THE ALASKA PkOSFEClOR
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Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Publishing* Co. Phone. Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez j>ostottice as second class matter.
Wonder*what instructions our
delegates to the Seattle convention
will receive.
The} chamber of commerce is in
receipt of a communication from a
man in Iowa, asking if there is any
opening for a jobber at this place.
It is to be hoped that the man will
be discouraged from coming here,
for Valder is over supplied with
jobbers as it is.
Here is a chance for our “long
suffering, free horn American citi
zen” to appew* bwiuae- the pubiic
and demand his “God-given, in
alienable rights.” The mass meet
ing tomorrow evening will give the
local spelbinder the opportunity of
a life time to make an oratorical
disp'ay.
borne paj>ers have suggested that
the reason that the convention
should be held at Seattle is that
Alaskans could never agree upon
any point in the territory. An ad
mission of this kind is certainly
sufhcient to convince congress that
Alaskans are not capable of gov
erning themselves. A people who
are that narrow minded should
h«ve a guardian, not a delegate.—
Transcript.
Nome and Seattle have jointly
Called an Alaska convention, to
meet at Seattle Nov. 15, to elect a
delegate to congress. It is really
too bad that Alaska is- so small
that there is not room enough in
the district to hold a convention.
—Ketchikan Journal.
And when you stop to think that
Nome and Seattle’are further apart
than Chicago and Seattle it looks
very, very funny.—Transcript.
It is not so funny. The "‘Seattle
Spirit” dominates the Nome cham
ber of commerce. That’s all a
Judge Wickershnm, in a case de
fended yesterday, says the Fairbanks
News, cites as a reason for not giv
ing judgment in favar oi either
Claimant ^in a suit to confirm title
to a mining claim, the merits oi
which were dependent upon “dis
covery,” that “nojliscovery^ofjgold
Or other precious mineral was
found upon each twenty acre tract
6f the alleged association location.”
Then it follows that the discovery
6f gold is necessary to l>e made
Upon each twenty-acre tract in or
der to make valid an association
Claim.
The contention of M. Dempsey
that the Slate cr<ek mining’cauip
is entitled to some recognition by
the road commission and the sig
nal corps is well taken. Slate
Greek, the best producing camp in
the Copper river valley, has no
trails, except such as the miners
themselves have made, no tele
graph service, and so far lias had a
very poor apology for mail service.
The Chisna district practicallv sup
ported this town for several years,
and the citizens should go further
in the attempt to improve its
roads and secure a telegraph ser
vice than granting a half hearted
endorsement of the project through
the chamber of commerce.
In an address.beiore the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress,
Hon. J. H. Richards, president of
the American Mining Congress,
etrongly fa voted the creation of a
government Department of Mines
and Mining. Regarding the effect
of such a department of mining in
Alaska, he said: ‘‘A department
would aid in giving proper recog
nition to the future possibilities of
Alaska, one of ths greatest store
houses of mineral wealth now
knows. That territory properlv
guided and conserved will prove
•ne of the greatest bulwarks of the
country in its hours of trial and
seed. It is of interest and import
ance to the American people that
Ibis great heritage he properlv fo»
Report On Natives.
Lieutenant Bernard* Sharp, who
was detailed this summer to in
vestigate the eomlition of the na
tives of the Copper ri*er vallev, has
made his re|H>rt to the war depart
ment.
Although he found many cases
of destitution among the natives,
conditions proved to he on the
whole not of a distressing nature,
and it was found necessary to dis
tribute rations only in isolated in
stances. Lieutenant Sharp dis
tributed in ali aliout 24,000 pounds
of food.
“It does not appear,” he says,
“that the condition of these In
dians has beer, necessarily altered
for the worse by the advent of the
white man. While it is true that
most of the moose and caribou have
been driven out of the country by
forest tires, the loss has probably
been more than repaid by increased
facilities for trading fish and furs
for clothing, and hv opportunities
to earn occasional wages.”
Lieutenant Sharp recommends
supervision for these Indians, but
believes they should not be placed
on reservations. An honest and
intelligent supervisor with a few
assistants of the same class scat
tered over the country could be of
great assistance in improving the
conditions of health and living
among the nr.tives, is Lieutenant
Sharp’s conclusion.
The Chamber Revives.
After eight months of inactivity
the local Chamber of Commerce
had a meeting last Friday for the
purpose of attending to accumu
lated business. With remarkable
hut becoming modesty the Cham
ber decided to leave the selection
of a delegate to tbe Seattle conven
tion to a vote of tbe citizens, and
issued a call for a mass meeting,
which will be held Friday. Oct. lii,
at 8 p.m., sharp, at the district
court rooms.
