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VOLUME 4. HO. 41 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16.1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
DON’T
Risk a Cold. Damp Feet and Clothing are Responsible
for a large share of Doctor Bills.
GET
A new pair of Rubbers, an Umbrella and a Cravanett<
Coat. Then you won’t take the chance of getting
WET
We carry a full line of
Men, Women and Children’s
RUBBERS, OVERSHOES and BOOTS
OIL COATS, Black and Yel ow, All Lengths.
RUBBER COATS, Black and White
Umbrellas Rubber Hats.
VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY & t'O.
FRESH
VEGETABLES
* Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
33.
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drags
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
Change In Mining Law.
Speaking of the Alaska conven
tion, R S. Ryan said: “All of the
delegates that I have seen favor
harmony and the elimination of
any projects for any certain sec
tion of Alaska. It is proposed
first to agree on the matters of im
portance to the entire Northern
country. The most important
matter will probably he that of de
ciding on some change to the min
ing assessment law. This lias
caused more trouble than any ex
isting mining law in Alaska. It. is
required that assessment work to
the amount of $100 lie done on
all mining claims each year.
‘‘The plan that seems to meet'
with the most general approval is
for the passage of a law to allow
the miner to pay the money into a
road fund and receive a receipt for
the assessment on tlnir claims.
The beef trust now controls the
canned salmon industry. The
Alaska Packer’s association, the
largest salmon canning concern in
tiie world, with headquarters at
Sail Francisco, has sold to the l»eef
I
trust The deal was closed by E.
B. Dcming, coast representative,
Oct. 12. It controls ;i5 plants on
Puget sound and Alaska, and a
fleet of vessels.
Reports of good pay on the up
per Kougarok have reached Nome.
Pans run as high as $20.
An industrial training school for
natives lias been opened at Nome,
under the direction of the Fathers
of St. Joseph’s church.
Charles Sheldon, a big game
hunter frmi New York, has recent
ly lieen hunting in the Pelly river
j country. Among a lot of other
I big game, lie succeeded in killing a
i Pelly river black goat.
The Bertha left Seattle Monday
at 10 a.m. instead of Sunday.
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Of Local Interest.
The officers of the Oregon are
Captain, Johnnie O’Brien; Purser,
William T. Triggs; Chief Engineer,
George Brown, ami First Assistant
Engineer, A. B. Giblet.
The report has this week reached
town that the copper properties on
Eaiullock bay belonging to Putz,
Steinmetz and Kagan were .sold,
through the instrumentality of M.
C. Stewart, to a syndicate. Mr.
Stewart is now on his way from
Seattle, and immediately upon his
arrival a force of men will he put
to work to open up the property.
The ledge, which has been stripped
for a distance of several hundred
feet, is showing up well.
Miss Christine Ames, sister of
Gene Ames, arrived on the Oregon
from Milwaukee. She vill spend
the winter here with Mr. and Mrs.
Ames
See the statement of the Bank
ing Department of the Valdez
Bank «fc Mercantile Co.. Inc., in
another page.
Never before has there been such
a beautiful line of Ribbons shown
in Valdez as can be seen Saturday
at the Ladies’ Bazaar.
W. A Wyatt, late editor of tha
Ketchikan Mining Journal, was a
passenger on the Oregon bound
for Seward to take the business
management of of the .Seward Gate
way.
The Seattle medical association
has adopted a resolution request
in.1! President Roosevelt to recom
mend to congress in his forthcom
ing annual message that it pass a
law regulating the practice of med
i ieine in the district of Alaska, siui
! ilar to the laws in force in the
j States.
An order has heen issued by the
United States army forbidding the
killing of caribou in the Alaskan
interior for market.
Late Telegraphic News
The Alaska Convention Will Start With A Fight. Poli
ticians Busy In Caucus. Session Starts
This Afternoon.
Prattle, Nov. lft—Alaska poli
tics are heated up to fever pitch
for the convention which convenes
this afternoon. The first tight will
lx* over the chairman of the con
vention, and then will follow the
big tight over the election of dele
gales to represent the convention
at Washington this winter.
The delegates from Northwestern
Alaska had a cancus at the Butler
hotel and appointed a steering
committee composed of Col. Per
kins, H. V. Dunn, Charles Herron.
A. Z. Watson and Jo^n Carson, to
confer with tlu> other delegates and
see if the question of organization
of the convention could not l>e set
tled without a light. Nome wants
to elect one delegate to Washing
ton, who is to l>e Dick Ryan. They
want a twenty-five dollar tax on
mining claims instead of the $100
assessment work as at present, and
want the money to lie turned into
a fund to he used in constructing
roads. Dudley Dubois is favored
by the noithwestern delegates as
chairman of the platform ami reso
lution committee, and John Corson
as chairmen of tin- credentials com
mittee. Ex-Governor Swinetord
is their choice as chairman of the
convention but he refuses to serve.
