THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
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P. o. Nrw^ stmol. Cuffla, Alaska.
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H. W. Mu.Ln. W. B. ART.
I. A. llCVM.K ('AM. K»nU,
I. H. » HOT. ir. Kll HiUO.
JoH* liUOIdLL.
JoH* lilHIDILL, M>TI«
Ur*. sroHBKKii, Tbraatrer.
i. I.RROT, ClTT ATTORXRT
I»r. F. M. Hotlr, Health Onm.
W. H. crart, clerk.
F. M. BriiRT, Prk*. School Boaro.
As an example of what Alaskans j
have to contend with in trying toj
educate the t>oople of the states out |
of the universal idea that Alaska is
nn ice-lsmml, unproductive conn-'
try. inhabited onlv by a few godless
men, we publish the following
terse from a piece of j>oetry enti-:
tied,-A Plea for Alaska,” publish
ed in the Home Mission Kcho. a
religious paper printed in Boston:
"A silent land!
Send sweet speech of the word of
t old.
Through snowy silence, o’er bloom
less sod.
* The gospel rays through our land; '
bend its sweet music to those cold ;
st rands,
That ice-lmund land.”
The author in the remaining
verses indulges in unlimited frosty
description, and the general im
pression conveyed is that Alaska is
a vast sheet of ice and the inhabit
ants all heathens.
The object of this plea is to raise
funds for the missions, but it strikes
us that it would be more consist-1
cut with the teachings of Christi
anity to state facts when making a
pita for pecuniary assistance.
The Christian Young .Soldier,
another mission paper, in a write
up of Valdez, publishes a half-tone
of a small log cache, only one cor
ner of which is visible through the
snow, and labels it, "We could
scarcely see our little church.’’ If
the author of that article, after tak
ing the picture of the cache had
turned his face in the opposite di
rection he would have had no dif
ficulty in seeing his church, al
though it was three blocks away.
The article goes on to describe t
how the people had to be dug out
of their cabins, how the trails in
the streets were higher than the
tops of the houses, and dwells at
length on the terrible winds which
oblige people to remain under cov
er. The glacier is mentioned with
a proper iciness to the description,
anil a few words devoted to the ter
rible trail into the interior.
The object in this description of
the terrors of life in Valdez is to
Work on the sympathy of the char
itable minded and raise money,
hut enough harm i* done the conn
try and the inhabitants, by pub
lishing such reports, to overbalance
many times the good done bv the
uiistiotts.
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ill another column we publish a
description of the building in which
the Alaska exhibits will be shown
at k»t. Louis, In spite of all the
prophecies of editorial w riters, we
are to have a first class building,
with plenty of room for exhibits of
our natural resources, and all con
venience in the way of reception
rooms, etc. Now if the papers that
have devoted their space to critic
isms of the proposed Alaska build
ing will use as much energy in at
tempting to secure a proper exhibit
of our mineral and other resur<*ea,
they will l»e iloing some good for
the country they are supposed to
represent. Even Gov. Swineford
ean find nothing in the make-up of
the building to offend his olfactory
organs, unless it is the native
cedar of which the stairway is to l>e
constructed.
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The new editorial writer of the
News waxes indignant over the ac
tion of the city in attempting to
secure the license money paid by
the wharves, and calls the council
to task for apparently blaming tka
petty «ftieer* of the court. Of
course one must admit that it is i
absurd to question the ability of!
these officers to pro|>erly interpret
tiie laws, hut there have lieen cases
known where a liWral interpreta
tion of the law has l>een made by
this same court, where the facts in
the rase seemed to justify such ac
tion, and it is possible that the city
officers were merely working in the
interests of the city, and had no
intention of questioning the univer
sally acknowledged ability of the
clerk of the court or any other gov-1
eminent official.
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Soon Connect with Nome.
Announcement oi the completion
of wireless telegraphic connection
between St. Michael ami Nome is
daily expected by the local U. S.
signal corps officers, says the F-I.
It is well known that Seattle and
St. Michael have been in telegraph
ic communication all winter save
during brief intervals when the j
wires were down. Very little work
on the wireless telegraph stations
at St. Michael and Safety harbor
remained to lie done when K. I). I
Koss. who had charge of the project
left the former port a passenger of i
the steamship Koauokt* Poles ris- '
ing to a height of 220 feet had heen
erected at both points and much of!
the equipment for sending ami re
ceiving messages had been install
ed. The distance between those
points is 110 miles.
