VOLUME 4, NO. 17 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905
We are showing a
nice assortment of
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
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AsK For A “Stetson”
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 Rate Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELI/15
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Traveler
t)EBM Ey & POOT, Proprietors.
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 NIZINA. 4
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork ;
Poultry and Game. ;
^cakjnp; '»oo,l.
Advices t».« tlx last mail from
Slate creek state iliat there is ev
ery prospect of a p.».wl set* coo this
summer. Everyone is r-.nrlv ,i»
start work as s<vin as the fr<*st goi s.
which will Ik.- aitoti June 1st.
There is plenty of -now on M.e
hills this spriti'i so in-re is no dan
ger of a shortage of wa *-r for sluic
ing.
Additional Contracts.
The V. T. Co. has secured tile
contracts for tin* additional mail |
m rvice le-twecn in-re ami Fuirhankt
n< xt winter. This provides f r
two round trips n week to Fair j
hunks und one to K t-rlc.
Ca'tl f. state.
Bor’ Kt.'v ns returned lust week
■ rot;i t late cfi -<-k. II.- lots ten brail
>f cattle ••-)()«; nfi on ihe Santa Clara
tv I a-1; In* v> i 11 take over the trad us
soon us the sttnmti* is jntssahlc.
i'he s -x‘k is o supply the Slate
. crickets with ircslt meat.
Alaskan Railroad Incorporated.
Articles of incorporation of tin
Valdez, Mars :; 1’a-s and North
ern Railroad Company were til< <
yesterday at the Hudson Coun';
clerk’s office in Jersey city. Th
company is authorized to opera,
a railr .a l and C-Wgraph and lei.
•phone lines in Alaska from tin
I eastern -fair*; ot Valdez hav, neat
j the town of Valdez, to Eagle City,
on the Yukon River, a distance ot
i 413 miles. The capital stock is
placed at #2,000, divided into t wen
j tv shares of the par value of #10(t
each, hut this amount will he in
creased later on. The incorpora
tors arc LcCirand Rouker of Jersey
City, Kenneth Rose. John 1) Fear
hake, Frank H. Pierce, and Frau
jcis A Huck, all oi New York. Tin
j regis »-red off e* of the company is
| at 243 Washington Street, Jersey
1 City.—N. V. Sun,
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Mining; Transfers.
During the past week the follow*
iug devils to mining properly luiv*
been filed in the Commissioner’s
olliee:
T. D. Drove to Tliree Man Min
ing Cn.,Lundioik bay, quartz proj.
eriy.
Jas. Fielder to S. A. Hemple,
iltiariz claims on west side of Cop
per mountain.
A. Selieff to\V. M Wilson, claim
Doubler Day.
A. F. Craun r to fv A. Ifi-mplc,
claim- Knights is1..ml.
Served he.bpcer.as.
W. R. Soule has ;<ir,t r«- timed to
I Copper Center from Soushetua,
j where he went as a sjieoial Deputy
j to serve Siihp I nas on Tom Meiliv
j and C Claus.>n, to appear as wit
I ln-fM-t* in tiie Harrv Oyrens mur
der ease at Fairbanks, July 3. lie
was 4U days oil the trip.
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SLcJiS
Three Days Fighting Bet ween the Great Fleets Result
In Victory For Japanese. Torpedo Boats
Win T he Engagement.
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Tokio, May 151 — The greatest
ilia ai victory in tin* history of tin
world \va« won hv the Japanese nr
'he battle in the straits of Korea.
During the tight, which stnrled
Sat unlay morning, practically ail
of the Russian fhet was sunk or
captured and Admirals Rojistvcn
sky. \ o* !ki rs: in. nod Nehogatoff
taken prisi m rs. ihnc.'tvcnsky is
seriously wounded.
The Russian losses were as fol
lows: Sunk—‘5 hatth ships, 1 mon
itor, 5 • rinsers, 2 sjiecial -< rviee
ships, .‘5 diniroyer-. Total 17.
