A PROSPECTOR’S LUCK. :
In a wMthrr tent a prospector lay.
Alone in the alienee grim.
And the 11m* -haltewl mountains, furrowed
and gia\.
Heat thoughtfully down on him.
A» if in ponderous musing* wrap’t
At Selfishness, (treed and 8in.
. Strenuous aud many were the Tears he speut
Peking the fountain of gol<l;
Aud now he had found it, and swam in content.
Dreaming of riche* untold.
Oi pleasure* aud palace*— and love anent—
A dream that never grows old.
No thanks did he offer to the One on high.
No thought to charity's theme.
“I’ll sluice all the pleasures that money can
buy,"
lie cried In ecstaev's scream;
Aud the in Docent quail raised their heads aoshv
Aud wondered what this could mean.
Then far up the cliff, where cloud chariots race.
A stone lost its hold and fell—
Like a tear from the mountain's time-furrowed
face—
And sped to Its grave in the dell,
Snatching the doomed tent in Its swift down
ward pace
A shroud for its granite shell.
• S * •
The Kfo that prompted that prospector's cry
(ilip|«cd fettered Indulgence free.
"I’ll sluice all the pleasures that money can
buy I"
Ala* for hi* promised spree:
The creek in the canyon tumbles Joyously by
Sluicing Ins bone* to the sea.
-a. c. w.
CORRESPONDENCE.
News Letters From 'Westward.
Kenai, July 26th—We are now
having a slight touch of summer
weather, but it would tuke a good
deal of hot sunshine to counteract
the effect of three or four hard frosts
that have nipped the vegetable
gardens, and everyone is looking
for a failure of the potato crop.
Fish have been running finely
and there is no doubt al>out the
Aluska Packer’s cannery at Kus
siloff putting ui) over 40,000 cases
of salmon. Their fishing steamer
Jennie, with an average capacity"
of 20,000 red fish, went into the
river the afternoon of the 22nd
with her ting floating in the breeze
as she was making her burner trip,
having on board a few over 22,000
fish.
On June 30th Mrs. H. M. Weth
erbce, wife of Captain H. M. Weth
erhec, Superintendent of the Alas
ka Packer’s, and Mrs. Koliert Mor
gan of Kuesiloff, and Mr. George
Moarns. Postmaster at Kcnui, were
the guests of Captain and Mrs.
Shaw of the steamer .Tyonic, and
remained as sucli until the morn
ing of the Fourth, when they ar
rived back at Kussiloff. During
the trip the towns of Tvonook,
Hope and Sunrise were visited,
and the weather wa9 all that could
he desired excepting a few hours
on the morning of the first, when
the steamer had to hunt shelter
behind Fire island during a stiff,
blow out of Turnagain Arm.
While at Sunrise the party took
great interest in the in the hydraul
ic and sluice workings going on
along Six Mile creek, the most in
teresting being that of the Big
• Horn Mining Co., of which Mr.
Ommaney is manager. He was
quite pleased to receive a call from
the party, the projierty being about
four miles from town. He allowed
the ladies to pan a panfull of dirt
each, and they were rewarded by
finding a good sized color in each
pan, and the gentlemen stood very
attentively alongside to see that
no salting was done.
The garden which has always
supplied the town of Sunrise with
vegetables does not look any better
than the gardens in other places,
although in the canyon, where it is
situated, it is supposed to be warm
er and more conducive to the quick
growth of lettuce, radishes, etc.
On the morning of the 18th the
steamer Kvichak, from Karluk,
arrived at Kussiloff, and she looked
so large and different from any
steamer that frequents these waters
that a majority of the natives here,
who could see her twelve miles
away, concluded that she was a
Japanese man-of-war, and at once
!*egan to make preparations to hike
for the woods, but the priest came
over to the store and inquired about
the vessel, and thereby saved his
congregation a useless journey.
Al>oard the steamer was Chas. E.
Dorr, Secretary of the Alaska
Pucker’s Association, his son Fred
- Dorr and Lieut. Commander J. X.
Moser, of the C. S. N., retired, who
is on a six months leave of absence,
and is the guest of Mr. Dorr. The
party has visited all the canneries
of the Association to the westward
»
and were on their w.iy toward Orca,
where they will take the Hertha,
ami the Kvirhak will go hack to
Karluk.
Mr. A. La soy and son have fin
ished the surveying oft lie church
projHTties in the Inlet country and
arc intending to take the Dora to
the westward, where they are to
survey some properties for the
Alaska Packers.
The reports from all the mines
in the vicinity are favorable, al
though no s|>ecial strikes have
been made.
