THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday hy the ProspectoIi
Publishing Co. Phonr, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez i>ostnfhce as second class matter.
What would you think of the
people of Arizona holding a con
vention in New York to urge the
necessity of granting them state
hood? It would seem strange* but
that is just what the territorial
government advocates of Alaska
are favoring now. Hold a conven
tion in Seattle so that all of the
migratory birds, who only come to
'Alaska in the summer, can decide
what the real residents of Alaska
want. But that is consistent ns
these agitators are in any of their
'schemes.
As for Fairbanks and the Tan
■ana—it knows what it wants. It
wants two things:
It wants territorial government,
that it may conduct its own af
faire, so far, at least, as that form
'of government will permit it to do
;so.
It wants the Third judicial divis
ion divided and a permanent court
'established in this city. It wants
'Judge Wickersham appointed as
'resident judge. That’s what Fair
'banks wants.-—Fairbanks News.
Valdez don’t know what it
Svante.
Ben Downing, the veteran mail
'carrier of the Yukon, thinks that
’he can do a stunt in the north
ipole expedition business that will
make our Arctic explorers feel
small, but he lias not yet decided
’try it.
A town that never has anything
to do in a public way is on the way
to the cemetery. Any citizen who
will do nothing for his town fur
nishes the coffiin. The man who
is so selfish as to have no time from
’business to give to the city affairs
is making the shroud. The man
who will not advertise is driving
the hearse. The man who is al
ways pulling back from any public
enterprise throws boquets on the
grave. The man who is so stingy
and selfish as to be howling hard
times, preaches the funeral sermon
and sings the doxology, and thus
the town lies buried, free from all
'sorrow and care.—Ex
Judge Moor, it is said, complains
’of being overworked. Nearly ev
eryone in the second judicial di
vision would be delighted if his
'honor should decide to take a long,
long vacation. One should ne\ er
‘permit devotion to duty to imperil
one’s health.—Nome Nugget.
Captain Barnette and the Fair
banks News are loud in their de
mands for a division of the Third
district, with Judge Wickersham as
resident judge at Fairbanks. We
have seen no published statement
’of Wickersham’s in this connec
tion.
A question in simple arithmetic:
'If a federal office holder has a sal
ary of 93.500 a year, and is the
owner of 75 mining claims, on
which the law presumes a hundred
dollars worth of work is done each
■year, how much of his salary is
used for filing proofs of labor?—
'Nome Nugget.
Fairbanks is beginning to see
the necessity ot levying a tax on
■property to meet the expenses of
the town. Only a few months ago
she wa6 crowing over the towns
that bad to collect taxes to pay
their bills.
It is estimated that the license
'fees that will be collected outside
the incorporated towns of Alaska
this year will be $120,000. Of this
70 per cent will be available for
‘road purposes.
Sitka public schools have been
allowed $3,750 for this year, but
the money is not forthcoming.
COAL — COAL
C. W. Miller, agent, or Copper River
Draying Co.
Millionaire Baby—A. K. Green,
Crimson Wing—Taylor, at Pros
»pector Library.
THE MUSHER.
I first cnmo into Alaska, if any
one should ask ye,
Not merely to recuperate my
health.
But with talents few, but clever,
it wns my firm endeavor,
To happily rccoup-erate my wealth.
In the city of Valdez, with ex
traordinary ease.
I spent the little cash I brought
along,
For n couple of malemntes and n
pair of rubber Imots,
And a variety of thing* to drink,
not good, hut strong.
O’er glaciers’ wide crevasses and
mountain's rugged jKisses,
I mushed the trail ns human never
did.
iVhen food supplies they failed
me and hunger’s pangs as
sailed me,
I ate my dogs, but mushed and
mushed ahead.
I forded the swift Nizina and
swam the Tazlina.
Because I found no dam on which
to cross,
But once having swam them, I
turned around and damned
them
Then mushed ahead, lamenting
the time I’d lost.
There was wealth on every hand,
rivaling Ophir’s golden sand,
Chalcopyrite, bornite, sulphide and
peacock ore,
Wealth for wealthy hands await*
ing, but my courage ne’er
abating,
I reefed my belt and mushed and
mushed the more.
