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VOLUME 3, N0.48 VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1905. CiHCIAL CITY PAPEr7
THE SN<»W
Long delayed is now here and sledding will soon commence in
dead earnest
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Those of you wno have bought your supplies from us before
know where to get them. You will buy from us—
WHY?
Because You Were Always Satisfied
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tation to look over our stack and get our figures before
purchasing elsewhere
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Honor To Humes
Court Official* Accompany Body
To Wharf
The Iwsly ot Judge Humes was
taken toS.attleon the Santa Clara,
leaving here on New Years day.
The body was escorted to the boat
bv Judge \\ tekershatii. District \t
torney Harlan and Marshal Perry
of the federal court; Attorney* Os
tramier. Brown and Smith of the
••»cal bar and Mayor Miller and
wife. All Hags were at half mast
as a mark of respect to the dead.
Mr. Mahoney, who brought the
body across the trail from Fair*
hanks, will go to Seattle with the
remains and return later to go to
the interior.
Fireman’s Ban.
The fireman’s hall last Saturday
wa- the event of the season. A
large crowd was present and they
danced the old year out and the
new iii and appeared to enjoy
themselves to the utmost. The
prizes which were given for the
Is st dancers caused everyone to do
their fanciest steps. Following are
the prize winners: Mrs. E. B.
Wheat, best wultzer, tine diamond
ring; Mis* Nan Fitch, l«-st minuet*
ist, diamond ring; C. G. Debney,
strongest t wo-nteppor, gold watch
chain. Bert Carvey, shortest two
stepper. Cameo ring; Henry Suess
dori. best square dancer, gold ring;
\\ alter White, most graceful man.
diamond earrings; Oscar Larson,
l>est caller, ring, emerald set.
The judges retired before the
prizes were given out and left the
next morning for the States on the
Santa Clara.
Kraemer A Councilman
In accordance witli the resulti
n'*!) which provides tor tillin'' va
cancies in the Town Council, an
election was held at the council
meeting Monday, to fill the po
sition of councilman White. Only!
one nomination was made, that
being Chas. Kraemer. He was
unanimously elected to the- po
sition of councilman for the oal
ance of the present term.
Will fsue For Taxes
As there is still outstanding
al*out 11400 of the taxes for 1904,
the council has decided to force
collections hy suing the delin
quents. Attorneys Edwards and
Donohoc were instructed to file
suits this week . gainst several of
the parties and action will be tak
en against the others as soon as
possible. It is the intention to
clear up the cases on real estate
before the Court leaves. The taxes
on personal property can be col
lected through the Commissioners
court.
$ioo Steward.
A reward of $100 dollars will he
given for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
party who took a fur coat from
Hd Wood’s sleigh, in front of Fish
residence New Years day. Parties
who took the sleigh please call at
Copper River l)p*.y office and set
tle hill.
Land lock Bay Work.
I In* property owned l>v Rvstrom
«V D dan is making a goo I show
ing. Development has lieen pro
gressing rupidlv and two more men
will l»e put on the work soon. Con
siderable ore h is been taken out
and sacked ready for shipping.
Ciias. Simonstad was at the bay
last week to examine the I.. L.
Williams properly. A eon.radio
drive a tunnel ot) feet on the lead
on this claim is now completed and
U'Kt sacks of the ore are on the
wiia rf.
Root. Steinmetz and Kgan have
uncovered a large l*ody of tine ore
on '.heir property, hit. will not In
able to ship until u tramway can
he installed ns the claims are ulsiu
three-fourths of a mile from the
beach.
Richard Keif and ♦M. Reuzor at
the mouth of Lundiock hay have
struck a fine ore U-dy and are tak
ing out and piling up enough so
that they will he aide to make
two shipments this winter.
W . A. Dickey took a load of ore
down on the last boat to the Ta
coma smelter, hut as he has only
one man at work, will not be apt
to make another shipment this
winter.
New Year’s Day.
New Years day was observed
here in the customary way. many
of tin- ladies keeping open house
and serving refreshments to their
friends wiio called. The crowd
began calling at 3 o’clock am! from
that time on until lute in the even
ing the ladies were k- pt busy en
tertaining their thirsty visitors.
There is a rej>ort afloat that one
party of callers who were trying to
do the grand with a black mule, a
white horse ami a sleigh, were
obliged to walk in from the suburbs
but the parties concerned have
such a hazy recollection of the oc
currence that our reporter is un
able to get the particulars.
Additional Local.
Plain figure: on all goods at
Kern’s.
