THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Publish'*! at Ynhta, Alaska, every Thursday by tin* Piuisi'K'Tor
Prni.isiiijHi Co. Pi ion k. Main 1.
Kntered al the Valdez |><>stoftiee ns seeond elass matter.
JTIWM’HimoN KATES.
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At’TIIOKIZKn AGENTS*.
Thr PtVaprrmii S r»n *ale at tlie following
new* *tand*:
I*. O. Now* Stand. Seattle.
Puget Sound New* t’o. Seattle.
I*, o. New* Stand, Juneau.
Eugene Mel*arth> New * Stand. Skagwajr.
I*. IV New* Stand, Eagle, Alaska.
MUNICIPAL (SOVKHNMKNT.
COrjii'II.MKN.
H. W. Mil I.KB. W. *.
*. A. IlKMH.K. I MA*. KBAKBKB.
E. B. WUKAT, K. Riitiabiim.
John «;<»nr>Ky~
John iSooi»fi.l, Mayor
Urn. Svonbero, Trkawrkr.
j. W. Lrrut, city Attorney
|)r. F. M. Boyle, Health officer.
W. II. CRARY, CLERK.
F. M. Brown, Prkr. School Board.
Tuesday, February Nth will Ik* I
election day. It will on that occa
sion be up to the residents of Val
dez to select such men as will rep
resent the la-st interestsof the town
during the ensuing year; men who
will he here at all seasons and who
are willing to devote considerable
of their time and attention to the
advancement of the town.
The present counJlmen have
nearly all declined the nomination
for another year and it is hard to
get seven men who are willing to
take the work attached to the office
of councilman, and who will be in
the town all summer, butanumlxT
of citizens have devoted much
thought to the matter and at a
meeting last Sundav the following
men were selected as possible can
didates: S. Blunt, A. M. Kdwards,
T. J. Ponohoe, Win. Finical, 11. \\ .
Miller, Al. White and W. A. Ky
strom. This will make a very good
ticket and it is more than likely
that these men will he given the
pomination at the public meeting
Hat unlay. The menilierx of the
school hoard have done good and
efficient work during the past year;
arc willing to umitinue their labors
for another season and should la
re-elected. Judge Lyons has been
suggested for the office of police
magistrate, and a la tter man for
the position could not la- found.
All public spirited cilizens should
attend the mass mee ing Saturday
and take an interest in the coming
election. The advancement of the
town depends, ,<» a certain degree,
on the ollicials, and it lies with Un
people to see that capable men art
elected.
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In a recent issue of the Nome
News some one has seen (it to criti
cize the Alaska telegraph- system,
claiming that it is a failure; that
most parts have to be rebuilt by
civilian contract lalair on accont of
poor initial work, and that the
men of the signal corps, who built
and are still operating the line, are
young, inexperienced and incompe
tent, thus causing a ruthless waste.
It is quite evident the writer is of
Nome and .knows but little of the
rest of the country, nor of the men
who built the line. If he is writing
in favor of contracting out govern
incut work instead of a govern
ment department doing it he
should say so, and not attack a
worthy lot of men who are in the
service of the government. The
accusations are unfounded in every
particular. In the first place the
building of the line was not left to
incompetent men, hut was put up
under the direct supervision of
such able and experienced men as
Captain Burnell, on the Copper
river side of the country, while Lis.
Ofllev, (ireen and Smith, men of
long experience, gave personal su
pervision to that on the Yukon side.
The line has never been rebuilt.
The only contract that was let out
on the system was on the original
building of the line in the winter
of I'.HKI ami l‘M)l. when James
Beasley, of Nome, erected ‘20 miles
of poles beginning at a point about
‘20 miles east of Cnalaklik and ex
tending to Old Woman’s mountain.
As these jades were living laid a
detachment of young, hardy, ex
perienced men of the signal eorjis
followed along a ml strung the wire.
The work throughout is done as
well as it is jiossilde to do it, and
if annoying breaks occur occasion
ally. it is nothing more than what
would hecxjiectcd by anyone know
ing the country traversed and the
existing conditions. A trail alsiut
ten feet wide was made from Val
dez, and extends north to the far
interior of the country. The trail
over which the wires are laid passes
through hundreds of miles of heav
ily timbered country, and if an oc
casional tree falls over and breaks
the wires it is no fault of the men
who laid them. Nor can the diffi
culty Ik- avoided until such time as
the timber is cut away far enough
not tii reach the wire in falling,
breaks are always rapidly repaired
by the young, active men who are
stationed along the route for that
purpose. As compared with the
Canadian line, which, hy the way,
was put up by contract lalair, the
breaks occur far more frequently
there than on the Alaska line, and
it generally takes twice as long to
repair them. We speak of this in
justice to the ever obliging, self
sacrificing and efficient body of
men who are attached to the liest
managed department of the entire
American army, namely, the sig
nal corps.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To II. t'ill)• *r and •!. M. K*terlv. administrators
of the estate of M. O. <iludiiuu>;b. deceased
and l > I lie heir* of said M. O. tdadhttii/h, dv
ceased.
