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VOLUME 3, NO. 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9,1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns.
Linoleums
Six Feet Wide. Wildes* New Designs.
Oil Cloths
Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
Lace Curtains. Window Shades.
A. L. LEVY & CO.
Good Goods.
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Valdez prig company
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEAI.KHS IN
Periodicals and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons. .
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re*
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA,
City Market
N«XT TO THK 4II2INA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
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Wholnsate and
Retail Drcilvrs
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD, ;
CONTRACTOR .nd BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
The engineers df the army who
are to survey the wagon road from
here should arrive on the Excelsior
The surveyors who will work from
Eagle toward Valdes are already
la the field. Also the party to lay
out the trail to Coldfoot are at the.
/the starting point. j
In Vtom Tatiana.
N. McGronigal reached town
yesterday from from Fairbanks.
He is enthusiastic about the Tana'
na, and says the output will far
exceed the estimates. He met the
Hosforde 25 miles from Fairbanks.
They were boating in.
Trophies Restored.
Last fall Deputy Marshal Sexton
siezed the hides and heads of sev
eral moose that he claimed were
illegally shot in his district. These
have been in the custody of tlie
officers of the court at Valdez
ever since till tlioy were lilierated
and sent to the owner at Denver,
Colorado, by an order of tlie United
States District Attorney at Wash
ington, issued quite recently.
The supposed culprit, a citizen;
of the United States, went to Cook
inlet and shot the game; it was1
found in his )<o.ssession and lie was
arrested, not witlistandmg the fact
that he exhibited a permit from the
interior department. He was tried
before a jury and acquitted. Not
satisfied with the result Marshall
Sexton followed him to Valdez, and
here secured an order for bis re-ar
rest and for the detention of the
trophies. Tlie latter were secured,
but the man succeeded in getting
to the states, though another por
tion of his trophies were seized at
Juncuu through a telegram sent
ahead by Sexton. Arriving in the
east the hunter brought his case
before tlie projHir authorities, lienee
the order for release and restora
tion.
'Wtoather Report.
1898 and 1*99, Oct. 1 to May 1,
thermometer ranged from 5 below
to 54 above zero; total snow fall,:
1841 inches.
1899 and 1900, Oct. 1 to May lj
thermometer ranged from 13 below,
to 44 ultove zero; total snow full,.
175$ incites.
1900 and 1901, Oct. 1 to May 1,'
thermometer ranged from 6 below
to 42 above zero; total 6now fall,
1901 and 1*02, Oct. 1 to May 1,
thermometer ranged from 17 bctaw
to 58 above eero; total snow fall,
1801 incites.
1902 surd 1903, Oct. 1 to May I,
thermometer ranged from 10 lielow
to 52 above zero; total snow full,
454} incites.
The lust report showed an error
in tlie snow fall of 1902 and 1903,
it should have Iteen 454} inches.
1903 and 1904, Oct. 1 to May 1,
thermometer ranged from 11 l»elow
to 40 altove zero; total snow fall,
2*82 incites.
nunicipiu. code
PASSED BY THE LAST CONG
RESS
To Control Local Affairs. Sum
mary Of The New
Law.
One of the hills which passed at
the Inst session of congress was
Nelson’s hill to amend and codiiv
the laws relating to municipal cor
porations in the district of Alaska.
It provides for the incorporation
of towns and the election of seven
councilnun and three school trus
tees, at an annual election to l»e
held on the third Tuesday of July.
The council is given power to ap
point one of their number president
ami ex-officio mayor, and to ap
point a clerk, treasurer, assessor,
municipal magistrate, attorney,
chief of police ami other necessary
officers.
It can provide for the location
and construction of roads outside
of the town but lending to and from
the same. It enn provide for fire
protection, water supply, lights,
wharfage, public health and police
protection and relief of destitute.
A poll tax of not loss Ilian two
nor more than four dollars cun he
levied on males between the ages
of 21 and 50, excepting members
of the fire department.
Provision is made for a dog tax
of not more than two dollars, and
fot a general tax not exceeding two
|>er cent.
All misdemeanors, and control
of gambling houses, houses of ill
fame, etc., are in the hands of the
council and municipal court.
The school funds are allotted to
the school board by the council,
and there is a separate treasurer
for the school funds who must he
one of the board.
The law provides that to make
an ordinance or resolution valid it
must be adopted by a vote of four
councilmen at a meeting where
five are present. The council is
restrained from issuing bonds or
incurring any indebtedness in a
year in excess of the revenues for
that year.
All license moneys collected by
the clerk of the court within the
incorporated towns, is paid over to
the town treasurer for school and
municipal purposes.
Fairbanks Items.
From the News of April 1(5:
Ed Kenyon, Dan Moroney, John
Spier, Chas. Sinclair, Norman Mc
Calley. E. M. Marstvin and Mabel
page arrived from Valdez.
Judge and Mrs. Harlan and their
son, Edward, Mrs. Judge Wirker
sham, Mr. and Mrs. Ferry and Mr.
Heilig arc expected on the first
boat.
Win. Waechtec, who brought
cattle overland from Valdez last
year, has let a contract to Ruther
erford & Raymond to build a dock,
and two-story Warehouse on the]
water front. i
The Reception.
The reception given Inst Friday
to K. Rose ami 1). B. Brown, who
are making the survey for a rail
road from Valdez, was as usual,
attended by nearly tlie entire pop
ulation of town. A fine program
entertained and amused the crowd
until lunch time, when refresh
ments were served, and the balance
of the evening was spent in trip
ping tl»e strenuous fantastic.
Hubbard-Elliott Party
Now Over Tlic Summit With A
Large Outfit For The
Mines.
