VOLUME NO. 6 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 190S. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
WE ARE THE LEADING OUTFITTERS
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and carry the largest and most complete stock
of SUPPLIES, HARDWARE and CLOTHING
FOR THE TRAIL.
We shall be glad to show you our stock and
give you estimates on your outfit.
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Vaj.Dc* COLD STORAGE CO., !
and CITY MEAT MARKET.
OPP. A. L. LEVY & CO. j;
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FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
TELEPHONE
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Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
; Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
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A Medicine Outfits For The Trail'
, (Largest Assortment of Snow Glasses.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
AN9eents Owl Drug Co. Ph4°0ne
Have You Seen
Tho new Edison “Home” Phono-1
graph, with repeating attachment,!
lost received at the Bowling Alley?
They are jnst the thing. We also j
h*vc the largest stock of Flower
Horns ever carried in Valdez, and :
Gold Moulded Records galore, i
Before you buy that Phonograph
•ee ««. It will pay you.
COAL — COAL
C. W. Miller, agent, or Copper River
Praying Co.
3,500 Edison Gold Moulder! Rec
ords at Wikidel’s Phonograph Par
lor.
Take Notice.
That I will not lie responsible
for any work done upon any min
ing property owned by me on
17yak hay, Kodiak island, Alaska,
■ nlese ordered by me in writing.
Josephine Lechers.
Notice.
The City wiU. pay for coal sacks
in good condition and dry, if de
livered at the Fieri. Hall in bundles
of 25. Kce H. Suessdorf, chairman.
The Railroad Bunk House i* a
■mv establishment stnrted by local
parties this week at the corner • oi
Keystone Avenue and Third street.
Notice.
I. the under-Ighod, agent for K. M. Burk’s
interest in tin* Moonshine, iron Duke, and
Lill e claims. and owner of an intvo't i*• the
Exchange claim, all of which an- Mfnicd n
south ride L-mdlock hav and n*r:ird.*d in th •
Erlnec William sound mining dist ri.-:, do hciv
bv notify ail concerned that 1 will not to re
sponsible for any labor perform d on any of
tho above claims. Richard Ki:ik.
Dissolution cf Partnership.
Nolico Is I.IT. I.y Riven that I tr-tn :•••■r,-.J all
my interest it: the partnership i: . lev ti; name
of Blackwell Frazer, operating t. c Nor:! r
Saloon, on Neb. 1. l'.KVi. .o Mis- It >,• \! , r i-.
who asv.tmes all indebtedness and \. Lil pay
nil bills. I have no further conn I . i with
sa d business. Alexander Frazer.
Have You Seen
The'Latest Improved
bdison Standard
PRICE $25.00
Better and Prettitr Tlinn Ever
Runs Noiseless, lias Cushion
Springs and plays more nvords
at one winding. On exhibition
at
Wikidel’s Phonograph Parlor
CALL AND SEE THEM
I Tjtrue times three. Soon,
Notice Of Election.
Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of
April, P.Kni, between the hours of 9o'clock a. in.
and, 7 o'clock p. in., there will be held the ri'gu
b.r annual eli : ;itni of the Town of Valdez, at
ill Council chamber in the Fire Hall in said
T.-tv-., At which time and place there will he
t lected seven eounePmcn, who shall hold office
for on** year, and a dircc'or of the school board
who'hall h«>ld office for three years.
The <| .ulit’rr.Lions < fan elector for Council
man shall b* us follows: He shall be a male
citizen of the United States or out: who lias de
clared his intention of becoming Mich of the
ace os' t wenty-oil • years, atid shall have been a
bona f:dc icsid r.t of Alaska for one year, and
of tlo'T'wn of Valdez for six mouths next
pie ceding the date of such election.
'I lie following j»crsons shall be qualified
electors for flic School Board:
All adults who arc citizens of the United
Stud*.-, or who have dcelaied their intention to
» e -onie «weh, and who are residents of Valdez
School Histriet.
\V. if. CRAItY,
Town Clerk.
Notice Of Sale Of Personal Pro
perty For Storage.
Notice is hereby given that persuant to flec
lion 278 of < hapter 29, Part V of the Alaska!
( u !e • !*c undersign *d will on the 30th day of
Mare!. P.tMiat 2 P. M. ill front of the office of tiie i
Copper Itiv r I>ra>iinr Company o:i McKinley j
Street Wide/ Alaska Sell at Public Auction to
the Highest bidder for ('ash, to pay the Storage j
clung' - ow the Respective Articles, which 1
articles have hren stored for more than One j
year, and no payments have been made on j
such storage, t he name of the owrer if known i
and divrintion of articles to be sold and ;
amount du*** thereon is a - follows.
(iwner iiiir ii'\vn Two War Bags $13.00’
B. .1. Steadman One Grip G.75 i
Kdwar V Hepner One V.'ar Rag 9.00 j
Brown Hawkins On * War Bag 9.1*0 :
Peter MeNeul One Tool Chest 13.00 1
L. M. Mnrsteii On * Trunk 12.50 j
1.. T. Russell One Trunk 12.60 !
c. A. Steer One Trunk 11.00 j
Uuk nown owner 9*.M . Beer Br’ls 20.00'
Hated at Vnid* z Alaska March 8th 1906.
