THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Publishing Co. Phone, Main 1.
. Entered at the Valdez jmstoffice as second class matter.
Subscriptions: $3 per year. 12 for six months. Single copies lOcents
If the present influx of laboring
mep from Seward continues that
camp will be depopulated. From
50 to 100 are arriving at Valdez-on
every boat.
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When he wa9 collector of cus
toms Capt. Jarvis favored raising
the tax on salmon from four cents
to eight eents a case. But it’s dif
ferent now, notwithstanding the
fact that “prices are improving
steadily."
Ex-governor Swineford says he
will return to Alaska well satisfied
with hirstay in Washington if
only the railroad aid bill is passed.
It is doubtful if tiie people of Ket
chikan and vicinity, who raised
money to send him to Washington,
Will participate ill that feeling of
satisfaction.
Mr. Clum.who has been appoint
ed postmaster at Fairbanks and
now wants to succeed Brady, shoe
leathered out, is tiie sort of an
Alaskan of which we feel proud.
Glum came during the Klondyke
rush as an inspector of postoffiees
and continued on tiie government
pie counter ever since. There is
nothing like the corporation em
ployee or government milk-fed
Alaskans for public office.—Dis
patch.
Our Seattle correspondent evi
dently thought the news of Gover
nor Brady’s resignation of no in
terest to Aia.-ka, lor no memion
was made oi u ui his press dis
patches. As long as be keeps us
posted on the sailing dates oi die
of the Jefierson lie considers bis
duty done.
The Gateway publishes the state
ment that 150 miles of road will
be constructed this year by the
Alaska- Central, and in the same
;6sue has a telegram stating that
tiie company’s representative ap
peared before tiie committee on
territories and asked for aid, say
ing that only tiiirty miles of the
road was financed, and that with
inti* government aid nothing more
ooJld be done. That’s consistency
for volt.'
One of the most important mat
ters to he urged upon the authorities
at Washington, and which should
be done at once and persistently,
is the construction of a link in the
telegraph line between Gakona and
McCarthy’s, so that travelers
Would he in touch with the wire
the whole distance to Valdez. The
increased business would fully jus
tify the outlay. Many severe eases
of freezing have been reported tit
tire head ot the Delta this winter.
These could all have been avoided
if a station had existed near the
Delta summit, from which reports
of temperature and storm condi
tions could be sent each way to the
next station.—Fairbanks News.
T-he Fairbanks News, speaking
of: the bill (o repeal the four cents
a case tax on Salmon, says:
Now if there is a just tax levied
Upon industry anywhere this is the
one. Let it remain where it is.
Or, no, the News moves an amend
ment. to this bill iiiul does it out of
s'familiarity with the circumstan
ces" plteriding the business—The
News moves an amendment that
the tax of fonr eents, instead of be
ing eliminated, be substituted by
smother of twelve cents: That would
be about right.
“The attention of the Chamber
of Commerce, the Miners' Associa
tion and all men interested in the
development of Alaska is respect
fully called to this matter with the
suggestion that they exert every
influence against this hill that it
may not pass unless amended as
aafpeeted.1-'*
O, Listen to the Music of the
Malemute.
0, listen to the music of the Male
unite,
As his thrilling tones are wafted on
the evening breeze;
Far sweeter than the melting
strains of shtpard's lute
Or the soothing youel of any warb
ling Tyrolese.
O, listen to the music of the Male
mute,
Keeping vigils, while in my sleep
ing bag I take my ease;
When fierce and famished hordes
my scanty store would loot.
And on my meager frame their ap
petites regale, if not appease.
0, listen to the music of the Male
mute,.
When in a deep crevasse my man
gled limbs do slowly freeze:
He brings the timely aid of friend
ly Aleules
And from appalling death I gain
release.
0, listen to the music of the Male
mute,
My guardian, savior, steadfast
friend and devotee,
Who, on the treacherous Delta, with
courage firm and resolute.
Surrendered up his humble life, a
sacrifice for me.
0, listen to the music of the Male
mute,
When Gabriel sounds his warning
trump that time shall cease,
I’d yield my hope of heaven, both
freely, full and absolute
To see him enter into joy. and rest
and perfect peace.
