THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
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John fliooDRI.L.
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>. W. I.EIHY,
I Hi. F. Jf. Boyle,
W. II. ( RUY,
Mayor i
TRRAM'RER
CITY ATTORNEY
Health Officer.
CLERK.
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We again feel compelled t* draw
tin- attention of tbt- Yaldv* public
ta the advisoliiiity u.ud ne
cessity of spending their money in
the home musket. Too much
money is being seat otit hv private
individuals aad families, that could
just iks well lie spent here. A few
weeks ago the laundry people of
the town combined in publishing a
card defining their position; they
all. do hand work and charge no
mone than is uluirgt-d for similar
work in the states. They felt it
timely to publish the statement on
account of the number of people
who were sending laundry out on
each lioat to Seattle, just to save a
few cents, even though their goods
were racked and torn by machin
ery. It is asserted that some of
those sending out their clothing are
merchant* wlio.of oourse.cxpcct the
laundry people to deal with- them.
'line two last steamers arriving
here brought in quarters of beef to
housekeepers wlio had sent to Seat
tle for them. If those same peo
ple hud: applied to the butchers of
V aldez they would find that a ipiar
turof beuf purchased here would
cost no more than one sent from
Seattle w ith freight, wharfage, cart
age and. trimming waste added to
the original cost, and la-sides they
would have ihe advantage of select
ing a (planter to suit, and not be
compelled: to accept another’s se
lection.
Another sourec of injustice to our
merchants are the catalogues from
house* in New York,. Chicago and
Seattle. These job lot house* ad
vertise through various medium*
that their otXI or 1200- page cata
logue can be bad upon application.
A postal card i* sent anil up comes
a catalogue. It is scanned over
and something is sent for, not alto
gether because it i* wanted but be
cause it appear* to be cheap; and
it is cheap on the face of it; the
goods are known a* "seconds” that
would not lie put up for sale by
any reputable merchant,-and would
not be bought by any one in tlie
town if they could sec the goods
before purchasing.
ii we are to. have any pride in
our town we must assist in build
ing up the industries of the place, i
and we will never do it by coming
down to a petty, picayune business.
Don’t send out for a lli-eent arti
cle rt you can yet tire same here for
20 cent.
l>y the time you have paid all
the expenses of importation you
will find that it cost* mere than:
any of our merchants can supple !
the same article for.
Reciprocity is a good thing, deal
with the storekeeper and he will li
able to deal with you..
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1'his will no doubt be a phenom
enal year f«»r this section of Alaska.
Valdez being the only safe and
quick entrance into the interior
country, is hound to profit hv the
spring travel. Last year a number
of very good placet grounds were
staked and recorded,on which hut
very little work has been done—
just sulticient to prove that gold in
quantities existed, ami then it was
time for the inusher to return to
town for shelter. Most of these
men have remained in ti-wna all
winter, and will at a reiy earlv
date leave with good outfits prepar
ed for a big season’s work. Besides
these there are others, who last
year discovered good creeks hut did I
not locate for the reason that the1
season was too far advanced to al
low them time to make a test. &trd ,
select what they might consider i
the lamt. The latter class arc now
on the move and have been for the
past two weeks. They very qtri
ctly gather their outfit and dogs
together and slip out of town in the
early morning, no one knowing of
their movements or destination.
Next summer or full when the loca
tion papers are filed for record we
will hear of new and extensive'
strikes.
Quite a number have left’'here'
for Fairbanks, and many will come!
from Seattle to take this route, ns I
it is the shortest ami cheapest way j
to get to Fairbanks early in the!
season, and the early bird catcfws j
the worm.
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Each steamer leaving here car
ries merchandise from Valdez stores ,
for such points as Yakutat, Kayak.!
Kllaauir, Resurrection and Cook:
Inlet points. This trade is con-i
stantly on the increase as the imp
utation of those points increases.
The Puosi-kiTou is delivered at
every camp in Alaska and serves
as a directory for Traders wishing
to purchase goods here. Their
orders are sent direct to our adver
tisers. and be it said to the credit
of our merchants, these* orders are
promptly and carefully filled and
shipped on the earliest Imnt.
I
To Aid Alaska.
