THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR.
H. H. HILDRETH, Editor. \V. H. CRARY, Associate Editor.
JOS. A. HOURKK. Business Manager.
published at Valdez. Alaska, every Thursday by the Phohi-ector
Pcblishixo Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez |>ostoflice ns second clash matter.
sunscmmox mate®.
X)n» Y*»r |3.,(D
tax Months U.60
Three Months • •' ... |l.no
£*lilpleCopy .... 10 cents
A DVt KTISI .NO K AXES.
One dollar per month ior one Inch, single
MMM.
Locals, 10 cents per line lor first insertion
And lire cents per line for each *ub«equent
Insertion.
AUTHORIZED AMENTS.
Thf it oil sale at the following
new* *tand*:
P. O. News Stand. Seattle.
Puget Sound New* C«, Seattle.
P. O. Newt Stand, Juneau.
Eugene McCarthy Newt Stand, Skagway.
P. O. New* Stand, Eagle. Alaska.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
COUNCI I.MEN.
jA>n Mrtlia. lau. Iiaomtu.
al white. Ed. Wood*.
C. N. Cbabt. Cba*. (JHiawtukd.
. J. L. Stieli.
J. L. mill. Mayor
J. O. Snyder, Treasurer.
J. W. Lieut. City attorney
Dr. C. A. Winans, Health oeeicer.
H. H. Hildreth, Cleric.
John Goodell, Pres. School Board.
The assessment roll for the city
has been completed and will foot
pp to about $300,000. If all the
taxes are paid there will lie $3,0( 0
fro nr this source of revenue toward j
the ex|iensesof the city for the cn- :
suing year. But the full amount
■rill not be paid, it living estimated
that about $2,500 of ibis amount
will be collected. This will not lie
enough for the running expenses of
the coining year, and more money
will Imve to lie raised from at lit r
Sources. A small aipount has liecn ,
raised front poll taxes, but not one;
half of the residents of town have
paid that tax. and it is difficult to j
get the proper man to act as eol-'
lector. The council will probably
jn&ke it one of the requirement* of
a voter to have paid hi* poll tax.
If this is done, several bundetd
dollars will „bc raised. A large
amount could be collected from dog
licenses if the owner* could have
their dogs protected from the dis-1
eased animals that infest the town,
and are allowed to run loose on the ]
streets, but after last years ex per-1
ience of paying a license on tlair
dogs and then not receiving anyj
protection.whutevcr, it is not likely j
that any one will pay a dog license j
this vear.
No one should object to the pay-:
nient of their taxes this season.
The assessment in nearly all eases
is low. in fact too low for the host
interests of the town. There are
many improvements that should
and must l>e made in the spring if
Valdez expects to keep up her rep
utation as the leading town of Al
aska. It therefore la-hooves every |
one who is interested in the wel
fare of Valdez to come forward and
cheerfully pay their taxes at an
early date.
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Our.attention is living constant
ly called to the fact that there are
a number of horses going loose
through the town, with apparently
no one to look after or feed them.
They are being reduced to a very
poor condition for there is nothing
ground the streets now for them to
live on hut tin cans and beer l*>'
fles. The owners of these animals
Would do well to gather them ill
gnd feed them, or else sell them for I
dog feed, and not have them going!
around from house to house, eating
the knobs off the doors.
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Now comes ah inquiry from ah
Individual down in the farming
***** of Washington, wanting to
ItpftW If it. would lie advisable to
bring to Valdez, ‘*A Cider mill to
make Plenty Cider and vinegar.”
No, it would not pay. From pres
ent indications tbe apple crop in
Alaska .will lie .small next year.
Then besides that, eider is too weak
for the average Alaskan. Bring a
bootch mill. You can make lots
juore money with iligt kind of a
pill.
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The City Council should pass an {
ordinance at once compelling all
ptreet vendors and peddlers to pay
ft heavy license. The time will i
poon come when tin r*- w ill he manv '
ptreet spielers here, and if allowed !
|p carry on their business at aW.j
(}iey should he nnu.e 10 pay wel i
.' if >hf } r vile^e.'
CCPPER RIVER INDIANS.
The following extract from a
letter written hy a well known
prospector and pioneer in this sec
tion, in answer to a request for the
prospector’s opinion as to the ad
visability of assisting the natives
in some nay, gives a good descrip
tion of the Indians and their me
thod of living. The letter is from
one n ho has hud every opportunity
for the lust four years, of studying
the natives in their everyday life,
“Of course there are individual
exceptions, hut in general, and in
comparison with other Western In
dians. they are honest, cleanly, in
dustrious and incl'itcd to he eco
nomical. They are apt, quick
witted, musical and mirthful. As
to their honesty, they have liccn
trusted hy prospectors and traders
and have paid their debts. They
have cared for provisions for pros
pectors when they themselves were
in almost starving condition.
“With their way of living it would
he unreasonable to compare their
cleanliness with civilized whites,
hut they are very regular in taking
steam bums. Their simple mode ot
improvising a Russian hath house
is interesting and complete. Be
sides licing effective hi cleunlines»
it is conducive to good health, and
they cluiin (aim 1 iielieve justly;
tliat it errudieates and prevents
rheumatism.
