Him in mu
How The Boys Spent the
Day at Copper Center.
©RATIOS, BASE BAU AND
OTHER 8PORTS.
Tito following account of how
the hoys spent the fourth of julv
at CVtjflrr Center in 1898 is from
the diary of one of our citizens, ami
will no doubt Iteof interest to many.
There was a large numlicr of jicople
there tit the time and for 80 miles
op the Klutcna river there were
niany «sunps at different jatints,
anti many went down to the Center
to celebrate the day.
CopjH'r Center. July 4 1 898.
We had a great celebration l»ere
to-day and while it was not so elab
orate as we have seen at home, yet
the day was greatly enjoyed by all.
At 3 o’clock, or sunrise, a salute of j
21 guns was fired, and the “tiluri- j
ous Fourth” was ushered in with
the promise of a beautiful day.
There were plenty of gay and fes
tive mosquitos, and plenty of pow
der and shot, but no firecrackers.
At 10 o’clock we gathered to lis
ten to speeches by the “distin
guished orators” wl o had agreed to
tell us “how it happened,” but as1
we gathered around the “stand” of ■
logs we learned, to our “regret”
that all tin- -peakers could not be
present on account of pressing bus
iness or bad colds. Finally we
induced a man from Oregon, named
Cook, to orate. II.- gathered turn i
. self together and with a declaration
of his loyalty, but his inability to j
make a speech, he mounted an
empty box amid dcuicning ap
plause for his nerve.
He wore a blue shirt, pants in
bis boot tops, awl a battered old
hat. He bad gotten bold of a razor
some place and bad a clean shave,
and we all thought be bad fixed up
for the occasion, expecting to lie
called upon. He was long, lean
and lank and a typical Oregonian.
He told us about George Wash
ington and bis little hatchet, and
as he did so, tlsve was talk of jus
tifiable manslaughter and a roiie.
Hut he finally got down to the
present time and spoke of the war
with Spain and then he did soar.
He took us from our disheartened
and despondent position in the val
ley of the C'opjier river, looking for
gold where there isn’t any, up over
the hills of promise and soared
away with us into tlie clouds, and
then—dropped us, and the speech
ifying broke up amid deafening
veils.
'1 he next ntindxron the program
was a selection by the “hand.”
Andy Holman, the Grand Mar
shal of the day, ha 1 found a man
with a cornet hut he hail no music,
hut fortunately a hig diitchniau
came down the river from Klutcun
lake, tilt mill.- away, on the 2nd
and he 1.. d music and a cornet in
Camp. After some persuasion lie
Vein hack and got his music and
cornet, arrixii : here from his i2d
miie wall: on the morning of the
4th. Both members of the hand
were gentians. One was short, fat,
red faced and ml headed. The
other was tall and lean with red
whiskers, and the way they played
the old tunes of “dcr faderland”
would have brought tears to the
eyes of a stone image. As the band
pealed forth its heart-rending airs
COOK INLET.
PROSPECTING and
HUNTING PARTIES
fan lie supplied witli necessary
Sl’PPLIKS
By H. N. WETHERBEE, at
Kenai and Kussiloff
At the MOST REASONABLE
PRICES in ALASKA thereby
Saving Freight and Trouble of
Landing Supplies.
Geo. S* MearnS’ Agent
KENAI ALASKA.
the Imys sat with bowed heads
thinking of the good times they
were missing.
The shooting event came next.
Out of 20 men only one hit the 15
inch target at 100yards, and that
was si mistake ns lie would not
shoot a second time.
The hand wailed again, and we
then took dinner, after wliich other
events followed.
The hop. skip and jump race was
won by l’ark Griswold, of Kalama
zoo. The broad jump by Billy Da
vis of Benton ILtrlwr, Mich. A fat
mans race followed, which was
very funny.
Tlic hall game was very interest
ing, ending with a score of 211 to -4
in favor of the New Town team,
the old town hoys getting tired.
11. S. 3 hi ir d led the ns iters for the
Old Town lsiys and Tenas Itoscy
for the other side. There wasn’t a
hall or lint in the whole country,
hut Joe ltourkc the invincible, of
N'-'W York city, made a hall and
whittled oui a couple of bats. Joe
also mo te a box kite and (lew it.
It caused a great pow-wow among
the natives.
31ore music liv the hand and we
returned to our tents for supper,
after wiiieh there was a hiyu stag
dance, and the festivities closed
without any broken heads, burnt
lingers <>r other casualties. That
night we thought of many previous
eelehrations under diitVreta sur
roundings.
Fox Island For Sale.
The well established fox ranch on
Goose island. Prince William sound,
containing 8#0 acres, well timbered
anti gotxl grazing ground for sttxk
at all seasons. It is 3 miles from
tha mainland, is stocked with over
200 blue fox, has ten good buildings
thereon and a good garden. Fish
in abundance for fox feed. Terms
low. Address 31. L. Toratenscn, or
G.W.Donaldson, Ellauiar, Alaska.
