THfc ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Published at \ aides, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Pt'Hi.isHiso Co. Prose, Main 1.
Kntered at the Valdes postoffiee as second class matter.
Now is the time to clean np your
yard and street adjoining.
This should be a prosperous year
in the various mining camps ad*
jacent to Valdez. All the outfits
have reached their destination in
good season and there is more snow
on the interior than last year, so
there is every prospect of a better
clean-up than was made last
season.
The new council, which is to or
ganize next Monday, will find
themselves in a good position as
far as the town finances are eon*
cerned, and with moderate economy
should be able to go through the
coming year without putting the
town in debt. There is very little
necessity for street work this year,
and if a plan can be figured out by
which the town can put in the
much needed fire protection sug
gested recently, this body will have
every reason to lie proud of their
year’s work. Our facilities for
fighting fire are so inadequate tliut
every citizen will strongly favor an
expenditure for better protection,
at the expense of other improve
ments.
jl? peaking of the extortionate
charges of the beef trust, the Kan
Francisco Examiner some time ago
proposed that the reindeer industry
of Alaska be developed so that the
western states could be supplied
with reindeer meat and do away
with trust prices on the coast.
.While there is very little prospect
of Alaska deer ever competing in
the states with home*raised beef, it
is not impossible for this country
to supply its own markets with
meat. According to reliable re
ports there is plenty of grazing
land on the islands to the westward,
and now that meat has taken nn*
other thirty per cent jump, there
should be money in the stock busi*
ness in Alaska.
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The lea Otter.
Few persons not connected with
.the fur trade have any idea of the
enormous destruction of animal
life that takes place each year
among fur-hearing animals or of
the extraordinary way in which
the supply of these animals appear
fo keep up.
There are only a few species
.which seein to be verging on ex
tinction; suck as the s*-a otter, the
Reaver (over large tracts of coun
try), certain sorts of fur seals and
a species of West African monkey.
Northern Asia' and northern
North America st)ll produce vast
quantities of fur, and front appear
ances will long continue to do so.
Perhaps the meet valuable fur
in the world is that of the sea otter,
formerly so abundant on the ahorec
cf the Pacific ocean in Northern
Asia and North America, hut now
in great danger of extermination
unless soon effectively protected.
Between the years of 1772 and
J774 about 10,000 skins of the sea
otter were 'taken in the Aleutian
islands alone and the fur was so
eagerly sought after that at t)te
^end of the eighteenth century about
120,00Q skips wejre taken each year.
The result of such destruction
could pot Jbe doubted; the animal
'became more timid and the num
ber killed 50op fell to about 15,000
each yeaf *nd kept dwindling to
such an extent thpt in 1867, when
Alaska was ‘wild the Upitp}
States, it .way .7ffr fn ffc>T it .was
408; while ip #e*sr? Ujpf.
pine (Co., of b*>pdon, the world's
great^t sold jM skins,
ynii they had pony in January,
lh04, ap'd nop* aggip ip October,
m- Thecitch-ipl^feilpi
•bout 75.
3# *
11 » a question if they cap hy
efficiently protectejl, their habit?
being sp pe^ulia;. They .are very
Jhnid apd hgve a gyest range of
scent, apd tlieif only defense, it
would seem, is their speed apd
Jheir sounding abilities. The churp
of the propeller of a |>assing steamer
will drive them for miles and they
apparently will not frequent the
place from which they have been
disturbed for some time, may W
for years. This, in a manner, may
account for the growing scarcity, as
they may migrate to less noisome
localities. Htieh Wing the ease it
is difficult to establish their habitat
with any degree of certainty.
The only restrictions at present
imposed on the hunter is the pro
hibition of steam or any mechani
cal mode of propulsion in the hunt
ing vessel and the employment of
none other than the native inhah
tant adjacent to the hunting
grounds or waters; nor can the
| hunter transport natives of one
i locality to hunt in another.
ineir capture is very difficult
! and almost beyond the possibilities
of the Caucasians. In fact many
■white men after a sojourn of years
in the Aleutian islands have never
seen an otter, and few. if any, have
ever seen them in numl>ers. It is
'only on the finest days and in the
I smoothest waters that they dis|>ort
! on the surface. Having to lie ap*
proa died bv stealth, the native in
his bidarki is his captor. The way
usually followed by the hunter is
to make an ofling with his vessel
, and launch the hidnrkies, each
! having two natives, one to paddle
and the other to do the shoutim;;
they paddle to windward of the
* essel, as their prey must lie ap
proached from leeward on uccount
of his sensitive scent, shot at a dis
tance of a few yards and lie immed
iately picked up, hence it is otteli
that the bidarkies are miles to the
windward of the vessel. The
bidarki, freighted with one or |ios
sibly two otter, together with the
natives, makes a return to the ves
sel in case a swell should arise, ex
tremely hazardous.
