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Perfect Fitting {j
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f That Prickly Feeling
1 and the red eruption on vouj skin are probably due
I to your failure to use
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It relieves instantly. It is soothing to the skin,
cools by the only natural method, that of evapora
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We will give you your money back if you are f
not satisfied. B
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY I
City Market
NEXT TO MEIK'll ANT’s CAKE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices arc RIGHT. Give us a call.
THIS *S A FISH
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A New Baby
In town this week causes a
On the thirteenth day of the Third
Month, A. D., 1902, we agreed to present
each New Bahv with a handsome dia
mond ring. Well we’re in it. Business
increasing enarinnigi v. n e navcii i uisposea oi so many gems in
the same space of time in thirty years business.
BABY: What is a baby? Who can suggest a name or defini
tion of baby? We’ve heard ’em called “Heaven’s Blessing,” “Precious
Gem” “Little Lobster,” “Oyster,” “Little Red Flannel Looking Thing,”
etc. But we think its a tiny feather from the wing of love., dropja-d into
the sacred lap of motherhood.
We’ll present the lady with a handsome Sterling Silver Souvenir
who will Rive 11s in writing, the best definition of the word “Babv,” l»e
tween this date and Jan. 1,
Let ’em come, who’ll be next. We have diamond rings for tlie
little angels.
W. C. STULL,
Jeweler, KXpert Watchmaker, Optician and Diamond Setter,
V/1LDEZ
Location Records.
For the week ending Aug. ‘20.
Furnished by the Valdez Abstract
A Title Co.
DEEDS
A. F. Cramer to Christina I,ill,
4 jda els, Kings hay. Con $100
W Bannister to Carl F With m,
n 40 ft lot 8 hlk 11, $1
L Beatty et al to John Lyons,
agreement to deed 150x30 Reserva
tion tract, $5 • t
A F Cramer to Christina Hill,
Lost Hammer lode el, Glacier Ij.
MINING LOCATIONS.
C'S Sinclair, qtz el, Bonanza er
C W Morris, “
S Thompson, U “ “ <
C K Kehoe, amended location no
tice. Sadie Lode *
A K Beatson, same Pon der Paint
Lode ig
Henry Kehoe, same, Julia Is «e
B F Millard, iotfk miners iiv-ucs
water right, Canyon cr, V.d ' z iy.
I.AND LOCATION .
VCR* Y R R, 20a railroad
terminals, Valdez hay. I
MISCELI.ANEOn*. *
Revocation power attorney, i; S
Baird to R Klci i
Algeron Stracey, proof of !.■ K.r,
83 placer claims near Kayak I
Nizina Reports Still Go'
Tonsina, Aug. 20—Messrs 'Vi,
Esterly ami jiartv left li ■re ’ < s^r
«!ay for Valdez. They are . Jre
than pleased with the trip to *>e
interior and the exj>erto art ti
thuiastie ever theeojijier pn>|k-r’v-s
and the Ni/.ina country. Thr'v.of
the party worked for four day jtu
one of the Ni/.ina elain.s si Lf.k
out #1,400, or more tluni *.tffa
day to the mum They had fin
facilities for working to speak of
except a rough sluice box.
Notice.
The Valdez Mill Cm is about tu
transfer their projierty to otI**t
hands, and all hills against s:fid
company must Ik* presented f, r
payment at once. All who arc in
debted to the company will ph-fsc
remit.
Crawford A Rutherford,
8alt 'Water Baths
Can now he had at Cameroh'f
barber shop every day in the wvfk
r
V
IttTOR STtELC
RE-APPOINTED. SOME BILLS
FOR
M on the Streets
Ordered Paid. Health Officer Ap
pointed. Record of ^Deaths
and Births.
Tlu> City Council surprised itself
this week by holding a meeting and
transacting sonic business. Mon
day night three mcmWrs met. but
all they could do under the rules,
was to adjourn, and this they did.
adjourning until Tuesday evening,
when four momWrs were present,
all that were in town at the time,
1 the other two members Wing out of
I the city.
