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nice assortment of |
In Light and Dark Colors J
and ranging in price from I
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$1.5® to 5.60
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You can’t beat them for Style and Wear.
One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy till you see them.
European Plan Rat* Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers!
DEB/S Ey & POOT, Proprietors.
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Keystone Ave. Valdez. Alaska.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS.FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
City Market
NEXT TO THE KIZINA.
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PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
The board on geographic name
acting under the United Stans
) geological survey, has announced
the following decisions:
Hiirchiubrook, principal entrance
to Prince William sound. Southern
Alaska, instead of Meiklejohn.
Norris glacier, on west side of
Taku inlet, Southeastern Alaska,
instead of Kadischie, Kadisle, ur
Windom.
Taku glacier, at head of Tak
inlet, Southeastern Alaska, instead
of Klumes Gutta, Kluma Gutta, or
Forster.
One cf the Five S ows Up.
Editor of the Prospeeior:
Sir—I have no desire to see ni\
name in your valuable paper ane
hope you will retain from publish
ing it, but as the oeeasioo ilemam's
it I wish to sta’e that I am one ef
t ie Five. I Ires.- as well as any
female in Alaska, I carry as huge
an aecoun* i i tiie stores, and I
sometimes g • to ehureS ir it does’
not interfere with ntv pleasures.
Yours to a Finish,
a Lai>y, I
For The Little Ones.
The latest anil must interesting
institution in the town is the Kind
ergarten started by Miss Florence
Root. She dearly loves little ones
and the little ones soon fall in love
with the schoolrnnrm. She has
taken the log building romantically
situated in the woods near the hos
pital and there the children gather
daily. Thu horns are made pleas
ant for tin m and they are acquir
ing useful, rudimentary knowledge
while being entertained. It does
not appear to them that they art
being educated—th«y take it all as
play—and are eager for the open
ing of school each morning and the
teacher enjoys it as much as the
kids do. At lunch time all repair
to the woods and enjoy nature.
Strange to say, there is not a boy
in the school, though Miss Florence
would like to have them. The
institution is a blessing to both
mothers and youngsters.
Fourth cf July Celebration*
On‘Tuesday evening in answer
to a call, a preliminary meeting of
citizens was held at the tire house
to formulate plans for a Fourth of
July celebration. A committee,
of three, consisting of Bovle. Quinn
and Bourke was appointed to bring
the matter before the business men
and others and secure the co-oper
ation. Another meeting will Ire
held ties evening (June 15), at
which it is hoped a large number
of the citizens will be present. The
tire house will Ire open for the pur
pose.
Mrs. Ferine, a native of Kodiak,
died at the hospital yesterday of
eonsumption, and was buried today.
She left two children who will he
sent to relatives ia itodiuk. Her
husband, who is working in the
interior, does not know of her death.
Telegraphic
News
Baroll Nathaniel l!othsrlu!cl died
here to-dnv after a long illness.
H's brother succeeds to the head
oj the famous bunking bouse.
Portland, June 14—Jndtr* D>
Hoven this morning overruled the
demurrer of Senator Mitchell and
his trial for complicity in the Ore
gon land irnuds is set for Tuesday,
June 19.
Stockholm, June 19—The Swed
ish foreign minister has sent a cir
cular letter to the consuls in for
eign countries ordering them to
ignore the revolt in Norway, and
to hold no communication with
the secessionists.
.Stockholm, June 11— King Os
car has forwarded to President
Berner, of the Norwegian Stor
thing, a letter in which he states
that "It remains with me as King
of »he union to decide whether the
attack by Norway on the existing
union shall lead to a legal dissolu
tion of that vnion.”
Seattle, June 1">—Judge Henry
G. Struve, a pioneer lawyer, and
one of the ablest jurors in the
state, died yesterday in New York
while enroute to Europe.
Washington, June 14—Presi
dent Roosevelt and the Russian
ambassador Jusserand held a two
hours conference upon the peace
negotiations between Japan and
llu.-sia.
