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VALDEZ TURKISH BATHS
FINEST EQUIPPEP ON THE COAST
Turkish,* Steam,*’Shower andj Plain
.. "BATHS -
TPIaiiv'Bath‘ BOcSteam Bath SOc£$taam!andShpw
er i t 1.0) ^Turkish !Bath with room (8.50.
Open Day and Night. JOHNSON-SCHMIDT CO., Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
RtlfFRY IN CONNECTION
DAIVCin I EVERYTHING good
JACK CAUJN & CO.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE S
Crawford'Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
( 7 a in lo » a in
MKAI.S? I.um'h IS m to I p ni
< 6 to 7 p ni
I JAMES NAREY, THE
SHOEMAKEF
has moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT & SHOE Repairing
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in first class order and reasonable.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porte.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valdez dock for
SHOVJP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. X CALLAGHAN.
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Mttk and| Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone'orders to Fhene 1(1
When In Reward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
weorge sexton, pkqp.
»#*i bictly first class
Sgej».. A'-ty,1;?.
Bros,
NIZINA, -$LASKA
General Merchandise
Miners- & Prospector# Supplies
Frttb G»odi~Rt>«ohlbl»' Pricei
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SAMPSON GOMES
FROM TRE WEST
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brings Many Passengers for Val
dez—Has Load of Fish for
Seattle.
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I
Tin* steamer Admiral Sampson,
in command of Captain Jensen,
arrived al Valdez last night at
seven o'clock and sailed south at
8:30 \ftlh a capacity load of pas
sengers.
The steamer will call al Ella
mar and Kidalgo, where the bal
ance? ol' her cargo will he load
ed froi'n the Ellamar mine and
from Tom Blakney’s properly on
T'idalg'o hay. The ship brought
the..last of ilie salmon pack from
IIh^*westward canneries.
rile pillowing passengers ar
rived fro ill I he westward: Ada
Smith, S. K. Mamlle. Fred. Dal
(|nist, .J. Watson, S. K. Seliiigg.
Fk I'. Turner, Prank Fitzgerald.
(1. D. Hitchcock, (ieo. Francis,
W. It. Tupl. John Perscli. (leorge
Flram. Jim F.fram. Hick Kfram,
H. W. Harvey. J. Kosmoplis. (i.
Kosmos, W. Hamilton. Jno. King.
W. C. Carsnn. W. W. Hull, (k J.
Olsen, W. P. Henry. IS. Ilirch, A.
Pell. J. Whilllsey. J.. Roinig. Karl
Armstrong. J. I.. Davies, J. Bob
bins, P. 1). IllodgetI and wife.
Miss Minnie Hlndgell and ten
si..
Passengers who hoarded I he
vessel al Valdez, for Seattle and
way ports are as follows: •
For Seal Me: Jack Miller. W.
II. Piracy, John SI otter. Frank
Kernan. M. S. Hibbard, A. fk
Downing, W. J. Lewis, J. Fk Mil
ligan. H. M. Kedpalli, and Iwen
ly-eigbl steerage.
For Cordova: Henrv Heyo and
W. A. Blackford.
BOARD QF EQUALIZATION
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The Town Domicil met last
night for its first sitting as a
hoard of equalization to consid
er inequalit ids in the anigual as
sessment roll. Dr. von Gunther
made a protest on certain assess
ments on Keystone avenue.
The hoard will meet again this
evening at 8 o’clock in the town
hall and will hold its final meet
ing Thursday evening, October
L'3 at the same place.
Under the new tax ordinance all
protest's most lie in writing, set
ting up Hie grounds of protest,
and must he verified. The oath
may he taken before any mem
ber of the board.
SENATOR HQK*
FREVENTESUFFRAGE
Washington, Oct. IJ.—Senator
prevented the passage of Lhefcon
stitulional amendment granting
to women the. right of suffrage.
