VOLUME 2, HO. 19. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUHE 18, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPEIt
JAMES FISH £> CO
Furnishing Goods.
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We are showing a new line of
HATS
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Stetson and Kingsburies.
Good Hats For $1.75. Good Hats For $4.00.
Other Good Hats For $5.00 and $7.00.
We also have a new line of
CAPS
You want one of them.
I Everything to Wear.
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Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE. J
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P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
We Carry' a Large Lot of
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
k Musical Instruments.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton,PorkandPoultry
Our Prices mre RIGHT. Give us a call.
,fe fashiotable
As they are beautiful.
Shirt Waist Sets
and Pins,
Quite the Rage these Summer Days
> There are a few left.
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Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry
W. C. STULL, Nugget Jewelry Made to Order
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
Council Proceedings.
The council meeting Monday waa
well attended on account of the
Sact that tl»e ordinance regarding
■gambling and other misdemeanors
was expected to be changed.
The matter was discussed at
length by the-cauneilmou, hut the
enly actmn taken was to appoint a
commit toe, -to confer with the city
attorney said the representative of
(the saloon^, and draw up amend
ments to the ordinance that would
fie satisfactory to the public.
It seemed to be the opinion of
(the body as a whole, that section 5
of Ordinance No. 26 should be re
repealed, but several of them ob
jected to taking any such action
until satifactory substitutes were
presented.
An ordinance was introduced
regulating the construc.ion of side
walks in the city limits. It provides
for the establishment of a grade.and
specifies that walks shali be con
strutted of two inch plank. Action
will be taken upon it next week.
Bids for construction of a fire
building on the new site were
opened. One was for $G00 and the
other 1775. The committee on fire
protection was given another week
in which to settle upon a definite
plan for tbc work and make ar
rangements for the site.
Councilmen Amy and Richards
were appointed a committee to take
any necessary action regarding
work on the glacier stream.
The new bids for city printing
were opened and referred back to
the committee on printing.
Tlie marshal was instructed to
gather up all the fire department
ladders and buckets, and deposit
them in places to l>e specified by
the chief of the department, and to
prosecute anyone found moving
them except in case of fire. He
was also instructed to notify pat
ties who are obstructing any alley
to clear the same.
Win. Hunter made application
for an appointment as city scav
enger. No action was taken in the
matter
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MITCHELL AND PARTY OF
EXPERT8
Are Here to Investigate
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Copper Properties on Interior and
I Along the Sound. Blei With ■
the Party.
About the first party to arrive j
here this season to inspect anil take;
. up copper properties is Mr. George I
• Mitchell, owner of the Mitchell!
smelters and one of the principal
holders in the Greene Consolidated. |
and generally known as the Cop
ier King of Mexico, being the larg- j
i est owner of copper properties in
that country.
With Mr. Mitchell is Arthur
Brownlie, partner and representa
tive of T. August Heinze. Mr.
Brownlee will inspect the property
of J. J. Franey on Latouche island,
which is known as the Karleson- j
| Olson property, after which ha will
join the Mitchell party. The other ,
inemla-rs of the party are W. 8. j
Gage, who was here in the early,
spring, R. Morrison, P. 1). Pierce,1
M. MtSweeney and 8. J. Robinson.'
The launch Valdez has been se-,
cured by Mr. Mitchel for the use of
the party for a trip of inspection ■
■ to the various properties al*>ut i
Prince William sound, before go- j
Lng to the interior to see the large |
'copper properties of the Chittynal
valley.
Mr. Roliert Blei, of New York
and Valdes, who left here in the
spring to meet Mr. Mitchell, hasj
returned wit 1 the party and will!
show them over the country.
If the properties suit Mr. Mitch
ell, he will, without doubt give im
! mediate attention to the erection
; of a smelter at some point on the
bay in the vicinity of Valdez.
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Alaska Exhibit.
Governor Brady has received in
structions from Secretary Hitch
cock to take up the question of the
Alaska exhibit at the Louisiana
■ Purchase Exposition with the peo
! pie of the District.
| Under instructions, the governor
is to communicate with the heads
of municipalities, mining compan
ies, salmon canners and sealers,
with a view of gathering a compre
hensive exhibit of all the indus
tries and natural resources of the
territory. Department officials
here are considering the prepara
tion of plans for the Alaskan build
ing at the exjiosition. the site for
which was recently selected.
The plan is to expend al>out
eiu.iJuu on me Duimi:i£, aim me
I remainder of the $50,000 appropri
I ation to be expended for exhibit
and otlier necessary items. It is
expected that these preliminaries
will be well under way by the time
the secretary is ready to select the
commissioner to represent Alaska.
A nuiultcr of prominent men of the
territory have been suggested for
the position, hut the secretary is
going 'low because he considers the
place important, as upon the com
missioner will depend the success
of the exhibit. The commissioner
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will also he personally responsible
for and have charge of the dis
bursements of the government ap
propriation, besides other moneys
that may be contributed by Alas
kans.
The Standard Oil people have
secured a small steamer, which is
being provisioned for a cruise in
Alaska waters, to keep an eye on
the oil of Alaska.
Endorse Rev. Clevenger.
In connection with the regular
services at the Endeavor church
last Sunday night, was a plat form
meeting, to wliich a numlier of
speakers were invited. The occlu
sion was a farewell to Rev. (1. S.
Clevenger, of the Baptist Home
Mission Society, who, with his wife,
will leave here shortly hound for
Copper Center or its vicinity to es
tablish a mission station with the
hope of bettering tlie condition of
the long neglected Stik tribe of the
Copjier river. The general topic
of the evening was “The Natives of
the Copper River.” A large audi
ence composed of the principal peo
ple of the town was in attendance,
as most of the people of Alaska
take a great interest in the welfare
of the natives.
