THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
ubiUhed at Valdes. Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospeitor
Publishing Co. Phone. Main 1.
Entered at the Valdes postoftice as second class matter.
Alaska is verv fortunate in hav
ing Major Richardson named as
head of the road commission under
the provisions of the Xelson bill. |
The major is describe*! bv men who
are acquainted witli him as being
a typical frontiersman, who has
the beat interest* of Alaska at
heart, and this will mean much to
tbe'district, for uj»on him depends
in a large measure the ex|-«nditure
of the road money. He is a man
who is conversant with the needs
of a new country like this, and
Alaskans can depend upon his do
Hg the road work where it will.be
to the liest advantage of the coUU*
try in general.
Various committees of the coun
cil are busy obtaining figures and
devising ways and means for pro- ■
Sliding improved fire protection ior
the town. They consider that it is
lor the l*esl interest of the town
to have protection from fire rather
than to sjiend money on improv
■inn the streets, ^uch work can
wait, but it is poor policy to delay
"installing a good system of tire
protection. They will have the co
operation of .11 merchants in the
work mapped out.
Ella Higginson, who is coining
to Alaska this summer to write up
this section, has expressed a desire
to take a short trip out over the
trail from Valdez, and will l>e here
in July for that purpose. It would
be a good idea for the chamber of
commerce to make arrangements
to furnish transportation over the
trail’usjfar as she w ishes to go. and
aee tiiat her stay here is a pleas
ant one. Apart from the fact that
Mrs. Higginson is a celebrity in
the' iterarv world, it will be to tlie
advantage of the people of this sec
tion to see that she carries away a
good impression, and is shown aii
of the advantages and resources of
A’aldez and vicinity.
The lesi'lents of tlie leservation
are'now making a move to secure
government aid for the niainte
'nance of schools. It is high tuns
that this was done. For several
years the tax pavers ui table/,
have maintained schools for tiie
Reservation children, who consti
tute about one-third of the pupils
attending, but the burden has t>e
come too heavy and it will be
•necessary for tne Reservation to
pay a portion of the school expen
ses or else the school will have to
‘drop the grade work.
The director of the census de
partment, in answer to a conimu-,
'Dicat ton from the chamber of com
merce regarding a census of Alas
ka, states that he cannot co-oper
-ate in taking such a census, nor
“can he furnish the necessary
■blanks, hut he is willing to assist
■in an advisory capacity. This
will make it incumbent upon the
peojde of the district, ii they wish
a census taken this year, to do the
Work and stand Uie expense them
selves.
Since the government has opened
-its heart and allowed Alaska to ex
port wood puip and pulp wood the
presr nas begun to discuss the pulp
question in a desultory way. Ketch
■jkan is in the procession and leads
it, for four of her citizens have se
lected a site U> huiid a sniail noil
and secured the land to take the
timl>er from.
These gentlemen have localeii j
-640 acres of land on Carroll inlet,:
mi which grows a spruce forest;'
•and through or near this tract oi
land ruus one of tin- finest streams
lor water po»ir purposes to i»e:
•found in Alaska.
B. B. LOCKHART,
htenookaihek.
Jiotarv Public
'Conveyancer McKinley St.
H#-| Uour l*. Cabltt Odice.
Investigate Reindeer.
Seen tary Hitchcock, has been <
dissatisfied with the reindeer busi
ness for tlie past two years.
^|>eaking of of ids intention to i
send an agent to Alaska to investi-i
gate this business, he said: “I do
not doubt that the reindeer are a
good thing for Alaska natives, but :
I wish to find out. through an un- I
biased special agent, whether the
business is being conducted prop
erly. It strikes me that more
ought to have been accomplished
in twelve years. Why are not the
herds more widely distributed so
as to Wnefit a larger number of
people? Is the government suiter
vision sufficiently strict? Do the
Lapps and Finns who have Wen
employed as teachers of the Eski
mos in handling reindeer reap any
undue advantage? These are some
of the questions I want answered.
