VOLUME 3, NO. 8 VALDEZ* ALASKA* THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904. OFFICIAL QTY PAPER.
Spring sale of
Shirt Waists
Beginning
Monday) Aj>ril 4th*
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Medicine for the trail.
Snow glasses.
Location Notices.
P. O. PRUO STORE, j
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ^ ALASKA
City Market
NEXT TO THE N17.IXA.
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PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Itetail Dealer*
lilVK US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that 1 will
pay all City Warrants up to and
including No. 02, series 1903, if
presented for payment on or before
April 10th, 1904. Interest on said
warrants stops on said day.
Valdez, Alaska, Mar. 31, 1904.
41. Sho.vubkrg,
City Treasurer.
A telegram from Washington
states that the House conference
committee approved the appropria
tion for continuing the cable to
Valdez, but did not iavor the wagon ,
goad appropriation. |
The Postoffice
Will Remain Where Xt Vow la.
Jefferson Will Be The
Deputy.
It is now definitely settled that
the poet office will not be moved
from the White building. Gus
Spongberg received his commission
on the last boat, and his bond is
now on the way out for approval.
J. D. Jefferson has secured the pos
ition of deputy postmaster, and
will be in charge of the office. The
change in postmasters will be made
in a few weeks.
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Elamar Mine Closed.
Restraining Order Issued By Judge
Brown, Pending A
Suit.
In the case of Chas. Rua against
the ElLamar Mining Co., Judge
Brown of Juneau recently issued a
restraining order preventing the
company from operating the mine
pending suit for an accounting of
all ore shipped to date.
Tlte pajiers are now iu the hands
of Deputy Marshal Dreibelbis of
this place, who will serve them at
the earliest possible date. The
case contes up for trial May 2.
Candidate For Governor
W. T. Perkins, Of Tacoma, After
Appointment. Other Can
didates.
Washington, March 30.—W. X
Perkins, of Tacoma and Nome,
auditor of Northern Commenial
Co., and dclegat*.- to re]iu)>licau
convention, lias come out as a can
didate for Governor of Alaska. lie
called on Roosevelt to-day, being
introduced by the secretary of the
treasury, Shaw. He was intro
duced to secretary of interior*
Hitchcock, l»v senator Fry. Per
kins has strong endorsements.
Brady’s term expires June tith, and
lie has many supporters for re-ap
j |K>intment. John G. Held, of Ju
neau, am] nmrslml Slump arc also
candidates for the oflice. They
would all have held hack if Jarvis
would liave allowed tlie use of his
name, but lie refused.
▲ Wedding.
Invitations are out for tlie mar
riage of MarneC. Murman to E. R.
Wheat. The wedding will take
place Saturday evening, April 9th,
at the Church of tlie Epiphany^at
8 o’clock, aud will be followed by a
reception at tlie residence of Mr.
and Mrs. James Fish.
Dog Feed, 5 cents per )iouad. It
is cookku and ready fur use. Val
dez Market
mm dats
MAKING THE THROUGH TRIP
FROM
Wanks lo Valdez.
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Ujrnn Smith, of Rampart, Comes
Over Trail Makes Good
, Time.
tfiixtocn days from Fairbanks to
Valdez, a distanceof over 400 mile*
is the record made hy Lynn Smith,
of Rampart.
Mr. Smith left Rampart March
1 and made Fairbanks in live day*.
He left Fairbanks with mail carrier
Ben net and accompanied him to
mouth of Oulkana. where Rennet
turned hack ami Smith accompan
Bcrt Skinner to town.
He reports a good steady camp
at Rampart and has with him an
lli ounce nugget as a sample from
Little Mi nook. He left on the
Dollar and will return to the in
terior this summer.
Town Pays No Salaries.
Town Officials Will Work With
out Pay. New Treas
urer.
