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JAMES FISH & CO
Furnishing Goods.
Headquarters For
Gold Seal Rubber Shoes,
All styles and sizes
Of HARDWARE.
In order to close out this stock quickly, wc
will sell all our hardware for the next
week at
25 °;o DISCOUNT.
A/e Are The Hatters'
Agents for J. B. Stetson and <
the celebrated
INGSBURY HATS.
Cure That Cold at
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
City Market
NEXT TO MEKGHANT’H CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
Our Pri< t*«* are RIGHT. Give uh a call.
ST. ELIAS RESTAURANT,
ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT
IN valdf:z. .
Merchant's Lunch, 12 to 1, 35 c Sunday Dinner 75c.
Dinnners 5:30 to 8 p.m., 50c.
nail the gifts of the Gods,
all the pleasures of being—
all of our ends, by all odds
There'- naught so important as seeing.
When you’re tempted to mistrust your eyes.
Be careful! You may get myopia!
And if our advice you don't prize,
Perhaps you’ll have hypermetropia!
That dull aching pain and dim vision
Prompts you to go to an optician.
Our glasses will give you comfort and ease.
w C. STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Watchmaker.
Council Meeting.
The regular weekly meeting of
the city council was held at the |
city hall this week. Four members,;
Steele r'" 'ry) Simenstead and Mc
Hi. ting j .-sent.
Mi. .. »i»e rejiorted that a vol
unteer tire department had been
organized and recommended that
the fire apparatus be turned over
to the department. Thia was done
by an unanimous vote of those
present. The apparatus will be in
charge of the tire department, but
under the supervision of the
council.
Ordinance No. 19, repealing sec
tion 5 of Ordinance No. 17, relating
to charges for electric ligh.s, was
passed by unanimous vote.
The committee on streets was in
structed to ascertain the cost and
advisability oi putting street lights
at the corner of Alaska and Mc
Kinley, Broadway and McKinley,
Keystone and McKinley street*
amt on Keystone avenue in irom
of the city hall.
The school board presented their
estimate of expenses ior the pres
ent quarter at $9*0, and $1000 was
apprepriated by the council.
The clerk was instructed to pub
lish the regular notice of the com
ing election, to he held on Feb. 10,
at the city ball. F. M. Brown,
G. Dehney and Wm. Scott were aj>
|M>inted judges of election and H.
F.Suessuorf and Roy Cooj>er clerks,
Jas. Fish. 8r., made a report to
tie council that an election had
been held in the reservation addi
tion in regard to lieing annexed to
Valdes, and that the result of the
election was til votes in favor of
annexation and 29 against the
measure.
The matter of taking this section
was referred to the committee on
laws with power to act.
The many friend* of Judge Ed
ward* and*Ed. Van Brundi were
glad to welcome them home. Dur
ing hi* absence Judge Edward* wa*
admitted to practice before the
.U. 8. supreme court.
Tnoe. J. Donohue returned on
the Excelsior from a few week*
visit to Juneau.
Mr.and Mr*. Jack Williams have
returned home from Portland Ore.
OF NATIVE COPPER IN WHITE
QUARTZ
found onjie lakina
I*a‘e Fall, large Body Dis
covered. Few 8amplea
Brought Out.
The Comstock group of eight
<•1 ninH recently located on the
Lukina, a tributary of the Cliitty
11a, ia probably one on the most
important locations ever made in
Alaska.
The locators went into the Chit
tvna country late last fall to pros
pect, if possible; hut with no prev
ious knowledge of the country.
Arriving there they made it a point
to evade the beaten ,railsand search
for new fields. At the Lukina
they found nuggets of native cop
)H*r, which they traced up stream
until they arrived a a point ulw»ut
tour miles alxivi what is known as
the Schrader trail. Here they
turned from the creek into the side
hills and very s<xm came upon the
lead, which was rxj osed in many
places. They spent considerable
time in uncovering it in a number
of places and found it* trend to tx
slightly northeast and southwest.
At one point on the lead there oc
curred at some time a slide or
break-off which now shows a vast
cross section of the lead and copper
glistening all through it. As far as
examined it shows the pure native
copper, with just enough rock to
allow of raining in the usual way.
The claims arc hwated four long
and two wide, and over the whole
are found ledges averaging from
eight to twelve feet wide and with
clearly defined walls. The country
shows no indication of a break-up
and every pari seems to be solidly
in place. At some points an iron
capping is found, hut generally the
iron has disap|>eared and copper
stands out in bold relief. Most of
the rock in the ledges is a white
quartz.
Owing to the difficulty of getting
out over the divide at this season
of the year the locators were.forced
to part with most of their speci
mens, hut the hatful or so that
they succeeded in getting to Valdez
shows their find to be very rich, as
all of the samples were chiseled off
of the ledge.