As for further appropriations. I
don’t see why we should import
any more deer from Liberia, except
such animals as may W desired for
cross-breeding.
The sum and substance of the
secretary’s criticism of tlie reindeer
enterprise in Alaska is expressed
in the one word “unbusinesslike.”
He does not doubt the advantages
to the natives, and he admits that
the animals may W useful to
white men in the far north; hut he
does not want the government
monev squandered, and lit wishes
to get tht Wst results of the invest
ment which the government has
already made. The same remarks
apply to the school system, both
native and white, ontside of incor
porated tow ns in Alaska.
Farming tn Alaska.
The department of agriculture is
heartily enlisted in the work of ex
ploitin' tlie agricultural possibili
ties oi Alaska, and extensive exper
iments will he carried on during the
present year, supplementing those
of previous years.
Through the work of private ex
periments, carried on for commer
cial purposes, and with commercial
success, and the further experi
ments of - the agricultural depart
ment. it has been demonstrated
ttiat Alaska is as good a field for
agricultural work as most of the
countries of northern Eurojie. Ah
oi the ordinary vegetables are
grown as readily in Alaska as in
any other portion of the country.
Currants, gooseberries, and in some
place? strawberries, thrive and pro
duce abundantly. The hardier
grains, rye and outs particularly,
mature in all parts oi Alaska.,
Grass grows luxuriously, and cat
tle and horses stand the winters in
Alaska a? readily as they do the
winters of Canada or North Dako
ta.
There is an abundance of very
fertile soil, and Alaska has one
great advantage in the very long
and very warm summer days.
With warm sunshine f*»r twenty
hours, and in some instances even
more, everything which is planter
comes to maturity in a relatively
short time, thus compensating in a
great measure ior the relative short
ness of tlie season.
There is little question that j
Alaska affords many great udvan- j
lages to would-be farmers, nut tire
least of willed is the certainty of a
guo.i market, with high prices, for |
everything which can be produced:
for the many other industries of the
distri< t. as they are further devel
oped, will always employ a much
larger population than the farmers
ol Alaska will ever be able to feed
in full.—P.-I.
-A
Recent additions to the Prosjiee
tor Circulating Library are Tin
Magnetic North, a tale of Alaska.
Robins: The Clansman, Dixon;
Lodestar. Kenuedy; Gentleman
from Indiana, Tarkinglun; Dec.ine
and Fail of Jawbones on the Kioii
dyke; Gabriel Tolliver, Harris.
"*0c a montii to read as many Imoks
as you wish.
Notice Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice to hereby flren. th»t the partnership
heretofore ril.ttnr brier n th nn.ler«icn- I
In the llorfe-hne Sulimn. In V«Mr*. Alaska, is
this day dissolved by m- tusl famsent.
All debts due from the said firm are to hi*
prr-ented to J. K. McNcel for pnvnunt. tne
*aid J. K >!<•» L'-.ntinning the W*‘n —
l**ted April i>lh.
1IARRV A*HtAND
J K. McNKKl.
COAL — COAL
C. W. Miller,agent, or Copper River
Praying Co.
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yalpcs. Alaska, Mar 11. loft.
