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VOLUME 1, NO. 32. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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un<l the red eruption on your skin are probably due
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not satisfied.
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City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAKE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
Our Prices arc RIGHT. Give us a call.
Aw
TIM®
Are U on Time?
If Not, Why Not?
TIME IS THE MAINSPRING
Of all Business and
Social Engagements.
Does your watch mark the time?
If not, bring it to us. We’ll ilo the rest.
llow about that Nugget King, Pin, Bracelet. Necklace or
Chain you were thinking of sending to your friend
in the East? They are expecting it.
WE n/lKE NUQQET JEWELRY
W C STULL,
Jeweler, Expert Watchmaker, Op
tician and Diamond Setter,
VALDEZ
TO HAVE FIRE HOUSE
City Will Put Up Building For the
Fire Department.
The City Council decided at its
regular meeting last Monday to
erect a tire house for the engine,
hose carts and other paraphernalia
of the fire department and also to
make the building suitable for a
meeting place for the members of
the department.
The building will l>e 18x30 feet,
two stories high with 16 foot walls
and eight foot ceilings.
The lower floor will be furnished
immediately for the accomodation
of the fire apparatus, but the city
will not lie able to furnish the sec
ond floor at present on account of
lack of funds. It is expected how
ever, that the tire department will
take the matter in hand and will
furnish the upper floor to lie used
as a social meeting place for the
mendiers of the department.
Several memliers are planning to
make this a first class meeting place
with billiard table, games, parlor,
library and other conveniences.
This will tend to hold the depart
ment together and they will lie
able to render valuable assistance
in case of fire. The citizens should
stand by the boys and help them
to make the fire department a de
cided success.
Arrivals.
The Excelsior reached here Mon
day afternoon from the Westward,
with a cargo of 7000 eases of sal
mon from Kenai and 350 tons of
ore from Ellumar. She was de
tained at Kenai six days getting
the fish, owing to the had weather.
She had several passengers from
the Westward, eight of whom
stopped here.
Following is list of arrivals:
r F (ittllliet. 0 B Stewart, H K Pratt. F M Wit
liuniMiii. (’ \V Slit*Mon. <’ Perin, F While. IHiitm
nn; K II (’arlsoii, Keimi; N. Jarobsoii, F Sels*«
El lamar.
Remember if you are going to
the interior quickly, go by Coppt r
I Center and secure your outfit there.
A. Holman for further information.
aai • a a a . / •
Will Put Steamers on From Tas
nuna to the NUina
River.
The experts who were here to in
spect the Bonanza, have l»een in
vestigating the transportation prob
lem in this section and will recom
mend that pack trains and s’eds as
a means of moving supplies for the
extensive development work which
will soon he started on this proper
ty, lie abandoned.
They will recommend that a
wagon road he built front here over
the Tusnuna divide to Copper river:
that powerful light-draught steam
ers Ik; put on to run from the Tas
nuna up Copper. Chittyua and
Nizina, as close as possible to the
mines and a wagon road Ik- built
from there to the Bonanza.
It is the intention of the people
owning the Bonanza to proceed
with work on the property on a
large scale immediately and they
would save money and lie aide to
develop the mines much quicker
by putting in the stcartiers and
making a road at once.
They will attempt to get the gov
ernment to consent to their using
the trail already cut, as far as the
foot of the Lowe river summit.
This trail will la* widened and made
servicahle for wagons. From there
j to the Copper a small exja*nditure
will make a good wagon road.
With powerful light draught boats
there will be no trouble running
up Copper and Chittyna. The
only place that might bother is the
Xizina canyon and if necessary the
| Isiats could be lined through it.
They estimate that ♦2fX),000 will
cover the cost of the work, and are
confident that operations will com
mence in the spring.
Pack Train Coming In.
SfHM-ittl to the Pito*PKCToH.
Copper Center, Sep. 15—James
McGee ami his son Jack will leave
here Sep. 20 for Valdez by way of
Quartz creek.
Freil Date, Janies Baker, Bill
Lewis, Hivu Rosy and A. Single
tary passed here on the 12th for
town.
The cable is up over Tazlina.
The pack train is working toward
town and fixing trail as they go
along.
Copper Center, Sept. 17th.—For
Valdez, Davidson, Faulkner, Gra
ham, Gwinn, Ethel Johnson,
Green and wife, Sprouleand wife,
Bradley, McGee, Scott, Leveroos,
McXear. Big X. \V. storm at Slate
creek, most mines dosed, will come
in crowds now. Fish established
permanent relay station here, build
ing cabin.
Accidentally Shot.
News was received on the Excel
sior that U. S. Commissioner John
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Brownell was accidently shot at
Sunrise, just la-fore the departure
of the last l>oat. It was thought
lie would not recover.
Harry Spray, chief engineer of
the Tonquin, lost his right hand
recently. No particulars could he
< htained a'-out cither of these ac
| t.di ills.
diehard* huys everything you
i have \o sell, and sells everything
iyou have to huv.
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Cottage City Wrecked.
Sprrinl to thr I'twMno*.
Seattle, Sept. 12, (Delayed at Tan
ana)—The steamer Cottage City
was wrecked near Wrangell Nar
rows on the night of Sept. 4th dur
ing a heavy fog. The steamer was
on her way from Skagway to this
city and at the time the accident
happened was in charge of the pi
lot, the captain Wing asleep.
