VOLUME 3, NO. 16 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 2b, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns.
Linoleums
Six Feet Wide. Wildes’ New Designs.
I Oil Cloths
Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
Lace Curtains. Window Shades.
'a. l. levy &
Good Goods.
VALDEZ DRUG COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALKKB IN
j
Periodicls and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons. .
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market
NEXT TO THE NIZINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD.
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
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Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
$150,000 For Military Posts.
Alaska military posts have lieen '
' allotted 1150,000 for the pur] t* »se of
making the improvements neeessi- ■
tated by the additional troops that
are to come to Alaska in July. The'
amount to he spent on euth post
has not been decided yet
Grand Ball Tuesday Might.
The A, B. lodge will give a grand
hall Tuesday night, May 31. in Mc
Kinley hall. Th A It’.- do things
in great style, and this will not In
an ordinary hop h.U the social
mm of the season.
To Survey Lead.
Engineers Will Arrive On The
Dollar To Survey Wagon
Road.
A corps of engineers with their
assistant will arrive on the James
Dollar to begin the wagon road sur
vey, for which purpose the last
congress appropriated #25,000.
The survey will be under the di
rection of the war department,with
a field officer in harge.
Pack animals for tlie work will
l»e furnished the party from the
stahles at Fort Liscum.
Want Grigsby’s Place.
A great cloud of candidates has
appeared for tlie honor of wearing
the official shoes of Col. Melvin
Grigsby,district attorney at Nome.
Senator Foster presented a candid
ate, whose name is unknown, and
Senator Mitchell called on a simi
lar mission, but with a different
candidate.
Senator Fulton proposed to the
president the name of Judge Hale,
of Gram’s Pass, Or., to succeed
Judge Wickersham in the Third
district of Alaska. Senator Mitch
ell told the president that he
thought Washington had too many
Alaska offices, and he thought Ore
gon ought to have a chance. The
president told Mr. Foster what Mr.
Mi'chcll said.
John Rus’.gard, former mayor of
Nome, has long been a candidate
for Grigsby’s place, and is suppos
ed to have the indorsement of Sen
ator Nelson. Another candidate
is a brother of Representative Blair
the only republican menilierof con
gress from Virginia.
The steamer Kagnhihl will leave
for the westward af’cr taking ill
another raft for the mill, and will
likely he iiark about ’.lie 12th of
June with a cargo of coal. On her
as ! l ip thev were tillable to Jake
on coal on iiei'ount ><t the largi
amount of snow and ice at the
mine.
If you would enjoy gtiiiij h- -’Itli
, Islihc frequently at the !)•« U limits'.
nsr aaHP
OF SEASON FROM WINTER
DUMP
— ■ ■
Hade On Dan (reek
Winter Work Scccexsfnl. News
of Chittyna, Nizina and
Chititu.
Chittiti- Ckkkk, May 7th.—'The
season is very early—earlier than
ever l>efore known.
The Williams brothers on Dan
creek have been sluicing now for
several days on dumps taken out
during the winter. Their cleanups
have been far beyond their expect
ations. The first half day’s run
yielded $4H0. Thev sluice only in
the afternoons on account of frost
in the dump. Their entire opera
tions have demonstrated the fact
that winter work pays in the Nizina
There are two more winter dumps
to be washed out on Dan creek.
t'has. Schlosser and partners are
sluicing on No. 5 Dan creek.
Boh Faulkner and Harry Dunn
are preparing to work on Raedcr
gulch, a tributary of Copper.
Provisions are plentiful on Dan
creek and labor is in demand. Tin
wages are $o per day and board.
1 lie gol<l taken from the winter
drifts is very course, several pieces
weighing over an ounce (#1.3) mid I
one weighing #33.50 having been
found in the boxes.
On the 13th of April, from what
is supposed to have Iteen a lake
break in the Nizina glacier, theNi
zina and Chittyna rivers flooded
bank full and caused the loss of
several outfits and the stranding of
several more. There was no loss of
life hut several very narrow escapes
are-reported.
