®««ly Addresses Alaska Club.
A strong address on the needs of
Alaska and the projwr methods by
which the l*ijj Northwestern terri
tory can be successfully o|>cned for
permanent settlement was delivered
last night by Uen. A. \V. Greely
before the Alaska Club, in its new
quarters at the Ranier-Grand hotel.
.Gen. Greely stated that he had
great faith in Alaska and took a
deep interest in its welfare. A por
tion of his address follows;
I believe that the present rail
roads, building and in operation,
will open up a portion of Alaska
containing vast resources and
create sufficient business for them
•elvea to be far more than simply
self-sustaining. Ily faith in Alaska
is great and nothing can shake it.
All that is now necessary for us is
to pull together for the welfare of
the territory.
“Some time ago I had an hour’s
talk with Secretary Root relative
to Alaska’s needs, which, later, he
requested me to submit in writing.
I did so, and the document was
transmitted to the president, and
that document, I am given to un
derstand, had much to do with the
Alaskan clause in his last message
to congress. My interests in the
territory arc purely official and I
do not own a single mine there.|
but I believe that the government
should come to the aid of the ter
ritory.”
When asked by a member of the
club as to the feasibility of the con
struction of a railroad from Valdez
over Marshall pass in the direction
of Copper river Gen. Greely said:
“If the government could be in
duced to subscribe half a million
dollars os a subsidy towards the
construction of the road I am cer
tain that it could be completed, or
if the government gave an equal
subsidy to any prospective roads I
believe that the people would rise
to the occasion and build the roads
themselves. All that is now neces
sary is sufficient money to get the!
thing going.
High Valuation.
One of the most tier ions draw-]
backs to the flouting of new min-,
ing enterprises is the high valua
tion placed on a property of intrin
sically small relative value. A
prospect may be opened and de
veloped until it becomes a mine
having an actual net valuation of,
say, '9100,000 with a prospective
valuation of double that amount.
The mine is bonded for, possibly,
$250,000 on the deferred payment
plan, and then the proposition is
incorporated and capitalized for,
perhaps, $5,000,000, with a million
shares at $5 each. The promoters
take about 300,000 of these shares
(or their trouble and 400,000 shares
are offered to the public at the low
price of $1 per 6hare, the remaining
300,000 shares being placed in the
treasury to be sold later, if neces
sary, to carry on development or to
provide equipment, or to be ab
sorbed by the promoters if the ven
ture proves successful. Under the
impression that stock offered at 20
percent of its face value must be a
good investment, the public pays
$400,000 for a two-fifths interest in
a mine having a doubtful though
possible total value of $200,000.
The natural outcome of this meth
od of procedure is numerous fail
ures. Even if the property proves
a success, viewed from the basis of
its true valuation at the time of in
corporation and promotion, it still
may fall far short of realising the
expectations of the investors, The
property may pay 9500,000 net
profit, which would entitle it to be
included among good mines; but
the public who bought it on a
basis of 91,000,000 only receive 50
cents on the dollar on their invest
ment, and, as far as they are con
cerned, the proposition is a failure.
This is but a single instance of
mine promotion, and with little
change may represent any one of a
large number of flotations. If
mines were generally promoted on
« mere conservative basis, there
would be mere euooesses recorded,
nnd the investing public would seek
mining investments in preference
to ether stocks. In contrast to the
wbeve described method of mine
pnemotion, -some «f the greatest
producing and most profitable,
mines in the world «fe capitalized
for amounts far I slow the dividends
they have already paid Of course
any mine making a good showing
at the hegining may prove to be
one of the lionanza mines, hut in
its early history this is usually
I only a |w»ssibility. Moreover, it is
really not so much the capitaliza
of the pro|>osition as the price at
which investors buy into the enter
prise that is to them the trhe meas
ure of success <jr failure.—Mining
and Scientific Press.
New Customs Regulations.
