News From Westward.
Items of interest From Various
Camps. New Oil Strike.
Coai. II \ unon —A report has just
couie in that a shooting scrape lias
occurred at the Pirate Cove cod
fishing station on P.»jK>ff island,
near Sand Point, and that one of
the native fishermen was fatally
wounded. This is a station where
only natives are employed. No
particulars have been received.
Die schr. Ralph J. Long arrived
at Coal Harbor on June 11 with
a full cargo of lumber and sup
plies for the Tidewater Consoli
dated Coal Co.
The new bench diggings on the
Sand Point sand spit attracts in
increasing interest and is proving
a genuine God-scnd to the doxen
amateur miners who have thus
far washed out, it is estimated, in
the neighborhood of 18.000 during
the past month, The gold is very
light in color and is found at low
tide on a vellow clav bedrock.
Mr. Thad. D. Bradford, of New
York, Imvlnjj put in a year or
more at Cotfl ftarlwr studying tlic
possibilities for ‘attic raising, is so
well pleased with the outlook that
he is now on his way to the states
to secure a breeding stock of about
200 head. These will be shipped
to Unga island, where all arrunge
linve been made to receive them.
Unga island is an ideal spot for th
purpose, lying as it does south of
the lower end of the Alaskan pe
ninsula, and directly en the route
of the Nome boats. The grass is
rich and abundant, the climate in
winter not severe and the sndwfall
light. Mr. Bradford will visit the
Fair and go on to New York before
returning.
Afognak, Alaska.—The Malina
tiald Mining Company is making
extensive preparations to operate
its property on a large scale, it is
now in excellent condition for ac
tive work to be carried on. There
aro eight claims in the group and
all at tide water where the build
ing of a short wharf will allow
ships of any draft to load up in a
good harbor. The ledge or lodges
consist of a free-millingquartz that
can be traced for several miles and
is m contact vein lying between
)H>rphry and granite walls. It was
discovered in 1901 by John Falstad
nnd Harry Vick, the former spent
several years prospecting through
Alaska, and being a man of exper
ience, fully recognized the value of
the discovery both for body and
quality and loot no time in making
good the locations on which tho as
sessment work lias been faithfully
performed up to this season. On
one of tho claims a tunnel has been
run in 120 feet where a fr.co of ore
35 feet thick was cleared off frem
wall to wall. Last season a com
pany was formed to handle the
property with E. H. Hamilton ub
president, \V. F. Sperbeck, secre
tary and Chas. W. Dixon, treas
urer. All of the original owners
have taken stock in the company
which has issued 1,000,000 shares
at a par value of II each. John
Falstad will act as manager of the
mines in the future workings.
Uyak B*»y, Alaska.—The Uynk
Bay Gold Mining Company, K. A.
Cornell, supt., have their five stamp
mill in full operation and are do
ing a vigorous business, with very
profitable results. As op|>ortunily
permits the plant will lx* increased.
This property, consisting of a rich
free milling ore was discovered in
1984 and has lecn slowly but
steadily developed by l)an Dough
erty who alone built up two gixxl
dumps from two tunnels that he
ran in, one of 125 feet and the
other 160 feet. He untiringly
stayed with the work until the
property was taken up by the
the present company.
Ungn, Alaska.—The four-masted
schooner Alex T. Brown, sailed
June 17th with a cargo of concen
trates from the Apollo mine, for
Tacoma. She also carried as pas
sengers Mr. and Mrs. Brown and
daughter, Mr. Gallagher and Mr.
Eisner, all for San Francisco.
The work at the Apollo mine is |
still somewhat hindered, as they
are yet waiting for n pump suf
ficiently large enough to cope with
the water in the new shaft, which
remains flooded.
July Fourth passed off very
quietly as it rained heavily all day.
A half-breed Russian, formerly
cook for Pete Nelson at Unga, re
cently took advantage of an intoxi
cated resident and transferred the
Contents of the drunk’s pocket to
his own, for which he was arrested,
convicted and sentenced to six
months in the Valdez jail.
Hope, Alaska. — The Buzard
brothers have erected a sawmill
on their extensive placer property
and this spring sawed out 850,000
foot of lumber for their own use,
while operating their placer ground
they will also open up and devel
ope their adjacent quartz property
and for that purpose have this
spring taken in on the ground and
set up a new engine and air com
pressor. James Buzard, one of the
brothers, went out to the states on
the Excelsior and will return as
soon as posBiblo with additional
machinery.
Coal Bay, Alaska.—A flow of oil
has recently been struck here and
new wells are being sunk. It has
created considerable excitement in
the neighborhood and preparations
are being made for a large influx
of people. A town site has been
located and is being laid out in
good shape and will be known as
Becherof, the lots are now in con
dition to be taken up and applica
tion has already been made for
several as there is at the present
time 'piite a large pay roll to the
men working at the borings.
A second engine for use on the
tracks of the Yakutat and Southern
railroad v.ts shipped north on the
Santa Ana.
There are during the present sea
son 12 goologic and topographic
parties through Alacka doing gov
ernment work under an appropri
ation of 980,Q00 as passed by the
last congress.