A committee was appointed to
draw up a statement of the re
sources of this section for incorpo
ration into the report of Governor
Brady. This action was in com
pliance with a request made hv the
governor.
The secretary was instructed to
communicate with Captain Hurt
man tand the road commission, in
regard to an improvement of roads
to Chisna and the installation of
a telegraph station at that place.
Herr Oscar Iden-Zeller, a Ger
man journalist, .on the staff oi the
Berliner Tageblat, has reached
Nome from Siberia, on a trip
around tlie world. He left Berlin
with hut half a cent in his pocket,
and is to walk around the world,
completing the trip before April,
liH)7.
The executive offices oi the R*-v
nolds-Alaska Development Co.
have been removed from 6U Broad
way, New York, the location for
the past four years, to 27 State
Street, Boston.
The removal is in recognition of
the fact that Boston i» unquestion
ably the copper centre of America.
Benefit Convention.
Everyone having interests in
Seattle, or w ho is afflicted with the
‘•Seattle Spirit” is expected to at
tend the mass meeting Friday to
wmrk up enthusiasm in the conven
tion to be held in Seattle for the
benefit of that city and her proto
gees at Nome.
For Sale
Fight lots in Von Gunther's ad
dition, one Hall, 26x76 and annex
16x40, stage and balcony, two
cabins in Valdez. Will be sold
cheap and on easy terms. Apply
to A. vou Gunther.
Kotice.
Owing to increased trans|>or!a
tion facilities the Copper Center
Mining and Trading Co. will, after
Aug. 1, reduce the prices of pro
visions twenty per cent.
Seattle's Alaskan Trade.
The bureau of statistics in its
bulletin for July has figures from
the customs reports showing that I
the shipments of domestic mer
chandise to Alaska during that i
month were 43 j»er cent, greater
than during the corresponding
|>eriod of last year; and that of the
total shipments, 86 per cent, were t
from Puget sound, while in July of
last year but 84 |>er cent, were
from Puget Sound. For the seven
months the percentage of domestic
goods shipficd from Seattle to Alas
ka was 77 per cent, of the total:
shipments, while in the correspond
ing seven months of last year
Puget sound furnished hut 61 per j
cent, of the total shinments.
Commissioners’ Blanks of all1
kind* in sto 'k at Prospector Print
cry. Buhner stamps for commis-,
sloncrs and notaries.
Summons for Publication.
In th** I'nited Status * ommi* alone r*s fonrt 1
District of Alaska. Third Judicial Division! ‘
Kayak Pre. dnot at t'atalla Before i. »
Britton, 1. s. Commissioner and Ex-Ofl) i.»
Justice of the Peace.
W. H. CAMPBELL. )
Plaintiff Summons
vs. F„r
NORMAN D. MACACLEY. Publication
I*ef ndant. j No. 1*. '*(
The Prescient of the Inited State*, to Norman
l». Macntiiey. the above named .if, ndant.
You are here bv summoned to a|>|autr tv fore I
the uiid«-r*igncd. an United state* Commis
sioner and hx • »ffv. i . J us t ice of the Peace in
Kayak Precinct in -aid District. on the 27th
dav of November, list*, at the hour of one
o’clock in the fon*n «>n of said dav, at the
Court Hons* in < ataU» in *a;d Freeinet. and
an*w»r the complain; of the Piaiutiff founde 1
upi.n an oral contract for the *a!e of g.,*|* to
you by the Plaintiff about November. Dim.
And in t a.*e of your failure to app ar and
ati-w.-rthe plaintiff * complaint at the time
and pi.i< e aforesaid, judgment will be entered
again*! vou for one hu idred dollars and the
cost* and dl»btir*ement« of this action.
The service of thi* summons by publication
is made by virtue of an order duly made and
entered Sept. 11. iMtY.
'.iven under my hand this 11th dav of Sent
luuj. u.c. BRITT'»N. *
I', s Commissioner and Ex-Ofllelo
Jiisci e of the peace.
First publication s p i*. ho*.
Last publication Octoler 2»i. I'.o',.
Notice of Executors Sale,
In Probate Court. Kayak Pm-ln.-t, Dl.trkt <>l
Ala«ka.
In the matter of the Estate * No. 2 Notice of
of EI»WIN T. LAMSO.V, v Ex -cub r’» **ale
l Hr ceased. 7 of KeaLPropcrty.
Notiee to hereby given that under and by ,
virtue of an order of Sale of the above named
«*olirt made and entered on the >th dav of j
Augu«t. l*o*., the undersigned Executot of sai l
estate will sc’J at public auction to the highest
and be*t Mil 1 r It cash the following de
scribed real property or mineral claims, -a 1
u*’e i in Kayak Precinct. District of Alaska, to
wn :
An :i.divided *, interest in the Tuttle oil
< iaim. comprising i»-o acres.
