VOLUME 4. NO. 2 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,.
Long delayed is now here and sledding will soon commence in
. dead earnest
You WIBI Want An Outfit
Those of you wto have bought your supplies from us before
know where to get them. You will buy frcm us—
WHY?
Because You Were Always Satisfied
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To those who are not our customers we wish to extend an invi
tation to look over our stock and get our figures before
purchasing elsewhere
duality Counts and You’ll Find It Here
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FINEST rt"2RTnENT
LflRQEST STOCK
DEJT QOODJ
We are in the Outfitting Business and Can Supply Every
Article You Need.
Place Your Order Now.
Local Mention
Movements of People That You
Know.
Clarence Warner returned from
the States on the Kxec'sior and is
now on the way to the Chittynu
country
Herman Meyers, of the Xizina
I'ra litig Co., re’urned on tIk* Kx
••elsior from a business trip to the
S’ a i s.
V. W. Shellv. who has heen out
this winter seeing the sights, re
turned (III tile Kxeelsior.
•1. fl. Van Iderstine, who spent
tin* winter at his home in the
S ales is again in town. He will
leave soon for the Xahe.ua on a
prospecting trip.
Charles Rudolph and wife and
son Kenneth returned last week
from, a winters visit with friends
in Washington.
Harrv Malone and E. ('. Hooker,
tin- well known commerciiiI travel
er*. passed through hire on the
Excelsior.
R McHardin and John Hughes
eano- up last week from Kayak.
Miss Wii'kersltam leaves ior the
States on the Kxeelsior.
L. II. Buell, represeniiug Armour
»V Co., passed throtigii lu re on the
uist I mat.
Han Kain will leave in it few
days for the interior.
Bailee a* Moose Hall Saturday
night. Don’t forget it.
Bulletins giving the temperature
and condition of trail from here to
the Taitnna arc posted in Al.
White’s place every morning foi
tile liciietii of iiiushers.
Judge Wiekersham will leave in
a few days for tiie Tanana ovei
he trail. Boh Coles will go with
him.
Di-trie', V'teruey Hwtl.irr Wl'P"
not go to the interior until about
the middle of March.
: ('lias. J. Ho!/. ('. .1. Rov and
John Beil regi.- end at liie St.
Eiias this'wcek from Cbisna.
Excelsior arrived Friday with
—«Mt tons of freight and the follow
ing passei gers, most of whom were
hound for Fairbanks.
John Barnet*. \\ h ret ner. It O l*eter*on,
F T. \vii*nd. F uji liar . tr. r Barrtt. K **
'•or«l n. Flunk Hn k C I. Warner, • koppo*
Mr» A (• Wilson. .1 k kl .t'di, K \\ Snelley
B W llittler, \ W Stnwc, Mr* A W Stowe, Jack
IVi'Twifi. (ii-o I.f,s|,l**y. .1 hmjN-rly. M |* Kcsi
indy Mr* .1 I* K«-iiii*ilv. .1 Kym, .1 V M
I \V ihtwonl. J || Van |'!fr*nne. I’ Vai-rnine,
.! T Brewer. A 11 Mattock*. K 1- I'rdi u, \\ 1*
«.rady. .1 Straul>. Mr* A (’ I.* rntze-, <’ Rudolph
and win-. |kVnneih Kodolid*. In rmnii Mever,
>lr> iVrrU Mu U'HVilt. Mmitl Seunlep, P* M
I toil*. *• Mtdi:i*. K Mcllartiiii. Jonh Hughes,
nod :;l >.<*« •oid elu*v
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Finance* Worry Judiciary.
The court uflicials are endeavor
ing to have a ruling made by the
attorney general allowing them to
use the licenses due prior to the
passage of the Nelson hill, hut
.-till unpaid, to meet the present
indebtedness of the court. Bids
incurred before Jan. 25 and still
unpaid amount to about #6,000.
Telegrams received yesterday
state that hack licenses can not he
made available for court expenses.
Steam Laundry.
The Northern steam laundry, on
Keystone ave.. near the wharf, com
menced operations Monday. The
| plant nurchased from the old Star
laundry has been improved and
i new machinery added, so that this
is now the Iwst- equipped plant in
i Alaska.
Al. Grigshv. who has been opera
ting tnc New Process laundry, has
i sold the business to Crawford, and
his plant has also I wen transferred
i to the steam laundry.
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Tilieum Club House.
The Tt!; Mins have decided to
build a home of their own, and
have purchased a conn r bv beyond
tin* custom house as a site. The
building is to be n the cottage
plan, with a reception room, libra
ry kitchen and bath room, and is
to cost about Id.'iOO In front will
Im- a large porch and a vestibule to
tiie entrance. Work will lie started
as soon as possible.
Natives At Carlisle.
A provision will probablv be
made in the present army appro
pi uitioii bill allowing Kskimos and
other natives of Alaska to be ad
mitted to the Carii.-le Indian
school. This was 'lie case until
last vear when a departmental
ruling was made against it. Why
the ruling should have been made
lias never been satisfactorily ex
plained. for it is a l n tied by ev
ery l» ly who knows tnyhing about
them that the Alaska natives are
a* intelligent and in every wav as
deserving of education as the na
tive Indian tribes of the I’nited
States.