“While they ure unaccustomed to
the continued hard labor of the
white man, they spend much ol
their time in hunting, trapping
and fishing, and during the last two
summers, several have been iucra
li\ely euguged in ferrying pros
pectors across t. e rivers. They are
learning not to spend their money
for worthless trash, hut are inclined
to save it, for the purchase of Hour
and staple necessities.
“They could nut speak a word of
English in now''they are able
to converse so that they cun be un
derstood. They take a great inter
est in pictures nf railroads, sieam
bouts, tall buildings and the white
nian’s improved methods of living.
They are often very quick spoken
and quick to think and act, thereby
raoicahy differing from the slow
indifferent and u demotion less In
d.ans of other tribes.
“Children readi'y follow by
whistling or humming, any tune
they hear, and soon barn to play
on accordions, harmonicas and tile
o.her crude musical instruments
that fall into their hands. They
enjoy wit and re pa nee when they
unders and it, and laugh heartily.
They d< sire to progress and they
say they hope some lime :u build
houses like white men. They gov
ern tncir eriniin.il eleineii. i»y sup
erstition, and tiie smoking volcano
ol Mt. Wrangel exerts an influence
for good. and is used as an impori
ant factor by their chiefs and ex
huriers.
‘‘it is lo lie hoped dial these na
tives .will not he made dependent,
but will lie assisitd in the great
transition irom their primitive life
te civilization by lieing taught to '■ e
independent. They need to raise
fewer dogs and more goals. The
children should have primary
s< hoots, anil ihe o.d obouiii Ik pro
tecied by owner-hip of :«• ie;.st a
dozen quar.er sections of land, di
' oil u iii.<1 as uiHuy •tuien-in neHii
ties, on tlieir “sit downs” or camps,
to assure them protection to their j
homes, fishing grounds and little
gravey.irds that they love so well.
It would lie unjust and pathetic to
sec these people crowded out entire-,
ly by the aggressiveness and nva
riciousnoss of the white man. I
Three* sections of land is a small,
•mount to reserve for them out of
this great empire.” A. M. P.
Probate Notice.
In the Vnifed Htat*--I'otnmiojoncr't Court for
the Pistrict of VlH«ka. VuMn Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate )
of ; In Probate
Joseph Thowney, f Noth e to
Peceased. j ( reditors.
Notice Is her dry given that the undersign^!
Henry W. Mill. r was on the.iotli day of Octvh *r
19irj, duly appointed adininiMrator’ of the Es
tate of said Joseph Thowney. deceased.
Notice is hereby further Riven by the under- ,
signed administrator of said estate to the or* d
itors of and all pe rsons having claims against j
the said deceased.^to exhibit them with the;
necessary vouchers, within six months after
the first publication of this notit e. to the "aid |
administrator, at his place of business on the
Northwest corner of keystone avenue ami lfl«»
hart street, in VaMefT Alaska. tue same being
the plaee for the transaction of business of said
estate, in the Precinct of Valdez.
Paled at Valdez, this 4th day of Nnvt-mlwr, !
A.D.. 1SW2.
Hrnry >V. Mii.lkb,
Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Tliowuey.
deceased.
Win. II. Whlttl soy.
Attorney i«*r the Administralor.
First publication. Nov. 6. 1OT.\
U»t publication Pec. 4. Uki’.
Notice.
j In the l\ 9. Commissioner*** Court for the DU j
friet of Alaska, Division No. 3. Sunrise Pre- ■
rl net.
In Probate.
In fhe Matter *»f tin* K-tate of | ^
It. Lane, Deceased. \
It «• riiijf to ililsCoiirt l»jr the p titlon thi* i
i day presented and tiled liy II. A. Smith, Ad
ministrator of tin* estate oi It. Lane, deceased,
praying tor an order ot *iii oi tin mining in*
I tcrests of said estate, that it is to tin* be.-t inter
| ext of said estate tltat all mining interests
i should be x. Id. It is therefore ordered by the
! Court that any and all perxonx interested, ap- 1
pear before this court on the 1st day of May,
IWtt, at the hour of U) o'clock, a.n«, of said day, i
at the courtroom of said court, in aHunrl*c, j
Alaska, Distriet of Alaska, to show cause why j
an order should n*u Ik* granted to said admin- j
istrator to sell all mining interests oi said es- I
tate.
It is further ordered that a copy ? this order
Ih* p tblMicd tor four successive weeks in a
| newspaper within the District of Alaska. Iiav
; lug general circulation. And that a ropy'
j thereof be forwarded to Messrs. Ktiow A Krenian 1
ol Fresno, California, for and in behalf ol t*. <i. j
I Lane. J. II. Hrownlow.
Probate Judge of said Court.
Dated at 9unri*c, Alaska, this Itdli dav of Hep- 1
, tember. 191/2.
i Date of first publication. Nov. 6, P.»r*.
i Date of last publication, Nov. 21, 1W2.
