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NSH BROS,
WK ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
A FEW OF OUR LEADERS.
Silk Front Golf Shirts in Purple. Lavender, Pink and Blue. Just tlie thing (or dances
and evening wear. Easily worth $2.00 sell at $1.25
Golf Shirts in Extra Quality Madras Cloth, Blue and Pinks, Narrow and Wide Stripes.
A Splendid Wearing Shirt and Very Tasty.
Dress Shirts in White, Long and Short Bosom. Ojtcn Front and Back
». $1, $1.25, $1.35, $1.50
Negligee Shirts We have an assortment of All Silk. Silk and Wool Madras. Sateens and
Wool at Prices ranging from ... - 85 cents to $4.00
You
are Hard to Please
if
You Can’t Find Some
Thing to Suit
In This Line.
A Fine Line of New Ties and Everything Needed by Man from Had to Foot.
Merit will tell
The truth of this saying has been proven
by the wonderful success of
CRARY’S COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
In all oases of Cough's Colds, etc. It is our ale
solutoly genuine |>rej«aration that
Has merit.
Huv a lottlo of it now. Try it,and if not alisolute
lv satisfactory to you, the money will 1h- refunded.
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
«• T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS. OREM ALL MIGHT
LOOK TO YOUR EYES.
“Life without light is death!”
() loss of sight! Of thee 1 most complain.”
\\ ith these words the great poet, Milton, la
mented his dreadful condition when blindness
had befallen him. Truly sight is the most
inestimable of all blessings; blindness the
most Woeful of all afflictions. As an essen- ;
wui, liltn, OI a nappy existence, do you give your eves attention in pro
portion to their importance? You notice your liov frowning with half
closed lids at his school Kinks. You scold your little girl for “leering
T .*if eight. The optician remains unconsulted.
despite the fact that defects of vision never disappear of their own ac
cord. Indiscriminate reading and reckless eye straining seems to lie
due partly to the popular ignorance of the eye as an optical instrument
and its more usual defects.
W. C 5TULL,
Do any of those lines appear'
darker tlmn the others with one I
eye closed? If so you have an
error of refraction requiring
immediate attention.
Jeweler, bxpert \\ atehmaker Optician, and Diamond Setter.
Y/IIDEZ
PRESIDENT FAVORABLE
To the Appointment of Judge Held
as Judge of the Second Ju
dicial District.
Word has been received that the
President thinks very favorably of
the appointment of John (i. Heid
for judge in the second judicial
district. He had virtually decided
on the apiMtintment of Judge Hays
of Ogden, hut the strong appeal of
the Alaska bar made a deep im-1
pression on the President, and he;
has now practically declared that
the request of the Alaska ]>eople
will receive due consideration.
Game Law is Passed.
The Utcey game law for Alaska
which was published recently in
the Primpkitoh. has lieen passed
hv Congress. This will stop the
wholesale slaughter of moose, deer
and other animals.
Cut in Rates.
The entry of the Pacific Clip|»er
Line steamer Santa Ana has pre- i
cipitated a rate war to Lynn Canal
points and may extend to Valdez.
The Clipper line sought to join the
Alaska Steamship Association, hut
the request was refused. A request
was also made to the White Pass
Railroad to sell through tickets to
the Klondike and this was also re
fused. The Clipper line then de
cided to go it all alone anil cut the
fare to Lynn canal ]K>ints $7 and
The other companies then
commenced to cut prices also, and
now a first class ticket is sold to
Juneau for $7.o0 and second class
for ♦">. The company will have:
the A. C. Co. and the P. P. ifc S.
Co. to compete with to this poiut
and the Westward and we may
look for a cut in rates here.
Crary’s Mange Cure cures
SI ANOTHER
RAILROAD IN VIEW BY EAST
ERN MEN
Enperts njlot litre
To Investigate Copper at Head of
Tanana. Railroad
Prelected.
Another company is in the field
with the intention of building a
railroad through to the head
waters of the White and Tanana
rivers and on to Kagle city, if the
reports of thcex]icrts are favorable.
A company of eleven New York
capitalists representing millions of
dollars, one of whom is one of the
most prominent insurance men in
the country, have organized a com
panv anil have an option on '..me
valuable copper properties on the
headwaters of the White and Ta
tiana rivers. They have great con
fidence in this property and have
sent their experts hereto examine
and report upon it, and also on the
feasibility of building a railroad to
the property from Valdez. If the
report of these men is satisfactory,
this company will build n road to
the property, if no other road is
started In-fore they get their re
port.
Messrs. J. J. Franey. Wm. Alli
son. the experts and K. 11. Man
licim, the engineer of the company
with A. (1. Lane. L. H. Cushman,
F. R. and C. T. Townsend, their
packers and assistants arrived here
yesterday on the steamer, with a
large outfit consisting of nine pack
animals and provisions for the trip
to the property.
The packers will commence im
mediately to move camp to the
summit. Messrs. Franey, Allison
and Manlieim have gone to La
touch to look at some thirty copper
claims that they have options on,
and expect to purchase if as repre
sented. They will return in a few j
days and then start for the interior.
Messrs. Franey and Allison have
prospected in Alaska for several
years and have tin* greatest faith
in Valdez and the copper countrv.
They say there is no doubt hut
that Valdez is the coming town of
Alaska, ami that this place anil
the copper country on tlie interior
is all the talk of mining and
moneyed men in New York.
These men have one of the best
outfits that lias been brought into j
the country this season. They are
receiving large salaries, paying
their nien well and have plenty of
money la-hind them.
One of the seamen of the Chico
picked up a pup on the street and
took iiim altoard the boat intending
to keep hint. The owner, Hildretli
made a cl targe against him, he was
arresteil by the marshal, tried be
fore Judge Lyons and after the tes
timony of several witnesses was
found guilty of larceny and sen
tenced to jail at Sitka for one year.
