VOLUME 5. NO. 23 ■ VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 17. IS06. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
i We Carry the LAPGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders. \
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
i MAIL OEDEPS THOM OUTLYING
! POINTS
| We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing, j
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
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V AVDD4 COLD STORAGE CO.,
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY & < <>.
FIIE3H Wholesale and
VEGETABLES Retail Dealers
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry, j
Pish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs. I
5
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Glares.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES!
Agints ®wl Drag Co. pljf0ne
Special Term Of Court.
In the DDiriot urt. Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
Th* kredd'-nt •! the United I« ■-. !•» th
People th Thi.-d Jr.diina! Division. T -rrit* r>
of A lil>k t , in r .
You ai:d y ;i n id idea.-e take n<» •
* li :t J by..-. «.r h-t <>/ the above nano d
made a: ltd eiib-ed < fi the 3Wli day oi June
i ! ii. i I:*:M the Jd•* • ■< ” in
and n .Mi - fill Mi Id i.-IOS he b. n I
mid i ill 1 held at the ( ourt li« >• in t ■
Town o,' v’a.d «oi,i!iu-n inz on Monday tis♦
>ixi h • ay •! \ .1 :-t • I». 1 al !•» o' i—k,
A. and ir ::ui; k thereafter a - Ion# a. -
public hu-]- i av : • oiii re.
Wiim* - r':.e donor;, kb- KOYAI. A.
NISei>', • !-• in* above named court, ;ud
tbe>eal ti.*- -.j vdixe i the •>»th day oi June,
1906
J-.DWAKD J. STJER,
t'\- fourt for the Ter
[Seai.] ilor; of Ahi>i o Third Division.
S. A. < r.\m»aLL, Deputy
Amusements Are Scarce.
An Edison Phonograph will en
tertain you and your friends, an
Edison Hold Moulde Record is a
work ofart. We carry a complete
line of both. Pii n graphs, from
$12. up. New Records oil every
i*>at. See Sn >sdorf iV Wilson at
the Rowling Alley.
Washington, July 3—During
vacation repairs amounting to$,Jo
0(10 will be made on the White
House.
fl L. LEVI &
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy and Sell Exchange, Buvand Ship (Hold Dust. Accept^Deposits.
Make Collections and Loan Money on approved security at Low Bates
of Interest.
Seattle. July 1*—The battleship
Nebraska, in a four hpurs endur
ance trial off Flattery yesterday,
averaged U'.lti knots per hour.
The New Jersey and Georgia are the
only battleships of the American
navy outclassing her.
IN Tin: I'iiOliATK < i)l KT. YAT.DKZ PICK
i IN* I TIIIP.P -H im IAI- MV1SION,
ThlCHIT' H> Or ALASKA.
In tli.- Ma:ter af the- Kstate > Notice of appdh a
nf [ of Li ft* r- of Ad
J. J. Yak'I.i v. . P..« ca- <1. 7 ministration.
N(i'fl( K IS IIKPhKY ‘iIVK.V that K. I*.
*'.t-l»lJ«an ii«S tiled willl 11»' _ al.oVS ' "urt »t
j t-MtjM.j .vj f*»r letters of adniinP!ration
. i.!*•’•'! 1. J. Yitw-havr, <1.-ceased. an«l
ttwit .'!»• f v-ii*y tie _ Trd day of Ji:n e. J •.«*'», ut
tv. .' lock I’. M.. ••{ said d;;v, at the office • »f
th - • court »*t the court Loom*. Valdez,
Alaska, La- 1 cell t fur hcarin? said petition
w 1 - ■ • i i and where any j erson inter .-ted iu;->
a p and show «-uw-e why -aid j*etitioii
.-ho :!d jj«*t he granted.
Pate I tiii- twdth day of June,
H> tiie* ‘.urt,
John Lyons,
Judge.
Notice Of Election.