Minneapolis, June 14—Colonel
William Colville, of Redwing,
Minn., who led the famous charge
of the First Minnesota regiment at
the battle of Gettysburg, was found
dead in bed this morning. He
was to have attended a reunion of
his regiment to-day.
The congressional delegation now
in Southeastern Alaska is composed
of speaker Joseph (J. Cannon, Con
gressmen and Mrs. James A. Taw
ney and daughter Josephine, of
Mil incsota; H. C. and Mrs. Loud
enslager, of New Jersey; H. C. and
Mrs. Adams, of Wisconsin; J. Mc
Andrews and W. A. and Mrs.
Hodenbcrg, of Illinois; J. A. Beid
ler, of Ohio, and L. W. Busier, of
Illinois, secretary to the speaker,
sergeant-at-arm of the house Henry
Kasson, Alexander McDowell, of
Pennsylvania, clerk of the house,
and Senator J. A. Hemenway, son
and daughter, of Indiana, who was
appointed on the house committee
and subsequently elected to the
senate.
Canadian Sealers Rescued.
On June 1st, while the Cana
dian sealing schooner Wera was
operating off the southern coast of
Alaska, two of the crew, Walter
Roth and Jack Smith were sent
out in a dory intending to return
to the schooner Indore night, hut
during their absence a dense fog
settled down and they lost their
hearings. They had neither food
nor water and in an almost starved
condition they rowed about ir.
search of their lost vessel until on
the sixth day they unexpectedly
cdme in sight of land. The sight
lent strength to their weakened
condition and they landed at
Yakutat where they were fed and
sheltered until the arrival of the
Excelsior on her last trip up, on
which boat they sliippi d as deck
hands. They went as far as Sew
ard where they obtained work.
T e Orea cannery has recently
been taken over and added to the
to the list of canneries i>|»‘ia!ed by
the Northwestern Canin . i.Co.,
making the number now under i
management uf Capt. Jarvis about
eleven.
right nml nrr now well on their,
wav.
Local Weddina>.
Two weddings deserving of note
were yerformed during tin- pas.
week by Rev. Win. Burnett. Miss
Thoru Malines came nil the way
from Norwav to marry Captain
Krieson and were tin last Saturday
evening made one. Th, v
are now eonnortu hlv settled down
at Ft. I.iseuio.
Miss Agnes (iultz. of Foxeroft.
i 111., arrivetl on the Fxeei*ior to
| marry .1. J. Vaksiiaw. The cer<—
I ninny was performed Sunday r«u
I ning and inter a spread was served
! at the Phoenix hotel at which a
, number of friends were present.
The loving couple are now located
in the elegantly fitted up home,
i previously prepared hy : h’ groom.
Here the couple were serenaded
Monday evening bv the brass band.
Copper Center
Items of Interest From The Cop.
per River Metropolis.
Rev. Clevenger, as agent of the
interior department, has taken up
a reservation one mile hy two
miles in extent, and will erect suit
able buildings for the reindeer ex
pedition, which will arrive some
time next winter. He will also,
erect a school house and living
quarters.
Judge Holman has had a force
of men at work this spring clear
ing land, and now has about ten
acres under cultivation,
i The Copper Center Mining and
Trading Co. has erected a number
i of buildings this spring, and has
; had a force of men at work elear
I ing land.
I he government survey party,
under A. B. Lewis, is now at work
nortli of tiakona, and expects to
finish the work by August 1st.
Material is on the ground for a
new dwelling for Charles Cowell.
The contract will be let in a few
days.
A new blacksmith shop has
been built by the Copper Center
Mining & Trading Co., which will
be open to the public free of charge.
K. Blix has resumed his position
as chef at Hotel Holman.
C. P. Smith and \V. R. Soule left'
a few days ago for Mount Wran
i gel.
i A farewell supper was given to
j A. E. Royal, who left for Slate ,
creek last Friday.
The sawmill, owned and opera- i
ted by Windstrom & Skone, is busy
.getting out lumber for the build-;
j ings to be erected on the reindeer
j reservation.
Jack lansey is expected in from
the Shushetna in a few days with
his pack train.