Captured 2 hs-dth-ships. 2 mon
dors, 2 cruisers, 1 speeial service
ship, 1 dc'trover. Total 8.
Di-ebled—1 cruiser.
(•rami tota1 215 vessels put out of
coinnnssio: ; 2000 prisoners iuj»
tured; and the balance of tl :• Uns
si u fleet eeing for sale, v, pu r-1
sued by the •tapam-se.
Saturday n ortting, when the)
world at h rge thought both fleets’
Wen* ill the liciglllmrhood Ill For
mosa, tin- wireless station at Sal
siiinn rejairted tlit* Russian flee*
approaching. Togo, who was
guarding the sirai's of Kor -
opcmd lire as the Russians ap
proached. with 1 is heavy guns
I i.ticr cover of this tiring the tor
1 ei.o boats dashed to I lie attack,
flic hulk of the shelling was i|j
rccnd ami in st the battleship Horo
j ditto ami Cruiser Xiikihimoif. and
• he ilorodino was the first to sink
The tight continued wi h ait c,
sation and as nigiit fell the Japan
ese torpedo Units redoubled their
> fforts. doing great execution.
A running light was kept up all
day Sunday and Monday. Admir
al Xcbogalon. with his portio: o>
the fleet, including .be magnificent
battleship Orel, surrendered Sun
day. off i..anch >r; ruck. Uob - -
I . ensky s flags! p. the battleship
Ivniaz Suvaroff, sister ship to ihc
Orel, sunk turner his feet. The
admiral tried escape onto a tor
pedo I'oat. I>ut was captured. He
is badly woimded
Two cafe ure.i luttlesldps and 2
monilnr- l :i>been brought to Ja
pan. Part of tiie Russian fleet is
r.por ..I to have gone east of Japan
tiiongii tiie main fighting force was
with Roies!venskv.
Hie torpedo fleet was largely in
strumental in winning the victory.
Again and again they dashed in
and attacked the enemy, burling
■orpedi* a the bulls of the big iron
duds. Togo reports that the Jaj»
anes.- He was uninjured, hut it
seems hardly possible that such a
vie'orv could have licen achieved
without some losses.
Washing'on. May .'11—It i the
general opinion that Togo’s victory
UicaUs pc’Ce >• ..n. It is expected
Unit Oyama’s aruiv will resume the
offensive again upon receipt of the
news ni Togo’- \ ieiory.
Surveyors ca tire Excelsior
Railroad Enginerr; Ci-aiag. and Will Start Survey
0. Rii-te at Once.
Tie news of tie departure from
New York of a | arty of railroad
surveyors boun i f> r Valdez is cor
roborated bv a private message re
ceived by W. 8. Amy. He lias re
received word from i). A. McKen
zie to be in readiness to move an
outfit of freight from Valdez
to various points along the trail.
Tile message states that the freight
ami surveyors will naeh here on
.he Kxcelsior.
Air. McKenzie, who is mentioned
in the press reports as being intvr
c-teu i:i the railroad project, was;
in \ aldez at the time o* tiie l>u
minzit trial. It not known what
couihiiiation i e is representing, hut
in view of toe .act M.al he was one
of the Helm party when last her- .
it is possible that it is tin Stewart
crowd that is sending the survey
ors.
Leaving Frirbanks.
Fairbanks, May IK—The firs
•>oat to sail from this place got
away Monday. The Monarch
saile 1 for Dawson on that day.
First Boat to Dav.son
The Prospector lead the spring
fleet from Lower Lab rge n Daw
son, arriving at ti.at place May
IK It.
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Fanta injured.
Guy Banta, who has been work-j
ing at the Kllaiuar mine, was
brought to town yesterday, and is i
now in the hospital -as the result of
an accident at the mine. A falling
rock struck him on the head, and
wtis thought he was seriously in
jured. Dr. Boyle attended to his
,njuries, and he is now improving
rapidly.
Surveyor® ia the Field.
