Tbe Alaska Prospector!
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Published at Valdez. Alaska, every Tin it ada;
by the PRosfECTC.it Publishing t o.
Phone Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez Post office as second !
class matter.
Subscription per year. for six months |
Sinsrle Conies 10 cents.
• Fidaigo bay, which ban alv.
been considered somewhat or oi
the copper belt, w.ili have a pro-,
during mine this summer. Tin
Blaknev property is being rapn. \
developed and will be ready i<
ship in a few weeks. Four mi j
have been at work on the claim.
for some time, running a Inline,
which is now 210 feet in length.
This tunnel has crossed one ore
shoot and is 25 feet into the second.
►Seventy-five fe- t more will reach
the third ore deposit, which on tin
suriace is me largest oi me mree.
There will he .sufficient sloping
ground on three ore shoots to keej
the mine running for a long tiim
without sinking from the iunnei.
and as soon as appliances foi
handling the ore can he ins! ai lee
shipping will start. The ore* runs
from 8 to 17 per cent copper.
The expeditious ami economic*:: 1
manner in which the Steamer
Chitt vna has been trau.-p< rteu
from hereto the Copper river if
the greatest object ies.-on there has
ever-been as to the practicability
of a railroad from this point. To
the ordinary man not conversant
with conditions as they exist here,
the logical manner of transporting
it was up ilie Copper river with a
water grade all the way. ”\Yhat! ’
we can hear the fSew Yorker say.
‘•Take it over a mountain range?
ridiculous.v And yet there is not
a man in this country who has
studied ami knows the conditions
but wouid have nreuicied absolute
failure if an ■ attempt had been
made to take it up the Copper river.
Over the *‘impassab.e grade
which we quoted the other day
from the Boston Transcript, this
steamer 110 feet long 2o feet beam
weighing over one hundred tons,
with one .-ingle piece weighing four
tons was taken by horses, without
a dollars worth of work being done
to reduce tjie grades as nature
made them
Through policies adopted in
ignorance of conditions as the\
really exi-t we may he sidetracked
for a while but we have the natural
metropolis and railroad center of
Alaska and must eventually win
out.
The pluck of Geo. Hazelet in
tackling this apparently difficult
task is something to he proud of
and his success will make a great
many people sit up and take
notice.
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While the .Jeanje was unloading
at Catalla she was troubled consid
erably by bad weather and on one
occasion a storm came up so sud
denly that a lighter containing
about $10,000 worth of dynamite
had to be cut loose and wras
wrecked, scattering the powder all
along the beach.
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Ed. Reid returned yesterday
from a trip to Dryer bay.
Mr. Powers, a mining expert in
he employ of John Cudahv, the
well kno\' n packer of Chicago, is
coming north on the Yucatan to
inspect a number of properties
around the.Sound. He will visit
the Hernple group at Hogan bay,
lire Singletary group on Second
oassage and the Hemple property ;
in Landlock bay.
E. A. Higgirs is a recent arriv
al from Nome and Council, com
ing out via Enrbanks with dog
team. He will leave for the States
on the next boat.
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The Seattle News ->vs the dis
barment proceed*; ainst Paul
(J. Dormitzer and George P. Doss
man. have been set for trial in the
-uperior court next month, and
•omments editorrially on tlie slow
ness shown hy the bar association
in prosecuting them for their crim
inal practices.
The Tannna miners are striking
for a $6 wage scale. Clarence
Berry decided that he did not want
union men in his employ and told
iiis crew that all men carrying
l-nrds might <ret their time, ex
pecting that only a few would
piit. When tin* announcement
was made every man on the works
left, and the mine was closed down.
rt is stated by the papers that iTej
miners will undoubtedly win their
fight.
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ir is rumored uiai me eei 'an -
t *(1 Dome creek cases, which were
the reason for Judge (lutiedson
holding •> term of court at Fair
banks, wiP be settled out of court.
Jack Mil lor arrive 1 al Fairbanks
m the stage of April 8th, and .vent
rom there to Esther creek to look
over properties in which he is in
interested.
The'banana Miners Record says
hat F. 1). Hix and L. D. Ander
son arrived there recently with a
large out tit for working property
on ihe Kantishna. Mr. Hix spent
a season on Slate Creek working
the Four Black Dogs.
Small boats are now running
through Turnacrain and Knik
arms, though both contain some
floating ice.
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Dissolution Of Partnership.
Notice is hereby ‘liven tlmt the undersigned
s iM liis half interest in the Poplar (trove
ftoadtumse to Men Tori) 11 on March Uli. 1907
and has no further interest in the business.
Mr. TorbeU has assumed u!i the deb.* incurred
o'- the roadhouse and all bills are payable to
him.
PARI, A. SWANSON.
The Kenai Mining .and Milling
Co. will conduct operation's on its"
Cooper creek property this sum
mer. A giant and 4000 feet of
pipe were installed last yeai.
C C. Rudolph
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Tar, P; & B. and Build
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PAINTS OILS GLASS
Prom Wednesday’s Bulletin
H. S. Waterman went down the
Sound today, and will be gone for
several days on mining business.
The highest score so far in the
bowling contest for the cash prize
at the bowling alley is that of Col
lins, who has 226.
Thev say Cantwell’s winter views
and postals are the best and most
original ever seen in the coun
try! 136
J E. Wolf will have his store in
the Swan block reach’ for business
Saturday and as a special induce
ment to the public to call on him
will on that day give a keg of
anchovies to each visitor for 30
cents.
J. W. Frame is making arrange
ments for issuing a Valdez edition
of the Alaska Magazine, and states
that be is meeting with better suc
cess among tin* merchants than he i
anticipated. Fiis idea is to issue i
the edition before the tourist sea-j
son sets in.
