VOLUME 4, NO. 21 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
We are showing a
nice assortment of
■sp
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
$1.5® fo 5.00
Asll For A “Stetson”
You can’t beat them for Style and Wear.
One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy till you see them.
European Plan Rate Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
T>EBN Eg 9l POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
City Market
NEXT TO THE NIZ1NA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
I
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
The people of the Tnnana have
gone into the road waking business j
on their own account. Citizens of
Fairbanks and tle>so of the Tanuna
creeks have raised a fund by public
subscription for the purpose of put
ting the road from Fairbanks to
Cleary and Fairbanks creeks in
condition to make possible the
transportation ol merchandise from
the town to the mines.
Lieutenant Commander Pearv
Will start on the Fourth of July on
another expedition in search of the
{forth pole.
1\ T'lE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOK THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. THIRD DIVI
SION. AT VALDEZ. IN 1'KiRATE.
Is the Matter ok the \
Estate ok > Notice to Crbiutorb.
Gi b. H anses, Dcevased.)
Notice U hereby given that »lie unde:signed
wu- on !.»•* ."Jiii day of 11*i»•*, lAH,duly aud reg
;.i»rly appo'ti! *d as a itui Hist rat or of the estate
of till' liaiiS' -.i. ilece » e»i, «*e l all t*i‘**ditor* or
persons having claims against said r>t^te arc
e |ulrtal to ex. IMt it em, with iiii necessary
vouchers, witi i:i sit mouth* alter the first
pt!l*.loCiUt**u oX this notice, to me as admiitia
* ra t * * r of saM c-fuie. at my place of jusiu.-ss at
•he t.ovn of Vald.z, Alaska.
DafV'I this ill: It day of .HiUc. A . D. 1?W».
Jo*K:H A. IkKR&K.
Admi'iitatrutnr of the eMab »>x «ius. !la»isen
dscer -cd
Date of iir't publication. .Hiue-f»#h, Mb.
iMtcof la*t |c.j»»Siei'i *•:. * ! **,lt,
A cil 2. ii of Wraugel has gone
into the business of preparing peat,
for fuel purposes, on an extensive
scale.
Catholic Church
_For Valdez.
Rev. Turnell, who has been in
charge of the Catholic church at
Skagway for the last seven years,
arrived in Valdez on the Santa
Ana and left the same day for
Seward. He has been appointed
to establish churches r.t Seward
and Valdez. In company with
him was Rev. John Handly, of the
I’ m list Fathers of San Francisco.
Within the month these clergymen
will return to Valdez and their
work here will be inaugurated by a
week’s course of lectures to the peo
ple of Valdez, delivered bv Fatbei
Handly. Although a young man.
Father Handly has had experience
throughout the United States, and
is a forceful and entertaining
speaker.
To Develop
_Oil Fields.
The literary bureau ol the Port
land fair sends out the following:
“It is announced that John D.
Rockefeller will be a visitor at the
Lewis and Clark exposition in July.
While in the city Mr. Rockefeller
will investigate personally a num
ber of business interests. It is said
that the financier will determine
during his stay in the city the ad
visability of further developing thi
Alaskan oil fields.”
Lieut. 8. C. Orchard, of the Alas
ka road commission arrived from
Skagway.on the Jefferson and let':
on the Santa Ana for Valdez. Mr.
Orchard and Major \V. P. Richard
son will make the trip together
| over the government trail between
! Valdez and Fairbanks. Major
Richardson is still in Skagwav but
will leave for Valdez in a few days.
Mr. Pillsbury, another member of
the commission, will also leave
shortly for down the river and will
meet messrs. Orchard and Richard
son at Fairbanks.—Record-Miner.
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Russian Sailors Revolt
Capture Battleship. Killed Officers Fire on Shipping.
News From Copper Center. Exposition
at Seattle. Mitchell’s Trial
Finished.
Odessa, June *2H—The crew of,
the Russian battleship Kniaz Po
temkine, of the Black S*a squad
ron, mutinied and killed all hut
eight of the officers, who joined
them in seizing the vessel, and
threw the bodies overboard. The
Potemkine is now in the harbor
with her guns trained u|>on the
city, and the shipping in the har
is ablaze from shells tired into it
by the mutineers. Orders have
been issued to other vessels of the
squadron to capture the Potemkine
hut there is imminent danger of a
general revolt throughout the fleet,
which would be precipitated if the
sailors were called upon to tire on
'he mutineers. Ashore rioting is
increasing, and tlie striking work
men, inflamed by the revolt on the
Potemkine, have hoisted revolu
tionary flag
Copjier Center, June 20—Judge
McKenzie and part v started down
the Copper river at 10:40 today, in
two boats, all in good shape. They
expect to l»e about twenty days in
making the trip to the mouth of
the river. Karl Rainstead arrived
here today from Valdez on his way
to Klutena lake. T. I). Kogan
came in from the Shushitnu Satur
day night and reports things in
that camp to Ik; in gtaid shape. The
Copper river is verv high and slid
rising. Leslie passed thiongli h. ro
a day or two ago on his wav to
Slate ereek.
Port land. June J7—Tl . (ria! of
Senator Mitehel I for coioplieity in
the Oregon land frauds n.is l.een
finished and ihe vase has l*een giv*
en to tiie jury.
Seattle, June ‘_'7 A movement
hns Leeti inaugurated for an • xjm>
sition in Seattle in lilt)7 to oele
hrate the for. ii unniversaiv of
the purehase of Alaska.
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Work Of
Road Commission.
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Lieut. S. C. Orchard, in an inter
stated that it is the intention oi the
commission to begin operations on
the road from Valdez to the inter
ior on or about July 15. Beginning
at Valdez, bridges will be erected
over the various streams and
through the canyon and the exist
ing trail will be put in good condi
tion; in addition to which a road
will he made from the Lakona to
iiie D» lta river.