Weather Record.
i : i 2
£ tit
£ s ■= Remarks.
3. I —
June I |
1 55 62
2 51 65 |
3 54 58 j
4 | 50 I 60 1 •
5 | .'4i j t;i I *
6 j 55 57 I
7 1 50 J 67 | f
I Windy, f Light Wind. * ('loudy.
Above zero except where other* i*e stated.
i Kuiu. Figure* show precipitation in inches.
Observed and reported bv l>r. L. S. (amici*.
During tlie month of June the
thermometer ranged from 44 to 82
degrees ubove zero. There were
4 c loudy days, 10 partial cloudy.
Light west wind l.'LluysjX. E.wind
1 day, west wind 1 day. Total
rainfall for the month (of an inch.
The first thunder storm I lutve
on record in Valdez oeoured on the
22 of last month—June.
At the foot of the mountain three
miles northwest of Valdez, there
was green grass 22 inches high in
many places on May lltli
The snow disappeared from Val
dez on the follow ing dates. June 28,
1*98. June 22. 1899, May 20, 1900,
May 18, 1901 and May 9, 1902.
All Aboard.
With the advent of the railroad
and the good news from the inter
ror, the citizens of Valdez are
I “right in the swim”. They can
1 now afford to huv some new furni
ture and carpets. Richards & Go
have just n-reived a choice lot if
Bedroom Suites and Chiffoniers.
I -
Rememlter ii you are going tc
tlie interior quickly, go liy Coppei
Center and secure your outfit there.
A. Holman for further information
1
GOOD GOOD/. GOOD SERVICE.
RECEPTION”
CLUB 'ROOMS IN CONNECTION
Market Price Mat.
Flour ....... 1B.90 perioo
t orn Meal. JR.« “ l'W
Puller. Roe *' lb
Kmc* RUe •< <loi
Sn*ar . 97.00 loo
Rlee *1 00 to *7-10 " 100
IVtatoea . S'jf •* lb
Haeon alul Ham tfl.VOO tu fTtf* •• loo
t’offee..._ *o tolar « lb
Milk... lit, toJM •• ran
t.ranulatrd potato?* •“ lb
Dried Fruit OtoMc •• Ib
Syrtui . .91 to*1.40 •• gat
I H. an*. *tn»ll while. 9*00 *■ loo
Realm. «.1ma.»UUa " ««>
: Rolled Oat* .•? " lb
, Tea «0 to To " lb
I Tobareo, tdnokinjt .OOtoTOe " Ib
Tobaero. eliewitia nil to 75? " Ib
K. Whmi. double eotid. timothy hay .Rti.TO ton
He«t Whitman i>nt* lli.vi ton
foal 915,00 ton
Wood . . 90.00 ford
Alaska’s Official Directory.
Governor -John G. Brady.
f\ 8. Judges—Melville C. Brown, Dint. No. 1,
sea! at Juneau: James Wickersliain, Dist. Xo. :i.
seat at Nome
I*. 8. Attorneys R. A. Friedrich, Mat. Xo. 1;
Joseph K. Wood, J. llarian.
Clerk—District No. 1, W. J. Hills, W*t. Xo. 8,
A R. Ileilig.
I*. S. Marshals--lames M. Bhoup. Dist. Xo. 1;
Cornelius L. Van ter. Di*t. No. 2; G. G. Terry,
Dist. No. 3.
Commissioners Edward de Groff, Hitka; II.
li. Folsom. Juneau: F. I*. Tustin. Ft. Wrangell:
I.. It. Woodward, Cnalaska; T. Gallagher, Ko
diak; J. J. Roberts, Hka gw ay; W. J. Jones, Circle
city: I.. II. Shepard, Hi. Michael; Hoi Ri|>in*ky,
Haines Mission: J. T. Smith, Ketchikan; G. M.
Irwin, Dougin*: c. T. Bnaika. Hunrsle; John
l.yoiiv. Valdez, I'reseott Sawyer. Kagle.
C. S. Lund Officers Surveyor General—W. S.
Distiu.
Register John W. Dudley.
Reeeivcr A. C. Appersotl.
Clerks Get*. Htowell, W. F. Jeffery*.
Deputy C . S. Marsl >d Dist. No. 1, special,
W *: McNair, J. W. Sn**ok, Skagway; J. 1*.
cauipb 11, >itka; K. F. Kelly. Juneiui; Win. I».
Grant. Wrangel: W. llillg. Dougla* Island;
Kdward C. ilasey, Valdez; Lewi* I.. Bower*.
Ksaliak ;l eter Porcupine; W. G. Thom
as, Ketchikan; j. I*. Keynoldson, Kagle. J.
/.ulaiff, KillDnoo
Alaska Views.
Views taken to order. DE
VELOPING and PRINTING.
Films, Plates, etc. Received,
Developed and Stored fur any
Persons in tin* Interior. Send
all orders to J. G. Snyder’s.
P. S. HUNT, Photographer
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Endeavor Coxo. Church—Cor.
Glacier Avenue anti Hobart
Street. Rev. I). W. Cram, Pastor.
