The Alaska Prospector
And Valdez News.
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i «*! «be<l «t Valdez. Alaska, every Thuisday
*y the Prospector Pcblishim. Co
Phone Main 1.
inter* 1 the Valdez Posioffirf <rs scc*>H'l
class matter.
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single copies JO cent*
George Hurebey. a prospector, Com
milted suicide Gy jumping overboard
from the San'a Clara and drowning,
while the steamer whs off Cape Resur
rection, enroute from Sewaid to \ ai
de?. The deceased was afflicted with
temporaly ius.nity, and was being
taken to the Alt. T»i or asylum in Ore
gon for ti e.ttinent.
Deputy Alars! al \\y burnt took
Bn re hey aboard the Santa Ciaia at 3
o’clock Saturday morning t Seward
and together they eclipsed a state
room. Al S i ’clock, the breakfast
hour, the maishal tol 1 Buichey t>' get
up and have something to ead out be
rleciined. saying li> -toim-c tumbled
him. Wytaaiit went d <wn for a cup
of Coffee. leaving hi-* waid in charge of
a follow . uji uru!!»*:• » ot*
marshal found Hurchey peacefully ly
ing in bed. At no time di1} he display
violence, his dementia appearing to be
of the melancholy form \\ j brant,
who had been up all night. lequested
William Henry, a well k .own business
man of Seward, to go od the prisonei
while he snatched a little sleep in the
stateroom next door to 1> uchey's.
Burehey’s id un wh- ! eked and Henry
took tip hia station ju-t outside of it
While t!.e de. k- were being washtd '
down. Henry stepped into the in r
shal’s stateroom, the door of which
was open, to avoid b-ing splashed
with water Bmvhey noted this
more of his guai 1. an 1 hastily sliding
back the window i.e chinned through
the aperture and jumped on the rail
ing of the steamer. Henry saw him
in time to grab him by one foot as he
was leaping into the >ea Burchey
wriggled loose, and fell into the depths.
A rope was hanging from the steam-j
er’s side within reach if the crazed j
mau, but he made no attempt to catch |
i% seeming intent on self destruction !
Hen ry gave the alas m. ibe ve-s-el was]
• topped and a boat 'owered, but the
unfortunate victim r-ank for the last
time before aid coul 1 ieach him
Burcbey, in hi- more lucid moments,
told his friends be would not live long,
but they supposed it was but the vain
imagining of a disordered mind, r ;tber
than a well defined intention t > sui
cide at the first opportunity.
Burcbey was well known in Valdez, i
where he formerly resided He was a
sober, industrious man. liked b> all
who knew him.
. On the last trip of the .Sm.fa Clara
a mess boy named Wallace went in
sane, jumped ove board and was
drowned.
E. E. Ritchie, the Seward attorney,
and a delegate to the re{ ublican con
vention at Juneau, was a pas>.euger on
the Northwestern, ' enroute home.
Ritchie was one of the leaders in the
work of the convention, and succee le.i
iu having a Seward man—Crank L.
Ballaine—named as one of the dele
gates to the republican national con
vention. He was chairman of the
committee on resolutions ami praeti
cally drew the platform a- adopted bj
the convention
Lost an Earthquake
Dr. Martin, a government .demist,
wants information concerning an
earthquake which occurred, or which
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by all signs of the zodiac should ha\e
occurred, in these parts recently.
Anyone having knowledge of this seis
mic disturbance, should immediately 1
report to the doctor, giving such de- ,
tails as to its dip, strike, variation,
duration, velocity, etc., as they may
have noted. It is desirable that a
record of this convulsion of nature be
kepi in the archives. As it stands
new. the scientists are shy one earth
quake.
The Nome Pioneer Pros is the nania
of a tii-ueekly mon ing paper recently
started at Nome.
Recently in an interview .concern
ing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific* expo
sition and the trade possibilities of
the Pacific ocean, James J. Hill laid
particular stress upon his reference
to Ala-ska. “ Alaska,” Mr. Hill said,
“has a great, splendid future. It is a
minzrai st rehouse for the world. It
has copper, coal, oil gold, silver, lead
and other metals in quantity; it has
excellent timber; its fisheries are al
ready prominent. It will soon be a
tremendous producer of narn: ai pro
products.
