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VOLUME 3, NO. 22 OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns.
Linoleums
Six Feet Wide. Wildes* New Designs.
Oil Cloths
Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
Lace Curtains. Window Shades.
A. L. LEVY CO.
Good Goods.
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Valdez drug company
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AMD DEALERS IN
Periodic Is and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons, j
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market
NR XT TO THK XIZINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT *
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
Tlie steamer Santa Clara left on
Tuesday with 600 tonsof ore from
the Ellamar mine for the Tacoma
smelter. The mining has made a
contract with the A.-P. N. Co. to
•hip on their boats 1,000 tons, or
tt ire. per month.
The steamer Roanoke that left
Seattle yesterday is expected to ar
rive here on the morning of the
13th, with « large number «f excur-1
sionists. The trip will be made as
far as Nome, touching at all princi
pal point* along the coast. The
steamer is booked to remain hero
for one dry.
Tanana Will Yield Half Million
The Monarch, the first steamer
of the season from Tanana, arrived
at Dawson June 9th. She brought
the first Tanana gold for the year.
Only one man left the camp. All
otliers were too busy mining to
leave. Archie Chisholm, of Seat
tle, the only arrival, reports that
the camp will not lose any men
who wintered there. He estimates
that the year’s output by the close
of navigation will reach 1500,000
or more, with only two large boil
ers in the camp. Many more are
there now, taken in by the first
boats this year.
Chisholm says the Tanana has
thirty miles of traced pay streak
and that the camp is sure to be
permanent. He is going to Seattle
for mining machinery. He states
that the best creeks in the district
are the Fairbanks, Cleary, Gold
stream and Esther. The latter is
near the town. Chena, where the
late strike was made, is several
miles long, shallow and a rich pro
ducer. Chena and Fairbanks both
have newspaper^. The supplies
taken to the camp by the first Daw
son boats sold rapidly. Eggs are
950 a case, flour 910 a sack.
Cadet Corps Ball.
In behalf of the Valdes Cadet
Corps the .management wishes to
express its appreciation of the
many favors shown the Corps, all
of which contributed to the success
of the military ball Monday even
ing.
Individual mention is out of the
question sin e all have manifested
a working interest and general suit
port to the Cadet Corps.
The total receipts of the ball
were$124.90, and the expenditure
was $17.10 leaving a balance of
$107.80 to the credit of the Corps.
This will pay all the expenses of
equipment to date, and leave to
gether with the other monies re
ceived, a ha lace of about $&.09. /
KxEtT'TPTK CoMMIXTBC.
Yout -old clothes can be restored
to a resj>ectable condition at the
Valdez laundry, Keystoueave.
imu IHfflHT
0
NOW ASSURED TO BE BUILT
RUNNING
MmilotltePiBs
$
A Valdes Company Now Have
Surveyor* In the Field.
Early Completion.
To take men, horses, machinery
and supplies of all kinds up and
over the summit of Thompson pass
is now the aim of a few cnterjwis
,ing inen of Valdcz,wlio have joined
tovees to accomplish that purpose.
This pass which rises to an alti
tude of 2,500 feet, is the only ol>
etacle in the way of a very easy
jtrip to the Chopper river \-alley, and
in fact to the whole interior of
--- jrail- as established by the
military department begins to rise
at a distance of about three miles
from the summit, and is switch
Itacked to such an extent as to
make it an upward travel of about
four miles. In order to evercome
this tedious and laborious trip, the
promoters, who are now merged
into the Valdez Summit Tramway
Co., with Frank J. Kinghorn, pres
ident; Edmund Smith, secretary,
and Fred M. Brown, treasurer, pro
pose to build an aerial tramway,'
run by steam power.
The mountain on which the pass
is located rises abruptly from the
JUowe River Valley. From the
base of the mountain cable towers
will be erected up and over the di
vide and down on the other side to
a suitable terminal. Stations will
be erected at each end for the ac
commodation of men and animals,
with storehouses for outfits.
Some preliminary work has al
ready been done on the ground,
and a survey parly in charge of
Mr. Kinghorn left here this morn
ing to secure the accessary data to
he placed in the hands of an engi
neer, who wUl make up the work
ing plans.
After securing the necessary de
tails Mr. Kinghorn will leave at
an early date to purchase cable
and otlier materials and work of
construction will oommence at once,
and the tramway completed in
time for the travel of the coming
season.
This is the most important step
that has yet been taken toward op
ening up the oountry to travelers
and prospectors.
To maintain a stage or sled route
from Valdez to the foot of the di
vide is an easy matter, and a stage
between Valdez and Fairbanks, in
connection with the tramway, is
now being formulated.
Stockholders Meeting.
On Wednesday, July 6,a regular
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Valdez Brewing Co., was
held at the office of A. Von Gunth-'
or. John Steele was chosen tem
porary chairman and A. M. .'Ed
wards secretary. A roll call show
ed that 7,131 shares of stock were
represented directly and by proxy.
After some preliminary meas
ures were attended to a vote for
officers was taken. Von Gunther,
Edwards <fe Blei were elected as
directors and officers.
Suit was this week entered by
Tf»e Copper River Lumber Co., A.
L. Levr A Co. and Nrs. Stull, joins
ly, against The Valdez Brewing Co.
in the sum of one thousand dollars
A .petition «a bankruptcy was filed
against the company, ane the case
will, come up at the next term of
the District Court.
Johnson's Latest Outrage
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Attempts to Rape a Weak, OM
Woman. Neighbors Frustrate
Him. Held to Answer.
