"WUl Delay Appointments.
The president has decide*) to
postpone lor a somewhat indefinite
time the appointment of judges in
Alaska to succeed Judge Wicker
ehatu and Melville W. Brown. It
is entirely possible that both judges
will be ap|iointed to succeed them
selves, although the charges against
Judge Brown are much less vague
and irresponsible in character than
those against Judge Wickersham,
and it is distinctly out of consider
ation for both of these men that
the president proposes to be in no
haste about deciding either for or
against them.
A novel proposition, so far as
Alaska is concerned, is responsible
for this delay. It has been sug
gested that the president and the
attorney-general select some person
widely known and respected, who
shall go to Alaska during the com
ing summer, for the purpose of ex
amining into the judiciary affairs
of the district. The president wants
to know the facts, and he feels that
it is next to impossible to get them
through the ordinary channels.
He has been lied to re|>eatudly in
regard to the Alaska judges this
winter, and the most damaging
stories have been told about Wick
ersham and Brown, some of which
the president has found to lie abso
lutely false, and others which he
strongly suspects. In the case of
Wickersham no single charge has
yet been sustained to the satisfac
tion of the president and the at
torney general, and this statement
cannot be successfully challenged
by anybody. In the case of Brown
some of the charges have been vir
tually proven, anil the presumption
against the judge is rather strong.
There is a feeling in some quar
ters that the character of the Alas
ka judiciary may be improved by
changing the policy in regard to
the appointment of judges. Within
the last four years one judge has
been dismissed, another (Judge
Brown) is under grave suspicion of
conduct unworthy of a man occu
pying a judicial position, charges
have been made against a third
(Judge Wickersham), and com
plaints have been made against
still another (Judge Moore). The
attorney general has gone so far as
recomincud Wickersham for reap
pointment, for he can find no
ground for the charges, and he ab
solutely upholds Judge Moore.
It is felt that it would be a good
plan hereafter to select judges for
the territory with a view to their
advancement on the bench. .It is
proposed that ap|>ointecs shall be
assured at the time of their ap
pointment that good service brings
the assurance of promotion to high
er judicial positions in the United
State*. ^ This jiolicy it, is thought
would Have the result of command
ing a good, high order of judicial
ability for the Alaska service, and
would compensate in some meas
ure for the small salaries which the
Alaska judges, considering their lo
cation, receive from the govern
ment. And under such an enlight
ened policy as this Alaska would
cease to be regarded as a Botany
Bay of broken down and often dis
reputable politicians.—P.-l.
Light On Unimak Island.
On or about July 1, a fixed white
light of the third order, illuminat
ing 216 degrees of the horizon, will
be established on Cape Sarichef,
northern }>oint of the southwestern
end of Unimak island, northeast
ern side of the northern entrance
to Unimak pass.
The focal plane of the light will
be 1264 feet above the water and:
35 feet above the base of the tower,
and the light will be visible seven
teen and a half miles in clear wea
ther.
On the same date there will be
established in the structure a first
class automatic siren; operated by
compressed air.
Alaska Customs Headquarters.
The treasury department has is
sued a circular officially announc
ing ihe fact that by act of congress
passed at the recent session, the
headquarters of the Alaska customs
district is changed from Sitka to
Juneau. The department long ago
recommended this change, hut an
act of congress was required to
bring it About, and congress some
times moves slowly. It is expected
that Collector Jarvis will remove
his office to Juneau during the
coming summer. Juneau is much
more conveniently located, since it
is on the direct route of travel to
southeastern Alaska.
The navy department lias decid
ed to carry out its ambitious scheme
of establishing the largest coaling
station on the Pacific at Kiska is
land, in the Aleutian chain, al>out
800 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
It was told briefly in press dis
patches recently that the gunboat
Petrel has been assigned to duty
in Alaska waters for the coming
season. The social duty of the
Petrel will be to complete the pre
liminaiy work for the proposed
naval baso at Kiska island.