The council is continuing it* pol
icy of retrenchment. Monday night
all of the remaining town officers,
except that of clerk, were declared
vacant, and therefore the payroll of
the town at the present time is only
♦25 a month.
A resolution wa* introduced and
will be acted ujion next week, to
cut out the street lights for the
summer. During the past week
the couneilmen have been looking
for public spirited citizens who
would fill town officers without re
muneration. They succeeded in
finding men who would take the
treasury ship, position of health of
ficer and fire chief.
John Y. Ostrander was elected
without opposition as treasurer;
F. M. Boyle was re-elected health
•oHitcr, Antone Carlson was given
the position of fire chief and \V. II.
Crary was appointed Marshal.
John Lyon* has volunteered toper
form the duties of municipal mag
istrate without salary, so that now
there is ik> officer drawing salary
except five clerk.
An aueiupi win De made by .Mr.
Carlson to organize a small volun
teer fire department from among
the clerks and business men of the
town, wlio will drill occasionally
in order to become familiar with
the work. A systemof Imjimiscs will
' be devised, so that every fireman
who is present at a lire will receive
a certain amount for his lalior. It
is expected in this manner to main
tain more interest in the work and
secure lietter fire protection. At
present there is very little water
I in the town wells, but as soon as
j the ground thaws a little steps will
| be taken to inijwove the wells and
make them more serviceable.
Hume In The Field.
Washington, Alar. 30.—Senator
Ankeny called an the president
to-day and presented the name of
candidate for district judge of Alas
ka. Ankeny declined to discuss
the matter, Iwt the name eup|>oscd
to be presented was that of ex- may
or Humeof Beattie. Marshal frank
Richards, of A'oiueX'hurles Sullivan
and others have planned bitter
campaign against the re-appoint
meut of Judge Wickersham,Looking
to Ankeny for support,
N, V, Harlan is also a candidate
for a judgeship and petitions in hisi
behalf hare been filed.
House committee -on judiciary
or* lore* IJfa v or a hie rejs»rt on hill ie-1
eentlv passed by tlie senate creat
ing new judicial district by divid
ing present third district.
Copper Center Enthused
Over Prospects in Shnshitna. La
test Strike On OOd
Channel.
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Copper Ckxtkii. March 24.—The
Shnshitna will no douht turn out
a good deal better than expected.
Boh Coles just came l«aek from
there » eoirple of day? ago to meet
hi? outfit that Bartlett is liringing
in. He left Jacobson in thereto!
do a whole lot of prospecting while I
he came here. It seems that Jacob
son and Boh have located an old
river channel that will turn out
better than tlie discovery on Val
dez creek. They prospected Valdez
creek on the discovery claim and
Boh sav? it prospects just a^ good
as Miller’s claim on Miller gulch.J
and 1 tell you that’s pretty g.xnl.
Just look at the extent of country!
they have there compared to what j
there is over at Slate creek. They
located quite a number of claims,
and Boh feels pretty good over it, j
and so does Jake. Tliey think it i?
the best looking country that they
ever got into. Boh reports that
there is good glare ice on the Shu
shitna.
Pete Monahan lias liet*n up the!
Tazliaa several miles and found it ]
pretty g od going. All with horses:
are going up the Tuzlina. also some
dogs. A few of those with dogs are
going up the (iulkana and taking
the overland route. They expect
to reach Valdez creek about April
20th.
Copper Center is booming at
present. It lias about tlte tame
appearance as in ’98,with camps in
every direction. Early in the morn
ing oue can see the smoke rising
from many camps, also from Alt.
Wrangell for it tires up as early as!
any prospector. Holman is getting
pretty well established. The Cop
per river is fine going still.
Tike government party expects!
to he back from Mcntasta by April
Oth. They put on 3,000 to 3,500
pounds to the horse when they I
started out. Bux. I
Cable Sure.
