TO THE AMAZONS.
It seems to me you’re somewhat
; rash* •«
To bid Valdez a long adieu.
For you might liequite glad, indeed,
To be there ere tin?summer’s thro.
Nodoubt just now you’re very brave
Your love of rural life is strong.
But don’t in haste bid long farewell,
Ere winter you may change your
song.
Tim War, his hiWrnation o’er,
Will soon emerge from his re
treat,
And hungry,from his fast of months.
Will hunt for something good to
eat.<
And tell me, pray, what will he
find,
To satisfy his hunger keen,
So toothsome as an Amazon,
Who thus invades the forest green.
And when you see him drawing
near.
Then you will wish, and wish in
vain,
That your farming days were o’er
And you in Valdez once again.
For the Wars you’ll meet in Teik
hell
Are not by any means the same
As the Wars you met in Valdez,
They’re far more difficult to tame.
When you the soil for seed prepare,
With either plow or hoe or spade,
With aching back and blistered
hands,
You then will rue the choice you
made.
You’ll wish you might sit in the
shade
Away from every farming tool.
Hail kept the man to do the work,
And likewise kept the stubborn
mule.
And when the dismal autumn
comes
And bleak winds sob among the
trees,
You’ll lose your taste for rural life
And hit the trail for old Valdez.
* New Strike.
Apogxak, May 2.— The sloop
Mattie, of this place, returned this
morning from Uganuk bay, and
passengers con fir met 1 the report of
a new placer discovery made in
Uganuk bay.
Two Nome miners, Somerville
and Meegan, arrived from Nome
last fall to pass the winter in
Kodiak and do some prospecting,
whenever practicable, around the
island. Their industry and in
trepidity were well rewarded. They
left Kodiak about the middle of
December, in a dory, and. followed
the shore, pros}>ecting, but without
success until they reached Miners’
point, Uganuk bay, Kodiak island,
where they made six placer loca
tions in March. It is hard telling
how good the claims will turn out
to l»t, but by panning they show
up pretty fair.
Evidently Messrs. Somerville ami
Meegan have taken out some gold,
as the sluice boxes were still up,
but as they had gone to Uyak bay
for supplies, it .was ini|>ossible to
learn how much.
The news of the new discovery
was brought here from Urganuk
early in March by Mr. P., an old
timer, who displayed 11 ounces of
course gold, which he took out from
his claim there with a pan in two
days.
Mr. Johnson, who left here re
cently for the new strike, is an ex
perienced placer miner, believes he
can make $5 to $10 per day wash
ing sand on the beach.
The gold is derived from glacial
dci»osits, which are in evidence in
many places on the islands of Ko
diak group. Undoubtedly many
more discoveries will follow, as the
country is comparative little pros
pected.
A. P. A’n steamer Alitak arrived
here March 31st, direct from Sun
Francisco, and left forChignik hay
April 1st. The same company’s
new steamer Unimak arrived here
April 17th. from San Francisco via
Kodiak, having Mr. Bankowsky,
superintendent of A, P. A. in Kar
Juk, and his wife, on board; also
Mr. Brock, the bookkeeper, and a
few others. The Unimak left for
jvarluk April 18th.
A, P. A’n will not moor their
ships in the open sea abreast of
Karluk. as formerly; but in future
will have them harliored in Uga
nuk or Uvak hay—probably the
latter; and the steamer Unimak
will net as tender between Karluk
and the shi|n>,
The Secretary of Agriculture has
received signed petitions to modify
the Alaska gnme law from some
settlements, but not all yet. He
notified the Brotherhood of Alaska
Pioneers of that fact, and promised
to give due consideration when the
regulations nre prepared for carry
ing out the provisions of the law.
Mr. N. Tauhshwack wishes to
remind—as the tluiughtful U. S.
government has aftablished Afog
nnk Fish Culture station on Alas
ka’s map, it were nigh time to es
tablish the same on land by build
ding a fish hatchery on Afognak
island, and o|iening the fishing in
dustry to its residents and Alas
kans. Mr. Tauhshwak must not
grumble, as the existing conditions
are for the promotion of public wel
fare, even at the exiiense of Alas
kans. Yours truthfully,
Ai.kxaxdkk Fkikhoi.in.
Oil at Homer.
Homer, May 6, 1903.
There was much excitement here
during the past month over the lo
cation of several miles of oil lands.
The spit, a point of land about one
mile wide, extending from this
place to the mainland, about sev
en miles distant, was all located
as oil land. Only the bui'dings
and townsite of Homer was left,
and this has been located by the
Cook Inlet Coal Fields company,
who own the coal mines here.
