JAMES PISH £> Co.
We will close out our hard
ware stock, and will make prices to
suit.
HARDWARE
f
Don’t Forget Your Friends
We have n complete line of Perfumery, Fine Soaps,
Sh ■ vmg Sets. Manicure Sets, Toilet Cum .',o\t pox»s,
Cuff Boxes, Collar Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, Jt vei
Cases. Work Boxes, Photo Cases, Albums, Smokers’
Sets, Traveling Cases, Atomiters, Fine Sta ion« ry. ami
dozens of other neat and appropriate articles for
Holiday Presents
Call in and examine them at
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
City Market
^NEXT TO MERCHANT** CAFE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Price? are RIGHT. Give u« a call.
ST. ELIAS RESTAURANT,
ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT
IN VALDEZ.
Merchant’s Lunch, 12 to 1, 35 c Sunday Dinner 75c.
Dinnners 5:30 to 8 p.m., 50^
Merry Christmas
and
i A Happy /New year.
With Many ‘Returns.
W. C. 5TUwL,
Optician, Jeweler and Watchmaker.
Moral Wave at Juneau.
A moral wave struck Juneau
«'i li full force a few days ago and !
a sc <» ;mr nnieai laws lias been ;
l1'. cti r i Hu In oliservanee o;
I lie people copied fro ii 'he Pilgrim
j FS ..i N i. u ... ndc li on c . i.- • . i
Hock ages ago.
Every store, saloon, harlcorshop,
theatre, or place of amusement
must close on Sunday.
*
tiamhlers and the soiled doves |
are unde r arrest and held on f.iKJ,
hail. Many will he exhiled to Si -
i ka.
i No man can kiss his wife on
! Sunday and the wearing of bloom- j
ers, false hair aiid low neck dress
es is forbidden. Every married
man must jiost a certified copy of
• bis marriage ce rtificate on his door
; jiost or live alone.
All statuary and nude or pm
| tially nude pie.urea mus. lie e<.\-,
11 red 1 wtween the neck and the nn
: kh s and tlm curfew hell will ring
' at s o’clock each evening.
The Post-office and the Preshy-'
1 terian church which Judge Brown i
attends an* the only public houses
open. It is threatened that the
whipping jiost. the stocks and the
ducking board will lie brought in-.
| to use.
j flu' frtvdom of the press has1
' lieen denied and the papers ean-i
| not say what they think for fear of
bringing down on their heads ju
dicial displeasure.
Boarding house kee|>crs must
serve cold lunches on Sunday.
For 8ale.
The buildings, stock and good- j
will of the best roud-1 louse in the
Copper river district, situated at
Tonsina p<ridge. Well equipped
and well situated. Good hargain.
Call, or address Chas Yager. Val
dez, Alaska.
They are now working three
shifts at the Giadhaugh mine in
klllumar and turning out ore in |
large quantities. Shipment* stv
>>eing made on every 6 miner and
the bin6 art always well tilled.
More men will be put on after the|
firu of the year.
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AT WASHINGTON. EDWARDS
WRITES
01 BecenMefislalion
For The District and the Outlook
for Changes in the
Future.
Washington. P. C., Pec. 15th,
1W2. Alaska Prospector, Valdez,
Alaska.—A several days stay in
Washington in and a Unit the Cap
itol and the various de| nrtinent-.
convince*one that Congress has at
last awakened to the fact that
Alaska deserves some legislation.
There are several hills pending
affecting the Pistriet.
On June 3Uth, lust, an amend
ment to the Code passed lmth
houses with slight difference*. This
bill is practically certain to puss
and receive the Presidents signa
ture during this short session.
It provides first:—A technical
change in the form* of pleading in
equity practice.
Second:—An amendment to the
divorce laws allowing a plaintiff
who has resided in the Pis.rid. one
year to bring suit for divorce upon
the grounds already provided.
