S. BLUM & CO.
► INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Give Your FreightContrac^o
ROBERT McINTOSH
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
J. E. WILSON
FREIGHTER
Special price on mills and large outfits-~Special atten-'
tion given to Fairbanks, Nelchina and
Chisana freight.
Teams are always ready to go to any point in Third or Fourth Divisions.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior---Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Wortman’s Road House
E. P. CASHMAN.’.Proprietor.
20 miles from Valdez.
The best meals and most comfortabld beds Procurable.
TAZUNA HILL ROAD|HOUSE
is opin for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFStEt>. '
Ernestine Road House
On Government'Road 65 mile's from Valdez.
HARRY MILLER. Prop.
Good clean beds. Cl/OFUthillfF tlr(| Pljfp wsrm barns. Ac
Excellent meals. LTCIJIIIlllg HI01 UlflOO conoJ.ton(or60horses.
GET THE HABIT
Every Evening
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GATEWAY PRINTS
SWIFTS STORY
Says They Were Wrong When They
Printed First News of Trouble
Between Dalton and Swift
The Seward Gateway of Feb. 27
prints a long interview with .John W.
Swift, the government agent who has
been having considerable trouble with
Dalton in bringing out the Matanuska
coal from the mines to Ship creek.
The interview is given below in full:
Last night we had a talk with John
W. Swift at the Hotel Seward. Now
this is the same John W. Swift that
there has been so much in the papers
about in connection with the mining
and transporting of the Matanuska
coal to suit water, and we naturally
felt a bit shy about tackling Mr. Swift
for an interview, because in the past
we have written some things about
him that certainly could not be con
strued as a boost. But we went in and
as soon as we saw' Mr Swift we felt
that we had a wrong impression of the
man. We felt more so when we were
introduced and shook hands w'ith Mr.
Sw'ift, because he does not shake
hands like a man that would do some
of Ihe things that he has been accused
of, and again he don’t look like that
kind of a man. We told him that we
represented the Gateway and that we
wanted the real truth on the coal
matter and he gave it to us. We ask
ed him to go back to the beginning
and he did, lo the place where he got
his appointment, and this is what he
said:
"As you are probably aware, I am
a special disbursing agent, appointed
by the Secretary of the Navy, and
have been empowered to employ all
men, and handle all of the business
end in the matter of mining and look
ing after the transportation of the
coal to salt water and finally to see
that the coal is loaded on barges and
delivered to any ship that the depart
ment sees fit to send up here after the
coal. I came up to Alaska last spring
with Mr. Evans, a coal expert em
ployed by myself, and went into the
Chickaloon and then went outside and
with his co-operation employed a
mining crew and purchased an outfit
to be used in the mining of the coal.
This was all attended to in good
shape and the coal sacked and made
ready for hauling to tidewater. In the
| fall I went out with Dr. Holmes and
made arrangements for the hauling of
j the coal out to some point on Knik
(arm, where it would be possible to load
; it on barges. Mr. Dalton was em
ployed to look after this end of the
! business, and Dr. Holmes laid out a
! program of operations and a schedule
of expenses. We outfitted with a com
plete equipment of horses, feed, tents
and supplies and all that was neces
sary to carry on the work. Accord
ing to the schedule, we were allowed
in round numbers $4,200 per month
.tnd to employ 34 men, exclusive of
Dalton and myself. When the supplies
were landed at Goose bay, on account
of the danger of extreme high .tides,
which were soon due, Dalton hired
about 75 men and put them to work
in building trail and getting the out
fit up to Knik. Once there I advised
aim to keep within the limit as al
lowed by our schedule, as instead of
;lie $4,200 we were allowed, our ex
penses were running in excess of $8,
I 100 per month, and right there oc
mired the only friction that has been
jetween Mr. Dalton and myself. It is
ibsolutely false that any blows were
exchanged by us, and the entire mat
ter has been greatly exaggerated by
both press and public. He ignored
ny instructions and said that he
would do as he d— pleased,’ and he
did.
