A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, l'.Htull.Oraduate Optician.
Now i- tiio time to clean tip your ;
j romim**.
The last Yukon mail left Circle '
April 16 ami reached here May 3.
F. 1). Kelsey left on the Bertha
for a short trip to Juneau on legal
business.
Many of our citizens are now
busy making vegetable and Bower
gardens.
Bromide of Quinine Capsules
cure a cold in one day. at Valdez
Pharmacy.
L. R. Campliell, the assnver at
the (iladhaugh mine, was in town
this week on business.
Jean Ames returned on - the |
Excelsior from a trip to his copper
property in the Bound.
Chas. Sponberg aud the two Mc
phcrsons leave today for down the
sound on a prospecting trip.
AI vali Eames. the postal inspec
tor. returned on the Bertha from a
business trip to the westward.
If von have anything for sale or
trade list it with the Copper River
Mining, Trading A Development
Co.
Miss Tessie Leroy has purchased
the Levy property adjoining the
Moose hall, on Alaska avenue for
1600.
The overland mail left Wednes
day morning with 76 pounds of
mail. 10 pounds of which was for
Chisna.
If vim are tired of using poor
flour, leave your order for a sack of
Holly. Money refunded if you are
Hot pleased.
J. W. Little of Kllamar was in
town last week. He has bought the
saloon and mining property of W. j
I). Hcidorn at Kllamar.
It is time that a baseball nine*
was organized. There is plenty of
good timlicr in town, only waiting
for some one to take the lead.
Fish Bros, are sole agents in
\ aldez for Holly flour and have;
just bought a thousand sacks. No
flour on this market equal to Hoi
Mrs. (island has rented the hotel
now run by Mrs. Johnson. She
will fit the place up in good shape,
and start a first-class hoarding
house.
Mr. Thos. J. Donohue anil wife
left on the Bertha for Juneau after
a few weeks visit here. They non
return later to make this place their
jK-rmanent home.
Holly flour costs no more than
the cheap grades that are sold in
this market. Don’t forget to in
clude a trial sack the next time vou
leave ait order with Fish Bros.
The Newport arrived from Ju
neau early fuosdav morning and
left in the afternoon for Unalaska.
There were a number of passengers
and a large amount of freight.
Mr. Henry Suscdorf returned on
the Newport from Sitka, where he
has been spending the winter, and
will prospect on the sound this
summer in company with Nick
Meekem.
Ike Loomis. John Tiet jen and
John Kkemo passed through the
canyon Monday, they report that
the trail from the interior is in fine
condition, although there is no feed
yet for stock.
Miss Dela Bigelow and Miss
Lena Sneve of Grand Forks B.C. j
arrived bv the steamer Excelsior
and will probably spend the
summer here. Mbs Bigelow is a i
trained nurse of much ex|*erience. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. McMullen
returmd on the Excelsior from
Beattie. Mrs. McMullen’s health is
much improved by her visit to the
Btatys and her many friends are
glad to welcome her home again, i
J. B. AQCN5
CASH STORE
If you want an outfit let
me figure on it and you
wjll save money. AGENS
BUTTER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
pi. W. Miller, Manager
.
\V. C. Stull Expert Watchmaker.
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to l>e had at Hcmple A
Dougherty’s.
F. Koltehoff. an obi Alaskan pio
neer. was a passenger on the Bertha
on his way to the States on a short
visit. Mr. Koltehoff went with
Capt. Jarvis to Point Barrow, a
few years ago to rescue the ice im
prisoned whalers.
When the Quartermaster Sar
gent lends a box of velox paper he
should take the parties’ word as to
the amount returned or else go into
a dark room to count them. The
sun light is apt to injure the sheets.
Mr. S. P. Raymond, of Port An
geles. Wash., an old friend of A. J.
Adams, arrived here on the Excel
sior and will make this his home
for some time. Mr. Raymond has
lieen connected with the. Trans
Alaskan Company the past winter.
Mayor J. L. Steele returned
home on the Excelsior from a trip
to Seattle Sa n Francisco a nil other
Cities. He rgpprts that there is
much talk of Valdez every place
he visited, and that there is no
doubt but that the Valdez-Eagle
City Railroad will be built.
