VOLUME 5. NO. 1 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, IEBRU/RY 8, 190S. OFFICIAL CITY'PAPER
WE ARE THE LEADING OUTFITTERS
and carry the largest and most complete stock
of SUPPLIES, HARDWARE and CLOTHING
FOR THE TRAIL.
We shall be glad to show you our stock and
give you estimates on your outfit.
v'ajvDua- COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY A CO.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
s
TELEPHONE
33.
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Glasses.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
Agerfu °wl Prcig Co.
Wikidel's Phonograph Parlor
Dealers In
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS
ALL SIZES
3500 Gold Moulded Records in stock i
COAL — COAL
C-W. Miller, agent, or Copper River
Praying Co.
3,500 Edison Gold*MouIded Rec
ords at Wikidel's Phonograph Par
lor.
Take Notice.
That I will not be responsible
for any work done upon any min
ing property owned by me on
Vyak bay, Kodiak island, Alaska,
ulew ordered by ine in writing.
JOfcETULNF IiECHKJSS.
Special Term Court.
Ill the United States District Court, Third Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
The Pre-id* nt of the United States, to the Peo
ple of tlu? Third Judicial Division, Territory
of Alaska—)tit feting:
You and each of you will please take notice,
that by an order of the above named court,
made and entered on the first day of November
!*»•>, a SPECIAL TERM of the United States
District Court, in and for the-THIRD DIVISION
has been called and will be held at the Court
House in the Town of Valdez, beginning on the
Twenty-second day of January, A. l>., 1906 ,at
the hour of Ten • » clock In the forenoon and
continuing as long thereafter as the public
business may require.
Wit lies#* the Honorable JAMES WICKER
SHAM. Judge of the above named court, and
the seal thereof affixed this llth day of Decem
ber, 1905.
EDWARD.J. 8TIER,
Clerk of D. S. District Court for the
District of .Mask, Third Division.
. - _- is hereby given that by a special or
der of the court mude and c:i!er<*l on the 4th
day of January, A D., PAW, the special term of
the District Court, Third Division, called for
the 22nd day of January, 1900, lias been ad
journed until the llth day of February, 19H6.
and jurymen and witne ses arc hereby warned
and notified to be present at lu o'clock in the
forenoon on the llth da\ nf February, 1906, at
the inc tuning of the court.
WITNESS the Horn. James Wickv-rshmn, Judge
of said court, and the seal thereof affixed at
Valdez, in said district this Ith day of January.
1506. E. J. STIER, Clerk.
By ». A. Crandall, Deputy clerk.
Sf'tui a message of remembrance
to your friends in the States on
one of I*. S. Hunt’s souvenir post
cards.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Brown
were passengerc on the Bertha, re
turning from a business trip to
Seattle.
Subscribe for the Prsoijector to
be sent to Chisna, Slate Creek,
Nizina, or the copper country this
summer.
I*. S. Hunt announces that the
second lot of 5x7 Souvenir Albums
is now ready, for the benefit of
those who are waiting.
A contract waa let this week for
the construction of a hose drying
tower in the fire hall. It will be
arranged so that hose can be rapid
ly dried after a fire, to avoid any
chance of the department being
caught with the hose in such condi
tion that it can not be used. An
order was also authorized for eight
lengths of hose to be used in case
of damage to the present supply
during a fire.
Washington dispatches dated
February 1 state that Senator Nel
son has given Judge Wickersham
a copy of the charges against him,
but refuses to disclose the names
of those filing the complaints.
Outside of the incorporated
towns in Alaska there are 51
schools, with 62 teachers, and an
enrollment of 3,083 pupils:
The care and custody of Alaska
insane patients is entrusted to the
Sanitarium Company, of Mount
Tabor, near Portland, Ore., at $348
per annum for each patient.
You’imni Them
At the Bowling Alley—The De
cember list oi Edison Phonograph
Records. We also carry a large
stock of the handsomest Flower
Horns ever put on the market, to
say nothing of many Standard
and Home machines, all with the
latest No. 3 crane attachment. Al
so a large stock of Gold Moulded
Records. If you contemplate buy
ng a phonograph it will pay you
o cali on us.
Al. Dowling, one of the pioneers
of this section, who spent the win
ter in the States, returned on the
Bertha.
Telegraphic Items.
Washington, Feb. 8—The At
torney General holds that suits can
be brought against former assayer
Adams for all his shortage in the
assay office. This will insure se
curing the total amount which will
be refunded to the miners.
Seattle, Feb. 8—Robert Moran
has forwarded plans to Senator
Piles for a life-saving ship for the
Pacific coast to be built at Seattle.
It will below and allow the waves
to wash over it. The ship is to be
anchored near wreck and a eahle
run out, over which a basket will
carry the passengers.
