VOLUME 4, NO. 3 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 190S. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
T01E SN©W
Long delayed is now here and sledding will soon commence in j
dead earnest i
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Those of you wna have bought your supplies from us before
know where to get them. You will buy from us—
WHY?
Because You Were Always Satisfied j
To those who are not our customers we wish to extend an invl- j
tatlon to look over our stock and get our figures before j
purchasing elsewhere
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LflRQEST STOCK
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Railroad Bill Is Reported
Washington. Feb. o|—The S n
ate nmi niaiT >n territories to-dav
authorized :l favorable report on
the bill of the 1’ra .--Aia-kan rail
road, projiom d from Va ;ez to
h ■ Toe government itss'imes
tin I’sj', nsibiiitv for tiie | lyniem
of f ear | er e- hi. mtere-* on a first
n r gage , : t >• rate of 4lTl.Oi h i ■ >, r
mil" for not exceeding oi)0 mite.
oi road
The Railroad Bill
A bill providing for ttie tneorpo
ra'.on of a railroad from Valdez to
K igie, has lieeii introdn • o in tiie
reti.iie by Seiiatot Dietrich. Tne
bill pr -pose. a government guar
ani e of 4 per o-ii on its bond' tip
to $ lii.otm a mile.
Tne incorporators are: Henrv
Doubt Of Confirmation
Aecoriling i. the I’ -I., Judge
\X ieki-rsnai . - apjiointment wi.i
no Ik • •infirm, tl is st -siom 1 lie
•Ju friend- ire afiaid tint !Jet
liis, oj Aiatii.ina, wln» opposes Wiel -
ersiiam. wo ,d. iv.Ti he in ip of tiie
democratic vote, in- able to defeat
• mini a.loll It the matter came
is-liile lie senate. A risi'es ap
' i "linin' lit by toe president i? t \
peetiii. altbongli Senator Jrpooin.r
c mill* tin p.es. ic-nl li.i- no right
nil ier senate TU.es to make until Her
re a — a i . Iflilun llt ill tin- case of
\\ ivkelsliani.
T.V ili Stock Akun island
\ . A. •Illm li, ,i rcptc->|).i ive of
tiif Ait-iii lai. Live Stock A Mining
Co., 'i i rating mi Aki.n l-lund.
m ar ^ iiitnak pass, wlii has s; ent
the wo. «r in*re. returned oti tli
Lora. 11* s' ate* that the compai v
'■'til s i« k in- island in rln- »|ir ng
ii 'it e. and that a -.a:n|i m.11
far use on their iputr;/ proj erty
' ill a.-ii he installed.
C. \V. Morris is in town, hound
for Fairhaiiks.
1. S. Larsoli has returned from
a visit io ilit- Stales.
Judge Uiikel'.-ham and Lob
Coles left Tuesday for Fairbanks.
h i. liar UII a tel R. Iieogehan
i leave for the States on the t-anta
Clara.
Mr- W. !!. Kraemer, wife of the
new clerk it Levy »v Co’s, arrived
oil till- Sa lit a Clara.
<*. R. Hurd and Ids brothe-Cha
arrived • i le- Santa Clara and will
leave .. tor Slate.
A. L. I'atersun, representing *lie
eroekerv : "Use of M Seilers it C
was in low n th « week.
Austin Lathrop, agent for I. H.
Costeiio. of Cold bay, returned from
hat place on the Lora.
.1. R. Hayden, who is interested
in oil priij rty at Cold hay, is now
iti town, in route for Seattle.
.1. M. Shields, formerly gunner
• •ii tie Burn-id,-, is here enroiite to
r iirhaliks He inis lelt tile service.
B. B. Loi'bs. aii expert photog
raj ta r. p;i.-~'*d tlirough here this
W'l-k I'll route, wii-re he util o|k-ii a
studio.
•I \\ Xi al. the Copper Center
tarim-r. is in town f- s -vason’s
outfit. His wife and child are
with him. Mr. Xeal brought out
-oiuc speeirueiis i»l gra i.' raised al
he Center, for exhibition at the
Lewis and Clark exposition.
<• S Clevenger and wife arrived!
"ii the Saina Clara. They have
charge of transporting supplies tor
reindeer herder- to Cupper Center.
It i- not known when the reindeer
w !! reach th« Center, hut it will
pr i.al.lv lie tiiis spring. Mr.Clev
enger w ill continue •» operate the
mission and Indian school.
Brut iioIkt, a well known California
capitalist; Charles K Manderson,
e\-senntor front Nebraska; (iisiige
W. Holdridgi of Nt tirask i i prom
it tit railroad man; Iteorge C.
If 'Zeiet, of Alaska; W'lliur, Todd,
of N 'W \ ork; .lam -' K. K iiv, of
Nebraska, and Kdwai , tiilo a.of
Wyoming. The eapuai 'look is
fixed III ifIii.ixii.imhi
A rig il-of-way 2*M 1*-»*t wi*ieoii
each le of tiic Track is granted
by the hill, and the right to take
from the adjacent public lan I
earth, stone and titulicr necess.irv
for construcii it. tiro m i no: is
ctfeding 2ilucres i' ..iso gram, i for
dc|>ot and machine -nop purposes
!..r a s’-uion every rice miles.
Court Procccuiujts
Doings of the Week In Court
Circles
The Valdez term of court ad
journed Monday. and any legal
nils.in s- to -ome up for tin- i.alan
oi the Veal will hare to go ,> Fa
hanks.
1 he docket wa- praeti'-allv
cleaned up during the week hv dc
ei-ioi.s in a ii w eivil ease*, the
most important oi which was the
injniic■tjou r«s:rain. ./ the Alaska
Central from ctitlit g timber on
homesteads. Their attorney ap
plied for it dissolution of the tun
( oiary injt.t.e :.>n against them,
hi., it was denied until further ac
tion of the court.