It is not unusual for a sea otter
■kin to sell for $n00, while remark
ably good skins may bring two,
three or five times that amount.
| Of Interest To Alaskans
j Seattle, April 17—The cannery
men have agreed not to operate
*nv of the Southeastern Alaska can
neries this season. There will la
thirty-nine, all told, working on
packing reds and sockeyes only.
Se attention will be paid to pink
salmon this season. Reds will
will start off at a dollar.
Fairbanks. April 16—Berry Bros.,
well known Klondyke of>erators,
have purchased Xo. 3 above on
Clearv creek for 1125,000; one-third
down and balance bv September.
Peter Steel lias applied for fran
chise for an electric mad. A strike
has been made on Fairbanks creek,
ten above, of one dollar dirt. Five
coini>anies have applied for dock
and warehouse privileges along the
water front.
i Seattle. April 111, Ihe fish com
missioner reports that <13.000,000
young salmon were taken out of
the Fort Mann, Alaska, hatchery
during the past year. This is the
, largest numher ever known to be
taken from a hatchery in a year.
Seattle, April Ifi—Arthur An
sorge, the defaulting treasurer of
Alaskan Fisheries Union, has lieen
located ify Central America. Kx
tradition papers will l»e uskeil for.
Ansorge got away with about $10.*
Q00 of the union funds,
little, April 13--Tl|e Cottage
C|f) sailed last night with one
hundred passenger.-. Judge Cun*
pifon returns to Juneau on her.
Ifp ip accompanied by his wife and
mother, and his private secretary,
||rs. Jack Stringer. Mrs. Free
stone. who is accused of stealing
amalgam from the Treadwell, is
also a aboard in charge of the mar*
|hal. She ha? admitted the charge
B. B. LOCKHART,
KTKNCKiK Al'HKK.
Notarv Public
Conveyancer McKinley St.
JS»*t Door I', a. Cable OOW. r polar*
and throws herself on the mercy of
the officials.
Washington, April 13—Marshal
Powell has reached Nome and tak
• en the oath of office. He will not
; be recalled.
! Washington. April 13—The com
missioners have completed the
■ marking of the Alaska houndarv
line between Kate’s Needle, south
, of Skagway. and Devil’s Thumb.
They left out the Isindon award
and followed the moun ain |>eaks
in almost a straight line, giving
Canada a trifle more territory, hut
as it is in the mountains and inac
cessible, it was thought to lie of no
j importance.
Notice of Forfeiture.
4'atalla. «\la*ka. March ft. l!Wi,
Tt» Janie- Casey and K. Kahoti or nis unknown
heir* or representative* if any .
You and each of you arc hereby notified that
the iindcrtigiied. \Y. |J. Campbell. ha* expend
e»l during the year one hundr d (fltiti) d«*l
lar» in labor and improvement* upon each of
the follow iug oil claim* mtuned in the Kavak
Recording District. District of \bt*ka. to wit:
C«*ey oil claim So l the location certificate of
which U recorded in Ml of Mining l.o a
ii<*ii« mid Declaratory Statement* af pag -JiiA:
Caaey oil claim So j the Im-atiou.titicatcof
; which l* recorded in K*.«k 1 of Milling |g*ea
1 lion* and Declaratory Statement-at page 2<V|;
an*l t*«*ey oil claim No. I tlm ].M-atio,i <-rtlfl
. cate of which 1* r*- orded it, |i . ,k In Mining
MH-atlou- and Declaratory Statement* at pugc
I P’d, all of wiiieh r'M*.,rd* are in tii it! c l the
' District Recorder o| Kny»tl; Re • rdiug Id.-irt* t.
District of Alaska. .-a 1*1 exp-Tidifurc* w* r»*
I made In order to hold e • n o. l . m- ai
der the |*r..% a-ioti- of s p n ilJi of the luvi* I
Statute* the I nited state*, ai d tl"a amend
incut* thereto. concerning auntial u.> mi
milling ciaim*. 1h ing the amount ••qi ir« d t •
1 hold each of -aid claim* tor the v nr ending
December.:!. l'*H. And li at tin- expiration of
ninety day- from tin- publication of thi- notice
yon fail or refits • to contribute jour pr. j...r*
(ion of *uch expenditure a* a co-owner, \<*ur
interest In-aid mining claim* am! m each of
them will become tin- property of tin* under
signed, W . II. < Htnph'-li. youi * (••owner who
lia* made the required expenditure bv the
, term* of -aid section.