Marshal 8exton ha9 made a
number of trips between Seward
and Turnagain Arm, and appears
to be a very busy man, hut I under
stand that it is mostly sales of
pro|>crties which have l<cen attached
that is drawing his attention.
The Russian church received a
large new bell on the iast steamer,
weighing almut 400 |munds, but it
did not take the l>cll-ringcr, assist
ed by almut twenty Russians and
natives, very long to get it into
position, and the priest then held
services in the belfry, consecrating
it to the calling of the members.
There does not seem to be any
doubt as to the Government send
ing a teacher here for a winter
school, something that is greatly i
needed. 'Hie parents of the child
ren of the surrounding towns and
villages will probably move here
for the winter, so that the children
may attend school, us there has
been a great deal of talk to that
effect.
Unga—Capt. O'. A. Johnson, of
the Alaska Salmon Packing Co. at
Nelson’s Lagoon, liereiuleen bay,
had his right arm broken and was
also severely injured about the j
laxly by the falling upon him of a
large fish tank which lie was set
ting in place. Dr. Silverman, of
the Ojxdlo Mining Co., was sent for
and reports the Captain as doing
very nicely.
A man in the employ of the
Opollo Mining Co., name unknown,
had one of his legs Imdly crushed
while at work in the mine. He is
now in the hospital under the doc
tor’s care, ard is progressing favor
ably.
The 00 stamp mill of the Opollo
mine is now running full time and
with plenty of water. They expect
to make a good seasons run. Mr.
Brown, the superintendent, is ex
pdeted hack shortly, when they ex
pect to resume operations in pump
ing out the new shaft, which is still
tlooded.
Hopes are entertained that the
Department of Justice will see the
advisability of building a court
house and jail for this precinct.
1 lie Commissioner holds court in
schoolhouse, and the jail at present
used is very insecure, especially in
the event of having to harbor any
desjx-rate prisoners.
The placer diggings on Pnjioff
Island are still in opeiation, and
lair wages are made. Fresh small
deposits are being continually dis
covered all along the bench, and
still richer may yet he found.
Judge Urown lias made the an*
announcement that he would in
the future drop his efforts to secure
moral reform anil let such matters
rest w ith the municipalities.
1 o Bachelors.
There are some hundreds of
thousands more men than women
in the Central and Western stales
of America and in Cnnada.
As a result thousands of trusty
men—Farmers, Miners and others
—living in certain districts there
cannot possibly get wives in their
own neighliorhoods.
But in England, Scotland. Ire
land and Wales there nrc a million
more women than men and, in
these countries, thousands of good,
intelligent and attractive girls—
many of them daughters of farmers
and all of them qualified to make
excellent wives—see nothing be
fore them while they stay here but
the prospect of living and dying ns
old maids and this, to them, is a
decidedly unpleasant prosj>ect.
They would willingly emigrate to
America, could they be assured
that they were going to meet worthy
men there as husbands, and that
they could look forwurd to happy,
if humble, homes on the other side
of the Atlantic.
We may say that all of them
could afford to emigrate at their
own expense.
We are prepared to give good
men introductions to these girls.
If you wish to get an introduc
tion please write us with such par
ticulars of yourself (age, national
ity, occupation and circumstances)
ns a sensible girl would expect to
get and we shall write you in re
ply, with a view to bringing about
a suitable introduction without un
due delav.
Tell us what kind of a wife (age,
nationality, appearance and dis
position) you wish to get.
If you have preference for any
particular Christian Sect please
name it.
You will also enclose our fee of
$5. A further fee of $45 will he
due to us within one month after
marriage, thus making $50 alto
gether. We do not confine our
selves to one introduction. We
give ns many as will lie necessary
until marriage. But we make no
charge for any introduction after
the payment of our said fee of $5
for the first.
It is not at all necessary that
you should be a wealthy man.
But it is necessary that you be
a man who would make a kind
and good husband to a good wife.
If you are not such a man please
do not write us.
Address—
Messrs. John Lloyd & Duncan,
Anglo-American Agents,
91 St. Mary’s It dad,
Leyton, London, England.
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State price ]>er running inch. A.
H. Uollschall, 250 Hummel street,
Harrisburg, Pa. 18
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Incubator, gives you large profits be
sides. Write for free catalogue of In
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CENTURY MFG. CO.
_CAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.
Summons.
IN Til:: FNITBD STATUS DISTRICT COFRT.
FOIl T*. K DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
TilIRD DIVISION.
Itnn<u>l llaruim llw'L-u I
Summon*
lor
Publication.