\\ atches—- The best there is—at
Kern’s.
Pete Steininetz and K.’an were
in from Landlock last Friday.
The only criminal ease now n
the docket is that of the Karluk
murder, for which 20 Japs were
held.
E. R. King, who has been at La
touche assisting Rlaney Stevens in
developing some quartz property,
returned to town Sunday.
COAL — COAL
Wellington 115 per ton
Roslyn 113.50 per ton
11'25 per saek, delivered. C. W.
Miller, agent, or Copper River
Draying Co.
P. J. Rickert and Mat Rvan ar
rived Monday from Fairbanks,
making the trip in fiftee ami a half
days. They had a good trip, hut ,
one oi them was troubled a little
with rheumatism, which delayed
them somewhat.
There was a meeting of the tire
department last night to put the
engine on runners and prepare it
for use on the snow. More inter
est is being taken latelv in the
meetings of the department and
the machinery is being kept in
good sha]»e.
City Market
NEXT TO THE NIZINA.
PRIl ES ARE Wholesale and GIVE I'S A
RIGHT Retail Dealers CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
Coirt Pro^ecuin^s
Doing? -f The Week In The
District Court.
Tiie (“ntwor.li ca«c was up be
fore h<* court on second trial last
wcck and tlie jury soon agreed oh
a verdict of aeipdital. Tills is the
only criminal case to come up dur
ing t ie welt.
A a -pecial .«< ssiou of tile court
Saturday, tlie committee a p| min ted
*" at end to Judge lluilic? hotly
prt-seoted some resolution? en lo
gging the lat< Judge They Were
read iii court and spread “in th6
jouri.al.
A decree of foreclosure of tlii
moi- ige held hv Louisa Robert*
for *1 i.( ;MJ on ’he property of the
H”ar Creek Consolidated Mining
Co. was granted.
John McHugh, w ho was suing
the Chisna Mining and Improve
ment * o. for ♦7*iso. on note? and
mortgages, was given judgment.
I lie holdings of this company oh
Chisna will !«.• -old at Marshal’s
sale to meet the notes. The judg
ment w as given by default, no oft}
appearing for the company.
W . A. Cook, R. L. Rodgers, V
<1. Pickle and Mrs. M. L. Gli*n»d*
were given it judgment against »iit
Fur nilgai n Ann Gold Mining Co.,
for 1071,25.
1 he case .if A. (iroswald v/t R.
Lvall was settled, tiro-wild get
ting judgment for $12b;£.u0.
1 in* trial of the ease of First
Xutional bank vsOseer Fish wak
up y« -lerday and a deei-ion ren
<ii red m favor of plaintiff. The
« i- to oiler, a note i-siied hy
• ••• .. to Sol Simpson with
'ho understanding that freighting
done hv Loomi- wa- to applv «>n
tiie payment of note. Fi.-ii. who
wa- in partnership with Loomis’,
as.-iimed the note with this under
st.ttmulg, hut it was sold hy Simp
son to the hank, who now hav6
judgment for the entire amount.
A deei-ion wit- rendered yester
day in the case < ! Jennie Raymond
vs S. A. Ileinple, j aiintiff. Ray
mond was given judgment foi
itioia. _
Muchiner. 'or Landlock.
It is reported • good authority
that Hugh Murray, of San Fran
cisco, i- going to put in machinery
on the L. L. William- property
and work it on a large scale*.
Late developmen. work snow- that
the ore body extends from whert
the wluiri is, nearly loOO feet t<5
the easterly eud of tlie claim.
Yoshida Confesses.
Yoshida. one of the tiU Japs wh£
have been held tor the murder of
a foreman at Ivariuk, confessed
last week that he was the one who
committed the crime. He claim*
to have been urged to do the deed
hv live other Jap- and they tinally
induced him to go to the bunk
of the boss and shoot him.
Change Title of Court.
Judge W'ickersliam has made ail
order changing the title of tire
court from U. 8. District Court, to
District Court tor the Territory of
Alaska. This is in line with a re
cent decision of the court tlrat
Alaska is a territory and not a dis1
trict. All court documents must
he headed as above, hereafter.
Call For Warrant®.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan 1—notice i*
hereby given that I will pay all
city warrants up to and including
No. 876, Series of 1904, if pre
sented in ten days from dale.
J. C. Maictin,
Town Treasurer.
W. A. Kystrom and Chas. 8i
nionstad returned frmn Landlock
bay on the Annie. Mr. Kystrom
was down to look after mining in
terests.
Con Beggs came in from Fair*
banks last week-.