the Alaska Prospector
Published tit Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday
tfy the Prosi kctok PublishiMi Co.
Phonr Maih l.
Kntered at the Valdez Postoffioe a* [second
class matter.
Subscription !•» i*er year. J2 lor six months,
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Delegate Calc announces through
Die Seattle papers that he is anx
ious to have the meeting with
Speaker Cannon over with as he
ititends to give him a dose of fresh
and brilliant repartee which will
make that seasoned legislator open
his eyes.
The headline: “Judge Wicker
? ha in Reversed Again” is getting
to be quite the regular thing in the
Fairbanks papers.
The revenue cutter Perry has re
ttimed to Seattle with the annual
story of suffering and want at Attn
island. Possibly tradition may
create the tie which binds the in
habitants of that barren spot to
the home of their ancestors, but it
would seem no more than ordinary
humanity for the government to
forcibly remove them to some more
favorable place of habitation.—
luneau Dispatch.
Gov. Hoggatt has informed the
city council of Skagway that the
indigent Indians must depend up
m the cold charitv of the com
munitv in which they live.
One of the most needed pieces of
legislation for Alaska is the re
vision of the present Codes. It will
not be sufficient to patch them up
from time to time for the}* are, as
a whole, ill-adapted to the peculiar
needs of this Territory. There is
ho practical lawyer who will not
concur in this statement and the
Imperfections redound entirely to
the disadvantage of the litigant.
These Codes were hastily passed in
11)00 and wrere ill-considered at
that time. They were a hotch
potch extracted from the Codes of
other states, notably Oregon, and
their application to the Alaskan
situation was the last thing con
sidered.
An election has been set for the
24th of this month to till the va
•unt position of clerk of the school
hoard. It has been so long since
the petition asking for an election
vva; circulated that the people have
mostly forgotten that there is a
vacancy.
It is a safe bet that if Nov. 24th
s as breezy and cold as it is at
oresent the vote polled for school
•lork will be small. Very few citi
zens are anxious enough to exer
•ise their “God-given inalienable
•ight” to make the trip up t6 the
-chool house in the face of a gla
ier breeze
“The captains of the whaling
vessels,” said a man who has spent
some years in tlioir company, “fol
low a sort of spiritualistic, faith
healing religion. They cure sick
sailors by a laying on of hands;
likewise of feet, shod ih heavy
boots, and of ax handles, capstah
bars find belaying pins.”
Anyone having information re
garding the whereabouts of Robt.
Castleberg, aged about 50 years,
who disappeared from New York
14 months ago, will confer a great
favor on a heart broken wife by
notifying Mrs. Edna Castleberg, 515
Harrison St., Seattle. Missing man
was last heard from fn Dakota, en
route to the west.
It behooves the mining and busi
ness men of this section to get to
gether and begin to make arrange
ments for gathering a good exhibit
for the Alaska fair at Seattle in
1909. While that time may seem
a long wav off it is none too long a
time in which to accumulate a
good exhibit. It requires much
time and lab'r to get specimens
from all of the properties in the j
great copper belt, and every pros
pect should be represented in the
display. Why would’ni it be a
good thing for the mining ex
change and the chamber of com
merce to take up this matter?
With the first little flurry of
snow the travel to and from the
interior starts and there is every
indication of its being greater this
winter than ever before. Some
arrivals from Fairbanks says that
fully 600 w'll come out over the
trail during the next six weeks.
The Fairbanks representatives of
the Orr stage line estimates the
number at 200.
J. P. Rogers, who was in charge
of the investigations here and at
Catalla for the Guggenheims, in
an interview at Juneau said the
location of the terminus for this
projected railroad had been de
cided upon at last and work will
start next spring. Pie conveyed
the impression that Catalla would
be the starting point, but later
developments make it appear that
he was either trying to mislead the
Juneauites, or else he did not know
whereof he spoke.
Judge R. A. Gunnison of the
; first division expects to visit Wash
t
[ington during the coming winter.