Nojiev he reby‘riven that »•.:t elertmii will
be ntblon k.;** lit:*. of Ai.e'.'t. 1for
tn • ->.tio:; « i * 11 - !«,r the >h<*rt t**rn;
auk oii»- dek-yaTe i *r i !o!»« term from the
Territory .\iu«ka iin* Ho -,f Hep?*-- m
t:\tiY.-s of tii** ' .. !«.•> -:.*.•* •. !*•> provided by
lb-* \»-:• i < .ypj*ro -i May 7th. 1- .
t • tit!e k “Ai. A* ’ I'ro' i.*;;.^ , rie-dion of
.- i, • •, *4* •.» the JffMio- of ilfpr ''-ntativ -
from u • Tcrritt ry of Ahi-I
The ' ii i • • t•••: ..ik « *• h» bi f-T the pre
«-!•.»*T t«»;;»i . t-iI;_r r; - • o.-p • it- l .mit- of ibe
Y**wn i»i V. dez. «t - '-nil • t'hniiib i- in Fir*
littil, :i - ;ii Town •*! Vnl.ie.*, wliseh is Hereby
*1*— itriias the pl-o e in .-aid pr
-j; .• . The i p Hina • f*»r el* > tion
will be oj>;-n I—f. *•• n n « !»** - of e./ht * V • k
an eiiieridian uti'i svwii o*e|«*. k p -'.meridian,
of - - il >1 tv.
I'im*. 11. KrueinT. < b . A. H *!i«l an»l
rawfiiri have \t- ri aim are hereby
appointed jn-ltfe- f >tid .<• ?;•*:. and K. I'.
V. heal and Oia*. li. \Viia*x have been ami
tney i.rc hereby api 'iinle j ererkr of said tdee
lioii.
Monti -iy July f»fh. i**;
Henry w Miller.
. Mayor of tie- Town of Valdez.
IV.’ If. i *HA I. V.
[Seal] «’lerk oi tie- Town of Valdez.
By ( . il. WJLctx, I eputy
Notice Alaska Trade
San Francisco, Apr. 21, 1906
Our business contimus as before
Prompt Shipment Guaranteed
All order filled from our New York
house.
We will be bigger and better
than ever.
HOFFMAN, KOTHCHILI) & CO.
Wholesale Clothiers,
3600 Clay St.
Telegraphic Items.
Now York , July 1^—Harry
Thaw will probably never be tried.
Prosecuting utti rnev Jerome has
agreed ii at ii the commission re
ports him insane, that lie be sent
to criminal insane asylum. White’s
friends are urging this course to
avoid the notoriety of a trial.
Denver, July Is'—Judge Henry
Melvin, of Oakland”, Cal., has been
elected exalted ruler of. the Eiks.
The proposed changes in the con
stitution will be acted upon to-day.
Seattle, July IS—The prosec.ii
ion will attemp to evade the costs
of the trials of Maud Creftiold and
Esther Mitchell by sending them
to Oregon, as alien insane if the
examining commission reports fav
orably.
St. Petersburg, July 1°—The
police struck this morning because
their salaries have not been paid,
and their savings fund has been
unaccounted for. They refused to
obey the orders of their captains
or to take their heats. The gend
armes were called out. and sur
rounding the police threatened to
arrest them, hut without effect. It
is feared that the populace will
take advantage of the occasion to
ere at trouble.
El I’aso. July 11)—Sorocco, New
Mexico, has been practically de
stroy e 1 by earthquakes, there hav
ing been fifty-two shocks since
Sundav. The city hall, school
buildings, and mines are de
molished, and all telegraph and
telephone wires are down. Every
building in the town is injured.
The Santa Fe tracks are covered
with hugli boulders. The railroads
are sending box cars to take awav
the panic stricken inhabitants, who
are leaving everything behind in
their eagerness to leave the place.
Tin temperature of the hot springs
in the vicinity is increasing, and
it is feared that an extinct volcano
near by is going to break out in
eruption. San Marcia and Mag
dalena. neighboring towns, have
been seriously damaged.
