VOLUME 4, NO. 20 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
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;■ Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
The Ragnheld Co. of New York,
'whose representative* here are l>r.
Lovett of Seattle, and Mr. Ila’e of
Boston, have taken an option on
*the coal lands located on the main
land opposite Sand Point. The
representatives an- on the wav on
to secure machinery and supplier
to develop the property. The coal
is of a fine steam and caking grade.
Capt. D. E. Sh-rris, for-nerlv of
the Dora, came to Valdez on e
last trip of thai i«mt, and intend.
to reside here i« ur< iciy d en
gage in some business.
In the death oi Senator Platt of
Connecticut a great opponent to the
a 1 vancement oi Alaska lias passed
away. In a letter from a high
oilieial to a resident o: Valdez the
statement is made that it is now
e-onfide-ntlv expected that there
wi'! J>e i e. trou 1 >ie in passing a hill
through congress giving Alaska a
1 delegate, unel that every ef.'ort will
'■ c ti.::de to assist those in ending
to iniilii a railroad from Valdez
tie interior.
New ’Commissioner Appointed
Judge John lioodel, oi Valdez,
received notice late last week of his
appointment as commissioner oi
tlie new district which has been
cut off irom the Seward district.
Tiie headquarters of the new
district will very likely heat Hope,
in Cook Inlet, as that is the center
of tiie mining interests and con
venient for those interested in min
ing and prospecting.
The new district embraces all of
that nart of the old district that
lies north of Turnagain Arm and
wtst oi the inlet. This will In
known as tiie Cook Inlet district,
while that part presided over Ly
Commissioner Hildreth will he
known as the .Seward district.
The new commissioner is well
qualified for the position, as lie
knows Alaska and its white ami
native population, anu is not in
clined to lie aggressive to either.
Sealers Desert.
Alter knocking aU»ut the Pacific
ocean for seven days in a dory,
four men, named Bud Davis, Dan
Moran, Albert Manning and Jack
Peterson, landed at Kodiak. They
claimed to have lieen lost from the
sealing schooner Acapulco, of Vic
toria. white out sea oiler hunting.
There were six similar crews out
from the schooner and whether
they got back lo the boat or not is
not at present known.
The schooner was reported to
have cleared trom Victoria to Aca
pulco, Mcx co, hut she actually
sailed in tin Drake’s hay, near Ban
i1 rauciscu, March ly, intent on
peiagic sealing, or any other profit
able enterprise tba-. might come
Iter way winch is evident Hum the
fad oi seven boat crews being sent
along shore lo i.unl sea oiler.
Hue is ihesetomi parly this sea
son that has landed iroui ioreign
sealing schooners, and though tii
liolh eas. s they c.uiimd to hate
i«c ii ms., it very much looks like
iteserlioii.
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Rich Dirt At Fairbanks
Big Fay on Many Creeks. President Reserves L aid
Along Telegraph Line. New Mail Contracts.
Battle is on. Copper Center Items.
Fairbanks. June 22—forty dol
lars to the pan lias been but nil in it
new prospect hole on Mo. *> above
on ( leary criek, John lie* htols
claims to have taken out $7 to the
pan on No. 7 above on Pome creek.
G«*'d pay Inis been found on Esther
and Cripple, two of the new creeks
and greater confidence than ever i«
felt in this camp. Berry Bros..the
well known Kiondvke operators,
are concentrating all their cio rgie
■n opening tip ground on Esther,
and have ound a wide pnystreak
averaging twenty cents to the t :■
Pome creek is also one of the u<
•Treks and the seven dollar dirt
was feu ml on the claim of 11,>h
Chamberlain. t)n at least a down
other claim from three to twenty
rents tti the pan has la-cn found
1 he la-brock is from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty fee- deep,
and it will take considerable i; i
tul to work the claims. The f -rtv
dollar pan found on Cleary creek
was not picked, but was hoisted out
of a new pro-pert hole, ntul a num
ber of j ans going over twenty do!
lure were taken out. Fairbanks
and Cleary creeks have at leas;
tour times as much pay blocked
out rs has hern taken out. and t*-.
