The Incorporation Bill
Provides For Municipal Seif Government. All The
License Money Goes to The City.
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Other Features.
Mr. K. A. Henderson, deputy
clerk of the court of thin district, is
in receipt of a cojy of the incor
poration .law for Alaska. The
following awe some of the most
important features of the measure.
An applicant for divorce (mist
have lieen a resident of the district
ieft two years prvor to commcnco
jnent of action.
The council of incor|x*rated
towns has tin* |x»wer
First. To provide suitable rules
governing their laxly, and to elect
one of their mcmlicrs president,
who nluill l»e ex-oflicio mayor.
SecocnL To ap|Kiint, and at
their pleasure remove, n clerk,
treasurer, attorney, assessor, )>o]icr
and otlier necessary officers.
Third. To make rules for mu
nicipal elections, ami the appoint
ment of election officials, and h*
provide their duties and power
and provide penalties for tlie vio
lation of election rules.
Fourth. By ordinance to iwo
vide (or necessary street improve
ment to lie paid for by assessment
and levy against abutting property,
provided a majority of such prop
erty, owners concent by petition or?
otlurwise hi such improvements.
Fifth. By ordinance to declare
what shall bo a misdemeanor and
provide for tire protection, water
supply, lights, wharfage, mainten
ance of public schools, protection
of public licalth, police, and ex
pense of assessment and collection
of taxes.
Sixth. By ordinance to provide
for assessment and collection of
poll tax, not to exceed two dollars,
and to provide a penalty for non
payment of same.
Seventh. By ordinance to pro
vide for dog tax, not to exceed
two dollars per year, and to pro
vide for iiujiouiiding and destroy
ing dogs on which tax is unpaid.
Eighth. By ordinance to pro
vide for levying taxes for municipal
purjioses on real property, posses
sory rights, and improvements and
to provide a penalty for non-pay
ment, andsuch taxes shall be a
preferred lien on the projierty and
same may lie foreclosed and jiroji
erty sold.
Ninth. By ordinance to provide
lor niunieijial tax on jiersonal
jiroj>erty and jienulty for non-j>ay
inent. Provided that each house
holder or ltrad of family’ sliall lie
exenijit from taxation on not to
exceed #200 worth of family liuuse
Jiold goods.
Tenth. By ordinance to mipose
license tax on business conducted
within tin; corjiorate limits and
provide a jieualty for non-payment.
No jirojiertv shall lie taxed to ex
ceed two jier cent of the assessed
value. No bonded indebtedness
sliall lie authorized for any jnir
jjose.
Eleventh. By ordinance to jiro
vule punishment for the violation
of munieijial ordinances by a tine
of not exceeding #’2(30, or imjtrison
ment in the municipal jail not to
exceed DO days, for each violation.
Twelfth. To provide for the
election of a niiniicijtui magistrate
who shall have power to determine
cauMus arising under the ordinances
and to punish violations of such
ordinances. Such magistrate >ha 11
receive'a salary to he determined
hy the' council, and all fees col
lected slrnll be turned over to the
city treasurer fur municipal use.
The treasurer of the corporation
shall be ex-oilicio treasurer of the
school tuard and sliall execute a
bond in amount to be determined
by the judge of the district court,
which bond shall be approved by
the eouiicil and the district judge,
but at no time shall the bond bt
less than twice the amount ol
money in the hands of the treas
urer at any one time, to lie deter
mined hy the tax rolls and license
books. All license money collected
by the clerk of the district cour
for business conducted within the
corporate limits shall lie paid to
the municipal treasurer to be used
ior municipal and admst purposes,
in such proportion as the court
may order, but uot more than 50
|*cr cent nor less than 25 per cent
.thereof shall he used ior school
purjioses. Fifty jier. cent of all
license moneys collected outside of
incorporated towns shall be set
aside in the treasuiy of the United
States to he expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the
Interior for school purjioscs outside
of inoorporated towns.
To the Canneries.