Three pair of beautiful white
Ptarmigan mounted bv Cantwell j
for sale at Owl Drug Store. 136
An Orr stage arrived last night
with 670 pounds of mail and five
passengers. Following are the
vassongrrs: Jack Miller, F. Fee
hev. Mrs. Fannie Alexander and j
husband. D. E. Griffith.
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To Charle-Tliorbunson: * ■!
V..-\ i.r,* , • .-i./ notifiedthat thetinder ignod
!;.i d rn- -bundled dollars in labor j
;oi aiitror in nis on the elai; i hnowu'as the i
ode claim, stunted on Glader:
; ,,co Wiljiam.SouiKt; Territory 'of
.Vi-. ,i the Valdez R onling District, in
order t 1 hold -aid milling claim under the pro
s': ions o; Section ‘ii’.Ji oi tiie.Rev*sed Statutes
01 the United states-beit.g'tne amoV<(nt j-e- ;
Itiiud to h< Id - iii myiiii!' claim for tin* rear
iand if v ithiu ninety da» /rojn the • ervlee
in tin- notice ujion you, or The.com plot • pub
lieation thereof, ‘you 'fail or refuse tu contrib
ute you • prop union of said expenditure as co
owner, your one-half interest will become the
property ot the undersigned under and pursn
:.;t in s. i 1 S-etion 2 hM ox the Revised Statutes
■f the United States,
Dat'd .t Valdez, Alaska, lhi> 171li day of
April, I9b7:
GEORG K BARRAUK
Date of iirst publication. April IS, I!K'7
Date of la-’t publication July 18, l'J07.
! IX THE DISTEK T COURT FOR THE TERRI- j
TORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
Melvin Dempspy, Plaintiff J v
vs. / 1
J. O. Snyder and F>. C. Brown- | > '•
ell as Triislees of the Endeuv- I
or Congregational Church of j Notice of Sale
Valdez, The Endeavor emigre-of Real prop
gational Cliureh of Valdez, a <nv mi excu- ;
corporation, >uid the Endeavor ; lion.
Congregational Church of Val- !
i dez, aii unincorporated Assu- j
ciation of.persons - !
Defendants j ...
By virtue of .an execution issued out of the j
above court, dated the 25th day of March, 1H07, ■
in ;he above entitled acti. n, wherein the i
Plain iifi recovered judgment against the Be-!
fend,nit, the Endeavor Congregational Church ■
of Valdez, Husky, an unincorporated afcuciu- 1
tion of persons, for tire sum ot Two Thousand I
($2,000) Dollars and trusts of suit taxed and al- j
allowed at S -venty-eight ($7:4) Dollars, which i
said judgment was dated ami docketed bn the
21st day of December. 114)4, J have levied upon
the following described .real property situated
in Valdes, Alaska, to wit:
Lots Nos. six (0) and seven (7) in Block eight
(H) of the town of Valdez, Alaska, as the s ane
appears on the olfiei.’iL plat of raitt town; except
a tract thirty (£50) by ninety (1)0) feet.on the
pear of said lots described as follow-', to wit;
Commencing at the corner of lot six (•'<) on
Broadway ttnd the alley in rear of said lots;
thence ninety (y >) feet along said alley; thence
at right angles with t-nid alley thru said jot
seven (7) thirty (30) feet; thence parallel with
said alley ninety (ltd) leet to Broadway; Thence
along said Broadway to alley, thirty (30) feet to
the piace of beginning.
Notice is iuwei»y given that on Mondav, the
twenty-ninth (2D; day of April, 11507, at two (2)
o’elo: k P. M., of said day at the front door of
the Court House at Valdez, Alaska, I will -ell
all the right, title and interest which the said
Endeavor Congregational Church of Valdez
has had in said real property, buildings and
appurtenances at any time since December
21st, 11*04, at public auction for cash, to the
highest bidd'-r to satisfy said judgment and
execution*and all accruing costs.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 25th day of
March. 1907. ■ ’ ,
WEO. If. PERRY
C. S. Marshal for Division No.
Three, Territory of Alaska.
By J. M. Lathkoi*,
Edmund Smith
Atty. for Plaintiff.
Date of lirst publication March 28,1907.
C. G. Hubbard returned yester
day from a trip to Knights island
where he went to inspect the work
being done on the property of the
Knights Island Consolidated Co.
The .Jeanie left Seward this
morning and may be expected here
within a few days. She reported
that the Pennsylvania was at La
touche yesterday It is probable
that the Pennsylvania had some
supplies f or the wrecking vessel
and delivered them before coming
here.
Quartz and Placer Locations at
the Prospector Printerv.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT IX AND FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASK V, VALDEZ
DISTRICT, THIRD DIVISION
In the matter of the \
es tate of Charles R. > Notice to Creditors.
Debord, Deceased )
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of Hie estate of Charles R. De
bord, deceased, to the creditors of, and all per
sons having claims against tin; said deceased
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the first publication
of this notii t to the said administrator at the
Seattle Hotel, in the town of Valdez, Territory
of Alaska, tho same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate.
Dated this 9th dav of April, 1907.
t. A. Cobb,
Administrator of the estate of Charles k.
Debord, Deceased.
Date ot first publication April, lltli 1907
Date of last publication May, 9tli 1907
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Civil, Electrical Mining Engi
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SAVED—Apparatus, Instruments, Ac, Open
in all branches’ Croat demand for ex-students
in all lines. New students should enroll at
once. Address 5109 Telegraph Ave- Oakland.
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