THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
ublished At Valdez. Alaska, every Thursday by the Prow*tor '
Publishing Co. Phonk, M \in 1.
Entered at the Valdez postofficeas second class matter.
What a commotion has been
caused in certain quarters by the
agitation to till the vacancy in the
-school board. Cries of “spite” are
-indulged in and the Prosrwtor is
accused of having ulterior motives
in making the fact public that
there was a vacancy ir. the (ward.
•As far as the spite is concerned we
leave it to our readers if the first
exhibition of spite was not in the
Saturday paper. As for the “ul
terior motives,” if we understand
the term as intended by the News
'correspondent, we bad none. As a
• paper representing the town of
Valdez it is our privilege and duty
•to call the attention of the citizens
to the fact that there is a vacancy
•in the school liourd, and in view of
’•the published statement that F. \1.
'Brown had formed a partnership
'at Fairbanks and intended to re
main there, we fail to see where it
is any reflection on him or his
■ ability as a school director to usk
that a successor 1 >e elected. And
further, as no denial of the state
•ment that he would remain at Fair
banks lias l*-ell made, it would
'appear as if the * ulterior motives”
were on the other side of the ques
tion.
The statement that the position
'of school director of the school
'hoard is vacant is supported hy
the opinion of the ix-st legal talent
of town. The ordinance pro
vides licit eouncilinen and school
directors must qualify within HO
'days after election. Mr. Brown
lias not done this. The ordinance
'containing this section was adopted
' and published prior to his depart
ure from town so that lie knew
what was necessary in ease lie
wished to hold the office.
Regarding the provision of the
Kelson hill providing for tilling
'vacancies in the board, we must
admit that we quoted it erroneously,
hut the News has done the same
tiling. The law says that vacancies
•may be filled by a special election,
Upon ten days notice, culled by the
•remaining members of the hoard
upon petition of five voters. This,
'according to legal advice, makes it
mandatory upon the hoard to call
' an election when petitioned to do
'no. Of course if tlie remaining
‘members of the hoard wish to
take the position that they are not
bound hy the wishes of the voters,
and are willing to conduct the
' schools without a director, it is
'not likely that any one will try
to force them to do so, although it
• is strictly against the intention of
'the law.
The residents of Unalaska, Unga
Apollo, Sand Point, Ctiigmk, Kar
luk and At'ognak have sent peti
tions to the postollice department
asking for a semi-monthly mail
service between those points and
Valdez. It is due to the residents
•of this coast to have better service
;and it will also lie a great aid to
the commerce on the northern
route to tlie Orient and to Nome.
Last summer the steamer Tacoma,
'enroute to Japan, stop|M'd at Una
laska, but owing to the poor mail
service, could not be reported for
•over a month. Disabled ships oc
'c-asionally stop in but under pres
ent conditions it is impossible to
get any word to the owners in any
thing like a reasonable time. With
-a semi-monthly mail lmat from
here to the westward and the cable
to Seattle the western towns would
‘have a iairly quick service that
would materially hasten the ile
''Yelopment of that section and in
•cidentally help Vaidez. 'Hie local
'Chamlier of ('-oinmerce should as
sist the western towns in the at
tempt to secure this improved ser
' vie*.
The new schooner Evie, lielong
ing to I*. 1). Blodget, has arrived at
Seldovia, and will be put in com
mission hauling coal from the
■lines at that place to points along
the Alaska coast. She may la* ex
tracted at Valdez at any time with
a corgo of coal. Captain Thomas, i
formerly agent of tl e A. C. Co. at
Valdez, is in command.
The largest snle of mining prop
city made in Fairbanks this win
ter was when Jas. Berry and others
purchased No. 3, Cleary, for #125,
(XX). The deal was carried throiu;h
by the law firm of Condon. Hess A
Brown. It must la- annoying to
(he ’ocal lawyers to have a Valdez
man go into Fairbanks and secure
such imitortant business at the
start-off.
Patrick McEntee of Spokane has
just secured a patent for certain
improvements in amalgamators,
which is expected to work a revo
lution in certain districts.
The invention relates to amal
| gamators of the sluice 1h>x type for
treating gold beaiing sand, stamp
1 mill pulp and other materials from
which the precious metals are
I saved.
One of the principal objects of
| the invention is to provide fora
ontinuous circuitous circulatan
of mercury down the sluice along i
with the water and the gold hear
ing material, giving the mercury
ample opjMirtunity to amalgamate*
| the free gold.
The invention further provides
that the mercury is elevated as it
j is discharged from the lower end
I of the sluice and passes down again.
The invention also provide for sav
1 ing the amalgam and permitting
| it to he removed while the machine
; is in use.
