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RESIDENT OF 'ALDEZ DIS
AI PEARS.
Was Goinsr Fo^n The Wharf.
Fear He Iday Have Been
Drov. ned.
Friend* of Aliy. Rv Wry arc eon
-iilt rahly worried over his mvstcri
o is di-a|>|*i arant and it is feared
■ ie lias lieen drov. ned.
Rvherir was last seen the morn
;ny of Jan. *>;ii. He was walking
aiony the wharf and said he was
y-iimr to Kllaniar. Recent arrivals
from that place say that lie has
not Wen st i-n and nothin-; has heen
heard ot him a; any of the road
house* alotiy tin trail. He had
heen dritikiny heavily for some
time, and as no trace of him can
W foi ml it is fear*-1 tliat in a lit
ofde.'i nideiiev he drowned him
; self.
Thinl s Well oi Delta.
Joe Hi nry, who eon.lin t* a road
house twentv-eicht miles hi yond
•h< mouth of the l>eiia, report*
| that section of the district mm ae
'ive than i- yem-rallv Wlicvcd.
1'rosj eciors. he says are siavit.t:
with tin* creeks, and more 'han oi.e
of them have yot very favorable in
dication'. He -ays news of a i>iy
fintt'Woiihl not surprise him :u the
’east at any :irm
I'crrci ant;, .lie Motley.
1 hi- Imani -'f directors «>i Nome
I i» il>:it- M-im ili- has mandamused
Itleeitv government to turn over
funds sufficient to meet tin* main
11-nance exilenses of the puMic
* hools.
Commissioners for Tanana.
I lie |*opulation of Tanana now
amounts to nearly four hundred,
iic'itding the soldiers and t'e
floating population will he large in
the iunire on account of travel to
and from Fairbanks. It is pridi
n'l-\ therefore. hi the increased
iui|Hiriaiii-e of tin* piaee will soon
make a commissioner and deputy
marshal advisahie.
Saloon at Center
Clm.' Cow-ll will start for Popper
("••titer ibis week to ojien a sahxin.
1 lie stock is being taken in by the
('. M. «Sr T. Co. Clms., who has
■ •■en tending liar at tlie (mid Inist
Kxeliange, i~ a favorite with all the
inusla rs and will utxloul a d! v
make a sueeess of bis new venture.
See tlie pretty Ait Linens lief ore
buying elsewhere. Ladies’ Bazaar.
rile tire department has pur
chased a bell, which will be put lip
on tlie tire house, to lx- used in giv
ing an alarm after the telephone
otlice closes.
The next Ixixt will bring another
large slock of Collars. and Neck
wear. Ladies’ Bazaar.
•Just received a large consign
ment o Flannels, l>res« (mods
Prints, Outing Flannels, Ladies’,
Sweaters am! I nil rwear. lidding.
| etc., at Hem pie A Doiighertv’s.
:
Pleased "»> ith Service.
Speaking of the mai!, wliieli
res 'lied Fairbanks in Id nays from
here, the News says: ‘'This makes
the second mail from Valdez in
'1 Tec dnvs, the aggregate of flic
amount received being Sin pounds.
In the mail previous letters were
received that were posted in San
Francisco, Ite em’icr Iblh.
< idling red lit- ii“ vs fr mi
home in tb s mail was a trial
f"t' many of those who hail no
heard from their people outside in
’ages.'
" 1 lie rerun! made hy Fish in hi*
first delivery of mail i- one tha
will nut v« ry often !»• Iwaten tl i
winter. Ii surpass! - hy tar the
service so far given hv Finite, and
s yet to in- I lea ten tn travelers
who are hauling no load at all.
!he Foote mail that arrived Wed
nesday imoii left \ aid ■/. the morn-1
ing of .Vivem'i'T 27. or six days
aheail of Kisii’s shipment.
"The quirk trip proves the ad-'
vantage of tiie Valdez-Fairhuuk
ronte over tlie Itaw-on-Kaiileiiik
-vstem. A mail leaving Skagwa''
would lie delivered in l>aw.son
ahout eight days later. From ten
to fifteen days W'uwld he required
ti* finish tiie trip, and the route
traveled woiiid he more didieul*
an ! have more dangers.”
The Shooting of Casey.
in some way the report gained
tircnlntion this week that Billy
t of thi Oiympia l.iiptor Com
pany. had hei n shot, says the Fair
banks News. 11a* report reached
Valdez and evidently worried Bii
iy’- tril l iis there greatly, as AI.
