THE “SUMMER LAND.”
Naturalist Stone Writes Enthus
iastically cf This Sec
tion.
It will W a long time Wfore we
thoroughly appreciate Alaska, that
empire that we bought for 17.20(1,
(XX). Hut it is beginning to dawn
H|>on those who are following tin
information that daily comes to
light, that the time is coming when
the purchase of Alaska will W
counted a piece of statesmanship
only second to the Louisiana pur
chase. Besides Wing a great store
house of precious and useful min
erals, a great timWr reserve, n
country of very important agricul
tural possibilities, of waters teem
ing with food fish, it gives promise
of Wcoming the great American
playground of the future.
In the April Scribner’s, Andrew
J. Stone writes enthusiastically
from an explorer-naturalist’s stand
point of the Kcnui peninsula and
Western Alaska. “To undertake
to give people a correct conception
of Arctic America, or any part of
it,” he writes, “is diflicult. Al
though they know that the country
is much larger than the United
States, they look upon it as being
all aliki—a country of long, dark
winters, fields of ice and snow and
barren wastes. In truth, within
Arctic and sub-Arctic America
there is much diversity of climate.
And in the beautiful summer land
of Alaska (Kcnai peninsula) then
are in midsummer endless fields of
W-autiful plant life. Many times
I have left my camp, at the foot of
the mountains, and, passing through
a little meadow, where a variety of
wild grasses waveu their tops above
my bead, i would commence to
climb among the dense, tangled
and almost tropical jungle of al
ders, where grew several varieties
of the most licnutifui ferns. Reach
ing the upper limits of the alders,
great waving fields of the* purple
lupine and dainty red columbinc
cev-cd acres and acres of the high
rolling hills. Among them wild
celery anil wild parsnips grew
many feet high, and other luxur
iant foliage plants gave my sur
roundings an almost tropical ap
pearance. A little farther, many
little ponds grew beautiful yellow
lillies, with their great leaves rest
ing on the surface of the water,
and the purple iris bordered the
shores.”
It is the beautiful land, with
great stretches of rolling meadow
land.that is now open to the home
steader, who, by the munificence of
the last congress, may take 820
acres for the mere trouble of tak
ing. The climate is a pleasant
one. I'nlike some other parts of
tin* Alaska coast country, tin* sum
mer is one of almost endless days
of sunshine. With its great glac
iers, its smoking volcanoes, its
waters and woods full of animal
life, its plant luxuriance, its grand
mountains, its accessibility, this
“summer land of Alaska” will soon
he one of the wonderlands oi the
world.—Minneapolis Journal.
Discovers New Region.
President Markham,of the Royal
Geographical society, commenting
on the achievements of the British
Antarctic ship Discovery, sacs it
ha? lteeti proved conclusively that
tlu- greater part of the Antarctic
region is a vast continent. C'apt
Scott, the commander of the Dis
eovery, penetrated 100 miles far
ther south than any previous ex
plorer and discovered an extensive
piountainous region hitherto abso
lutelv unknow n, extending to S'l'iC
south.
He thinks this indicates that tlu;
land stretches to the pole in a series
<>f very lofty mountains, which is
considered to lie far the most im
portant geographic result ever
achieved in Antarctic exploration.
The Discovery wintered it JO uiilei
* further south than any vessel had
previously wintered.
Save money and hard work, how?
* By getting your prospecting outfit
t*r next season from K. Blix, Cop
per Center.
Wellington coal for sale at ofiiee
<yf the P. P. & X. Co.
Interprets Game Law
In a digest of treasury depart-j
nicnt decisions received recently,
is one which turns topsy turvey i
the Alaska game laws passed "by
congress last June ami which, for
hut a very limited open season,
prevented the killing of almost
every kind of game in the North.
The decision of the department
holds that the game laws so far ns
they apply the natives of the
North are non-cffcetivc. That is
to say that the Alaska Indians un
privileged to kill all kinds of
animals for foml at any time they
see fit and ship their skins. All
i other person-, however, are pro-j
! hihited this privilege outside of the!
short open season. .
In the matter of the killing of
| Mack bear the decision says they
'are not included in the game laws
1 and therefore can l»e killed at any
time and the skins shipped out.
' The law as it reads prohibits the
; “killing of lx-ar in a wanton man-;
tier,” and the next section of the
I act states that brown War have an
open season from April 15 to June
! HO. The interpretation of this by
the custom ofl'iccrs was that the
word “hear” referred to all bears
' found in the district.
The decision of the department
amounts, according to those who
have studied it, that all kinds of j
animals may be killed by Indians'
in the North at any time and their
1 carcasses and furs shipped out, so
long as a native is the party trans
acting the business. This wilt,
leave tt loophole for hunters who
will he able to take tt native along'
with them ami slmot to their
hearts content. Until this decision !
was rendered this has not been
possible and there has been a great
deal of complaint among those who
have been accustomed to spend a :
portion of the hunting season each
'year in the north. Under the act
their privileges were taken away
from them even to the killing.
!• or Alaska Railroad.