I Tiie new amalgamator provides
I means for agitating the mixture of
water and gold hearing material as
! it passes down the sluice in order
to force the float or Hour gold into
j contact with the mercury in the
riilles at the bottom of the sluice.
The new invention is said to lie
; fitted especially for districts where
there is a great deal of tine gold
I that escapes the ordinary ina
jchinery.
—
Edison Phonographs and Hold
j Moulded Records at Wikidol’s
! Phonograph Parlor.
Telegraphic News
Fairbanks, May 14—Has from
j burning wood in the liottom of a
j placer shaft Hfty-six feet deep, suf
focated David McCurdy and Dan
Cresap yesterday on Ester creek.
Both men are married and have
families on the outside, and have
considerable property. Cresap lost
! Ids lin- trying to save his partner,
i who had gone down to look at the
Hre and was overcome. Cresap in
! sisted on being lowered at once.
“Hoist-me up quick!” he shouted
a moment later, at the same time
putting his foot in a loop of the
rope. When within twenty feet of
the top lie lost his hold and fell
down beside his partner, where
Isith bodies were found.
San Francisco, May 1ft—The
j celebrated Bonanza case, involving
title to rich copper property in the
Copper river country was settled
in the appellate court today. The
; case had been appealed from Judge
Wickershnm’s decision, which fav
ored the Alaska Copper Co., and
the api>ellate court affirmed the
decision of the lower court.
San Francisco, May 14—The
; Norwegian consul has received
i orders to send provisions north on
a whaling vessel for Capt. Amudsen,
the Arctic explorer wlio sailed from
Norway in 1903 in an endeavor to
| find the Northwest passage. The
. fact that the supplies are to be sent
i up the Pacific shows that the caj>
| tain has been successful in his
I undertaking.
B. B. LOCKHAKT.
STKJKXi KA1H KK.
Notary F'ublic
i Conveyancer McKinley St.
Nest lkw»r lT. s. Cubit; Office, I'lMtani
Notice Dissolution of Partnership.'
Notice Is hereby given, that the partnership
heretofore existing between the undersigned
In the llorse-hoc Saloon, In VrMw. Alaska. 1*
tnis day dissolved l»> mutual con-cut.
All debts due from the said firm are to be
pic-ented to J. K. McVcl for payment, tne
-aid t. i: McNeel ciintintiing the hn-in.'-s
Dated April A‘»tli. I»fi,
It \»!RY AHIII \ND
J. 11 McNKI.I
COAL — COAL
C. W Miller,ngont,or Co|)|«*r Kiver
Praying Co.
Notice of Forfeiture.
V AI.PKX. A LASK A, Mu v 11. 1fH».
TO AXDRKW St*||EFF snd W. I! A S'AKKIl:
You and eaeh of yon are ii r«-hy li.nlli .1 that
I have expended. during the year i:*d Otic
Hundred Indlar* upon ea.di «*f tn.« hereinafter
named •pianx mining claims, hi labor an«l ini.
pro\em dts. to-wit : The "Hun Iswie'’ claim
riforditl 111 Hook No 1. at page JU of tiie
record- of mining claims aud water rights, in
the otti. e o| ih. recorder of the • aldcx lie. .rd
ing District, Alaska; tin* “Moon Lode” claim,
recorded ill-aid Hook No. 1, at p ig« J.ll of *ahl
records; the “Porcupine laale" claim, recorded
ill Htaik K. at jingo IfM of -aid rec »rds. the
“Ktvnitig Mar" claim, recorded in Htnik K, at
l*age 'i£l *»f said records. All of the above
named claims are situated in tliei’opj* r M<*un
lain mining district, on I'rlnce William Hound
and District« i Alaska And that I. A. \\. lib
hits, during the year I'.si*. in ordvi to lodd -aid
claim- under the provi-h ris • ( Sicilon of
the Kevi-ed Statute-of I lie t'dllml -»i«;e- ami
Ihe amendments thereto, concerning annual
la nor upon mining claims, be.tig tic* amount
required to liohl -aid htims for the year end
ing December -!l-t, 1:»M, 1 ave expended hue
lliimlr d bo.lar* in nun tai as-e-smeiit work
upon each of the above said »laim«.
And if vithio nine y day- of the |*cr-oniil
service •*! thi- noth . or within ninety dat
aller tin publication thereof. you fai. orYcfu’-c
l«* contribute u»ur rro|M»rti.»n"«*f sueli c.\t>cndi
ture, a-a co-owner, or -hall fail or refuse to
contribute y.uir prujtoiiloii «»f such expetuli
lure up »n each or am of -aid claims, your
IntvTcsi in -ahl claims in any *.r either of them
will become the property of me -ulac-riber
hereunto, your co-ow ner. Who In - math* the
i requisite expenditure tin.ter the term- «>l tin
! law.
