Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin
J. A. Fagenberg was an outgoing
passenger on the Saratoga.
Councilman Thomas Cobb is con- \
fined to his rooms with a case of
ptomaine poisoning.
The Shusitna boys arc preparing a
large outfit which they wiil move to
Valdez crock after the holiday
season.
The %Iooso nominated candidates
for officers for the ensuing term last
night. The election will be held next
Thursday night.
B. H. Moran, editor of the Fair
banks News, arrived on the Orr stage
last night and sailed on the Saratoga
for the States.
Mrs. F. M. Brown and Miss Helen
Brown were outgoing passengers on
the Saratoga. Miss Helen will attend
school at Tacoma.
Dr. C. L. Hale, well known in Val
dez, was a through passenger from
Beward, bound for Chicago to take
a post graduate course in dentistry.
L. V. Ray, assistant United States
district attorney, arrived fr..m Sew
ard on the Saratoga. He wiil proba
bly remain until the court session is
held.
Peter Monahan, the discoverer cf
Valdez creek, i3 on the Sara
toga, bound for the States on a l. u>i
aess trip. He will return to Valdez in
time to go in to the diggings over the
winter trail.
The local branch cf the Western
Federation cf Miners has prepared an
excellent program f^r the entertain
ment under ns auspices on the nig..t
cf December 2G Ji.
Parke Griswold, mail carrier for
Crittenden & Miller, came in from
the trail yesterday to go : a touch el
metropolitan life. He saj s the trail
from Teikhell on to interior pongs i?
in splendid condition. When he was
at Tanana crossing, the thermometer
was 50 degrees below zero.
The Prospector was only partially
correct in stati :g that Orr & Co. are
doing repair work on the Fairbanks
Valdez trail. As a matter of fact,
others contributed to a fund raised for
the purpose of putting the read in
good shape between Valdez and Teik
hell. In order, therefore, to give
credit to whom credit is due, the
names and amounts oi tne rcsiKiuM
contributors is herewith produced:
Ed. S. Orr&C'o. £200
Crittenden & Miller 1 **
Jake Nafsted. 50
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co 50
A. L. Levy & Co. 50
J. G. Snyder. 25
W. H. Blackwell 5
Valdez Transfer Co .. 20
Copper River Lumber Co. 15
A1 White -:l
Geo. Krau. °
C. H. Golden . 5
G. A. Candlar.
Debney & Poet. 20
Love & Whitley. 2
Red Cross Drug Co 5
Dee Davis. 2;
A. M. Dierirgcr 2 j
A. K. Crawford ~
Hoyt & Smith . ~~J
An Orr stage arrived from 1 air
banks last night, bringing mail which
left Nome November 13, St. Michae*
November 18, Tanana December 7,
rotate lMi«b»r 12. raa«hl»J
here Dccsmber 10. Assuming that
the Saratoga reaches Seattle on tho .
24th. which she can do, weather per-:
mitting, this will have been the best
trip ever made between Nome and
Seattle, over a winter trail.
The Saratoga sailed for Seattle at 1
o’clock this morning, with the follow
ing passengers: J. S. Sterling, J. T.
Knapp. Jack Johnson, J. Rock, C. R.
LeMuster, H. Ringdahl, Lillie Sulli
van, Chas. Wesley, P. Monahan, C.
Kossuth, D. Van Worden, J. Simp
sen. Max Manger, Henry Gessner,
Leonard Wctt, Helen Brown, Mrs. F.
M. Brown, Wm. Drvman, C. W. Prv
man, Ben Boone, J. II. Edwards. W.
S. Johnson, E. J. Gunther, Carl Carl
son, Mother Soholastica, Miss G. De
Soris, Miss J. O’Bryan, B. II. Moran,
and seven in the steerage.
The last Valdez stage reached Fair
banks in seven and a quarter days,
exceedingly fast traveling.
A Fairbanks paper predicts a stam
pede to the Goodpasture region this
winter, good prospects having been
found there.
Steamer Santa Clara will sail from
Seattle direct Dr Valdez Monday.
Kerch western has not yet anived in
Seat Je, but is scheduled to sail Tues
day, dependent t nihe time sha gets
there, i'i.c Dura sails Saturday next.
Trorn Monday’s Bulletin
James L. Galon, formerly a well
known mining operator of Nh m », is
now ia Yaklez. Galen is a brother-in
law of U. S. Senator Cart r of M >:i
tana, father of the Alaska code.
Messrs. Debney & Poot haw a large
dictionary on the writing table in the
lobby of the Seattle hotel, placed
there for the convenience of guests,
ine other day, a fellow came in and
w hile unobserved deliberately cut one
of the pages from the boi k. Suc h an
art is contemptible in the extreme.
At ihe TillJkum secial Saturday
eve nil g the prizes \v» re wc n by Mrs.
Alvah llainc s and Mr. J. Y. Ostran
der. Five hundred w\ s the game.
