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The Alaska Prospector
f*ut hed at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday
by the Pro-prutor Publishing Co.
Phosk Main 1. •
Entered at the Valdes Postoflloe as second
class matter.
iub^fiption |3 per year. |2 for six month*,
flirigle Copies 10 eerits.
Three hundred tons of coal in
Va!dez sounds good when we read
bf the coal famifip in Seattle.
Judging from the appropriation?
ks];ed for tne benefit of the native
cl.ildrefi of Alaska, some one with
infiuerfee must have been telling
th • department of the conditions
to the westward.
The Alaska appropriations now
before congress amount to $488,000.
H >w mUch of a tax wotild Alask
ans have to pay on their belong
ings to raise ibis amount if they
had a territorial govferfimehi */
Delegate Waskey certainly has
reason to bp gratified 6vfer his re
Ceptb n at Washington, When a
m >n who is not knb'wn t«» the
w >rld at all suddenly rises to the
prominence that he has, he is jus
tified in making a iittie exhibition
of pride.
Iti vifew of thfe fact that many of
tlitf tr.i payers afe unable to settle
their account with the city in the
short tufie allowed by the ordin
ance. the council last night decided
t(. extend the time for the payment
0* taxes to the 81st of December.
3 iie ten per cent penalty will not
be added until after that dale. In
ti rest #ill not b’fe allfiwfed on ar»y
warrants t.Af'd to pay thfesft taxes
after Detfcmbiir 1st.
For f he first time in manv
tnoons it appears as though there
Was a possibility of the Wick»*r
liiam wrangle being adjustel. The
t*resi(lent has finally concluded
that ihere must be tom • reason for
ail the ••.omplaints made against
the judge and has refused to re
Doniimfte Him uritil he knows the
facts. What a rfelifef it will be
•n this matter settled for |
good one way or another.
The uncertainty regarding the
confirmation of the nomination of
Judge ^Wickershatn has set the
lawyers of Fairbanks, Juneau and
Valdez guessihg a* to what will be
done abdufr 66uft this winter, If
Wifc'kertfhVrln is not confirmed Gun
nison MM hot go to Fairbanks arid
Janies Mil not come here nor go to
Sunday, and if the confirmation
idea through some of the juidges
may go somewhere at some ^mei
dr other.
The interior department ia in* |
^esiigating the la# hearing on' the
jhe cane in frrjltei t« decide whether
the pmlidefrt^ tifder witlidr6wing
ail coal landS oh the public domain
from fchtfV; jh'clufjhig thbR* in
Alaska. Is.ietrolttive, gif a4 t-Q ren
der noh-e&hctive th'4 filing^ Already
made. Thft president i£, anxious
f vacktfc .IftS jf)£ndifr£ Nations
which hiiys pat patented*
#iUi the obfet Mkttig coheres*
to enact heir }e£|slSlff$ govern mg
tl.c disposal of fcoatl llthds, which
wiil he aimed to pr&v6hl monopoly
A United State* patent to a min*
ing location edri he successfully at
tacked only by a direct proceeding
by the attorney general of the
tJ'n i ted States on the charge of
fraudulent procurement.
"mnTii Ifni '. m i ii i i m Y T r im ii n Mi mmI*
Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 5—Ches
ter Gillette has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree.
Gillette’s trial for killing his sweet
heart Grace Brown at Moose Lake,
has been under way for about two
weeks and the defense put Up a
hard fight, hut it was proven that
life killed the girl while out riding
in a boat and then threw her body
init# the water. When the verdict
was announced Gillette sent a
message to his father at Denver.
•oIJinfc him of the result of the
rial
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Washington. Dee. 8—Congress
man Plavden. of Texas has intro
duced a resolution demanding
that all of the negro troons in the
armv of the United Plates be
mustered out. as tbev entertain an
inhep-nt race hostility which is a
greater menace to the government
than a regiment of armed Indians
would he.
Washington, Dee 8—A. Z. Hop
kins has been nominate 1 hv the
president for postmaster at Ketchi
kan to replace Postmaster Wil
liams, who was found short in his
accounts last fall.
B’shee, Arizona. Dec. A—The
dam in the Pan Francisco river
broke last night causing great des
truction an d killing fnllv 800 peo
ple. When the dam broke a solid
wrll of water rushed down the
valley, taking everything before it.
