LOCAL NEWS NUGGETS.
W, C. Stull,Graduate Optician.
W. C. Stull Kx|>ert Watchmaker.
Sauer Kraut at Kish Bros.
Rubocrilte for the Proscw-tor.
Ifc*g* and horses for sale. See
Kish Bros.
Red Cross Cider Vinegar "ifle gal
lon at Kish Bras.
Good dog b am for sale at Pros
m tor otliev.
Heim Bulk Mince Meat MV a
quart at Kish Bros.
Recertified Government Script
for sale bj C. N. Crary.
Store your trunks at the Miners
hotel for safe keeping.
Billy Grogg und Swan Johnson
left yesterday for the interior.
Kish Bros, can outfit you from
horses und dogs to snow glasses.
Stanley K. Parker came in from
the government trail Tuesday.
Wa.NTicn.—Position by lady cook,
to go imtide. Apply at this office.
Spruce wood, dry as punk, for
glacier use. Inquire at this office.
Gentlemen’s suits cleaned, re
paired und pressed by Mrs. Svring.
Judge Fred M. Brown left outlie
Nome City fur Sitka, on legal busi
ness.
Newcastle-No. 1 Coal-At rish
Bros. $14.00 i>er ton 17 sks-De
livered.
Broinhlo of Quinine Capsules
euro a cold in one day, at Valdez
Pharmacy.
The Puospkitoh will U-on sale at
Hammond’s store on Slate creek
all summer.
Blix can supply miners with
tools and mercury at Copper (.'cu
ter, at reasonable prices.
We understand there is to la- a
drawbridge built across Millie
creek by the wharf company.
Parker Bunk House, on Key
stone A vs. Bunk, stove and wood.
All comforts, 25c per day.
(Jco. Hrundchury and wife un
expected in town Siam. The res
taurant keepers will welcome his
return.
llammoml will carry a full line
of groceries at his Slate Creek Store.
Parties going in light can depend
on getting plenty.
Mr. Chapmun and family have
moved into the Brown residence on
the uorner of M’Kinlcv street and
Reservation avenue.
Alarm clocks, ours is our own
make, lG.fNM) lieats tor quick train
K. K. movement, fully warranted.
K. P. Stull, Jeweler.
H. H’. Dunlop ' left on the last
steamer for Seattle and will prob
ably not return, having sold out
his business in this place.
Just what you want for whist
and euchre club prizes. Pleasing
novelties in gold and sterliug silver
at Stull’s Jewelry Store.
The social club will not have
their regular Friday night dance
tins week. Notice will la* given
when the next one is to occur.
Mrs. Alvah Fames and son Dc
linn left on the steamer Nome Pity
for several weeks visit to friends
and relatives in Portland. Oregon.
We sympathize with Mr. Fames.
By our perfect system we detect
refractive errors and muscular in
sufficiency of each eye separately,
relieving eye strain and headache
resulting therefrom. W. C. Stull,
Optieian.
Eli Larson gave a farewell party
■at his resilience «>u Keystone ave
nue last Sunday evening,ton mim
l*er of friends, all of whom report
having a most enjoyable time.
(Sen. W. Patton, an old ’ilSer.
well known in this place, left for
hi* home in S|>cncer Brook. Minn.,
on the Nome Pity, having to return
to that plane in order to draw his
'pension as it could not lie paid to
him here for some reason.
Crury’s Mange Cure cures.
For Sai.k—A nuniWr of gi*»d
•logs. Apply to Jones Bros.
That Mange Cure at Valdez Pluir
maey will cure your ilogs.
Have you got cold foot? If so
go to Fish’s anil get felt shin’s.
Severn I styles of horse and dog
harness received ex Tliotniison at
Fish’s.
Otto Kanitz has purehuseil
the pianola from the Misses Schnei
der.
Chase and Snnlmrn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to le had at liemple A*
Dougherty’s.
There is no truth in the rumor
that the dog wliieh hit Sam Means
died of hlood |s>isoning.
If you are going to Slate creek
snliscrilic for the pHosm-roR. Wo
guarantee that it will reach you all
summer.