Kenney, a roadhouse keeper at the
mouth of Like creek, in the \eutua
listrict, lias begun suit through hi*
attorney. K K Ritchie of Seward, to
recover dun ages from five miners who
attempted to hang him It appears a
miner nam d Cone left a poke con
taining $2U0v» in dust at the loadhuiise,
having forgotten it When Cone noted
his loss, lie returned to the roadhouse,
but the poke had disappeared. Sus
picion fell on Kenney, who denied the
theft A vigilance committee sat on
the case and decided to use heroic
measures. A hope was secured and
Kenney «a- hoisted from the ground
several times. He maintained his in
nocence of tlie crime, and was finally
cut down. Kenny thinks b<* is entitled
to $25,(KM for having his neck stretched
without warrant of law The case will
probably come up at the first term of
court to he held in Valdez
Call for Warrants
Valdez. Dec*. ■"». lt*T.
< ity Kiie Fund Warrant- up to amt includ
ing No. ilia will be i aid it presented at my
otiiee witbin ten day- from date.
K. H. WHEAT, Town Tt«u»ur«r.
Call For Warrants
Valdez. Nee. •">, HH>7.
All city warrants up to and including No.
I;3o0 will be pa d if presented st my tth-t with
in ten day- iroin date.
E. B. WHEAT. Tow n Treasurer.
IN THK i 1ST RUT HURT FOR THK TKKKI
TORV <»F ALASKA. THIRD DIVISION*
s. A. Hemp. f. Plain iff. *|
The V ll>vz Brewing < '•>. . ,c'
A roporation. Defendant, f ^‘,re '* Ire
AN1» >m!‘*
S. G. Matthews. interval.or. j
Notice is Hereby given, thar_by virtue of a
judgment of foreclosure ami -ale iii the above
entitled action on the 20th day of May, 1907. (
and an ex u-ution i-sue 1 «»:i said ju igmeut, the
the subscriber, the Fnited States mar-hal of
the Third Judicial Division, Territory of Alas- ■
ka. for that purpose appointed, will sell at i
public auction at the front door of the court j
hot;--, in the Territory of Ala-ka. and town of
Valdez, on the 7th day of January. 1908, at the l
our ot 2 o’clock in the afternoon oi that day.
the real e-tate and mortgaged premises sitna’t- i
ed in the -aid division and territory anil di
rected in said judgment and execution
to be sold, and tii-r-in de.-cr’bed as
follow-, to-wi't Lot s-ven (7) and eight
(8) in Block one or "A" of the Von Gun
ther Addition to the town oi Valdez, Alaska,
together with the complete brewing plant
thereon including all machinery. pDes and
casks. The -ai-' Von Gunther addition i* fur
ther known a- the Soldier’s Add tional Home
-tead Survey No 336. or -o much thereof
may be sufficient to -ati-fy said judgment and
costs, am Minting in all to three thou-and two
hundred eighteen an lo.Moi ($3,218.69) dollar
witii interest thereon from the date of -aid j
judgment with all accruing co-t~ < f -a.e.
Dated «’ Valdez. Alaska. thi- Ith dav of Dec- ‘‘
1907.
Geo. g. Perky.
Fnited Stat>'« Marshal.
Rv \V. p. Wybbant,
Epmt no s:;.th. Deputy.
Plaintiff * Attorney.
Date of first insertion, Dec. 5, 19o7
Data a: last iasartlaa Jan 2. l®fi|
FRED M. BROWN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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Valdez, Alaska |
W. T. SCOTT
Attorn e y-At-La \v
Office !
Court House vALUEZ
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John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
W. LINCOLN REEDY
Pentift
EITEL BUILDING
SECOND AND PIKE
Seattle. Wash.