The plans for the station were
devised by the general board of the
navy, of which Admiral Dewey is
the head. It is roughly estimated
that the station will in the end
co-t about $1,500,000, for it is pro
posed to provide first-class facili
ties for coaling ships and to main
tain a supply of not leas than
100,000 tons of coal there.
The natural harbor is provided
with a breakwater in little Kiska
island. There is a good Jdepth of
water and dredging will be neces
sary only in the immediate vicinity
of the wharves.
The naval officers who are inter
ested in the project say that the
Kiska island site answers in a
marked degree all the requirements
of naval strategy. It is within ‘250
miles of tlw great circle route be
tween the Pacific coast and the
Oriental ports, and the coal supply
will be of value to the merchant
trade in case of emergency. The
place will also furnish a harbor of
refuge.
The war department will send
the troops to Alaska July 1. Com
panies A, B and C will he left to
garrison Haines Mission. Com
panies (1 and H will go to Fort
Egl>ert, K and F to Fort Liscum,
D to Fort Davis, L and M to St.
Michael and I and K to Fort Gib
bon.
Call for
VALDEZ
BEER
A Pure Home Product
i
On Tap Everywhere. Shipped
To All Points Along The Coast
Valdez Brewing Company
1 Phone 37
i
WITH TROWBL AND HOB.
As “experiment bed” is worth hav
ing. Arrange in a secluded but sunny
corner, and try new plants and flowers
ut your will.
Small, informal neighborhood clubs
r.nd partnerships are admirable. Seeds
and plants may often be shared or ex
changed with mutual benefit.
Wild cucumber vines dot the prairies
In all directions. Take up gently, be
ing careful not to cut the roots, and
they will transform the “waste places*
into nooks to dream of.
A decorative plant, both beautiful
and easily grown. Is the Echsveria re*
tnss. It hails from Mexico, grows
about s foot high, and bears numerous
handsome flowers of brilliant red and
yellow.
The csntsnrea (bachelor’s button),
the blue and whits larkspur, and the
golden coreopsis are dainty flower sol
diers, tall, beautiful, and more thaa
willing to blossom. Planted together,
they will supply vericgated sunshine
through many days.
Ftichias are once more popular, and
are nlways lovely. Some varieties will
bloom continuously all summer. Cool,
moist earth, sufficient food, and a mod
erate amount of intermittent sunshine,
complete the list of their require
ments. The colors are both fine and
varied.
The hcgnnla never lneea favor with
those who have tried It. Some of the
varieties are hardy, and nearly all have
handsome foliage. A bed of begonia*
will flnnrish al summer, nnd may be
made beautiful. Ttut be enreful about
colors, for certain shades will not *‘g»
together” at all.
The white and yellow lady’s slipper
of the wood* maybe successfully trans
planted to city gnri'.en* with sufficient
care. Take up plenty of the native
earth with the roots, replare In the
ground ns quickly ns possible, nnd 1ft
a natural situation. With this meth
od one can hardly fall.
The prettiest garden in the world
loses much If it have not plenty of
oreen lawn for background nnd fram
ing. Even tiie strongest love for flow
ers should be controlled sufficiently to
allow a bit of untroubled green at
sides or center. And a fine lav n. how
ever tiny, is a beautiful sight to tee.
NOTES AT RANDOM.
Jamaica hopes to export over II,
000.000 bunches of bnunnns this year.
Among the articles made in Philip
pine prisons are tallies inlaid with
pear! an:! oyster shells.
A roii.er in Philadelphia, trying to
escape from a policeman, rrn through
a tr Hey car and set She paste tigers ia
<1 panic.
billing one week there were no few
er :m 27 suicides committed in
Madrid. l.ove ami financial troubles
claim moft of the victims.
i’.-.u! "vr's l i n e in ... -ti n. from
with* ' it- ->rted out or. t’ e “rlPe"
on Vr-rll !M. 1J7S. iinmor.r.il'.ed by
l.ov.fellmv. !• now a ’•Iliiu Mflinna.”
:o.l::ig e leva tad r.’.ilro:.' li.tietsfor
€0 cents aph-ce Is the lste.- i nu t adopt
ed by oilers who prey iqvp newly
ii ii.il-' immigrants at tiie battery ia
York.
