VOLUME 4, NO. 38 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,
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Risk a Cold. Damp Feet and Clothing are Responsible
for a large share of Doctor Bills.
A new pair of Rubbers, an Umbrella and a Cravanette
Coat. Then you won’t take the chance of getting
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We carry a full line of
Men, Women end Children's
RUBBERS, OVERSHOES and BOOTS
OIL COATS, Black and Yellow, All Lengths.
RUBBER COATS, Black and White
Umbrellas Rubber Hats.
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f VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO., -jj
and CITY MEAT MARKET. .
OPI*. A. L. l.KVY A Crt.
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FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, |
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs. \
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OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
See our beautiful display of'
Queensware, China, Glassware,;
Furniture, Betiding and Carpets,
upstairs in main building of Val
dez Bank and Mercantile Co., Inc.
Can yon afford to experiment
with your films after packing your
camera all over tin* country, or is
it not cheaper to take them direct
to I*. S. Hunt, where you tire sure
of the best possible result? Prices
about the same as the first-class
houses in Seattle.
Fourteen horses of the Fort Lis
rtini outfit were condemned and
sold at auction in Valdez Saturday
They brought an average price
of $19 each
The Tilliknms had a ladies ev
ening at the elith rooms Tuesday.
Progressive euchre and music fur
nished amusement for the party
Hereafter time of arrival and de
parture of steamers from port.
c.loiig line of cable will be rcceist .1
and posted at the e: Me office hen
for the lieuelit of the public
New and catchy styles at Stulls
jewel palace.
Beware <if cheat> mainsprings.
iiet a goou one at Kern’s.
The first store elevator to he used i
ill Valdez arrived on the Santa
Clara and is now being put up in
the mercantile departm -i.t of t! c
Valdez Bank «V Mercantile Co. to i
carry passengers and freight from
the lower or main floor to tin- up
per floors, where a stock of house
hold goods, such as furniture ear-I
pets, rugs, curtains, <|Uccnswure
and glassware will he on display.
H. T. Harper and ■ . Murchison
arrived from Orea on the Santa
Ana after making a trip up Copper
river from the mou'h tothcl’hit
tynu river and return. The trip
was made in the interest of eon- I
tractor M. J Honey, for the pur-!
|w*se of estimating the cost of road
construction over that section.
Beware of ^eheap mainsprings,
(let a good one at Kern’s.
Received on Santa Clara—Fresh
Diingeness Crahs, Shrimps, Ducks,
i’urkevs. Coicl'ons, Oysters, cts. at
City Market. ‘ f
Bewale of cheap Swss.- m.iili
•priugs. (let a good one at Kern’s,
guaranteed.
Mrs. H. > 1 ihhi*y is a passenger
on * in* Saica Ana, h >un 1 for r »al
ilarix.r to join her husband.
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Goodwin-Nesbit.
W alter L. lifiodwiii, formerly of
N aides, and Miss Molly Xesbit, of
\ Bneouver, B. C , were united in
matrimony at Nome, October l*2tb.
by Uev. Searles.
Married.
On October bib, Miss Eva Kel
ley, of Grand Island. Nebraska, to
George Davison, of Valdes.
1 be wedding was performed a*
Seattle in ‘lie presence of a few
friends, fhe couple will return to
Valdez on the next trip of tlie Bor -
land.
Located Sixteen Claims.
F. J- Bartlett and Edward Elk
returned this week from a pros
l>ecting trip down the Sound
They report the discovery of son e
good quartz on the mainland near
u lacier bay. l'bey located sixteen
claims, and brought back some line
looking specimens of ore.
Join. B. Denny has purchased
the Juneau Record-Miner from
Walter S. Coutant, and will tale
charge Xovemlier 1st.
The ease against Geo. Kvrage
for selling liquor without a license
lias been ilistuissed in the commis
sioner’s court tit Juneau, and wili
he presented to the grand jury, so
as to bring it before the district
court.
The Nome display at tin* Port
land exposition is to be reassem
bled as a permanent exl ibit in the
Alaska club rooms at Seattle.
The lirsl ice of tin- year in t e
^ukon river made its appearance
tl.L- year on Sep:ember tibili.
The revenue cutler Perry, a short
time -inee, raptured four Japanese
fishing schooners, confiscating ;;o,
• Khl salted salmon and hurtled all
the tishiiig camps on Altu island.
Of Local Interest.
Insane Man Escapes From Jail.
Local Happenings.
II' rninn K.ii-t r. who was n et al
ly adjudged insane, and is living
detained in the district jail l end
ing his removal to an asylum,
made a desperate attempt t- escape
I lie-day. I'lie keeper in charge
of the jail opened thedoor to ad
mit the janitor when the in-anc
man, who had lieen very quiet,
dashed through tin opening and
out of I lie hiiildilU!. The keeper
waited only long enough to hick
up the otlior prisoners when lie
started in pursuit. The chase led
across lots toward the hay, with
'lie fugitive well in the lead. Ar
riving at the water lie plunged in
and undertook to swim off. lie
was. however, quit kly eu| tilled in
in almost fro'eii condition, and
was glad to retuin to comfortable
quarters.
stages Arrive.