An undivided inter st in the Ukc btl
claim, containing ICWacr—.
An interest in E*cr.*w Deed covering El«ie,
Hattie and Edna claims.
An undivided 1 , interact in the oil i-Liii.. :»
the tow n of Catalla. known a* th«-it r ...
lion.
one eighth (5.) interest in stand, rd Oi’« laiin
containing **) acre*.
On-eighth (’.) inter st in Cat*iU As-.i ia
tion Oil i la m. c ntaiulng 1»*» «• • •
Said **!ewill be made on the .i*r day ..f it. .
tuber. at the hour of ten «,Y! ,k* m %,
morning of *ahlday at the front do .r k.k •
• '*urt Hot;* e, in t ata 1!a. in *aid K«yu,. j*rc
cinet.
Dated August xh luuj.
Til«is i,. WHITE.
Lxe utor of the E*tate of Edwin
T. Lani«on. I‘ceased.
First publication Sept u. 1
I-ast p lblieation Oet. 12. list'.
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 21. l'itj
To C. TjosEVIu and Hekxav Meyer:
You an l each *f y.. t a e hereby notified that
1 i;a\e expended, during the year l'.*d. one
Hundred Dollar* U|m»ii •*ai,li oi the hereinafter
named quart/ milling Maims, iu lals.r and im
provement*. to wit: Ti;e - Little Bonanza'*
lode Claim, duly recorded in book at i a -e
•woof mining location*. in the office of the re
corder oi t \ aides Recording District. Ato
ka: the "Bull l*og” lode claim, duly rec rded
in b*s»k 11, at page aU»*> of said records: the
-Norway*’ lisle claim, duly recorded in bo. k
«», at page ... u -aid records. All i the above
named laiin.* are situated near the Kcunu . t
glacier, in the Yaldez mining district, md Dis
trict of Alaska. And that I, Jam- * Met artiiv
duriug the year 1»>|, in order to h« id *aui
claim* und-rthe provisions ..r >. -i-iton «r;ji
the Keviscd >.atute> • i the I'nited S;aU- and
the amendm-nts thereto, concerning annual
labor u|H*n min.ng • laiiu*, being th- amount
required to hold said claims for the Near end
ing De. ember 21st, lts*4. have expended One
Hundred Dollars in annual assessment work !
upon each oi above said claim*.
And if within ninety days of the personal ■
service of this not; e. or witniu ninety dav, of
the p .bUcatiou thereof, you fail or refuse to i
ioniribuie your proportion of *uch exo-.ndi- •
tur-- upon each or any of *aid claims, your in
teie,» m said claims or in any or enher of them
will becouT- the property of the *ub*criber
hereunto, y.»ur co-owner, who has made the
requisite expenditure under the terms of the
law,
Tnto noll e does not preclude either of you
from contributing your proportion •»( *uch ex
peuditure nram either of said mining claim*
and preventing a forfeiture «»f your interest in
e:;h r of-aid ..iniug claims upon which sut u
payment is-n. id •.
james McCarthy.
First du*e f p<.blicatb»n Aug. 2*. ltaY*.
Iab*c .late of i»u*: cation November 23,
Forfeiture Notice.
Alaska Mimno am* Development company
ilEAbqtvu-T at St. Loti.*, Mo.:
^ -u ur fcr* Ly notified that the undersigned
ha«. perf »rti»-«: y .or share of one hundred dol
lar* »>*: :ii of uork for each of »he years of lYOJ,
l:*’ J, !•* 1 a .id 11Wj, ■ n ih»* p!a er miring
claim situated on Slate ek. Alaska, kn »wn as
the-.-t. Anne." >.»id ■ i located Jo.egg.
l’A»». Be corded June ly*». i»; Hook I, page ILi. •
chisua Mining Kc ru-. in Alaska. >«id ex *
penditure w«« made in order to hold said
• 1h:..i nnd r the provision* of Section 2121 of
the Keris d S!unites oi the United State*. and
amendments thereto, cone- ruing annual wm k
on mining claims, being the amount rtquird
t*» hold said claim* until Dex.-moer gl*t, l *•;
And if. at the expiration of ninety dav* from
the publication of thi- notice you fail dr refuse
toeontribi i your proportion f Mich **xic.. .:
tnre as co-cwrner, your Interest iu -ai l mining
claim will become the property of the under
signed, A. M. Powell, your co-o writer wito ha
made the required expenditure or paid for the
same, according to the term* of -aid -celt il
A. M. Powell.
>ir»* Publication Aug. t*, pjuV
lai-t |j ihitentftaa n* *v a. nm.
