A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, C. Stull,Graduate Optician.
Houses to Rent—See Staghound
Bill.
Alaska Strawberries 4c per lb. at
Richard’s.
Cameras for rent or sale at Val
dez Pharmacy.
Store your trunks at the Miners
Hotel for safe keeping.
Prinks have reduced to a bit
each at all the saloons in town.
The Bbrtha arrived here last Fri
day with a few passengers and a
small amount of freight.
If you love your wife, buy her a
new stove at Richards.
R. BlixTias bought the stock of
goods freighted into Copper Center
last winter by C. K. Hammond.
Hide (ioodell and Robert Rob
ertson left on Monday morning for
the Nazina, and willjie gone sev
eral weeks.
Houses and lots for rent or for
sale. Call on I)r. Von Gunther.
Mr. Diek Brown is now chief
clerk in the drug store and po*t
office, and will lie very glad to give
you a letter or a dose of Crary’s
Mange Cure.
TheC. R. M. T. &. D.Co’s. store
at Copper Center can outfit you at
reasonable prices. A full line of
staple groceries has just been
received.
HOLLY FLOUR is for sale at
the new store.
Barker Bunk House, on Key
stone Ave. Bunk, stove and wood.
All comforts, 25c per day.
Crawford A Rutherford ar<- now
prepared to supply shingles of fin
est quality, also doors and windows
of any required si/,.. The next
steamer will bring them a large
supply of mouldings.
A few choice offices to rent in
the Fish Building.
At tire Saw Mill they are now
cutting up the waste into fire wood,
of various lcnghts. Now is a good
time to order your supply for the
winter and let it dry.
Call at the new store and ret a
sample package of Atlas Rolled
oats.
If you need shoes, look in the
window of Jas. Fish & Co’s, store
and you will see just what you want
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. MacDonald
formerly of Denver Col., arrived
here on the Bertha jtind will
make Valdez their home,’ having
purchased a house "and lot ufrom
I)r. Von Gunther. Mr. MacDonald
is a pioneer of Alaska and a min
ing man of experience.
On last Saturday morning Mes sirs
Robert Blei, Geo. Esterly md Cliff
Phillips, all n Hinted, started for
interior, to look over the newlv
discovered placer diggings. They
will also_visit;the Nicolai and Bo
anza group of Copper Mines.
Little Helen Brown is the owner
of a little kitten that slue is very
proud of. It w'as born on the
steamer Jennie in the Artie Ocean
while that vessel was in the great
ice Hoc a few weeks ago, art was
presented to her by Captain Mason
the commander of oh»i vessel.
( base and Sanborn's* Celebrated
Coffee is to be had at Hcm.de Jc
Dougherty’s.
A set of new harness cheap at
Richards.
W. C. Stull KxjHTt Watchmaker.
Recertified Government Script
for sale hv C. N. Crary.
Bromide of Quinine Capsule; ,
cure a cold in one day at Valdez
Pharmacy.
Love & Whitley are making
some needed improvments in their
resturant, in order to accommodate
their increasing patronage.
Get your outfit for the interior
at Copper Center from Blix.
A. M. Powell the pioneer surveyor
of the Copper River country re
turned on tnc Santa Ana after sev
eral months visit to his home in
California.
ilr.G . W. Palmer the well known
merchant and trader of Knik was
a passenger on the Santa Ana on
his way home from a short trip to
the states.
C. M. Amlcrson tlic Chief Engi
neer of Alaska Central Railroad
was a pleasant caller at this olliee.
Mr. Anderson has live surveying
parties in the field at work, and
In-lieves that the Alaska Central
will he completed.
A post office is to l>e established
Resurrection bay at the supposed
terminal of the Alaska Central
Railroad to be known as Yituska.
The railroad company is endeavor
ing to change the old Russian
name of the hay, Resurrection, to
Almouth bay.
The Str. Santa Ana, with genial
Captain Andreson in charge, ar
rived here yesterday afternoon with
a passenger list of dS people for
Yaldez. Tlic steamer left Seattle
on the loth with 65 head of stock
and l»4G tons of mdse., some of
which was unloaded at way-ports
along the route, hut the great bulk
was for Yaldez and Fort Liscum.
The freight for Liscum will not be
discharged until the return of the
steamer from the West.
A telegram was received Alfred
li. lies yesterday morning from the
Chestochina stating that he was on
his way to Valdez. Mr. lies left
here the first of April to go to the
1'anana where he had some men
prospecting. It is not known yet
what his success has been.
James Donalson of this place and
C. 11. Green wall of Skagway have
leased the Cafe of the St. lilias
Hotel, and will open a strictly first
class bar and cafe. The entire
lirst floor of the hotel annex is to
be remodeled, with club rooms and
a lirst class grill room added.
\\ hen completed there will be no
thing better or more complete in
Alaska.
The lirst telegram from Valdez
to the states, was sent by lien.
