THE ALASKAPROSPECTOR.
H. H. HILDRETH. Editor. W. II. C’RARY, Aswiatc Kifitor.
•IOS. A. ROt'RKK. Bushier Malinger.
Published at \ alder, Alaska, every Thursday l»v the Pkoki'Eitok
Prni.t-<niN«i Co. Piione. Main 1.
Entcnil at the Wilder |Hw*totliee an Nnnul elnsx matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
On** Year ..... fa *11
Six Month* .... Jf2.no
Ttifv Months . • • il.oo
Snn»|*lt* Cn|»y .... lo0.'Mf
ADVERTISING RATES.
0n***lo|lHr j*t month (or oue (tub. «initl**
colnmn.
Lo.nl*. io *vnt* per line lor fir*t insertion ,
mol ti\*• cents |*er lino (or each *ubequonl :
insertion.
ACTHORIZF.D ACBXTH.
The I’RosmTo* i* on sale at the following
new* -faints:
I*. O. New* Stand. Henttle.
f*uget Hound New* Co. Henttle.
P. O. New* Hfand. Juneau.
Rugene McCarthy New- stand, skagway.
P. O. New* Stand, Ragle. Ala«ka.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
COI'XCILMEX.
JaWEk Ml-ll IE. CHAR. SIWONRTRAD.
AL. White. Ku. Woutn.
I. X. UR ARY. CHAR. CRAWFORD.
J. 1.. STEELE.
J. L. Steele, Mayor
J. U. SNYDER, TREAsVRER.
J. W. Lecdy, city attorney
Or. C. A. Wixanr, Health Oeeicer.
II. H. Hildreth, Clerk.
John coodell. Pres, school Board
It is time that the citizens of j
Valdez aroused themselves to the j
realization that if they are to huild
up a city, there are things to lie
done licsidcs sitting idly by and
letting affairs shape themselves. It
is true that Valdez is geographical
ly so situated that it need fear no
rivalry; that is to say that there
*is no other practicable inlet and
outlet for a railroad to the great .
interior of Alaska. Hut railroads |
do not build themselves, nor do
people of means come in withcapi-!
till and east their lot in a town;
where sloth and negligence prevail:
instead of thrift and enterprise.
There are a good many new
comers in Valdez, men of brains,
enterprise and experience.* They
should lie made welcome and invi
ted to put their shoulders to the
wheel and help place Valdez in the
column of modern, progressive cit
ies, instead of a disorderly and ill
managed camp, without public
spirit; each for himself and the
devil take the hindmost.
Beattie owes its growth and pros
perity principally to the energy i
and public spiritedness of its busi- |
ness men. as exempli tied in its
chamber of commerce. People all
over the United States are eager
for reliable news of Alaska. The!
people of Valdez should undertake!
and carry forwaril such advertising |
w ork as will show clearly just what j
are the conditions existing in Cen
tral Alaska, without exaggeration
or booming, but the plain, unvar
nished facts. It will prevent many
from eoiuing here with mistaken
ideas and going away disap|Hiiuted
and damning the country, and will
on the other hand bring in a desir
a hie class of people who know some- j
thing about new countries and will
find a field and opportunities not
pow open in any other part of the:
worjd.
Immediate action should 1m- '
taken to secure new mail service,1
lor instance to the Nizina placer
district and places on the Sound.
Something can and should 1m*
none 10 secure railroad facilities
and a depot at Valdez, should the
present projected railroad Ik* coin- 1
nieneed as smin as is now hojied <
and expected. A railroad is a eer-11
tainty and a great ileal ean Ik* done ' <
at this time in determining its lo- '
cation or at any rate in securing a - i
depot at Valdez instead of licing >
side tracked. The people who own I
and are erecting valuable buildings <
in Valdez should be sufficiently al- <
ive to their own interests to organize •
and work for the general good and i 1
growth of the community. j'
Another important matter is the!
enactment of local rules and regu- «
lations of miners, so that one man '
could not locate the whole country 1
around any new strike that i6 made <
in the interior; a great many new i
discoveries will he made during |
the coining season and during every f
seaon and rules ean be adopted thatI'
give every one a chance to secure j
some giound in a new district, in- <
stead oi the discoverers hogging *
the whole thing; no'hing will more £
seriously set back and injure the ]
country than this wholesale grab- |
bing oi large anas «>f ground with
out prospecting or doing any work j
and keeping those- ofi who are ready ’
and v.iling to work h. ground. '.
