News From Westward
Items of Inte-e«t From Varim a
Camps on Kcn.it Peninsula.
There is priilhihlv no place in
Al.-o-ka wilt-re, at ihc presi-nt time,
there IS iimri' activity ilisplayeil or
nmif Work Mng done on a like
^amount of mining pnqs-rty than
Ml’ through Cook Inlet anti almvc
its licail.
On Crow creek, Uirdwond ami
Jacks are working extensive hy
draulic property with very profit
able result.
On Canyon creek. Weible is
more extensively engaged this .sea
son than ever More and it is ex-J
1 e -teil that this year’s returns will
lie greater than ever before, though
he has quietly Ik-cii taking out
large sacks of 1 he precious metal
for several years past.
On Mills creek, Mr. Kainer is
doing similar work with equally
good returns.
On Palmer and Bear creeks, the
liu/ard brothers are doing work on
a large scale having plenty of lum
Im r on hand for sluices and Humes.
They have their own mill on the
ground and in the early spring ent
up all the logs hauled into camp
this winter.
On Hear week they an* opening
up wlmt they expert will prove «
rieh ami extensive quartz property.
\\. K. Thomas is likewise doing
extensive work tin the property
managed l»y him. He lias about
•17 claims and is thoroughly pros
. peeling each to determine the value
' and best mode of working the
same. He, in company with his
wife, left on the liertlia for the
states in the interest of his prop
erty and will return at an early
date.
A. Fox is building at 15-mile
wagon road to his placer grounds
and a live-mile road is being built
to bear creek.
Prior to the departure of the
liertlia from Karluk an altcreation
occurred between some of the Japs
employed at the cannery. During
the fracas two of the men were
stubbed, though not seriously. The
assailant could not lie found. Lat
er it was discovered that he took
passage on the beitha and is now
on his way to the states. Nothing
was done to apprehend him.
At the Karluk cannery a short
time since, several white men at
tacked a Chinaman and beat him
almost into insensibility. Not sat
isfied with their attack they re
turned the same night, broke
into his shack and fou.ly
murdered him. The cause of the
outrage was not known when the
Bertha left there, and the identity
oi the assailants was not known,
hut they are being eagerly sought
for and will no doubt he brought
to justice.
H. 1'. Cope, of Kodiak, while tin
his way from the Fair to Alaska,
met and conversed with Congress
man Herman, who assured him
that it is the intention of congress
to next year pass a sutlicient appro
priation to build a wagon road from
Valdez to Eagle.
Mines and Smelters as Dividend
Payers.
As dividend payers mines and
smelters are rivals for the first
place among the great industries
of the country. Amoi g the wealth
iest men in America today are the
large stockholders in ti e American
Smelting & Refining C ompuny,
which owns the Kxeiett smelter.
Less than ‘25 year- ago these men
were comparatively foor and the
wealth which they now possess did
not e.-ist.
“Owing to the facilities for trans
portation ami the gr ally improved
metallurgical methods, the inde
pendent smelters now entering the
field have advantages and oppor
tuiiilie.- for profit which the nun
who iotiuded the smelting trust oid
not have. The field is now exten
sive, the bodies of ore which have
bceu developed amt ean lie prob
ably treated are eitotin us y
greater, and investments nave ti e
security afforded by knoxvit and
settled conditions.”
Future Fortune:, to be Made in
Mining.
| ^ fkc limit of profits bar
l«<n reached in well cstahlishid
manufactures in this country, and
'ini! fur 11.< next i|i,:irtcr of a cell*
niilliuns arc to he made
■ hit fly by mining in the West, is
•In |irevalent n| :n,i>n of many of
h«s,on’s h ailing I ankers ami brok
ers. I lie)- are so thoroughly con
vinced that the money of at least
• he next 25 years must come chiefly
Irmn the other side of the Missis
■i|’l>i river that they are licnding
•■very effort to utiliz* their capital
in the mining industry.
I here is probably no capitalist
today in the whole United States
who is more enthusiastic in leaving
all his interests in the Kaslcrn
Slates and going West, than Chus.
