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VOLUME 2, WO. 31. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
[read THE SIGNll
It Means Something. Means
something to your pocketbook. To
the man w ith little money it acts like
a tonic. It gives strength to his
purse. It’s buying contents become
a greater force. If your purse is fat
and you feel you can afford more for
a suit, we can give you just that much
more for your money. OUR SL ITS
RANGE IN PRICE FROM $15
to Ours is the store in w hich
to get “MORE.” “More” quality.
“More” quantity. “More” pleasure
while you are buying. We please
you.
Getting wet these days? No
need for it. Our stock of rainy day
wear is complete, and the prices—well
you know they are right.
A
GOOD
WELLMADE
SERVICEABLE
1 CHEVIOT
BUSINESS
SUIT
$25.00
Jas. Fish & Co.
Everything To Wear.
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Everything To Wear.
J AMES EISM & CO
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Cure That Cold at j
P. O. DRUG STOKE. J
P. E. KERN,
GOLD and SILVERSMITH.
We Carry a Larjie Lot of
*
Watches, Diamonds,
Cut Glass, Silverware,
is. Musical Instruments.
Fine Watch Repairing
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers la
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices are SIGHT. Give u« a calL
Nuggets and Nugget Jewelry
CHAINS, CHARMS,
PINS, BRACELETS,
NECKLACES, HATPINS
WE MAKE ANYTHING YOU MAY WANT
Are You Going East?
If not, a few cents will take them by mail. Re
member your friends are looking far something.
W. C. STULL,
- Optician, Jeweler and Watchmaker, Diamond Setter.
Mining at Afognak.
Afogxak, Alaska, Aug. 17.—On
Dry Island (lining properties, af
ter a couple of months of inactiv
ity, operations have lieen resumed
and are carried on persistently.
-Miners are at work night and day
driving a tunnel on Adeline claim.
The tunnel will he 100 feet long,
cross-cutting the various ledges.
The tunnel is now in alnrut 50 feet.
-at lu leet tile first ieuge was cut,
it is about two feet wide. The
quartz is rich in free gold, and is
thoroughly mineralized with sul
phides carrying high values in gold.
Six feet further in tne second ledge
was struck, it is 16 inches wide, and
besides free gold carries galena.
The third ledge is about 12 feet
from the second one, it is about
two feet wide, and nature of the
quartz similai to that of the first
ledge, lhe fourth ledge was struck
40 leet from the entrance to the
tunnel;-it is about two and a half
feet wide and widens noticably
below; the quartz is very rich in
free gold, sulphides and galena.
The tunnel cuts the fourth ledge
about 75 feet ftom the end of tne
ledge where it is exposed in the
bluff, and about 'M leet below-the
surface. The main lead which is
ti leet wide, is expected to be struck
at any time. Samples assay from
912'up to $300 per ton. There is
sutiicient rich quartz in sight to
supply a mill for a long time.
On the Theodora claim, Kodiak
island, and about three miles irum
.Dry Island, a cabin has been put
up by the owner, Mr. Brown, wlio
showed some very fine quartz from
his claim actually spotted with j
gold.
From Malina Bay mining claims
on Afognak island, ore is taken out
and will be shipped for testing.
In Kishuyak Bay, Kodiak Is
land, numerous new quartz loca
tions have been made thiB summer.
On Seven Mile Fiats, Kodiak Is
land, between Uyak and Karluk,
new placer diggings were found,
and miners were rocking beach
for gold with various successes.
In Red river country, Kodiak
Island, it is rumored rich placer
diggings were found inland.
Karly in this month the Alba
tross Arrived with a party of sci
entists and the fish commissioner.
They went to Letnik Bay where
the government will establish a fish
culture station. A. F.
Tuesday nigiu the first frost of
the season appeared.
MINERS AND PROSPECTORS
COMING IN
—
' Local Happenings In And Around
Town By Onr Special
Reporters.
fipfdtl Telegram.
Toxsina, Sept. 9.—Dooley, Ralph
Ryberg.Jim Daggett, Outs. Thomp
son. Gcorgie Lee anil Billy Roberts
ieft here this morning. McGee,
Robt. Cole. H. E. Warner anil Feed
Date are on the trail. Mr. and
Mrs. Koons are camping here.
Special Telegram.
_ Copper Center, Sept. 8th.—The
Koons and (irahant families left
yesterday for Valdez after resting
up several days. Mr. Meals and
his staff have been surveying the
Blix homestead during last week.
Date, Coles, Dooley, Kyberg,
Daggett and Thompson family will
leave to-day. Ben Powell, Young
iove and Hepple left yesterday
boating down the Copper.’
A reward is offered for finding
Bundy’s body.
A concession has lteen granted
Mr. Blix to operate the Tuzlina
ferry.
