The Alaska Prospector,
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AltVtUTIHIMJ RATt*.
Kintrlf foltinin. #1.00 |*»t im-li
jut mi in ill.
Lnrj{;-r :ii|h in |irn|iortion.
I'rotrxxioiml mrilx #2.00 |xt
tuontli.
l.o<-al alls 10- |mt line for lir«l
itixi-rtkm anil .V |ht lint- for vni-li
suilixtxiuvnt inxi-rtioti.
Kntvriil at tlie Valdi** |iu*tot1ict'
ax xcvniiil olaxH tnatti'r.
City l«o\ kmxmext.
Mavoii, J. L. Stkki.k
• YU.MTI.MtN.
,1 \WK* Ml IIIK. I). S. OttliioD.
A. I*. Oikix. Ki>. Uikiii.
C. N. Chahy.
II. il. ItlLDUETH. ' Cl.KIIK.
J. ti. Snydf:ii. Thk\*i hkh.
Hon. J. W. Lkkuy. City Attorney.
|>H. A. VoNt.lVIIIKII.
IIt:\i.Tii Ofui'kk.
Adam Sw an, J*hf>. Sellout. Ikium.
noYKHNMK.NT OFFICER*.
John Lyon*. L’. S. Commi**ionkii.
K. C. IIamky. Hkitty U.S. Mak*ii m..
John (■■hxiki.i,.
1>K1TTY Col.I.F.lTOH Cl'TOMS.
N. Chary, Postmaster.
VA.LHKZ. MARCH 20.
l ilt Louisiana
An Pnri'lia*)' hx
Aia*ka Kaiijiut I'O'ition to U>
Kojt Tiik held -in si.
Kxi-osinos. I .uni* in IlML'i1
will !>•• the
greatest ami grainiest World’.- Fair
that wiit ever contemjdnted. It
will !>«• twice a* large im anv former
international eximidtinii, Some
thing of il* magnitude may he im
agined from the following i-onijiari-.
8* Mil*.
I In* Centennial at Pliilucl«.‘l|>)ii:t!
covered 22b acres, tin* Paris expo
sition Tib acres, the Columbian ex-,
jHisition at Chicago b:t.‘i and the
Pan-American ai Buffalo.'lot) acres.
The .St. Louis World's Fair will
cover 1200 acres. The cost at Pur
i« was #U,OOO.noO, at Chicago #1K.
222,UtH), at Buffalo * 10,000,000. At
St. Louis it will U* #40.tX)0,000.
There will probably be the lar
gest concourse of people at this
exposition that ever Ix-forc assem
bled at any public occurence in the
Ullited States. .
Alaska should by all means have
a line exhibit of our minerals and
other products at St. Louis. It will
be the grandest opjiortunity to ad
vert ise our great district with its
many resources, that we have ever
had, and will do more to attract!
people and capital to Alaska,
thereby promoting the develop
ment of our country, than could he
done perhaps by the expenditure,
of vast sums of money.
< iovernor Brady lias wiselv rec
ommended in his annual rc|x>rt
that Congress appropriate #100,000
for an Alaska Exhibit at St. Louis,
mid it is to lx* hoped the recoin-i
mciidation will he approved and
the appropriation made.
The |x*op|e ot‘ Alaska shouldcoin
mence immediately to make pre
paration for this exhibit. Even,
should Congress make the appro- J
priation recommended, that will
not In* enough. Every town, dis-i
triel and mining camp should con-1
tribute funds, the very lx*st miner
al s|Mx*iiiiens obtainable and any
•of the products of the country that]
would lx- lieiicticial. and help in
the advertising of the country.
Valdez must lx* represented and
it is not tixi early now to commence
gathering specimens for our exhibit.
Copper and gold sjxs-imens should
be gat hon'd up this summer in
large quantities, and it would lie
well for the Chamber of Commerce
to take up this matter immediate
ly and make arrangements with
those going inside to send out their
best s|K-cimcns.
Oiii'jef.ix: ’bj 11* Pmi.’K'.'VOI
(invKMN'OR llradv is to visit Mal
ilez in June anil may heaeemopan
i.cil In See ret arv of Ayrii tilt tire
Wilson, wlm is in \ Is it Alaska i hi
siiinniiT. 1 nivoriiiir Itrady Mill ;fi•
10 line interior a.- far at least as
('"I'lyr ('UlU'F .uni "will visit tin*
iii|.|s-r di*. rie . and may |s-rhaps
•jnmt io tlir Yukon. Kvery effort
slioiijil In* made mi our part towel*
intiie aiul eii'enain tin governor,
ami make his -lay here pleasant
and protitahle.