Petition tor temporary injunc
tion made |.\ Ch ary Creek Luiu
her Co. agiinsl T. .1. Connor and
Stephen Brady, restraining them
from -e!.in/ from tln-ir h"m
s end to rival iutnh-r company,
was denied, ami oe ease- trans
ferred to the Yukon district oi the
court.
Case of F. N - oi and L. Catrip
heli against W. B. Heidori ill re
gard to a lease on Luildlock h iv
l>roper!v, which has U-en on the
do. k . for some time, w; - dismissed.
The -ale of the property of Tic
( inMiii Mining Co. loJol n A l\**n
iiedy. for i- 7*2 <>.'». wa- approveii
hv the court.
The petitition to declare the
Brewii g Co. hankriipt wa~ denied.
An ainendmelit to tie rules >f
tin- court was made allowing <Tit
to h - assessed a- e* -\- to cover at
torney fee- in sir - for cole-, -jon of
town a\e- without a jury. u:ei #2U
for jury trial.
Trail Is Fine.
K-ports troiu ail along the trail
are lo the effect that it wa- never
iii l>etter condition for travel than
a: present. U-ing well packed and
free from elities hole-.
Notice To Stocl£hold-;r3.
\ -i :»• -t. , I i r- ■ V*’ \. /
» . * itfc?« • •. v. u: > w
■ !.*r • • i, :..r i • }• irj • - * • • t . >
in, «>ti: rsjtu i g «* hm r L i>. e**
may pr<»|**rly com* U- rt th- m»- mb*.
A. VoN'.. M HUH. !'. **•*.
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John Borgeson, w > -pent the
winter in the south and east, re
turned on the Santa Clara. He
will go down the Sound later.
tiovernor Brady returned >o Sit
ka on the Port land. He announces
that the entire Alaska exhibit at,
St. Louis, will Is- moved to Port
land foi the lair.
Market I
NEXT TO THE SI/IXA. !
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PRICES ARE
RICHT
Wholesale and
Retail l)raiers
GIVE U8 A
CALL
] Beef, Mutton, Pork (
i Poultry and Game. I
T ic l>iil provides that construe*
must I u witiiin two years from
tie i] rival of this act; that at
I‘a-: t • • miles nni-t lie completed
fM'-li ar alter the second >ear,
iml that the line between tba ter*
nnii. must be completed within
c _i. -years. The eomjiany is re
<p.i i <1 !o hniiu and maintain a tel
< grt,ih line.
lie bill permits the construction
of branch and spur lines anvwhere
along the main line.
Bratnober tiets Townsite.
A deed trausterritu: the II izelett
tow t e, below Valdez, from Oeo.
, II.u< lit to ill nry Bratnober, was
tiIf*i for record this week in Coin*
in.--' a. r Lyons’«. dice.
Nome Mail This Way.
Ileroafter ail the Nome letter
mail will be taken over this route
during the closed season due rirst
-inpment left nere Sunday. This
will mean a * tv mg in time of about
days lietwei-n Seattle and Nome,
i. • rmiie i- by way of Fairbanks
aid i anatia. and down the Yukon.
Cushman Sends Thanks
l'"!.gr« ."inaii Cushman lias sent
abetter to Ai White, thanking the
l‘l-<»p;e lit tills section Will! present
ed min with a gold watch fob last
tail. Hi expresses his upprecia
Cion oi the giib and says that the
on inis is better tor good legisla
tion fur tins country than ever la—
tore. !»• -ays "1 doubt if what I
have in enmpiistii I merits vour
praise of me. hut tiie effort 1 „ave
I . It is the very hesl 1 could put
for.li—11ul tor as good a cause as
• vi r a man struggled.
Case Reversed.
1 he l itiied States circuit court
of appeals ha- handed down a de
e -ion n .er■simi ti. judgment of
tiie court herein the case of Julia
brosiian t- Ai. Wmte. This case
was tor title o tin; ground upon
which a port ion of the White block
is now situated. White bought
the ground from Jim Huberts, who
claimed to own it, but .Mrs. Bros
i an, wini operated a hotel upon the
lot tii 1 Mis. claimed never to nave
|disposed of it. 1 ne ease tvas deci
idcii 1. re :c-t term of court by
J i.ige Wicker-ham, in favor of
While.
Several other Alaska cases were
| decided by tin-circuit couri, ail of
which were reversed.
Northern Hotel Burned.
1 lie Northern Hotel, at tint.cor
ner of Keystone live, ami Third st.,
Im rued to the ground last Friday
afternoon. About half past two
sm >ke was ,-een pouring from tho
hi timing and an aiaria was sound
ed. t»iu tiie tire had assumed such
proportions that it was impossible
o sa' .• the hotel and tiie dwelling
impelling, and in afioiit two hours
nothing remained of the buildings
hut a heap ot smoldering embers.
lb' hotel, which was a three
- ory building, was erected by Geo.
1>. M Mullen als>ut five years ago,
aim there being no insurance, the
loss is a severe one. Tiie fire
started upstairs in one of the back
rooms, hut the cause is not known.
The tire department responded
promptly and worked faithfully,
hut could do nothing more than
prevent the tire from spreading.
Old Time Alaskan Dead.
Fred M. Smith, who -nperinten
tl«l the construction . f the West
ern Union telegraph line in Alaska
ill Imi I. ami who served as collet*
-i of customs at ('nalaska front
1*78 tdl I ■>>!, «.: I rreciilh. in Se
attle. lie was OS years ot age.