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VOLUME 3. NO. 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1904. ' OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
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IS THE ASSESSMENT FOR
1904.
Board of Equalization Meets Scc
[ond Monday In Octo
ber.
The assessment roll of the town
for 1904 is now completed and was
turned over to the cs-uncil at the
-special meeting Tuesday.
The total of assessable property
is $310,025, of which $112,950 is
real estate, $113,4<i5 improvements,
and $89,110 personal property.
The council will meet the 10th,
11th and ‘20th of October as a
hoard of equalization, until which
time tins roll will Ik* at the clerk’s
■oflice, for public inspection.
Pay on Chistuchina.
M. Dempsey arrivfd Monday
from Chistuchina where he has
been working on the benches. He
reports finding an oid channel on
the bench between Daisy crook
and Chietuchina. He has struck
bedrock where it dips back from.
the river and the gravel runs 25
cents a yard. He is confident tha
when the bed of the channel is
reached a good pay streak will be
found. The ground is so located
that a hydraulic can be worked to
good advantage.
Mr. Dempsey will go to the
states soon on business connected
with the property.
First Cable Message
Q-iamr To The Prospector. Work
Progressing Nicely.
Tlie iftest message received at the
cable office from the Burnside is ns
follows;
Burnside, 7:25 n.m., Sej>. 29.
Editor I’kositutoh:
Joist entering Valdez narrows.
Everything running first class.
WrSTKR,
Cable Engineer.
Officers Dance.
A pleasant social affair was tlio
(lance given Monday night at Mc
Kinley ilall for the purpose of giv
ing the officers of the Burnside an
opportunity of getting hotter ac
quainted will' the Valdez people.
The crowd of local people was not
as large as could have hoen wished,
owing to the fact that the dance
was gotten up on such short notice.
City Market
NEXT TO THE Nl/.I.NA.
PRICES ARE j
RIGHT j
Wholesale ami
Ketail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
i
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
OF CARRYING THE TANANA
MAIL
M $20,000 Per Tear
Lowest Of Five Bids. Contract
Starts On December
Third.
The bids advertised for last week
for the carrying of mail twice a
month between Valdez and Tan
ana were opened at 4 p.m. on Sept.
22nd in the presence of all con
cerned, and were found tc l>e as
follows;
W. S Amy'
C. L. Hoyt
A H. McNccr
iFoote & Grant
Jas. Fish, who was present, dc
■olined to bid.
According to instructions, Alvali
Eaines. chief clerk, telegraphed the
bids to the department and re
ceived the following reply; “No
tify James Fish department ac
cepts his proposal for contract for
two round trips month Valdez to
Tanana, December to April 30
next, 20 days running time, weight
of mail 400 pounds each way, com
pensation $20,000 for the period.”
This revealed the fact that Jas.
Fish had previously telegraphed
his bid direct to the department.
Schedule—Leave Valdez on 3rd
and 10th of each month and leave
Tanana on 2nd and 17th of each
month.
Hospital Benefit.
There will be an entertainment
followed bv a dance, at McKinley
Hall, Friday evening, the 30th inst:
1 to establish an emergency fund for
t lieTiospItnE Tins fluid is to lie
used in securing extTa help when
ever the hospital is overcrowded.
Tickets to the entertainment, which
will consist of a musical program,
followed by a dance and lunch,
will lie one dollar each. Each
purchaser of a ticket is entitled to
ncbrnceona free hospital ticket,
good for one year, which will be
drawn for during the evening. Tib*
ticket is jmsitivelv not transferable.
Taral Copper Property
Opened Up This Season and A
Good Showing Is
Male.
T. Blnkcnev, who last year locat
ed a number of copper claims near
the junction of Chittyna and Cop
per river, aliout four miles from
Taral. has this season had a force
of men at work opening up the
ledge. They have sunk «W feet in
one place through the finest qual
ity of sulphide ore on c four foot
vein. Itwill apparently prove to
Ikj a mine.from the very surface.
