Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin
riBtik Youngs was a passetige: on
Ihe Yucatan, euroute to Seattle and
Juneau, where he goes to attend the
republican convention. Youngs wa:
elected delegate from La touche, and is
carrying the proxies of Delegate John
Brownlow of Sunrise and K K.
Ritchie and Frank Ballaine i f Seward .
The last two may go t • Juneau if they
fnu make connections for the Port
land.
Jim Garret, who Iihs been working;
bis Miller gnlch placer ground this;
iurmuer, has bouglit a three fourths
interest in the Hurd claim from Bliss
aud Decker. There is still considera
ble good pay on this ground although
another season’s work will practically
clean it all up.
B F Millard left for the States last
night, where he will remain for a
month or six weeks, visiting friends
ami relatives. lie has credentials
trim the Chamber of Commerce to
represent Valdez at the Mining Con
gress, which will be in session at
Joplin, Mo , between the 11th and 17th
•f November.
Jim Garrett and Lawrence Hannan
reached town yesterday from Slate
creek and Shusbitna. They left Slate
early iu the fall with Hen Hannan and
Hob Shrader, and on reaching Gul
kana heard of the rich strike at Valdez
creek and determined to visit that
camp. They secured a dog team aud
went in as far as MacLaren river,
where Garret and Lawrence Haunan
turned back, leaving all of the provis
ion-* with the other two, who continued
on tt. the scene of the uew strike.
The Dora broke her piston shaft
•hortly after leaving Seward on the
trip to the westward and was forced to
return there for repairs.
A I vices from Latouehe on the last
b. at are to the effect that tine ore has
been struck on the Buzzard property
No details of the new strike have been
obtained
"S im” Johnson, proprietor of the
Club saloon at Katalla, is in town for a
few days.
Ttie working men at Katalla ait* en
deavoring to have the government
»eni! a vessel to transport them back
to the States They started a petition
Asking the government to take some
•ftps to move them from the camp,
claiming that ttieie was imminent dan
ger <>f suffering from shortage o' pro
visions during the winter.
h\ < iov John (i Krad.v was a pa.
’“ei.gei < n tt.e Portland as tar as
Juneau. He wa» tnroute to Sitka,
"here he expects to reside this winter.
iMph Smith will leave in a few days
?ui \ aidez creek with a dog team to
bring out pete Monahan He expee's
fo te able to travel m on the ire and
viiiike H quick trip, returning with
Monahan and his dust lie fore the first
®f * he year.
1 tie first window display at t he new
’ 1* Si M . store, is now ananged and
u a credit to the ar ist. The windows
M‘ow complete furnished apaitmeut
f'" a house, from the kitchen to the
Pdilor. \ } armonious arrangement of
rugs, furniture, etc , makes the
'hsplar very attractive
1 he Saratoga arrived last night from
be*!r|*». She only wight passen
**‘l* f,u Valdez
of the indigent laboring men
‘■®uld ha nent out on tha Yucatan, a*
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tha ship whs tilled to the westward.
Among the outgoing pas-engers on
the Yucatan were A S McDowell. C N
Crary, J 11 Bell. J I; Gel mean. F J
Cameron, wife and child. \Y K Austin.
% W Tibbetts, C IgrBelle. () P Hub
bard, J J Godfrey, B F Millard, C
Simenstad and wife, Miss Butterdic'd,
Mtse Godfrey, S Blum, C B sm,th,
CioT. H iggaft, J t Black, . B McMul
<• C Wilson and wife. C G Van
Hook and wife, II Malone, K L Hart,
Al Fagei) berg, L VY Storm,
Ttiaia ««l a li tie r w at Ka’alia
viTer the nominalion of a delegate to
Jtineau. Jess L Mori isou,"represent
ing the Labor ticket, was defeated by
A. (. W illiams, the regular Republi
can nominee.
From Saturday's Bulletin
Tne stearin r Portland is due to-day
on her way south. She will take the
mail going by the inside pa-sage.
The SilTertou, Colorado Stan lard,
chronicles the sale of t he Adi nine mine
on Boulder Mountain by A B lies for
$100,000. The paper states that Mr.
lies if packing his grip to leave for ' is
home in YaldeZ, Ala-ka
An offer of $.'{00,000 fins been refused
for a mining property on Popoff Island
one of the ShuuiHgin group
Through an error 1) P. Hubbard's
name was given in the li-t oi those
who sailtd for Seattle on the Yucatan
The Owl Drug Co. has receutly com
‘ pleted a fifty-foot ex'elision to their
i store and are now preparing to install
steam heat and a Kewanee eater sys
, tern throughout The top floor will he
used for offices arid when finished it
will be one of the um#t modern build
ings in town.
Leroy Tozter of Fan tranks, 1 cached
town last night. He will go to Juneau
on the Portland as a delegate from the
Tatiana country.
