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VOLUME 4, NO. 14 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
We are showing a
nice assortment of
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
AsK. For A “Stetson”
You can’t beat them for Style and Wear.
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One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy till you see them.
European Plan Rat? Reasonable!
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(Only Kivst C!a«s Hotel in Vahlns.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
DES/SEy & POCT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave Valdez, Alaska.
0 WLDR !J GCOM PANY~
Pure Prc»h Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
PRICKS ARK
RIGHT
Wholesale anti
Retail Dealers
HIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game. !
WMtC'n.Vktta.1. l lll —■■■■ — MB ■HW— — TTI I —I »l m l| ■ I l l HIMM l*T I
Public Health Notice.
All garbage and refuse material
accumulating on private premises
in the towi <>f Valtlez or in streets
or alleys a •iaeent !iier«to. shall be
removed on or before Way 15th,
1905.
Failure to comply with this
ordinance, upon conviction, is pun
ishable l>y a fine.
F. W. liovi.K. M. I).,
Kay 1st, liM!•">. Health Olliter.
If you would enjoy good health
4athe frequently at the IJoe-k Jialhs.
Will Carry First Mail.
The Corwin will !«• the first jms
senger steamer to sail fur the north
j this season. The Iiitle vessel leave.'
for Nome hv way of the inside ims
sai'e, May 15. A govirnment mail
|contract-has bo n secured hv the
! operators of tin steamer, and the
Isliiji will nndouht(*d!y carry the
j first mail to the Nomeites.
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Creme !>•* Cacao, Chouva, a de
licious alter dinner cordial, at the
Elk.
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Wan; a ETono-poly.
Trust methods of doing business
are not confined to tlie states, as is
evidenced hv recent occurences it
Valdez. A eut in the price of meat
Inis been inaugurated by one < i
the markets for the purpose, ns the
local manager says, of controlling
the meat business here. The man
ager states that he lias received
instri t tion from Frye-Bruhn A Co ,
of Si-attic, who own the market, to
cut prices regardless of losses unti
competitors are put out of busitm; s.
He states that the company litis
£-10,(MX) that it is willing to
1 isc iii killing off opposition here.
The cut lias heen made and t 1m
suecess of this attempt of an out
side corporation to kill off local
concerns rests with the people. 1:
the residents want to see a aeatth
lirin control tin meat business, aim
incidentally control prices they
can help kill the local dealers by
buying from the trust market.
But ii would lie weil in this con
nection to consider the ultimate
result. Consider whether you wan I
a monopoly to exist here*. Consider
whether it is hotter to spend your
money with residents or outsiih
linns, and in the long run pay
higher prices when opposition is
kitted.
Captain Jordan,of the Excelsior,
! has sonic very beautiful nuggets
| presented to him by ilie citizens
I and millers’ union of Yakutugn
1 beach. Tin cap.'am takes the Ex
j eelsior regularly to Yakataga beach,
and being the only vessel calling
there, the miners presented him
I with ?v0 in nuggets and among
j them was a $’>U i'iil for the purpose
of placing a diamond in one of the
: nuggets as a pin which the captain
lias to wear every time he is visit
i mg Yakataga beach.
Neither japs Nor Russians Seem Anxious To Start The
Fighting. Bays Telegraphic News.
Sairon, May 10—A Russian fl< > t
vs ,m il ( f,' ?»;. Jano s. It i*
SI'J.J 'S'iI tu la- iitiji-tveliskv, and
■i •uu-ti-.n of tie- Jeets is It>etied
for «»:T !».*• was: ni Aiiaru. Japanese
i tiiisi r have Im-i'ii sighted in thc-i*.
waters siMtii inj;. No news of llie
third division of the Russian Heel.
Bloodshed In Chicago
('Iiieajio, M iv 111—The unions
.re -imildly assisting .he strikers.
Today tit the eorner of Clark and
si adison stTiets teauisters refused
Nickel Oil The Sound
Iic:i£t Running liiph in Nickel
Owned Rj Valdez
Men.
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What proves to lie a rich ledge of !