I lie sleds l<> lie used by the Vai
dez transportation Co. for carry
ing mail j ml passenaicrs between
li'-rc tin 1 Fairlwiiks this winter,
arrived on the Santa Clara. The\
were made to order specially fertile
company by Studehaker ISr. -
They are a strong double hob.
about the wiuth of the ordimirv
trail s’ed now in use here.
Caught in Slush Tee.
Dr. Bruner. Webster Brown. W
II. t 'amphell, 1'iios. »!. White, Will
Busweil ami 1’t t r < > Dahl reached
’■ mil l a.-t Wi « k from Taznuna after
a narrow escape from losing theii
lives in Copper river.
They started down the river from
l'a/nuna on Oct. In, and had com
leal a short distance when D
slush ice started to How. Thcv
started for shore anil only by tin
hardest of woik succeeded in mak
ing it in time to avoid being drawn
into an ice jam which had hound
below them. They were oblige.I to
cache evervthit.g and retrace their
way afoot to '1 a/tiuma and lienee
to Valdez.
Two F;-r Cent Levy.
The eoiinci! has tixed a two per
cent rate ni taxation on. the a-sis
mi nt for this year. The lota’ as
sessment i.- 1 .lullI, making tie*
taxes payable this year tfb.d i'i.i l.
The roll will Us turned over to
the treasurer for collection the first
Monday in X ivemh-r. and t axes
hcvome deiinipicnt the lir.-t Mon
day in Decemlaer.
The Boats.
Tin- Bellini left Seward foi Yaldi z
yesterday afternoon.
Tin- Santa t’iara left Seward for
the westward this morning.
From Kotsina.
Joe Bel! and X irmaii Mereliant
arrived Tuesday from koisina,
where they have heen doing assess
ment work on - >me eie.j er piop
ortv. Mereliant, who spent the
summer on Sla'e creek, m-1 Bell
at l'onsitni and went into the’cop
per country w 1 him..
Notice to the Fwblic.
From and after this date the
j Valdez l.aundrv will discontinue
I business. We wish to thank our
i cusliuneis tor liivtr patronage dur
1 ing the past four years.
George knight, a - sailor, was
y. sierday arraigned la-fore t um
missioncr Lyons charged with tn
; ill-celll exposure. Hi* pleaded
guilt v and e. as sent to jail lord'
days.
The soldiers of Fort Li-cum gave
a minstrel(?) show on Samrday
: evening at Von Gunther’- hell
Nufi said.
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F. Ik Hammond, a mining ex
pi rl of I illi au, Is here to look ; •
S .me to *per properties oil tin
^ Sound
Karluk Murderer Confesses
^ . Kowahata. one of the Japs
who was sentenced to lid years im
prisonment for ii>e killing at Kar
Ink last year, ha made a confes
sion exonerating the others wh
were t/iod for coniplicitv in tie
erime. and a movement is now 01
foot to secure a pardon for Y.
Vyeno, who is serving a 20 year
sentence for par'ieipating in tie
crime. q
Kowahata was the confes-ed
ringleader of the conspira< v that
ended in the murder of the Jaj
and while several arrests wen
nude, all of the accused were di
charged will, the exception of him
self and l reno. In his affidavit
In* goes into the facts and details i
that led up to the crime, stating
p sitively that he alone was te- I
spon.-ihle, and that l.'ycno wn
neither directly nor indirectly in
volved. *1
The ease was tried here in Ire- j
ccmhi-r <if last year.
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Information Wanted
Anyone knowing the where
ulmuls of I*. 1*. Hi 1cm, who h it j
Minnesota for the Klondike in
IS'.'7. will confer a "reat favor In
notifying O. !’. Kidi-in, tirov C’iiv
.Minn. Yukon paper- please copy.
Marries in Seattle.
Dr. K. M. Hoyle, a' prominent
physieinn atnl post m ,-.er of Val
i h /.. Alaska, is a' the Kainirr-( I rami
hold on his honeymoon. This i
he liis visit of Dr Hoyle to tie
States in six ye i i s.
M s» M try <>. Stevens, of IVoria,
111.. has i ja t i v. ■! • VaideX. I, is
spin." slie accepted ‘all invitation
o >, is|i them. I " re site met Dr.
•ot le. Sii. was • omin^ out this
tail to i. turn home. The physi
cian accompanied her to Seattle,
it w.is dee.i l" 1 that the Weddin"
ceremony -ii'.nhl he performed
here, as Dr. H >\ le h id government
business South. They were mar
ried l.v the Hev. Dr. \Y. A. Major,
pastor of Bethany I’n shyterian
ehurch, at the par-ommi. 117
•fueeii Anne tvemie, Saturday ev
ening.
Dr. and Mrs. Hoyle .will he in
Se.rtle ior i f.-w davs e >ie "oiii"
O :- ill 1- I aneiseo.— 1J.-|.
Gates W ins.
