VOLUME 3, NO. 33 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
A MU mi
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BETWEEN VALDEZ AND TA
NAKA
Bids ire (ailed Fori
An Additional Winter Contract To
Carry 400 Ponnds Bi
monthly.
The post office department lias de
cided to inaugurate a weekly ser
vice between hero and Tatiana and
bids haw been invited for a con
tract duplicating that held by
Foot and Grant.
The contract let this spring was 1
for a bi-monthly ronnd trip during
the winter, carrying 400 poir»!k,!
The new contract to start Decern-1
flier is for the same weight and run- ,
liiug time, 20 days, hut the trips
are to l>e made midway between
those under the existing contract,
thus giving a weekly service.
This will give Fairbanks 1600
pounds of mail a month over this
route, imd will mean much for
Valdez ns it will keep the trail
open so much bettor this winter
and encourage travel between here I
and Fairhandks.
Married.
Miss Susie Laird to M. R. Cherry
both of Seattle, on Wednesday,
September 21, by Judge Lyons, at
the St. Elias parlors, Valdes.
Mr. Cherry a member of the
Valdes Market Co., arrived here
about a month ago to take charge
of the business during the al»sence
of Mr. Hielscher. He has l>een very
busy lately fi'ting up a snug home
but no one suspicioued his inten
tion of becoming a benedict until
the Bertha arrived at 3 a.m., with
the bride-to-be on deck. Tint
groom was routed out and Judge
Lyons did the rest.
W. S. Amy. in a clerical looking,
garb, which was very becoming to,
his style of beauty, gave the blush
ing bride away.
J. Dolieny and Alfred Peel, mi-'
ners and prospectors of the Forty-;
Mile country, having located some
good claims on the North Fork, are
here after a pleasant try> out. They
had a horse and did some pros
pecting on the way. Thtjy had a
line set of caribou horns. They are
pleased with the route and will re
turn this wav.
Ex-Mayor Thomas Hume?, of
Seattle, was a passenger on the
Cottage City, which arrived in Ju
neau on Sept. 13th, bound for
Fairbanks where he intend? to en-i
ter upon the practice of law.
City Market
NEXT TO THE MZIXA.
PRICES ARE
KIOHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
(1IVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
AND MARSHAL APPOINTED BY
THE COUNCIL
ffistanorOrtae
Introduced. Fire Chief Carlson
Resigns. The Ferry
Charges.
The principal business tran
sacted by the council Monday was
the apiMiintnicnt of a marshal and
night watchman. There wereonly
three candidates for the ]>osition,
E. C. Hasey, C. N. Crarv and A. K.
Crawford, Chas. Friend having
withdrawn. Crr.rv was elected, re
ceiving five votes and Hasey one.
A. Carlson handed in his resig
nation as chief of the fire depart
ment, which was accepted and the
office given to the marshal.
An ordinance regulating misde
meanors was introduced and will
come up for action next week.
The matter of taxing horsemen
for ferrying their packs across the
lake stream was discussed and the
ferryman instructed to make no
charges of any kind within hours.
Want Headquarters Changed.
At a meeting of the liar Associa
tion at Fairbanks resolutions were
presented to Judge Day asking that
the headquarters of the Third Di
vision be changed from Eagle to
Fairbanks. The judge will present
the )>elition to the attorney-gen
eral.
Tanana Mail Route.
The men employed by mail con
tractors Foote and Grant to cover
the route from the head of Delta to
Ft. Gibbon departed yesterday
morning to take up their stations.
They are Fred Date, Chauncey i
Shaw, Ike Loomis, («. II. Scluiupp. |
Park t-iriswold and A1 Dowling
They took 20 dogs and 10 horses,
hut the latter will lie brcUight hack
from the head of the Delta >Ly like'
LiM.mii.
Shows Up Well.
C. (». Huhhard, Harry Klliott,
II. C. Champlain, Jr., F. A. Jour
dan and Dean Klliott left 'for the
Kast Monday after a good season’s ;
evorlc on the Klliott creek copper
property. Though somewhat hand-,
i capped hy the sickness of a« im- I
portant assist int they succeeded
in exploiting the ledges suHiciently .
to prove increased value as depth
is attained.
