VOLUME 2, HO. 2. VALDEZ. ALASKA. THURSDAY^FEBRUARV 19. 1903. ~ ' QFFlrl11 m-y p^T
JAMES FISH & CO
Furnishing Coods.
LADIES, ATTENTION!
The first consignment of the celebrated.
Banner Brand Lines,
is here. The motto of this brand is “Just a little better for just a little less,” and when
you see the goods and hear the price yon will think the motto is Wing lived u, to.
W e have over a hundred different styles and patterns to select from in
Wool tod Frock FIookI Waists.
They nre the very latest ideas and the prices are from $2.00 to $6.60, no higher.
We have twenty-four styles in
ALL SILK WAISTS,
mostly in light, bright shades; the most beautiful creations ever shown here. If yon want
one early as they will only lost a few days at the price: $7.00 to $12.00, no higher.
Our Boys' Suits are Here!
We can fit your boy in a neat, serviceable suit if he is between the ages of three and eighteen.
They come at all prices, from $3 to $12, no higher. We have plenty of extra pants, both
knee and long.
Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE.
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
Our Prices are RIGHT. Give us a call.
ST. ELIAS RESTAURANT,
ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT
IN VALDEZ.
Merchant’s Lunch, 12 to 1, 35 c Sunday Dinner 75c.
Dinnners 5:30 to 8 p.m., 50c.
Just ted
for the Trail and Camp
Prospector’s Watch
’ Specially designed in our work
shop. Waterproof.
$2.00
Snow Glasses Mineral Glasses Compasses Telescopes
PROSPECTOR’S NEEDS GENERALLY.
W. e STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Watchmaker.
Back Prom Nizina.
On Monday afternoon J. Van
Iderstine, J. Stuart, P. Keyes and
Hilly Heaton returned from the
Nizina country, where they had
pone in tlie early winter to prospect
some claims purchased by them.
They cross-cut ami sunk holes on
most of the claims and areevidentlv
well pleased as they will immed
iately outfit ami return. They had
a pood trip each way, and rejiort
glare ice on the Nizina, Cliittyna
and Copper rivers, doing in they
crossed Marshall pass and down
the Tasnuna, but returned by way
of Tonsina.
Saw Mill for Nixtna.
J. H. Houston, manager of the
Xizina Lumlier Co.,left here on the
Valencia on a hurried trip to the
states for additional machinery.
He has nine tons of his outfit at
the foot of the summit and it will
be forwarded to its destination as
soon as )>ossihle by the Loomis
Transportation Co.. Houston will
return with the machinery and
horses in time to get all in over the
snow. Mr. Houston is a thorough
mill man and cxi>ects to have the
mill in operation in time to supply
the Nizina country with all the
luml>er needed. W. E. Bouschor
has been engaged by the company
as engineer and machinist.
Notice of Marshal's 8ale.
C KITED STATES or AMBBICA, |
Thibu Dir., District or Alaaka. |
l*nhltc notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a a ril of Fieri Facias fur execution) dated
Valdez, Feb. It. A.II. 19o», Issued out of the l'. 8.
District Court, of the Culled Rtalee for the Third
Division. District of Alaska, on a Judgment
reudered in said Court, on the Fourteenth day
of February, A. D. lwtt. In favor of 8. Mob and
A. I- Levy and against F. J. liolden and fl. L
Lewis, I have, on this IMh day of February, A.
D. taut. levied ii|a>n the following doaenberi
leasehold and real estate, situated In Ike City
of Valdez, Alaska, to wil: All the right, title,
interest and |s>sace*ion of the defendanta. F. J.
liolden aud S, I. Lewis, nr either of thea. In
and to the westerly one-half of lot Two la Block
One of the town of Valdes, District of Alaska,
and more partleuliarly designated ami describ
ed as a leasehold interest In that certain build
ing situated upon the westerly one-half of Lot
No. Two, known as the Vienna Cafe, and the
ground upon which the same I* situated, ac
quired, owned aud held by said F. J. Golden,
miller aud by virtue of written lease mad* and
executed by Ileuiplc A IIHacher, the ownun of
said premises, to F. J. liolden and Bernard
Friss, dated November In, 1MB, the Internal of
Bernard Friss having been assigned to and now
being held by said F7J. liolden,and that I will,
accordingly, offer said real estate and leasehold
for sale, ai publie vendue and to the h(wheat
bidder and best bidder, lor cash, on the Eigh
teen th day of March, A. D. lMM, alt o'clock p.
m.. in front of the C 8. District Court House at
Valdes, Alaska.