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
dkntist
Second street
On Reservation \ A LPEZ
The Fairbanks pavers of recent date
contain the letter of resignation of
JaliifS Wickersham as judge of the
Third judicial division Among the
chief reasons as igned 1- the knowl
edge that his appoint men! would never
be confirmed by the senate and the
enmity of flov Hogga't. I he letter
says: **I Lave greatly de-ire.i a con
firmation by the senate of yt ur action
in reappointing me as judge m this
frontier district, but 1 now think it is
vaiti to expect it
In re the Iloggatt enmity, Wicker
sham says: "At a recent term of court
held by me at Juneau, Alaska, upon
special request of the attorney-general,
I had the misfortune to decide an im
portant case involving the career of a
young lawyer, in a .vay contrary to
Gov lioggatt’s views. Tbeioupou the
governor withdrew bis friendship,
which I had h'ghly valued, and criti
cised me so that his loss of confidence
became publicly known. His view was
both unjust and presuuipfious, but his
opposition and refusal to support the
court greatly added to my burden.”
The letter ends wi;h the sta'ement
that trie judge dees not want his re
signation accepted unless it i?- entirely
satisfactory to the president.
In a formal reply the president ac
cepted the resignation, expressing the
usual r *gret, etc.
Alaska Has Vast Coal Area
Of the 600,000 square miles forming
the territory of Alaska, it is estimated
that 12,644 square miles are underlaid
bv coal bearing rocks—that is rocks
that probably contain coal scams—
and that 1280 square miles contain
workable coal, ranging in age from
carboniferous to tertiary and in com
position fi-om anthracite of good
quality through high grade semi-bi
tuminous coal to lignites of various
characters. Many of the known coal
deposits are of great thicknesa, es
pecially where the coal carries a
large carbon content; but, unfortu
nately. high grade of coal and great
thickness of beds are as a rule accom
panied by geological structure unfa
vorable to mining.
Fifty tons of coal will be token out
to Cook inlet from the Matanuska coal
fields this winter, to l « used for a test
by the government.
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of Praeti al Civil, Electrical Mining
Engineering. Established 1864
Oeetip ing their own building, workshop *r.4
and laboratories Open all y«ar. Orent d»
mand for ex-students in all lines. NVw <:*
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Street and Teleerapli Ave Oakland, < V
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SEATTLE
New Management Popular Price*
European Plan Central Lo.-atio*
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wilson A White Co., Props. Chas. Perry, >!<?
^Hotel ARLINGTON
W. G. POTTS, Prop.
Europ an Plan, Remodelled him! N• > fur
ni-hed. Telephones In Each Room. C - I'.#
in Ruilding, Hot and Cold Water. R«t*-< M
to $2.t0.
1st Ave A Umvkp.'Ity St. dvdlllv
COPPER CENTER CLUB
C. B. Overhiser Prop.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Everything First L’la-*
and Up-to-Date.
COPPER CENTER. ALASKA
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for Valdez people. 1- roui
Rates 50 conts, $1 and $1.50 per day. Firstela**
Restaurant in connection. Free Ru- tqipoiih
U. S. Postoffice. •
Cos. First Ay. A University «t., sFaTTLI
John Bouni 'eld is contemplating in
stalling several stamp tbilts ’on gold
quartz properties recently discovered
near Fairbanks.
Judge Wickersiiam administered s
flue of SI, one hour in jail and suspea
sion from the bar until Feb 1. t«
Attorney Louis K. Pratt, for contempt
of court at Fairbanks recently B
banding out the fine the judge said
that nothing but an application of the
‘■Big Stick” would make Pratt good,
aud he was going to apply it. whether
right or wrong.
The Saina Herald is the latest to
join the ambitious publication? of t-«
uorthlaud. It appears on vrappBfl
paper, is hand-written aud [ refuse.!
illustrated. The editor is emp haticia
expression, using a good many qui‘r
fying adjectives to ad<J strength
his thoughts. It is a clever proda*-'
lion, a d shows painstaking effort •
its productiou. It was gotten out bT
the signal service boys at Sains. °T?
the summit.
Steamer Dora, on the run to
westward, is now in Seettl: uuuerg'*-*
‘ annual rapaira.
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