‘•There arc lots of tilings we want :
in Alaska,** declared J. L. Steele,
of the Copper river country, at a I
mass meeting htdd under the aus-1
pices of the Alaska club, at Seattle, i
"and.” he continued, "we intend to
•boiler’ until we get them. We;
will start a campaign of education,
Iwginning at Seattle and reaching
the national capital, and we want
a teacher who can tell the govern
ment officials what we need.”
in this statement Mr. Steele
summarized the demands of Alaska
and the manner in which Alaskans
look to Seattle for assistance. He
was immediately assured Seattle
intends to assist in the tight on lie
half of Alaska, and to aid in secur
ing some representation at Wash
ington that will enable Alaskan re
quirements to he kept before con
gress.
1 he mass meeting had l»een cal 1 -
oil for the purpose of promoting in
terest in the northern district and
to strengthen the organisation that
proposes to take up Alaska’s fight.
It was a well attended gathering,
men and women from Alaska ming
ling with citizen of Seattle.
io tlu* Rev. \\ . I). Siniond* and
Judge <>. E. Hauter was given the!
task of explaining the objects of
the association aiul the benefits of
the organization to Alaska. It was
urged by Judge Sauter,that the
Alaska club proposes to establish
permanent headquarters in Seattle,
where au exhibit of Alaska resour
ces can be kept up, where litera
ture telling of the country can Ik*
provided and where Alaska visitors
can be made at home.
The organization, the Rev. Mr.
Simonds predicted, will aid in
ti*acliing the east the extent and
resources of Alaska. The dissem
ination of literature; he predicted,
would W a streag factor in this
crusade and the agricultural, min
eral, forestry, tish and otlier icter-j
ests of Alaska could lie slin*y» to
advantage.
Iton’t have cold feet. Ladies’
and gents’ felt shoes at Levy A Co.
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Facts About Alaska.
Tin- United Stales in 1SU7 paid
*7,200.000 for Alaska. This was at
the rale of twoo-nts an acre, hut
tvngrespien quite generally agreed
that tiie priee was too high.
General It. F. Butler, of Mnssa
ehusetts, promised in congress on
July 7. IstUs, to pay Russia *7.200.
000 for her friendship and ask her
to keep Alaska. He deelarcd that
at any time within twenty years
we could have had Alaska for the
asking, and added:
“No man. except one insane
enough to buy the earthquakes in
St. Thomas ami tlie ice Helds of
Greenland, could he found to agree
to any other terras of the acquisi
tion of Alaska.”
Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, in
sisted that Greenland was a lietter
territory to purchase than Alaska,
which, he said, was absolutely
without value.
Hiram Price, congressman from
Iowa, said:
"Alaska is a dead loss to us any
way. and the more expense we in
cur the worse it is for the country
and the people.”
Orange Ferriss, congressman
from New York, declared:
‘ Alaska with the Aleutian is
lands is an inhospitable, wretched
anil (toil-forsaken region, worth
nothing, hut a positive injury and
incumbrance as a colony in the
I'nited States.”
Benjamin F. Loan, of Missouri,
said:
“ The acquisition of this inhospit
able waste would never add one
dollar to the wealth of our country.
The Alaska salmon eateli of 1H02
alone was worth $7,200,000. the
price paid for the territory. In
five years the Alaska mines have
sent to Seattle alone $14 000,000
n gold dust and bullion, nearly
twice the purchase price of the ter
ritory.
In 11102 the total output of gold
in Alaska was $lH,s70.07o, and in
1001 it was $14,070,075, or for the
two years $.'!.'{,*>4-’>,000—more than
four times the amount paid to Rus
sia in 1S(57.
Previous to 1S07 we had taken
$lo,000,000gold trom Alaska also
more than twice the purchase price.
From IH(*S to ISO7 the Alaskan
fishery products brought us $r,S,
IHMi.igio, The fur sale for twenty
years after 1S70amounted to $M8,
OtM.i^HiO. Tim fur companies paid
into- the l\ S. treasury $7.4«0,000.
Thus one item ■oi cash in the treas
ury was more than the price paid
for the territory.
Meantinie, the gold mines are
increasing their output annually
at a rate of 40 per cent., the copper
mines are being developed,railways
are being built.and a naval station
on the Aleutian islands bids fair to
become a great commercial center.
Alaska has paid for itself verv
many times over. It is doing so
now almost every year. It has
more than justified the expecta
tions of Mr. Seward. How sagaci
ous to-day appears his policy in
comparison with the puny wisdom
of the anti-expansion congress
men.—P.-I.
