VOLUME 4, WO. 4_ _ _ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAFEP.
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Local Happenings.
Doings in Yov n. Fairbanks
Travelers. Mtisliers along
The Trail.
Quick THp From Nome.
M Krnpp. ■ f Nome. arrived from
t mt camp last week after a re
n rkablv quirk iri|*. Ife was :ti»
’raveling days on tin road, and
made the di.-ntm-e ir nn K lirbank*
in nine nays. H* speaks ver\’j
favorably oi tin* trail, an I rv.i
pari iniihirlv i pri ■"in 1 bv the I
amount of p.1- in transit from
here to the t'opper river countrv. J
lie says the people in tin Yukon,
country have no i<i<a that Valdez,
does sindi an amount of outfitting.
Skagwny People Come This Way.
bio. Blanchard, of the firm of
Behrends *V Co.. Skngwav, through
here last week with a stoi k of mer
chandise. which lie i- taking from
that plaec to Fairbanks. lie was
anxious to got the stock in o the
Tatiana before the spring breakup, I
and as he could not pos.-iblv «!•,!
so o*cr the oilier route, had to
conic this way.
. h. Jones, with 2tJ horses and
a large stork oi general nn rehan
disc, arr.ived on the Santa At \
and left I'tiesdav inori.ing f ir Fair
lianks. One hundred eases ot egos
was a portion of | i* out tit.
Ban * allahan. a well known
freighter in lie interior, arrived
Saturday fiom the l a nit n a with
live lior-es. lie made tin tripin
eii day- and reports tin- trail as in
line condition
darn.
HrwTKR—At Fort Alas- j
kn. February 27. I'.m.'i. the w;r.. i
•»! Sergeant (tiist ci.i-d Cbarh M. !
Hunier. hospital corps. U. S. A., ai
daughter.
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Excelsior Leaves.
Seattle. March 2 The Excelsior
Idt iust night with 72 passenger.-i
far Valdes.
Free Garden Seeds.
Persons destring packe s <»f gar-.
<h*n s(cd- may obtain the same free
of charge bv applying to#K. Biix
Copper t enter, until April 1st. af
ter which application should be]
made to the government farmer.
J. W. Nkai..
Tony Klein, a saloon man from I
Bisbee, Arizona, arrived tins week
from Fairbanks, and took the Port
land for the States.
Win. itouglas Johns, an old tim
er on the Yukon, registered at the 1
St. Hias tins week, enroute from;
the Tanana to Chicago. j!
A. M Aten, who has Keen col- j |
looting specimens to the westward ■
for the Smithsonian Institution, is
at the St. Eiius. He will leave!,
soon for the Tanana.
The A. B.’s have bought the lot I
on Keystone, formerly occupied bv
the oottling works. I1
(’has. Kraemer will leave for j
Slate creek about the lath oi this ,
month.
Miss Kolierts lets moved to Camp;
Comfort where she will spend the ] t
stinuner with her parents. i
Chamber of Comiiieree meeting '
Friday night. All members are j'
requested to lie present. 1
I lie sundry civil appropriation!^
bill a- reported by ii»c liou.-e com- <
mittee contains an item of #t;.',000 j
for marking tbe Alaska-Canada !
boundary, and an appropriation '
tor repairs to government wharves!
at Sitka. 1 f
Telegraph Rate* Lowered.
I he rate for commercial miv
»:"es over tie land lines fn :n here
ini'heen lowered nisi i t wen: v-five
per cent., taking < fleet March 1s*.
According to the new rate mes
sages a* far as Tonsina are two1
tents.i word; to (h slnchina thru
cell's: Fairbanks nine; S Michael
eighteen and to Nellie twciiM -font
<• tits, with a min:!' ttm of ten
words.