He built a trail from Mile 25 on the
Willow creek road to the mouth of
Eska creek and established a camp
there. Approximat ly U00 tons of coal
were landed at Eska creek over the
ice of the M"tanuska river and from
that point about 150 tons have been
freighted down the Matanuska on the
j ice to Palmer’s canyon, about 16 miles
below. On Feb. 11 the lirst load of
coal was landed at s alt water nt the
mouth of the MalaniMKa river, about
four mile': above old Knik. where It
will be po. sible o load it onto barges
when it 1r needed. Trail and weather
conditions have beer- very favorable
all winter end the Matanuska has been
in the best condition tor hanling that
has ever been known. With reason
able luck the entire shipment of coal
should be delivered at the mouth of
the Matanuska by the middle' o*
March. There, are a few ihtngs-that
1 want’ to' say, and you'cannot -makel
them too strong for me. One of them'
is that I want it distinctly understood
that I have never, since I have been
on this job, done anything or tried to
do anything that would tend to ob
struct the moving of this coal. It is
to my interest to move it. as quickly
and as cheaply as possible, and all
that I have ever tried to do is to
keep within the limits of the appro
priation and to carry out the sched
ule as laid down for me by my chief
officer. Ihave never dismissed a man
from the job and have not tried to put
any obstacle in the way of Mr. Dal
ton. The only difference that I have
had with Mr. Dalton was my effort to
keep within the appropriation, as I
have stated before. At this time I
am in Seward writing to the Navy
department for enough funds to com
plete the transportation of the coal.
We were allowed by the Navy depart
ment the sum of $70,000 for the min
ing and transporting of the coal. This
money was exhausted or obligated by
Feb. 5, and I was forced to serve no
tice to the men employed that the
funds were exhausted. Not one man
quit and all are working today. I
hope that more funds will be available
soon, as it will take about $12,000
more to complete the work. 1 have
wired for this amount and will re
main in Seward until I hear from the
Navy department, and will then re
turn to Knik and stay there until the
coal is all on board a government ves
sel.
I am very sorry that the report
ed trouble in connection with the!
moving of this coal has been so j
greatly exaggerated, and I want to say
right here that I anticipate no furth~|
er trouble of any nature. The coal j
will be moved all right and will be,
available in the spring and in good i
condition, and I hope and trust that it
will test out in a satisfactory manner, i
I consider that the action of the Knik '
Commercial Club was hasty and ill- j
advised and caused more misappre- :
hension of facts than anything else.
' I also want to state that 1 have ■
done nothing that I would not do!
again under the same circumstances,!
and will say that the Navy depart-1
ment is fully informed as to my ac- j
tions and that I have been sustained '
by them in each and every instance." |
Mr. Swift then paused and smiled.1
and said: “Now, if there is anything;
that you would like to know that 1 i
have omitted, I will be pleased to an
swer any questions that you may wish j
to ask.”
But we hadn't any, he had told it |
all, and in such a manner that we j
were convinced that he told the j
truth.
MILLARD BONDS !
NELGHINA CLAIMS
Secures Property Owned by Sam
Mandell and Associates—Sends
[
in Big Outfit.
|
—
Senator B. F. Millard today bonded
ten Nelchina plater claims from Sam
Mandell and associates and has agreed
to furnish all the necessary equipment
to open up the property and employ
the present owners.
The option price is not made pub
lic but it is expected that if the
ground proves its value a l)ig sum
of money will change hands. The sen
ator is sending in a large outfit and
will have the property opened so that
he can make a trip into the camp and
personally inspect the property. The
present arrangement binds the claims
until he has an opportunity so to do.
At the OrpheUm Tonight.
An excellent program at the Orph
eum tonight witn good music.
The Repeater, a Thanhauser polit
ical story
Mutual Weekly, the world in mo
i tion.
When Ghost Meets Ghost, a fine
; comedy.
Change of program tomorrow even
ing.
FOR RENT or lease, one pooi am'
; one billiard table complete. Inquire til
1 the Big Place. Also a moving picture
i machine in first-class condition. tf
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S'Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on a
| the 5th, 15th and 25th, |
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STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Northwestern
i Sail from Seattle 10th, 20th of 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—8th 18th and 28th for Cordova, Skag
way, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Hcgular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas.
Omlova%:ilamitr.-Voldo/ and l.alouehe. Kxplosiues, S S Seward. S S Seward, oth:
S S l.alouehe. loth; S S Cordova, doth of each month—Kight reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
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Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
| Plumbing. Steam and Hot
R Water Heating, Pump* and
| Well Point*.
| Sheet Metal Work of Every
If Description, Hose Valves,
M Iroi °ipe, Fittings.
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Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior pointe
LIVERY ar d FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds *1*
Ppsillieft no toot MKttOt
l unless paid for In dianet!
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1 GEORGE SEXTON, Prop. ♦
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Draying Co
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of the ieie.to-, Beeerel Truohffll
. McKinley Street, Valdee.
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