Call for
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Phone 37
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Editor Pkusi'kctok:
My romimiiiication, published
in your last issue, seems to liavi
aroused tlie ire of the editor of th<
News, tho such was not my intern
nor di<i I dream hut that an horns,
criticism, eonched in respectfm
language, would l« received in th
same spirit in which it was written.
It was not my intention to pro
mote, and it is still further from
my intent to carry on through tin
columns of your paper any contro
versy on the subject, but under the
circumstances, if you will jicrmit
I would like to reply to some of the
statements made by tho editor in
his last issue.
His statement that I am ‘‘noi
the only one in this world who
thinks he knows how a ncwspujier
should be run” is uncalled for as I
made no claim to the posssscion ol
such knowledge, while the (act that
there are il»>se who think they
know to run a paper is so appar
ent as to make the assertion sujier
fluous.
W hile it is true that a newspaper
cannot “please all the people all
tho time” it is equally true that
tho successful newspaper man,
like the successful merchant, is the
one who ascertains what his pa
trons desire and endeavors to pro
vide it.
If the editor of the News will
canvass tho town 1 hclievc he will
find a majority of his readers will
ing to dispense with editorials on
terri-torial government of the qual
ity heretofore presented.
Reader.
FIVE HUMORED GOLD BRICKS
Shaft toata Bant to Om Shipman*
at ItofHri from Im York
to IfettodelpbU.
Ih* hundred gold bricks—not
the kind so dcar to tho heart of tho
investing agriculturist, but the
aort Uncle Mtun dealt in—were
loaded into the treotaro wagons
of the United State* Express Go.
at the assay office one morning, re
cently, driven rapidly to the Liber
ty street terry and to transported
to the mint at Philadelphia,
where they ora to be converted
into gold coin. The total weight
of tbs gold wot in the neighbor
hood of 14,000 or 15,000 pounds—
seven or seven and a halt tons.
Its value was about 4*000,000, says
the New York Boa
This Is part of a shipment of
910,000,000 worth of gold in bars
from this office to the mint in Phil
adelphia within the past four or
five days," said Superintendent
Mason, of the assay office. "We
send no guards with the treasure.
This Is a matter for the express
company. We bars a contract
with them to carry oar coin and
predous metals and they take all
the responsibility from the time
the consignment lea res the door
of the assay office until it is de
livered within the doors of the
mint. The gold bars are packed in
boxes averaging somewhere in the
neighborhood of ffiO.UOO to a box.
Rach gold bar weight from 38 to
30 pounds and is worth In the
neighborhood of 1*8,000.”
In the back room of tbs assay
office wore a ooople of boxes, oa
small hand trucks partially Ailed
wit)i the gold bare.
"IV? careful of year Angers,”
said an attendant as a reporter
picked up one of the bars and rv
[tlaced It on end by the side of its
mates. "Ton would be surprised
to know bow thoss gold bars will
pinch If you give them a chance to.
Y^*-ir dead weight is so great in
j-operfion to their size the! their
will cut right info tie- Aesh
i‘ pet your fingers in between.
We have to be very careful in
hr.:-iHtig tlietn."
At tlie United Mates express
I ollliv rt wan said that three armed
guards nrt-^npank-d the precious
tnctnl from tlie time It was rs
ectved into (lie express company's
wagons until it was delivered into
the mint, the guards riding in the
wagons and express oar all tbs
way.
“\V* recently carried a lot of
gold coin for the government
from here to San Francisco,” said
a clerk in the express office, "and
armed guards accompanied tlie
treasure all the way across the
continent—not the same guards
wlm started with it from New
York, but relays of guards picked
up at points on the war. Tlie coin
1 was destined for the Philippines.**
-10CCASINS FOR SOLDIERS.
- i
inquiries Unde by Representative* of
Bowen at War for “Bangor*
, ’ Golden Slip pen.’’
' Inquiries bare beet WUhtdla i
LiUgor, Me., from (Mom sup- ;
->*•*<1 to represent tdtHevthe Run- i
inn or the JapSBMt government
■ int erning prices tbr moccasins
.1 large tpiuntitics and the carli
st date of delivery at Atlantic or
-’aeitic jiorts. It is supposed that
■ lie moccasins are wanted for sol
Jicrs campaigning in Manchuria.
!'or tiiat purpose they would be
minentiy suitable, says tha New
Vork Sun.
The moccasin It the favorite
fnot wear of tlie lumbermen of
'.faine, and was first math* in Ran
■or in ISol. At flrfct only one or
two styles were made, but now
moccasins nre manufactured in
great variety, ranging from slip
tiers for women nnd children—
-oft as kid and embroidered with
1-ends—to the atont boots nnd lar
rigans of the Penobscot lumber
men.
Much of the sewing la etlll done
by hand, being let out by the piece
to French Canadian families in
the neighborhood of Rangor. All
moccasins are made of a specially
prepared leather, rendered a gold
en yellow by a peculiar process of
tanning.
The oommon moron sin la not
proof against water, but it haa
room for several pairs of stock
ings. anil that ia aatrougpoint in
ita favor. For keeping the feet
warm and dry In cold weather the
moecaain haa no equal.
