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SARtiKANT Josef Froelich Imd
nu exr.it mg adventure Inst
wwk in which lie played tiie
role of a life saver. No doubt he
learned to save lives in Dermnny.
Tliis unfortunate event hap|HTu*d
wliik* Josef was out lioat-riding
in company with Mrs. Duncan Mr.
C-nbe, tlie wife of Dune. McCnla*.1
tlx* liest blacksmith on the hay.
Mrs. McCain* is not a light wo
man, hy any nx*nne. and during
some feminine movement, lost her
balance, and upset the Imat. cans-,
ing both of its occii|mnt* to 1>e pre- ,
cipitnted into the icy waters of the
lay. Other hints were near, but1
the pnrtias wxtc so confused by the
novel siglit that they did not know
what to do. Josef, with great cool
ness and presence of mind saved
Mrs. McCabe from a watery grave,
by grasping tier and taking her
ashore. She did not look much
the worse for her trying experience.
The fort’s new wireless tehgraphy
system was brought into use and a
message hastily sent to Dune, for
warm clothes. Our friend Josef
hud on his Is-st suit and it was ut
terly ruined.
Mrs. Duncan McCabe, lieing a
somewhat heavy woman, displaced
a considerable amount of water as
she fell in the hay. At about the
same time Sergeant McHugh, our
provo was walking along the lieaeh
nearly a mile from the scene of the
accident, in oomiiauy witli Ser
geant Daggett. He was nearly
drowned hy the tidal wave that
suddenly ap]icnrcd, hut was rescued
hy the timely action of his com
panion.
Tlx* affair was treated as a joke
at the fort, and Josef was unmerci
fully guyed by his comrades. It
Is a good thing that it was not a
young lady, or perluips there would
have I wen a wedding at the fort in
the near future. It is much re
gretted hy the members of Co. U.
that Sergeant McHugh was obliged
to go on sick report after his ex
perience.
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Our friend Legs, better known as
Shorty Horn of the Hospital Corps,
went fishing the other day with the
chef, old Hof., and forgot to tie the
other end of his line, so when he
threw the lead, the whole thing
followed suit into the bay. His
chum Hof., who was baiting up,
preparatory to easting in, heard a
howl that reminded him of the
Sioux Indians in *70 on the Poplar
river. Turning around he Iteheld
Legs with his hands up in the air
as if reaching for one of the stars.
As it dawned ii|n>ii him wliat had
happened, Hof. nearly split his
(sides, and he get.- up in the dead of
night to have a laugh at Ia-gs, who
is keeping quiet and sawing wood.
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It is a hard matter for our friend
Holmes to l»eat young Fareh. who
is rei>orted to 1h* a good runner up
for Holmes or Coveil. Chips.
Did You Hear About It?
It’s all over the town. What?
Why, mud of course.
Now winter ice gives way to mud,
The festive city rounder
No longer emulates the skate,
But turns into a flounder.
Chunks of Philosophy.
It is awful (list-miraging to a man
to have to (lie lx-forehis friends dis
cover wlmt a clever fellow he is.
Editors are not mentioned in the
Bible. But if another Bible is ever
written the editors will probably get
in tlteir work.
A philosopher has said: “Fame
lias takeu men from the plow, the
forge, the mill, but she has never
yet reached over a fence and yan
ked a dude from a hammock.”
The fellow who waits to kiss a
girl till he finds her under a
bunch of mistletoe misses a lot of
the ecstasy of existence.
There are times when a thinking
man must wonder why he was
born and what is his destiny
IL
Startling News About Oscar Fish.
Washington- Oscar Fish of Val
dez. Alaska, to whom the contract
for carrying tin* I'nitcd States mail
from \aide/to Eagle for another
four years was recently awarded, is
the best paid mail «-arricr in the
world. By his contract he awivrs
f.'t.i.(M) a year for makiiigtwo trips
a month la-tween tlx- (mints named
a distance of almut 413 miles, near
ly llotKI for each trip, The mail
carried is limited to 300 pounds,
and consists generally of letters
only, paper* and more bulky arti
cles Iming carried, however, when
the mail is unusually light.