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St. Elias Improving:
| A large addition is being built
on the St. Elias hotel, which will
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have sixteen fine commodious
j rooms The rooms will all be
| lathed and plastered and steam
i heat installed, making it the warm
est building in town. The new
building should be ready for oc-j
cupants in a few weeks.
PROFESSIONAL CARt)S.
F. M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDEZ* ,
Office**: ALASfcA
Post Office building.
Dr. C. Ai WlNANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms 1 and 2,
Swan Building ' Phone 20
v
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
Physician and Schgeon
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Office
Valdez Hospital Phone S3
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Post offi ce
Building. Valdez.
Open evenings, Sunday exrcptcd. 7:30 to 9.
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Mrs .M. M. PATTON,
Graduate Nurse
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RESIDENCE !
Keystone Ave. Phone 2 Valdez
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(op (enter Mill
LUMBER IN STOCK FOR
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
A. Holman - Proprietor
ton Roadhouse $ Trading Post
Will open business at the
itiouth of Taznuna river
about January 1st. Good
accommodations will be
provided for the traveling
/• public and a stock of gen
eral supplies will be car
ried. Anything bought or
sold. Ciias. Malandkr. Prop.
Operation for Tumor
Pete Dashman is now at the Val
dez hospital, where he was oper
ated upon Monday by Dr. Dalton
for a tumor on the neck. The op
eration was successful and the pa
tient is doing nicely but it will he
a week or more beiore he wilt be
able to get around again.
Thorne, Nev. Nov. 12—Special
Land Agent Parks has reported
from Hawthorne, the town estab
lished in Walker Lake'reservation,
which was opened to settlers the
first of the month, that the town
now lias a population of 2000, with
restaurants, saloons and gambling
houses. At the time of the rush it.
was found that a large number of
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! sooners were in the reservation
and Parks wanted the department
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[ to postpone the opening until they
could be removed, but the govern
ment decided against'hint.
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ALFRED B. ILES,
MistNn Engineer
Valdez; Alaska
Miiie fcxaminationp and Report?
C. Ci BERG,
Furrier and Taxidermist
1425 First Ave., Seattle.
Send me your ski^s, state-your wishes and I
will return you perfect work at reasonable
prices.
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Civil, Electrical Mining Engi
neering. Established 1804
SAVED—Apparatus, Instruments, Ac, Open
i:i all branches. Groat demand for ex-students
‘n all'lines. Nc>v students should enroll at
once. Address .ilOO Telegraph Ave- Oakland.
Hand & Holdsworth
ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS
Gold and Silver $1.00
Gold, Silver. Coeper $2.50
609 Opera Place, SEATTLE,
Rear 214 James St. WASH.
SEATTLE
New Management Popular Prices
European Plan Central Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wilson & White Co., Props. Chas. Perry, Mgr.
Hotel ARLINGTON
> W. G. POTTS, Prop.
European Plan, Remodelled and Newly Fur
nished. Telephones In Eaeli Room. U.S.P.O.
in Building, Hot and Cold Water. Rates 60c
to *2.o0. . CpoftlP
1st Ave & University St. Owailit
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for Valdez people, 120 rooms.
Rates 50 conts, $1 and $1.50 per dav. Firstclass
Restaurant in connection. Free Bus. Opposite
tT. S. Postoflicc.
Cos. First Av. & University st., SEATTLE
When in Seattle stop at
“THE BIGGS”
2320*4 First Ave. North
Evropean plan Best Location Ratf.s
Reasonable
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Larson <fe Ross Proprietors
The old humans gathered
snow from the mountain
heights to chili the sparkling
bubbles of their wines—this
was considered a great achieve
ment in those days—we have
our vintages at the right tem
perature and kept uniformly
1 so—for your use at anytime
.our ammonia equipment—the
modern freezer is operated for
this purpose.
Just a reminder—Building com
posed of stee1, concrete and mar
ble. John McDermott, Manager,
formerly at Palace and St. Vrarv
cis'Hotels.
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