The* arc only a jew ot ihe j
thilius i Hat can he taken up and |
good results accomplished. New
suggestions will be made and many
plans carried out for t he speedy ad
vancement and development of the
country.
The Prospector has soundest the
bugle la-fore and is always glad
and more than willing :o do its
share towards the puhlie good, hir
the Lord even will not help those
who will not help themselx es ami
the Pkospeitor is no posing as liv
ing greater than the Aliiiiglny.
Let a public meeting of the i
I'huiula-r of Commerce Ik: held at.
least once a week during the mid
winter season when buaines is quiet,
talk over all matters Pro Bono
Publico and much good will Ik- ac
complished.
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'fhe editor of the Hkagway |
Alaskan lias lived in close prox
imity to the Canadians so long
[hat he is rapidly getting the big;
lieud. He believes tha’ everyone |
who does not lielieve as he dtx-s is !
levoid of brains. He and the ex-!
nooch governor would make a good j
earn.
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The Mining Journal of Ketchi
uin is now degrading itself by re
porting to low political methods
hat its editor used years ago in
’tinning for office. Mud slinging
ind vituperation are not argu
nents and do no goixl. There has
•eon one or two cases of such
ournalism in Alaska and i has j
icteil as a boomerang in each in
tance.
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It is to lie ho|ied that the Hu
nane Society will develop into a
trong and influential laxly. Such
m organilation has been needed in
t’aldez for some time, and it will
tndouhtedlv find work to do in
he future. It should have the
noral and financial support of all
itizens who lielieve in humane
reatment of our dumb aiumals as
veil us our fellow citizens.
• •
Robt. Blei writes from New York
hat ‘‘Helm & Abbott, the promot
es of the Valdez railroad, are en
itled to more credit than any one
■lse in helping Valdez, and their
vav of advertising Valdez «nd hi
esourees of countrv rihutarv o
s simply mam Ions. T'n-v do no
oose a chance to bring Valdez to
he front, and the result of tlicir
loings will show this coming sea
on, when the rush to Valdez wit I
>egin, and I predict that the rush
vill lie as large as that of 1900 to i
fume, and with the important!
lifference that the people who will i
each Valdez this season will have
to reason to l»e dissatisfied like
he Nome people were. People are
lot being coaxed to Valdez on fake
impositions, blit will find the re
onrees even much better than is
•eing represented to thefn.
Two new buildings will lie erect
d on Ihe Swan lot at the corner of
IcKinley St. and Keystone Ave. in
few days. The buildings are to'
>e only temporary, the lot being
eased until the first of May. Mr.
Vustin I.athrop will erect a hoiki
ng on the corner of the lot for the
I runs-Alaskau Co., and will open
gcmral store, and Mr. Small will
iui up u commission l.ouse adjoin
<‘g
Location Records.
For the week (-ruling Dee. 10.
MINIMI I.Ot'ATIONS.
in* nil Cntclla, \V I'nrtim; I no* nil Coiclla. w
Cnch, a>* i|i». Iatiill.s k. V Stu ff; ntoln water
B'»l» g. A MeXeer: 2ikt Shee|» c, II Hildreth; 3ta
Blillli.lt e. II Hildreth; Ilia nil Mil.,lid Is. A B
lvef| IffW Mllehe, Is, K Barret; 21 ta pi |-nmi
I'ine e J B.titrke: 32H* nil Mitrhrl Is, J Krllv:
| rjk nil Miteliel Is, M Harrell.
