THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
ublishcd at \ aldez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Publishing Co. Phone. M ain 1.
Entered at the Valdez postoftice as second class matter.
The Alaska club, of Sea le. hav
ing conceived the idea of an Alas
kan exhibit, proposes to give it in
form of an exposition to be field in
Seattle; and to be known ns the
Alaska Fair. Godfrey Chealandar
Beems to he the moving spirit in
the enterprise, and will make n
tour of the territory seeking ihe
endorsement and co-operation of
the Alaskans. The scheme lias
been variously commented upon
by the Alaska papers; some living
in favor of and others vigorously
opposing the proposition, the lat
ter taking the stand that the ex
hibit should take place in Alaska,
which is very true if it is feasible.
A modern fair is a very elaborate
and expensive undertaking, and
to be successful must lie well at
tended, otherwise it will fail of its
purpose, which is to advertise Alas
ka and its resources. We need the
advertising very much, owing to
tlit- ignorance arm prejudice pre
vailing throughout the world rela
tive to a country lying so far north.
If a fair will prove a source of en
lightenment we should Ih-ikI our
energies toward that end. The
date proposed for the exposition is
1907, which gives us ample time to
prepare for it but we should begin
at once. In regard to the location
of the exhibit, it would please us
all to have it in Alaska, hut would
'that serve the purpose? We are
cut >ff from all intercourse with
the States except by water, ami
many thousands who might wish
to see Alaska’s exhibit, would ob
ject to an ocean voyage to do so,
even though a trip along the coast
would prove a very matei ial ad- j
junct, revealing as it does some of
the grandest scenery in the world.
No one, however, objects to a rail
road trip, and during the proper
Season are willing to travel in a
Comfortable car to almost any
point to see a good exhibition. It
seems to us, therefore, that thous
ands would visit an Alaska Expo-'
sition in Seattle where hundreds!
Would seek the same display in
Alaska, and if numbers count
then Beattie would apparently be
the most desirable location for a
fair. If the people of Alaska so
decide they should give to Beattie i
every aid toward making the best
possible exhibit.
Are we going to have a railroad?
That is a question that has been pro
pounded by every one in Valdez
and vicinity each year, and Un
close of each season has brought us
no nearer to a solution of the prob
lem. In UHX) a survey was made
for a railroad, and every year since
has given us a new survey party
laying out a new route, until sur
veyors have become a more famil
iar sight than dollar hills. At the
the present time this is probably
the most surveyed section iu the
uniterse, but that is all we do get
in the way of railroading, and
what is the reason for such a con
dition of affairs? Is it that the
probable freight does not warrant
tbe investment necessary for a
road? That cannot be possible,;
for the mine owners of the Chit
tyna country will guarantee to de-1
liver for many years to come more
freight than it is iikelv any com
pany will find it convenient to I
carry. It is universally admitted
that the freight going to interior
points each year is large, but it
will be vastly larger upon the con
struction of a railroad of any length.!
Then why is construction not 1k
gun? It looks to the ordinary
ordinary observer, who knows the
Copper river country and its re
sources, that, while many are anx
ious to build a road tapping this
wonderful country, and not having1
the funds to go ahead themselves,
are determined to prevent the other I
fellow from making a move in'
hope that the delay may give them
a chance, just like a bunch of hun
gry malamute dogs about a large,!
\juicy bone, while each is anxious
1
for the prize, still the pack n« n
whole wi 1 pounce on the one who
dares to touch it.
II. A. Taylor, first assistant sec
retary of the treasury, has com
pleted a tour of Alaska on a special
mission for the president, going in
by way of Skagway, dowti the Yu
kon river to St. Michael and thence
by steamer hack to Skagway. In
speaking of the trip, he says. “The
distance I have traveled would
take me all over the United States
and continental Europe—I was
going to say without traveling half
so many miles. You have a won
derful country up here, r.nd it ought
to and will receive better treatment
from the government in the future
than it has in the past. The whole
trouble lies with congress. Those
eastern congressmen who have
never Wen more than GUO miles
from home h "» :%<-• tc,.Up,»on of
01 the needs of this great area." In
conclusion Mr. Taylor stated that
his mission had nothing, whatever
to do with an investigation of the
governor.