TO ANDREW * IfhKF *nd W H. AN AKER:
«ou and each of yon »,r* ii r by tin-i rid that
J haw expended. during tin year !»a»l «»m
llundreo I .»lia*s upon each «.f lav hereinafter
named quart* mining claim-, in labor and 1m,
proven* dts. lo-v* : Tin* -Sun Lode" claim
rec.-rded In H.n»* No l. at page 112 «.f the
record* of mining claim* and wafer rights, in
the office of the recorder of the \alde* Record
itig District. Alaska; the "Moon L.*le" claim,
rc, <*rd* d in -aid hook No. 1. a? )**•- ill ,*f -Hld
records; the -Por upine Lode" claim. recorded
in Fb"»k E. at page lit* of *aid r«cords; the
“Evening Mar" claim, recorded iti K«*nk E. at
nage 222 of said records. All of the above
n«me i claim- are situaied D* tliH'tii.p-r Moun
tain ruining district, on Prince Willlatu jtound ,
and District of Alaska And that I. A. \\ . Tib
b»i-. during the year lw>i. it* order to bold -aid
claim- under the provision* of .Hecitnn iSl4 of
the l-.« vised Statute* of the I'dited Mate- and
the ni. n lmerits thereto, concerning annual
U:a»r upon mining d ims, being the amount
required .» ilold -aid « laun* for the vear **nd
tng I**ceinber 31st. t.• *4. have expended *»ne
Hum*red Dollar- in 'Mutual a*-e--:i» nt work
up'll ea h of the ala»\e -aid • iatr.i*
And ii wiLi*in ninety day- of tin* p r-om!
service oi this nu*lce. or wi’hin ninety da's
af.er *:!•* p iblication thereof you fail *»r rcf,**c
t*»contribute voiir • ropnrti not such extendi
ture. a* a co-oa i*«r. «>r - mil tail or refi.se i.
contribute your pmjMinj..n oi such expendi
ture up*7* ea-h or anv of -aid «daim*. jour
interest in -aid claim- in any or either • f tln m
Wii; become tile property of the -ub«* riber
hereunto, your co-«>wner Who ha- *u».de the
rc«iuisite expenditure un«!er the terms .»f tht
law.
Tlii* notice d<ns not preclude either of vou
f om contributing your p* -portion ,.j such ex
penditure pm elfii’-r • f -al l mutiny claim*
'*'»'* preventing ». forfe.r uc of your Interest i„
eiilu-r of-ai l mining claims upm widen such
payment 1- made.
^ , A. W T1RH1TS
First date of p .bib atlon. Mav 11. p*>\
Ij**t date of publication. Aug. Hi.
Notice oi Forfeiture.
i'atalla. Alaska, March '*>. Iffij,
T«» Jam*'* < asey and E. ration ur hi .it known i
heir- *r representative# if any.
and each of you are hereby notified *'m. |
tile undeisigticd, W. li. < ainpbell. hw* expend- |
e*l during tiii* year 19m. on u ,n ir-.-.l <11 *’•» d »;•
lars lu labor and Improvement* n|*o., ea» n •*.» !
tin- following oil claim# tnuate l .n ?he Kayak
h •> T'liiin 1 ;*.rlcl. !»i*triet of Alaska, to wit:
' *'ey oil claim No. 1 the ha-at'.on •ertifieate ... I
whii*h la recorded in hook 1 d Minin* E«* n- I
lion* and iHiamtory "fatenie.it- at p*g. 1
< a»c> oil claim No • the la-ati •:» eeriltieat •... I
which i« recorded in It n.k 1 of Hiding Idea
tion* and l»eelarntory StaU-uu nt* at page >>*.
uii't t"a>ey » ii claim N«-. 3 the location icr ifi
. »:te f whi- .*1 i* record#.i in it.a.k 1 or Mining
Ideation* and Ihvlaraiory Stateni rr*nt pag.
-*»•*. ail of w deli r. r.;* are in the ofH. e of th
t deroi Kaya* lie -otding l»i*trn \ I
iM'tri. t oi Aia*k . >ahl expenditure* w--re
ina'. lit or<«er to no.-; -n •»? . .aim* ut;
der the provision- ..f - ;|«»n J3J4 • the Kevia-d |
"tatute-of the Tiilfed Mate*. and t .♦ a: . n>« ;
men!* t .eret-.. <«-u crniiik annual work . J
mining * laln.«. taring the amount rrquirr*! t !