IIKKIIB
land, Imlldlngs ele. Kllainar. T Tnndw In .1 IV
l.lllle
Xn A helnw Han r, Vanlderstlne t» S I-.h.i f7nt
Weather Record. *
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12 31 | 33 | 281.
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1 Windy, t l.lght Wind. • Cloudy.
Above xero except where nth -rwlse slat -d.
7 Rain. Figurta ah.tar preelpliallim In Inches
Observed and reported bv Dr. L. S. Camilla.
Notice.
Notice la hereby given that a Special TVrni
of the Cnited stales District Court i r the
Third Division of the Putrid of Alaska, will
la- li-dd at Valdex. ill salil i Utrli-t, -• -mm n n.
February 2, l-.atx,
Thai a t-rai.d y a ll i. . urn
IQ *•'( Mt til ' <'«•>«• till <i «l| -d it ,
niMry 2, ll«n, Mini h i i ju y 1 m,».
to m ft m tli • m hi |i.hu n i hr ri\ !. i ..
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Citation.
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Ii* the •'lilti’il si»*■ - i !* l our* »Vr
t hg I »ia« i ict >' Alieki '• eld / . !•■■ iu« I
»Ii lit • MtU':i S't|» h« . In ri .»,«•••
Jo-- W*. —. ..t IlM.iT,.
»i» • i* i.s ..
Joseph I h*i t \, <»' *••• - ,1 •
Hy oril r ,.| thi»to.,rt t:i«- . v i
hereby cited hum iv*|,d »i • b :• r to
Judge of this Court in \ i.l*» V >■ im-t. I •»*.
t ri* t oi Alaska, at his offi. e in the t- an i
Yaldcx, oil tin* 2nd day i br .ary, lima, hi u*
oVIoek a.in. o| that day. Ih n and In r,- I.*
show eause. if any exist, why tite real proper
ty of said edit!••. vix. tie- undivided oiie-tliird
interest in and to that eertain placer mining
i lrtini kn wu as Claim N >3»n C pp *r cr ck in
the Valdes Milling District, should not be or
dered sold.
Witness tin* Honorable John Lyons, Judge of
'aid Irobate Court, will* the seal of said* ourl,
this ith day of December, 1902.
Judge.
First publication Dee. I. 19**2.
Last publication Jan. 2. 19U3.
Win. H. Whittlesey.
Attorney for Administrator.
Market Price List.
Flour. *2.«n per 1WII
■'urn Meal. *1.2'. liai
Cutler. :lSe ■< II,
K«i« . :«“• rioz
Kottur. *7.00 <• |uu
Klee .*I.UO li> *7.111 luo
Pulalue. . :!',*• •• lb
Caeon anil llaIII . .*liV00 In *17.00 •' pal
Coffer .20t*>.aie •• II.'
Milk . 12', to 20 •• i-hii t
Claliulateil I’.itnl -e*. 20 to27a* •• lb
lirletl Fruit. atn lie •• |b '
■•yrup .... .*i t *i.rai •• K„|
lieaua, aluall wliile . . te.tai •• liai j
Ilea in*. I.lma.*l2..-*i •• luo |
Kulleal Oat* . 5e •• II. *
r**a. ..10to7* ■* ib
Ftiliaii-. . Mn ikinj. .«it..7ia •• ||.!
r„baeeo, oil win* .;'ai t , 7.m- •• i;, j
b. Wash, do ible * ml. t m *.y ■ ..y .*>2.-10 t : i
Ceil \Y llilllli.il I l.t 11 . ... *12..'a: |
'liai . Hum*.)'
IVuimI.*H.iai !■* .■■ |
w mm
Finest Bread
Ever Baked.
Try It.
r. r. jcnnibT, prop,
Cor. McKinley St. and Broadway ;
COOK INLET
Prospecting unci Hun'ing par
ies tan lie supplied with
neccssarv out tits lu
ll. N. WETHERBEE, |
a! Kenai anil Kltssiloff at the!
Most Reasouahle Prices in Al
aska, thereby saving freight:
and trouble of landing sup* I'
pl ies.