This notice di*e-not preclude either of you
from contributing vour proportion of -m h #*x
petidlture upon cllln*. *»f sahl mining ciaim
■iii'i |*rt venting a forfeiture of your inti rest in
eitIn r of said mining claims u|*oii which such
payment l- made.
A. W. TIBBITb.
First «late«>f publication. May II, pm.
I.ast date of publication. Aug. in, PA*...
Notice of Forfeiture.
t'atalla, Alaska, March *». 190A.
T«» James Casey a in I II. Fallon or hi* link turn n
heirs or represent alives if any .
You and each of \«»u are hereby notified I ha!
the undersigned, \Y. 11. Cuiupbcll. has ••.\|M-nd
cd during the year HUM, one hundred (|PB») dol
lar* in lat»or and improvement* upon each of
Hie following oil claim* situate*! in ihc Kavak
Recording ld*trict. IMstrict of Alaska, to yvil:
1 'h*v> oil claim No. 1 the location certificate oi
which is recorded in Ro. k 1 . t Mining L.*ca
tlon.*and Oeelaratory Statement* at page 2»'-*»:
('asey oil claim No. 2 111** location certificate »f
which is recorded in If*.ok 1 of Mining Inten
tions and Iha-laratory statements at pagc'JM:
and t'a-cy oil claim No. 2thcli«atio.ic-r'.iri
cate of whi< p i* recorded in Honk 1 m .Mining
Location* and lbclarutory Statements at puge
all t»f which records are in the office of tin
IMstriet Recorder oi Kayak Recording district,
l»i*triet of Alaska. Said expenditure* were
mad'* in ordei to hol«l each o: said claim* un
der tin* provision* of section£121 of the Revised
Statute* of the I lilted States, ni .1 the miucu 1
mrnts thereto, concerning annual work on
mining claims, ladug the amount rc«|tiircd t<»
liold each of «aid claim* for the year ending
I*e; ember tl. Pol. And ii at the expiration • t
ninety day* Lout the publication of ini* uotn .*
y ou fail or reitisc to contribute your propor
tion • i s'lcn expenditure as a co-oyvoc: youi
interc-t in said mining laim* and ineach m
them u ill become the property oi the nuder
sigued, 'V. ii. i uinpbcll. youi eiHiwiicr who
:»a* made the leqiured expenditure by the
t**rtn* of said section.
\V. H. Campbiu.
First publication March 1«».
! Last publication June 1*».
Notice of Forfeiture.
Valdez,Aiaska. Feb. 1«*, 19h*»
1 i'o A. S. fioldberg, 4'urist Pederson, till.* John
I son and W . If auke:
Yon are hereby untitled tiiat I have expen
ded during the year liXM (f4tn>) four hundred
dollar* iti labor and improvements u|m»u tne
the following quartz bum*. to-wit: the **Yo
*a\ aiigcii” •i,eder*on” *Helman” and Julia'
i located near the Jaksina river in tin* Eagle
Mining IMstrict, Alaska, and recorded in Rook
| 2 on pages 2.1*. 24u and 241 of tne Eagle Mining
I Records, in order to hold said claims uu
| der the provision* of section 2224 of tin-Re
vised Statute* of the ' ' tilted State* and the
ainendmeiit tlic.ctapproved Jan. 22, IKhn,
eoticerningauuu.il laboi upon mining claim*,
i cing ttie amount required to hold said claims
for the |H*rb d eliding l>cc. 21, 1MM. And if
i vvitiiiu ninety day* from the personal s rvice
I oi tin* notice or within uiuety day* afier tiie
i publi ation thereof, you faii or rciu.*e to con
tribute yotir poitioii .»f such expenditure a*
rmowners. your Interest in said claim* will he
coiuc the property of ihe subscribed, your co
owner who iia* mad.* the required expemli
tnre by the term* of said section.
.. K. J. FJELD.
I ir-t publication February In,
La.*t piildication. May la, lV*o.Y
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The Teiias Senate
Copper Center, Alaska.
Hivu Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Finest House North of
Sea 11 le.
C1IAS. COWKLL, Proprietor.
A he
it Sate Creek
Will he opened up early in the
Spring with a Complete, First
Class stock of Boots, Shoes,
GROCEKIESandCLOTHING
Everything needed hv the Mi
ner and Prospector will be in
stock all summer.
Freighting Done
Leslie & Nelson.
raster. IqkingJ0 *^
_ 261 Broad way. New Yoik _
EVERY WEEK. 108 TO 13eTpAGES~
SUBSCRIPTION. $3 00 A YEAR
(tnz!u<linzjJ S., Cana'n cr Uax'n pcstagel
The Engineering end Mining Journal
■a now In Its 57 Ik year, lu JOOQil. con.
accuiit > number will be Issued shortly.
