THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR.
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JI. H. HILDRETH, Editor. W. H. CRARY, Associate Editor.
JOS. A. BOURKE, Business Manager.
Published at \ aldcz, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
Publishing Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez postoffice as seeond class matter.
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AlTHORIZEI> AliEXTS.
The Pno*»>ErToK Hon *ale at the following
new* *tand*:
P. O. New* Stand. Seattle.
Pog**t Sonnd New* t’n. Seattle.
P. O. New* Stand. Juneau.
Eugene Met'artliy New* stand. Skagway.
P. O New* Stand. Eagle. Alaska.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
COl'XCILMEN.
'. James McIIie. Chas.SIMoxxteaD.
al. White. Ed. Woods.
f. X. crary. Chas. Crawford.
J. L. STEELE.
J. L Steele. Mayor
J. (i. SNYDER, TRFAM RER.
I J. \\ Leei.y, City attorney
Hr. C. A. Win ana, Health Officer.
11. 11. Hildreth. _ clerk.
John UooDELL. Pres. School Board.
■ Alaska will have a strong contin
gent at Washington this winter and
some good laws should be enacted
for the District. Col. Grigsby. U. S.
Attorney at Nome and a personal
'friend of President Roosevelt, Hon.
J. W. Ivey and U. S. Marshal Geo.
(C. Perry of this place and a num
ber of well known citizens of South
eastern Alaska will be there during
the short session of Congress, and
in conjunction with a number of sen
ators and congressmen who have
' promised their aid, will urge needed
A-iasku legislation.
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A recent Tacoma paper states
that Judge Wickershum in an inter
view stated tlia.t Alaska was not
yet ready for a territorial form of
'government. And so we have the
opinion of another well known
otlicial on the matter at this time.
‘Judge Wickershum has spent two
'years in Northern Alaska and cer
•tuinlv has given the question some
thought and consideration and
knows pretty well the sentiments
of the people of that section of Alas
*ka. This seems to he the sentiment
of those who have traveled through
out the district ami know the con
‘ditions as they actually exist in
"this country today. And yet we
hear a few persons who have never
been out of their own little commun
ity or away from their mothers
apron strings trying to argue that
•Alaska needs territorial govern
ment.
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Now that winter has set in, and
‘the short days and long nights have
arrived, the Moose and A. li. lodges,
dubs an 1 oilier social organizations
should meet regularly and make
the .ceming winter a gay and en
joyable season. Some people dread
the. winter months, but in many
respects that is the last season in
Alaska. The only objection we
ever bear to the Alaska winter is
that it is too long, in the future
however this will la* different in
Valdez. The season, of course wiil
be no shorter, but there are more
people lure than ever beior , more
social organizations and the time
wilt pass more speedily and more
pleasantly than lurc ofme, and
ins.cad oi looking forward to the
winter as a long dreary season, let
us make this winter so pleasant
and agreeable for every resident of
Valdez, tiial ill the future all will
look lorward 10 this season as the
most phusant in every way of the
whole year, and wilt want to stay
here rather than to go out to the
states and spend their money.
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A dispatch from St. Paul. Minn.,
of .he 7th says that “lion, tiller
Horton and Victor H. Smalley,
have organized a n.i ionol hank to
be established on Resurrection Bay,
at tiie terminus of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway. They have several
capitalists interesud with them.
T.ie railr >ad has promised them
a snare of its business. It is pro
l*osiil io open the hank about the
1st of April wiien active construc
tion on toe railroad will commence.
Some time during the winter
Senator Horton and l)r. Smalley
will go to Seattle and from there to'
R. 'Urrc. tton Bay to erect a bank
Jfuhd.ng.*’
\\ mi. a National Rank will do
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at Resurrection Ray is lieyoml the
comprehension of any one in this
part of Alaska, as there is hut one
family, eight |tcople in all. living
on Resurrection hay and they are
natives who live by hunting and
lishing. From the statements made
by the Alaska Central Company in
their prospeetus and advertisements
throughout the country, there is no
doubt in the minds of people who
live in this part of the country, and
especially those who are conversant
with it, that the whole scheme is a
gigantic swindle pure and simple.
Only a hundred miles of the
country through which they state
the road will he built, lias been
prospected at all, and that
is on the Kenni Peninsula and the
upper end of Conk Inlet, where
mining has been carried on exen
sively the past six or seven years,
and this season in that whole ►ec
tion only $40,000 has l»eeii taken
out. The rest of that country
through which it is proposed to run
this road has never Iteen prospected,
and while it is a beautiful coun
try and contains some timber, yet
it is not known that there is a
pound of quartz of any kind, or a
square yard of placer ground
worth working in the whole five or
six hundred miles through which
it is proposed to run the line.
These facts are known to the
Seattle papers yet they continue to
advertise what everyone believes
who is at all conversant with this
country, to !*• a genuine swindle.
A New York paper says that the
Valdez, Copper River & Yukon
Railroad will puton three steamers
lietween Valdez and Seattle next
spring.
