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From Tuesdays Bulletin
The Bertha left this morning for
the States. Following were tin
passengers from h re; A. Lacey,
W*. Bourke, Jos. Polier;n. L G.
]>roz. Mrs. Jane Clarke. M. Kibble,
1>. A- Tyng anti wife, F. B. Gowdy.
A. N. Holcomb, Blarney Stevei.s
and wife.
Henry Devo left for Kmkalana
today. He will spend the summer
in the copper country doing de
velopment work on some quartz
claims.
L. Simpson, me of the old resi
dents of Prince William Sound,
died a few days ago on the Launch,
Hammond. He was sitting on iIn
side of tin* boat and losing his
balance fell overboard, hut was
picked up before sinking, and
wrapped in a blanket, but tin
shock and chill was too much for
him and he died before reaching
Ellamar. Simpson was an old
man and leaves a native wife.
The council held the last meet
ing of the year yesterday evening,
the election returns were can-1
vassed and the Clerk instructed to)
notify the successful candidates t<>
qualify before next Monday, when
the present council will approve
tlie minutes and adjourn sine die.
A report of the financial condition
of the town was presented by tin
treasurer and ord< red published in |
the weekly Prospector. It shows)
that the city is in better condition j
tnan it nas oeen ior some nine,
having a credit balance of about
$1800 dollars, and the school hav
ing all warrants paid and $150 in
the treasury. Although the city
hasa number of warrants outstand
ing there is over $4000 in tin
hands of the clerk of the court and (
unpaid taxes due, more than suf- J
ficient to take up these warrants.
The money from tire court will he
available as soon as Clerk Stiersj
reaches Valdez.
Judge Wiekersham went through |
t® Seattle instead of stopping at j
Juneau. He had ample time to,
make the trip and get back to I
Southeastern Alaska in time to'
open court the 8th.
Frank Waskev intends making j
his home in Ballard, Wash., and i>
having a $6000 bungalow built
there. His mother and sister are
residents of Ballard.
Clerk of the Court Stiers is still
in Seattle having his evt s trea e 1.
He expects to come to Valdez some
time in May, hut will not go over
the trail.
The Salvor came up this morn
ing from the scene of the wreck oT'
the Northwestern to get supplies
and orders. The work o; patching
up the vessel is progressing slowly
and it will probably he several
weeks before she can be floated off
the rocks.
Fred Roe and John Torta, who
were brought up from Ellamar last
week charged with disorderly con
duct, have been released on bail
and will have a hearing the 15th. j
• On Monday, January *28th. the;
! rim of the sun was visible "at Ram
part, the News says, “for the first
time in 78 days.”
While going to Seattle from hi e
! Judge Harlan met with a sever
accident. He slipped on the deck
and fell, breaking a rib
L. L. Bales, who has been in this
section for several yeais was an
j arrival on the \ucatan.
I
| J. L McPherson, the sin veyor.
who has spent several sea-ons in
1 this section, is in town enroute to
the westward.
T. A. Lawson returned on the !
! Yucatan from a business trij» i«»j
t ie States.
A new record lias been establish-1
ed by the stage from Fairbank ,i
making th<* trip with two passer
gers in six days ana hours, ine
previous record was held hv John ,
Selmrl, who came through with
J >g leani in 7 days and 8 hour:-, j
The Oir stages for the past monto ;
ini vc ail been making rimarkabh
good time, one stage which ioct
two davs on the Delta making tin*
run fro-" PaXtohs to Teikheli, 1)4
mile' without a stop, reaching her
on * me, and carrying five passei -
gers.
Skagway and Juneau both elec- j
t (1 councils on an open town p1 at
om). At Skagway the Whit*
Pass ticket was defeated lor tie
first time in the history of tin
town.
Delegate Waskey says that the
defeat of the division bill was due
o the lobbying of the Guggenheim
interests.
When the residents of Yakataga
were in a starving condition and
'Uttering from a scourge ot seurvv.
four men started for Catella in an
open boat. They have never been
heard of since. They were Halver
Jen-en, Peter Boyce, Peter John
son and an Indian guide named
Shorty.
Following is a list of arrivals on
the Yucatan: C W Ritter, T A
Law.-on. J Belack, C M Keys. G j
M Kevs. Robt Kitchenski. F Berry i
J C Hyde, J' L Many. A Petison.j
E S Heabler, C S Range, E L |
Range, Miss Mary Hansen, Mrs Lj
Hansen. E E Carsoh, W T Pinker
>on, C L Vawter, Mrs Vawter F
Riy, Chas Sawers. H Sawers, J Tj
Maupin, O Holm, C A Johnson,
Mrs Johnson, J Lyons, L A Dun
bar, J A Breen, j L McPherson,
A L Rudas, \V E Brown* \V J
Warner, F Crosby, E Valkmore,
E Stores, J J Chrisholm. Mrsj
Chrisholm, G T Taylor, Mrs Tay-j
1 >r and 12 second class.