The vase of Isaac Marks of San
Francisco a;.- dust "Swift water Hill”
Gate- lias 1.. "ii decided in favor of
j the latter. Marks claimed he ■•nih
i staked "Swiftwater” in San Fran
! ciseo several years aim and was to!
have a hali inn i. -t in all the prop
erty h- acquired. The -nit was
for a half interest in property val- t
l 'led at itVt aH
i lie ivorK m maricm;: mi me
llwMindarv line nn i tin Wi: i I * i - -
; In-tween Alaska ami ti e Yukon |
erriiorv lias li.-eu oomph o <1. I in*
■: i ■ • a - given to Alas
ka a considerable |k>ition ««{ .terri
tory which sllt. dal not posses.- la
fore tin* decision.
t intone y l>. Shaw. as an editor
here ran such a clean sheet that
when lie got to Valdez lm had tu
•to it one Wetter an 1 has embarked
in the laundry hu-imSitka
lahlegrain.
Tin? Transeript, eo nmenting on
the system oi rebates which is eatis-1
ing so much trouMe in tin? East,
savs the same svsti m is practical I
ltv tin- Alaska Iriuisportation com-:
panies, relur -s of fr mi to 25 per
cent, lienn' allowed favored ,-iiip
p« rs win* cm era ' all their busi
ness with one line.
The following ire I lie arrivals on
In Santa Ana: \V. A. Hensley.
Mis- ti. IJo.-s, Mi-- S. Katscli. S.
.Murchison. II. I 11.!-;•> }-. V. O.
l'eter- in, W. M. Sin; h. I. Duff,
.f. < hark-on, I. \. Decker, S. lte.t
. r. Bia knejr, II. C.
lV'eis oi. il. ti. Heron, A. Nurd
s' rum.
The Railroads
Both Companies Hurd At Work
On Right Of Way.
The CopjMT River.V Northwest*
rn < ii. has received a shipment of
of (Mivvdel. wheel scrapers.
!e., and work on the road through
Keystone canyon will he rushed
is rapidly ns pi ssihle.
In work in the canyon will
veep tin present force of men hnsy
ail winter, there being til..".00
vards of solid rock, and as mnidt
more loose earth to move hefora
ae in ilheil through the canyon is
i omidtied
I lie Valdi-z-Yukon Railroad Co.
succeeded this Week succeeded in
-ecuring a nuiuNr of additional
aUm-r.-, who arrived on the last
boat, and thev have hectt put to
vork at the lie grading camp near
lie terminal helow town.
I lie grade from the Lay will ho
•ntiniicd on through town to con
nect with that already limit on the
fla - toward the lake stream.
An engineer party is still in the
held pushing the work forward as
a pithy its |»OS sihle.
Representatives of the Alaska
I’aeitie Railway & Terminal Co.,
which plans building a road from
Crtttilla to the Chittymi cop er
mines, are in town this week.
I'lii' party consists of |>r. M. \V.
Rruiter. superintendent for Alaska,
Webster lirown. surveyor, and sev
eral assistants. They spent the
MiiiiuuM' iiiatviii^ i n*co_Mii/;mce
; * * * * 1 mii v» .* «ii tii** } »roj m i-r< i roiilt*.
which rm - from Martin’s island to
the coal mines on Shepard creek,
lti mil'-- front the coast; thence
skirting tin- mountains along the
delta of Copper river to Childs gla
cier, where it crosses the river and
proceeds Up the West side to jiwt
In-low Ton.-iiia where it rccrosscs
Copper river and cut.- across the
country to the cop per In It.
** his comp; oy i- working on
practically the .-ante route as the
.McKenzie party, except that the
lattci plans having terminals on
l’rinee \\ diiant sound at Cordova
hay, witii a spur to the coal mines.
One of tin- laig; -V, if not the very
Iargi si, enterprises yet undertaken
on Seward pcniiisuia will Ik- in full
swing early next spring. This is
nothing less than the building of a
railroad front Port Clarence into
the great Kmigarok country, and
the building of a town on the north
shore of Port Ci.irence httv. Behind
liiis- 11ig. i-n et | rise are .Major L. II.
h fi nch ami tin* veteran mining
man, t liarles l>. I.ane.
Cable Out Of Order
The c-m'e has In on out nf com
mission since last Saturday. There
was a leak about litt) miles this
side of Seattle off Cape Flattery,
and tin* Burnside had picked up
I lie ealde and lo.-ated the trouble,
when a storm urose and the wire
was dropped before the splice was
properly made.
Important messages are Wing
handled, but the ealde is working
so poorly that it it is slow work,
and no pre.-s items are being sent.
Hie Burnside is at Tacoma after
additional wire, and as soon as the
storm outside subsides the neces
sary repair will Ik- made.
Sine-- the tire at X >ni • destroyed
the building' constituting the ten
dci’loiu, a movement has Wen
started by the citizens to have that
district moved from the heart of
the city, but the crib owners in
the louncil and clmmWr of coin
mere. controlled the situation aud
and me cribs will W rebuilt