Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on everyj'boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
I JAMES NARAY, THE
SHOEMAKER
hat moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT &* SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford’Buiiding, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 12 m to 1 i> m
6 to 7 p m
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
RAICFRY in:connection
» EVERything good
JACK CALL-IN & CO.
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room home with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
"QUICK ACTION”
it my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and] Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone. 187
LAUNCH IDA
Leaves from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
J-JUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORCE SEXTON. Prof.
SYBIGTLv FIB ST CLASS
Fourth Avi Seward. Alarar
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHART, R«rr«MaUti»
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fre*h Good*--Reasonable Price*
THE ARRIVALS
Sampson Sailed Southward and
Northwestern Went West
ward Last Night.
The Sampson arrived from t lie
westward last evening and sailed
for the south about 10:30 o’clock.
She 'brought (several of Ed.
Wood’s big horses and the rest
of the outfit from Knik. Her
passenger list from Valdez was
the heaviest for some time, many
of whom are men from the in
terior going to. Juneau to look
•for work in the mines there dur
ing the winter.
The outgoing passengers were
Mrs. C. Wright, A. L. Archibald,
Miss E. Johnson, Mrs. P. M.
Miles, Mrs. Chas. Newbill, Chas.
Newbill, Mrs. F. L. Stevens, E. R.
Ramsey, John Orchard and moth
er, W. W. Harvey, Robt. Gotts
ehalk, C. Whalen, B. G. Ray
mond, F. Wagner, Ed. Austin,
Gus Roekel, J. Reaves ,0. Berg,
A. Blum, E. Smith, E. Keegan,
H. Sehlummcr, J. Frienze, W.
Cuthing, M. Gadea and II. O'Neil.
The Northwestern arrived from
the south a few hours after the
parture of the Sampson, bring
ing the following passengers:
Miss Gertrude Kybranl, Mrs.
Hancock, Rev. W. 11. Ziegler, Mrs.
Ziegler and son Paul, Miss K.
Gamnle, Capt. Michael, J. T.'llil
lis, W. Stephens, S. Evens Hedge,
J. Kendrick, C. K<|ppes.
I.alouche — Frank E. Van
Cam.pc, Oscar Nordifuisl.
Kdward—Dr. Anil, Baron von
Tohngsen, F. B. Shattuck, W. B.
Robinson, Geo. Mayules. Mrs.
Needham, P. Iloldsworth and
wife.
RICH PLACER DIGGINGS
FOUND IN MATANUSKA
(continued from page 1).
ting better in the drift. Zimmer
man and Myers, on another
creek, the name of which Mr.
Kelly did not remember, claimed
lo have pay. They came out . to
Knik and secured grub and went
back. Another .man named
Palmer brought out iO ounces of
gold with him to buy supplies.
Mr. Kelly says the strike is
about 105 miles from Knik and
I bat Ed. Wood, who has been
packing supplies to the Maianus
ka coal Helds for the govern
ment, has finished his contract
and sihrted packing in j.u the
new camp. Mr. Wood intended
to drive bis pack animals over
Ihe trail to Copper Center and as
lie had to come via the new strike
In' contracted lo deliver 1.800
pounds of supplies on Albert
creek. During the open season
of navigation of Ihe inlet Mr.
Kelly believes the Knik route is
the shortest and best but that
during winter heavy traffic will
have lo go in via Copper Center.
What’s in the Paper?
The paper tells of wedding
bells and bridal wreaths and dam
sels blushing; of men who waste
their lives in haste, upun their
foolish errands rushing: of poli
ties and ringslers’ tricks, of
Windy Jims with schemes unend
ing; of griefs and cares and
sighs and prayers, and mothers
o'er sick children bending. The
paper tells of prison cells where
human junk is safely herded; of
church and pew, where 1 and you
bear helpful sermons; aptly
worded; describe the den where
broken men have heard the doors
of hope shut, clanging; describes
the hall, where on the wall a
hundred priceless prints are
hanging. The paper speaks of
ugly lefaks discovered in the na
tion’s coffers; of noble schemes
and rosy dreams, and of the
•sneers of ribald scoffers; of
queens and kings, of all the
things that chance on earth in
prose or verse; of pain, relief,
of joy and grief, and farewell
tours in sable hearses. We read
it all—the stories tall of native
stunt and foreign caper—with
brooding eye, and fiercely cry:
“fireal Scott, there’s nothing in
the paper.” WALT MASON.
