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Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin
The local office of the Alaska Coast
Company will hereafter he at the office
of the Valdez Dock Co , a telegiam
having been received this morning
authorizing the present agent, Mr.
Voungs, to turn over all books to the
Pock Co. The transfer of the com
pany holdings was made several days
ago in Seattle, but no definite in
structions had been received here un
til today. _
press dispatches from Seattle this
morning say that the morning papers
published a vivid story of rioting,
bloodshed and martial law Ht Valdez
According to the Seattle papers we
»ere wading iu gore at midnight last
night Too bad the Seattle people
cannot see the town today. It doesn’t
look much as though we had been go
ing very strong on the riot act.
J. H Van Iderstine has gone to the
States where he will remain until early
iu the spring.
The windmill on the Copper block
is uow completed and is being use 1 to
pimp water in*o the large tank on the
upper floor of the building. It works
Ten satisfactorily.
The lumber schooner Martha Tuft,
ihich weut ashore on the bar at 1 he
mouth of Katalla river, is a total l-'ss.
New phonograph records on each
bo-«t—Olympic Club
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From Saturday's Bulletin
The Sal mo, which has been running
arrows ihe Copper river flats between
C iilura and Katalla. came up yester
day fur coal. The Tampico is still
unloading at Cordova and the Santa
Aua is al Orca.
The udicea of the Alaska Coast (V
*ere moved yesterday to the Valdez
! hoc (On. office, where the business of
11 'ih t) anspori ation lines will here
fcfter he managed.
A L. Levy will return to Vaioez or.
tbe Yucatan
I't.e Yucatan is hilled to leave Seat
'll* for Valdez tonight
rto* K.gle mail arrived early this
tuoriiiiig
i 0»ei A.iOJO ha- been expended by K
Blix u. making Hotel llolmau at Cop
pt*t (Voter, the best equipped and
tuo.'t comfortable hotel along the
\ abiex. Fairbanks trail Additions
bare lire;i made to the barns and the
b"trl. 'h ch enables him to accoinmo
'iate.ii it>le the uuiubei of guests, and
better service.
file ^ uca#«u and Santa Clara will
both come direct o Valdez this trip.
D°t attempting t<» stop at Katalla
^bfy may call in at the Guggenheim
metropolis ou the »»v south, if the
*®*ttie» permits.
t day was observed here yes
'^nlar hy the pubic school, which
closed f' >r the day
From Monday’s Bulletin
Tdiy’a Place, the new saloon at tin*
c°tner of McKinley and Reservation
opened for business Saturday.
e bouse will be managed by Anti n<*
#tl*on, the well k uown and popular
fJoon man of Valdez, who for several
F*®r8 has been connect e l with the
P0*^ tb>8t Kxchaoge. To y is a uni
^r“sl favorite and with hi« new build
f®8* hew stock and new tixtu es will
Noubtedly do a good business.
The tilling of the ni-h order ot 80
tons of foodstuff for Katalla ttie other
day is an evidence of the metropolitan
charactei of the mercantile es*ahli>h-!
ments in Valdez. The order was
placed in t!.e afternoon with A. L
Levy i to, ami by , o'clock that
evening the goods w» re all packed and
on the whai t ready for shipment I’he
promptness with which this big order
was filled speaks well tor the eHlciehc\
of the shipping department of tic* lag
store, as well as being an mdieati n of
the immense stock coined Lighty
ton of provisions were taken from the
stock without any prior notice ami
without running the store short in any
lines Valdez is certainly up-to-date
in the character of her stores, an I A
L Levy it Co., aie fortunate m having
a shipping department, which umlei
the able management of John Nelson,
is able to ,?ll such large orders s<>
promptly.
The Fairbanks Time. -a\.« that
Judge Wiekersham was requested to
hand in his resignation, the president
having withdrawn ins support fiom
him. It says:
“Judge Wiekersham kno v~ exactly
why he was retained aft-i tic* II.-yt
report ./as submitted to the piesident
and that information is by no mem s
exclusive, lie also k **u print to tin
termination of tic* term of c out
which In* held in Juneau that tic
influence which ha 1 caused tus re
tention on the bench had beeu with
drawn and la*ei became active against
bis continuation in office, with the
result that tils resignation was tor
waided to tic* president sooner than
might otberwi-e have happened
M. F. Dennison, who came in with
the Eagle mail Saturday, reports a
hard trip. The 11ail is at present in
very bad condition, t here being ~ome
snow all of the way and considerable
mild as well. liils I - tic* season . 1 tic*
year when t h * mall carrlei s have their
tiouhles, theie being too little snow
for sledding and *•» > much tor packing
with east .