J. T. Flynn, of Seattle, in a let
ter to a resident of Valdez, states!
that lie has been in Washington
for the past couple of months using I
his utmost otdeavois to secure leg
islation for the extension of the|
Alaska cable to Valdez. He states j
that he has every assurance that it ■
will be extended this coming sum
mer.
Mr. Flynn last summer Itegan
the publication of* paper named
itiie Midnight Sun. The tirst num
I U-r was an elegant edition largely
devoted to Alaska. Other business
compelled him to suspend ior a
time, hut lie states that he is now
ready to go on with it, and will lie
gin again Aj»ril with a 100,000
Alaska edition.
The Court House.
Flans and sjiecitications for the
court house are now in the hands
of the architect, A. J. Adams, and
are being pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible. Tlie main
building will be 40x27, with an
annex tor stairway, 14x2± Tlie
building will he two stories to cost
about $SOO0.
The lower floor will contain the
the clerk’s room, 17x20; the com
missioner’s room. 19x30; marshal’s
room, 17x24; judge’s room, 16x24;
lihrary; 17xi6. These will occupy
Inith sides of tlie building, with a
6-foot hall through the center.
The upper floor will contain the
court room, 62x40, and two jury
rooms, each 17x18. The frontage
will lie on Alaska averwu.
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ITEMS ABOUT RUSHERS AND
TRAIL
100 Bound For Dizina
Trail Good And Mashers Ahead
of Time This Sea
arm.
There arc at the present time log
men on the trail hound for .Nizina,
and more will follow soon. The
Xizina |teople pulled out so quietly
this spring that few are aware th*i
there are sw many bound for that
camp.
(ieo. Keterlv arrived on the Dol
lar with a force of men to work the
property of the Chititu Develop
ment Co. The men are now on
the trail and (ieorge and wife will
follow in a lev days.
Mr. Hazelett’s party, wh* have
lieen on the trail for some time,
left Teiktiell last Sunday, and are
moving along in tine sluq»e for Xi
zina. A. J. llunt-ke, who will act
as superintendent of the work for
Mr. Huzelett, arrived on tike Dol
lar with several more men ami left
yesterday to join the main party.
Mr. Hazeled will aenompany him
until they catch the outfit. when he
w ill return to town.
Tommy Blakeley, who last veorr
locat'd a number of valuable claims
assays from which run 40 per cent,
copper, is new on kis way ju with
a number of men to do assessment
work, lie expects to do work
enough to secure a patent to ten
claims this fall. The claims are
located on the range five miles east
of Taral and are the tirst located
in that soctkm.
Chas Scldosscr is well in flic lead
of those going to the Xizina. His
work this season will he on Dan
Creek, from which good report*
have been coming out this winter.
He may remain in all next winter.
\\ illard Scott and brother were
last Sunday at Tonsb.a moving
■rapidly toward Xizina They will
operate Xu. 4 Bex gulch.
Last. Sunday J. (1. Stephens’ out
fit was at the mouth of Tonsina
river. He wili work the Home
stake fraction on Bex gulch
Chas. Debord and Jack Tanzy
who aFe hound for Shushitna are
up the Copper and about to cut
across country.
The government party is single
tripping from Chistuehina to Men
tasta and will be be back here at
an early date.
The Fitch and Warner party
split up at Tonsina, Chas Koppu*
and Harry Fitch going to Xizina
while Clarence Warner and Joe
Dalton headed for Shuchitna where
they will spend the summer pros
pecting.
ai. « lute s party is wen on with
tlie head push and will reach the
Bliuskitua in good season.
The trail as a whole is in better
condition than ever before and
there are more goods being moved
this season than at any time since
1898.
Koine has a wild man confined
in the jail. He was eaptured near
there, and is apparently entirely
insane. It is thought by some
that he is a survivor of the ill-fated
Andre party.
Wasted—Copies of tl»e Prospec
tor of the dates August 21,1902,
October 9, 1902 and January 15,
1903. Will pay good price for the
same. Apply this oflicu.