The report circulated in Valdez
that K. Blix had taken unto him
self a Siwash hride is untrue,
i Tout gentleman is still enjoying a
life of single blessedness, but is is
understoop that lie is only waiting
the arrival of one of those New
1 England girls whom Governor
j Brady advises to come to Alaska.
It is reported that there is work
for several men in the Shushetna
j diggings, hut grub is scarce and
I prices high.
Latest reports from Slate creek
are to the effect that the output
this year will exceed that of any
! previous season. The season
opened earlier than u.-ual. and
! there is an abundance of water.
The Gakona telegraph station
ha- l>een closed for the summer,
and Mr. Hobson, t::e • iterator, has
. been traiiaiciiiU to inc elation at
| this place.
Surveyors
Arrive
Start At Cnee For The In term*
To Select Route.
Jndue I). A. Mc Kenzie aim parts
represent in# tin* Alaska If • 11- >.
Lli'inpnpy. arrived on the Kx--'d*i.ir
tiul iimiieclirtteiy Iccuan p op i a
lions for u trij* in the interior to
look over the route of the | roj.'
road.
I lie parlV it'll town yi »,crd:iV
iccompunied 1»v Jack Can 11 ai
las. Stephens, Isitii of whom vv• 11
tel as guides. The outlit. ei.i.s:-*.
ing ttf about one ton, is 1 •
packed in to the Copjier rivet by
.!e Copper River l>rayit•- Co.
From there iltc party will to
ism la provided for the purpose, and
go down the Copper liver :o it-:
mouth, going in easy stages ;tt '
examining tjw country enn nte.
Arriving at th. nnutli of the river,
'In- question of hahor facilities will
l>e iooktd into. It is the intention
at tin party to thoroughly exan n. i
into tiie praetieahility oi a road up
the the Coppeu river from a point
an the (itilf of Alaska and {Ids
proving unsatisfactory ’.liev will
turn their attention to Yahbznra
point on \ aldi-/ liay as a terminal
and report to their superiors as to
the most planti< ii route for a rail
road from tidewater to interior
points. The bill creating too
Alaska Railroad Com pa in was . i
troduced in the senate in Jan. >i,
1!>()o, hy Senator Rurnham. a was
read twice ami referred to the com
mittee on territories. It author
izes the company to layout, locate,
construct, furnish, maintain and
enjoy a continuous Railroad, Tele
graph anti Telephone line, front a,
point on the titili of Alaska iheuco
motherly to a point on the Yukon
river at or near Fugle.
The bill asks tor a tract of land
along tiie proposed right of way of
a width of :JtiO feet, as well as oth« r
hind necessaiv for stations, work
shops, etc..
. Tlie party at present in the held
expect to spend the next four
months in Alaska in their recon
naissance and will be able togite
a thorough report when finished.
There are some clever men in the
partv fnilv capable of fullilling
their mission.
The pcrsonelle is as follows:
Judge 1). A. McKenzie of Alaska,
J. A. Jamieson, Portland, Oregon;
Major Wm. Sharpe, Wilk.-ilaric,
Penn; Wm. Henry Snyder survey
or, Penn; Andrew F. Hurleigh,
Jr., Yankton, S. l>.; 11. heigh
Hunt, New York; P. C. and CL R.
McLean, Wilksharre, Penn. The
party will return to Valdez via.
steamer upon the completion of the
Copper River survey.
Committed To An Asylum.
Japet Moriakang, a resident of
Seward, became insane and w;s
: sent to Crystal Spring Sanitarium
at Portland by Judge llildrtth.
Deputy Marshal Sexton bad him
in charge on the Santa Clara on
her lust trip east. Japit is a Fin
lander and was formerly a resident
of Dawson, where he had some
financial troubles over whfch lie
has been constantly brooding and
kus twice before this been adjudged
insane.
Pass Open.
George Baldwin returned to town
with a hunch of horses and reports
the pass elear and open for travel.
The season in the interior opened
up this year a mon.li earlier thau
ever before which lias proved of
gr< at advantage to the men at th®
sluice Is*x«s. The meat cattle that
are being driven iu to Slate creek
| and Fairbanks got through all