VOLUME 3, WO. 51 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905 OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
THE SNOW
Long delayed is now here and sledding will soon commence in
dead earnest
You Will Want An Outfit
Those of you wno have bought your supplies from us before
know where to get them. You will buy from us—
WHY?
i
Because You Were Always Satisfied
To those who are not our customers we wish to extend an Invi- !
tation to look over our stock and get our figures before *
purchasing elsewhere
Quality Counts and You’ll Find It Here
FINEST d"2RTHEf1T
LflRQEST STOCK
PEJT QOODJ
We are in the Outfitting Business and Can Supply Every
Article You Need.
Place Your Order Now.
Nelson Waqon
Road Bill Passed
I lip house passed Nelson s wag
on road bill Jan. 9th. This hill
went through the senate last ses
sion. and was favorably reported
by the house eonmiitiee on territo
ries, hut did tint come up until
this session, when Cushman called
it tip and it was passed after the
briefest discussion.
The president approves of the
hill and will undoubtedly sign it
soon.
The bill provides that 70 per
cent of license money received in
the district shall l>e devoted to
road building, under direction of a
government roatl commission; 25
per cent, for maintenance of
schools and 5 per cent, for care of
insane. This will make about
$.0.0(10 available for road work
annually in Alaska.
This is the hill referred to in dis
patches published two weeks ago
in these columns. Through an er
ror of the correspondent it was re
feir»"l to as ihe Cushman bill.
Poweil Ficics the Plum.
\\ ashinjrton, Jan. 10—rhe name
<>f fhomas C. Powell, of Portland.
Ore.. was to-day sent to the senate
by the president for the position of
Limed Sta'e- Marshal for the
Nome Division in place of Prank
Uichurds, who was removed.
Hoyt Confirmed.
The appointment of Henry M.
Hoyt, us di- riet attorney at Nome,
has been confirmed.
Twenty Day Service
Seattle to Valdez By The Outside
Route. New Kail Con
tract.
A new mail contract has heeti
awarded the Northwestern Com
mercial Co., from Seattle to Valdez
via the outside route. The con
tract calls for a round trip every
/20 days, and is for one year. The
I compensation is *1.000 per trip.
Cable Repaired.
After many delays and acci
dents the cable has finally Wen
repaired and we are again in direct
communication with Seattle. The
Burnside picked un the cable anti
made final splice at 4;.10 Wednes
day afternoon.
It developed that the break was
caused l>v a whale getting entan
gled in the cable. When the wire
was raised a large whale was found
with the cable firmly wound around
his lower jaw
Morgan-Bouschor Nuptials.
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
Miss Susti Morgan and Mr. Vil
liam Bouschor were united in the
holy bonds of matrimonv. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. La Violet te, of the M. E.
church, at the home of the bride
on Sixth st reet.—Juneau Trans
cript.
Bouschor is well known here,
having worked for the Electric
Light Co. about two veari ago. He
is at present one of the proprietors
of the Union Iron works at Ju
neau.
Brady Confirmed.
A telegram to the Juneau Rec
ord-Miner, dated Jan. 14, states
that the appointment of Governor
Brady was confirmed by the senate
on that date.
Clerk Hills, of Juneau, has re
signed and J. J. Clark is appointed
his successor.
Fairbanks people took up a sub
scription of $265 to send to the
families of the Japanese soldiers
who were killed recently, as a New
Years present.
Lieutenant Searles, who came
into prominence some time ago by
his slanderous attack on Alaska,
is to be brought up before the sec
retary of the treasury to receive a
reprimand for his utterances.
City Market I
NEXT TO THE KIZINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
Breaking All Records.
Suina, Jail. 20, 1:04 p. n.—Cow
Miller and A. MeXeer will reach
town to-night about 10 o’clock.
\\ • re delayed three hours on ac
count of drifted trail.
I heir time will he less than ten
days from Fairbanks. This will be
a great ad. for the trail and being
made by Miller, who is a promi
nent man on the Yukon, will insure
plenty of publicity in regard to the
trip.
Additional Local.
7.. S. Moore is a< ting ns pilot on
the Burnside.
Capt. Johansott is now in com
mand of the Dora.
•1. D. Moonaeh. of Ellatnar, re
turned Sunday front a trip east.
The Santa (Mara left Seattle for
here hv the outside route Tuesday
evening.
1000 Gold Moulded records just
rec'd at Wikidel’s Phonograph
Parlor
Frank Kernan. the Nizina mine
owner, returned from the States on
the Portland.
Front late accounts Japanese
wrestlers are carrying away all
records at Kayak.
The indictment aeainst Honda,
one of the Karluk Japs, was dis
missed Inst week.