; -aen of ..i i claim* for th-* v.-ar ending I
1»C. . .1. And if at the e*p:. jo .
nin- ty day* from th publi. at ton thi* no;i. • |
>•» > hll <.r refu* • :«» contribute your pr..p<«r
: . ; * .. 4. expetotitur.- >,* * «-«>- c.\ n*-r. 5014.
inteie-i in *md ni.ulng laini* and l:i eaen
tn#rn will be. 0 . • t;. property *.| ih- it:d. r
-dCtici. v. 1! . ..lope ... yi»4i • o-.ewner wn
:»a* na*le the reju.r-d e .p mil’ure ro •
term* of *uid section.
W H. « iMI'bt,.,.
i i.*t publication Mareii I**.
La*! publication Jill; 15.
—
Notice oi Forfeiture.
V»|.l F.b. 1«. U»i"i
r. A. .a. I. t. IV.J.*. • ... ».. ...
~.:i .II I IV 11...
V . »:v heri- .y n .Uriel !b*t I luvr exi.!.
i luring tin? yee i:«d f-e.r hundred
: . »r* jti ii.tior «nd in.* r'Vemctit* *.;»» tn
V. ; •! lowing •; nvz ! atm*, to* wit: the -‘...-I
*«»vatigeh" ••f'eder-di*’ 1*. i.iiatl” and li>:'
1 •eat-d 1. «r ti..- Uksina river in the EagI
*.;n bg lu-fi •. Aia*ka. at..I t# • rdcl in ho.., ;
•; on pag. • J.:*. JJH ,nd _»*i tj4€ Eagle Mining 1
f.ecord*, iu or ler t.. ho d *»M claim* uv
• l-r tU- provi-ion* 1 *cctb»h SSJi of the '.it
v;»ed Statute* .*i tue • n;:e>l Mate# and t..- j
a mend me rr 1 herein approved Jan. "jj. la*,
isin-eriilug annual ial*»r upon mining claim-!
being rne amount required to hool *ai<l 1 laim* '
for the i»eri. d en ling l*ee. 31, ]•«>*. And :i
within ninety • •»; * from the per*or»*l service
of th.* notice ot w.thm ninety da\* after t.-ie
publication the..- i. you fai» or r»-fu*«- to e.»n
tribute your portion of *ucli exp.-rcinure a*
co-ow ners, your interest in said claims will i*.
•otue tne property of the *:io* ri»»e*l. your •••*
• ■wrier wh < iiiu made the required exiienui
ture by th • terms of *aid section.
„ ,, K. J FJELIi.
Fir*t publ.eati ui February It., I9u*».
Last publi -atioti. May la. l»i5.
Menas jtiHjt
Copper Center, Alaska.
Hiyu Wines, Liquors uiul Cigars.
Finest House North of
Seattle.
CHAS. COWELL, Proprietor.
A Store
At Sate Creek :
Will l*e opened up early in the
Spring with a Complete. First
Class stiwtk of s, Shoes.
GROCERIES andCLOTHING
Everything needed hv the Mi
ner and Prospector will he in
st<wk ail summer.
Freighting Done
Leslie & Nelson.
_**l Bmidway, Haw V wk
EVERY WEEK. I0« TO 138 PAGES_
SUBSCRIPTION. $5.30 A YEAR
Aefadinr U S.. Cana'n cr Mmx’n pcitAgtl
Tka faliaaarial aal Miami Jamal
M bow In tu 37lk yaw. Ua MtOih caa
•malm* aaaalv will be baaed abortly.
Para via ai a caabary It baa bean ore
eablnaally tba I radial miaaaj ■—*-*“
wllb a world-wide eimilattoB.
the payer la partirularty aval
ranee SataarripOuaie can bai
Baamla outdaa/raa.
afii^ via* aa
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. \
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone BO VAl.DKZ.
Office*: A I. ASK A
Fieh Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Room* 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 11*
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fisdi
Building. Valors.
Open evening*. Sunday ex« epted. 7 ::«* t R.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining and Land Laws, 9pe« :a!tie*
; VALDEZ. ALASKA
Cecil H. Clegg,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Pi i.,m« .
I Office Court H<>u*e. Value/..
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
T J D0N0H0E,
Attorney at Law,
| I
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
i Member of
Ala.-ka Bar. OREGON !
