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VOLUME VnO. 50. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
JAMES EISH & CO
Furnishing Goods.
Headquarters For 1
Gold Seal Rubber Shoes, I
All styles and sizes I
Of HARDWARE.
In order to close out this stock quickly, we
will sell all our hardware for the next
week at
. 25 °b DISCOUNT.
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We Are The Hatters.
Agents for J. B. Stetson and
the celebrated
KINGSBURY HATS.
LeaveH--Wilson.
Por«ey Leavell of this place and
Miss. Bertha Wilson, were married
at the home of the hride in Xew
Florence Mo., which is the old
home of Mr. Leavell. The happy
couple will arrive here in a few
week*. Mr. Leavell is one of the
pioneers of Valdez and Miss.
Wilson is a of cousin of Chas. Uott
of this place. They have the best
wishes of a large circle of friends '
in Valdez.
Excelsior.
Seattle, Washington. Jan. 20ih.—
The steamer Excelsior left here to
day with a full list of passengers
and all the freight she could carry,
and should reach Valdez not later
than the 29th.
Fire Department Organized.
There was a large attendance at
the tire meeting Wednesday night,
and a volunteer tire department
was organized with 80 members as
a starter. Jas. McHie was made
temporary chairman and E. B.
Wheat temporary secretary.
After discussion it wus decided
to organize a tire department which
was done by thirty of those present
signing the roll as members of the
department.
A. W. Koehfortl was elected tem
porary chairman of the depar:uienl,
Mr. Wheat secretary, and Pete
Cashman temporary chief.
A committee consisting of C. G.
Debney, J. C. Dougherty and Adam
Swan, was appointed to raise funds
to be used towards digging some
new wells, and for other necessary
expenses.
Hildreth, Coles and Jas. Fish
were appointed a committee on
bye-laws, and McHie, Pool and Al.
White were appointed a committee
on ways and means.
The meeting adjourned till Fri
day evening, at the court room,
when it is hoped a large number
will be present.
Tfie firm of Small A Green have
started a blacksmith and horse
shoeing shop on Second St., oppo
site the church.
Cure That Cold at
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THE VALDEZ PHARMACY J
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’* CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
♦ i
Our Price* are RIGHT. Give u* a call. I
ST. ELIAS RESTAURANT,
ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT
IN VALDEZ.
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Merchant’s Lunch, 12 to 1, 35 c Sunday Dinner 75c.
Dinnners 5:30 to 8 p.m., 50c.
all the gifts of the Gods,
all the pleasures of being
all of our ends, by .all odds
There’* naught so important as seeing.
When you're tempted to mietruet your eyes,
fie careful! Yoi^may get myopia!
And if our advice you don’t prize,
Perhape you'll have hypenuetropia!
That dull aching pain and dim vision
Prompt* you to go to an opticiau.
Our glasses will give von ooqafort and ease.
W. C STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Watchmaker. <
RAILROAD PS
DIFFERENCES AMONG PRO
MOTORS SETTLED
IkDonaH (o ' j Up
To Go Over the Road on the
8now. Rails Now in
,8eattle.
The most encouraging news re
garding the building of the rail
road was received on the last I mat.
Several articles appeared in the
Seattle papers and a number of
private letters bring the informa
tion that the road will certainly 1h>
built and that work will commence
in the early spring.
There has Inen some friction
among some of the stockholders
and promoters but these differences
have lx-en settled and the capital ■
has been secured.
Mayor Steele, who has just re
turned from New York, where he
hail several conference* with the
railroad officials, believes that j
work will commence at an early,
date.
It was the intention of a mem
bcr of the railroad men to leave
Seattle about Feb. 1st. for this
place and go over the trail-and as
certain what the conditions of the
country are in the winter. This
party w ill consist of J. P. McDon
ald; the head contractor, F. C.
Heim, J. F. Rogers, S. K. Adair,
and in all probability Cupt. J. J.
Healey.
Contractor McDonald expects to
complete the road In two and a
half years. As early in the spring
•is invisible he will commence ship
ping men from Seattle and expects
to put on a force of 5000 men and
rush the work from both ends.
A letter from B. F. Millard, who
is in New York, bears out these
statements. He will return just
as soon as possible.
