VOLUME 24, .TO. 2 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Ms and Cafis
A new line of STETSONS and CONQUERERS
in the Newest Blocks.
The Latest Styles i» Cajjjs
IQ£€ a V
Mercerized Flannel . Madras
Underwear Neckwear Hosiery
TRUNKS, VALISES, SUIT CASES
LEW &
Good Goods.
VALDEZ DRld COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
Periodicals and Photo Supplies
Save Ycur Coupons, j
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDKZ ALASKA
City Market I
tfEXT TO THE NIZINA.
PRICES ARK
RIGHT
t
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Buildinq House Moving
A gold brick pyramid, 7 feet high
and 3 by fi feet Bquare at the base,
is exhibited in the Alaskan build
ing at the World’s Fair. The bricks
are 3 by 6 inches and are covered
with genuine sheet^geld.
C. E. Davidson, United States
deputy mineral surveyor, has been
unpointed by the surveyor general
of Alaska to survey all mission
sites on ilie Yukon. Mr. Davidson
will l*e in the.field this month.
i
On June loth T. C, Isitt, a
inusher of lengthy experience in
Alaska, left Chicken creek in the
Forty-Mile country for a trip
across to Valdez to size up the
country on his way. lie took with
him a pack mule and reached
here last Sunday, taking 28 days
for the trip. He reports a great
scarcity of water sill through the
interior country rswing to the scant
snowtall -last winter, which will
materially lessen the rg'dd 'output
for this year.. <H*is iconic .lipv across
country to Taaiana •crossing and
thence over the 'military trail
across -Mentasta pass and down tlie
Cepper river and out to Valdez.
He considers this route by far the
cheapest and liest way of going to
and from the coast to the interior
of Alaska.
A number of prospectors were m It
along the trail and some very
promising country was passed
through especially on the Tokio
where, it is Mr. lsitt’s opinion, it
would pay a number of men to put
in a season at prospecting as it is
undoubtedly a heavily mineralized
country.
Pack Train Returns.
On Saturday last Ed. Wood re
turned to town with his 30 head of
pack horses after a very successful
trip to the Hubbard & Elliott
mines on Elliott creek in the Koi
sina country. Everything needed
for this year’s workings «n the
property and the comfort of the
men was landed safety. On the
first trip in the diamond drills
were landed in place and work
was immediately begun to put
them in working |H>sitiu«i s« that
by the time the second pack train
arrived at the mines everything
was in full working order and cores
cf rock were being taken out at
many points. From an examina
tion of the cores the ore improves
with depth -though it is vry riche
on the surface. The diamond drill
is also revealing the fact that the
ledges are very much larger than
was previously supposed. Charley
Hubbard, who is this year man
aging the pro|>erty, is highly
elatod though spying nothing.
ill til
AS PLAYED IN VALDEZ
A VIVID NOII
By Our Artist on the Spot
One of the most interesting of
i the mnny events participated in of
late, in the Alaskan metropolis,
was the contest on the diamond,
on last Sunday afternoon, between
the choice nine of the recent mili
tary contingent nt Fort Liscum and
! the athletic social nine of the tiate
City.
Tits grounds were all that could
he desired, having lieen prepared
by a special landscaper. The bas
es were embroidered in artistic
fashion by the dainty figures of
the admiring fair sex, and even
the hats and halls were embossed
withered of the local nine.
The grandstand was festooned
with the flora and fauna of the sur
rounding hills, and the thespian
hand added to the occasion with
its most dulcet strains.
Eclat was lent to the occasion
by the galaxy of beauty occupying
the stalls. The dear things dis
cussed sweet nothings witli their
gallant escorts, and encouraged
their favorites with enthusiastic
fern nine roo ings, so dear to the
players. Tint echoes of the applause
that greeted a special effort rever
berated from the adjacent moun
tains like the murmuring resonance
of some mighty cataract, and the
local nine merited much of the
spontaneous applause.
lo the thousands of citizens of
the surrounding villages, who wit
nessed the con test, it will be a red
letter day in their recollections.
