- VOLUME 5. NO. 3 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1906. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
WE ARE TltE LEADING OUTFITTERS
and carry the largest and most complete stock
of SUPPLIES, HARDWARE and CLOTHING
FOR THE TRAIL.
We shall be glad to show you our stock and
give you estimates on your outfit.
VaUJcz, COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY t CO.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Glassts.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
Ate Owl Drag Co. Pl&ne
Call For Warrants
Valdes, Alaska, Feb. 15—Notice
is hereby given that I will pay all
city warrants up to and including
No. 574 if presented within ten days
from date.
E. B. Wheat.
Towr. Treasurer.
You’ll Find Them j
At the Bowling Alley—The De
cember list of Edison Phonograph
Records. We also carry a large
stock of the handsomest Flower
Horns ever put on the market, to
say nothing of many Standard
and Home machines, all with the.
latest No. 3 crane attachment. Al* j
so a large stock of Gold Moulded ■
Records, it you contemplate buy-■
ng a phonograph it will pay you j
o call on ua.
COAL — COAL
C. W. Miller, agent, or Copper River
Graying Co.
3,500 Edison Gold Moulded Rec
ords at Wikidel’s Phonograph Par
lor.
Take Notice.
That I will not be responsible
for any work done upon any min
ing property owned by me on
Uyak bay, Kodiak island, Alaska,
oalesa ordered by me in writing.
Jomtxivb Lseswm.
Notice.
I. the underslghcdi agent lor K. >1. Burk’s
interest in the Moonshine, Iron Duke, and
Lillie claims, and owner of an interest in the
Exchange claim, ail of which are situated on
south side of Landlord bay and recorded in the
Price** William sound mining district, do here*
by nolifr all concerned that I will not be re*
•pr.Bsibft for any labor performed on any of
the above claims. Ricuakd Keif.
Dissolution cf Partnership.
Notice 1, hereby gim that I transferred .11
toy Interest It: the partnership under the name
of BUckwell A Frazer, operating the Northern
Hnloon, on Neb 1.1906, to Mio Roee Morris,
who astuwe. ell tnd«-btedne«a and will par
all bill.. I hare no further conneetlou with
•aid bunineu. Alezandf.h Fkazek.
Have You Seen
The 1906 Model
OF THK
fcdison Standard
Phonograph?
PRICE $25.00
Larger and Prettier Than Ever
A most attractive and useful
addition to any home. On
exhibition at
WIkidel’s Phonograph Parlor
CALL AND SEE THEM
Three times three. Soon.
Washington, Feb. 15—Vice
president Fairbanks, Senator Hem
ingway and others are urging the
appointment of W. B. Hoggatt, oi
Juneau, to succeed Brady as gover
nor of Alaska. Dick Rvan is work
ing hard for Perkins, of Nome, but
it is doubtful who will receive the
appointment, In case there is a va
cancy;' to fill. It is said the nresi
dent favors Jarvis, but he may not
accept. When in Washington a
month ago Jarvis stated that he
could not afford to accept the posi
tion as he was a poor man and
had to work for a living and lay up
some money for old age.
Washington, Feb. 16— Roosevelt
| wired Capt. Jarvis last night urg
ing him to accept the appointment
as governnor of Alaska, but has
received no reply. Clum, of Fair
banks. who is also a candidate for
the governorship, has informed the
president that he asks considera
tion only after Jarvis. The bill to
appoint inspectors of hulls and
; boilers, with headquarters at St.
j Michael, has been favorably re
ported in the senate. Ballaine,
of the Alaska Central, and others
appeared to-day before the House
committee to urge that govern
ment aid be given to Alaska rail
roads. The former will appear
| again Monday. The House com
mittee has agreed to report the
Nelson Alaska delegate bill with
few amendments.
Washington, Feb. 17—The presi
; dent has decided to wait several
days before taking any action in
j in tlie Alaska governorship matter
! so as to allow time for Jarvis to re
I ply to his communication offering
! him the office.
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Heinze Off For Alaska.
Butte, Fel>. 14—It is reported
' here that Heize, who recently dis
: posed of all his Montana copper
interests, lias decided to go to the
Copper River district of Alaska,
where he bad agents looking over
the ground last season.
Quartz and Placer Location
Blanks at Prospector.
The Rash To Fairbanks Is Now On.
Telegraphic Items.
