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OF LOCAL INTEREST
Prom Tuesday's Bulletin.
Sparks from the chimney
ptarted a hire in the roof of th*
Gem Barber Shop today but wii
extinguished before any damage!
was done.
\V. H., Bush has moved th*
office of the N. \V. S. S. Co., to he
new building on Reservation A'
and now hwa a very conveniet
office. A room has l»eetj arrange*
ip the ra#f of the building fo*
sleeping quarters.
The two men who were tried t<
dav before fudge Lyons for steu;
ing coal, pleaded guilty and wer
Sentenced to 30 days ea« h. Tie;
Were paught by the town marsh**
While raking sacks of coni from th
rear of A, L- Levy <fc Go's store.
They were stealing the coal am
Selling it.
Judge Fra ter, of Seattle, ha
made an order citing Paul I)o*
mitzer to show cause why his li
cense to practice law should no
be revoked. Dormitzer is the a*
torney who recently went fron
here to Seward. He acted tt;
counsel for Holly in the assaui
case before Judge Lyons.
S. A. Hemple will apply for .•
franchise for the construction an*
maintenance of a waterworks syv
tern in the town. The franchis
gives him the right to lay six-ine!
mains and operate a water systeii
for 20 years. One of the provie
ions is that the city shall, at it?
own expense, install not less that j
15 hydrants tor fire protection an* j
shall pay the company $50 pe
year for the water from each liv
drant. Practically the same ordi
nance was introduced three year
ago by Mr. Hemple, bu* the corn,
oil refused to pass it at that tim*
The franchise has not formall;
come before the council.
Blankets in different weight ant
qualities also a large stock o
Comforters may be found at Levy?
The Japanese poachers who wer
•erring a three months’ sentent
here, left for 8eattle on the North
western, their terms being out
They will he deported to Japan.
Chas Sponberg and C. Sandber
have gone to Knight’s Island to d
some development work on the:
copper property.
From Wednesday’# Bulletin
The Pennsylvania is schedule-!
to leave for Seattle Saturday.
S. P. Raymond, John Scharh.
If. E. Ebhelman, Ed. Heckmai
E. L. Sanderlin, H. C. Ingrahan
F. E. Barrett and F. Stearin
registered at the St. Elias j^yestei
day,
The Saratoga is due from Seattl
Saturday.
The Jeanie had 120 tons c
freight for this place.
Steve Raymond, of the Fail
banks firm of Rutherford & Ra\
mond, arrived from the interio
yesteida}' evening. He will go t
the States to spend the winter am
return to Fairbanks by the wate
route next sum i:er.
The Jeanie With a cargo of ex
plosives arrived at noon todai.
She carried no mail or passenger.-,
but on the return trip will tak«
passengers from here. She will g*
to Seward and leave for tho states
Saturday.
I
New Incorporation.
A stock company to be known
is the Prince William Sound Trad
M & Transportation Co., haft beei
• rganized by local parties to en
.Me in a general trading an
nsportatbn business on ti
\ .Ond. I'he incorporators are \
i. Donohue, C, M. Day and C. B
• in, and rite capital wtock of tb
■ompany 13 |i*e<i ?M $50,000.
.Mr. liny if ill leave |«r the Sla’*
t is month to inftjd* grraiigenien
or a suitable steamer which w.
*e brought here in time for tl
i rnipg of the nesson, pfobab;
v.riy ip April,
There i* * coni?aptly increasii.
eicami for 3uch ’ fii'oiim. n
- undapd the new concern #hon;
o well,
Alaska Copper Stock.
following are the hurst u ■
10ns on Alaska mining st<»
l^ted ip Chicago?
Alaska Copper, $6, Alaska Can
act Co ■]>*■ r A fi> .1 (’on. t)o
• r $10, Galena Bay $5, Huhhar
iiliott $4.25, Kniulit’s isiai
Tipper 50 , Pioneer Aigska 6*'.
i’he Hubhsrd-Elliott sold origin;;
y at 20c. and the Galena Bay
ear ago was 25c per share.
C iris. Hanson reports that 1 <
and a small boy took $400 in go
m the bench diggings at Nen«- -
ch ik this summer. Ncnelchuk ;
o Cook Iniet, near the mouth «
! Deep creek.
One o! the greatest mines in A
ska. in fact, of the world today,
lie Treadwell. Yet the avera
o ld of its ore is only a little mo
nan $2 00 per ton. What
sicked in quality is made up i
juantity. What ip true of tl
•'readwell will be more than tri
*f thousands of other properties i
»uthwestern Alaska which are yt
undeveloped.