"Wo IN-*- lucre ITi -per'* Colli’
with wliat will lx taken out i:< the
future. Rieh strikes are reported
tlie HonniticM district. abort on-1
hitndr 1 miles distant, and also
from <al’ linket. i short distance up
i the Tananu ri\er.
Seattle. June '2i—The president
■ has issued an or ler reserving twelve
tract* of land i..r military t< i -graph
stations in Alaska, at Copjier Cen
. Clustueliina, Central, (iakona
Kctrhuinatoek. Meiitasta, North
Fork, Sttinn. Summit. Teikhtdl.
1'onsina and Workman’s, aiso a
strip of lard one hnndred feet wide
on each side of the telegraph lino
from Valdez to Kghcrt, from Kgle'rt
i to Boundary, from North Fork to
tiili’x n Jroni -Baker to Rampart,
i iroiii liiM-on to >t. Michael, and
lrotn .Safety Harbor to Davis.
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Seattle, June —The expected
between the armies in Mnnchunia
lias begun. Ti.e fighting is 'erritic.
Two wines of the Russian armv
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have been driven back, notwith-'
standing their desperate resistance.,
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Seattle, June gl—The | •.
le|>arUii«*nt has urnn.e .
iiihlez Transom.ation • ti
:mvt for tarrying a semi-mmi Y'v
nail lieMwiti Valdez Lair
>aiiK». ('Inna ami To: >van I'' ■
■•ultra ■ is tr> run from \ ' ,
1st to April This serv.ee i er
:ia*es vr.th a semi-tmu.thly :■
via another route, givii ■ lies.
.'Iie- .s a weekly serviee ihr>'._\"U*
h" winter.
Capper Center, June gl—-Me
Kenzie and his party arrive ..-re
Me;v!a\ am! will Stan now., tin
fiv* r in a day os two. Ih-yo am!
party lrf; Tom ...a Monday to sur
vey down to the Tasnuna. F.
Millard ;s on ins way to turn > m
Kotsina >11111110. the minin'.' ex
pert, left Toiisina tor the Kuska
lina. Leslie and Meals arri" 1
yesterday. Shaw mid Crary arriv-it
from Valdez Moml y. K L Wood s
park train left for town v.-torta"
\\ liioutrhhy it'll Mornluy for Fair
hanks.
Pittsburgh. June go Tin rniom
i'ter Us in tin- shade. Man'.' oro*
tratiuns irom heat. Seven i
Corwin Has Eventful Voyage.
On May 23, the Corwin reached
Dutch Hurl ir af’er a ve, tem
pestuous vi \age. It was very bad
of/ Cook Inlet, where the steering
gear was broken and the ei. ine
room Hooded—men wailing in
water uji to tlieir knees—.uni nan it
not In eii tor the ass:- ante of the
passengers in hailing out the v.a er
'lie tires would have been put out.
In this desperate plight they suc
ceeded in reaching the lea of Barren
island, where all repairs were made.
Hie left Dutch Harbor May 21b for
Nome, with a large number of pas
sengers.
While testing their new truns at
the Ch'gnik cannery a sufficient
number of salmon was caught to
nut up about 2.000 eases.
From Along^Jhe Coast
News Items From Our Correspon
dents to Use Westward
Afoguak, M;iv 31—Natives irons
Douglas settlement who arrived
here in bidarkvs in the first part
of the month report the accidental
shooting to death of one of their
comrades while hunting bear
The schooner “Mayflower” which
arrived from Kodiak a few davs
ago with a party of surveyors, left
Muv 17, for Douglas settlement.
Surveys have l>een made here and
in Little Afogiak of tie ground
claimed bv the Russian church.
All lands west ci Douglas, where
Russian church or chapel stands,
will lx- surveyed at the expense of
the U. !?. government for the bene
fit of the Russian church— thei
handmaiden of Russian despotism.
The Russian priest and hi* assis
tant, having a good opportunity
and a free passage, also left on the
Mayflower for Douglas, where he
will satiate the bloodthirstiness of
the natives with part wine and col
lect big American dollars for the
benefit of their sou!-.
On tlie I7tli, R.'Francis, P Tver
son and Peterson left ior Miners’
point, where they will have uliout
two thousand feet of luu-her and
will construct flumes and sluice
during the summer.
