’Xuck” and ••Un-IfUck.”
two kaiilks ok I'MsrnriXd like
IX ALASKA.
Once upon n time a miriruidi il
young man a tuck against grul»
V>iiig for a living am] journeyed to
Alaska to grub for g«»id. He was
sanguine of succor, of eourre. being
well doped w ith the‘‘Baltic spirit”
and inspired with tlx- Valdez vigor.
Hir only anxiety was the subtle fear
that Alaska might prove a cooling
place for hir hot, young blood, and
thereby incapacitate him from riot
ously enjoying the the fruits of his
pros|ieetive wealth.
The |H-ttv |H'ri!s of a prospector’s
line did not phase him, nor was he
bluffed by the blasts of winter. He
felt no other fear—not while the
halo of do|x- lasted.
But. landed at the initiative point
of his pilgrimage for |x-lf, the halo
dissolved, and in its stead appeared
that nebulous nuisance known as
Doubt.
He was m doubt as to what sec
tion of the interior offered the best
inducements for his conquering
energy and intrepid courage. He
was in doubt as to which trail to
tackle—the glacier or the govern
ment. He was in doubt as to the
superiority of canines over equities,
or vice versa, for mushing purposes.
He was in doubt about when to
mush and what to mush. And be
fore he got through he was in grave
dmibt as to whether the prize was
worth the price.
However, after more potent and
inspiring doses of Valdez vigor, the
mists of doubt cleared, ami glori
ous rays of expectation shone over
him.
Then he distributed great gobs of
vitality along llie trail getting his
grub in for the raid on riche*. He
got there all right, but his initial
stock of energy had U>en so heavily
drawn upon that there was not
much left, and he could only pros
pect in a feeble, desultory way.
Besides he had forgotten to in
clude in his outfit the necessary
talisman for locating gold—the tal
isman of toil.
Ilusn the glorious rays of fond
expectation melted away, and the
•oft and tlahhy fog of indolence set
tled around him. It obliterated
his ambition and dampened his
ardor. It suffocated his conscience
and assassinated his courage. And
the Seattle spirit or the Valdez
vigor was powerless to dissipate it.
As there is no royal road to suc
cess in mining that is not based
upon hard work, he condemned the
district, and lazily and perfunctor
ily mushed hack to the coast, his
ears tilled with the derisive croak
of the raven and the mournful hoot
of the owl.
In this befogged state he drifted
into the sea of intemperance and
folly, where he will probably con
tinue to drift until purged by the
drastic physic of want—adminis
tered quantum sufficit to kill or
cu re.
Mokai.—It is lietter to have mined
and lost than never to have mined
at all.
• •
Now. aland tliis same period of
time another young man, hearing
of the marvelous possibilities of
Alaska (and lielieving in the Val
dez veracity as well as vigor) de
termined to avail himself of them.
being of a calm, dispassionate
temperament he lacked the fiery
blood and untamed emotions of the
misguided one; consequently he
was loth to tuckle the strenuous
life and uncertain pay oi a pros
pector. He was loth to forego the
nourishment and flavor of human
food for th« canned variety. He
was loth to mushing a sled or pack
ing a hump; and he was unaltera
bly opjiosed to cultivating a more
intimate acquaintance with Jack
Frost by lathering his face with a
snowball and shaving with an icicle.
In fact the perils of prosjiecting
had him “buffaloed.”
But if he lacked the requirements
.of physical courage, he was amply
provided with a colossal gall and an
intrepid nerve.
He had also an observant eye
and a long head.
Landed at the natural gateway
to the great interior he sized the
situation up and concluded that
^lis talents fitfiil );iiu more for a
promoter limn a prn*|w» tor. more
for an rxjiert ihitn a miner. \VI at
pros|MTiing hr felt inspired to do,
h<- would |«>rform hv proxv. So he
grnlisiakcd the assiduous and husky
Swede and the conscientious hut
unfortunair “old timer.”
Then lw proceeded to illuminate
the irmly horizon with the flame
of his genius.
Fora trifling outlay of cash.and
a larger one of gall, lie secured long
option* on iow to fair-grade propo
sition*, and then utilized a large
| chunk of hi* colossal nerve in re
viving the dormant interest of the
Itoiul-clipping, trust-forming men
of means in the effete east to the
golden itossihiiities of the virgin
North.