M. E. Sweeney, an old and ex
perienced oil man, from Pennsyl
vania, with J. O. Btizzord and sev
eral other parties from the oil fields
of Pennsylvania, made the first
locations, and now the whole coun
try hereabouts is Iteing staked.
M. Sweeney has spent several
weeks prospecting in this vicinity,
and says he never saw better indi
cations for oil than iu this locaity.
The entire country is heavily min
eralized, and he believes that this
whole coast will some day "be a
great and rich oil country. He is
so sanguine of success that he will
return to Seattle immediately, and
purchase the necessary machinery
for commencing active operations
at once.J
Work at Coal Bay.
Coal Bay, Alaska, May 10,1’03.
Active operations have com
menced on the oil property at this
place. The Excelsior which has,
just arrived here brought up Capt,
Austin Lathrope, who made the
first locations here and who has or
ganized a rich company that will
do extensive work here this sum
mer. The Excelsior also brought
up a large amount of freight, in
cluding ten head of horses, wagons,
lumlfcr, provisions and tools. The
Nome City will bring 600 tons of
freight on its next trip. This ship
ment will include drills, piping and
and machinery for seven wells,
which will be put down this season.
A hotel, store, warehouse, barns
and dwellings will be erected at
once. Sixty men will be employed
by the company which Capt. La
thrope represents, and there are
many other companies and individ
uals who will employ many men.
It is expected that there will be
between 300 and 500 people here
by the middle of the summer.
Capt. Lathrop has sold a large
interest in his property here to J.
H. Costello, a wealthy resident of
Buffalo, N. Y., and there will be
no lack of money to push the work
at this place.
No wells have yet been sunk but
the oil bubbles up out of the ground
in several places, and the indica
tions are that there will be a heavy
flow when the wells are down a
short distance.
B. Blix, Copper Center guaran
tees what? That his stock of
miners’ ami prospectors’ tools and
machinery will hold out another
season.
Wellington coal for sale at office
of the P. P. & N. Co.
Leave your property for rest or
sale with Mikesell.
New Map of Alaska.
A new map of Alaska, in many
respects sui>erior to any heretofore
published, has just boon issued by
tbe geological survey. It is very
large, l»cing printed on a scale of
40 miles to the inch, itnd is the
first contour map of the territory
yet made. The relief is shown by
contour lines representing vertical
intervals of 1,000 feet, In the con
struction of this map, which was
prepared by E. Barnard, top
ographer, all available information
was used. The maps of the coast
and geodetic survey, covering south
eastern Alaska and the coast, were
extensively utilized. Within the
coast line the map is basts! princi
pally on surveys nnd recounois
sance maps made by the geological
survey. Other sources of informa
tion were maps of the army, the
navy, the revenue marine service,
and the British government. After
all the authoritative data had Itcen
listsl there still remained large
areas where the topographic feat
ures had to lie based ui>on such
general information as could be
obtained.
The map will be printed in colors,
the streams, lakes and glaeiers las
ing shown in blue, the cultural
features in black, and the contour
lines in brown.
The characteristic features of
Alaska topography are well shown
hy the niup. At a glance one sees
the deep, river-like floras in the
southeastern part; the liold, almost
precipitous, front presented to the
North Pacific ocean hy the St. Elias
range; the deep interior valleys,
scarcely more than 1.000 feet alnive
the sea; the Alaskan range, with
its culminating peak, Mount Mc
Kinley, twenty thousand feet in al
titude; the great valley of the Yu
kon, with its tundras sloping to Be
ring sea; the Kmlicott range, divid
ing the Yukon valley from the tun
dras sloping to the Artie ocean;
and the great horn of the Aleutian
islands, reaching at Attu island to
the other side of the world, in longi
tude of Auckland, New Zealand,
the longitude 172 degrees east, al
most the latitude, 53 degrees north,
lieing about the same as that of
Liverpool.
Notice of 8pecial Election.
Notice is hereby given that a
special election will la* held at the
town hall, in the town of Valdez,
District of Alaska, between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., on
the 25th day of May, 1903, for the
purpose of electing u police magis
trate, as provided in Ordinance
No. 23, adopted by the Town Coun
cil, Wednesday, May 13. F. M'
, Brown, Adam Swan and W. F.
Allender will act as judges of elec
tion, and A. E. Borton and G.
Sjamberg as clerks.
By order of the Town Council.
