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VOLUME 5. NO. 12 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 3 , 1906. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
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i We Carry the LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
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On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS TROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boot? and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
COLD STORAGE CO.',
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
4)1*1*. A. L. LEVY A CO.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
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Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, \
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs. \
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Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow (Hasses.)
STATIONERY MININ'* I LOCATION NOTICES
News Phone
Agents 40
Died.
\V. (i. Newman died Wednesday
morning at the hospital as a retail
of a hemorrhage of the lungs. Mr.
Newman, who had been working
for A. L. Levy & Co. since January,
had a slight hemorrhage a few day*
ago and was taken to the hospital,
he was reported to he improving,
but early yesterday morning he
had another attack during whi -h
he died. The deceased has a
brother in Seattle.
Tom Holland, who. has had a
severe at tack of pneumonia. : now
recovering rapidly. He has been
in t’ne care of nurse • at :!>■ St.'
Kiias for about three weeks. ,
Have You Seen
The new Edison "Home” Phono
graph, with repenting attachment,
just received at the Bowling Alley?
They arc just the thing. We also
havo the largest stock of Flower
Horns ever carried in Valdez, and
Hold Moulded Records galore.
Before you buy that Phonograph
see us. Jt will nay you.
Scrip For Sale.
4.1-1 acres of recertified scrip for
sale. Apply at this office.
John Bense came in this week
front Ko-sina.
Mr.-. M. Bennett passed through
on ! he Kxec!-;ior for La louche.
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A Genera! Banking Business
Buy and Sell Exchange, Buyand Ship Gold Dust, Accept- Deposits,
Make Collections and Loan Money on approved security at Low Kates
of Interest.
filled I5y Rock Slide.
Jack Sdiagc. better known here
as Happy Jack, a foreman at
Camp No. in the canyon, wa
killed Tuesday by a rod; slide.
He was examining the effect of
a blast on the hillside when lie was
caught by a rock slide and his
hack broken. Hr. Hovle was sent
for, but tlie man died before the
doctor arrived.
The body was brought to town
yesterday. Sell age came to Alaska
from Cincinnati.
J. J. Yalsshaw Dead.
J. J. Yukslmw, proprietor of the
Valdez Sheet Metal \\ orks. who
has been for several years a resi
dent of Valdez, died last Sunday
of spinal meningitis. lie had been
ailing for some lime, but jthe news
of bis death was a surprise to
t‘\ eryone.
The remains will be sent to Los
Angeles, where Mrs. Yukslmw is
now living.
Fostoffice at Cordova.
A petition has been circulated
| asking that a postoUicc be estab
lished sit the town of Kyak, the
. name of which has been changed
to Cordova. The nearest postoflice
at present is Orca. about four mibs
up the bay.
.JUST RECEIVED
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Repeating Attachment
FOR THE EDISON
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No Drilling.
PRICE $5.00
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For Sale At
iWikidel’s Phonograph Parlor
The Latest Railroad
There is gr<-it activity at Kyak
since the arrival thereof the rail
road construction narty in charge
of M. .1. Hcney, with men and
material for building a railroad
from Orca Inlet to the coal mines
Imck of (’alalia, and possibly up
Copper River to t he mines in the
Clnttyna country.
The company which is doing the
work is known as the Copper
River Railway Co., and it is gener
ally understood that it is financed
by White Pass capital. Since the
arrival of Mr. Heney on the Port
land a number of survey parties
have been t>ul in (he field, some
between Kyak and the Copper and
others up the river as far as the
rapids. At the terminal ground
itn Orca Inlet, opposite Spike is
land a construction camp has been
pitched and men are now at' work
on the grade at that point and on
the Evak hay side. There are
about 200 lair rers in camp there
now. but only eighty are working,
as there is a scarcity of tools, a
shipment of which has gone astray.
Mr. limey. states that it is the
intention to rush construction as
rapidly as men and money can do
it In regard to the final destina
tion of the road- la1 is non-com
iiiitnl. excepting tl:;ii they are go
ing to tin Cataiia coal fields. The
company has had men investigat
ing ’lie. Copper river route and
mai mg ,-iirve - -nice last fall, hut
he ■ • ’c n ai.ing public r< gardihjj
the feasibility if railroad eoustruc
! ion up the river.