Tor a quarter oi a century it lies been pre
eminently toe leading mining periodical,
wilt a World-Wide circulation. Editorially
the papi-r Is particularly strung and brond
Stauirt' St it*» rtptlu.’is ran begin at any time.
Sample cu/nrs free.
SZdtfcrtUlnj rater err application
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.1
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ.
Offices: ALASKA
Fish Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phone 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fish
Building. Vai.de*.
Op. ii «Yt*nltig», Sunday <Wf»ptr«l. 7::** t v.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ. ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining nn<l Lninl Law*. 8pc<*ialti<Mt
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Cecil H. Clegg,
Attorney at Law,
| Notary Prune.
I Office Court House. Vai.ukz.
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
■ Kkystonk Avk. Vai.ukz.
T J D0N0H0E,
Attorney at Law,
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counscllor-ut-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OH EC ON
l
| R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
| ASSAYER
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle.
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R’l'P'A'N'S Tabulcs
Doctors find
A <;ood prescription
For mnnkina .
The kem imckagc is enough for usual acui
si oil. The family *•••»tle («'■*» <*eDt') •Mtntaiiih a
supply for a year. All tlr Jt*gUt» sell them
For Assays Send Your Ore To
Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold. Silver and Copper fil.">0
Gold and Silver - 1.60
Copper - 2.00
Lead - - - 2.00
j Eli.amak, Alaska
50 YEARS*
EXPERIENCE
a irnTTETj
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' inn Copyrights Ac.
Anyone sending • sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion Iren whether an
inTwntkm Is probably patentable. Com mu Men
t lone strict I YfouttUeiitlaL lluudboek on Pnteuu
sent free, oldest agency for sei-unna patents.
Patents taken tbroutrh Mtru A Co. receive
tptcial uotlc*, without eharse. In the
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Ixmct cir
culation .»# any artentifle Journal. Terms. 98 a
year: four months. 9L hold by ai) newsdtalers.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior point*. I.nmo com
fortable quarter* « it It every accommodation for
man or beast. Garden product* in reason
•
Wines, Liquor, Beer and Cigars.
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. Mile* From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House
P. MAGNt'SSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, ha* large
warm ham for 20 hor*e* and gi**l quarter*
for dogs. Good meal* and everything the
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
\A/h!+^ 21 Miles From Valdez
V V I » I Lw The Last Place Before
Crossing Thompson Pass
I_Ip.. |Qp Everything First-Class
I IUUwC Freight Contracted
Formerly Accommodations For Large Outfit^
Our Road House Walter L. White, Pr p.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On.Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat,
Poultry and Vegetables always on hand. Best feeding ground
tor horses on the trail.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
V. T. Co.
The following Roadhouses, situated on the route to Fairbanks,
operated under tbe nianageme t of the Valdez Transportation Co.,
will be found to lie tirst-elass in every particular:
BEAVER DAM Roadhouse
41 Miles From Valdez.
Rates $4.00 per day. HILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager
GAKONA Roadhouse
135 Miles From Valdez
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails
Rates: Meals, $1 50, Beds $1.00
GEO. B. RORER MANAGER
CHIPPEWA Roadhouse
160 Miles From Vaidez
At Trail Crossing of the Gakona River
Rates: Meals $1 ..'>0, Beds $1.00
JCHN GILLESPIE MANAGER
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarter* for Valdez people. 1-jo rooms,
j Kat» * 'si cotit*. |1 an>l f 1..1U per day. Fir*t<-1»'*
KeMaurant in connection. Free Hu-*. otiesiu
1 I'. *. Fuslotfii'e.
\V. li. POTTS. Manager.
J Cut. Firm Av. \ I niver-ay #t.. SEATTLE
j Oi.u All Y.nr
j Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying. Areliiteeiure. lira tv iug a ml A-sav
iug. Abat ing "i iirr.-. »j: Bulliuu ami ( ‘ 1..Y
iuaiii.ii Ai»ay. *£>; Blowui|« A«»av. *m. Full
• our—of A-»ayiug. Vm. K-tabli»Iu-.l lv;i. s.mt
for circular.
A. VAN DER NAILEN, President.
j 11S Fulton Sircct, niii Francisco, Cal. Oue
. block west of C’itT llall.
Ibe northwestern line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, lie
j tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicgo,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
; through trains for all points East
; and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
liest to lie had. For rates or reser
1 rations, call or write.
F. W. PARKER,(ieneral Agent.
151 Y’etler Way. Seattle.
SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
Signs A Specially
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska
Calling Cards *‘rinN'1
. . . „ in the
latest style Engravers Old English
the proper thing. Invitations at
seore catds for card parties. Tl>«
Phospbctob. Phone 1.