The Alaska Prospector
And Valdez News.
rnbl.sbed at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday
by Hie Peostsctor IWEiisjukg CO.
Phone Mats 1.
Jntertfd at the Vfi’dez f’ostoftiee as jEecond
elass matter.
^Ableriptlwa i'S per year. ?i for six nontb?
Single C’Piea JO rents
In view of certain inquiries made of
She Board of Road Commissioners from
Sime to tune, in regard to its plan of
work and policy in the distribution of
funds at its disposal, the following is
published for the information of all
who may be interested.
The original Act states in part:
“The said Board (of Road Commis
sioner^ sbail have the power, and it
shall be their duty, upon their own
motion or upon petition, to locate, lay
out, construct, and uiaiufuin wa'gon
roads and pack trails, * * * it in
their judgment such roads or trails
are needed and will be of permanent
value for the development of the dis
trict; Out no such road or trail si. >11 be
Constructed to any town, camp or set
tlement which is wholly transitory.
* * s,”
The Board of Road Commissioner
his, in pursuance oi this law. en
deavored to locate and construct such
roads during I he past two years t. ; the
funds available would permit, giving
preference to localities' which seemeci
in the greatest need of immediate aid.
Ti»e bohid has given consideration,
wherever practicable, to petitions ie
ceived from the people, and such peti
tions are desirable to have, but they
should always b° accompanied by the
fullest possible information as to the
character of the route desired, tonnage
to be lram-ported, number of people to
he boa lite l. probable permance of the
community, and approximate co.-t of
the desired road or trail.
Tu addition to the “Alaska fond
proper, Congress has at its last two
sessions, appropriated additional sums
from the Treasury for the “construc
tion and maintenance of military ind
post reads, bridges and traila/’ and it
has been the p'an of the Board to ap
ply this latter fund, as far as possible,
to the locatiou and construction of
main trunk lines of communication
through the territory, and especially
First
tore
FIRST in number of
prescriptions
FIRST in size of gen
eral stock
FIRST in number of
customers
FIRST in volume of
business
FIRST in advantages to
customers
Owl Drug Co.
Dependable Druggists
VALDEZ ALASKA
the through mail rout© from \ aldez to
to the Seward Peninsula: applying the
“Alaska Fund,*’as far as practicable, to
local improvements
GUGGENHEIMS WIN
Reports from Katalla brought by the
Bertha, are to the effect that the Gug
genheim forces had a pitched battie
with the Bruner people and defeated
them, and have succeeded in getting
possession of the disputed strip of
right of way. T*e account of the
fight are veiy conflicting, saying that
guns were freely used and a l umber of
men disabled and two killed, while
others say that the fight was confined
to clubs and picks.
Mike Sullivan, who lead the Guggen
heim forces is said to have been seri
. n.-ly injured, and or:-.* of the foremen.
Tory De Pa seal, formerly a resident of
Valdez was shot over the heart and wu?
not expected to live. T^tiy was the
ur.e who succeeded iu completing the
trestle across the disputed strip for the
Guggeuheims, for which he he received
a bonus of £1000. S me reports say
that he was killed by ; Italian over a
personal faed and not during the fight
with the railroad people.
John Rosene, in an interview regard
ing ins cr;; i ) Prince VV iliams Sound,
says: "Valdez is ui: ioubtedly the
most prosperous town in Southeastern i
Alaska. The mining situation there'
and in Prince Williams Sound looks j
veiy favorable. There are several pro
pertiea there that have ore awaiting
shipment South, and there are new
properties that will be in a position to
ship ore soon, (treat amounts of cue
will be shipped this season and larger '
amounts next season.”
The Ash.Burning Secret.
The remarkable ash-burning secret
discovered by John Eli more, the Al
toona cobbler, is out. Almost ereiy
' householder in Altooua is now consum
ing his ashes as fuel.
Sieve: al well knowu chemists set to
work to discover the formula. They !
were successful, and here ir is:
Common salt, one pound; oxalic acid
two ounces; water, one gallon. Aiix
and moisten a mixture containing one
part coal and three parts ashes, and a !
better fuel than pure coal is obtained.
—The Industrial World.
New aids to navigation suggested to
the lighthouse board by the Mates &
Pilots Association of Seattle, are:
In the passage to Orca and Cordova,
a large size acetylene light buoy for
i the principal buoy off the middle
! ground shoal; a buoy on Hank Island
shoah a buoy off Jennie Rock Channel
island; a buoy off the southeastern spit
of Observation island; a beacon off the
south rock of Observation island; a
bdacon off north rock;- a buoy off
Downin rock at Bowlder bay; to des
pense with the striped buoy on Bligh
island shoal and place one buoy on the
east side and one buoy on the west
side: a buoy on the outer end of Seal
island reef; one spar buoy at the outer
end of the reef at Eliamar bay, this
: making an additional bhoy for Ella
mar bay; in Valdez narrows, a concrete
i beacon for the middle rock and an
j acetylene gas light on the beacon such
as is now successfully used by the
Canadian government. To establish
buoys ia Green island channel, as this
channel could be nsed to advantage if
it was properly marked with sufficient
buoyspa buoy at the south entrance of
Latouche passage off the rocks known
as Latouche rocks.