The Excelsior arrived here last
Saturday from Seattle with alamt
1(K) i assengers ami a large amount
of freight. There were alsuit 2.r>
passengers for this place and the
remainder were for western points.
She will go to I’yak hay and re
turn here al>out next Saturday.
There is one very happy man in
Valdez this week and that is H.
W. Miller. Mrs. Miller and chil
dren arrived fronr Seattle last
week and H. W. wears a broad
grin. There are six or seven
tenas Millers and they are making
things lively for the old gent up
in the neighliorhood of Agensstore.
Capt. A. Lathrop was a passen
ger on the Excelsior on his wav to
Dry I>11 v. in Cook Inlet, with a
large force of men and materials
for opening up his oil proiiertv at
that place. Mrs. Lathrop. and
daughter. Miss Cleo McDowell will
he up next month to spend the
summer here.
Captain H. R. Ritter of the
Coast Geodetic Survey party came
up from Seattle on "the Excelsior
and sttipped at Orca, where he
will take charge of the government
steamer, Takn, and commence sur
veys in the sound in the near fu
ture. This place will lieheadpuar
ters for the party.
The Episcopal Church at this
place is to have u permanent
minister in the person of Rev.
Taylor of Sew York who is now in
Juneau and will probably be here
on the next steamer Mr. Taylor is
a young man and made a very
favorable inpression on the Valdez
people who he met on the Excelsior
and traveled with as far as Juneau.
Bishop Rowe is to he here in June
to consecrate the church.
There are a number of ameturr
photographers in Valdez, and it
has lieen thought by a few of them
that it would lie a very nice idea
to form a Camera Club, and spend
one day each week this summer on
] ilea sure jaunts taking pictures of
the beautiful and interesting
scenery about Valdez and the bay.
Those who would like to join such
a club are requested to give their
names to Mrs. Fish and as soon as
a sufficient number is obtained the
(Tub will Ik* organized.
Marshal Hasey went to Virgin
bay Tuesday, on the l*erry. which
was chartered for the occasion, to
arrest \V. Heidorn, who is charged
with selling property under false
pretenses. It appears from the
plaintiff’s charge that Mr. Heidorn
sold him some mining property,
on the understanding that it was
free from all incumbrance fir lien.
It bus since developed that Heid
orn had previously transferred one
half interest in the projierty to
Lottv Kramer. The case wiil be
iried before Judge Lyons.
Location Records.
Tl>e following information in re
gard to mineral locations*, transfers,
letcinthe Valdes Recording Pre
cinct is as furnished by the Valdez
Abstract it Title Co.
MIXING LOCATIONS.
A Lawson 20a Sunrise I)ist.
John Heidlierg “ Six-Mile cr.
M Cherry
LOT LOCATIONS.
J Butler, lot 2, !>lk 5
A (i Brown, lot 1. hlk 3
I IKK ns
A L Lew toTcreie Lerov, lot 10.
hlk !t. $500
F Smith to E. B. Rogers. .Jiut. in
claim on Lynx cr.. 4 int. in claims
on Coarse Gold cr, $10
LIKXS.
Frank Nelson and L R Camp
bell against \V Heidhorn. L Cra
mer and Joseph Little, on the
Moonshine and Lilly quartz claims
fyr labor and material furnished.
KILLS OK SALK.
C Yea ton to F Martin, Gazzam
placer claim, $1
J Suttore ts M Cline, Colorado
placer mine and personal prop. $1
G Clyde to M Cline, Can von cr,
$50.
W Heidorn to J Little, k int in
bldgs, lot and saloon, Virgin bav.
$1IKN)
\\ Heidorn to J Little, int in
claims on Prince William sound.
$1500
Richards hiivs every thing you
have to sell, and sells everything
yrtt have to buy. Jones building.
Keystone avenue,
A coat of paint on about twenty
houses in this place, and the clean
ing of several streets would greatly
improve the appearance oi the
■town.
J. I’} Roberts has Itondcd some
mining property in Landlock bay,
owned by .Mr. and Mrs. Syring. for
ifJ.tKMI. lie also bonded a claim
held by John Morton, for a like
amount. Mr. Roberts will secure
ore enough from these properties to
have a null tesi made and will then
return to the States where he has
been negotiating a sale.
