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VOLUME 2, NO. 34. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,
It Is Getting Near
Freezing Time
The cool evenings and the gentle zephyrs of the past week serve to remind us that
winter and cold weather are near at h;ind.
You will soon need
Warm Clothing and Warmar Bed Clothing.
We have anticipated your wants and winter tjoods are now on our shelves,
awaiting your call
COMFORTERS
Neat and attractive. Full of comfort. $1.25 to $5.
BLANKETS
Large assortment, all weights. $1,50 tO $10.
QUILTS
Sure to please you on these. .
UNDERWEAR
We have the Irrgcst stock in town. All weights, from $2 to $8 per S'JlL
SWEATERS
Real “warm” ones $6. Others at lower prices.
HOSIERY
Serviceable ami warm. Sure cure for cold feet.
Everything To Wear.
JAMES FISH e* CO
Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE.
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.;
tree Our Large Line Of
NUGGET JEWELRY
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
Fine Watch Repairing!
City Market j
■ NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in j
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices arc* RIGHT. Give us a call.
Nuggets and Nugget Jewelry
CHAINS, CHARMS,
PINS, BRACELETS,
NECKLACES, HATPINS
WE MAKE ANYTHING YOU MAY WANT
Are You Going East?
If not, a few cents will take them by mail. Re
member your friends are looking for something.
W. C. STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
Citisen Objects.
Eiutok Pkospectoh.—It b is oc
curred to me that an inquiry into
the present condition of the finan
ces o' the town of Valdez is in
order. If there is not some change
in conditions the town will )*• hope
lessly bankrupt la-fore many moons.
The possible income for the town
for the year will be: One-half of
licenses. $4.tXXt; from tuxes and all
other sources, $2,500.
There is now over $7,000 warrant
indebtedness outstanding. The
present monthly salary roll of tin
town aggregates $365,* as follows:
Marshal $150; Attorney, $100;
Fire Chief, $75; City Clark, 15; Jus
tice, $25; or $4.3.SO per annum.
Granting that every dollar of tin
possible income will be col
lected, there will remain but
$1,620 per year to meet the inci
dental expenses of the town. Such
incidental expenses have heretofore
aggregate several times that sum.
The result is apparent. The debt,
already l«evond the means for pay
ment, will l>e constantly increased.
What do the taxpayers think of
it? Citukn.
The Republican meeting Tues
day evening, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the Juneau
convention was fairly well attended.
B. F. Millard was appointed chair
man, and A. M. Edwards, secre
tary. W. 8. Amv, 8. Blum, Jolm
Lyons, H. \V. Miller, B. F. Millard,
and J. C. Martin were api>ointed
delegates. It is not yet known who
will l** able to attend the conven
tion, but a strong effort will be
made to have Valdez represented
by one of the delegates at least.
For sale—A well stocked Fox
island with sawmill and store,
near Indian village, will be sold
at a bargain. Must leave on ac
count of ill health. For particulars
see L. C. Larson, photographer.
The case in the municipal court
against Schafer, the milk man, for
breaking o|»en the pound and re
leasing his cattle, was tried Mon
day, and Mr. Schafer acquitted for
lack of evidence.
Land Lock hay is now the scene
of considerable activity. There are
six of the copper properties In-ing
opened up, and giant powder is
Iteing used in quantities. The
boom of the blast can be heard in
all directions.
(Set a washing machine at Brown
ell’s. and wash up your blankets
I la-fore winter.
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GOOD GROUND ON TRIBUTARY
OF dHTTYNA.
33 (kirns ire Med
Coarse Gold Found This Summer
By Geo. Dickey and
Party.
Tin* latest strike to l>o rejxirted is
on tlie Kainn, a tributary of tlie
Chittyna. George Dicker, Harry
Cockerill and O. A. Kihlxe spent
the summer on that stream, and
finding n very good show ing have
hx'utcd it from top to Imt.oni.
The discovery was made at the
forks of the stream above tlie can
yons. Good, coarse gold was found,
some of which is now in the posses
sion of Hr. Millard.
The two forks are named White
I creek and Black creek. Fifty-five
! claims were located. One length j
l of sluice box w as put in, and the
small amount of work done gave
better results than are had onChit
Ititu. Tlie creek is very eusy to
work, there heing a good fall and
, an abuudauce of gravel and
1 water.
G. H. Remington and Jas. Oliver
were the only ones lx*side the jiar
ties named above who got in on
I the creek. Mr. Oliver will remain
there all winter.