Yo.l are hereby llotHied that the undersigned
luiveexn tided then int of one thousand, tent
hundred dollars In the devvlo mein and im
provement of tlio*e certain *ix «|iiartx minium
I iim«. *1 Haled near Me kill ley Lake, in the
Aljinuic Mining Ibstrht. I»i>u'i.t of Alaska,
und known r *pe-»j. .|y m th • bonanza, tDe
Heir’s Ne-t. til • \l*..nn\ the bear’s |\iot. tin*
W Mile Lily, and th - Nancy llanks, all of which
said elaiin* an recorded in tin* otfieo of th«*
I'liited States <’.tuimi*doner, i.t Vul lex. Alaska
Said money ho e.vpe tilled for the development
and i in pro win tit of said claim* was done a.*
and for the annual assessment work on said
e la I ill* required hy Inw. f n l lie year* HAM, 1:M2
and lUtzi, and you an* further notified that if
y ni. or either of you fail to pay to the under
stoned tne pru)Hirtiou of said sum due from
eaefi of you oil or liefore ihe exidratioii of in*
days from the publication of this notice, that
yo ir Mtid each of your interests in said claims
will he forfeited to your eo-owners, the under
signed.
I’ayinetit may be made to Walter Storey, at
Odiak, Alaska.
Hated at Valdez, Alaska, this lKth davof Jan
uary. HUM
Walter Storey.
Axel Kiiglun'd.
John I*. Swanson.
I*. Halil.
First publication Jail. 21.
Last publication April 21. HAM.
IN TIIK I'RoltATE COCRT Fo|{ KAYAK
I'KKCINCT. DISTRICT OF Al. \SK A.
Ill tlit* Matter of the Kstatc of j v t
Jamrs Orson, |jccca»ed. \ AO# *•
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Noli»*t* is he chy given, that the undersigned
was on the iMth day of December. likict. duly
appoint *d administrator of the estate of sahl
Jatues or>on, d *cea*ed.
Notice is hereby further given by the admin
istrator of said estate, to tne creditor* of, and
all |> Tsous having claims against the said
estate t«* « xliibit them with the necessary
vouchers w ithin six mouths after the lirst pub
lication of this notice, to tiie said adminisira
l *r, at his place of residence in Catalia, Alaska,
the satin* being the place f ir the transaction of
the business of said estate, in the I'reeiuet of
K a v a k.
Dated Catalia, Alaska, December IK, l‘.si:i.
WILLIAM C A RLKSS,
Administrator of i he estate of
James Orson, de* eased.
Date of first publication, Jan. 14.
Dai • of la^l publication, Feb. lh.
W -M. II. WniTTi.KsEV, Ally, for Administrator.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned,
Frank J,. Hallaiue, of Seattle, Washington, a*
aignee of Dio. C. W. Brasher* and John'I'. Fish
er, ladug entitled to the benetiIs of Section jjjnt;
of the revised statutes of tlie Fulled States
granting additional lauds to Holdi-*rs and sail
ors who s *rved in the war of the Bchellion, ha>
applied to enter tile lauds embraced in Foiled
Stales Survev No. 72b in the District of Alaska,
situated on Itesurreetion bay, and more partic
ularly described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of said
survey No 7f»i b .dug a granite stone inouiimeiit
marked S 72b Cor. 1, thence South along the
Fast line of said survey No. 72b, 12 ehains to
• orn r No. 2 of said survey, tie-nee foil wing
llr* Hu** of ordinary high tide South Vi deg.
West .1.10 eliuins, Sooth 6* deg. 15 mill. West 4.:u»
ehaiu** We*>t 2.N0 chains South fib deg. Jkl min.
Uest lo.:mehains. South bo deg. WestK.lo chains
South V* deg. West 0.40 chains, South 17 deg. 15
min. West 5 chains to Corner No. :t of -aid sur
vey. theii«*e North aloug the West side of said
survey 02.:-! chain* to Corner No. I of said sur
vey. thence Fa-t along the North boundary of
said survey 112.21 chains to place of h ‘ginning,
containing l.V.t.95 acres, magnetic vaiiatlon
27 deg. u'> min. Fast, as additional t° tbc origl
ual homestcud of said Dio. C. W. It»a>hers «.n
the South •.. of th.* Southwest Section
twenty-five [25] Township twenty-eight I2SJ
Kauge twenty-five 125] eoutaliiing eighty [guj
aeres, which said Dio. C. W. itrashers entered
on the 7tli day of November. A. D. 1HU5 |*er
houiesi ad No. hi57 at the Foiled Stales laud
uiiiif at Springfield, in the slate of Mi-soiiri.