The Pacific Coast Company have
decided to put a steamer on this
run next spring, but have not de
termined which one of their boats
it will be.
Ex-collector J. \V. Ivey ad
dressed a special session of the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce on
October 21, as to how the interests
of Alaska could he best subserved.
Judge Brown of the first Judicial
District caused much consternation
among law breakers and evil doers
bv his recent charge to the grand
jury at Skagwav, and later by
heavy fines imposed on those who
were indicted anti found guilty.
The latest report from Nome re
garding the movement of the steam
ers there, is that the Dora, News
Boy and Discovery will all come
via Valdez with passengers on their
last trips. If this information is
correct they should arrive here at
almost any day.
In a letter to a friend, Congress
man Cushman of Washington,
says: ‘‘One of the hills on which i
worked like a slave last winter,
was a bill to give Alaska a dele
gate in the house of representatives.
I drew the bill and wrote a lengthy
report, both of which took work.
Tnen I canvassed the house,
found I could easily muster a major
ity who would vote for my bill, but
I could not get it before the house
to he considered. You may say to
the hovs that I am to pass that bill
next winter at the short session or
there willin'a riot.”—Record Miner
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Summons.
I'nilc! State* ol America, foiled State* Hi*
Jrict Court. HUtrlet of Alaska-Third Idvlalot,
Ovutgv K. French, )
Plaintiff, \ Summons
vs. V for
Fred W. Taylor. j Publication.
Defendant. )
The President of the Cnlted States of America.
Or«*etillg to the above lir in.«! defendant:
You are hereby required t.. apt* a*- in the
Cnlted States District Court. in and for the Dl«
| tliet o| Alaska. Third Division, within thirty
1 days after the c. nipleth n « f the peri, d ot the
I publication of this summons. to-wit: Within
thirty days after the .Tilth day ot October, ls*«;
and answer the complaint ol the above named
plaintiff; and unless you so appear and an«w. r,
tlo plaintiff will apply to the C • irt lor th • re
lict demanded in «afd eoinplaint. to-wit: T.
compel on the part of thud kiidai.t, tn speci
he performance of n certain written contract
duly entered Into between said CJcorg • K.
French and «aid Fred W. Taylor on Oet >ber6th.
wlu rein and whereby said Taylor agreed
to convey unto «aid French an undivided • ne
fourtli interest in and tnthef II-wingd< «crlb d
property, to-wit: An undivided on,-third in
* r.M in and to placer mining • laint* known *s
N* s. t* and !». ami Fra« fioti I at upper end of
Claim No. 11. ab ve lower disc.,very, oti Jack
Wade Creek, Alaska, also No. ] on Taylor creek
all in the F •rtymile Recording Precinct of Al
aska ; in eonsidt ration of certain professional
services, as an attorney and eoitnsellor-at-law.
to In* rendered said Tajrb r by sMj«i Fr tieh.
Tin date of the order by the above named
t’otirt for service by publication is August xi.
Witness the Hon. James Wieker«hnm. Judge
of «aid Court, thi-^Jnd day of August, in the
year of our lord, one thousand nine hundred
and two and of ohr independence the one bun
dred and twenty-seventh.
[SKA I.]
ticorge k. French, Albert R. Helllg.
P. P. Clerk
First Pllblleatioli Sept. 2-’».
faist Publication Oct. :t«».
Summons.
I I'nlted State* of America.
I’nlted state* District Court,
District of Alaska Third Division.
Georgiana S. IMaee.
Plaintiff, # Summons
v«. > for
Warren W. Place. 1 Publication.
Defendant. ’
The president of the I'nlted Stat s of Ameri
ca. Greeting: To tli** alaive named defendant:
Y"U are her -by required to appear in th •
I uited Stale- District Court, in amf for the Dis
trict of Ala«ka. Third Division. w it hiti tlitr? v
d ivs aft r the compilation of the |.* ri • .1 r!i ■
P ibHrati.n of this suiummii**. to wit: within
thirty day* nft *r the thirtieth day of tletob T.
I'.*'.', and an-wer the comptaiut of the ah.-ve ;
flam •hplai’iliff: and uni ■** you so app ar ai.d
snswr. tli* plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the reli-'f demanded In said com
plaint, to wit: The plaintiff *cek*. in this
a- Hon. I i obtain a div wee fr in the defendant
on the ground *.f wUlfuldcscrlion for tile p riod
of two year*.
The date of the ord r of th abov * named
Court for service by publication is August £\,
Witne** the !!<»n. Jam -* Wickersham. Judge
of said Court, this 23rd day of August, in it. -
year of our Lord one thwu«and nine hundred
and two and of our independence the one hun
dred and twenty-seventh.
SEAL.
Albert It Ileilig. Clerk.
