A WARTIME MEETING
"No," remarked an eld. rly, robust-looking
man with tin g.ldtu i.iaiu .u.-und lthsLtc i
hat, "\\ashington doesn't look much like it
did * saw it me last time- m May
1-15.
"My dad brought me down here to Wash
ington from De.ioil to titter me ai tleorgr
town nnivcisiiy in t tytat fetal. I wsst. cn
a bit more t. ah IS years oid. lPkt.tt eiiic
at the tieuigc.own unlMlsIlt ul.llt tie war
broke out. I't.eii ti.eic weir tcon.ui.y i.l
litkiug soldier le ys iaiu,so. around in the
iicig.ilmraood of Ueorgttown lor n r to pre
serve my contented ness. T..ey all lookeu to
me as if they were enjoying a picric, and |
I made up my mind tost I'd nave to get |
one of loose blue uniiorms on myself or '
ahrivcl up.
"Suorily after the beginning of the war ■
I wro.e IIOIIIC to my dan in Del toil—he was j
then oiganixinga Michigan tegiunnt, which
he took all through tt.e war, and it was cut
to pites several times, too—and told him
that I t.-ioug it 1 would like to join thearmy,
T’te phrase wasn't in use then, but i.e w rote
back si.nirthmg to list general effect that 1
had anoiuer it.ink or two a-coniii.g. He 1
wrote that 1 didn't know- w ren 1 was well 1
off, and sa id t hat, a* he was gt 11 ing t i.get her |
1,000 men for tne big conflict, he figured :
tnat he could come ptetiy near doing all i
the soldiering necessary in our family. I 1
remember t-unking mat this was pretty
selfish on the old gentleman's part. 1 re
flected tuat he nail been in the Mexican
war, and that therefore in wishing to do all
of the soldiering in tue civil war, too, he cer
tainly was allowing a disposition to hog
things.
''However, I studied my lessons and went 1
along all rig.it at (leoigelown university
until early in 1861, and thru 1 couldn't stand
it any longer. So one afternoon 1 just cut
out througn the big gale, made lor me rail
road stattoo and es.ab.ist.ed connections
with a freig it tar lacked on to a frrig.it
train that 1 tound was booktti to go to west- 1
ern New York. Inside of mice or fourdays I
lw.tj incontinentally dropped at Lockport, '
"It didn’t take me long there to fall inta
tlie nanua ui a aubalilute broker, and two
c*»ya after I arrived at lxxkport I waa duly
logged out in a guvernnitoi atraig.it uni
form l..at, aa 1 remember it, waa tne i aldeat
kind of a j ke aa a hi. Son.enow 1 didn't
feel half ao e -verful over tne proapect of
a rollicking umiiaiy career when, with almut
100 otaer young goavoona, i waa herded in a
corner of an out alotenouae, near the rail
road. and kept tnere under guard until tne
train waa ready to take ua to the front.
"Natuially enough, I waa pretty curioua
to lind out to wuat part ui tne 'from' we
were going, but never a line of information
could I get from anybody about it until
we were well |w»t ltaliinorv. 1 don't ac.|e
poae any of the uthera knew any more man
1 did.
"When we got beyond Baltimore, how
ever, 1 found out, all right, whit her we were
bound, aud the newa made m< annual miner
up.
“ 'We're going to fliealroro’ Point!' one of
the young o Hi. era announced when the train
got outride of Baltimore. Now, only a tew
day» before I n jiiippid thelieoryttown uni
veraity I'd leitivew a letter trim my i.a I
in Dctii ii. raying t..at ne'd be ovei to . e
Univeraity .o -ee me ; rc-icnii), a» i i- n/i
ment war going to be ruiiuHil only a iu.,e
di.ianee away from Waa. ii g:i-i.- a, t-.e*
boro Point! None of toe terrorc ot |.u:i i
or audden death looked half ao lien e to o e
in proa|iect aa inv dsd% ilircoverii g n.e in
• misfit uniform, and right in hi* own camp,
too. after he'd ao expressly forbidden me
to knee anything to do with soldiering.