The loss of the outfits and the
stranding of so many more among
•which are the companies, will he a
great drawback to the camp this
year. But among those who got
through all right are the principal
individual owners and operators of
the camp.
Oscar Fish and outfit was caught
on Chittyna.
Mugnusson and Gus Dgarf were
stranded at the Tebay river.
The Millard party got through
all right.
Stephens and Griffith were caught
at the Lukina campon the Chitty
na, but by rafting, boating and
climbing mountains landed on
| Chititu May 5. No loss ■ if goods.
Scott Bros, and Luvis were driv
en off the river, hut by cutting over
land trail landed all right. No
loss of goods.
Frank Huffman and Frank Fraze
also took to the timber. No loss.
Harry Fitch and Chas. Koppus
were caught hy the flood in Nizina
canyon and lost over 3000 pounds
of goods, worth $1500.
Rowland lost the greater portion
of his outfit. Value $'25oO.
The Alaska Cnp|ier Co. lost a
portion of their outfit from damage
by water.
Kain Bros, lost several hundred
pounds.
Meyers, the groccrymun of Chit
itu is selling provisions at reason
able rates.
Scott Bros, arc preparing No. 4
Rex for the season.
Kernan and Slotter Bros, are
preparing to work No. 1 Rex.
Stephens is working the Home
‘ s ake fraction.
Ciritlith, Koppus Fitch are on
No. 1st Chittitu.
f Rowland is opera.ing No. 7 Chii
j tiiu.
Hoffman & Kraze are operating
Xo. 8 Chittitu.
The camp will be running full
blast by June 1st, but there will l>c
a shortage of labor, as most of the
people are operating for themselves.
There is no sickness in camp.
Dolph Smith, Ed Strokcr, Win.
McClain, Wm.Gibbons, Boh Faulk
ner and Harrv Dunn are here after
spending the winter on White river
engaged in prospecting and trap
ping.
Win. McClaim, bettor known as
Caril>ou Bill, hails from Dawson,
where he has been successful 1 v
operating on Victoria gulch. Mi.
McClain is pleased with the out
look of this distr'et, and has made
several investments.
Slate Creek News.
What Is Being Done in the Chis
na District. An Early
Season.
Slate Creek. May 10.—There
have hern doubts expressed as to
the sanity of the weather-maker.
The musher cannot understand
why there is no snow on the ground
and why the Copper river should
break up fifteen days earlier than
usual, hut such is the ftu t, and
those that got caught now realize
it.
Nearly all that got stalled at Tal
sona have arrived with a portion
of their outfit. What is left will
be packed in when the trail l>e
eomes passable.
The miners on Miller gulch are
deploring the absence of snow on
the surrounding hills, as if indi
cates a dry season and a loss of a
great many days work. In three
or four days sledding w ill le en
tirely over, and every one will he
waiting for the frost to leave the
ground so that sluicing can begin.
Tully & Ciarrett intend to sluiie
dirt from the (tenches through a
V-shaped hox down to the creek
l>ed where it can be handled in the
usual manner. Bartlett <t New
eomh state that they intend to work
the Cole’s claim on Miller gulch;
also to put a large crew at work on
their property on Slate.
Bert Hurd will not be in until
June, as lie cannot work his ground
until Kraeuier cleans up the re
mainder of the ground left on his
claim, which will enable Hurd to
dump.
Charley Kraemer and Jack Mil
ler are also making their usual pre
parations for the seu.-oii’s work.
There is no certainty that the
Tacoma will he worked, hut it is
understood that they will work on
the N. \V. corner on Slate, using
water from the gulch. If they pro
em water from Slate as heretofore
they will work the har on Miller.
There will lie much development
done on the claims at the head of
Slate creek; those luiviug lays are
pushing their work along us fast
us possible.