Third:—A complete dt minion of
the powers of municipal corpora
tions, greatly enlarging their tax
ing power and providing that all
the revenues collected by the Ciov
«rumen! ifnder tbe present license
law slvali lie paid to the treasurer
of the municipal council for the
benefit oi tiro school fund and the
corporation.
Fourth:—An ample private in
corporation act. After going to
conference committee this hili will
I women 'aw, almost as a matter
oi course.
A lull has linen introduced pro
viding for the election of a dele
gate for Alaska. The objection
raised to thi* is the great expense
of election. '1 he passage of i Lis
lull at this si ssion ,s i.ov.btful.
Commissioner Herman, oi tIn
La nd office, has approved a pro
posed amendment to lie land laws
allowing he i umed;a e occupancy
of a ho uestcad of 320 acres and
requiring a five years residence to
obtain title. If a the tml of live
years residence, the government
1 i«is not ext* tided its surveys to the
v cinitv of die land to which title
is sohght, the s* t hr may then
have a special survey made and rc
cei e a i a‘on\ It is probable that
this laud law will pass this session
of congress.
Tliere is also a hill pending that
the gorerumcn furnish each of the
canneries a certain number of sal
mon spawn each season, which the
c anneries must place in the streams
whence their lish are taken.
Mr. Hoggctt, of Nome, Mr. Ivey
and our own George Ksterly are
doing good work here in Whalf of
Alaska. 1 iiud that Valdez has
la-en well advertised and the fact is
now quite generally known that
Valdez is the future metro|>olis of
the District.
I met Mayor and Mrs. Steele a
few days ago in New York. Mr.
Blci has organized the most com
plete mining expedition that has
ever come to the southern Alaska
coast and will leave Seattle early
iu January. Dr. Pearson, who is
still in New York, informs me that
he will arrive in Valdez early in
the year at the head of a ( respect
ing expedition.
Ami.::
Sulwer’K- •*•»«'«»..
Moose Dinner.
Thu second Annual Christmas
dinner given hy the Moose lodge on
C'hri-tnias day to its nictiiltcrs and
their families was a decided suc
cess in every way.
La-t years dinner was such a
success that this years dinner and
entertainment was looked forward
to for months with the anticipation
of a splendid time and no one wa
disw|xloiuted.
The hall was lieautifully ami ar
tistically decorated under the *u
jarvision of F. W. Rosenthal, the
well-known artist.
The four huge tables were nieelv
arrangeil and decorated and were
set for l.Hi peopde and at 2:30 p.
m., when all were seated, the hall
presented a scene of beauty that
has not In ch surpassed in Valdez.
The youth and beauty and the age
and dignity of the town were there
and it was as n great family reun
ion. The elders talked of old
times and related reminiscences of
old days. Tlieyoung iieople danced
and made love and the children
played with Their toys and rolled
on tls* floor.
•After dinner n short program
was rendered and speeches inude
by meniWrs of the order.
The dinner was prepared un
der direction of Richard (Jilinetm,
which consisted of tlic following
menu.
Loli*ter
Pill Mt’kK r«lif«*ri»Ji r»lCelery,
l urk.-y hikI Prouiiitf.
It il «i llitur
l*r»fMI*HnkiM tfwroe* I’ofHto • r«»rn
A*«oru d Nut* Fivncii < muli s. I
H il-iU'. M im*hI OrunKf-ft, A i*r*l»-*
< lu*fit*,l nii»*, (H vurietU -*.)
VunillH !«*♦• CreHiu.
Telegrams conveying Christmas
greetings were received from Ma.oi
Steele, dated at Washington, I>. C.
and from Harry King and R. HIix
at Copper Center and a cablegram
from Jack Miller, from his old home
in Ireland.
Much credit is due the commit
tee of which Mr. (Jrani Sweet was
chairman, for the success of tliei
whole affair.
Fire Apparatus Arrives.
The new fire apparatus and en
gine arrived on the Nome City and
is Wing i ut into working order.
The outfit consists of one 20 man
power fin* engine, fitut feet of two
inch safety cotton ruMier lined
hose, coupled in 50 foot sections,
one hand hose cart, six ‘•Patroll”
tire extinguishers and everything
meessary for repairing the a We. »•
and extra couplings and expand
ers.