The local nine obliterated all
traditions in regard to costumes,
each individual adopting his’en ac
cording to personal predilection,
creating a medley oi apparel fuu'.u.—
tic if not classic.
The soldier boys were rather
monotonous ki comparison, a.-ith
their kaliki aut hlno.
The score gives Ibtft ir. faint tim
pression of the st.-numisity rtf the
game. The twirling was intricate
and the hatting terrific. Holes were
bored iu theValdez fog of sufficient
dimentions as to make it possible
to see the sun, for the first time in
thirty days. The score stood, at
an Alaskan summer sundown, 13
to 1 in favor of Fort Liscum, -and
it is to l>e hoped that another field
day will set at rest the superiority
of the contestants.
As on all occasions, in Valdez,
our new guests wore cordially re
ceived, and merited much by their
courteous and gentlemanly bear
ing.
Come again boys and do it again.
Superintendent Mail Service Here.
Mr. H. P. Thrall, accompanied
bv liis wife and daughter, were
passengers on the Bertha. They
will make the round trip from Seat
tle to ^Kodiak and return on this
boat. Mr. Thrall is the sujteriii
dent of the railway mail service on
the Pacific coast ami his present
trip is one of inspection as well as
of pleasure. Mr. Thrall’s territory
embraces Alaska, Arizona, Califor
nia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kevrda, Ore
gon, Utah and Washington. His
| headquarters are at San Francisco.
The gold shipments from Dawson
this year exeeed those of last'year
by a great deal. A despatch from
there dated June 18th, savs $3,Tot),
000 lmd been shipped from there
si nee the q)>ening uf navigation.
Site For Cable Building
Haa Been Finally Selected.
Work to Begin at Once.
The telegraph ofl'ice, which a few
days ago, will again lie moved bank
to make room for the-cable of boo,
which will be erected on Its site.
The lumber for the structure ar
rived on the Bertha, and tlie con
tractors for the construction of the
building came wile it. Work will j
begin at once, and it is expected
that it will lie ready for occupan
cy in about thirty days.
National Bank.
The First National hank of Val
dez will lie the future title of the
present private hank of S. A. Hem
ple. Before leaving for Alaska
lie presented a formal application
to the Comptroller of t he Currency
and when all the formalities un
completed Valdez w ill iwuejnacinu
al hank notes.
A Narrow Escape.
(.Jeorge L. Clark and wife came
to grief on llie Sliusheina and lost
all thrir belongings by the upset
ting of their boat, which they were
hauling up stream. When the
boat upset .Mrs. Clark was the only
oecupnnt and was steering while
the men on shore were towing it.
Finding herself in the water Mrs.
Clark desperately giablted the first
thing to hand which proved to lie
the under side of the upturned
boat. Her hand appeared on the
side showing her location, though,
at first it was supposed she wus
lost. One of the men seeing her
hand, jumped on to the bottom of
the boat, reached under and caught
the almost unconscious woman bv
the hair and dragged her out to n
place of safety with the loss of
considerable of her hair. On the
bank of the stream 80 miles from
its mouth they found themselves
stranded with not a particle of
their outfit left but the clothes
they wore. There was nothing
they could do but -return which
they did and are now on their wax
back to .Seattle on board the Ex
celsior.
Sunday school Excursion.
The several -Sunday Schools of
the town united in securing the,
services of the steamer iDiiw fur a
grand excursion to the 'Columbia
glacier. Tuesday, ffujy l»»h, was
set for tin* occasion and at 8o’clock
in the morning happy parties of
men, women and •children, espcc-:
iully children, began to gather on
the boat with tlicir baskets of
pickles, cookies and candies to
munch ou between meals. By 9:30
all was ready and away they
started with tlagn Hying from -all
points. About Valdez hay it
threatened rain hut on reaching
the Sound they steamed into clear
weather and ran along the coast
pleasantly to and into Olacier bay
and up to within a short distance
of the glacier where they stopped
for'a time to enjoy the novel wight
of iceltergs breaking off and floating
out to meet them. From the gla
cier they steamed across Prince
William sound to Eliauiar where
they visited the mine and town
and then started for home where
they arrived about 9 p. m. dully
satisfied with their day’s sight
seeing. Rev. Taylor represented
the Episcopal Sunday school, Rev.