Postollice Oepartnx-nt officials
sav that the sum paid to Fish is:
very reasonable when it is consi
d«-eod that he makes tlx* trip by
•log sledge, and that he has the
most dangerous route of any mail
carrier in the world. His 24 trips
a year keep him busy most of the
time, and he practically takes his
life in his hands every time he
starts out on his solitary journey.
Fish has the finest team of dogs
in Alaska, and some of his trips
are made in record time. He has
several times been given up for
• lend by the residents of Valdez and
Eagle, hut so far he has always
managed to reach the end of his
journey, although sometimes over
due, and occasionally very much
battered up. He has fallen down
precipices, got mixed up in avalan
ches nnd has been starved and
frost-hit ten. hut is still drawing his
$3.r>.0U0 a year from the Govern
ment, and says lie ex|«.‘cts to con
tinue making his adventurous trips
until “snowed under.”—New York
Sun.
One has to go to New York to
get the news of this country. No
wonder Oscar looked worn out
while in town. Such thrilling trips
would drag any one down.
Tin* schooner, Ralph J. long.
Captain Waltz, has saih*i for Cook
Inlet from Seattle, with 2<X> tons of
cargo, princijially hydraulic piping
and machinery for operating the
creeks tributary to Turnngain Ann.
J. O. Buzzard luul one of the heav
iest consignments of piping .a 1 mar d.
He ami his associates own tive
miles <»f placer-bearing creeks in
the Cook inlet district. Owing to
the light draft of the Long, Capt.
W altz 1 sipes to aseeiul the inlet fur
ther than any otiier vessel of ljer
size ever did.
O. K. MU. AS BRONCHO BISTER.
Our old Mizzoury friend Bill
j llemple is hardening up fur a trip
i to Slate creek.
Fox Island For Sale.
The well established fox ranch on
Goose islaiwl. Priuw William sound,
containing HKO acres, well tind>ercd
1 and good grazing ground for stock
at all seasons. It is 3 miles from
tl*e mainland, is stocked with over
200 bine fox, has ten good buildings
; thereon and a good garden. Kish
l in abundance for fox feed. Terms
low. Address. M. I* Torstensen, or
G. W. JkuiiuUlsiat. Ellamar, Alaska.
If you want to buy an outfit in
the interior, or liavc goods deliver
; ed to any jeirt of the district, or
wish yourself taken fa* any part of
1 the interior with guides, call on A.
| Holman, _
i The cheapest insurance is pre
caution. Get tile pi|M-s and proja-r
stove pi|*c at KisliV
Recertified Government Script
for sale by C. X. Crary.
Market Price Mat.
Hour ....... «JW l*r JCW
Cura and *•» ■ W
Hutl.'r Jor " <*>
Kuu »«* " do*
Sugar &«» " 1®'
Hire *4.00 - W»
Potatoes ** i
Haeoii and llaui .$1-VW to $17.00 •* 1<J*
Coffee J'lo.ifc- •• F..
Milk 12’s to 20 ** run
Granulated Tot at* >e* 2l» to 2*e lb
l»ried Fruit * t« 1;"* #* lb
Syrup.. .$11«»*3.-«o •* gai
Beans, small white $b.no •• inn
Beans, Lima $l2.nt» ** 1W
Boiled Oats &c “ *»»
’I,{.a .si to i.i •• lb
TnbMro.un..ktnr . fiuio7n.* " lb
Tntmrro. rliewinir ,Julu7'u' " lb
K. W«»h. double eond. timothy Imy .H.’.Vt Inn
IV.t Whitmnn Out. »IJ .« ton
C< ml .. . HS.twtoti
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Alaska's Official Directory.