"1 well remember the night we were
dumped at Giesboro’ Point, the little place
down the Potomac n bit on the Maiyland
tide—1 drove over there yesterday to have
a look at the old grounds. 1 made up my
mind that the beet thins for me to do would
lie to look up the old gentleman the very
first thing on the following morning and
take my mrdirine—I was too tired to t.iink
of anything but rolling up in a blanket on
the lint nig.it we got in.
"1 found iny dad in hi* tent along toward
10 o'clock on the next morning. He had
no idea, of course, that I wasn't right over
the river at Georgetown Conjugating lottin
verbs, and on that eery day. in fart, he
was intending to eroes over to Georgetown
to look me up.
‘* 'Hello, pop,' laid 1, strolling into hi*
tent and endeavoring to look as rakish ae
I couM. ‘Hew are they ait at home?’
"Will, the old gentleman looked at me
•teadily tor a good three minute* liefore he
mid a Word or liefore I knew w hat was going
to happen to me. 1 put in the time • .ifting
from one leg to the other. Then my dad's
countenance broke into a grin.
’* ‘That's n iiucer-lookina uniform, son.'
he said. ‘You'll have to be looking up your
company tailor to have it whittled down to
your proportions.’
"That was all. He didn’t roast me at all,
and 1 had been expecting him to swoop upon
me like n thousand of bricks. Not a <|ucs
thin did he ask me as to why I’d disolwyed
him and jumped the unieersity. I'm not cer
tain that the old gentleman wasn't just a bit
tickled inwardly that one of hi* cutis had
taken the bit in his teeth in that way.
"Well, pretty nigh four years after that,
in the month of March, liefore Appomattox.
1 waa dumped, along with many scores of
others that had been pretty badly nit. into
a boat on the dames river hound from t. ere
to a Washington hospital. I had got mine
in a skirmish, and yet it was a bad though
piece of work for a man to have got in the
biggest pitched Imttle of the war. Down
the dame* and up the I’otomac was the
course of the boat, and when I came to I
found my -elf on a cot in an institution called
Campbell’* ho-pital
"1 nsi stilt mere when Lincoln was a.** -
sassma.ed. and 1 can rememWr how I
pilcned and tossed around in a hostile nunior
Wcause I wasn’t in siin|ie lo gel up for the
gland review of the army. >|i dad. ivho'd
Wen li.roug : i i en.irr ua. ait : i- Micl.i- ]
g in outfit. ■ ante to see me at toe hospital— '
I hadn't clapped an eye on him since liav- !
ing CiesWio" Point, nearly four years lie- I
fore -and he inquired of me w hic.i a|i; ealed
lo me tne more—toe life of a soldier or a
•indent? Hi got me out of that place when
I was just aide to walk, and, with a lot of
Im.k pity and the like in my rags, hark to
IVtmit 1 went with him—and that's the ;
last I ever saw of Washington until ahout j
tour days ago. I'd like to have hiought the
old gentleman along, but lie stood nis last
inspection and muster long yeurs ago. Tiiat'a
lion mur I came to getting what you call
‘a college edri eition.' M> chance was gone,
of course, when ] got back from the war—
things weren't so prosperous as they had
been, uud ii A’a> up tr me lo go to work.
“Put, all the -aine. w.ien 1 take a look at
\\ iisningion. tne miracuh Italy iliai.ged and
tne marvelously beautiful Washington, aa i
t is to-day—well, 1 dunno but what I have i
a tendency lo sort o' swell up over the re
lied ion that 1 chose lo lie one of the no
iiuiltir how infinitesimal units that helped
to keep me little old place together at a j
time when it looked like a fair even money
bet that the capital might go out of buai
uess."—Washington Star.
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ORDINANCE No. 2^
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORMXANCE
NFMIIKKED NINE.
Be It ordained by the Common Connell of the
Town «1 V*l»te*, \la«ka.
SecthHi 1. That srHioti 2 of Ordinance N't . o
la* amended so a« to read n« follow" :
Section 2. At each annual election there
"hall la* elected -even eo incilmcn. thn** «ch'«d
director* and a pollc* magistrate, who "hall
lioltl office for one year from and after the sec
ond Monday of March f. llowlug said election.
Reel Inn 2. Then* "hall la* a «|»»*clal election
In the Town of Vahlex on flic £»th day nf Maj.
