from
$12. up. New Records on every
boat. See SueesdorfWilson at
the .Bowling Alley.
Dr. A. von (kinther and family
came up from Knight’s Island this
morning.
’ H. Deline, has been appointed
stenoifrnphpr for th<- V.-Y. II. R Co.
A L LEVY & CO
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy arid Sell Exchange, Buyand Ship Cold Dust, Accept Deposits,
Wake Collections and Loan^Mongy on approved security at Low Kates
.^f4aueret,t
Mrs. Charles Kraumer returned
to town last week from a visit with
her parents at Camp Comfort.
Moose meeting to-night. All
members who have any interest in
the rnuintainance of the order are
urgently requested to attend
in tiik i'lnusATK i oi kt. vai.uk/ hue
CIN( T. I HI K 1> .H'HH'IAL HI VISION,
TKIUUTORI or ALASKA.
Iii ihe Matter of the Jvstate “— '**
of
J. J. Ya U'-li.tvv, Dee enroll
NOTH’K IH 1IKKKHY tilVKS that Li. ib
< asiiman has Jileil with -the above court a
.petition praying for letters of administration
i*t tlie estate of .1. .1. Yakshnw, deeeased, and
that Saturday the 2%rd day of June, at
two o'clock lb M., of aaid day, at (he ollice of
tin* above court at the court hous**, Valdez,
Alaska, lets been set for hearing said petition
w hen and w here any person interested may
appesr and show cause why su’d |/etitiou
should not be granted.
Itated this tweliii day of June, 1WW.
.My the Court,
John Dyons.
Judge.
Notice Of Election.
Nolixv is hereby given tlmt an election will
be held on the 14th. «l«y of August, for
the election of one delegate tor Hie short term
and one delegate for the long term from the
Territory of Alaska in the House of Renre^en
tatives of the I’nited States, as provide d by
the Aid of Congress Approved May 7th.
entitled, “At; Aet Rrovbying for the Flection of
*i I telegate to the- llmisv «f lie prese u la lives
from tnc Territory of Alaska.”
Tin satld election will b* held for the pro
einet comprising the corporal** limits »*t the
Town of-Valdez, nt Counuil Chambers in Fire
Hall, ins; ;d Town of VaWvz, whieh is hereby
designated as the polling place in said pre
cinc'. The said ptJiing place for said election
will be open between the Hours of eight o'clock
-antemeridian and seven o’clock postmeridian,
of sai l day.
Chas. II. Kraepier, Chas. A. Hand and
Charlie Crawford have l*e*:i end are hereby
appointed judges of said election, and F. it.
Wheat and Chas. 11. Wiicox have been and
they are hereby appointed clerks of said elec
tion.
Hated Monday July '.*th. 190i>
Henry W. Milier,
Mayor of the Town of Valdez.
* \V.* li. CHARY,
ISEAl^t (Terkofthe Town of Valdez.
Bv c. H. WIlcox, Beput-y.
Notice Alaska Trade
1 Our business continues as before
Prompt Shipment Guaranteed
All order filled from our New York
house.
i We will be bigger and 'better
I than ever.
HOFFMAN, IlOTHCHILD & CO.
•Wholesale Clothiers,
dbOO Clay St.
Telegraphic Items.
Finley, ().. July 24—The attor
ney for John Rockefeller says that
the Standard Oil magnate will ap
pear at the rebate hearings, al
though no warrant has been issued
for him.
| Washington, July 25—Admiral
Swinburne has been assigned to
the command of the'Pacific squad
ron, vice Admiral- Goodrich, wl»o
has been ordered home on waiting
orders.
Odessa, July 25—Drunken Cos
sacks started a massacre of the
Jews in this city yesterday, killing
more than a hundred of them in
their homes and on the streets.
Infantry is now arriving to arrest
the Cossacks. The Jews are panic
stricken, fearing another outbreak
; at any time.
i St. Petersburg. Julv 25—Twenty
!
. notices of a death sentence pro
j nounced upon the Czar by the
revolutionists were found nailed
upon the palace walls this morn
ing. the work of terrorists who
‘eluded the guards or traitors
among the guards.
