Marriage at Center.
Fp rinir rr xp. nrl.-ncv t< ih • I'Rfwprrrop.
Copper Con or, Nov. 1.—Hotel
Holman lias been reopened under
new nianngi nient. R. Mix is now
lie ninrjfir. 11.is is tl.e f.rst ho
n I It 1 .1 I t ( o| 11 r rr t r eotiu
ry. It mi? em.tru tid in 1MW.
R (Jhmiiiiu, I lie Ivllf of (Joppa r
R’t titer. «as married Inst week to
(In ' an. (!u j;» t r.d ns a rrnsc*
qu. net lie inlialniants ol Ins own
art (fi ling v* rv «?««>.;• ** ;m*{ jV .
lorn. Nor a kltilelnnan is left in
the place.
The resii'en'.s of the Center have
star te a li nan elt.h or tin w n
Itr. '1 Ity will nu’y English
and An.t ricun literature from the
time of Clinutter to the lieginningof
the Pinkertonian age.
1 will send you a local song soon,
written hy the well known singtr
anti composer, H. E F. King.
—
Further Development*.
If the basket hull eluh kiv|<!< up
its nefarious work Valdes will he
dcpopuln'cd.
Just liefore the last meeting a
carpenter and his helper were mak
ing some improvements in the hall.
The helper had climbed into the
loft to cut ventilator hides in the!
ceiling, and the carj enter went for \
a small saw. On returning his en
trance was j ioti stisl by a hunch of
fair femininity in such varied
costumes, that he was glad to es
cape. and left his helper to the
Render mercies of the ladies.
W The helper, v. ho is of a modest,
retiring dis|M>siiiou, heard the la
dies ui cr the list I , hut thought
they mi uld soon lean, so did not
announce his presence, ami after
the crowd got busy, he realised
that to lie found would mean in
s • lit dentil, or something worse.so
he lav, sea reel v breathing and near-1
ly frozen, in the loft i.n.ii after the
game had ended. When seen that
evening, lie was a mental wreck,
and In fear that some of the ladies
would ascertain that he had been
a listtntr :o the proceedings, «o
worked on his mind, that he took
advantage of the first oj portunity
to leave town and stowed away on
the Newslmy.
Tiie basket hall Huh has Wen the
eausi of numerous family rows,
two eases of temj orarv insanity,
one departure from town, besides
the physical injuries inflicted on
the members, hut it is a good'
thing and we must have it at any
cost.
^ It is not gratifying whin going
over the church collection, to pick
up what you think is a good silver
half dollar, only to tind that it is a
very light local coin, which on the
face states that it is “good for one
drink at the Xizina.” Now it
would not l>« convenient to take
the church around for a drink, and
if it was, the church wouldn’t care
to imhihe. Whoever heard,of a
church drinking? To take a Rus
sel Sage view of the mutter, if the
donator would place a good so id
E I’lurthus Unum nickel in the
plate, he would lie seven and a half
cents ahead, the church would lie
five cents hotter off, and the dona
tor would have a drink coming.
Better carry such coins in a special
pocket. We sometimes fear that
one of them might liy chance find
its way into our office.
- !
Leslie’s Weekly of Oct. 16, con
tains a full i age illustration of Bill
Col lib, a well known ’dSer. shooting
the Copper river rapids in the Long
Torn, and vivid description of the
wrecking of the government parly’s
raft on the ronsina, where two of
the soldiers lost their life. The
artist is A. Henke, a special corres
pondent of Frank Leslie’s, who
took part in the rush of *i)8.
A coroners inquest was held on
Sunday afternoon at the naval hos
pital by U. S. Commissioner l)c
Groff, to ascertain the cause of the
death of T. W. Griffin, whose body
was taken from the Excelsior. The
autopsy had l>een held by Dr*.
Fitts and Koosher, hut they were
unable to ascertain the cause of
death and the jury returned a ver
dict in accordance with the above
facts.—Hitfca Alaskan.
Alaska at Worlds Pair.
Hie mil intriKluml in Congrc-ps
Inf winter. appropriating $40,1 XIq
for an Alaska exhibit at the S'.
Iiouis Worlds Fair, failed to
for some unknown remain, so w«
under*'and. and nnis: le r« - n r<
duced at tin n. xt session.
We hope that the Alaska contin
gent at Washington will not fail to
have.) new hilt introduced at’ti.e
Cuing sission, and iiat the
a in b. increased .<■ 9ltM.iitx).