The President of the I’nlfol State*. send*
greeting to Mnggie Hick*, defendant:
You am hereby required to appear In an
actiou brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the I'nlN State* l>i*trlet Court, for
the District of Alaska. Third Division. and an
swer the complaint filed therein within thirty
day* after the com: let ion of the perh*d o*f
publication of thin summon*, to wit*
The said action wa« brought to obtain a de
cree dissolving the laind* of niatrimouv hereto
fore and now existing lietwccn pl.iintift and de
fendant.
And yon arc hereby notified that If yon
fall to api**tir and answer tlie complaint, a* ,
above required, t e said plaintiff will apply to '
the Court for the relief demanded.
Order for service of summon* of publication
wa* made on the 2nd day of .tune. 1WM.
WITNESS, the Honorable Janie* Wicker
sham. Judge of said Court this 12th day of
August, 1W»4. and of the Independence of the
Called State* of Amcriee. the One Hundredth
end Twenty-ninth. __
(Seal.) ' a. K. Heilm,
f’lerk (’. S. District Court, for the District
of Alaska, Third Division
By E. A. IIkndekson. Deputy.
J. W. Leeot. Attorney for the Plaintiff,
V aid vs, Alaska.
First date of publication Augiut 1H, ism.
lAst date of publication Sept. 2V. lyui.
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To El. PuEl.An. her heirs or assign*.
, You art* hereby notified that the undersigned
F. A. Cornell, your co-owner hi the hereinafter
described mining claim* lias expended the sum
ot Two Hundred hollar* (93m) during the year
RAW in the development and improvement of
those certain ■.lining claims situated on I'yak
Hay. Kadiak Dland, I'yak Mining District,
Alaska, described as follows, to wit: Tunnel
claim located Kebuary 21. ljvi, by Dan Dough
erty and Kl. Phelan, notice of 1<m at ion record
ed April lit. UNO. in Vol. l at page 2V. of Mining
h«M>ations of the record* of the District Record
er at Kodiak. Alaska: I.. C. I.. claim hvated In
H**- and not lea «>f location recorded in the
IxMtks of said records nt Kodiak.
Said sum of money xoexpended in the devel
opment and improvement of Said claims wa*
so expended a* and for tin: annual labor for the
year Ration said claims re<|Uire«l by Section
2f_*l of the Revised Statutes of the L'nited States,
atwl the amendments tin reto.
You are further notified that tf vou fail to
pay to the undersigned the proportion of the
said sum dim from vou on or belorc the expira
tioti of ninety (i*d »(ay* from the publication of
tills notice, t»»-wii on or before January 12, ltm*.,
your imelest In said claims will !*■ forfeited
and liceoine the property of your undersigned
co-owner.
Payineut may in* made to the undersigned
at I’yak, Alaska, or to his attornev* (ioodell «k
Edwards, at Valdez, Alaska
F. A. Cornell.
Dated at Valdes, Alaska, July 14, RAM.
Date of first publication Julv 14tli Ram.
Date of last pwbln atlon Oct'13th 1WM.*
IN THE CNITKh STATES 4 OMMISSIONEKH
COt'RT FOR THE !*I>TKH T OF ALASKA.
COOK INLET I'UKI INCT.
IX PRORATR.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Hrouson, densisvd.
CITATION TO IIE1RH
To Jonh Dih* and Jane Roe. heirs of the estate
above mentioned, and u> all others unknown,
if any such there **.•.
Bv order of this Court you are hereby cited
and required to appear before tin* Judge of
this Court, at the Court-room thereof, at Sew
ard, iu Cook Inlet Precinct, IMstrlet of |
Alaska, on Tucadav. the J»th day of Sepftuiher. !
lwi, at lo o'etock iu the foreman* *»i tuat day. 1
then and there to show cause, if any you have,
why an order ot sale **f the rcul’pfo|**rty of
said estate should not be made as iu the peti
tion of the administrator prayed for.
The said real property in briefly described as
follows:
Hue frame cabin at Sunrise, Alaska.
One undivided one-half interest in the
following described property -ituutod in Hope,
Alaska.
The Hope City Hotel grounds und build
ings thereon.
The *‘Callnhaii Cabin" and ground b ;
longiirg thereto.
The •*Kuyuor Cabin" and lot.
The “Parmcnter Cabin" and lot.
Witness, II. II. Hildreth, t'nlt d states Com
missioner and Probate Judge, iu and ior Cook
Inlet Precinct, district of Alaska, with the seal
of said i’ouit allixed, this 12th day of July, law.
