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VOLUME 3, NO. 31 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
JUDGE DAT
ARRIVES 'ON nr.VENIE CUT
1E > RUSH
111 IfiVEMt
Charges Made Against Judge
Wickersham.
Judge \\’illi,iii! A Day, ns'istant
to the attorney general, D here at
the special rci|Uest of tin- pre-ident
to investigate the chargee that i ave
been made against the judiciary of
Alaska.
Arriving lu-re yesterday after
noon he announced his rrt.ntion to
l*ecin his hearing at once. lie se
lected a room in tire •court house
and was ready for business at 7
oeloek and continued until in.
when he ar’ourncd until this
morning.
The investigation is open to all.
and each will he received with the
Utmost courtesy.
Cannery Ship Has Harrow Hscape.
The McLaren, full ri~ue<l ship
in the service of the liristol Bay
Packing Co., left the cannery at
the close of the season heavilv
loaded \vi»ii cased salmon .•<•>.J 137
men, and started for Seattle.
When near Unimak pass she ran
into a gala and lo-t her rudder,
l’eing hclph's- they drifnd for sev
en days, and when about 7u miles
West of the pass they dropp'd an
ehor to keep off shore, and during
a lull in the storm the passengers
were put ashore All efforts to
keep the v« ssel from becoming a
wreck on t lie bracli -seemed fruit
less wle n the revenu* cutter Rush
came upon the scene and towed the
vessel into iHtteh harbor and then
returned and took off the pc.sscn
nn the lieaeh, and landc 1 tlieui at
the ship, with the exception of six
men who left the party while on
the beach to cross o’er the moun
tains and walk to li.ttch harbor.
Up to the time the Rush left noth
ing had bet n of these men. and six
men from the cutter McCullough
and two natives were sent out to
find them.
Tlx* revenue cutter Rush arrived
hero vesterdav having as passen
gers Judge William A. Day. assist
ant to th • attorney general; Major
Robert K. Evens, adjutant general
oj the department of the Columbia:
II. 15. M -Donald, parliamentarian
of the 1". S. Senate; D. II. Jarvis,
eoiieetor of customs •' r Alaska: and
I*. C. Todd, secretary to Judge
Day.
N»’.\T TO Tlii' NJZI.VA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale ami
detail J>r«iler<
(JIVE I'S A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
MANY AT WOKK AND DOING
WEED
Notes of Interest Fro:n all the
Creeks.
Chititu, Aug. 7.—This camp is
very quiet compared with last year
hut everyone is working and mak
ing money. The weather lias linn
eold and disagreeable, with lets of
rain until the past week, during
which it has been line. There an
no idle men in camp, all being at
work for the-companies or on lays,
but there is no demand for more
men.
Hie claims now being worked
are given lielow. Some of these
are paying as hign as two ounces
a day to the shovel, while others
run lower. Every outfit on the
creek is making wages, ifs a day.
or better after deducting royalty..
No. 5 fhititu i- the lowest Maim
on the creek being worked. Thorp
and Autinson v.i*h tim e men lmve
the lay.
M. F. Fennison i« working No. tt
on a lay with four men. Norman
Merchant is working with him.
I.ower 7 is run hy A. E. Row
land with four men, and M. T
Rowland i- sluicing on upper 7
with nine men. A1 Fowling and
Ed Maddox are among Rowland's
men.
On lower s prink llortumn and
Frank Fraze have a lay with s x
men at work. T. I’. ltochford is in
this crowd. L'jijier S is being
worked l>v Brown and Kauffman
with seven men.
A cut is being run diagonally
across the bar ab ive the store on S>
by the ( hititti IVvcln|inicnt C'o,
ti> prosper! the claim. Tw»dv • Men
an* working for .he company un
der (!«o. Ksierly.
Lower lit is lie:n^ handled l»v
tli** l>ec)i Sea Mining ('<».. liv men
who w\ r 3 shipwrecked in the
Sound this sprint: and unshod to
Nicina for work. I’pper 10 ;s |«
ing worked bv Konpn- and Fitch
*\i:height men.
. On 11 Frank Kernan and Orif
titli have a hydraulic plant a!
work. Two experts from -Iuncan
are tlie only «r.ies at work at pr**s
ent. The water is taken from No.
- KeX itlul piped along the bench
•living a fail of nbotit !'<) feet.
On Hex gulch, No. 1 is 1> ing
I ro.-j 11 ti d by lie- Wlncln 11 ] arty
but no one is sluicing.
Lower No. 1 is l.e ng worked by
Harry Kih-n and Bill (libbon with
four men. <>■ i tipper i (b*o. Davis
lias a lay with four men at work,
anil on the right limit the Tunas
Development Co. I'll- a C-llt. 1.. 0.
Van Brundt is in charge. One
man wirrkng.
Lower •'! i« being worked by Ole.
the most polite man in the camp,
with four men. Dan lirenig with
time men lias the upper lay
Jim Stephens, Kddie Strwkur.
IV;e Campbell and Cariboo toll
(Mi Lain) constitute the Skookitm
Development Co. which is working
No. 4.
<»eo. McMullen is sluicing on
No. 5.