Commissioner Driffield has been
appointed referee in the divorce
case of Reid vs Re:d.
There was a eut*in<r affray nmonp
the sailors on the Portland just
prior to her departure.
T. J. O’Connell, proprietor of the
Shimro-k restaurant at Kayak,
came up on the Portland.
A motion for a new trial in the
case of Dempsey vs the Endeavor
church was overrultd last week.
The Portland arrived Sunday
noon after a quick trip from Se
attle with the following passengers:
0. M Er-rlr «nl F I- K'ulsll. F K»r.
"i’1. J- F .TnPev, Harden Ftnlth. Frunk Martin.
W. II. fiN kvrel'. Sam Bwini .-!•?. I». v. Free*
n:>-n. If Fernand f’orae. ci-ms .lantie*
* -n, \*f - ■ (>tii»ti!•>an •• M "Vr and wife, Mi*-,
le inie M lave* MU§ <ial rieile f;«nthier. Mi"
Mar.*iH • Rt'-he.r ’ Ralph W Mev»r, I» C.
Titomn-r.n. v <;..|;iie».u. F f Kri |ra.*n. E \*
Eri k' •»» «»»•». A Lari**. r* R Ilarri«, P
f’h 'r!»*., H Van\mrlnee. Howard Tilton.
.1 Chamberlin. T. t O'Cortnell. T. KettRaon.
F F Cor TV F WnHr'-c and wife. Mr* \.
Klele*elimidt, Mis* Til'ir Kleinaehmidt. l! *•’
Dr \r. H Ed**n. W. B MtIM :til. J. D. Meer.h.h
General Greeley announces that
there will be no reduction in Alas
ka cable rates, but the land line
rates will l>e reduced ten per cent.
Toward the close of this month,
it is reported, the Steamer Hum
holt will go on the Copper river
run.
A bill has been passed hv both
houses of'congress, exempting the
Western Alaska Railroad from fed
eral tax for five years.
a. P. N. Changes Hands
Northwestern Commercial Com*
pan/ lakes Copper Inver
Fleet.
The Northwestern Commercial
Co. has taken over the Copper riv
er ttcet of l»oats operated hy the
A'-P. Co. The Meet • onsists of
tlie Dora, Suinta Ana, Cxcelsior,
and Santa Clara.
1 he new company has several
l«>ats mi the Siberia and Noto*
runs, and the recent addition to
i s holdings makes it one of ,i«
largest transportation concerns do
ing business in Alaska.
Japs Get Limit.
Saturday two of the Japs who
were convicted in the recent trials
received their sentences, K. Yo
shidti was given 80 years and P.
C veno got 20 years at McNeill’s
island.
Romai, whose trial took up sev
eral days he-, week, was acquitted
bv the jury. The verdict appar
ently did not suit tlie judge for ito
called the acquitted man tip and
told him he was sorry a sentence of
20 years could not lie imposed
upon him.
Valdezian* !n Seattle.
Following are the Valdez people
registered at various Seattle hotels
during the past month:
Dec. 27. Arlington—M. Demp
sey. C. Wilson, J. P. Kearney, J. R.
Annins. Diller—to-o. Madden.
Northern—Jas. Fish, Sr.
.Ian. it. Diller—W. S. Amy.
Jan. II. Diller—K. Meyer; L. D.
Iluhhard, Matt Mihide, Jos. Dog
ger!. Northern—11. (). Poole.
Arlington—A. S. Parks, F. Jansen.
Narrow Escape.
Rita Woifenden, who ran the
five-mile roadhouse a year ago,
narrowly escajwd death ree< ntly.
She left Y ukatuga, accompanied
bp diaries Cook, in a dory, hound
for Kavuk. The hoat was leaky
and they were forced to hail con
tinually to keep afloat. They
were six days whhout food, and on
their arrival at Kayak were nearly
frozen.
Alsmt was s'olen from Ri
ta’s cabin, at Yakataga. and she
was hurrying to Kayak to try to
catch the ihief. hut was unsuccess
ful.
We are reliably informed that
Miller, Scldoss & Co. are loading a
sehoom r, at San Franciso. with
hardware and general merchandise
destined tor Valdez, where they
intend to start a store.
Senator Perkins proposes to al
low Alaska a cadet at the West
Point military academy, and a
midshipman at the Annapolis na
val academy.
L. L. Bales, who had a native
Alaskan aggregation at the 8t.
I<nuis Fair, is" enroute to Alaska to
secure nioro Indians for an exhibi
tion at Portland.
. . , Valdez, an. a. 1V06.
A npeeml meeting of the Chan.orr ot r*»n*.
***** '•* **’111 ‘ e heM at the »*ourt house at 3 ji.m.,
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