Activity Around Sunrise.
SunrisU, May 14.—The outlook
for the Cook Inlet country was
never as promising ns at the pres
ent time, ami the indications now
are that this whole section of coun
try, on lioth sides the Inlet, will in
a very short time be one of tbs
richest aiul most fertile sections of
Alaska.
At Sunrise several large compan
ies will oi>ernte quite extensively
this season. S. \V. Weibel, the
well known hnnker ami business
man of Bakersfield, Cal., is one of
the most extensive oj>erntors in this
part of Alaska. He has operated
here for a number of years, and
while he has met with reverses at
times, yet his faith in the country
lias never wavered, and he is meet
ing with much success. He will
operate two large hydraulic plants
this season, having a number of
rich claims on Six Mile and other
creeks.
The Turnagain Arm Mining Co.,
the Big Horn Mining Co., Mills A
Hunt, the Policy Mining Co., Wal
lace A’ Ogle anil a number of other
companies anil private parties will
do extensive work this season.
At Crow creek across the Arm
from Sunrise there is one large liy
• draulic plant and several exten
sive operators. Last season a large
cleanup was made on various
claims on this creek, and it is la
lieveil that this will lie the banner
creek of the whole district this year.
At Ho]*e there are four large hy
draulic outfits, and this season they
will he in operation. O. H. Sleeper
is tlie most extensive ojH-rator at
this (mint. This year he brought
in a large hydraulic plant and will
prosecute his work on a large scale.
James Buzzard will operate two
hydraulic plants this season, and
the Passwater company wifi also
ojK-rate their hydraulic plant. The
projH-rties of these companies are
rich. The output heretofore has
been large, and with the added im
provement* this season, and the
extra large foree of men to be em
ployed, the output will he large.
Mr. Nate White of this place has
located a large copper ledge on Six
Mile, which he and others consider
valuable property. The ledge has
l>ecn traced for some distance and
there is u large quantity of ore in
sight. An assay of the ore wa»
made last season, and it went 17
per cent, in copper and 1-1 in gold.
A company are to prospect the
ledge more thoroughly.
A live slump mill \n to Ik* erected
at Sawmill creek a few miles aliove
Sunrise, this season. This i* a
splendid property. The gentlemen
who own it have been working it
for two or three seasons with an ar
rastra. The results were so much
better than was anticipated la.-t
season, that they have now secured
ample funds and will expend $20.
000 this season on the property.
There is considerable excitement
in the southern part of the Inlet
over oil. At Illiamna, Oil Bay
anil Chinitna hay there will lie ex
tensive operations this summer,
and several thousand acres of land
have been located already this
season.
On the east sale of the Inlet at
Homer and Saldovia, and at An
chor Point the whole country is
being located. Exi>ert oil men
claim that the indications for oil
arc excellent. Several well known
mining and business men are in
terested in these properties, and
will thoroughly investigate and
prosjtect them this summer.
A large number of homesteads
have already been filed upon on
the Kenai Peninsula, and farmiag
aad stock raising will he a feature
of this part of Alaska. Several
thousand acres of land have l>een
1 watt'd at Katchemak bay, near
Hoiner, for agricultural purposes.
A New York company have taken
np this land anti will colcoiae it.
There is a great stretch of level,
fertile land in tliat vicinity that i»
well adapted to farming am! stock
raising, The soil rich and deep,
wood a»d water are plentiful, the
reasons long, and the climate is
much lietter than in many of the
port hern states.
£oaI is plentiful in this district,
from Kcnni to the southern extrem
ity of the peninsula, and also on
the east side of the Inlet almut Ty
onic. Excellent coal was discov
ered at English Irnv last season and
will l»e mined this year.
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Celebrities at Kenai.
Kexai, May 14th.—Like the tail,
of a comet, which can he seen long
after the head lias disappcarid
from view, so the presence of Judge
Hildreth can lie felt in this town,
after his honor has departed for
Sunrise.
The natives who had ever tasted
a drink of whiskey—and I think
that includes the whole imputation
—made themselves very scarce
when the news came that Tiie
JrnciE had arrived.
On the morning of the 8th inst.,
the steamer Halmo, of the P. P. A
X. Co., came up the Inlet from Sel
dovia, where Mr. C. \V. Uompertz,
the su|>erintendent had l>een to
meet the Excelsior. He brought
Judge H. H. Hildreth and Mr. Al-1
vah Kanics, of the railway mail
service, with him so as to enable
them to have a short stay in Kenai,
In-fore the steamer Tvunic picked
them np on her way to Sunrise.
Court was held in the school j
house, hut there was only one ease
brought In-fore His Ho.nok, and
that was Alex. K. Kyan, of this
plaee, who had some trouble with
C. W. ComportZ. After hearing
the testimony he was bound over
to appear before the October session
at Valdez, under $5,000 bonds. \V.