Last Thursday Chas. Johnson,
six wars a resident of Valdez, was
arrested for attempted rape on the
P«rson of Mrs. Bluemer, a woman
of advanced years and mother of a
grown up family. The woman was
in her home at the time of assault
and cffeclaully screamed for help.
Johnson in order to suppress her
cries clapped his hand over her
face, which was greatly difigured'
in the struggle. Those who heard
her cries hurried to the house, this'
alarmed Johnson, and he ran off.
Within the house the woman was
found in a deplorable condition
and a fit subject for medical aid.
She has since partially recovered
though very nervous,and still hears
the marks on her face.
The marshal was soon on the1
track of Johnson and found him at1
hie homes he resisted arrest but
was forced into submission and
landed in the jug. Friday the
prisoner was before commissioner
Lyons for preliminary hearing, not
having council the case was set for
Saturday, when his counsel waived
examination. Witnesses for the
prosecution were heard and John
son was lield in the sum of $5,000
to np{>cai before tire next grand
jury.
Johnson is an old offender in
various forms, having been up be
fore the court oh several occasions,
and about five years ago, when
tliere was no established law in
Valdez, he was yanked up before n
miner’s meeting and would have
been severely dealt with for wife
beating were it not for the plead
ings of his wife and his own sol
emn promise never to strike his
wife again, a promise that he has
repeatedly violated.
Temporarily Crazed.
Josph Klemer, whom Lilly Kasitz
Married, Reaches Seattle
Out of His Mind.
On the arrival of the Excelsior
in Seattle ou her last trip Joseph
Kleiner, employed as butcher on
the steamer, was released to the
authorities as a raving maniac.
Wlten the boat left Valdez he
was ajiparently of sound mind, hut
when about four days of Seattle he
was taken with a fancy that he re
cognized Ids wife’s face mirrored in
the ocean. Being superstitious be
took this as a had omen, and began
to imagine his wffe in peril. It so
worked upon his mind that it was
found necessary to put him in irons.
The doctors in attendance at the
jail, after a study of the case, sent
for his wife, and her presence im
mediately calmed him to such an
extent that she was permitted to
take him home. At last accounts
he was becoming quite rational
Joseph Klemer is known to many
in Valdez, as he has been connected
with the Excelsior for several years
coming to this jiort. About a year
ago he married a girl known as
Lilly Kanitz. who previously lived
in Valdez. She was born iu Eng
land, and in infancy she was tuken
in charge by Otto Kanitz and wife,
and passed generally us their child.
She came to Valdez with the Kan
itz family,-and remained until the
death of Mrs. Kanitz, about two
years ago. Then some un
pleasantness arose between her
and her adopted father, when »lie
went to Seattle, and there married
Kleiner.
\Vl*tle licre on his last trip Klem
er had a row with Kanitz over his
wife’s affairs, brooding over which
no doubt unset lied his mind.
Mmi
VERY RICH, RECENTLY DIS
COVERED
At Senrdandat Valdez
Ore Prom Seward Sent Ont. Ex
amining and Staking Being
Done on Mineral Creek.
hat mo.v prove to lie -a verv
rich ledge of free milling gold
quartz has recently lieen discover
ed near ^Seward, wt a .point on the
mountain neaT tide water.
About one ton of the ore was
taken out on the Santa Clara for
analysis. Those who have been on
the property claim it to lie exceed
ly rich. The width -of the I edge is
not yetoknowti. It is stat d that
ti»e gold « easilj- discernible to the
naked eye, and is all through the
ledge matter.
A rumor, which we have been
unable to verify, is being circulated
altcut the city to the effect that a
ledge of rich gold quvrtz has Uen
located on Mineral creek, a few
miles north of town. Several piec
es of rich float were found on this
creek as early an ’99, since which/v t
date various inspectors have l J ^L
searched for the lodge, but without
success until the present rumored
ctriko.
It is said that the locator has ex
hibited samples of the ledge to a
few friends, who have gone out to
day to make further locations.
Nothing definite as to the exior.t
oi the find is obtainable.
The Great Bunco Game
Educated Fish, Liens and Wolves
Not Exhibited. Glacial Bear
Non Eat. Promises.
The Great Hot Air Show as ex
hibited on July 4th,was.U*yoiul all
doubt the worst bunco game of the
season, owing in a measure to the
lack of attractions. Prol. Goodello
was conspicuous by his absence,
hut his attractions were very con
spicuous by their presence, and
were altout the most successful
features of the show except the re
ceipts, which were quite satisfac
tory, thank you.
The management intended to get
several educated Fish that are in
town but were unsuccessful. The
happy families Lyons and U'ulf
could not be exhibited, and the
man who was on the glacier to
catch a hear came hack hare hand
ed. Taken as a whole the whole
affair slmukl have put the man
agement in a hole, but next year it
will be different, all you will have
to do is to put your money iu an
envelope -and send it to the pub
lished address; it will thus sa\e
the necessity of going to the show.
The Valdez Cadet Corps appear
ed on July 4th in full dress, their
new uniforms being completed in
in time for the celebration. The
boys did well and were warmly ajr
plaudod. On the evening of the
Fourth a ball was held, the pro
ceeds of which, as announced, were
to defray the expenses of the ca
dets. Tlie attendance at the dance
was very large, and was a success
doth socially and financially. Tlie
music was excellent.
This week suit was brought by
W. S. Amy to recover the sum of
loOO on the joint note of A. von
Gunther, A. M. Euwards and Felix
Blei. The amount has since been
paid and the suit withdrawn.
Recertified script for 4.41 acrdb
for sale. Inquire at this ollico.