A new calculation shows a de
crease of about 4,000 square mil^s
in the area of Alaska as compared
with that accepted as accurate a
the time of the last edition of tin
Century dictionary. The decrease
is due 10 the ioss on account of the
award of the Alaskan boundary
Coin mission. That much of south
eastern Alaska, previously regarded
by geographers and others as u
part of Alaska, has been surren
dered to Canada.
Sohwa'.ka, looked upon by read
ers of travel and adventure every
where as a true type of the stoical,
self-sacrificing nobleman of the for
est, because of the fame thrust up
on him by Lieutenant Schwalka,
one of the first white men to ex
plore the Alaskan interior, whose
guide he was and whose name he
filched, is languishiug in jail, hit
was convicted of having sold boozt
to some of his fellow red men ai
Haines not long since.
Governorship Not Offered To Him
In an interview with a Times
reporter at Seattle, February 1(5,
Captain Jarvis stated emphatically
that be had received no telegrams
from the president offering him the
governorship. He closed the inter
view by saying: “But if I can’t tell
you a story about the governorship,
I can tell something about salnon—
that’s what I am interested in now,
you know. The market is assum
ing vast proportions and prices are
improving steadily.”
Denies Inflation of Accounts
Charge No. 9, of those made
against Judge Wickersham, is that
he has negligently approved infla
ted accounts made by Marshal Geo.
G. Perry, of the Third division. In
reply to this charge the judge said: :
"I -deny that I have ever been
negligent or careless in the exami
nation of Marshal Perry’s accounts)
and I do not believe that lie 1ms
been guilty of unduly inflating or
enlarging his accounts, thus de
frauding thegovernmet in the mat
ter oi board of prisoners. How
ever, this is the first time 1 ever
heard even a rumor of such a
chorge, and since I know-nothing
of the facts I can only say that
during six years of intimato ac
quaintance with him I have never
known him to present an inflated
r unfair account, and no such
charge has ever been made against
Notice Of Forfeiture.
ToL. TORGEmON :
>ou are hereby notified that the under
signed have expended $100 in labor and im
provement a on each of tlie 28 lode mining
claims comprising what Is known as the KJelu
group, located \% miles west of the big bend of
the Jacksina river, n tributary of the Tanana
river,in the Eagle recording district, Alaska, in
order to hold said mining claims under the
provisions of Section .324 of the Revived Stat
utes of the United States, being the required
amount to hold said mining claims for the year
.ending December 31,1905. And if within nine
ty (90) days from the service ot this notice or
tile completed publication there f, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of said j
expenditure as co-owner, your l-28th interest!
in said Fjeld group will become the property of j
the said und rsigned under and pursuant of
said Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United states.
Said amount may be paid within the speci
fied lime at th* Rank or Valdez.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 1st da v of March
1900.
K. J. FJELD.
PAUL PAULSON
First publication March 1,190b.
Last publication May 24. 1906.
Summons.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
United States District Court. District of Alaska
Third Division.
Winfield 8. Amy
PlaintifT
vs
Ella V. Amv,*
Defendant
The President of ths United States of America,
Greeting: To the above tunned defendant:
You are hereby required to appear in the
United States District Court, in and for the
District of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the day of service of this sum
mons upon you, and the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, a copy of which complaint i*
herewith delivered to you; and unlevs you so
appear and answer, plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said com
plaint This action is brought fora divorce by
plaintiff from defendant.
Order for publication of summons was signed
January 19,1906, and service is completed upon
six successive weeks of publication.
Witness, the Hon. James Wickeksham, Judge
of said Court this 5th day Feb
ruary, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred
and *ix. and of our imlepeti
3bal denee the one hundred and
thirteenth.
Edward J. htier, Clerk
By 8. A. Crandall, Deputy Clerk
First Publication February 8, 1906.
Last Publication March 15,1906.
Do .You Want t,ands In Alaska.
The quickest, best, and absolutely safe way
to secure title is by
Recertified Soldiers Additional Scrip.
I have several thousand acres of this scrip on
"li a ml. Pieces vary in size from .19 of one acre
up to 142 acres.
Special attention given to I.and and Mining
practice.
F. \V. Me REYNOLDS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Colorado Bldg.,
Washington, I). C.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ,
Offices: ALASKA
Fish Building, McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fish
Building. Valdez.
Open evenings, Sunday excepted, 7:30 t 9.
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg:. Seattle.
E. R. KING,
Assayer and Chemist
Keystone Av. near Wharf,
VALDEZ.