With an appro| riainxi of that
amount,and with the assistance of
the revi n e cutter service in gath
ering up exhihi-s in .i.i.< i s sec
tions, Aiaska could hu\c 01 « of he
most attractive exhihits at l e ex
position, and one hat would at
tract the atten ion of nearly every
person who attends it.
■ ihto in noshing in . ho wav ot
advertising that could do our ^.ruit
and rich d.strict as much good us a
tine exhibit at 8;. Louis. All of
the Chandlers of Commerce, all
City Councils and o.ur | uhlic
bodies should commence at once
to arrange for exhibits iro.u .bur
respective localities, and show to
the world what we have in Alaska
and what great opportunities :l:en
are here.
Weather at Copper Center.
The following summary of the
weather at Copper Center for Oc o
ber, is furnished bv R. Blix, who
lias charge of the Agricultural De
partment weather bureau at that
place.
leiii|H-rit lire: Alcan maximum
42.77, mean niiniiiitun 23.05), menn
34.42, maximum 34 tin Out. 11.
minimum 1 nlxtvc on Oct 23. The
greatest daily range was on tin 12th,
30 degrees.
Preeij iintion: Total .72 inches.
Creates! in 24 hours .4o inches on
Oct. 12.
Snow: Total fall 13 inches. On
ground at end of month 5 inches.
Clear days 11, {tartly cloudy 17,
clom’v 3.
Aurora on the 30,It from Kasi.
Very large and brilliant.
Alaska School Fund.
Criticism is made by Dr. Harris,
United States Commissioner of Ed
ucation, at Washington, of the mis
application of public school funds
in Alaska. Under the civil code
act of 1900, 50 per cent, of the li
cense moneys is to he applied to
the public schools ill the incor
porated towns, in which in
license's are collected. Commis
sioner Harris says that this law
has lieen applied hy district cour-s
in Alaska so that “court expenses”
have been taken from the license
fund received from outside of incor
porated towns. This system, he
believed, defeats the ends intended
hy congress, and in years to come
may cripple the schools on account
of the large amount consumed I13
“court exj elites.”
The town 01 Noin- received $-12.
782 for schools last year, of which
$38,766 could Ik- expanded, yet the
school board refused to allow Eski
mos to atteml the schools. All the
schools in Alaska outside of incor
porated towns receive*! only $35,
902 or little more than was expend
ed in Nome alone. Complaints
come also from Juneau and Ke-.ch
ikan that the school boards would
not allow children of Indians or
Eskimos .11 the schools.
It is reported in the Seattle pa
pers that the Pacific Coast S catti
ship Co. will put one or more
steamers on the Valdez run in the
Spring. It is not definitely settled
which boat will l>e put on, hut it is
thought the Valencia will tie the
one.
Kekifer Shouchuck, a native boy
born at Afognak, and who later
attended the mission at Kodiak,
has become a great football player
since go ng to the Carlisle school
a little over a year ago. His pic
ture recently appeared in the P. I.
and several eastern papers.
ChaB. Hand is now sole propri
etor of the Valdez Cafe, having
purchased ti e interest of his form
er partner. Chas Ross.
Additional Local.
Tony Barrc't, Dick Gelineauand
Jim- Bell rc.urnul on ilie Excelsior
from a short business trip to the
States.
Exchange your old stove for a!
new range hi Kichards’.
Among ihe rcceni arrivals from'
Daw eon arc Mr. ami Mrs. J. li.i
Honsion. Dick Ismc, Mr. und Mrs.!
B. C. Sigler.
I?c«cr,ificd Government Script
f -r a •• by (.'. N. t'nirv.
•). I’n «min. a lmrl.tr from
Skagway, arrived on the Excelsior,
and opened a shop next to the Si.
Elias Inc el.
A i ti 1 ii . of up- o- a e s a ion*
* iy a Si a,'. t\ Win.a ms.
Monday even i g in local ment
is rs o' he on.cr oi 1 aghs had a
i m i .ng and in. iiit t< o organize a
> .l.ii till' in | r<r. n . Ill .i me ■!)
tin ion Inti r on ot establishing an
a>r;e.
lb rman Sucks and Footwear.
Cali a, Lyon Clothing Store.
The Oddfellows dub will give a
grand hall at the .Moose ball on
ihaiiksgiving cm , and are making
i rej ara ions tor il.e sweliest event
of >iic season.
Chase an 1 iitt'i ira’i Ojlehru.e 1
Coffee is to lie bud at Heni}de &
Dougherty’s.
Mrs. II. II. Howlands, a niece of
Mrs. F. M. Ilrown. arrived on the
Kxcetsior and wi.l kup home for
the hovs uiml Mr. and Mrs. brown
return from the Slates.