The first shipment of rails for
the road arrived in Seattle Jan 1st.
on the great freighter California
and with other supplies will lx*
shipped here in a few weeks.
Mayor Steele Returns.
Mayor and Mrs. J. L. Steele re
turned from a three months trip to
the States, on the Nome City.
Mayor Steele made a trip oChi- j
cago to purchase machinery for the j
electric light plant, and ii|>on his;
' return to Seattle was called to New
j York on private business affairs.
, While in New York he met a num
ber of Valdez people, among whom
were Robert Blei and Dr. Pearson.
A number of days were spent in
Washington where Mr. Steele had
the honor of visiting the president,
in company with Si nator Beveridge
of Indiana. The president showed
great interest in Alaska.
Mayor Steele ihinLs the land
laws will puss, also the hill allow
I ing incorporated towns all license
| money collected, a corporation law
' und probably some other laws, hut
; is afraid that the delegate bil will |
' not pass this session.
Geo. Esterly is doiug splendid
! work for Alaska, us is also George
Hoggat of Nome, ajjd a number of
others.
R. R. Hill, representing the Se
attle Mail and Herald, ie in town
; arranging for a special edition to
i be devoted to Valdez and tributary
Icountry. The Mail and Herald i6
i in its sixth volume and is a most
creditable paper. Among its con
tributors are some of the best
known men and writers of the
Northwest. Its typographical woj-k
is excellent and the cuts and views
I are works of art.
Mew Enterprise. |
E<1. L. Feidler of the Progresso
Trading Co., nrrived here on the
Nome City and ojiened a whole-!
sale grocery and produce market.
We welcome him here, as a whole- j
sale grocery and produce business
will be a boon to our merchants
and neighboring camps, as they
can thus get their supplies at a mo
ments notice instead of waiting un* j
t.l they can order some from the
slates. The Progresso Trading Co.
have offices in the Dennv building
Seattle, and do the largest jobbing
business in Nome. Alaska. They
carry a complete line of everything
pertaining to that business and
will receive large supplies on every ,
steamer entering this port. Mr.
Feidler will return to Seattle on
the Nome City to-day to arrange
for large shipments, as lie is becom
ing acquainted with the goods'
needed for Valdez and the interior.
Frank Kooney will*lie the mana
ger for this city. He is an able
man and the merchants are milch
pleased with Ids way of conducting
business.
Shortage of supplies will Ik’ un
common from now on in Vuldez.
From advices received from
Dawson and Seattle, Mr. Fiedler
predicts ten thousand people will
come to Valdez this spring. He
does not think the rush will come
until April.
Grand and Trial Jurors.
Marshal Driubelhis has Ix-en busy
j the past week summoning the grand
and petit jurors for the first session i
of the 1'. 8. District court to eon -
i vene at this place on Feb. 2nd. A
uumlier of those drawn are not in
'
the country at present and others
will have to lie summoned in their
i place. A few persons have been
| summoned from other places, hut
! the majority of those who will serve
I are residents of this place. Fol
i lowing is the list of those sum
moned:
GRAM! JCRoRS.
Ed. Strooker, A. L. Levy, C. C.
Harman, J. Fleming, H. H. Fitch,
A. Lind, L. 8. Camicia, L. Larson,,
Bert Craig, C. W. Millard. C. D. i
Shaw, Dan Sheehan, Hans Torge- j
son, Leroy Cooper, K. Roberts, F. |
8. Hunt, A. F. Hoffman Harry St
Clair, P. Scott, A. C. Dowling, L.
Orcutt, Chester Johnsou, Valdez,
C. E. Bunnell, Kodiak.
TKIAL Jl'KORS.
J. \V. Fitch, Thos. Kenny, A. 8.
McDowell, J. Johnson. W. Whit
ley, J. Baker, 8. H. Elliot, C. M. i
| Day, K. Biix, Al. White, R. Lar-!
i son, H. T. Heron, A. Chisholm, K.1
i8. Kol*erts; G. Weaver, T. Barrett, I
P.8. Hines, Win. Hunter, D. D.;
Leavell, Valdez, Lon Meenach, 8.
F. Peietisli, C. Hua, KUaniar. 1.
Hubley, Unga, J. Pavloff, Kodiak.
