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VOLUME 3, NO. 1 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARf 11, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
WE AOtE NOT It >E
A man, a cucumber and a business are alike in that they are valueless when ripe. Only
when they are growing are they worth anything.
WE ARE GROWING- .building an addition to our already large store besides
making use ot a quantity of space formerly used as living rooms.
We had to do it. Increased Business Demanded It Goods that I
have merit— GOOD GOODS—w'n- I
HIGHEST
QUALITY
GOOD GOODS
CAREFULLY
PACKED
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OU TFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
RIGHT
PRICES
GOOD GOODS
PROMPT
DELIVERY
There is no time like the present. Stocks are complete and pickings good. SEE
US TO-DAY.
LEVY & CO.
Good Goods. I
Medicine for the trail.
Snow glasses.
Location Notices.
P. O. DRUG STORE.
- _A
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market
NEXT TO MKK< IIAXrV 1'AEK.
l’RU'ES ARK.
RIGHT
Wholesale* and
Retail Dealers
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CIVK U8 A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
Clarke--Quimu
Business has lteen jssir in tin*
matrimonial line lately, hut tin*
deadlock has now Itcen broken.
This afternoon Mrs. Carol M.
Clarke, of Portland, will Im wed
to T. J. Quinn, the genial manager
of the electric light plant. Mrs.
Clarke is well known in Valdez,
having resided here for several
months last year. She reached
town this morning on the Dollar,
and Tom is losing no time in hav
ing the kifot tied The Pxosi’HTnH
extends congratulations.
House furnishings at Levy’s.
4(250,000 Appropriation.
Senator Nelson will propone an
amendment to bill 3337, making
appropriations lor sundry expenses
to June 1!M)5, as follows:
For the construction of a wagon
road from Valdez l»v the most
practical route to Fort Egbert or
Eagle, on the Yukon river, in the
district of Alaska, two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars; raid
wagon road to be surveyed, located
and constructed by and under the
direction of the Secretary of War,
l through the board of road cominis
! sinners of the said district.
Nelson’s BilL
A hill was introduced in the Sen
ate Jsin. 22, by Nelson, providing
that nil Alaska license money out
side incorporates! towns he de]tos
ited in an “Alaska fund.” One
fourth of said fund to devoted to
public schools; 10 per cent, to the
care of the insane and destitute,
and the balance to the construction
of wagon roads, bridges and trails.
It provides for a board of road
commissioners composed of army
officers residing in tlie district.
Their duties will be to construct
roads and trails wherever they will
lie of permanent value to the dis
trict. When more than $5,000 is
to lie expended on any road con
tracts shall be let for the work.
Tl»e bill also makes the governor
ex-oflicio^superintemlent of public
instruction, ami give* the clerk
of the district court authority to es
tablish school districts where need
ed, upon petition, in which district
a Imard of three shall be elected by
residents to manage schools. The
funds for each district are to be
paid to tlie local Itonrd by the sec
retary of the treasury ui>on the
order ami voucher of the governor.
Commissioners are to he given
the power to commit all persons
adjudged insane in their districts
to the asylum provided, and shall
| act as ex-otlii io superintendents of
I the poor in tlieir resjieetive locali
ties; and it sliall Ik* their duty to
grant temporary, limited relief in
| urgent eases, and when necessary
to indigent and destitute persons
outsideof incorporated towns. Such
relief is to he limited to $100 for
three months, and if destitute par
ties are addicted to drunkenness re
lief sliall consist of hiring board
and lodging for them for a limited
; time.
—
J 'Hie Alaska Pacific Navigation
j Co. will put a new boat on the run
| between Valdez ami westward
. points in place of tiie Newport.
The name of the boat could not lie
ascertained. It is announced that
she is a thoroughly seaworthy and
powerful boat ami well adapted for
the service.
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MR. MARSTON SAYS THAT
THE VALDEZ ROUTE
lo The tana (amp
Is The Cheapest, Shortest And
Best Route, Sumner or
Winter.
On the tit)i instant K. M. Mars
ston arrived iiere from Fairbanks.
He left there Jan. 5th and came
along leisurely over the trail stmt
ping at some of the road houses
for several days. He came to Val
dez to get a supply of goods ami
will leave here March 1st with a
dog team and a large outfit, as all
supplies are scarce at that camp.
Mr. Mursion left Valdez two years
ago for Fairbanks, wliere ho has
remained ever since. At tliat time
he traveled over the summer trail
with horses, and now in coming
out lie followed the new mail route
via Delta with dogs. In speaking
of this route to Fairbanks, Mr.
