VOLUME 4, NO. 35 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Our Clothing Shipments have just
reached us and we are now prepared to PledSe and
Fit most any customer, no matter how fastidious.
■fireat Care has been taken in the selection of
Patterns and Styles and as we buy on,y
from the very best Eastern Manufac
turers wbo have clothes making down to a Fine
Art, y°u may be sure>not on*y Quality and
Style, hut also, which rs fully as important, of
Perfect Fit
If you buy a suit from us you will find that
it will Ljook Fine, Fit Well and give you
absolute Satisfaction in the wcar
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A Guarantee of Quality goes w,tH every High Grade Suit
purchased from us, and you are not taking the least chance:
We can fit you BETTER than the ordinary tailor. Yes, Even Better
than the first-class tailor, unless you can get a try-on before the suit is finished.
This is not Enftpty Talk but A Fact which we demonstrate every
day.
Overcoats.
Our line of Overcoats is now Complete and
with winter not very far away we would suggest that
you look them over before the assortment is broken.
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Tine Shoes*
Kxamine our line of Men’s Fin'S Shoes
Hats and Caps, Underwear and Neg
ligee Shirts, st°cks of which are Large and
Varied.
Give Us A Trial and if we cannot fulfill every
promise made YtlU 6ct Your Money Buck#
To Rush Road Work
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Railroad People Get Orders To
Hasten Construction.
Word was this work received
from the New York end of the Val
dez dr ^ ukon Kai r.»«'l authorizing
the management in Valdez to push
the work of road l uilding to the
fullest extent, and to employ ns
much ialmr as it is |tossihlc to han
dle. The surveyors have been or
dered to go abend with the survey,
and are now working their way
toward Copper Center, laying out
the grade as they go.
In tin- East the financial ar
rangements arc progrc-siug to In
full satisfaction of all concerned,
and work will soon lie started on a
mote extensive scale. All the men
th it can be se -tired arc being put
to wmk along the right-of-way.
hut laborers are searce and the
comp; nv can use about fifty more
graders at present.
Steam Heat For Montana
A'e. Singh tary has purchased
the steam heating plant formerly
in von (iunther's hall, and is Inn -
ing it installed at the Montana.
Steam pipes and radiators are now ,
being put in.
Notice of Meeting of Board oi
Equalization.
Notice i* hereby given that Un
common Counoil of the Town of
\ ahlez will sit as a Hoard of Equal
ization between the hours of 2
o’clock p.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. on
the mh, 10th and 19th days of
October, 1!M)4, for the purpose of
equalizing the assessment of prop
erly for taxes. All parties com
plaining will then he heard.
W. H. Chary,
Town Clerk
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-Additional Local.
Charles Koppus, M. S. (iriltith
and Charles Meyers arrived yester
day from Chititu. They came by
way of Tasnuna.
J. M. Doggatt and George Doo
liv arrived from Slate creek last
week, and Dooley took the first
boat to the States.
Charles Shelly, who spent the
summer on Slate creek, has ie
ttimed to town.
The very latest in wo >1 want*
just arrived at Ladies Bazaar.
Jos. Weckert, who took Amy A
Wood’s cattle to Fairbanks thisj
summer, returned on the Portland.
Herman Never, of the Nizina
Trading Co. arrived on the Port
land.
Golf Gloves for Indies, gentle
men and babies at Ladies Bazaar.
Charles Lahclle has returned
from the interior.
The Seward Gateway announces
that Dr. Bovie isgstr.g to the States
to marrv a Valdez girl.
Horace Leach and wife arrived
here on the Santa Ana from Sew-1
ard on a business trip, and will re
turn at an early date.
Dam e at Moose Hall Saturday.
The court is due on one of the
next boats.
Xe.w Head Wraps at Ladies Ba- j
zaar.
Hereafter there will he three in
stead of two men stationed at each
of the interior telegraph stations.
This is on account of the risks in
curred by one man making repairs
along the line.
A Rough Trip.
The Santa Clara.Captain Schagc,
four days latr. arrived Sunday
with a number of passengers and
250 tons of freight for Valdez, and
a hntleh of entile for Sel lovin. The
steamer was scheduled to take the
outside passage, hut off Vancouver
island ran into a severe storm and
was eom|Hdled to take the inside
passage. Kveli there the storm
was severe, and it was found neces
sary to anchor at several points.
Ihiring the storm eight of the cat
tle were killed hv lieing thrown
down ami trampled. The steamer,
however came through without
damage.
Following is the passenger list
f r Valdez: (». \V. K>t rly, A. »•
Finigan. C. A. Irvine, \'’ .1. Wicst
ling, R. C. llurton, \V. II. Tully.
The Convention.
The call issued hv the Nome
ehainlHT of commerce for a conven
tion at Seattle, Nov. lo, 1!K)5, pr< -
vides for one delegate to each con -
miinitv of 500 nr less, r.nd one for
each 500 or fraction thereof there
over. They are to lie given written
credentials.