WANTED MEN to cut cord
wood by the cord. Apply to A.
Holman, Copper Center.
Placer Claim For Sale.
Valuable producing placer claim for
sale. Ditch mile and quarter long
with flumes, hose, etc., in full running
order. Fullest investigation desired.
Cheap if sold at once. Address G. M.
Moran, Chicken, Alaska. 19-23
Maj. Gen. A. W. Gre*1y, now in
command of the northern division
of the United States Army, in
an acfdreJ'S delivered' in Chicago be
fore the Geographic Society, is quoted
to have said, wheu referring to the gc-T
ernment affairs in Alaska:
A few yesir3 ago the United States
courts were a fiasco. It was a wonder
to me that the entire lot of government
officials were not hanged by mob la w.
I have been in mining camps where, a9
the old sayIii? goes, they hanged five
men before breakfast, for less provoca
tion than that imposed on the people
of Alaska. The courts were only in
struments to private interests.
Fight pi ices, right goods, right, ser
vice. Owl D/iig Company—Dependa
ble Diuggi.-ts.
Books and magazines at the Owi
Drug Store.
I>: Til 7 PROBATE COURT IN* AND FOR VAL
DEZ THIRD JUDI( I \L DIVISION
TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
In *: t iiU.orof the .Notice of Have and place
t--i.lt- «•{ -'red Wein- > for retilesaeni of filial »«•
berg }'>•■■>.<• 1. Jcunt if Administrator.
No - . - hereby given that E. < . Dalton,
A o :-1 ,:.ir of said estate, has filed with
- in- • * -u t iii& tinal Recount and petition
f r d . . onsnt that Saturday, the 5»lst day
• - . ", :.t Tw<» o’clock P. M. at the
the above Court, has been lixe.i
•,-ih- : •• :d place for the hearing of said
•. ,• lit! said nine any persons inter,
v :h • -rate may appear and file «>!>
!i this 22nd day of June 1507.
E. \ . Dalton.
Adr : :Uiraior of the estate of Fred Wei ti
ll? -jr, i i eo-o;
L ite of f.ist publication June 27tii, TXfi.
Rate .-f i-.-t iutblicati n ulv 25tli 15*7.
Dissolution Of Partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the firm
of Curley, Cameron & Craine doing
business as Restaurateurs in the
Tavern Lunch Room & Buffet has this
day been dissolved, Hilbert Cameron
retiring from said ,:rm. All accounts
due* to said firm are (o be paid to and
all accounts due by said firm will be
paid by the Firm of Curley & Craine
who will continue said business.
Notice.
Special Terra District Court at Valdez.
The President of the United States of
America,
To the Resident of the Third Judicial
Division of Alaska.
Hrecting:
Yon and each and all of you will
please take notice, that by an order of
the Court duly made and entered, a
special July Term of the District
court for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, has been called and will be
held in Valdez Ala ka, beginning July
29,1907, and continuing as long there
after as thd public interest may re
quire.
James Wickersham,
District Judge.
Dated June 22,1007.
Attes Edward J. Stier, Clerk,
By S. A. Crandall, Deputy. (seal)
6-19
CC Rudolph
PHONE NO. 3
DEALER IN
Doors, Windows. Builders' Hard
ware, Mouldings and Finishings.
Tar, P. & B. and Build
ing Paper.
PAINTS OILS GLASS
A new supply of Aims and paper (or
kodakers. Owl Drug Company—d*.
pendable Druggists.
The Juneau |?and jury took offtH*
at the statement made by Gen, (Jreolj
that the courts of Alaska were only j
instruments to private interests, aQ(j
that it was a wonder some of the
judges wore not hung. By the war,
Judge VVickersham was holding c jurt
at Juneau when the jury became so
excited ovi'r the criticism of Alaska's
judiciary.
We know our drugs are good. We
are willing to leave it to you. On!
Drug Co.
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To Charles Thorbunson r
You are hereby notified that the undersisnu*;
has expended one hundred dollar* in i -
and improvements on the claim known i - :. c
••Gold Star’’ lode claim, situated on <.,.i >
Island, Prince William Sound, Terr: ■ ;
Alaska, in the Valdez Recording Di.-t g j
order to hold said miuingclaim under t r
visibns of Section 2321 oi ilie Revised > •
of the United States, being the aiv ; ...
q'lircd to hold said mining claim for •
11*06, and if within ninety days from ttv - : . j
ot this notice upon you, or the comp •• j v
, iication thereof, you fail or refuse to
nte your proportion of said expenditm
owner, your one-half interest will bee -:|.
property of the undersigned under an
nut to said Section 2324 of the Revised
of the United States.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 17th .y ;
April, i9b7.
GEORGE BARRA K
Date of first publication April is, 19o7
Date of last publication July 16, VM1.
The A. Van der Waillen School
of Civil, Electrical Mining Engi
neering. Established 18C1
- AVKD -Apparatus, Instruments, Ac. "it-:!
in all brain lies. Great demand for ex
.in all lint-s. New student- should
once. Address 5100 Telegraph Avc- Oak • >i.
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