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Survey Party Gone.
J. M. Clapp ami the wagon road
survey party, consisting of .‘{!> men, j
left on the Santa Clara. At Seattle
the party will disband, and Mr.,
Clapp will make his rejMirt before
the next session of congress, when
further action is very Mkelv to be
tal^en as there is no doubt but that
Mi^'Clapp’s report will be very
much-in favor of the construction
of a road.
Mrs. Z. S. Moore, wife of the gen
ial captain of the Santa Clara, is a ,
passenger on the present trip mak-1
ing a tour of the coast. Mrs. \V.
O. Young, wife-of the steward, is
also making the round trip, and :
both ladies are eujoving it very f
much.
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John P. Kay, an attorney of Seat- i
tie, arrived hereon the Santa Clara ,
as a representative of the Huhliard1
A Elliott Co. The nn n had just
arrived from the mines, which en-l
allied Mr. Fay to attend promptly
to his affairs, and depart on the
same steamer for Seattle.
Recertified script for 4.41 acres
for sale. Inquire at this ollice.
h Dud ms
TO BE ESTABLISHED FROM
FAIRBANKS
Soon As Rivers freeze
Freight and Passengers Will Be
Carried From Fairbanks
To Valdez.
Kclinhlc information reached
here recently to the effect that a ■
company has Wen formed'in Fair-!
hanks, the purpose of which is to
operate dog tennis on a sled route
Wtween Fairbanks and Valdez
“Red'’ McGee, whose father had 1G
dogs at Slate creek, came ever from
Fairbanks to the creek in the latter
part of the summer to secure the!
dogs for the service, and stated1
that the* business would begin just
as soon as the iee and snow would
permit, as there are many at Fair
banks whe will use the trail ns a
means of exit during the winter,
and who will also take advantage!
of the same route to get in early in
the* firing.
Fairbanks via White River.
A number of men liuve gone from
Nizina to Fairbanks this fall, The
route followed by most of them is
over >'colai pass to White river.1
and from there across to Sbusnna
a tributary of Tanana, and thence
down the Tanana.
'liob Fulkerson. Harry Dunn. Ed.
Stroeker, 'I’ete Campbell und Win.
McLain and Racy Roberts, with'
three horses leffChititn Sept 2nd 1
A. E. Rowland and Joe Connors.1
the Travers brothers and Harris
left the same day. They are mov
ing a large outfit and double trip
ping with horses. Travers will I
Wad for tin- Alsek country on*
prospecting expedition.
Dave Tlielio and Ernest Willarf.
started for Tanana on foot .-sept. 1.
Hed Ellis started for White
with a horse load of provisions hn
the mushers Sept. ». Ileexput*
to return across Scolei pass Indore
the snow hills, and will remain on
tin- t'liit(ylie. until January trap
ping
Guilty of Larceny.
Bernard Kelly.r.lias Jus. Cathey
« had man. was arrested at Sewari
anil tried beforeCommissioner AM1
dreth. He was found guilty of lar
ceny and sentenced to sis inontlr
ini prison mint in the Yulth? jug
The specit'e eliaTge was grabbing
monov from a roulette talde. Tin
gent wiis brought here by d«i u!>*
marsluii'Sexton last week.
Governor Gone.
After a trip of inspection rt- fat
as Copper Center, Governor Braihj
left Monday."for Sitkr». where lie will
!«■ husv for some time on his air
nual Report -after which he will
visit St. Louis.
Last Saturday the Governor wit*
entertained tit an informal diiinat
given at the Tillieum club i-ooim
by the members of the club
Off For The Fair.
E. W. Merrill, J. 1). Ferguson,
('lias Soldo.* r. (too. H.-isisoii, (Ion
iJoolev, J. M. Doggat, billy Help
noau and E. Larson were anion*
l lit* mushers who left on »the‘Sants
Clara for the St a tv. Some gooC
long pokes-were ir. the crowd and
most of the hoys will v>dt the fair.
We are in’tceeipt *of Vol.t.'N®
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columii paper, full of spicy reading
mntttr in Frame’s inimitablt
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