I lie rate for social and domestic
I'lcssatrcs, limited to two a month.
hetween here and tiny point on
he interior. i< ten words toe liftv
cents or twentv-li-e word* for one
* *
dollar. Snelt nic««:.g- s may he
st nt fr* m the t t .orionny point
in the «: a'e--. I pon reaching Imre
they will lie forwarded in franked
envelopes hv mail to tie ir th satia
tion. Ooniin/ from the States a
message n tt't e mail'd to ‘he op
erator lure, with a pcs tl order to
pav charges. , nelo-ed. This rate
applies only in strictly domestic or
social matter.
Tlie Week’s Recording.
Following i> a list of ihe instru
ments rc-onlc'l sit Coinmi-sioner
Lyon’s nflice during tl.e ~r week:
I>e«*dr—Clyde Clark to J. W.
Morrison, town lot.
Frank lluek to Aug. Weiss. 1-tt
lt> and 17 Hex guleli. uid 4 he
!ow, and 7 almve Cliititu, No. 1
IL.imoi d guleli.
•L M. La1liroji to S. Hltmi. 1 -10*t
H co|>|.er claims. HI Hot creek.
Location—l*«i!a |>':i •« i. F ill
'T el;. C. Hovers. J. ('• 1:11 , gs. A
M. Bruhn, -I. L. Heel. K. C. Hdl.
P. S. Peterson. J. liooi.r, M.
Moore.
lfiOa placer. Mountain Slieej.
'“reck, trill. Fail creek, same lea
tors.
ln'.l Jilaeer. Boulder creel;, rnoutli
Jack t'lv. Ben Hunter. .1. Kit.Me
lon. N< is .lete-on. .1 Mo-, r. -I H> ed.
A Brtllili. I’ Pelelsoli, J Hunter.
Aftidavit l.almr—Blatm y Sti v
i*P“. ft elnims. Copper Bullion
Sriniji. Boulder hay.
<1. h. Guthrie, Veriplies placer
dttim, Fall creek.
Great Fo-.sibilnies.
Marshal Perry, in ati inti ' - iew
it Seattle, -aid: "A railroad •rom
Mii ie/ to Fairhatiks is inevi il le
within the next few years. If the
government Would only guarantee
he interest on the hoi: priva’r
•ariie- can he found w h capital
o huild the road, Tlie nittu.ra
■esemrees warrant the construe'ion
'f a railroad. The out) .it of go id
his year will he between f 3,1!'K 1.1 H >( t
md $4.(K»MKJ0. What it will h.
he following year is hard to -av.
mt the sum will he much greater,
die territory is so vast, the rcsour
e- so ii , le Understood, and the
Hissihilities so great, that one i
Itrilid to hazard a prediction.
J'he senate committee on terrif
ies is almost unanimous on the
imposition to push the Alaska
It-legate bill th.'ough at this session,
nil tin- friends of the Cushman
>ill are elated at the prospei t.
1 lie prohahie course of proo«*d
irc w ill lie to recall from tin* .-cu
lt** the hill which was favorably
■••ported last year and give i* a
a refill revision before reporting it •
n again.
Many of the senate leaders lit-!
ieve the hill can he passed, l'iuf
>f Conneciitut was tin- chief oh
ector last year, and it is not yet !
is-uri d that hi» objections have
wen overcome.
J. F. Hielwhcr started this
Homing for the Tanana camp. ,
i City Market j
| NEXT TO THE MXIXA. ! .
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Rt-tail Lteali-ra
GIVE LS A
CALL
; Beef, Mutton, Pork ji
! Poultry and Game. I;
8’
A National Bank
To lie Started ily Abe Bonnifield
hi Fairbanks, 950,000
C npi.nl.
W tington March. 1—The
<**■*» . -1 < r ut tin- 1 -astiry Im- ap
I't ,VI'' tlw .1 ppi!cation to organizo
a national ,k at Fairhai iis.
t» . . 1- ill tui* head ,>f
ih ' >'• mi. To capitalization
;.M».t- ; 1.