GEO. S. MEARNS, Agent,
Kknai, Alaska.
mil ADSTUCII TITlt (Oli
—
Complete attracts of title |
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Abstracts ftnisM It Wa
Ion lots
a
Valdez, Alaska
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Professional
Cards.
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ.
Office*: ALASKA
Swan Build.ng. McKinley St.
DR. W. G. ALEXANDER,
Dentist.
McKinley st. valdez.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Swan
Build ng. Valdez.
GO ODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ', ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Alining mi«l Lund Lmwx, S|*eomlt ie*.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Values.
ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counsellor-at-Law
I'. 8. St t prune Court. Kegirtered Attorney l*.
s.l’aient oiWee, United Slates mid! Foreign I’mi
i*1ltM, l’>» Veut’»„Trjide Murk* Mild eojtyright*.
No. 700 7th 8treet. N. W.,
opp. V. 8.1’ati-m Ofltie .
WASHINGTON, D. C.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Sex. door to Meridian.* 1 a .
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JOHN F. RICE,
Lawyer.
McKinley St. Valdez.
* —■ lilt I I n .'A.-r^HEaK.
H. H. Hildreth,
No.ary Public and
Conveyancer.
I’kosckctok Odice.
NEW YORK LIFE
INJUR/INCE CO.
WK1TKS THK lih’ST POI.M IKS.!
S. Sponberg, Agent, j
R. BLIX. j
NOTARY PUBLIC j
And CONVEYANCER.
JOPPEK CENTER, ALASKA, j
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W. H. Brennen,
SOUSE and 8IGN PAINTER.
Paper Hanger and Decorator.
ITALDBE, - • ALASKA.
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B. F. Hillard
Is Preoared to Ex
amine, Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Properties
Shaw it Williams are carry-;
inr a full line of fresh frui’s. Ship
netub received on every hum.
GOOD GOODJ. GOOD SERVICE. \
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CLCIBBOOMSm eON/VECTIOM <
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DCARF t> MACKINTOSH
: Blacksmith Shop.
: All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
| Done in the Best Manner.
• HORSESHOEING SLEDS
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Geo. Woods. Jas. Fowlie.
WOODJ & PCWL 1C
s/inPLE R°°r\j.
VALDEZ,ALASKA
Wines, Liquors and eigars.
The Senate.
SeOTT a SMITH, Trops.
P. E. KERN,
Geld aid
Silver
Snitt.
F ... Wa , l R,
1'ii.rin^ iiiul
Nujrnet Jew dry
A Sjteeial y.
Diamonis,
Watches,
Jewelry,
Cut Glass,
Silverware,
Clocks.
H. M. DEAN,
General Merchandise Broker.
REPRESENTING
SCHWABACHER BROS. A CO. M. C. NASON* A CO
" *>°* •*«!« brneer* mid Tobareoni.tM. Fruit mid l'naluee
ARMOUR A CO. W. P. FULLER A CO.
OiU, K«iih Mini Poors.
WASHINGTON SHOE MF(i. CO. WASHINGTON RUBBER CO
II "Land Mi,H k. Oil FlothiiiB and KublH-r F.a.tw.ar ’
<• AI.BRAI 1H-BACON A CO.
llay. brain, L m •, F. ui ut. Building Material.
Valdez, Alaska.
Dr. 1.5. (aiicia.
Dentist an! Opt'c'an.
A Full L:m-ofS|Ki-ta* li-sou Hand. Clock*
ami Wa'chcs Required on
Short Notice.
McKinley St Valdez
PHIL ZIMMERMAN
T ft II fill Cleaning Repairing and Altering Done on
I I L V K • Ladies Suite Cleaned and Pressed
__ , PRICES REASONABLE.
Keystone Ave. next to Pros|>eetor Otliee.
'. C E. BOQARDUS ~
Assayer. and Chemist.
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Co* i'Mmia Sx., Seattle, Wash.
I I imhar Rou°h or Dressed.
L.UI I IUCI DOORS, WINDOWS
SHINGLES.
C. E. HATHAWAY & CO. Office on Alaska Av.