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VOLUME 3, NO. 23 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904, OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
ailing
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Flora! Patterns.
■■ ^'2 kt >•£' y M+J V;.r— 'J f i Lt. VJP
Six Feet Wide. Wildes’ New Designs. .
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VL.l!€£ e file**
Three Feei Wide. New Asscr ment of Patterns
Last* Cc!ifa5n». Window Shades.
Good Goods.
'y/LlWZZ D»U@ C6MPANY
Wholesale and Fetail Fruggists
(Nil I»KAI.EK« IX
Periodic Is and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coubcns.
3 ^
V. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
ID unonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewtlrv, Optica!
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Ue
i airing and N ugge: Jewelry a Specialty Cut
Glass und Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALID F.Z ALASKA
City Market
NKXT TO THK XIXINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
r* ■ 1 1 —- ■■■ —
Wholesale and
Retail iJeait-r
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR sr,d BUILDER
| l'lans ami Estimates Furnished ou Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
Tl.r fir-i '• .at to arrive at Nome
was the Corwin on June 7.
Frank It Brown. gu(>erintendent
of tie A|ml!o mine-; at I'nira, re
cently Jeft for a visit to the stater.
Jap Killed at Karlok,
At Karluk the Fourth of July
celebrations include<1 a r. w between
two of the Japs employed in the
cannery, during the argument one
of tin in was shot to death, the a •
-uilan*. lia.' not yet l<cen arrested
{ '.hough Deputy Marshal Bowers is
i on the iiunt tor him.
—mi .■ wa swinvaKcr.
I
Klemmer Sent to Aaylnm.
•i t- K enimer, hu'viit-r on the
minr, who Income ii -am -n
he la-t trip down, ti’*j•.< r*-rit: v re
• red somewhat upon meeting
hi- a le ami was aliowedto go home.
I few ‘Sty* i:r le a.: ev:~!cnt, ami
.1] m being adjudge 1 insane r y tie.*
authorities wa- -e-it to the a.-rlun.
at Stollueoo:ii.
iMring the fir-t days of id- in
s' i. tv mad- ; vt-.-’i -n- •.gain-:
Mr. Krtni’.z, of V Mez. the father
’>y ido;it:on of Ki- nner - w’f
ai d ■ ■ -i. - t- ■ i . ad :• o h rr« i ■
wi’ I; him w her . if in sin i
i~-en o-irne'i that thcr* was no
II i C I : 1 ! ■ y t
l on the ror.. rary umim-im-hf- w, r
made whereby K:-:mmr and
wife were to i-.iove • i Valde ale
o- i-i, j y the is-nil:: li ■ am:
Klemmer was to tak<
lie Vald-t Market wide i Kanitz
agreed to no! 1 j.-i: !:ng th • arrival
of K • miner.
C’apt. M >ore, d the Kxcel-e .r
brought up with hi m on tins trip
h> w.fe and three dangh'ers, tlnii
Jftvii j: them u ph-a.-a.nt summer va
' cation.
!
SUlHmy Accidents.
Granting that there is a greater
mileage of railroad in this coun
try, the proportionate tnvcl is
prot/^bly greater in England than
here. What, then, is the explana
tion of the fewer fatal aeeidents,
or, rather, the almost total lark of
accidents in that country us com
pared with tin.* frightful mortality
on our American roads? The ex
act solution is probably not easy,
but the most natural explanation
| that w ill come to mind is that the
| British roads are better managed
and thnt they are held to a much
stricter accountability by the au
thorities. Another reason also is
the total absence of all grade
i crossings in England and the uni
i versa 1 employment of the best of
: safety devices and signals, the
| block signal system being practic
ally universal.—N O. l*icayune.
ROANOKE REACHES HERE
TOURISTS MEET
I/eave Welt Tlaased with Valdetc
ar.d its people.
The steamer He anoke, ('apt. Bo!
with 132 passenger* y>n an
excursion from Seattle to Nome
ami return. reached here at 3.30
f t' • > n the 12th. u day earlier than
expected, and was scheduled to
leave at w o’ce :k the same even
ing'. hut the city council, hv their
persuasive eloquence. induced the
enptrin to dt iay tin. depart .re un
til 3 a.tii. the fokowiiip nomine.
Wif. tiie expedition characteris
tic of our citizens preparations
wire made ioc the ent< rt.iinment of
tie a Niters. .Meh.nloy hall was
t rown open, the musicians noti
th d to lx • i. hat d. at d at If o’clock
y. in < epics ar.3 hunches the
j copie t'i can to (rather at the hall,
ami a- iU o'clock it v. i- crowded to
it» utmost eapaeitv to .-:’il! j ermit
of di . was a asm m*
blitee that occupied the door, with
short intervals of rest until the
st .amor's half hour whittle blew
a! •" 2 o’i lock.
i .. : . ! - : . i i
»■» '’i - . »inir x * t i j i ^
of the evening was ti.«- singing of
Mi's l.ongacro, one of the tourists,
v. h< rendered s> verui selections.