The Southwestern Alaska dele
gates also had a caucus, at which '
considerable opposition developed
to the selection of Ryan as a dele
gate. They agreed to sup|Hirt
Sam Archer, of Nome, as chairman
of the meeting.
Carl M. Johanson will probably!
receive the sup|H>rt of the south
eastern delegates and those from
Fairbanks end Xanana, as delegate
to Washington.
|JIt is the intention of the mem
bers from Nome and the northwest
to attempt to inject a recommenda
tion of Perkins’ candiducy for the
governorship into the meeting, but
the members from the southwest
think that as long as the otlice of
Governor Brady is under investi
gation this matter should be left
alone at present. The latter dele
gates are in the minority at pres
ent, but more are expected this af
ternoon on the arrival of the Dol
phin.
Kuskokwim to be Prospected.
The headwaters of the Kusko
kwim river will be prospected.
Mining men who have been in that
region say there will be quite a
movement over from the bead
waters of the Kantishna into the
Knskokwim country as soon as
winter traveling shall become easy.
It is said good prospects are ob
tainable at all points along the
headwaters of the Kuskokwim and
those who have bet-n there expect
great tilings from systematic pros
pecting.
Silver Medal.
Valdez exhibits received two
silver medals at the Portland fair.
One was given to the chamber of
commerce and one to the Ladies’
Bazaar. The latter was for fancy
work collected by Mrs. Ames. The
exhibits will be returned to the
ovners soon. '
Property Sold.
A cable message from Seattle
states that the ncgotiotione over
the transfer of the Crawford-Am
mon property in Kotsina, and the
Galena bay claims of Simonstad
& [Hendrie, have been completed
and the sales made. It. F. Millard
was manipulating the deal.
The Oregon reached here early
this morning after a four days run
from Seattle. She had about 130
passengers and 1225 tons of freight.
Following is the passenger list for
here: \V. Silierlin, F. F. Shaun -
way. Miss C. Ames, Dr. F. M.
Boyle and wife, L. Little, L. Isabel,
G. A. Brown. The steamer is
scheduled to remain on this run,
and will leave Seattle for the next
trip on Dee. 2. coming direct out
side. The Santa Clara will take
the inside passage. Before return
ing the Portland will take on 750
tons of ore at Ellamar.
Tlrrtv-three sacks of mail
reached town on the Oregon today.
Trail Weal ben
Daily report, furnished by the telegraph
office.
November 11 13 11 1.7 It; • 17
Wortuiauft 41* o 29 o 41* o * oT^T.
Saiua 32 7 2S 7 2**11 32J1M 27 17 1-7 It*.
Tejkhell :at 2 2 27j u 31 f 20* 0 itt;
Toiisiua -C*. o o * ** t o o tt
(Voter 30 o * o*o * o * o to
t. ikoua 30 0 20 0 22 O 31* 0 20* 0 St o
Summit 23 40 22*12 22142 27*42 20 42 19*42
Delta 3 * 2 2 2 2 * 2
F.irbauks a7*:ts 2>7 :to 20*2i'» .7 no 2#:a»
C listuehiu a 22 0 21 % 24Hi 22»?i 2.\\% HH£
First column un«ler each date, temperature,
above zero unless is used. 2*1 column iuclica
*uow on ground. * ruin. * cloudy j nuuw
Passenger Sleds Arrive.
A number of handsomely fin
ished sleds for passenger service
were received on the Kxcelsior for
the V. T. Company. They are
Rood, serviceable sleds, comfort
ablv upholstered, and will present
a fine appearance on tin- trail be
tween here ami Fairbanks durinj'
the cumin" winter.
Spooner Favors More Cables
The attention of Senator Spooner
was called to the recommendation
oi Major Glassford, chief signal of
ficer, that the earnings of the Alas
ka cable lie used to extend and im
prove the service while he was in
Seattle.
•‘I would favor such a hill,” said
Senator Spooner. “I am heartily
in favor of any legislation that will
bring Alaska nearer to the States
and that will facilitate intercourse.”
Want Indian Agents.
The people of Nome are urging
the federal government with all
their might to take control of Alas
kan Indians from missionaries and
missions and to plpce it in the
hands of Agents instructed to de
vote more attention to the work of
teaching the natives how to work
and care for themselves. At the j
present time most of the money is
expended under the direction of
missionaries to which are given
reindeer which they manipulate at
a protit.
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Ordinance No. 42.