Seattle, July 26—The Excelsior
•arrived^ hero from Valdez last
night.
New York, July 20—The will of
the late Russell Sage was read yes
*
terday. He left his entire estate,
amount ing to more than sixty mil
lions to Mrs. Sage. Relatives of
Sage will attack the will on the
grounds that he was insane, and
that iiis w ife exercised undue inliu
ence.
Moscow, July 20—The govern
ment yesterday arrested nine revo
lutionists and seized documents
giving the names ofali tiie leaders
of the revolutionary .party. One
hundred and ninety of the latter
were arrested, eight escaping from
the country.
St. Petersburg, July 20—The
■Czar has directed Admiral Skryd
roff to take command of the Black
• Sea fleet and restore order. He
• orders that an investigation be
made into the eases of sailors ar
rested for mutiny, and that all il-{
legally held be-released. He also
directs that several of the officers
of the fleet to be court-martialed,
and where found guilty of unneces
sary severity, punished. It is
hoped by this means to regain the
confidence of the enlisted men of
the navy.
St. Petersburg, July 2<>—It is.
now believed that the general strike
threatened, will be postponed until
after harvest, which will put the
peasant revolutionists in a better
condition for the struggle.
Everett, July 25—Louis Long
knocked out Johnny Crow, with a
blow on the jaw, in the twentieth
round last night. An attempt will
be made to get up a match between
Long and Britt.
Speaking of Mrs. W. L. Distin,
wife of the Surveyor General of
Alaska, who recently died at
Quincy, J1!., the Quincy Optic says:
The life ot Mrs. Distin has been
one filled with useful activities, al
ways marked hy admiriable abili
ties and u most lovable -disposi
tion, with the keenes human sym
pathies. Her work in the Guild of
iSt. John’s Cathedral, Woodland
j Home association, Daughters of
! the Revolution, and the Woman’s
Relief Corps, was especially nota
ble and that work leaves a inem
| ory that \\ ill he lasting.
Tourists Arrive.
The Portland arrived here last
Friday with 38 of the stockholders
of the Iteynolds-Alaska Develop
ment Company, principally from
Boston, New York, Philadelphia
and other eastern cities. IT. D.
Reynolds, the president of the
Company was .in charge of the 1
party.
The principal object of their
visit to this country wa« to inspect
the mining properties oi the Com
pany at Boulder bay-nnd .Latouche
island, hut stops were made at
Ketchikan, Juneau and Fitka, at
the latter place a reception being
tendered the party.by Mrs. J. <1.
Brady. At Cordova a stop was
made to enable them to visit the
railroad terminal and townsitc.
Upon the arrival of the steamer
hero an informal reception was
held at the Tillikum Club in honor
of the visitors, and in the evening
ii dance was given at McKinley
Hall.
The steamer reached Boulder
hav about one o’clock Friday
morning, but the visitors were so
enthusiastic that they immediately
sallied forth ami marie a complete
inspection of the mine, with which,
it is understood they are well
pleased.
The party proceeded to the
Westward, and will visit the La
touche Iron Mountain Mine. Sew
aid, Seldovia and Kodiak, and
will return later to Valdez.
The visit of such a representa
tive bodv of eastern capitalists will
mean a great deal to Prince Wil
liam iSom u, as it is believed that
they rynl go hack well satisfied
with their investments.
The Portland will take on a
shipment of nOO tons of ore from
the Boulder Bay mine for the Ta
coma Smelter, and hereafter it is
expected that regular shipments
of from 50'J to 1 .(XX) tons will be
made from this mine. It is cbm
expected to have the La touche
mine on a shipping basis within a
very lew months.
Editor Crary returned to 'Valdez
on the Santa Clara last -Sunday
accompanied by his bride, formerly
Miss Nan E. Fitch of Portland.
On Monday evening the bridal
couple were tendered a reception
at Moose Hall by the Order of
Alaska'Moose of which Mr. Crary
is one of its charter members. The
hall was prettily decorated with
ferns and during the reception the
bride and groom stood under a
floral bell suspended from the
mouth of the magnificent moose
head which adorns one end of the
hall.