To sis* badly is distressing, in
deed a calamity. Our easy sjn-x
will give you comfort. W. C. Stull,
refraetionist.
('apt. ({. C. Burnell was a wel
come visitor at this office last Tues
day. and as a result will read Tiik
Pnnsi’KiTOR for a vear.
Billy Finical, Joint Delander
niul Rav Larsen, three onlinniy
mushers, have left for Slate creek.
Billy is all the time whistling “The
IJirl I Left Hehiml Me.”
Do you see this plainly? If not,
you have an error of refraction,
calling for the help of a competent
optician who can prcscrilte a pair
of lenses that remove the optical
defect. W’e Ht glasses, W.C. Stull.
Mr. N. E. Ohlsson, the well
known Slate creek mine owner left
yesterday for his mine. He was
accompanied by (turret Hunxnn,
Peter Campbell, Carl Swanson,
I John Johnson, Ed Myra and John
linrud, who will work for him this
season. Mr. Ohlsson will he great
ly missed in Valdez, especially by
the ladies and in musical circles.
The saw mill is rapidly nearing
completion and Mr. Crawford
makes the announcement that lie
would have been able to turn out
lumla-r in less than a week if lie
had the parts of his machinery
that were taken hack to Seattle.
They should be here on the next
steamer anil in very short order
thereafter Mr. Crawford will have
sawdust to burn.
Mr: Melvin Dempsey will estuli
lirh a branch of the Valdez En
deavor library at Slate creek this
season. Almut ">() magazines have
l»een already sent in and Mr. Demp
sey will take in 40 or f>0 liooks. A
reading mom will lie established in
the large tent used us a saloon last
year and it is the opinion of many
that the reading room and a circu
lating library which is contemplated
will lie much lietter in many ways
than the saloon.
Tin- concert given nt the En-!
deavor church on hist Saturday
evening was well attended, and
was an enjoyable affair: Each
nundicr on the program was either
enjoyed or the audience wanted
their money’s worth, as every num>
l*er was heartily encored. The
guitar duet hy little Edith Lynch
and Ma'v Williams was very good;
the organ duet by the Misses
Schneider, the other instrumental,
vocal duets and solos were all en
joyed, and the rendition by the
mixed quartette of “ The Lost
Chord ” brought down the house.
A snug little sum was made for
the reading room and the Endeavor
society wish to thank all who so
kindly assisted in and patronized
the entertainment.
J. B. dQENS
CASH STORE
If you want an outfit let
me figure on it and you
will save money. AGENS
BUTTER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
fl. W. Miller, Manager
Location Records.
Tin* following information in re
gard to mineral locntion*. transfers,
ete in the Valdez Recording Pre
cinct is as ftirnisln'd hv the Valdez
A list met A Title Co.
During the wi>ck ending Mar. 5.
tlie following |mi|hts were filial for
record.
rurKn uicatioxa.
A. Kinlow 20 a on Bantu cr.
H. lloppel 20 " Amina “
\V. Bentley. Homestead ipz claim.
Kcchcmach Buy.
IIKKIM.
B K Skinner and C E Winuns to
\V N Rolieaon; Triplet placer mine
on Miller gulch, consideration
$10,000.
\V N Rolieson to John Miller.
Triplet placer mine, con $5,500.
Carrie Wnrtinan to \V H Muckier
undivided $ of Discovery placer
claim, Bantu cr, con $1.00
J H Smith to J R (telincau and
J II Bell, lot 10. lilk 2,con $1.00
F J Bingham to \V n Mockler.
50x20of ii end lot l.hlk 17.cun $25
POWERS OK ATTORXKT.
Isala-lla J P Hcntly to \V Bentley
Harriet A Bentley to
John A Bentley to -
I. oat on the Bertha.
Tin* wrecking nf the Bertlia lias
furnished the local merchants and
citizens with a plausible excuse for
Wing short of anything they need.
Ask at a store, for an article which
is not in stock, and you will receive
the answer: “Had a lot coming,
but it was lost on the Bertha.”