George K. French. Attorney for Plaintiff
First plltdlCrttioll S,*pt. j.v
U«l pirtdicatioii Oct.:th
Market Price List.
now .aua m IM
Corn Meal $31.25 “ |tai j
Niter . o it,,
Lggs . anc •• doz
Sugar $7.nu •• pm
Kiee. .$!.<*'to $7.10 •• loo •
Potatoes “ lb i
Macon and 11am .$1.V4*> to $17.00 •• pm
Coffee .JtffouUc •• It, I
Milk l&toV - can
Granulated Potatoes 1*0 to 25c •• IP
Dried Fruit 8 to Ifcr “ It,
Syrup .$1 to $l.oU •• ga \
Beans, small while $6.du ' Pm
Beans. Lima $u >» •• loo
Boiled Oats. . 5** •* lb
Tea bo to 75 *• ip
Tobacco, smoking .rtw to 70e •• it,
Tobacco, chewing *iu to 7.'k* •* lb
E. Wash, double cond. timothy hay .$IJ.oO ton
Best Whitman Oats * $IJ..’«o ton
Cat) $15.00 ton
Wood. . .$w.tA) cord j
If you want to l<uv an outfit in
tin* interior, or have good* deliver
ed to any part of the district, or
wish yourself taken to any part of
the interior with guides, call on A.
Holman.
m Burai;
Finest Bread
Ever' Baked.
Try It.
f. r. jcnnibT, PROF,
Cor. McKinley St. and Broadway
5. Q. fldTHEWS,
Saiilsi) • Mo;.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdez.
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P. UNDER JON, j
Shoemaker
Repairing Promptly
Attended to.
McKinley St. near Keystone Av.
COOK INLET
Prospecting and Hunting par
ties can be supplied with
necessary outfits by
H. N. WETHERBEE,
at Kenai and Kussiloff at the
Most Reasonable Prices in Al
aska, thereby saving freight i
and trouble of landing sup-j
plies.
GEO, S. MEARNS, Agent,
Kenai, Alaska.
Professional,
Cards
FRANK M. BOYLE, fl. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Office and Residence ALASKA
215 Keystone Avtnuc.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining nth! Land Law*. sputmltie*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counsellor-at-Law
I*. t*. Supreme Court. Registered Attorney I’.
S.Patent ofli. t', I'nited States and Foreign Pat
ent", Caveat",.'Trade Mark" and eopyrigiits.
No. 700 7th Street. N. W.,
Op|>. I' .1*. I'atem Offl.-e.
WASHINGTON, D. C. j
A.JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next door to Merchant* Cafe.
JOHN F. RICE, j
Lawyer.
McKinley St. Valdez.
DR. W. G. Alexander.
DENTIST.
McKinley st. valdez.
NEW YORK LIFE
INJUR/JNCE CO.
WRITES THE BEST POLICIES.
G. Spanfcerg, Agent. ,
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
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W. H. Brennen,
HOUSE and SIGN PAINTER.
Paper Hanger and Decorator. |
VALDEZ, - - ALASKA.
B. F. Hillard
Is Prepared to Ex
amine, Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Properties
HUB HUT I TITlf (0.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Abstracts taisW to Valdez
Tooo lots |
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Valdez. Alasia
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GOOD GOODJ. CCCD SERVICE.
“tHcTn'zTm”
eLUBHOOMSIW CONMECTIOW
DQARF & MACKINTOSH
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
J. J. YAKSHAW,
Valdez Sleet total -
- and Plumbing Slop.
Safety Flues, Pumps, Pipes and Fittings.
McKini.ky A' k., Valdez.
Geo. Woods. Jas. Fowlie.
woobj&rowuc
S/inPLE R22/U.
VALDEZ, _ALASKA
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SeOTT a SMITH. Prop*.
P. P. PPR N.
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewelry,
Cut Glass,
Silverware,
Clocks.
fl
Nugget
Jewelry
Made
To
Order,
H. M. DEAN,
General Merchandise Broker.
representing
>111 \\ ABACI IKK BROS. ,v CO.
" <• rover* Mini Tulm roiiiM*.
ARMOl'R A- CO.
WASHINGTON SHOE MEG. CO.
B'h.Ik Mini StitM-s.
M. c. XASOX & CO.
Fruit ami Frtduiv.
W. P. FILLKK & CO.
I*ai:tt'*l Oil*, Sash ami Ihior*.
WASH I XliTOX Kl'HHKR CO.
tJALBRAITH-BACOX A CO.
Hay. «.rain, Lime. <Ym tit, UuiMiny Material
Cigars a Specialty. v..d„.
Dr. I5. (amicia.
Dentist and Optician.
A Full Line of Spectacle*on Hand. Clock*
and \\ atche* Ki paintl on
Short Notice.
McKinley St Valdez.
PHIL ZIMMERMAN
Cleaning, Repairing and Altering Done
on Sfcort Notice.
• Ladies Suits Cleaned and Pressed.
Keystone Ave. next to Prospector Office.
C. E. BOQARim,
Assayer and ehemist.
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $230
60 Cou mbia Sc„ Skatti.k, Wash.