VOLUME 1_ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902. HO. 5.
FISH BROS.
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General
Merchants
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Hardware, Stoves,
Tile Pipe, Lumber, Shingles,
Doors and Windows,
Paints, Oils and Glass,
Boots and Shoes,
Men’s Furnishing Goods.
mi km roii in on.
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
Photo Supplies, Albums,
Printing Paper, Plates,
Films, etc.
nAQAZINES BOOKS.
Candies, Fine Stationery
Toilet Articles,Perfumes,
etc.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
«. T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE.
Merchants Cafe
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Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOUpS. OPEM ALL MIGHT.
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
Spectacles, Snow Glasses,
Silver Novelties, Silver Tableware,
Knives, Forks and Spoons.
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it Array ol iltoit; Devitdnn; ipMx
BEAUTIFUL, UP-TO-DATE and ol the highest
standard of excellence, artistic in design and
workmanship.
PLEASING and APPROPRIATE for Birthday,
Wedding and Anniversary Gifts. We can he of
service to you iu making selections. We can
please the most critical and exacting tastes.
Visit our store whether you buy or not.
W. C STULL, VALDEZ
Expert Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician.
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WOULD-BE ASSASSIN AIMS
THROUGH WINDOW AND
Leh Iter do. 6ala?her
Has a Narrow Escape. Raises
Prom his Chair at Right
Moment.
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to tin* Puosi*k«toii.
Kodiak, Alaska. Fell. IP. - I’nitul
States Commissi,aier. Philip (ialla
glier. came within almost a hair’s
breadth of being killed at his office
in this place u few days ago. He
was writing at his desk, when he
l>np)«*n«Ml to straighten up in his
chair and just as he did so, a bullet
ciune crashing through thewinduw.
whizzed past his forehead and
through a window on the op
posite side of the room. Had lie
remained a second longer in the
stooping position over his writing,
he would have l»eeti instantlv
killed.
lie hiiatily jumped from his chair
and ran to the door, hut the would
he assassin laid fled and no traee
could be found of him.
it is thought that the party who
tired the shot, is an Indian or half
breed. who is either a relative or a
friend of tin* woman with whom
this man lias la-en living for the
past two years.
this incident opens up a public
scandal that has existed in this out
of the way place for some time.
Philip < hi I higher was sent here
aUiut three years ago from New
Whatcom, Wash., ns l'. S. t’oiii
inissioner. He was appointed to
the |Hisition hy President McKinley
on the rceomnieudat ion of Oregon
! jKilitieians. He left a wife and two
; ehiidreii at New Whatcom, and
since coming here has become es
tranged from them. A few months
! after arriving he liccuiuc intimate
with Mrs. Agnes lhihmwolsky, a
half breed Russian woman, and for
aUuit two years has lived in open
adultry with her in the building
where his office is situated, which is
furnished him hy the government.
A few weeks ago a child was born
> to this couple, and the mother is
' now aUiut dead with the couniimp
' tion.
It has been hoped hy the white
people here that something would
lie done in regard to this matter.
Many of the government officials
know of it, und only last June, the
revenue cutter Perry was here with
the judge and several officials of
the l’. tj. district court aboard, all
oi whom were informed of the miit
| ter. yet nothing lias been done.
No one from this section ever lieing
represented on the grand jury, the
commissioner has escai>ed being in
dicted hy tliat Imdy.
The fart that a U. S. Commis
sioner, to whom the natives and
lower class Russians look upon
as a great {wrsuuagc, is living in
open defiance of law, decency and
good order, ia doing much to re
tard the work of the public schools,
Baptist and Russian missions in
this place, where an endeavor is
made to teach these jteople moral
ity, virtue and resjiect for the laws
of the country. It is hoped now
that the officials will remove this
obnoxious official, as the bullet
failed to do its deadly work.
ti. \\r. K. JoIhisou and son Ches
ter K. Johnson, und Jacob Hopi*'
are at the Si. Klias and will leave
in a few days for the Tanuiia. Mr.
Johnson sjicnt several seasons at
■ >awson and owned No. 5 on Bo
nanza.
Klin who
SCATTERS ASHES FOR 150
MILES.
Snow at Sunrise is Covered with
Ashes. Villages May be
Damaged.