The sailing fleet of the Pacific
Packing A' Navigation company
will l>cgin the tran«|>ortation of
supplies to the corporation’s num
erous Alaska canneries ltefore the
15th of April. Some twelve or fif
teen vessels will be dispatched to
its canneries in Southeaster Alaska,
Prince William sound, Cook inlet
and Bristol luiy, on the Bering sea
side of the Alaska Peninsula.
Among the larger of these are
the liark J. D. Peters, ships St.
Paul, America, bark Harvester,
laurfc JCate Dauviport, bark Ferris
S. Tliomjwon and the schooner
Maid of Orleans. During this
period several smaller sailing ves
sels and a number of steamers,
large and small, will leave for the
same destination.
1 wo of the company g steamers,
the Jennie and Newport, are now
i>eing repaired preparatory to re
suming tlu* season’s fishing traffic.
Many of tiie smaller steamers are
to i»e operated during tiie summer
simply as cannery tenders.
All of the sailing vessels will
carry fall cargoes of cannery sup
plies n<nd materials. Not a few of
them will take as passengers Chi
nese canners and fishermen. These
are to be drawn from Seattle,
Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
eisoa
The entire sailing fleet of the
company will remain in Alaska
waters until towards the close of
tiie {lacking season, when each will
take a return cargo of salmon.
The Prospector.
The prospector is a natural gam
bler; he is an optimist par excel
lence; he lives on hope, light, air
ami scenery and erects his “Castles
in fS^iaiu*' with unfailing industry
from every prospect hole lie works,
notwithstanding lie may he doomed
to disap]K>intment again and again.
He always luolts for tiie bonanza
shoot at the next shot and delves
his way into the hills persistently
and patiently year after year.
\\ hile practically discouraged from
lack of results, he lias acquired tiie
habit of hope and so works until
he can no longer raise a grulietake.
this class of men are usually ready
to give a very favorable bond and
lease on their property, and for a
comparatively few dollars, surren
der the control to a company with
capital to develop, preferring to
retain even a small non-aascasable
interest in a gvuwhig proposition
than to own all of a dead one. A
developingyy ndieate br pool can
often, for a few tliousand dollars,
take suck a property and by judic
ious development )iut it in sliui>e
to sell for ten times the amount it
cost. It is. however, no limit to
the activity that could he given by
the operations of such an associa
tion, to all lines at business, whiclu
by the way, are always in touch
with prosperity in mining,—West
ern Mining World.
Tliose going into the .Xizina
country will find tlie best of board
at Mrs. Charlton** boarding house
at the mouth of Bex Gulch.
Save money and hard work, how?
By getting your prospecting outfit
for nextemson from ft. Blix, Cop
per Center.
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Wellington coal for sale .at office
oi the P. P. & & Co.
j Meal* a la Carte Open All Night
“Wikidel’s”
Most Elegant Restaurant in the Northwest.
Cor. Keystone end McKinley Valdes, Alaska
Loomis
Transportation
Company
Contracts Freight to aii Interior Points.
Freighting by sleighs begins Feb.
1st Freight consigned to them
• must be in aldez by Eebruary 25
First Pack Train leaves Valdez May
25 Best line of Saddle Horses
in the Northwest
Trading Posts at Tonsina and Nizina Full Line
Miners and Prospectors Supplies.
SEATTLE MARKET
DEALERS IN
Meat and Poultry of all kinds
in large quantities.
F W SMALL, Prop
Gor .McKinley and Keystone, Valdez
Visiting Portland.
Miss Etta B. Ford and Mrs. Fred
J. Chapman enow* all the way from
Valdez to Portland to do their
Easter shopping. They cannot
return to the frozen north in time
to wear their Easter bonnets in tiie
streets of the Alaskan metropolis,
but tliey are to make the up trip
at an early date and will be leaders
of the fashion in the land of gold
and snow during the brief summer
season. These two women arrived
in Portland this morning and
during their stay of one week here
will, make their home at the Hotel
Im)»erial. Tliey will the® go to
Seattle and return north at the
end of six weeks.—Tribune.
Granted a Divorce.
