We Carry tbe LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS FROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
Valdez Cold Storage Co.
OPR A. LEVY & CO.
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Wholesale Dealers In
Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs,
Produce.
Phone 33 Valdez, Alaska.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Gbtssos.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
Agents 0'V| DrtJg CO. Ph4°0ne
Henry -Clevenger, sen «f Rev.
Clevenger, who is stationed at Cop
per Center, is in town for a tew
days.
S. M. U’all, who was for some
time connected with the Fairbanks
News, is in t-eiwi for a Sew days.
Tire Oregen left tor Seattle Mon
day ■night.
W . B. Poland, who has Wen for
some time cfoief eng in tor of the
Alaska Central Co. lias resigned
J. L. Steele left on the Oregon
for the States on a business trip.
Amusements Are Scarce.
An Edison Phonograph will on-!
ter tain you and your friends, an ]
Edison Gold Moulde Record is a
work of art. We carry a complete j
line of b©tlu _ Phonographs, from
$12. up. New (Records <on every
boat. See fruessdorfA’ Wilson at
the Bawling Alley.
Mrs. Sloan will close out her en
tire stock of ladies’ furnishing goods
within the next MO days at cost
prices. Call and see the bargains.
A L. LEVY & CO
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy anil Sell Exchange, Bayand Ship Gold Dust. Accept Deposits.
*Uke Collections and Loan^-Muney on approved security at Low Bates
«f interest
Notice Of Election.
Notice is hereby given that an election wiM
be held on the lith. d?ty of August, It* Hi. f»>r
'*he election of one delegate for the short term
•and one delegate for the long term from The
Territory of Alaska in the Hoime of Re»irese*n
latives of llie I'nited States, as provided by
the Act of Congress Approved Mar 7tli. 190*>,
entitled, “An Act Providing for the Election of
a Delegate to the House «»• Representatives .
from tlie Territory of Alaska.” j
The said election will be held for th< pre- ,
cinet comprising the eorporate limits of :ln‘
Town of vablez. at Council Chambers in Fire j
•Hal!, in said Town of Valdez, which is hereby j
designated as the polling place in said pre
cinc. The said polling place for -aid election
•will be open between the hours of eight o’clock i
•internet idian «nd seven o’clock postmeridian,
of said day.
Chas-. II. Kracuicr. t hus. A. Hand and
Ciiarlie Crawford have been and are hereby
appoint'd judges of said election, and K. li.
Wheat .and flies. II. Wilcox have been and
i hey arc-hcreby appointed clerk- of said elec
tion.
Dated Monday July 9th. 19ut*.
Henry W. Miller
Mayor of the Town of Valdez.
W.* li. CRAIV.
[»SE*L] Clerk of the Town rti Valdez.
By c- H. WJi.cox. Deputy. j
Call For Warrants.
Valdez. Alaska- Aug. 9—Notice
is hereby given that J will pay
Fire Apparatus Fund Warrants
No. 4 r,nd 5 upon presentation.
E. B. Wheat,
Town Treasurer.
The Dora arrived from the West
ward Tuesday with the following
passengers for Valdez.: Mrs. J. E.
Thwaite, Miss J Warren, iB. Wil
son, C. Winters, Wm. Thomas, C. j
f.indhal, Jv. Anderson- E. Johansen
L. Bailey, C. L. Vawter, E. L.
Bowers, W. L, Lamhkiitg, K. S.
Waterman, 12.Japs, 5 natives.
L. L. Williams, of Juneau, who
is will known to many of the -Val
dez people, is in town on business.
Bert Hurd expects to work out
his claim on Miller Gulch this
season.
Geo. Davidson and wife will re
turn to-town soon from Slate creek.
.Mr. M. S. Waterman, ef Seward,,
is coming to Valdez to start an 1
assay office.
S. V. Ray and Fritz Voges were j
admitted to practice before this
court Tuesday.
H. M. Sul I is acting as couit
stenographer at this session.
Lieut. L. H. Hanson at rived on j
the Excelsior to replace Dr. Stead
man as post doctor at Liscutn.
Court In Session
District Court Convenes and Se
lects Juries.
A special session of the District j
Court was called to order Monday
morning at DO o’clock by Juctge
Royal A. Gunnison, of the lirst
district, who serves in the place of
Judge Wickershsmn. The day was
devoted to swearing in the petit
and grand juries.
In the absence of District At
. torncy 'Harlan, O. P. "Hubbard will
1 act as prosecuting attorney and
i Deputy Clerk Crandall, assisted by
C.'C. Page, will preform the duties
of clerk. Bob Cole is bailiff.
