VOLUME 5 NO 19 ~~ ’ VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1906. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
i We Carry the LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS FROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are . particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
v AL,Daz, COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OI'C. A. L. LEVY & CO.
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FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale anti
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
33.
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, j
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs, j;
• | i
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Glasses.)
STATIONERY MIXING LOCATION NOTICES
Agents 0'V| Drt,9 CO. Ph4°0ne
The Sunday school of the En
deavor and Episcopal churches
will give an excursion to Boulder
bav and Columbia glacier, Tues
day, .1 line 2lith, on the steamer
Dora. Tickets #1.00 Children
accompanied by parents or guar-1
dians free.
The gasoline schooner Louise L.
which arrived here some time ago
with a cargo of explosives for the
C. I!. A- N. \V. It. U. Co., is now
at Bl inder bay loading ore from
the Key nolds-Aiaska Development
Co’s. mine.
Have You Seen
The new Edison ‘‘Home” Phono
graph, with repeating attachment,
just received at the bowling Alley?
They are jnst the thing. We also
havo the largest stock of Flower
Horns ever carried in Valdez, and
Gold Moulded Records galore,
before you luiv that Phonograph
see us. it will pay you.
Nails, laicks, building and Tar
Paper, also large stock of other
building Material to he had at
A. L. Levy & Go’s.
(i. L LEVY & CO
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy and Sell Exchange, Buyand Ship Gold Dust, Accept Deposits,
Make Collections and Loan_Monev on approved security at Low Rates
uf interest.
Received on the Santa Clara a
complete fresh stock of Beef, Mut
ton, I’ork and Live Chix. Valdez
Market, Phone 2!)
IN Tils: I’llOBATK COURT. VAI.IlKZ IRK
i I.M T. THIRD .llliHIAL 1 >1 VISION,
TKUKiTORI OK ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Kstate . Notice of applica
nt > of letters of Ad
.). .1. Yakshaw, Deceased. / ministration.
NOTICL IS HKHKliY CIVKN* that K. 1*.
('ashman has tiled with the above Court a
pati'ittn praying for letters of -adminfstratnui
of th*- ‘ btate of J. .1. Yakshaw , deceased* and
that Saturday the ‘JtJrd day of June, JIM, at
two o'clock 1*. M. of said dav, at the otliee <»f
the above court at the court house. Valdez,
Alaska, has been set for healing said petition
when and wh«re any person interested may
appesi and -how cause why said petition
should not Ik* grunted.
Dated this twelih day of June, l‘JU6.
By the Court,
John Lyons,
Judge.
Summons.
In The‘'ommi'MoiiiM-’j* Court, Forty Mile Pr**
eiue*, Third Bivision, Territory of Alaska.
I>* fore K. P. Brady. rommissiontr and Kx
Otiicio Justice of the Peace.
James (falling* r. Plaintiff, >
vs. S SIMMONS
\. t . Mofiat, Befendnnt ;
The President of the I'nited Slutc* to the above
named defendant: Breeding —
Y*m nrc-hcieby summoned to be ami apl^ar
before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace,
in and foi the Forty Milel'reciie t,of tin* Third
Bivision of the Territory of \laska, on the .-ev
ent* onth day of July, Nineteen Jiundred and
Six,at the hour of two o'clock in t he ;.fi**rnoon
• ■f : aid day, at Wickersham, in said Precinct
Invi-oii and Territory aforesaid, to Hii-ver the
complaint oi Janie* Ballinger. a cop> of which,
duly veritied. is ti«w on tile in said court, in
which -xid plaintiff demand® judgment again t
youiorthe -urn oi nicety-one ('•!.* <*» dollars,
with co-t«*, Ami unless you so appeurand un
we: plaintiff may take judgment eg din ' <u
for the amount prayed for. to-wit tne sum «*f
Ninety-one (J'.dJM) dollars, and costs^ihe order
for tie Puhliegtioit of Summon* being mad*
herein this 21th day oi April, P.iho.
Biven under my hand ami the
seal of rhisoourt, thi* twenty
fourth day of April, nineteen
S1CAL hundred and .six.
K. H. Praia
( iMiids-1on«*r and ex-ofthio
Justice *4 the Peace.
Bute first publication May 21. luOfi.
Bate iast publication June 21. linHh
Notice Alaska Trade
San Francisco, Apr. 21, 1906
Our business continues as before
Prompt Shipment Guaranteed
All order filled from our New York
house.
We will he bigger and better
than ever.
HOFFMAN, ROTHCHILD& CO.