Back From Fairbanks.
\V. S. Amy, who early in the
summer sent in a hunch of cattle
for the Fairbanks market, has just
returned to town. If*- speaks very
highly of Fairbanks, the surround
ing country, and its possibilities.
His cattle were all sold at a good
figure and he has already sent an
order for eight v head to lie deliv
ered to him here next spring in
time to have them driven in over
the trail.
Pay or. Cbisna.
M. Dempsey, who has been work
ing this season on Chisna and
Daisy creeks, returned to town
Saturday. He reports the finding
of pav on the benches of Chisna,
above the canyon, and also on the
rim of Chistuchina, on the slope
toward Daisy creek. Mr. Demnse\
will remain in town, for a time be
fore leaving for the east, where he
goes on business connected with
his property.
Smuggled Sealskins.
A trunk taken to Seattle on the
Excelsior was seized and is being
held on suspicion that it contains
valuable sealskins from Alaska.
The inspectors are holding the
trunk in hopes that the smuggler
will appear and claim his prop
erty.
Excelsior to the Rescue
Tlie U. S. coast survey ship, Ged
ney ran aground in Wrangell nar
rows last week, and hut for the as
sistance of the Excelsior would
nave hitvi vweeked. After break
ing two hawsers Captain Jordan
finally succeeded in getting the
vessel afloat, and it was taken to
Wrangel for repairs.
Matanuski Coal Bonded.
Teck and liainter of Sunrise, who
located extensive coal property on
the Matanuski river, at the head
of Cook inlet, have recently bonded
the same to what is locally known
as the Watson Company for twen
ty-two thousand, five hundred dol
lars. The purchase is supposed to
be uiade in the interest of the Alas
ka Central Railroad.
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Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers. Hagasiues
Sick Man Brought Out.
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Paralysed Man at Center Recover
ing. Miners Coming Out.
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Copjier Center, Oct. 1—The par
ty of packers who were sent up the
liitilkana after the man stricketi
with paralysis, have returned,
bringing the sick man with therh
Me is improving rapidly and there
is a good chance of his recovery,
steward Klmer, of Lisctmi, arrived
yesterday to take charge of the
patient.
Col. Macklin deserves great credit
i for the energetic manner in which
I he extended aid to this helpless
man.
' O. (tttnmtere, .1. S. Wolimlin and
Hen Howell arrived last night from
Shnshitna. (turn mere ami Wolin
din have been working on No. 4,
V tilth z creek this summer.
K. I, Hickey arrived hv tlie
river route front Chisna aid will
leave with II. Itlix for Valdez on
the ilh. Itlix eontemplates a trip
to the States this winter.
H. Ij Tully has arrived froth
Slate and will winter here.
Discuss Chinese Exclusion
Washington, Oct. I—The cabinet
had a meeting today to discuss the
matter of Chinese exelusion. All
efforts of the president to placate
the feeling aroused among the ce
lestials by this question, have
failed. I nder present instructions
Minister Kockwcll cannot issue
certificates entitling worthy Chi
nese to admission to the States, and
as a consequence man v are improp
erly exeltuh d. Secretary Taft took
an aeti> e part in the discussion,
having made the question a special
subject of study during his trip to
the < incut.
Flood In Washington.
Seattle, (let. 1—The Skagit river
is rising rapidly and flooding the
surrounding country. It is now
over hank ini’; logs, trees and
shingle l>olts are scattered in all
directions, and the damage to prop
erty is immense. Many farmers in
t'kagit county have lieen Hooded
out. Steady rains for the prist
week caused the raise.
Postal Business Increasing.
Washington, Oct. 4—Owing la
increase of business thirty jmst
ollices in the state of Washington
are to l»e advanced to second class.
After New York Life.
New York,. Oct 4-^TIie policy
holders’ club of the New York Life
Insurance Co., has employed an
attorney to bring suit against tlie
company for the recovery of money
contributed to campaign funds and
otherwise misspent
Placer Property Bonded.
The extensiue placer properties
on Crow crock, at the head of Cook
inlet, ojierated by Paul Buckley,
were recently bonded for a large
sum to Eastern capitalists, whose
representatives tire expected to ar
rive at an early date to see the re
sults of the work now going on.
Crow Creek Property
J. G. Gird wood, who is operating
an extensive placer deposit at the
head of Cook inlet, has this sum
mer lieen prospecting some of his
ground with the Keystone drill
that was used last year in Solo
mon basin. The tests have proven
the gravel lieds to he rich and ex
tensive. All of the ground shows
good pay gravel, and a strata
seven feet thick, forty feet below
the surface runs #20 |>er yard. All
the properties on. Crow creek are
showing up remarkably well now
that hydraulic machinery is fully
installed. A large amount of gold
comes out rf Mils section each
year, though but little is beard V
it.