VOLUME 2, WO. 17._VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,
JAMES FISH & CO
Furnishing Goods.
We are showing a new line of
HATS
in
Stetson and Kiogsburies.
Good Hats For $1.75. Good Hats For $4.00.
Other Good Hats For $5.00 and $7.00.
We also have a new line of
CAPS
You want one of them.
Everything to Wear.
Cure That Cold at
P. «. DRUG STORE.
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
We Carry a Large Lot of
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
s. Musical Instruments.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO MEUCHANt's CAW!.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Oar Prices are BIGHT. Give us a ealL
farjMf Dots
in acknowledgment of tike artistic
beauty of our Jewehry display.
Quality and Prices are Right.
Repairing high grade Watches and making Nugget Jewelry is
our specialty.
Watches sent by mail fixed and returned promptly.
W. C. STULL, Nugget Jewelry Made to Order
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
3Ch* Kartfcqaake.
A violent earthquake was felt
here early Tuesday morning. It
began at 3.30auu. .atid lasted no
less Ilian three iniaute*. It start
ed in lightly, causing the earth to
oscillate from West to East, and
finally wound up with a great
shake. When about half through
through its duration it suddenly
changed to a *ortk and South
course, giving the movement of the
earth a sort of twisting motion.
At Copper Center, 104 miles
from here, tlie shock was very se
vere, and Mt. Wrangle is reported
to have stopped smoking.
At Mentasta pass,-225 miles from
Valdez, the shock was very violent.
During the continuance of the
shock in Valdez many of the peo
ple became rack and frightened,
and those who could do bo ran out
of the house*.
The buildings Beemed to dance
on their foundations, the telegraph
poles swayed like saplings in a
gale, lamps swung until they were
almost thrown off their lvtoks, and
the pendulums of the clocks made
some great strides, but finally ev
erything settled back comfortably
into its place, and no damage is
reported.
On Tuesday morning the follow
ing gentlemen, who came l^ere to
look over some of the copper prop
erties, took a trip down the Sound
in hope that they would bo able to
find a butt suitable for a cruise to
the various properties. There was
II. W. Winched, J. A. Smith,
L. Levensailer, Capt. Stiver and
W. Kelly. They may succeed jn
getting a boat suitable for their
purpose at Ellamar or Orca.
C. A Craig and Charley McCourt
left Chittitu creek on May first,
while the snow was yet deep upon
• he ground. They passed through
Sour Dough City, and found that
the Iwys were moving from there
to Kernan. Sledding out was good
to the head of the Kennicot. The
town of Kernan, at the mouth of
Rex on Chittitu, is laid out with
the principal street running paral
el to and along the river, and the
houses are built facing the stream.
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LETTERS FROM THE PLACER
CAMP
Prospftls Art M
For 8eaaon on Rex and Chittitu
Quiet on Toang Creek.
Pay on Dan.
Nimna, May lltb, 1903.— The
creeks are showing up fine. On
No. 8 we have a 2| foot pay streak
that averages 34 cents to the pan,
in fact good pay has been located
by prospect holes burned down on
the following claims: Chittitu creek.
Discovery, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, above; Rex gulch, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, VS and 14.
Fay wa* struck an No. 14 last even
ing after putting down several
holes, and on the opj>osite side of
the creek from where everybody
thought it ought to Ik.
We have u nice camp here at>out
half a mile below the town. We are
putting up a frame building 20x44
feet, two stories. Next to that is
our lnou house, 14x04 ft. (tent
framed up); next two bunk houses,
14x34 It.; next two warehouses,
14x34 ft; next the store 30x80 feet.
This is our headquarters. Camp
located on upper end of No. 9, Chi
tit u. We have laid out streets so
that we have a nice, little town of
our own.
The sawmill is on No. 4 below on
Chittitu, and we are building a
tram road, which is known us the
Chittitu, Nizina and Western Rail
way, we have about a hundred men
to work on it at present. It was
necessary to build this in order to
get our lumber up and logs down
to the mill.