Senator McHie is in mourning,
over the loss of two fine suits of
clothes which were imported from
the old country. He fears that
losing these will W* the menus of
depriving him of his {msition as
leader of society, lie assured us
that they were the finest that ever
happened in the clothing line. He
had:
“A white and yellow’ zigzag cut
away,
A sunset colored vest, and purple
tie,
A shirt for vaudeville, and some
thing fly
In gunWiat shoes, and half hose on
the gay.”
And a high silk tile with which lie
intended to uphold his aldermanic
dignity.
Johnny Snyder had three sacks
of Hour, fifty pounds of bucon.and
six pairs of overalls in the wreck,
but as the shipment was heavily
insured, he will not lie seriously
emharmsed by the loss, although 1
it w’ill delay the filling of his spring
orders somewhat.
Tod Winters lost $15,000 worth
of diamonds, no insurance.
There are vague rumors afloat I
that the mixed quartette were un
fortunate enough to lose a key on
the Bertha, and also that several j
parties lost their reputation in this
lamentable wreck.
James McConnel was brought
over from Kllamar on the Nome
City to receive medical attention,!
he liavinga severe attack of sciatica i
rheumatism. He was brought over
hy his friend John Noon and taken
to the St. Elias Hotel. These pen- j
tlciucn, together with Cal. Brosium
have lieen building tie wharf at j
Kllamar and had just completed it!
when Mr. McConnel was taken,
sick. Friends are endeavoring to j
have him admitted to the govern
ment hospital. Dr. Rdev is attend-'
ing the sick man.
Mr. J. Will Davis arrived from
Tiekhell canon Tuesday evening!
and reports that everyone on the*
government trail is getting along!
in fine shaia* with theii outfits.
The trail is in liettercondition than j
ever before, and all are ahead of!
what they have previously lieen at j
this season of the year. There isj
but little snow lietween Teikhell i
canon and Copper Center, which is1
45 miles from that juiint and it is
thought that in ten days’ time the j
trail will 1st broken through to that|
place. The government outfit is in
the lead and are at Ernestine, lie
ing.six weeks ahead of what they ,
were last year at this time. Haz-!
lett and Meals and the Amy outfits •
are pulling through the Tiekhell I
canon, and Mr. Davis’outfit is with!
them.
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Mr. Nate (Jreggory will leave in
i few days for Slate creek and will
lie prepared to take in goods atj
reasonable rates.
Guy Banta, who has the honor (?) |
if staking moredaiins on the snow,
in the Bremner district than any
me else, is iu town.
Ray Millard is in town this week I
iwaiting the mail steamer.
Returned From Slate.
Dr. 15. L. Bradley returned to
Valdez last Saturday alter spending
the winter in the interior. Ill- re
ports the winter as the most severe
that has I wen known since the ad
vent of the white man into the
country. Dr. Bradley, with two
others, was caui|K*d on the C’histo
china getting out wood and lumlwr
for their summer’s work on Slate
creek. Hilev, who was lost during
the winter, was in the employ of
Dr. Bradley, who rejwrts that he
has never I wen aide to find any
trace of the Isslv ami thinks he
must have fallen through the ice.
He limited the entire.surrounding
country for some trace of the miss
ing man. and hired several natives
to look for him hut all to no avail.
The party successfully wintered
several horses on the t'histnchiiui
without any hid whatever, except
such as the country producid. and
they are now in good condition.
They find plenty of brush and dry
grass to feed on and stand the cli
mate well. Dr. Bradley thinks
horses ami cattle could lw success
fully raised in the interior and
that they would need no feed at nil
until some time in January. Feed
is plenty during the summer and
it would lw no trouble to put up an
abundance of hay.
I lie natives have Wen very des
titute this winter, and have resorted
to stealing. It is reported that
nearly every eahin and cache along
the Chesna and Slate creek have
Wen broken into and provisions
left for this season havelieen taken,
which will he a detriment to the
miners, as many took in smaller
outfits than usual, depending on
what they had left in their caches.
They stole one of the horses from
the Hradlev party and killed it for
food, hut of course claimed he war
dead when they found it.