The locators will return to their
proper y just as soon as the season
or ;ravel opens up. A number of
others will go in at the same time,
so there is a possibility of other
locations being made on the lead
this coming season.
Weather Record.
j ! I ^ '
a I i s
5 I is - Remark*.
6 ! j =
Jan
13 S3 u *n l la
11 26 28 an 7 in
13 20 23 si 1 iu
10 U 23 t
17 II | 13 i 1
13 13 17 I an
19 13 11 f
20 |, 1 3
a 1.7 4
22 8 13 J
23 11 IS t
24 6 9 1
23 1 * 4 1
28 |.10 k 7 1
| Windy, t Light Wind. • Cloudy.
Above Ifto excel* a here utherwiae ala!ad.
I, Bel .w xero.
§ Rain Figure* xhoar precipitation In larhna *
Obaerved and reported bv Dr.L.8. Camicln
For spiling liquors to natives at
Yakutat anil other' j*oints, Joe
Li I i miner was arrested and brought
lie tore the commissioner's court at
this place. He pleaded guilty to
two charges anti was tilled 9100 and
costs on the first charge and 91
and costs on the second charge
Several of the natives have been
detained here as witnesses for some
time past.
Valdes Idglitea Bjr Elcctncu>. I
The electric lights were turn« <!!
on last Thursday afternoon just as
the Prospector waa going to press.
The event was one of imports nr*
and a source of gratification to th<
citizens of Valdez. The two popu
lar school teach* rs of >his plac '
were inviu-d to Ixj present wh«t
the lights were tumeil on and a
the ap]iointed time Mis* Muon •
house blew the sin it whis <
which announced the fact tha
everything waa in readiness and
Miss Alice Lecdv then turned th«
switch and the beautiful ligh.slo
gan to shine, and they have been
shining ever since and have given
t lit- greatest of satisfaction to every
one. Much credit for the satisfac
tory manner in which the plan
has worked since it was installed i*
due to Mr. T. G. Quinn, the elec
trician of the company, who ha*
proven himself an exj-ert in hi*
line, and also to Mr. \V. E. Bouschor
the chief engineer of the company,
who is an ex)iert engineer. The
lights have not iailed to shine fojr
more than tiftcen minutes sinci
la-ing turned on and are working as
smooihly as could he expected »i
an old established plant.
There are now «50 lights in use
and it is exjicctcd that this number
will lie increased to 1000 within a
few weeks.
The company is to In* congratu
lated on the very satisfactory man
ner in which the light# are work
ing. and they are certainly deserv
ing of the thanks and appreciation
of the people of this place for star
ing this enterprise and should re
ceive the lilsirul support of all.
Goiag to Nabesna.
J. F. Hoy, of this place, has sen
C. F. Johnston, L. M. Best and X.
M. Patterson to the Xaliesna river,
a tributary of the Tanaua to pros
pect ami locate mineral lands
known to exist on that stream.
Johnston and his father left here
very early last spring with a large
outfit, 1500 pounds of which John
ston claims to have cached on the
Xaliesna, and it is to this cache the
present outfit is going, which en
ables them to travel light. When ,
the snow disappears Jhcv will pros
jiect for placer gold, as Johnson
claims to have found some very
good free-milling quartz in tliat
vicinity last year.
Another New Enterprise.
Isadore Barinon has located a
wholesale cigar and tobacco house
in the Suter-Borton building on
McKinley avenue, opposite the
postolliue, with a large line of clear
Hisvflnas, Kspcnaa, Tom Moore’s
and Martinez Ylsir.
Mr. Harmon expects to do a large
business in this section, as he has
a standing order for supplies on
each boat. Visitors to his place
will be treated with the utmost
courtesy.
Notice of Annual Election.
Noth t? is harwfey given that the annual elec
lion of ilit* town of Valdez. district oi Ala>ka,
mill be bald at the town ball in said town, be
tween the boiir* of y h and 5 j». in., an tli«
loth day of Kehrofcry. IfWS. Thai there will lie
elected neven m«*mh *rw td the eocnm *n council,
aod thiev number* of the school board- The
tickets u» d at said election shall be in con.
fortuity with Bee. $, of City Ordinance No.5*.
relating to municipal *hctha*. and in addi
tl v to the name* of persona to he voted for.
there *bull bv plated upon the ballots the
urnfMadU-iti to extend the city limit*, in the
id low in* term-*; “For txUudiug the rit> lim
its," and “Against extending tbc city limit*." ,
The jndgw* cho*en tor #ald eli ctloa are F. M
Browu. o iu. Bcolt and C. 4a. labncy, and the
clerk* chuaaa are H. F. Bucnmiori aud Leroy
Cooper.
