THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR.
H. H. HILDRETH, Editor. W. H. CRARY, Associate Editor.
JOS. A. BOURKE, Business Manager.
Published at Valdex, Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
PiBUsiiiNo Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdex postoffice os second class matter.
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AUTHORIZED AGENTS.
The P*n«rrcTo* it on sale al the following
news stands:
I*. O. News Stand. Seattle.
Puget Sound News Co. Seattle.
P. O. News Stand. Jun *an.
Eugene MeUarthy News Stand. Skagway.
P. O. News Stand. Eagle, Alaska.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
COVNCILMEX.
Jam* Mcllis. ca*s. SiaoKsraiD.
Al. Warra. Ed. Wood*.
C. X. Ck&RY. Can ca*wroaD.
i. L. gratia
J. L. Steel*. Mayoi
J. o. Snyder, Treasurer.
J. W. Lekdy. City attorney
Hr. C. A. Winane. Health OrnrKR.
II. II. Hildreth. Clerk.
John OouDell. Tree. School Board.
Mayor J. L. Steele ail lressed the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce on
the 31 st of last month, and his ad
dress is highly spoken of by the
Seattle press.
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Hon. J. \V. Ivey had an enthus
iastic reception in Juneau and Se
attle, and will go on to Washing
ton fully authorized to represent
Alaska at the National Capital.
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Ivey goes to Washington with
credentials from public bodies in
all parts e»f Alaska, while .Swim
ford carries nothing but • pocket
flask, a grip full of Journals and a
few clippings from some of the pa
pers that have been dazzled by the
halo of intellectuality that cine
nates from the brow of that emi
nent ex-hooch governor.
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Now that winter has arrived, the
brute nature of mankind will as
sert itself. Many who own horses
anil dogs will abuse these faithful
animals most unmercifully. 'Uie
poor dog will he* beaten hy his
brute of a muster, and the horse
left out in the s.ortus of this nor.it
em dime to seek shelter and food
as hist he can. There should cer
tainly he a humane society in
Alaska.
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A petition lias been circulated at
Eagle and Forty Mile, asking the
government to aid in the construc
tion of wagon roads connecting
Eagle and Tanana, by way of
Chicken creek, and between Eagle
and the mining camps on adjacent
creeks. Two hundred miles of
wagon road would materially as
sist in the development cf tie
mines in that neighliorhoo ', and
the contour of the country is such
that the cost would 1 e comparative
ly small. It is to l>e hoped that
the people of Eagle will lx success
ful in their attempt to secure these
roads, and the chambers of ccm
merce of Southeastern A'aska
should make every effort to assist
them.
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It aupears that the government
has been deluded into trying for
another season the Kaunai mail
route to Nome, which was such a
failure last year. The Seattle 1*. I.
has the following item in regard to
the route.
“The first winter mail for Nome
overland via Katmai, will lx* car
ried by James Dinsmore, of Juneau.
He begins the voyage aliout Nov.
15, Messrs Foote «k Campbell, of
that city, are the government con
tractors.
Campbell and I.'insmore are to
be the regular carriers throughout
the winter. The former starts from
the Nome end of the route. Each
will lie equipped with a team of
eleven dogs. They will carry altout
150 pounds of litail matter each
trip, which, with provisions and
necessary camping outfit, will in
crease the load at the Itcginning to
probably 600 pounds.”
If the postal department woo'd
drop these costly experiments with
impossible routes, and send the
mail by the only feasible winter
trail, from Valdez to Tunana. down
that river and down the Yukon,
the mail would get through, hu.
with tim mull g i by the wav o.
Katmai. we inav look for a repeti
tion of last years fatalities, such as
freezing to death on the trail, and
abandon all hope of communica
tion with Nome until spring.
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“Ignorant as a Mnlatnute.”
‘•\\e notice in the Nome papers
that Dr. Sheldon Jackson is in the
North on a tour of inspection with
reference to the reindeer and educa
tional work. He is endeavoring to
get 15,000 more reindeer, and the
Nome papers don’t seem to kiek a
hit aliout it. Wonder what’s the
matter. The Southeastern Alaska
papers tell us that it is a waste of
money, tha reindeer .e of i o ac
count and the investment of the
governm *nt funds for these animals
is a graft, it s’eal, and a useless ex
penditure. Perhaps they don*,
know what they arc talking about.
Valdez PiiOBPiXTOK.”
If the Southeastern Alaskan
papers talk tha' way they do not
know any more about reindeer and
the work that Dr. Jackson is doing
for the Eskimos on Seward penin
sula than a malamu'.e knows about
music. If these papers will send
to the Treasury department of the
United Stales and get tlie report
of the overland expedition for the
rel ef of the whalers frozen in the
Arctic ocean In ’t»7-’98, they w ill
learn how ‘Dr. Jackson’s reindeer’
supplied fresh meat to Several hun
dred men and probably prevented
the ravages of scurvy.