Ureelv last Friday to Washington
City. '1 lie Valdez line extends
several miles beyond the Chesto
ehina river, and from the end of
this line the message will be taken
by a courier to the end of the Faglc
line that is being built this way
and is about 00 miles distant, and
from the end of that line will be
sent to Dawson and on over the
Canadian line.
Copper Center, July 24.—Billy
.Soule is here and starts for Valdez
tomorrow, lie reports that every
one is hard at work at Slate creek
and that the output on the various
claims at each cleanup is very
large. Remain Scott, W. L. White,
Will Strouse and Tonsina Billy
leave today for Valdez.
Staple foods from 30 to 35 cents
pouua at Blix’s, Copper Center
Hay and feed cheap.
If you want an outfit let
me figure on it and you
wiilssve money. AGE NS
BUTTER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
tl« W. Miller, Manager
The Santa Ana.
The Pacific Clipper Line if fortu
nate in having secured the services
of Mr. .las. II. Close as Chief Stew
ard on the Santa Ana. Mr. Close
is no stranger here; in fact hr
might he considered one of the pio- j
neers, having served on the Alli
ance which lauded the first passen
gers at this j'ort, and came here for
several trips thereafter.
With such officers as Mr. Close,
Fred Hoech and Capt. Andrcsou,
who make it a special study to
look after the comfort of their pat
rons, the Santa Ana is sure to In
come a general favorite on this run.
The Alaska Pacific Express Co.
have opened an office in Vald'er
and have appointed James Fish
A Co. Agents, The Company w ill
do a general express business and
have connection with all the com
panies centering there,
Gold dust, coin and currency
can lie forwarded at a lower rate
than steamer freight. Money orders
payable all over the United States
and Canada are for sale at the
office. This will supply a long
felt want and is an other indicator
that Valdez is becoming metropol
itan.
S. S. Santa Ana will sail from
Valdez for Seattle and way ports
on Tuesday, July 29th S o'clock A.
M. Tickets at office of company
Jas. Fish tV Co.
Huy a nice, clean iron bedstead,
a yum-yum spring and a liiyu soft
mattress from Richards <fc Co., and
you will dream of railroads, corner
lots and great riches. Your troul>
HEAZ, ESTATE AND MINING
RECORDS.
From July 18, to July 23, 1902.
MINING LOCATIONS.
J. L. Hanson 20a. placer Boulder
creek. June 6.
Kdw Olson 20 a. Boulder creek.
M J Mavitz 20a placer near Cape
Yaktag May 24
Itol*t Hardy 2()a at Cape Yaktag.
II II Hildreth 20a placer Snow
Shoe creek July 11.
Kdw lioeniel lot on beach adi.
lot 1).
J II Bell ifc J K Gelincau 20a.
quartz Line creek.
1) L Ratliff and J W Norton 20a
qtz. Landlock bay locate* l June 24
Gelincau & Bell three 20a qtz.
claims Rock creek.
A L Levy and Jas McNight two
20a placer claims Beaton gulch loc.
Apr. 15.
A Burr 20a placer Snow gulch,
Apr- 25,
J I> Jefferson 20a placer, Snow
gulch, located Apr 20.
C C Roberts 20a placer Grub
stake gulch June 28.
J G Snyder 20q qtz Kluvesna
river, tributrv Kotsina June 26.
R S Baird *fe T Barratt four 20a
quartz claims, Porphyry gulch a
tributary to Kotsina. May 20.
II S Baird 20a quartz Kluvesa
creek May 21.
BOND FOR DEED.
W II Gibbon to J D Meenach,
Robt Blei et als., Blackbird quartz
claim, Latouch island, $12,000.
A1 Lund to same parties, int. in
Blackbird claim, $24,000.
agreements.
F. J. Bart.lett & J. B. Newcomb,
agree to sell to (J. Breame & Oscar
Larsen Grubstaks claim, Slate cr.
$3,000.
All Aboard.
With the advent of the railroad
and the good news from the inter
ror, the citizens of Valdez are
•‘right in the swim”. They can
now afford to buy some new furni
ture and carpets. Richards & Co
have just received a choice lot of
Bedroom Suites and Chiffoniers.
The Prospector will be on sale
at Hammond’s store at Slate Creek
all summer.
BIDS WANTED
Bids for the erection of an addi
tion to the l'uhlic School building
willin' received by secretary of the
Board any time before the first of
August at the Pbospectok Office,
at which place plans and specifi
cations may be seen. The board
reserves the right to reject any anil
all bids.
II. II. Hildreth; Sect.
Subscribe for the Pkospectoe
INTERESTING TRAIL LETTER
Continsei] from fir^t p*g >)
seems to me to lie shorter than the
otlu r. The horse feed is knee high
all along the Copper.
All the indians were gathered at
their various camps, poting ready
for the salmon that tire commenc
ing to run.
We readied the Center at 7:10
and stopjual two hours for dinner'
on the way so made good time.