Marston strongly recommends it as
the cheapest and quickest way,and
in fact the only proper way for a
man to get there in good time. Re
turning Mr. Marston expects to
make tlie trip in 20 days.
Having spent tlie past two years
in and about Fairbanks. Mr. Murs
knows all about the diggings, and
speaks very highly of tlteir future
output.
Pedro creek,the first creek struck,
is two and a lialf miles long ami
all prospecting done there has prov
en it to lie very rich. No. t» which
was stripped and ojiened up gave
returns of $25 per day to the shovel
for 11 men 7 days.
Hold stream, of which Pedro is
a tributary, has lieen prospected as
far as No. 13, ami proved good in
every instance.
On Clara creek tlie pay streak
bus been proved to the extent of
three miles, and dumps arc being
hea|ied up all along the line. On
No. 3 below there is a steam hoist
in use, and a test of the dump
gives an average of $1.25 to tiie
bucket.
Chatham creek, about two miles
long, is a tributary of Clara. A
mile of the creek is now o|>enod up
and worked with very satisfactory
results, discovery claim being ex
ceptionally rich.
Wold creek is a tributary of
Clara. It is about a mile long and
very good.
Fairbanks creek is being worked
for fully six miles, and dumps are
being made up all the way, both in
the creek and on the beuclies, ami
all make excellent showings.
All over that section the pay is
in the gravel, which is from two to
ten feet thick, with nothing on bed
rock. I'rospeet holes sunk every
where, shows l>ed rock to he 14 to
2 ) feet deep. Work can Ir- carried
on all the year.
# From Fairbanks city to tin* prin
cipal diggings the distances are: to
Hold Stream, S miles; to Clara, 2o
miles, and to Fairbanks creek, 30
1 lie town of hairlianks lias
shown wonderful progress, there
are three large saw mills in oj>eia
tion and turning out lumber at
$(U) per l.OtJO, blacksmith shops,
tin shops, stores, and every con
venience that goes to make up a
thriving town.
A hue school .house was opened
' Jan. 2d with 15 scholars enrolled.
The government has built a jail
there, and it is expected that a
court house will soon he erected.
Snow Shoes, 15.00. \V. Robert
Hildreth
Afognak Items.
Ahooxak. Jan. 21st.—The rase of
J. Larson, the local saloon kcepi r,
for selling liipinr to the natives, for
lack of evidence was dismissed.
The natives who were taken to Ko
diak as witnesses, arrived lanne
with witness fees in their |mckets.
They were jubilant over the muni
ficence of Uncle Sam. which gave
them an opportunity to celebrate
the holy days of Russia in paid
style.
The fourth of January, the an
niversary of the brotherhood of
Alaska Pioneers, was celebrated in
a liaJI where all memlnTs in town
and tlteir friends gutla-red and
spent a pleasant evening.
Through petitions sent hr the
brotherhood the Aliiska pime laws
were modified. The time for kill
ing water fowl around Kodiak.
Afoguak and adjacent islands, was
extended to the first of February.
On January lf> the Alice arrived
from Kodiak bringing Mr. Wet
stein and Mr. Kirk, both of Butte,
Mont., and Mr. J. Filce. discoverer
of the Dry island mining claims.
Next day tliey proceeded to Drv
island, where an examination was
made by Mr. Wetsteiu and Mr.
Kirk of the properties. They re
turned and are awaitmg an oppor
tunity to get to Kodiak.
Jt appears that Mr. Wetstein has
been grub staking Filce for the last
couple of years. While in Kodiak.
l»efore venturing on a prospecting
trip around tin* island, Mr. Filce,
for some reason, was gruh staked
1»y J. Hailey, of Kodiak, which trip
terminated by tl»e lucky find of
Drv island |>roperties. And now
Mr. Wetstein believe* that he is
entitled to a half of Filcc's find—
hetioc his visit to Dry island.
Messrs. Filce and Bailey own
1,000,100 shares in Bonanza mining
company, which operates on Dry
island.
Mr. Wetstein is a practical man.
He has extensive interests in smelt
ers and refineries in Montana; also
has a new process in desilverizing
lead, on which subject he is very
enthusiastic. Mr. Kirk is an able
lawyer, has an extensive practice
in Butte, and is a specialist in laws
pertaining to mines and mining.
While here they made calls U|H>n
W. bitiiman, our local assayer and
chemist, aud Mr. Francis, his part
ner, where they examined many
specimens of ore found in the vicin
ity. From tlie variety shown they
were impressed very favorably con
cerning this part of Alaska as a
tnining country. A. F.