Prose to Death. .
Chistuchina, Jan. 21st.—Two In
dians arrived here from Batzulua- ■
tas and say Tanana Indians arc;
coming to Gulkunu for a potlatch. ,
Tliev say one white mau froze to I
death on the 8hushana river. Tan- j
ana Indians ha\e paper talk for,
me and will be here to-day or to
morrow and i will probably know |
more about it. Porter and Poot '
passed here on 18th. Fifty below
this morning. H. F.
The Nome City brought to our
city J. H. Houston, familiarly
known as “Col. Joe.” He hud con
fidence enough iu the country to
briug with him a complete suw
mill outfit; which he is now hav
ing erected on Is'we river, about
a half mile from the Government
station Number 1. He promises
to raft his logs down the river and
saw them up. The capacity is
about 85,000 per day and if devel
j opulent* warrant him, is going tn!
the Nizina. He will takeasimi-1
lar outfit to that place and supply '
the hoys with all the sluice liox
and buildiug lumber they may
waut.
I 1
i m mu
OF THE SEASON MADE IN
NIZINA.
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And Good Plac ;r on Blackbird
Creek, Tributary of
Young.
On Monday Messi-rs. Wi - r,
W esterling, Fields. Joe t'orde/.. Jin .
Kader mid Morgan O’ltricn readied
town from the Xizina eonntry.
They went in late last fall to
look over the country and do some
prospering. They reached the>r
ele-iimuion al<ou, the'jii.h of | -
i leniher. when the eoun.ry was be
ginning tei fret ze up. ’I hey j ros
jK'cted a munlnr «jf new creeks and
finally seiileel on what they called
l>lac k hi id creek, where the ground
proved more than satisfactory,
bight elttims were located on tli:s
'creek by the party and although
inching hut go''pan
Ml v C t lie r * MI l tit !,i.dl' ,t
1 panning oin enoL.gli to prove i,m
! the ground was very r.eli.
Blackbird is lh** iir»t creek above
Calamity and flows imo \o. ng
creek from the same side u» Calam
ity. While prospecting around m
that ►ei’tion. they found cv> iy *
where that a hole was sunk.
Joe. Conies loealcd some claims
on a creek Ik*:ween lhm and t in.
titu. on which he found lilty cents
to the pan. On several of tin creeks
they found good pay ranging from
ten to thirty >ei tst 11>«- |uu. A
uuuilx-r ofeie. ks that could in*
worked dnrtng be sunniict oiim*»
count of high wun-r, vv* rc prospec
ted with very good restdts. 1 In rc
is much grotnul throughout the
district that will pay large returns
1 when hydraulic piantsare install* d.
These men an all good mint r~
and they have great iaith :t lit* fu
ture oi the Nizina and copper coun
try.
On the bench of Blackbird creek
a large ledge of rich copper ore
with wires of native copper run*
ing through it, was dtscov* red. (hi
this le*lge they located eight claims.
January 1st the party broke
camp and started for town. They
had good traveling on the way out
until near the summit, where
deep snow was encountered.
Several others are on the way
out and will reach town in a few
days. Van Iderstine. Stewart
and others, who start*d in via
Tasnuna about six weeks ago. are
snowbound near Wood’s canyon.
Notice.
To residents and owners of the
reservation tract: Having been
{authorized by public mee.ing to
1 ascertain the wishes of the residents
; of the reservation in regard to an
; nexation to the city of Valdez, we
' have deemed it advisable to hold
; an eleetiou on Jan. >tith, 11*03, at
■ from '2 to o’clock p. ni.. in Whal
! ing Co. building. All residents are
i requested to vote, as this eleetiou
will decide the matter finally, as
the city of Valdez annual election
is to be held Feb. 1st., and if ac
tion is not obtained then, it will l>e
postponed for one year. The tract
to tic taken in is one mile square,
hounded on the south bv city line
and on the west by tide water.
* C. Kearney Hammond, ^
( A. Swan,
Rutherford. Crawford and I.ar
eon will receive on the next Santa
Ana. 100,UUO feet of lumber and
(the schooner Volante will bring
i them lOO.WJO feet of lumlier and
1 100,000 shingles, so get ready to
i build.
I Hunk House for rent. A. von
lu uutber.