1'XCt. for the |mr|s»'e of ch*c!ing a |ntlice magis
trate, w lot shall take hi" office tin the l"t day of
J’tne, IW, ami hold achl office until the seeond
Monday of March of the following year.
Said cleetioti "hall la* held ami conduct'*! in
ail re*peer* in conformity with the r'*|tdre
meiit" and provision" of ordinance No.!», relat
ing to general elections.
Adopted May 1:1th, Iffct.
Attest. John Gooori.i.. Mayor.
\V. II. CttAnv, Clerk.
ORDINANCE No. 24.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING TIIE OFFICE
OF IXHACK MAGISTRATE AND DEFIN
ING HIS JFRISDICTION.
Re it ordained hy tin* Common Council of the
Town of Vahlex. Alaska.
Section I. That a |M»lhe court Is hereby ea
tahli«lie'l within the Town of Vahlex, Alaska,
which "hall he/preshh d over hv a police magi*,
tratt*. w ho "hall have jurlsdictimi of all viola
Hon" of the town ordinance" He may i"suc
warrant" of arrest, summon witnesses, grant
hail, try and commit to prison any offender, in
accordance vvIth the provisions of such ordi
nance, or pass judgment that the defendant
pay a tine; may also direct that the defendant
h • Imprisoned until the line he satisfied In pro
portiou of otic day’s imprisonment for every
two dollars of the tine, and shall have |M»\vcr to
hear, try and determine any violation of the
tow u ordinances, and carry It" judgment into
Section 2. The police magi-frafc may admin*
i-tcr all until- or affirmation- in any p* .tent
ing in hi- court, ami «m*h ttaili- or atfirmafion
may la* in conformity with Chapter Sixty-nlm,
Title II. of the Civil Cialc of Alaska. lie shall
preserve «»nler in Ills court ami may puni-li
any offender for eouteinpt hy a lint* not exceed
mg two blindnal tlollars, or hy imprisonment
not exceeding ninety days; ami the ads or
omissions set forth in Suction tfifi, of Chapter
Fifty-eight, Title II,of the Civil Code of Ala-ka,
so far a* applicable shall la* deemed to In* con*
t -mpi- of tin* authority of tin* court hereby
cs.aiOidicd.
Section 3. Action- in the |to!!« e . it -1».-»M
l»c commenced ami pronecuted to a liiitil deter*
ininoti«>u ami judgment therein enforced in
tlic manner provided hy Chapter Forty-two of
Title II, of the Criminal Ctale of Alaska, when
applicable and not ofherwi-e provided.
When sentence ot Imprisonment is |>asscd
upon any offender the |adice m>igi>irnU- may
include in mi » j.idgineiit that such .•ffeiider
-hall la* subject to labor under the custody of
the imvi uiar^hcl.
Heat bill I. In a trial or proceeding for tlic
violation of a town ordinance such trial -hall
la* by the court and without a jury.
Section A. That the costs to Im* taxed ill all
proceeding* ladore the |adlci*court shall la- the
'.urn* as that fixed for tlic I’lilted Slates t om
uiIssiotiL-r's court ior the district of Alaska ior
the third division.
Section •». Timl the salary of the police mag
istrate -hall he fixed by the Common Council,
and all ap|»cal- from -aid |adice court shall Ik*
In nrmnUnir with the |»rmi-d.*n- of the A« t of
Cnnirrco. i<nililol "An Net \mending thec:\il
Code of Nla*ka.” and approved March 2. IQtl.
Adopted May |:l. ItRtt.
Attest: John (itinoau Mayor.
W. II. I'n.irr. Clerk.
ORDINANCE Xu. 25.
AN flltIMNANCK CKKAIIm. TltK nlTli h
UK rows MAltSllAl. \NI» l»k KINIM.
HIM IdTIM.
|te it ordailicd t*y the Common Coltlieil o| the
Town of Yaldcx, Alaska.
iS** ll«Ml 1. There •* Hereby created the • #!» ••
of town marshal, w ho -nail 1m- ex- •rtlcio ch'ef
of |» dice, awl who 'hall In- n|.|h int«*«l l«y the
Common • ‘oiincil and 'hull In.1*1 ofWe-- f*»r I’je
»erm of one year, tilth'** *ooner removed by the
efHinell.