Additional Telegrams.
Rcaltle, Aug. 15—The lumber
manufacturers and dealers of this
slate will present a formidable
and vigorous protest to the reci
procity congress,'which meets in
Chicago to-morrow, against the
free admission of foreign lumber,
particularly from British Colum
bia.
Sitka, Aug. 15—Governor Brady
says that he doubts the existence
of real slavery of native children
at Unalaska. Declares reports I
sensational.
Seattle, Aug. 8—.Tiro Hanson, an
Alaska Indian, serving a sentence'
at Me Neil’s island for murder. I
>lied in the prison yesterday of,
consumption.
Forfeiture Notice.
Alaska Mining and Jikvklopmejit Company.
llKAbqr.tRTKft* AT NT. Lon*. Mo.:
You Hiv hereby notified that the undersigned
has performed your share of one hundred dol
l:t:> worth of work for eneu of the years of l.*oi,
hfrj, 190-t, its 14 ami I'.u'i, on j»i.i« cT mining
elaim situated on Slate Cicek, Alaska. ku<>wn as
Ihe-at. Anne.” Said claim tui* loin led June 22,
U*"0. Recorded Jnue kri. Um», in Book 1, page 11 1,
t'hisna Mining Record*. in Alaska, -aid cx
penditurc was Uiade m order to hold ?*aid
elaim under tlie provision* of Section £121 of
th - Hcvis*-d Statutes oi the Cmied Slate*, am!
unit mini nt* thereto, cone ruing annual work
on mining claims, being the amount required
D» hold said elrtim* until l»eeemher Slat, 11106.
And if. at the expiration of ninety da vs from
the publication of this uotiec you faii or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture as c*»-ow:ier, your interest in “aid mining
i l.tim will lieeotu. the property of the under- •
ed, A. M. Rowell, your co-owner who ha?* 1
made the required expenditure, or paid for the
bum*’, according to the terms of said scctii n.
... ,A. M. Rowell.
l-irst publieaiioii Aug.HwA.
Lad publication Nov. h, pju».
Notice Dissolution of Partnership.
Xolieeis hereby given, Hint the |>ar:ner>liin !
hi retidur- existing between the under.ikuhI
iu the lt<»r>e.-lnK* Saloon, i* Valdez, Aia*ka, i*»
thi» tlajr dissolved by inn ual *«>n*e!it.
All debt* due from tie stid tirui are to be
p'evented to J. H. MeXeel ft>r payment, the
;*aid J. K MeNe -1 eouiiuuing the uu*ine»>i.
Dated April 26th, 1906.
HAKHY ASHLAND.
J. It. McXLEL.
On or about July 1st the Tenas
Senate will l»e moved to the ground
floor of the Holman Block, adjoin
ing Hotel Holman, and will con
tinue to be operated as a first-class
saloon under the name of
COPPER CENTER CLUB
Chas. Cowell, Prop.
Pine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
A Store
At Sate (reek
Will be opened up early in the
Spring with a Complete, First
Class stock of Boots, Shoes,
GROCERlESaidCLOTHING
Everything needed by the"Mi
ner and Prospector will be in
stock all summer.
Freighting Done
Leslie & Nelson.
I
TALE OF RUcSiAN BRAVERY.
An Inrtsnee of tl. r*vtr!(rtT«- Frenry
Whtch Soi n-t r..es Controls
the Souliers.