The greater i»art of the mocca
sin leather still comes from the
place of ita origin, Pawtucket.
R- I., although a considerable
'umntity is tanned in Rangor.
Knme years ago Bangor men es
tablished factories at. Bed Wing,
Minn., and Racine, Wia.
The dainty hath allppem. which
are not really moccasins, bnt are
made from soft elk sldn. are In
great demand nt home and nhroad.
»>d arc esprwinlly favored by the
'-tilics of Japan, to wbi<-b country
’tam-nr sends large quantifies. If
ew seems likely fhnt •‘Bangor's
“Mon na moccusina nrv
•ailed, may be worn by the con
tending armies in Manchuria.
JAPAN'S FIRST IRONCLAD.
Ba 0»uw Kadi t Brae* Hai\ Bri
Ooatdan atop Bar TUI Tfaaa
I
That the role of Japan m a mar
itime i>ower is a new one Is
brought strongly to our notice by
recalliug the quite well autheu
tieated story of the first adven
ture of the first Japanese lnm
clad, says Country Life.
SIk* was built in England.
While she was building her prow
were also in England practicing,
in other ironclads how to drive
lier. Whcu she was finished tin
Japanese seamen took ixasscssiou
of her, bravely maintaining that
they were fully equal to the task
of starting her.
And that, to lie sure, they were,
for she steamed out finely. The
trouble only began when site came
back to jiort again. Then, when
they wanted 1o slow her down and
stop her, they were uu&tde to do
so.
They had to put her out to sen
again and go on steaming her
about till her lire's went out, her
engines stopped for want o?
steam, nnd she could lie towed ii:
From thin to having the lies
mentnlly-e<juip]>ed crews, jvrhnp*
of any nation mh>rui a long step
hut it has been a very rapid one.
xnseet senses.
Naturalists have derided tha'
many inserts have senses whir,
human beings lac*. That of ioe-.
riou, shown by the wasp, for ii.
•Inure, is remarkable. Ota* sp
••ies builds its nest in a sandbar
that is only a part erf several art
••f suc h soil, aud when it leave* i
*eareh of food it (covers the nest *•
• arefiil’v that no ordinary ey
• ould disc-over its lo-atiou. Th;
is to say it is just like all the sin
rounding location, and yet th
wasp Hies hueck to it without lie-;
itation and finds it without in;:!
ing a mistake. There is nnotln
wasp that unerringly locates th
■••Mr* of the mason lire* under :
hic k layer of sun-linked «-lav. an
Vt-osits her eggs in the sane
•ells that her young may have
'ood when they are hatched.
Timber for Cigar-Boxes.
1‘rac-t'rally all the limber used
'or cigarbox-s :v..u‘s‘frou Cuba
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Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
fl_ l« |\Jk. FAST ANI) COMMODIOUS SKRVICB
ill ln\ llnlmr '•‘••tween Valdez. Seward and Scuttle. Sail*
Jill JUJi IrvllUI i"p from Seattle June 10th and HOth.
Equipped With All Modern Conveniences.
(Sails* from Seattle lift of each month for
Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Yakutat, Valdez,
Sewurd, Cook Inlet and way ports*. Suita
from Valdez for Seattle and way ports,
l 16th of each month.
Sails from Seattle on 18th of each month
for Juneav, Sitka; Kavak, Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports*. Con
Str Santa Ana necta at Valdez with Str. Dora for all ports
OU. pallid Alld between Valdez and Unalaskn. Sails from
Valdez for Seattle and way jforts, 1st of
eaeb month.
From Valdez to Unalaska and way {sorts
c*r Tlnro 26th of each month, connecting at Valdez
oil. UUId with S. S. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for ail kinds of Steam or House Coal
E'|E. CAINE, President. J. F. TROBRIlHiE, Gen. Mgr.
618 First Ave., Seattle, Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Aes’t Mzr.
Phone 16 Valdez, Alaska.
A. B lies, Pres.fcJ£j£}t'_ F. M. Brown, Treas. F. J. Kinghorn, Sec.
Valdez Dock ? Warehouse Company.
(Iwdi imjt U* iliippra in mir c*r« *iid left in warehouse till
railed for. I'artic* going to the interior will find it enliven*
lent to ifitvc i tniaigtiiiieniP uith up inrwnrdeu lu su» u
points and Ht pueh time an they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being l-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blucksmithing made a special feature. Give u» u call.
*Joit. Keystone and McKinley. Vai.diek
Home Siesta rant i .
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Ellas Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From C O’clock A.M.
to 9£0’clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
Ice Cream Parlor
MR8. E. H. ALLEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Delia and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phono 39.
Where DolYouiStop? Why of Course at
MINERS' HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st. and Keystone av C. Johnson, Prop
McKinley Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart St.
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
V. M. EDWARDS, White Block.
HYDRAULIC
Giants Water Lifters,
Elevators Pipes
Derricks, Gates
Questions in regard to HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROB
LEMS freely answered. •
rue DAI ICC PO 503 Mission Street,
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