Some severe measures will have
to lie tuken with the natives to stop
this pilfering and no doubt some oi
them will lie severely dealt with
this season.
Weather Record for February.
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St *2U 13
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•j.'i ; -j»i :w |
•20 I 22 XI |
27 ( 10 82 |
2H •_ 7 \_30 |__
AIh»vt* xero **Xf»*pl where nthrrwimf »lAte«l.
ol»*crve«l mi«l rfporlftl l»y Hr. I..S, ('Miuiria
During the month of February
the thermometer ranged from li to
-id degrees almve zero. Total snow
fail lfrj in. Five cloudy days.
Twelve partially cloudy. One
slightly foggy. Eight days light
S. E. wind, one day light N. W.
In the same month, 1 Sit'd, the ther
mometer ranged from K below to Hti
almve, snow fall 4i5 inches, cloudy
davs S. partially cloudy 10, E. wind
♦*. S. E. wind 4.
St. Elias Hotel Arrivals.
Chas. H. Kraenier, - Glacier.
K. Houser, Summit.
O. Ouillette, Citv.
E. tirier,
A. 11. McNear, “
H. L. Bradley, Tonsina.
Jas. McConnel, Virgin Bay.
Jno. Noon, “
F. H. Poole. City.
1). C. Witherspoon, Geol. Survey,
L■ B. Stowe, Citv.
S. K. Parker,
The regular business meeting of
the Christian Endeavor society was
held in the lecture room of the
church with the president in the
chair. The rejiorts of the various
committees were read and accepted.
It was moved and carried that a
vote of thanks be extended to the
Alaska Piiosi>KCToi<and the Valdez
News for gratuitous printing. Nine
new associate incmliers have lieen
received recently and we hope to
do good work this year.
A special meeting may lie called
to elect o.tliters for the ensuing
term.
C. T. Holllxusworth, See.
Putting off the use of glasses is
dangerous, ami has proved fatal to
many. Our easy s|x>x will give
you relief and lasting comfort. W.
L*. Stull, Optician.
Sight is priceless, and if you
would preserve it, use only per
fectly fitted and centered lenses.
<ce W. C. Stnll, Optician.
Save your buildings from fire!
Sec what Yaekshuw, the tinsmith.
>as.done on Snyder’s buildings.
eral Merchants
Groceries
Hardware
Clothing
| Footwea r
etc.
We are Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
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Pioneer Outfitters
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! J. J. YAKSHAW
Valdez Sheet Metal
and Plumbing Shop.
Metal Work of all Kinds.
Camp Stoves and Air
Tight Heaters.
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i Corner Glacier St and McKinley Avenue.
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The Bohemian Saloon
LIQUOR RNB CIQflRS,
NONE BETTER.
McKinley St. Between Keystone and Glacier Ave.
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! General Promoters
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' Prospectors.
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Main Office:
McKinley Stf 206-208 State Stf
Valdez. Chicago.
THE - LOQ - CflPIN
| OTTO KANITZ, PROPRIETOR.
Liquid Refreshments of Best Quality. Clean auid Comfortable Rooms
to Let at Reasonable Rates.
McKinley Street near Glacier Avenue.
\\ ednesday afternoon the follow
ing natives arrived in town: Ga
kona Charley. Ondel, Gene, Chis
liehita. Tatalaehitla anil Miss Bel
gette. Ihe latter is a decided
hrnnotte of huxom build, and
quite a belle in her ucighlstr
homl. They were six days coming
from Copper Centre to Valdez.
I here were twenty deaths along the
river this season, owing largely to
a lack of food. The salmon catch
was small last summer, and they
have not killed many carilsio or
moose this winter.
Mt •ssrs. liuzlett unil Mealoa are
certainly fortunate this year. They
had ordered a large amount of
j»i]M* and hydraulic machinery
from San Francisco, which wag to
l>c shipped from Seattle on the ill
fated trip of the Bertha. But it
arrived there two days late and
was sent on the Nome City. Had
it l*cen shipped on the Bertha, it
woidd havo been lost, and the work
on the Chisna Mining and Devel
opment Co’s claims would have
liecn greatly retarded.