Iliekel ore wit- discovered and lo
cated two years ago on the main
land about seventy miles from
'•Tildes, mi t’rinee William Sound.
The ledge, which is seventy ire!
wide, con he traced up the moim-'
lain several hundred feet. Samples
taken from various parts of the ore]
body and sent out for assay show
nickel values to the amount of
i2">.(10 per ton. This spring a tutni
'•■r of uitduional ioca ions were
tiitiiie and ihi property passed iino
...lids oi the present owners, 'i'. A.
’ 'obh. Farmer Smith, Sain Fra zee
• mi Jack Ingram.
Tnis year’s devclopinenl work,
ivldeii will is.- I*cguu as s. on a.- the
wcaibe;- and other cotiiiiiion- will
permit, will go tar toward proving
tins a rare body of ore. It is prob
ably the first nickel ore found in
Alaska.
Band Excursion.
The brass band of Valdez will
■barter the steamer Dora fot an
excursion to some pleasant point
down the sountl where the passen
erigers may go ashore and have a
good time. The place and date is
not ye: definitely settled, hut it is
expected that Sunday. May 21, will
lie tiie time selected.
Study Reindeer and Schools.
Secretary Hitchcock will send a
man to Alaska this summer to in
vestigate the reindeer problem and
the schools outside oi incorporated
towns.
Strike in FostolHce.
The employees in the Fairbanks
poi-toiliee struck April '20, owing to
lack of funds provided by the de
partment to.' salaries. The places
are living filled by volunteers.
Andrew Robertson, of New York'
was a very welcome visitor to Val
dez last Thursday, lie had but a
short time to stay and though the
hour was late, word went the rounds
and men quit their beds to give a
good reception to a good fellow. All
repaired to the rooms of the Tilli
kuiu club, where a few pleasant
hours were spent. Mr. Robertson
owns and operates the St. Andrews
hotel in New York, and those of us
who have been fortunate enough to
meet him in that town, are unani
mous in saying. “He’s a jolly good
fellow which uolmdy can deny.’’
Method.- of mining in the Klon
dike will be shown on ihc “Trail”
at the Lewis and Clark exposition,
and $10,000 worth of gold will be
turned out every hour.
to linmll” foodstuff, and a flash
followed hetwi ’ll tlie [mlirr ami
rioters. Twelve were killed aielM'J
injured.
Hoch On Trial
(.'hieago, May 111—iIo.li fared
his last wife. Leone Hoch in enurt
today. Sin told how tin1 monster
woo her love niiilr lie was tuurili r
intr iier sister. She says she gave
lier money to him as her lover.
Assaulted Iiis Sister
St le. May lo—l.ov U>a.h, a
I Another Placer Find
■ Mrde On Lowe River Ry Stephens
mid I'ar.iels.
F. M. Daniels ami .1. (i. Stephens
have heen taking advantage of the
early spring to do some prospect
ing and this week returned to oiv.it
with an aicornt ot a lind on l.mvc
river, opposite Comfort roadhouse.
Tim stream, which has heen
named Salvation creek, is admir
ably located for working, timber
being plentiful, water abundant,
and a good /all providing a line
donip. The prospecting that was
done provt d the gravel all through
.In basin carried gi ld, and in some
favorable spots on rimroek pan- as
high as Id cent- were taken. Doth
parties arc confident that they have
j struck a honan/a :is a hydraulic
proposition. They located ti n as
sociation claims anti preparations
are now lieing made to do develop
ment work this spring.
Tids property adjoins some lo
cated last spring by Boh Robinson,
K. W. Adanm and others. This
find is about two miles below the
gnleh in which the property of the
\ alile/ Hydraulic A Coid Mining
Co is located, and is evidently a
continuation of the same pay streak.
Vacancy In School Boara
F. M. Brown iJoes Not Qualify.
Petition For Flection
Owing to tiie failure of F. M.
