The Alaska Prospector.
Published at Valdez. Alaska,
every Thursday morning hv the1
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City Uovkhxmkxt.
Mayor, J. L. Stkklk j
COVNCII.MEN.
James McHik. D. S. Osnoon.
A. 1*. Olson. Kd. Wood.
C. X. Chary.
H. H. Hildreth, Clerk.
J. O. S.XYDKH, TREASURER.
Hox. J. W. I.kkdy, City Attorney.
1)r. A. VoxOixtiikr,
Health Officer.
Adam Swan, Pres. School Hoard.
(•OVEHNMEXT OFFICER*.
Joiix Lyons, l'. S. Commissioner.
K. C. Hasey. Deputy l'.S.Marshal.
Joiix Uoodki.l,
Deputy Collector Customs.
C. X. Chary, Postmaster.
VALDKZ, MAY 22, 11102.
Ix tlie discussion of tin- territor
ial question lie 11road minded
enough to hear all sides and then
let each man hold fast to that
which to him seems to he the right
tiling.- Juneau Record-Miner.
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The cost to the government for
the maintenance of the land offices
on the Yukon was ♦21.ihll.7ti. and
there was hut a single applica
tion and a fee of ♦ !(). The offices
have rightly I icon abandoned.
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Til kkk is no doubt but that the
removal of the land office from'
S*itka to Juneau will be much more,
convenient for the people of Alaska
than for it to have remained at 1
Sitka. We do not believe that it
will lie very long Indore Valdez
will have a land office.
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Tiik report that Major E. F.
Glenn was to be courtmartialcd
for alleged cruelties to the natives
in the Philippines, will not be
credited among his friends in
Alaska. Major Glenn was a gener-.
al favorite, wherever lie was known
in Alaska and was kind and gener
ous to a fault with whites and
natives alike. The native people
along the Shushetna river and its
tributaries, almost cross themselves
at the mention of Captain Glenn.
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Tiik Trans-Alaskan company
have given up the idea of building
a railroad from Illianina to Nome
and are now devoting their ener
gies to creating a stampede intothcj
country in order to dispose of the!
foO.OtX) worth of supplies that they i
have at different points along their .
proposed line of road. It has lieeu
demonstrated that the route is an
utter failure as a horse trail, fait is
passable for dogs, if madhouses are
built at proper intervals. Hut the
idea of a railroad is an absurdity.'
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Wiiat a change of sentiment j
there is in the Alaska press now |
regarding agriculture in this eoun-l
try. Only two or three years ago
every newspajcer in Alaska, with
one exception, ridiculed Governor
Brady for urging ui»on Congress the
advisability of extending the land I
laws to Alaska, so that land eould
Ik* taken up for agricultural and
stock-raising purposes, and sug
gesting that vegetables and cereals
could la- raised here with success
and at a protit. The governor was
roundly abused and ridiculed by
people and press, hut the facts were
that he knew what he was talking j
iilmut anti they tlitl nut. Now the,
press throughout the entire dis-l
triet including the Juneau Dispatch
and the Skagwav Alaskan are
writing altout the wonderful agri
cultural possibilities of Alaska,
even giving the nutnln-r of stjuare
miles where farming can l>e carried
on successfully.
The same conditions existed in
regartl to the reindeer. The au
thorities were roundly abused for
s|>cnding so much money for the
introduction of the reindeer into
the country, hut on the advice of.
Governor Bradv. Dr. Jackson and
Lieut. Jarvis, the government con
tinued to ini|Hirt these animals and
they have proven to Ik- of the
greatest benefit to the people of the
North, as a food supply, as pack
animals and in mum* other wavs.
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Tiikhk is alMHit as much affinity
In-tween Nome ami Southeastern
Alaska, as there is In-tween this
country ami South Africa. Regard
less that these two districts are at
the antipodes of a vast portion of
a mighty continent and separated
by impassable mountain barriers
and seas of ice, they are neverthe
less administratively chained to
gether like Siamese twins. Though
not adverse, these countries are as
foreign to each other in atliliation
and traffic as they are in interest
and conditions. If the Cushman 1
delegate hill passes, the represent- I
ative elected will have a job upon
his hands to reflect an understand
ing of these varied interests at
Washington, that will go far to
wards obtaining the division of the
country at the carving out of an I
area upon which to confer territor
ial government. A territory in
cluding all Alaska, would he un
wieldy.