In a shaley glacier drift, worked
I many a weary shift,
With ptarmigan and trout my
chief of fare.
Now on bed-rock I stand, and
quickly wash a pan,
And shout “Bv God! The yellow
stuff is there!”
Now I’m in town once more,
with luxuries galore.
Fresh steaks and fruits, and phiz*
zes made of gin.
I’ll live in semi-clover until win
ter winds are over,
Then I’ll hit the trail and mush
and mush again.
S. A. Crandall.
Douglas Objects.
W ho decided that a fair should
be held? Why at Seattle! Why
were not the people of Alaska con
sulted in answering both of the
above questions? How will a fair
held in Seattle] benefit Alaska?
\\ hy could not an Alaskan city
have been chosen ? Would not the
same effort, which a fair will re
quire, if expended in other chan
nels, yield vastly greater results
for Alaska?
We are an humble people—and
have no voice in making the laws
which we must obey, or in chosing
the rulers who enforce them, but,
are Alaskans dogs, that they
should be humiliated at the hands
of citizens of Seattle, who would
take from them the right to chose
their own time and manner of dis
playing the fruits of their labors?—
Douglas News.
Notice.
_ Owing to increased transporta
tion facilities the Copper Center
Mining and Trading Co. will, after
Aug. 1, reduce the prices of pro
visions twenty per cent.
For Balt
Eight lots in Von Gunther’s :id
dition, one Hall, 26x76 and annex
16x40, stage and balconv, tan
cabins in Valdez. Will be sold
cheap and on easy terms. Apply
to A. von Gunther.
Do Ton Want Lauda la Aiw«yw.
The quickest, beat, end absolutely sale way
to secure title is by
Recertified Soldiers Additional Scrip.
I have several thousand acres oi this scrip on
hand. Pieces vary in stse from .» of one acre
up to 142 acres.
Special attention given to Land and Mining
practice.
r. w. Mcreykolds,
Attorney andCounaellorat Law,
Colorado Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.
Befarences; Commercial Kafl Bank; K.fl
Safe Dep. A Trust Co.
RTP-A-N-8 Tubules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The &-<*nt package is enough for usual OCT*
slon. The family bottle (So cents) contains a
supply for a year. All druggists sell them
Summons for Publication.
In the Cnlted States Commissioner’s Conrt.
District of Alaska. Third Jndlelsl Division
Kayak Precinct at Catslla It. fore ti c.
Brtitnn. ! 8 Commissioner and Kx-Ofllelo
Justice <>f the Peace.
W. H. CAMPBELL, 1
Plaintiff. Summons
va. ■ > Pof
"ORMAN D. MACAPLET. f Publication II
Defendant. j No. lit
The President rtf the Cnlled States, to Nnrttlan
D. Maeatiley. the above nsmol defendant.
>on are hereby summoned Irt appear before
the undersigned, an Cnlted States Commis
sioner and Exdlfflrio Justice of the Peace lit
SayaX Preelnet In said District, on the 71th
•'■T of November, ISM, at the hour of one
o clock In the forenoon of *«ld day.nl the
< ourt I loupe In TaUlla In *ald Preelnet. and
answer the complaint of the Plaintiff founded
upon an oral contract for the oale of goods to
you bvr the Plaintiff about November, iwi.
And In case of your failure to appear and
answer the plaintiff’* Complaint at the time
and place aforesaid, judgment will be entered
again*! Ton for one hundred dollar* and the
emt* and dl*bur*ements of tbl* action.
The eenrlce of thl*-ummon* by publication
It made by vrirtuc id an order duly made and
entered Sept. 11. 1«V».
"S"? ,hU ,,,h
C. 8 Commissioner end Kx-OAcio
_ ... Jnsilce of the Peeee.
First publication S. p. 14, IMO.
Last publication October M. MM.
Notice of Executors 8 aid.
In Probate Conrt. Kayak Precinct, District of
Alaska.