Word inis just liet-n received that
Redoubt, one of tlie volcanos at
Cook’s inlet had an eruption on
Jan. IK. and the country foy l-'U
miles around was covered with
ashes and lava. The news comes
from Sunrise but nothing definite
lias been ascertained as to whether
any damage was done, for no Units
have as yet l>ecn in the neighbor
hood of the volcano.
On the date of the eruption tla
sky was darkened and at Sunrise,
the snow was covered so thick with
sand and ashes, that it was .inijMis
siblc to do any sledding until a
fresh fall of snow. At Hope, 12
miles distant, the ashes were half
an inch thick, and at Knik. on
the opposite side oi the Inlet, was
still deeper. These towns are
aliout lot) miles north east of the
volcano, and tin- terrible force of
the eruption can he imagined.
Mount Rchouht is situated on
the southwest side of Cooks inlet
near llliamna hay. It has hem
smoking for many years at inter
vals. hut there has never before in
the history of the whites, been a
serious eruption. A tew miles frosu
Redoubt is Mount llliamna. also
an active volcano, and on an isiand
near by. is Mount Chernnhura. an
other volcano. This latter had a
violent eruption aliout thirty years
ago. when a portion of the island
sunk from sight and many new
isiunds were formed. The waters
in this neighborhood were entirely
changed and the Russian charts
had to lie remade.
The entire section shows that
there has lsfcn eruptions for cen
turies. Several mountains, from
one to three thousand feet high are
1 one mass of burnt rock and lava.
I while the entire country la-tween
llliamua and Redoubt, 2"> miles
square is composed of a deposit of
I lava, ashes and fossils of various
kinds. In this section there is
every indication of coal oil and sev
eral thousand acres have been
stukctl and an oil company has
been at work putting in a plant
and sinking wells for the past two
iyears. The new town at llliamna
and two or three Indian villages
are in the vicinity of Redoubt vol
cano, but it will not lie known if
any damage is done to tliem until
the return of tbe steamer Exccl
| sior.
Want Oil Property.
Mayor J, L. Steele received a let
ter in tbe last mail asking for oil
I properties, and stating that could
such lie obtained lie liatl the capi
tal to purchase and develop them.
I There is some good oil ground in
i this section of Alaska. We inay even
j see oil well derricks from Valdez,
for there are good indications along
the hay.
It seems us if capitalists were
looking toward Alaska for op]*>r
tunities of investing their money.
Mr. G. D. Hitchcock, the well
'known mining man of Sunrise,
i came over on the Discovery and
will spend a month here. Mr.
: Hitchcock has some of the liest
I mining projierty on the Kcnui pen
I insula, and employs a large uuni
' U r of men during the season. He
; came overland 90 miles with the
mail carrier to Resurrection hay,
and from there to this place on the
steamer Discovery. He was very
much surprised to see such a large
i jdace as Valdez.
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Chase and SanUirn’s Celebrated
■ Coffee is to lie had at Hemjilc &
1 Dougherty’s.
Crary’s Mange Cure cures.
FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
AT THE
Night. Rutherford end Craw-ford
To Have it Going by First
of October.
The city council met last Mon
day evening at the school house,
all being present except Wood.
Reports of oneor two committees
were made, hut the only important
business done was the granting of
a franchise for an eleetrie light and
power plant to Messrs. Roy Ruth
erford and Clnts. Crawford.
The ordinance provides that
Rutherford Crawford, or their
assigns may have the the right to
install, maintain and equip an
electric light and power plant in
Valdez for a period of ton years,
that shall be installed and in oper
ation by (> t. 1. 1H02. The poles
to he placed eight feet from the lot
line on (H) too. streets, and seven
feet from the lot line on fifty foot
streets, and on the alleys as near
the lot line as possible, giving due
regard for the safety of all build
ings. The poles must lie twenty
feet high and six inches in diam
eter at the top.
All wires must he insulated, and
when they become dangerous to
the public, mi's! be immediately
repair.d. The town shall have
the privilege of buying the plant at
the ex pirn'ion of the franchise, if ;t
so desires; the purchase price to be
lixed by a Isiard of appraisers ii the
town and the owners of the plant
cannot agree as to the amount.
The plant must be in operation
by the tirs! of next October or the
franchise may Ik- forfeited.
In consideration of the franchise
Mi ssrs. Rutherford A Crawford are
to furnish an are light on a t'or:y
foot pole near the foot of Ulaeier
: avenue on ihe beach.