A Copper Magnate.
William A.^Diekey, of Seattle
and Valdez, lias returned from
New ^ • «rk and Washington, where
he attended a eonferete e of eapi
ial's's interested in tin- develup
I of die Valdez copp* r district.
While* in Washington Mr. Dick
ey called upon President Rou.-i
j velt and talked with him upon
i Alaska matters. Mi. Dickey and
family Will leave for Valdez Feb
ruary in.—PI.
Says It Is Fine Trail.
J. A. Northwav, an old timer on
the Yukon, arrived Tuesday from
Fairbanks with horses, and ex
presses himself as being well sat
isfied with the trail. He says there
are only a few miles of trail that
are at ail had, and that the road
as a whole is better than any
stretch 'if the same distance on the
; Yukon.
He brought out M.-s. Sitter, who
was intending to go to Seattle for
a stock of ladies furnishing goods,
i hut she has decided to return im
| mediately.
Alaska exported miring 1904
$21,423,991 in merchandise and
gold. Some of til. items are cop
per ore #258.302; fish produeis #*.»,
053,814; furs $4<>1.499; gold #10,
699,382. The imports were valued
at #12.550,783. leaving an excess
of exports of #8.873,208.
One remarkably good feature of
the Dietrich hill is that i; prohibits
judges, attorneys, marshals and
commissioners from being interest
ed. directly or indirectly, in any
i mining claim or adventure.
Judge Arthur K. Detaney, who
was considered one of Alaska’s
ablest lawyers and foremost citi
zens, died at Paso Rubles. Calif.,
Jan. 21. His first otlice in Alaska
was a- collector of customs at 8it
' ka in 1887. In 1895 he was ap
| pointed district judge, which posi
I tion he held until McKinley’s in
auguration.
M iss Ross, of the Holden Rule,
j is an outgoing passenger on the
' Excelsior.
City Market
NEXT TO THE MXi.SA.
PRICES ARK
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
Court Proceedings
Doings of the Week In Conrt
flrdu
A f> 'a minor cases were di-poseiL
of la reek in court, and llie ncx^
few i s will clear Up the docket
eni ireiv.
A divorce was granted to Sophia,
iiaiison trotn Antone Hanson on
on tin- ground of cruel treatment'
Him site was allowed to take hot
maiden name. Sopniu Swanson.
t'iacta liarnes was granted a di
vot e from tieo. \V. Ha me* on the
ground of desert ion.
Resolations in honor of the late.
Judge A. K. I»elam v were present
ed 1 »y a har association committee.
I lie case of (iavigan vs Crary
for title to land was decided in fa
vor of plaintiff, the judge being of
the opinion hat the ground
was not open to scrip locution in
l‘,H*2. Flic ease will Ik- appealed
J. \\ Leedy Was appointed ref
eree in hankrtiptev vesterdav.
The • use of the bankruptcy of
the brewery comes up before the
court this afternoon.
Sulpher Mine.
In the course of the exploration
of Kiska island, vaiuaolc deposit*
of sulpher were found iii the crate*
• >f an old voicano. A trail «»> vi“*
ilde up the side of the mountain'
and it is rumored at Dutch Har*
hor that the sulphur mine was
claimed It is sunt that the Alas
ka Commercial Co. is interested in
i it.
Alaska Coaling Station.
The government will this sum
mer continue work on the naval
coaling station on Kiska island;
in the Aleutians.
A coaling plant with a capacity
of fifty thousand tons will Is*
erected there.
Prison Full Of Alaskans.
The federal prison on MeXeiD
island is now full to the limit, and
the prisoners sent down from here
will have to he taken elsewhere.
Aluska is held responsible for
the overplus of federal pri.-oners.
So many of the residents ot this
territory have been expatriated id
McXt ds i.'iand that the federal
prison htts fiiltd up year by year
until each of its private boudoirs
now has an occupant. Many of
these Alaska prisoners, in fact a
majority of them, drew term* of
several years, so that little hv lit
tle the Alaska population in the
prison is getting to he nearly thd
whole thing. About 140 prisoner*
are now there.
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J. \V. Ivev, of Kayak, is report
ed to have joined the forces of the
contestants against the confirma
tion of Judge Wickershain.
Valdez imported during 1904
#28.517 worth of liquors. Juueatl
I is ahead of us with $37,621, but
Skagway runs a little below, haV
I mg imported $28,245.
The imports of southern Alaska
front Yakulat to Dutch Harbor
have increased $274,016 since 1903.
| The amount of coal imported front
| foreign ports to Valdez was $8,164
| for 1904 and $7,893 for 1903.
The first number of the Sitka
{Cablegram, a new weekly pap^r,
was issued Feb. 2. The editor em
phatically states that it f* hid aft
1 anti-Brady paper, as was common
ly re|»orted. h is a very neat,
newsy sheet.
The A. Vi’s, will give a tlati'*
Tuesday, the 21sl, the eve of Wash'
ington’s birthday. Dancing will
start at 9 o’clock sharp wod wtup M
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