M. Schwab, the former president
ot the United Slates Steel Cor|ior
aiion. \\ it it a party of moneyed
nu ii and mining engineers he is
now traveling through Nevada and
Uaiifornia, looking over his mines
in llnise stales and purchasing
oilier extensive tracts of land,
which he is positive will yield
some precious inctal.
“We people down Hast.” says
Mr. Schwab, “have made money
in manufacture, and while the
largest fortunes in the country
have been made in that industry
during the past 25 years, I believi
that llie great fortunes of the fu
ture are in mining in the West.
“The great fortunes of the pas:
were made because the people en
gaged in manufucturs were able to
eclipse their competitors. Those
great opportunities have been grad
ually passing away, and of lair
have gone quickly. Today all
manufacture is on a well cstah
lished basis, and the limit has Ihh i.
reached, so far as the great protii -
are concerned.
“In mining a great new tiei..
seems to he opening up, in whiei.
the wealth of Mother J-.arili is g..
ing to he drawn upon by per so: -
who are willing to risk their cap.
lal in extracting it. That is n .
belief, and 1 predict that the gi• .
fortunes of liio next quarter of a
century will come from the mine,
of the West. In a few years r..
shall see another influx into 1 i..
mining territory which will i»
equaled only by the rush West in
lM'.l”
“Charles M. Schwab’s idea of tin
West and the profits that will h<
derived within the next years
in mining,” said Frank K. Pta
Innly of tlie hanking house of Kiii
iler, Peabody & Co., "is something
which we people here in the East
have believed for years. Mining
tdiouhl supercede manufacture, Jo;
years now that well establish!-,
manufacture is at a standstill a
far as large profits uru concerned.
“Manufacturing at present is n.
paying as well as many capiinli.- .
have expected, hut wo iiopc to si i
it pick up again within a few
years.”
In no part of the United State
is there so promising a lichl for tin
investor :is the copper-gold districts
ot the Copper river and Prime
William sound. Hundreds of
promising properties are only
awaiting the advent of capital t•.
develop the greatest mining section
of ila- world.
The Record-Miner slates in a!i
seriousness that it does no: publish
anonymous communication.- unles
the signatures of the writers an
attached.
Free sample to agents. Practi
cal ready call device for h icpi.m s.
Saves brain work and hours of tin.i
Sells itself. One sale sells dozen .
Seeing is heucvin,.. j-ei.d t> ;.
The Telephone Aj pliai.ee t o.,Oi:c
Madison Ave., I)ept. F. A. D., New
York City.
I Judge Day mul party who came
, to Alaska to enquire into the al
leged irregularities of some of the
judges of the district have com
pleted their labors in Juneau and
passed on to Skagwav. From
there they go to Dawson and down
the Yukon to Nome and will very
j likely terminate their enquiries at
j Valdez.
j NURSE RT/QRROEN in JAPAN.
Carious Bmlittoa of Wfcst Can Be
Boos la tha Way of Traloli^
Dwarf Trasa
A J a panose nursery garden la ■
revelation, says Macmillan's
. There, on benches, In rows, sit tor
I tured trees in their bowis or pans
of faience. Their perfection is a
marvel of patience, requiring
years for its accomplislin;etit
sometimes one man will give ui
much as HO years’ attention to n
single little cherry tree. Enel
curve, each leaf, each twig has it*
direction and proport.on regnlat
fd by the most rigid and iiuinem
oriul principles; and to have ant
value in Japanese eyes a dwnrl
must conform absolutely to th«
iron rules laid down bv the ennom
of taste in the days when Iveyiisi
Tokugawn jiaralyxed into un uda
man tine irnmoliilitv the whole ar
tistic and intellectual lite ol tin
country. The effect is, of course
exquisite in its eleboi ate and rath
■ r morbid beauty. Hut it must Ik
-aid that t lie re are many dwarfs
M,ry many, which go for low
; "ices. owing to the hnjierfectlonii
'•I their development; they have h
bough, in- a bend, that is not pre
i-.'-ribed. Consequently flic Japan
se miv them—indeed, with pleas
are—but will not admit tlieii
•trims to be works of art. Xntur
■»!ly he will bay them, as even sc
’hey an1 Kmutiful. and their j»ri<*
hrini's them within the ran ire ol
.•very one's ambition. Ko.at home
'■we miirlit buy n Severn Instead ol
>i Tarn-r. rero .nizinp the differ
• :e-i s dearly, but vnlairjr th»
•I esper picture as highly as it de
■rvoa. and buying it the rent
*•1,.fify for its ohenpner-s. Vow
lh-*ae Japanese trees that ill.