The steamer Smith Portland has
been bought by the Pacific Alaska
Transportation and Coal company
and her taking over marks an im
portant step in the plans of tin
company. These involve the con
struction of an eighteen-mile rail '
road from Hcrreden bay on the
Pacific side of the Alaska penin
jSula, across to Port Mollcr. on the
Bering sea coast.
The road, the chief object of
which is the development of great
coal properties near Port Muller, it
is announced, will he completed
this summer. The South Portland
will at once hegiu the transporta
; tion of materials and supplies.
The Pacific Alaska Transporta
' ton and Coal company will not only
j mine coal, hut will engage in placer
, and quartz mining, fish canning
and the general development and
i exploration of the Alaska peninsula
Will Support Afillions.
! At a meeting of the Twentieth
Century club, in Boston this win
ter, Mr. Golden, who is a teacher
in the United States public school
at Unga, Alaska, declared that
there is no reason why Russia
should be peopled with its happy,
industrious millions, why Norway
and Sweden should he the poetic
land of the “midnight sun” and
Alaska he practically desolate,
when they are all in the same lati
1 tude.
As a matter of fact the Western
I coast of Alaska is milder than New
England. “1 have seen more snow
and ice in Boston this winter,”
said the speaker, “than I have seen
in Alaska for three years.” Yet
there are only eleven people there
to each 100 miles.
Barring the public schools which
the United States has supplied, said
Mr. Golden, the evils of civilization
as iatro«lneed more than counter
act the good. The natives work
hard and faithfully,but the tempta
tions introduced by the white set
tlers corrupt l>oth native men und
women, und the shocking immor
ality and injustice that follow leave
a train of evils behind which is
rapidly exterminating the aborig
inal race.
Money advanced on goods stored
: with Richards & Co. *
Chartered the Jeanie.
TIh* Arctic steamship Jeanie,
>wnwd l>y tlie Pacific Packing &
Navigation company has hocn char
tered by Dr. Alexander De Solo,
representing the Ik- Soto Placer
mining company, and will sail,
from Seattle on the morning of
lime 1, carrying equipment and
supplies for the company’s projier-i
ties at Council City, valued at,
f-270.000. * . t
Besides the immense machinery
and other equipment that the com
pany will ship to the Council dis
trict, sixty picked men, skilled in'
all kinds of mining, will lie sent
out, Dr. De Soto accompanying the
party as manager, and Copt. \V. H.
Ferguson, formerly I'nited States
commissioner at Council City as!
assistant manager.
The cargo consists principally of,
mining machinery and is acknowl
edged hv mining ojierators to la-!
the largest and most complete
placer mining outfit ever shipped
into Alaska. It contains steam
shovels, dredges, three centrifugal;
1 lumps, laiih-rs and engines; dia
mond drills for the survey party,
complete outfits for the survey
ors and engineers who will have
charge of work of construction of
the Bering Sea iV Council City rail
ways, plows, scrapers, conveyors, a
complete eleetrie light plant for the
mines and the usual miscellaneous
tools.
There will also lie shipped a com
plete steam machine shop, harges,
now being constructed at Ballard;
piping aiul hose, a twenty-bed
hospital outfit for Couucil City,
eight jKirtable houses, eight horses,
cattle and a new boiler for the
company’s river steamer Aurum,
and several thousand feet of lum
ber.
No Revenue Cutter.
The treasury department lias de
cided not to allow the use of reve
nue cutters for the United States
marshal and his staff along the
coast this season. It will be re
membered that Judge W'iekersham
and Matshal Perry were strongly
in favor of having a boat assigned
to that duty, owing to the poor
transportation facilities, hut the
department states that all the cut
ters available for Alaska cruising
will lie fully occupied in other
work.
Information Wanted.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Frank \\\ Stowe, will
confer a great favor on his mother
by notifying this office, or address
Mrs. L. V. Stowe, Shelburne Falls,
Mass.
Information is wanted as to the
whereabouts of E. Knox Brush.
Supposed to have li ft St. Michael
for Valdez, via the Kuskokwim, last
summer. Notify this office or Mrs.
Chas. \V. Brush, Rome, N. Y.
For Cook Inlet Run.
Capt. P. I). Blodgett, who passed
through here on the Santa Ana,
has purchased the San Francisco
steamer Tyonic, which he will run
locally on Cook inlet this season.
She will ply the river as far as the
head of Knik arm, one of the trib
utaries of the inlet.
The Tyonic, which is a compara
tively new vessel, will have accom
modations for forty-five passengers
and 150 tons of freight. She is
I now being placed in commission at
Kodiak. Capt. S. B. Shaw will
command lu r.
Now that the railroad is an as
sured fact, you can well afford to
buy a nice, clean iron bed, a ynm
yum spring, and a hi-yu soft'mat
tress’from Richards A Co., and you
will dream of railroads, corner lots
and great riches; your troubles
will disappear like dew before the
morning sun, and life in Valdez
will l»e one continual round of
pleasure.
li. Blix, Copper Center guaran
tees what? That bis stock of
miners’ and prospectors’ tools and
machinery will bold out uuother
season.
Leave your property for rent or
sale with Mikesell.