A ruling of the council provides
, for a report of the treasurer at the
, iirst meeting in each month. Ful
some reason it was not made this
! month.
The Chamber of Commerce held
| an adjourned meeting last Tuesday
night at the school house. There
was a good attendance and it looks
as if that laalv would take on new
life. Last summer it did consider
able good, but during the winter
months many members have been
absent and little has been done.
The treasurer’s annual report
showed that had received during
the year. #192. of which #17 was
for dues. Paid out #131.SO. leav
ing a balance of #00.20 on hand to
commence the new year. Several
visitors were present, and the fol
lowing new mendiers were ad
mitted: John (ioodell, \V. S. Amy.
Kobert Blei, S. Birch and H. H,
Hildfeth.
The following officers were elect
ed:
Judge John Goodell, President.
W. \V. Gollin, Vice President.
A. W. Hochford, Secretary.
J. C. Martin, Financial See’y.
Adam Swan. Treasurer.
Oscar Fish. Sargeant-at-Arms.
A vote of thanks was given Mr.
F. 1). Kelsey, who has lteen the
president for the past year, also to
the other officers.
Mr. \V, W. Gollin offered the
office of the A. Company a.' a
meeting place for the ehamlier and
the next meeting will lie held there
Ion Friday evening. Mar. 21. and it
is hoped a large number will at
tend.
This Season if Reports are Favor
able. Promotora at Work
Here.
That Valdez will have a railroad
is now an assured t'aet. Eastern
capitalists have heroine so interest
ed in this part of Alaska and the
wonderful ^copper deposits of the
interior, that if the reports of the
r*i er!s w ho examine these pn»|>cr
ties this summer are favorable the
I money for the rail road will lie
forthcoming. Every one in this
country who is at all acquainted
with tile wonderful copjier district,
: is satisfied that the reports of the
experts inn he nothing hut favora
ble and every claim owner in the
district courts investigation of their
property. ^
Several different companies are
now iniesested in these eopjar
properties either of which could
build a road from hereto the Yukon.
Messrs lies and Bannister have
incorpoiatcd a company capitalized
at $2">.00tyKH) for the pur)Hise of
’building a railroad and now have
j surveyors and men here ready to
start work at a moments notice.
Thu Alaska Copper Company
will build a railroad to their rich
property on the Chittyna which
they have landed tor more than a
million dollars, if no other com*
panv builds a road Indore they are
ready to commence operations.
But both of these companies are
| only contemplating building to
their own properties. Another
company is Inang ionned in the
1 east to build a through line from
Valdez to the Yukon with spurs to
I the various districts. All these
I companies tire ready and anxious
I to build a railroad and are only
awaiting the reports of their experts
i and surveyors.
Mr. Rolicrl Blei, tlie* well known
New York mining promoter who
1 was here las! year and located and
Umdetl a large manlier of copper,
gold and galena claims, l>oth on
the sound and the interior, arrived
on the Excelsior last Hatunhiy
i with a large outfit, and has already
secured a number of men. horses
and sleds and is sending them in
to do assessment work on his prop
erty. While here last year Mr.
Blei hud the steamer lVrrv char
tered and at the head of a pros
pecting party located thirty claims
■ at Land lock and (iulcna l«ay,
jand Knight’s island. These will
he prospected this year and the
, most valuable kept anil developed.
Mr. Blei stated that B. F. Millard
and H. B. Pearson have done more
tor this country by interesting capi
talists and mining men in the great
copper and gold deposits of the
Copper river valley, than any per
sons who have ever gone from here
for that purjmse. When Mr. Mil
lard showed his copjier sjiecimcns,
which he took east from here last
fall, the copper experts would hurd
Iv lielicve that they were genuine,
hut after examination were com
pelled to lielicve the truth regard
ing their genuineness.
M. T. Rowland who was here
last year and located valuable
claims in the copjier country is
here again getting ready to hit the
trail. He will have charge of the
Blei outfit this season.
The many friends of Commis
sioner Joint Lyons were glad to
welcome him and his hride home,
they having arrived on the Excel
sior. The judge rcjHjrts having a
most enjoyable ■ vacation, and we
all know that it must l>e so, seeing
that he is no more a lonely bache
lor. He was unavoidably detained
one month in Juneau, awaiting a
steamer.