More or less wireless telegraph:
material and equipment went north ,
on the steamship Meteor, which I
however broke down in Hehriug1
sea, failing to reach her destination. I
It she had been able to complete;
the voyage the line would have!
heen finished and put in operation .
several weeks ago. The officers of
the local signal corps would not la*'
surprised to learn at any time that
the system iiad heen perfected with
the material at hand, through the !
receipt of a message direct from
Nome.
The Prospector the Real Man of
Civilization.
The prospector imty lx* suiil to lx-1
the pioneer of civilization. Con
quering armies may devastate a
territory, depopulate it or subdue
the inhabitants to a certain extent,
hut they never civilize; the real
men of civilization arct’ne men who
delve in the mountains for the pre
cious metals; the men who pene
trate the wildest regions, explore
the rugged, uninviting mountains
or tramp with scanty rations oven
the hot and arid sands of the des-.
ert; who dare to tread where the
foot of civilized being has never
trod iiefore; who sleep for months
at night under the arched canopy
of heaven after a hard day’s toil;
whose lames are sometimes found
by one of their brethren on a moun
tain side, in a lonely canyon, or on
the burning desert, whither hope
had Ix-ckoned him; whose reward'
is the discovery of mineral, perhaps
after vears of laWrious search, a!
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discovery which, when lie gets back
to civilization, exhibits his samples!
and makes known his find, results!
in a rush—a new camp—mines;
being opened, machinery lieing
erected, and the noise of the stamps
and busy population of the new
town soon banishes the desolation
which surrounded the pns]xctor
when he slept on the ground the
night Wfore his discovery.—Ex.
The mail for the interior left here
Saturday morning.
Jew’ a Snooping Round.
A lazy, shiftless, nn-gnod tramp
’At come a bangin' ’round the camp
An’ gnlrvanting thro’ the hills,
An ol’ corn-cob pit** stuck in his
gills. I
Nobody knowcd from where he
come.
An’when we’d question him, the;
hum
’I) say a looking at the ground,
’At lie was jes’.u snoopin’ ’round.
He’d niosev off at break of day
In sort o’ lazy, kecrless way,
A suckin’ that ol’ pipe, an’ when
He’d wander hack to ramp again
He’d hide up in his dugout, where
He’d sit with an alistractive air
A eyeing specimens he’d found
While he was jes’a snoopin’ ’round.
tine day us workin’ fellers met
An’ passed some resolutions that
We wouldn’t have no idle scamp
A bangin’ ’round a busy camp
He ttik u skip and never thought |
To say good-bye, but struck a trot
l'p that same gulch toward the
ground
Where he had been a snoopin’ i
’round.
Well, pwrclner, guess you’ve hccrd
about
That'Jim Crow mine that’s turnin’
out
A hefty forfune every day
In such a send excitin’ way,
An niehlie hcerd its owner air
A two or three* times millionaire,
An’ lie’s that same darn cue. He
found
That lead while jes’ a snoopin’
’round.
We cussed him fur his shiftless
wave
A spending all his livin’ days
A wild goose chasing in the hills
While we was poundin’ at the drills.
But changed our ideas when we
Burned
Alaiut his strike, fur I’ll be durned
If every one of us warn’l found
Next day up there a snoopin’ ’round
—James Burton Adams.
Chase and Sanlnirn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to he had at Hemple &
Dougherty’s.
NEW PROCESS
STEAM LAUNDRY,
McKinley street.
Finest Work. Prompt Delivery.
Fully Responsible.
Haines & Brown,
THE TINNERS
are now prepared to do all kinds of
Tin and Iron work at short notice.
Their work is tirst-elassand charges
reasonable. Located on McKinley
rear of Prospector office.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Endeavor Cong. Church—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Rev. D. \V. Cram, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 10:30 a.
m. and 3 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday niglit. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even
ing at 7 o’i iock. Melvin Dempsey,
President
Chcr< i of the Epiphany—Cor.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Services on Sunday at 11
a. m. and S p. m. Rev. F. S.«Tav
lor, Rector.
