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nouncement of bargains
in Furnishing Goods.
A. L. Levy & Co.
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P. O. DRIP STOKE. J
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
See Our Large Line Of
NUGGET JEWELRY
Watches, Diamonds,
u Cut Glass, Silverware,
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAKE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices arc RH1HT. Clive us a call.
Our Line of Rings
Must lie seen to Ik- appreciated.
Our Stock of Nugget Jewelry
all our own make, surpasses any on the coast.
Eye Trouble & Headaches
ARE THE RESULT OF EYE STRAIN.
Our Easy Spox relieve all and make reading a pleasure.
W. C. STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
Advertise Our Advantages.
Ehitoii I’kompkctok.—It Inis been
suggested that tinder tbe auspices
of I lie chainl>er of eonitiierce a fold-1
er lie printed, with a map, showing
the location of the different mineral
regions, including the new strike
on the Chistuchina, together with
the various routes thereto from
Valdez, and setting forth the facts
that it is the natural gateway, and
that the merchants here carry suf
ficient stocks to outfit all parlies,
at prices slightly almve Seattle fig
ures to cover freight. , That the
number lie large enough to keep a
constant supply in the steamship,
hotel and railroad offices of Seattle.
Tacoma. Portland and San Fran
cisco all winter. This need not
interfere with the elaUirate pam
phlet already proposed. This folder
could be gotten up quickly and at
a small outlay; it must necessarily
lie for its immediate distribution
will make it effective. Let the out
side public know what we do re
garding this section. Hustlek.
The Copper Center Mining &
Trading company was a few days
ago incorporated under the laws of
Alaska to do business in Alaska.
It is capitalized at $100,000, non
assessable. The incorporators are:
\Y\ S. Amy, A. Holman, R. Blix, S.
Blum and \V. F. Soule, Jr. The
object of the company is to carry
on any business they may chose to
enter into suited to the needs of
the country. The principal office
will la* at Copper Center, with
branch offices at Valdez anil some
of the principal cities in the states.
Some of the assests of the com
pany arc the town site at Copper
Center, the Tiekhel road house and
adjoining proper, 12 lots in Valdez
and 2o acres in the proposed new
townsite, with numerous other jxis
sessions including puck and sad
dle horses. The personnel of the
company includes the names of
men well known in Alaska and a
guarantee of commercial ability.
Thecacklingof geese caved Rome,
hut its hard to tielieve that the
squaking of one lone duck will do
any good for Valdez.— Douglas
News.
That’s what we have l»een telling
him. Brother Hopp, ever since he
addressed the Senators in favor of
territorial government; hut let him
squuk, while he di«*s the communi
ty no good he cannot do much
harm.
RICH PEACER FOUND ON THE
SHUSHITNA
Over loo Ounces Brought In By
Discoverers. Creek Named
After Valdes.
On Fell. 24 last Pete Monahan,
John Clarkson, James Smith, John
Johnson and Dick Windmuller left
here over the glacier, down the
Klutina to St. Ann river, thence
west to Taxlinu to the lake and
across the country to Shushitna.
striking it at a point ahout 150
miles above its mouth, where they
cached part of their outfit, built a
boat, and hauled up stream, pros
pi'eting every creek as they went
without ri-sults until they had gone
alsuit oO miles, when they reached
that which will in the future lie
known as \aldcz creek, where the
prospects near the mouth of the
creek showed some colors, which
induced them to camp for a thor
ough investigation They went
further up the creek and panned
fur half a day, and wi iglied up sev
en dollars as the result. They con
tinued prospecting tlie creek and
oilier tributaries till August 10th
when they found rich, pay dirt and
began to stake while a couple went
back to their cache for tools. Upon
their return four lengths of sluice
boxes were made, while three of
the men continued to prospect the
creeks. I ue miters selected a site
and began to sluice. They worked
fifteen days when the clean up net
ted lIXt ounces oi good coarse goal.