It is reported that theie will t>»* a
heavy travel from tie- for ty-.Mile
Country over the \ aide/ trail as soon
as sledding staits. A number of par
ties* are now preparing to come out
this way
Press dispatcher from Norway state
that Capt. Amundsen, the Arctic e\
plorer. is training a score of polar
beat culis to pull a sled, and h** will
u.-e the animals m 1 i* next dash for
the north p< le. His method of tiain
iny the animals m t i reduce their
spirits so that they can h>* worked.
Heretofore all efforts t • use bear for
this pul p1 *se have ! die 1.
The lease of tlie l>elmo!iico restau
iaut site, adjoining Tony’s has been
taken over by Fuller, Jensen and
Clements, who will soon open a first
ela.-s • atn.K house.
The hail.'!' HI i d i '• a i d:' 'h’Ui’k
recently and warn their P"in\ »’“>!
alio we i TO per cent <d Hie mom \
taken in b> them M"1 "" k ‘ 1
Sundays
The Fairbanks mu 1 m ' iv* ! r
day, brinctiu/ papers 1|,HM lh* toWI‘ ut
Oct.
The A ucataii left Seattle f.n Valdez,
coming diiect. yesteroay.
The Jeai.ie .* now due here from ' 1"'
South Hhe i' fakin-' the Held, via
mad i in • f the Portland.
U, you Wahl a hoy’s 'hoe ’.loll
will weal ? lift I4lil.v HusU r at
Levy’s
Joe Bell will leave for a trip to the
Stales on the Yucatan.
The preliminary hearing ot the men
charged with the shooting i:i the fan
you is progressing very slowly, tin*
prosecution still putting witnesses on
the stand it may ho concluded this
week An adjournment whs taken tor
today owing to the illness of District
Attorney II «i lan
Card of Thanks
Mrs. Will'am Page desires to thank
the people of Valdez, and express her
heaitteit appreciation of flu* many
ki dnesses extended to her during her
iceent sad bereavement.
From Tuesday’s Ilnlletin
lb. C’hauey was appointed health
oilierr foi the town of Valdez at the
meeting ot the council last night.
For several weeks this position has
been vacant.
l lie Jennie arrived yesterday utter
neon, I ringing a large load of mail.
She will go to Seldovia and leave litre
returning south in about a Week.
l has Simenstad and wife leave for
the Sta'es on the \ ucataii.
The Santa L’laiu arrived this noon
with I'd passengers for Valdez.
\ Seattb* dispatch leceived this
morning iium Charles} Inger-oll, attor
ney for the Alaska Hum* Kail way,
Mates that II l> Key in Ids Ims gone
L;tM at the Higgestum ol tils Seattle
eredit 01 s, to secure I lie nece.-sury tUllds
to insure the completion of his Valdez
plans. Ingersoll says that, there is not
the -lighteM need of any uneasiness,
and that several large financial m
teiests are figuring to be in oil the
tut me plan-. The total Seattle indebt
• •dness ir, only #-7,000. Mr. Ingersoll
lias accompanied Mr. Keynolds east to
assist .
.) L. Steele, of ttie Lull ilock Mining
Co , i- ui town for a few days
A wireless telegraph outfit at Sitka,
which is I tie ninth government station
oil ttii- (.'oh**. Inis si last t een com
pleted and the chain «>f stations in the
northern eouttiv is ttnished except
for Circle, The Fair bunks station was
Mulshed recently, hut the naw or* at
Circle Cit> will t.a\e to await the le
o pelting ot narigation Itefore the steel
frame for t lie sta'ion can he taken up
the i irer.
•‘Fanner" Smith reports that the
work done so far on hi- Miners River
property has shown fine results. Con*
sideiaide tunnel woi k has been done,
the last *2o feet of which is in ore all of
which ions well in coppei It is the
intention of the company to proceed
for a short distance within the tunnel
and then start sinking on the ore so
as to get depth, where they are confi
dent they will find good values
The Fort Seward Musher i* the
name of a paper recently started at
Fort Seward
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