Ill the current nunihei of the
Good Roads magazine appears a
story told of "El>en Holden.” At
a town meeting held at his home a
proposition was under discussion, j
calling for the expenditure of $7000
for highway improvement. Mr. i
Rachel ler made a brief address as j
follows:
*'I have seen gardens spring up
where there were mudlllats, man
sions where there were ruins, roses
in place of weeds, and people where
there were pollywogs. In behalf
of these successors to the pollywog*
I ask for this appropriation. A
had road leads to profanity, and if
it extended long enough would
lead to hell. This resolution is in
favor of public morality. It will
enhance the beauty of the township
and induce cheerfulness in the day j
of taxes.”
The resolution was carried.
rhis is a suggestion for our repre- i
scntative at Washington. Get a
wagon road appropriation for the
moral effect on our citizens.”
Kune people cannot appreciate a 1
favor. A newspaper editor not far'
from lu*re is objecting because the1
Juneau Dwatiii credits him with,
articles he never published.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.'
F. M. BOYLE, N. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Oflire?: ALASKA
Swan Dm 111 mg, McKinley St.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Surim
Building. Vax.dk/. 1
GOODELL & EDWARDS
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Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mnmijr aii»1 LmidI Uus,
VALDEZ, ALASKA)
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LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Aye. Valdez. '
Wm. H. Whittlesey,
Attorney-At-Law,
U. S. Commissioner and Recorder.
MALI A.NO (KAYAK), ALASKA
T J DONOHOE,
Attorney at Law,
swan mii.niNo. VALDEZ
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer ami Surveyor.
C. S. Deputy Mineral ami Land |
Surveyor.
Next door to Nizinn.
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle. ■
5. Q. MATHEWS,
inlay • tail;.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET UVK. Valdez, j
H. R. Elliott E. E. Smith
Douglas City Pharmacy ^
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Wholesale and
Retail Druggists
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Douglas City, Alaska.:
HUB NIDI
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Bread, Cake, Pies
FRESH DAILY.
All Kinds of Cake To Order.
John Waiters, Prop. !
Saratoga Ms
2ml St., back of telegraph office.
Mrs. Hanson, Proprietor.
Beds, $2 a Week. Baths, 25c.
HOTEL 01LLER.
Headquarter* for Valdez |»eot*le. lju rooms
lUt* n ■'*) routs, *1 ami $1 ..*) ja*r dav. FinuelAs*
Hostaurrm in pomieetkm. Free Hu*. Ojqnj.it.
1. t». I*«*»t'.fli.-**.
W. (>. POTTS, Manager.
• 'os. Kirn Av. A F uivcr.it y -i.. SEATTLE
School oi open All Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Architecture, lirun lug Mini Asmv- •
iug. A^aying ..f (in>. fjr.; liulli.u, at 1 rhlor-'
iuati' U Anay. Klon pipe A*.av. *ui. Full I
course oi A.saying, |ju. K.tnhli-li.il lew; I. s. uil
lor circular.
A. VAN DEB NAILEN, President.
11'? Fulton Slrrrt, San Kimim-imo. «‘al. On*-!
M.m k nr»l o(Oil\ Hall
GOOD GOOD/.
GOOD SERVICE
THE * MZlNfl”
CLUB "ROOMS IM COMMECTIOM
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
• SCOTT * SMITH, Props.
Felix's Restaurant.
Regular Meals.
Short Orders
A Specialty.
McKinley St. Valdez.
Copper River
Braying Co.
[Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
W. S. AMY. ED. WOOD
McKinley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
THE ‘SIESTA'
FURNISHED ROOMS
Fifty Cents ami Upward*
Per l*jiv. Fire Extra.
R. H. PARKER, Proprietor.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the traiUto all'intcrior""point*. Large com
fortable quarters with every accommodation for
man or heast. Harden products in season.
Wines, Liquor, Beer and Cigars.
I.KN THOMPSON, Proprietor. 12 Miles From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House
1*. MAGXI SSOX. Proprietor.
First roadhouse huilt on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 ]H-ople, lias large
warm ham for 20 horses and good quarter*
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
inusher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
“Our Road Mouse”
At Foot of Summit on Route to Interior. Beet Ac
comodations for Man and Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From \uldez. Good pasture fenced.
WILSON, DAVISON A LITTL E, Proprietors.
Beaver-Dam Roadhouse.
On the trail to Xizina, Chisna and the Tanana,
near Government Relief Cahin in Tickliell valley.
Best of accommodations. Good horse feed near
roadhouse.
F. C. NARTi.KTT.
MANAGER.