At 8:M0 Hon. J. W. Lwdy, Kx
Govcrnor of Kansas, took the plat
form, and in a very aide address
spoke of the duty we owe the na
tives of the interior, on account of
the friendly and hospitable manner
in which they received the white
man u{ion his advent into their
country, and for many other rea
sons.
According to the programme Gov.
Leedy was to l>e followed by Hon.
John Goodell, hut he being absent,
Hon. B. F. Millard, why has spent
the past six years in the Copper
river valley, took his place on the
platform, and in very short order
convinced everyone present that
the native is extremely susceptible
to teaching, all that he lucks is an
opportunity to liecome self support
ing. Mr. Millard knows the siwash
thoroughly, and told of his life and
habits, and of the many bard trials
lie has to scratch out a bare exist
ence which he not always succeeds
in getting.
Next Mr. Clevenger spoke at
length on “What We Hope to Do
for Them,” and was followed in
his remarks by Rev. F. C. Taylor,
who expressed the sentiments of
all present in his address entitled,
"Our Wishes for the Work.” Gov.
Leedv then introduced the follow
ing resolution which was adopted:
Whereas; The Baptist Home
Mission Society of New York City
is sending Rev. G. S. Clevenger and
wife as missionaries into the Cop
per river valley, to do missionary
work and to look after the interests
especially of the Indians of that
region, who are a most docile and
needy people.
Therefore be it Resolved; That
we, the citizens of Valdez, in meet
ing assembled, do heartily endorse
and highly commend the action of
said society, and pledge ourselves
to give to Rev. Clevenger and wife
all the moral and material assist
ance in our power, in the hope that
these Indians may lie brought to a
Christian civilization and self sup
port, by teaching them to raise cat
tie and grain, as well as hunt and
lisii, and to this end we pledge our
selves to do ail in our power to se
cure from Congress a grant of land
sufficient for their needs, and any
other help which may l»e necessary.
'iiiat we most truly appreciate
this effort uj>oii the part of the so
ciety iu l>ehalt of humanity, and
that the socie’y may count on us
to assist in any reasonable way.
Working on Yakataga Beach.
J. M. Clarke, who left here iu tlie
s.'hooner Axel aliout May 12tli,
writes from Yakataga beach stat
ing that after two failures he readi
ed Yakataga. -On the second Kip
the Axel lost her mabisail l„«»m,
water barrel, and some deck freight,
had the steering geer put out uf
order and sprung a leak. He says
that he has made a rocker and will
go t0 work on the beach. Some
men are working on White rivet,
and they offer $3 and board ]>er
day for men to go there. Billy Gel
lineau is also rocking on Yakataga
beach.
WIIII.E RAFTING ON THE
COPPER.
He Baft 1/as Upset
Rest of the Party Escape. Were
Coming Out From The
Nizina.
On Juno 3d Donald Ferguson,
R. Kilpatrick, Burt Ford and George
Short left camp on Chittitu creek
to come on to Valdez. They mush
ed down the Nizina. where they
Built a raft, oil which they floated
down the Nizina to the Chittyna,
thence onward to theCop|>cr. When
nearing the mouth of the Chittyna
their crude raft took on great sjM'cd
and they shot into tlie Copper river
w t'i fore- cno igli to throw them
to the opposite hank. Here they
cam pis 1 on the evening of June nth.
They were afloat again very early
next morning, and going down the
stream at a rapid rate, when they
sighted directly ahead a large rock
projecting in the river, they exerted
every effort with their long sweeps
| to avoid it, hut without avail; the
raft struck the rock with a terrible
crash tiirowing Hurt Ford off and
almost upsetting; the others barely
I managed to hold on. Hurt who
had on high ruhlx-r IsMits, was un
ahle to cope with the fierce! current
that was running at that place, and
quickly sank out of sight. To ren
der any assistance was out of the
question as the others were almost
in the same predicament. When
the raft struck it l<ounded hack
into the- stream throwing every
thing off l>ut the throe men remain
ing. they wore then at the mercy of
tiie current, and were carried help
lessly down stream until finally
thrown ujsin the bank near Tarsi.
From there thev were take n l>v the
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natives in boats to the mouth of
the Taznuna, where they took to
the trail, and finally reached Val
dez, a very gloomy trio.
Hurt Ford, aged uliout 35, was a
native of South Dakota, which
place he left in ’its and went to the
Klondike. He has lieen in Alaska
almost continuously ever since.
His home is at Zell, Faulk County.
South Dakota.
Capitalists Interested.
Seattle, June 8.—T. Aug. Heinze
the Montana millionaire mining
man, and several of his experts
were exacted take passage on the
Bertha for Kayak, but a telegram
received from Heinze yesterday
.-tatcd that he would Ik- unable to
go north at this time. Though no
authentic announcement of tlio
faet lias ever come from Heinze
himself, there is little reason to
doubt that he is interested heavily
from a financial standpoint in one
CopjK-r river valley railroad enter
prises.
E. H. Harriman, the railroad
magnate sent a party of experts to
Kayak on thc.Bertl<p to infe.-tigpte
the oil field*;.
Showing Up W^ll.
Word ha.- i«cuPiic«ttp ved from the
new camp,up Luwciiivqrithat lum
ber is la-ing sawed.tp- fact as possir
hie, and that to two .week* it is ex
pected to have a line.of boxes in
and the hose ready to liegin sluic
ing. Several holes have been sunk
on the bench, and the gravel ap
parently contains pay all through.
Fresh peanuts, brittle and taffy
candy daily at the Candy Kitcheq.