Tire AI.ASKA PROSFECTOR
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Pubi.ishing Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez postofhee as second c lass matter.
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The Learned Exponent could
have saved two columns of spare
and much pray matter by condens
ing his lengthy editorial of last'
week into the following verse:
The Judge desires “The greatest
good
To the greatest number” done,
But the greatest number is under
stood
To be always “Number One.”
According to the Times reporter,
who has charge of the political af- |
fairs of Alaska the location of the,
permanent capital of Alaska will.
enter largely into the fight over,
election of a delegate. He an
nounces that a combination has
been formed, which favors Valdez.
This combination is supposed to
be represented by Gov. Hoggatt
and Col. Perkins, of Nome. They:
are announced as being opposed!
to Swineford and Shoup, and if
they can succeed in defeating them |
it is figured that southeastern j
Alaska will not count seriously in
the nominating convention.
The Seattle Times says that
talk which drifts down from the
North couples the name of Elmer
E. Ritcher, of Seward, mine owner
and newspaper man, with a boom
let for the Alaska delegateship.
It must be a very diminutive
boomlet, for it has not made itself
beard at Valdez, the town nearest
to Seward.
uemes t ne ouiciunu.
We are in receipt of a communi
cation from Rev. Methody of Ta
titlak, taking exception to the
statement that he is “A Live Mis
sionary” and in justice to him
publish his letter.
“Editor Prospect or-Jn reply to
an article in your paper of May
10th (A Live Missionary) I want
it understood first and last that l
do not live on the natives as your
article savs. I have an old woman
about tiO years old who keeps
house for me and my charges, ivho
are live orphan children. Now as
for getting 20 per cent of their earn
ings or 50 cents a cord on what
wood they cut it is a miserable lie
and I want to state that I get noth
ing only a living and a poor one at
that. The article states that I am
selling wine. That is one evil 1
am having a great deal of trouble
with here as every white man in
Ellamar gets them wine and
whisky. I cannot fasten the guilt
on any one without I mention
every one, Any one can come here
and live for one week and they
will soon find out whether I am
doing what is rigid by these na
tives or pot”.
Rev. Methody Vendnkek.
Rosene on Railroads.
In an interview published in the
Seattle Times John Rosene has the
following to say regarding the rail
road situation in Alaska:
“There are several projects in
the field. The Nome-Arctic Rail
road, running out of Nome in a
northerly direction, lias about six
teen miles of railroad constructed.
This will be extended to about 100
miles into the center of the Kou
garok wining district.
•‘The Alaska Central, which has
already moire than fifty miles of
well built road constructed, expects
to complete at least fifty miles ad
ditional this year, which will take,
it through the unusually heavy i
construction work encountered at
the head of Cook Inlet into the ,Su-1
sitna valley, where construction
will be much easier and therefore
progress much more rapid.
••'The Copper River & Northwest-,
ern Railway was organized in the
spring of 100">. It has had a large
corps of surveyors in the field ever
since that time or the purpose of
locating and constructing a rail- j
road from Valdez into the Copper j
River Valley, and thence via the;
Nabesna river to the headwaters J
of the Tanana, and finally to the
Yukon river. The line has been
definitely surveyed and located to
Copper Center, a distance of about
100 miles. Wharves and terminals
have been constructed at Valdez,
considerable roadbed has been
graded and the three miles of solid
rock work, including a number of
tupnels through the Keystone can
yon, is almost completed, and it is
expected to have at least forty
miles of road in operation by the
end of the year.
“Another proposed railroad into!
the Copper river district is Orca on !
Cordova Bay, via the mouth of
the river. There has been muc.)
published regarding this latter en
terprise calculated to mislead the
public. Big headlines as to how
the Canadians have outwitted the
Yankees in Alaska; how the Cana
dians are going to take the Fair
banks business from the Alaska
Central, and how generally the
Yankees have been foiled bv the
Canadians. With a good press
agent it is very easy to construct
railroads in the newspapers, but it
will take a lot of money and a
long time to build a railroad from
Orca by the way of the mouth of
the Copper river, and thence to
Copper Center and the Tanana
river. The statement that a rail
road from Orca can take away the
Fairbanks business from the Alas
ka Central, or even compete with
the Alaska Central in that terri
tory on an equal basis, is sheer
nonsense and would not be pub
lished were it not for the general
luck of knowledge on the part of
the public regarding the territory.”