What the people of Nome are
now endeavoring to do for them
selves in the way of -obtaining leg
islation. is as unknown to the peo
ple of Southeastern Alaska as the
latter’s communal actions are be
yond the knowledgeof the denizens
of Nome. The necessity of creat
ing a territory out of all Alaska
does not exist and would lie foreign
to all American precedent. The
thought of making a territory out
of the whole district of Louisiana
never entered human mind, though
such a proposition would not have
been more incongruous than is tin
idea which seems more or less prev
alent that it is akin to necessary
that the first territory of the Arctic
North must include all Alaska.—
Skagway Alaskan.
Commercial and marine develop
ments are forcing us to realize our
nearness to Asia. We commonly
think of that continent as scpar-;
ated from us by the broad Pacific.
The frequent departure hereafter
of boats for trading with the coast
of Siberia will rectify that notion,:
and compel people to glance again
at the conformation of the conti
nents where the North Pacific nar
rows into Bering strait. Asia is
our neigh!mr. and we and the rest
of the country are just opening our
eyes to the fact.—Seattle P. I.
Fox Island For Sale.
The well established fox ranch on
Goose island. I'rince William sound,
containing KSO acres, well timbered
and good grazing ground for stock
at all seasons, it is 11 miles front'
the mainland, is stocked with over
200 blue fox, litis ten good buildings
thereon and a good garden. Fish
in abundance for fox feed. Terms
low. Address. M. I.. Torstcnscn. or
G. W. Donaldson, Kllamar, Alaska.
Superintendent MacDonald of
Treadwell is considering the advis
ability of putting in windmills at
the mine.' to pump salt water from
the channel into a reservoir in the
mountains adjacent to the JTread
well ditch, the surplus supply to
la* used during the winter months
when the mines resort to steam.
The Louisiana Purchase impo
sition has been postponed until
1M04.
The time to advertise is all the
time.
Agriculture in Finland.
Finland furnishes the host basis
of comparison with Alaska, as re-|
gards natural condition for agri
culture and stoekrnising. Finland
supjmrts a population of two and a
half million, and its agriculture
has reached a high state of devel
opment. In 1*05 there were pro
duced in Finland -is. 171.OH.!1
bushels of harlev, oats and rvo, of
which 1,300.200 hushcls of oats
were exporteil. At the same time
the country produced 300.1150
horses. 2.30S.1S3 cattle, 1.007.3*4
cheep and 107.350 hogs. Between
1H!*1 and l MS to an annual cx|mrt of
22.150.000 |Hiunds of hutter,
100.000 pounds cheese and 100.000
gallons of milk.a tortil of $0.750,0(N)
from dairv products alone.
Conservative estimates of Alaskas i
agricultural possibilities indicate'
that agriculture can l>c successfully
carried on over an area much lar
ger than Finland. Alaska and
Finland are in the same latitude
and this country has the advan
tage of the warm Japan stream
to moderate the tcm|»cruturc of its]
western and southern coast. There
is no reason why Alaska, in the
course of time, should not make]
even a l>cttcr showing than Finland, j
in agriculture and stockraising.
Unfortunate Boundary Compromise
It is to he hoped that the present
boundary dispute between United
States and England in regard to
the Alaska line will not terminate
as the dispute did in the early
forties.
During the rivalry for the |M »S
session of Oregon, our government
asserted its right to all the far
Northwestern territory up to the
latitude of .">-1 degrees fortv minutes.
This would have given the United
States what are now British Colum
bia and .Manitoba, and would have
brought our coast line on the Pa
cific tip to the Russian territory,
which subsequently became ours.
The American erv at that time was
“Fifty-four forty, or tight!” and
responsible men talked openly of
war with England. But the mat
er was unfortunately, as is now
realized, compromised, and the
present line of 4i> degrees was fixed
as the international liouitdarv,—
with \ ancouver island, however,
conceded to the English, though
extending nearly a degree further
south and commanding the
entrance to Puget sound.
The PnosmTon will he on sale at
Hammond’s store on Shite creek
all summer.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Yultlw, Alaska, March f»th, 11*02.
