THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR.
H. H. HILDRETH, Editor. W. H. CRARY, Associate Editor.
JOS. A. BOURKE, Business Manager.
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thursday by the Probprtor
Publishing Co. Phoxk, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez poatoflice as second class matter.
Municipal Government.
J. L. Steele, Mayor. |
H. H. Hildreth, Clerk. j
J. G. Snyder, Treasu rer.
Hon. J. W. Leedy, City Attorney.
Pr. A. VonGunthkr,
Health Officer.
John Goodeli., Pres*. School Board. ]
corxm.MKM.
James McIIie. Chas. Simoxstad.
Al. White. Ed. Wood.
C. N. Crary. Chas. Crawford.
J. L. Steele.
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A TIP TO THE NOME PEOPLE.
A recent article in the Nome
Nugget regarding the mail service,
serve* to show how very little one
section of this great country knows
about another,
Great fear is expressed that un- j
less vigorous action is taken by the
citizens, the Trans-Alaska fiasco
will be repeated the coming winter,
or that even worse, the mail will
be diverted to the Valdcz-Eagle
route.
The writer is evidently under the ;
impression that this route is entire
ly new and experimental, anil to |
add to his troubles hears that
horses are to l»e used on the trail,
*o a few facts ubout the Vahlcz
Eugle route, will probably relieve
him and the general public at
Nome of some of their anxiety.
This route has now Itecn operated
for two and a half years and the
Contract time has been reduced
from thirty days on the original
contract to fourteen days on the
present one. Relay stations that
are equipped with both horses and
dogs every sixty miles and shelters
every ten miles are the means that
have lieen adopted to reduce the
running time. For the first year
and a half one round trip each way
a month, and the last year two
round trips a month have l»een
made.
mere nan never lieen a pound of
mail lost and there has never lieen
a trip that hus been abandoned.
The chief elerk of the postoffice de
partment at Circle has necessarily
kept a record of the service and
also that of the much vaunted Yu
kon service, and finds that the mail
from Valdez to Circle averages for
the two winters, four days lietter
than the Skagway to Circle route,
also that while every trip was made
by the Valdez route, a large num
ber of trips in Wth the spring and
fall were not attempted on the Yu
kon.
Now, if there is no danger of the
mail Wing lost, and a saving of at
least four days, why should notthe
Nugget, once enlightened, lie in fa
vor of an all-American route.
An effort was made this spring
to have the Nome mail diverted at
the mail crossing of the Taiiana!
river and continue down that river
to connect at Fort Gibbon with the
Yukon ma.l proper, which, if the
Trans Alaska route is impracticable j
is the logical route, saving at least
four hundred miles over either .the j
Yukon or Valdez- Eagie route.
Hie people of Nome are entitled
to just us good mail service as can
be got, and the department is will
ing to do everything possible to help
them to get it, and we know that
the failure of the Trans Alaska Co.
to perform the contract was a hitter
disnpiMiintment to the department,
flowing accounts of w hat an easy
logical route it was, and most im
portant of all, in these days when
money can do unything, unlimited
Capital to see it througli—why
shoudln’t the department lie sail
gu'ne?
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars will not cover what it cost
the Trans Alaska Co. to try to gi\e
the j«eoplc of Nome this mail.
If the people of Nome want to do
I
something for themselves let them
urge the department to send the
mail via Valdez and Tanann river
to Fort Uihlton. A contract can
l>e awarded to put the mail to Fort
Gibbon in twenty days from Valdez,
and awarded to people wbo have a
reputation of performing any con
tracts they enter into.
The necessary time from Valdez
to Fort Gihlioii is twenty days, 1h>
ing the same time that is now con
sumed between 8kagway and Eagle.
The contract time from Eagle to
Fort Gibbon is twenty-five days,
which is the net saving in time in
favor of the Valdez route.
If the people of Nome will have
none of the llliamna route and we
do not blame them, they must work
to have their mail sent by Valdez
and Fort Gihltons.
An all-American route and a
saving of twenty-five days ought
not to retard, but should stimulate
their patriotism.
Thu completion of the telegraph
line from Valdez to Kagle, thereby
connnecting this place by wire
with the outside world is apprecia
ted more by the iieople of this part
of Alaska tlian anything the gov
ernment has yet done for this dis
trict. It is proving a great con
venience and benefit to the people.