Seetion 2. It '•hall In- the duly of the town
mardirtl t »|»re*erve order writnln ih • e*»r|H»ynle
limit* of the Town ot Yaldex. Alaska. him! to
make arre-t* aid to *ce that the ordinance'
are enforced and that violation-* thereof nr*
|Nini*hi*4l. lie ‘hall I »• tne olHeer of the |M»lie -
i-oiirt an*l-*hall *erv< aid -ee that all lawful
onler* thereof are enfore-d. lie *liall take
charge of ami safely k» c|» all |ntmmi* eoininitl<-«l
to hi* charge by the |toli«-e court aid |N-rfortn
*ueh ortlter dntic* a«* are U'liallx )a-rformed by
town mardial* under the ordinance* ami law
relating then-to.
Section:!. In a«ldition to the dntic** enumer
ated in Section 2 of thi* ordlnaiic.-, t !>•* ti.w n
marshal -’nail |M-rform t lied it tie* of lire warden
an«l i***11 lax collector nuder the ordinatiee* of
tin-Town of Yaldcx, aid *nch othei .1 •.lie* a*
tin- eouneil may from time «lirei*t.
Adopted May |:t. l«MCl.
Alte*t: John (iimMU, Mayor.
NV. II. CRAKY. Clerk.
Notice of Forfeiture.
8KATTI.K. Wami., Mb* «. IMU.
To s. J. Mak^i is .
' oil are hereby notified I hat I lie undersigned. i
Alaska Development i 'ompaiiy. lias expendeil j
during Ili«* year* 1Mik-1kw. I'.xm-iHnl and lung Five
hundred (f.s»i) dollars In labor and iinprotr
meiits Do- t'afullu Mil i laini \o t. situ
atid in (be Oiilkiit Mining hi*trh*t. Valdez
I’reehiei. hi-trlet of Alaska, the Ita*alinn eeriili
eute o| wbieli was reenrded on January. 7. Ih'.si.
ill Mining ileeord No. |,al pane 2W. in Mining
Idstriel lbf.*rt|s of the Idsiriet of Alaska,
w libdi tlifii embrae-*d the land e.»\»red by said
ehdrn, ill order to bold 'aid elaiin under pro
Vi'ionsol Seel loll 2121. Ke visit | .Statutes o| (In
I'll I ted states Hiid tin- amendments thereto
eoneeridlig ajinual labor ii|hi|| mini UK elaim*.
iwitiK the aim unt r«s|ulre«t io iiobl 'aid elaim
for the period ot five year' etidinu on tin- :tl'i
day of lK'ceinla*r. l'.urj. And if al the expiration
oi iihit ty days from tiie puhllealh u of t It I'
notiee. you fail or refuse to eonlrihiite your
pru|Mirtloii of sueli eX|H-nditure «' a eo-owner.
your Interest ill 'aid eialin. will lieeoiiie the
|»ro|H ity i.f the illlde«*igll’‘d. Alaska lh*v*aloi<
me lit tTunpany. your hh- ii r. who i a made I
tin* required ex|N'iiditnre, i*y the teri. a >1 'aid
seel ion.
Alaska I»k\ kloi'mkxt rosifAW,
Attest: By It. c. .IoiinsToS. I'resident.
t"MAs. F. Ml M».\Y, f*eerelary.
hat" of first publication, May 21, l'.*"'!.
hate of la'I publleafion, Aug. 2*», lWCI.
IWT A N S Tul.ul.-8
bocturs tiiul
A u.mmi |.n‘8(-ri)>ti<>u
Fur niunkiiKi
Tin* -Veent package Is enough for usual ocea
siou. The I a m 11V bottle (I'd eetils) -otilaiiis a
supply for a year. AM druggists s--IJ them.
Notice.
The Valdez Btcwing t'o. will reeelve bids for
the eon*!ruction of a brewery, at any time up
to May 2*'»th, when bids wdl be o|n n -d. Mails
and specifications may l*e se **i .*t hr '*«-ii
tfiiiithet*' home. The eom|miiy reserve* the
i ighi to rejeet any oi all bids.
