Ex. SANTA ANA
The Largest and Best Assortment of
BOOTS and SHOES
Ever Received in Valdez, Now to be Seen at
Suitable for Man, Woman or Child.
In order to save Removal Charges this Shipment will be Sold
at Prices that will Ensure a Speedy Clearance.
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Merit will tell
The truth of this saying has been proven
by the wonderful success of
CRARY’S COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
In all cases of Couch's Colds, etc. It is our als
solutely genuine preparation tint
Has merit. .
Buy a 1 Kittle of it now. Try it,and if not nlisolute- g
lv satisfactory to you, the money will lie refunded. ^
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY J
H. T. WO ITLEy. GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
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Bakery. |
MEALS AT ALL HOUpS. OPEM ALL MIGHT
LOOK TO YOUR EYES.
‘■l-ift* without light is death!”
"Oloss of sight! Of thee I most complain.”
\\ ith these words the great jaa-t, Milton, la
mented his dreadful condition when blindness
hail la-fallen him. Truly sight is the most
inestimable oi all blessings; blindness the
most woeful of all afflictions. As an essen
uai, men, oi a happy existence, do you give your eyes attention in pns
portion to their importance? You notice your lmy frowning with half
closed lids at his school Imoks. You scold your little girl for “leering
** symptoms of tailing sight. The optician remains unconsulted,
despite the fact that detects of vision never disappear of their own ac
cord. Indiscriminate reading and reckless eye straining seems to lie
due partly to the popular ignorance of the eve as an optical instrument
and its more usual defects.
W. C 5TULI,
any ol these lines appear
darker than the others witli one
eye elnsed? If so you have an
error of refraction requiring
immediate attention.
jeweler, r* Xpert w atchmaker Optician, and Diamond Setter.
VALDEZ
THE CITY COUNCIL
Have a Meeting and Pay a Few
Bills for Babor.
«•
The c ity counc il me t at the city
hall .Monday evening. All the
incmlccrs were- present except coun
cilman Olson.
The following hills were ordered
paid:
fcal Woods, hauling gravel $‘.12.00
JackO’heron. lalor on streets 112.00
Kritjs Voges, lalxir 7.50
•J. W. Leedv. salary 50.00
The committee on streets re
ported that they had done consider
able work on McKinley street and
would now improve Broadway In
tween Second and Fourth streets
and make some necessary repairs
on bridges.
Surveyor Adams was authorized
to establish six monuments tc* be
located at the intersection of the
center lines of Keystone avenue
and McKinley street. Keystone and
Fourth street, McKinley and Alas
ka avenue, and Fourth street and
Alaska avenue. The location of
the other two will Ik- decided by
tin- surveyor.
'1 here was some informal talk in
regard to work on tlw- glacier
stream and other mat tersof interest
to the city.
Weather Record.
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May I
20 42 ‘>2 <& •
21 I 44 ;»t »
22 j 36 .itf
23 , 441 ;*»
24 | 45 55 $ •
25 I 44 4i* $ *
26 J 43_511 ♦ f__
J Wimly. f Light Wiml. * Cloudy.
Above aero except where otherwise staled.
$ It*in. Figure* »how preeipit*tion in inches.
Observed and reported by hr. L. S. t'aiuicia.
Fish Bros, are sole ajrents in
Valdez for Holly Hour and have
just laiught a thousand sacks. No
Hour on this market equal to Hol
ly. .
LIABLE TO BE PUT ON THIS
RUN BY THE
P. C 5. i Company.
They are Thinking of Putting a
Boat in Competition with
the Santa Ana.
We may soon lmvc another line
of steamers connecting this place
ami Cook inlet i>oints with Se
attle.
As a consequence of the rate war
started hy the Santa Ana. it is in
timated that the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company w ill place a
vessel on the Valdez and Cook in
let run in order to make things
more interesting for the Clipper
Line.
This would prohahlv draw the
Alaska Commercial Company and
the Pacific Packing A Navigation
Company into the fight, thus fur
ther complicating the situation.
The latter company has the steam
ers Excelsior and Newport on this
run and the A. C. Co. the steamer
Pert ha.
I. \\ . .Miller, of the Pacific ('oust
Steamship (’o. has stated that his
company had prac ically derided
to compete for the traffic north and
west of Lynn canal. He said he
was not prepared to disclose the
name of the vessel, at least at this
time.
Tins company has Wen figuring
for over a year on putting in a
wharf at this place and starting a
boat on this run. They laid a
steamer built especially for the
Alaska waters and even had made
arrangements to apply for a fran
chise fora wharf, hut they decided
that the trade at this place would
hardly warrant the cxjiense, so
proceeding.- were stojijied for the
time.
If they do decide to put a boat
on here it is more than likely that
the Spokane, the one recently
built, will W selected for the jiur
jiose.
Challenge.
To whom it may concern. The
Fort Liscum Ikiso liall team will
play a match game or series of
games with any team in these parts;
the Yahtez team preferred.
Aildress all communications to1
Sergeant Day. Ft. Liscum.
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Mr. Heatson. of the Latouch mine,
returned on the Hertha to his prop
erty. The mine has not licen soul
yet. hut it is cxjiectcd that it will
he disposed of this summer. Ten
tons of the ore was taken to the
Tacoma smelter, and it runs oxer
♦15 to the toll, licside It ounces of
silver. The charges for freight was
♦7.50 per ton to Tacoma, but he lias
made arrangements to have it tak
en down for $5.50 hereafter. After
paying the smelter charges the ore
will pay a net profit of about $.S to
the ton. A tunnel has been sunk I
on the property 150 feet and in that
distance very little jmor ris k is i
found. While it would not pay to
ship it all to Tacoma, if a smelter
was built on the projierty, all the.
rock could lie used at a profit. The
next trip of the Chico, they will
bring rails for a half mile of road
to connect the mine with the wharf, j
It is believed that this island will
prove one of the richest deposits of
copper ever discovered. A wealthy
New York syndicate is endeavor
ing to purchase the property, hut
Mr. Heatson and partners will only
consider cash projmsitions, which
they will probably receive.
