HERE THEY ARE!
Bur gain* for Evervlwdy. in Dry (foods, Clothing, Boot* anil' Slew*.
(irocerii**. Furniture. Wall Paper, Stove*, Hardware, Hay, Crain,
Coal, Lumber. Doors anil Windows, Frames, ete. You Will Save
Time. Trouble and Expense and (Jet What You Want hv Coming
Here.
DRY Q22DS
Our Dry Goods Department is Simply Overflowing With Good. Dependable
Goods. That Will Give You Double Your Money’s Worth in Wear,
BOOTY 252 SHOEY
It Will b« Necessary to Wear a Pair of our Famous “Clover Brand” Boots
and Shoes, to Appreciate the Comfort and Service they will Render. For
Wear, Style and Comfort, they have NO EQUAL.
CLOTH1NQ
Ordinary Clothing is not Good Enough for us to Sell. Come here and you
will get Something to lie Dc|iendcd Upon—and No More to Pav. '
QROCER1E5
THE TIME TO EAT is about the same with all. WHAT TO EAT is
governed by different tastes, beliefs, habits, customs and superstitions.
We supply your wants in anything in the Grocery line, because we give
our whole time and attention to the one object of pleasing our customers.
HARDWARE
When in n«-ed of Hardware, Stoves. Kitchen Utensils, rememlier that we give
More Value for your money than can be had elsewhere.
COAL
Our coal makes more heat than any other kind, liecause it is all coal,
FISH BROS., Valdez, Alaska.
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
Photo Supplies, Albums,
Printing Paper, Plates,
Films, etc.
n/IQAZINES BOOKS.
Candies, Fine Stationery
Toilet Articles,Perfumes,
etc.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
«• T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE.
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOOKS. OPEM ALL MIGHT.
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
Spectacles, Snow Glasses,
Silver Novelties Sil/;r Tableware,
Knives, Forks and Spoons.
it Imj ill HIM; Min; ipMn
BEAUTIFUL, UP-TO-DATE and of the highest
standard of excellence, artistic in design and
workmanship.
PLEASING and APPROPRIATE for Birthday,
Wedding and Anniversary Gifts. We can l<e of
service to you in making selections. We can
Dlease the most critical and exacting tastes.
Visit our store whether vou buy or not.
W. C STULL, VALDEZ
Expert Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician.
Silver Wedding at Ft. TA.«■«
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To The PROHCWTOK.
The event of the week here has
Un n the reception Mr. and Mrs. Me
Cabe tendered their friends in hon
or of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their wedded life.
This couple were niurried March
10. 1K77, in the town of tionaales,
Cal., and thus liegan their first
honeymoon, and they are now
launched out upon their second.
We ho|>e the last honeymoon may
be as happy as was the first, and
that the afternoon of their lives may
lie gilded by a radiant reflection of
their morning, and and they may
live to celebrate their golden wed
ding. Both are now in the prime
of life and hale and hearty.
Mrs. McCabe was attired in a
lavender silk, trimipcd with point
lace, and was a charming hostess.
Mr. McCabe's fate was wreathed
with lutppy smiles, as if twenty
five years of wedded life had been
spent happily.
The evening whs pleasantly
spent in music, songs, dancing and
social conversation. Kefrcshuients
were served and all the friends re
tired to tlieir respective homes
wishing the couple many more
liappy anniversaries. They were
the recipients of a handsome ease
of silver knives, forks, table and
tea spoons, which was the gift of
their children in California.
Those present were Captain Bur
nell, Lieut. Allison, Lieut. Anderson
Mr. Howard, Adjutant Howell
Spencer Brown, Clark and others
whose names 1 failed tp secure.
Invitations were sent to friends
in Valdez, and the steamer Lillie
would have carried all over who
deaired to attend, hut the storm
prevented them from making the
trip.
'Hie cheapest insurance is pre
, caution. IJeftile pipes and proper
stove pijic at Kish’s.
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CONTAINS GOOD COPPER AND
GOLD LEDGE.
Sliovs Good Results
For the Small Amount of Work
That has Been Done ao
Far.
