VOLUME 2, NO. 10. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
JAMES FISH & CO
Furnishing Goods.
Everything to Wear.
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If you want the best of
Everything to Wear
At the Lowest of Prices, go to
JAS. FISH & C0.£;
Everything to Wear.
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Cure That Cold at
P. O. DRUG STORE, j
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
Wc Carry u Large Ix>t of
Souvenir Spoons
Nugget Jewelry
Rings, Etc.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NKXT TO MKKCHASiT’g CAFK.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, PorkandPoultry
Our Price*! are RIGHT. Give u» a call.
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We have them for Everybody !
at every price 1
Mineral Glasses, Compasses, Mow Pipes
Prospectors Watches \< Tf
New Stock Grapbophones, Records and Points Too.
Our stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry
and Optical Goods has never bten so
complete nor prices so low.
W, C STULL, Nugget Jewelry Made to Order
Optician, Jeweler and Exjiert Watchmaker.
Alaska Central.
A party of 15 surveyors and enr
jwnters were passengers on the
Santa Ana for Resurrection Hay
to commence operations on the
Alaska Central* Rail road.
The party were in charge of Col.
C. M. Anderson chief engiueer of
the railroad company. Several
hundred tons of freight, a numlier
of horses ami a large amount of
lumlier was also taken by the
steamer to Resurrection bay.
The work on the company’s
wharf and warehouses will com
mence immediately and the survey
of the towusite will be completed,
and as soon as the snow has dis
apj>eared surveys and actual work
ou the road will commence.
Col. Anderson who is well known
is confident that the road will be
built. A large force of men will
he sent to Sunrise and Knik from
which places work on the road
will !>c started.
Terminals,
Last Saturday Surveyor Baldwin
surveyed u tract of fand on the
south side of town for Mr. Alfred
B. lies to he used os a railroad ter
minal. Tlio survey commences at
a point inoo feet east of the new
wharf at the foot of Keystone Ave.,
and extends along the shore easter
ly 1820 feet, taking in all 60 acres
as the law allows. As soon aa Mr.
Baldwin began his survey there
was a wild rush for lots along the
the route and everything available
was staked liefore night.
Proposals for Hew School House.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office
<•( Janies Kish & Co.. until Friday. May 1st, at r
o'clock in the afternoon,at which time and
school lot at for. Fourth aad Broadway. Val.
.lev. in accordance with plana and spcetSce
ions Which cau be seen at the office of Ja». Fish
* Co. Contract will be let to the lowest bidder,
but the st-hool hoard reeervMOtc right to reject
aur or all bids.
By order of the School Board.
<■ jAlnt Fnm. Secretary.
April Ki, MB.
Reached Chistachiaa.
Ciiibti'ciiima, Apr. 12.—M. Demp
sey arrived here today. Finical,
Kraemer and Leavell were just be
hind him. The taail is rather j
heavy. Bob Coles and party are
a short ways below here, waiting
for an overflow to stojv
I MlMD
PEOPLE INTRODUCE ORDI
NANCE
Wants Riiht ol Way
Through the Citjr Along Front 8t.
New Councilman Ap
pointed.
The city council met Monday
afternoon in the office of Mayor
Itoodell.
A resolution was introduced by
Hemple declaring tlie sent of Coun
cilman Krncmcr vacant, wiiicli
was unanimously adopted hy tin
council.
K. C. Richards was nominated
to till the vacancy and was elected.
A short reecss was taken while the
newly elected councilman qualified,
iftcr which he to»*k his sent.
The ls*nd of U. Sjsuiherp as
treasurer was presented ami ap
proved hy the council and the
rlcrk was instructed to forward the
Mime to Judge Wickcrnhnm.