Councilman Crary occupied the
(chair by request, as no regular
I chairman had as yet been elected.
The most important business was
to elect a permanent chairman,
\ who is ex-otlicio mayor, ami a
| councilman to till the vacancy
caused bv the departure of Simeon
Coot.
Mr. Crary nominated J. L.
i Steele for mayor, and Mr. Steele
| nominated Mr. Crary for the same
' ■•osition, saying that if the position
( was one of honor, another member
j was entitled to it as he had served
I for one year, and that if it was a
j position of responsibility or a bur
den, 'then it wns thcdmy of another
member of the council to take the
position. Councilman Crary posi
tively declined to accept the office
and Mr. Steele was unanimously
elected, and on taking his seat, in
a neat and appropriate speech
thanked the council for the honor
liestowed upon him for the second
tirsie.
For the ]*osition of councilman,
Mr. McHie nominated Al. White.
Considerable discussion followed
hut no other nominations being
made, Mr. White was elected.
For the position of health officer,
Crary nominated i)r. L. K. Riley,
who was unanimously elected.
Mr. Pete Cushman was unani
mously elected fire warden.
Councilman McHie reported to
the council that he had engaged a
team and men to work on the dif
ferent streets, tilling in the mud
holes* clearing out brush, stumps
and otherwise improving the streets
and alleys. The council approved
of his action and rejiort.
1 lie city attorney was instructed
to draft a tax ordinance for tlie
city and also a health ordinance,
and the health otlicor was instructed
to re|Ktrt all hirths and deaths and
their causes to the city clerk, who
was instructed t-» keep a record of
the same. The health ordinance
will also require all ministers and
magistrates to rejiort all marriages
to tiie city clerk, wins will keep a
record of the same.
The following hills were ordered
laid:
Ed Wood, hauling gravel
mi streets $33.50
Copper River Untying Co.,
hauling 11.00
Valdez Mill Co., lumber 01.00
James Fish it Co., nails, win
dows, etc for city hall 23.00
Lal>or on city liall 124.15
Tiie mayor then announced that
he would name the new committees
for the ensuing your at the next
meeting.
For Sale
A fine new upright Piano, excel
lent make, and perfect in tone, at
:: moderate price for iash. Schnei
der sisters, Broadway, north of
former schoolhou&c.
RUMOR OF A STRIKE
On the Matannskn. Report Can
Not Be Verified..
Tile rcjiort of another rich strike
reached town yesterday. The re
port places the find at the head of
the Matanushu. river, where there
has lieen several placer and ipiartz
claims staked. It appears that a
party of Cook Inlet men made the
discovery and having staked what
they wanted, they started togoout.
When on the way they met Chris
Hanson and told him of their find.
It was impossible for Chris to
reach the place that season, so he
returned to the Inlet where he
learned that the discoverers were
drowned before they had a chance
to tell any one else.
Chris started for the place hut
was followed, so he turned off in
another direction. Last spring he
accepted a grubstake from a party
here and in company with Hick
Windcmuller. started over the gla
cier, taking the route by St. Anne’s
river. They reached their destina
tion on the snow, traced tip tin
ground and have just completed
their locations.
J he gold is said to lie of a coarse
nature and the quart/.is white, with
stringers of gold running through it.
It is roughly estimated at from
*20,000 to *.'{0,000 per ton.
The location notices are said to
he on the way to town now for
recording.
As this report came out hv way
of Copjier Col ter, we wired to our
rep rest ntative at that place f<r full
particulars. lie replied that no
one at the Center had any know
ledge oi sucIiji sttike ani Dick and
Chris had not been seen or heard
from.
Ex-Collector J. W. Ivey Coming
Ex-Collector of Customs, J. \V.
Ivey m ill Ik* in Valdez in a short
time according to the Nome pajiers.
Col. Ivey has some valuable placer
property in the Nome district, and
also has representatives in the
Copper river country and some
property there. The Nome papers
also state that Col. Ivey has
the contract to furnish the Valdez
railroad with fresh lK*ef and will
send a large herd of cattle into the
interior.