Ser\ ices every Sunday at 10:30 a.
m. and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even
ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dempsey,
President.
Church of the Epiphany—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hohart
Street. Services on Sunday at 4
p. in. Jas. Fish, Senior Warden.
Order of Alask a Moose, Pioneer
Tent Xo. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at 8
o'clock. John
(ioodell, Ruling
Spirit; A. J. Ad
ams, Keeper of
Wa Wad See)
Arctic Hkotiikkhood—
Valdez *‘anap N'i>. 10.
Meets at Moose
ilall every lues
day evening.
A. M. Edwards.
Aretie Chief. J.
(i. Snyder, Sec
retary.
Brotherhood ok Alaska Pioneers
Arthur Bohual, Chief, N. J.
McDonnell, Secret a rv.
| Headquarters, Afognak, Alaska.
Vai.dk/.Chamber ok Commerce—
Meet on the first and third
Friday night of each month. J.
Goodell, Pres. A. \\. Rochford,
Sec’y.
If you want to buy an outfit in
the interior, or have goods deliver
ed to any part of the district, or
wish yourself taken to any part of
the interior with guides, call on A.
Holman,
F. W. Rosenthal,
Artist of Alaska Scenery
in Pencil and Water Color.
Dealer in all kinds of
Indian Curios.
The only true picture of
VOLCANO WRANGKL
in existence is from his
brush.
Hotel Holman Copper Center
GRAND HOTEL
A. SWAN Proprietor.
^Corner Keystone Aenue and
McKinley Street.
Miners Hole!.
Furnished Rooms with
Board if Desired. Com
fortable Quarters, Light
Airy Rooms.
MRS. JOHNSON,
WHERE
% ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
JohnT.Spickett Proprietor
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for VALDEZ People
120 Rooms. Rates 50c, $1.00 and
$1.50 per day. First class res
taurant in connection. Free
bus. Opposite U. S. Postottice.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cor. 1st Ave. and
University St. SEATTLE
Cameron Golden
I9W PionetrTonsorial Parlor IW5
i
Tin* Oldest and Must
Reliable in Town.
Ladies’ Shampooing
a Specialty.
Ladies* and Gents* Baths
Porcelain Tubs. Fresh
and Salt Water
Baths. Rooms Sep
arate from the Shop.
All Modern Improvements
Pacific Pacta; ? fixation
Successors to PACIFIC STEAM WHALING CO.
EXCELSIOR
Z. S. MOORE, Master.
AMD
N EWPORT.
F. S. MOORE, Masth*.
EXCELSIOR Sails from Seattle altout 2otli of Each Month for
^ akutat, Ellaniar, \ ALI)GZ, Illiamua and Conks bulet Points.
Saik? from \ ALDEZ alsmt >121 h *of each month for'Juneau anfl
Seattle.
NEWPORTsails from Juneaualbout l«t of emik m«mth fur Valdez and
Western Points.
Sails from \ ALDEZ about 2-”»tli of each month for Sitka and Juneau.
For Information and Rate* Apply ut ©dice of
Pacific Packing & Nav. Co.
(ilolx- Building. Seattle, Wash.
•SO California Street, San Francisco.
J. C. Martin, Agt
Fi>li Hro* Store, Valdes.
\VM. WORK MAX p. MAOXKSOX
Workman’s Road House
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people. has large
warm ham for 20 horse* and good quarter*
for dogs, flood meals and everything the
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Roberts’ Road House.
Before crossing the Summit on the way to
the interior stop for rest and shelter at Mrs.
Robert’*. BEST and OXLY place for feed
and water on the road. 21 Miles From Val
dez.
MRK II. ROBERTS, - - PROPRIETOR.
I--——-.
Doitelson Roadhouse.
TOPJINA BRIDGE.
Outfits Cached Free of Charge Free Horse and Dog Stahles.
Distance From Valdez, 771 Miles, via Government Trail. Best
Accomodations for Travelers.
*
CHAS. C. YAGER, Prop. 77 Mrues From Vai.dk
TThen on the Way to the Interior, Stop at the
Loomis Roadhouse,
Torsina Bridg.
Good Meals. Good Beds.
Complete Line of Merchandise and Miners Supplies at
"T.sldes Prices with Freight Added.
I. H. LOOMIS, Prop. 77 Miles From Valdez.
Harry C. Murphy U’iuDayr
HOTEL HOLTWM
Best roadhouse on' tW X11 American Route to the
Yukon. Fresh vegetables during season from .«>ur
own garden. Good feed for stock near by. Best of
accomodations, winter or summer.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA. 103 Mii.es From Valdez
C. E. BOQdRDUS,
Assayer and Chemist.
Gold and Silver $ 1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
00 Columbia Sr., Seattle, Wash.
Dr. L1 Camicia.
Dentist* and Optician.
A F.ull Line ofSjua tniJnrta IJantJ. Clocks
and Watch#* Htjiaind on
Short Notice.
McKjvlkv Sir. Valdez.