. REWARD—I win pay a liberal
reward for the return of my suit
rase and clothes taken from cab
in next to Snyder’s Store. Steve
Carls.
Chinese arc* gradually learn
ing to wear European shirts and
collars.
GOIIBT OFFICIALS
GO TO SEWARD
Northwestern Takes Judge Brown,
Court Officials and Jurors
to Seward.
When the Northwestern sailed
for Seward this morning she
carried the officials of the court
and the 'members of file -jury
who had been drawn in this dis
trict. The term of court opens
.Aiij Seward next Monday, Judge
Brown presiding.
The passenger list from Val
dez was as follows:
J. H. Bell and wife, 1. Hambur
ger, J. W, Gilson and wife,
Judge Brown, J. H. D. Bouse, C.
L. Votaw and wife, John Hughes,
K. L. Monohan, T. S. Scott, John
Kupsiinaly, \V. K. Austin, F. 11.
Brenneman and T. Collier.
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Episcopal Church.
Services at the Church of the
Epiphany Sunday are as follows:
Holy Communion 8:30 a. in.
Morning Prayer and Sermon
11 a m.
Sunday School 12 m.
Evening Prayer 7 :30 p. m.
The new organ is installed and
will he used for the first lime at
these services.
A new stained glass window,
a memorial to Charles llua,
drowned last winter in Valdez
Hay, is also in place.
Nome has a couple of citizens
who are possessed of plenty of
nerve. They have been making
a practice of visiting claims
where the owners were absent
and when the recent rains made
sluicing possible they proceeded
to finish up the work of shovel
ing in the rest of the dump. They
sluiced up what was left of two
dumps and in their cleanup took
the' black sand which the miners
had saved from their spring
work.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh eastern oysters at the
Valdez Cafe. tf
lied Tusun is in town from
liii‘ Cliff mine.
It. Stewarl, of Cordova, is in
town on business.
FOR SACK—Singer sewing ma
chine. Apply Mrs. Paine.
Tom Parker came up from I lie
Cliff mine Ibis morning.
Cieo. Rcinke. me watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
Tony Wendler and Marion
Leach will leave this evening for
a duck hunting trip.
FOR RENT—Five-room, fur
nished house within block of
stores. Telephone 3(1.
There will be a big dance at
F.agle flail next Saturday nighL.
four-piece orchestra.
II. Suessdorf has planted some
line ^specimens of native It roes
(in his new tract of land.
Don’t forget the. dance al
Eagle Hall next Saturday even
ing. Four-piece orchestra.
<;. Olson is in Irom llie road
camps where he has been work
ing for the road commission.
Fine watch ana jewelry lepair
ing, all work guaranteed. H. V.
Herndon, with Owl Drug Co.
A thrilling episode of heroism
and cowardice, called “Jack’s
Word,” at the Orpheum tonight.
l)r. Sleem leaves on a hunting
trip to Prince William Sound
Fish company's llshery ,al Ta
titlek.
Special change of pjctures at
the Orpheum tonight. Movies
of representatives while in Ju
neau, extra. .
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Chas. Koppus, from Dan
creek, arrived this morning. He
was at the neVv strike- and slaked
some property.
If you want to sell or buy any
second-hand furniture, stoves,
etc., call up-City Express, Tele
phone -82.
Subscribe ior; in > Prosr^-ctoi
Mimr mmjL
CnK «f ■afiRMring That War* OMt
CawaWarad Impaaalhla.
Saute remarkable feats in rail
way construction have been accom
plished in the Rocky mountain
states. Passes that a few years
ago were deemed insurmountable
have been scaled, seemingly impass
able canyons have been threaded,
and mountains have been tunneled
to cut down heavy grades until the
barrier of the Rockies has become
no barrier at all.