The claims have 'been surveyed
and sufficient work performed so
that a patent to the land will lie
applied for, hut it is more than
likely that work will Ik* continued.
Another ledge has liven found
• about a mile front the property. It
is.a fine white quartz heavily in
termixed with copptv sulphurets
and will evidently run heavily in
gold.
Dry Trail.
M.iDempsey reports a »new dry
trail from Chistuchina to the Cop
per. Jt leaves the Gukona trail at
Fairview, ten miles from Chistu
china, and follows a ridge, crossing
Talsona near the head and striking
the Gakona trail again about five
miles from the government trail.
The new trail cuts off several
miles.
atilt STARTED
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BURNSIDE HERE WITH ADD |
THE WIRE
Has Started for Siiha
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i And Cnblc Will Be Completed In 1
About T«no 'Vvcik.',
More.
Tlie cable steamer Burnside, ('np
| fain I.aHin, arrived Sunday with
fioO miles of cable ready for laying.
| The preliminary work attendant
Upon the eonnedtio'i with shore was
j started as seoi <;s t!.e Imut tied up
! and bv Monday morning the end
i of the cable was brought ashore
i and connected <to the cable house.
The'Work of trenching over the
j tide flats was necessarily slow,.! m
' was completed in time to start
! the trip oitt earj.y this morning.
» It is impossible to say just how
; long it will take to lay the cable to
Sitka, but under favorable condi
| tions the work should be complr
: ted by Oct. 1 ■>
The officers in charged the work
arc Colonel James Allen, havim.r
| command of the ndniinistrctivc
and technical work; Major Kdg.t
Russell, who drew the specitcat
tions for making the cable; Wtwry
| Winter and David Lynch, cable
j engineers, .«nd Captain JC* F.
I Chandler, in command of the ship.
'Captain Wallace, of the signal
service is also aboard. There are
l**;i people aboard, 110 of whom are
d’hiliipinos, trained for the cable
laying business.
The cable will reduce the cost of
communication with Seattle from
tfd.tib for ten words to f'i.oO, as
well as dim in inking the time of
i transmission.
Tnc government system of tele
graph ami cable, of which this is
the final link has cost something
near #1 .'>(U>,000, exclusive’of lalmr
and covers about 3000 miie,
Bremner Hydraulic
Decker & Butler Now Have Ey
draniic In Shape, Coarse
Gold.
F„ I Vekcr-.rid • Sam Hut Icrr, whr
last spring went into tlx- 11 re inner
country to develop tS ir property
returned this week with a good
quantity of coarse gold «; the rr
sult'of r very short season's work
1 hey took in tins spring u lurgt
amount of piping and hydraulic
machinery and were, owing to tin
early breakup, very lute in arriv
ing. hut everything is now in shat*
ft*- an early start next season.
■This year’s proceeds give there
every reason toexpect lurgorctu-ns
froni the property.
The- ste-imcr Santa Ana. captain
L. J.^Sehugv, arrivetl early Mon
day morning witii eight passen
gers for Valdez and loaded to hei
tidiest capacity W'th «i ioi“ccllan
edits cargo. Following is the pas
senger list- Mrs VonUunlher and
child, Mrs. Al. Jackson, Mrs. K. 1*.
Moiw and child, J. W. Vincent
W. A. Langvillc, J. Lovvnrv, *\V. H.
Whittlesey. Tuesday afternooi
tlx- boat departed fo'-Scldoviaafttf
transfering coicidcrahle cl he
western freich* to the I>ora.
Thu Full.side was, prior tr. thr
Spanieli war, known as the Pita, r
Spanish merehantns n. She was
the se* mid prize captured by the
^wsricans. She was placed in tic
trails)mrt service cud lv.ter altered
for cable work.
Kernan, Cirifhth and Stephens
were to leave Nizina ior town on
the 25th.
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That’s All.
See the suits we have sold and that will tell the rest.
Good Goods Good Goods