New York, Feh. 8—Che Christ
ian Endeavor executive committee
decides to hold its convention next
year in Seattle. 75,000 delegates
arc expected to attend.
Washington, Feb. 7—Senator
Nelson has introduced a bill, by
request, providing for tl e collec
tion of wages in Alaska. The bill
permits a person who has per
formed $150 or less of labor to
bring action for same before a com
missioner.
Washington, Feb. 7—Represen
tative Jones has introduced a bill
providing for an additional judge
in the Third judicial division of
Alaska.
Washington, Febv. 7—A new
post office has been established at
Gakona, on the Valdez-Eagle
trail, JO miles above Copper Center.
George Borer has been appointed
postmaster.
Helena, Feh. fi-A rnn-away freight
on the Northern Paeifie crashed
into a passenger train at midnight,
two miles from here, and demol
ished several cars. Five were
killed and ten seriously injured.
The dead are: J. Robinson, Mis
soula; Charles Brickie, conductor;
C. J. Jessup, express messenger,
and two who are buried under the
wreckage.
Washington, Feh. 7—The presi
dent, late yesterday afternoon, dis
cussed the Valencia disaster with
the cabinet, and it was decided to
order the board which investigated
the Slocum wreck, to Seattle. The
investigation may result in the
charges that local inspectors are
favoring the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Co., being sifted thoroughly.
It is claimed that testimony very
damaging to the company was sup
pressed in the recent hearing.
Washington, Feh. 7—The bill
providing for subsidy to Alaska
roads by payment of interest on
bonds has been killed in commit
tee and will not be revived. An
drew Burleigh presented another
bill in the House authorizing the
grant of two sections of land at
Cordova bav for terminals of his
Copper River road, and also au
thorizing a grant of one section of
coal land. The defeat of the sub
sidy measure is due to the work of
former Senator George Turner and
the Alaska Central Railroad. They
have been straining every point to
kill the subsidy bill.
Victoria. Feb. 7—The search for
more victims of the Valencia wreck
lias been abandoned. The coron
er’s jury returned a verdict of death
by accidental drowning. No blame
was attached to Captain Johnson
lor his conduct after the vessel
struck.
Sitka, Feb. 6—The revenue cut
ler Rush left here to-day to go in
search of the mail steamer Dora,
which is more than two months
Dverdue at Valdez.
vVashington, Feb. 6—The con
tract for mail service between Se
attle and Valdez, providing for
four trips a month, has been let to
the Northwestern Steamship Co.
The price is 157,600.
Seattle, Feb. 6—The Santa Ana
left Seattle at 10 a.ui. to
day, and will go as far west as
Cold bay.
The German steamer Mariechen,
bound from Seattle to Japan, was
wrecked Jan. 29th in Chatham
s'rails, after having drifted disabled
for about a month. The crew was(
lived by the steamer Georgia.
- Copper on Gulkana.
Some pieces of native copper
float were found last fall on tlio
] Gulkana river about three miles
above the Gulkana roadhome.
One piece, weighing about six
pounds, was picked up by Dolpli
Smith, and Ewan, one of the na
tives, brought in a three pound
piece a little later A number of
smaller pieces have been found in
that locality. It is thought that
t lie float comes from the greenstone
formation which crops out along
the Gulkana river.
Correspondence.
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. (J, lOOfi
Dear Prospector:
That was very welcome news to
all of us when we read the dis
patches from San Francisco and
Washington to the effect that J.
Pierpont Morgan, Guggcnheims
and Havemeyer had conclud'd to
build the C. R. & N. W. R. R.
I know it must be so because I
saw a private wire from New York
reading as follows: “Dear Colonel,
you might as well throw up the
sponge and stop your railroad fool
ing. lour [name is Mud. I was j
at lunch the other day in the Wall
Street Rathskeller, enjoying a
Swiss cheese sandwich with my j
friends J. Pierpont Morgan, Gug
genheims and Havemeyer. At thei
next table to us was my friend!
Ikelheimer, and I overheard the|
following between him and Gug-j
genheims: ‘Say Ikey! Pierpont!
and 1 and John Rosene and our j
sugar friend here, are going to build ;
a railroad from Port Valdez to the I
Yukon. We don’t care a D - - n if
those other fellows have a deed to j
our townsite on record. So help j
me! J. Pierpont and I are going to]
publish our plans at once, like we
do the rest of our private business.”
Thus, you see, it’s all settled.
Yours truly,
A. Fake.
Taking Tax Off Salmon.
Washington, Feb. 1—The depart
ment of commerce and labor is
asking the passage of a bill taking]
off the four cents a casa tax on |
Alaska salmon with the object of
encouraging propogation by the;
northern packers. If the tax is ]
taken off the question of hatcheries
will be enforced to the letter.