.A* it It'S! run tour nicn. tor one
day, from 7 a.m. till 3 p.m., shov
eled steadily, and although the
water supply was scant, they clean
ed 1100 to .the man.
All the work thus far was on
Discovery on Valdez crock. They
next tried Xo. 2. where they ran a
short cut and found bed rock to lie
aliout four feet det*}), with a pay
streak two leet thick. In panning
here they got as good as $1 to the
pan. Most of their work was done
along the edges of the creeks and
oil the henci.es. They had no oj>
l*ortunity to work the center of the
creeks.
The tributaries of Valdez creek
they have named White, Timlier
iine, Dry and Willow, on all of
which they found very good pros
pects.
Excel lent prospects were also
found on Wiekershain creek,a trib
utary of Kokady river, which forme
a western branch of the Shushitna.
There they ran a cut to bed rock,
and concluded the gravel would pay
110 to |12 per day to the man.
They found the gold about evenly
distributed through the gravel.
The discoverers r.‘|iort an almu
dance of wood and water on the
ground, and a good fall to the
creeks.
After proj>erly staking the ground
they located on the variouse creeks,
they set out for Valdez on Oct. (ith,
and after a leisurely trip they
reached here on the lMh, with over
100 ounces of gold, which they de
posited with Al. White; who is
largely interested in the new find.
The gold display set the town
afire, and many will get ready this
winter for an early start in the
spring.
The discovery party will leave
here via the glacier, in the latter
part of January or early in Febru
ary. They estimate the winter
route to lie aliout 2<M) utiles, and
with very good sledding ail tl»*
way if dogs are used. It will Ik- an
easy matter to establish a mail
I route to the new digging*, as it is
jalsmt 110 miles from tie- I'hisna
I |U*t4lffic«.
The Reception.
The public reception tendered
| If the people of Valdez, under the
auspices of the (.’liamlK-r of Com
merce to Judge James Wickcrsham .
ami wife. District Attorney N. V.
Harlan and wife and l’. S. Marshal
Geo. I j. Ferry and wife, was held j
on Tuesday night at McKinley!
Hull, both floors of which were used j
for the occasion. The committee
used every endeavor to liave the
affair surpass anything of tig* kind
ever held here and they certainly
succeeded.
The lower floor, where the recep
tion was lield, was handsomely fit
ted up in coscv parlor style with
hanging tajK-stry and flags and the
Hour was strewn wjtli native roltcs
of all descriptions. K>f;i>. settees:
and easy chairs were seatt4'reil,Hml
with small tables for card parties
or other amusements. The whole
was profusely lit up hy overhang- l
ing electric lights. Several sclcc- 1
tlons were rendered on the violin j
by Professor Paul llouloii, accom
panied on the piano by Miss Root.
The Schneider sisters gave a piano
duel and later two songs were sung
by MissJJeter in a very sweet, clear
j voice. Others were also heard
; from ami at ten oYloek an elegant
; repast was served up and kept on \
J tap for the balance of the evening.
At alsnit 10:30. the ltaud took up:
| its position in the upper hall and
j the grand march commenced and j
jva* well carried through. The j
j scene presented was grand. The
, iadies were all appropriately
j dressed and looked bright and hap-1
j pv, and the whole population
seemed to be present. Men who i
have worn nothing hut blue shirts
and overalls for the past six years,
bought “biled shirts” and spruced
up for the occasion. It was one
grand scene of festivities to the
end, which occurred at altout 3 a.
m. In the ante room adjoining the
hall, cool, refreshing draughts were
served up by the two handsome
beverage mixers. Billy Dobbins and
Dick Rich, who did their part j
nohlv.
A notable feature of the occasion
was the presence of a nunds-r of
bald heads, and would lead one to
wonder that bo many heads of that
kind could exist in one small town.
Fort Liscum was represented by
Dr. and Mrs. Bartlett and Lieu
tenants Witheral and Hamilton.