On Aug. 9th the treasury depart
ment at Washington sent a com
munication to Capt. Jarvis, collect
or of customs for Alaska, apprais
ing him o» the fact that the de
partment, in compliance with the I
collector’s recommendation, had
designated, as special landing
places for vessels, under the super- ;
vision of a customs inspector, the
following named places: Berners
Bay, Copper Mountain, Chilkat i
Hadley, Haines, Hatty Camp, Kell
Bay, Loring, Petersburg, Hunters
Bay, Chilkoot, Funtcr Bay, How
kan, Kassan Bay, Kiilisnoo, Quad- j
ra Bay, Fhaknn, Metlakatlah, Kar
luk, Bluff City, Fulzer, Fum Dum,
Taku, Yankee Cove, Chignik, Ella
mar, La Touche, Seldovia, Uyak,
Kotzebue Sound, Solomon, Hod
man Bay, Sitkoh Bay, Snettislmm,
Thorn Ann. Windham Bay, Catel
la, Cold Bay, Kayak, Seward, Yak
utat, Bristol Bay, Golovin, Nuslia
gak, Port Clarence,
These points are officially desig
nated as places “for landing coal,
salt, railroad iron and other like
articles in bulk,” and the object in
providing these additional facilities
is to encourage legitimate enter
prises in the territory.
A number of petitions from var
ious sources were sent to tlie Treas- i
ury department asking that Fair-,
hanks lie made a subport of entry.
After a careful consideration of the
subject the department has finally i
decided not. to comply with the re
quest hut in order to facilitate mat
ters for the shippers and trans
portation companies an arrange- j
ment is made whereby goods may ■
be shipped from the states through
Canadian territory to Fairbanks
and goods may he shipped from
Dawson direct to Fairbanks, hut in
the latter case a customs inspec
tor will accompany the shipment
from Kagle to its place of destina
tion at the expense of the transpor
tation companies. This arrange
ment of the Treasury department
also allows British or other foreign
vessels to carry goods to Fairbanks
but does not permit them to trade
between American ports.
The Amalgamated Copper Com
pany is now said to Ijc producing
at the rate of about 175.000,000j
pounds of copper per annum, al
though the United Metals Selling
Company controls the output of pos
sibly 300,000,000 pounds per an
num.
Recertified script for 4.41 acres
for sale. Inquire at tins office.
A full line of Rrainard & Arm
strong silks and Dutch Pillow Tops
at the Ladies Bazaar.
To Bachelors.
There are some hundreds of
thousands more men than women
in the Central and Western states
of America and in Canada.
As a result thousands of trusty
men—Farmers, Miners and others
—living in certain districts there
cannot possibly get wives in their
own neighltorhoods.
Hilt in England, Scotland. Ire
land and Wales there are a million
mure women than men and, in
these countries, thousands of good,
intelligent and attractive girls—
many of them daughters of farmers
and all of them qualified to make
excellent wives—see nothing be
fore them while they stay here but
the prospect of living and dying as
old maids and this, to them, is a
decidedly unpleasant protqtect.
They would willingly emigrate to
America, could they l«‘ assured
that they were going to meet worthy
men there as husbands, and that
they could look forward to happy,
if humble, homes on the other side
of the Atlantic.
We may say that all of them
could afford to emigrate at their
own expense.
We are prepared to give good
men introductions to these girls.
If you wish to get an introduc
tion please write us with such par
ticulars of yourself (age, national
ity, occupation and circumstances)
as a sensible girl would expect to
get and vve shall write you in re
ply, with a view to bringing uIkmiI
a suitable introduction witliout un
due delay.
roll us what kind of a wife (age,
nationality, appearance and dike
IMwition) you wish to get.
If you have preference for any
particular Christian Sect please
name it.
You will also enclose our fee of
#5. A further fee of $45 will he
due to us within one month after
marriage, thus making $50 alto
gether. We do not confine our
selves to one introduction. We
give as many as will 1m: necessary
until marriage, lfut we make no
charge for any introduction after
the payment of our said fee of $5
for the first.
It is not at all necessary that
you should be a wealthy man.
Hut it is necessary that you he
a man who would make a kind
and good husband to a good wife.
If you are not such a man please
do not write us.
Address—
Messrs. John Lloyd A Duncan,
Anglo-American Agents,
‘J1 St. Mary’s Hoad,
Leyton, London, England.