N. Dawson was sworn in ns deputy
marshal to take Mr. Ryan to Val
dez on the next trip of the Bertha.
The Tyonic arrived in the even
ing just after the Honorable Gen
tleman had retired, and when her
whistle awakened us there was red
tire and slow music, and the air
was pretty dense, as it occasioned
leaving our beds in the middle of
tire night, and the departing of the
Judge and Mr. Eames; Uit 1 trust
that neither vae have felt any hud
effects from it.
Mr. Hunter was awakened the
other morning by bis dogs making
quite a disturbance, and upon going
to investigate the reason found
that they had cornered a yearling
moose in the small creek below bis
bouse. He at once got a rope, and
being an old cattle man bad no
trouble in lassoing the animal. Af
ter some trouble be was led up the
bank and into Hunter’s corral,
where he has been kept tied. Every
morning he is taken out for food
and drink, and the young fellow is
becoming quite docile, and will
lead better tlian many horses.
Hunter had his three year old
son held on the moose’s hack while
Ul- lead him around the corral, and
both seemed to enjoy it. I guess it
was the first ride a child ever had
on a moose iu Alaska.
Oiue of the government oxen, of
-which 1 last wrote, Las since died,
and Mr. Nielsen had to shoot one
of the old oxen two days ago. as he
was toothless and could not eat
fcnough to sustain life.
The weather has been perfect
lately, and. nearly all the frost has
been thawed out of the ground.
The first Ling salmon that has
been caught here this year, was
brought to town yesterday. GJS.M.
Cachea Robbed at Slate.
Cuisxa, May 5.—The Chistu
china is lined with tents,their occu
pants being busy getting out wood.
So far only Bob Coles has moved
his tent to Slate creek, hut in a few
days others will follow.
There is still considerable snow
on the Cliistuchina, aiul sleighing
is good.
Con. Biggs' party,She|ley, Look
er and a few others arrived to-day,
and report that Bill Hinn, Joe Ka
her and Sam Meens a»e on the east
side of the Copper above Sanford.
McGee's party is at the Gokona,
and others whom 1 don't know are
•u the Copper. The general opin
ion is that it will be impossible for
them to- get here on the snow and
ice. Neil Robeson lost his dog. hut
succeeded in reaching the Chistii
china.
The various mine owners are in
dignant, for nearly all the caches
left here last fall have been robbed, j
Bob Coles is loser (rf a few ho ml red I
|xninils of eatables. Dempsey's I
cabin was broken into and all the
canned goods he bad left, as well
as snow shoes, dishes and a lot of
•aids and ends, are gone. All tents
that were standing on Slate creek
were cut open and robbed. It is
surmised that thv stealing was done
by parties going to the Tanana; the
trail made by them is not old, and
besides other circustances |H>int to
a certain party as the guilty one.
There is no doubt in my mind that
if the guilty parties were here at
present an cxnmplc would he made
of them that would lie a warning
for the future. As it is the matter
is not dropped, and I think action
will Ik* taken by the miners to pun
ish the thieves.
Work on the claims will start
nlsutt the same date as last year.
At present it is hard to tell whether
there arc enough men here to do
what work is required, but- from
what I am told I conclude that
those who arc here will all find
work.
Dempsey is at his cabin. He in
tends to go to lx>d rock on Daisy
creek and find out what’s in it.
Leslie lost every tiling on the Cop
per except one horse. The govern
ment party is reported stuck 10
miles above Chistuchina. Fre<’.
Date and C. Lalxdle arrived today.
Ysok.
Taking Up Alaska Land.
The Coounissoner of the general
land oftice, with the approval of
Secretary of the interior, has issued
instructions for the taking up of
public land in Alaska under the
Congressional act of March 3d last.
These instructions call attention to
the fact that no locations of indem
nity, or deficiency, or lieu land
selections pertaining to any land
grant or scrip or warrants may
he located in Alaska; that the act
wf May 24, 1H9K, is amended so as
as to prohibit any entry of more
it ban ItH) rods along the shore of
any navigable water and to allow
■no homestead entry of more than
320 acres. The instructions hold
that every vjualitied settler, now
Located on uwsurveyed lands in
Alaska, shall within 90 days, or
prior to the intervention of an ad
verse claim file a record of his
claim for location in the recording
district where the. land is located,
and that every person who shall
hereafter settle shall tile such re
iCord within 90 days from the date
of settlement, or prior to the ad
verse claim.
If the land is not surveyed within
tive years or in ease the settler de
sires to commute in fourteen
months, he may secure at his own
expense a survey made by the U.S.
deputy surveyor and approved by
the surveyor general. His survey
must cover his entire claim, but he
can only complete title by com
mutation to 160 acres, the entry
remaining intact for completion as
to the remainder, as if such com
mutation had not been made.
Entrymen commuting are re
quired to pay $1.25 per aero for
the land, anil the same fees and
commissions as in final homesteads.