W. H. Crakv. Clerk.
Market Price 1,1st.
Flour.fa.flO per 100
| Corn Meal. $3.25 •* loo
Butter. 35c " lb
Eggs. 3*>e » doz
1 Sugar.97.no •• lou
I Rlee.*1.00 to *7-10 “ loo
Potatoes. :{• c “ lb
Bacon and Ham.915-00 to 917.00 “ loo
Coffee. 20 to 50c “ lb
Milk.12*4 to 20 “can
I Granulated Potatoes.20 to 25c “ lb
I Dried Fruit. 8 to 15c “ lb
Syrup.91 to 91.50 “ gai
Beans, small while.9b.ui “ Put
Beaus. Lima.912.50 “ loo
Rolled Oats.5«• *' lb
Tea. 50 to 75 “ lb
Tobacco, smoking.60 to 70e “ lb
Tobacco, chewing .50 to 75c “ lb
, E. Wash, double cond. timothy hay .9*2.50 ton
Best Whitman Oats.... **2.50 toil
Coal.915.00 ton
Wood.^.98.00 cord
Alaska’s Official Directory.
Governor—John G. Brady.
Surveyor General and Ex-Officio Secretary—
j Win. L. Distin.
Chief Clerk—Geo. Stowell.
I*. 8, Judges—Melville C. Brown. Dist. Xo. 1,
scat at Juneau: Judge M«>ore. Dist. Xo. 2. seat at
Nome; James Wickersham, Dist. Xo. 3, seat at
Eagle.
C. S. Attorneys— R. A. Friedrich. Dist. Xo. 1;
F. Griggsby, Dist Xo. 2; X. V. Harlan. Dist. 3
Clerk—District Xo. 1. \V. J. Hills, Dist. Xo. 2,
Geo. Borsclieiiius, Dist. Xo. 3. A. R. Heilig.
I*. 8. Marshals—James M. Slump, Dist. Xo. 1;
i Frank L. Richards, Dist. Xo. 2; G. C. Perry,
• Diet. Xo. 3.
, Commissioners—Edward de Groff, Sitka; H.
H. Folsom, Juneau; F. P. Tustin, Ft. Wrangell;
. L. R. Woodward, l ualaska; P. Gallagher, Ko
diak; J J Rogers, Skagw ay ;C E Clay pool. Circle
: City; L R. Shepard, St. Michael; Sid Ripinsky,
Haines Mission: E. Stack pole, Ketchikan; G. M.
Irwin, Douglas; J. H. Browulow, Sunrise; John
Lyons, Valdez, Carl M. Johansen, Eagle; 8. M.
t Graff, Forty Mile.J LindL-y Green, Rain}tart;
D. A. McKenzie, Coldf«Mit; C. H. Klcgg, Xush
agak; James R. Saunders, Chisna.
U. 8. I .and Officers—Register, John W.
: Dudley.
Receiver—P. Mullen.
i Deputy 17.8. Marshals— Dist. No. 1, special,
; W Ii McNair, J. W. Snook, Skagway; J. P.
! Campbell, Sitka; E. F. Welly, Juueau; Wu. D.
Grant, Wraugcl; W. Hill, Douglas island;
i Clias. Dreibilbis, Valdez; Lewis L. Bowers,
; Kodiak; Peter Xissou, Porcupine; A. Shoup,
Ketchikan; J. P. Reynold-on, Eagle. J
Zuboff, Killi»u«M», John K Richards, Uualasku
✓
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Enpeavoh Coxg. Cih'rcii—Tor.
Glacier Avenue and Holiart
Street. Rev. I). W. (.'ram, Paator.
Service* every Sunday at 10:.'t0 a.
m. and X p. in. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian Kn-!
denvor Society meet* Sunday even
ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dcm|>eey, |
Preaident.
(.'iii hch of the Epiphaxy—Tor.1
Glacier Avenue and Holiart
Street. Service* on Sunday at Hi
a. m. and X p. in. Rev. F. S. Tay-!
lor, Rector.
OrperopAi.a«ka Moore, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own!
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at H
o’eloek. A. J. |
Adams, Rulin); j
Spirit; (.’has. (J.
Wulff. Keeper
of Wa Wa.
Kniohts ok Pythias Ci.rn—W.
A. Rvatrom, Pres.. W. E. Boiiaehor.
See. M rets 1st and .‘Id Monday of [
each niontli in club r««>ins over
Shaw A' Williams.