Step into Kerns jewelry store and
look at the fine new line of goods'
jus. received.
Mrs. L. A. Depuy, who went to
Ben.tie to gel it slock for a ladies’
furnishing “.ore. returned on the
kixci isior and will open her store|
next to Bnvder’s in a lew da vs.
* *
Bread that never sours and pies '
tit for the Hods, for sale at the i
Valdez Cafe.
Pink Dennison returned on the!
Excelsior from a short trip to the
B.ales. He had intended to go ns \
far as Michigan, lint business affairs !
forced him to return immediately t
from Beattie.
Parker Bunk House, on Key
stone Ave. Bunk, stove and wood.
All . o.uforts, 25c per day.
C. 1). Biiaw lias titled up the
room in the rear 01 Ins s'on as a
club room, where the hoys may en
joy themselves during the winter.
It is very mat and comfortable and
is supplied with curds,checkers and
other games.
Kendrick has now on display at
his store an elegant slock of wall
paper, and is always ready to show
hss B.ock whether the visitor wishes
to buy or not. His papers for m
.erior decoration wou.d make a
1 a ace oil', ol a shuck.
Advertised Letters.
1 he I'ohon in*: is u lis oi uncalled
for letters remaining in the post
otlice at this place. If not called
for in 30 days they will lie sent to
the dead letter oflice.
IS O Dimuritt 2, IS llaiiki'ii 4. M .1 Foley. Jak
SillibH.S A. Mi.v* r. H Tii>iit|*vt). .1 Wnitivy,
F Doncaster 3, F Yur. k, C A llitchtudii. Mr>
J.-unii* Dcaruiaii, li- ti Chaftc, II llart. L L
stowc, V MrttU 'ii, C I'tni'-h M O liri u 2, J
Mel*. ugal, Tiin Uiu. J Lowell. 11 Hull, T
llowe, W Holloway, G llermau. Wiu McDermott
Alaska’s Official Directory.
ii vernorJohn U. Brady.
V. 8, Judges—Melville ('. Brown, Dikt. No. 1,
kcat at Juneau: Judge Moore, Dint. No. 2, Meat at
Nome; James Wickershum. Dikt. No. 3. seat at
Eagle.
I*. 8. Attorneys—K. A. Friedrich, Dist. No. 1;
F. (•riggkby, l ist No. 2; N. V. Harlan, Diat. 3
Clerk—M»t riel No. 1. W. J. Hills, Dikt. So. 2.
Geo. BtUkciteni •. 1 *i*»i No. 3. A. K. Ucilig.
t\ 8. Marshals-—Jaiuea M. Sbonp. Diat. No. 1;
Frank L. Richard*. Dist. No. 2; <«. C. Perry,
Dist. No. 3.
Commissioners—Edward de Groff, Sitka; H.
H. Folstim. Juneau; F. P. Tustin. Ft. Wrangell;
L. K. Woodward, Cnalaska; P. Gallagher, Ko
diak; J J Rogers, Sk.tgway; C E Claypo .l. Circle
City; L. H. Sic pard.St. Michael; Sol Ripiuuky,
Haines Mi*»iou: E. Stack pole, Ketchikan; G. M.
Irwin, Douglas; J. H. Broun low, Sunrise; John
Lyons, Valdez, Carl M. Johaukou, Eagle; 8. M.
Gruff. For*y Milt . J l.iudl y Green, Rampart; I
D. A. M% K u/t , C L.foot; C. It. Klcgg, Nash
agah; J«m s IS. rauud -is, Cirisiin.
l\ S. Land Officer*- -Surveyor General—W*. 8.
Dinin.
Itcgisler—John W. Dudley.
Kcveiver-P. M ilieu. .
Clerk*—!•♦•*». Slowed. W. F. Jeffery*.
De uly U.8. Marshals-Dial. No. 1, special,
W MeNair. J. W. Snook, Skagway; J. F.
( ainpb 11, Sitka: F. F. Kelly. Juneau; Win. D.
iiraut. Wraugel; W. Hill, Douglas Island;
Cilia. Dreibilni.*, Valdes; Lewi' L. B »wer*,
Kouiak; Deter Nisaon, Porcupine; A. Slump,
Keieuikau; J. I\ Keynoluaou, Kagle. J
Zuboff, Killisuoo, John K Klcharda, UuaUaka. ;
P. AflDCRJON,
Shoemaker
Repairing Promptly
Attended to.
[McKinley 8t. near Khyatone Av.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
I Endeavor Cong. Church—Cor.