Orderof Ai.aska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
Hall on Reser
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at 8
o’clock. O. J.
Hosford,Ruling
Spirit; ErnieB.
Wheat, Keeper
of Wa Wa.
Knights ok Pythias Club—W.
A. Rvstrom. Pres., Wm. Whittlesey
Sec. Meets 1st anil 3<1 Monday of
each month in Odd Fellows club
rooms.
Valdez Masonic Cu'b—
Meets every Wednesday ev
ening at the rooms over
(model] iv hdwards’ offices, at 8
o'clock. B. F. Millard, President;
J. M. Lathrnp. Secretary.
Broth eh noon ok Alaska Pioneers.
L. Berg, Chief, Arthur Rohgal,
Secretary.
Headquarters, Afognak, Alaska.
Valdez Odd Fellow’s
Club—Meets every
Frid»v evenincr in elnti
rooms. B. F. Millard, Pres.; B. B.
Lynch, Bec’y.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, 1*1. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Office*: ALASKA
Swan Building. McKinley St.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Swnn
Building. Valdez.
DENTIST.
C. T. DAGGETT,
McKinley Sf
Over Goodell A Edward*.
H. COCKERILLE, D.D. S.
The Pioneer Dentist.
Over Twenty Years’ Experience
Second Street on Reservation.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ, ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Mining and Land Laws, 3|*c]altlen.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
Wm. H. Whittlesey,
Attorney-At-Law,
U. S. Commissioner and Recorder.
GALIANO (KAYAK), ALASKA
T J D0N0H0E,
Attorney at Law,
SWAN BUILDING. VALDEZ
Cecil H. Cle?e,
Attorney-at-Law,
Notary Public.
Office Court House Valdez.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
4 Civil Engineer ami Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral anti Land
Surveyor.
Next door to Nizina.
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
ASSAYER .
and ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle.
5. Q. n/IThEW5,
Sanitary - Plumbing
Steam Fitting anil
Water Heating.
LIVE AND LET LIVE. Valdez.
H. R. Elliott E. E. Smith
Douglas City Pharmacy
Wholesale and
Retail Druggists
Douglaa City, Alaska.
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for Yaldex people. l*jO rooms.
Kates .70 conts, ft and fl..7o per day. Kirstelass
KeMaorrnt iu connection. Free Hu<. opposite
1*. K. PostofSee.
W. ti. POTTS, Manager.
ft*. First At. «& I’nlversiiy st., SEATTLE
School o| Open All Year
Practical Mining, Civil Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineering, Metallurgy,
Cyanide Process.
Surveying, Architecture, Draw ing and Assay
ing. Assaying of Ores. f2f»; Bullion and Chlor
ination Assay. fc£5; Blowpipe Assay, flu. Full
course of Assaying, foO. Established 1864. bend
for circular.
A. VAN DE* NAILER, President.
118 Fulton Street. San Francisco, Hi. Out
block west of Citv Hall.
good good/. good service
TriETmTm7r;
CLUB BOOMS IM CONNECTION
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Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
SCOTT ft SMITH,-Props.
Felix's Restaurant
GROCERIES.
Wholesale and Retail. Open Nights.
McKinley St Valdez.
Copper River
Braying Co.
Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
W. S. AMY. ED. WOOD
McKinley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
THE 'SIESTA'
FURNISHED ROOMS
Fifty Cents and Upwards
Per Day. Fire Extra.
R. H. PARKER, Proprietor.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior ]M>ints. Large com
fortable quarters with every accommodation for
man or beast. Garden products in season.
Wines, Liquor, Beer and Cigars.
LEN THOMPSON, Proprietor. 12 Miles From Valdez.
Workman’s Road House
P. MAGNUSSON, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 jn-ople, has large
warm barn for 20 horses-end good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
“Our Road Mouse**
At Foot of Summit on Route to Interior. Best Ac
comodations for Man and Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez. Good pasture fenced.
WILSON, DAVISON & LITTLE, Proprietors.
Beaver-Dam Roadhouse.
On the trail to Nizina, Chisna and the Tanana,
near Government Relief Cabin in Tiekhell valley.
Beet of accommodations. Good horse feed near
roadhouse.
F. G. BARTLETT, MANAGER.