A11 ordinance to uineud section 1‘Jof Ordinance
No. entitled: An Ordinance to Provide for
the Ahse>Kin-nt and Collection «»f Tax***.
The Town of Valdez l»oos Ordain a* Follows:
Suction 1. That Section It* of ordinance No.
:tJ be amended to read as follows: “On the I
first Monday of Pecenibcr of each year at ti S
o’cloek p. 111., all unpaid taxes are delinquent
and thereafter the Town Treasurer must collect
thereon, for the use of the Town, in addition
thereto, a neiialty of in per centum and interest
011 said delinquent tax at the rate of 12 i»er
cent per annum.
Section 2. This Ordinance shat! take effect
and be in force fiom and after its |ia»*uge and
approval
Passed November Id. p.mj.
Approval November I t. MU*.
II. W. Mil.I KK.
Attest; Mavor.
W. If. t’HAKY.
Town Clerk. [seal]
Call For Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that I will.
pay all city warrants up to ami in
cluding N«>. -U>9, Series of 1905, if
presented within ten days from
date.
K. B. Wheat,
Town Treasurer.
Nov. 10 1905.
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Seattle, Nov. 16—Sam Arclier
has been np|miiitcd temporary
chairman of the Alaska convention
Delegates are now wrangling over
proxies, permanent session begins
at two o’clock this afternoon.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 15—The
delegates of the workingmen’s asso
ciations have decided to declare a
general strike all through Russia
to-day because the mutinying sail
ors at Cronstadt were sentenced to
death, and also on account of the
declaration of martial luw in Po
land.
Vladivostok, Nov. 1.5—Nearly
till of the soldiers in the garrison
and sailors on the ships in the har
bor are about to mutiny. The
mobs have started out with in
creased violence and soldiers are
living rushed to the scene. Grave
fears are expressed by the govern
ment that these soldiers will join
the mutineers.
Say Money Is Raised.
John Ko<<<ne, of the Co|iper
River & Northwestern Railway
anil I). A. McKenzie, of the Cordo
va bay road, are now in Seattle,
and both claim that fund* hare
been raised for their roads. Ro
sene says there is nothing to the
reported combination with the Val
dez-Yukon road. Both promoters
say that work will be started next
spring.
Governor Will Investigate
Governor Brady lias received in
structions from the secretary of the
interior to investigate the charges
made by \V. A. Iiavis, a govern
ment school teacher, that slavery
exists at llnalaska.
Statement of Condition
of the Valdez Hank tV Mercantile Co., luc.,
Hanking Department. at the close of business,
November •'». 1MY».
RKSOIRt KS
Doans and Discounts f 23Xjo.32
overdrafts :<7ti.Uil
Municipal Securities 2,40»».UU
Property Account 4.470.6!
Judgment* 7.72.JM
For lei ted Chattel Securities
\ault. Furniture and Fixtures 2.4.M.9*
Expctisc i' Bk
Real Fstale ltt.uii.ul
Investment Mercantile liept. 32.9UP4M)
Due from Seattle Mini New York Ranka ia.727.35
Cash In iiim.cheeks,Cold Dual *1,171.97
Cash. I'. S, Coin, Curreucy .SkitJiU*
-24,‘UdJtt!
*ln7.9Kb*6l
UAMIJTfFH
Capital Slock Paid l*p 74.9110.0!
lH‘|M*aits 1U2.735.04
*157.735.64
J. O. McCracken, Itcing first duly sworn,
staff', tfiat he i> cashier of said hank and that
IIk* i. rcgtiing statement is true to the best ul
Ills knowledge ami belief.
(Signed) J. ti. MrCRACKKN
Subscribe*! and sworn tobeiore me, this l.vtu
da\ of Novcinlier. Nitieteeu Hundred and Five.
IsKAl J (Signed) J. IV. LFKDY.
Notary Public.
II. H. Raiding, mining engineer
of -San Frnnciaco, came up on the
Kxcelsior from Latouche, where he
is engaged in opening up the Axel
Lind property, recently sold
through (Seorge Barrack to a syn
dicate. A force of men will soon
l»e at work on the claims under the
direction of Mr. Raiding.
A new mail contract has recently
been awarded to Anton Ide, cover
ing the route from Seward to Hope.
It is the same route as heretofore
held by Ide, but the new contract
calls for two deliveries a month.
The Christinas Display of a
great assortment of goods will lie
begun on Saturday at the Indies*
Bazaar, and will lie constantly ad
ded to till Jan. 1st. Admission
free and all are welcome.
The people of Retchiknn have
started action to secure a patent to
their townsite. A committee Iim
recently lieen ap|iointed to tolu
charge of the matter.