Taken altogether, the public re
ception of Tuesday, Oct. 20. will
linger in the memory of all |>rexeitt
as the most successful social event
ever held here, for which the com
mittee in charge deserve every
credit.
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Bowling Contest.
The first series of games for the
championship of Valdez was played
last night, and this evening the re
mainder will be bowled off.
Following are tlie scores made
last night. Three games were
played hy each contestant:
Jos. Bell, .... 4k4
N. Merchant, - 474
Win. Finical, ... 44c
O. Larson, ... 43s
D. B. Lea veil, ... 412
K. C. Van Brundt, - - 40o
K. K. Willis, - - - 3K»
C. H. Kraemer, - - ' - 376
R. Rutherford, ... 376
Oscar Fish, ... 372
The gold medal which will bo
awarded the winner is on exhibi
tion at tiie howling alley.
BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. Daw
son Crawford. Wednesday, Oct. 7,1
a daughter. Mother and child do
ing well.
ASSESSOR-MILLER ALSOQUITS
HIS JOB
to. fend Is
As Assessor. Salary Ordinance Is
Laid Over For Another
Week.
‘Hie adjourned meeting of the
council which was to have I icon
held last Thursday was postponed
hy th«? finance committee, and at
the regular meeting Monday thov
asked for still more time in which
to consider the retrenchment ordin
ances.
C. (*. Oehnoy, who is soon to
leave for the states, handed in his
resignation as eouneilman. The
resignation was aeeepted.nnd steps
will he taken Imforc next meeting
for filling his seat. There are two
regularly elected r.njncilmcn in
town, ami it is probable that one
of tiicin will Is- induced n
place.
H. \V. Mi: .
assessor. A f
lowed for the <
were 0. A. 11a.
and C. b. Smith. j*i.\ •, 1, >
taken all resulting in .i > el • .
I'o relieve the deadioek tw*> f i i
eonneiltnen tossed a eoin. tie io-<
to vote for llie other’s <■.»11• 1 i.J.i?
On the seventh ballot C. A. 11a.
received a majority of the voles
and h.js declared elected.
tv A. Hem pie rejairted that mat
ters were progressing satjstaetorily
in regard to the application for
patent to townsite,aud that ns soon
as the land olliue C4>uhl he heard
from the initial survey would lie
made.
A. K. Crawford addressed tin
council and made a vigorous protest
against the enndition of the alley
in rear of Fish building, and the
humpbacked sidewalk from .Mc
Kinley street to said alley. The
marshal was instructed to investi
gate the matter.
The Cable.
The government cable from Ju
neau was completed ahuut October
1. and .Sitka is now in telegraphic
communication with tlie world.
The work of laying tlm cable
from Seattle to Sitka will be rush
ed through as soon as possible,and
tills year the first link in tlie chain
lliat will connect Russia with tlie
United States will he completed.
The government survey of tlie
cable route from Sitka to Kayak
has been made, and is connected
with Ritter’s survey from Kayak
to Valdez, so that all is in readi
ness to connect the Sitka line with
Valdez iu tiu* spring. tVhile no
iippropriation lias been made for
this line, it is a well known fact
lliat it is the intention of the de
partment to secure such an appro
priation, and connect Valdez with
the states next year.
The North American Telegraph
ind Cable company are making ar
rangements to lay a cable from
here to Vladivustock, and will start
work next year, so that within two
years Valdez will lie in direct com
munication with tlie states and
Asia by cable.
Keystone Wharf Sold.
The Keystone wharf which was
built last spring and lias been man
aged hv Geiger d: McPlioe, was sold
yesterday to Logan Archibald, who
will conduct tlie business hereaf
ter.
Mr. McFkee has business inter
ests elsewhere, which demand his
immediate attention and for this
reason was forced to dis]>o.se of ti.c
wharf. He will leave oil tlie next
l»at for the states blit w ill return
to Alaska early in the spring. Mr.
tieiger will remain in Valdez for
the present.