This country is fitted for raising
reindeer, and it is not fit for any
other domestic animal that is good
ior food. There are hundreds of
square miles of this region covered
with reindeer moss, from which
reindeer subsist without any effort
on the pari oi man. except to herd
them. The Eskimos who own
reindeer are prosperous. They are
not entirely dependent, as they
used to l>c, upon hunting and tisti
ing, ami the precarious livlihood
that these pursuits furnished. The
reindeer is a civilizing factor among
the natives. '1 he idea of ownership
and the prospect of independence
of want of fowl have a stimulating
i fleet upon these strange people
wt.o aye inherently brigii. am
anxious to learn.
Hut if the introduction of rein
deer has no other effect than .o
direct at ention of our race to the
(Hissihilit ics ot the reindeer indus
try, the money the government has
expended m this enterprise has
been wisely invested.—Nome News.
The women of Some are taking
an active interest in municipal af
fairs. and especially in seeing that
their town is improved in various
ways. There are a number of
latenied women in that northern
city, and the papers from there
state that many oi tncui can pros
pect or stio.el gravel into sluice
boxes during the mining season,
and then come to town and grace
the reception room «>\ith all the
grace and beauty known to woman
kind. Sitka has two womens
eiubs, one of which is affiliated
! with the National Federation of
Womens Chubs. Juiieau and Skag
wuy also have similar organ.za
.ions. These clubs are not simply
: organized and sustained for In.
| purpose of s K-iahiliiy aim a "go*.;.
time,” but lor the improvement of J
the members* nml the I el termer, t
ol the community in which they
exist.
Probate Notice.
In the I’nllfd States f‘oronil*-Joncr*s Court for
the MStrict of Alaska. Valdez Precinct.
In th«* Matter of the Instate 1
of i In Probate
Joseph Thowney, 'Notice to
IktrasH. j Creditor*.
Notice Is hereby giv -:i that the undersigned
llenrr \V. Mill T wa-on th.:«*th day of th-t l» r
IStr.». duly appointed administrator'<>t the K
tate of said Joseph Th »wney. deceased.
Notice I* hereby further cl Ten by the under
signed administrator of said estate to the cr» d
itors »f and all personshaving claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit th* m aith the
necessary voucher*, within -lx month- after
the first publication of thl- notice, to the -aid
administrator, at hi« jdaee of business on the
Northwest corner of Keystone avctiuv and II.v
bart -tree!, in Val I **, Ala«ka. the same being
the place for the transaction « f business of said
c-tatc, in the Precinct oi Valdez.
hated at Valdez, this 4tli dav of November,
A.D., Wttt,
Henry W. Millrr.
Administrator of the h«t*te of Joseph Thowuey.
deceased.
M m. II. W hittlesey,
Attorney for the Administrator.
Find publication. Nov. R, MB.
Ijtfl publication I tec. 4,
Notice.
In the C. H. Commissioner's Court for the hi* |
triff of Alaska, Id vision No. 3, Sunns.* Pre
cinct.
In Probate.
In the Matter of the Kstate of |
K. little, Deceased. |
It appearing to thlaCourt by the p -tltion this
day ptescutcd and filed by II. A. Smith, Ad-j
ministrat.tr of the estate of K. fame, deceased,1
praying for an order«-f Galoot tin mining in
terests of sM|d estate. Dial It is to the l»est Inter
est of -aid estate that all mining Interests
should tie sold. It is therefore ordered by the
Court that any and all person* Interested, ap
pear before this court on the 1st day ot May.
lf*Wt, at the hour of 10 i.Yloek, am., of -aid day,
at the courtro- ni I f said court, in Sunrise,
Ala-ka. I»i-l i ic-t of Ala-ka, to »])nw cause why
all order should lo t be granted to a .id admin
iatrator to sell all mining Interest* ot >ai«l es
tate.
It Is further ordi-r *d that a c* py of this order
b«* published for four micceasive weeks In a
newspaper within tin* Idstriet of Alaska, hav
ing general circulation. And that a copy
thereof be forwarded to M «sr*. Sn .w A Freman
of Fresno, California, for ami iu b.-half d 1*. li.
Uur. J. U. Hhownlow,
Probate Judge of -aid Court.
I-a'ed at Sunrise, Alaska, this Wth day of 8ep
tembt-r. Hk*2.
hate .»f tir-t publication, N v. fi, lsvj.
hate of las? publication, N<>V. 27, 1902.
Market Price I<ist.