—
The Copper River Railroad Com
pany filed articles of incorporation
at Olympia, Wash., on Jan. 13. Its
articles state that it. is prorosed to j
build a railroad from the mouth;
of Copper River in Alaska to a
point on the Tanana River at or
near Fairbanks with the reserve!
privilege of continuing the line on j
down the Tanana and across the j
Yukon to such a point as may later!
be determined, with a branch line!
down to Whitehorse at a conven- 1
ient point. The corporation has a [
capital of $17,000,000. The incor
porators are H. Middaughand Sam
uel Murchison. The principal of
fice of the company will be in Se- .
attle.
Kern’s Jewelry Store has been
moved to the new quarters in the 1
Gelineau & Bell property on Me- '
Kinlev St., and will be opened to- i
morrow. The new store is large
and well lighted, and will be the
finest jewelry store north of Seat- t
tie, when all the fixtures are in-j i
stalled. A French plate front lias <
been put in, and large wall cases i
run the length of the store on each i
side, so that the stock can be nice- 1
ly displayed. i
Secretary Taft has asked for an
appropriation of $1,000,000 for the :
section of new barracks on il«
coast and in Alaska. ]
1
The steamer Corwin will be the!
first boat to leave for Nome this I
year. She sails May 1st. from Se- I
attle. ' f
Of Local Interest.
New Fire Chiet.
E. \V. ('ashman, former chief of
the fire department, has resigned
his position, as he m going to the
interior this summer.
At the last meeting of the de
partment T. G. Quinn was elected
chief, and the election was con
firmed at the council meeting Mon
day.
Was A Joke.
F. M. lSrowu, speaking of the re
port that lie was fathering a move
ment to urge Judge M’ickersham
for governor, said it was merely a
joke that originated from a tele
gram sent to Senator Nelson, upon
learning of his advocating Carl
Johansen, of Fairbanks, for gover
nor.
Municipal Magistrate
The Council lias decided to o|»en
a municipal court, ami at a special
meeting held yesterday evening
appointed J. H. Murray as magis
trate. Court will lie held for the
present in the council room over
the tire hall.
Jim Austin. Jack Chisholm, Jack
Ballantyne and John Bence, of the
Crawford party, arc now camped
at Wortman’s moving the outfit
over the summit.
Geo. Treat and 11. Robinson have
purchased the Beil* cr Gam road
house. and Mr. Robinson will leave
in a few days to open it up.
\V. 8. Amv of the Copper River
Graying Co., returned from Cali
fornia this week.
Lieut. Pillsbury, of the Alaskan
Rond Commission arrived Monday
to relieve Lieut. Orchard, who will
return to Skagwav. The Road
Commission pack train is now
moving supplies to the interior for
the summer’s work.
The party which is moving mail
contractor Crittenden’s outfit to
the interior returned this week to
take 30 tons more. This will be
moved up to the main cache and
the latter part of the week the party
will leave to move the whole out
fit over the summit and distribute
it along the trail.
Outfitting and trail work are on
the boom now. Every morning
the streets are blockaded with out
fits starting in over the trail.
The politicians in Washington
who claim to represent Alaska are
kicking because it requires a years
residence here to vote for delegate.
They would prefer to have the
flection held in Seattle.
The exports of furs from Alaska
increased from $160,000 in 1904 to
M80.000 in 1905. Exports of Cop
per on' increased from $258,392 to
1663,505. Domestic gold shipped
to the States wasf9.080,581 in 1904
and $12,131,003 in 1905.
Largest Nugget.
A nugget as large as a man’s
5st was brought into the city to
lay from Fairbanks creek. It
'ame from No. 7 above, on ground
>wned by Meehan & Larsen. It
weighs seventeen and one-fourth
ninces, and is valued at $275—the
argest nugget ever found in the
1'anana.—Fairbanks News.
warns muie Aeiurnca
Z. K. Jewell has brought suit
igainst Buck Hoyt, at Fairbanks,
or the recovery of a mule now at
he Gulkana Trading Post. He
isks to he awarded $900 and the
lossession of the mule, or $900 and
>450 extra as the price of the mule.
The annual report of the collec
or of customs for Alaska has been
eceived. It is a comprehensive
locument covering the imports and
xports of every town in the dis
rid. The imports to Valdez are as
ollows: Coal, $6546, lumber, $8724,
nachinory $36,519, provisions $ 149
’97, liquor $35,640, miscellaneous
1197,919. Total $435,145. The
m ports in 1905 exceed those of
904 considerably, being $436,145
ast year, against $371,957 the year
>efore.
The dimness of the picture on
he inside page is accounted for by
he fact that it is a night scene.