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One third of your life is sj»ent in
l»ed. Moral—Huy a good one from
Kichards Co., Keystone Ave.
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
To Be Made hy the Aurora Mining
Company at Cook
Inlet.
The Atirorn Hold Mining Com
pany of Cook inlet, will probably
Ik* the first mining company in;
Alaska to use electricity to operate |
their mill. The company is erect
ing a HO stamp mill on their prop-'
ertyon Kachcmak hay near Homer.
They have some Ho claims on the
hay. of low grade ore that they
have Ik*cii prospecting and develop
ing for the past three years, and !
the assays have proven so good and
the body »>f ore so great, that the
company are now installing a plant
of Huntington mills and Cornish
rolls on the property. This plant
is to he run hy electricity which
will Ik* generated hy a water fall
alsnit three miles from the mill.
The supply of water is so large
and the force so great that the falls
do not freeze during the winter
months.
Mr. il. K. I lew a It. of the West
inghousc Electrical Co., of Pitts
burg. Penn., and (S. C. Dexter, of
Seattle, were passengers on the
Santa Ana for Aurora, where they
go to put in this plant. The same!
vessel carried the machinery and
electrical apparatus, consisting of
a 150 kilowatt generator, which is
equal to a 200 horse power engine,
and three motors, of 75, 20 and 101
horse power.
The Aurora company is com- j
posed of New York capitalists with!
Capt. Thos. II. Dunn as president.
They U-lieve that they have a
property as rich if not richer than i
the famous Treadwell property.
About twenty buildings have been
erected this spring, and a large
force of men are at work there now.
The result of this company’s new
method of treating their ore. and
the use of electric power in run ning
their machinery, will Ik- watched
with interest.
Celebrate the Fourth.
Tin* glorious Fourth will soon In
here, and the citizens of this place
should start at once a plan to cele
brate the day in grand and appro
priate style. *
There is no reason why Valdez
cannot have a great celebration. A
base ball nine is Iwing organized
and the nine at the Post has al
ready issued a challange to any
team in this vicinity. Other games
could Ik- arranged for, and prizes
given.
The ferry would certainly bring
up a large numlier from Ellamar
and other Sound points, and prob
ably. one of tlie steamers at the
Orea and Kvak canneries might j
come over and bring delegates from
those places.
A novel and interesting sight
would Ik* canoe and hidarki races
by the natives. There could be
horse races, tugs of war, fat men’s
race, pie eating contests, shooting
matches, lieing contests between
’Otters and chechacos, have a clam
bake, bean eating contest or we
could swap dogs, tell In-ar stories,
1-uild railroads, sell corner lots,:
push each other off the wharf and
have a liiyu time.
Several of our s|k*U binding
orators could orate to their hearts’ j
content, the young people could i
dance and sing and the old folks
could drink red lemonade and re
late reminiscences of the old days
luck in Missoury and bleeding
Kansas.
Now get in and hustle l*>ys,
raise some money for prizes and
other necessary exjienses and Val
dez will have a gala day.
mini
SYSTEM IS TO BE ADDED TO
THE
list of Improvements
In our Rapidly Growing Town.
Equipment all Here. Wire
Soon be Strung.
Valdez will soon have one of the
I lest telephone systems in Alaska.
The switchboard, wire, insulators,
part of the telephones and every
thing necessary for the construc
tion of the new system, arrived on
the Santa Ana, and Dr. VonUun
tlier is busy getting everything in
readiness.
The poles are living erected and
the wire stretched and within ten
days there should lie several phones
in operation. The remainder of
the telephones, several batteries
and a few other ncurssarv ap
pliances will arrive on the Excel
sior next week.
The telephones are furnished by
the Western Construction Co., of
Chicago, and everything is first
class and of tin- latest design and
patent. When completed, the sys
tem will he up-to-date in every
particular.
The central office will lie in Dr.
Von (Junther’s residence on Third
street.
NO BIG LAND GRANTS
Committee on Public Lands Oppo
sed to Giving Land to
Railroads.
Washington, May 14—Tin-House
committee on public lands today
agreed to report adversely on all
bills providing for grants of land to
railways in Alaska.
The committee is willing that
railroads projected should have
right-of-way under the laws now in
force but will not look kindly on
any scheme to alienate vast tracts
of public lands, possibly of im
mense mineral value.
Mr. Millard was asked what ef
fect this action would have on the
plans of the Alaskan (Julf ife Yukon
Company. He states that the com
pany will continue their work, re
gardless of whether the laud grunt
is allowed or not.
The people of the Alaskan (lull
»<: Yukon railroad are evidently
pushing their enterprise to a satis
factory end. They are spending
large amounts of money and
promptly meeting all their obliga
tions. Their representative here is
well satisfied that everything is
going along smoothly and opera
tions at this end may be looked for
in the near future. The Excelsior
will more than likely bring more
definite knowledge on the matter.
Information Wanted.
Any one knowing the where
abouts of the following parties will
confer a great favor on their rela
tives by writing to the addresses
given, or notifying this office.
Frank Reed, heard from at Val
dez about a year ago. Thomas
Reed, Seales Mound, 111.
Frank M. Khryoek, shipwrecked
sailor, heard from at Valdez in
Jauuarv. Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Cold
Water. Miss.
Mr. Frank Townsend of Sandon,
B. C., arrived here on the Santa
Ana. and will go to the White river
to prosjiect for copjier.
Crary’s Mange Cure curat
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