A. JUDS0N ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral aanl Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH,
Lawyers
Mining and Land Laws, S|»ecialties.
VALDEZ. 'ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
I Attorneys and Counselors.
j Swan Bldg. Valdez.
I D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER,
Attorneys at Law,
VALDEZ
School ot Open All Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assay
ing. Assaying of Ores, $25; Bullion and Chlor
ination Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full
! course of Assaying, $50. Established 1861. St ud
for circular.
! A. VAN DER NAILEN, President.
j 118 Fulton Street, San Francisco, Cal. One
i block west of Citv Hall.
I
Ellsmar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
FUamar. Alaska
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdez. Alaska,.Fail. II, 1906 j
To A. fl. McNKKR,
You ar 5.hereby notified that I have expend
ed, during the year 19'., one hundred dollar*;
(J’.OO) worth of vmyrk upon each of the herein
after named phuvr mining cIuimi*, in labor and
improvements, to-wit: it ex Culeh bench <\
J*.e\ • iuii'li bemh 1. White Cnleh bench No.
I, \\ hite tiuleli bench No. 2, .foil> tiuleh I ouch
No. i, Kulh bench, Mosquito bench, Martha
bcich, Florence la-Mi'di, K’v iiiii ' and F •♦• •
ti:*»i t<. recanted in li» ok K. page* 19. -•>. 21, 2d.
27. and 22, and li.a.k II, pag* s i 19. 1 «s and 117 of
the mining records <f the Valdez lice. rding
District, at Valdez, Al.t-ka. All of the above
named ‘daini' are .•dtuated near the i:i;e»>ec
lion of White and Uex gubdn *, tributaries of
< hit it ii ereek, in the Ni/.iim Milling distiht, j
District of Alaska. Said expenditure whs mvde '
in order to hold said claim* under the provis-1
ions of section 2121 of the Revised Statutes of
the Fuited States, and nmeudmeitt* theieto,
concerning annual work on mining claim*, be
ing the amount required to hold said claim*
until December 21, 1906. And, if at the expira
tion of ninety days from the publication of thin
notice you ia’il or*refuse to contributeyour pro
portion <»f such expenditure as eo-owner, your
interest in said mining claim will become the
property of the undersigned, L. II. Carvev,
your co-owner who has made the required ex
penditure, or paid for the same, according, to
the terms of said section. L. ii. CAKVEY.
Find publication Jan. 11, 1906.
Last publication April 12 1906
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Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior points. T.nrge com
fortable quarters with every accommodation tor
man or beast. Garden products in season
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Fresh Milk and Home Grown Vegetables
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. '*2 Mil's From Valdez.
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workman’s Road House
P. MAGNUSSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm barn for 20 horses and good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Ptarmigan Drop Roadhouse
Mrs. E. Doty, Prop.
Best accommodations between Faiibanks and Valdez.
All kinds of provisions, as well as horse and dog feed
for sale. Good accommodations for horses’ and dogs.
Freighting contracted—Passengers and freight trans
ported over the summit.
First-Class Bar In Connection. 30 Miles From Valdez
Eureka Roadhouse
30 Miles From Valdez
The Best On The Tancna Trail
Operated By The Valdez Transportation Co.
John E. Renney Manager
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government trail,
Best of accommodations for man and heast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Doe Feed All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
EDWARDS RORE.R, Proprietors.
118 MILES ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
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Hovt & Smith, Proprietors
Best of accommodations for the traveling public, and com
fortable quarters for horses or dogs.
This,hotel is the largest and best equipped house between
Valdez and Fairbanks, and is situated on the Gulkana Cut-off
Trail, which saves four miles of travel on the Fairbanks trail.
128 MILES TO VALDEZ 26 MILES TO COPPER CENTER
The following Roadhouses, situated on the route t.o Fairbanks,
operated under the mnnagcme.'t of the Valdez Transportation Co.,
will be found to he first-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
-11 Miles From Valdez.
Rates $4.00 per day. B1LLYJKAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKGNA Roadhouse
1 do Miles From Valdez
U JimctiMf. of rue Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $! 50, lhds $1.00
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
THE GILLESPIE ROADHOUSE
JOHN GILLESPIE, Proprietor.
Headquarters foi all Maihand Stage Teams. Good
Stable and Dog House in connection, Free of Charge.
Rates—Meals $1.50. Beds $1.
160 Miles From Valdez. 2b Miles North of Gakona