'he wardens are wonderful, witl:
• 11 their imperfections. end tin
crtMtnred sirntpe eye »f 1 Ik' west
i !:rely fa Is to see any direrener
between n perfect spedumi! ten
inches hipli. three centuries in
«re. and £110 in price, nrd its neij;h
Is'r of equal heijrhf. >»? five years'
crowth and five shillinpi value.
They are all dainty, and of every
kind.
THE NEW ENGLAND 6TATE8
Boston PuKcatton Finds Brldana* at
Docndence—Cant Keep Up with
March of Progreso.
New England is stale, declares
the Buffalo Times. Too far gone
to k<s-p up with The rapid inarch
of piogjx'.'S, :t lias dioj jH-d out of
the procession. The lioatou Her
rd tlnds evidence in recent sta
ristics of the decadence of the
:roup of states not only in jn.lu
ieal iniluence and literary emi
nence, hut also in manufacturing
and commerce. Baring the past
year national hanks increas'd in
number, capital, deposits and ap
/regate resources in other part*
of the union, but in New England
then* was a smaller number of
hanks, less deposits and less ug
gregate resources than nt tin? be
ginning of 1!MI3. In manufactur
ing New England has not kept
abreast with other sections of tin
country. The textile industry is
in part absorb'd by the south and
other !in«>3 of productive industry
are approbated by the middle
and western states.
Tlie Herald tie Here* that special
legislation would restore to New
England its old-time prosjierlty,
hut there is grave doubt as to the
advisability of prov ding it. The
Baltimore Sun, discussing this
proposition, ably says that New
England is a corner of the country,
and a national policy that suits
the rest of the union does not nee
csHurily favor a remote corner.
rar"iff
■V-* ^ ^*>-*1; ■ l»ljj:U!IW^^^HI^M
MlIRMpVPIPHWiMPlllMIHH^i
t
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To T.U I’lif Lad, her h 1 >« «.t «M gi»s.
> on nrr hereby notified that the undersigned
. '' l • J",,r «HiwBrr hi the hereinafter
•le'rrlfMsI mining elaim* has expended the sum
••I Two Hundred IMiar* (f-jno) during the year
l’.so in the development and improvement of
those certain mining claim* situated on !*>ak
Hay. Kadiak Inland. I yak Mining Htstrict.
Alaska. described a* follow*, to wit: Tunnel
elaIm l«icated Febuary 21. MU, l»y Han Hough •
•rty and Kl. f’h-lan. rot ire of location record-.
®*l April Is. I*sr2. In Vo| 1 at page 2-V. of Mining
!,<*eatij.n« of the record* of the HlMrlcl Rceonl
cr at Kodiak. Alaska : I. t*. L. claim located in
tff»2 and nolle** **f Juration recorded In the
bookn of *aid records at Kodiak.
Said sum of money *«tcx|»cndi*d in the (level- i
opnimt and improvement of Maid claims was
so expended a* and for the annual labor for the
year lfWon said claims required by Section
-*24 of the Revised Statutes of i he I’tilted States,
and the amendment* thereto.
Yon arc further notified that if you fall to
pay to tiie undersigned the proportion of the
said sum dim from von on or bciorc the exptra
lion of ninety (yi)day* from the publication of
thi* nolle-. it on or before Januarv 12.
y- nt tin. lea In said claim* w ill he forfeited
•lid tlaconic kite property of your undersigned
ciMiwncr.
I'ayment may be made to the undersigned
at l yak, Als*ka. or to hi* attornev* Goodcll «1
hdward*, at Valdes, .Masks.