(Glacier Avenue and Hobart
! Street. Rev. P. W. Cram-. Pastor,
j Rev. G. L. Hos ford, acting pastor.
! Services every Sunday at 10;.t0 a.
i m. and 8 p. tn. Prayer meeting
j Wednesday night. Christian TSn
! deavor Soc iety meets Sunday even
I ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dempsev,
I President.
Church ok the Kpikhaxy—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Holmr:
Street. Services on Sunday at 11
a. in. and 8 p. in. Rev. F. S. Tay
lor, Rector.
OhherokAi.aska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at 8
o’clock. J. L.
Steele, Rulln.'
Spirit; Fred J.
Date, Keeper of
Wa \Va.(Sec)
An<TirHw>TilFitlinnn—
Values ('amp No. 10.
Meets at Moose
Hall every Tues
day evening.
l A. M. Kdwards,
l Arctic Chief. J.
f ti. Snyder. Sec
retary.
Brother noon ok Alaska Pioneers
Arthur Rohgal, Chief, \V. J.
McDonnell, Secretary.
Headquarters, Atognuk, Alaska.
Valdez Chamber of Commerce --
Meet on the first and third
Friday night of each month. F.
M. Brown, Pres. A. \V. Rochford.
Sec’y.
Valdez Odd Fellow’s Cutii—
Meets every Friday evening in
club rooms. A. R. Heilig, Pres.;
P. S. Hunt, Sec’y. Club rooms
open to memliers and guests every
day and evening.
WHERE
* ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT TUB
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
John T. Spickett Proprietor
HOTEL blLLER.
Headquarters for VALDEZ People
120 Rooms. Rates 50c, $1.00 and
$1 .50 i>or day. First class res
taurant in connection. Free
bus. Opj>osite U. S. Postoftice.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cor. 1st Ave. and
University St. SEATTLE
Cameron Golden
IM8 PiotwToasoifol Prior 1858
The Oldest and Most
Reliable in Town.
Ladies’ Shampooing
a Specialty.
Ladies’and Gents’Baths
Porcelain Tubs. Fresh
and Salt Water
lia' hs. Rooms Sep
arate from the Shop.
All Modern Improvements
For Assays Send Your Ore To
L R. CAMPBELL
CHICKS.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copj>er - ... . 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
ELLAMAR ALASKA
H. R. Elliott E. E. Hmith
Douglas City Pharmacy
Wholesale and
Retail Druggists.
Douglas City, Alaska.
Pacific Padiio? ? Itatfyiw (o.
Successor* to PACIFIC STEAM WHALING CO.
EXeELSIOp
Z. S. MOORE, Mamtkk.
AMD
N EWPOPT.
F. S. MOORE, Maite*.
„ EXCELSIOR Sails from Seattle about 25th of Each Month for
^ukutat, hllamar, VALDEZ, Illiamna and Cooks Inlet Points.
Sails from \ALDhZ alsmt 12th of each month for Juneau and
Seattle.
NEWPORT sails from Juneau nlmut 1st of each month for Valdea and
Western Points.
Sails from VALDEZ about 25th of each month for Sitka and Junean.
GOLD DUST IMSCTRED TO SEATTLE.
For Information and Rates Apply at Office of
PACIFIC PACKING dr NAV, CO.
Glols* Building. Seattle, Wash. J. C. Matllll* Aft.
MO California Street, San Francisco.
STRICTLY AM C RIO AN
an o
FIRST CLASS. EUROPEAN PLAN.
Hotel Northern
Only Billiard Hall In The City.
St Clair & Lauer. Props.
Felix's Restaurant
Regular Meals.
Short Orders
A Specialty.
McKinley St Valdez.
The Bohemian Saloon
Liquor and Cigars,
None Better;
McKinley St. Between Keystone and Glacier Avc.
New Process Steam Laundry.
Fine Laundry Work
A Specialty.
Thiid St.. West of Alaska Av. Valdez.
WM. WORKMAN P. MAGNEBON
Workman’s Road House
First roadhouse lniilt on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 |>eople, has large
warm barn for 20 horses and gotvl quartern
for dogs. Good meals and everything th®
muaher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp. 45 Miles From
\ aldez and 25 Miles form Workman’s Roadhouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
WORTMAN and MAGXESON. Proprietors.
This Is Yager's
TONJIM BRIDGE.
Outfits Cached Free of Charge Free Horse and Dog Stables.
Distance From Valdez, 774 Miles, via Government Trail. Beet
Accomodations for Travelers.
CHAS. C. YAGER. Prop. 774 Miles From Valdm
Advertise in the Paper
That Has the Circulation.