On the 23d, the schooner Lydia
arrived here from Kodiak w.:i, -ap
plies for the A. C. company’s store,
and left on the 20th for the Setuidi
islands.
On the 25th, Messrs. J. Folstad
ami II. Vick arrived t; mi their
property in Murrr.n bay and are
now making preparations for a
cruj-e on the schooner Alice to
ward tin- mainland. On the same
uay the schooner Mattie left for
Kodiak to meet the steamer Bertha
and returned on the '-'Sth with sup
plies for a local shore.
F. Pe'erson, W. Bowman. Sheff
and Strickler left on on a prospect
ing trip around the island and O.
Rohga! for beach diggings.
IT. S. Deputy Marshal Bowers
and Mr. A. Wetzstein arrived here
from Dry is.and today and left this
evening for Kodiak.
The property lielonging to the
Bonanza Mining Co. has been at
tached by Mr. Wetzstein for a debt
of $991.27 and will be sold at pub
lic auction in front of the court
house at Kodiak on July 20th, at
noon.
1). .Newman ami a native have
been sluicing on Ra«pf#-rrv lieach
and average about $3 a day to the
man. X. Liirioimff, J. For.-tman,
J. Lee, (J. Hanson and a native are
sluicing oil I'ganuk beach and art
taking out on an average oi one
and one-half ounces a day.
The natives iias-e left, either for
beach diggings or to put up yukala
(dried fish), and in a few days,
when Russ. Aleck. Black .Mac and
Black Larson pull out, the town,
with the exception of women, child
ren, storekeepers and travelers,
will be deserted.
The outlook for quartz mining is
bright and promising for the future,
but at present, for lack of capital,
is slow in realizing material results.
The owners of the Mamoth cop
per claims, situated on Uganuk
island had two offers,from different
parties in Seattle, and it is lielieved
the dcai will be consumated during
the summer.
Samples of ore from IJvtik bay
assayed here gives a return of
about $50 to the ton and is free
milling.
On Siiuyak island there tire over
a iiitlf dozen copper Claims lieltl
and some work done on ledges from
«J0 to 100 feet wide. Offing In
leaching, assays from near the sur
face show only 2*.'{ of one. per cent
in <•«»j ]>< r :*.i present
In Ai.ii'na strait*, on Afognnk
islatiil, Hum. Aieck lias a iim
consisting of a number of m.art/
strin gers, from a n .v inehi' lo
feet in will: 1,, from which a.-~a \ - of
.'It* per cent in coppt • nave i, cn
had, besides gold and silver
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Kenai, May 21—The month of
May has assuredly kept up it- r--t;
Utation for denoting the comim m <■
raent of spring The gardens have
all l»-eu seeded, and all kiiuis of
trees and plants are htuldii g ti <-■
is so plentiful that cattle are hard
to lie reC"_ .izc 1 :is the same wli.c.:
were rustling around here in April
Sitperintemhnt 1*. li. K >~.oi ;
Government experimental farm
has returned, after a winter’s vaca
tion, accompanied by hi- bride.
They were married in Katt.-as, tiie
latter pari of March. lie was
very much pleased to find the ta
tie in such good order upon his re
turn, anti everyone is very much
pleased to notice the improvement
that has lieen made in the interior
of the farm house since the arrival
of Mrs. Ross.
Traffic in the Inlet is quite brisk
Hardly a day passes without some
vessel appearing, and it really lo
gins to look like Puget Sound or
Sail Francisco Bay there is so
much steamer and schooner travel
There arc seven steamers anu
launches on the Inlet and two
schooners, and quite a number of
sloops. It was the supposition
that with the railroad reuchiie.
tltc arm steamer anil boat travel
would be a thing of the past, hut
ii this summer is any erinrlon
more business is being carried or
than any oi the six summers pre
ceeding, to my knowledge.
>ew mining claims are beiu;.
iound all around the Inlet, and
ailhough no hig strikes or bonan
zas, there i- sure steady work going
on, which is more beneficial to the
country than any sudden "rush.’'
and by de-.ri-e.- the Cook Inlet sec
lion will regain what it lost h<
steamship I moms in iormer year*
and capital will he anzious to and
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