Henry Deyo and the party of
surveyors who have l>een making
railroad surveys near town for the;
as* month, left yesterday morning
f >r the Taznuna divide, where
their work will lie continued. The
Cooper River Droving Co. moved
the outfit.
The Revnolds-Alaska Develop- !
inent Co. has removed Governor
' Brady from his position as a direc
■ tor of t! e company.
! Henry T. Mmcliew, a represent
ative of the American Paper Co.,
of Seattle, will 1 e in Valdez soon
| iu the interest of Lis company.
Shusnitna News
Everyone Ready To Work On Val
dez Creek
Copper Center, May 31—Billy
Soule returned to-day from Shu
shetna. Ho brings the following
items concerning that country:
Neeley and Carlson have good
prospects in a fiity foot cut on
Luck (.illicit. Monahan is working
No. 4 above on Valdez creek, and
claims that in the first cleanup of
the season two men look out $2-1
in three hours, (irogg, Clarkson
Co. will work discovery am! No.
1 below. They have built a dam
12 feet high and turned the creek.
Will hegiu sluicing as soon us ice
goes out. Jack Tansy is runping
a trading post on No. 1 below.
Fraze and Sclilosser are ground
sluicing on No. 2 l>elow. Hogan
left for Klutinu river May 8. Cole
man and Neis. Jcpson are pros
pecting at head of Valdez creek.
Heat Poisoning.
Captain Johnson, a man abo: t
70 years of age, who lias been work
ing at the Montana, is now at ti e
hospital suffering from a ease i f
poisoning. It is supposed that le
was poisoned by eating tuiutid
meat. lie is in a precarious con
dition, and ii is announced bv Dr.
Boyle, that there is little chance of
his recovery.
School Closes
1'!.* public 1i-h>: dosed yester
day f<>r tin- summer va -ation. The
following pupils were promoted:
I) clie Adams, \’era Crawford, Jim
Fish, Catherine Miller, Hilma Hih
nala, Mildred Leslie, Annie Martin,
Vera AI lender, John Meals, Henry
Miller, Arthur Burr, Verna Fish,
Biaiiehc Foe.-, Hilda Hihnala, Eva
L-x-khart, > ‘i.tres .Martin, John
Miiier, Don.i. i Smith, Fabian Mil
ler. Ilt-Lin Eaiites, Karl lieiniger,
Kenneth Hiidnlj-'s/ Beulah Fogg,
Mary Meals, Albert Moon, Owen
Meals, Emily Aiiendcr, John Allen
der, N >ruian Bratton, Frances
B..ot,
l'he following constitute the
Honor List, or those who received
-.he 1 Eh—, nv, rage in the res[act
ive '.ra«o-.~: Fir.-t grade. Jim Fish;
Second grade, Mildred Leslie; Third
grade. B ola.-s John Meals, A class,
Vi rnu r i-h; Fourth Grade, Fabian
Md'. i: Fiiih grade, Mary Meals;
Si\th grade. Owen Meals; .Seventh
grade, Emily A i leader; Eighth
grade, Norman Bratton; Ninth
grade, Frames Boot.
Karl Beiniger was neither ab
sent nor tardy during the whole
term. A prue in drawing, open to
the pupils of the lour higher grades,
was awarded to John Allender.
Americans Win Race
London May 30—America has
won the international race acres
the Atlantic for the Kaiser’s cup.
Captain Barr, America’s famous
cup winner, sailed the Atlantic to
victory in 11 days, 10 hours and
22 minutes. This establishes a
new record.
London, May 30—The German
yacht Hamburg; was second in the
ocean race. She finished at 7;30
Tuesday evening.
When a man makes a valuable
strike he should do as the little
boy does with the bird—put salt
on its tail.
Edgar Wickcrsham has resigned
as chief of police at Fairbanks, and
Tom Parker was appointed as his
successor. F. X. Sessions, former*
, ly oi Valdez, was appointed patrol'
I man.