Word has just l>e«i received here
from San Francisco that Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Roberts, late of 'Valdez,
Alaska, hut for some time past of
California, were granted a divorce
in California. Mr*. Roberts took
her name of Helen Barnhart.
Roth of the parties are well known
tp the residents of Valdez, having
lived here for several years, and at
one time run a hotel in the Whal
ing Company’s building Mr.
Roterte also maintained the small
steamer Marv as a sort of ferrv and
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generally useful boat around the
syund. He will in all probability
return here this season.
The town of Fairbanks, the cen
ter of the new diggings is evidently
tenon ling a place of importance.
Judge Wickers ham has removed
the commissioner’s 'office from
Eagle to that place, and tele
graphed Marshal G. dJ. Perry re
questing him to also remove the
office «f the deputy U- & marshal
to Fairbanks. Mr. Perry wired
back that he would do so. Mr.
; Perry also received word from the
1 judge to tbe effect that thousands
. are on their way to the diggings
from all directions.
it badlreen reported at this office
, that plaieer gold has been discovered
: near the oil regions at Kayak. Its
{extent or richness will not be
| known until tte twining summer.
For Aosavs Send Your Ore To
L R. CAMPBELL
iPKJCKS.
Gold, Silver and Copper 18.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper - - - 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
ELLAMAR ALASKA
5. 0. MATHEWS,
Sanitary ■ Min;.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdez.
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for VALDEZ People
120 Rooms, Gates 5®e, #1.00 and
#1.50 per day. First class res
taurant in connection. Free
bus. Opposite C. 8. PostoAce.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cor. 1st Ave. and
University St SEATTLE
How is it that everyone stops at
tlie Ticket City roadhouse on tlreir
way to tlie interior? Because their
patrons are given tlie best of accom
modations, besides tlie horse feed
is the laest of any of the interior
stopping places.
While getting your outfit for the
summer don’t forget to call at this
office and have your name put on
the list for tlie Pkokpectok this
summer... Tiie paj»er will he deliv
ered to you at any point along the
Xizina or Cliisna trails.
The silk waists shown by Fish Jk
Co. are the swcdlest goods ever
offered here. Tlsey are ail of the
finest quality silk, latest design,
and the price puts them within tlie
reach ai alL J£o two waists alike.
Parties leaving town would do
well to deposit their valuables in
the safe deposit vaults at tlie Bank
of Valdez. The charge is very
light and safety is assured.
We are now selling “pop” and
will deliver to any part of the city,
Distilled Soda Water Works, city.
Hathaway & Kaake have now
on hand a full line of Window
glass of all sizes.
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PACIFIC PACKlNQ
6- NAVIQATION CO.
Canyin* U. S. Mail and Express.
Of_ ( From Seattle For Valdez, Sth of each
dll* Nome Uiy \ month. From Valdez for Seattle, 22th
( of each month.
From Seattle for Valdez. Cook Inlet and
Cfr FYfYlcinr wav ports, 20th of each month. From
LAkUMUl Valdez for Seattle and way |K>rts. St la of
k each month.
From Seattle for Valdez, Cook Inlet and
Cfr Quinta Ano way ports 25th of each month. From
k?ll« Oollta Alla Valdez for Seattle and way |H>rts, 12th of
w each month.
From Valdez to Unalnska and way |>orts
Cfr QhHiknff 29th month, connecting with Sir.
kjtl* Ollkll&UlI Kxcelsior from Seattle. Arrives at Val
dez 22d of each month, connecting with
k Str. Nome City for Seattle.
Company reserves right to change steamers or date of sailing
without notice.
Seattle Office—Glolie Building. J, C. Martill,
San Francisco Office—HR California St. .
Chicago Office—53 River St. AgCHt.
New York Office—95 Hudson St. PHONE 18.
C. K. HAMMOND,
Forwarder.
Interior Transportation a Specialty.
Feed and Sale Stables. Storage Waretoure.
McKinley Street, Valdeg, Alaska.
New Process Steam Laundry.
Fine Laundry Work
A Specialty.