The women in the gallery hissed
I,Itc.aged senator when he object
ed under the unanimous consent
rule. ;
W. II. Urary left last-night foi'
Prof. Q. 0. Margin, of Qaplpgloal
Survey, Writes About New
District and Route*.
Professor G. C. Martin, who
spent the past summer in the
Matanuska country, made a flying
visit to the ne.w IVelchina dig
gings a* soon as they were re
ported and has been given per
mission to issue a statement in
writing regarding the pew camp..
As Prof. Martin is a geologist of
standing and familiar with con- j
ditions in Alaska his statement J
will be found interesting to the
public, and is printed below:
“1 have been authorized by the
Director of the Geological Sur
vey to make public a statement
regarding placer gold in the Nel
'china jdistrict. The . following
statement is accordingly offered
you for publication. I wish to
state that 1 shall give no verbal
interviews either in this town or
elsewhere, lint shall he glad to
clear up any points which may
not he understood by furl her
correspondence.
"A very brief examination of
part of the IVelchina placer dis
Iricl was made during the latter
part of August. This work was
not detailed or complete, il being
accomplished as opportunity of
fered in the course of the geo- |
logic invest igatioTis ! previously j
planned for this season in the j
upper Matnnuska valley. The re
sults of this examination, with
accompanying maps, will be in
cluded in the next annual pro
g-res s re port oil the work of the
Geological Survey in (Alaska,
which will probably be publish- 1
ed early next .summer. In the j
meantime, the lalesl geologic re- |
port on Hu region of which this,
district is pari is Bulletin No.
of lie 1. S. Geological Sur
vey. This report does not de
scribe whal is now known as the
Xelchina placer district specifi
cally, bul does describe the. whole
region in general terms, and is
accompanied by topographic and
geologic maps which will be of
great value to anyone going in
to the district. This report may
lit- obtained free upon application,
to llie Director I'. S. Geological j
Survey. Washington, D. G.
"It is impossible to present,
now any more than such a brief ;
general description of the district I
as may. it is Imped, be of value j
In those' who contemplate going]
there. I wish to stale that in the j
outset, in my opinion, il is not j
possible now In forecast the fu- ’
lure of tile district. It is believ
ed that at least some of the
Claims which have been developed
durieig the piisl summer are
worthy of further development
on a larger scale, but the for I In
most part poorly equipped and,
in sonic cases, apparently aim
less little stampede which is now
in progress is not justified. The
lallt-r statement should not be
interpreted as a condemnation ot
the district any more Ilian the
former is an unqualified endorse- i
meiit of il. The facts are that
the extent of the productive ter
ritory is highly problematical and
cannol In- dclcrmivied at Ibis sea
son by Hie oullils which arc now
being taken in. The work for this
winter is freighting supplies and
whipsawing lumber rather than
slaking snow banks. The form
er activities will he better for the
district, not only because they
constitute a more substantial
form of development, but hecause
they are less Conducive to meta
phorial cold feet and will afford
less opportunity for the dissem
ination of hard luck'talOs.
The strike wnicn nas arouseg
the present interest is on Albert
Creek, a small tributary of Crook
ed Creek, which flows into Nel
china river. Albert Creek .rises
near the headways of Alfred
(’.reek, which is tributary to the
Matamiska River through CgH
1)011 Creek. II is situated about
110 miles |iy trail from Kuik and
about sixty-live miles west of
Tantina roadhtijfige. Tike route
from Knik letKtls up the Malamis
lui trail to the south end (if
Boulder Creek Hats, from which
point either sif these conies may
be taken: One may go either (t
up Boulder Creek to near the
headwaters, over a 4.800 foot
pass, down Caribou Creek to near
tlie iiibuflv of Alfred Creek, 'and,
| up Alfred Greek to near He head;
or (2) ■ ae ahpve to the sovHh end
of Boulder Greek flats, thence
- east on the Matanuska trail to
Index Lakes, near the mouth of
Hicks Creek, up the valley of
Hicks Creek to its head, down Di
vide and Caribou Creeks to the
mouth of Alfred Crejfk, thence
up Alfred Creek as above; or (3)
to Idex Lake as above, thence east
on the Matanuska trail past the
mouth of Caribou Creek, along
the southern slope of ,'Sheep
mountain to its eastern end,
thence north across the head of
Squaw Creek to the head of
Crooked Creek, and down Crooked j
Creek to the uoulh of Albert!
