VOLUME 5. NO. 37 ~ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1906. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
The Big New Store
Is now completed and ready for business. We now have
an opportunity of displaying to advantage our lrrge and
varied fall stock of
Men’s Fine Clothing, Shoes,
Underwear, Shirts and Hats
We are showing a strong line of
$15 Suits
$4 Shoes
Values as good as can be had
anywhere. The public is res
pectfully invited to inspect our
store and stock.
ScHfijjpss Bros.® Co.
Fine Clothes Makers.
•AWTIMOQC. V00*
Valdez Cold Storage Co.
OPP. A. L. LEVY k CO.
Wholesale Dealers In
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
rFish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs,
Produce.
Phone 33 Valdez, Alaska.
Many Kinds Of Soap
The advance of Soap making has been remarkable in the
past few years. There was a time when Soaps were made
simply for cleansing, but now there Soaps for a variety of
purposes, though they are all cleansers. Each variety is
represented by hundreds of different kinds made by vari
ous manufacturers, both in this country and abroad.
We select all our Soaps carefully and carry only
the best. You can find here at all times—
Castile Soap Shaampoo Soap Nursery Soap
Tooth Soap Toilet Soap Medicated Soap
Shaving Soap Antiseptic Soap Bath Scap
Complexion Soap Dog Soap Etc.
OWL - DRUG - STORE
Notice.
The public is hereby notified
not to purchase any property in
the name oi Otto Kanitz or said
to radon,: to said Kanitz.
Mbs. Otto Kanitz.
Mis. F. E. Luscv and two child
ren arrived on the Portland to
make this their home.
See our new stock of Mens’
Clothing, Footwear and Hats.
Valdez Hank & Mercantile Co. Inc.
ft. L LEVI & QO
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy and Sell Exchange, Buy a ml Ship Gold Dust. Accept Deposits,
Make ('dlcctionfr and Loan Money on approved security at Low Rates
vi Interest
Miss Mary Osland
Millinery Parlors
Ready Made ITats
Hats Remodeled
Hats Made to Order
■ d
Hobart St,, next McKinley Hull
Two Telegraph Companies
Postal and Western Union
Have joined hands with us—
this is the first branch they
have established in Seattle,
notwithstanding liattering of
fers from other hotels. Our
central location, the tire proof
construction, am! management
all tend to v.ccvss - all that
means business o them- Hie
arduous duties of a business
man requires transmission by
wire — quirk forwarding and
response — we have all the
world affords in 'his line.
Just a reminder 1’uilding com
posed of sit e1, corcrete anil mar
ble. John M«I)<rm *t!, .Manager,
formerly at Palace mid St. Fran
cis Hotels.
\V. A. Dolan, wife and children
returned on the Portland from a
trip to the State#.
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Of Local Interest j
Another Marriage.
Ed. Page, proprietor of the,
Ernestine roadhouse and Mrs.
Sheldon were married at the
Phuenix hotel Sunday evening.
Mr. Page is an old timer in the
interior country and Mrs. Sheldon,
who is the mother of Hazel Shel-;
don, formerly in the employ of thej
telephone company, has been a j
resident of Ernestine for about a 1
year. The newly married couple :
will return soon to the roadhouse.;
where thty will reside for the;
present.
Locomotive At Seattle.
The Seattle Times prints a pic-!
ture of the engine which is now
awaiting shipment at that place
to Valdez for the Valdez-Yukon
railroad. It is a ten wheeler, stand
ard gauge Rogers locomotive of the
finest type and is the heaviest1
machine of the class ever shipped
to Alaska
Sixteen Says To Fairbanks.
Charles Demuth and partner.!
who left here for the Tanana last
month reached Fairbank* in 16
days. They rafted down from
Little Delta. They report the
trail as all right for winter travel
and the roadhouses much better
than ever before.
E. B. Spiers Returns.
Colleetor of Customs E. B i
Spiers, returned from his trip to
the East on the Saratoga and
brought bis bride with him. As
announced in a recent number of
the paper he was married at
Wakeman, Ohio, but will make
this place bis home hereafter. The
newly married couple will reside
in the custom house on McKinley
street, where they will be at home
to their friends after Nov. 1. The
PhosI'K* tor extends congratula
tions. _
More Reformers.
Dear Sir:
PI. j h • give prominence to the
following in your next i.'Bue:
The undersigned wish to affiliate
themselves with the reform move
ment at prerent on foot. They
have not previously had any op
portunity to do so and trke this
action because certain individuals
who had previously given their
support are weakening under the
presure of the saloon element.