Forty-five telegraph offices and ten
cable offices ate inainti ined in Alaska
by the Signal Corps The hue receipts
for the year ending .June do. amounted
to neat ly a quarter of a million
dollars
A number of Ketchican people are
considering the question of migrating
to Prince Willum Sound next -pring,
says the Ketchikan Miner.
lhe Alaska-Pacific h.x|i»" "tfkv
ha- ln-eii I e in He 1 f i oil, theofficeofthe
Valdez Dock C... to On.- office in t lie
rear of the Copper Block -Mi Charles
is now r!fc;«*ii>.
From Monday’s Bulletin
Members of the Moose L ».l^e ha\e
decided to reoruauize tha' organiza
tion, and at a meeting hehl yesterday
nttei noon committees were appointed
to draw up plan- and devise ways and
means for the work i or some time
fucie have been io meetings of tiie
lodge, but a- they own a good cluh
{io-j-e and l.ave money in their treas
ury, it I- believed that interest in the
meeting' can lie revived and make the
Moose a powei a- it was in early d «y
Nil-. Alfred iJebney entertained a
number of ladle- Saturday afternoon
at Moose hvll The decorations were
Japanese, and ."»‘X>' fur rushed amii-e
ment Mrs. Lockhart won the firs
prize and Mi.«> Letieidre the
L. Archibald is planning a new
building on h;> lot on Reservation me
i,n*. adjoining tne Prospector office
The .tore Will 1"' -J-'otV feet and as
toon as if is completed, a tine stock o(
Ci^ais and confect binary will 1>m put in.
The sawmill start* up tomorrow
morning and will run f..» -‘-nt - *-*k
cutting 100,000 feet nf log, which h c
now on the beach NVrn l-'ioical In *
just returned fr.:ui King'* >>hv, hting*
ing up the logging crew sod >•.I, of the
outfit. I he l< igs c <u id not I ,»* towed t n
owing to the had weather, hut lie has
shout i* <0,000 feet leady to h** ’ inught
in eariy next spring
Deputy Marshal Wyhrant weld to
Seward on t tie Saiatoge
Ij W Storm, the mining engineer,
•ailed tor ttie state* on the Portland
I tie piizes at the Tilllknrn social
Sa* ill day erenmg weie won t»y Mr*
Khgelke and (tor. le-edy.
Dai rack lias closed down work i ll
hi* mine on Latotifhe for t tie* win er
In Conseipience, tin* poslnttlce will
protialdy t*e moved to Reynold*
liov lloggatt sailed for doiiemi oi,
t tie Poi t land
A nntiihei of delegates to t tie Re
publican teii it orial convent ion to meet,
at Juneau on November It sailtd
on t tie steamer Portland yesterday
J. D Sheld on of tin- local delegation
whs a passenger Mr Sheldon whs
formerly a lieutenant nr Boas I'latt *
in old York state, knows a thing or two
a taint politics ami like* the game.
0 P Hubbard will go to the con
vention by waj of Seattle and sails on
the Saratoga Besides his own vote
Mr. liuhhard carries the piox'y of
Simeon Boo*, who i- unable to attend
f be love feast.
I^eroy Tnzier, a lawyer of Fairbanks,
with a bunch of twelve nioxie* in his
gilp, occupies a -latertinui on the
old 11 ea*u i e slop Mr ToZier de
clares himself to tie m favor of a
modified form of territorial govern
merit L V. Nye, also an attorney ot
Fairbanks, holds a proxy for the con
vention. arid leaves on the Saratoga
1 >elegate» Kippen of Cordova and
John Lmoei of Seldovia aie on the
I'ortlHtiil
I'.. I*.. KitefilH, of f 1 e J i Vffd
ile|«V «!*•■*. -atie I \ entity !•’ [.
Mil I In if U*. 'he ot l|t*|-e flit it S>'W
uni. left fnt .lutoMU t la St at I e mi I ha
^ liratan If i* *aid t hat K 11 1 11 tie, * ho
l* nil** i«f the o.iiiei'i of rhe Si'wmi)
tnv»n«ife, a* | <i i e«* in I « a 11 •• 1 t'lfa t ** f i oid
tin* I filial di-ti let fo i hm liepoliliOMU
Uittiooul eoiiVent loo
A* f *r P atnmder t’lnni. he n not
flit it led to any recognition at tl •
hand ~ of tli#* Kejhi!ili^aii* <>f Alaska
ll»* fame to ASa-ka mi:iim fen yem * m>{o
a- a federal office holder, and lie hut
been h il lmc down a federal olllce of
some kind oi other fnrflinpuat f.vetil
five or thirty rear* He i* with*
douli* hcmI official, but tux f ft!* t
ofiU*e i> entirely too e Miiopolita
When tie ha* live I in Alaska for a ft
year* and thereto nhown hi* if#
failh, tie iiiit\ l>e • ntitled to | olith -
honor* a an Alt*kau. tint not now.
K at a I la 11 el aid
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