Alaska.
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5 * I * IS »l>los*c<l country*
lliir, Intis,
Now I csin toll ynji tlint;
Willi lots of unow Hi Win
ter
To remind you when
yon Vo at. %.
Heron-thirty in the morning ;« v
When you’re detailed on iittlgue,
They’ll assign you to n shovel,
While nnother takes a pick.
\\ ell, it’s shovel out those windows
And then shovel out those doors;
Now rut some steps, there were yon
are,
To get down to the floor.
The lmat just whistled into port.
(Oh, l>oats are such u boro);
So run down to the lighter now
And get the freight ashore.
There’s not much fmight to handle;
That’s the provost’s talk.
But they keep you all night at it—
Yes, you sleep, hut on the walk.
Oh! your pleasures they are many
And your duties very few,
But you never hear men asking *
I f there’s somet lung t hey could do.
There’s a trail up in Alaska,
Where you work for exercise.
If you don’t go there to do it
You never will get wise.
Civilians are engaged to work,
For dollars, three a day, '
And soldiers working with them
Hot “foreign service pay.”
You work all week ’til Friday night-;
Oh! yes, indeed you must ’>
And tla n sit up ’lil next day morn
For fear your gnu will rust.
When you’re ordered to Alaska
Just hear this in mind:
And bring your pick and shovel—
’Tis the truth hoys, you will find.
A. C. Laiiki.y, Ft. Liseum, Alaska.
better From Heilig.
The following letter from A. R.
Heilig, clerk of the United Stales
court, will he of interest to his
friends here and also contains good
news from the Tatiana :
Kauj.k, A i. ask a, Mar. 31,19015.
1 arrived on the 2Htli inst.. eigh
teen days from Valdez, the journey
from Whitehorse having been mudy
by stage very comfortably. The
principal object of interest and
topic of conversation enroute was
the Tanuna strike. I 'enclose ’a
letter from an old friend of mine,
formerly a praeticing lawyer at
Circle, who has since gone over to
the new camp. A large number of
per sons are reported to have gone
over there, and I am advised that
the commissioner and deputy mar
shal formerly located at Circle
have been transferred to Fairbanks.
Judge Wickersham did not await
my arrival but left on the 21st for
Coldfoot. He expects to return to
Circle over the ice and then go to
Circle if conditions warrant. He
has sent the assistant ■district at
torney, located here, to Fairbanks
to report conditions to him. A
general term of court for all busi
ness arising in the Yukon ‘court
district has been ordered for July
6, to be held at Rampart City, 700
miles down the river. It is proba
ble that we will go to Fairbanks
after the term of court and bold a
short one there. Thence by way
of St. Michael to Bristol hay, if
possible, and to Unulnska. Then
by way of Cook inlet anil Kodiak
to Valdez.
Our Canadian friends have sud
denly fallen in love with the U. S.
government, and as high as a dozen
a day stop in to swear against King
Edward, as one yesterday declared.
1 was surprised to tiud almost
everybody I met at Dawson, and
on the way thither, expressed the
hope that Fairbanks would turn
out a good camp, it sceinihg the
wish of almost everybody one
meets that a good camp he estab
lished on the American side, A
shortage of men is expected on the
Klondike tins summer, which i$
hailed as an advantage by the
working man.
1 have been very well on the
journey and since arriving. The
sun shines brightly every day and
the wind blows more frequently
than at Valdez. Life is so differ;
^ent here that it takes some time
to accommodate oneself to tlic
I
, change. At all events we can look
forward to a return to Valdez in
the fall and hope to find it thrii^ng
and all our friends tbgro very well,
and tj»n{ the Moose especially may
have plenty of good browsing.
Sincerely yours,
A. K. Hkii.io.
following is the letter mentioned
%J>o^evj'< jjjirding’the Tatiana:
UlHrl.S, Jrin. Iff).—There are lot!
men building a town across from
the Belt,, ami Hendrick’* station,
near the "government reservation.
! So building material or mining
. tools are to Ite hail. ’ The town is
catted Tanana City. Fad jumping
'is fast anil furious. Physical force
, is freely used to enforce real or
| imaginary rights-. Provisions are
getting scarce, with prospects that
everything will 1h> sold out in a
few weeks. Scott, the freighter,
who went over Fast hill from here
with eight head of stock to haul
• wire for -the government line is
‘hunting logs for the neXv town and
ii» clinrging 93.50 for the smallest
| of (lie logs. -Belt and Hendricks
j are mm iug.oyytto the new town.