Capt. (leo. C. Burnell who has had
charge of the construction work on
this end of the line—from Valdez
to Tatiana, has had a difficult task to
perform. Wire, insulators, stretch
ers and everything necessary for
the building and completion of the
line, except the poles, together with
the provisions and camping outfit
for the men who were doing the
work had to be carried on pack
mules, to complete the 285 miles of
line. It was a herculean task, but
has l»een completed through the
energy and ability of Captain Bur
nell, and he is deserving of great
credit for this work, as isalsoLieut.
Mitchell, who has built the line
from Kagle to the Tanana. No
one except those who have packed
through this country, know what
difficulties and obstacle.- these gen
tlemen have had to overcome in
this work, and we are surprised
that they have completed it as
quickly as they have.
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The Prospkctok 1ms made ar
rangements to receive a few of the
must important press dispatches
each week, which we hope will l>»
appreciated by our readers. Wt
want to increase this service just as
rapidly as possible, but it will ai
depend on the sup|>ort that we re
ceive from the public in it. \\\
appreciate the fact that the first
duty of a local newspa|)cr is to
publish the local news. We hav»
in the past coutined ourselves en
tirely to the news of the counin
tributary to Valdez,and have maih
no attempt to secure any of th<
News of the Northwest Territory,
or other distant points in which
Valdez jieople have no interest. In
the future we will continue to maki
every effort to secure all of the lo
cal news, and if our patrons desiri
it, will give them each week, in a
condensed form, the most import
ant of the news oi the outsit.«
world,
ORDINANCE NO. 13.
Providing for the annual tax levy
and assessment.
Be it ordained by the Common Council of the
Town of Valdes:
That from and *fter the |»a swage of this ordi
nance the Common Council of the town of
Valdez, -‘hall annually fix the rate of mu>es»
mont designating the number of cents of each
one hundred dollars of taxable property with
in the city, and all such city pr«»|*erty so levied
ii|*on shall tie assessed at its full rash value and
such levy shall lx* made on or before the fif
teenth day of Srptfmbrr of each year.
The assessment of all real and personal prop
erty shall be made as of the first day of October
and such assessment shall !*• made and Com
pleted during the said month of October and
the assessment roll shall be turned over to the
City .'ouncil at its Ar*t statist meetitig after
the Arst of Novcmlicr of each year.
Cpnn receipt of the tax roll from the assessor
the City Council shall give notice by publica
tion of the time and place where they will sit
as a Board of K<|tialization to hear complaints
and equalize the tax assessment.
All ordinance*In conflict w ith this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
. . . J. L. Steele, Mayor.
II. II. Hildreth, Clerk.
location Records.
For the week ending Ang. 27.
Furnished by the Valdez Abstract
<St Title Co.
(Continued (mm la.t week)
MINIMI LOCATION*.
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J A Smith pi Ynun, C B Smith pi Halt, Young.
Calamity ti Brow n pi Calwinitr. Young. 3 l>an.
Rex. Chlttltu E Roger, pi Siuiriac di«t M o
Cherniy Pi Snnrl,e ti Hlteheoek 2 p) Sunriw
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NY Roehford pi Chittitn NY A Im-kev pi Dan
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Young M E-terlv et al J lot- of 160a eat h pi
Young R Blei et al lfiua pi Young j k White
pi Dan NY Cummlng hale Copper er J ]> Mee
ttat It pi Hear NY Cumming pi White II Meyer
pi tirub-take J Meenaeh pi Chlttitu W t urn
ming-pi (iruta-take E Caatrua pi Sunday W
Cumming pi Ynung J Meenaeh pi Chittitn W
Cumming 3 pi Chittitn. pi Slat-ka R Biel pi
chittitn NY Cumming i.| Rex. I,a-t Chanel
C Bridge, pi chittitn J Meenaeh ltale Copia-r
er. pi Rex. f hititu A MeNaughtou pi NYhtte
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Probate Notice.
In the United States Cuminisidouer* Court,
within and for the District of Alaska, Division
No. 1. At KiaJiak. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of i Notice to
Antone Matson, deceased. j Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator o( the estate of antone Matson,
deceased, to the creditor* of and all persons
having claims again.*! the said deceased, to ex
hibit them with necessary vouchers, within
six months after the first publication of this
notice to the said administrator at his office in
the village of Unga, Alaska, the same being the
dwelling horse of said administrator.
Dated at I nga this 1st day of May. A. D. 1902.
CHARLES M. DEbKKICK,
Administrator of the estate of Autnnc Mat
sou, dsceased. ;tf
If you have any tiling for sale or
trade list it with the Copper River
Mining, Trading & Development
Co.