There was great excitement among
the passengers, but they were
quickly transferred to the beach,
and were later transferred to the
steamer Sjs*kane.
The Cottage City is one of the Wst
known, and is considered the safest
boat on the Alaska run. Captain
Wallace is one of the oldest and
Wst known navigators on the Pa
cific coast, and in his .'50 years ex
|ierienee this is the first time that
a steamer in his charge has Wen
wrecked.
The CottageCitv is the property of
the Pacific (.’oast Steamship Com
pany. It is not known at present
whether the vessel can W saved or
not.
President’s Narrow Escape.
Sperinl In the I’RCWPttTOR.
Washington, 1). C. Sept. 10th—
President Roosevelt almost lost
his life here yesterday. While rid
ing in his carriage it collided with
a motor car. the carriage was
wrecked and his two attendants in
stantly killed, The. president was
only slightly injured and was quite
cool throughout the accident and
personally directed the caring for
his two dead attendants.
There was great excitement at
tirst as it was thought that the
president was killed. When it was
learned that he escaped with only
a slight injury he received tele
grams of congratulation from all
over the world. Among the tirst
to congratulate him was King Ed
ward VII. Other telegrams were
received from Emperor William of
Germany, President Fauer of
France and many other distin
guished personages.
Murderer Captured.
Special to the PRAMfRCTOR.
Dawson, Y. T., Sep. 10—Detect
ive Welch arrived here today on
the steamer Holphin, with Labelle
the murderer of Leon Bouthillette.
The prisoner has been placed in
the government jail to await trial.
Lalielle has lx-en wanted for some
time for the murder of three men
who started down the Yukon
this spring in a boat with him.
The I todies of two of the men were
found, one in the river with hands
and feet tied, and the other with
three bullet holes in it. It is not
known whether the fourth memlier
of the party was killed, or was an
accomplice.
From Chistuchina.
Special to the I'rcmfkctor.
Chistuchina, Sep. 17—The south
bound mail left this morning.
Boh Cole and party passed here
yesterday, enroute for Valdez.
Jerdine, the topographer for the
geological survey party left here
this noon, southbound.
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large Stamp Mill at Dawson.
to the I'kfMpECToK.
Dawson, Y. T.t Sept. 10.—Gov
ernor Ross lias so far recovered
that lie has gone to Victoria. He
i will run for the Dominion Parlia
i incut and will have a seat iu the
Cabinet.
The government has established
a test stamp mill here for quartz
, dNsiys.
I The Ladue Mining Company has
! just purchased two-thirds interest
| in enormous quartz properties near
; here for $200,IKK) and will erect a
hundred stamp mill on the proper
j ty next summer.
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MADS 09 TRimUT 09
CH1TTY9A
30 Cents Jo a Pan
Found on Canyon Crock ky Mo
▼eno and Fnlkcr
oon.
Another new strike Is reported
from the Xizina district. The dlo
covery was made by Bert Htovens
and Boh Fulkerson on Canyon
creek, a tributary of the Chittyna.
This creek heads in the same rang#
as Young creek, and received tie
name from the fact that lor a
great part of its length it flows
through a series of canyons.
The strike was made several
miles up the creek where, fur a dis
tance of alsiut three miles, the lied
of the stream widens out, all of
which has liecn staked' Bart
Stevens. Boh Fulkerson, C. H. Gol
den, John Harder, Boh Bennett and
Frank Banner arc among the fortu
nate locators on the creek.
Pans averaging fifty rants ban
lx*n taken out, and front ^ to 10
pounds of copper nuggets have
been taken out to the pau. Bed*
rock has not been reached.
If, as is the case on Chitfto, A*
clninis producing the greatest ipi—
tities of eopjier, are also tbs bast
gold producers, this creek should
turn out one of the richest in the
district.
Found a Corpse.
On Wednesday afternoon, Krsr*
ett Houser left Swanport with throor
dogs to row over to Valdes, when
less than half way over, finding
that his bout leaked, he stopped to
hail it out. As the boat drifted they
came upon u floating object which
proved to he the headless body of *
man. Houser undertook to secure
the IxkIv and in his attempt to
reach it the lioat struck the lower
extremities which upset the body
and drove out a volume of gasra
that had accumulated and before
Houser could do anything further
the unknown sank out of sight.
Houser’s description of the object
is rather limited as he saw H hut
for a moment. He says, however,
that lie saw a grey canvas coat and
corduroy trousers and in place ot
the head lie could see a few bones
protruding from the coat uollar.
Houser stayed in the vicinity fov a
time hut saw nothing mors of H.
Weather Record.
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Above *ero curp! wheru otherwise ahM»
i Kaiu. Figure* -how precipitatiou la iarhMi
Observed aii«i reported bv Dr. L 8. CMilcto.
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Horses Wasted
A limited number of horses will
lie cared lor on one of tbs islsads
in (lie Sound at a reasonable rate,
(jotsl range and shelter and littla
snow. Apply at this office far
I particulars.
For Sale.
Half interest in claim No. M
almvc Discovery on Young crock,
Xixina country. Owner must go
to Stated. Call at this otfioe.
Buy a nice comfortable rocker
; from Richards, and take life easy
They are guaranteed to cure tM
blues, and remove wrinkled