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VOLUME 4, WO. 32___VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1905. ~ OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
The Same Firm
The Same Name
The Same Goods
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The Same Prices
Our stocks of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CLOTH
ING, FURNISHING GOODS and SHOES of every
description were never more complete.
GOOD GOODS and FAIR TREATMENT
have built up our business to its present large
proportions.
If you are not our customer Give Us aTriai.
We Aim To Please.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
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Oily \ ©1
NEXT TO THE XIZINA. \
PRICES ARE |
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
J GIVI-: US A
CALL
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| Beef, Mutton, Pork
I Poultry and Game.
European Plan Rates Reasonable
HOTEL ST. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
DESM £y & POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
"Robbie’s Candy Kitchen
(Next to Postollico.)
Up-To-Date. "Best Confections,
Special Candy Sale For Crildreii Every Saturday.
A tourist, who this summer made j
the round trip along the toast on
the steamer .Santa Ana from Seat
tle, in it published interview states
as follows: “Valdez is the present
gateway fur Central Alaska United
States mail and pa. :-ehgei> io Fair*
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hunks. The flower and vegetahh
gardens around the luunt s in thi:
town would (nit tuhlush tin* major
ity of farmer homes in the agricui
turn! he: oi liie l lilted Slates.
They are sin|>iV luxuriant am
abundant.”
Former Valdezian Dead
Fairbanks, S j t. 11—Jmi Don
aldson fell dead on Cleary creek
i yesterday of heart disease"
Mr. Donaldson was a native of
Virginia and canto to Valdez in
11)00, and was for a time connected
with A1 White in the roadhouse
j h sin ess at Tonsina. and later re
t irued to town to work in the Gold
Dost Exchange. He went to Fair
banks during the rush and for the
! past six months has been employed
ill the California .Saloon at that
plaee.
Gold Production
Washington, Sept. 12—Director
■ of the Mint Huberts to'-da v made
public his estimate of the produc
tion of gold and silver in the
j United States for the calendar year
jof l'.hW. According to his figures
i tin* total gold production was $80,
i 721.200; silver $23,515,938. 'Ihe
j increase of gold production over
the previous year was $7,000.01 0.
i Alaska’s yield of gold was given as
■ $1),0:H,200., and of silver 210,000
j fine ounces.
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The A. H. Stacy party with large
S holdings at Kayak came up on the
Excelsior with a number of men to
resume operations on their coal and
, oil locations. They brought 50 tons
of supplies.
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While the steamer Melville Dol
lar was being loaded at Seattle, one
of the longshoremen engaged on
the boat was killed by the by the
breaking away of the tackle.
Daniel Doughcity, supposed to
be on Prince William Sound, will
please communicate with this of
fice. Matter is of importance to
him.
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Brvan Has Had Enough
Says He Will Quit. Charges That Seattle Merchants are
Unfair To Be Investigated. Assistant Treas
urer Lieb In Trouble.
Chicago. Sep. 13—At the Jeffcr-1
son Club banquet last night ltrvan
public)v renounced his anihition
to tili the presidential chair. lie
stated that under no cireumstaners
would he allow his name to he used
again.
Washington. Se| . 13—The Phil
adelphia Reform Association ha
filed charges with Roosevelt agains
Assistant United States Treason r
Lieh. They claim that he violated
the president’s orders and engaged
in polities, lie was mixed up in
the recent gas franchise trouble in
Philadelphia.
Seattle, Sep. 13—Charges made
that the merchants of Seattle arej
not treating the Alaska meichants
fairly in their business dealings,
are Wing investigated l>v the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce. Such re
ports have been coming from the
northern trade foiksome time and
are hurting Seattle.
Washington, Sep. Id—The arti
cle of the peace treaty giving Japan
the privilege of ti-hing in Silu rian
waters i,» worth *dO,liOO,(JOO a year
t > the Japanese.
New York, Sep. Id—Two of the
physicians in attendance upon
Baron Komuro report that he is
down with typhoid fever, while a
third doctor insists that it is an in
Hamation of the gall and bladder.
The Baron w ill not be able to reach
Seattle to sail on the Dakota, hut i
hopes tn leave via Vancouver next
month.
Relief Party Co*.
Copper Center, Sept Id—Mun
son. Hamilton, McKinney, ami
one enlisted man left to-day for
the \vt ,-t fork of (iulkuna to yet I ho
man who is paralized and in a
helpless condition there. He was
enrotite to Fairbanks with tho
Mayor cattle when stricken. Tho
relief party will build a is at and
taki li t man to town via Tazuuna.
1 hey expect to bo hack in ten
days •
Hie road erew is wnrkiny south
of here on the win'er trail. Tho
ti'leyraph const rut on party has
linishcd repair wor .,ni! will leave
for the south to-day. There are a
tew- inushers on the trail. Weather
is line.
Wreck at Yakataga.
A three masted schooner drifted
in three miles from Yakataga
beach Sept. 3, and is now beached
there. The vessel had turned tur
tle and came ashore bottom up.
Last Thursday four bodies also
came ashore, and were buried i
awaiting instructions from the olli
cials.
The vessel was identified, through
papers which drifted in, as being!
the schooner Prosper. There are!
three vessels of this name listed
sailing from San Francisco. On
one of the bodies was found postal
cards addressed to ILorge Fernt
ling. The other bodies could not
he identified.
The only wreckage to come
ashore so far was some canned
meats, oil eoats and cooking uten
sils. The canned goods"appeared
to have been in the water for some
time.