Early in the morning the same
gent was found trying to steal a set
of moose horns at Cashman's house.
Captains Whitney and Lehners,
ins|tectors of hulls and boilers,
with their Clerk Geo D. Claggett
were passengers on the Bertha on
a trip of inspection through West
ern and Northern Alaska. They'
examined the Perry and Mary at
this place. The Perry was report
in tine condition.
Hay and oats for sale at Blix’s
store, Copper Center.
PECULIAR ACTION 18 TAKEN
IN REGARD TO
Some Party or Person is Working
Against us in This
Matter.
It is reported on good authority
that the hill for the redistricting of
Alaska has hcen withdrawn.
The hill was drawn up at the
request of Attorney General, and
presented in the senate hy Senator
Hoar. It was also presented to
congress and reported favorably by
the committees.
Just ns everything was going
along nicely, and the measure
"bout to pa**, it i.« withdrawn hv
request of the Attorney General.
Norman K. Smith, of llliamna,
while in Washington this season
expressed himself as very much op
posed to the measure, hut we hear
that he had nothing to do with the
withdrawal.
In a letter just received from
Senator Perkins, dated April 28. he
says: “1 am in receipt of yours of
the 12th inst. relative to change in
boundaries of the judicial districts
and am very glad to hear from you
on the subject, and to get vour
views as to the situation and needs
of your section. 1 shall give the
hill my most careful consideration,
and present your views to the com
mittee.”
The action of the Attorney Gen
eral as stated heretofore must have
taken place since the communica
tion from the Senator was written.
Found a Whale.
William Bvers, Jack Korney and
Jack Davidson, of Ellaiuar,recent
ly left there for a trip to Glacier
island. They went in a row U>at,
ami when within a half mile of tlie
island, came upon a dead whale.
They towed it ashore, and upon
investigation it was found to be a
right whale.
The animal produced *2n00
pounds of whalebone, which they
can readily sell for at least five
dollars a (>mind, This will net
each one in the neighborhood of
14000. It is just like getting mon
ey from home. The slabs of lame
will average eight feet and a half
in length.
Mr. Byers owns the hlublier,
which he will try out for the oil.
What is left will he used for fox
feed.
No Ground for the Report,
The report circulated in town
last week that the steamer Chico
had been chartered for her June
trip hy a railroad company to bring
up railroad supplies to Valdez is
without foundation, although we
only wish that the report was true.
The report was heard shortly after
the arrival of the Chico and a re
porter of the I'HoscKcmHinterviowed
Captain Johnson and Purser Ho
mer in regard to the matter and
they lmth tlenied that they had
made such a statement or that such
was a fact as far as they know and
only wished for their own l>enefit
and good of the town and the coun
try that such was the ease.
While we wouid like to see a
railroad as much as anyone, yet
we do not wish to create false im
pressions in the minds of our read
ers hv publishing reports which
have no foundation. If the Chico
had been chartered it is more than
likey that the captain and purser
would have known of it.
IP PUT SIU
TO BE UNCOVERED AT SLATE
CREEK.
Work Already Done There Shows
Very Promising Re
sults.
Il U tin* intention of (’lias. Krae
tner to uncover lieilrock in the old
channel which crosses the licnch
just east of Slate creek, and between
the creek and the divide leading to
Ctiisna. It is rejiorted bv one of
tin* men who came out recently,
from Slate creek, that Krneinrr
will sink on this ln*nch until bed
rock is reached, regardless of what
the depth may lie.
Some work wa> done on th's
same bench last summer by Spun
berg. Koberts. Heck and others, who
succeeded in getting a shaft down
sixty-four feet. At this point they
ran out of material for timbering,
and an accident happening to Mr.
Sponbcrg. the work was abandoned
for the season. When the work
was stopped, they had reached a
sharply inclined rim rock, which
sloped away into an old channel,
much below the bedrock of the
present channel of Slate creek.
Tests made of the gravel on this
rim rock gave from 10 to 20 cents
to the pan. and all who arc con
versant with the lay of the ground
are confident that a very rich streak
will lie found when the lied rock
l>elow this sloping rim. is struck.
The depth of the wash and the
necessity of timbering, make it
rather expensive prosjiecting. hut
the chances are that it would U* a
very profitable investment. The
tinding of a deep lead would change
the methods of working that coun
try considerably. Where at jires
ent, mining can only In* carried on
during the summer, if a decji j>ay
streak was located, work would l>e
[ possible all winter.
It is Mr. Kraemer’s intention to
hire a force of men and keep them
at work on the shaft, timbering as
they go down, until bed rock is
reached, and then drift along the
bottom until the j>ay streak is
located. There is no trouble with
water on this bench, as the clay in
the gravel prevents the surface
water from seeping into the shaft.
Railroad Investigation.
Experts Coming Here for the
English Syndicate.
The Juneau Dispatch of recent
date states that H. H. Douglas, a
mining expert from Mexico, and J.
B. Coon, a mining broker from
San Francisco, are in the city,
enroute to Valdez to inspect the
copper district for the Land, Mort
gage & Trust Co., of England,
who arc to furnish the tinuncial
hacking for the Valdez railroad to
Eagle City. The Land Mortgaged
Trust Co., has formed for three
millions pounds sterling and seven
thousand was paid for the charter.
This company will take the rail
road hunds and the stockholders
are comprised of English capital
ists, and arc represented here by
Mr. Millard. He expects these
surveyors next month.
Fish Bros, are sole agents in
Valdez for Holly flour and have
just bought a thousand saeks. No
Hour on this market equal to Hol
ly.