Recertified Government Script
for sale by C. X. Crurv.
Market Price Wat.
Flour. 92.90 per 100
Corn Meal. 9s.il •• Hu
Hutter. Me '• lb
Kick* .?■ . auc •• doz
Xoiczr. 97-00 “ HU
Klee .94.00 ta> 97.10 •< 100
l‘otatl>e. . SI,i* o |b
Ua.nn mol Ham .91500 to 917.00 •• 100
Coffee.20 to 50c •• lb
Milk. 12', In 20 ran
Cranulated Fotatoe. '20 to 25c “ lb
I'ricd Fruit . .. . a to 15c •• lb
Syrup .91 to 91.50 <• K»i
Mean., small while. p no •• h>>
llealia. Uma. 912.50 •• 100
Kolled Oat. .5ta n lb
Tea.50 to 75 •• lb
Tobacco, .moklnft ... .. till to 70c “ lb
ToImcco, chewing ... 50 to 75c " lb
E. Wa.h. double rond. timothy hay .942.50 ton
Be.t Whitman Oat..912.50 inn
Coal .915 iu ton
"’ood.90.00 cord
JHflVLT
FOR GOOD WORK
GO TO
Dam Darker Slop
Hot and Cold Water
■Baths. PORCELAIN
TUBS and all Modern
Fixtures.
W n. QCLINC/IU.
VALDEZ SAIL
Finest Bread
Ever Baked.
Try It
r. r. jcnniDT, prop,
Cor. McKinley St. and Broadway
For Assays Seiul Your Ore To
L R. CAMPBELL
PKIl'KS.
(iold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copjjer.... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
/.’LLAMA R ALASKA
Professional,
Cards.
L. K. RILEY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Oftiee anil Resilience ALASKA
•215 Keystone Avenue.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer.
Mining an<1 land lawv Hpcclalttea. I
Twelve Year. Kuperirni-e In Mining j
and Land Lawa.
VALDEZ, ALASKA,
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
i Keystone Ave. ^ aldez. '
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ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counsellor-at-Law*
U. 8. Supreme Court, Registered Attorney
S.Patent Office, Cnitcd States and Foreign Pat
ents, Caveat*JfTrade Marks and copyright*.
No. 700 7th Street. N. W.,
opp. C. 8.1‘HU'iit 1 ,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. 8. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next door to Merchants Cafe.
H. H. Hildreth,
• Notary Public and
Conveyancer.
Pkospectok Office.
DR. W. G. Alexander.
DENTIST.
McKinley st. valdez.
"new YORK Lire
INSURANCE CO.
WRITES THE BEST POLICIES.
G. Sponberg, Agent.
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
W. H. Brennen.
HOUSE and SIGN PAINTER.
Paper Hanger and Decorator.
VALDEZ, - ALASKA.
B. F. rVlLLdRD
Is Prepared to Ex
amine, Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Proj>erties.
Hints ran«tint to.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper Kiver, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Mids FmbM to Mu
lovi lots
a
Vaklez, Alaska
GOOD GOOD/. GOOD SERVICE.
“r'cccftToH"
CLUB-ROOMS IN CONNECTION
DGARF £• MACKINTOSH.
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
J. J. YAKSHAW,
Mi Sheet IM •
■ and Hnmbin; Shop.
Safety Flues, Pumps, Pipes and Fittings.
McKinley Ave., Valdez.
Where Do You Stop? Why Of Course at
The Miners’ Hotel.
fa
Comfortable
KcKinley St. and
Keystone Ave.
Quarters.
C. JOHNSON, Prop.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SCOTT S SMITH, Props.
P. E. KERN,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Watches,
Diamonds,
Jewelry.
Nugget Jewelry Wade To
Order.
Watch Repairing a Special
ty by Tod Winters,
Dr. L. 5. Camicia.
Dentist and Optician.
A Full Line of Spectacles on Hand. Clocks
and Watches Repaired on
Short Notice.
McKinley St. Valdez.
PHIL Zin/IERM/IM
Cleaning, Repairing and Altering Done
on Short Notice.
* Ladies Suits Cleaned and Pressed.
Keystone Ave. next to Prosj>eetor Office.
AMD PEER SKIMS
mcmillan fur t& wool co.
EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS.
200-212 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, Minn.
«9*Writs for Our Cireuter and Sea the Prices We Pay.*!]