VOLUME 4. HO. 14 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY if 1905. _ OFFICIAL CITY PAPER?
We are showing a
nice assortment of
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
AsK For A “Stetson”
You can’t beat them for Style and Wear.
One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy till you see them.
&
European Plan pate Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. EUdS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdes.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
DEBN £y & POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
~OWL DRUG COMPANY”
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationer}- Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
PRICES AUK
KIUHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE rs? A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork jj
Pouitry and Game, j
In From Nome
J. J. Galen mil .1 .t. >V Kite,
who left Nome February 15th to
make a quick trip to tiic States,
via IlliainiiM. reached la-re on le
Excelsior after * ■ ■■r.' t y i re
months along the trail. They
started from Nome with two dog
teams, and were 27 days rt aching
llliamnia lake, during which time
they experii need g at mi-bi.-,
running out of provisions and \ -
ing to face terrible «t -ms in a
country where tia-ie >•• re no tra; .
At llliannia tliev waited ori dnv> '
for a steamer, and when tiie Excel
sior finally arrived it was loo late 1
t« make the intended trip to Seat-i
tie, so they Mopped off here to wait j
, for.the Corwin, on which they will
return to Nome.
Saturday evening the eableship
Burnside reached Valdez, and nf 1
. ter laving a cable iu Fort Biscuiti i
'departed Sunday, hut is still in
Prince Wi l am sound or vicinitv
making repairs to ...e cm'i.c. The
; steamer wid retur. in June to lay i
.the new seetion along the coast to
: the westward.
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Suing Ellamar Company.
A suit for $250,000 1ms been iti-'
stitutfil in tiie sujierior court at j
Seattle, bv F. (’. Lawrence against
.1. 1). Meeriaeh and the Kllaniar
Mining coir j any, in which it is!
claimed that the plaintiff was de-.
fratuled of nineteen-twentieths of
his interest in the holdings of the j
conij any in the Prince William 1
sound district, «*f Alaska.
Lawrence nsserts that previous I
to the organization of ihecoiuj any,
in 1901, he owned a one-lifth inter
in the Gladhaugh, Copjier King.
Copper Queen, Convict and Solo
quartz claims, and that he put this
into the hands of Meeiiach as or
ganizer, taking in return a contract
under which lie was to receive
100,000 shares out of a capitaliza
tion of half a million.
After this, according to the com
plaint, Meenach went east and en- j
listed capital in the companv.l
among others that of John Lowlier |
Welsh, of Philadelphia. When he'
returned the organization was com- j
pitted on a basis oi *10,000,000 in
capital -lock, and lOO.(XX) was ten
dered to Lawrence as his share, j
thus reducing his holdings from
otie-tifth, which he claimed, to one
one- hundredth.
Assertions arc also made that the!
present others are converting the
jirotits of the couipauv to their own
use. and tnat $250,111)0 worth of ore'
has been add ai d not accounted
for.
The complaint demands either
2.000,000 snares of stock or $250
0<)0 in cash. Harrison Bostwick,
his attorney, slates that tlie prop-1
er»y is at j>reseut worth alioul $1,- j
000,000.
If you would enjoy ^oed health ,
bathe frequently at the Uock Baths.
Telegraphic News
New York. "May 17—The yachts
contesting f<>r the ocean race cup.
o'tVred bv tin emperor of (Seriuntv ,
started from the Sandy Hook lia-.
to-day at 12:15 p.m. The boats
crossed the starting line >n ilie fol
lowing order: Aiisa, Atlantic,
Hamhurg. Fleur. Hilgarde, Kndy
"ion, F11is-»»♦*. SimiIhmiii. Apache
Yachts of three nations arc coni
petini! foi the cup ami three prints
whicit arc eiffered. The course i««
! from Sandy Hook to Lizzard, Kng
hind. They made a start yester
day, hut Were recalled to their
places on account of the heavy fog
prevailing.
Amoy. Chinn. May 17—Tin
Japanese fleet is taking a positin'
sodth of Formosa. It i- Togo’s in-!
temion to light the Itr.-sians in i
that neighborhood. Nothing deli-i
nite is know of 'lie whereabouts of
liojestvenski’s fleet, but is thouglit !
'to lie taking coal from eoilier
somewhere along this const. Jap
,anese < rui-ers are seen scouting!
daily as far south as Hung Kong.
r-eattle. May 1, —Ktnboldened |
' hy their success in fishing iliegallv I
in the waters of southwestern Alas-j
ka last V' ir, three Japanese sell sm-'
ers are now lieilig litteil out at
Vokuhama with er* .vs to repeat
the performance. This informa
tion is contained in a corTiniuii-a
tson from V okaliatua to a repre
sentative oi tlie Kellv-Clark Co.,
of this city.
