till tlUItt
TO VISIT VALDEZ.
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Of the Interior and Beard the Fero
cious Mountain Sheep in
in his Lair.
A novel race over a course of
nearly 10,000 miles is now under
way between R. R. Slaughter
and James Spear, Jr., two
wealthy young men of, of Chicago
and Philadelphia respectively.
The race, which began at Chicago
six days ago, is to Valdez, Alaska,
thence northward into the interior;
hack to Valdez, and thence hack to
Chicago. The most interesting fea
ture of the race is that the winner
will Ik* the one who has hugged the
most big game during the absence
of six weeks.
Among the conditions of tho race
is one that each contestant must
take one photograph a day, besides
one of whatever game lie may kill.
In order to prevent wanton destruc
tion of game, only wild goats will
count in the race, as the country in
which these animals abound is such
us to prevent many of them from
being killed.
The trophy which will go to the
winner is a large solid silver punch
howl, on which are to lie reproduced
the best pictures of the country, as
well as the game killed.
The two young men arrived in
tin- city yesterday. All supplies
necessary for the trip are to be pur
chased after arriving in Valdez.
The scheme was originated by
Spear, who, growing tired of the
daily round of society life, conceived
the idea of a hunting race while at
tending a dance at the Country
club at Germantown, a fashionable
suburb of Philadelphia.
lie then communicated with
Slaughter, of Chicago, with whom
he has gone on many hunting trips
in the past, with the result that
Inith men are now seeking the
quickest route to Valdez and buy
ing maps by the dozen.
Orca Cannery Finishes Pack.
The I*. P. & X. cannery at Orca
has completed the pack for tin*
season. The hark J. I). Peters left
on Aug. Kith for Bclingham,
Wash., with 25,000 cases of red
salmon and the cannery crew in
cluding the Fishermen. The 00
Chinamen who worked in the can
nery were sent out on the Excel
sior.
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NEXT TO THE KI/1KA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale ami
Retail Dealers
j (JIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
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ALASKANS GET BENEFIT OF
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Steamship and Railroad Lines
Sdake Reductions.
Mr. I. L. Bales, who this season j
went along the coast of Alaska and
I collected together a numlier of the
natives and curios for exhibit, at
the St. Louis Fair, is now interest
ing himself in securing chcao ex
1 cur-ion rates for the beneiit of;
those in Alaska who wish to visit
; the Fair. In answer to his appli
j cation to the A. 1*. N. t’o. he re
ceived the following letter:
Seattle, Wash, Aug. tilh, U)04.
I Mr. L. L. Bales,
Seattle, Wash.
I >ear Sir:—Kcfening to tlie mat
ter of excursion rates for Alaskans
intending to visit the St. Louis
Exposition, and eon firming my
quotation to you today. We will
name you a rate of one and one
third fare from any of our ports of
call in Alaska to Seattle and re
turn. Tickets limited returning
to December 31st, l‘.'()4.
Application for rails] ortation
may he made to any of our agents
in Alaska or to pursers on board
our steamers. Yours Truly,
J. W. i l.o’.v Itl'.IDCE,
General Manager.
The following was received from
l the Great Northern agent:
Seattle, Wash., June 15, 11*0-1.
i Mr. L. L. Bale*,
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Sir:—It is a pardonable
■ satisfaction to me to learn, on your
( return from the St. Louis Exposi
tion, that you found all the ar
rnnpements made for your party ■
ns we outlitied them.
I desire to eneourape your efforts
to pet up a party of Alaskans to p>>
to the Fair on Sept. 10th. We'wil'
gladly charter yon one or more
sleepers, and run them through to j
St. Lonis without change, furnish-i
iiip services of porters without
eharpe. * * The ear is yours,
and you can do what you please
with it while it is under your
charter.
Wo will make you a rate ofj
$<'i7.50 for this excursion—the tick-1
ets to he good for lit) days, permit I
of stop over and he absolutely lirst
class in all respects. Funner par- .
tioulars regarding ra'es will he
found in enclosed pamphlet. I will}
guarantee you the In nefit of any j
reduction from these figures tha'
may lie in effect via. this or anv j
other line at time of vour depar- j
ture. It is very seldom that any '
reduction is made from regular'
sleeping car tariff, even on low rate
excursions, but if you < I.alter'
the cars out right you can
have rates of about palace or
$4.50 tourist per berth. < >t course,
these rates are for double liorths.
and if two people share it. it would
cost each of them hut half of these
amounts.
I wish you every success, and
hope you will give the Gnat North
ern an opportunity to demonstrate
what it has on other occasions—
that no trans-continental line can
afford vou heller service, more
modern equipment, or more eor
teous employes.
