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VOLUME 4, WO. 34 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Tailor Made Clothes I
our Clothing Shipments have just
reached us and we are now prepared to Please and
Pit most any customer, no matter how fastidious.
(ireat Care has been taken in the selection of
Patterns and Styles and as we buy on,y
from the very best Eastern Manufac
turers wbo bavr clothes making down to a pjne
Art, y°u may b« sure, not only of Quality and
Style, but also, which is fully as important, of
Perfect Fit
If you buy a suit from us you will find that
it win Look Fine, Fit Well and give you
absolute Satisfaction *n tbe wear
A Guarantee of Quality [goes wkh every High Grade Suit I
purchased from us, and you are not taking the least chance:
We can fit you BETTER t*lan t*le ordinary tailor. Yes, Even Better
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than the first-class tailor, unless you can get a try-on before the suit is finished.
I his is not Empty Talk but A Fact w’hich we demonstrate every
day.
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Overcoats*
Our line of Overcoats is now Complete and
with winter not very far away we would suggest that
you look them over before the assortment is broken.
Fine Shoes*
Kxamine our line of Men's Fine Sfocfes
Hats and Caps, Underwear dnd Neg
ligee Shirts, stocks of which are Large *and
Varied.
(live Us X Trial and if we cannot fulfill every ||
promise made You Get Your Money Back.
Assessment Completed
The assessment roll for the town
is now completed, and was turned
over to the council at the meeting
Monday night.
The total assessable property is
$T21,fH>0. of which #197.725 is real
estate, #110.050 improvements and
#103, 7H5 personal property.
The council will sit as a Imam of
equalization on the 9th, 10th and
19th of October, until which time |
th«* roll will be at the ofliee of the.
town clerk for ins|>cciion.
Old Newspaper Man.
E. C. Campbell, an old news- j
prper man ar.d a miner who has.
d ‘voted his attention to mining in
later years, is in the city. He was i
one of the first to join the Copper
river stampede, and made the ov
erland trip from Valdez to Daw
son.—Fairbanks News.
Changed Her Mind.
After traveling 1,750 miles to
meet her lover, Miss Tillie Kiek,
of L'nalaska, decided that she was
mistaken in the feeling which she
thought was love, and after talking
the matter with her proposed hus
band, has decided that she does
not wish to get married at all. The
groom was to hnve been U. \V.
Shalev, of North Yakima, Wash.
Among the passengers going
east on the Bertha was Julius Sin
ger, who has put in the season at
the bead of Cook inlet on Canyon
and 1-Just Fork creeks. He came
in early in the summer with a hy
draulic elevator plant. This was i
unloaded at Sunrise and hauled ‘
s* miles to the claims. A mile of:
l’ij>e was laid, two and one-half
miles of ditch dug, and the plant
putin readiness to operate in the
short time of three months. They j
then sluiced for two weeks, and i
the cleanup demonstrating the I
value of the ground to their satis
faction, work was stopped for this
year, but will be resumed earlv in ■
the spring. The property belongs i
to the Klinore Consolidated Min
ing Co.
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Mr. Germanson, of Middleton I
island, is now in town making i
purchases, and will return to the |
island at once if possible. If the
weather off the coast is not good,
he will remain at Xutchek for the!
winter. Mr. Germanson and his ;
partner have been on the island
for two years. They are raising
foxes and are preparing for consid
erable farming. He sjieaks very
highly of the location, being 45
miles off the Southern Alaska coast, j
The climate is mild and of even ,
temperature, and is well suited to|
the raising of cattle sheep and hogs.
Besides these advantages the island |
is rich in minerals. A number of
gold quaitz claims have lieen taken
on the uplands, and the beaches I
yield good pay in line gold.
George Kyrage, president of the
Arctic club at Juneau, has been
arrested on a charge of selling
liquor without a license. The case
has lieen brought to determine the
status of social clubs in Alaska. 1
Alaska Mail Contracts.
The |>ostoflice department has
l*ostpd spcciffications and a call for
bids for carrying mail over forty
different routes in and to Alaska
for the next four years.
The *|!ecitications directly con
cerning Valdez calls for four mails
per month from Seattle direct to
\ aldez over the outside route and
two mails per months over the tt.
side passage.
For theChisna district there will
he two deliveries a month in sum
mer and one in winter.
For the Xizina district there will
he two mails a month dtmng the
working season.
Eagle is to receive one mu 1 p r
week in winter and two mails per,
month in summer, with n weight;
limit of 800 pounds for each trip.
The route fiom Valdez to Fair- !
hanks eails for a twice a week ser
\ice both ways during the winter
months, with a weight limit ot 8(H)
pounds each trip.
For this latter service two bids '
are asked, one for covering the
route in five days and the other
with a ten day limit.