The-e were by the lr.st printed an
nual ret irt 1.191 retail liquor dealers
Mi Maine, a prohibition state, liwholc
-:-le dei:***r*. 2 rectifiers. 3 breweries.
?-*0 retail -'enlers and 29 wholesale
dealers in malt liquor.
The very nerfection of imperfeetloft
1- to be f’-und In Parisian port offices.
T’-cv are diriy. illy ventilated and in
-iifliei ntly manned, and t! e transr.c
lion of business with indifferent clerk*
is a trial of pretense. If one wants
rtr.nms. it Is better to buy them at a
tobacco store, where there is also a
post box for letters, etc.
W.HAT DRESSMAKER SAYS.
Box-plaited box coate are extremely
moduli.
Clover leaf patterns appear in a num
ber of silks.
I'sually the soft toned grays look
’.sell with yellow or brown hair.
basket weaves an- much in evidence.
Simplicity, not plainness, is the fash
ion.
There i* a good deal of moral support
In a nice gown and hat.—Ladies'Home
Journal.
Elaborate tucking in yoke effeot
■serves to perfect the fit of many a
idress skirt.
Trailing skirts shortened Imme
diately across the hack are supposed
by the wily Frenchwoman to make her
nppear younger.
lied is struggling hard, and success
fully. too. to compete with Its less bvil
i'nt rivals, but it is such a try In?
shade that few are hold enough to al
tempt it. When it is bcci p*ing ther
is really nothing lovelier, and. strange
us it may seem, its brightness is one
of the summer’s smartest fads.
TOE SYMBOLISM OP COLORS.
Red, for courage and intense love. Its
■emblem the ruby.
White, for youth, freshness and in
nocence; represented b} pearls and di
amonds.
Yellow—the topas — wisdom and
glory, but jealousy, too, except for No
vember-born.
\ iolet n.eans dignity, and the ame
thyst is highly prized as an amulet to
-keep friendship and love.
(ireen symbolizes hop*, youth, and
i- represented by the emerald, which
i. frilled to change color if the love
chc nges..
11: nr means constancy, truth am
friendship, and I- represented by tie
sapni.ile. although the “f rgei-me
not” sti lie. the iiirquskise, end e»en
turquoise-matrix have claim, f ir rec
ognition.—Ladies' Home Journal.
NEW PROCESS |
STEAM LAUNDRY,
McKinley street.
Finest Work. Prompt Delivery.
Fully Responsible.
For Assnvs Send Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON.
Assayer Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver * 1.50
Copper ... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska.
Ike northwestern Line
0]xTnt«*8 the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections withj
through trains for all ]>oints East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and the
hest to he had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER,General Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
Application.
r. 8. I .find Office, Juneau, Alaska Mar. 7, 1904
Notice is hereby given that:
I, Carl N. •Crarv, of Valdez. Alaska,
assigne; of Thompson i .ardenhbr, being enti
tled to tii • benefits of Sect ion *23ta; of the Revised
Statutes of the Cnited States, granting addi
tional land* to isoldiers an«l sailor* who aerved
in the War of tin* Rebel I ion. do hereby applv
to enter V. 8. Surrey No. 337, containing lft
acre* an«! more |mrticularly described aa fol
lows, to-wit:
Said survey No. 337 i* situated within the
Valdez Reco iling district, Crime William
Sound. d«*«erlbed by m*Me* and bounds, course*
and distance-, as fol.ow*:
beginning at Corner No. 1, which is 18.49
chains N. 44 deg. E. from Corner No 1 of Valdez
townMtc, and 1 >.32 chains N 41 deg. 30 min E
iron* the initial monument of 1*. 8. Survey No.
1 4'*, thence N. 2* deg. 33 min. W. ltkJb chains to
C orner No. 2; thence N. id deg. 27 min. E. 9.8*
■liaius to Corner No. 3; thence 8. 28 deg. A; min
E. li*.2i» chains to Ceruer No. 4; thence S.ttl deg.
-7 min. W. 9.85 ehains to Corner No. 1, the |lace
of beginning. Containing 1ft acre*. Variation
28 deg. 57 linn E.