* * * i
WttK> the drummers or "travel
invr mereantile ••onversalimialists”
eommenee to visit a town or eom
iuiiiiity.it is generally i-mi*idered
as tieing in eiviltz.nl ioo and a jinod
town. Valdez i* now in the eiretiit
of these uoml mmired Iwings. One
of the tirst to visit onr town was
"Sehilling’s liest." who has made
two trip* to this plaee during the:
past year.
* * •
Tm: eiivnlnlii.il of ihe Pnosl'Kc
roh i- increasing every day. Our
lirst issue of .MU) cnpii*s was soon
sold. Since then we have printed
over -inn copies each week, and will
now have to increase the nillnlier
tu more I Inin .MM). The pisiple ap
preciate a paper which publishes
all the news of Valdez and the ad
jacent country.
* * *
Til Kin: is now a hill jicnding in
t.'oligrcss to give Alaska a delegate!
in that ImhIv, and the Lord knows
We need one there. When the time !
eiHues for the selection of sllell s.
delegate. Valdez will send several 1
delegates lo the nominating con
tention, who will assist m selectingi
a good man 10 till the |Hisition.
Governor Brady has represented
u- ior tile past two or three years
ai Washington and has prohahly
done more to advance the interests
of Alaska with legislators than
anyone else. But this year, owing'
to the unfriendliness of Secretary
Hitchcock of the Interior Depart-:
ment to Alaska and the West, he
has not U-eii permitted to go to
Washington, and lienee we have!
no reprericutative on the Moors of
('• mgresa.
* * *
Judicial Districts Changed.
The judicial districts of Alaska ■
arc about to be changed, and tin
Imuiularies will Is- much la tter and
more convenient in every way for'
Isitli courts and litigants.
The new bill places Valdez in
the third division, instead of in
tb«- first. a> would lie inferred from I
a description of the lioundurics i
published in a local pa|ier recently. I
The new law provides that the;
first division will embrace all that
pun ion of Alaska east of the 141st
degree of west longitude. This in
cludes ail of southeastern Alaska,
ami will in itself make a large dis
trict for one court, on account of
the number of towns. The second
division embraces that part of Al
aska desi-rilicd as follows: All the
territory west, northwest and north
of a line commencing at the mouth
of the Colville river on the north
coast of Alaska, following up the
Colville to where it crosses the 154th
meridian line the second time.
| theme following the 154th merid
ian' south to the west side of Tah
itankella mountain and the Yukon
river, thence in a southeasterly di
rection to the western side of Ml.
I McKinley, thence southwesterly to
the most northerly point of Lake
Clark, thence along northwest side
• of l^ake Clark to the 410th degree of
I north latitude to Kuskokwim bay.
This division includes all of the
mainland west of said bay and all
I islands north of 59 degrees north
latitude. The remainder of the
territory is in the third division.
This includes the Alaska jieiiinsiila,
the gold districts of the up|s*r Yu
kon, and the vast cop|n*r and gold
tieJds of the Copper ’ river valley.
; The only town in this division that
is easy of access at any time of the
year, is Valdez, and there is no
1 doubt hilt that it will la- made the
headquarters of the third division.
This law, if pass«il, goes into ef
fect J uly 1.
A'JierlLc ui the I’uo.-i't:* me
RECOMMENDS CHANGE.
Secretary Wilson Recommend*
Amendment of Land L**»
for Alaska.
A- n result of invcslitM lions
mmli' liv ilir Aurictiltnrnl IRt-jmr■ *
mem. Secretary Wilson s of the
opinion dial sOs-k raising ami
farinint: can lx- carried on tpihe
'tnv«>sftilly in many sections o,
Alaska. The six-rotary lias so ad
vis»xl S'lialor Foster, ami has indi
cated i hai lie will cooperate in the
nuttier of ^ra/.iu^ ealllc and farm
ing; in Alaska. In a letter to Sen
ator Foster on t he subject Secretary
Wilson says:
“I atrreo w ith you fully in tin
opinion that it is a matter ot jrren*
and ttrowint; importance that sVhno
arrangement should In1 made for
the o|H-niut! of the country for
stock raisers and farmer-.‘
Cnntimunjr. Secretary \\ ilsmi
stales that he fully agrees with
Senator Foster that the dcvclop
111**111 of Alaska i~ of Intieli impor
1 a nee to the growth of the I’aeitic
Northwest. He adds: "The entire
nation will Ik* l>enofilto«l hv it. It
a|i|M*ars to me that the surest way
to promote this development is to
so ameml the homestead laws ilmi
lama tide settlers ean take up HM•
acres, or l>ctter still. ."WO acres, un
der proper restrict ions, hut without
cost of any kind for the land. It
is the inthiX of people that will;
create husiui'ds: and it is the work
of the pioneer that will develop the
territory. There ean In* iio influx
■of |H*ople ami no marked develop
ment of industries until rnnvrress [
makes it possible for pioneers to'
jret land at a nominal cost. The
expenses necessary to reach Alaska
are so jrreal that p<H>r men cannot *
jro there and pria-urc land and
meet the expenses necessary to
secure title under the existinJJ law.