RIP A N S Tabula
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The Went package is enough for usual occa
sion. The family bid tie (<*• cent*) eontaiu* a
supply for a year. Ail dr jggi»u »eU thetu
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ,
Offices: ALASKA
Fish Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fish
Building. Valdez.
Op* u ,v«nln(r«. Sunday txrepted. 7:30 t ».
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH.
Lawyers
Mining and Land Law., specialist'..
VALDEZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Swan Bldo. Valdez.
D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER,
Attorneys at Law,
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle.
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver and Cupper #3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
HOTEL DILLER.
He»<i<|U«rt*r» fur V»M-z lju ruimi.
R«>■— '•> t<1 »n t *i.») |»-r a»r. Flr.uU-a
KeM.ur.ut ill i-oiiuei iiou. Fret- Hus. <>i.u. »ite
F. S. Kost.ifh.e.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cos. First Av. & Culverslty »t.. SFATTI.E
The
Copper
Handbook
A practical b*mk of n-arlv JWjU page*. u-eful
!•» Allan l »t*< e--ar> moat men interested in
any manner in 'Joppt-r Rr*rduction or Copier
Investment*
' facta will pus* nm-ter with the trained
-cienti-t and its- language is ea-ilv understo«*d
by the everyday man
It i- a dozen b* ok- in «»ne, - ovring tbe IIU
t»*ry, I s »vTerml:ii*l'.^y. Geogripiiy, • » -oL»gv,
Chemistry. Mineralogy. M*.iallui gy. Finances*
and statistic* of Copper.
It l!-r» and describe- :i.s4v copper mines and
companies in all part- *»f tbe world.
The Copper Handbook is cone*-ded by ali
authorities to be the
World’s Standard Reference Book
On Copper.
Price is *.*» in B'«rkram with gilt top. and
in full library m»TOreo. The t opper Hand
i>o.*k w ill be sent, fully prepaid, to any address
ordered, in any part of tt.er world, without any
payuo nt in advance, to be paid for if sati-fa -
lory. «t may be return* *1 within a week *»f Its
receipt if found un»ati-fa**tory. f».r any rea *»n
what**-ever. HORACEJ riTEVKNrT. jug hat
odi. e* btoek. Houghton. Mich.. I*, n. A.
Do Yon Want Lands In Alaska.
The quioke-f. be*!. and ab-olutely safe way
to secure title i- by
Recertified Soldiers Additional Scrip.
I have everai thousand acres of thi* -cripon
han*l. Kiec* a vary in size from IV of one acre
up to Ik! acre-.
J-P* ial att* utiow viven to land and Mining
practice.
k w. ucmsouM.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Kolorado HMg..
Washington. I).
Reference-: ( omuKreisl Nat’l Bank; Sat’!
sale l»ep. <1 Trust Co.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior points. Large com
fortable quarters with every accommodation for
man or beast. Garden products m season
Fresh Milk and Home Grown Vegetables
C. C. ROBKRTS, Proprietor. «•-’ Miles From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House ,
P. MAGNl’SSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail, (.'an accomodate .V) people, has large
warm barn for 2ft horses and good quarters
for dogs. G*>od meals ami everything tlie
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
A | Meal—-Try It A Good Red—Enjoy It
White House
1»»4 Mil.Erf FROM VAI.I'K/.
U. S. Mail and Stage Station
The Last Place Before Crossing Thompson Pass
Freighting Contracted Feed For Sale
T. M* Daniels, Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and l»-nst. Fresh Meat.
Poultry and Vegetables always on hand. Best feeding ground
for horses on the trail.
M rs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
Willow Creek Roadhouse
Nafsted & Bingham.
On \\ inter Trail, Half Way Between Tonsina and Copper
Center.
Best Accommodations For Travellers.
Frank Bingham, Manager.
HAYGRAIN
V. T. Co.
The following Roadhouses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the management of the Valdez Transportation Co.,
will l<e found to be first-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles From Valdes.
Rates $4.00 per day. * BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
135 Miles From Valdez
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $1.50, Beds $1.00
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
School of open A11 Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanic;!, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Architcctur len«ing»nrt A-* y
ing. Assaying of ores. *i.; Bui!' .11 ami <1.1 r
inatioil A-say. tii: Bl.iupipc A-»v. *10. * !I
course of Assuring. »3U. k-ubUsti.-d lisit. Send
for circular.
A. VAN DEP NAILEN, President.
113 (ultou Street. San FrtneifK-o, « *1. One
blo« k we>t of City ilrtll.
Ibe HorMern line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St Paul,
Chicgo,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through train® for all points Kast
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to be had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write.
F. \\ . PAKKKK,General Agent.
151 Yesler Wav, Seattle.
! SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
Si^ns A Specially
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Ponder, Caps, Fuse,
-iall other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.