V,. Mtirr'-i'annor:. r banker 0;
North Yakima, inaiii'nn address in
' el. '' of the vi-itor6 thankim' the
pc V:., ’••• l . the ho-piiai •
manner ii w.oiih tla-v had been
entertained. A large unt.J r of
j'<o, !u were on the wharf at d o’
( K.-'h ’ i wish the departing visitors
." jilia-T.it voyage.
The Seattle l imes is represent
'd hy S i. MrfJowel. who will
writ-.- up the triji and hy F. ii.
Noweil. who is tailing views all
Mr. A. ii. Buchan
n.;:.. who i stab’iisiiui and built up
to i.s pre-ent enormous proportions
business mi 1 I u
hi of ;'eattle. from the man
. ment of which he has recently
retired, was • passenger, taking a
much l ceded rest.
The tourist.*, :is 6tated hv Mr
•nnon, re]Te6i i.t nearly every
..i in tiie L'nion, and as many of
' hem were "school inarms’’ it is to
m expected that a better knowl
edge of Alaska will prevail among
t :e youth of the country than has
heretofore existed.
Cable Building Contract Let.
The construction of tlie cable sta
'i'-n at this place will be com
menced at an early date as the con
traot has beer, awarded to Ragland
vV G .lleion, of Seattle, who are to
coir-i lete the structure within thir
ty Jay-. It will b a fram build
ing and will cost about jfJ.WHj.
Grigsby 's Stive* ssor Appointed
Washington, 11. C\, July 13.—
11. II. Hoyt of "an Francisco, has
l*cii appoin’ed Iitsiii't attorney of
the Nome district to succeed Grigs
by. Will start for Alaska soon.
Will Soon Ship Coal.
The Tide Water Consolidated
Coal C finpany of Coal Harbor.
I nga Island, have recently ex
pended about ItiO.OOO on tbe de
velopment of their property. At
the end of a 2<>-ft tunnel they
»l>ened into a very large coal vein
and expect to be in a position to
ship in large quantities by Oct. 1
[Lake. Extensive and continued
: development work is lieing prose
cuted '-.i many of ;h • claim
! Aerial Tramway.
Survey IIns Been IL'ude nnd
rs ork Will Soon Begin
1 ho \ aldez Summit Tratnwnv
Co. Las lost no time in getting to
work on its its project. \Jr. kin
iiorn and his party have made a
survey of tlie grotmd, secured the
necessary data, includidg photo
graphs. and have rot nr ■d to town
When Mr. C. K. Cliapman, the
engineer engaged on tin work, has
jcompleted his notes. Mr. Kinghorn,
the president of the company, will
leave for the states, where he will
secure the material for the con
struction of Ihe tramway. T1,.
steel tower- for the 0:1 ie w;I! h,
shipped up at ari early date and
the work of erec ting them v..
go on at one e.
Tint company is capitalized at
J >0.('t'0. iitvitl-al into .V I 'ni sonrf
: a a i ar ' of •?’ 1 hut for a
-hort time si.arts will he sold at
titty o. jitj , Jht *o. .a* •
will he v. •!! h,» :ktd in Vald
ti e value of thenterprise is tLor
i •• igli! .• a> , recta ted.
Drov.'fi-u in Shushetiia.
Ecac O cer turned. Two Fart
n ... Escape.
Skwv.ko. July 12—A number t>f
ptospe-.-tors h .Ve just arrived here
.'rum the SI;- \,a an I report
Unit diaries i i.io, win* wt tit up
the river eainv this spriug,
!r i.vnc 1 i i t . iY-ik-tita m-ar i -
1 \ “■ shetna oi
}.iuue22;!t. Th--h.it. with thr -
, person- iti it, - ick a i?:iug an .
Mr. (Hie came to this place last
| spring and worked here for a time,
ile was from < <■ pot’s. Wash.,
where his widor. .! moth r reside.-.
|Another rich Investcr
Senator Clark, of fontana, Bonds
Co2’per Property on Batouche.
Swanson iv I.- rson, owners of
some twenty-eight copper claims
on Latouehe !.-! ml, l ave bonded
the same to S. . : > r Clark of Mon
tana. The conditions make imper
ative the expenditure of *7*UHiti
this year in development work,
which will he -tarted at once.
This trail i.-ti >u i- of great im
portance to f-ot-theru Alaska, as it
initiates the- interest of on - of the
most slice- --fid . .:n -rs, oti a lurgi
scale it: the- world.
Notice.