Wholesale Clothiers,
'6000 Clay Hi.
Telegraphic Items. I
Washington, June 20 — The
Wickersham matter heads the list
of business to come before the Sen*
ate executive session, and under j
the rules nothing else can be'
passed until this matter is dis-j
! posed of. The question was brought!
[ up yesterday, and Bailey, of Texas, j
accused Nehon, McCutnb r and,
Hansborough (filibustering to de-j
feat the confirmation, which was
warm!}' denied by the accused.;
Hansborough brought the chargej
against the Judge of circulating aj
magazine containing articles re-1
garding the Nome controversy in ]
1900, in Dakota, and also stated j
that Wickersham was attacking
members of the Senate. The Judge j
denied having any connection with
j the circulation of the magazine in
Dakota. His friends expect to be!
able to force a vote, which is ex- j
pected to show his strength to be j
80 to 7.
Vichy, France, June. 20—Count
Witte has arrived here for rest.
He savs that there is little hope !
* i
for the Jews in Russia. He ire-;
lieves that the massacre at Bialys-.
tok was due to unwise, actions of!
the Jews. He further states that
the Doumu is developing a revolu
tion which must soon break out. j
Not Guilty.
i .
The Prospector is in receipt of i
the fcrtowing letter from a party
in Catalla, who evidently feels
agrieved over something. We are
unable to decipher his signature.
Editor Prospkctor:
In your paper of May 10.
1006, in an article entitled •‘Win
tered on Middelton Island” you
; refer to a squaw man on Nuehek j
island. You state that Mr, Ger-j
ms. it' son gave me money to buy!
| supplies, all of which .is false.
You refer to my wife as a squaw,
wnich statement 1 will give you
! a chance to prove. At the time
I Mr. Gcrmaneson was at my place,
i which was two months and five
! days, I never charged him a cent
! for board, and all the time the
weather was unfit to land on Mid
dleton Island, but after the •holi
days the weather was fit to go hut
j Mr. Gcrmaneson never showed up.
Respectfully,
Oh as.-.
The article referred to stated
! that Mr. Gcrmaneson gave money
1 to a squaw man to take provisions
j to Middelton island, which the
1 said squaw man failed to do. As
the writer claims he is not a
sqyaw man and that he never re
! ceived any money from Mr. Ger
: maneson, we fail to see wherein ,
; the article touches him in any:
way.
Railroad Notes.
Taking advantage of the bright
nights, the Valdez-Yukon Rail
road Co. have put on a night crew,
| and are pushing the work as rapid
ly as possible. The wharf is now \
almost completed, the saw mill
will he in operation by Saturday,
and the new bunkhouse and com
missary quarters are proving a
decided success. A number ofeon
! tracts have been let for station
work on the grade, and the work
will be pushed to the fullest ex
tent. The tie camp at Black hay,
! about thirty-five miles down the
j Bound is now turning out an aver
! age of six hundred ties a dav.
i a _
Heinz’s Bauer Kraut, d pounds
for 25c.—City Market. *
News From The Westward.
Early in April natives from the
western end of Unalaska island,l
visiting Dutch Harbor, reported'
volcanic disturbances of considera
ble magnitude and the birth of a
new island to the west. Little
credence was given the report at
first, but the natives were so per
sistent in affirming the truth of
their statements that S. Applegate,
of Unalaska went to the scene in
his sloop, and confirmed the story.
On his return to Unalaska he found
the U. S. Steamer Albatross in
port and communicated the news
to the officers, who also visited the
scene, securing photographs of the
island and much scientific data,
after which they sailed for the
north. Further confirmation was,
brought to Dutch Harbor by S.
Dirks, a resident of Attn island,!
who ran across the island on his
way to Unalaska.
This island is of considerable
size, and is the third of a group,
situated in about Lat. 54, Long. 1 tiS,
which has been tormed in like
manner in the last one hundred
years. The first of the group ap
peared above the surface nearly
one hundred years ago and now
appears on the maps as Kogoslof
island. The second island, which is
yet unnamed, was formed in J<S8S.
The new island is intensely hot.
being enveloped in clouds of steam
while the water in the vicinity is j
in such a state of cbulition that
the vessels visiting the scene dared
not venture within five miles of
the island.
Last year Japanese fishermen cs-!
tahlished a station on the west end I
of Attu island. Late in the sum
mer the revenue cutter Kush visi
ted the place, destroying the sta
tion and warning the Japs against
fishing in American waters. Not
withstanding this the fishermen
returned this spring and rebuilt
the station, and are fishing un
disturbed.