By a strange perversion of the
law of probabilities (according to
the atmospheric vaimrings of the
croakers), all his schemes matured
and Imre fruit. Capital, like the
doubting Missourian, only had to
Ik* shown to take hold. Where the
gold was hunched, capital gathered
it in; where it was scattered, capi
tal swept it together with their ra
pacious hydraulics and greenly sluice
Imxes; and where it hut flirted with
the prospector, capital wooed and
.won it.
And even the assiduous Swede
and the conscientious “old timer”
startled the apathy of the croakers
with a new strike and another
stam]>ede.
So the cool, dispassionate man,
without touching plchian pick or
slavish shovel, without hardships
or discomforts, enriched himself and
made others already rich, richer;
all through the efforts of the penu
rious hut |K*rsevering pro»|>c*ctor.
Mokai.—The Wise take notice
where Fools fail to see.
G. C. W.
Another View of It.
Dawson, Nov. 28—Private corres
pondence from New York and ('oast
capitalitulists reveals that a big
race is on between heavy op|>osing
concerns for control of the big cop
per deposits in the White and Cop
per river country.
John Bolthoff, who has been ex
ploring the head of the White river
two years, leaves to-day for Seattle
and New York, to confer with the
racing capitalists. Correspondence
has come to his associates from the
Copper Mines Company of New
York, represented by Alfred Sully,
of Broadway, and from Fred Now
ell, the big Juneuu operator, both
asking urgently to]j see Bolthoff.
The first named company has an
option to take up Bolthoff’s pro[>er
ties for $2o0,000.
Nowell states that he sent Henry
Brat nober, the famous expert form
erly with Rothschilds, on his expe
dition into Alaska this summer to
see Bolthoff’s properties. Bully
writes that his company has had
wonderful success in raising funds
in New York for a railroad to the
Copper river copper fields, which
is to lie completed in two years.
He also got a charter to enter Daw
san, and also says that Congress
man Cushman, Andrew Burleigh
and others at Valdez are making
the fight in the United Btates court
there to defend certain copper in
terests of the company.
Both letters are in ]>ossession of
Thomas McUowan, the Northern
Commercial company’s legal ad
viser, and acting American consul,
representing Bolthoff.
Alaska Items.
Washington, Dec. 18—The sen
ate committee reported favorably
on the bill making two new light
house districts in Alaska. They
also favor establishing a fully
equipped life saving station at
Nome.
Simpson's appointment as Post
master at Skagway has been con
tinued.
A petition has been presented in
the senate by Ankeny, and in the
house by Cushman, praying for an
extension of the cable next year
from Valdez to Dutch Harbor.
The petition was drawn up by the
business men of the west coast and
the northwest. Root and Greely
warmly endorse the plan.
Fresh consignment of Lowney’s
j Chocolates and Bon Buns for the
Xmas trade at the Candy Kitchen.
D. C. Brownell*
PAINT, OIL QLrtJi
I
HARDWARE
_.^ _ mt- zinncRn..H "
T I I I A P Cleaning, Repairing and Altering Done On
I All llll Short Xotlee.
I nILV/ll, Ladles’ Suits Cleaned and Pressed.
PRICKS REASONABLE.
Keystone Ave., Next to Home Restaurant.
■vail alseraee. |
"Henrietta." said Mr. Mrekton, “do
▼ mi remember the moonlit evening
when I asked you to marry me?"
"I trust. Leonidas, that you are not
going lo become sentimental and silly."
I "Not a bit of it. Hut I often recall
the occasion with interest. I can
. never quite understand how I man
aged to talk ao familiarly to you
without seeming ini pertinent.”—Wash
ington Star.
Prettier Pletarea.
A little girl wi nt visiting one day.
anti after a timr was given the album
of family photographs to look at. She
turned th* leaves over carefully, and
pretty soon closed the hook.
"Well, dear." ask«i! the hostess, "did
you look at the album?”
“Oh. yes.” answered the little maid,
brightly: “and we’ve got one 'aacly
like it. only the pictures are prettier.”
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
All’s Well Tbst KnAs Wsll.
Stepmother (entering village school
with whip) My buy tell* me you broke
your cane across hie l.ack yesterday.
Schoolmaster (turning pnle)—Well,
1— I may have struck him harder than
I intended, hut—
Stepmother—I thought I’d make you
a present of thia whip. You’ll And it’ll
!a*t longer and do him more good! —
Punch.