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
! COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
71-18 Sullivan Bid;. Seattle.
R I P A N S Tubules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The-Went pat-kage la enough for usual ocet
>i*»n. The family bottle (A) rent*)-Mitaint m
«.jdi«1v f .r a y»*ar. All tii aggisit >-li ib-m
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Goid, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
Eli.amar, Alaska
SO YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
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I | L J J 1 L Jsl
I 1/ilHilKl
Traoc Marks
TIBHVr Dcsmns
'»*" Copyrights Ac.
Aafossnatflof iskstfhuAdbcrtiKiAn may
quick* ascertain oar opinion free vbe.iier an
inYe*itV*n is probably patent-m*. C«fnnunle%.
ti.MiestriEfi/roi.adentuL llaaabeafcon Pui^oia
sent free. OMest sjeucy for m-unutf paten ia.
rat«ii*a UUu ttiiMwh !' iui % la receive
ipuinf aattce, e ithonk cfcaive. m tLe
Scientific Jlincrfcati.
SkanSmqtltgiMnM »»Wf. Urmt Hr
coUi.on .1 mr.j etauMo J-'q.-toL Terr a. |s a
rear t.«ir ir.eitLe. (L lOM !>r«:! »•» raienu
MlSKSssSsft*;
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior ja*ints. Large com
fortable quarters with every accommodation for
man or beast. Garden products in season
'T.
Wines, Liquor. Beer and Cigars.
C. C. ROBERTA, Proprietor. *2 Miles From Valdez.
Workman’; Road House
P. MAGNCSPON. Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm barn for 20 horses and good quarter*
for dogs, tiood meals and everything the
tnusher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
\A / U ji^ 21 Miles From Valdez
V V I I I Lw The Last Place Before
Crossing Thompson Pass
|_|p.| iQ^ Everything First-Class
llwUoC Freight Contracted
Formerly Accommodations For Large Outfits
Our Road House Walter L. White, Pr p.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat,
Poultry und \ egetables always on hand. Best ft t iling ground
for horses on the trail.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
V. T. Co.
The following Road houses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the manageme.t oi the Valdez Transportation Co.,
will Is- found to be first-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles From Valdez.
Rates $4.00 per day. BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
135 Miles From Valdez
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $150, Beds $1.00
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
CHIPPEWA Roadhouse
160 Miles From Vaidez
At Trail Crossing of the Gakona River
Rates: Meals $1.50, Beds $1.00
JCHN GILLESPIE MANAGER
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarter* for YaM^j 13* r*. .ms.
Hat. * rdi cuitj, |i and IK.*' d;»y. Firaa
Ite-iduraiil in «*oiiue<rtiott. Free Hu-. 0(>[t> gu -
f*. *5.
W. u. POTTS, Manager.
<o». Fir*t -\v. A: l'Diversity st.. SEATTLE
School oj Open All Yt*ar
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Arvhitvviur**, brawingaiyl Assay
ing. Assaying of Or—. (gs: Hi: iiun ami chlur
ination Assay, tin; Hliiwpipe Assay. «lo. Full
'our* I.f Assaying, i's>. EsinbUshol 1*11. g,.0,j
lor circular.
A. VAW DEI* NAILEaN, President.
113 Fulton Street, >au Fran<*i»co, < *1. One
block we»t of C’itv Hall.
lie IMvestern line
Operates iiie finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St Paul,
Chiego,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
muking direct connections with
through trains for all points Eask,
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to la- had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write.
F. \\ . FAKKEk.Oenera! Agent.'
151 \e»ler Wav. Seattle. ^
SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPKR HANGING
DECORATING
1 Specialty
^_
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
EUamar. ai..w.
r--—-~
Calling Cards Pri,,,‘d
■ ... , ,, lr» the
la.est style Engraver* Old Enali^H
the proper thing. Invitation* * .»
M-nre cards for card parties. n,*
Pkuweitob. Phone 1.