Everybody is feeling good over
the prospects of the camp, and ev
erything is running along smoothly
and gsooiS feeing prevails in the
Chittitu Development Company.
Nizina, May 4th—We are hav
ing the l>est kind of weather here;
nothing but sunshine from morn
ing to night. There is not much
doing now as the frost is not out of
the ground yet.
The Blei outfit is opening up No.
2 on Rex in great shape. McAl
pin’s sawmill is running and cut
ting almut 6,000 feet per day, and
cannot supply the demand. Joe
Houston lost part of his mill on
Copper river, and is not in shape
to work. Houston and Red Mc
Connell skipped out for the Tana
na. I hear they are stuck on Sco
lai pass and have turned back.
The rivers are utterly impassible.
Workman and his outfit came in
day liefore yesterday, and Harry
Thompson and the “Farmer” are
supi<osed to have been lost. Doty
sent Kelly down with a dog team
to look for them, but he could get
no further than Nizina canyon.
The other outfits are still stuck
doer* the river. Bill Holmes came
in a couple of day# ago, and says
that next year he will take Tasnu
na pass.
Charles Koppus got a 50c pan
on No. 10, Chittitu, and two 70c
pans were taken out of No. 6 above
on Chittitu. They are getting 7c
to 10c per pan on No. 2 Rex. The
average, «o far us I can see, is
about 7c to 12c to the pan. Row
land got $20.00 out of a cut where
he had been ground sluicing.
Jack Tansy and outfit are stuck
above Cliittyna on Copper. Beh
rens is caught on Chittynu. lies’
coon and his hired man were last
heard of at mouth of Lakina. The
hired man wanted to quit and go
borne, but the coon used good ar
guments and a raasor, «o lie staid.1
It is reported that a man was
drowned in Copper, but can get no
particulars.
The tin can outfit, Esterly, Cra
ry, fianta and Mcfjt ne, barely got
through before the break-up. They
were mushing along in “Happy
Hooligan” style, carrying® tomato
can apiece and an abundance of
nerve. They had no provisions,
but worked their faces at every
camp along the line and lived high.
Jim Stephens is mourning the loss
of a case of pale lemonade and a
keg of concentrated vinegar, that
they used up. They were so
close to the break-up that they had
to (Hit their horse on a sled in
crossing the river, and the horse
was sore liecause they wouldn’t
pull him ull the way.
We had a trial before Judge
Godfrey. Loomis jum|>ed Nell
Doty’s lot, and she had him ar
rested. Esterly was prosecuting
attorney, aud attorney McCourt
appeared for Loomis. Judge God
frey outshone all previous efforts
in a charge to the jury. His words
were choice and well selected, and
tliexe were bears in the eyes of all
the jurymen when lie instructed
them to Soc et Tuuu).
Nizixa, May 15.— Everyone is
liusy getting ready for work. The
snow has left the bars, and the ice
is broken down. A $1 00 pan was
taken out of No. 6 above on Chit
titu bo-day. There is not much
doing on Dan creek. Dan Kain
has pay, but no one else is doing
anything yet. On young creek it
is the same way. So sluicing being
done yet.
Twenty-four people left here for
Tanana yesterday. Among them
wer«£Ei*Jkelstein, Hurl, Hyde, and
McFadden.
City YSaaaag*.
A very interesting report was
presented to the council Monday,
showing the condition of the finan
ces of the town since 1901. Of the
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1901 series of warrants issued, there
is hut one outstanding, for $17. Of
the issue of 1902 there are warrants
outstanding amounting to $834.25;
and of this year’s warrants there
are $678.05 outstanding, making a
total indebtedness of $1,529.30.
Since March 8, 1902, the treas
urer has received $6,261.82 to he
used by the school board. Of this
amount the board has expended
$5,302.26, leaving a balance on
hand, at the disposal of the board
of $959341
The tax roll for 1901 amounted
to $1,727.97. of which $1,490.51.
was collected, leaving $237.46 de
linquent. For 1902 the roll was
$2,998.10. $2,451.15 of this was
collected, and the delinquent list
for that year was $546.95. $267,
was collected in 1902 for dog tax,
and $96 poll tux. This year $20.