While the work is piogressing
Major Richardson and Lieutenant
Orchard will cross country and
meet Lieutenant Pillsbury, who
will leave the Yukon and come in
over the trail. In this manner the
whole route will be inspected and
what may be considered the pre
liminary work of a permanent mili
tary road through the center of
Alaska will be accomplished this
season.
Additional Locals.
A raft of logs, containing nearly
a half million feet of lumber was
towed up from the lower sound for
the sawmill last Sunday.
Henry P. Mibrant passed through
on his way to Seward, where lie
holds an official position.
A recent rei>ort states that Major
General Gillispie has retired from
the U. S. army,and Major Randall,
formerly in command of the troops
stationed in Alaska, has been pro
moted to the rank of major-general.
S. A. Crandall, a former member
of the state legislature of Washing
ton, from Pierce county, has re
cently accepted the position of
deputy clerk of the court for this
district and arrived on the Santa
Ana.
E. A. Henderson, who for the
past two years lias resided in Val
dez and tilled the oilice of deputy
clerk of the court has lieen trans
ferred to Fairbanks where he will
be chief deputy under Clerk Sliers.
Mr. Henderson will leave on an
eurly boat for a visit to the fair
and his home in Tacoma before
proceeding to fairbanks.
George Treat, a long time resi
dent of Valdez, will succeed C. C.
Harman as jailer in the district
jail.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, of the Teikhell
roadhouse, came to town this week
for a short visit.
R. S. Condon, an old-timer >>f
Valdez, is again back in town after
a protracted stay in the states.
They all come back sooner or later.
Tom Cobb and Sam Frazee have
returned from their nickel property
down the sound. They brought up
sufficient ore inr a mill-run, which
will be made by a smelter in the
states.
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U. S. Grant, detailed to made a
geological r«port on the Prince
William Sound country, arrived
the Portland.
Win. I). Davis and wife, teachers
at Unalaka left on the Excelsior
for the states.
J. B. Smith, now in town, has
been to Chignik examining some
| coal lands.
W. A. Aberm thy and E. B. Mc
Farland recently returned from
Illiamnia where they went to ex
amine the Dutton mines.
Captain Jarvis left on the Port
land for a trip to the westward.
Finds Ancient
Glacier Channel.
A prehistoric glacial highway
carrying gold has been discovered
running across Alaska from the
northern part of the Tanana valley
toward the Nome country. Sam
Kincaid, who has just arrived in
Dawson from Fairbanks, brings
the news. Me says:
“An ancient channel of gravel
crosses Alaska from the upper
Tanana toward Nome and Bering
sea. The channel seems to l>e the
course of an ancient river, and is
hut a few miles wide, t>ut is well
defined. I believe that in that
channel gold will be found at a
great many points, if not nearly
everywhere, along its course, Kvi
dently that was an immense glacial
highway, in which gold was depos
ited in prehistoric times.
“A great deal of timber and water
are available in the Delta country.
The Delta country is a vast gravel
deposit and may prove a big camp
after the prospectors get in their
work. George Dubois, a former
Dawsonile, who has a brother in
Dawson, made a discovery on Por
tage creek, in the Delta country,
which promises good. Four or five
hundred men are in the Delta
country. Tenderfoot is one of the
new creeks.
Sponberg Won’t Come Back.
The Idaho Capital News says.
Gus Sponberg, who was formerly
county clerk of Montpelier county,
but who for the past three years
has been in Alaska, arrived from
the north country Sunday. He
says that country is all right but
| Idaho is good etiouch for him. He
will engage in the grocery business
in this city.
To Gpen Mines
At Kodiak.
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To develop free millim; quartz
, claims on Kadiak isl and. F. A.
jforncll, of S..n Francisco, and
11. 11. IlanciHk, of i!o».on, left
Monday for tin wist on tlie Dora,
i'licy will make the round rip on
the vessel and then re urn to -•'tott
i tic, and on the nex. trip of die
Santa Ana nil! bring up a eii
I stamp mill to put in operation on
property that thev now control.
Mr. Cornell, during an interview
stated that they already had .lOO
feet of the claim in a state of devel
opment. This, he says, shows an
excellent prospect, and a number
ol additional stamps may he put in
operation as the work progresses.
What is of me e interest is the
intention of Mr. form'll to take up
a systematic examination of the
(entire island, make locations and
secure a good idea of just what
prospects there are in a mineral
line. So far statements have hcen
freely made that the place would
develop into one of the lies! paying
mining camps on the entire Alas
kan coast, and it is to prove or d.s
proto this theory that the investi
gation will be carried on.
Inglis Appreciated.
On the* last trip of the Dora,
while at Unga, the people of that
place presented Purser Inglis with
a handsome g Id watch a* a token
of their apt reciation for kind and
edicien services rendered by him
I during his term as purser on board
the mail steamer Dora. He has
j quit that ship but not tbe company,
as he goes to Seattle as freight clerk
on the Santa Ana in place of Wil
liam npringston, who goes as
purser on the
Mineral for the Portland Pair.
Rav Millard and Jake Nafsied
came into town from the Kotsn a
river this week. They brought
with them some boxes of average
samples of the Huhhard-Elliott
mine. The samples show a * ery
high grade of ore and are intended
for the Portland fair and will be
shipped out on the earliest boat.
The boys rejiort active operations
going on at the mines—twenty-five
to thirty men being employed in
opening up the property—every
shot put in show) an increased
value and size. A great showing
will oe made on the property this
season. A large dump will be
found waiting the first train to
reach the property and will ke p
said train rather busy.