That night we stopped at Hotel
Holman, where Tcnas Uuscy pre
sides over the good things in the
commissary department. Left the
next morning for Tazlina and ar
rived there in about two and a
half hours and then spent as much
time in trying to persuade Jake’s
horse that he ought to get on the
ferry lioat. Finally we gave up in
dispair and made him swim.
That ferry deserves a line. It is
built on the entamarin style,decked
over with logs with a railing around,
and the storing wheel toward. It
is an imposing sight to see Bundy
at the wheel, with a cayuase on the
quarter deck calmnlv riding the
roaring waves of the Tazlina.
” e left Tallinn next morning,
taking the old Copper river trail,
which is good, except that some of
the grades are rather steep. Just
before we reached the Golkonda,
we got into a deep gulch where the
trail ran almost straight npfor 75
feet. Hell’s mare couldcnt make
it for when she got nearly to the
top, she fell and rolled to the hot
tom. and we had to chop out a
number of trees In fore we could get
her rip 111 side up. Then we had to
paid; all the stuff on our hacks up
the hill. As we did this in the
rain that was coming down in tor
rents, we told each other that home
was never like this. That night we
camped at the government ford and
crossed without any trouble and
also the Gakomt. The next twelve
miles is the roughest, wetest trail l
ever saw iti Alaska. Not enough
water for boating, hut splendid!
wading. We met bhelly amt Cobh’s
mule trains at the Tolsona. l.ulas
they were just packing up it was a
ease of "hello everybody.” Ail the
animals look tine and the hoys are
all as jollv as ever.
\\ t* soon left tlu* government
trail for good and struck out on
the mail trail for Fish’s cabin,
where we took dinner the next day,
making l.'i miles that afternoon to
the next feed, where Crittenden,
the Clicsnu mail contractor, has a
tent. 1 he mosquitos are worse.
We reached Hazlett & Meals’
camp the next day and the day
following arrived at our destii a
lion, and Jake delivered the hy
draulic outfit to Win. Finnieal on
the "Jack pot.” I understand that
claim is going to be a good paying
piece of property this year.
The snow has gone off earlier
tnis year than heretofore and every
one on Slate Creek seemed to he
working. Miller Gulch had a great
leal of enow in it, hut that did not
long delay the owners from work
ing, as they were sluicing when I
got there.
Hammond arrived with that old
; government steer, which we have
named the Coliseum, (he is such a
magnificent ruin) and some horses
with a small stock of food.
I think that men and I know
that provisions will be uncomfort
ably short before full. Every one
is figuring on staying as late as
possible this year.
0. A. M
Senator Me Hie Returns, A Hero.
Councilman Me Hie has re
turned to town since our last issue,
and he returned a full Hedged hero.
He and Fire Commissioner, Pete
Casliman, undertook a perilous
journey into the distant and unex
plored regions of Alaska. They
successfully crossed the Tonsina
bridge, and a native ferried them
over the raging Copper. They
manfully pushed on, having noth
ing to eat but grub. Arriving at
the Kuskalitia Pete was aUmt to
wade across on horseback when the
horse liecame unmanageable and
threw him. Pete got tangled up
iiixthc horses legs and had quite a
struggle along the bottom of the
stream. Here is where Jim showed
his pluck. Throwing off his coat
and necktie and rolling up his
sleeves, he reached out, caught the
horse, and in less than half an
hour had Pete ashore. The next
day, while Jim was out picking
berries, Pete made what he called
flap-jacks. Jim returned and mis
taking them for toadstools, threw
them into the stream, thus saving
Pete’s lif ' again. To wind up the
list of heroic deeds Jim saved his
own life three times by not going
any further. The telephone is
still working.
nmpit i mmit
General erchants
Groceries
■Hardware
Clothing
Footwea r
etc.
We are Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
Pioneer Outfitters
Lumber and Timbers of all kinds
Rough, Planed, Matched. C\+
Lathe and Band p •xX
Saw Work SPecial
Orders Promptly
Attended To
CRAWFORD & RUTHERFORD,Managers.
The Bohemian Saloon
LIQUOR CIQ/3R5,
NOilE BETTER.
McKinley St. "Between Keystone and Glacier Ave
Gold Dust
Exchange.
Highest Price Paid For
Gold Dust
Treasury Notes, Drafts and Money Orders
Cashed Free of Charge.
AL WHITE.
RICHARDS & CO,
FURNITURE, STOVES, HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.
Second-Hand Goods Bought and Sold.
Jones Building, - - Keystone Ave
Valdez Market.
V We and Retail Dealers in line Sick and tots,
Fresh and Salted MEATS. Sausages, Bacon,
Poultuy Fish Game and Vegetables.
_ptlMIKO.
^tarri)igan f^oadhotise.
ON THE ALL-AWEKICAN TRAIL 33 MILES FROM VALDEZ.
‘Best of Accommodations
For Man and Beast.
BeaQeiied under New Management.
FIRST STOPPING PLACE AFTER CROSSING SUMMIT.