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VOLUME 3, MO. 35 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER ft, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAREv\
TODAY THE LINE WILL BE
FINISHED
from la Jo Valdez
•
Cable la All Laid And The Final
Splice Is Now Being
Made.
The cable Burnside, which
started laving the cable from here
last Thursday morning at 7:30,
has completed its work and the
tiinnl splice was being made at
noon today.
Theboat eu-idc good time front
hore and Tuesday afternoon left
#dte end of the cable attached to a
Intoy, ten miles front Si ka. Tliev
then took up the shore end and ran 1
back to the buoy where the 'Con
nection is being made.
The line is expected to lie open
at any moment now for messages.
The schooner Kurus which start
ed some tiiuie.ugo from Kayak for
Yafov.tat with three men aboard,
had not Touched her destination
when the last steamer passed, and
fears arc entertained for her safety.
KJie was rigged with an uuxilliurv
gasolene engine.
The First Messages
Sitka, Oct. fi. 1904
Valtlex Prospector.
The Washingtnn-Alnska cable
system is complete. Greeting to'
our fellow quill.
:t;4(» p.m. Sitka Alaskan.
Sitka, Oct. H, 1904
Town of Valtlex:
Sitki. Alr.-ku, sends greetings
with the news that the Wr.shing
ton-Alaska cable system is com
plete. Alaskan.
Property Near Hope
Quartz and 2Uac.fr Showing Up
Remarkably Wall
J. O. lhunrd. of Hope, went to
the States on the Bertha, on busi
ness connected with his mining
property and to visit friends.
The property is allowing up re
markably well in appearance and
results. The Buzard Bros, are
working jointly on their quartz
and placer mines, which are prob
ably the best in the Inlet country.
They haw* been working three
shifts sinking a shaft on the quartz
ledge, and on the placer, near by,
they have three hydraulic plants
in operation. The gravel bauks
are very extensive, and have a pay
streak of ah’nr feet.
City Market
NEXT TO TI1E NI/.INA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
i
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game. 1
MATURES AND GIVES A GOOD
CROP.
OaisMfdfet
Raised By The Experiment Sta
tion In Spite of The Bad
Season.
J. \\\ Neal, the government far
mer of Copper Center, reports his
year’s experiments as very success
ful. lie raised a tine crop of oats,
barley and wheat, though the lat
ter got slightly nipped by frost.
Cats matured in excellent shape
producing a fine quality of grain
and a very abundant yield. This
year, the second of experimental
work, the ground produces at least
To per cent better than last year.
As is well known, lids summer
has l»een the worst experienced in
six years for cold rainy weather,
and the fact that grain matured
under such unfavorable conditions
proves the feasibility of raising in
the Clipper river valley all the feed
required.
Weather Record for September.
1898— Thermometer ranged from
25 to 62. Total rainfall 9j inches.
5 rainv days; 11 partial rainy days;
10 cloudy days; 14 partial cloudy
days; 6 partial foggy days.
1899— Thermometer ranged from
26 to 65. Total rainfall 4 j inches, j
1904—Thermometer ranged from ;
29 to 60. Total rainfall 9 11-ltii
inches. It cloudy days; 8 partial
cloudy days; 3 partial foggy days;
5 rainy days; 12 partial rainy days.
1901—Thermometer ranged from
30 to 60. Total rainfall 6g inches.
5 rainy days; 11 partial rainy days; I
13 cloudy days; 10 partial cloudy
days.
*11(02—Thermometer ranged front
3*2 to 38. Total rainfall 11 11-10
inches. 10 rainy days; 13 partial
rainy days; 10 cloudy days; 10 par
tial cloudy days; 4 partial foggy
day*; 1 partially snow day.
1003—Thermometer ranged from
31 to 00. Total rainfall 6j inches
4 rainy days; 11 partial rainy days;
11 cloudy days; 10 partial cloudy
days; 3 partial foggy.
11)04—Thermometer ranged from
32 to 0i>. {Total rainfall 0 1-10 in
ches. 3 rainy days; 12 partial
rainy days; 12 cloudy days; 7 par
tial cloudy days, 12 partial foggy
days.
Valdczians At Fairbanks.