A number of jurors were absent
Monday morning and it was neces
sary to issue a special venire for
15 grand jurors, who were sworn
in at the afternoon session, after
which the Court appointed Ham
Blum foreman, and read the charge
to the jury. The charge was con
fined to the instructions ns given
in the statutes, although the Court
cautioned the jurors to he mindful,
of the duties which the law ini-;
poses upon them, calling attention
to the fact that tlicv have no legis
lative functions to preform, hu‘.
are charged with the duty to en
force the laws as they are found.1
Tins charge says: “Upon you
largely depends the enforcement
of law and orihsr, and the protic
tion of our homes and our people
from acts of law lean ess.”
Tuesday and Wednesday were1
devoted to presenting and arguing
motion in the different civil cases j
which are to come up, and from j
present appearances the court will I
n t reach anv of tlic criminal cases
this week.
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Ed. Westbrook, superintendent
of the Kodiak Gold Mining Co., of
Uyak bay. together with his wife;
and son Sard, were passengers on |
the Dora enroute to California.'
where Mrs. Westbrook and son |
will spend the winter. Sam is the;
16 year old bov who recently!
proved himself a nyghtv hunter!
bv killing two of the immense Ko-!
diak bears.
Mr. Fletcher and ’ Bill” Bailey,'
recently of the Apoilo Mining Co.,!
came east on the Dora enroute to I
the States. Their departure marks i
tlie final closing of a mine that has ;
produced millions an gold.
Judge Clegg and wife made the ;
round trip from Seward to Unalas-!
ka and back on the Dora, combin
ing business with pleasure.
M. Asef, general merchant at
Unalasku, closed out his business ’
and left for the 'States via the
Dora. Mr. Asef is well known
along the coast, having conducted \
mercantile establishments at Ko-j
diak, "Unga and Cnalaska. He
takes out with him furs to the;
amount of 120,000.
Mrs. Johnson, of "Frisco, and
Miss "McLcllan, of 1,os Angeles. |
went to Xushagak on the Dora,
where they joined Mr. Johnson,
superintendent of canneries. They
will all return to San Francisco on
one of the company’s steamers
sailing about Aug. 20th.
Mr. Vawter, U S. Marshal at
Unga, brought several prisoners
out to attend court at Valdez.
Following is a list of the grand
jurors: S. Blum, foreman, Chas. j
Cowell, J. Hoover. Ed. Eaton. F.
B. Fogg, John McCrary. F. J. Cam- j
eron. C. D. Porter, W. H. Bush. A.'
W. Roehford. I. R. Ball, W. H.
Crary, W. A. Rystrom, D. V. Wal
dron, W m. Johnson, Wm Lee.
Geo. Brown, P. S. Hunt, C. E.
Pa'rks. Ed. Hills. Chas. G. Debney,
Frank Millard.
Cour d’ Alene, Aug. 7—At mul-j
night the Democratic convention
had completed its preliminary J
organization. The credential com-!
mittee rejected all Mormon delc-j
gates, seating the contesting gen-'
tiles, it being alleged that the Mor- j
mons repudiated the democratic j
party at the last election. Thej
eommittee held its deliberations on '
board a boa* on the lake, and on
several occasions the disputes
nearly load to.fist fights.
First White Child.
John McCrary, proprietor of a
roadhouse at Copper Center, ha*
the distinction of being tfie father
of the first white child horn in the
Copper River country. The child,
•which is a boy, was born July 27.
Mother and child are doing nicely..
The house in which the birth oo
■cured was the first frame building
constructed in that section.
Married Washington Girl.
Thos. R. Lyons and bride ar
rived on the Bertha and will re
main hero during court. Mr.
Lyons, who is a resident of Juneau,
was recently married at Walla
Walla to Miss Dovcll. of that place.;
The bridegroom is a brother of
Judge Lyons, U. S. o.oninr'.-sioner
here.
Sudden Death.
Miss Georgie Ross died Monday 1
afternoon at d o’clock from a stroke
of apoplexy. The deceased was
apparently in the best of health
■Sunday, and the news of her death
was a great surprise to all. The j
stroke oceured Sunday night and
she lingered till the next afternoon, j
•hut was unconsious all of the time.!
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Miss Ross was a sister of Mrs. '
Ray Larson and Miss P. M. Ross
of this place, and has been a resi
dent of the town for nearly a year.
She was an universal favorite with
all of the young j>eople and her ,
death has cast a gloom over the i
whole town.. The body will he
shipped out on one of the next
boats. Miss Ross came here from
Minncapoli
Fnne.al services will he held at
the Congregational Church lo-nior
raw afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Copper Property Sold.
The group of nine claims known
as the Putz-Steinmetz-Egan prop
erty at Land lock bay was sold
Monday evening to the Reynolds- \
Alaska Development Co. for
$30,000.
This group adjoins the property
owned by W. A. Dickey and has
had considerable development work
done upon it. Several parties
were negotiating for the purchase
of the claims, among whom was aj
representative of Cha<. Lane. The '
sale was for spot cash and was
made by Joe Dieringer.
