Of Local Interest
From Friday’s Bulletin.
The Yucatan is bringing the
crew of the Northwestern from La
Touche. She will be in this after
noon anti is expected to leave
ab«’Ut one o’clock in the morning.
\V. C. Graham received a wire
vesterday stating that his daughter
in San Francisco is verv ill and
not expected to live. He will go
out on the Yucatan.
Frank Monroe and Geo. Marquis
were arrivals on the Fairbanks
stage reaching here at noon today.
Slim Gray loaves for the States
on the. Yucatan. He will he gone
about two months, during which
time he will visit his home in Okla
homa.
New Directors.
At a meeting of the hoard of di
rectors of the V. B. & M. Co. yes
terdav Arthur Lang was elected
cashier of the hanking department,
to take the place of J. G. Mc
Cracken who resigned from the
position owing to poor health.
Three new members were added to
the hoard of directors: J. E. Chil
berg firist vice-president of the
Scandinavian hank of Seattle, E.
F. Gray manager of the Great
Northern Development Co. and
Judge John Lyons U. S. Commis
sioner at Valdez.
The additions to the board gives
this hanking establishment a direc
tory composed of seven of the lead
ing business ne n and capitalists
on the coast.
Harry Elliott and wife will leave
for the States on the Yucatan. Mr.
Elliott will return in August, when
he expects to make a trip to the
interior.
Mrs. W. C. Moore, mother of the
well known steamboat captains on
this run, died Monday at Port
Townsend. The funeral services
will be held after the arrival of
the Saratoga in Seattle. She leaves
a family of four sons, all of whom
are sea faring men.
The Pennsylvania leaves Seat
tie for here April 16th.
The Portland left Seattle for here
at 10 o’clock Weduesday morning.
All members of the Elks Lodge
are requested to meet at the Br >wn
building on the wharf, at 8 o,clock
Saturday morning, to attend the
funeral services of departed brother
William Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. C G. Uenney are
now stopping in Seattle. They ex
pect tocometo Valdez next month.
The Orr stage has made a still
better record between here and
Fairbanks than the one mentioned
last week. A stage readied Fair
hanks yesterday which made the
trip from Valdez in six days and
15 hours. This is two hou»s better
time than that made a week ago
and two days better than any pre
vious record.
From Saturday’s Bulletin.
Capt Genereaux, representative
of the underwriters who had the
insurance on the North-western, re
turned to Seattle on the Yucatan,
after letting a contract to the sal
vage company to salve the wrecked
boat.
The Salvor leaves today for the
scene of the wreck of the North
western, where she w 11 remain
until additional equipment for
[floating the vessel comes from Seat
tle. She came up first with the
underwriters agent to see if the
boat eoul 1 he floated and had no
| contract for completing the work
A contract has now been awarded
and as soon as scows and other
necessary machinery arrives the
wrecked vessel w*ll be raised off
the rocks, beached and repaired
This work will cost between $.*>0,
000 and $100,000. Twenty-four
of the crew of the North
western are still with the
vessel to take care of the equip
ment and render any aid possible
to the salvor.
The Yucatan sailed for Seattle
at 8 o’clock this morning with tl o
foil,-wing through passengers;
Lieut. R. O. Ragsdale, Mrs. E C.
W asser, M. A. Davis, W. 11. Kra
mer, .1. L. Green 1’. J. Kennedy,
R. F. Faust, H. C Elliott and wife,
j J. G. McCracken and wife, V. L.
Grav, G. Markus. F. Monroe, Mr>
A. B. lies. Miss E. Wilson. Lieut
E Hartshorn, H C. Stanley, -I 'I'.
(VBrien, .J. W. Little
E. C. Richards of Seward came
over on the Yucatan for a short
visit in Valdez.
Thirty-seven seamen from tie
Northwestern were shipped to Se
attle this morning.
E. F Gray has bonded the
placer property located lu>t sum
mer by F. M. Daniels above Wort
man’s roadhouse.
J. Y. Ostrander, Mrs. M. John
son, Eh Marston, and J. F. Fuller
left on the Yucatan for Katalla.
COAL — COAL
W’.H Triggs agent, or Copper River
Draying Co.
Harry Brown left on the V uca
tan for a trip to Katalla.
Lieutenants R. O. Ragsdale and
K. Hartshorn, who came to Liscum
recently to form part of a court
martial board, sailed this morn
ing for Seattle.