An ordinance was introduced by
Hemple applying for a right of
way for the Valdez, Copper River
& Tana mi railway along Front
*ireet. 11 was referred to tlie com
mittee on streets, cotniioeed of Mil
ler, Hcniplc and Richards. The
ordinance provides that construc
tion work on the road shall start
before the first of July, and be
completed through the town within
ninety days thereafter. Following
is the proposed ordinance:
An ordinance granting right of
way to Valdez, Copper River and
Tanann railroad company to con
struct, maintain and operate a
steam railway line within the cor
porate limits of the Town of Val
dez, District of Alaska,
Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the Town of Valdez,
District of Alaska;
Section 1. That consent of the
majority of the property owners of
the lots abutting on Front street
in said town, having been first ob
tained for construction, mainten
ance and operation of a railway
line on said Front street by the
Valdez, Copper River and Tanana
railroad company;
There is Itereby granted said
railway company the right to con
struct and maintain a railway
track or tracks, commencing at a
point on Reservation avenue, near
its intersection with Front street,
in said Town of Valdez, tlience
running in a northeasterly direc
tion along the middle of Front
street, either upon natural grade
of said street, or upon a trestle, as
said railroad company may deem
best throughout the entire length
of said Front street as shown on
the plat of said town of Valdez,
made by A, Judson Adams, sur
veyor, and to o)iernte a steam rail
way over and upon said railroad
track or tracks.
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puny shall, at its own ex {tense, put
in and construct safe and suitable
crossings on said railway lines at
all cross streets intersecting said
Front street in tlie Town of Yal
dez, and said railroad company
shall at all times keep its said
railway line and all of said cross
ings in a safe condition, so that
there shall be no inconvenience or
danger to the public from the
maintenance and operation thereof.
Section 3. Unless actual con
struction of said railway line along
said Front street shall be con •
menced before July 1, 1903, and
completed along said street within
90 days thereafter, all rights under
this ordinance shall In- forh ilcd
and same shall lie void and of no
further effect. This ordinance shall
take offi-et and he in force from and
after its passage, publication an-'
approval as provided hy law.
Narrow Escape.
Tuesday morning while Toni
Quinn, the electrician for the light
company, wa* asleep alaive the
power house, lie heard a fearful
yell from below. He quickly ran
down stairs anil found the place in
darkness. He went toward tin
furnace to ojien the door and gel
light, when he tripped and fell
over the prostrate form of a man,
seemingly dead. He found it to
he the night assistant, (’has. Olson.
Quinn used every endeavor to
restore the man to consciousness
and in about five minutes his ef
forts were successful. Olsen was
sent to his home and taken care ot
for the rest of the night.
It apiM-ars that Olsen went to
the switehlsiard to regulate th.
current and while one hand was
thus engaged the other accident
ally touched another part of the
system, thus making a short cir
cuit with hiniscli as the nicdiuin.
He received the full force of titsi
volts which knocked him senseless,
It is generally supposed that such
shock would kill. Olsen is fortun
ate in simply having his fingers
burned. Hi- also received a cut 01,
his face hy falling against the
machinery.
The Entertainment.
Tlic Moose Benefit entertainmen
Monday night at Von Gunther’s
hall, promises to bo a complete
success. The holies have Ih-cii
working hard ami now have a first
class program arranged. Rehear.—
als are licing held daily and every
effort is put forth to make the per
formance the finest ever given in
Valdez, The program is to be fol
lowed by a lunch, after which the
floor will l>e cleared and dancing
will finish the evening’s entertain
tainment.
Following is the program:
Address.Judge Goodcll
Piano Solo.Harry M. Stoel
Recitation.Mrs. Santee
Selection. ..Quartette
Vocal Solo.Miss Ro* t
Violin Solo.Prof. M. Adler
Recitation.Mrs. Santee
Selection.Rev. Cram
Selection:‘‘Tell Me,Pretty Maiden”
from Florodora.—Messrs. Roy
Coojter, Ed. Price, J. Hall. K.
Cameron, Misses Root, McDowell.
Leedv, Mrs. Santee,
[ Helen Brown
j Dorothy Miller
Delsarte Drill... [ AJice Colw
■ r lorence Root
j Ism iso Geiger
i. Bertha Gregory
Remarks.Gov. Leody
Curtain promptly at 8 o’clock.