80 poll tax lias been collected.
The treasurer has received from;
property, poll and dog taxes (lur
ing 1902 and 1903, $4,495-00; of
which $4,439.14 has been paid out
on city warrants, leaving a bal
ance now in the treasury of $05.86.
Work on £ allroad Commenced.
On Wednesday morning George
Baldwin, engineer for the V. C, R.
& T. R. R. Co. started the survey
for construction work, beginning.at
the intersection of the eld »hwf
and Front St. running a tangent
curve from the wharf, thence south
along Front St., where a trestle
will be run till grade is struck .at
a point south of Keystone Ave.
Material for the roadbed is now on
the ground, and the contractor,
C. Crawford, will begin work at
once.
Elaterite Roofing, nothing equals
it.
(ITT DADS DOST
TRANSACT MUCH IMPORTANT
BUSINESS.
OrdtiaiKt Is M Oier
For Another Week. Fire House
Win Be TTseS For Jail.
Other Business.
The council meeting Monday was
attended hy all the members who
were in town, and, contrary to usu
al custom, wus._called to on
time.
The rej>ort on the finances of the
town, which was drawn up by G.
Sponberg, was presented and re
ferred to committee on finance.
A .-umjiKnrr tV-p‘|M>rt is pub
lished in another column.
A communication from P. Deville,
the manager of the Union Pioneer
Trading St MiningCo., was present
ed. Mr. A>e„ville is desiroyt of
knowing what inducements will be
offered to him to erect a large two
story steel building, to be used as a
wholesale wiw« and li«pi*.r hoiifct,
and also as a storage warehouse for
material for other steel buildings.
The aoauau ideation eat not (fo
cussed owing to the absence of Mr.
Deville, but will be acted ujhjs
next meeting.
1 fie committee on HtreetR reconv
mended the construction of a ten
foot fcrWfUS across the creek at the
corner of Second street and Broad
way, and were authorized to Jm.v#
the work done.
It was doniA'-ti to mere flk« Ik*
engine 4rim) ;its present locution U
tike well in the rear ,wf the 6 wav
building. With tbe'amount of hose
now on hand,;* lire acywhore witfe
in H00 feet of that -apet oeuld be
reatrlwd without die -necessity
moving the engine at all, thus sav
ing time in case of a tire in the
'business part of town,-kind the en
gine would be »> a much better pos
ition to get at, if the fire was out
side of the t>00 foot line. Tiie com
mittee on tire protection was au
thorized to attend to providing *
suitable shelter for the engine, and
have 5ft moved.
The council ordered the city ItaS
to be provided with <£take and
tables, and it will lie used os a mu
nicipal court room, and for council
meetings.
The present fire building will fee
used as a jait
The bids for city printing -pre
sented by the News and the Pkos
HKC'MkK being the same, the matter
was referred huek to the oemmiUot
on printing.
The committee on law asked for
another week m which to report 09
the ordinance introduced a week
ago. This was granted.
A Hew <ardi»ance was introduced
defining misdemeanors and provid
ing for punishment of same. The
ordinance makes ii a misdemeanor
to throw garbage .of any kind .upon
streets, .alleys, or increase,or .allow
.s;«sc*^kw jprivate jiremises jdt«r
heit^g siotifiud l>y the marshal .or
iiealthofficer foitetowi'ie it;. tOi*filo«r
a cellar., drain,, .cors-pool ,0* .oloaut
to he foul or offensive; to .offer for
ssie i«wy .adultoratcd nu’i, jw any
&4t, v;tjjjetaAdos or ortikcr tfoud that
is -not fteahand wholesome ; to keep
an animal that is affected with any
contagious disease; to maliciously
kill, wound, or disfigure any ani
mal, the property of another; to
ride or drive through the streets at
a greater speed than 8 miles &u
hour; to discharge firearms within
the limits; to wilfully damage ur
Com tuned on fourth pujtc.