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Valdez drug company
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
Periodicals and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons, j
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market
NEXT TO THE KI7.ISA.
PRICKS ARE Wholesale and GIVE OS A
RIGHT Retail Dealers CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry .and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
a. * >
Plans and Estimates Famished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
Good Trail.
Tonsina, May 29th—Rowland
party arrived here Unlay; four-days
from town. They Teport the sum
mit in had shape, but there is a
ttard crust every morning. Trail
Irani Mo. 3 an is tiret-class.
A Union Sunday school was or
panned rn Seward, Resurreetioi
bav, on Sunday, May 2‘2d. Then
were present at this first meeting
25 persons, adults and children.
The finest of baths at "the Dod
I Bath House.
An Involuntary Rath
Grace Fenton Steps Off The Wharf
Rescued By Bert Skin
ner.
As the last line was about to be
cast loose for the departure of the
Santa Ana yesterday from the
Kinghorn wharf, Grace Fenton,
who was taking pictures, imagined
herself in the way and obligingly
stepped back and overboard.
The cry of “woman overboard”
was raised and Bert Skinner im
mediately levied to her rescue,
striking the water nearly as soon as
she did. After him jumped the
second mate of the boat. The two
men quickly secured the woman
and kept her afloat until a small
Iniat reached tin; spot, and they
were taken ashore. None of the
three sustained any injuries.
Many commented upon ihe cool
ness displayed by Iter during the
ordeal, hot it is not surmising con
sidering the ice water she was in.
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'Want tt> Govern Alaska.
It has Ixe-ome known that John
<G. Heid. of Junoan, member of tlie
Republican national committee of
Alaska, has, despite his repeated
■denials, announced himself to tlie
president as a candidate for the
governorship, to succeed John U.
Brady. Mr. Heid's papers, which
are on hie in the interior depart
ment, hear the indorsement df 'Sen
ator Mitchell, of Oregon, and sev
eral other members of cotigiess.
Colonel William T. Perkins, of
Nome, has never withdrawn his
application, and is- still supposed
to be a candidate for the -office. A
more recent applicant for the gov
ernorship is Oliver Roberts of Sun
Francisco, who is hacked by some
members of the California -delega
tion in congress.
Gov. Brady has gone tc New
York on his way back to Alaska.
His present term will expire June
' r6, but it is Udieved that before lie
left Washington be received the as
: entrance of the president that be
will be ieaj> pointed.
IMIING news
INCREASED ACTIVITY IN
this section
tilm Dine Resumes
Work Starts On Solomon Gulch.
Machinery For Elliot
Creek.
^junction Dissolved.
The case of Charley Rtia vs. The
Ellamar Mining Co. came up for
trial before Judge Brown, at Ju*
neau, on the 25th of May, and was
decided in favor of tho company.
As a consequence the mine is again
being operated, and will be worked
on a larger scale than ever before.
The injunction that restrained
them from shipping has l»een dis
solved, and the five or six hundred
tons of ore on the dump will l>e
shipped at once.
The company has purchased a
46-foot steam tug that will l»e used
for towing and transportation on
the sound. They have disposed
of the gasoline launch Valdez, and
and shipped it to Seattle on the
Santa Ana.
Work On 8olomon Gulch.
The boring machinery of the
Solomon gulch property is now in
position and steam was turned on
for the first time yesterday. The
work will lie continued ns
rapidly as jiossible during the sum
mer.
W. J. Maxwell of San Francisco,
and John A. Kruse of Chicago, ar
rived on the Santa Ami and will
remain for the season in the inter
est of the Lovcjov-Alaska Explora
tion Co., which is developing the
property.
George Barrack, who has for the
past two years l>cen in charge, in
stalled tho plant and has every
thing in good shape for a big sea
son's work.
Hubbard-Slliott Party.
As soon as tl»e divide is pussablc
for horses, about June 5th, the
Hubbard-Elliott patty with 15tnen
will leave for their copper proper
ties on Elliott creek. H. G. Elliot,
president of the company, is in
charge. He brought in with him
two diamond drills to thoroughly
exploit the claims, and D. Betters,
a drilling expert is along to super
intend tfce work. #
They have about 5,000 pounds of
outfit to take in, and plenty of
horses to make the trip in time to
start operations early. Chas. Hub
hard is already on the ground mak
ing preparations to install the ma
chinery.
H. P. Elliott and H. C. Champ
lin, who are heavily interested in
tlie company, will bo in town in
July and may,go in to the proper
ty
Another Version.
The Pacific Coast Miner says:
The line which the Helm company
proposes to build will tun from
Valdez to Eagle City, and will be
a road 41S miles long. It is capi
talized at $16,000,(XX) of which
about $0,000,000 is alter, !y pledged.
The Burlington W backing the
scheme.
It is said that the Burlington
will build through to the coast,
connect with a railroad up the pan
handle of Alaska to the Valdez,
Copper River & Yukon line, from
whence a connection will he built
to meet the trans-Silierian line at
[ soon as tl>e Russian road is con
structed through to the Bering
straits.
Place.Hangs Paper.
Improvements at Post.
Flans For New Buildings at Lis
cam Save Been Re
ceived.
Plans and specifications for the
new buildings to be erected at Lis- I
cum arrived on the Santa Ana ■
from the quartermaster. The plans 1
arrived too late for the local mill
to hid oil the lumber, as it is want
ed in a lmrry. It will therefore lx>
brought up on the Iransjsirt Crook
and work will Ix-gin immediately
upon its arrival.
Onffroy’s Mine Closed.