H. S. Leavell and his nephew
IL L. Leavell and S. J. Prior of
New h torence, Missouri, arrived on
the Excelsior and will goto Slate
('reck with horses in a few days
to work on Dorset Lcavcli’s claim.
Mr. Leavell came here in 165IJS
and went out in Sept. ]!H)0, hut
could not remain away from such
a rich and promising countrv as
Alaska.
The Excelsior brought no mail
on her last trip. The reason given
was the refusal of the postal au
thorities to pay for carrying it.
The company claims lo have car
ried the mail for nine months last
season without any pay and tliev
'hink it time to draw the line. The
Newport also missed the mail Unit
at Juneau and none arrived on her. I
1’his leaves us without mail for an
indefinite time. The mail service
to this part of Alaska would stand'
a whole lot of improvement.
John Downing, Jack Ingraham;
ami a couple others came in Sun-'
day over the glacier. They made;
the trip from Copper Center in four
days, although they state that the
time actually spent in traveling;
did not exceed two days. Hallet
and Fitzgerald left the Center the
same day over the government
trail, hut did not reach town until
Wednesday. They came out to
get the telegraph outfit pack train.!
C. I). Shaw who has been carry-'
the Katmai-St Michael mail was a
passenger on the Bertha from 111-:
iamna. He waited at Bethel sev-;
era! weeks for the last mail and'
as it did not arrive he decided
• led it would not come through at
ail. so he left for Illiamna hay and
reached that place just the night;
before the arrival on the boat. He!
will go to Juneau and then to his'
home in California. He will re
turn to Alaska this fall.
Our special correspondent at
Seattle informs us the Pacific Pack
ing & Navigation Co., in answer to
tin inquiry, were informed by the
War Department, through Captain
Abercrombie, that all buildings;
on the reservation at Valdez, would
lie removed, with the exception of
the telegraph office, and the ground I
abandoned by the government.;
Our eorresiiondent inferred that i
this applied only to the ground I
claimed by the Whaling Company.
There seems to lie good grounds'
for this lielief, and if true the build-!
ings will he only moved further
hack on the reservation. There;
was information received on the
Bertha, however, which stated that
the whole reservation would lie
abandoned. No order has lieen re
ceived by the government officials
in regard to the matter, and until
such an order is received nothing
definite .will la. known about it.
Chisna Correspondence.
Chisna, April 24—We arrived
here last night. It took us eight ■
days to make the 4"» miles from j
the Copper. The weather here is!
warm and halmv and so far. have'
had no storms, hut tin? snow is;
very deep and the season is quite
late, which is fortunate, as every
one was late in getting here, and
the lateness of the season will give '
ns all a chance to get up our lum- !
l>er and summer wood.
Most all of the men who started
with dogs are here with the except
ion of Hosford. Jack Miller, X.K.
Ohlsson and party. They are!
aland 12miles below here and will1
bring their cache in to morrow
and camp here next day. The
In rse outfits including Haxlett
and Meals, Rol*crt« and Tan/v,
Mr. and Mrs. Sproll. Eli Larson and
several others arc down the river
about the cabin. They had the best'
of it to the mouth of Chistuchinn1
but the heavy snow has delayed
Ilicin quite a bit. Mr. Meals isj
here. He and a number of men are j
getting the saw mill into running!
order. Will commence to saw to-1
morrow. I notice quite a number j
of improvements about their place.
The saw mill has been rebuilt. A :
number of new buildings have l*ecn j
erected and the Chisna Mining &
Improvcmcnt Company’s plant]
looks like a little town The men
who w intered here are in very good
health and are hard at work.
Most of the men nregoingto pull
up Chistuehina this year. The
only one I know of who is going I
up Chisna is Boh Coles, hut there
may be others, On account of the
scarcity of the proper kind of wood
above the Chisna, most of the men
are taking out their logs and wood
from a point a couple of miles be
low the mouth of the river. l)r.
Bradley found it impossible to get
his horses hack to Valdez last fall,
so turned them loose. They have
rustled well this winter and are
looking tine. One of the “McKin
ley Man moose” that the govern
ment lost last fall has taken up!
with them. This is very good evi
dence that an animal can live here
in the winter. Mikk.
entry'* Mange Cure is quite tiie tiling.
Tojuakc the *lcd dog lope and spring.