Pay’ running from three to thirty
has been found in five creeks. No
: rich pads on bedrock on any of
, them, hut gravel all the way from
'five to fifteen feet thick."carrying
- |«»y all the wrty. "
On Coldstream 70 men are work
: ing taking out dumps. That creek
is In miles long and in places three
claims wide. Pay has l>een found
‘to h;n, the whole width. Pedro
,creek seyuis to turn out much bet
ter above than below discovery.
, Jack Costa (Italian Jack) lias
twelve holes to bedrock extending
MOO feet in length and 150 in width.
' Lieut." Gibbs, V. H. signal service is
reported to. have panned, pros
peefcd anti computed Jack’s claim
And gave as his estimate that there
is two millions in sight *on Jack’s
1 claim alone.' •
Clary creek seems to he the same
as (ioldstivaifi. holding small |>av
in tho gravel wherever ting down.
Clary has not had as much work
done on it as either Pedro or Gold
! stream. - *
Bear and Wolf have one hole to
i hcdryi k each with . reported work
ing pay on hoth. Claim owners
arc reported to limit for men high
, and low to go to work, offering
#1:60 perdinar. From -400 to 000
meh are re|M>rted to be now in the
|camp. Kampart, Wetueand Nome
which ..are reached hv wire from
i the diggings, all report big stam
pedes from their town to the new
diggings. The Rampart stamped
Iera have mostly reached the new
I diggings and it is tlwy that seem
I to be making the most trouble hy
way of shotgun.demonstrations.
I Tommy Young has written to
Pet re here,. verifying all that is
said above, and sending in to Pet re
a large nuuilier of location notices
| to record." Pet re received another
letter from a man called the “Fly
j ing Swede” which seems to he of
the.'same lift port. -
Bob Cl else received a letter from
this partner’ George Harrington,
; who, with Al. Moranev, .went to
I the diggings a few days, saying
| that he,!*withM> eight miles of the
! po6t; that the reports are getting
j liei'ter*Mid better every day; that
the freighter Coy ley, who took jiver
, sixty gallons of whiskey for them
will not come hack, as he can make
■ more money hy freighting ill the
; camp, and asking his partner Boh
| to'sifcd moye.whyjtcy.
The Glacier Push.
I Copper (Jenter.. Aprii Uith.—The
•Glacier push slid off the. ice on this
side of the Cooler April 3rd. We
, had a hard stormy trip to the foot
of the'lake. "*FTom t7ic llitc'to this
place the snow on the rivcf was
heavy, but after ke broke a trail
,we had a good trip- down the
j Klutena to the Center. No over
! links were encountered. and the
weather was •all' that could he de
' Sired; clear and warm up to the
morning, are Broke camp, krHejj a
| strong wind BW the,.wind down
j the stove-pipe. » We had to. grab
, the little stover and throw it out of
the tent, before we had breakfast.
'• We arrived here at noon on the
15th,‘fee!iiYg vOry vacant below the
U an line. Stopped with Blix for
dinner, and let me say that Blix
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Meals a la Carte ' Open Ali Night
“W i k i d e Fs”
Most Elegant Restaurant in the Northwest.
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Cot. Keystone and McKinley Valdes, Alaska
Loomis
t
T ransportation
j- Company
j Contracts Freight to ali Interior Points.
Freighting by sleighs begins Feb.
1st Freight consigned to them
must be in Valiezby Eebruary 25
First Pack Train leaves Valdez May
25 Best line of Saddle Horses
in the Northwest
—
Trading Posts at Tonsina and Nizina Full Line
Miners and Prospectors Supplies.
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Homestead Location Notices.
Placer, Quartz and Oil Land
Location Notices.
I
For Sale at PROSPECTOR Office.
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puls up a good feed. He brought
on the grub in courses, and unlike
many places, where it is the more
courses the coarser the grab, the
; better it got. Moose meat is pretty
good truck and Blix lias plenty of
it.
Big Kosie, Jim Simpson, Jim
Baker, Merrill, Hans Christensen,
and a flock of Swedes, all sons, (I
! do not know their full handle),
arrived here the afternoon of the
114th. Today they take their first
I load (of grub) up the river. Carl
| Swanson and party are also here.
Jack McGee and partner hit the
pike up the river today; also, two
gents bound for the Tanana. None
of the horse men have arrived here.
I They are expected in this burg in
j two or three days. When last
heard from they were strung out
between here and Tonsina.
Alex. Ohlhausen and Sam Taylor
i mush up the boulevard on the Cop
i per the 17th. Snow trail on river
in good condition at present, but
will not hold out long if this clii
rtook keeps blowing—warm winds
and si ill a winding.
l on i Know where in cal Koncson
and party are, or the two Garrett’s,
Jo-Jo, and the two colored gents.