Within view of the town of Val
dez i* a piece of copper property I
deserving of attention. It is lo-j
rated in what is known as Solo
mon’* basin and consists of two|
claims of twenty acres each, hack ■
about four and a half miles from
the- government wharf at Fort Lis
efnrt, with a gradual fall of ground
from the claims to the wharf, there
by making it an easy pro|>ositioii
to lund ore at title water.
In July 11*01, X. K. Kllis. famil
iarly known as Red Kllis, while
out through the hills on a hunting'j
trip, eaine across the ledge ami j
staked it. The vein proved to tie i
over twenty feet wide. He had no:
tools with him. hut succeeded in
breaking off some of the capping,
which lie sent out for assay. The
returns showed four and three
fourth* per cent copper.
The property later on fell into
the hands of the present owner.
\V. \V. (.iollin, the representative of
the A. (J. Company at this j»oit.
Mr. (iollin secured some more
specimens, which heing assayed,
showed #4.00 per ton in gold and
four [icr cent copj>er. This result
induced him to look further into
the matter, so on last Deceinqer he
let out a contract to Hide and Fiel
der, by the terms of which they
were to sink a shaft 25 feet and
then crosscut. The contract also
provided that they should place
five tons of ore from the bottom of
the shaft, on the government wharf,
permission to do so havis g lieeu
stcured from Lieutenant Allison.
The contractors after some little
delay, started op nr ions. They
sank a4xt> shaft, parallel with the
vein and along the foot wall. Hav
ing sunk to a depth of six feet they
were forced ‘to quit on account of
water, having no pump to handle
the same.
Upon investigation after the last
blast they found that the foot wall
rcceeded and they were directly
into a solid bed of ore, which indi
cated a rapid widening of the vein.
The sample brought in by Hide and
Fielder shows a marked improve
ment in value, so that Mr. (iollin
is more eager than ever to get down
into the body of the ore and prove
its real value.
More development work will be
done as soon as the snow leaves,
and it is confidently expected that
these claims will make a paying
mine.
Mr. C. 0. Hazelett arrived in
towu on Monday evening from
Tonsina. He rei>orts the govern
ment trail as being in excellent
condition. In fact it is in better
| condition than ever before. The
The Hazelett A Meales party are
now beyond • the Tonsina and
are in the lead of the push. The
government outfit broke trail as
far as Tonsina, but have such a
large outfit that they cannot go as
fast as some of the other luushers.
Kveryone is further ahead than
ever 1 adore at this season of the
year. The weather on the interior
' has been eold but not disagree
able.
t'raryV Mauge Cure cures
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PROM IUAMNA IS A POOR
MAIL ROUTS.
Me or Clark Diver.
New* of Trans-Alaaka Road to
Nome. Bogs will Replace
Houses.
The company which is running
tlie trans-Alaska route to .Nome
from Illianma have not succeeded
in getting any mail through .~o far
this winter. The trail was kept
broken and there were houses every
thirty miles, which were well sup
plied with provisions, hut they
tru'd to carry the mail with horses
anil could not keep feed enough
along the line iotas! them through.
They have lost uIkiuI twenty horses
this winter, ami have I teen com
pelled to adopt dog- t<> puli the
mail. The Iasi two trains which
left llliumna used dogs.
The road runs from Illianma
Bay U5 miles over a divide having
an elevation oi 1204.) feet, to the
head of Illianma take, thence down
tiie lake SO miles and across a iow
cottonwood pa.-s do miles to the
head of Stuyak river, down this
stream 85 miles to Munelieiiia.
down tliis 20 mills to Nnsiiugak.
theme up that river 27 miles ami
105 miles up iiksldk river to a
high divide which leans to Anik
river down which tiie trail runs 10:;
miles to the Ktiskokwitu. From
ihe Kuskokwim it is 02 miles to
the Yukon. The trail sirikesHoly
Cross Mission on the Yukon.
The entire distance lias liecn
chained and mile posts erected
all the way from Northern Bay, at
further extremity of the road t<>
Munehetna river. There have lnen
vast sums of money expended on
this road, putting in rpudhottscs.
stocking them with provisions and
employing men to attend to them.
Somewhere near ;>0U horses are in
use along the line, and large ware
houses, stores and hotels have liecn
erected at the llliamna end.