1'tie Leiand dredge which h;i
as l>een operated at Solomon th
nmmer averaged a daily clean-i;
n $3000.
The latest Alaskan publicatio
> reach our desk is t «e Alasi
fining News Record, published s
• hicago, with main offices i
Nome. It deals with the minin
<jvelopment of all Alaska, hi
wells particularly on the Non.
istrict. It is a monthly publics,
on. •
Iceland fishermen are now usii
intor boats for trat.sporting su}
lies and for deep sea fishing.
It is thought, in view of th
owing scarcity of iron ores an
(e great demand for the mets
hat in another century aluminui
ill almost entirely supersede tl*
rmer metal.
/ ells-Fargo to Enter Alaska
The Wells- Fargo Express Coe
•any may invade Alaska. J. 1 .
.ingtry, the company’s specisi
gent, made a tour of the Non;
eently, and it is understood e
ivjw on his way to New York t.
lake a report to the company off!
als. At the present time in th*
vlaska-Paeific Express Company
11joys a monopoly in the North
it is understood that the Alaska
'.icific Company has written agree
.ents with o»her express compan
> that they would never offei
>mpetition in the North, and foi
ml reason it has been reported
oat the Wells-Fargo Company
light take over the pioneer cor
oration.
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Death o i the Summit
i’hcs. Chris.otsen died yesterday
t ic summit while going to
'ureka. He was crossing the hill
i'h John Nelson and after leav
■iti e Summit roadhouse, gave
ot and was unable to travel fur
:cr. Wlmm went to Ktirtkg road*
t mse and *?'>i Gillespie to ftccoin~
inv him hack to hel}> Christofcen.
ne man was still alive when they
.ached hjm. hut died before he
•u Id i»e taken to shelter. H;s
ody is flow Kureka. Chriatoir
. n is well ki own here, having
orked ft* (lotus uf the roadhov)p«s
ml o;ong tfie trail tor several
•■arfi.
If you need a g«H>d working Shoe,
v a Beatty. They are the mom
infnrlahh and the l»est wearers,
very jHlir guaranteed »>r money
‘funded. Trv them. Valdez Bank
Mercantile ^0. IhC.
Another Mining Deal
Sunday night the papers were
made out for the seiie of three
claims on Knight’s Island owned
by \V. A. i o!nn and E. H. Craig
to the Kniciii’s Island Consoli
dated Copper Co., for $’u 000,
These claims, which are known
as the ■ Moonshine. Porpoise atiiI
Sunshine, are. extensions of li»«
Chase property which was recently
purchased hv the same company.
L«uvi Strauss Overalls are ue.»
know!edged 'the best. They gad
t»e had at A. L Levy Co’s.
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To Miue Owners or Other*
Wanted—By a steady, reliah)*
man. a <d tun lion as* cook. l>r*t of
r< ici'fity/s if required. W ilt bu At
liberty in Aprii next, Apply, per
letter to X* earn pf P. M , Kodiak,
Alaska. 48
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Five Day Mail and Exprecs Service Direct
Hails Krom
YALDIfc MKATTLK
-tr. Saratoga Dec* 13 Dec. 24
Ur, Pennsylvania Dec. 6 Dec. 16
Ur. Northwestern *<> Dec. •
'fr ftnrl 7th of each month for Kushagak, via Unalaska
)ll. UUU and war ports
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
gents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen. Un
702 First Are., Seattle, Wash.
W. H. BUSH, Agent
Phone 16 Valdes, Alaska
flmsKfl Qofuj Qonpm.
U. S. Mail and Alaska-Pacific Express
3. J. PORTLAND
5. /. BERTHA
Sails trom Seattle on the 10th af
each month via the Inside Route,
calling at Ketchikan, Juneau. Sit
ka, and all way ports, to Kodiak,
Returning, sails from Valdez t bout
the 25th. omitting Sitka.
Sails from,Seattle on 25th of each
month, via Inside Route, calling at
Ketchikan, Juneau and all waj
ports to Seldovia. Returning sails
from Valdez about 9th.
. Right is reserved to change steamers and data of sailing witboat
notice.
J. E. PHARO, Gen*l Manager.
94 Yesler Way, Seattle.
J. C. MARTIN, Aqent
Phone 17 Valdez
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HOTEL HOLMAN-That’s All-COPPER CENTER.