A new strike of placer ground
has been made this spring hv John
Ifearne on a creek between Onion
bay and the beach diggings on
Raspberry island. Beshles the
original discoverer there are sev
eral other parties working on the
creek with good results. Five
claims have been located.
At a public meeting held at
Afognak on June 9th, the following
gentlemen were elected to the;
school board: J. B. Neilson, Treas
urer; A. Friedolin, Clerk; J. J.
Larson, Director.
\V. Miller, of Oregon, a big hun
ter. who has been on a bear bunt
ing trip in the vicinity of Afonak,
returned to that place with five
Alaska grizzly hear pelts as a
result of his trip.
L. L. Bales, who has been tor
some months in Alaska for the
purpose of securinggamo specimens!
for museums in the states,returned j
to Seward from Sand Point, having!
been very successful. In addition ,
to securing many skins for mount- ;
ing, lie has been particularly fort- '
unate in obtaining photographs of
various animals in the wild state. ;
The gold quartz property, near
Dutch Harbor, owned by the A. C.
(Jo. and Wahn Bros., has been j
closed down indefinitely, and
Frank Brown, former superintend
ent of the Apollo mine at Unga.i
has returned to the latter place.
While the property at Unalaska is j
a very promising one, the A. C.
Co., on account of losses sustained
in the Frisco disastei, decline to
make further advances for devel
opment work.
Ben Netherlands, who ha.- been j
agent for the X. W. Commercial
Co. at Unalaska. has resigned, and
will accept the position as agent at
one oi the Priblof islands.
\V. K. Smith, promoter of the
railroad project- from flliamna, was
a passenger on tin: Dorn to Valder,
F. I). Kelsey, I*. S. Commis
sioner at Kodiak, who has been
seriously ill for somo time past,
is now able to he about.
Master Sam Westbrook,' the
fourteen year, old son of Edw.
Westbrook, of Kodiak Cold Mining
Co., killed two large Kodiak hears
in one day recently.
Nome Gets No Mail.
With the exception of tie
steamer Buckmnu, sailing from
San Francisco, notie of tlie rcssels
leaving fsr Nome have curried any
mail, the postal department refus
ing to pay 8 cents pei pound asked
by the steamers .-ailing from Seat
tle. Last year the Seattle steamers
carried the mail for four cents iter
pound, and the department de
clared the advance in price an at
tempt to hold up the government
and refused to ship by these
steamers.
The steamship owners claim that
the department will pay more than
$1,000 per trip fot mail to Seward,
whereas the Nome fleet last year
made thirty-three trips, carrying
100.0110 pounds of mail, for which
they received only $-1,000. They
also state that the department
pays $1.60 per pound to Japan,
which is only double the distance
that Nome is, and therefore their
charge of eight cents per pound is
reasonable.
The department has advertised
for bids, and until the contract is
awarded Nome will have to wait
for her mail.
Chamber Of Commerce Meeting.
There was a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce last evening
for the purpose of taking action on
the proposed removal of the cable
office from Valdez to Fort Liscum.
Captain Hartman appeared at tho
meeting and state l that while the
change was contemplated hv the
war department no decisive action
had as yet taken place. There was
appointed by the Chamber of Com
merce a committee of three consist
ing of Dr. Rystrom, Judge Lyons
and Samuel ilium to ascertain the
status of the situation and to do
missionary work with the powers
that he so as to retain the cable of
fice at Valdez.
Slate Creek.
A letter dated May iflfth, re
ceived by flic PuosiTi'iOK, states
that Dad Mokes and party have
ten boxes set up on the Hidden
Treasure group ami are busily en
gaged in shovelling in, but had
made no cleanup. Slate creek
was still buried under a consider
able depth of snow, and sluicing
not likely to commei.ce before the
10th or loth of June. L very body
well.
A Californian by the name of
Hatfield, with implicit confidence
in his ability to produce rain, is
now in the Klondike country,
where lie proposes to precipitate
enough rain to keep the creeks
full of water this summer to the
satisfaction of the hydraulic and
sluice miners, li he is successful
he is to receive $10,U00, half of
which is paid by the government
and the balance subscribed by the
miners.
Call For bcliool Warrants.
Notice in hereby given that
warrants of the Valdez Hoard,
Series D4 to 1)18 inclusive, are
now payable if presented within
ten clays from this date.
Valdez, Juno 'JO, !!«)<>.
Jas. Fi.-n, Treasurer,
Subscribers to tlie stock of the
Knight's Island Copper Mining Co.
mav obtain certificates at the
hanking department of the Valdez
Bank A: Mercantile Cq.