• *} ukane. May 17—Henrv I!
Miii.iirg, purchasing agent : r ir |
Northwestern Commercial Co.,
which owns and operaies several
Aiaska iines of steamers, inis Wen
indicted liv the grand jury here on
a charge of grand larceny.
Chicago, May 15—Jessie Bartlett
Davis, the famous opera singer,
died at her home hero last night.
Men on Ice Floe Safe.
Washington. May -1—Tiie mili
tary secretary lias received a report
announcing that four men who
were hlown to sett in a dt-alilcd
launch off Noun, Alaska, April 2d.
on all ice floe, have landed on Soi
omon island. The men are report
ed to be making their wav ashore
over the ice, all being well.
$200,000 For Roads.
Speaking of the work of thei
Alaska road commission, Major
Richardson said, in an interview at
Seattle:
“As far as possible, the people of
Alaska will lie consulted ahull
their wis( es in the matter. We
shall take up the work systematic
ally. I estimate that within the
coming twelve months the hoard
should have at least $200,000 to j
expend in opening new territory
by means of wagon roads and trails j
ami in improving those already in ;
existence.
‘•Under the law 70 per cent of;
the money collected in taxes out- j
side of incorporated cities and
towns shall he returned to Alaska
to l*e used in road building. This
building will, as far a practicable,
he of a jieriiiaueiit character. While
tiie work will not he for merely
local benefit, as iar as possible the
districts that have contributed
most largely to the fund will lie
given the liest attention, providing
roads and trails are needed. The
work of the commission is prin
cipally to distribute the fund wisely
anti to the liest advantage.”
Headquarters of the Imard will
lie i stain.-lied in Skagway immed
iately upon the arrival of Major
Richard.'Oti there. The l>oard will
then gather a.i possible data re
quirements of the district.
Reindeer at Illiemna.
Mr. Romig. of Ret’ •■!. on the
Knskokwim. I> orleroith go em
inent, started a herd 1 I :>>nl rcin
deer from the mission at that
1‘lace destined for Copper Cent* r.
Kiev are in charge ol' a herder
named Anderson, and left t e mi—
s:on just as soon as w inter -el in
and ‘lie ground it: good condition
lor the journey. They reached ami
passed Illiamna Ink*. iiut 'lie
wi iiiiicr Jmcoming soft ii w„ found
advisable to return •*» dm lake.
Aficr a stay at tii.i. place the calv
ing season set in arid then it was
impo-silile to proceed further. The
Herd w ill remain tin n for tn • siim
im r. ami the journey will l>e re
s' iiml iicx: winter.
New Treasurer
Through mi oversight wi* Mite i
to llleii! loll las! Wei l; t lie eh ;. a
|of li. B. Wheat as town tr-a-urer.
• he week previous the e eineil h;ol
the matter under advis ment. i.i t
owing to a deadlock then *.'a- no
election. At the ie- nn-i .it,.. ;],.
Were four ballots taken. -I. f. M II
tin, Jas. Fish and K. B. Wheat
each receiving votes, hut i ■ i:ii. r
I having a majority of the conned
until tlie Iasi one, when Wh.-; had
four, which was suflicient !o ciect.
Ills bond h; • i eu mad out and
will ho pi. si liteil to the council ilt
the next meeting for anprovul.
Boats Reported.
The Dora, during her last trip
reported tlie following vessels:
Schooner Charles Hanson, of
Frisco, at ITnin.-ka April go.
Schooner Joseph Boss, of Seattle.'
at Dutch Haro... April 2'J.
\\ halers \\ :i. Bayles and Xor- ’
wlml, of Frisco, at Dutch Harhor
April 10.
Schooner Ulckutu, formerly the
Ruhv Cousins, oi Frisco, at Dutch
Harhor M ay (».
British hark Melanope, of Ladv
sniitli, at Unalaska April 27.
Steamer Jcanie, with coal and
supplies for Apollo mine, at Cnga
May 8.
Pumice Stone.
Three-quarters of a mile fro;;,
tide waterf and just haek of Ci:ig
nik. W. I. Warner ha- located an
extensive deposit of pumice s one
of extremely line quality. II.
came down on the Dora to Seward
and from there will go to Seattle
on the Portland. It is his inten
tion to immediately put in a tram
way to the shore atid this year be
gin shipping the stone.
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Department Commander Here,
(.h-neral \\ iliiau s, in command
of the Department of the Columbia,
attended by his aide, Lieutenant
Raymond, on a lour of inspection
of the Alaska posts, arrived at Ft.