Gerow & .Rudolph leave to-mor
row for Valdez.
Todd and Hogan left yesterday
for Mt. Drum.
All the material for the Valdez
brewery is now on hand, and work
men are actively engaged setting up
the parts in their proper places.
The company started out with the
determination to have a brewery
second to none in Alaska, and a
view of their outfit proves that they
are carrying out that idea.' The
brewer, Mr. Fritz Keiniger, came
up with the brewery and will now
take charge and make Valdez fam
ous by his output.
Mr. Keiniger is a thorough mas
ter of the art of brewing, having
first received his education in Ger
many. where he practiced for sev-'
eral years Indore coming to the
United States; he later graduated
with honors from the brewers’
School of Chicago, and had charge
of a brewery for ton years in butte,
Mont. Mr. Isaac Rafter, a cooper,
came with Mr. Keiniger and will
have charge of the cooperage work
of the brewery. All preliminary's
will he pushed on to completion,
and l>eer wiJ be produced at an
early date.
A call is issued by the committee
of the chamber of commerce for a
mass meeting to lie held to-night
at the court room, at 8:30, for the
purpose of considering the matter
of the representation of Valdez at
the District Convention to be held
in Juneau, Alaska, October 26,
1003, and to provide ways and
means of electing delegates, if re
presentation is to lie made.
From the foot of Mt. Wrangell
A. W. Tibhett and party have just
returned. They have put in the
season on the tin locations made
by them last year: Tlie work done
this year proves the property lo be
very valuable. The necessary as
sessment work will be done on the
40 odd claims, and they will be pot
ential.
The Valdez Masonic Club held
its annual election of officers last
night. Hon. B. F. Millard was
chosen president; John Y. Ostran
der, vice-president; Chas. 1L Gib
son, secretary; Gee. T. Hooper,
treinsurer; and Gustave S}>anberg,
financial secretary. Notice will be
given of new place of meeting.
From dilate ureek there arrived
yesterday Dorsey Leavell and wife,
Bob Kelly, Merrill, and Newcomb.
They made the trip out in ten days
and state that the trail is in the
finest condition ail the way. Mrs.
Leavell is Well pleased with her
trip to .Slate.
The .store on McKinley street
kept by Hubert Hildreth, has been
much altered, and now presents a
very inviting appearance, with a
good selection of confections and
cigars.
Getting Hot in Bulgaria.
Special Telegram.
Seattle, Sept. t>.—Latest rejK>rts
are to the effect that there is hell
!<opping in Bulgaria. The Turks
are massacreing and plundering
women and children. Troops being
mobilized.
New trotting horse named Dillon
has made a record of a mile in two
minutes flat.
New bicycle rider, Crawford,
made a record of 50 miles straight
in an hour.
Horticultural Pair at Dawson.
Special Telegram.
Dawson, Sept. 5.—The canni is
getting cheap, and business is none
too good. Big horticultural fair
here three days next week. Recent
rains furnish water for sluicing to
resume.
Council Proceedings.
Nine street lights were ordered
installed hv the council Monday.
Three will he placed on Broadway,
three on upper Keystone, one on
lower Keystone and two on Em
pire street.
Very few bills were presented,
and the meeting was turned into a
debate on the question of obtaining
a patent to the townsite. Nothing
definite was decided U|»on regard
ing the amount of land to include
in the application for patent.
Drowned at Tazlina.
Geo. Bundy, the Tazlina ferry
man, was drowned while crossing
that river Sept. 2d. He had taken
some passengers across and was
returning with the empty boat,
when he lost control and it cap
sized. He was thrown into the
stream .and disappeared in a few
seconds.
The Nome City arrived last
Thursday night with 17 passengers
for this place. .She was slated for
Nome hut was s|>eeialKy chartered
bv the Valdez brewing company to
bring up their large brewery outfit.
The president of the company was
also aboard. There were 250 tons
of freight. 14 head of cattle,40 sheep
and 2 calves. She went to Resur
rection Bayireturning hereon Mon
day, and departed in the afternoon.
Following jo thejpassenger list from
Seattle
J. Xmrll. H. T. Xuelt, Mr- J. <lo. <U1I „n<l child
Mi'* K. M. Ift*mic. II . I>. KvyuoUK F. J. Cam
«ru«, l»r. A. Von f.unil.vr, F. iluiieger. J K«ft«*r
E. A. Seeley, L. L lta\>, « L. iloyi, Mi-» A.
VaUghttU. A. I foxier. \\. \\. Wnikin*. vuivami'2
children, I>r. Maurer.