Dated, Valdes, Alaska. February IMh, A. D.
IBM.
By Chaklkn liKKiasLais, Deputy.
W. II. Whittlesey, Plaintiff's Attorney.
Tan ana Strike All Sifkt.
Copper Center, Feb. 19.—Latest
arrivals from Tanana reports new
strike all right.
COURT NEWS.
CASES SETTLED DURING THE
WEEK.
(rdvtord vs. Waldron
Scotty Gets Stable but no Exit.
Cbittyna Case Goes to
Referee.
The District Court has been in
session for llie past week and sev
eral cast's have lieen tlis|N>setl of.
From present indications tlieealen-!
tier will lie eleuretl up within a '
week or ten days.
The Juiwnese murtler case came \
Up last Wednesday. S. Hhiuhiio
waa necusetl of the murder of a fel
low countryman hy the name <>■ |
Mur&kino at Nushuguk last June.
The two men hud sonic trouble
over a trifling affair, and In-gun
quarreling. They started to light
in their bunk house hut were pre
vented hy the other occupants.
Mur&kimo, tiie murdered man,
went out of doors anil prepared to
assault Hamuno when lie came out
of the house. Hamuno, thinking1
that Murukiiuo had a revolver,
armed himself witli a like weapon,
and when he finally went out, saw
hia antagonist, who was a much
larger man than himself, waiting
for liim with u piece of lumlier in;
hia hand. He pulled out his re
volver and tired, the Indict striking
Murikatuo in the middle of the\
lorehead irom the effects oi which j
lie dietl in a short time. iiaiuuno ,
waa arrested uud taken to L uuIusku
and hound over to the grand jury, j
The ease was tried hy tin* following 1
jury: C. M. Day, Ray Larsen,
Lyman Lamh, Tony Barrett, A. B.
Uibson, Jas. Black, Chits. Reed, B.
F. McClelland, B. Coles, J. M.
Houston, C. L. Warner and L. U.
Perry. The jury remained out less
than an hour and brought in a ver
dict of manslaughter. On Satur
day morning the accused was
brought before the court and sen
tenced to ten years at McNeil’s
Island penitentiary. The verdict
is thought hy all to he very just.
The case of Craw’ford vs. D. V.
Waldrou et ul., was tried in the
District court this week, and the
following is a brief synopsis of
Judge Wickershuiu’s decision:
“This is a suit in ejectment to re
cover a tract of lautl 100x1^4 feet
fronting on Reservation avenue,
Valdez. Plaintiff shows that in the
fall of 11KX) lie obtained verbal per
mission of Capt. Abercrombie, then
in charge of the military here, to
erect a small log barn on the prem
ises which he continued to use from
that time until the opening of the
reservation in 11MJ2.
“The defendants claim title by
settlement on July 25, 1902, tne
date of the formal opening.
“Two important questions are in
volved : First. What right did
Crawford acquire by the erection of
barn and fence in 1900 amt posses
sion thereby. Second. Wliat right
hail he on July 25, when defendants
took possession. The land having
been set apart and used as a mili
tary reservation under direction of
the secretary of war, and public
funds having been expended there
ou for such purposes, it became a
reservation. The general policy
of the homestead and preemption
laws, forbade any settlement upon
a military or other government
reservation, and all such settlers
were, and now are, treated as tres
passers and liable for cutting tim
ber thereon.
“It will not be necessary to quote
authorities upon proposition that
settlement and entry of military
reservations under land laws of the
U. 8. cannot be made. Crawford
could not, in 1900, initiate any
fUim or possession by his entry ou
the reservation. The permission
given him by Capt. Abercrombie
could not aid him as he had no
authority in that regard. Craw
ford was a mere tresspasser and his
act of felling timber gave him no
preference to right of land.
“Whatever fencing Crawford did
in 1900, there is no claim that he
had auy such around the tract on
July 25, 1902. Upon that date his
stable stood where he erected it in
l’-HM), uni) consritutcd the onlv sign
of possession. He then made no
attempt. to locate his Imundarics
hy stakes, monuments or fences
anil defendants located without
knowledge or extent of his claim
except his stnhle. Under this con
dition he must Is* limited to and
actually occupied hy the stnhle.”