Burnette the Congregational and
Mrs. Hudbard and Mrs. Miller the
Catholic, and the united Sunday
School excursion <was u complete
■success.
W. I,. Powell, a big sheepman,
will take 1,01)0 head of sheep to the
TaiMi’ia. * ,j.
((ittcTikii
MEETS WITH OPPOSITION ON
PROPOSED 1(11
Stirs Up Holders of Warrant*
Senate l«ill No. 3338 entitle 1 “A
Bill toAmcnd and Codify the Iftw*.
Kelating to municipal Corporntionr
•in the district of Alaska"’ was iir
troduoed hy Senator Ne’son nn£
with the exception of a few sliglrf.
amendments was adopted
Part of section 5 of said hiR
roads as follows: '••The council
shall have no authority to Hn-ue
bonds or incur any bonded indi+it
edness. nor shall they have author
i'.v to incur a greater iiidebteduese
or liability of any kind in nn«
year than the current revenue <<f
the the municipality for that .year/
Sueh having liecome a law., t!»r
present rouneilmor *»* llie town rf
Vablez who in going into oftior
found a ileht of several thou-anf
dollars standing over (mm tl.e
council of last year, in t!i»; form of
warrants wldcli were pail!s<nt f<ir
labor, supplies and other wccda.
The present council have, when*
ever the funds would permit, beer
taking this up in theregulisr orda*
of their issue and iuie,'
quentlv been building tip n »*>*
debt. Under the new law as.
quoted above the present counoi
believe t lwujn»eh'ofs to be personal!*
iiuble for any debts eneured by
them and not paid at the expira
tion of their term oflica, und te
avoid any possible action t»wv,nk
that end they propose to keep
within the limit of their receipts
and suspend payment on tins ole'
vouchers until euch ti me ** the
find themselves able to take up the
deh:. To accomplish their purjiow
an ordinance was introduced rt the
meeting of last Monday evening
by Councilman Edwards. Tht
lirst section of which reads as fob
lows: “That until otherwise or
dered by the council, the lowr
treasurer is hereby ordered and iir
strucied to pay out of any funds >tr
the town treasury, only such war
rants as have been issued on ami:
aftei March 1-ltlv. ]!f04. commenc
ing with warrant No. 2>U,said war
rants Ui be paid in their mtntericaJ
order.
Section 2 'tells of the maim or
and order of paying and the find.'
section No. o states “it is the objeat
and purjMjse of this ordinance tc
provide for the .payment of the ex
penses of maintaining the nmnioi
pnl government in the town of Vdl
dez for the current fiscal year ovK
of the 'revenues derived for salt
purposes from said town foT snip
period.”
With the expectation ef sakl'bill
coming .up for a reading a rnimbur
of holders of the old warrants were
present-nr represented end regia- ,
tered a protest against the pro
posed action the proposed 'ordi
nance was then referred to tin;
finance'eommiltee and will conic
up for another hearing at the.noaU
meeting of the council.
Another Banquet Dot.
The attention of the Chamber -dl
Commerce is urlkd to the tallowing
telegram. The decease of the fat
ted i-alf is now in order.
Copper Center, July 20,—Have jit!*t
givtu Jim McHie aml Pete’Cash
man blue tickets for 'Vuldex.
_ Blix.
A fwitirre of the Alaska exhibit
at the WorhPs Fair is a ton of fir.
in the form of souvenirs and rook
ing utensils, the latter the first tc.
be made of Aineiiean tin, wbioi:
'■nines trom the till
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