The purchasers will put in t; j
wharf below the property immedia-!
telv and exjxjct to he shipping ore
soon.
Alaska Customs.
The following summary of the
business of the customs office |
in Alaska for the year end
ing June 30, has been received .
from Juneau. Imports, subject to
duty, $327,115, free of dutv #523,-'
648, gold and silver imported #S,- :
217,515. Total imports #9,068,308.
Exports, merchandise $1,377,398,
gold and silver exports #438,676.
Total exports #1,816,074.
Merchandise shipped from I". S.
to Alaska #11.328,727. Merchan
dise shipped to U. 8. $9,265,975.
Domestic gold and silver shipped
K) II. S. #12.639,623. -Foreign gold
shipped #6.491.533. Total ship
ments to U. S. $29,397,131.
The cost of collecting one dollar
in the customs service for Alaska
72.2 cents.
•During the past year 318 foreign
vessels and 365 domestic vessels
have entered Alaskan ports.
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Tacoma. Wash., Aug. .7—The
new city directory of Tacoma, just
completed, contains 33,964 names,
which gives a population of nearly
85,000. There are 4,016 more
names in the 1906 directory than
there was in that of 1905, a net
gain for the vear of 10 000 and a
gain of 33,865 in live years.
Mrs. P. Nelson, of Unga. was a,
passenger on the Dora going to the j
States. i
Rails Next Week
Valdez-Ytikon Will Start Laying
Track Next Week
Colonel Swanitz, of the 'Yaldee
Yukon iRailroad, .announces that
he'hasu-eueioed telegrams from .the
Northwestern Steamship Ge». diet
ing tlmt two miles of rails, www,
and track-laying ‘outfit wll* the
shipped on the-6nnta<CUara, wthidt
is clue here Aug. Td. Jle mpeete
to have track laid to Keystone
Ave. within a week after the ar
rival of the mi is. Adocomotivo .k
hilled to arrive on the Sark Ana.
some time this month.
A contract forttwo.aides of grad
ing and clearing this -side «f Ix>we
river has been let by the aompanv
to J. lateness, uvho established w.
camp three miles from Valdez
Monday. A number of .minor
•stations and grading 'Contracts
have been let to various .persons.
The hardware supply warehouse
at the terminal ground dais just
Win completed. A furge-dhipmertt
of tools and other hardware wire
received on the Excelsior this trip.
Hildreth Reaigitad.
H. II. Hildreth, wilio has ’beer,
oommissionor of tits +>ewar*l .pTe
cinet for some t ime, was ir tiw
this week on business, ^pedfaint
of the fact that be >had daft ike
commissioner’s ollice Mr. *Hil hetb
said that bis action was imlueeb
by the cutting up of his recording
districtnvliich'deprived him 'of ;e
large ainount'of recoarding-and «itt
tlie business down so that the dfliea
did not pay. He wrote -Judge
Wiekersham last November saying
that he wished to resign as soon a*
a successor could he appointed.
Experts Returning.
Professor Win. I). G’lark u 116
Hon. J. M. Manifold, who went in
recently to inspect tlie big copper
property on .Kuggett oTeuk, be
longing to the A Utskc,'Consol iikt ted
Copper Co., are now oh their w£y
hack to town and will leave for
the States an the'return trip of the
bertha. Assays made by the
Ellamnr Mining Co., of ore from
this property show an .average
value of 1200 per ton. carrying US:
per cent copper and 12 in gold.
Seal Poachers Captured.
A ship carrying a imrty>©f Jap
anese sealers recently invaded itbe
island of St. *l’auL,-in-Bering sen,
whore they proceeded to make a
wholesole slaughter of the seals.
The government agent in cliargc
of the island discovered the party,
and with his little 'bund of natives
attempted to take them ^prisoners.
On demanding their surrender tiie
Japs took to their boats iimi inude
for their ship. Tlic 'natives were
ordered to fire over their heads
hut the Japs paid no heed to the
volley. Orders were then given to
lire to kill, with the result that u
score of tlie Je.ps were captured,
several of whom were dead or
wounded.
The prisoners wore carried by
l he revenue cutter McCulloch do
Unalaska, where tlitjy were turned
over to the c*ivil authorities. Later
the McCulloch carried .them down
to Kodiak where they were picked
Lip by the steamer Dora and
brought to Valdez.
Power Plant
A. *B. Jles aril wife arrived on
the Bertha and will.-remain here
ior some time. Mr. lies brought
i Bolton wheel aud .pipe Uninstall
i power plant at the :falls i« Solo
mon gulch. Tito plant has auxt
[incitv of about 2ft0 horse-,power.
Barney Wilson was brought over
an the l)ora accused with assault
with intent to kill. The oflense
was committed at Eagle ilafboi,
where ho shot iuto a crowd, hittfnfc
William Thomas iu -theJaut.