■ rinin nroum ire located
on a tov. i -ite which enters the water
front on Orca luict from Fleming
-pi* pas! the old t opper lliver
City house. This town.-itc was lo
ci' 1 las' spring hv Valdez people,
who have .-old a half interest in
the property to the railroad peo
ple. There is still mi e doubt ill
the minds of the ong;m cr- whet in r
they will-have the vnarf extend
out fri • : ar Fl< ming spit, ot
from the lower <iui of Spike island,
wit!' a t i ’h worn acio-s the mud
Hat iron1 there to the mainland.
The cannery ground and buildings
at Kyak have been purchased. by
the company and .lie buildings arc
being used for oflices anil ware
houses.
Tin- present town is at Eyak be
tween the cannery and Eyak lake,
on the -ite of the old Indian town.
A portion of the ground is eno
hraced in the cannery land, and
i; is said that tin balance was
taken up by the railroad people
last fall, but lots arc being staked
by new eonicis and buildings are
going up on the chance that they
can acquire some title.
All business is in the primitive
stage ns yet, mere being two
saloons iu operation, a store, res
taurant and bakerv. Most of these
are operating in tents until frame
buildings can be eons, meted. Sev
eral oilier sa loons and stores are
about to bo started, some moving
from (Alalia atid some from Sew
anl. At present there is no one in
the camp to patronize these btisi
ik'-'— nlai-c- lmt an ini ux of people
is confidently expected as soon us
it is po.-ilively known in the States
that eons ruction is under wav.
Buildings now in the course of
i-.,11st met ion are a saloon, Johnston
& Jensen 20x30; store, Walter
Story, 'JO-vnO; store. John Moore,
20.\I(>; >al-' >n, Jim Smith, 2t)x30;
bakery. Win. Minney; restaurant,
II. dill; a number of others are
planned, anti soon as lumber can
he secured -hi re will be (pule a
building boom.
Tit -i of the town, is a very
poor ‘ ne, b.-io - in a swampy fittl
which is so soft that a horse can
not travel over it. The main street
of the town i now the corduroy
roadway of the tram which con
n,i Is ‘iii la’..- With Kyak nay.
Tie- road run- from near Copper
River dit\ across the point to Kyak
Iv. which i». crosses about 100
yards from foe cannery wharf and
In - pg to the hillside south of Kyak.
• lowit tie south side of Kyak lake
and thence across the (topper river
tiats to Martin river, which empties
in o Ct'pl'or from the east. The
ronti from there is up Martin
r \er and aeros 'hepanl pass to
the c-oal fields near Bt ring lake.
;-,l. J. M m y, who has the eon
tract for the construction of the
load is well known its Alaska as
the one who put the White l’ass
road through in such short time
lie has with him as superintendents
and foremen several of the men
'who worked with him at Skagway,
among whom are S. Murchison, |
general pupcrintendent, and W. i
Robinson, superintendent ol con-j
struction. B. F. Whiting, formerly
county physician of King c'unty
Washington, is the compary doc
tor. He occupied the same posi- j
tion on the White Pass. Geo. Rice
is the chief engineer.
Notes From The Westward.
The crew of the Dora describe
their last trip as one continuous
ovation. She is the only ship
making regular trips to points west
of Kodiak, and the people along
the route have grown to consider
her as a part of each individual
community.
They had considered her lost
and mourned lies crew as dead.
As she suddenly steamed into port
after port the people gave every
evidence of the sincerest feelings
of joy at her return from the dead.
Fvervone was happy and con
gratulations were showered on ev
eryone.
Mr. S. Baxter, of Spencer, Hib
bard tfc Co., . Seattle, made the
round trip on a fur buying expe
dition.
.Mrs. Mrom, ot Apollo ictt on the
last boat on her way to her old
home in East Oakland. Cal.
If. Moses, of Spokane, who was
j one of the passengers on the Dora’s
long trip last winter, was again a
passenger on the last trip. He re
mained in I'nalaska for the pur
pose of buying furs, and expects to
return on the next boat.
L. L Bales, the well known Alas
ka plunder, who is now gathering
material for museums, private col
lections, etc., went west on the last
trio of the Dora. On the return
trip he was put off, with an ex
perienced hunter, at Stepovak hay,
opposite Band Point. His object
| is to secure for mounting several
specimens of a huge kind of bear
i that inhabits that region. Espee
| ially will he endeavor to obtain
I photographs oft he living animals.