A special nuvtin:/ of the Cham
ber of Commerce for bi-morrou ev
ening at S o’cloek. Ii..portan‘ b ;~
int-ss.
S' Ilium, V l'ro
Gcn. Fun-.m t ; go Fast.
\\ aslnt.r'liii. J). .Inly —
;*■ neral Fun- on. the I'hilint i.c
hero, will lie t r:iI.f> 1 red in Onto! i-r
! to the ilepariue u tiie de.-a: -
I went of the Ea - . i > I su< ■ t.
by General Constant Willi.ms.
Cable to [Sitka S >on Completed.
Washington, J>. C., July 13.—
General firefly ixj-nts that the
Wealth-Sika f aide will U- tinishe<l
in two weeks, lie is inning to
j Seattle to inaugurate service,
j Grain) time ex peeled in Seattle.
It is more than M.ely that lie will
extend Ids visit as far w.-i as
\ aide/.
I
' EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
WOFK IS PROGRESS
Oil Eotials I' st Pennsylvania
Product. Coni 3c ti Anthra
cite of Grade
Th" season for work in the Kay
"k 01! ih ri ■' opened lip tin- war
with as inir promise of success aa
any previous vrar, hut nviit. ;,.ex
tr ordinary < ’• ••. rti«r drawbacks,
'.uth not s t u active and aL'tsres
siv- «>j ertahms as had been cmifi
den*’. i 'veil expect 1.
I p :•> f the lu.oJisii Co., the
I" >' •! -> u.'Mnn r: tue coi.uj any
!' h la - he. ii for several years
' v h'- o:! areas and coal
tn* as , f he dis'rii driven
ii -' W. r .11: 11.' in depth, ap
l'r ’ > -ei iv, from "''id feet in the
ih - to ■*’!.:• l'-'i>’ in the last, and
Uo III- obtained oil of the high
uiiair.v wide.1 is piviii.a*' to .("'ll
in 1 kc- f >r tin* <1..—tin, . 1 >:i of t’.- d.s
trict in everv cue of tin -r wells.
t If these one 11 ay prove to he not
a producer under existing condi
' o:,s. O hrrs are h-!i« vetl to lie
I piunj Illy j Topi '-ii it i; 1 -. \\ 1.11 • 11 «•. hi h|
un lotih'i- ..y pay 1 11 riv’. One
at hast j a constantly llowing
Well. Hundred- of barrels of oil
am constantly being hauled from
, *t ‘.0 ■ e’’Si d a- fuel at other points
A pr' -ciit ;in-1 ■ ciipao_v has two
^ I '.. - up :t'. new jc.nts and a third
"uc .11 process u erection.
When it is uniler-'ofwl that this
"■■••iiiany do - nut offer stock for
it will lie appreciated whv
these facts ear,si no -‘ir in the lo
cal i'i! •: fr'trtc ( « {J,,. c,,.,st.
I .ie Alaska l'< tioleiiui and Coal
Ci . tli- lie;:1, is:- ■ operator in
the ili-iriot, erected a >tandard rig
tl is season to sink to a greater
• i’ i :h 1 he i rio it. hole driven with
:i Star rig las: year. After sinking
a -! ort di-’aneo some important
. jii’ inciil was lost, which up to
*ia e t: hu- Is • n impos- to re—
enver front so tr eat a it• j ,’h. Mi
forts are dill hong made to put
tins hole iti sli..j«? ior continued
'irking. Tii Star rig oi this com
pany. oi C! ir creek is not yet iu
active operati n.
The* rig of the Alaska Oil and
Coal Co. on Ci k it riv r hu- not
ye’ been put it.to action.
The* Cudahy Co’s, ri r on Chilkut
lake ha» not vet been started up
for this seaaor.’s work.
I he splendid rig of Clarence
Cunningham, after almost sujs-r
iiumali effort- .>:i- finally er* eti-d
or. a wharf built in th o*> m over
a largi seepage • f oil, which con
stantly boils up near tiie shore.
• wing to qui. k-aiid it was found
in.; i ti.alile at present to contin
ue dri\ing at this point. it was
: ”i*d in • .--ary to pull the easing
s-’iim several times.
A point lias lx-t'li -elected on the
n url.y n inland to which this rig
is iiii v i■ i :ig remov' d.
A' ., i npr-iaijuM.- in the line of
aniti i assessment work are going
n in various portion.- of th -di—
trie', e-pt riallvhv tla English Co.
!it tile Yukutaga section.
The greatest' activity in the dis
trict, however, at present* i- in the
coal field—. H.nce the new coal
laws have Iks ii enacted certain
parties, who have known of the
excellent tpiality of the coal and
the great extent of the measures in
the district, have lo-t no time in
making dm-and loioial location of
a large nnnihcr of cml claim- in
tin- motintaii:- li.ok of Chiikat