Hunky 1). Reynolds,
Bi.amey Stevens,
Geo. Max Kstkrly.
Improving Federal Jail.
The steel cages for the federal
jr.il arrived on the last boat and j
will he put in place as soon nsi
possible. They are of the latest'
pattern and make and will prevent !
any in .--ability of prisoners mak-j
ing a jail break.
Clerf: Of School Hoard Resigns.
b M H iyie. clerk of the school
hoard for the town of Valdez re- j
signed last w* > i; He gives as a
reason that lie is very busy and in
view r>i the fact that he does not
now ii-hide in the town considered
it better to resign.
WE SEEL ONLY THE BEST
at the Valdez Market.
Mrs. W. A. Ashby, and threei
thildren, Misses Winnie, Connie
and Master Holly, arrived on the
Saratoga and are slaying wi'h
Mr. and Mrs. Levy. They will
occupy the Rutherford house as
soon as it i* ready for occupancy. I
Small house for rent. Close in.
Apply at this ofiice.
Amusements Are Scarce.
An Edison Phonograph will en
tertain you and your friends, an
Edison Gold Motilde Record is a|
work of art. We carry a complete
line of both. Phonographs, from
$12. up. New Records on every
boat. See Sueesdorf Wilaon at
the Bowling Alley.
\mm Wise ? Tredii; Post
Will open business at the
mouth of Taztuma river
about January 1st. Good
accommodations will be
provided for the traveling
public and a stock of gen
eral supplies will be car
ried. Anything bought or
. sold. Chas. Mai.am>f.k. Prop.
Regarding: The Cable Leak.
Seattle papers devote considera
ble space to the leak in this office
and state that the matter is to be
presented direct to the president.
The papers claim that a ring
has been formed, the members of
which have access in some manner
to nil messages going through the
office, and as a result several min
ing deals have been spoiled; mem
bers of the ring acting on the ad
vices obtained through messages,
having taken options themselves
and raised the price for the intend
ing purchasers.
One instance is mentioned where
a member of thtf ring secured in
formation regarding government
mail contracts, presumably through
a government official, which lead
another contractor to lower his
bid about foOQO to underbid bis
rival.
It is expected that a special
board will make an investigation
soon, as so many complaints have
been filed. Stephen Birch is
reported as saying that it is not
safe to use the cable regarding
deals of any magnitude.
Eagle Mail Service.
A comparison of the average
time of the mail carriers between
here and Eagle during the quarter
ending in .September show* that
there lias been but 3.5 minutes dif
ference between the north and
south bound mails during the
whole quarter. The mail to Eagle
has averaged running time of 13
days 12 hours and 35 minutes
while the return time has been 13
days and 12 hours.
The weekly service starts Nov.
1st and more carriers will be added
then. Parke Griswold, John Burns,
E. E. McDonald and C. G. Hors
fall will have the run between Tan
ana and Chistuehina, M. F. Denni
son and Henry Clevenger between
Ernestine ami Chistuehina and
Chas. Nelson and Martin vjll
carry the mail between Valdez and
Ernestine. Horses will he used
from town to Chistuehina and dogs
from there on.
The passengers who arrived on
the steamer Portland areas follows:
Helen E. Russel), C. F. Hutson,
M iss T. M. Dougherty, Dorothy
Dougherty, Esther Dougherty,
Frank Dougherty, Miss L. Mess
ner. Miss Celia Haggerty, Mrs. F.
E. Lascy, Freda La.-cy, Albert
Lascy, W. A. Dolan, Mrs. Dolan
and two children, Harvey Hurl
hurt, R. Jones C. II. Brown D. T.
Davis wife and child, Mrs. J.
M oore, Mrs. L. Maxon and two
children, W. A. Cochrane, F. M.
Peart, Fred F. Hawkins, Geo.
Welsh. Mrs. Welsh, H. B. Fitz
gerald, Mrs. Fitzgerald. A. Jasper
son. Mrs. Jasper.-on, M. J. Roche,
B. A. Dovener, John Dahl, C. D.
Lee, W. A. Drinklc. J. E. Hill and
five steerage.
John McCrary arrived from Cop
pei Center Monday with his pack
train.
Complete shipment of beef, veal,
mutton, pork, chickens and oysters
arrived on the Portland for the
Valdez Market.
Chas. Malander leaves on the
next boat for a trip to Seattle and
Portland.
Fruits and vegetables of all
kinds at the Valdez Market.
F. M Brown is expected to ar
rive on one of the next boats from
Seattle.