Hour .92.no per loo
t orn M *al •• l«m
Butter ... |B •• lb
t***. •• do*
-u^ar $7.u0 •• 1«m»
Hive. . .$4.00 to $7.10 •• lun
l*otat«K‘A •• lb
Hh«'oii Mini II a in .$15-00 to f]?.(■) •• loo
<*offee. 20 to 501' •* lb
Milk. BUtoll “fan
<dan.dated I'ntHl'HfH. 20 To 25c •* lb
Dried Kriiit P to 15c “ lb
Syrup .$1 to 9l.5o •• ga|
Iti'ans,-uimII a nilc ... 90.00 •• luo
H ‘mii>. Lima . 912.50 •• luo
Rolled Outs .5c •• lb
Tea. ... 50 to 75 “ lb
Tobacco. Km-»kin« .tio to 70c •• ib
Tobacco, chewing . . .50 to 75c •* lb
K. Wash, double coU«l. timothy hay .$42.50 ton
Host Whitman Oats *. $42 50 ton
Dual . $15.00 ton
Wood.$1.00 coni
VALDEZ HI
Finest Bre i;i
Eve' Baked.
Try It
F. R. JCnni&T, PROP,
Cor. McKinley St. and Broadway
S. Q. MATHEWS,
Sanlary ■ Min?.
Steam Fitting and
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdez.
COOK INLET
Prospecting and Hunting par
ties can Ik* supplied w th
necessarv outfits hv
H. N. WETHERBEE,
at Kenai and Kussiloff at the
Most Reasonable Prices in Al
aska, thereby savins! freighs
and trouble of landing sup
plies.
GEO. S. MEARNS, Agent,
Kenai, Alaska.
m in i nut (o.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and o'her
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Mods fisted to Valdez
Totii lots
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Valdez, Alaska
Professional
Cards.
FRANK M. BOYLE, 1*1. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Office ami Residence ALASKA
‘215 Keystone Avenue.
DR. W. G. ALEXANDER,
Dentist.
McKinley st. valdez.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Swan
Building. Valor*.
GOODELL Sc EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining and Land Law*. Sjhm ialti*»»
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Avk. Valdez.
ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counsellor-at-Law*
C. 8. Supreme Court, Registered Attorney U.
S.Patent Ofliec, United States and Foreign I’at
elita, CavcalsHTraUe Marks alid copyrights.
No. 700 7th Street. N. W.,
Opp: U . 8 . Patent tIffice.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
A.JUDSONADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next dcor to Merchants Cafe.
JOHN F. RICE,
Lawyer.
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McKinley St. Valdez.
H. H. Hildreth,
Notary Public and
Conveyancer.
Prospector Oilice.
NEW YORK LIFE
INJURdNCE CO.
WRITES THE BEST POLICIES.
G. Sponberg, Agent.
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
W. H. Brennen.
HOUSE and SIGN PAINTER.
Paper Hanger and Decorator.
VALDEZ, - - ALASKA.
B. P. rtiUARD
Is Prepared to Ex
amine. Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Properties
T » V JSTJTUl I !■ I— — l ■ l l
Shaw A Williams are carry
ing a full line of fresh frui’s. Ship
ments rw ei\«u on every I mat.
tft’P'rPT’TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTr
GOOD GOOC/. GOOD SERVICE.
TriH^TzmTr
6LITB 'ROOMS IW COMNECTION
DGARF & MACKINTOSH
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
Geo. Woods. Jas. Fowlie.
woobj&row ie
S/inPLE R22fU.
VALDIZ, ALASKA
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Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SCOTT & SMITH, Props.
P. E. KERN,
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewe'ry,
Cat Glass,
Silverware,
Clocks.
Nugget
Jewelry
Made
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Crder,
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H. M DEAN,
General Merchandise Broker.
REPRESENT! NO
SCHWABACHBR BROS. & CO. M. C. NASON & CO
WUide'aU'Urueera anil Tubai-cotiUU. Fruit and Pn-duor
ARMOUR & CO. W. I*. FULLKR & CO.
; ,,, , ______ ___ Oil*, ShhIi Ni.d D«ors.
WAsHKNOTON SHOB MFG. CO. WASHINGTON HUBBKR CO
B.a,u.ud Shoe.. OU Clothing and R, Lb., r. . .a at.
GALBRAI ni-BACON & CO.
Hay. Grain, I..wo. Coin nt. Building Material.
Cigars a Specialty. Valdel Alaska
Dr. LI Canicia.
Dentist and Optician.
A Full Lino of Spectacles on Hand. Clocks
and \\ a‘dies Kepaired on
Shor No ice
McKinley Sr Valdez.
f h l rinruRn/n
Cleaning, Repairing and Alterlrg Rene
on Short Notice.
• Ladies Suits Cleaned and Pressed.
Keys r-ne Ave. next to Prospector Office.
C C. B0QARDU5,
Assayer and Chemist.
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Colcmbu St., Seattle, Waii.