P. A. Cornell.
Hated at Valdez. Alaska, July 14. MH.
Hate of first publication Julv 14ll» MM.
• 'ate of last publication He pt'22nd l!kM.
- - ■ -T- 1 ^
IN TIIK I’NITKH STATUS COM MIS8IONKKH
COCItT FOR TIIK HHTlilCT OF ALASKA.
COOK IM.KT I'KKt IV T.
I> I'kodATB.
In the matter of the estate of
i.«oii* Hronsoti, derc.*.
CITATION TO IIKIRS
To lonh Hoe and Jane Rim-, heirs of the estate
above mentioned. Mild to all others unknown,
it any * c i t.iere he.
Hy order of thi* Court you are hereby cited
and required to appear i«iore the Judge of
ibis Court, at the i onrt-rooni thereof, at Hew
ant, in I'im» l .il-i Precinct, District of
Alaska, ou Tuesday, the 201 h day «»f S-pietniicr,
at Ij «»VU k in the forenoon of that day,
liieii ami there to snow cause, if any you have.
w»»y an order .»i sale ot the real property oi
said estate siiould not la* made a* iu tiie pell
lion of tiie administrator prayed lor.
The *aid real property u briefly described as
follows:
one frame cabin m Sunrise. Alaska.
Hue Undivided one-half Interest ill the
following de cribed propcity shun led in lion,-,
Alaska,
Tue Hope City Hotel grouuds and build
ings thereon.
The **t a I la hall Cabin" and ground be
longing thereto.
The "Ku> in.r Cabiu" and lot.
The "1'at me liter Cabin” and lot.
Witness, II. II. Hildreth, l ulled MatesCom
missioner and Probate Judge, iu and lor Cook
Inlet t'rcciuct, Hiatriet ol Alaska, with the seal
of said Cou.il alhxed, this l2tn day oi July, l'JUI.
(Seal) II. II. IllLhUKTif
I*. S. Commissioner
£J
Notice of Forfeiture.
Yakatage, Alaska, July 22, HUM.
To I). C. Bludgvt:
You are hereby notified that I have expend
ed tliirinic the year PJk; One ll'iiidied ladlai*
'lion) ill IrtlMir and i up-oV**ine'i’• i: ;* n ••jej| of
t ie following plaeer milling claims: No. 2 above
xsincovery aim .No. in ociow Hiscovciy, 1-111 *it
u a led on White Itiver near Yakatage* in '.»ila:<a
Mining Hislrict, Halaua liecomuig HUtn-i.
Idsiriet of Alaska, ill order lo hold said ebtiiiis
under the provisions of Seetiou 2324 of tnc
Itc vised Stalules 01 tlie Culled State* mid Inc
amend in uls thereto approved January 22. !**>
concerning annual labor up.11 mining eiaiius,
being Ibe amount ropiirci to bold said claims
for tne period eliding Herein her 31, pjwi. And
ii within ninety days from the |hisoj.uI servhu
oi this noiiee. or within ninety day* alter the
publication there-t. y.ui fail nr icfuse to 1 on
tribute your proportion oi such eX|*eudituie
nl a c«-ow tier, your interest ill said eluii. s
will tieenme the property of tlie subscribe!,
your en-owuer. w ho hus made the required ex
penditure i»y the terms of said s-ctioii.
IUlvoh Jensk.x.
Hate of first publication July Jfc, 1WH.
Hate of last publication Oct. 27, 1AM.
Summons.
!u llie Cnited State.* Commissioner's Court, 3d
Hivision, Hislrict of Alaska, Cook inlet Pre
el net.
W. A. Smith. Plaintiff 1
Tlie Kenai Lake Mining Company, ^ Summon*
a eor|Niratioii, Helendaiit. ’ J
To the Kenai Iaike Mi dug Company, a forpnr
ation:
in the name of the Cnited Slates of America
You are hereby required touppeur ill an action
brought against von l.y theahovc named plain
tiff, in the Cnited Stales Commissioner's Court,
tor t e Cook inlet Precinct, Third Hivision.