More Railroad.
A new project in the Alaska
railroad world is shortly to lie
launched bv J. T. Cornford, for-:
merly a well known Denver mining
man and capitalist, in the rhape of!
what he designates as the Alaska I
Short Line Railway, which it is!
proposed to build from Iliamna, on 1
Cook inlet, to Anvik, thereby af-1
fording what it is claimed will be
an all winter route for freight and
passengers from Alaska to the
outer world. The proposed line
will he 8X0 miles in length.
Cordova Bay Locations.
Location notices have been re
ceived at the recorder’s otflee for
six homestead, one water-right, five
trading and manufacturing sites
and twelve quartz claims located
mostly in Cordova bay. The loca
tors are W. A. Burleigh, ti. R.
McLain, M. F. Rose. Win. Sharpe,
J. A. Jameson, Henry Snyder and
I). A. McKenzie.
Find In Fidalgo.
Tommy Blakney, who is the
owner of some good copper prop
erty near Taral, on Copper river,
lias made a find in Fidalgo hay,
that from all reports is very good.
The discovery was made about
two weeks ago, and consists of a
ledge of copper pyrites, which lias
been traced by cropping for over
2.000 feet. Samples of the ore
were brought to town on the Santa
Ana from Ellamar.
K. C. Kingsbury, of Spokane, who
arrived about two weeks ago, char
tered the steamer (iritHn, of Ella
mar. to look at the eopper proper
ties of the Sound with a view to
acquiring a suitable location. He
returned to town on Monday, hav
ing inspected properties at Ella
mar, Boulder hav, Landlock hay.
and (ilacier island. He was very
much pleased with the showing of
copper at the various points and
will return in the early spring. He
leaves for home on the Bertha.
| VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO.,
) and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY A CO.
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
Telegraphic Nets
Washington, Sep. 27—Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, de
clares that Parker is not consistent
in criticising any party for the
manner in which it raises cam
paign funds, as he and Cleveland
conducted their campaign on mon
ey contributed by tbe rich corpora
tions. ( handler advises congress:
to make such contributions a fel
ony.
New York, Sep. 27—Baron Ko
mnra started west this afternoon,
enronte to Japan. He -a vs he ex
pects to lie welcomed home, s.s the
reports of dissatisfaction among Ids
countrymen were largelvexagerated
bv the papers. According to ad
vices received by Komura, the
country in general was perfectly
satisfied to accept tbe peace terms,
lighting for a pecuniary considera
tion being antagonistic to their
ideas.
Chicago, Sep. 27—The packers
who wert: fined this week for pay
ing rebates to the railroads, have
been suh|K>«naed u> testify against
the Armours and other trust offi
cials, who arc still to be tried on
the same charge.
Seattle, Sep. 27—Tbe freight
shipments to Alaska this summer
have been so heavy that the Meet
could not handle the business, and
as a consequence unless additional
steamers are secured lmmcdiutclv
there will be 2000 tons of Nome
freight left here when navigation
closes. All sailings are l>ooked to
the fullest capacity.
Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Sep. 27—Fred
erick Anderson’.- house was burned
today and his wife and five child
ren cremated. The tire was caused
by the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
San Francisco, Sep. 27 Secre
tary Taft arrived on the Korea from
the Orient this afternoon and will
proceed east immediately.
St. Petersburg, Sep. 27—Cholera
is breaking out all over Russia.
The epidemic has assumed such
alarming proportions that the gov
ernment is al a loss how to handle
it.
Washington, Sep. 27 President
Roosevelt starts on his trip to the
southern slates October IS. He
is now preparing his annual mes
sage, which is said to be the most
important public document of mod
ern times. Considerable space
will be devoted to treatment of the
insurance regulation question.
Notice of Meeting: of Board -of
Equalization.
Notice it hereby given that the
Common Council ot the Town of
\ aide/, will sit as a Hoard of Kqliai
ization between the hours of 2
o’clock p.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. On
the 9th, 10th and 19th days ef
October, 1004, for the.purpose of
equalizing the assessment of prop
erty for taxes. All parties com
plaining will then lie heard.
W. H. Chary,
Town Clerk
The Axil Linn property, consist
ing of three claims oh the west side
of Lutouche island, was recently
sold to George Harrack, acting foV
an English syndicate. The prop
erty is showing up remarkably
well A contract has been let to
T. W. Dougherty for the construe
of a shop, bunk house and other
necessary buildings to be begun at
once.
Mr Barrack left on the Bertha for
Seattle to secure men and materi
als to start work on a large scale.
A year ago tomorrow the Burn
side completed the laying the Val
dez end of the SontMe-Alaska cable.
Clerk of the Court E. J. Sticr
will reach Valdez about November
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