Guy P.Cam*ron, teacher of banjo,
mandolin and guitar. Music fur
nished for all occasions. For les
sons, etc., iuquire at Broadway
Pharmacy.
R. Blix, Copper Center guaran
tees what? That his stock of
miners’ and prospectors’ tools and
machinery will hold, out another
season.
You can’t begin to write a letter
to the old folks or the wife, that
will convey half the information
the Phospeutoh does. Send it to
them.
Vocal and piano instruction,
French or German language classes.
Schneider Sisters, Broadway.
Cash paid for second-hand goods
of all kinds. Richards & Co.
Up-to-date
Wedding Stationery
Printed in the proper
style, at this office.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES BTC.
Expeavon Coxo. Chprcii—Cor.
Glacier Avenue ami Unhurt
Street. Rev. I). \V. Cram. Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 10:80 a.
•m. and S p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even
ing at i o\ mck. Melvin Dcmpsev, I
President
Ghchc i ok the Epiphany—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Unhurt
Street. Services on Sunday at It
a. m. and S p. m. Rev. F. S. Tav
lor, Rector.
OrperofAlaska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at S
o’clock. A. J.
Adams, Ruling
Spirit; ('lias. (i.
Wnlff. KeejHT
of Wa Wa.
Kmahts ok Pythias Cu n—\V.
A. Rystrom, Pres., \V. K. Bmiselior.
See. Meets 1st ami 3d Monday of
eaeh month in eluh nmns over
Shaw «fc Williams.
Vaj.dkz Maxokic Ci.i’r —
Meoti* every WmIiipmIav ev
ening nt ilie IT. S. Court
Hoorn, at 8 o’clock. J. W. Lecdv.
President; C. H. (iihson, Secretary.
Brotherhood of Alaska Pioneers.
L. Berg, Chief, Arthur ttohgal,
Secretary.
Headquarters, Afognnk, Alaska.
Vai.hkz <)ni> Kki.i.ow’k
I Cu'B—Meets everv
Friday evening in cl ill •
rooms. A. It. Hcilig, Pres.; P. S.
Hunt, Koc’y.
VAlDfZ H(l (TIRt (0.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district. including the
Prince William Sound,
Cop[K*r River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
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Mads Funiskd It Valdn
Iota lots
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Valdez, Alaska
WHERE
& ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
John T. Spickett Proprietor
Ihe northwestern Line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis.
St. Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
l>est to lie had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER,General Agent,
151 Yeslcr Way, Seattle.
mm
Bread, Cake, Pies
FRESH DAILY.
All Kinds of Cake To Order.
John Walters, Prop.
Valdez -House
Newly and Elegantly Furnished. First-Class
in Every Particular. Best lleat«il House in
Alaska. Office, Reading Room and Parlor in Con
nection. P. P. «V N. Co. Office in Building. IT. S.
Telegraph Office next door. Half Block from
Post-office.
J. H. Fielding,
Prop.
Notice
To Miners and Prospectors.
On Mnv 1st The XIZIXA TRADING COMPANY
will erect a large handsome store in the rich Xizina
Mining Camp, containing a ItiO.tMM) stork of General
Merchandise, Hardware, etc., which they will di.<
jx>se of at the lowest |x»ssihle figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of 1(M) horses and sleds,
will enable them to take their g«xxls into the
interior at a very small cost.
For further particulars see M. Hass, at the
Valdez House.
Nazina Trading Co.
Herman Meyer,
_ General Manager
C. E. B0QARDU5
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
80 Coremiua St., Skatti.k, Waxu.
WM. WORKMAN p. MAGXKSON
Workman’s Road House
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm barn for 20 horses and g«xxl quarters
for dogs. Good meals aiul everything the
mu'sher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
The Wayside Inn :
At Foot «f Summit on Route to Interior. Best Ac
comodations for Man and Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez.
W ILSON, DAVISON A LITTLE, Proprietors.
THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp, 45 Miles From
\ aldez and 2o Miles form \\ orkmau’s Koadliouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
WORTMAX and MAGXESON, Proprietors.
C. DEBORI) J. GRIFFITH STEPHENS
Copper River Trading Post
AND FERRY.
|t the Junction of Copper River and the Tonsina River. ROAD
HOUSE. Prospector’s Supplies and Storage. The most centrslly lo
cated Roadhouse and Supply Post in the Copper River Watershed*
TARAL ROADHOUSE
April 1st we will ojien a comfortable Inn and Roadhouse at Taral
at tlie head of Wood's Canyon, near the mouth of the Cbittvna, and on
the new short cut summer trail known as the “Saff” trail to* the Xizina
upper Chittyna, Funa and Bremner country. Leaving the government *
trad at Kimball pass, it strikes the Copprr river at Taral. Good trail
Good boats to cross the river and good trail up ILmugita valley.
WHEATON and WIDMAIER.