Co: per Rivek Drayinu Co. I
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| The Simons theatrical troupe
j passed through town this week to
Fairbanks. The company consists
of 18 people, including a lady
: orchestra, and a number of vaud
, eville artists.
Countess Carboneau a well
| known citizen of the Ynkon and
Tanana country, passed through
here last week accompanied by her
! tvro sisters.
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Judge J. L. Galen, a brother-in
law of Senator Carter, of Montana
; was in town this week; bound for
’ (lie Tanana. He came through
jfWmi Nome to Illiatnna a year ago,
| trying to prove that a shorter mail
i route, and spent some time here.
As an evidence of the fact that
the Skagway trail to Fairbanks is
ja hack number, 13 Juneuuitos ar
| rived on the Santa Ciara enroute
■ to the Tanana metropolis.
Telegraphic Items, j
Philadelphia, March 15—A large
crowd struggled for scats at the
Nelsoi,-McGovern fight last night. I
The pavilion was unable to accom
odate all who wished to see the
fight. Battling Nelson won in six
rounds from Terry McGovern. The
latter was worn out at the end of
tic fl Nelson having the best
■’ ■' i'V; ry nun
Los Angeles, March 15 — The
Gans-Snllivan tight will he held
here Friday. The mayor is wil
ling to sign an ordinance permit
ting the go. Both are ’raining
hard. The demand for seats is
large.
Fairbanks, March 14—News has
just been received from Kantishna
country of an earthquake shock,
which stirred up things at Roose
velt considerably. Some claim
that. Mt. McKinley was seen to be
smoking at the time, and consider
the shock the result of an eruption,
but it is thought more likely that
the smoke was the effect of an illu
sion caused by the clouds.
Boise, March 14—Moyer, Wood
and Pettibone have been moved,
under a strong guard, to the Can
non county jail. The institution
will he guarded by a large force.
A writ of habeas corpus has been
denied by the state supreme court,
and application will now be made
to the United States supreme court
Seattle, March 14—John L. Wil
son has returned from a nine
months trip to Europe. He will
enter the political arena at. once in
an effort to defeat Ankeny’s re-elec
tion. Piles is to be the leader in
the fight for Ankeny.
Seattle, March 14—Secretary
J. A. Chijberg, of the Pioneer Min
ing Co., at Nome, denies the re
port that his company has been
sold to Henry' Bratnober, repre
senting the Rothchilds. He says
“The stock of the company is for
sale if the price is given. But I
am positive that no change in con
trol has oceured to date, an«l none
is contemplated. I know there is
hardly a week but what there is a
change of ownership of small blocks
of stock, but the control is the same
it always has been.”
Saina, March 13—The camp at
Xo. 3 is gradually growing smaller.
Most of the large outfits are mov
ing ahead more rapidly. Critten
den has made a hig cache at
Beaverdam and moved camp to
Teikhell City. Ed Young has every
thing off the summit and is cach
ing at Bcaverdam. Chas. Hubbard
is expected from the States to take
charge of the llubbard-EUiott out
fit and rush it through so as not
to lose the seasons work. It would
be good advice to the mushers to
take the trail leading to the right
coming off the bill, as it lias no
chuckholes, is about a'mile shorter
and a crew of men are being kept
at work repairing it whenever
necessary.
For Mineral Experiment Station.
Washington, 1). C., March 6—
The House committee on mines
and mining voted today to report
favorably a bill to establish an ex
perimental station for testing min
erals produced in the United States
under direction of the government
with a view to determining the
character of mineral deposits in
different parts of the country.
The Dora lias GO passengers for
Valdez, and the Earallon l.as 70.
The latter boat was at Juneau this
morning.
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Another Stage Line.
E«1 Orr, who is now operating a
stage line in the Dawson country
was here last week making prepar
ations to establish a line between
this place and Fairbanks next fall
He left Monday to look over the
trail and will go through to Daw
son. In the fall all of his stock
will be mov'-d from that place to
Fairbanks and in October the stage
service will be started. The mail
under the contract held by the N
C. Co. will be carried by Mr. Orr,
and trips of the stage will be made
as often in addition to the regular
mail schedule as is necessary to
handle the business,
Mr. Orr will make another trip
over this trail in July to learn the
conditions during the summer.
Supplies and feed are being pur
chased at various points along the
trail, and some is being moved in
by contractors, but the bulk of the
supplies will be brought trom the
Tanana in the fall.
Drowned Near Kodiak.
Ed Bent, an Australian miner,
was drowned near Kodiak island
early in December. He was cross
ing from Kodiak to Tugedik island
in a sea otter boat, when a wooly
came up. Natives who were near
him at the time, saw the squall
strike the boat, and after the storm
passed neither the man nor the
boat could be found.
Two Miners Lost.
Henry Kruger and F. Ellison,
two beach miners from hed River.
