The Alaska Prospector
Published at Valdez, Alaska, every Thuisday
by the Prospector Publishing Co.
Phone Main 1.
Entered at the Valdez PostofTiee as second
class matter.
Subscription £! per year. $2 for six months.
Single Conies 10 cents.
If it wasn’t for the fact t! a the
Valdez Chamber of Commerce i
resting so peacefully in its bed <>
inactivity, from which it would 1>
a shame to arouse it, we would sug
gest that some action be taken by
the body along the lines followed
by the Fairbanks people, in en
deavoring to have a larger propor
tion of the road commission funds
alloted to work on the Valdez-Fair
banks trunk line. It is a shame
to sit idly by and see $2t>0.000
spent mostly on little side trails,
when this main road to the inter
ior, 11*111011 will benefit all of Alaska
is so much in need of imj rove
ment. Possibly nothing might he
accomplished by an agitation of
this sort, but it is certain that
passing the matter up entirely will
not secure the expenditure of more
money on this trail.
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The people of Fairbanks are
circulating a petition addressed to
the war department urging that a
larger amount of the road commis
sion money be expended on the
Valdez-Fairbanks trail. The peti
tion contains accurate statistics
regarding the travel and freight
business along this trail, and shows
where money expended on this
route will be of the most benefit to
all of the second and third divi
sions. Thousands of signatures
have already been secured.
It behooves the people of town to
clean up their yards and put their
buildings in a sanitary condition, as
the doctors say the prevalence of ery
sipelas and other diseases this spring
is due to the unsanitary conditions un
der which the patients have been living.
Speaking of the cannery outlook
the Seattle papers sa}*: ‘‘There is
nothing to indicate that the
cannery men do not expect as good
a year as ever in Alaska. In fact
there is general optimism mani
fested in the preparations the
Northern companies are making
A number of canneries which have
not been operated for several years
past will be running during the
coming summer and a number
of the other plants have been
equipped with new machinery and
prepared for larger packing capac
ity. Goon Dip, the Chinese labor
contractor, states that his contracts
indicate that all the canners are
looking for a good run of fish, as
most of the agreements call for as
large if not larger packs than last
year. One well posted packer said
that he looked for a very favorable
run of the red salmon this year,
but would not be surprised if there
was a shortage of pinks.”
A location Notice.
Below is given what is claimed
to bey« bona tide copy of a location
notice posted on a claim near Corn
ucopia, Ore.
\\V the undersigned men of worth,
.lust to show that we’re on the turf
Do hereby locate for ourselves alone
Fifteen hundred feet radius around
this stone;
Together with mineral and water
rights;
All placer lands and townsites,
All veins and ledges within our line
Of brass or gold and other mines.
We claim all cos. 1 ..nd oil as well
From the top of the sagebrush
down to hell;
All the air and sunshine, *oo,
(T;j to where the sky shines blue.
The name of the claim is Wilson
and Green,
No. 400 and group 16.
—Baker City Democrat.
From Wednesday’s Bulletin
A meetihg was held last evening aud
an incorporation was formed to be
known as the Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co. with a capitalization
of dl00,000 to be divided into shars of
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*100 each. The incorporation is to be
completed at once with the following
I directors: S. A. Hemple, Judge John
Lyons, Autoue Carlson, W. M. Wilson,
J. M. Lathrop, Arthur Lang and Chas.
H. Kraemer. It was also proposed,
that steps be taken to install a water
works system in the town for fire and
domestic purposes and also to investi
gate the advisability of putting up a
steam heating plant. These two pre
positions would be a great benefit (c
Valdez and it is to be hoped they will
be carried out.
L. V. Ray is now assistant United
States district attorney for the Third
judicial division with headquarters at
Seward. This is the position vac. ted
by Cecil H. Clegg, who resigned to
locate in Fairbanks. The appointment
was made April 20.
Sam Lynch aud family will move to
town this week and will reside on
Seventh and Broadway. They have
been living at Fort Liseum for some
time.
Mrs. Jandos was taken to the hospi
tal yesterday. She was stricken with
paraiisis and is now helpless.
Mrs. H. C. Hoffman has been quite
ill for several days.
H. F Suessdorf returned from the
States yesterday. He came north via
Juneau, where he stopped for a few
days.
The Skidoo refused to 23 back from
KDighrs island and her passengers had
to take the Hammond, arriving here
yesterday. As soon as Lawson gets
the thingumbob that operates the
damthiug fixed, she will again be in
commission.