and pIso as t-.dditiona) to tlie original home
stead of said John T. Fisher on the We-t of
the Southw< si ‘. S eti .n • leveii |11] Two-hip
thirty-live pt»| liange tweuty-one *: lj„ contain
ing eight;. ]Htij acre*. w nich -aid hdiii T Kl-hcr
entered mi the :frnh day of Mareii Imirt per
homestead No. 54*2 at tin* Failed Slates (.and
other at IhMtuville in tlie slate of Missouri and
tiiat any and ail persona elaimiug adversely
any |*ortioa of add tract ar. hereby warned
that they must lil* in the I*i*ileol States Land
Ofto’* at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
under oath during tie- period a the publication
of thl« imti^'or w 11 tilm thirty :iy day's there
after.
Date*I this 7th day of lleeeuibcr. A. D. I'Jfl.
Frank Hallalne,
Applicant
1*. M .land offee, Juneau, Ala-ka. free. 7, IVtttf.
It is hereby ord -red that the foregoing uotlee
Is* lnildished in the ‘♦Alaska Prospector,** a
weekly iiew.-pa|>er published at Valdez, Alaska
for the statutory ia*rfud.
Jo»|\ W lH*4»LBV,
•>1 Kcgisti-r,
PAINT, OIL "!5 QLAJS
HARDWARE
Haines & Brown,
THE TINNERS
nrc now prepared to do all kinds of
Tin and Iron work at short notice.
Tlieir work is first-class and charges
reasonable. I .oca ted on McKinley
rear of Prospector office.
HOTEL DILLER.
Ilfftt1<iuwrters for \ aUr/ |n*ople. 120 riHiniN.
Mules .*»• conts, $1 mol per ilny. First Hh«s
Kesfmirrnt In enniieftion. Free lius. Opposite
1'. S. I'ostofflee.
W. (i. POTTS, Manager.
en*. Klr»l At. A I'lilrenltjr »t., SEATTLE
School ot Often All Your
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Architecture, drawing Mini Assay
ing. .Waving of Orca, Bullion an«i t'hlor
illation Wav. f&V, Blo\vi>i|>e Away, $10. Full
course of .Waving, $.\n. Establish*'*! ISfil. St; in I
for circular.
A. VAlt DEB NAILEN, President.
in Fulton Street, San Francisco, Cal. One
block weal of Cttv Ilall.
To Let.
Well established nnd well fur
nished rooming house, suitable for
Imurding house or hotel. 14 ele
gant r«>oing. Also ground for im
provements. Apply to owner.
Minch’s Horn..
Alaska’s Official Directory.
Governor John G. Brady.
Surveyor General and Kx-oMcio Secretary
Win. I,. Idstin.
Chief Clerk -Geo. Stowell.
I'. H, Judge* Melville C. Brown, Hist. No. 1
scat at Juneau; Judge Moore, hist. No. 'j, seat a:
Noin •: James Wirkvsham. Dlst. No.:t. seat at
Ragle.
I*. S. I .and Officers -Register, John W.
Dildle).
Receiver—I*. Mullen.
Third Division —
i.eorge G. IVrry, 1*. H. Marshal, Ragle.
.Nathan V. Harlan, C. S. Ills. Att’y, Ragle.
Albert R. Ileillg. clerk, Ragle.
I.iil'ner C. Hess, Aas|. Ids. Alt')*. Ragle.
I, . \Y. Ilidllg, Deputy Clerk Ragle.
Oliver I*. Hubbard. A**t. Dis. Att’v, Valdez.
R. A. Henderson. Deputy Cl rk. Valdez.
IT. K. Courtnay. Deputy clerk, < Irele.
Janies It. Widgate, Deputy Clerk. Rampart.
Cecil II- Clegg. Lieeuie !n»|*e*r. Valdez.
K. II. Geogbegan, officlwl Reporter. Eagle.
R. R. Rvyuoldson. Chief D« l*. Mar. Ragle.
Chav Dreiludhis, Deputy Marshal. Valdez.
Rdgar Wiekersham, Deputy Marshal, Circle.
J. II. Johnson, Deputy Marshal, Cold foot
John R. Richards, Deprtv Marshal, t’ualaska.
Louis L. Rowers, Deputy Marshal. Kodiak.
James Wardell, Dcputx Marshal, ( alalia
Frank Chiyton, Deputy Marshal, Jaekwe.de
Geo. Sexton, Deputy Marshal, HuurRe.
R. S. Rates, ln*i» ity Marshal. Nttshugak
('arl M. Johatison, t’.H. Cointiiis’iier, Hugh*.
