VOLUME 4, NO. 42 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Hints For Your Thanksgiving Dinner |
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Toke Point Oysters
Cranberries
Celery
French Peas In Glass
Gold Medal Ai? in?e Meat
Plum Pudding
Assorted Nuts
Cluster Raisins
New fancy ©recedes
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Mushrooms In Glass Terrine d’Foi 1). Oil Puree d’Foi Gras
Giant Special Olives Preferred Stock Fruits and Vegetables
VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY & CO.
FRESH |
VEGETABLESi
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Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, j
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs, j
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OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Brags
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
Alaskan Road Protected
The Evening Express* of Los An
geles says:
“Alaska will have a railway its
entire length from north to south
and giving communication to tlpc
outside world if rlans which are
being formulated in this city are
carried out. HaTry'White, former
mayor of Seattle, is at the head of
the enterprise, which includes an
Application to congress <!tiring the
coming session for a government
subsidy. Tlie idea as outlined is
for the government to guarantee
bonds of the proposed company,
wrliich is yet to he organized for
the purpose, the promoters using
the credit thus obtained n» raise1
funds for building tie* line. It is
expected that Senator .'■‘am Piles,
of Washington, will father the;
scheme in congress and the assisi
of senator Flint will U- invoked in
addition to that of Senator George
C. Perkins and other insmbers of
•the two houses from the several
Pacific coast states.
If successful the enterprise will
involve the expenditure of about j
*l0,000,ut'0. The road will he j
nearly 1,000 miles it; length.
Another Gtacier Victim
The Seward glacier has claimed ,
another victim. A young man I
named K. A. Spencer, who was
time-keeper on the railroad, fell in
to a crevasse a hw days ago and j
was killed, while he was goi->g
from Seward to Tttrnagain Arm. I
His l»ody has not hten recovered. !
Spencer, who was formerly a •
resident of Seattle, graduated last i
year from tin* Stanford University, |
of California, and came to -Alaska 1
iu August. He w as about 23 years ;
of a« .
New line of Cut Glass and China
at Kern’s.
Headquarters for Holiday Goods
at the Ladies’ Bazaar.
Get yourself a watch for a Xmas
.present at Kern’s.
Of Local Interest.
'OU’LL BE SORRY if
you don’t send a little
Xmas Remembrance to
your friends way back
yonder. They’re look
ing for it every mail,
and you will find ju>t
the right tiling at the
right price at Stull s Jewel Palace.
Comic moving pictures to amuse
the children a! the show tomorrow
night.
Preparing For Trail
The government party is moving
freight over from I.iscum, prepara
tory to starting on the trail. They
have been waiting for some time
for the snow sj that work could
start. The trail crew this year
will he mostly composed of soldiers
instead of civilians a.- in the past.
More Copper locations
The Huhhard-EllioU Copper
Mines Dcvilopment Co. last week
sent to the recorder's ollice here
eighty location notices for record.
These notices cover ground adja
cent to their present large holdings
on Elliott Creek, which was pros
pected and shows equally rich ore.
With this addition to their old
holdings they will have ail im
mensely rich copper property.
Red Batn Dance.
The bund will give one of Un
popular Red barn Dances at Mc
Kinley Hall next Wednesday,
Thanksgiving Eye. Don’t fail to
lx- there and have the stiff front at
home. No glad rags go. Dancing
starts pr« mptiv at !». Tickets $1.50
The stercoptican and moving
picture show tomorrow evening will
he the linest entertainment of the
season. Valdez and interior pic
tures taken in ’98 and since, will
add to the interest. A good even
ings amusement. -Don’t miss it.
TheConvention Is Ended
Winds Up In A Scrap Over District Politics. Three
Delegates Elected. Details of
The Fight.
Seattle, Nov. ‘I'l—The del'gate
fight is now at an end. having been
settled by the election of three del
[ . gates instead of one. The men
■ selected were A. 1*. Swineiord, of
i the First division, Richard S. Rvan
of Nome and Omar J. Humphrey,
of Tanana. The Tanana delega
tion was unable at the caucus to
1 agree upon any one name ns a can
didate, so presented Johanson and
Humphrey. The vote of the con
vention was forty-two for Hum
phrey and forty-one for Johanson.