To R. BI.1X :
You arc hereby notitieb that I have expended
♦•‘Mi in labor and improvements on your one
twenty-second interest in tiie Dawsoni'oiupaiiy
Claim, located above the canyon. on Ciiisfia
river, in Chisna Mining District. Alaska, in
order to hold said claim under the provision*
of section 2324. Revised Statute* of the I'nited
States, being the amount required t<» hold said
i laiiu for the year ending Dec. 31. 1901. If at
the end of ninety days ir« m date you refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture, a* co-owner, your interest in said prop
erty will become the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
1I ANS TORCKRSON.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
I'nited States of America )
3rd I»iv.. District of Alaska, i *
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of Fieri Facias (or execution), dated
April 9th, A. D. 19U2, issued out of the district
Court, of the I'nited States, for the Third Divis
ion. District of Alaska, on a judgment rendered
in said Court, on the First day of August, A. D.
191*1, in favor of F. \Y. Taylor, and against ti.
Berg, I have,oii this 14th dny of April, a. D.
1902. levied upon the following described real
estate, situated in the 3rd Division of the Dis
trict of Alaska, • to-wit: An undivided one
third interest in and to placer milling claim*
Nos. Eight and Nine above lower discovery on
Jack Wade creek; an undivided one-third in
terest in placer mining claim known and dc
scribed as "Fraction 1” of placer mining claim
Numbered Eleven above lower discovery on
Jack Wade creek; and an undivided om-third
interest in placer mining claim nuuiber«*d One
on Taylor creek, all in Jack Wade Creek Min
ing District of Alaaka, and that 1 will accord
iugly, offer said real estate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and l»e*t bidder, for cash,
on the 25th day of Julie 19U2, A. !>., at two
o’clock p. m.,at the front door of the Court
House in the town of Eagle, in the Third Di
vision of the District of Alaska.
Dated this ltith day of April, Itttt. A. D.
NATHAN V. HARLAN. CEO.li. PERRY.
Plaintiff’s Attorney. I’.K Marshal.
3rd Div., District of Alaska.
By E. E. Keyuoldson. Deputy.
First pub. May K; Last pub. May 29.
H. H. Hildreth,
Notary Public and
Conveyancer.
Pmmi’ECTOR Office.
Professional
Cards*
L. K. RILEY, W. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ.
Ofliot* iiml Rcfiilcmr ALASKA
21A Kvvstom- Avtnur.
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GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer.
Mining and I .and Laws,
Specialties. 12 Years Ex
perience in Mining and
Land Laws.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Kkystoxk Avk. Vai.okz.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
Next door t<> Merehants Cafe.
B. F. rtlLLARb
Is Prepared to Ex
amine. Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Properties.
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VALDES ABSTRACT I TITLE (0.
Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Cliisna dis
tricts.
Abstracts Furnished to Valdez
Town Lots.
Valdez. Alaska
Thos J. Coles
Carriage Making,
Blacksmithing,
General Jobbing
« LACIER St. and McK 1NLEY Av.
Miners Hotel.
Furnished Rooms with
Board if Desired. Com
fortable Quarters, Light
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Airy Rooms.
MRS. JOHNSON,
The Keystone
WINES, LIQUOR
AND CIGARS.
BEST QUALITY.
Hall Adjoining. Music.
Cor.McKinley St. and Keystone Ave.
The Steamship Santa Ana
New Modern Wooden Steam Ship. Electric Lighted and Steam Heated.
Sails from ARLINGTON STREET IHX’K. SEATTLE,
on the loth of each month, for
Sitka, Yakutat, Ellamar,
Valdez
AND
llliamna.
The Santa Ana is under Contract with the government
to make regular monthly trips hv a schedule not exi ceding
Seven Hav- hetwien Seattle and Valdez, thus affording Quick,
Safe and Comfortable service.
SAILING DATES;
Leave Seattle on the loth of each month northbound.
Leave \ aides on the 2nd of each month southbound.
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FISH BROS, Agents.
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DGARF £> MACKINTOSH.
Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING SLEDS
AND DEER SKINS
mcmillan fur t& wool co.
EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS.
200-212 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, Minn.
k Ig-Write for Our Clroular and leo the Prices Ws Piy.Ta
J. J. YdKSndW,
Valdez Sheet Metal
and Plumbing Shop.
Metal Work of all Kinds. Camp Stove* and Air
Tight Heaters.
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