Third St.. West of Alaska Av. Valdez.
C. EB0QARDU5
Assayer and Chemist.
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
<iO Columbia St., Seattle, Wash.
j \VM. WORKMAN P. MAGNESON
Workman’s Road House
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First roadhouse built on Governmem
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,
i THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp, 45 Miles From
Valdez and 25 Miles form Workman’s Roadhouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
j WORT.MAN and MAGNESON, Proprietors.
Alaska’s Official Directory.
Governor—John O. Bra«lv.
Surveyor General ami £x officio Secretary—
Win. I.. Pistin
Thief Clerk—Geo. Siowcll.
C. S, Judge--Melville C. Brown. Plat. No. 1.
seat at Juneau: Judge Moore. Pin. No. 2. seat at
Nome: James Wiekersliam, Pin. No. 3. seat at
Kagle.
C. f*. Attorney*— R. A. Frletlrich. Plat. Sq. 1:
F. Griggaby, Pin No. 2: N. V. Ilarlan. Plat. 3
Clerk—District No. 1. w. J. Hills, Dial. No. 2.
| Geo. Uomik'niuft, Dial- No. 3, A. R. Heilig.
I7. H. Marshal*— James M Shoigi. Pist- No. 1;
Frank L. Richard*, P**t. No. 2; G. C. Ferry,
I PUt. No. 3.
Commissioners—Edward de •Groff, Sitka; H.
j H. Folsom, Juneau; F. P. Tustiu, Ft. Wrangell;
; L. K. Woodward, Cualaaka; P. Gallagher, Ko
diak; J J Rogers, SkagM ay; C EC lay pool. Circle
City; L. R. Shepard, St- Michael; Sol Ripinsky,
ilaiue* Mission: E.Stackpole, Ketchikan; G. M
i Irwin, Douglas; J. H. Hrow ulow, Sunrise; John
Lyons, Valdez, Carl M. jiohausou. Eagle; S. M.
Graff, Forty Mile.J LimUey Green. Rampart;
1>. A. McKenzie. Coldfoot; C . li. Klegg.Nufeh
agak; James R. Kauudera. Chisna.
C. H. Land Officers—Uegtaer, John W.
Dudley.
Receiver—P. Mullen.
Deputy t'- H. Marshals—Diat No. i gpwcial,
W U McNair. J. W. Snook, Skagway; JL P.
Campbell, Sitka; E. K. Kelly, Jnueau; W.m. D.
Grant, Wrangel; W. 1HH, Douglas island;
Chaa. Dreibjlbi*. Valdes; Lewis L., Bowers,
Kodiak; Peter Nissan, Porcupine; A. Shoup,
Ketchikan; J. P. Reynoldson, Eagle. J
Euboff, Killisuoo, John Mf Richards, CuaJaaka
Yukon MaiL
Leaves Valdez for Eagle and all
wav points on the 2d. Kill, loth and
l 24th of each mottth.
Arrives at Valdez on the22d,29th
7th and 14th of each month.
Leaves Eagle for Valdez on the
j 8th, 15th, 23d and 30th of each
* month.
I Arrives at Eagle on the 16th,
23d, 20th and 8th of each month.
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Capital.
Do you need it for developing,
improving, increasing, operating
or installing machinery on prop
erty? If so. write Edward 1). Snif
fcn, fi'2 Wall street, New York, who
charges no advance commission, as
the Trust Corj*orations, when the
property is financed, pay him for
obtaining the business. Send him
full particulars, official statement,
reports, etc., that he may intelli
gently present same to the Trust
Companies for their consideration,
promptly advising you of approval.
He submits no proposition for less
than $50,000. An unusual plethora
of money at present time is seeking
secured investment. 8
All kinds «of woolen overshirts
*nd heavy and !i<:ht wool under
wear *t the Lion store.
MtSSSm Lining JU
_261 Broadway, Now York_
EVERY WEEK. 108 TO 138 PACES
SUBSCRIPTION. $3.00 A YEAN
(htatidiag U S. Cana'n or Afor’n pos’aga)
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