Mrstrrlsa of the Toilet.
The Unite—I>o you know, my dear,
1 don't think you’re quite aa good
looking aa you wrere when I married
you?
Ilia Wife—Well, you'd he the first
to complain if I slept in a toilet
mask and greasy gloves, steamed
my face two hours a day. and never
ate any meat, as I did before I be
came your wife.—Ally Sloper.
Like eat I'alike.
Treat—I saw that little boy of
yours at my house to-day.
Heats—Did you? Think ha's Ilka
me?
Treat—Well, he’e like you, aud
then again he's unlike you.
Heate—In what way?
Treat—He asked me for a drink—
of water.—Philadelphia Press.
*• Heirlooms.
Mrs. Oldfam—That srt of china be
longed to me great-great-grand
mother.
Caller—Did It. really? Why. I hart
not a tingle piece that belonged to tuy
grrat-great-grandniothrr.
Mrs. Oldfain (distantly)—Indeed!
Caller—No. Wr always kept aerr
anta. you know.'- N. Y. Weekly.
His ('hole*.
Mias Sefiiphtt—So far as your ex
perience as a coin illuvial traveler
goes, Mr. Drummer, which is finer—
It*whe*ter or Milwaukee?
1 Mr. Dni.mner—I like imported
Wur/burger—it beau 'em all!—
! Hrooklvu Li fa.
to FitrrmltlM.
Hoggs'O’d Frituri—Or* at heavens,
man! Do I fit; d you red tic* ?! t<, playing
: a cornet at the street corner to make
a living?
lto*rg*—I ain't doing this to make ’
i • living. My wife won't let me practice
in the house.—Tit-ltita.
Both entity.
He had stolen several Kra.
From a gay Chicago Mrs..
| And rhr lady, though she really was as
tounded.
Said waive all prosecution
If he’d mak*- due rt Mitutton ;
j And the frloi.y was Npetdlly compounded.
' —Philadelphia Press.
rOUIHLK IXIMUKITfon.
Landlady (tn Mr. TuM*. who haa
iuat engaged board)—Will you begin
guarding immediately?
Mr. Tutta—So, 1 have some meal
ticket* which I must cat up Aral.—
Chicago Daily New*.
Lariat* weas.
The man who thick* ht knew* It *8
Is a mo*t generous elf.
He *har*» livir* with nrent and aauA
And keep* roc* lur hlmaeU.
e-Washington Star. I
JEor Aiwitv* Send Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON,
AMayer KUatnar Mining Co.
(told. Silver iind Cop|>er $3.50
(told and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... *2.00
Lead - - - ‘2.00
Kli.amak, Ai.ahka
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
EUamar. Alaska.
The northwestern Line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, la
tween
Minneapolis,
St Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connect ions with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as the chefl]H>st and the
best to la; had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER,General Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
Notice ot Forfeiture.
Ku.amak, Alaska, Kept, 2), 1903.
To Howell Hi sue:
You are hereby notified that the ludendgued.
Chas. T. Hue, baa ex|jriuled during the Y'-aih .
1902 and 19U3, eight hundred (gsui) dollars in
labor upon tlie Cupper itiiliiou The ( haute.
Wall Street, and Trace mining claim*, altuated I
on weal side of Copper Mountain, three miles;
cast of Kllamar mine, at head of bowlder Hav,
in Valdes Recording District, the location no
tices of which claims are uow of record in the
office of the Cubed State* Commissioner at 1
Valdez, and to which uotit es reference i* made
i»ra more particular description thereof, in
order to hold said claims under provision of j
Heetiou *25124. Revised Statutes of the Cuited
States, and the amendments relating thereto
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold said claims
during the years 1902 and 1MH, ending Decern
her 31, 1903. And if at the expiration of ninety
days from the publication of tbU notice, you
fall or refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure, your interest in said claims
will become the uroiwrty of the uudersigned.
your co-owner, wno has made the required ex
penditure by the terms of aaid section.
CHAR. T. RCA.
First publication Sept. 24.
Last publication Dec. 24.
IN THE PSITED ST\T& DlSTUIrT CWHT
FOR THE DIHTKKT OF ALSKA,
THIRD DIVIO*.
A. E. Ceawfoud, 'I
Plaillliff, i'KIliUi/M /ylf
vs >
JVSMK t.BACE CkAWFOBD. j Publication.