There will he $’>0LO worth of fun at
the Charity Ball on New Year’s eve,
and u is ail yours for the price of a
ticket.
An Orr stage is due to arrive here
t -morrow from Fairbanks.
The following self-explanat' ry tele
gram was sent Saturday:
Hon. C. J. Bonaparte," Attorney
General, Washington, D. C.,
Charges preferred against Honora
ble N. V. Harlan by Governor Hoggatt,
are false, in Keystone Canyon case
Governor Hoggatt was evidentiary
attorney for parties charged with
murder. One hundred responsible
parties will make aflida\ it to the
above facts. All reputable persons
in Alaska have implicit confidence in
Judge Harlan.
Your girl-will never forgive you n
vou fail to invite her to attend the
c harity Kali on New Year’s Kve.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 21—fi e
*reasurv department is in favor oi
having* a subtreasury at Seattle,
rather than establish a mint there.
New York, Dee. 21—Vessels round
in^ Cape Horn report that they saw
signal Hires burning on Stragglers
island, off the Horn. Shipping men
believe they were built by the crew
of the ship Arthur Sewell. This ves
sel is believed to have been lost in
this vicinity. The report reached
civilization that the ciew of the Sew
ell was eaten by cannibals and the
vessel burned by them, but this rumor
baa aever be»» variled
TRAM TO TRANSPORT
FREIGHT IQ SUMMIT
A cable tramway will be inst illed
to facilitate the handling cf the large
freight traffic cv« r The mp i n’s pass,
on the Vaklez trail. A doi.ln y en
gine and boiler will furnish ike mo
tive power and the V' ual wire cable
will be used. It is understood the
ascent to the summit will begin at
Icy point, as presenting the in. i
feasible place. From the base < f
the hill to the summit, t! e distance is
about 2000 feet, wit It a. approximate
average grade of do d g.tvs.
Harry King, well known in Vahlc z,
and a recent arrival fr m Fairbank «,
is taking the initiative in the mailer.
He left last night on the Hide b r
Montagu island t > secure :i donkey
engine and boiler, whi d w re u ■ -cl
there in a logging camp. i he cable
will be secured >'ivm I.a. moke i in d.
Time is an imp r. ml demon.. in
this matter, .and it i; the puvp ■ <
Mr. King to have the eq ripnn i in
working order as s- on a:- p -lb e.
Cable tramways rr • viace .It Fly
operated elsewhere, end ti ere ap
pears to he no good r n v.Ir. su.-h
a scheme is not pr *1 • •
Thompson’s pass.
Seattle, Dee. 23 J11.I3 .11. R-iu
*. ill h lii 0.1 t! * r • 1 .
iitliiiut. bound f r 7. 1 . • '
m ill < }>c j. a t< mi c f c
of Jar.iK.r\. He s.y
merit that lie lac l:s Ic v I 7; . . 1 .
ii:g laws is untri: •• ii 1 .<• '■ n : -
vised that his oppeintn
the hands of the jaeV I .• m.,
of the senate, b it any . 1. .. : it*.;
but that he will b c nH.:a <1.
Washii gtou, D. C., Doc. 23
\V< cal river a d Xt:
b" • 1 .sod t > i-i mn. r 1
.January Is:. t. •al. i*b: < • < .< r
of Secretary Strati.1 of i 1»• ? I.-i-Har,
departm* nt.
Valdez Cold Storage i' >.. wholf.*a!
i i ri hut 1114 H^onfs far Moin m
«Jv>*ter Co.
From Tuesday’s Bnlletin
Dan Kain iu expected on the North
western with an outfit f< r the Susitra
Mini! g Ccmpany, which will be
moved to Valdez creek early in Janu
ary.
tlcc. I « u ci.tc rtaii.eila large party
cf friends l ist night, tr. ating them to
a sleigh ride, arc! winding up with a
fine hnu*h served at the Valdez-Yukon
c fllce at Swanitzville.
J. K. Carls.in, the discoverer and
locator of Lucky gulch, left this
morning with d- g team for Valdez
er k. lie i ; going light, leaving his
outfit t > be mow d in lat r.
The r venue < utter Manning is m w
oil the marine ways at Moran’s in
Scat-lie, having re pairs made. She
ran o.. a reek « IT the Bay of Isles
while e;m ule t < Valdez from Seward
last Aug; and t!>e bump she re
el. ived at that time v1. ill cost the' gov
ernin' ;d ? l"»,GO*.
Ab u' laO mm are on Latouehe
islan. 1 low in various place s. Work
h . b . p nded on t i tlirdwocd
jr.d D.k mine and • 1 IJuzard’s
proper; y. About thirty men are
we rki g ; Bentsoi ’.. At Murph\*s
( amp ' i i . ■ e,: t side a. d in < tlier
place d v ■!< ;■ .io,.t work is in
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whole .Singer wea.t t > inspect tin*
niaehio. -ry with a view to purchase.
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