There nre probably no soldiers
in tie world more patriotic tluili
. i- the II •*■ kins. They are blind
dr.o>>:. to the ruil-i' of ike
■■eat v' lie f»rti.* »*.' '' o rules
to wi:-i an boa hand. :.»1 i»:»■
ireie- t s:> -viliees nre made by
in i a*-! i-fuii.v whenever the
a a r --. :ei|uives them, says a
’ t- :. -1-;. e. lie; -Toi-v
• i I - i - n brnvvy: Ti.ere is n
.ita !.t in T’.. k<stan to sev*
si K * i:i it soldiers rapt mod by
!• '1;. oaians i:i S7»‘. Tioywert*
- ii’evyniaii. and their pur* were
- • "t!i■ * ! t! ■ ”i. so the Tnrco
« :r i;; ally ordered *l'-m. on
• • stv of dentil, to ser»e llio^'
-■ a- rinst tl’ei:* own comrades,
•cy n> n refused, clioosinp
tilt by horrible torture and dy*
;np without ii murmur.
Tin* passion for solf-sacriflce
'* the keynote of the Russian char*
*.cter, and is cultivated in the
•my by every possible menns.
. ae n*eruit is invariably to'd the
rtory of that heroic company of.
a>fT.7:yrm-u in uie Lomakin expo*
ifion into Turkestan, who, at a
litical moment, threw them
elve* into a deep ditch in order
bat the pints, which were sorely
-t-d'-d at tlie front, mipht be pal
oped over their bodies. It is
•nhtful whether this could have
ipj ened in any army but the
•. ussiun.
If tli<we is one thine in which
lie RiH'inn army excels it is
lurching. Lord Roberts’ famous
arch to Kandahar lias been
■ ualcd over and over apain by
zir’s troops in the central Asia
• ampaiens.
Whenf Jen. Knropatkiti marched
■ force of Turk- st-ui troops to join
ol e'oiV in the attack on lieok
’ •tie ):e and his lr.en were swab
owed up in an unknown, track
" desert for 20 days, yet they
- o\ored over 40 miles a day and
••vire' ed in at the end of tk,- ti”i > i
'n i' -feii mi’it- on’ rwit' e-T
r >ine' • v - ' f "i-r o ’I. Ir
■vns a woii'O-rfot :eat. ’ ill f was
• >r ■•■•ard- d ir t'nssinn military
• ’e’es as lieiue anything extraor
dinary.
A former captain of the Russian ■
army t»vd me of • fri'-nd of hi •
who lived for rears in a small
"owr ’ was then ordered to Mt.
Pete- '"i»-«r. In h-ss than six
• o-iths he received a i-ommnnd to
urn and promptly blew his
’ ■ 'ns out.
"Xolndv was surprised.” said
fri- nd. “We all know what !
in such plaac-i is like. A man
•ile'- a’tv in s''! eria m.a lonely
• tit post where he has no fompan- 1
‘ >ns of h ; own rank within 1llri '
••tiles, Ini* tliere is no happiness !
■ ossihle in a small Russian ear
'son town for a man of average
intelligenee.”
A HAINAN CATE SYMBOL
Odd Object of Mythical History Re
cently Received in Mew
York City.
A curio importer in Broadway
has received from Hainan. China,
a strange symbol to be set up on
tin* gatepost of a fashionable New
port resideuee, says the New York
Times.
The symbol consists of the bones
of a python molurus. In Hainan, j
its jungle home, it grows to l»e- i
t ween t!0 and 150 feet long, has fear- !
ul teetli in its upper jawbones, and
a double series of shields on the
lower surface of the tail. This par
ticular beast was killed by the vil
lagers on account of its wicked a]r
etite. It has a genealogy that
‘eats that of almost any famous ;
family in New York. Its father ;
and mother held a cave-home for ;
years. The old man-python used to !
suffocate harmless Chinamen by I
enveloping them in his roils, seiz- j
iug them by the head, and grad- |
’tally drawing them down into his
interior. The pythoness-mother
made away with the juicy sheepof
the neighborhood. Underneath
the bones will be a plate with the
quotation from Bacon, ‘Saith the
Pvthnnissa to Saul, to-morrow
thou and thy sons shall be with
me.’ ”
What Wo Know.