Dan Ferguson, writing from
Fairbanks. Aug. 20, says:
•‘Fairbanks is continuing to im
prove. Real estate is selling read
ily and constantly, with plenty of
building in the business section.
There arc quite a number «t.' Val
dez people here now. Miss Boa/, is
a late arrival. Casey ft O’Mealia
are still doing busint.-s in the Sen
ate. Had a couple of had days,
about $2500 ‘to the had.’ Raymond
it Rutherford are putting up a
large building for the N. C. C.. for
a-steam heating and electric light
plant.
“Chena is goins ahead. The X.
A. T. T. Co. has established a
l>ost there, landing freight at Ken
drick & Belt’s. A railroad from
Chena is going to he built this fall.
At present freight is high. 15c per
lb. lading an average. “Next
Spring” is the watchword.”
In the District Court suit was
entered by the National (inv-erv
Co. against C. K. Hammond, to
recover money due for supplies fur
nished. Fending trial property in
Valdez belonging to defendent has
been attached.
NEWS ITEMS OF THE PAST
WEEK
_
Mushcrs’ Ball, aud Other Thingr 1
Seen By Our Rcporlorial
Staff.
Presented To Cnahn an.
The people of Valdez, wishing to
express to Congressman Cushman !
their appreciation of his untiring;
efforts in helinlf of A1 aska, appoint-1
ed a committee with full power t<>
act, with the result that a letter ae-!
compunicd by a present of an Ai
aska watch foh,vras sent to him on :
one of the late steamers.
The watchful* consist- of a hroa 1
silk tihlton, on which is mounted a
heavysnjuare buckle, inclosing tie
initials F. \V. C.? and to this is p n
dent an elegant nugget, of suitahh
shape. The design is composed en
tirely of nuggets from the Copper
river placers. The foh was design
ed and made by T. 1). Winters, of
tiie Kern Jewelry Co.
Blushers' 17m nee.
The mushers of Vahlez, in order
to celebrate the close of a sneec.
fni season, wili give a dance a! .Mc
Kinley Hall, Friday evening, <)•:.
7. There will he plenty of eating
and good cheer. All are invited,
hut glad rags don’t go. Anv man
found guilty of wearing a luted
shirt or a galvanized collar wili he
•hie.jt-listed and fined.
Thinks Well Of Valdez.
John F. Chamberlain, who dur
ing tlie past three months has trav
elled extensively throughout Alas
ku as a representative of thr
Schwnbacher firm of Seattle, stop
jh*<! here a few days on his way
to the westward, and in an inter
view expressed himself as very fav
orably impressed with the )M>ssibil
ities of Valdez as a distributing
point for -the interior. He la
spent some tine- with the people rf
Fairbanks and snys lie knows that
many of them will ,»<• to and from
that place by the Valdez trail.
The Hospital Benefit.
'I he entertainment nr.d fhu.rt
given last Friday for the bonetit rtf
the hospital, was a most decided
success. The program rendered b\
home talent and soldiers from Lis
cum was well carried out. Norman
Merchant drew tin* ticket entitling
him to hospital service for a year
'l'anaiu*. -Mail.
The mail for Tutinnf., Unitor tut
contract awarded to Foote it
Orant, will leave Valdez about the
11 ill of this month, and mail com
ing this way will leave Fuirlwhis
the same day. This mail calls for
two mails each way each month
during the close of navigation, and
a similar contract awarded to Jas.
Fisli to net intermediate, will give
a weekly -sorvice of 100 pounds of
mail each trip
Jas. Fish has now two 'pack
trains on the trail forwarding horse
feed to the interior. His stations
are ail well supplied with food and
supplies for the carriers.
Tiie Santa Ana 'brought rp 30,.
000 feet of lieuvv *1 outlier for .1.
Casey of 'Coal 'hay, to hi* used hv
him in his oil operations. The
work at that place will eontitiur
right along through th" wintur.
Ai White, Fn d Martin, H. "Mon
roe and It. Bailey left to-day, with
seven horses, for Fairbanks, where
Ai. will enter into business, having
already sent in a large stock ol
Voids'
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Comer Clothes .
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CENTLEM EnA
LsCHLOSS BEOS 6 CO
■ fiM Clonus Hulls
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SCHQJIS&
That’s All.
See the suits we have sold and that will tell the rest.
Good Goods
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Good Goods