John Lyons. Valdez.
IS. M. Graff, “ Jaekxvade
t Frank II. Atistin, aetfng.
Cnas. K. clay pool. " Circle.
J. Liunley Green, *' Rampart
I I. L Bosi|itl. *• Colvil Riv
K. D. Kelaey •* Kodiak.
John Niven, '• Nushagak
C. K. Driffield. ** . I nga.
N. G.Gray, •• I’ualaska.
Andrew Holman, *• Cop’r C'tr
II. II. Hildreth. •• Sunrise.
Geo. C. Hriltou, *• Catallu.
Frank R. Howard, ** Coldfoot.
J. r » I C.».vlRecorder, Fairlmnk
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Endeavor Cong. Church—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Rev. G. Burnett, Pastor
Services every Sunday at 10:30 a.
in. anti 8 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor StK-i'dy meets Sunday even
ing at 7 o’t tuck.
Church of the Epiphany—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Services on Sunday at 11
a. m. anti 8 p. m. Rev. F. S. Tay
lor, Rector.
Orderof Alaska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vat ion Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at 8
o’clock. W. A.
ltv strom Ruling
Spirit; A. J.
Adams, Keeper
of Wa Wa.
Knights of Pythias Cuih— W.
A. Rystrom, Pres., Win. Whittlesey
See. Meets 1st und %l Monday of
eneh month in Odd Fellows eluh
rooms.
Valdkz Masonic Ci.nn—
Meets every Wednesday ev
ening at the rtsmis over
(ioodell Sr Edwards* offices, at 8
o'clock. Edmund Smith. President;
•1. M. Latlirop, Secretary.
lti:oTiiKKHoonoF Alaska Pionekus.
•I. P. Johansen, Chief; A. Fried
olin. Secretary.
Headquarters, Afegnak, Alaska.
Vai.dk/ Odd Pki.i.ow’h
i Cu b—.Mens everv
Friday ermine in dub
room*. • B. F. Millard, Prt*.j S. S.
Lvnch, Sec'v.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDKZ,
Office*: ALASKA
Swan Building. McKinley St.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Swart
Building. Vai.dez.
Open evening*. Sun.lay exeeptf'l. T:!W to*.
DR C. T. DAGGETT,
DENTIST.
McKinley st. opkx KVKXtxnx. i
Opjxwite StullV Jewelry Store.
H. COCKERILLE, D. D. S.
The Pioneer Dentist.
Over Twenty Years’ Experience
Skcoxi* Stukkt <>x Rkskiivation.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining mnl Uiitl Uw>. S|K*imltie*
VALDEZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
Wm. H. Whittlesey,
Attorney-At-Law,
U. S. Commissioner and Recorder.
OAI.IANO (KAYAK). ALASKA
T J DONOHOE,
Attorney at Law,
SWAN Rl'II.DINO. VALDEZ
Cecil H. Clegg,
Attorney-at-Law,
Notary Pibi.u\
Office Court House Vai.dk/.
A. JUDSON ADAMS*
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Next door to Nizina.
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
| COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-7S SuUlvan Bldg:. Seattle.
5. Q. nflTMEWS,
Sanitary • P mnbin;.
Steam Fitting anti
Water Heating.
; LIVE AND LET LIVE. Vai.uk/.
H. R. Elliott E. E. Smith
Douglas City Pharmacy
h olesale and
Retail Druggists
Douglas City, Alaska.
GOOD GOODJ. GOOD SERVICE
“THE» MZINfl
► 6LCIB ROOMS IN CO/^NPeTIOAl
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Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
COBB ft SMITH, Props.
Felix's Restaurant
GROCERIES.
Wholesale and Retail. Open Nights.
McKinley St Valdez.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
W. S. AMY. ED. WOOD
MrKmley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
‘XuiSuVl|J9<Xt!<I--Sll3lS
M9)UIB«X 9IIX ‘33V13
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On tbe trail to all interior (mints. Large com
fortable ((Harters with every accommodation for
man or beast. Harden products in season.
Wines, Liquor, Beer and Cigars.
LKN THOMPSON, Proprietor. 12 Miles From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House
P. MA(iNlTSSON. Proprietor.
First roadhouse liuilt on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm ham for 20 horses and good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
mushcr desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
“Our Road House”
At Foot of Summit on Route to Interior. Best Ac
comodations for Man and "Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdes,
21 Miles From Valdes, (iood pasture fenced.
WILSON, DAVISON & LITTLE, Proprietors.
Beaver-Dam Roadhouse.
On the trail to Nizina, Chisna and the Tanana,
near Government Relief Cabin in Tiekhell valley.
Beat of aecommodationa. Good horse feed near
roadhouse.
F, G. BARTLETT,_ MANAGER.