The town of Cl.iftop was practi
cally obliterated, the buildings
being ernshfd like ecfg shells. Fifty
inmates of the Copper Queen hotel
were drowned and ns the buildings
was torn to pieces bv the flood tbe|
brdies were carried for miles. The
lowest estimate of the number
ki’led is 800
Washington. Dec. 5—Congress
man Ravnor has introduced a
resolution declaring that the gov
ernment has no right to interfere
wi*h the conducting of public
schools in any state, and sayipg
that iftficreisa provision .in the
tree tv with Japan regarding at
tendance of Japanese at the state
schools, that provision is uncon
stitnt.iohal.
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Washington, nee. o—President
Roosevelt announces that he will
no't send the nomination of James
Wickersham ns judge of the Third
division of Alaska to the Senate
until he receives the report of
Si ecial Agent Hovt. He savs if
tker..Tvr‘ of Hoyt i-* unfavorable
he w*ll withdraw the nomination
enti ©1” and appoint Another man
for the pnc^ton. Tn the meantime
he savs Wickersham can hoM his
office without b£ing nominated
until the matter is finally settled.
Washington, Dec. n—The presi
dent’a message, speaking of the
trouble over admitting Japanese to
schools in Safi Franciseo. recom- |
mends, that naturalization he ex
tended to all Japanese who
remain in the United States. The
Washington, California and Ore
gon delegations as well 'as those
I from all of the western states, an
nounce that th**v will fieVer Cense
fighting such a hill.
Washington, Dec. —The argu
ment in <he Smoot case will start
next Tnesdav. (
Washington, Dec. —The presi
dent will send a special message to
congress December lPh regarding
the Panama canal and conditions
in Porto Rico.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, M. B.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ,
Offices: ALASKA
Post Office building.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 20
E. C. DALTON, M« D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office
Valdez Hospital Phone 83
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Postoffice
Building. Valdez.
Open erdniugs, Sunday excepted, 7:30 to 9.
ALFRED B. ILES,
Mining Engineer
Valdez, Alaska
Mine Examinations and Reports
Mrs .M. M. PATTOH;
Graduate Hurse
RESIDENCE
Keystone Ave. Phone 2 Valdez
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
The UftiUd State* supplies half
of the ^orld** output of copper.
intension cf Delinquency
Ite li Resolved by the Common . Council,of
the Tofu «f Valdes, that the Town Ttwufer
be; aril is hereby authorized and instructed to
extefhl the term of delinquency for toiyn ,taxi?a
for the year 1906, from the first Monday fri De
cember lj>06, (December S, 1906), at 7 o’clock
p. in., to December 31,1906, at 7 o’clock p. m.,
aJid Ubt to make any charge for penalty and
Interest uhtll after said December 31st, 1906, at
1 o'clock p. m., and
DC It Further Resolved, that the Town Treas
urer !»e instructed not to allow interest on Town
Warrants presented to him in payment of
ta*<*s, after said first Monday in December;
1906. (December 3,1906).
Passed and approved December 3, 1906. .
Attest: H. W. MILLER,
W. H. CRARY, Mayor.
Clerk.
Summons.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
George M. Autkn, Plaintiff >
va > No. 166
Nellie Autkn/ Defendant *
The President of the, United 8tateB of America,
Greeting; To the above named defendant:
You art1 hereby requited to appear in the
United States District Court* in and for the Dis
trict of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty
day« afifer the day of service of this summons
of this summons upon you, find an^w'ef the
complaint of the above named plaintiff, a copy
of which complaint is herewith delivered to
yotij and uniess you so appear and ahswer, the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This action is ior divorce, and summons is
herewith served on defendant by publication
pursuant to order of above Court dated Septem
ber 26th, 1906, signed by HONORABLE JAMES
\\ 1CKKR**H AM, Judge of above court,
WITNESS, the HON. JAMES WICKER
SHAM, Judge of said Court, this 29th day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thous
and nine hundred and six, aud of our indepen
dence the one hundred and thirteenth.
Edward J. Stier,
Seal Clerk
By 8. A. Crandall,
Deputy,
Bp.own <4 Smith, VRldez, Alaska,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Date of tirst publ/fiktiou Nov. 29* 1906
, Date of last publication Jan. 10, 1907.
C. C. BERG,
Furrier and Taxidermist
1425 First Ave., Seattle.
Send me your ■kins, state your wishes and I
will return you perfect work at reasonable
prices.
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