After the happy pair - had been
congratulated and. complimented
by their many friends the main
part of the hall was cleared for
dancing and card tables were ar
ranged in the annex.
A dainty lunch was served about
midnight after which dancing was j
resumed and continued till one I
and all were ready to seek their'
homes wishing “ye editor” and his
charming bride long years of joy
and contentment.
The ladies'who acted as a com
mittee and to whom the success of
tiie affair is due were Mrs. A. J.
Adams, Mrs. Alvah Eamcs. Mrs.
\V. E. Root and Mrs. E. B. Wheat.
A Senator Nelson Club has been
organized on tire Tanana, and
nearly every miner has joined as a
charter mcmoer.
Information Wanted.
Mrs. Irwin, of Laurelbank,
Belfast, Ireland, desires informa
tion concerning her son. William
John Irwin, last heard from at
Seward, Alaska.
j
Railroad Notes.
The Valdez-Yukon- Railroad*(Jo.
lias increased its force b_v fifty men
this week, and will push grading
more actively. Sub contracts have
been let to-aevarahparlies for clear
ing the right-of-way am! or sta
tion work
The ‘.Hammond
brought in n-t:«w of one tItotrsirOil
ties, aifikc mrmln' of mw -logs -for
tl»> railrwuV-caw mill
•The railroad approach to the
wharf was completed hist week,
and the pile driver will now be
moved to the glacier streams.
Valdezians In Tatiana.
O. J. Hereford is prospecting in
tin: Kantifihmi country. Mrs. Hos
ford is on •Esther creek, where Mr.
Hosford is interested in some pro
perty which is yielding .good re
turns.
Bob Kelley and 3im Bullard
have struck good pay on Friday
creek, in the Kantishna »country.
Bert Skinner is working ai car
pentering in ^Fairbanks, bis brother
Charles Skinner, superintending
the work on their property, on
Esther creek which promises well.
.Kayak Oil BieMs.
-The Junfiu.Kecord Miner pub
lishes, an. article by .o. Mr. ‘fr'tto
-Klement, of Catalla. relative to the
oil fields of that district, in whioh
he stales that the development
thedUtrict is much further -ad
vanced than ^generally believed,
the operators purposely -vice {ring
back the news of- tfie richness of
the field that they way ■ remain
unhampered in tlve acquiring «f
more property by •*« influx of
prospectors,aud that tie area of
ground some of the companies hope
to control almost takes away one’s
breath. The practice has been to
drill to a depth of 800 or 000 feet,
and under pretense of -seme mishap
abandon the well for tbe there
being, leaving tbe derrick standing
and the casing in the well, and
removing the machinery to an
other eligible location, where these
.methods are repeated. The con
ditions in the field are such tlvat
even the novice dispenses with tire
services of the expert in detecting
the presence of.oil. -The air along
the long line of seepage being im
pregnated with the .pungent odor
of petroleum.
C.ipt. H..E. McReavy, of J'likm
City, left Seattle for . Alaskan
waters.in a forty-five-foot gasoline
launch.last Saturday. He will en
gage in the trading and transpor
tation business at Prince William
Sound.
While the Str. Al-Ki was dis
charging at the Tacoma smelter,
on the evening of July Jth, tl»e
dock collapsed and $y,000 worth of
Treadwell sulphurets went to tire
bottom of the bay. It may he
partially recovered by the use of a
dredger.
Owing to the large accumulation
in Seattle of freight for Nome, it is
probable that the Port Valdez will
go to Nome iustoad of leaving Aug.
1st for this place as scheduled.
The Santa Ana will probably take
the run.
Dr. W. C. Rothkranz, of New
York, a brother of Louis Roth
kranz of this.place, arrived on the
the Santa Clara, and will visit the
Sound country to look over some
of the copper properties.
Charles Schlosser left to-day far
a prospectmg trip down the Sound.
Dance at Moose ilall Saturday
night.
Mrs. J. P. Isaacs and Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Cameron made ■ the trip
Seward and return on the Excel
sior.
Thfe Portland will sail for Seat
tle tonight.