Criticising Moral Wave.
Being ignorant—and, moreover,
undoubtedly wicked, since I ques
tion the morality of tli« wave which
has recently swept over the coun
sii, resulting in the election of a
police judge, and the drafting of
the ordinances as published in the
fbosbbldou—I would like to in
quire it any of the misdemeanors
•numerated- in there ordinances are
aot also misdemeanors under the
Alaskan criminal code, and if any ,
•see tried- before the police judge i
•mild not he tried before the U. 8. t
Commissioner at this place?’ Is!
there any arrest that could he le
gally mode by the city marshal
which could aot os legally he made
hy the United State* deputy
marslial stationed here? I believe
not. If oueh is the case why sad- \
die the eity, already unable to pay
Us running oxjicnscs, with an use
less expenditure of at least $175.00
per month, when the same moral
effect would lie obtained hy any
member of the council, or other
person making complaint, to the
Commissioner of the offences com
mitted
Lt is true that in such a proceed- i
hng the fine, if any, imjiosed upon |
the offender, wonld not go into- the :
eity treasury. Is it possible, then,
that the moral wave has a financial
aspect? That the judge and mnr
shul are expected to earn not only
the salaries paid them, but a sur
plus to go into the city treasury?
kf this io true, it is evident that
the sporting classes, against whom
this moral wave is principally di
rected, are expected to contribute,
at stated periods, so much ]>er head,
not a* a license fee, for tbot would
not lie moral, hut as a punishment
tor their sins-, and, incidentlv,to
improve the city.
i believe that a majority of the
citizens would prefer the money
tor the improvements lie raised
otherwise, A Yotkk.
A Denial.
Afooxak, April 23, 1903.
$AM)EX Prospector:
In one of your paper* is printed
•he following communication: “A
Russian priest of Afognak was
called to answer before the Com
missioner at Kodiak, a charge of
belling liquor to natives- without a
license.”
As there is no other priest in
Afognak, so the given statement
applies to me. To re-establish the
truth, I count my duty, to an
nounce tliat the above communica
tion i* false.
Two years ago on my arrival at
Afognak, I right awuy instituted a
temperance society, of which, at
present, there are thirty members
including myself and family. We
do not use liquor of any kind, and
do not keep it in the house, nor
offer it to anyone. It is against
the rules of the society.
On the 24th of Januar}’, 1903,
•here was, indeed, a suit against
me in Kodiak at the Commission
ers, but it was not ou account of
“■selling liquor without license.*
The case was this: Mr. MaeDen
nel made a complaint about a pay
ment of I70JX) for my traveling
on bis schooner from Afognak tw
Kodiak and back again. Anyone
van be convinced of the above if
they examine the court record. At
Wo other time have I been in court.
With the great confidence that
my letter for the establieluncut of
truth will be published in your
paper, I am, sir,
Yours respectfully,
Rev. Basii. Martysh.
liny F.Cameron,teacher of hanjo,
mandolin and guitar. Music fur*
Wished for all occasions. For les-:
son*, etc., inquire at Broadway
Fharmacy.
ft. Blix, Copper Center gnu ran
ters what? That his stock of
miners’ ami prospectors’ tools and
machinery will hold out another
season.
Before potting on your new Roof
SSe tbe Elate rite Rooting—got fig
irta front Metiillicuddy.
t>olr pyitl fo? sccond-.hnnd goods
ft all kinds. Uiclmrds Jr Co.
It wevej wears out — tlaterife
JWding
Edison Gold Sneer.
Tito*. A. Edison ha* a wfcii Ihr
extracting the untold Hlnw of
dollar* worth of g*4d that lie in
the immense “low grade’* gravel:
quartz lieds at Lower OrliJnmia.
Mew Mexico, Arizona and Mo ft be m
Mexico. They cannot now lit
worked because tie- oW-fasdWnned
placer hydraulic system i» lacking
and the gold run* in too small a1
quantity to the too to make min
ing profitable under other systems.
An air blast i» employed by Mr.
Edison in hi* solution of the prob
lem to separate the- gold from the
ams*.