The Eog Case.
The case of Al. White et al vs.
the Town Council, came up for
-hearing on last Friday before Judge
Wickershnm.
The council, which is largely
composed of members who were
elected by order of a mass meeting
to till the places of absentees, pass
ed an ordinance imjiosing a license
on the dogs of the town. Any
dogs not licensed to he impounded,
and if not redeemed within five
days tliey were to he killed. Under
this act Ifi of White’s dogs were
impounded, and llie action was
brought t<> rest rain the council from
having the dogs destroyed, on tlie
ground that the council was an il
legal Ixjdv.
A. M. Edwards appeared for the
plaintiff and F. Kelsey for the
town. The Judge rendered a de
cision in favor of the council in a
clear and concise manner, stat
ing that as the men composing tlie
council were in actual (mixsession of
the office of councilmen, and exer
cising the duties of that office, they
had the right to impose the license,
and as the present action was1
brought asking for a restraining
order only, and he would not de
cide as to the validity of their title
to the office.
Plaintiff later paid for the re
lease of his dogs and also the li
cense money.
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Three Commissioners.
Secretary Hitchcock has written
a letter to the president, advis
ing that the fight over the Alaska
commissionership to the world’s
fair be settled by making Governor
Brady the sole commissioner, and
appointing two other persons as
assistant commissioners, at salaries
of *2,000 each.
The further suggestion of the sec
retary was that Louis L. Williams,
tne Democratic committeeman of
Juneau, he appointed as one of the
assistant commissioners, and that
the other assistant commissioner
ship bo given to a Republican, pre
sumably Foote, of Juneau.
Ii is quite evident that Charley
Ross is again on the wrong trail.
Ho has been a mail carrier in a
small way at Some, and now bobs
i up in Seattle with a proposition to
i the post office department to send
! mail from Resurrection to Nome.
I Charley would do well to examine
into the fate of those who undertook,
j two years ago to reach the same
destination bv way of lliiauma.
Drowned Accidentally.
fix- Ihh|y of Fred Anderson, who
mysteriously dixapja-nrod hist *i»l:
after ferrying two soldiers to Fort
Idscv.m.was picked upon the la-ach
on the south side of tin* hay iiist
Monday.
The laxly was placed in a row
lamt and brought to Valdez, where
on account of the mutilated condi
tion of the face and the circum
stance* surrounding the disappear
ance, it was decimal la-st by the
authorities to hold an examination.
A jury was inipanneled and the
commissioner heard liu* available
evidence, while a doctor made a
thorough examination of the laxly.
Nothing was elicited to show foul
play, and the jury rendered a ver
diet of accidental drowning.
The laxly was taken in charge bv
the undertaker, and is the first to
he huried in the new cenieterv,
along the trail alxnit a mile and a
•piarter.
The Rear Guard.
Copper Center, Sept. 30.—Com
pany train leave* for Valdez on 2d.
Weather lovely. Eli Larson, Nel
son, Ohlsson, Swann Johnson, W.
Grogg, N’oren, Mvliren and Boren
left for Valdez on 2tith with hig
pokes. .Sam Meal* and J. Simpson
left this morning Everett Martin.
Dan Stewart and Whittier from
Chicken creek arrived last night.
N'ele Jepson is nearly well and will
leave for Valdez on the 2d. Every
body is preparing for the winter.
Bluer laiil up for rejiairs until able
to po into Valdez.
Copper Men Meet.
There was an unusual gatliering
of copper men at the Rainier-Grand
last night, and tlte wise one* say
tliat iw of t lie greatest cop|«*r min
ing deals ever eonsumnuUed ill tiie
wi-st is aUatt to la* developed.
Among the prominent I'opjier ex
| erls representing the hig combin
ations and tin*owners of tin* larger
copper laddiugs in Alaska were:
Fred T. Green, an expert represent
ing the Amalgamated Copper Co.
of Butte; Geo. W. Tower, reprt*
senting F. Augustus Heinzc; Jerry
Cooney, another of Heinze’s men;
G. Roy Bullen. representing the
Mitchell interests, and tin* follow
ing well known copper owners of
Alaska: Messrs, gteel, Leedy,
Meenaeli ami Blei.
Geo. W. Tower has just returned
from Alaska, where he lias licen
looking over the I.a Tou-lie copper
property owned bv John J. Francy.
for the most part. He has lieen in
t!ie north for the past four weeks
going over t he property, which is
on Prince William Sound. Jerry
Cooney returned with him.