Along file trail from dawn till dark
A> lively as the happy lark
In morning'* golden ding-a-ling.
Prom Slate Creek.
Park Griswold, Bert Skinner and
L. W. Guiteau arrived here from
Slate Creek Wednesday morning
bringing out 18 dogs. They were
only ten days coming out and had
to pack from the Tolsina to Klu
tena lake. They came from Cop
per Center over the glacier trail in
-t> hours, .lames McGee and Son
accompanied them as far as Klu
tena lake but stopped there to pros
pect. Nearly all the lioys were at
Chisna when they left.
They heard of none of the caches
being disturbed during the winter
and everything seemed to be in
good condition.
There is only a small amount of
snow on Slate Creek and the
mouth of Miller Gulch and this is
disappearing quite rapidly.
Two or three tents on Miller;
Gulch were hurried in the snow
slide hut not much damage was*
done.
If you are in the market to buy :
real estate, mines or business of,
any kind call on A. Holman.
Parker Bunk House, on Key
stone Ave. Bunk, stove and wood.:
All comforts. 25c per day.
Telegraphic News.
' Copier Center, May 8—Messrs.!
Gibson, Wells, and Utley arrived!
here yesterday. Gibson and Utley j
are from the kovukuk and say that
about twenty-five cabins are lieing
built at camps on that river. About
thirty-five men are now waiting;
for spring to open when they will
prospect Hammond and Vermont
I creeks. Scofield & Sullivan have!
' taken out a Unit $2,000 in coarse'
, gold from Discovery since last Sep
; temher. A numlier of prospectors '
are now on their way to Chicken!
creek.
Wells is from Forty Mile and j
reports things very prosperous J
there. He is on his way to Seattle, i
The party will leave todav for
Valdez.
Prof. Mendenhal just arrived
at Tonsiua after a difficult trip.
Corporal Koval J. Moore (alias
Dadjwho has been stationed here
as telegraph ojierator has heen pro
moted to Sergeant, Signal Corps and
is ordered to take charge of the civ
ilian line crew, from Slanu to Men
tastu.
IIW {DOIIdllEDTT
General Merchants
Groceries
Hardware
Clothing
Footwea r
etc.
We are Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
Pioneer Outfitters
Valdez Mill Co.
Lumber and Timbers of all kinds,
Rough, Planed or Matched.
Lathe and Band Saw Work. Special
orders promptly attended to.
CRAWFORD & RUTHERFORD,Managers.
The * Bohemian Saloon
LIQUOR AND CIQAR5,
NONE BETTER.
McKinley St. Between Keystone and Glacier Ave.
M. lUf, DOHALDSOH I (0.
General Promoters
AND
Prospectors.
Main Office:
McKinley St, 206-208 State St,
Valdez. Chicago.
THE - LOQ - CdDIN
OTTO KANITZ, PROPRIETOR.
Liquid Refreshments of Best Quality. Clean and Comfortable Rearms
to Let at Reasonable Rates.
McKinley Street near Glacier Avenue.
C. Rudolph, Prop.
Home Restaurant
(Formerly Horseshoe Restaurant.)
Good Service. - Meals at all Hours.
McKINLEY Street near GLACIER Avenue.
Here we are. All 98ors, located
at Copper Center, carrying a full
line of miner’s and traveler’s sup
plies. Copper River Mining, Trail
ing & Development Co.. Inc.
Weather Record.
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5 '% § Remarks.
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April "
» ! 26 50
*• | 40 56
VUy !
1 36 50
1 37 51
3 34 63
4 | 42 I 56
•*» :U I -T>i I _
l Windy. | light Wind • rioudy.
A bore aero •mypi where other* im* stated.
Ol^rud «ihl reported b\ l»r. L. *. Cainicia
Richards A Co. have Umght both
Hills and Birkelands stock of groc
eries and clothing at a low price
and will sell the same at first cost
price of goods.
Henry Fitzgerald and Hallet
returned from the interior this
morning. They report the govern
ment trail as in very l>ad condition
the snow on the other side of the
divide lieing ten feet deep.
Dave Rhodes who is well known
here, heing chief packer for the
Government outfit for two or three
seasons is now in Yellowstone
Park and has entirely recovered
his health. He will return to
' aldez thi:- Summer.