_ W II. i'.IXFHRLL.
rir*t puhlicHtion March I*;.
I*«*t publication Jtin l V
Notice of Forfeiture.
Valdes, Alaska. April In. Ifttft.
To A sura <hi*hoi.m,
; You are hereby notitie*! that we. J. ||. In
gram. Sam France and Tho- lobb. vmir *••*
I owner- ij, the -Yell w-tone * |o. .• 'mining
Haim, located .fnue IT'h. 1 hi. and orded on
i»ag»’ of H -ok Dot Mining Lo'-atnUi*. tot the
j 'aide/. Mining ld*tri< in ilie Territory of
Ala-ka. Iiav ■ expended during tin* v. »,r 1 •>t*.
I °*i® Hundred Dollar* m labor and im
i l*roveincnt* u|m.ii miid claim, in . rder to hold
jit un«ler the provi*iou* See. JitJl of li,** R...
I vised Statutes of the I'nlte I States, and the
I amendment tlieret , approx,,; Jarunn
Isa*, eoueeining annual Im# r u|*»n mining
« laiin*. Ia*l.ig the amount require I to hold
, *H*d claims ior the peri«*d ending December
j :tl-t. And if within ninetx dav- from fne
. l*er*oual-erv. e of thi* noth e or w ithin nine
ty b.iy-i:: e :h« p..nih ation her f. vou tail
or refuse to com. fbu»c your p-rti »u of -aid ex
penditure mane bv your co»o\vtier*, your inter*
e*t in said chilli U ill b*eo|il" tlo prola-rtX of
the undersigned, your co-owin r*. who have
i made the expenditure. a- required bv law
•I. H. IN«. k A M
SAM FKAZKK
I ... ... TIDlH. COliK
t Hrxt publication \j.ril 13th, | *•,
l*a*t publication July hith, r.
Notice of Forfeiture.
{ Valdez,Alaska, Feb. l'\ l!»t**
lo A. S iioldberg. » hri*i iv.j •» »-n. John
i M#n aud w. Unlike:
You arc hereby n •lined (hat I "have exi**u
' ■—I •luriiih" ti.* yi-.i !!• -1 ,r hun lri-.l
>» l»:mr nil-! i Mllir >\. Im-lll. u |.
tm* lot lowing *j t:/ on II*. r . \ ii
*a\angen’ -IV. r.*o,i * .. dm-tn .mi •• l.di*
j hoal-d lo ar Ih i »it:u rP • in ihc h-.gb*
i Milling District. »U*>*, and k ■ :d.-d i it..,,*
•ion pug ud.sloi t,.e hot.:. Mining
Keeord*, in ort.i , ,,,,.,1 Hind , |Mj,a*
dj*r the provi'io., i i- iion .1 ti, lie
v»*ed Statute* o: tin* • uitid MaV - andi.it
amendment there:-. app.,.\ .. j„},. !■*-%,
concerningaQBUal la bo pnu mining « . lint*
: being the amount .e^uiTcd to ho.d ,aid ilainis
j tor the | ri d ending Pee. :si. U»td. And ,i
j within ninety day* from »ue per*- na! * rvi e
of this notice or within ninety dav* aftei the
publication then* t. v-. iVi, ,,r t. i ... i.,
tribute your |*o n -n m *ueti »xp*nditure ns
j eiMiwuers, yoi.riuurcM in aaid claim* will be
« ome the property of the *u» s ribe 1. your eo
: owner win. ha* made the re.jnir,.,i expend!
ture by the tel ui* of *nid *eetioli.
i „ K J. FJKI.lb
j rir*t puldieation February Pi. lttu.%.
j I-ast publication,£ May la. p.m.*,.
The Tinas Senate
Copper Center, Alaska.
i Hiyu Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Finest House North of
Seattle.
('HAS. COW KLL, Pkopisiktok.
A Sore
Ai Sate (reek
\\ ill Ik- opened up early in the
Spring with a Complete, First
Class stock of Boots, Shoes,
GROCERlESandCLOTHING
Everything needed hy the' Mi
ner and Prospector will be in
stock all summer. ... ..
Freighting bone
Leslie & Kelson.
ft-Thnioi'S5*
Jn Broadway, Now York_
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Yor a sasiter of a century It Has been pre
eminently the leading mining S-nodical,
with a world wide circulation. Editorially
tha paper is particularly strong and broaid
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PROFESsiOnAl e/uuo.