Liscum oil the Santa Clara Fridav,
May 12. The party remained at
the jiost during the next day and
continued with the steamer to
Seward, after which they returned
eastward and will Inter inspect the
posts on Puget sound.
Appointed Nebraska Han.
Judge N. V. Harlan has selected
Andrew E. Harvey as assistant
United States prosecuting attorney
tor tiie Third judicial division.
Mr. H arvev is now on the way.
to Alaska, accompanied !>v his
family. He will at rive shortly after
navigation opens. His home has
la-en in Lincoln. Nebraska, where
he beeame acquainted with the
judge.—Fairbanks News.
The Nome flee!, n >w at Seattle, j
will start for the north al«>ut June
1st. Every urn- of the the' has sold
out all available space both for
passengers and freigut.
Sighted A Cruiser
Tl mail steamer Dorn, I>ilo
reroute to V ihi. • sigh' .1 a steamer
v. lo -h tiie i Hi , i> firtiiiv Relieve id
R Japanese cruiser hi ad*
ii'tr for '.lie Situ—i:m eoa~,.
Hie lumt was seen south of l 15 i—
mak pass hiai.n* West on ;hc
". ;lit o, V . 'j ,1 v |, r>
w • a vessel ad
no i ail s : r pi y >1 Ullti V. ell
pist tin1 Dora v,h her ii-tlrsw re
:• 1 ten is| on. iiioi.iinatinc Die
entire ship fora tine'.ien am! vero
th'tt ii-fniii It riieij • iff.
I !e ,-l/eo; Die shin, Da- eoorso
she was f< . her myster
ious actions • .rise the 1 .«-I;,-t Knit
•lie is a cruiser I'-itro, ins; tie
nortmni r ute h. >1; n; for pri ; s,
'I i.c sti .1 ; j w - tirs! sighted liy
second tui.ii iiolr.isir-'tis.
;* ui Kr iti' is o. .M.jy 15—John
1'. >. ( o|.: iol.IT. Val
dez A n.-kit. \V< v.on the Itoirui
/.a mining ease. TV’! our friend.-.—
J. A. (.'arson.
i he above is the tii.-* informa
tion nseived in Valdt z relative to
:!n lii.a. settlement of wha- Is
• >thly the ntott ini|ortant min
ing .-nil tried in Alaska.
I lie jiroi • rt\ .nvoiv.d, which is
gel i Mm y k n r.vn us the Itointliza
« : was . ill 1’. IK),
in the mount li i* . ■ j:• •.■ n. o the
Chiityua i '.ei li e following
year, when a sale was about to he
i I'feeMli hy 'i. io< :enrs. all adverse
on tl ed uf a grubsla Is*
■ ■ n sent I,and suit was hrot :»t
ooht.MM title. N I' w i: hstanditlg
till tile -• went hroilj.h, alid
N w \ ■ '. 1 ir '.lasers, the Alas
ka ('"i per f ... : a-,.- since defended
I suit in 1>A'! a referee was
a|i|*oin;ci! to take tvidmee, and
last j ar tin- voluminous '.es'imony
was taker up hy Jtc.gc Wicker
siia ii. silting at Vault/., and after
a caretui consideration of the case
r ed* ici a decision in favor of ihe
defen It lits. A;; » ppoal v. as taken
to tin-four: of append- of the Ninth
circuit, a! fan Francisco, which
th s week rendered the decision af
firming the judgement of Judge
Wickershatii.
Abate Nuisance
for tlie pas' week the committee
on sewers have been in it S;1'gating
tho condition oi tfte creek running
from the S'. kdias under the post
oflice and ilorscshtie huiidings to
the ea -ii, am! have decided that it
i» a menace to the public health to
allow the dumping of all kinds of
refuse into the stream. As a con
setjucnc' they have ordered notices
s rved on all persons maintaining
toilets over the creek to have them
removed. The damming of the
•stream to secure water for the tire
wells causes the water to stand
stagnant, and the accumulation of
tilth resulting is liable to cause
contagion. Under the town ordi
nances the council has power to
stoji such nuisances and is deter
mined to do so.
Drowned At Chignik
l’lie Dora brings the news front
Chignik of tiie drowning of David
B. Barstow, a civil engineer, for
merly associated with B. Onfroy
at Portage bay, but more recently
connected with the coal mines
altove Chignik.
Barstow left camp in a sail Itoat,
accompanied by another man, to
go to the cannery for mail. He
diil not return and a search result
ed in finding the sloop capsized on
a bar. The ttodies have not 'teen
recovered.
Mr. ami Mrs. A. \V. Swanitz, of
Valdez, Alaska, are registered at
the Hotel Washington. Mr. i-wan
itz was formerly chief engineer of
tiie Alaska Central Railroad.—P-L