Washington, Feb 22 — Judge
Wickersham appeared before the
sub-committee yesterday to an
swer charges made against him.
The only questions brought up
were the ones regarding the owner
ship of a lot on which gambling is
allowed, and the claim of unfair
ness in the Nelson-Hesley case.
The matter was discussed bv the
committee who asked many ques
tions of the judge. Nelson ap
peared to be hostile to him but the
attitude of the others was very
friendly. They have agreed that
no more verbal testimony will be
required. All except Nelson ex
pressed satisfaction at the answers
made by the judge and it is confi
dently expected that the report will
be favorable.
Seattle, Feb. 22—William Meisel,
an employee of the Everett smel
ter, has been arrested charged with
robbing the company for the past
year. One brick of gold was found
in his pockets and he confesses to
the stealing, saying that a number
more bricks of gold are hidden at
Everett.
Washington, reb. 'll — noth
houses of congress are discussing
the divorce laws today. A section
has been adopted restricting di
vorces to citizens of a state in that
state. This deals a death blow to
the custom of migrating to obtain
divorces.
Seattle, Feb. “22—A complete
gold coin counterfeiting outfit was
found here today in house on First
i avenue. It is the largest capture
■ made yet on this coast. The police
: arrested John Forrister, Patrick
Jennings, Thos. Sheehan and
Kobert Jewel n ambers of the coun
terfeiting gang.
Boise, Feb. 22—The union min
ers in custody here have been
taken to Caldwell for a prelimi
nary hearing. Steve Adams, a
miner, was arrested at Haines,
Oregon, and Vincent St. John at
Wallace, Idaho. Both were ar
rested on the charge of being im
plicated in the murder of Steuen
berg.
T“v_ W.L OO ..... A
chard, the supposed miner, who is
a prisoner at Boise, charged with
the murder of Steuenberg, has
proven to be a Pinkerton detective
who has been working as a spy for
some t ree among the Colorado
.l iners. He has given the names
of more than fifty union men who
were involved in the plots for the
assaseination of prominent men.
Pekin, Feb. 20—News has been
received here that the Chinese big
knife society has massacred a num
| ber of Catholic converts at Honan.
; No details.
Portland Steamship Line
Portland is finally taking steps
to secure a portion of the enormous
Alaska trade. The chamber of
commerce, board of trade, commer
cial club and manufacturers’ asso
ciation are working jointly in the
matter and have made arrange
ments for putting on one boat,
and have an option on two more.
Options have been secured on three
boats each capable of carrying
2.000 tons of freight and a large
: number of passengers. For the
first year the merchants of Port
land bind themselves to make good
any deficiency in the operation of
the boats. The plan is to put on
one boat capable of making the
! round trip in twenty days, touch
ing at Juneau, Valdez and Seward.
Suit for Taxes.
Suits have been entered in the
district court against Herman
Syring for delinquent taxes on
real estate, and against R. McNeill
in the commissioner’s court for
taxes on personal property.
Portland Copper Co.
The Alaska Anialgamaten Cop
per Co., incorporated for 91,250,000
and composed mostly of prominent
Portland men, is now operating
in the Chittyna country.
The company has C. L. Warner,
H. H. Greer, E. A Engleson, Frank
Foster and Harry Fitch now in
the field to develop property al
ready controlled by them, and to
prospect for more copper.
The officials state that a steam
ship line from Portland to Valdez,
and a smelter at the former place,
is projected as soon as the Valdez
railroad is completed.
Will Resign
A special dispatch from Wash
ington to the Sitka Cablegram says:
Everything uoints to a change
in the governorship of Alaska at
an early date and wise heads say
that Judge Wickersham will be the
one selected to succeed Governor
Brady.
Wickersham’s tight for confirma
tion as judge is considered to have
been made in order that he might
be vindicated as regards the char
ges brought against him. It is ex
pected he will resign from the bench
immediately upon confirmation to
accept the appointment of gover
nor.
Perkins has strong backing, but
there is no disguising the fact that
the president’s well known liking
for the judge and Wickersham’s
desire to become the Alaska dele
gate has convinced many that he
will get the plum.
Washington, Feb. 20— Judge|
Wickersham will appear before the!
judiciary sub-committee of the sen- i
ate tomorrow to make verbal de
fense on the charges preferred
against him.
