VOLUME 3, WO. 20 , VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 190< = OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns.
Linoleums
Six Feet Wide. Wildes’ New Designs.
• >
Oil Cloths |
Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
- Lace Curtains. Window Shades. j
A. L. LEVY & CO.
Good Goods. i
VALDEZ DRUG COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
Periodic Is and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons, j
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewdry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market
MfiJCT TO THE KIZINA
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
__ _ ;
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plane and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
Notice of Annual Meeting.
The regular annual meeting of
the shareholders of the Valdez
Brewing company will he held in
<ke office of the company, at Val
dez, July 6,1904, at 2 o’clock, p.m.
This meeting is for the purpose of
«fect»ga Board of Directors for
the ensuing year, and the consider*
ation of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
Arthur M. Edwards, Secretary.
Peter Nelson and wife, of Unga,
were passengers on the Dora to
Unalaska, from which plaoe they
took «hip to Nome.
—— 1 , I
Stage Line To Fairbanks
Capt. Geiger Will Establish Line
Prom Here. Tram Over
Summit.
Plans are now befng perfected
by Capt. Geiger to establish a stage
line, or sled route, from Valdez to
Fairbanks. The distance will be
less than 400 miles, and the only
troublesoifte feature will be the
crossing of the summit at Thomp
son pass. To overcome the diffi
culty at that point, the Captain
proposes to put in a steam hoist or
tramway, with a stationary engine
located in the valley, and cars large
enough to lake up teams, freight
and passengers.
Relay stations will be placed at
points along the route about twelve
miles apart. The route intendad
will be practically that ndopted by
the mail carriers last winter when
they made the trip in less than 10
■ lays.
Work At Galena Bay.
G. D. Case and G. Roy Bullen of
the Mitchell party left Monday with
11 men and several horses, bound
for Galeua bay. A large outfit has
been sent to the mine and it is the
intention to put as many men at
work as can he handled.
The ground will receive a thor
ough investigation this season, un-.
der the able superintendence of:
Mr. *Case.
Sergeant John Perrv, of the sig
corps, who has been on duty at the
Tanana crossing for some time, re
ceived orders to quit that station
and report at Liscum for duty on
the cable to be laid from -Sitka to
Valdez.
The Gladhaugb claim, on Virgin
bay, that has been in litigution for
several years, has very recently
been re-staked by the company
now ousting it. The original lo
cation appears was made below
tide line, which it is claimed does
not constitute a legal location.
There will be a social entertain
ment, with ice cream and cake, at
the Kndeavor church this evening.
■All are invited.
k no ntKTEOtt
OVER HANDLING THE 8CHOOL
FUNDS
(ouiKilandMIl^e
On Necessity of Good Schools At
Any Cost. Council Pro
ceedings.
There wns ft. full meeting of the
council Monday evening, and the
school Ixinrd was also present. The
matter of providing funds for con
ducting the schools was discussed
at length. No definite plan was
decided uj>on, but the members
were unanimous in the opinion
that the present stnnding of the
school should he maintained at any
cost, and a committee of the coun
cil and school board was appointed
totnnke-vstimates of the possible
income for the ensuing year, and
provide a method of furnishing
sufHcent funds for the maintenance
of the school.
Of the 70 pupil* enrolled in our
school 22 are from the reservation,
and a tax will probably he levied
upon the residents of that section
for school purposes, in addition to’
the license money.
There was some difference of
opinion as to the powers of the
council and schoi 1 board, but the
utmost harmony exists between
the two Iwxlies and there will lie no
friction in the adjustment of school
affairs.
A contract was let to Charles
Friend for deepening the lire wwljg
to a uniform depth of 16 feet. This
action was deemed most essential
owing to the fact that the wells are
nearly dry each year for a few
weeks, and are not deep enough at
any time to use the fire engine
without sucking sand and gravel
through the pipes, which would
s<nm destroy the valves.of the en
gine
The.iwurifl of J. Y. Ostrander, the
new treasurer, was approved, and
the books and funds will be turned
over to him during the week.
A committee was appointed to
try and prevail on the men in
charge of the Roanoke excursion to
make enough of a stop at Valdez to
see some of the sights and get a
proper idea of the town.
Tourists Coming
Steamer Roanoke Will Take A
Crowd Of Tourists North
Via Valdez.
The managers of the steamship
Koanoke have determined to use
that fillip for “an excursion trip”
from Seattle to Caj>e Nome, cover
ing a period of thirty-three days.
The steamship will leave Seat
tle on July 6, touching at Juneau,
Valdez, Seward and Dutch Harbor..
Juneau will be reached on July
10, Valdez July 13th and Seward
on July 14th.
The Roanoke has accommoda
tions for 146 fir^class passengers,
about 40 second class and 100
steerage passengers, but the sales
will be limited to 132 first
class, thus giving such ample ac
commodations without crowding.
The Seattle Times has undertak
en to promote this excursion, and
there is but little doubt but that it
will be a success.
Hiring Men at Juneau.
The dissolution of the injunction
by which the Uladbaugh mines at
Ellamar were closed down has re
sulted in a large number of Juneau
boys securing a season’s work.