New York, July l‘J—Harry Thaw
has presented a petition to the
con it demanding the discharge of
lllack as his counsel. Attorney
Alcott has been retained for Ins
d. fense by his mother. Thaw re
fu-es to plead insanity or to allow
himself sent to a criminal insane
asylum. There has beta a serious
misunderstanding between Thaw
and his mother.
Seattle, July 19—Col. Simon
Winiield Scott, land tax agent for
the Paciiie Coast died yesterday of
paralysis at the Providence hospi
tal.
L <ndon, July 19—Lady Curzon,
nee belter, died yesterday oi heart
disease. No date lias been set for
the funeral.
Washington, July 1!)—The state
department has been advised that
Japan is about to nationalize till
industries, beginning with the
railroads.
Denver, July 19—The conven
tion of Elks in session here have
selected Philadelphia as the place
of the next national gathering. The
new ritual has been adopted.
Palermo, July 19—Mount Strorr.
boli is in a state of eruption and
rnoun* Aetna lias begun to .-moke.
S attic, July 17—The battleship
Nebraska made her official trial
yesterday, going thirteen times
over the measured coarse, and
averaging 19.217 knots. The best
run was made at the rate of 19.dl
knots. The requirements tailed
for 19 knots. She left for the
open ocean this morning for a four
hours trial. An anchor and chain
valued at 120.000 got away yester
day and was lost in sixty fathoms
of water
Washington, July 1<>—Tin: State
Department lias decided to renew
its demands upon Venezula fur a
settlement of the claims against
that country, and will use force if
settlement is not immediately
made.
St. Petersburg, July 19—An at- j
tempt was made yesterday to as-j
sassinate Count To llcelen, aide-de-:
camp to the Czar, in the street at
Thera. A man m the crowd fired
a shot at the Count, t’ e bullet just j
grazing his head. The would be:
assassin escaped. Soldiers of the
Zenianovsky guard have served a
notice on Col. Minn that tlu-v in
ti ml to kill him because he ordered
them to kill fellow soldiers during
the Moscow revolt.
Seattle, July 10—The Bertha,
from Valdez, arrived this morning.
Abandons valdez Route.
Seat le, July 19, 4:o0 p. m li
the route is found practicable h
Copper River & Northwi stern Rail
road will move its terminus from
Valdez to Catalla, on Controller
bay. M. K. Rogers, representing!
eastern financiers interested in the
road, lias returned from Catalla,
where he lias been for six weeks,
with a party of twenty surveyors j
in the field. The route of the pro-1
posed line will be along the Ca
talla river, and across’ the Copper;
river, with a view to tapping the
eopja r fields. Rogers has secured
options on most ot the water front
proocrty at Catalla. In an inter- •
view with John Rosene. he ad-;
in it ted the truth of t he story.
Ileney. who has started a road
from Oreo, is here watching devel
opment.-. lie is also securing
options on property at Controller
bay. Both parties intend to rush
construction this summer.
Capitalists on Portland.
A large party, thoroughly repre
sentative of the Ka.~tern capital in
vesting in this country will arrive
oil the Portland. The primary ob
ject is to view the various proper
ties of the Reynolds Alaska Devel
opment Co. on the sound. The
party will be met at Valdez by
city officials, who will escort tiie
visitors around.
l ne tnacninerv lor mo eiwiricai
power installation of 'liecompany’s ,
mine on Latouohe IsVihd will ar
rive on the same boat. All prep
arations have been m«ult on tin- is
land to put in and get the plant to
working in double quick time. A
substantial -kid road has been con
structed from the beach to the
workings to facilitate the transpor
tation of the machinery. The sink
ing oi the shaft has been started
but further work will be prosecuted
wln'ii the electrical hoist and pump
is installed. Electrical driven
pumps and Temple pneumato-elec-1
trie brills, made by the Rand-Tng
ersoll company, will be employed.