Win. (ilenelenning lighted the"
direlict and attempted to tow it
ashore, hut could not do so on ac
count of the swell.
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Open Season For Eirds.
The open season for killing ptar
migan and water fowl started Sep
tember 1st and runs until January
Mist. It is unlawful, however to
I kill or l ave in possession more
I than ten ptarmigan or twenty-five
j water-fowl on any one day.
Koggatt Sue? For Libel
Volney T. Hoggntt lias filed
suits in Denver against the Times
, and News for all* g« d lihelous state
! inents connecting him with fraud
I ulent mining companies at Gold
fields, Nevada. He asks for $25.
<HDO damages.
Still They Come
Another party is now in the field
for the construction of a railroad
from the coast to tap the great
Chittyna Copper belt. A corps of
!engineers and assistants, under
llie management ot Messrs. Mor
rison and Brunner are now at
Kavak, laying out a route fora
j railroad to tap Luth the coal and
| oil lands of Kayak and theeopp r
belt of the Copper river valley.
Their terminus will he on the coast
- at Martins island.
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The McKenzie party are now
liesy laving-out the route for a
railroad from the lead of Cordova
,hay to Kayak. They will later
lay out r!ie Copiter river unite.
See the he-autiful Billow Tops
j and Lunch Cloths at Ladies-Bazaar.
Died of Heart Disease.
J. II. Hug! , ... ishilit engineer
of the Hhelikoff, was taken to the
hospital yesterday evening suffer
ing from pleuio-piieuui-.nia ami
heart trouble. 1 It; tl it tl early tin
morning.
Deceased was to the Westward
all summer and readied Valdez too;
hue for proper niediea 1 attendance.
Change In Candy Kitchen.
Mrs. Bobbins has this w« ok pur
chased tin Candy Kitchen, and n -
moved the stock and fixtures to
the store adjoin ng the postoHice
Mrs. Bobbins is a woman of con
siderable business experience and
intends to run a first- -lass estab
lishment. Besides candy, oyster
ill every style will he served in
winter and icecream in summer.
Miss Workman, the retiring
owner desires to express her thanks
to the public for their patronage,
and bespeaks a continuation of the
same for her successor.
Coming to Valdez.
If. Brutnolier lef four men thi
fall in charge of the proi isions on
the Nabesna, who wi;i devote their
time toward opening topper mines
in which the company is interested.
Just as goon as Mr. Bratnober vis
its Nome lie will make a trip to
Valdez to look after the building of
the proposed railroad from Valdez
to some point on the Tanana river
at or above Tanana crossing.—Fair
banks News.
Chief ot Police Skipped.
A despatch from Fairbanks to
the Skugway Alaskan, states that
Tom Darker, chief of j oliee at that
place, has decamped to avoid an
investigation of his official doings.;
He is accused of taking money
from fallen women. James llngen
has been appointed in bis place.
The customs, receipts from Alas
ka for the year ending in June
were 91.*12,229. During tin* same;
lime there was sent from Alaska to
the states gold to the value of $9,-i
950,647, and Alaska products sent
oat other than precious metals
reaches the sum of $10.N2‘d,517. *1 he
known shipments of furs reached
the sum of $499,417.
The Kxceisior, Captain Jordan,
arrived Sunday with a fair passen
ger li- and a large amount ot
freight ior Valdez.
; fait/:. Jenson and
I Net.- Jepsou arc >u from Valdez
i creek.
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Stricken On The Trail.
I.nst Saturday Marshal l.athrnp
ref iveil word from Copper Center
that tht rt was a mull on the tiul
kanu stricken with paralysis and
without attendance or provisions.
As no iuniis were available for
sending a party to Ids relief, tlio
mat.dial win'd Judge Wickcrshuin
for instructions, but has received no
reply. It will pro ablvbe referred
to the military authorities.
I be man was one of tiie Mayer
parly, whi. h w taking cattle over
>he trail to Kiti bunks. His name
is not known.
Another Strike On Latorche.
Joe- Little and Jack Wilson ar
rived in town this week and re
corded tlie lo aiion of l"> claims on
tbc southern end of Latouche island
They have uncovered the ledge in
places for a distance of 22,000 feet,
shotring ore on everv claim varying
tit width from «ix t• • To feet. Other
locations on the ledge recently
prospected, prove the ore ltody to
be nearly port.t ini\~ long. This
is a separate ledge from t he one on
lie Beatson property, Very little
'•■nth has liecii attained this season
tint all samples taken show a goo l
quality of sulphide ore.
Bound Over.
The preliminary hearing of Win.
Koek, of Kllatnar. on the charge of
attempting to murder Sam Cum
minger with a rifle about three
weeks ago, came up Monday before
Judge Lvons. The accused waived
examination and was hound over
to the grand jury in #2000 hail.
Gets One Year
Charles Davenport, who was last
week arrested fur appropriating to
himself goods in the form of gold
nuggets and jewelry belonging to
his employer, was this week tried
and sentenced to one year in jail,
while (!. vf. Flynn, wh > is charged
with Wing an accessory in the ease
is hound over to the grand jury.
Port Vatdcz Investment Co.
The Port Valdez Investment Co.
capitalized at tloO.OOO. filed articles
of incorporation this week with the
clerk of the court. The incnrpora
tors are George C. Hazelett, George
Max Ester!v and T. -I. Donohue.
The objects of the company ora
buying and selling real, personal
and mix d property, and to engage
in transjMir’.ation, timbering and
inaifutacture in the district of Al
aska.