Kailrcaa Bui Passes
i'lynipin, March 1—Tin- railroad
•■o itiii.-.ioti lull, which |u,. e i n
pmi so much tn,a- this session of
tin .ii; 1 re. ha. tina ly pa-.-ed
* si! 11 liousi . ;,nd will lie Sluncii In
1 iii* yo\ i-rtior.
Can’t Agree Cn Rates
ecirtlc, March 1—The Alaska
fUcati .li'p a-..( ( iitioii is in ini; tc
estnh ish si -mi rale., to all Alas
Kan pm; .- 111,1 at-,- tin.tide to agree
mi M'hedttie to inur'or poin
I hrotigli lulls of lading from Scat*
e to Daivson, Knit hunks and Y 1
kon ri'er points is the stumbling
hloek. I la- White I’u-s road l as
1 he whip hand in the matter and
"til Itoi join he aureenient.
Quartz Strike
1* iirl>-ink", h • h. 27 A '/'tod
|| ye Ilf yoid heariliy quell#
ha- i-et'ti ii:- uvrri 'l In .1. It Km it'
an t Charle- f'hnriiae. twa nty-fjv#
•no' s from Fairhanks The rind
l a- created yi'i-iit < xcitcinen! ami
"'i'll s' an | i 'h- is on from here, l ilt1
qvar1/ !- hiyh yrade ami free mills
i"sf. Consul, rahle of t has ln-.-n
pi'Uiuleo . |. n«l runs iruiii foO to
# ><M) |.i r on. The whole conn rv
- now staked in the vicinity of the
strike.
Can’t Sell C.ame.
I he oflii .a's of Fa rhanksarcen*
f ‘Fei:tie yamt law prohihi iny
the se||iny o; iinv yanu duriny the
c'.ii-e ! -CU-OII, atiil as a ronsequritia*'
the meat eaters of that eainp arc
forced to live on in.pur rd href
I he I’acihr Cniil Storaye Companv
is hlatmil for catisiny 'lie lav to l,tt
so strictly enforced. The manayir
of this eiiinp-iliv >1 e» that he con
ferred w.th Ju ye \\ i kei -ham, I*e
for,-takiny in ' is stock, and was
tol.l t ha’ the lav would Iks enforced
a- lony as tile supply of domestic
nit at lasted.
Favoracle Report.
l ie it i r t lapp, wliu laid charge
it i! wagon ruad .-.irvev, hi?
.nado !i|s complete i»• jn*V . an ! i. i»
i fi \ ..r.. Me mil*. 1 lc es' imatcs the
•" 1a itt.tNK), and in speaking
.1 the rcs.iiir of the coiintrv
which it would run mention's all
i io* dis* ret- now l»eing develojied,
ttnl call.- attention to tiie great
[Hjssihii ities of the countrv if bet• ef
r: i -porta’ion facilities were of’
feri ,1.
I lie Fair) auks New- i- loud in
ts praise of the mail service civet
his route.
I* is leported by n cent arrival?
Tom Nome tii,it Judge Moore lias
amt iii ins resignation as judge of
hat district.
A plan is on foot to secure the
•romo'i.>n of l.ieut. Kiumoiis, who
vas li. r.- last -uninier, to tiie rank
>f lieutenant commander. A special
id of congress will tie required.
the secretary of the treasury, in
iis deficiency estimates, ark? con*
tress to appropriate 18,700 for the
' agon road survey, and #1.list for
tie ('oldfoot trail work. These are
he amounts required to clear up
he indebtedness incurred by the
lurvey parties.
K. S. Uvan, who is agitating a
■ailroad proposition from the Gulf
•f Alaska U> the Seward peninsula,
s supported by Senator Allison,
vho presented him to the president
iml is assisting him in every way
•ossible.
The Nelson bill enqiowers com*
nissioners to commit insane per
ons to the asylum, after a jurv
ms deided on t*c ir insanty. Tit is
vas formerly the duty of the dis
rict court.
Wlien a man tells you it doe?
i.'t pay to advertise, he admit?
hat I. - ho-’ii. s- i.- nol worth ad?
■erasing.—‘Printer?, ink