VOLUME 3, NO. 19 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns. |
Linoleums j
Six Feet Wide. Wildes’ New Designs. fj
Oil Cloths
Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
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Lace Curtains. Window Shades. \
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A. L. tLIEVY & CO.
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Good Goods.
VALDEZ mm COMPANY
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
Periodicals and Photo Supplies
Save Your Coupons. l
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ' ALASKA
City Market
KBIT VO THE MIZINJU
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealer*
GIVE 08 A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR ami BUILDER
Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Building House Moving
The new four masted schooner
Alex T. Brown encountered severe
storms on her maiden voyage from
Seattle to Onpt and lost consider
‘ able of her deck load.
The Dora reports pleasant wea
ithar on this tryi west.
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The steamers Corwin anil Port
land had touched at Dutch harbor
and proceeded lor Nome previous
to tin- Dora’s arrival.
The lighthouse tender, Homer,
is at Dutch llarlsir repairing a
broken sliaft.
Wish Success to Valdez
Western Business Men Pend A
Letter To Chamber Of
Commerce.
The following communication,
signed hv residents of western
towns, proves the wisdom of the
Chamber of Commerce in sending
a representative westward:
Unalaska, June 4
Valdez Chamber of Commerce:
Among the passengers on the
mail steamer Dora came one Mr.
Fish, representing tho Valdez
Chamber of Commerce ami the bus
iness interests of the town. Mr.
Fish stopped at each port where
the Dora came to deliver mail, and
in the interest of trade and com
merce canvassed tlie stores and
; trading posts.
A hale and hearty fellow well
met is Mr. Fish, and whether or
not his present trip has brought in
business orders for Valdoc, will he
shown by subsequent developments
However, the interest of Valdez
in tlie commerce of tlie west is
yreatly appreciated by the stations
visited and the spirit of Mr. Fish
nnd tlie Chamber of Commerce is
warmly oommended hv all those
v.bo live to tlie west of Valdez, and
! who each regard Valdez as the com
| ing business center wild port to the
j heart ol Alaska as a territory, and
! as the key of the door to Alaska in
its vast mineral and agricultural
interests.
May success attend Mr. Fish and
the Valdez Chamber of Commerce
is the wish of the many friends of
; Alaska’s ltome industries.
J. 11. Komig.
K. B. Brewiv, superintendent of
Apollo mine.
Clms. A. Fletcher, assistant sup
: erintendeirt A]>pollo mine.
L. .H. Bailey, agent A. C. Co.,
j L'nga.
J. A. Silverman, lJh. G. M. L>.
R. H. W’isccarver. l'nga.
A. M. Randal, Kodiak.
G. W. Jamme.
A. C. Goss, agent A. C. Co., Ko
diak. .
C. !.. Parish, Seattle.
R M. Wood, F rosin*. C ilif.
PARTIES ARRIVING EVERY
BOAT
for Interior and Sound
Birch and Party, Towell, 'i-k'Cai
thy Gone In. Mitchell
Party.
The Galena bay copper property
belonging to George Mitchell, the
Mexican copper king, will receive
considerable attention this season.
Bob Mitchell, his brother, arrived
here on the Excelsior, bringing
with them Geo. DiTCase, former
manager of* the Anaconda mine.
Mr. Case will be in charge at Ga
lena^ bay. and will wilh'a force of
men start the mine in proper con
dition for future work. There has
not wen mncW^work done up to
the present time, so Mr. Case will
thoroughly prospect the ledges,
keep in actual operation all season
and develop the mine.
lloli Mitchell, the head of the
party, will probably depart on tilt
next steamer as his presence is re
yttired in Mexico next month. Boh
is the western manager for Geo.
Mitchell, and is one of tlia l est
fellows that ever struck the tow
He is a thorough mining man 1>':
his great fvrt' is telling a g<><><
story. Chaunccy Depew is good
after dinner, but Boh is good a'
any old time, and w will be sorry
to see him depart. C. Hoy Bullet,
is one «>f the par' v.