But a generation ago engineers
pronounced Colorado hopeless from
a railway viewpoint. Yet today
there are several railways making
daily climbs of the main range in
Colorado, and a road built not so
long ago from Denver toward Salt
Lake climbs the barrier at a point
where twenty years ago engineers
said no roadbed could be successful
ly made.
This road—the Denver, North
western and Pacific—crosses the
main range at an altitude of 11,
660 feet. This impressive climb is
effected only by the most tortuous
windings and numerous tunnels. At
one point—Bow Knot—the train
plunges through a tunnel, makes a
sharp turn to the right and returns
over the very tunnel it entered a
few minutes before.
At another point the train “loops
the lake.” It swings around a tiny
body of water called Yankee Doodle
lake, and in so doing it describes a
complete circle. It then climbs up
and up and makes another curve
and climbs again, enabling one to
stand at the lake and count three
tiers of track above him.
When the Denver and Rio Grande
company prepared to build through
the Rockies engineers contended
that the canyon of the Arkansas
could never be penetrated its entire
length. There was one spot in this
awe inspiring chasm wliwe there
was not room for a roadbed on
either side of the stream. The walls
of the canyon came down to the
swift current of the Arkansas with
out foothold for a man on either
side.
But an engineer suggested a |
hanging bridge suspended between i
tlie walls of the canyon. The bridge
was built with supports imbedded
in the solid rock, and across it the
heavy transcontinental trains now
flit daily with nothing but the slen
der ironwork between the river and
the top of the canyon, 2,GOO feet
above. Great iron braces, which in
the vastness of the canyon appear
spiderlike in their proportions,
were thrown across the gorge and ;
anchored securely in the sheer sides. |
Huge cables depend from these
braces, holding a long iron bridge, i
which extends not across but paral
lel with the course of the river.— j
Harper’s Weekly.
j
England’s "Fiery Dragons.”
Iii the year 1532 various parts of
Great Britain were visited by a re- j
markable meteorological phenomc- j
non, which the old authors refer to
as “the visitation of the fire drakes
or dragons.” The author of “Con- i
templation of Mysteries” says, “In i
ye letter parte of ye yea re (1532) j
ye fieri dragons appeared flying by j
flocks or companies in ye ayre, hav
ing swines’ snowtes, and sometimes
were they scene foure hundred fly
ing togithcr.” In speaking of the
fire dragons in another portion of
his work he says, “Common people
tliinke fire drakes to be spirits which
watch over hidden treasure, but the
philosophers aflirm them to be ye
result of poisonous vapors which
are spontaneously lighted in ye
ayre.” _
Advice For the Minister.
In preaching the minister had
been rather long winded when the
young bride remembered that she
had left the dinner in the gas range
without regulating the flame. She
hastily wrote a note and slipped it
to her husband, who was an usher.
He, thinking it was intended f#r
the minister, calmly walked up and
laid it on the pulpit.
The minister paused in the midst
of his sermon and took the note
with a smile which changed into a
terrific frown as he read:
“Please hurry home and shut off
the gas.”_
About the Way.
A young man about to get mar
ried asked his father hew he got on
so well with his wife. The old man
considered for a moment or two,
and then he said:
,“Tt’s like this, John. If your ,
wife is a good woman let her have j
her own way, and if she’s a bad one i
She’ll take it.”—London Telegraph. |
One Way.
"Will you have the kindness to :
I ake my overcoat to town in your
automobile?” inquired Mr. Dalton
of his more prosperous suburban
neighbor one pool morning..
“Certainly,” was the response,
“but how will you get it again?”
“Very easjjy.fj shall remain in it.”
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INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
ALASKA CSASS
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailings .from Seattle
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
((SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGE each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Ritrht is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Mariposa Alameda Northwestern
Every
Six
Days
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Independent Laundry Co. I
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 s
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Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
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Alaska Steamship Company
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