The Hubbard-Elliott outfit, con
sist ing of 7,500 |m>uikIs of machin
cry ami piovisions, is now over the
summit, and will be moved along
as rapidly as jiossible to the mines
on Elliott creek.
This is the largest outfit ever
taken in from here by park train.
The Copper River Draying Co’s,
pack train, with Ed. Woods in
charge, is moving the outfit.
Commissioner Appointed
To Investigate Charges Against
Brown, Wickershasn and
Brady.
President Roosevelt lias appoint
ed Janies S. Young, ,11. S. District
Attorney, at Pittsburg, as special
assistant attorney-general to inves
tigate the charges against federnl
officials in Alaska, principally
Brown, Wickershatn and Brady.
Po many serious charges have been
preferred against these and other
officials, that the president thought
it best to thoroughly investigate
the oases before making the new
appointments.
Mr. Young will leave at once for
Alaska.
Geological Survey.
The appropriation for geological
survey work in Alaska this year is
1*0,000 «s against 100,000 last
year. There will he twelve parties
in the, field.
Seward peninsula will Is* map
ped in detail, the geology of south
eastern Alaska will he studied, the
eoal deposits of Cape Eishurnc and
placer deposits of central Alaska
will he thoroughly investigated,
and two parties will work in the
C’oek inlet and southeastern Alaska
districts.
The important pla<*er district lo
cated near the head of Cook inlet,
which has been subject only to pre
liminary examination by the sur
vey, will he carefully studied hy
Mr. Fred 11. Mollit, assistant geolo
gist. and Mr. E. (i. Work will begin
near Resurrection bay, on the Kc
nai jieninsula, ai»d extend north
ward to include the Sunrise min
ing district. If possible, the entire
gold-bearing area will lx* examined
and 2,000 square miles will lie
mapped on a scale of 1:230,000.
Mr. Mollit passed through here on
the last trip of the Dollar to start
his work.
The continued development of
the oil fields of southwestern Alas
ka and tlie presence there of ini
portant deposits ot coal make ad
visable additional reconnaissance
surveys in that region. Dr. G. C.
Martin ami Mr. R. \\\ Stone went
west on the Dora, ami will survey
this area, and, if time allows, will
extern! their reconnaissanceover the
entire peninsula. A traverse will
be made from Cold bay to Igagik
via liccharof lake and Ugaguk
river] also from Cold hav to Uga
shik via Ugashik lakes. A recon
tioisance survey of Kuchcmak bay
will also be made in order to more
definitely determine the limits of
the coal field and its commercial
value, while stratigraphic studies
will be made at Snug harbor ill the
hope that they may throw some
light on the existence of petroleum
in the district. Dr. T. \Y\ Stanton,
paleontologist, accompanied this
party, and will make an extensive I
collect ion of fossils. The regions I
about Dry luiy, Cold bay, Incrskiui
haj’, Cttjie Douglas, Amalik harbor, i
and HereiuTeen hay will he studied
with a special view of the possibili-!
ties of new discoveries of coal and 1
petroleum.
PROPERTIES WIEE BE SHIP
ING ORE SOON
Iditl Pad) (omii;
To Work On Galena Bay. Nett
Ore Bodies Struck At
Eandlock.
Dr. W. A. Rystrom returned yes
terday from l.andloek bay, and re
ports the outlook there as being
Water than ever before.
The Dickey property on C'opjier
mountain is in a position to ship
now, but work on the tunnel is
stopped, while assessment work is
Wing done on his other |>ro|>erty.
He has struck ore on a claim across
the bay from the camp. Tlie prop
erties adjoining, owned lty H. M,
Stoel, Dr. Rystroni and tubers are
showing tip well and will he ship
ping this summer.
1 lie liurkc property, above Dick
ey’s, is making a line showing, a
large body of tine ore having been
struck a few days ago,
Lnndlock lmy has copper ore on
all sides, and now tWt development
is being pushed will W> the best
producing camp on the sound.
The Excelsior will bring up a
party ami outtit for Geo. Mitchell,
in charge of bis brother. Bob Mitch
ell, and extensive operations will
at once lie started on the Sinion
stad property in Gaiena bay.
This property bus been purchas
ed by Mitchell, and no time will
l»e lost in putting it in shape in
ship ore.
The party will stop at Ellamar,
from which place the steamer An
nie will take them to t-hc mine.
Still Another Strike
Made Near Town By Attorney
Brown and Collector
Spiers.
Considerable excitement was oc
casioned tile first of the week by
the report of a strike made hack of
b'oomcrville bv Fred Brovin and
E. B. Spiers. They made a trip to
the ground last Thursday, prospec
ted it, staked o20 acres and return
ed the same day.
Sunday quite a stampede was on
from here, and Monday Tom Cohb
and Edmund Smith went out to
expert the ground. We luive lux'll
unable to obtain a rejHii t from tlie
ex|ierts as yet, hut rumor-says tluU
it is a bonanza.
mail Contract Let
Foote, of Juneau, and Grant, of
Seattle Get St For
$21,945*
The Yahlez-Tanana mail con
tract has been let to Oscar Foote,
of Juneau and Jos. T. Grant, of
Seattle, for $21,945 per year.
This contract provides for a semi
monthly service la-tween Valdez
and Fort Gihbon, carrying 400
pounds per trip, for eight montlis
of the year.
Tlie contract of Jas. Fish «fe Co.,
to Eagle jaiys $35,000 a year, and
the weight is limited to 200 (annuls.
As Tatiana route is longer, weight
is doubled, and tlte contractors are
unfamiliar with tlte route, it is
feared that they will he unable to
(lerforui the servioe for the con
tract price. Men who are thor
oughly conversant with the condi
tions of the route say that it is im
possible to carry the mail for that
figure.