The c<»al mine at Unalaska that
was last year capitalised for three
million dollars, is proving some
what of a failure, not through any
fault of the property, hut evidently
the fault lies with the management. I
A trial shipment was last year sent
to Nome and proved very satisfac
tory. A few men were during the j
past winter placed on tlio ground;
they put up buildings and other
wise undertook to develop the prop
erty, hut have received no pay, and
us many as could have quit the
place, and as far as present indica
tions go there will bo nothing done
there this season.
To Represent Valdez.
Jas. Fish, Sr. went west on the
Dora, as a Chamber of Commerce
representative, to show the jieoplc
of that section the advantages of
j trading at Valdez. It is hoped that
this trip will be the means of work
ing up more trade between here and
I the town to the westward.
Copper Center Items.
Copper Center. May 2H—There
are six men working on the new
hotel ami it will soon lie completed.
All tlie Ikjvs reached Shushitna in
good U.ik: and arc well pleased with
the country’. Alert Stevens passed
through here five days ago with his
-attic in good *ha(ic. The salmon
run has started.
Prepare for Northern Duty.
The war department has issued
an order directing several.officers
of the Third infantry to proceed to
Vancouver barracks, there to re
ceive instructions preparatory to
taking station in Alaska. First
Lieutenant Allen Smith, jr., is as
signed to Fort Gibbon, to take
charge of the steamer Gen.Vanvliet.
Second Lieut. Samuel C. Orchard
is assigned to Fort Liscum, as |>ost
quartermaster, and Second Lieuts.
Carl C. Jones and James \V. Ever
ington to Fort Egbert and Fort
Gibbon, respectively, for similar
duty.
Forty Mile Flood.
The flood at Forty-Mile lias silli
sided, but tlie townsite is still cov
ered with drift and thousands of
tons of ice, most of it ten feet thick.
The flood has been the worst in the
history of the place, as the river
rose fourteen feet in twenty min
utes and caught man}' people slum
beiing in the middle of the night.
These were rescued with canoes,
being taken from house tops and
the tops of trees where they bad
sought refuge. It was necessary
for all of these to-sleep in the hills.
Many of the rescuing gangs worked
all night in the Water.
It is probable that the townsite
will have to he abandoned, as the
damages are too great to repair-,
and the floods are of such frequent
occurence as to make the site dan
gerous. The total loss is estimated
at this time at $12,000.
The hanking department-of A. L.
Levy it Co’s is now titled up in
• thorough shape, with liars and an
iron screen surrounding it.
Wn». Finical expects his sisteron
the Kxoolsior.
SEVERAL RICH CREEKS DIS
COVERED
On Lover M\M
It Is Claimed that the Equal of
the Klondike has
Been Found.
Seward, May 29.—Commission
cr Hildreth, of this place, has just
received word from his deputy re
corder on the Shushitna river, Mr.
R. C. Richardson, that he has
made a rich strike on (told and Kl
Dorado creeks.’ Mr. Richardson
was grubstaked by Judge Hildreth
last summer, and went up the riv
er with \V. A. Peterson, of Sunrise.
Mr. Peterson had prospected on
tlie creeks two years previous and
found good prospects, but had to
come out as his provisions run out.
Last year Mr. Peterson and Mr.
Richardson started for the river in
July. After reaching there they
dug a large drain dull. They work
ed on this ditch during a portion
of the winter, and this spring com
menced to pan on the Isittom of it.
Mr. Richardson writes that the
jians run from .’>() to 50 cents. The
cut is not deep and the gravel is all
quite rich.
The news is confirmed by Mr.
Jos. L. Moore, wiio lias just conic
down the river in Tvonic for pro
visions. Mr. Moorv reports that
he stopped n few; days with Rich
ardson and Peterson, and did con
siderable panning in the ditch and
on the grounds of Richardson, and
that while lie was there the pans
averaged 47 cents each. They lie
lie ve that thc&hushitna will rival
the Klondike.
fluid ami El Dorado creeks flow
into the Shushitna about 100 miles
above its mouth and a few miles
Iwlow the falls and canyon. Sev
eral other parties are in that vicin
ity from Sunrise and Hope, and all
seem *o have had much success.
Reports from the headwaters rtf
the river brought out by Moore
and otlmrs are to the effect that
the Valdez crowd have struck it
very rich, mid the ground is much
l>etter than was anticipated last
year. A large number of nn n are
on their way up the river for the
various strikes.
Kizina Itarn»
Oscar Fish arrived yesterday
from Cliititu, which place lie left
May 25th. He came out via Tas
nuna and had a pleasant trip.
His cache is at Kuskalana, where
mushcrs can get supplies at reason
able prices.
Sluicing will begin in Xizinn
June 5th. Rowland is ground
sluicing on 7 Chititu. Burke &
Madden will ojien a saloon on 11
Chititu. Haze let t reached tlio
claims May 25 with Supt. liuncke
and 20 men and is comfortably lo
cated. His pack train from Kus
kalina will reach camp about the
10th.
Considerable looting is reported
done by early arrivals on the creek.
On Dan creek there is perfect sat
isfaction over result of winter work,
but men are scarce. There are 30
■men now enroll to for the diggings,
lint at least 75 more are needed.
Rowland has Uuiglit a portawi of
Fish’s outfit at Kuskalana and will
[pack it in. Oscar is packing goods
[ to tltc camp which will he sold at
at reasonable prices.
Mr. and Mrs Blum willarriveon
the Excelsior and will reside in the
, house formerly occupied by Jus.
: Fish Sr.