The latter was defeated on account
of the absence from that session of
Jas. Lnthrop, who held the proxies
of Judge Wiekershnin and tl ree
others who were heretofore for
Johanson. His reasons for remain
ing away from the convention arc
; unknown. Johanson personally
could have polled the unanimous
| vote of the convention except for
I the belief that he represented
; Wickersham, against whom the
whe le fight wa« directed.
The (hair made a ruling that it
was improper in the convention to
discuss the judiciary, hut the tight
was so bitter that the delegates
could not he kept under control.
Hughes,of Fairbanks, leader of the
[Johanson forces, went down fight
; mg. lie reinsert overtures from
Nye of Fairbanks that Job.tnson
b- withdrawn and a third delegate
from Fairiianks selected.
This morning the platform was
amended to read ‘"that earnings of
i the cable be expended on the bet
terment of land lines as recon5
■ mended by Major Glassford, Gen
eral Greelv, General Williams and
Major Richardson.”
The following committee was
appointed to determine on future
conventions: Front 11»«* rir.-t di
vision J. W. Troy, C. E. Davidson.
•1. K. Lathroo; Second, A. Z. Wat
son, N. II. Castle. C. K. Herron;
Third, J. M. I.athrop, D.'-D. Mor
i ford, J. II. Hughes.
Mayor Ballinger presided at tin
banquet last night. Addresses
i were made by Dick Rvan, respond
ing to the Welcome, and by Major
Glassfo’d on his loyalty to the in
terests of Alaska. Mrs Erma Mc
Naught spoke* on her experience in
Ala >ka, and Col. Ferkins regarding
the existing relations het ween Seat
tic and Air. a. an«IVMajor Rich
ardson <>n A.aska roiJs. There
wi re also a number of other short
speeches.
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Seattle, Nov. *J1—The flght in
the convention over dciegatis
started this afternoon when I’rii e
of Skagwav introduri-d a resolution
j declaring for the el-eticn of three
delegates, stating that it was evi
dent that no agreement could hi'
reached on one. Immediate] v.
halt a dozen were on the floor de
manding recognition. Xve, of
Fairbanks, was recognized, and
j started the hall roilin:: lo* !. el ar
il.- that a ( nited Slates Icpi.v
j Marshal, mcatdn. I.a'hiop, had no
| business coming t*> the convention
I with five proxies which he would
;east in favor of perpetuating in
ollico one of the judiciary.
Hughes, of Fairbanks, lenied
. the charge, as did I.athiop. Xye
then declared that Lathron had a
I bunch of proxies whi' h w io to he
i used in favi r of,any measure which
would help Wickersbxrn. A can
eus of the division.- followed, tr\
ing their l>est to reach an ayn<
ment, but was a failure. Fairbank
was unable to agree upon Joint ;i
'Uii by 1:; votes wliii-h were east
for Judge liutehiiisoii. Theca:’.
<-u.- \.u> an;, uung nut iiarinoi:i. ti .
and alter reporting to the conven
tion adjourned at noon in hopes of
preventing further trouble. Front
one until two o’clock the delegates
tried to get together, hut the situa
tion was too badly strained.
Reconvening afternoon Shepard,
of Nome, offered an amendment to
Price’s resolution, declaring for one
delegate, stating 1 Irat one mi dit be
seated l»y congress, whereas three
vould he consult red as a hoard
tnd would probably In unable to
agree upon needed legislation to
>o presented to ©mgr. He de
la red that the I'hird division < ante
into the convemion political y di
vided over a candidate for the ju
diciary in that district. At men
tion of ibis liughis, of F.iirba:-.l:-.
I arose protesting and the chair
; man called Shepard down. Con
i tinning his sjrecch Shepard said
| that Abe attitude of the delegates
from the Third tended to the dc
, basement and dragging down of
First Fairbanks Arrival
Harry Munroe, who went in
over ilie trail to Fairbanks with
I Al. White last year, reached town
I y-isterday on his way to Frisco.
■ He got here in time to catch the
Oregon, which left hist evening,
lie states that a large number of
miners of that section will take
advantage of the Valdez trail to
make a hurried exit this winter.
Knowing the advantages of this
trail they failed to leave on the
last lioat as they preferred to re
main at their work till as late a
date as possible,
Accident At Solomon Gulch
By the accidental discharge of
a shot, which bad missed lire, in
the tunnel of the Brown-Alaska
iCo.propertv in Solomon basin Nov.
lihh, Jim lekes and Boh Shafer
were injured. lekes was picking
near the unexptoded charge when
| his pick struck the powder audit
blew out into bis face, and injured
his eyes to such an extent that a
total loss of sight is certain.