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Market Price List.
Flour . .. . gUg per IN
I Corn Meal . $a.j5 •• lo*> i
Butter .. $5c •• lb
Kgg*. . UOe •* tlo2 ]
; Sugar .$7.00 •• 100
Rice.$1.00 to $7.10 •• 100
Potatoes . ... 3l£c *• lb
Bat oil and Ham .$15-00 to $17.U0 •• 1U0
Coffee .JO to 50c *' lb j
I Milk . . 12U to 20 “ can 1
tii'anulated Potatoes.20 to 25c “ lb
| !>ried Fruit.. K to 15c •• lb
l Syrup .$1 to $1.50 •* ga( |
I Beaus, small white. $u.U0 •• luu
Beaus, Luna . $12.50 •• loo {
Rolled Oals “ lb
Tea.... . .jo to 75 “ )b '
Tobacco, smoking tiO to 70c »* lb
Tobacco, chewing jo to 75c '* lb
K. Wash. d«»uble cond. timothy hay .$12.50 ton i
Best Whitman oats $12.50 ton
Coal $15.00 ton '
Wood . . fa.oo curd
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Finest Bread
Ever Baked.
Try It.
r. r. jchmiot, prop,
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Cor. McKinley St. -and Broadway :
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COOX _ INLET
Prospecting and Hunting par
ties ran lie supplied with!
necessary nut tits by
H. N. WETHEBBEE,
at Kenai and Kussiloff at tin :
Most Reasonable Prices in Al-1
aska, thereby saving freight!
and trouble of landing sup
plies.
GEO. S. MEARNS, A^ent,
Kenai. Alaska.
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valdez mn i nut co.
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Complete abstract* of title
to all mineral anti other
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claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
trict*.
Mads fynisM It VtMu
Etta ids
r a
Valdez. Alaska;
Professional
Cords.
FRANK M. BOYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
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Office and Residence ALASKA
215 Keystone Avenue.
DR. W. G. ALEXANDER,
Dentist.
McKinley st. valdez.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
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Swan
Building. Vai.dk*.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
| VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining aiml L*ml Ijius, S|H‘«*iNltii*5(
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
i Keystone Ave. Value/.
ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN.
Counsel lor-at-Law.
I*. S. Supreme Court. It. gi*tered Attorney I*.
S.Patent Ofiee, United States and Foreign Tat*
eats, Caveat*..Trade Marks and copyrights.
No. 700 7th Street. N. W.,
! Opp. C . 8. i'.lelil Office .
WASHINGTON, D. C.
A.JUDS0N ADAMS,
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Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
| U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next dcor to Merchant* Cafe.
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JOHN F. RICE,
Lawyer.
McKinley St. Valdez.
H. H. Hildreth,
Notary Public and
Conveyancer.
Prospector Office.
NEW YORK LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
WRITES THE BEST POLICIES.
G. Sponberg, Agent.
R. BLIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
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W. H. Brenncn.
HOUSE and 8IGN PAINTER.
Paper Hanger and Decorator.
VALDEZ, * - ALASKA.
B. F. Hillard
I* Prepared to Ex
amine, Take Option* on
and Purchase Mining
Properties.
Shaw A' Williams arc carry
ing a full line of fresh fruits. Ship-;
ment* rofivrd on every boat.
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GOOD GOOD/. GOOD SERVICE. <
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“THE* MZIMT
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CLUB BOOMS IN CONNECTION
D6ARF & MACKINTOSH
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
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Geo. Woods. Jas. Fowlie.
WOOD J & PGWLIE
S/inPLE K2£fU.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SCOTT ft SMITH, Props.
__P. E. KER N,
Di x on3s,
Watches,
. Jewelry,
C t G a?s,
Silverware,
Clocks.
Nugget
Jewelry
Made
To
Older.
, H. M. DEAN.
General Merchandise Broker.
REPRESENTING
SCHWABACHER BROS. & CO. M. C. NASON * CO
" 1 ■ <inicer* nlld Tobaeeoni.t*. Fruit and Pr..diice.
\RMOUR & CO. W. P. FULLER & CO.
Paint*. Oil*, sa.ii and Door*.
WASHINGTON SHOE MFU. CO. WASHINGTON RUBBER CO
.... on i itii i) ''lolliliig and Kubta-r Footwear.
(•ALBRA11 H-BACOX &■ CO.
Ilay. •■‘Vain, Lime. I'etneut. Building Material.
Cigars a Specialty. vatd«*. Aiask,.
Or. 1.5. Mil
Dentist and Optician.
A Fnil Line of Spectacle* on Hand. Clock*
and W utche* Repaired on
Shor; Xoiiee.
McKinley St. Valdei.
pun ZinnERn/H
Clearing, Repairing and Altering Done
on Short Notice.
Ladies Suits Cleaned and Pressed.
Keys*, lie Ave. next to Prospector Office.
C. C. BOQflRDUS,
Acssayer and Chemist.
Gi W aud Silver $ 1 .CO Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Cou mbu St., Seattle. Waii.
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