,n th''*">*•♦ > "0.2 Notice of
of E111MN T. LAMSON, J Executor's Sale
_ .. , . Deceased. Vof Real Property.
Notice it hereby given that under and by
virtue of an order oTSale of the above named
Court made and entered on the 28th day of
August. IMT>, the undersigned Executor of said
estate will sell at nubile auction to the highest
and best bidder for cash the following d§
*cr?J>«o property or mineral claims, sit
uaied In kayak I'reclnct, District of Alaska, to
An undivided V» interest In tha Tattle Oil
<■ latmi comprising Itvi acres.
An undivided Interest In the Lake dll
( laltn, containing ICO acres.
Anlnteiyst In Escrow Deed covering Elsie,
Hattie and Edna claims.
An undivided 1. Interest In the oil claim In
the town of Catalla, known as tbe8uale Frac
lion.
one eighth («4) Interest in Slenderd Ol'Claim
containing SO acres.
(Vs) Interest In CaUlla Associa
tion Oil claim, containing Iff) acres.
Said sale will be made on the 21st day of Oc
tober. 19ft>, at the hour of ten o'clock In the
morning of said day at I he front doof of the
Court House, In Catalla, In said Kayak Pre
cinct.
Dated August 28th. ISftV *
THOS. O. WHITE.
Executor of me Estate of Edwin
T. Lamson. I>eceaaed.
First publication Sept. 14, ISM.
Last publication Oct. 12, ISM.
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 24,l9u->
To 4'. TjfMzviu and Hexmxx Meyer:
Vou and each of you an- hereby uotlfled that
I have exp.-ii.led. during the year 1904, One
Hundred Hollar* upon eaeh of the hereinafter
named quartz mining claim*. In labor and im
proveinenta, to Witt The -Little Bonanza"
hale claim, duly recorded In taaik at page
.goof mining location*. In the office of the re
corder of the Valdez Kvc,riling District. Alas
ka: the ' Bull Dog’ !,„le claim, duty recorded
In taaik O, at page Mi of salil record*; the
■Norway lisle claim, duly recorded In book
It. at page -Ml of said record*. All of the above
named > laltns are idtuuted near the Kennlcot
glacier. In the \ aldez mining dietriet, and Dis
trict of Alaska. And that L Jamo* McCarthy,
during the year 1904, In order to hold raid
claim* under the provision* or Section 2*24 of
the Kevised Slatuta* of the l niieit State* and
the amendment* thereto* conreruiDK annua*
labor upon mining claim*, being the amount
required to hold said claims for the year end
Ing I>c.-erubor :tl*t P.*q. have expended One
Hundred Dollars in annual assessment work
upon each of above said claim*.
And If within ninety days ol the perzonal
Service of tin* notice, or wiliiin ninety day* of
the puldiealion thereof, you fail ..r refuse to
(ontribiite your proporilou of such exti-udi
ture upon each or any of said claims, your In
terest in said claim,,.r in any or either ol them
will become the property of the subscriber
hereunto, your co-owner, win, hat made the
raquiaite sshcndlture under the term* of the
This notic e doe* not preclude either of you
from routrlbutlng your prois.rtioii of such ex
penditure uiwu eitlier of said mining claims
and preventing a forfeiture of your Interest In
either of said minlng.elaims.upon which such
payment it made.
James McCarthy.
First date of publication Aug. 24, 19U5,
L*>»t date of publication November 23, 1905.
Forfeiture Notice.
Alaska Mining and Development Company;
Headquarter* at 8t. Louis. Mo. :
. »ou »/«* hereby notified that the undersigned
has performed your share of one hundred dor
HS W"r*h °* work for each of thfe years of 1901.
1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, on the pla<*er mining
<ia(m situated on SlaieCieek. Alaska, known a*
5“® "J* A,,?e: ,ISal‘i claim was located June 22;
J**; **?!$?* J!*»e 1»». in Book 1. page 113.
( hisna Mining Records, in Alaska. Said ex
penditure was made in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes oi the (’nited states, and
amendments thereto, concerning annual work
on mining claims, being the amount required
t° “ohl claims until December 31st, l'.iu6.