Word reached here from White
river that tiihlion, Mcchim, iiotfeld
and Swanson have discovered gold
on Bear gulch, a tributary of Uos
feld creek, in White river country. |
They ran a cut up the creek about
25 feet and panned out good coarse
gold, averaging 11) cents to the pan.
they staked a few claims and seut
in the papers for record. Some of
them will remain there all winter,
while one or two will come here
return in the spring.
The benefit dance given by the
Moose, Tuesday, was a success;
financially, although the nuiuage- j
ment of the affair was not up to the
usual standard. The refreshment
committee put up a very slim lunch
and the lack uf red lemonade seem- j
ed to have a depressing effect on
the spirits of the crowd. The pro
ceeds amounted to about flUO.
Probably the finest shop now in
town is the sheet metal and tinwace
factory run hv Yakshaw. He ha.-1
removed from his old quarters -on
Broadway to the new building spe
cially erected for him at the en
trance to the old wharf.
James Fish, of the firm of Fish
it Co., took ids family for a drive
to Camp Comfort this week, where
they will remain for a day or two1
on a visit. The road is in tine con
dition for driving this season.
£. <B. Dozier opened at his old
stand last night, next the3>izina.
Dozier is an old hand at the res
taurant business and always runs
a tirsndass place.
Tuesday eveuing at six o'clock
a very perceptible earthquake oc
curred. It lasted about one minute
and vibrated east and west.
BORN—To Harvey L. Lea veil
and wife, Wednesday morning, 9th
instant, a daughter, weighing nine
pounds.
I It i* re|iorted that Geo. Hogg,
; Tenu* Smith and Bert Craig are on
| the way to the Yukon from Nizinu.
TOODAMS
TANANA QUARTZ FOUND BY
FJELD
Free Milling Gold Quarts Carries
Silver, Copper and
Lead.
Samples of the discovery made
hy Field and associates this season
have just reached this office, also
assay returns on some that were
tested. As stated in these columns
some few weeks ago, the locators
took up 22 claims on the Yakima,
a tributary of the Xabesna, which
flows into the Xanana. Some loca
tions were made on copper veins,
but the majority were on a free
milling quartz ledge, which crops
on the surface showing al>out a six
foot face. Six samples were sent
I to the assayer; two of which yield
ed respectively 95S.SO and 948.60
in gold and 2 ozs. silver. One sil
ver in a small amount. One 98.26
in gold and silver. 95.94 in copper
and 29 |>er cent. lead. Sample Xo.
6 gave in gold 18.72, in silver 92.91,
in copper and lead 22.8 per cent.,
or a total value per ton of 144.60.
Xhe vein is quite visible in passing,
and many have seen it in previous
years, but none thought it worthy
of a test till this season, when Fjeld
and his companion crushed some
of the rock, and upon panning it
got a good prospect.
Schneider Again.
Mk. Kiutoh.—Dot Nkwb man no
tell me dose kvestions; may Ik- he
nicht can. Dot Wilic needing
come to-night, und 1 hsif much dis
couragement. I l«K)ty badly scared
dot no holitical candidates vill hr;
und vat is wor-cr no money for
dose oxbenses. I very sorry for no
work vituld Ik-at Juneau: v»wt
dere.-drink beer, und dec ,hu . : .
lows do all der rest. S< hnkuikr
Our Coal to Nome.
The 'Pacific-Alasku Transporta
tion .A Coal Co., operating in Her- *
inden Bay, has so far developed
their coal measures this year as to
beiublc to send a cargo of coal to
Siime. This has resulted in con
tracts for large deliveries next year.
The fall of HUM will find this com
pany putting coal—a better grade—
at a lower rate than Puget Sound
coal into Valdez, unless Kayak
country U-ats them out.
Away Prom Home to Hear News.
“It has been only a few week*
since the Valdez chamber of com
merce gave a reception to a party
of yiaitiug millionaires, at which
the guests were requested to use
.their influence with congress for
territorial government. The prin
cipal speech made for territorial
government was by E. A. Hender
son, deputy clerk of tiie court, one
tlie best journalists of the west.”—
Alaskan.
The Rev. Clevenger located at
Copper Center, is doing good work
among the .native*. He loses no
opportunity to teach them on all
subjects. A few days ago he brought
them into the government farm to
show them how to raise turnips.
They ate of them Mid liked them,
and have taken very kindly to the
business; so much eo in fact that
they take every opportunity to
raise turnips, and in a very short
time the farmer will have none left.
They are apt .pupils.
Harry Fitch and Clarence War
ner left on the Nome City, and
will return on the same l*oat as
they have business here to attend
to.
The Excelsior has met with a
slight accident near Juneau and
will probably not be here until
after the Bertha.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that 1,
John Mattson, have located Klring
ton island, situated southwest of
Latouclie, for a fox island. All
persons are hereby warned against
trespassing U|>on said island.
32 John Mattbojl