I BUY Miniature Skin Canoes.
State price per running inch. A.
H. Gnllschall, 250 llummcl street,
Harrisburg, Fa. IS
tUH Military Academy
B0B3LAVS, OUOOI. 9
A print* boarding nl day
rrtirol Manual training, mili
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And mall to Dr. J. V. Bill. B&
Villtary Anadanj. Portland. Or.
X MW* .... Iwyw vhuta 1 wwnt to Mod to ■
ON CREDIT.
The Celebrated Century Ineubaters.,
Cash or easy monthly payments. We
trust honest people living in all parts of
the world. The first hatch pays for the
Incubator, gives you large profits be
sides. Write for free catalogue of In
cubators and Brooders.
CENTURY MFG. CO.
P«*‘2093 EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.
£ti nitron?.
IX Till IGNITED STATKS PtsTRIf T fopRT.
FOR Tkl I IsTRIfT •». Al.A'KA,
THIRD DIVISION.
Ifan«cl Ilari*on Hicks f
I Unit iff. Summon*
vn } for
Maggie Kicks Puhlirullon.
Defendant, J
The President of th<* Ctilted State*, send*
greeting to Maggie lllrk*. defendant:
You «:«? hereby required to appear In nil
netion brought agni'nst yon by the altovc n.irn d
plaintiff in the Flitted Stale* District <*« urt, for
the District of Alaska. Third Division, nnd an
swer the complaint filed therein within thirty
dnv* after the coni’ let inn of the |*?rtnd of
publication of this summon*, to wit*
The said action was brought to obtain a de
cree dissolving the t»ond* of mnfritnonv heret*»
b»r«* and now existing I *e tween plaintiff nnd «lc
fendant.
And you are hereby notified that if yon
fail to apfiear and answer the complaint, a*
above required, t c -aid plaintifT will apply to
the fourt for the relit*! demanded.
Order for service of aummon* «*f puldieation
was made on the -ml day of June, p.mi.
WITNKSS. the Honorable Janie* Wicker
sham. Judge of s.iid fourt this Pith day of
August, l!W4, anti of the In/lependen»*e ot the
I nited States of America, the One Hundredth
and Twnty-nlnth.
(SMeal.) A. R. IIkimo,
f lerk F. S. District fourt. for tin* District
of Alaska. Third Division.
By K. A. IIknpbrsom, Deputy
J. w. Ludy, Attorney for the Plaintiff,
Vnld*x, Alaska.
First date of puhlieatio:i August Is. P*»|.
Lust date of puldieation Sept. j*. pmi.
Notice Of Porfeitnre.
Tn El, Phki.aii, her helr» or a»,gn«.
You nrc hereby n ui»<-l Unit tin uiuler«lirne.l
I A. t'firftoll. your ro own, r In I hr hereliniftt'r
described ininhiLr I' .iim- liHscx p*!idt*#’ til' -ititi
«»t Two II limbed Dollar* (SJ to) dnrinic t he yp«>
1!ktl in fife development and improvement of
thom* certain mining entil'd ot> l'yak
May. Kadiak 1-land, I’vnk mmr iCsttlrt,
Alifska lie* Tilled ir- foilof t«» wit Tunnel
claim Inlan d I* Unary .'4 lurj. I tan Dontch
erty and Kl. I'liHnl1, ifntlrt of *<c*ai4On record
•*d .Vpril IS. l**rj, in VM. | a! :pn*»v JV of Nfii.inif '
l.oeatieii* of 11.« r«>cofd*'.*»f »> n • |l -»ti*ei Record
•T rtf Kodiak. Alaska: I I.. claim located in
Htid notice o* ha atioii Peopl'd ill the
hoolr* of * record* at K'strirtk.
Said sum of money voexfietided in tlodcvi*’
opment and Im'prm rntf nt of said Claim'* va
**» < x|* n<b d as Mild for thf mutual ’labor for fin
year 1>W on 'said claitit* rc«|d.red by Section I
of I lie RCyimU) Statute* of the 1* tilled State*, i
and the amotf.imi nt> IlmVeto.