The system, it is claimed*, has
now reached a working basis. Ex
periments on the desert near Santa
Fc, by Floyd M. Chapman, one of
Mr. Edison's assistants, hare en
abled Mr. Edison and Mr. Chap
man to produce a machine which
they declare will reclaim 90 per
cent, of the gold from the gravel.
In hydraulic mining it is thought
remarkable if 75 per cent, of the
gold was washed out.
One man, it is claimed, can run
scores of separators. The gravel is
first dag out of the gronnd with a
steam shovel, conveyors then carry
it to seives that separate it into
particles of uniform size and the
gravel is automatically distributed
to thehopjieref Us proper machine.
The gravel falls through a nar
row slit licfore a rotary blower,
which drives a full blast of air
against the falling gravel. The
gold, being heavier, falls to the
bottom of the machine, hut all the
lighter gravel and sand is blown
into separate compartments.
Never Saw a Horae.
“It is hard to believe that there
are j>crsons living in the Western
hemisphere who never saw u horse,”
said Quartermaster John F. Rice at
the Normandie, Denver,Colo., “hut
such is the case. 1 well recollect when
with the Abercrombie expedition
in 1899 we found oarselvc* one
September night several hundred
miles from nowhere. Just as the
sun was sinking over the Alaskan
range the camp was startled by
the report of a rifle.
“We sprang to our feet, prepared
for any emergency when our native
guide discovered across the narrow
valley an Indian who had just
brought down a caribou. By the
use of signs ancl signals he was in
duced to come into camp. After
we had tanked him up with strong
tea and loaded him to the guards
with pork and beans his tongue
limbered up and through one of
the guides, lie informed us that he
was a Matanuski, by the way, the
tiercest tribe m Alaska, and that
lie was hunting caribou. At the
time we discovered him he was 150
miles from the encampment of his
tribe, which shows that the fellow
had his nerve with him. He
j lmd never seen a horse and our
pack anamils excited his curiosity
and wonder. He declared that no
member of his tribe had ever seen
a horse, all transportation in his
country being conducted by dog
teams hitched to sleds in winter,
and by pack dogs in summer.
What aroused him most was to see
the animals eat grass, and every
time they would grab a mouthful
of forage he would almost go into
convulsions, he thought it so funny.
In an ethnological sense the Mat
anu8kis resemble Apache Indians
of our plains. They subsist on the
flesh of the caribou and brown (tear,
the counterpart of the rocky moun
tain grizzly, and quite as ferocious,
and are greatly feared by the other
tribes of Alaska because of their
fierce disposition and warlike na
ture. Our guides, who were shore
Indians seemed to he afraid of the
newcomer, and he treated them
with haughty contempt. When
ever he would sliopt a fierce glance
at them they would quail like
whipped curs, and slink away front
his sight.
We found thp shore Indiana
quite a jolly lot ol fellows. Com
pared with the Matannskis they
were quite sociable and inclined tp
be obliging to white people. When
camped on the Yukon quite re
cpntly I heard a small band of
them singing the familiar song,
“IfcpnM W m Hot Time in the Old
T**» Ts night * ami thnt other
dfiWty, “<»oo-gww Eyes.”'—Washing
t»a> Mar.
iarthet C«(f«Diwcwreiy.
While wwt prospecting last sum
mer along the Hound An tone Hide
and Jim Fielder, ran apon a ledge
at the head of Boulder l>av; they did
hut little more titan locate it, and
could not at that time say much ns
to its size or quality. But this sea
son Jitn Fielder and another
party have put in considerable
time in uncovering the ledge, and
hlastmg at a fltamher of places to
ascertain its character. They are
now able to Mate that the ledge is
twelve feet wide, with clearly de
fined walls. It is a heavy Itodv of
copper sulphurets, and very much
resembles the ore of the (iladliough
mine, of which it is sup]>oecd to 1h>
a continuation although two and a
half miles from it.