Some people are so wise they
say nothing; others are so dull i
they say nothing. Hut we know
that the owl cannot sing and that
the sphinx is a hand-carved bluff.
•—Chicago Tribune.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.1
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ,
Ofliiis: ALASKA
r ish Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WIHAHS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone IS)
W. A. RYSTROW,
Dentist.
Fish
Building. Valdez.
opun eYi'nlnjtv Siin.laj- exrepted, T:» I #.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining and Land Law,. Spccialtlm.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Cecil H. Clegg,
Attorney at Law,
Notary Pvbi.ic,
Office Court House, Valdez.
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Aye. Valdez.
T J DONGHOE,
Attorney at Law,
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER.
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bid*. Seattle.
RI PANS Tubules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 5-cent package is enough for usual occa
sion. The family bottle (go t-cut*) contains a
supply for a year. All driggisu sell them
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper - - - 2.00
Lead - 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
Trade Marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
Anrone sending s eket< h and description mar
qu!< k!y ascertain our opinion free whether aa
invention is prohHt»ly patentable. Communica
tions strictly < ■ uitklentm). Handbook on Patent*
sent free, oldest agency for securing patents.
Pataut* taken through klunn 4 Cxi. receive
•pecitti notice, without charge. In the
Scientific American.
Altandsomely illustrated weekly. largest dr
ill let i< mi ..f any scientific Journal. Terms. |3 *
year: four mouths, $L 8old byall nev^j^lers.
MUNN & Co.38’8"**"’ New Yprfe
•wet Offlca. n» V 8c. Washington. b C. ,
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior points. Lar^re com*
forlahle quarters with every accommodation for
man or beast. Garden products in season
Fresh Milk and Home Grown Vegetable!
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. t'i Miles From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House
P. MAGNUSSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm barn for ‘20 horses and good quartern
for dogs. Good meals and everythihg the
mushcr desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez*
A ■ Meal—Try It A Good Bed—EhJoy It
White House
20'« MII.ES FROM VAI.DKK
U. S. Mail and Stage Station
The Last Place Before Crossing Thompson Pass
Freighting Contracted Feed For Sale
_T. M- Daniels, Prop._
The Teikhell Ro dhouse
48 Miles From Valdet
On Government Trail.
Best'of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat*
Poultry and Vegetables always on hand.'lBest.feedingJground
for horses on the trail.
_Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
V. T. Co.
The following Roadhouses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the management of the Valdez Transportation Co.’
i will l»e found to be first-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles From Valdez.
I Ralee *4 00 per day. BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
i
135 Miles From Valdez I
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $1.50, Beds $1.00 I
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER 1
CHIPPEWA Roadhouse
160 Miles From Valdes
At Trail Crossing of the Gakona River
Rates; Meals $1.50, Beds $1.00
JCHN GILLESPIE MANAGER
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters fur Valdez people. 120 rooms;
Kates 5o toms, |1 and 11.50 jar dav. Flrstelasa
Restaurant in eouueetiuu. Free Bus. Opposite
l'. B. Foatoffice.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cos. First Av. <fc I'atversitjr st., BKATTLE
School 01 Open All Year
Practical Mining, aril Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying, Architecture, Drawingand A .sav
ing, Assaying of Ores, |25; Bullion and Chlur
iuation Assay, g!A; Blowpipe Assay, |1U full
course of Assaying, git). Established 1851. Send
for circulitr.
A. VAN DEB NA1LEN, President.
113 Fulton Street, San Francisco, Cal. One
block west ol City Hall.
Ik IMvekin lilt
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be*
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicgo,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
best to he had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write.
F. \\ . PARKER, General Agent.
151 Yesler Wav. Seattle.
SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
Sips h SpediBi
Ellamar'
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse*
and aU other nec*
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ell attar.
Calling Cards Printed
latest style Engravers Old English
the proper thing. Invitations aa I
score cards for card parti^. Th*
PitospBCTon. Phone 1.