You are furlIf r notified thn* if non fall to
|my tn tin-unf!.'f*-iatdd the proportion rf the
said Mini due from Vf.'i on or b- fore the < xptra
li«'H *.f tilimiy (!*»)«lay* from tli«* puhlientioii *5.
tiii* iioitee, to wit on /»r l«'l> re January lj, 1 • a».».
yum Lnuui-t in -am i-lHlm. will !»■ furfcIMI
and l*coinc the property of vonr un*lersii;iie«i
eo-owner.
Payment may ho made to the undersigned
at l yak, Alaska, or to Ids attorney* (ioodell A
Kdwards, at Valdez. Alaska
K. A. roRXEM .
Dated at Valdea. Alaska. July M, p.m
Date of first publication July 1 it It 1»»|.
Date of lust publication Oet'lJth
in rm: rviTKn sIwtks <■ >mmissi<ivms '
« Ol'HT Kurt THU l»lsrRK'T or M. vsK \
tllOK IXI.KT I'UW'IM T
IN ...Ill
In the mailer of the o.title*of
1-ouJs limnson, deceased.
CITATION TO limits
[ To lotili Hoe and Jam- Roe. b« jr* «»f the t*rtate i
almve mentioned, and to all otlo r* unknown,
if any ailrh tin re tv*
Rv order of this Court you are hereby elted I
and required to appear before th** Judge •»'
thift Court, at the Court room ilor'-of. m a-u
«»rd, in C"«'k Inlet I'reei net. HMri.t of
Alaska, on I iicmImv, tlx* 'JMb day of .’■••♦|*,«,mhrr.
I>i|, at 10 o’eloek in tin* -forenoon of tlmt day.'
1 *n*li and there toshow eaiise. If any y.ui have,
wuy an order of sale of tIt** real pniiiertv of
>uiu estate should not la* made as in tlie |»eti
lioii of tin- liUmiulstrator prayed f«.r.
Hie said leal property is briefly de eribed ir>
follow*:
One frame embln at Sunrise, Alaska.
One undivided one-half interest in the
following described-property sitim'ed in IIoim*.
Alaska,
The 1lope City Hotel grounds and btiild
1114* thereon.
The “Callahan Cabin” and ground Is’
longing thereto.
The “Raynor Cubin’’ and lot.
The “Parincumr Cabin" ami lot.
Witness, II. H. Hildreth, I'uftcd Mates Com
missioner and Probate Judge, in and for Cook
Idle* Preeinel. district of Alaska, with tin s,.„i
of said Cotkil affixed, thta 12th day ot July, l‘JM.
(•'■***1) II. ii. llM.nur.Tn
l*. S. * ommissioner
'2*J
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yakntag*-, Alaska. July 2tf. lAM.
To |) f, Hlod get ;
You are hereby notified that I have expend
ed during the year lAtt One Hundred Dollar*
(fluu) in labor and improvement* upon each of
Hie following placer mining claims: No. 2 above
Discovery and No. lu in-low Discovery, bom sit
uated on While Kiver near Yukatagc.'in OhIuiiu
Mining District, (ialatia Kecordiug District,
District of Alaska, in order to hold said claims
under the provisions oi Section £fc*4 of the
kevi-ed Statutes ot the I’nit.al State* and ttic
a lncud incuts thereto approved Jatiu.iry 22. Isvi
eoneeriiing annual labor u|**u mining claims,
la ing the amount required to hold said claims
for the |»eriod ending December fil, Iau. And
if within ninety days from tin* personal service
of this notice, or within ninety days aft. r the
publication thereof, you fail or refuse-to con
tribute your pro|M>rtiou of such cx|H-ii.iitur<
nt a i-tHiwncr, your interest in said claims
will Imm-ouic the pro|>eriy of the subscriber,
your eo-owner. who has made the required ex
penditure by the terms of said section.
Halvok Jenme.v.
Date of first publication July 2H, 1AM.
Dale of last publication Oct* 27, 1AM.
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yaldex, Alaska, August 1, llk>l.