Hintrlet of Alaska, at Seward, to answer before
»ahl Commissioner, at his office at Si*want, in
*uid Precinct and district, the complaint filed
therein, August 2-*»th, 1?M, at 2 o'clock p.m.
The said action is brought to obtain Judgineiii
against you to recover tl.e sum 01 f »H3. to lor la
tmr, maieriai ami money alleged to have liccu
(•erformed and furnished by plaintiff for you
•ui your mining claim in said Conk inlet Pre
cinct and for your benefit and at your special
instance ami request, as sii'u-riutendeut and
.nborer, lietwe -n tin* jHth day of October P.nrj
slid tlie ! I liny of August, Pm3, mid f.»r e«aits of
tiiis .icti .»» as none fully a j.pea is by the coni
nlaint on file herein, to wliieli reference is here
by made.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail
to so answer said coin plaint, 1 a above required
said plaintiff will lake judgment against you
for the sum til fVil.47 together with tne cost*.
order f**r service of summons by publication
w a* made eli June 12. psM.
(liven under my hand ami official seal tills
13tl» day of June, HUM.
(HKAL) II. II. IIIMHtKTII.
IT. 8. Commissioner
First publication June 30. 20
Prospectors 8 Inters
Will save their freight and expense of
haiidliug by purehasing their
supplies at the stores of
n. n. WETHERBEE,
KENAI and KU88IL0FF,
COOK INLET, ALASKA.
Full Line of
General Merchandise
CLOTHIXO, HARDWARE,
PROVISIONS, ETC.
QEO.S.MEdFriS, Agt
KENAI, ALASKA.
wool
For Family Purposes
$10 Per Cord
at the
Ottice at Light Plai t.
Alaska Pacicif navigation Company
Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
Or lir hA|L. FAST ASI> COMMODIOUS SERVICE
ill MS Mill Ini Valdes. Sewnnl anti Seattle. Sail
</ll • JUJ* If vllUI >"g from Seattle June lOtli ami 30th.
Equipped With All Modern Conveniences.
(Sail!* from Scuttle let of each month for
Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Ynkutat, Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way |>orti*. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and way |>orta,
[ 16th of each month.
Saila from Seattle on Kith of each month
for Jnncar, Sitka; Kayak, Yakulat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way porn*. Con
StL SSRtS All2 nt Va,lle* wi,h s'r- Dora for all |K>rU
letwren \ aides and Unalarka. Saila from
Valdez for Seattle and way i>ort8, let of
k each month.
From \ aldez to Unalaeka and way |>orts
Ctr hnn 26th of each month, connecting at Valdes
311. UUI4 with S. S. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
E.tK. CAINE, President. J. F. TROBRI DUE, lien. Mgr.
018 First Ave., Beattie, Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
P1'0”" 1* Valdez, Alaska.
A. B IIck, Bros. F. M. Brown. Troas. F. J. Kingliorn, Sec.
Valdez Dock { Warehouse Company.
f>«NMl0 may lie ahipptsl in our <*are and left in warehouse till
culled for. i nrlier* going to the interior will f'.i.d It cull veil*
lent to leave eoimignineiit^ with »»• to In* forwarded to aueli
jm>iiite and at Mich time an they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being t-4th mile from nearest building
Home Resfaraaot t •
Keystone Ave. Opp. 8t. Elias Hotel.
Meals Al All Hours From « O’clock A.M.
to 9,O’clock I’.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
Ice Cream Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone :’.9.
WherefDolYou.Stop? Why of Course at
MINERS’ HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st. and Keystone av C. Johnson, Prop
oscar nsn
Paints, Oils, Glass.
Fine Varnishes, Builders Hardware,
Terra Cotta Pipe.
JAS.FISH, SR. Manager.
McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart St.
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS, White Block.
HYDRAULIC
Giants Water Lifters,
Elevators Pipes
Derricks, Gates*
Questions in regard to HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROB
LEMS freely answered.
TUI IT DAI IQr AA 503 M»s*ion Street,
I I i L. Dv/L/UL. VV v ■ San Francisco, California,
Cable Address “Bouseco.” Bedford McNeill Code,