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Of Local Interest
From Friday»s Bulletin.
The last of the Esterly hydraulic
outfit left town this morning.
Camp is now established in Dutch
flats and the freight will be moved
from there over the Taxpuna sum
mit.
The Dora will sail for the west
ward at 6 p.m. today.
C. G. Hubbard returned from
Knights Island on the Portland
and will be in town lor two or
three weeks.
Dan Grennig, who* has been in
the States all winter returned yes
terday, He brought Iwiek a num
ber of curios as mementos of the
trip,
Horace Leach and wife returned
from the States yesterday on the
way to Seward.
F. Heilig. brother of the former
clerk of the court, is in. town en
roll te to Fairbanks.
•Joe Dalton and brother will
leave tomorrow for the Kantishna,
where they have valuable mining
interests.
A new manganese steel sate of
the latest pattern was received l>v
the Bank of Valdez on the Clara
and is now installed in the hank.
On account of the shortage of j
coal in Seattle the Saratoga will i
not lea' e for. the north before Sun- j
day.
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Jack Smith and Oscar Sail, who
last season located a group of cop
per claims between the Bonanza j
mine and McCarthy creek, are in
town preparing to go to the inter
ior, where they will spehd the sea
son doing development work on
the mine.
There will be an examination
March 4th, at Juneau, of appli
cants for positions in the 1st and
id grade of the customs service.
Blanks and information regarding
examinations may be had from
local custom office.
Zach P. Hickfnan of the Fair
banks Times, arrived from the
Tanana metropolis yesterday and
left today oh the Pennsylvania, for
the Slates, where he is going on
business connected with the paper.
He will return this way late in the
spring. , ; .
From Saturday's Bulletin.
Win. Grogg is in town from
Teikhel). His outfit is moving
rapidly, making good time under
present condition of the trail. He
leaves again tomorrow.
The safe installed yesterday by
the V. B. & M. Co. is a No. 5 man
ganese steel, which is the largest
and most expensive time-lock safe
manufactured; it has four Yale
time locks and three combinations,
and is considered to be strictly
burglar proof.
Judge Wickersham has appoint
ed A. W. Iiochford jury commis
sioner and the grand and petit ju
ries for the March term of court
will be drawn today.
Dan Ross is laid up at Teikhell
. with an attack of grippe.
Chas. Sponberg, who has been
working all winter on his quartz
property at Knights island, will
lsave soon for the interior.
From Mondays Bulletin
Preparations for the mining ex
hibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition are now being made. A
feature of the display will be a
department of original research on
subjects of direct interest to Alas
kans.
R. Ferguson, who has been sick
with the grippe, is again able to be
out.
The Saratoga has 350 tons of
freight and 46 horses for this place.
Sire will stop at Catalla on the
road up.
T. G. Quinn will return irom
Seward on the Santa Clara. Hr
J will bring over a snail auxilliarv
lynamo which will be installed
along with the new one in the
light plant to prevent any danger
of burning out again.
G. C. Clevenger and wife arrived
yesterday from Copper Center and
will leave on the first boat for the
Sf.nes. They have given un their
work at the Center and will move
to Eastern Washington. An at
tempt is now being made to secure
someone to take charge of the mis
sion at the Center, hut consider
able difficulty is being expei ienceu.
as a man is wanted who can give
the natives medical treatment
when necessary.
G. A.. Brown received word yes
terday that ins mot tier died last
week in Montana, and he will re
turn to the States on the Santa
Clara.
The San Francisco Examiner of
Jan. IStn says: “Otio Kanitz has
sued Katie Kanitz for an annul
ment of; marriage on the ground
that the defendant deceived him as
to her character before he married
her.” .
The drowning of Tom Doherty
is the first accident which has hap
pened on any of the small beats
runnihg . between here and Sound
ports.1
.Charles Koppus and Dee Davis
came ;n yesterday from Dutch
Flats, where the Esterlv outfit is
in camp. They report everything
moving in good shape.
L. Wain, a mining man from
Unalaska, is in town and wil»
spend the summer prospecting on
the Sound.
Chas. Cowell, of Copper Center,
is in town.
We received on the Portland a
fresh lot of Beef, Mutton, Pork
Turkeys’, Chix, Geefce and Oysters,
Valdez Market, Phone 29.
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Prom Tuesdays Bulletin
Chas. Sandberg leaves town in a
few days to spend the .summer at
Slate creek.
The Santa Clara is in port and
will leave for Seattle at midnight
tonight.
Ray Millard came tip this morn
ing from Galena bay.
Chas. Sponberg started on the
trail this morning, hound for Slate
creek, where he will spend the sum
mer.*
Operators Suffer.
Private Hogan, of tin* Tolovano
corps, while repairing breaks up
river from that station got caught
in hitter weather and had both
feet frozen so badly that amputa
on both is believe*! to In* ivcessurv.
One ot his feet is said to hav*
been frozen solidly from the soles
to the ankle.
Sargeant Simmons, working be
low Chesna, is also suffering fron
frozen feet, hut his nisi! is said t<
l»u less serious than that of Hogan
The ngw oIFire for the Seattli
hop'd is nearly completed. Tie
room is now being lathed and
plastered and in a few days wiW
be ready for occupancy.
The Santa Clara which was to,
leave for the South at midnight .
did not get away until seven thin
morning owing to the heavy snow
storm.
Skagway is to have a school of
art in the near future.
L. I). Hubbard has an outfit for
the Huhhar 1-Klliott Co, at Camp
Comfort and will leave in a few
days for the interior.
Al. Dowling will spend-the sum
mer in Kotsina. ,
Dick Gelineati and Austin
Lathrop of the Califoruin-Alasku
Mining A* Development Co., are in
mm their irail camp on Low*
river.
fRoadhouses.
We are now in a position to till
vour wants in the lint of fresh
Beef, Mutton and Cork. We have
i large stock on hand to select
mm, and would he pleased I**
lave viiu call. Wa assure von the
■ rii e* arc l ight. Al.t.'ka Meat Co.,
Valdez Market.
You cannot mistake the place
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