Supt. Cummingcr has engaged
twenty-five men here in Juneau to
leave with him on the Excelsior to
work in tiie mines this summer.
Just Itefore the company oj>ernting
the mines were enjoined by Kua
from shipping any more ore, a
large amount of now machinery
was installed and the mine put in
llrstclass condition for the sum
mer’s operation.
Now that the injunction is ilis
solved more machinery is to be in
stalled and a larger force of men
put to work. A 200-foot shaft is
to. be sunk to the 500-foot level and
the production of this great mine
is to bo increased many fold.
Judge Brown’s order that the
company’s deposit shall bo made
here instead of at ’Frisco will be
complied with, the dissolution of
the injunction being on ibis condi
tion.—Record-Miner.
Court House Progressing Rapidly.
'1 lie erection of the district court
house is progressing rapidly. Chas.
Crawford, the contractor, has suffi
cient men on the jot> to guar
antee its completion within the
specified time. He is personally
supervising the work, and is using
every precaution to insure a sub
stantial and appropriate structure
for the purpose intended. When
completed it will be the largest
and finest building in town. At
present there is no provision made
for heating, but for economical and
efficient purposes it is very proba
ble that a system of steam heating
will be used as there are two
large floor spaces and a jail to be
made comfortable.
Jump Government Lot
HOT AIR SHOW POST A NOT
ICE
And WillStartAn Alaskan Devolution
In The Entertainment Line For
The Fourth Of July
Show.
The first step towards the Fourth
of July show was taken yesterday
when the manager of the Hot Ail
Show jumped the government lot
on the reservation and posted a
notice warning the government of
ficials and others to keep off, under
penalty of being forced to witness
the show.
No expense is being spared this
year to make the show a greater
success than ever. A complete 3
ring circus performance will be
given, with acrolwits, bareback rid
ers and innumerable other features
secured at enormous expense.
Following are some of the star fea
tures:
Goodelli’s famous art studies and
the original french models, with
Harco, who cuts litem alive.
Little Egypt has been re-engaged
at an enormous expense and will
give her performance with Yiddish
variations.
Buarkeohla, the human Enigma,
will mystify the audience.
Barnums wonderful Manfish will
eat, drink and smoke under water.
The Matthews waterworks will fur
nish the water.
Other attractions such as a Halo
Brass Band, consistent territorial
ist, the utan who didn’t diaeover
Slato oreek, and others too numer
ous to mention, will be on oxhibi
tion.
All railroads have made a spec
ial round trip rate, good for 10
days, and a large crowd is expect
ed from llestou and Helmville.
lour old clothes can be restored
to a respectable condition at the
Valdez laundry, Keystone av-e.
MADS BY W. MERRIT AND W.
CAMPBELL
SZOADay With Docker
Discoverers Come to Valdes And
Will Return With Large
Outfit.
Warren Merritt and W. Gordon
Campbell arrived here last evening
over the trail tjireft from White
river. They rejiort a rich strike
on Little Gold creek, which is a
tributary of Ladue, the latter l>e
ing a tributary of White river.
1 he two men left here last spring
and hauled their outfits over the
snow to Tunana, and thence to the
W bite river, where they remained
until the snow disappeared when
they la-gan prospecting. In going
from creek to creek the search led
them up Ladue. The place looked
promising and they gave it very
careful attention though forced to
hurry as their grub supply was get*
ting very low. They even persisted
in ppispecting for many days after
their supply was exhausted, and
were forced to live on rahitts and
roots.
When near the head of Ladue
creek they came u|*on a small gulch
which tliey named Little Gold, and
there they struck it. In panning
they found gold all through the
gravel in quantities sullicicnt to
give from one and a half to two
ounces a day with a rocker. Very
little work other than staking was
attempted. When they made good
their locations they struck out for
Valdez, and are now waiting for a
steamer. They will go to Seattle
and secure large outfits and return
with horses as early as possible.
Warren Merritt is an old-timer
in Alaska. Ho came here with the
push in *98, and after prospecting
from the head of Klutina rapids
all that season, he struck out for
the Yukon in *99, and continued
on to Kome,which place he reached
in time tt> get some -of the geod
ground. Ho has been off and on
through Alaska ever since.
Don't Fail To Vote.
After paying the expenses of last
Sunday’s excursion then is #15 in
possession of the prornotors, which
will be disposed of as the inhabi
tants of Valdez desire. To ascer
tain their wishes in the matter, it
has been decided to have a vote on
the matter. Every adult in town
is entitled to a vote, the only re
striction l>eing that the money is to
go for some worthy purpose con
nected with the town.
Cut out the following ballot, fill
in the blanks and send to the Puos
pkctor office before p.m., June 28
A committee will Ite selected to
count tbe votes and the result will
be announced in our next issue.
Ballot.
To ALASKA PROSPECTOR:
I vote that the funds bo turned
over to
Name._._.... _
Jolm J. Healey, recently arrest
ed on the charge of fraud, has been
released. The district attorney ii\
New York decided the crime, if any
was committed, wus outside the
court’s jurisdiction.