The Saratoga has reached Seat
tle, but for some reason wie not
1 reported l>v our correspondent.
Julius Singer is the one who took
a bond recently on property of Kd.
Reid and John Grosli on Knights
I island.
Notice Of forfeiture.
To T. W. Kettleson:
You are hereby notiiied that tee u.tdt
signed has exi.end-d »10U in labor and ite .
meats ..n the claim known »•« the .
lode claim, situated near the h< td
creek, a tributary of the heituuo.. . ■ ■ ««*d
recorded i:t Ro< H, Rage l-o ot the re.-,,: is of
the Valdez lie ceding district, Alaska, in oidet
to hold said mining claim under rh V'";}'}1;'1]
of see. 2:121 oft lie Revise 1S|H 'ueso. the . UlRd
States, being th • amount required .0 by lyy ■
mining claim for the year l'Jun. And it '•1 cm
mnetv (90) days from tin- service "I this 'y < e.
or tin'complete pubic atom there.-.. yy ■ m.l or
refuse to contribute your proportion ot ~ >niy x
p nditureaseo owner, your one halt into red
in said claim will become the property of tin
undersigned under and pursuantof at .. •
2321 of the Revis 'd, statutes of the I uityo > a.es
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this .th day of
March, 190.. chkis. Tjos vig.
First publication March 7 dK»
publication June G, H''*.
vV. C. Graham left this morning
for San Francisco, being called out
bv the death of his daughter.
From Mondays Bulletin
Six hundred and seventy pounds
of mail and six passengers left
Fairbanks on tin* stage tiii*-* morn
ing. Another stage left Gulkana
with two passengers and one is due
Imre tomoino, w,?h three. The
-tage for th<* interior leaves tonight.
Vv . II Kraemer lias gone to tlie
States where he will spend his
vacation, returning to Valdez in
about six weeks.
The Keeoril-Miner suvs the term
of court held at Juin an hy Judge
Wickersham will last well into
J line.
Tins must he great trail weather
on the interior, for every stage ar
riving at b.iirhanks makes -lightly
oetter time than the previous one.
The stage which left here a week
ago today reached Fairbanks ves
teiday. the running time Icing
six davs and 10 hours. Fight
passengers wore on the stage
T. lb Brail ford was in Seattle
whm the Santa Clara left and In
n:iv come north on the iVnn. Hr
•is all arrar.geun nts made for
doing extensive <n velopment work
this- summer on the property of the
Crown t ’upper Co.
11 K. Love, of Juneau, brother
of Item Love was an arrival from
Mu* Slates yesterday.
Juliu> Sing' r went to Hogan hay
this morning on tin Clara.
fhe general merchandise store
of l>vkes it: 1\aster, at Coulova,
burned to the ground late last
nu.it h. th<* entire stock, hooks and
even tin* cash register and contents
being totally destroyed. ('. J.
hvkes barely escaped being burned
to ilea t h.
1. It Tansv. of Cordova, has dis
covered a copper lead at Cape
W hit*'bed. which he claims is the
greatest find of the season.
Standard Time.
A* tin (Miiiu’il meeting last night
the following resolutions, which iv
self explanatory, was adopted:
Win . there i 'n. oltieiul <ir uniform time
l t lh Town of ValdcZ, nll'l til** difference « f
leu In niinnti «i wiueh fieiierully e\i?!
cm !-- i:i ntt.. d eoi11 -;<■ i mill inconvenience.
*11 P.e'naPi i oi ?ailliu. time oi Hteiiiner? Hint
in oilier mutter?
; na l i; lh -olvoi l>y tlii- « omnio i
<' > ; i ■ •' iiiieToUn Ol Valilcz. (hat tin* ttin**
rei 'IVi ! a! till' I f II hie I I Nice III Viltdez.
fr un Seattle, la- nmi llie miiih* is hereby «t«
elan I to he Itic <ftn ill lime in - n lit town, an '
ihc t ■ .nil ? liool .11 'uni own i? directed u»
reiiiii te !io«»l in u:. y »>>ii<I Mine, uinl tie
j Meier? um! •itizcti? ■••(rail;. ;i» requested,
I- r • he ' ■ n! nn .lar’.*.y tin! convenience
••otnorin tin ir Him jue >•? to -aid stundwi I
tim ■.
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