' I
F. M. BOYLE. A. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone "0 VALDEZ.
'Office*: ALASKA
Fi*h Bnil.lnjr. McKinley Si.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Room* 1 aini 2.
Swan itnihlinp Phone 1!*
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fi*h
Hnihling. Valdrz.
Op*n evenings, Monday excepted. ? ::*» t y.
■■
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
*
Broadway.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
.Mining mui Und Lawn, .'•ptrialtie*
' VALDEZ. ALASKA
Cecil H. Clegg,
Attorney at Law,
Not a it v IYBt.tr.
Oftlee#Court House. Valdez.
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystoxk Aye. Value*.
T J DONOHOE,
Attorney at Law*
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and CounsclIor-at-Law.
SALEM.
Memlter of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPKR CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg:. Seattle.
H'l l^A'N'S TuLules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The >Vt-em (.aekaRo lb ntimiRli for itaual m-1'W
sio'L Tile fitli.liy le,rile (tin cehts) ••olitatills a
►u(j|»ly tor a year. All ilr irrIms »11 them
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold. Silver ami Copper 18.50
Gold and Silver - 1.60
Copper ... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
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SlINN4Ca.36,B'—"-NswYDrk
•ranch tMku. >'ii V 8U Washington. I> T.
Uamp Uomfort Hcadhouse.
On the trail to all interior point?*. I.arire com*
fort a hie )|tiarlerr with everv neconiiiHalatinn for
man or liea-t. tiariletl profit el- in <iea.-nn
Wines, Liquor, Beer end Cigars.
C. C. ROP.KKTS. Proprietor. t * Mile- from Vahler..
Workman’s Road House
I’. MAUN l SSOS, Proprietor.
Kir-t ma<lhon.«e Imilt on < ioverninmf
Trail. ( 'all uceomo<l:ite ."ill |>enple. ha- 1:11
warm harn tor -O hor-r- ami itonit ntiarter
for <loir-. (mmmI meal- ami evervthim! the
mu-licr ile.-ires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
\A/ hlto 21 From Valdez
V 111 Lw Tin* Last Flare Itefor.
Crossing Thompson Fas#
Hoi ICP Evervthing First-Class
-Freight Contracted
Accommodations For Large Outfit*
Our Road House Walter L White Pr p
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From VaMez
On Government Trail.
lhst of accommodation- for man ami Least. Fresh Meat,
loultrx ami Vegetables ulwuxson hand, Hcst feeding ground
for horses on the trail. .
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
— — — -W -W ^
V. T. Co.
I lie followiii" Roadhouses, situated mi the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the malianeme t of the Valdez Transportation Go.!
will he found to he tirst-eluss in every partieulur:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles b rmn Vul<lez.
Rates *4.00 per day. HILLY KAl FF.MAX, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
l-k) Miles From Valdez
At Junction of ihe Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates; Meals, *1 50. Beds *l.nO
G EO. R ROR E R M A NAG E R
- —- I
CHIPPEWA Roadhouse \
KM) Miles From Vdidez I
At Trail Crossing of the Gakona River ]
Rates: Meals *1.50, Bids *1.00 (
JOHN GILLESPIE MANAGER (
I
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarter* i'«*r VaMea p»o|ile. lju room*.
Kates •'«>» cunts. 91 Mint *i.si |**r day. Kirs;
Restaurant in connection. Free Bum.
1*. S. Ponlottlre.
\S . (1. POTTS, Manager.
*'i». Firm Av. & t'nirer»Uy »t., SEATTLE
Bt'honl ol 0|x-n All Y. »r
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying Architecture, I»raw ingand a»»mv
ing. Assaying of ore, 9-‘>: Bullion au<1 « hi r
inatiou As-ay. As«av 910. Full
course of Assaying. 9-4'. Kstabilshcd Wd. Send
fur circular.
A. VAN DEB NAILEN, President.
IF! Fulton Street. 'Sa 11 Fr.inei*'o, fat One
block west of fitv Hall.
Operates tlie tines: trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
Sf.. Paul,
Chicgo,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
Ihroueh trains for all points East
inti South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to ho had, For rates or reser
vations, i :di or write.
F. U. i’AUKEK.tienernl Agent.|
l',i Yester \Vmv. Seattle
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Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse*
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Prospector.
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Priees Returnable.
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. 1,1
latest style him ravers OKI Klmlish .
il.e proper thine. Invitations ami
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