The unusually large gathering
of mine owners from that section is
ladievcd to presage the closing of
the big deal by which one or more
of the giant copper companies will
acquire the principal copper land
ings in the north,—P.-I.
The Hospital.
Up to date $1100 of the $1500,
contract price of hospital building,
has been raised. The remaining
$400 was 1 arrowed on personal
note of the committee, which falls
due November 1st. It was under*
g'ood last spring that $1(XX) would
be raised locally, but only $600 has
been donated, $ 00 l>eing Bi-hop
Rowe’s subscription. The nurse,
whose salary is paid by the Board
of Missions, is now litre, 'and tlie
first patient, Mr. Kaake, lias l>een
in the hospital since Bcptemlier 19.
It is hoped that the institution will
receive .sufficient support from the
citizens to meet running expenses.
A detailed statement ef the receipts
and expenditures will be published
at stated intervals.
F. C. Taylor.
Call for Warrants.
Valoez, Alaska. Sept. 30, 11X13—
Notice is hereby given that I will
pay nil city warrants up to and
including No. 3, of series 1903, if
presented within ten days front
this date. G. Sroxrkrg,
City Treasurer.
From Slate creek there arrived
in town this forenoon Eli Larson,
Billy Grotig, Swan Johnson. N. E.
Ohlsson, E. M vhren, (.'has. Noren
and Andrew Nelson.
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j ORDINANCE INTRODUCED TO
REDUCE PAY-ROLL.
Am Orders Pound master To Not
Impound Dogs. Will Rush
Patent.
I lie council meeting Mondav was
remarkable for the large attendance.
All of the councilineii were present,
alii! every available seal was occu
pied hy citizens, who were curiuui
to know how tlie city duds do ljust
ness.
Ihe matter of obtaining pa‘rnt
was again brought up. It was de
cided to patent UK) acres, and S.
A. Hcmple was given authority to
rush the matter througli. For some
i reason the offer recently made by
Mr. Amy. to advance tlie nccca
sary money, without inteiest, was
ignored, and Mr. Hcmple is to fur
nish the required amount.
The jail committee reported ! av
ing received bids ranging from JfdUO
, to #.r>tX) for the construction of a
I jail having four cells, hall, etc.
I The committee was given authority
to proceed with the work.
An ordinance was introduced by
Miller, providing for the salaries
of town officers. It put* the mar
slial’s salary at $1)1)0 ]cr year; at
torney, $400; tire chief. $ll(K); clerk,
$)*»; treasurer. $10<); health ollic
cr, $100, and jnilice magistrate,
$100. It also sets the rate of pay
; for ialsirers at aO cent* an liour.
Mr. Miller also introduced an
ordinance providing tor n purchas
ing agent lor tlie town, wlio is to
make out riquisitions for needed
supplies, on order of tlie council.
Doth ordinances were referred to
iinaiiee committee.
I Amy and Geiger were appointed
| to co-ojierate with chamber of com
merce lointnittee in the matti r of
tukiug up aud improving a ceme
tery site.
A motion was made aud curried
| instructing the pound muster to
| stop imjmeuding unlicensed dogs,
and to not molest cow- or hord es
: which are running at large on the
| streets.
large Conaignmen of Dust.
Three of the lieaviest ojtorators
on Slate creek and Mil id ’s gtflch
readied town Tuesday. They nre
Jack Miller, Cha«. Kramer and
Clas. Sandiwrg. Tl>e [aek train
that accompanied them brought
the largest consignment of dust to
town that ever came to Valdez.
Exact figures can not be obtained
l>at the total amount is very dose
to a quarter of a million. An at
tempt is lieiug made to get a cor
rect estimate of tlie total out|iut of
Slate for the season, l>ut fur various
reasons this is slow work, and it will
lie some time before it can be made
public. All the claims have shut
down on Slate and in auotlier week
the miners from tliat camp will
have readied town.
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At the last chamber of commerce
meeting the cemetery committee
was instructed to present their plan
i to tlie council, and to request that
[laxly to acquire title to the land
i selected, and liave it fenced in and
otherwise fixed up for cemetery
purposes. The committee appeared
licfore the eouncil on Monday even*
| ing last, and their proposition was
j well received. The council appoint
! ed a committee of two to co-o|«r
ate with the chamber of commerce
| committee, and to report back to
the council as to tlie necessary
measures to be undertaken. Tlie
site selected is about a mile and a
quarter south of the town and close
to the trail.
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