The power is to be obtained by
bridling the series of water-falls
near the beach ond converting to
electrical energy by means o. \V est
ingbotise generators.
At the Roulder bay mine con
siderable progress lias been made
during the present season, both in
opening up the ore bodv discovered
last winter, and in other develop
ment work.
The other resources of the coun
try will lie taken notice of and al
together the party should have a
busy and intresting time and carry ■
back East a lasting impression of i
the vast possibilities of this region.
Will Reorganise Lodge.
A special meeting of the Moose'
was held last Tuesday evening, at
which it was agreed upon a re
organization of the lodge. Another
meeting will he held tonight, at
which ul! members are requested to
| be present.
Railroad News.
Probably the busiest spot in this
section is the terminal grounds of
the Valdei-Yukon Railroad Co,
fhe railroad approach to the wharf
is nearly completed, and will he
joined to the grade bv Saturday
nieiit. The wharf is about one*
ihird of a mile in length, with a
frontage of two hundred and fifty
feet, and a depth of water of thirty
feet at extreme low tide. Since tlw
receipt of the tow of saw logs, tire
mill has been running to its full
capacity, having already turned
out over 70,(MX) feet of lumber. The
sidewalk will he extended westerly
to the mountains on a line with
front street of the townsite.
Six hundred ties have already
been brought up from the tie eamp
nr.d arc being distributed along the
right-of-way. Seven thousand more
are on the way up. On the Santa
Clara will be received the first
shipment »i rails and a locomotive,
and work of laying ttie track will
he comine..ced at once. Further
shipments of rails will he received
on every steamer and before the
end of the season a considerable
number of miles of railroad will he
in operation.
No Mor eFree Rides.
The Alaska Central R lihvav Co.
will hereafter lie conducted as an
operatin’ line and will have regu
lar tariff rates for passengers and
freight transportation. The rates
will be ahmit the same as those of
the White Pass A Yukon.
Men working for the company
will be passed out and will he
charged a nominal fare of Id re
turning, hut all others must pur
chase tickets and prepay freight at
Seward or at the end of the track.
—Gateway.
Goes Insane.
Edward Erickson, a recent ar
rival from Seward, was taken in
to custody Saturday evening for
creating a disturbance. Shortly
after being confined be developed
acute mania, and it was found
necessary to bind him. At a bear
ing before Judge Lyons Tuesday
a jury adjudged him insane and he
will he taken to the sanitarium at
Portland.
Buford Arrives.
The U. S. Transport Bufore
readied Liscum Saturday, bring
ing a company of the Tenth in
fantry to* replace comp allies E. and
F. of the Third infantry which has
been stationed there. Company E.
left on the transport Sunday,
while company F. left Tuesday for
the Gakona river to work on the
telegraph line. They will return
to the States and join their regi
ment later in the summer. The
officers of the Tenth now at Liscum
are Captain Helmiek and Lieuten
ant Taylor.
Thomas Gale, the Miners’ candi
date for delegate to Washington
from Alaska for long term, is of
New England stock, having been
horn at Underhill, Vt., in 184S.
From 1 S‘J7 to 1M00 he was engaged
in mining in the Yukon country,
and following that went to Circle
and Forty-Mile districts, where ho
remained until WOP,, when lie went
with the rush to Fairbanks, where
he has since remained.
Mrs. Ed. Wood reached town
Tuesday from her roadhouse at
Teikhell.
W. S. Fraser, who has been in
the interior for several months, re
turned to town Tuesday.
Several officers of the Buford at
tended the dance given at Moose
flail Saturday evening.
A party of eastern mining ex
perts are expected on the Santa
Clara to make an examination of
the McCarthy copper property on
Nugget creek, belonging to tho
Alaska Consolidated Copper Co.
As this property is believed to be
one of the most valuable in Alaska,
if not in the world, a most favora
ble report may be expected.