D.C. Brownell)
PAINT, OIL £» QLASJ
\
HARDWARE
Dr. 1.5. (amkia.
Dentist and Optician.
A Full Line of S|*cctaclc*on llaml. Clocks
ami Watches lt)'|i:iirc<l on
Sliort Notice.
McKini.ky St. Valtlex.
C. K. HAM MON ,
Forwarder.
Interior Transportation a Specialty.
Feed and Sale Stables. Storage Warehouse.
McKinley Street, Valdez, Alaska.
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blacksmithing made a special feature. Hive tis a call.
Coii. Kkystonk and McKinlky. Yai.dk/.
FORCED TO SELL OUT.
The following will give you an
idea of the BIG BARGAINS so
you will have to hurry if you
want to get your choice—we want
to close up as soon as possible:
Men’s Fine Silk Mixed
Worsrted Suits, formerly
$2"> A $20, Selling Out
Price, . $15.00
Men’s Worsted Cashmere
and Cheviot Suits, form
erly $20—$22; Selling Out
Priee,.. $13.00
Men’s All-Wool Suits, form
erly, $1(5 anti $18, Selling
Out Priee,... $11.00
Boys’ All-Wool Suits, from
14 to 18 years of age,
former price, $12 and $15,
now Selling Out at $7*50 & $9.00
2(55 pairs of Pants, in
Worsteds, Cheviots, and
Cashmeres, former price,
$7.50, $8, $5 and $4,
Selling Out I’rit :es,.... j
$4-75. $3*73 & $3.50
250 Linen Collars, former
priee, 25 cents, now Sell
ing at _ a for 35 c.
Linen Cuffs,.... 35 c.
All our Fine Press' Shirts,
in Silk anti Colored fronts
Reduced from $1.50 to 90 c. ,
All Shirts formerly $1.00,
Selling Out Price,.. 65 c.
When on the way to the new wharf, step into the LION CLOTHING STORE and
let us show you a few bargains. We are meeting with everybody’s approval. We are selling
out everything. The biggest eye opener ever known in Valdez. The 98ers ain’t in it. We
dressed up quitea few 99ers and have plenty more on hand to dress every man or boy in Valdez.
Just think of the money we can save you. A swell suit worth 325 cut to $15. A fine suit
worth $20 cut to $13. A fine #!8 suit cut to Si2. A good 315 suit cut to $ 10, and so on, in
underwear, overshirts, socks, susoenders, neckwear, glovas, blankets. A large assortment of
Stetson and Knox hats in latest hard and soft styles; also a large assortment of men’s and boys’
shoes for dress and working purposes, and last but not least, we offer something for the ladies.
A very good flannelette house wrapper, from 32 to 36, valued at $2, during this sale will be sold
for 1, so fall in line before its too late. We have only 36 wrappers in all. Every lady can buy
but one, so don’t forget, the sale is on now.
THE LION CLOTHING CO.
4
Bale Began Saturday Morninp, Mag 9th.
—
A large assortment in Cents half
Hose,Wool A Cotton, in plain ami
fancy colors and patterns Below
Cost Price.
A large assortment of Neckwear,
Cloves, Jewelry, Notions, and Fan
cy Toilet Soap at a Big Reduction.
Don’t Forget if you want a good
pair of Shoes fur dress or to mush
in, now is the time to huy. Also
liuhlier Shoes A- Kuhlier Blankets.
You can save enough on every pair
to pay a day or two expenses.
If you contemplate buying a
SPRINC MAT we have them in
12 Different Styles. Stetson’s in
Soft and Stiff designs. All Stetson
former $5 Hats,now selling at $3*35
All $4 Hats now Selling at $3.50
All Hats now Selling at $2.00
All $2.50 Hats now Selling at $1*50
Levi Strauss Overalls now
Selling at.... 60 c.
All Underwear in heavy &
light Wool at 65 c. on the dollar.
DON’T DELAY
As y m know such Chances don’t
happen every day in Valdez.
WE MEAN BUSINESS.
One 8-foot Show Case, 2 Tables,
and Shelving for sale CHEAP.
THE LION CLOTHING STORE.