Governor—John G. Brady.
I*. S. Judges—Melville 4*. Brown. IMst. No. 1,
seat at Juneau; Janie* \Ytcker«>liaan. Dial.No. 3.
seat at Nome •
1*. S. Attorneys - R. A. frlrtWeh, f>k»t. No. 1:
Joseph K. Wood, J Harlan.
Clerk- District No. I, W. JL Hills. lb*t. No. 3.
A R. Ilelllg.
I*. S. Marshals—James M. Slump, Plat. Na1;
Cornelius I.. Yawter, Pist. No. 2: G. G. Perry.
Dial. Xu 2.
Commissioner*—Edward de Grog. Sitka; II.
II. Kolaoan, Juneau; F P. Tustin, Ft. W rangell;
L. K. \YoodwanL I imlaska : P. Gallagher, Ko
diak; J. J. Robert*.Skagway; W. J. J«*c*. Circle
City; I. II Shepard. St, Michael; Sol Kiplnsky,
Haines Mission: J. 1’. Smith, Ketchikan; G. M.
Irwin, Douglas; C. T. Br«»nks Sunrsie; John
Lyons, Valdez. Prescott Sawyer. Eagle.
C. 8. Land Off err* **urveyor General -W. S.
Idstin.
Register—John IN'. Dudley.
Receiver—A. P. Apperson.
Clerks—Geo. Stowell. \V. F. Jeffery*.
Deputy l*. 8. Marshals Pist. No. 1, s|»eeial,
\V. H. McNair, J. W. Srnaik. Skagway; J. 1*.
Campled], Sitka: E. F. Kelly. Juneau; Win lb
Grant, \Yrange!; \V llillg. Ibmgla* Island;
Edward C_ Haney, Valdetr, Lewis L. Bowers,
Kodiak; Peter Nlsson. Porcupine; W. U. Thom
as, KeUrhikau; J. I*. Keyuold»ou, Eagle. J.
Eubog, Cillianoo.
Alaska Views.
View* taken to order. DE
VELOPING ami PRINTING.
Films, Plates, etc. Received,
Developed and Stored for any
Persons in the Interior. Send
all orders to J. G. Snyder’s.
P. S. HUNT, Photographer
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
I '
Endeavor Cono. Ciivkoii—Cor.
(i lacier Avenue and Iloliart
Street.- Rev. D. \V. Cram. Pastor.
Service* every Sunday at 10:30 a.
m. ami S p. m. Prayer meeting
Wedm-niVaY night. Christian En
j deavor Soeietv meets Sunday even
I ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dempsey,
President.
Purnell w toe Ewehany—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Services on Sunday at 4
! i>. m. Jas. Fish. Senior Warden.
Order or Alaska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hal I on Keser
vation A veil re,
every Thursday
evening at K
o’eloek. John
(ioodell, Killing
Spirit; A. J. Ad
ams, Keeper of
Wa Wa.(See)
Arctic Brotherhood—
\ aiucz t'ani|> No. 10.
Meets at Moose
Hall every Tues
day evening.
A. M. Edwards,
Aretie Chief. J.
G. Snyder. Sec
retary.
Valdez Social Clcb F. Brown,
Pres. Mrs. Anna Fish, Sec. Meet
at the Moose Hall every Saturday
J evening.
ValpezChamber of Commerce -
j Meet on the first and third
Friday night of each month. J.
j (ioodell, Pres. A. VV. Rochford,
See'v.
The Pkosi'Kitor will lie on sale at
Hammond’s store on Slate creek
, all summer.
Don’t go inside without getting
a 22 ritle and a mosquito tent at
Fish Bros.
LAUNDRY
Family and Bachelor
Washing of all kinds
Promptly Attended to.
nR/.W.C. RILEY,
KEYSTONE AV. SEE SIGN.
GRANDHOTEL
A SWAN, Proprietor
Corner Keystone Avenue and
McKinley Street
WHERE
a ? Who?