And if, at the expiration of ninety, days from
the publication of this notice yon fail Or refuse
contribute your pro|mrtion of Such expendi
ture as co-owner, your interest l.i said mining
claim wili become the property of the under
signed, A. M. I owell, your co-owner who has
made the required expeudituHe, or paid for the
same, according to the terms ol said se -ti< n.
... . „ , A. M. 1*0 WELL.
First publication Aug. 9, 19U5.
Last publication Nov. 8, 19U5.
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F. M. BOYLE. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 80 VALDEE,
Oflicw: ALASKA
Fish Building, MhKinlejr St.
br. C. A. tyiNANft>
Physician and Surgeon*
Office! Rooms 1 and 2,
Swah Building Phone 10
W. A. RYSTROM*
Dentist.
Fish
Building) VaLbfez.
Open tvenlnf., Snititajr txrepteU. ?!«► t 9.
A. JUDSON ADAMS*
Civil £ngineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Band
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH,
Lawyers
Mining and Land Law,, Specialties.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Swan Bldo. Valdkz.
D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER,
Attorneys at Law*
VALDEZj
John A. Carsohk
Attorney and CounseUnrStf-Lair.
SALEM,
Member df
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER,
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
TW8 Sullivan Bldjf. Seattle.
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver ahd Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver » 1.60
Copper «. i i 8.00
Lead * - . 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
HOTELDILLEr!
Headquarters tor Valdes people. U0 rooms.
Rates 50 eonts, «1 and *1.30 per day. Plrsu lass
Restaurant In connectlou. Free Bus. Opposite
r. 8. rostoffii-fc.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cos. First At. A Cnlverstty st., 8KATTLK
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior point*. Large emu
Ibrtable rjuarter* kith every accommodation for
mah or beast. Garden product* in season
Fr6sh Milk aftd Home Grown Vegetables
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. • *- Mile* From Valdez.
f ——— — --
Workman’s Road House
P. MAGNUSSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built On 'Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, lias large
Warm barn for *20 horse* a ml good quarters
fbt dogs. Good meals and everything the
biusher desire*.
Twtilty Milts From Valdez.
▲ ■ heal—Try It A Good Bed-Enjoy It
White House
*», MILES KROM VALDEZ
Us S» Mail and Stage Station
The Last Blace Before Crossing Thompson Pass
freighting Contracted Feed For Sale
_ _ T. M* Daniels, Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
feedtjof accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat,
Poultry and Vegetables always on lmnd.*|Bcst feedingfground
ICt horsed on the trail.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
Willow Creek Roadhouse
Nafsted & Bingham.
On \\ int'et Trail, Half Way Between Tonsina and Copper
Ctenteh
Best Accommodations For Traveller#.
Frank Bingham, Manager.
HAY_GRAIN
V. T. Co.
The following Roadhouses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under the management of the Valdez Transportation Co.’
will be found to be tirst-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
i
41 Miles From Valdez. ,
Rates 14.00 per day. BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager 1
GAKONA Roadhouse
135 Miles From Valdez
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $1.50, Beds fl.UO
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
School ot Open All Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Architecture, lira* in-ami Assay
ing. Assaying of Ore*. *25; Bullion and ( blur
iuation Assay. *45; Blowpipe Assay, (lo. Full
course of Assaying, «9D. EslabU.hwl last. Send
for circular. . v
A. VAW HER WAILEN, President.
IIS Fulton Street, SahKrancis.o, Cal. true
bloc* west of cits Hall.
Ike lor" estern line
Operates thte finest trains in the
world evelry day l'n the year, be
tween
MihrtfkipbliB,
6t Paul,
Ghicgo,
Milwaukee,
bMAttA ahd KANSAS CITY,
linakihg direct connection's with
thfohgh tVMihfi ftjV all points East
And South-.
As cheap a% the cheapest chd th;
ntest ttt be had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write.
f. W. PARKER, General Agent,
151 Yesler Wav. Seattle.
SANDERS
PAINTING .
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
Signs k Specially
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder* Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alas**