White received the following tele
gram in n. Billy Wilson:
"U. ported Billy t’as. y shot. Wire
full particulars at once.”
AI.. with a sense of humor which
others than intimate friends would
not mi spot t lie had, answered as
follows:
“Casey only half shot, hut is a
bout to cut into tin wine.”
Casey himself lid not see White’.
telegram for several hours after it
was sent. When it was shown
him lie prepared the following and
sent it to \\ 11-on eolleet:
’’White in error. Will not go
for the grape until Christmas.”
Quartz Creek.
All the tributaries, adjacent
I touches anti Quartz creek itself,
which was one of the first in the
Copper river country to produce
anv gold, having proved in lS'.iS
and lS'Jit to he about Id,00 a day
digg.ngs, are now owned by a few
men who have combined their in
ti rests to make it the biggest liv
draulic propositions in Alaska. Kx
perts report sutlieient gravel aver
aging 25 cents tier yard to keep
'wo giants running for twenty
years and the grade, water and
dumping ground more titan supplv
the requirements:
A. B. Dance
A (lance will be given by the A.
It’s at McKinley hall next Tuesday
Business meeting at 8;M0, dancing
at 9;30 sharp. Every A B. requested
tn attend and bring his friends*
Eunch prepared by the ladies.
City Market
| -NEXT TO THE X1Z1XA.
PRICES ABE
RIGHT . |
Wholesale ami
Retail Dealers
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GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
DO I S OF Tl’K WFwK IX
1'iIE IvOC.va, WO vLD.
Will Chttjfe $4 Per Month Tui
tion For Out Ot Town
Pupil#.
Tin* tiinnii-r . is** in w Iticli so
many Ja|»f* were implicated is g nul
ll.ii.. iH-iie; e!. .i r« .| up. K. Yosli
i hi lias liei-n eonvicted of mtirdci
in tat* second degree; F. ("ceiiovvas
found guiltv of manslaughter, ami
and S. K'lmai is uowlicing tried.
I'he indietmen's against Yanin
hisa, Otsku, Matsuakn, Magushiinn,
kaditu ini >.ih i.i i were il i- nisscil
and tin* prisoner- n ill he discharged
irom ciisto l\ al’ier they give e\i
dfiice in the remaining eases.
The crime was Cninuiitted at
Karluk. Several of tin* .1 i ps de
termined logei rid of their forcim**
Kiiwatiain, and Imully |K*ri>ui>dcf
Yoshida ii* shiKit him IF* wit*
first shot in urn* eve, and tiiat nrt
killing him. Yoshida crept up tfc
the hunk and sho him again, the
hill let coming out of the other eye.
Aliornet iCdwartls. v* ho was ap
pointed hy ill - court lo defend the
•laps, has secured a se.iara e trial
for each.
Monthly Tuition.
Tht* Council adopted a resolm
tion living ttie amount of tuition
to he charged for children who re
side mil of the town liuii s a' $1
per moiiih. This charge will not
•go into effect mi 1 at" cr the iermi
nu'ion of thepre.-eii' term of school
-oas in give the residents of the
Ucscrvation an opporiuniiv to
make such arrangements with the
Commissioner of .Education for
Alaska a» will enahle them to se
cure enough money from the gov
ernment to pay tor one of the teach
ers.
I* is not likely that the people
on the reservation will care to Live
a school of their own, for the ex
pense would be greater and the
school not as good as they would
have hy combining with Valdez.
At the present more than one
fourth of the sell dais attending the
Valdez school are from the reser
vation.
Mo*im for School.
The treasurer was instructed
Monday to turn over to the treas
urer of the School hoard, half of
the license money received /rum
the Clerk of the Court last »>
amounting to#937,75. This makes
over #3500 paid to the School
Hoard since Nov. 15. According
to tin* estimates presented to the
Council it will require about $ Is >a
more to complete the school year.
A telgram was received hy the
agent of the A. P. X. Co., stating
that the Santa Ana left Seattle
Monday and the l)«>ra yesterday.
Otto Kanitz hits fitted up a meat
market next to Brownell’s, on Mc
Kinley St., and will la- open for
business after the arrfval of the
Portland, upon which he has &
large shipment of fresh meat.
Jas. Baker is moving an outfit
into Slate creek for the summer.
Chas. Berry leaves tomorrow for
Fairbanks with a load of freight.
Kd Bussell will probably accom*
patiy him to the head oi the Delta
Mr. and Mrs. Debnev, Scott and
Daguett and Miss Wickerslium
made die trip to the summit the
first 01 the week. They stopped
over night at White’s Mem so.