Railroad Meeting.
A meeting of those interested in
rail road affairs was liehl last
evening at tin' St. Elias hotel and
considerable business of importance
was transacted.
I-, Ci, Denney was elected Pres.,
Jus, Fish Jr. Sect., F. M. Brown
Tre»s. and (ieo, K. Baldwin Chief
engineer.
A contract was then entered in
to by the officers with Mr. Alfred
B. lies, by the term* of which he
is to construct 100 miles of R. R.
Later a contract was let In
Mr. IJes to Ohas Crawford to cut
10,000 ties to lx* delivered on call.
The postoffice at Kayak was
robbed the night of April t{. There
are no particulars obtainable ex
cept that there were nine letters
and a few |tuckuges stolen.
C. \V, Gompcrti the superinten
dent of tlu> P. P.j$ N. cannery at
Kenia was a on the
Santa Ana for that place. He was
acaampanied by his wife who will
spemithe summer with him.
THE OEADHOUOH MINE IS
SOLD
Bought By Mitchell Copper Coin
puny. Deal Mad. By
Robert Blei.
The property known as the Clad
hough mine was sold Iasi week to
the Milehell Copper company, the
consideration stand Is-ing fl.tHMi.
><M1. .Mr. W. S. Cage came here as
he representative of the Mitchell
Cop|wr Co. to aeijttire property,
ami after si-eing tla- Cladhough
property he immediately entered
into negotiations for i*s
purchase through Hubert lilci of
New York, with the result as aliove
stated.
This property, located tit the
head of Virgin hay on 1’rincc \V ii
liam sound, consists of a sulphide
ore, which at the surface assays
alsiltt It! to I 1 jier cent copper and
improves as it goes down. It has
never liecn worked to any great
extent; in fact it was only a pro-,
pect until purchased by Mr. Mceli
ach. about three years ago; since
; urn la* lm* mi'll**I a nmiilx r of
houses, put in machinery, and has
Mink a shaft to a depth of 201! feet,
all the time going through the ore
body. The ore taken out has In. u
shipped to the Tacoma smelters,
from which good returns huvchccu
received. The first shipment, of
.MO tons, taken near the surface,
was shipped ahout two years ago
netted ahout f2"* per toll.
It is a very convenient property
for shipping, lying, as it does, di
rectly at tidewater, the ledge being
exposed between high and low
water mark.
It was discovered some twenty
years ago by some Californians hut
was never staked until Tom Olsen,
showed it to Cludhouglt
and Peterson, who took possession
of it, doing the assessment work
regularly each year until it was
finally sold to Mr. Meenaeh, who
in turn lias sold it to the Mitchell
company.
It was Mr. Blci’s intention to go
tiie states to complete the transfer,
hut he was forced to postpone Ids
trip, as Mr. Cage is anxious to se
cure options on some of ti e interior
properties, so Mr. Blei has gone
with him to negotiate with sonic of
the locators on the Kotsina and
Chittyna.
The party that went in consisted
of \V. S, Cage. Roh’t Blei and
J. L. Steele, witli Arthur M.
Kdwards as attorney.
Later on, when the snow is gone
and it is jmssihle to examine tin
properties, Mr. < hi ge will take an
other trip into the interior, and in
all probability will lie accompanied
by Mr. Mitchell and the noted ex
pert, Mr. John Hayes Hammond.
Changed Hands.
The management of the shipping
interests of the I*. P, & X. Co. has
passed over into the hands of Mr.
E. E. Cain of the Pacific Clipper
line, lie Jjk«'vvi#e takes charge of
the mail contracts which havcl>ccn
awarded to the P. P. A X.
Co., and whjch call for the carrying
of mail front Seattle to Valdez,
Unalaska and intermediate points.
The fleet under the management
of Mr, Cain that will in the future
run on this route are: the Excel
sior, N tine City, Santa Ana, Joanie,
Newport. Charles Nelson and the
(trace Hollar, formerly the John
S- KiuiMi.