Al. Jackson, of Juneau, \/as an ar
rival on the Portland yesterday after
noon. He has changed very little since
his la^t trip north, except that he has
grown a tine crop of hair.
The Portland arrived yesterday
afternoon, and after unloading its pas
sengers and freight at the Swanitz
dock, left for the westward.
The Pall brothers were picked up
near Herring Bay yesterdad by the
Flirt. The eugine in their boat had
broken down and they had been float
iug around tor several days without
provisions, when rescued.
Wm. Glendeuuing returned from the
States on the Portland.
A number of Valdez people, includ
ing S. Poot, C. G. Debuey and wife and
Grant Chase are expected on the Sara
toga.
T. W. Blakney came up from the
Fidalgo mine yesterday.
Change In I<ight Company.
A company has been formed and the
uecessary stock is all subscribed to
install a water plant at Solomon Basin
to manufacture electricity to supply
the town of Valdez and also Fort Lis
cum. This company has leased the
property aud plant of A. B. lies, and
the plant, which he commenced lest
fall, will be completed at the very
earliest momeut.. A power transmis
sion line is to be erected from Valdez
to Solomon Basin power bouse and the
town should be supplied with an un
limited amount of elictricity and
power inside of ninety days. The com
pany will then furnish twenty four
hour service for lights aud will bIso
have power for sale.
Work is to be commenced at once
and there will be two or three crews at
work in the next few day.-. There is to
be a stockholders meeting held tonight
when a board of seven directors will be
elected, consisting of the leading busi
ness men of the town. All stockhold
ers are requested to be present.
Strike On Knights Island.
VV. Lee, who recently returned
from Knights island, reports find
ing two ledges of copper varying
from 4 to 30 ft. in width, running
the length of the island. Ore starts
from the water’s edge on the north
end of the island and cuts through
the property of Rothkranz, Von
Gunther and the Crown Copper
Co. in a southwesterly direction to
Drier hav. The leads aie well de
fined and are known to be 6 rail s
in length. Assays from the ledge
run about seven per cent copper.
T. L. Lillis, representing Allen &
Lewis of Portland, is in town for a few
days.
In the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division
Cneman Mining Company, f Notice of
a corporation. Plaintiff I Marshal' < sale
vs. ) on execution.
Hugh Murray Defendant (_
Bv virtue of an execution issued out of
the District Court for the Territory of Alaska,
rhird Division, at Valdez, in the suit of One
man Mining Company, a corporation, plain
tiff, vs. Hugh Murray, defendant, duly attested
ihe 7th day of May, 1907. I have duly levied
upon tnefollowing real pioperiy. to wit;
All the right, title and interest of the
^aid Hugh Murray defendant, of, in and to
those two certain lode mining claims, named
uid known as “White Eagle” and “Murray
Fraction” ode mining claim's situated on
Land’ock Bay, an arm >f Prince William
Sound, in the Valdez mining and reeoidiug
district. District of Alaska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on
Satur av, the 15th day of June A. D. 19<>7, a',
the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon of
aid day in front of and at the court house of
-aid court in the town of Valdez, Alaska, I will
sell at public auction to the highest bidder for
c sb. all the estate, right, title and interest of
Mie said Hugh Murray, defendant, of, in and
to the above described property, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to Satisfy said ex
ecution and accruing costs*
Dated May 14th 1907.
Geo. G. Perry
V. S. Marshal for Division No.
Three, Territory of Alasku.
By J. M. Lath nop.
Deputy,
Date of first publication. May 16th 19t7.
Date of last publication, June 13th 1107
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Express Service Next Fall
After October 1st there will be an
express and passenger sendee over the
Eagle route to all of the Forty-M:it?
camps. Several attempts have be u
made to have the road commission do
some work on this road, but without
: success and now Crittenden & Miller
have decided t,o make the trail pass
able so they can use horses all the
year. J. R. Crittendeu will go in to
start work early in June, and by fall
will be in readiuess to start the ex
press service in connection with the
mail train.
According to the Gateway the
Reynolds mine at Latouche, will
he employing 2C0 men in a few
weeks. The tram is to he shipped
on the Jeanie and Portland this
month.
The Grav-Sauers-Hale property
at Mummy bav, on Knights island
is now being developed by Seward
parties, as well as the claims owned
by Iverson. Ross and Harvey.
Dissolution Of Partnership.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
sold his half interest in the Poplar Gro\
Roadhouse to Ben Torbell on March ith, lt« 7
and has no further interest in the busines
Mr. Torbell has assumed all the debts incurred
by the roadhouse and all bills are payable t<*
him.
CARL A. SWANSON.
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