The company however, which is
operating the business, have money
to burn. One of the largest stin'k
holders is H. 8. Crocker, of Califor
nia. The superintendent of the
work in the Held is (ieo. Barms,
who is ut present on the road with
one of the mail trains.
Chat). Johnson, who lias Ikvii
working lor this concern since fail
rejsirts that there was a strike made
on (Mark river, which empties into
Lake Clark, during the winter. A
man who was prospecting in that
scection came into llliamna re
cently and showed some course
gold, which he had panned out
on the river. This stream lias
been all staked, hut Johnson has
found another stream, across a
divide from Clark, which was
staked several years ago, and for
some reason has not lieen devel
; oped. He found prospects encotir
, aging enough to induce him to go
hack again this summer.
He reports that little has Ik-cii
done in the oil fields near llliuninu
although coqsiderahle work is
planned for this coming season.
Chamber of Commerce.
The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will Ik- held
^ tomorrow (Friday) evening at the
Ioffice of the vice-president, W. \V.
Collin. All memliers, and oilier*
| interested should attend.
I Quick train K. R. alarm clock*
at Stull’s jewelry and optical h'-u.-e.
mm urns.
NEW8 PROM THE MINING
CAMPS ON
Ike Kenai Peninsula
And Adjoining Country. Rich Pla
cer Ground and Uuartz
Ledges.
SI NRISK. Fell. 2s.- -The first
great rush of prospectors and ntilit
ers to the plan r mines of Alaska
was to the Cook Inlet country in
lSJHi. Thousiinils of people have
visited Sunrise since that time,
but only a few. comparatively
speaking, have remained, hut those
who have staynl with the country,
have done well. As time passes,
und more and I letter work is done,
tin more convinced the people In
come that this will someday lie a
rich country in minerals, oil, ami
agriculture. Throughout the Cook
Inlet disiriel, there are many placer
and quartz claims, coal mines and
oil weils. while the fishing indus
try has la-en curried on quite ex
tensively lor several years, there
being a ntmilicr of large canneries
on tin; Inlet. 1‘he climate is the
• *i—t in Alaska, the vegetation is
luxuriiiiii. the agricultural pot-si
biliiies are great, ami ihe country
is noted foi its beamy, ben It bin I ness
and abundance of game.
At tinnier there are extensive
coal mines employing a large num
iicr of min. The company have
built a large wharf, and a seven
mile railroad. A few miles front
Homer is tin- new town of Aurora,
where a thirty stamp mill is now
being erected.
On the opjHisilc side *>f the Inlet
at Inerskin hay is an extensive oil
country, where several thousand
acres of oil land has la-cn staked
and two oil wells are now Wing
sunk. Near this place is the new
town of Ulianina. from which place
a trail is living built to Nome.
At Sunrise we have a large mim
lierof rich placer and quartz mines.
A large amount of money has la-cn
expended in mining machinery and
development work and the annual
cleanups in this immediate vicinity
have been from I7o,000 to #100.1)1)0
for the past four or five years. The
output will Ik- much larger in the
future as the claims are now in
11 letter shape for work than ever
la-fore.
Among the largest investors anti
most enthusiastic miners in ihis
| place is S. W. Wielwl. the well
known hanker of Bakerstieltl Cal.,
; who has valuable claims on Six
j mile ami Canyon creeks. He has
| two hydraulic outfits at work and
has expended over $'>0,000 in im
I provmciits on his projierty. The
output of his claims has iK-en^tjuite
! large.
The Folly Mine is one of the
.oldest at* well as the largest pro
i (lucent in this district. The output
1 has 1 awn from $l"i.000 to $30,000
! a season.
Fred Smith has rich projierty on
• Lynx creek and has spent about
$10,000 in develojimcnt work and
inijirovements. (». 1). Hitchcock
leased this claim last year and
worked it to a good j>rofit. He has
the claim again this year and ex*
I jiccts to take out aUiut $20,000.
j During the winter two men have
Ikcii running a drift on this j>roj>
ertv and picked uj> as high as $35
a day on liedrock.
The Fresno Mining Co. have
valuable jirojierty on Canyon creek
which they are working to advau*
Con tin tied on Fourth Tagc.