There is no danger of losing a col
ored man on the cooler as he would
look like a blackberry in a pan of
milk in all that snow.
My partner and 1 had the first
•cleanup of the season, changed un
derclothes.
We are all iu good condition and
anxious to mush on. John Green
wald is here. Kraeuier and Lcav
i ell, and Bob Coles and sister passed
through here several days ago and
arc probably at the Chistuchina
now. Tommie Hogan is mushing
{up to the Tanana. He bet some
’ masher 5c worth of chewing gum
I that he would la-at him here and
he did. lie was very much elated
■ over winning his wager.
I ■ This is an awful dry place—
local option.
Bayo Beans.
I I
For Assays Send Your Ore To
L R. CAMPBELL
PRICKS.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver. - 1.50
Copper - 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
ELLAMAR ALASKA
5. Q. n/»TltEW5,
Still! - Mii;.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdkz.
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for VALDEZ People
120 Rooms. Rates 50e, $1.00 and
$1.50 per day. First class res
tauraht in connection. Free
bus. OpjHisite U. S. Postottiee.
W. G. POTTS, Manager..
Cor. 1st Ave. and
University St. SEATTLE
COOK INLET
Prospecting and Hunting par
ties can be supplied with
necessary outtits by
H. N. WETHERBEE
at Kenai and Kussiloff at the
Most Reasonable Prices in Al
uska, thereby saving freight
and trouble of landing sup
plies'.
GEO. S. MEARNS, Agent,
' Kenai, Alaska.
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The silk waists shown by Fish &
Co. are the swellest goods ever
offeree! here. They are all of the
finest quality silk, latest design,
and the price puts them within the
reach of all. No two waists alike.
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Parties leaving town would do
well to deposit their valuables in
the safe deposit vaults at the Bank
of Valdez. The charge is very
light and safety is assured.
We are now selling “pop” and
will deliver to any part of the city.
Distilled Soda Water Works, city.
PACIFIC PACKING
& NAVIGATION CO
Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
Cfr Vnma /"'Jr., S ^ r”,n Seattle For alder. Kth of each
Oil. i'uilic Lllj . month. From a <l< r f< r Seattle, ‘22th
( of each mom I .
From Seattle for alder. Conk I It lot and
Qtr FYfVkinr wn.v I»*»rii*. 20th of each month. F'rom
Oil. CAIUMU1 alder for Seattle and way ports, Kth of
„ eui-h month.
From Seattle for aides. Cook Inlet and
^tr A Till ' a.v lM‘r,s ‘Arth of each month. F’rom
Oil. Odllld Alld **aides for Seattle and way [-orts, 12th of
(. each month.
From aides to L’lialasku and way [torts
Qtr I 29th of each month, connecting with Sir.
Oil. 0UU1MJ11 J Excelsior from Seattle. Arrives at Val
dez 22d of each month, connecting with
„ Str. Nome City for Seattle.
Company reserves right to change steamers or date o{ sailing
without notice.
Seattle Office Globe Building. J. C. Martin.
San Francisco Office -30 California St.
(Chicago Office—53 River St. Agent.
New York Office—95 Hudson St. PHORE 18.
C. K. HAMMOND,
Forwarder.
Interior Transportation a Specialty.
Feed and Sale Stables. Storage Warehouse.
McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska.
New Process Steam Laundry.
Fine Laundry Work
A Specialty.
Third St., West of Alaska Av. Valdez.
C. E. BOQdRDUS
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
(>0 Coi.umhia St., Skattle, Wash.
WM. WORKMAN ,P. MAGNESON
Workman’s Road House
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 60 people, has large
— --warm barn for 20 horses and good quartern
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
mushcr desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp, 45 Milen From
Valdez and 25 Miles form Workman’s Roadhouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
WORTMAN and MAGNESON, Proprietors.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freight and Passengers to
i all parts of the interior
f General Trucking.
I W. S. AMY. ED. WOOD
McKinley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blacksmithing made a special feature, (live us a call.
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Cok. Keystone and McKinley. Valdez
Bell’s Smoke Shop
and get a TiOOl) SMOKE. The most complete line of Pipe*,
Tobaccds and Clear Havana Cigars in Valdez.
McKinley Street, between Broadway and Ola- CLUB
cier Avenues. Telephone 17 * ROOMS.
Wholesale and Retail. W. A. BELL, Prop.
“The Tailor makes the man.”
Sec the- American Tailors. Key
stone avenue.
Hathaway & Kaake have now
on hand a full line of Window
glass of all sizes.
You push the button and let me
do the rest. Semi your films or
plates and I will finish them com
plete and print copies as wanted.
L. C. Larsen, Photogralier,
Keystone Ave., Valdez.