Aside from a severe shaking up
j Shafer was not injured.
likes was brought to the hospi
tal where Dr. Bovle attend.-1 to Ids
injuries. ft was neci-ary toje
ntove hath his eyes, as they were
hadiv cut.
Jim ickcs is well known here
having been around Valdez sine:;
11898. _
Married In Seattle.
A very pretty wedding took place
Monday evening, Nov. 0, at the
bouieoi Mr. and Mrs. David Bivthe
on Twenty-fourth Avenue, when
Miss Nellie Wright, of this eiiy,
and Mr. Kalph Beardsley Koberls.
; of Valdez, Alaska, were untied in
UMirriage by the Kev. D. Bivthe.
The bride wore a dainty gown of
navy blue broadcloth with hat to
match. Only intimate friends and
relatives were present.
Immediately after the ceremony
the party adjourned to the home '
of the bride's itarents, Mr. and Mr.
F. U. Wright, 424 Twenty-third
1 Avenue, where a very enjoyable
: evening was spent,
j Mr. and Mrs. Huberts will reside,
i in Seattle for the present.—Time*. I
tlie judiciary of Aln« i.
ItiUaiue. ot ."ewaril. asked if
Shepard would he willing to hare
one delegate selected from South
••astern Alaska in the intCrist of
In:iloony, hut he la-fused saving
that such action would he indi*
f atiii. the electing before it was
1 »
iWItt.
Price objected to this, saving
that that as "outhca-'.ern A1 iskw
was harmonious it would not be
made the tight mg ground or he
drawn into ill light, and demand
ed that as long as ti e delegates
eouid not s, ttl<g the trouble iti the
1 Idl'd division, three delegates he
elected
Judge !lull oil:.-on dt elan d that
in earn us he v>as no? allowed to
vote h:s own 'way. mid elairocVl
that the l ama's wa - practicing gag
law. He demanded that the con
vention rule that a delegate have
llse right to vote proxies as he sav;
fit. The proxy utiestion was rulod
out of ordi r.
The convention, seeing WO
elmr.e ■ of u citlenient, demanded
a vole o-.! 'da-paio - amendment,
providing tor one di legale, which
was deiYuttd and tile Price molten:
tomeet ’.ne was adopted.
_ »n from tin* First and Sec
ot d di\ isions clain li:at tlic vlr.dc
trouble in the convention lias liecn
due to the oivisioti of the Third
dclrga:ion over supporting Judge
W lekersham. Many Nome fol
lower* o: Kyan state that they Are
periiedy willing to support Johati
*<n», hut for the fact iltat he is
pledgisl to Wickersham.
Uesolutions condemning Judge
Wiekersham, forwarded by wire
from Fairbanks were received to
day. but no news of them was al
iened :o re.i h the < onveutiun dur
ing tin liemoon si*.-um.
t ide Pin:.-r>r. r.o; wired Fairbanks
f r j art! minis of n solution* con
demning Judge \Vlekersham and
r*ee:v»d ibe following reply: “Jeo
mention of \\ ieki r*ham, no knocks,
all h*s m.)
Now that Ryan sees there cat*
be no agin incut on one delegate
he i* willing that there shall be
three.
Trail To Felir.
Tt:e V. T. Co. ha - completed the
liexv mail trail from the Gakntta to
lin* head of the Delta. This trail
shortens the distance between these
[.■lints ah<.ut 14 miles. The route
followed is itj> the (iakftsin river
six miles, where it takes tiie Lewis
survey trail, following it for 38
miles. The new trail does away
with ail river travel, not striking
the stream at ail after getting On
tin* sttrvev trail
Ft 3 Cn Horseflesh
Fairbanks, Nov. 8—George K.
Ualdwin, locating engineer ior the
Alaska Central railroad, arrived
here to-day to make surveys for
the lint. Tie sh« t four oi liis horses
to keep him from starving, owing
to deep snow near the head of the
Copper river, and mushed alone
from tint1 j oint.
Mr. Ualdwin covered seventy
miles \ ithout seeing a soul, break
ing iiis own trail and living on
game.
Diamonds make nice Xmas pres
ents. Kern lias just what you
want at the rigid price.
New Xmas floods at Kerns’.