In From Shushitna.
Arthur and George McMeer re
turned last Friday from a trip to
Shushitna, where they spent about
five weeks prospecting the ground
discovered last year, and making
locations.
They make a very flattering ro
port T.n the distriet. and verify all
that the locators s'a ted regarding
the richness of the strike. Judging
from the prospects found, the
benches will lie very rich. Several
streams near Valdez, creek were
prospected hut owing to trouble
with water bedrock was not reached.
It is the opinion of Arthur Mc
Meer that the richest of the ground
in that section has not as vet l»een
uncovered, and that wlien dcvel
loped the Shushitna distriet will he
| one of the richest camps in this
: section.
The ttnil is pood for dog teams
hut it is doubtful if sledding with
horses will lie practicable this
spring.
A letter was received this week
by James Fish, jr., from Mr. Chib
eatt of ttcattle asking the Chamber
of Commerce and the people of
Valdez to petition congress to pass
a bill now la-fore that body which
provides for a subsidy of 15,000 a
mile towards the building of the
V., C. R. & T. R*y, for which the
com pane agrees to carry the mails
ijree for a period of ten years.
KNUI TICKET
WINS IN THE LOCAL ELEC
TION
Good Vote k Polled
Though Bad Weather Kept Many
Voter* From Appear
ing.
Tlic third juiiuial local election
was lieitl Tuesday,-and evtn though
tiw wind was blowing a gale, and
it was very diagri<eahle traveling
up Keystone avenue to the city
lia 11.. •JtJJ voter were cast.
There were four tickets in the
field— lieguLar Citizens, People’s,
City and independent. On these
tickets were 1t> candidates for coun
cil men. The school hoard was tike
same on each. The Regular Citi
zen’s ticket was elected thieoughout,
as was prophesied by the Pumpkc
Toi: last week.
I lie po Is ojieued at !) a. m. with
J. V. Ostrander. A. B. (iihson and
Geo. Mcrrilk-id as judges. The
voting was light until late in the
afternoon, when the crowd began
to increase, and the majority of the
votes were cast in the last two
hours.
Following arc the votes received
l»y each candidate:
eorxni.MK.N.
Quinn,.221 White,.205
Blum, ... 192 Miller.19S
Kystroin, 155 Donohue,. . 142
Kdwards, . . 122 Aokes,__ lOi
Parker,. 94 Foot..90
Hie lecher, .27 Archiliald,. . . 76
Winans,. ,.29 Hanson,.26
Kanitz, .24 Stull.11
SCHOOL HOARD.
F. M. Brown, 261 James Fish, 259
A. W. ltochford 260
MAOC-TJLATE.
Jno. Lyons, 229 Jna. Goodell, 27
Wax Now Oa.
Japan !ia.» taken the initiative is
tiie long ex |meted fight with Russia,
ami in tiie first 24 hours of tlie con
flict has disabled eleven of Russia’*
war shijms. Ilostiliti-s began at
Port Artliur on Felt 9th, where
Japanese tor|iedo limits disabled
tiiree battle ships. Since then one
gunboat has been seised at Naga
saki, a cruiser aud a torpedo gun
boat destroyed at Cheiuut|M, anil
several oilier floats disabled at Port
Artliur. Following is a list of the
Russian boats destroyed and dis
abled: Battleship* Kctvizin, Czar
vizieh and Polvitax torpedoed
and beaclied at Burt Arthur. Cruis
ers Boyarin, Polada, Novikhole,
Asliuid and Diana disabled and
beached at Purt Arthur. Firstelas*
armored cruiser Variog and torpede
gunboat Korirtz destroyed at Che
luutpu, Corea. The guulMiat Maije
said to have been seized at Naga
saki, and tiiree transports with
2000 troops reported captured.
Tiie impression is general that
the Russian lioats disabled will be
unserviceable for remainder of the
war. Japan lost no boatB nor men.
Alaska Capper Co.
Tlie Alaska Copper Company,
owners of the Bonanza projierty,
will this year lie represented by CL
E. Baldwin as superintendent. He
arrived on tl»e James Dollar and
will immediately start in to the
mine with a miaiher of men and m
large out tit to develop and open up
tlie property. 8tejJiin Birch will
with others arrive here in May and
then go the mines to oversee this
year’s work.
Burners liave been going the
irounds that the suit decided last
tall in favor of the above company
■was appealed by the Helm faction,
hut such is not the case. No at
tempt has been made up to datete
1 api>*al the ease.