The land on which the ham
stands is then dcscrilied and this is
all that Crawford is allowed hy the
Court.
The ease of the Chittvna Co. vs.
1 McClelland et al., has lieen referred
to Richard Ccohagan. referee, who
will take tin- testimony in the ease,
and refer the same to the judge.
All testimony from parties in
Ala ka n us I e in hv June 1, and
j of those in the states hy Sept. 1.
The cascof Leopold vs. Rlei came
| up on appeal la-fore Judge Wicker*
| sham and a jury, Wednesday, and
! was decided in favor of plaintiff,
thus sustaining decision of com
missioner’s court.
| The ease Simpson vs. Stead came
■ up for trial today h.-fore Judge
1 Wickersham. and was decided in
favor of Simpson.
Cold Storage building.
A large gang of men are at work
on the new building of J. F. Hilxcli
vr A' Co. and it is Wing rushed to
completion. When finished it will
Ik- one of the largest and must ex
tensive meat markets in Alaska.
The building is 24x88 feet and two
stories high. The lower fl<M>r will
contain the cold storage plant and
butcher shop of the Valdez market.
The ice plant is known as the dou
ble ammonia compressor and will
manufacture 1000 jMiunds of ice
each day, which will W absolutely
pure, as the water will In- hrouglit
to a boding jKiint Wforc Wing;
frozen. The upper floor of the
building will be used for ollices and
living rooms. W. T. Kake has the
contract for putting tip the building
and expects to have it ready for
occupancy by March 1.
Nome City.
Following are arrivals on Nome
Citv.
Jolm Shut. II. Trtfritakls. W. |_ r,,rln t. Mur
tin Barret, Win. Tolsimi. Mrs. \\ ni. ToNtou Mini
children, Frank (ionrki, i.co. F. Johnson. «,co
F. .lolinson, Jr.. Win. fasey, J. K. MeAlrine.
Mrs. J. C. McAltinc, tiuM. Johnson, Agues,
tiolt/, Mrs. Fielding, Lawrence Carroll. S. fc.
Durham. Alma Fisher. J. L. Faulkner, W. f.
Sprague, I*, ti. Charles, tieo. Kst-rly, Mrs. (ieo.
Ksterly, Mr. Monahan. Mrs. Monahan, tieo.
Peterson, Hay Sehner. C. J. Hood, Capt. Love,
Wm. I'nger, A. C. Williaius. K. L. Ilooker, W.li.
Barnes, Ernest Orr, W. Uobcscn, W. A. I'eelevs,
las. Baker. Louis sienger. K. L. Stengcr. Fra'uk
Berry, J. S. llosfcld, Frank Frase. A.T. H«.ff
inann, N. K. Ohls>oii, ('has Sterner, t has.
Thoruell, ('. Noreti, O. S Pearson, l>. Ferguson,
Mr. Donnelly. It. K. Young, K. II. Jones, ti. II.
Doaue, O. B. Ilurd, (’has. K. Ilurd. A. (.. Currie. '
K. W. Merrill, J. M. Laihtop. W . 11. Matipin, W.
S. Cox, F. Magill. D. B. Lcavil!, Mrs. D. It Lca
vill, W. C. McCall, J. Peterson. ('. W. Collins,
Cltas. Dean, J. F. Drake, B. V. IVtie, Itobl.
Cizcro, Mrs. L. M. Bishop. I. Bishop, P. Van
Bellringer, Desire lMir<M»tc, Frank Me(itiire,
A. W. Lcwciiagc, Paul Bagathi. (i. C. WiNon, p.
K. Jackson, tieo. Slieppard. F. W. Mickla, F. !
Mitchell, Tho*. Xeshitt, M. <i. Liber, J. J.
( laui*v. II. K. I**bi, Bell. Ileuuell, J. W. Brou n, j
tieo. \ alentiiie, C. A. Biirgliu, t.eorge Short, W. !
(’miners, Mrs. Tnale.