As additional to his original homestead on
theN. of the NE *4 Sec 5 T lft N R 2ft W.i
which lie entered on the 27th day of January.
1869, per homestead entry No 1575 at tin* Cnited
Mates l and C flicc at Clarksville. Arkansas.
Notice is h« reby given to au> and all parties
•laiining adversely any portion of the almve
described tra*'t. to file with the Register of the
C. 8. I.aiui c»ftii e at Juiieau, Alaska, an adverse
claim in accordance with law during the per
iial of publication or within 30 days thereafter.
C ARI. N. CRARY.
Assignee of Thompson c.anienhier.
I, John W. bud ley, Register of the l\ 8. Laud
Office, at Juneau, Ala-ka, do hereby order that
a copy of the Notice of Application of Soldier’*
Additional Homestead of Carl V Crary, t\ 8.
Survey No. 337, l»e published in the Alaska
pRi»M*K<”r«»R, a weekly paper, published in Val
iez, Alaska, for a |>eriod of sixty todays, or ten
inconsecutive weeks.
JOHN W. m’I»!.EY
, . Register
< model l A Edwards, Attorneys 7
Wellington coal SIS per ton or
$ 1.25 per>'ack, delivered. C. W. Mil
ler, agent, or Copper River Drav
ing Co.
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Invention is probably watamablSk Coni ni mi lea.
Uoue at not If couadawUeL Handbook on Patents
sent free. Oldest ananey for eecwrlne patents.
Patents taken tbroanb Maun A Co. receive
tpsclal iwtlce. wit boat cacme. In tM
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culation of any sc an tide inurual. i. Ml a
year: four months, tL told by all i balers.
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\|f |/i\ Iffl belweon Valdoa. Howard and Seattle. Sail
Jll • JUJi l/UIIUI i»g from H.Mtttk- Aj.ril 9th. 29th, May 20th
Equipped With All Modern Conveniences.
Str. Excelsior
Str. Santa Ana
Str. Dora
Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for
Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Ynkutat, Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and wav jxtrts. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and way |>orts,
Ittth of each month.
Sails from Seattle on Kith of each month
for Juneav, Sitka; Kayak, Ynkutat Valdez,
| Seward, Cook Inlet anil way ports. Con
nects at Valdez with Str. Dora for all jiorts
lietween Valiter and t'nnlnska. Sails from
Vahlez for Seattle and way ]«>rts, 1st of
L each month.
From Valdez to Cnalaska and way ports
2tith of each month, eonnecting at Valdez
I with S. S. Santa Ana
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Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
E. E. CAINE, President. J. F. TROBRIDGE, Gen. Mgr.
018 First Avc., Seattle, Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
Phone 10 • Valdez, Alaska.
A. B lies, Pres. F. M. Brown, Treas. F. J. Kinghorn, St<o.
Valdez Doth H Warehouse Company.
Good* may bc«hivped 9%i our caiv and left in warehmiMf till
callrdtor. I’arrie* ffolmc to the interior will find If conven
ient to If ave coiTJiKiiiirfii I* with u* to be forwarded to mieli
point* and at *ueh time m* they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being .-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
* »
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blacksmithing made a special feature. Give us a call.
Cor. Keystone and McKinley. Value*
Home Restaurant t •
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From 6 O’clock A.M.
to 9£P’clook- P.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
IceCrearrtandSodaWater Parlor
MRS. I>. H. ALLEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
4 Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment-of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells imd Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Plume 3D.
Where Do You Stop? Why of Course at
MINERS’ HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st. and Keystone av C. Johnson, Prop
McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and H<otatrt St.
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
deceptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS, White Block.
HYDRAULIC
Giants, Water Lifters,
Elevators, Pipes,
Derricks, Gates
Questions in regard to HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROB
LEMS freely answered.
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Cable Address “Bouseco." Bedford McNeill Code.