Kodiak Island, have been missing
for several weeks and it is feared
they have frozen to death on the
trail. They left Red river for
Karluk over a new short cut trail,
and have never been seen stare.
The distance between the two
places is only 35 miles and search
parties have covered the whole
route, but found no traces of the
missing men. Ellison is reported
to have had in the neighborhood
of $5000 on his person. They
were both miners, Kruger being an
old time miner at Kodiak and Elli
son a recent arrival.
Bertha la Given Inspection.
The steamer Bertha owned by
the Northwestern Commercial Com
pany, was inspected at Seattle by
the special board of inspectors ap
pointed by the visiting federal
commissioners from Washington
The crew was put through the
regulation fire and boat drills,
which were preformed in a satis
factory manner.—Times
Fred Reist, who was badly frozen
at tbe head of the Delta last Decem
ber, and afterwards underwent an
operation at the hospital, is back
on the mail run between Eureka
and Ernestine. While in tin? hos
pital he declared ‘‘.Me to the Philip
pines,” but after getting out there
was nothing to it but to hit the
trail.
Hon. E. J. .Stiers. clerk of the
court for the Third division, and
H. K. I ,ove, special agent of
the Land Office, were passengers
on the V. T. Co’s, stage to Fair
banks this morning.
The trail is reported as being in
better shape beyond the summit.
Tom Larson, Ed. Wickersham
and Miss Richardson left on the
V. T. Co’s, stage Tuesday,
Capt. Barnette and Dan Mc
Carty left this morning with Ken
nedy’s mule train for Fairbanks.
C. N. Crnry leaves tomorrow for
Nizina, where he will spend the
summer.
The Spring and Summer Milli
,nerv has arrived at the Ladies’
Bazaar, and will lje open for in
spection Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs T J. Donohop and
Dr. and Mrs. F M Boyle will en
tertain at Moose Hall Saturday.
Of Local Interest
Fairbanks People Here.
The Oregon and Santa Clara
brought a large number at well
known residents of Fairbanks,
most of whom are now on the trail.
Among them were Capt. Barnette,
Ed. Wickersbam, a brother of
Judge Wickersbam, E. 8. Bunch
of the Fairbanks News, D. A. Me*
Carty. W. T. Ewing, M. Meehan, ■
John L'tzie, Joe Putrau, Tom Lar
son and Harry Cribb all well known
operators in the Tansfts country.
Accused of Incest. ,
Deputy Marshal Vawtof, d#
Unga. brought Thomas Devine
to town last week to 6tand trial on
a charge of incest. Two girls of
Devine’s, said to be his victims,
were also brought over.
Property Bonded.
The property on Knight’s island,
owned by Grant Chase, Chas. New*
bil and E. H. Craig, has been
bonded to California parties for
$75,000. The representatives of
the syndicate taking the bond will
visit this property about June 15.
Bora
At Valdez. Sunday, March 11, a
son to Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Leslie.
Mother and child are doing nicely,
R. H. Goeghan, court steno
grapher, arrived on the Santa
Clara and will go to Fairbanks
soon.
The Hurd Brothers were among
the arrivals ou the Santa Clara.
They will leave in a few days for
ChUna. Some time will be spent
this spring prospecting tKair gp-mt
on Eagle creek.
T. \V. Blakney came op from *
Ellamar on the last boat and left
on the Oregon for a visit to the
States.
T. U. Quinn was an outgoing
passenger on the Oregon.
Col. Swanitz went on the Oregon
on a business trip. He will return
in about three weeks.
Chas. Simenstad returned to
Valdez Monday after spending the
winter in Portland and other coast
towns.
Gus Benson returned from the
States on the Santa Clara.
The Santa Clara arrived Mon
day evening with 120 passengers
for Valdez. Most of the number
are bound for the Tanana.
Dan Grennig is now in the hos
pital suffering from blood poison
ing of the knee. He had an opera
tion performed some time ago to
remove a needle which had broken
off in the knee. Thinking he was
all right he started on the trail,
but blood poisoning started and he
had to be brought back from Wort
mans.
Jas Beetles is at the hospital re
covering from an operation for 4
rupture.
R. H. Parker is recovering rap
idly and expects to go to Seattle
on the Santa Clara.
Ceo. Lemcke, a son-in law of R.
H. Parker came up on the Oregon,
He will return to Seattle with Mr,
Parker as soon as the latter is able
to make the trip. Mr. Lemcke is
manager of the circulation depart
ment of the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer.
Robert Blei, who is well known
here as the promoter of the Chititu
Development Co. returned to town
on the Santa Clara. He came up
on business connected with sous*
mining deal ou the Sound.
Jas. Casey who has been opera
ting in this section for several
years came in on the Oregon.
E. V. Harlan has been quite ill
for some time with quinsy and it
is thought he w»!l have to abandon
the trip to Fail banks this spring,
Miss Mary Qsland will entertain
a number of irieods this evening.
The warehouse on the Keystone
wharf collapsed under the accumur
ls'ion of snow, completely wreck
ing the building