Creek. Of these routes the third
is slightly longest hut keeps at
the lowesl altitude and has the
bgst grade. The second is short
est Iml is reported to be difficult
in places. The first is of inter
medial e length and offers but lit
tle ditfiult travel (except possibly
during /the <earl)» summer high
water on Caribou Creek; hut is
above timber for seven or eight
miles on upper Boulder and Cari
bou Creeks. The route from Tax
lina roadhouse is much shorter
than those from Knik, but has
apparently not been mpeh used.
It would seem to have obvious
advantages over the Knik routes
for winter travel after navigation
ends on Cook Inlet. i
Hie Aeiciima valley is a coun
try of moderate relief. The I
mountains are fm the most parti
gently rounded and rise to eleva_ j
I ions of i.000 to (5.(MM) feet above !
sea level. The mouth of Albert !
Greek is at an elevation of about;
3,500 feel, and is above limberj
line. The nearest I imber is about
four miles east of I Ini camp
across the divide from the head1
of Sleigh Greek, Timber may al
so bo obtained ut a somewhat
greater distance, near the mouth
of Grooked Creek and about half
way down Alfred .Greek. The tim- j
her is of only fair size and qual-:
ity. Horse feed is abundant on j
Albert Greek and at other neigh-!
boring localities, although there!
are numerous intervals along tile
trail where it is scanty or absent .
for coiTSiderahle distances.
“The local rocks consist of
sandstones and shales underlain
in places by volcanic beds and
dipping at moderately steep an-!
gles They arc cut by numerous
small dikes. It is believed that
these rocks do not constitute a
probable source of the placer
gold. Gravel benches extend up
to an altitude of at least 3.800
feet. While the source of the
gold cannot be affirmed at pres
ent. it is believed that reroiicen
tration from extremely dissem
inated gold in these bench grav
els is an adequate source. There
is no available evidence that the
high bench gravels contain work
aide placers and it is probable
that they do not. It is not known
whether tile discovered placer de
posits occur where there has been
reconccnlriit ion hv the present
streams or whether the concen
tration was effected by previous
streams in old channels. These
and other scientific questions, to
gether with the all-important
practical question as to how much
of the district is workable placer
ground, must wait for their so-;
lotion until more work' is done.
"G. G. MARTIN.”
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that 1
will pay all city warrants up In
and including No. 3658, series of,
191:1. if presented within ten days
from dale. G. G. REYNOLDS, j
Town Treasurer. 1
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 7, 1913.
Notlc*.
Go to Mrs. A. Burr’s, two doors
above Moose Hall, for your' tail
or-made gowns. Special sale.
Leasing Preposition
Will let a lease on two small
(rich quartz leads.. F.iberal farms.
Set R. P. Ferguson.
M*w •ewde.
New goods on every boat at
Mrs. Winters.
Vi"1. * i-r—r—— -r.
FOR SALE, rfent or lease, a 20
room lodging bouse; central lo-.
cation. A snap. Gall at Pros-j
pcetor office. j
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If you wanf to sail or buy any
second-baud furniture,, stoves,
etc., call up City Express. Tele
phone S2. t
FOR RENT—Two live-room
bouses on Broadway. In first
class condition. Enquire of
Charles Crawford at the Plain
ing Mill. . . tf.
Tmn Kiimigan, of SeXyal.id, who'
is called her,- as a witness, eanu*
,)\‘,fr- oil Hie Sampson. ! (
Marca Rim Ctffars
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Sailings" from j* Seattle
\
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th j
{(SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGE each trip, also calls
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