Defendant. )
The President of the Cuited States, sends
greeting to Jeiiuie lirace Crawford. deft admit;
You are hereby required to appear in an ac
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the Vnited States District Court for
the District of Alaska, Third Division, and an
swer the tom plaint tiled therein within thirty
days after.the completion of the period of pub
lication of this summons, to wit:
The saiti action was brought to obtain a de
cree dissolving the bond* of matrimony here
tofore and now existing 1* tween plaintiff and
defendant.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail
to appear and answer the complaint, as above
required, the said pUiuliff will applv to the >
court for the relief demanded
Order for service of summons of publication
was made on the JHth day of November. 1W3.
WITNESS, the IIonokalk James Wickehsham,
Judge of said Court, this 28th day of November,
1'.FKi, and of the independence of the Fulled
States of America, the One Hundred and Twen
ty-eighth.
[seal] a. R. I!KlLie,
4 ierk, C. 8. District Court tor the District
of Alaska, Third Division,
Hy K.A. 11emo:kao» l%vklr
J. W. Leedy. Attorney for Plaintiff. * 9
Valdez. Alaska.
First date of publication, December S. lyftt.
Last date of publication. 14th of January, 1904.
R I P A X S Tnbules
Doctors find
A Rood prescription
For mankind
The 6-eent package is enough for usual pcc\
sion. The family bottle (*> rent*). on tains a
supply fc»r« year. Ail dr<iggi«i«.t*ll ihem.
PACIFIC PACKINQ
6- NAVIQATION CO.
Carryiiijf U. S. Mail and fcxprejl
E. E. Cain, Operating Agent
| From Seattle lor Vaidez. Cuuk Inlet and
Str FYCcRiftr J way |orts. 1st of eaeh Inonili. From Vale
LAWUMU1 1 de* for SenttJ* and way ports. Itilh of each
month.
From Seattle for \ aide/. Cook Inlet and
Qtr ^Unta Anil J wav pofi/* lllthof euel, month. From Val
Oll. Odl.U /\lld j dez for Sraltlc and way jwirU. 1st ot each
[ month.
f From \ aider to I'nalnska and |t^v ports
Str N^wnnrt J loth of «ich month, confu-ctuig at Valdez
Oil. UIWPUII | with S. S. Excelsior..
Company reserves right to change steamers or date of sailing
without notice.
Seattle Office- til8 First Ave, J 2. Martin
Agents
PHONE 16,
A. H lies, Pres. F. M. Brown, Trens. F. J. Kinghorn. Sec,
Valdez Dock i Meuse Company.
CJihuI* tpsy hr (hipped In our care and left In warehmue till
ealj.-d f,f. l artie.golnx to ih.-Interior will lind Itioiiveii,
Ivni Iw laaye eitnalxninenta with us to l.e Awarded to am h
|M>iii4» «tt4l Ml Mich time ms* they mu/ tllreet.
Our storage is safe, being t-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Biacksmithing
All work will receive |>romi>t attention. High class
blnck*tmitiling made a *|»eciMl Mature. Uiv«f jis a call.
Cou. KMVWXE AKl) McKlNLKY. Vai my
Home Restaurant $ .
Keystone Ave. Opp. St, Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours hr«<o 6 O’clock A.M.
lo U O'clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
•> to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
IceCreamandSodaWeter Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
C C. BOQdRDUS
Assayer and Chemist,
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Coi.i'MBiA St., Skattj.Iv. W ash.
“10 YEARS STANDARD"
RUBCROID
( Trade Mark Registered.)
Has demonstrated that it is the most durable and etlieient ROOFING
f'*r all sorts of buildings, weathers and condiiiuns. Miwl/ of the strong
est, hest wool felt. Ilioroughly saturated with the well-known Bulafoid
Compound, Proof against heat, eold. water, steam, acids, alkalies,
gases, fumes, etc. Outlasts metal. Fire-resisting. Contains no tar or
paper. Will not melt, rot or tear. Easily laid. Booklets, samples
and prices upon application. A large shipment now on hand at
SHEFFER & BORTON,
McKinley Street.
Valdez Electric Light, Power 4 Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Hells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical wt>rk. Phone 3V.
Where Do You Stop? Why of Course at
MINERS’ HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st and Keystone av c. Johnson, Prop
McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart St.
*
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc*
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS. White Block