Our Candies are altvavs fresh
Owl Drug Co.
f»r. Von Gunther has font a
man to Knight’s island to start
development work on his copper
property at Big Passage. The
doctor will leave on the next boat
to arrange for the erection of build
ings at that point for his men and
for the proposed post office.
Chas. Simunstad and Archie
Ilendrie, of Galena hay, are in
town and will leave on the Port
land for tlie States.
Dick Brown was an arrival on
the Saratoga from Seattle. He
will remain here until the trail is
open to Tanana.
Ed. Bussell arrived on the Sara
toga, enrouto to Fairbanks. He
will remain in town until sledding
starts. Mr. Russell has been chang
ing his luck lately, having married
a girl from northern California
and sold some placer property on
Dome creek. He has been in
Nevada all summer.
Telegraphic Items.
Seattle, Oct. 25—On the ere of
hie marriage J. C. Fuller, who ar
rived Saturday from Latouche,
was arrested charged with forging
checks for $1300, He signed the
name of A. K. Beateon. of La
touche, to the checks and was liv
ing at the hanier-Grnnd like a
prince. He confesses that he
forged the checks, saying he
needed the money for his marriage.
He was to marry Nellie Hubbard,
daughter of Or. Hubbard, of Port
land. The ciecks were cashed by
local merchants.
Washington, Oct. 25—Roosevelt
has proclaimed November 29th as
Tbandsgiving day. His proclama
tion savs that never before has the
country experienced such pros
perity as during the past year.
Wrecked In Nizina.
A harrowing tale of hardship
endured while coming from Nizina
to Valdez, was telegraphed to the
Pbospectob from Suina yesterday,
Ed. Evans, who was boating out.
capsized at the mouth oi the Ni
zina, und barely succeeded in
swimming ashore through the
slush ice, losing all of his provis
ions und matches. He found a
damaged bpat on u bar below and
with one oar proceeded on down to
the mouth of the Teikhell, where
he met Goodletaw, and got food.
He | las.sed the village of Tardl
in u blinding snow storm and was
unable to get back. Most of the
time his boat was nearly full of
water and his hands were cut und
frozen, in addition to the suffering
tie endured from hunger. For
thirty hours lie had nothing to eat
and his clothing was soaked.
After meeting Goodletaw, Evane
abandoned his boat and tramped
over the mountains up the Teik
liell river to Saina. His boat was
swamped a short distance below
tiie place where the Montgomery
family were drowned. He saw
their boat, but had heard nothing
of their accident.
Fairbanks Commissioner,
Guy B. Erwin, of the Fairbanks
law firm of Brown it Erwin, has
been appointed commissioner there
to succeed E. M. Carr, wdio re
signed in September.
Smallpox At Cordova.
A case of smallpox has developed
in Cordova and as a result the
town is now quarantined. Th«
Portland was not allowed to land
thero and every effort is being
made to prevent people from going
into or leaving the infected town.
The Glacier Roadhouse is now
in course of erection. Hebcr Smith
and G. A O’Connor will in a short
time have their roadhouso at th«
glacier on the winter trail, South
Fork Tonsina river finished. The
building is two story lttx-Pi. and
there i» a large baru tor accommo
dation of horse* also in course of
erection. It will be readv for the
accommodation of the public Nov,
15th.
A petition is being circulated for
a mail route from Valdez via
Galena Bay, EUnmar, Boulder bay,
Landlock. Fidalgo, Orea, Cordova,
Nutcliek, Hinclienhrook, Latnuche,
Dryor lmy, Knight's island. Sec
ond Passage, Glacier island, and
back to Valdez once a week. This
is a much needed service and
would benefit th* new mining
camps greatly.
The Saratoga arrived Monday
with a large consignment of general
meichand se for Valdez and thu
following passengers: Mr and Mra.
K. B. SpieT-, Dick Biown. Mrs. J.
\V. Giffncy, II. Ashby, Mrs. Ashby,
Misses A*dihy, G. M. Est«rly, W,
1' Nassouer, C. Adler, M Mills, T.
Sexton, Pi. T. Russel mid wife.
Episcopal Church Notice.
Sunday Oct. 28th 190*5. Holy
Communion S n. in. Morning
Prayer and sermon 11a. m. Even*
ing Prayer and sermon 8 p. m.
N. H. The service topic for Sun*
■ lay evening will he "Betting and
Gambling” the wrong of it. This
subject to lm presented from a
ehristain standpoint. The publie
are earnestly invited to attend.
F. 0. Taylor Rector.
The Moose will give a dance at
their hall Saturday evening. Ev
eryone invited.