The engine and hose ear: are be
ing put on sled runners by Dgarf
& McIntosh, for winter use and in
a few days a test of the apparatus
can W* made. In the meantime
he fire company is Wing organized
and the fire house completed.
Judge J. Y, (Grander, who has
recently arrived here from Juneau
to make Valdez his home, has lieen
appointed U. f*. Commissioner In
Judge Wiekershum. Judge Os
trander will aet as justice of the
peace, coroner and judge, and his
duties will not conflict with those
of Judge Lyons, whose duties are
the same with the addition of be
ing a m-order. Judge Ostrander
served as the firs; U. S. Commis
sioners at Juneau and has had
much experience and will make
an excellent ottieial.
D. C. Browed];
HARDWARE,
ramts. Oils and Cilass.
THE NEXT EVENING WAS
QUICKLY
Lot Jumper Has House Moved
Off In the Lntest
Style.
Another on«*e of lot jumping
“throwing oft'1 occurred this week.
Mr. 1. H. Loomis lniught of the lo
cators, two lots on the reservation,
hud them chared of trees and
stumps and fenced. On the lots
was several thousand f< et of lumber
for building a large burn and ware
house as soon as carp* nt* rs could
If secured to do the work. There
was also a large amount of hay,
grain and coal, tools, sleds, etc.,on
the lots, and everything showed
lit Wu4 .1* | >,s?U;!On •.»!
property and that he was acting in
good faith and complying with the
law in holding the lots.
On Monday night some party
jumped the lot andcomtm-iued the
erection ot a cabin on it. Mr.
Loouiis ordered him ott two differ
ent times and tin- i.tsi time it.o'iiii
*-d hin; that he would be there that
evening at $ o'clock and if he was
not oft the lot and with his cabin
ue would bring help and throw
U>tli man and cabin off. True to
hi* promise. Loom:* was then at
6 o'clock wi it '!■> O; .lie lies c. i
/ens. The house was there bm not
he jumper and lie hoys tumbled
lie house off ,ii o i s • *,■
J lie ac .on i» enuorsvt. oy a;i
•vlio believe in justice and equity
and t lie siiom r that people know
hat they cannot jump projierty
• >f private citizens who are comply*
.ng with the law. the better ii will
be tor ali concerned.
Jumped The Reservation.
Last Monday many of tin* citi
zens oi this place were surprised to
see a eabiu on the land at, *i»e cor
ner of MKinlev and Alaska ave
nue. opposite tne C. S. telegraph
otliee on the land claimed liy tiie
government. It was soon asctr
ained that Willoughby Clark, lie
a: ornev who is a new arrival here
from Nome, had jumped the lot.
I he house was built hy Scotty
Crawford and 0 to Kanitz, on .
Broadway, and was ntoved onto
ibe lot Wttlnestlay night and Mr.
C.ark installed in it.
Nothing was done on Wednes
day or Thursday, except to ask
Mr. Clark by what authori.y lie
was on the lot. On Friday morn
ing. however, about 2 o'clock, a de
tachment of solda rs under com
mand of Lieut. Wheeler, arrived
from For; Lise tun. and afier sta
tioning sentries and guards, Mr.
Clark was requested to leave the
house, which lie did and it was
pulled down and thrown oh the
lot wiih its contents.
The next morning the thorough
fare, the street in front of the Tele
graph otliee and leading from the
end of McKinley stmt, past the
old Whaiing huildmg was fenced
in and teams and suds forh.dtlen
passage. This worked a hardship
to the residents of the reserva
tion addition and a petition con*
tuining a large nttuilier of names
was presented Capt. Wilson asking
that the road he again thrown open
and he comput'd wit It their mp-, ,• .
It >s usuii is t eicl .oa .■ 'i .-1
will now l>e matte to as.tr am u
the governnu tit has a right to Itoid
-he prtq>er,y.