By order of the Ctfy Council.
H. II. Iliumcm...
City Clark.
U. 8. Marshal Geo. C. Perrv^.ar
rived on the. Excelsior yesterday
after a three months’ leave of ab
sence, during which time he has
.visited his old home in Iowa, and
also a number of eas'ern cities. He
reports having had a very pleasant
visit, but is glad to get hack to
Alaska and will enter at'once upon
his duties of office. Mrs. Perry
will return in a few weeks.
VAIIT TO Annex
TJEM3ELVBS TO VALDEZ.
ELECTION
Ooes6l fer,76Apnst
Annexation. Reservationitrs hold
Election. 87 Votes
Cast.
The flection held in the reserv
ntion addition last Monday to
determine who her or not the resi
dents of that purlin Valdez desired
to l»e taken into the city limits,
resulted in a victory for the pro
gressive citizens who are n: favor
of the advnncemen’ of Valdez and
the building up of a urge and pro
gressive city on this side of the hay.
Vhe vote stood bl .it tavor of an
nexation of tiie reservation addi
tion and 2y opposed to annexation.
I'he vote was a surprise to the peo
pie of Valdez,as it whs not thought
hat there were 21* people here who
were opposed to the growth und
advancement oi this city. The
proposition of admitting the reserv
ation addition will now he voted
upon at the general city election,
and ii the pro)>ositiou carries, an
application will lie made to the
district judge to extend the city
limits so as to include tha1 section.
Nominating Convention.
A number of citizens have re
quested tlie Pkospbitou to ttuuounce
that there wotud lie a meeting at
at Moose hull on fcaiurduy night,
at 8 o'clock, lor the purpose oi
nominating a ticket for .lie ensu
ing city election. The qualifica
tions oi tilOeC who Mi" If ..: I V.U
•o Hike par. in .tie con ten. ton .s
.ha. they mus. have been resided _«
of Alaska for one year and oi >he
.own of Values since August 10th,
1W2. _
Made Strike on Shusheinu.
Chris. Hanson returned yester
day irotu tiu* hendw’a ers of the
MlUsheillu rileT W’twre lie i|H.-> hi t'll
proapee.itig lor se.tral mon ..s
uilien sueeess. Mr. Hanson left
lure last Mareh tor that touniry.
It was reporied during the sum
mer that he had struck a very rich
ledge of ore. He ami liis partner
did very well during the summer
and found a number oi good placer
propositions and brought iiaek
witli them am nice, coarse gold.
They loca.eii a number of claims,
and a: er a few weeks rest will
return with a large outfit and do
tur.her development work and
some prospecting.
Excelsior.
The Excelsior arrived hero last
night with t>0 passengers. 16 head
of live-stock and all the freight she
could possibly carry. The weather
was pleasant un'.ll she reached
Prime William sound where <d.o
ran into a severe srorin. Fortun
ately the wind was ia . orablo and
the vessel made exeel lent tune.
At Dixons Entrance and Queen
C-iarioue sound the weather was
very severe. Following is the liat
of the Excelsior’.- passengers:
J. M. Audrraon, W. William*. I. Blunt. Mrs.
). Uru."Uiou. M >k> Caaay CrauUttll. I\ C. Dower*.
Mr*. B w.-r», J. C. Ula -k. Joun JulnuniB. Jobs
l ar*uu. n. Malouf. w . oorbaio. A. >1 Xdward*.
tiio. u. Berry. F. P. H aber, S. Birtb. O. B.
iiill,J. Ditto, Lance. w. e.Lanaa, J, e
xliabb l> S. Kano. H . Hiakrly, F. S. SUui'*ou. A.
W a mar. U. MtCDllau. J. Mt<h. a. Bobvrt*. F.
Alldr.-ar*. At Bara. Ja*. MartWt-y, Juo. Huai. C.
J ilatMvt-r, C. A. i un< h». U. a. Oil mure. Cur
tls Cttbaliaw. C. M«ml*j>,,n, Cku. W«okad«l.
Mr*, eba*. Wuckeiteb CLyda Crcn*ba«. Uu». L.
H-nna. Jit,Ik* Lyon*. B. F. MtKauirbt, Walter
I* Vaal. »u. Krlburu. X Xvau*. £. C. Van
Brandt. Jnu. R.«. J.U. William*. Mr*. J. H.
Tonuarnti. Uuy Caucroa.
Stephen Birch, Harry Fitch, Dan
Kane, Jack Smith, J. H. McClel
land, John" Swee hey, the t opper
magnates-and all-round good fal
lows, returned on the Excelsior
with a large on ti: for the mines.
They will do x >ns*v» develop uen:
work this year.