Boston, Feb. 19—There was a
double wedding here to-day,
Blarney Stevens, of Valdez, Alaska, |
and Miss Phoebe Reynolds, and
Dr. Robert Cummings and Miss
Harriet Reynolds being the con
tracting parties. The Reynolds j
sisters are sisters of H. D. Rey
nolds, of the Reynolds-Alaska De
velopment Co., and Blarney Stev
ens is engineer for the same com
pany. Both couples will spend
their honeymoon in England.
Lost.
A pocket book containing three money order
receipts from Seward for $100 each, a dr«ft on
First National bank, Seattle $100,^ made out to
Tom Berry, and a draft on the National bank
of f^eadvilie, Colorado, for $100 made to Thomas
Leinicwftki. These were lost Wednesday noon.
A reward will la? paid for the return of same
to the 1’. 8. Marshal.
Big Shipment of Eggs.
C. E. Jones arrived on the Ore
gon with sixteen horses and 400
i cases of eggs, which he is taking to
Fairbanks for the spring trade.
Mr. Janes took a similar load over
this trail last spring.
Bishop Innocence, head of the
. Russian church in Alaska, is said
to have been a passenger on the
i long overdue steamer Dora. Con
siderable anxiety is manifested bv
' the members of that religious de
nomination.
W. H. Bush, who for the past
twelve years has been in the em
ploy of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Co., airived on the Oregon to take
the position now occupied by C. W.
Miller, who goes to Seattle on the
Excelsior to accept the position of
assistant general manager of the
Northwestern Steamship Co.
Of Local Interest.
Valdez Customs Report.
The 1905 report of E. B. Spiers,
deputy collector of customs at Val
dez, is now out and contains much
interesting information regarding
this section, in addition to the
customs statistics. During the
year 05 boats, exclusive of govern
ment vessels,arrived at this port,
the net tonnage of which amounts
to 57,332 tons, an increase of 14,
323 tons over last year. The ex
ports, taken from shippers’ mani
fests, aggregate $1,039,011 in value,
an increase of $845,991 over 1904.
The items are gold dust $074,000,
copper ore $593,153, furs $21,923;
and empty kegs, personal effects
and sundries constitute the bal
ance. The re|>ort covers the mer
cantile business of the town, cli
matic conditions, educantional ad
vantage.*, transportation and mail
and telegraph facilities, and tlio
mining in Prince William sound
and the interior.
Work On Cbisna.
M. Dtmpsev returned on ths
Ougon with an outfit for develop*
ing iii» Chisna and Daisy creels
propcrtv. Giants and hose will be
taken in and put in operation, one
on the old LaNode Co. claims
at>ove the Chisna canyon, and one
Daisy creek. Next season a larger
plant will be installed and the
ground worked on an extensive
scale.
An Indianapolis firm of brokers
has taken over the holdings of the
LaNode Co., and intend to spare
no expense to make the claims
producers.
Money For Wagon Roads
Senator Nelson has presented an
amendment to the urgency defjc*
iency bill, providing for an appro*
priation of $41,500 for Alaska
roads. The measure was intro*
duced on recommendation of the
secretary of the navy.
Old Court Bills to be Paid.
A ruling has been recently made
which takes tiie payment of all
district court bills from the clerk's
office and puts them in the hands
of the U. >S. Marshal. All of the
old bills which were incurred after
the pussage of the Nelson road bill,
and which no provision was made
for paying, will he taken up soon
and settled.
Hereafter all bills of the court
will be paid by the marshal’s de
partment.
Appeals Decided.
Of the three < ases appealed from
the district court here last year
two were decided by the court of
appeals Feb. 5.
In the case of Raymond vs. Hera*
pie, an apj>eal from a judgment for
$1,000, allowed by this court, t|io
judgment was sustained.
The decision in the case of the
Alaska Commercial Co. vs. Debner
which was a suit on a Dawson
judgment for $5,000, was reversed.
The case of First National Bank
vs. Oscar Fish has not been decided.
Burley Arrested.
Nick Burley, the well-known
fighter, arrived in Fairbanks, Jan,
30, and was arrested upon com*
plaint of Agnes O’Foster, who
swore that she had good reason to
believe that he would kill her. He
was released to appear before Com*
missioner Carr and show cause
why he should not be placed under
a bond to keep the peace.
The steamer Edith is expected
lo arrive here be'.ween March lat
and 5th with a cargo of suppiiea
for the Copper River & jgortbwMt*
ern road and freight for the &MF*
chaste here.