The Winchell party which has
an option on the t'arvey-MvXeer
benches and Frank Kernuti's
erc-k claim are doing some great
prospecting. Tunnels have heen
run on the rim from to 1'F) feet
on d Hex. left lin.it; '1 Hex, right
limit; 7 and 11 Cidlitu, right
limit, and \ White, right limit.
The repre-eiitativ"- of the company
refuse to say anything in regard, to
I *1 «•»• Fti'irfli !*«•/••
WHAT IS IT TO KE?
E.v Jud^e Wickers ham at Fair
banks.
In an n«Mre* delivered Iief<<ve a
larite a.--' niiilu'.c at Fairbanks.
Alaska, this season Juilm* Jam -
WirkiTshnm lia<l tin* followin'.: to
say relative to tin* future .»i
of Alaska
Is it intended. as in th • ease of
the Philippines, that Alaska shall
not he permanently anne.vd, “as
an integral part of the territory of
the territory of the 1 idled S
Is it the intention of the l idled
"'tat*« to establish in Alaska "a
government suitable to the wants
and conditions of the inhabitants
to prepare them for local self-gov
eri mcnt, and in due time to tank,
'licit deposition’’— if Ai 'ska—“a
will best promote the interests rf
the I'nittii States and the inhabi
tants” of Ala'k.t? Siiail the pe .pie
of Alaska be required to or.'atiiz.
hore a sovereign independent tia
tiiin—the Ucnuhlie • i Aiask a. witli
u tVdcrel'con*;itution drawn after
that from wliicli cur ii>ref:itlu«v*
adopted for tiie h idled State*.'
>hall tile Uepuhlie of Alaska is
divided into lour or inure states
each with a state constitution sim
ilar t«> those rdopted in the I’nite i
State*, with similar heal eeiintv
and munieijial government.*.' SI.ail
the Ih-puhlic of Ala.*ka he divid I
into four ,*t.»t< —Sitka, with it*
capital at Juneau; Alaska, with it
capiu-.l at Valdez; Sunnier, with it*
capita! at Nome, and Tatiana, with
t* capital at Fairbanks? Or shall
these jireat natural Milxlivisioii"
this nortlilniiil. when in prop**
time they "hall have the nceissar'
ponulartion, he • 1 n■ i111 r- >!aie
into the I'nion of the I'liitx!
Slates?
The answer to tJiese <|Mesiion
must he marie hr the sober sense
of the people of the I ni al State
My j'.i Lmient is that sin a; the con
"ti'ntion of out fat-: "laml i- ha-, a
on principle' of truth am! i is in.
whieh are not < online,I within nr -
tional lines it may safely inelmie
within its h< m-tits those s o.,a-■ .
‘iates whieh the sons ami rlauoli
thers of the I'niixl States mar
en-e- i:i Aiask. May the (mil o
Nations s|.,1 tin* day v,i. n tl«
constitution of t>. • I'nited Suites
and the laws thereof which <!■ i •
nate the tla*; of uttr country and
llcelare IllileO'Utde'ii'e ! !;I V to lie 41,
holiday shall »> • !». fore - and i
in Alaska.
t'n March It*, hi' . a hill for tht
election of a ih h ite.te from Alashe
was pending hcforc the senate of
tiie I niod States, and cmciid
n>< lit - thee.-to heinu ill orde.". Si'll
etor I’lati hi *’nnue''!ient, otfered
tin- followin'; a- an additimiwl
si ion to tao hill.
••See. I 1. Tha, nothin:! in the
I act.'hall i:i any wav he taken o'
1 eons:nied to imply < r i: li .It
, iiiat the t> rriiory < 11 • •<nl ■1 >y tie
I dis. • i". of Alaska, or any portioe
| thereof, shall at a .'- time liere
I sitt'T he adlidtti d as a stat
; Till- amendn.et. Wa pasted fir
| the tine- tie.' MU v.as portpo led
1 and tin re the matter - -ns to hav’
; ended. It appears, however th.o
Uii-re 1* a stroll" disun luia'.Mll ill
tin j..iri 1*1 i!:'• |ifn:*lo <•:' t In- I 11* 11- I
Steti ■ tn ••r)Mir:i(<> ».-< i-i-- *: i; i • ^ -
ini* leri'itiii i>-' ii.tn i . ■ I'nimi, ami
v.'i- who l. -.Vf ra»L i i;r !nt v.'iti;
Alaska, wlm an* ivsi !i*ii!s. isi:
i and li*i:ii'- i k«*rs l i re, ra .v .wm.
* '»iri j j«-l * i r »•• '» !* : .
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and this year our assortment will be better than ever. Our selections were made from the stock of the LARGEST and BEST KNOWN EASTERN
and CO AS f Manufacturers. an! we know we can PLEASE the most PARTICULAR. You will find at our store a combination that's hard to beat
QUALITY - STYLE
NEW MERCHANDISE of every kind is constantly arriving, and in figuring out our space we find that we arc going to be crowded for room. In
order to remedy this we have concluded to offer to the public, for a limited time only,
forty - four
MenS Suits
Former price ranging from $12 to $20. We have these suits in Cheviots and Worsteds, and only two or three of a kind. The sizes are
necessarily broken, but if you can get A FIT you will get A BARGAIN.
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