(Heal) II. II. IIlLbRKTH
l*. 8. Commissioner
2a
Notice of Forfeitare.
Yakatagc, Alaska, July 22, l'.XM.
To D. C. Blodget:
You are hereby notified that 1 have expend
ed during the year llUtf One Hundred Dollar*
(?lun) in labor and improvement* upon each oi
tiie following placer mining cluim*: No. 2 above
Discovery and No. 10 Mow Discovery, both sit
uated on White River near Yakatagc,'in Galana
Mining District, Galana Recording District.
District of Alaska, iu order to hold said claims
under the provisions of Section 2324 of the
Revised Statute* of the I’uitod State* and the
amendment* thereto approved January 22. lwa»
concerning aunual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to bold said claim*
for the period ending 2>eccmbcr 31, l'Jtff. And
I it within uiucty days from the peisoiml service
j of this notice, or within ninety days alter the
publication thereof, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex (and it lire
at a co-owner, your interest in *aid claim*
will become the property of the subscriber,
your co-owner, who ha* made the required ex
l*onditure by the terms of said section.
HaLToK Jknskn.
Date of first publication July £->, l.*>i.
Date of las? publication Oct. 27, l‘JU4.
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yuldez, Alaska, August 1, l'AU.
To —. —. Moss:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned Russel K. l(obiu*oii has expended
during the years lmrj and tyu3 four hundred
(UlU) dollars Upon the Lueky Nine and Sk<»okcin
mining claims, situated near McKinley Lake in
the Algatiik Mining District and iii Vald.z
Recording District, the U»catiou notice* of
which claims are now of record in the office of
the Pulled States Commissioner at Valdez, and
to which notices reference is made for a more
particular description thereof, in order to hold
said claims under provision of Section 2B4.
Kovised 1st unites of tlie Cnitcd Stales, and the 1
amendment* relating thereto concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said <*laim- during
the year* 1HU2 and l«auct. ending December31, lyu1
And if at the cxidration of ninety days from
the publication of this notice, you fail or refuse
to eoutribute your proportion of such expend
iture, your interest in said claims will become
the property of the undersigned, your co-own
er. who ha* made the required expenditure by i
the term* of said section.
Russel K. Robinson.
First Publication Aug.4. !M>I.
Last Publication Nov. 3. HAH.
i
Prospectors 8 Hunters
Will gave their freiicht and expense of
handling by purehaMinj; their
sup|di* * at the store* of
H. n. WETHERBEE,
KENAI and KUSSILOEF,
COOK INLET, ALASKA.
Full Line of
General Merchandise
CLOTHIXG, HARDWARE,
PROVISIONS, ETC.
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KENAI, ALASKA.
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Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
fl_ In# h#lln# FART AN,) COMMODIOUS SERVICE
\|f M\ |n lK;twocn Valtlox. Sewunl and St allU>. Suil
•/II • JUJ* IfvllUI ing from Seattle Juno 10t!» and :{Oih.
Equipped With All Modern Conveniences.
Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for
Qtr FYlVkinr Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Yakutat, V.ahlez,
tJll* CALUMU1 ^ Seward, Cook Inlet and way |>orts. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and way ports,
t. 16th of each month.
Sails* from Seattle on 1 titli of each month
for Juncnv, Sitka; Kayak, Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and wav jmrts. Con
Str. Santa Ana -j nects at Valdez will Str. Dora for all jwsrts
between Valdez and 1‘nalaska. Sails from
Valdez for Seattle and way jsorts, 1st of
„ each month.
From Valdez to I’nalnska and wa v ports
Qfr hnn J 26th of each month, connecting at Valdez
JU. UUld , with 8. 8. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
E.gE. CAINE, President. J. F. TRORRI IKSE, Gen. Mgr
B18 First Ave., Seattle. Wash.
C. W. MILLER. Ass’t Mgr.
Phone lfi Valdez, Alaska.
A. B lie*, Pro*. F. M. Brown. Tren*. F. J. Kinghorn, See.
Valdez Dcch S Moose Company.
Goods may he shipped In mir care and left in warehouse till
called for. Parties jf-diur to the Interior wi!i find iti -nwn
lent to leave eotisieninentM with 11% to In* forwarded to -n.-h
Points and at Mieb time as,they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being l-4th mile from nearest building
Home Restaraant : .
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From t> O'clock A.M.
to 9t O’clock I’.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
Ice Cream Parlor
MRS. E. II. AEEEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtim s,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Hells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone 39.
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Fine Varnishes/Builders Hardware,
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McKinley Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart St
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
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