RT'P’A’X'S Tubules
Boctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The S-eent pat-kage i« enough (or luutul mn.
•ion. The family bottle (tie eeafa) .-ouiaiai, it
•upply (or ■ year. All drugglutu sell them.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Knuf.avor Oono. Oilmen—Cor.
Olncier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Rev. I). \V. Oram. Pastor.
Services ev«-ry Sunday at 10;H0 n.
in. and X p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even
ing at 7 o'clock. Melvin Dempsey,1
President.
Oilmen ok riif. Epiphany—Cor.
Olfteier Avenue and Unhurt
Street. Services on Sunday at 11
a. m. and X p. ni. Rev. F. S. Tay
lor. Rector.
OftnEBftF At.aSka Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Mall <m Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening nt N
o'clock. A. .T.
Adams, Ruling
Spirit; ('lias. <».
Wulff, Keeper
of Wa Wa.
Kmciits ok Pythias Ci.i'b—W.
A. Hystrom. Pros., W. K. itouschor.
See. Meets 1st ami 3.1 Monday of
each month in eluh rooms over
Shaw A' Williams.
Vai.hkz M \-omc. Ci.ru
Mw!< every Wednesday ev
ening sii rooms over Shaw
»v \\ imam s, at oflm'K. J. w .
Irftily |*ri;s. John Lyons, see.
OKOTIIKKIIOOP OP-A I. ASK A PlOXKKlts
Arthur Itohgai, Chief, \V. J.
McConnell. Secretary.
UcailnnarUMs. Afognnk. Alaska.
V.m hk/. <M>n Fki.row's
> (’i.in—Meets every
Frida v evening in elul*
rooms*. A. II. 11«*i!i^r, 1‘rcs.; I*. S.
Hunt, Soc’v.
ORLMllYDE CULLEN.
Counsel lor-at-Law*
I*. S. Supreme Court. Registered Attorney lT.
s.Patent ofHe . I'nited States ami Foreign Pat
,ent*# CiiveaU.jTrade Marks and eopyrlglit*.
No. 700 7th St. N. W.,
Opp. r . S. Patent Ofllee .
WASHINGTON, D. C.
mn 11 ? nut a
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdex Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuehi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Mads Furnished to Valdez
Toon lots
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Valdez, Alaska
‘WHERE
% ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
John T. Spickett Proprietor
60 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
Tradc Marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
Anronc sending a sketch and description may
quickly uacctiitin our opiirun tree whether an
invention is probably pntentaMo. ( oniiminim
lions strictly confidential. Handbook on I'at cut*
sent free. Ohleat agency fot fcccuruig patents.
Patents taken through Munu A to. re cel vs
rprriof notice, without charge, iu the
Scientific Jlmerkan.
A hundsornely illustrated weekly. largest cir
culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. $3 a
year; four months. $L Bold by all newsdealers.
MUNN &Co.3B,Br#4<ha»-New York
Snocb OIBca. IBS F BU WMblwton. U-C.
Deliver Ed. Smith, the noted
pugilist will give lessons in the
manly art ut reasonable rates. For
particular* see Denver Erl., or call
at this otlice.
tiuj- F. Cameron, teacher of banjo,
mandolin and guitar. Music fur
nished for all occasions. For les
sons, etc., inquire at Broadway
Pharmacy.
Vocal and piano insfruction,
French or German language classes.
. Schneider Sisters, Broadway.
Valdez House
Newly ami Elegantly Furni-iied. Fir-t-Olas*
in Every Particular. it. -r Heated House in
Alaska. Office, I * < adinji llixnn and Parlor in Con*
. met ion. P. P. A N. Co. Office in Ituildin^. U. S.
Telojrru|di Office m W door. Half Hlock from
Post-office.
J. H. Fielding, Prop.
The Wayside Inn :
At Font of Summit on I!nut*- to Interior. Best Ac
comodations for Man ami Beast. Freighting to nil
Points fontPin^s 11 for. Adore— Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez.
\\ ILSOX, DA\ISON <v I.ITTi.K, Puoritirrons.
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To Miners and Prospectors.
On May 1st The NIZINA Tit A D! No COMPANY
will ereet a large handsome store in the rich Nizin.i
Mining Cumin eontnining a sfr.n.iH i -tn.k of 0. neral
Merclinndise, Hardware, etc., wliieli they will dis
pose of at the lowest possible figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of 100 horses and sleds,
will enable them to take their goods into the
interior at a very small cost.
For further particulars see M. II:—, at the
Valdez House.
Nazlna Trading Co.
Herman Meyer,
General Manager
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AND FERRY.
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HOl’SF. Prospector’s Supplies and Storage. The most centrally lo
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| TARAL ROADHOUSE
I April 1st we will open a comfortable Inn and Roadhouse at Taral
I at the head of Wood’s Canyon, near the mouth of the Chittyna, and on
the new short eui summer trail known as the *\Saff” trail to the Nizina
upper Chittyna, Tana and Bremner country. Leaving the government
trail at Kimball pass, it strikes the Copper river at Taral. tiood trail.
Hood boats to cross the river and good trail up Hanagita valley.
WHEATON and WIDMAIER.