Very truly yours,
S. (,!. Ykkkks,
Gen. Western Passenger A.;t.
\V. I,. Ellis, with an oil rig, < x
jrecteil to take the lhrtlia from
Seattle to Kayak, hut was unavoid
ably delayed and will pro hably he
up on the Santa Ana.
Yield 515 Per Yard.
Pun Creek, Ail". 1 —Thi- creek
is rather quiet, at present, there he
in<r only tliree outfits at work.
There is plenty of told on Pan
creek hut it is hard to "el mvinirio
the Inmlders. No. 5 Pan, which
was worked last season !>v Van
Iderstine, is payin'/ well. (’has.
Schlosser, Cha-. Rnti"i\ Tom
Lynch and Joe Morris have the lay
this year. Their last cleanup for
3M day’s work was 71 ounces.
They "round-sluiced a Ion" cut.
threw the houlders out and then
set up 1 sixes. Their average for
doad work and all is I letter than
if 10 a day.
Sol and Boh Kane. Jack and
Billy Williams, Racy Roberts and
u Frenchman are vorkin" No.
and appear to he doin" well. Their
richest "round appears to lie the
benches, a tunnel SO feet hm", run
last winter, yielded tfl.tSOOor bet
ter than $15 to the yard.
Ali the ground above Xo. 5 is
[owned by Kain iV; Williams and
[ will probably betaken up soon by
[a company. Surveyor lt d twin
has been here some time surveying
| the claim. Ho leaves tomorrow
i for Valdez via. the salmon route
1 and Tasnuna.
On Schrader guleh. a tributary
■>f ('upper creek, Harry Dunn and
lb»h Fulkerson havi been working
1 all the season.
The weather has been bad, only
two clear days in July
t lias, nml Will Crary arc doing
assess mini work an No. Tiiey
leave in a few days.
Work on tin- claims will eontinue
•hi!ii about tlic 1st or loth ofSvj*
ti ihIkt. Most of tlie crowd will go
unt \ ia 1'asnuim.
Surveyors Renaming.
Ti.e wagon road surveyors, ttn
der tlie .1 aiiersiiip of J. M. I'ltij']!,
are now on their way back to Val
dez. There were four ]<:irtit - in
the tield, working from Imth rtiels
oi die (.rojiiis. il rotid. They met
at the Tatiana anil all joined to
come out by way of Valdez. There
are now in the party iilsmt men
with tin horses.
i cslcrday morning Mr. Clapp
! left Copper Center with a iiuiiiImt
of hi* na>n to tioat down the Coj>
per river as far as the Ta-nuna riv
er, winch trip will proha lily lake
I two days a> Ir Clapp wish. s to
[study the si. ml ion on the way.
Arriving at the Tasnnna they
; w ill come on' over over the Ta-nu
na traii. having then covered every
dircetion necessary fora complete
ret ort of the fi ;t*il.ilit v oi Use Val
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: ill z-Knglc wai: m road,
i In* ( oppci Hi\er Dray Co. this
ii.orning - -nt out a nttmh« r of
horse- to n.i i t .Mr. Clapp aim ’'ring
him and party to town. After iii.-r
at rival Mr. C.aj p will pick tip all
additional data iiccissary t.. com*
p! • his rcjmrT :is to the liec. ssi;v
ui hniiiiing tiie road.
A teiiviraj hie commi i.i • .il n
, was received '.ids Week riy 1.. A.
ill mh rsoii, deputy ch rk <1 iho
I ei.ur.. lr.it;'. .Ji.iii'e Wicket ham,
! announcing tl.at tin* court would
eoiiiiite ai \ an., z oti Nov. 1-Ah
aid that the gramijury would
.i..ci . ii 'lie same du.u v.h . • lie
jdate for the trial jury is set for
>;„v. 21st. At the present ti ne
there arc on the docket -II civii t d
!21 criminal cases awaiting the
I action of the court,
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We have always been HEADQUARTERS for Men’s Fine, CUSTOM MADE
and this year our assortment will be better than ever. Our selections were made from the stoc!: of ihe LARGEST and BEST < Eam ERR
and COAST Manufacturers, and we know wc can PLEASE the most PARTICULAR. You wdi fkl at our store a combmauon tints aa u a
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NEW MERCHANDISE of every kind is constantly arriving, and in figuring out our space we find that we are going to be crawled tor roam. I
order to remedy this we have concluded to offer to the public, fur a Suited time only,
fForty - Four
^Sesi’s Soils “
I Former price ranging from $12 la $20. We have these suits in Cheviots and Worsteds,; nJ only two or a ree o a Lilt L:e si es are
' necessarily broken, but if you can get A FIT you will get A BARGAIN.
Good Goods Good Goods
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