Promising quartz properties
have recently been located on
j Popoff island, near Band Point.
Rev. Father Alexine, who for 15
years has been a missionary, three
years at I’nalaska and 12 at Bel
kofsky, is now on his way to Ju
neau to take up the work there.
The genial old gentleman will be
greatly missed by all who came in
contact with him, as lie is a gentle
man of the old school, beloved by
Russian, Native and American
alike.
The Mystery Solved
The mysterious party in charge
of .Jack Dalton and Surveyor Mc
Pherson, which passed through
town during the winter, and which
was supposed to be going on a
stampede, proves to have been a
party in the employ of the Copper
River Railway. They went to Ton
sina and thence down Copper river
to make a rough survey of that
route, landing at Eyak after a very
rough trip. They were on Copper
river during the extreme cold
weather, and lost several dogs, al
though the men all got through
safely.
Boulder Bay Improvements.
The Jeanie unloaded a shipment
of piles and material for the con
struction of a wharf at Boulder
Bay for the Rcynolds-Alaska De
velopment Co. A wharf will he
put in and shipments of ore started
as soon as possible. A large de
posit of copper ore has been un
covered on the beach near the big
boulder from which the bay derives
its name.
Notice.
The City will pay for coal sacks
in good condition and dry, if de
livered at the Fire Hall in bundles
of 25. Sacks must bs delivered
Saturday. See H. Suessdorf, chair
man.
Politics Getting Lively
Seattle, May 3—Politics is in a
state of ebullition among the Alas
kans here, all of whom will leave
for the north on the first boats to
urge an early convention. Juneau
is being put forward as the place
for the convention, and the date
latter part of June. Marslml Phnup
sails tomorrow, and hopes to have
the call issued at once, which will
just give the Nome delegatee time
to arrive. A circular has been re
ceived from the Miner’s Union ad
vocating the selection of a miner
as delegate, hut it meets with little
favor here.
Labor Trouble in France
Paris, May 2—Disorders are pre
vailing here and at Marseilles,
and Lyons. Mohs were charged
by troops with drawn swords, and
many were injured. There was
no revolution started as the move
ment lacked leaders. The labor
party says that the trouble is just
started and will he serious yet.
Weddings at Evak.
During tl>e past week there have
been two weddings at Kyak, both
of which were the occasion of great
festivities in the metropolis of Cor
dova hay. On April 24 John La
Brant. better known as Takn John,
and a native woman, Stephanita,
were marride, and the following
evening Ous Wilson and Sofia were
wedded. The ceremony, which is
much the same as the Catholic
marriage service, was performed
at the church by Father Methodius.
Urge Division Of District.
The Chamber of Commerce had
a meeting Tuesday night at which
a committee was appointed to
draft and send a telegram to («. W.
Ksterly at Washington, asking him
to endt avor to secure the passage
of the bill for the division of this
district. This action was taken
on account of the improbability of
there being a session of court here
under nresent conditions for six
months or a year. The appoint
ment of another judge, which is
provided for in this hill, will in
sure the much needed term of
court here within a reasonable
time. The message was sent
Wednesday.
Committees Appointed
Tiie Council completed tlieir or
ganization Monday night, the fol
lowing permanent committees be
ing named:
Assessment and Collection of
taxes—Quinn. Cobb. Grigsby.
Streets and Street Lights—
Suessdorf, Quinn. Finical.
Fire Protection and Water Sup
ply—Suessdorf, Rystrom, Finical.
Sewerage and Wharfage—Grigs
by, Finical. Quinn,
Public Health and Police Pro
tection—Rystrom, Cobb, Grigsby,
Finance and Claims—Rystrom,
Quinn, Cobb.
Election and Printing—Finical,
Suessdorf, Cobb.
Law and Ordinance—Cobb,
Grigsby, Quinn.
Permenent Improvement—Fini
cal. Quinn, Cobb.
A resolution was adopted mak
ing it the duty of the Marshal to
keep a list of business bouses sub
ject to government license, and see
that the same is paid promptly
when due.
B. Crane, representing the Inter
national Correspondence Schools,
of Scranton, Pa., is in town and
ha- a window display at the Owl
Drug store.
The Hammond returned this
morning from Eyak. She will go
down again at 8 o’clock this even
ing.
The Excelsior and Portland
came in from the westward yester
day afternoon and left for Seatil*
late last night.