Stephen Birch, manager of tin
Alaska Copp'-r Co., arrived on the
Excelsior and left the first- of the
week for the Bonanza mine
O. H. Hurd, whose properly i:
op. Miller gulch, arrived Monday
and started for the interior yester
day His outfit was taken in dur
ing the winter over the snow.
A. M. Powell, with a nunilier of
pack and saddle horses, arriv; d on
the Santa Clara, and will leave in
a day or two for the Shushitna.
where he holds some good placer
ground. Mr. Powell is an old tim
er in the Copper river valley, and
has traveled through all sections
of it. He was on theShusi.ilna in
1900. and at that time pronounced
it good.
J. McCarthy, with a bunch of
horses arrived on Monday, and
will start immediately for his hold
ings on the Cliittyna- and Nizina.
J. McPherson, a surveyor well
known here, arrived last Saturday
and leit the next day for Kelliot
creek, to survey the -HuW»ard-l£?
liot group of claims.
Irish on the Trail.
Copper Center, June 13.—Ar
rived yesterday p.m., paid off tin
engineer and fireman of Mount
Wrangell and it is no* smoking.
Look for an earthquake at VahVz..
July-dth. Farming V tine at Cop
per Center; advs out at all places
for seven hundred men to eat up
the potatoes served at Hotel Hol
man, August 15, (on the table).
We leave at twelve pt*n- for i'hu
shitna under sealed orders, McHie,
Cashman and Harry. The judge
and our honorable postmaster art
iu the best of health. McHie.
Married At TJmiiaska.
Thos S. Barry ami Mrs. Mary L.
tseporcy were married Suinlay June
5th, at {Jnalaska, ill the Russian
tireek church, hy fathers Kidrophy
ami Kosorenskv.
The church was tilled with guests
and Ole K. Queen distinguished
hiuisclf hy the able manner in
which he performed the duties of
l>est man.
| harry was at one time second
!uitgim-ei <»ii the iWa.
Wa^on Road Survey
Under Vny, Tv-enty-five Men
Start The Work At This
End.
The party of surveyors who ar- j
rived on the Excelsior immediate
ly pitched camp and commenced
work on tlie wagon road survey. !
Twenty-five men comprise tlie
party, a part of which will go di
rectly to Copper Center and work
from titer* on to connect with tlie
party working this way from Kct
chumstoek.
J. M. Clapp has charge of tlie
entire survey, and will during the
summer, make a round trip to
Eagle and hack, lie expects to
have the work completed within !Mi
days.
Married.
M’m. II. McCurdy and Miss Ella i
A. Darling, of Unalaska, were mar-:
ried at the Congregational church,
in Valdez, on June 14th by Kev.
Harnett.
The couple arrived here on the
Dora, and lost no time in having!
the ceremony performed. The1
bride was a missionary at I’nalas
ku.
Drowned Near Uugn.
C. Matison, a fisherman at Kelly
Rock, L'liga island, w as drow ned on
June Bth.
Matison went on hoard the l>rig
John i>. Spreekles wi ll two others
.n a il >ry, io assist in heaving up
anchor. As they were leaving the
vessel the dory Was llpsei and the
three men were thrown into the
sea. Two of the men were res
cued.
deduction ol tat Glacier.
In order to accurately measure
lire breaking away or bueuase -in
the si/.e oi the glacier northeast oi
town, a proper monument was
built June c, 1001, hv I>r. (JniniHu.
Measurements were made June 7.
1004, show that the glacier is 204
feet shorter on the side next to
town, and that where the edge oi
iee now is, in 1001 it was irom 20
to 30 feet deep.
Upholds Trade Licenses.
The U nited Stales supreme com: j
again upheld the Alaska trade li
cense law by deciding for the gov
ernment in the cases of C. E. Winn
and Johnson vs. James M. Slump,
United States marshal, and Joseph
R. Rinns vs. the United States.
Will investigate Natives.
An order lias been issued from
die navy department detailing Lt.