It is estimated by the experts of
this department that "dOO.INHI ean
each hi supplied with "j"2tl aeres of I
land suitable for pasture and'
lanniiijr. The developineiit' of the
atrrieultural resources of the terri-,
I torv is. in my opinion, necessary ;
II adore the fisheries, tuiiiiiijr ami
lumheriujr interests can la-fully de
veloped, and Coujrress holds the
' key to the situalion.
His Last Letter. .
We have received many ini|ttiries
ill regard In l lark Moure, who was
sii|i|iose«i lo have ]K-rished on (lie
Shiishetna last tali. Information
has Im-i-ii sought from the hat ivc>
and also at CiMik's Inlet, where it
was lhiiu>'lit he wight have pine.
Init no traee of him could Im* found..
That In- intended in return to
this |daee i.- shown hy the follow
ini' letter, wliieh was handed to
us for |iohlicatinii. It is the last
one received from him after he lei!
Valdez.
Fall Creek. May 1. I1MI1.
Friend Baird:
I have Im-i-ii ti|> to Chistuehiua
and have Im-i-ii home three days.
Will p> to Brvan creek tomorrow
to remain a ' week.. I may come
hack
that is owing to the trail. 1 will <
go to Slate-creek and the Delta.'
then ex|M-et to eonie hack to Brvan
Creek.
I would like to see you? hut it is
uncertain when you may eonie.
and my grid* is stolen that I left
here, so alii colli|id led to move to
Tnnsinu where I have grid*.
Very truly yours.
Clark Moore.
Sauer Kraut at Fish Bros.
I
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Miners Hotel.
Furnished Rooms with
BoardifDesired. Com
fortable Quarters, Light
Airy Rooms.
■ j
MRS. JOHNSON.
Professional.
Cards.
L. K. RILEY, m. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VAMtKX.
Ullirt* inul ALASKA
21A Krv-ronc Aw-mit*.
A, Von GUNTHER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
City Ilf:m.tii i»mrf:n.
4IU Slirrmnn St. VAIJlKZ.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VAI.DKZ. ALASKA
- A. P. OLSON,
Architect,
VALDKZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer.
Mining jinil Land Law—.
S|M«-iuitit->. 12 Yrai> Kx
in Mining ami
La ml Law—.
VALDKZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Kkystonk Avk. Vai.iikz.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Knirineer and Surveyor.
C. S. DKIM'TY MINKRAL.AND
LAND Kl'RVKYOR.
Next dotr to Merchants Cafe.
TAINS ADSTFUa I Ml (0.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral ami other
claims in tin- Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince . William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisua dis
tricts.
Abstracts Furnished to Valdez
Town Lots.
Valdez, Alaska
Second Hand Goods
Bought and Sold.
Good Prices Paid.
Mh. Syring, Keystone Ave.
Thos J. Coles
Carriage Making,
Blacksmithing,
General Jobbing
GLACIER Hr AM. M« KJNLFY Av
The Keystone
WINES, LIQUOR
AND CIGARS.
BEST QUALITY.
Hall Adjoining. Music.
Cor.McKinley St. and Keystone Ave.
__
WALTER L. WHITE
PAINTER 225 PAPER NANQER.
Paper Sample.- Slmw» at Your Ow n Home.
STEAMSHIP NOME CITY
New Modern Wooden Steam Sliiji. Kleetrie l.iiTlited and Steam Heated.
Sail* from A HUM iTl t.VsTi: KKT |M H'K. SKATTI.K,
on llie loth of eaeli montli. tor
Sitka, Yakutat, Ellamar,
Valdez
AND
Siiiamna.
Tin* S. S. Nome (’itv i- nniler Coiitraet with tin* government
to make regular monthly trip.' !>y a sehethile not e xei-i*iling
Seven Day* between Seattle ami Ynlilex. thus affonling tjuiek.
Safe ami Cniufortahle service.
SAILING DATES;
la •ave Seattle on the loth of eaeh month northlmiillil.
Leave \ ahles on the 2ml of eaeh month southlmiiiiil.
FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RATES APPLY TO
j FISH BROS, Agents.
Advertise
DGARF & MACKINTOSH.
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
| The Montana
Wines
Fine jj Liquors
h Cigars
A*ex Singletery. Proprietor