Brown to qualify as school director
within the time specified t»y the
election ordinance then- is now a
vacancy in tire school hoard. The
matter was to he presented to the
council Monday with tin- request
that a special election he called to
till the vacancy, but the school
hoard was of tin- opinion that it
laid with them to till vacancies, so
a petition signed bv about, Ho vot
I ers was presented to the board usk
j ing them to call an election. No
I action has been taken yet, as they
are in correspondence with Mr.
Brown to ascertain ids wishes in
the matter, but it rs likely that a
call will l*e issued soon.
The ordinance .provides that
members oi the school hoard or
council must qualify within thirty
days after election or the position
is vacant. The Nelson hill pro
vides that the school board shall,
upon (ictitiou of five qualified vot
ers, call an election to till vacan
cies. This seems to leave the re
mainder of the hoard no option ex
cept to comply with the request of
the voters.
Governor Brady, as sui*erintcn
dent of schools in Alaska under
j the provisions of the Nelson hill,
will require that all teachers sjuml
an examination bciore a govern
i nu lli hoard. This applies to incor
porated towns as well as outside
j-school*.
fon of .In.lire P.o.hIi of Y.ikinm.
iif-.,iii*«* ! hi' f '*i‘i .« *< i'4;.; \ not!
w. ' nrr«' fl l.y I’r:• . v >»4»r*K.
K'lrielt (Ntiift '4.1 mol now hi i»i|.
Ho wn“ in h.i'iio-" :,4 iii iSalliinl.
!>.-nvi-v. May in Rno.'t’vr’t ar
rivi-il today anil a' ii ini. •! a han
<i'ii i. P.i• • |' arty ri -nji„* I (rip **:r*t
in the afternoon.
l iit* interior tnailf are on tin
way to town i.in at Cliifititdiinw
anil tin-o lirr at tnikiiiiii llii'1 i.,oril
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Mail For Nizina
Ni*tnn T<> Have Stmt-MonthW
Moil. Frank « email Is
Pobtn.as.er.
A |M>stoUi< c Im- I km it isigMinliiil
at Niznui and there will !>«■ a semi
inontliiy mail service irom Toirdim
during tin summer. The appoint
ment for 1 rank Kernnii as po»t
master w t- ree< i\. il l.y Chief Clerk
I-mies Tu< silay ami la- ha- made
, ai i at-a i ei-is for .la-. Fish to lake
an einervieney contract this season.
N xt year hid- will »*e asked for
the route.
i I he mail is to I hvc Toiisina
twice a month after May 2ti, carry
ing two hundred pounds, and the
service will !«* continued until
October !•>. This will he a great
convenience tn lh" people who haw
intercs'.- or trier-d- in that camp,
sum tie- inauguration **i the service
is due to the persistent efforts ol
Air ail Fumes, who has heen trying
for two years to get it through.
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Six tee Miles xo be BulU This
ibeast. n.
A sixteen mile railroad will be
■ built uis year from the Kayak oil
tields to Martin island.
C. Christopher and Dr. \V. Hruit
ner, who repres un Die eoiil com
pany. propose to forward the work
as rapidiy a.- Jios.-ible. Soundings
have neeii made at the island and
plans drawn up, which, will insure
a perfect harbor from which the
Kayak coal and oil can lie shipped.
Kxtetisive work lias lieen done
on the coal ledges and it continues
to prove itself the lincst coal on the
I’acitic coast. It solves the problem
of a coke supply for smelter pur
poses in the Prince \\ illiain sound
country. 1 he coal body is enormous
and the coal produces a coke en
tirely free from sulphur.
As a steaming coal, the operator*
* claim it to be of a superior quality,
which, if correct, will prove of great
value to the government when the
Martin island luirbor is completed,
as a coaling station can readily
be established at that iioint.
Bound For Illiamna.
W . Dutton was a passenger
on the Kxoelsior bound for his min
ing property at llliumna. He has
a nuuilier of men with him and
will build a road from the mines to
the beach. He intends to ojien up
I the propertv this year and will get
out as large an amount oi ore as
possible for a smeller test so as to
ascertain its real value. As to the
magnitude of the ledge tie has not
the slightest doubt.
Mr. Dutton has Ht men and 16
horses with him for the season^
-work.