The claim is at the head of Boul
der hayrand the outcropping where
the work has been going on this
season, is aliont 1700 feet distant
from the shore, on the side of a
mountain, that starting from the
shore towers upwards at an angle
of altout 45 degrees. This location
for a mine is very advantageous in
many ways; it has a fine harls>r,
with water deep enough to admit
a steamer to almost touch its hank
right under the ledge. Samples
have been sent to this office.
Marriage at Kayak.
Kayak, May 24.—On May 3d a
marriage ceremony was performed
under the skies, in front of the
.Commissioner’s office. The con
tracting parties were Jacxlo, an In
dian from Chikat, and Florence,
an Indian woman from Ynkutat.
It is more or less of a romance.
It seems that Florence was one of
the three or four wives of Chief
Johnson, of Juneau, and when the
edict was proclaimed in Juneau an
nulling the marriage* of all hut one
of the polygamus Johnson’s wives.
The present Mrs. Jaeolo was one of
them. She emigrated to Yakutut,
and during Iter visit there she met
her husband. In the meantime an
old and decrepit squaw at Cliilkat
wanted Jacolo to jump the broom
stick with hei,but as Jacolo had
met Florence it was all off with
the Chilkat representative. The
bride and groom stayed on the is
land for a week, until the wrath of
tlie centennarian had somewhat
abated, and then returned to their
home across the bay. Tins is prob
ably the first marriage of any kind
that has taken place in this district.
R. Rlix has just received a ship
ment of new staple and fancy
groceries at his Copper Center
store. Don’t forget to ask for that
Ihix of candy when yon get to
Center. *
Elaterite Roofing, nothing equals
it.
Alaska'* Official Directory.
Governor—Johu G. Brady.
Surveyor General and Ex-Officio Secretary—
Win. I.. IMstin.
Chief Clark—Geo. Stowell.
U. 8r Judge*—Melville C. Brown, Disf. No. 1,
neat at Juneau: Judge Moore, Di*%. No. 2, scat at
Nome; James Wickcr*kam>, Dist. No.:!, seat at
Eagle.
lT. 8. Attorney*—ft. A. Friedrich, Dirt. No. 1;
F. Griggsby, Dist No. 2; N. V. llarlan, Dist. 3
Clerk—District No. 1. W. J. Hills, Dist. No,2,
Geo- Uorsclieuii'R, Dist. No. 3, A. K. Ilcilig.
T. 8. Marshals—Janie* X. Slump, Dist. No. 1;
Frank L. KicUwrds, Dist. No. 2; G. C. Perry,
Dist. No,3.
Commissioners—Edward de Groff, Sitka; II.
H. Folsom, Juneau: K. P. Tustin, Ft. Wrangell;
I, . K. Woodward, I'nalaska; P. ItaJlagher, Ko
diak; JJ Rogers, Skagw ay ;C K Clay pool. Circle
City; L. B. Shepard, 8t. Michael; Sol Ripiusky,
Haiues Mission: E. Stack pole, Ketchikan; G. M,
Irwin, Douglas; J. 11, Bro widow, Sun rise; John
Lyons, Valdez,Carl M. Johan son, Eagle; 8. M%
Graff, Forty MShr. J Liudley Green, Rampart;
D. A. McKenzie, Cold foot; C. 11. Klegg, Nusli
agak; James R. Saunders, Chisna.
U. 8. Land Officers—Register, Johu W.
Dudley.
Receiver— P. Mullen.
Deputy 17,8. Marshals—Dist. No. ?,special,
W. H. McNair, J. W, Stiook, Skagway; J. p'
Campbell,Sitka; R,F. Kelly, Juneau; Wn. D.
Grant, Wraugel; W Hill, Douglas island;
Chas. Dreibilbis, Valdez; Lewis L. Bowers,
Kodiak; Petes $b»son, Porcupine; A. Slump,
Ketchikan; J. P. Reynold sou, Eagle. J
Zuboff, Killian****, John It Richards, Cualaska
Up-to-date
Weddin? Stationery
/
t
printed in the proper
style, at this office.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Exdeavor Coxr,. Chikch—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and llohart '
Street. Rev. I). W.Crnm, Pastor.!