STOP
Everyone From VALDEZ.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Only First Claws European Hutd in
JUNEAU.
John T. Spickett Proprietor
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for VALDEZ People
120 Rooms. Rates 50e, $1.00 and
*1.'»0 per day. First flags res
taurant in connection. Free
bus. Opposite U. S. Poatoftiee.
W. G. POTTS, Manager.
Cor. 1st Ave. a ml
University Su SEATTLE
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r Copyrights Ac.
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sent frsa tfUlMt aaency for aecurir^r patents.
Patents taken through Mumi A Co. receive
special notice, without chance, in the
Scknlific American.
A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir
culation of any scientific journal. Terms. $3 a
year; four months,9L Soul by all newsdealers.
iHUKr&esJ*
Cameron Golden
INI Piocen Toasorial Parlor 1096
The Oldest anil Most
Kcliahle in Town.
Ladies’ Hliampooinn
a Specialty.
Ladies’ and Gents' Baths
Thoonlv place in town
where hath rooms are
separate from shop.
Latest Porcelain En
amel Tubs.
All Modern Improvements
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Pacific Packin? I! lidnjation (o.
Surr-e**.*- t.. PACIFIC sTEAM WHAJLiNG C(l
EXCELSIOR
Z. S. MOORE. M.xsren.
AMD
N EWPORT.
F. S. MOORE. M x*Tim
EXCELSIOR Sails Itmu Seattle aWmt 25th oi EmHi Month Uv
Yakutat, Kllnmar. VALDEZ, Illiumna arid Cook* Inlet Points.
Sails front VALDEZ about 12th of each month fur Juneatt and
Seattle.
NEWPORT sails from Juneau alseut 1st <tf «acb nnenti tv Valdez and
Western Points.
Sails from VALDKZ about 25th of «ach mouth lac Sitka and Juneau.
For Information and Rates Apply at Office of
Pacific Packing & Nav. Co. J. C. Aartin, Agt
Globe Building, Seattle, Wash. Fish Bros Sure, Valdez.
30 California Street, San Francisco.
WM. WORKMAN F. MAGNES05
Workman’s Road House
First tv*adl**u*c built on Gow'nmnent
Trail. Can .acuAauudaite 50 people, lta-s large
warm barn Iwr 20 h»rs«9= arv:l paod quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything t5*e
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Roberts’ Road House.
Before cr-js^ing the Summit on the -way to
the interior stop Ur rest and shelter at Mrs.
; Robert’o. BEST and ONLY place for feed
and water on the road. 21 Miles From Val
dez.
MRS. II. ROBERTS. - - PROPRIETOR.
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Donalson Roadhouse.
TONJlNfl BRIbQE.
Outfits Cached Free of Charge. Free Horse anti Dog Stables.
Distance From Valdez, 771 Miles, via Government Trail. Beat
Jkof*amo<£at ions for Travelers.
CHAS. C. YAGER, Pnop. 77 Milks Fuom Valors
When on the Way to the Interior. Stop at the
Loomis Roadhouse,
Tonsina Bridge.
| Giod Meals. Good Beds.
Complete Line of Merchandise and Miners Supplied at
Valdes Prices with Freight Added.
I. H. LOOMIS, Pitot*. 77 Milks From Valive*
Hahry C. Murphy Will Davie
MOTEL HOLMdM
Best roadhouse on the All American Route to the
Yukon. Fresh vegetables during season front our
own garden. Good feed for stoek now by. Best of
accomodations, winter or summer.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA. 103 Miles From Value*
C. E. BOQflRDUS,
Assayer and Chemist.
! Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
HO Columbia St., Seattle, Wasa.
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Dr. L. S. CAMICIA
Dentist and Optician.
A Full Lino of Spectacle* on HawL Clacks
and Watches Repaired a»
Short Notion
cKimev Sjc.