Look To Your Licenses.
Following is a list of federal licenses:
Abstract Ottices $5o 00
Hanks 250 (Ml
Hoarding Houses, 10 or more guests 1 * («>
Broker* HW UO
Billiard Tables, each . 1 * hi
Bowling Alley 15 **o
Brewery 500 no
Bottling 200 00
Cigar Factory 25 (mi
Cigar Store 15 oo
Drug Store 30 0
Docks, Warehouses per ton lo
high! Plant * 300 uo
Has Plants 300 oo
Hotels 50 00
Hull* 1» <mi
Insurance Agents 2'* oo
Jewelers 25 “0
Quartz Mills per stamp a 00
Mercantile Establishments, doing a
business of flini.ooo rg>o oo
75.000 275 00
50.000 250 (Kl
25.000 125 00 |
10.000 50 (Ml ;
under 10,000 25 00
under 4,000 JO oo j
Meat Market 15 (hi
Physicians, itinerant hi txi •
Pawnbrokers 3uu <m»;
Peddlers 25 (XI |
Restaurants 15 00 \
Beal Estate Dealers 5o tni j
Steam Ferries 100 »X» !
Sawmills per 1000 ft. 101
Toll Bond or Trail 200 (Mi
Tobacconists l » <mi I
Transfer Companies 5n tni ;
Tramv.ayM' per mile or fraction thereof 10 thi j
Taxidermists l‘» oo !
Theatres 100 on i
Waterworks 'hi <h» •
Manufactories same as mercantile houses
Applications f«*r mercantile licenses must
state the amount of business done annually j
and must be sworn to.
For doing business without a license the law
provides a penalty for the first offense of a sum i
equal to the license; for second offense a tine
twice the license; for third offense a fine three
times the license and imprisonment for not
If.** than :>o days nor more thun six months. .
These licenses are due and payable at the.
orticc of the Clerk of the District Court, and
after June 1st complaint will be tiled against J
ail th ins which are delinquent.
Do You Want Dands In Alaska. \
The quickest, best, and absolutely safe way
to secure title is by
Recertified Soldiers Additional Scrip.
I have several thousand acres of this sc rip on
hand. Pieces vary in size froiu .19 of one acre j
up to 142 acres.
Special attention given to Land and Mining
practice.
F. W. Me REYNOLDS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Colorado Rldg.,
Washington, D. C.
References:' Commercial Nat’i Jiuiik; N*iM 1
Safe Dep.it Trust Co.
Saw Mill Machinery
Wood Working Machinery
Mining Machinery for Steam Hoists
Oawley Foundry
£» Machine Works
Designers and Builders, Founders,
Machinists and Blacksmiths
TACOMA, WASH., Tt. H. A.
Notice For Publication in 1
Newspaper.
MIXING AWilC.VTfOX^O .fy0 % «
[*nlted States Kami Ofrfce. Juneatt, Alaska.
February 21. A. D. 19t».
Notice Is hereby given that T. W Blakney, i
ivIiokc poRtoffltt'iwfdrea is Valdez. .Masks, hast J
Ihis day filed his application for a patent for
I1ft«*en hundred linear fre« of the \ lew Lode
Mining Claim, with surface ground-six linn
ired feet In-width, situate in' Value* Min- (
Ing District, District of Alaska, and designa
tod by the field notes and official plat on file in
this office as lift -No. 654; said lot No. 854 hieing
lescrlbed as follows, MV wit:. ' .
Beginning at the 8. E. location earner, being
Horner No. 1. a gnfenstortiS 24*2nxlfi fns.Sct 12
in-, in ground, from which C. 8. Iak*. Mon. No. *
iul>ears8.27 deg trJmiii E. 4228 ft distant;
Tlidice N. 57 deg 25mill \V. 15014 ft to Corner |
No. 2; •
Thence N. 82 deg 35 min K. flOO ft to Corner i
No. ii;
Thence 8. 57 deg 25 min E.1500 ft to Corner
No. l;
Thence 8. 32 dog 35 min VV two ft to Cornel
No, 1, the placeof tn’ginniiig; \ ariation at all
corners 28 deg 42 min K. Area 2n.tW acres.