Judge Wickersham and Clerk
Heilig of the District court expect
to leave on the Nome City for the
Yukon. They go via Sitka, Skag
way and Dawson, and will hold
court at several places along the
Yukon this summer and will return I
here next fall hy way of St. Mich- i
aels and Unalaska. These gentle -!
men have a warm place in the
hearts of the people of this city
ami will lie greatly missed in social
and fraternal circles. The Pros
pector joins with their many
friends in wishing them a pleasant
and safe trip.
The boxing contest at the Mon
tana last Saturday night between
Duncan and Bock resulted in an
easy victory for Duncan in three
rounds; Bock 1 icing unable to get
onto the floor at the licginniug of
the fourth round and was counted
out in his corner. Prof. “Young
Dutchy” acted as referee.
Mr. E. T. Wikidel has opened
his restaurant at the corner of Key
stone avc. and McKinley st. and it
is fitted up in elegant style and is
a credit to our town. The service
is splendid, the menu the best the
market affords, and in fact there is
nothing more elalmrate north of
’Frisco. It will lie one of the pop
lar eating.places in town.
Mr. Roliert Blei arrived the past
week from the states, accompanied
by his wife. Mr. Blei conn's in
with the largest outfit ever brought
to this country—consisting of over
BOO tons of provisions and supplies
for his Nizina property and 80 head
of stock. _
Best picks on earth at Brownells.
_
ROOF AMD CEILING a»e DE
STROYED.
_
But Department Needs Better Or
ganisation. XaU Will
be Rebuilt.
Last Monday evening a fire op
en r red in Moose hall which com
pletely destroyed the roof and ceil
ing. The side walls are somewhat
charred l>ut the floor is nearly aa
good as ever. The Are was caused
by a stove-pipe settling down and
leaving an ojiening of alsait two
indies lietween tlie roof and ceiling.
Some of the members entend the
place Monday evening aud started
a lire in the stove and a few min
utes later the rafters were diacov
j cred to lie ablaze. After a futile
| attempt to extinguiah the Are with
buckets of water, an alarm wna
telephoned to tlie power-house and
the siren whistle was blown. Iu a
very short time a crowd gathered.
Some moved out tlie furnishings of
the hall, including the aiootk* bend
and piano, while others devoted
their attention to the firr. Babcock
extinguishera were brought into
use and would have been effective
••mild they have been secured in
time.
After a long delay the fire pump
and hose was brought upon the
scene hut the town well could not
!>c found and the apparatua had to
lx- taken around to the bridge on
Third street, where the creek was
open. In a short time the roany
meii at the jmrap handles sent on
a stream that was well handled by
those at the nozzle, and then it
was only a matter of a few minutes
until the lire was extinguished.
The good effects of the fire appar
atus and the inefficiency of the de
partment were lioth clearly demon
strated on thia occasion, and it
will probably take two or three
serious fires in town to arouse the
inhabitants to a sense of their duty
towards establishing a proper vol
unteer force to keep themselves
protected.
The man who was employed to
cart* for the tire engine could not
he found until aftir the tire
was extinguished. The engine
room, which he is paid to attend
to, had several feet of snow drifted
in front of the door. But for the
delay in getting the engine to the
hall and in hunting for tlie well,
the tire could have been extin
guished before any great damage
was done.
Immediate steps will be taken to
restore the hall to its original con
dition.
The report that the Sacred Motwe
was burned in the tire Monday
night is unfounded. Several of the
boys blindfolded Him before the
tire got under lieadway and got
Him out of the hack door before
anyone could get sight of the sacred
animal.
Mooae CorraL
Important business will come
before the Moose tonight. AU
members are expected to attend.
Refreshments and entertainment
will be provided. Von Gunther's
hall.
Miss Agnes Gotc, who arrived
lately on the Nome City, has se
cured a lease on the
Annex, and in company with Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Fisher, will shortly
open a first-class restaurant at that
place. She has brought along a
first-class outfit and mil give her
personal attention to the guest^’
comfort.
Moose Benefit Dance at Von
Gunther’s tomorrow evening, for
the purpose of raising funds to re
pair the Moose hall. The commit
tee reserves the right to refuse ad
mittance to any undesirable char
acters.
Jack Miller has returned and
will be on the trail in a few days
with his dogs and how. Jack
enjoys a visit to the “sold sod,”
hut prefers to live in America under
Irish rule.