To —. —. Moss:
You art* hereby notified that the
undersigned Kusstd It. Robinson ha* expended
during the years 1902 ami l'.and four hundred
(4««») dollar- upon the Lucky Nine and skookem
mining claims,situated near McKinley Ijtke in
the Alganik Mining District ami in Yuhlcx
Recording District, the location notices of
» liieh claims are now of record in the oiticc «»t
the I'nited States Commissioner at Yu Ideas, ami
to which notices reference is made for a more
particular description thereof, in order to hold
*aid claims under provision of Section 2J2I,
K.ivDcd Statutes of the IniUd Stales, ami tin
amendments relating thereto concerning an
ciml labor ujmui mining claims, being the
amount rcfiuired to hold said claims during
the years 1902 ami lund, eliding I iH*einl*c-r.:i. hul:
And il at the ex id rat ion of ninety day* from
the publication ot this notice, you fail of refuse
to contribute your proportion of such cx|N-ud
iture, your interest in said claims will become
the property of the undersigned* your co-own
er, who has made the required expenditure by
the terms of said seeliou.
Russel K. Robinson.
First I’ublicatioii Aug. I. 1904.
1-nst Publication Nov. d. 1901.
Prospectors I! Mas
Will save tlieir freight ami expense of
handling bv purchasing their
supplies at the stores of
M. H. WETHERBEE,
KENAI and KUSSILOFF,
COOK INLET, ALASKA.
Full Line of
General Merchandise
CLOTHING, HARDWARE,
PROVISIONS, ETC.
QEO. 5. HEARNS, Agt.
KENAI. ALASKA. 1
Alaska Pacific flavijation Company
Carrying U. S. Wail and Express.
Or Ur lUlUr FAST ANI> (’OMMOlHfW M sKKVICK
lir Mi H Mr Valdes. .N-ward ami Seattle. Sad
•/II • /ilJ« 1/vllUI ing from Seattle June lOili and 30tl».
Equipped With All Modern Conveniences.
Saila from Seattle lat of each month fo
Str FYfpRInr r J,,,,w,u» Sitka, Kayak, Yakutat, Valdezr
aJU. LAU15JU1 ^ Seward, took Inlet and way ja.rta. S„i|
from Valdez for Seattle and way porta
^ Kith of each nnfnth.
Sails from Seattle on Kith of each month
for Jlinear, Sitka: Kayak, Yakntat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way j*orts. Con
Str. Santa Ana 1 nccts at Valdez with Str. Dora for all |«>rt*.
between Valdez and Unatasdta. Sails from
Valdez for Seattle and way iwrrts, 1st «#[
each month.
Frum Valdez to Cnalnska and way port*.
Qtr IWq j 'ititli of each month, emuitt*tinu at Valdct
Oil. Ullld 1 with S. S. Santa Ana
V,
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coa*
K£E. CAINE, President. .7. F. TRQHKIDUE, (ten M v
Cd>> First Ave., Seattle, Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
T>1,on<> Valdez, Alaska.
A. B lien, I*rcn. F. M. Brown, Trent*. F. 4. Kinfdmrn, S*-o.
Valdez Cod I! Warehouse (cjnpauy.
C.hmN muy Ho slitjtpo.l In >.ur i. rn nn.l loll in wnrohimso mi
•o»n«lli.r. I’nriios k<iIiik :<> Hi.-' ntori.ii will 111..I II o..nvon
H-nl In lonvo onii-lonniont will, us to I.. fnrwnrilvil In suoli
pnlnls >in.I hi suoli liino ms, I hoy muy .1 Irool.
Onr storage is safe, being l-4th mile from nearest building
Rome Restaruant :
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All ? I ours From *‘> O'clock A.M
to '^O’clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
S to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specie It v
Ice Cream Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
Wo have'on hand a large assortment of "Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Hells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kindsof electrical work. Phone ,'!!t.
Where Do You Stop? Why of Course at
MON OSS* HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st. and Keystone av C. Johnson, Prop
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Paints, Oils, Glass.
Fine Varnishes, Builders Hardware,
Terra Cotta Pipe.
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McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart Sr
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc*
Dates Booked With
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Elevators Pipes
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