The people of Valdez will Ik*
glad to welcome Col. Ivey. He is
a businessan of broad exjiericnco,
a lawyer of much ability, an elo
quent speaker and is of national
repute. He will make a staunch
citizen of Valdez.
Bom.
A fine bouncing Ihiv arrived at
tin* home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Fish last Monday morning as a per
manent guest of that household.
He will not take a position in tin
store at present, hut who knows
hut that someday in-may ln-tln-Hov
ernor of the great state of Alaska.
Weather Record.
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18 1 Hi 36 I 7 -16
13 | W | 31 ! *
16 ! 17 •■<! : 6
17 47 ! 31 i
IK ! 17 1 31 1 \_
| Wiinlv. \ Light Wind. • i'loudy.
Above zero exeept where otherwise stated.
$ Rain. Figures show precipitation in inches.
Observed and reported by l>r. L. 8.1'amieia.
Headquarters for Stoves.
' Ranges, Cook Stoves, Yukon
i Stoves, and heaters of all kinds at
j Richards’.
Richards buys everything von
i have to sell, and sells everything
I you have to buy.
NOW ©N THE WATER THIS
SIDE OF SEATTLE
33 Hies This Tear
Will be Built, According to Helm’s
Statements in
Seattle.
F. C. Helm, of tliu Valdez, Cop
per River »V ^ ukon Company, in
an interview at Seattle, announces
that thirty live miles of the Valdez
Fugle railway will lie btilt this
year, and that the entire 4(H) miles
will lie completed within two and
one-half years. The contract for
the building of the road has been
let to J. 1*. McDonald, of New
York, for completion .n that time.
Rails for the road are on the water
between Seattle and Valdez, and
will be distribufShl by Sept. 10.
Mr. Helm arrive^ in Seattle
Aug. ti and left the same day for
Portland. He expected return
to Valdez soon, Mr. Abbot, an
other of the promoters of the rail
way was expected in Seattle about
Aug. ‘20.
‘‘We have had surveyors in the
Copper river valley for the last two
years, and now are ready to la-gin
construction.” said Mr. Helm.
‘‘Before the winter is over, we ex
pect to have the rails ready for use
across the mountains fora distance
of at least thirty-five miles. From
Valdez the course of the road will
follow the Lowe river and the gov
ernment trail for a distance of 1(H)
miles. Here the tracks will aj»
proach Copper river. Valdez is a
considerable distance from the
mouth of tlie Copper river, ami the
lower part of the valley offers no
inducements to railway building.
“In ■-leterniining*.y>on the build
ing of the railway, the fact that
the Copper river valley is composed
largely of gj.*ed agricultural land,
has lteen almost as much of a con
sideration as the mining prospects.
The soil of the valley is remark
ably productive and the seasons
are of such duration that many
products may -be grown. In the
next few years I expect to see thou
sands of people settle along the
■line of the railway.
"The great mineral wealth of the
Copper river valley, consisting both
of coppor and gold, is almost vaUn
less without transportation facili
ties. These we pro|>ose to supply.
Our company has secured promis
ing properties along the river and
we intend to develop these along
with the railroad enterprise. It is
said by experts that it is doubtful
if any other place in the world con
tains deposits of copper of erptal
size with those known to exist en
tire interior from Valdez. We lie
lieve that the venture will prove
eminently satisfactory from a finan
cial point of view.”
Copper Magnate Coming.
F. A. lleinxe. the Butte copper
magnate, says the .Mining Journal,
passed through Ketchikan recently,
enroute for Valdez. It is under
stood tluit Mr- Hcinze is hacking
one of tlu> railway projects of the
Prince William sound district, and
will probably Itecome interested in
tie* development of some of the
Copper river copper dc|iosits.
Mr. Heinze stopped at Skagwar
to visit some mining projierty and
it is not certain when he will reach
Valdez.
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