Cieo. T. Emmons for '■peeial duty
at Valdez in connection with an
examination into the condition of
Alaska natives.
40-Mile Case Reversed.
Owing to an erior in the instruc
tions given to the jury by Judge
Wickershani the Circuit Court of
Appeals has reversed the decision
in the case of Harry Owens, con
victed of the murder of Carl Cliri -
tensen at 40-Mile, in 1902.
Court Said Gambling Must Stop.
Judge Rogers, of Skagway, and
all the other court commissioners
in Judge Brown’s district, have re
ceived a circular letter notifying
them to enforce the anti-gambling
laws.
Judge Brown instructed the re
cent grand jury at Juneau to inves
tigate the gambling question, and
it refused to do so. When the jury
made its final report it was scored
by the court, ami at that time,
as was the ease in Skagway, the
court said gambling must stoj».
The circular letter is the result.
What action Judge Rogers will
take has not yet la-cn ncuh known.
Alaska*'
BUUHUD MU
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IIKLM PROJECT TAKEN OVER
BY
Rnils Are Krrcmte. Helm and
Other* Are Out Of The
Concern.
I’rc-s dispatches in Seattle papers
recently announced the incorpora
tion of the Yukon-Valdcz Railway
Co., c apitalized at 110.tlOO.UXJ and
gave Ambler J. Stewart of New
York. as president and John 15.
Snmtnerfield, of Brooklyn, secre
tary-treasure r.
We nave taken the trouble to in
vestigate this report ami have se
cured reliable information to tlieef
feet that the new company is com
posed of some of the best men in
the ea.-t. Helm and his crowd are
out of the business entirely.
It appears that the rails now en
route for here were seftT by this
coin] any and ail preliminary ar
rangements have been made for
st a rting 'he road.
1 oey h ive secured the Akron A
Northern right oi way through the
hanyon, whi'-h will expire next
I ..unary unless the mad is built.
! Iv! ;Iia: Jg> May Come
Here As Bl-ir. ualSays The Times.
Local Officers Deny
Report.
The Times says that Seth Rul
i-'ok, 1>: Smith Dakota, has lieen ap
pointed mar iii fm die Nome dis
trict; that Kr .nk II. li ' h.irds. prrs
i til mar.-lia! Nome, will la*trans
Icri'cd to thi- tinision to tinisli his
term, ami ilia Marshal Perry has
lieen retired.
Local ^ovenanent otlieials do not
believe that tle rc is any truth in
' in* statement.
Lout Ilia Root.
Ralph Rol«.*ns had the misfor
tune, last Thursday, In "«*t his foot
• aii.-dit in a coil of the cable with
i ‘.eh the loos are hauled into the
saw mill, and tin foot was complete
ly seviret 1 from the lee.
lie was immediately attended
toby Drs. Winans and Hoyle, and
was later taken to the hospital
where the limb was amputated a
few inches above tin* ankle.
The sympathy of the entire com
j luumtv is extended to Ralph, for
| he is an universal favorite, liis
courage during the accident and
afterward was a source of comment
to all who witnessed the sad affair.
The doctors rcjtort that he is do
ing nicely, and will he able to he
out in a few weeks.
Indorse Parker.
The Democratic territorial con
vention, at Juneau, indorsed Judge
Alton 1>. Parker, of New York, for
the presidency, although the dele
gation to St. Louis is uniustrueted
ltcyond the direction that the inciu
liers supjtort a conservative can
didate.
The following delegates were
elected to the National convention*
A. P. Swineford, Kethikun, L. L.
Williams, Juneau; W. Crews, Ju
I neau; John W. Troy, Skagway;
I too. Murphy, Nome; Frank Raeh,
Douglas.
1 nc follow mu were named alter
nates: 1*. Ungers. Juneau; J.
, Y. Ostrander, Valdes; John H.
; Duckworth. Treadwell; Phil Abra
hams. Shay way; S. It. Agnew,
Ketchikan; Joseph Sullivan, Name.
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