The presumed coarse of the lode Unc bears «
9. 57 deg25mill E, 1500 ft throughout the length
r»f said mining claim, equi distant from the
side lines therof.
Said mining clnini is situate on the North
slope of Tarall Mountain, near Copper River.
The location of said lode mining claim is
duly recorded in the office of the I*. S. Commis
sioner, and ex-officio Recorder at Valdex, Vlas
ka, hi hook **11” of mining locations at page
too.
Said mining claim is bounded on all sides by
unclaimed public lands of the Cnlted Staten.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said View Lode Mining t’laiin, or
surface ground are hereby required to file
their adverse claims with the Register of the
l*ntted States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
during the sixty days period of publication
thereof, or they will be barred by virtue of
the statute.
John VV. Dvdlby,
Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
ofapplh at ion for pAtent of the View Lode Min
ing Claim, by T. VV. Blakney. be published for
ten successive weeks in the Alaska I*rospr<
tor, a weekly newspaper published at Valdex.
Alaska.
John VV. Du.lky,
Register.
Brown A Smith, Attorneys.
Date of first publication March 22, 1906
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be sent to Chisna, Slate Creek,
Nizina, or tbe copper country this
slimmer.
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Physician and Surgeon
Pliorie 30 VALDEZ,
Iffices: ALASKA
Fish Building, McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 ami 2,
Swan Building Phone 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Pish
Building. Vai.dk*.
Open eTenlliB»,Jfluml»J excpted.':*> t 9.
Mrs Jfl. M. PATTON,
Graduate Nurse
RESIDENCE
Keystone Ave. Phone 2 Vai.dk*
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON,
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle.;
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E. R. KING,
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Assayer and Chemist
Keystone Av. near Wharf,
VALDEZ.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
.
Civil Engineer and Survet’or.
LT. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH,
Lawyers
M1h.ii* uuil Land Lawn, Specialties.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
VaCtA /!■ ■ l—^WW■—^
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Swan Bldg. Valdez. j
D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER, i
Attorneys at Law,
VALDEZ 1
JOHN F. RICE,
Attorney-At-Law,
Cordova. Alaska,
ALFRED B. ILES,
Mining Engineer
Valdez, Alaska
Mine Examinations and Reports
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Eilamar
Mining
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Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
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JENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Sllamar. Alaska
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all -interior point*. Barge com
fortable quarters with every accommodation for
man oy beast. Garden products'll! season
Fresh Milk and Home Grown Vegetables
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. 12 Miles From Valdez
workman's Road House
MRS. E. E. DOTY, Proprietor.
First roadhouse laiilt on Government
Trail. Can accomodate SO people, has large
warm bam for 30 liorse* and good quarters
{or dogs. Good iu«»Ls and everything the
in usher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Ptarmigan Drop Roadhouse
Mrs. E. DOTY, Proprietor
Best accommodation* between Fairbanks and Valdez.
All kinds of provisions, as well a* Iwrae and dog feed
for sale. Good accommodations for horses and dogs.
Freighting contracted—Passengers and freight trans
ported over tlx- summit
First-Class Bar In Connection. 30 Miles From Valdez
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dog Feed All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
EDWARDS & RORER, Proprietors.
118 MILES ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
Oulkand Min? Post and tlofel
Hoyt & Smith, Proprietors
Best of accommodations for the traveling public, ami com
fortable quarters for horses or dogs.
This hotel is the largest and best equipped bouse between
Valdez and Fay-banks, and is situated on the Gulkana Cut-off
Trail, which saves four miles of travel on the Fairbanks trail.
128 MILES TO VALDEZ 2« MILES TO COPPER CENTER
THE GILLESPIE ROADHOUSE
JOHN GILLESPIE, Proprietor.
Headquarters foi all Mail and Stage Teams. flood
Stable and Dog House in connection, Free of Charge.
Rates—Meals Jfl.oO. Reds 11.
160 Miles From Valdez. 28 Miles North of Gakona
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Assayer and Chemist
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