Services every Sunday at 10:30 a.
m. and H p. ni. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En-I
deavor Society meets Sunday even-1
ing at 7 oYiock. Melvin Denipsev,!
President
Cmi rc yof the EwrrtAXY—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Holmrt
Street. Services on Sunday at 11
a. m. and H p. m. Rev. V. S. Tay
lor, Rector.
OrderofAlaska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at. S
oYloek. A. J.
Adams, Ruling
Spirit; Clias.G.
Wulff, Keeper
of \Va Wa.
Kniohts ok Pythias Ci.rn—\V.
A. Rystrom, Pres., \V. K. Boasehor.
See. Meets 1st and 3d Monday of
eneb month in eluh moms over
Shaw it Williams.
Vai.dk/, Masonic Cr.rn
1 .Meets every Wednesday ev
ening at ilie U. S. Court
Koom, at X oclock. J. \\ . Lccdv,
President; C. H. Giltson, Secretary.
Bao-ru kkiiook or A i.aska Pionrkiis.
L. Berg, Chief, Arthur Kohgal,
Secretary.
Headqnarters, Afognak, Alaska.
Valdez Odd Fellow’s
i Club—Meets every
Frida v evenin'; in chin
rooms. A. It. Heilig, Pres.; P. S.
1 Hunt, See’v.
mi ufsnua * unt to.
Complete a I »s tracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
in's district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Mads furiislrcd to Valdez
Tm lots
■
Valdez, Alaska
WHERE
& ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
JohnT.Spickett Proprietor
Ike Kortkvesfern Line
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, l>e
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA ami KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as tin' cheapest and the
best to he had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER, (ienwal Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
mi mm
Bread, Cake, Pies
FRESH DAILY.
All Kinds of Cske To Order.
John Walters, Prop.
i
Valdez -House
Xewly nnil Elegantly Furnished. Fin<t-Cla.«i*
in Every Particular. Best Heated House in
Alaska. Ofliee, Beading R«m*u and Parlor in Con
nection. P. P.dr X. Co. Office in Building. U. S.
Telegraph Office next door. Half Block from
Poet-office.
J. H. Fielding,
Prop.
Notice
To Miners and Prospectors.
On May 1st Tlie NIZINA TRADING COMPANY
will erect a large handsome store in tlie rich Nizhni
Mining ('amp, containing a $60,000 stock of General
Merchandise, Hardware, etc., which they will dis
pose of at the lowest |Hissihle figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of 1(H) horses and sleds,
will enable them to take their goods into tin
interior at a very small ei»st.
For further particulars see M. Hass, at the
Valdez House.
Nazina Trading Co.
Herman Meyer,
___General Manager
C. E. B0QARDU5
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $ 1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Coi.i MiiiA St., Seattle, Wash.
WM. WORKMAN I*. MAGNKSON
Workman’s Road House
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, has large
warm ham for 20 horses and good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
musiier desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
The Wayside Inn :
At Foot of Summit on Route to Interior. Best Ac
comodation* for Man and Bea*t. Freighting to uU
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez.
WILSON, DAVISON A LITTLE, Proprietors.
THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp, 45 Miles From
Valdez and 25 Miles form Workman’s Roadhouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
WORTMAN and MAGNESOX, Proprietors.
C. DEBORD j. GRIFFITH STEPHENS
Copper River Trading Post
AND FERRY.
at the Jnrietion of Copper River and the Tonsina River. ROAD
1IOUSF. Prospector's Supplies and Storage. The most centrslly lo
cated Roadhouse and Supply Post in the Copper River Watershed.
TARAL ROADHOUSE
April 1st we will open a comfortable Inn and Roadhouse at Taral
at the head of Wood's Canyon, near the mouth of the Chittyna, and on
the new short cut summer trail known as the “8aff” trail to the Nizina
upper Chittyna, Tana and Bremner country. Leaving the government
trail at Kimball pass, it strikes the Copper river at Taral. Good trail.
Good bouts to cross the river and good trail up Hanagita valley.
WHEATON and WIDMAIER.