John Hanson, on the Humding
er, is very busy. The man who
had a contract to tiansport his
lumber and wood from lu low the
mouth of the (Jhi.-nu got caught in
the soft wen hi r and refused .o fill
his contract, leaving a large j art of
the lumber and ail of the wood sev
eral miles below the mouth, and
now Johnny and Austin are rust
ling to get it up.
The California, Sandberg. Olsen
and Four black llogs are fixing
for an early season. Paddy Nukes
and l>r. Irving will not Ik- able to
put in the wheci which they in
tended to do as they could not se
cure 'he lumber
Ail of the luudier that lias In-cn
used has Itecit whip-sawed, a.- Meals
go; caught in an o.crrtow on C'op
per and did not arrive lure until
"<>o late to do any sawing. Th v
a • now .-aw ng <>.iu .. ii.ch will !u
packed over to Sia.c liuroii in the
! s; ason.
n ik vim
AT NI£INA TO WORK ON THE
CLAIMS
Claim Owners Send Out For Men
Provisions Plentiful and
Cheap.
Herman Meyer, who has just re
turned from the Nizina diggings,
reports a great scarcity of tailoring
men at that place. Nearly all the
men who went in over the snow
this winter were owners of claims
or “lay” men, and every one of
them is prepared to do extensive
work this season if men can he se
cured. The wages this season will
lie from eighty cents to a dollar an
hour, and very likely the latter
price will prevail for good men.
At the least one hundred men will
lie wanted. There is an abundant
supply of food at reasonable prices,
so that u man can live for a dollar
and a quarter to a dollar and a
half per dav. Flour, 25 cents per
pound, bacon 45 cents. Iieans .'>0
Tins distance from here to the
diggings is about ItiO miles, and
100 miles of the distance r ad
houses can he met every night.
Supplies call he secured at the Cop
per river to carry a lean the bal
ance of the journey in comfort.
Any man leaving Valdez for the
diggings need take nothing more
than his blanket*.
The following letter from Frank
Kernan, of Chititu, to A. L. Levy
A Co., explains (lie labor situation
on the creek:
Chititu, May 10,—This eainp is
short of men. We need about 100,
and will pay 80 cents an hour for
the right kind of men.
Will quote some prices that the
store is selling goods at: Flour 25
cents a pound, sugar 40c, bacon 4i>e,
beans 35c, butter $2 can, cereals
about 30c, fruit 40c, tobacco #1.
If you see any good men send
them this way and oblige.
Frank Kernan.
Hotel Holman Burned
Copper Center Hotel Destroyed
By Fire. Is Being Re
built.
Copier Center, May 2f>—Hotel
Holman caught tire at 11:8"> a.m.
today. The lire originated in the
kitchen. No one was in the house
tit the time. The tire was observed
hv John (Jlowr, of the signal corps
who culled for assistance hut bv
the time h«lp arrived nothing
could be done.
1 he building anti contents were
a total loss. No estimate of the
amount of loss has been given out
!ty either Blix or Holman.
Another large hotel building is
in course of construction and there
will lie no delay in business.
This hotel was built in 1S98 and
has Wen operated con'inttouslv
-ince then by the Copper River
Mining Jfc Trailing Co.
Court House.
The bids for the construct ion of
the Valdez court bouse are all in
but the Contract is not vet awarded
as tln re seems to la* some misun
derstanding in regard to tin* luiu
Wr to W used. The bids were as
follows: (’has. Crawford. $7,827;
(>. Hansen. *7.400; C. R dolph,
*7.855; J. R. Howard, $7,500; A1
White, $7,999.95.
The cannery steamer \br ik. in
comm..ml of Cap*. Rasmi - n. ar
rived here yesterday from Knrluk,
to enter at the custom- ottice and
also place some parti*s n connec
tion wiih San Francisco **\cr the
telegraph wires. There a * r. a f-. w
<>n Ward returning from .Uc wreck
oi the bulciutcha.