Vai.dk* Masonic Ci.m—
Meets every Wednesday ev
ening at rooms over Sliaw
iV \\ illiam s, at X o’clock. J. \\ .
lieedy pres. John Lyons, sec.
BitoTiiKRtiooiioK Alaska Pioneers.
L. Berg, Chief. Arthur Rohgal,;
Secretary.
Headquarters. Afogunk. Alaska.
Vai.hez Onn Pklm>w’h
(’l.rB—Meets everv
Kriihiv evenin'' in elnli
rooms. A. R. Heilijj. Pros.; P. S.
Hunt, 8ec’y.
ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counselior-at-Law
r. H. Supreme Court, Registered Attorney I*.
S .I'dteiit OIBtv, Cnited StMt*** Mini Foreign Pat
ent*, Caveat* Trade Murk* and copyright*.
No. 700 7th St. N. W., *
opp. r.H. Patent Offlre.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
VAlDtZ ADSTRACT l Tlllf (0.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdes Min
ing district, including; the
Prince William Sound,
Copi>er River, Chistnchi
na and the Chisna dis
tricts.
Abstracts Med to Holder
Toil lots
a
Valdez, Alaska
WHERE
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STOP
Everyone From Valdez.
AT THE
FRANKLIN
OF COURSE.
Onlv First Class European Hotel in
JUNEAU.
John T. Spickett Proprietor
BO YEARS’
.d^^H^EXPERIENCE
4
4
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Anyone sendlna t sketch and description may
SdeMtiTic American.
A handsomely 11 Inst reled weekly. Innest dr
Denver Ed. Smith, • the noted
pugilist will give lessons in the
manly art at reasonable rates. For
particulars see Denver Ed., or call
at this office.
Guy F. Cameron, teacher of hanjo,
mandolin and guitar. Music fur
nished for all occasions. For les
sons, etc., inquire at Broadway
Pharmacy.
Vocal and piano instruction,
Fjrench or German language classfw.
Schneider Sisters, Broadway.
Valdez
Nrwlv and Elegantly Furnished. Firet-Cla***
in Every Particular. Beet Heated Ilonee. in
Al;i.«kn. Office, Rending Room and Parlor in Con*
neetion. P. P. dr N. Co. Office in Building. U. S.
Telegraph Office next di«»r. Half Rlock from
Poet-Office.
* ♦ ! ^ •.
J. H. Fielding,
Pro.
Notice
*
To Miners and Prospectors.
On May 1st The XIZIXA TRADING COMPANY
will erect a large handsome store in the rieli Nizina
Mining Camp, containing a f«0,000 stock of General
Merchandise, Hardware, etc., which they will dis
jmse of at the lowest |H>ssilde figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of 100 horses and sleds,
will enable them to take their gissls into the
interior at a very small cost.
For further particulars see M. Hass, at tlic
Valdez House.
Nazina Trading Co.
Herman Meyer,
I
...
_ General Manager
C. E. BOQflRDUS |
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
00 Comjmria St., Skatti.k, Wa^ir
WM. WORKMAN P. MA(iXKSON
Workman’s Road House
’
First roadhouse huilt on (inverninent
Trail. Can aeeoinodate 50 peo|de. has large
warm barn for 20 horses and good quarters
for dogs, (iood meals and everything the
in usher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
The Wayside Inn :
At Foot of Summit on Route to Interior. Best Ac
comodations for Man and Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez. ^
WILSON, DAVISON & LITTLE, Phoimiiktors.
THE COTTONWOOD INN
On Tasnuna Trail, at Cottonwood Camp, 45 Miles From
Valdez and 25 Miles form Workman’s Roadhouse. All
Accommodations for Man or Beast.
\\ ORTMAN and MACJNKSOX, Proprietors.
C. DEB0R1) J. (iRIFFITH STEPHENS
Copper River Trading Post
AND FERRY.
at the Junction of Copper River and the Tonsina River. ROAD
HOl'SF. Pmsjtector’s Supplies and Storage. The most centr-ilv lo
cated Roadhouse and Supply Post in the Copper River Watershed
TARAL ROADHOUSE
April 1st we will o|>en a comfortable Inn and Roadhouse at Taral
at the head of Wood’s Canyon, near the mouth of the Chittvna and on
the new short cut summer trail known as the “Safi” trail tJ the Xizina
upper C hittvna, laua and Bremner country. Leaving the government
trail at Kimball pass, it strikes the Copper river at Taral. Good trail
Good boats to cross the river and good trail up llanagita valley.
WHEATON and WIDMAIER.
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