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The position of the wrecked.
Northwestern is reported as being
much more critical than was at |
first supposed. She has settled on
on the sharp reef where she struck
until nearly all of the bottom in
the foreward hold is gone, there be
ing a stretch of 30 feet aft from
under tlje foremost which is all
hr »ken up. The rocks on which
she las are sharp broken frag
ments of the country rock, which
makes the job of raising the vessel
much harder than was expected.
Several miners came from Seat
tle on the Yucatan to take tin
places of the striking miners at
El lama r. but none ot them went to
work. They are all stopping at
Valdez.
Mineis at Fairbanks are striking
for an eight hour day* 1 hey are
being stronglv opposed in the move
ment by the Beiry Bros, and other
large operators.
The great number of lynx in the
Tanana country have almost ex
terminated the mrrtin and mink,
so that this has been the poorest
trapping season in years.
For the first time in the histor\
of Nome and probably the first
time in the history of the country,
a native woman, Aggie Beale, has
filed a suit for divorce, claiming
desertion. Beale and the plaintiff
lived h ippilv together for some
time, hut the defendant finally
tired of married life and deserted
t! • plaintiff about a year ago. Mrs.
Beale was horn in St. Michael and
belonged to the tribe of Eskimos
who have inhabited that island
since before the advent of the white
man in Alaska.
The management of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific Exposition has ap
propriated $100,000 for a live stock
show.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
Melvin Dempsey, Plaintiff
vs.
J. G. Snyder and D. Brown- |
ell as Trustees of the Endeav- j
or congregational Church of I Notice of Sale
Valdez, The Endeavor Congre- . <>f Real prop
gittional Church of Valdez, a f erty on excu
eorporatiou, and the Endeavor ! tion.
Congregational Chuieii of Yal- j
dez. an unincorporated Asso- I
eiation of persons
Defendants j
l’.y virtue of an execution issued out of the
above court, dated tile 25th day of March, l'JoT.
in the above entitled action, wherein the
Plaintiff rev cored judgment against tlie De
fendant, the Endeavor Congregational church
of Valdez, \laska, an unincorporated associa
tion of persons, for the sum of Two Thousand
($2,000) Dollars and costs of suit taxed and al
allowed at Seventy-eight ($7*) Dollars, which
said judgment wa». dated and docketed on the
21st day of December. 1904, I have levied upon
the following described real property situated
in Valdez, Alaska, to wit:
Lots Nos. six frt) and seven (7) in Block eight
(8) of the tow n of Valdez, Alaska, as the same
appears on the official plat of said town, except
a tract thirty (3.)) by ninety (9J) feet on the
rear of said lots described as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the corner of lot six (6) on
Broadway and the alley in rear of said lots;
thence ninety (90) feet along said alley; thence
at right angles with suid alley thru said lot
seven (7) thirty (30) feet; thence parallel with
said alley ninety (’JO) ieet to Broadway; thence
along said Broadway to alley thirty (30) feet to
the place of beginning.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the
twenty-ninth (29) day of April, 1907, at two (2
o’clock P. M., of said day at the front door o!
the Court House at Valdez, Alaska. 1 will sei»
ali the right, title and interest which the sai<
Endeavor Congregational Church of Valdez
ha--had in said real property, buildings and
appurtenances at any time since Decern bet
2lst. 1904, at public auction for cash, to the
highest biildi r to satisfy said judgment and
execution and all accruing costs.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 25th day of
March. 19o7.
<;eo. G. Perry
U. S. Marshal for Division No.
Three, Territory of Alaska.
By J. M. Lathrop.
Deputy
Edmund Smith
Atty. for Plaintiff.
Date of first publication March 28, 1997
A Strike At Sbagw&Y*
The mechanics at the White
Pass shops have gone out on a
strike, demanding a raise of 20 per
cent in their wages. The strikers
number only about 15 or 16 men.
They claim that wages are going
up all over the country, and there
has been no corresponding raise at
Skazway. The striking work
men are mechanics, boilermakers,
moulders, blacksmiths and carpen
ters.
It was reported that the federal
authorities were going to take steps
to stop the drawing for oaskets at
the social last night, claiming ;t
was in violation of !he recent order
from Washington, hut they were
shown where no elen ent of chance
intered into the drawing and
withdrew their objectionsr
C. A. Foster and six men came
up on the Yucatan enroute to Sami
Point, from which place they will
go across to Herenden bay to open
up some coal property.
W. A. Bass is a passenger on the
Dora on a bear hunting trip. He
is accompanied by L. L. Bales,
the pioneer hunter of this coast.
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