Of Local Interest •
From Fridays Bulletin
B C. I'awkins, Chief Engineer of the
>iorgan-Guggeubeim syndicate. has |
arrived at Katalla, and will go South ;
on the Saratoga. lie will submit hi*
report, covering observations oi the
physical conditions of the interior
country, with regard to the feasib.lity
of railroad building from both nalalla
and Valdez.
r. G. Qninn returned on the Sara
toga from the States, where he has j
been to secure material for the elec
trie plant at Soloman Basin, lie re-i
ports the plant will be m working
order iu about a month
Chas. Range and Reynolds arrived !
in town yesterday tiom Dan Creek
Xels Jenson and family came in yes- I
terd: y from the Kotsina.
T..e Gray party are now enroute to ^
Valdez from the Kotsina and will reach
town in a day or two.
Dan Sheehan, Harry Greenig, Dan
Greenig, R. Doremus, Win Brady,
Mrs. Gaskell, C. Shultz, E. Byers, C.
Howard, Shorty Gwiun readied town
from the copper country yesterday.
Scotty Crawford a d party left Kot
sina on the 10th for*Valdez.
Geo. Cantwell returned yesterday
from a trip to the copper country.
Miss Crittenden and Miss Cole en
tertained a number of their friends at
the formers home on Tuesday evening.
Following a musical hour, games weie
indulged in and later refreshments
were served. It was a very enjoyable
evening for those who wore present.
Lucky for all the horse-' in the city,
that the Saratoga arrived for other
wise many of them would have gone to
bed hungry tonight. The Saratoga j
brought GO tons of hay and grain, and :
it is worth 3C0 a ton.
Following is a list of arrivals on tin- j
Saratoga: U McIntosh, D Dm/, am)
wife, A lv isbam, O r Han, T Gt-Iman.
Miss L -Jones, Airs. \v il Blae; well.
Mrs Ed Wood, f* M art ine v Wri-.'id.
J II Houston, J W Berry, Geo Johnston
A ii Dam.-, r tuning, v ie.) Krau <i u
wife, C L Welch, W Evans, I'll (/
Lougau, D Draw 11 Dalhy, L L Ander
son, L W Storm, W ii .vl niety, N l’
Olson, G C Howk, C F Sinclair, II
Deyo. and ‘JG steeiage.
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From Saturday’s Bulletin.
Oscar ilagiuinl and Oscar Stli hu e!
come from the inside, leaving tin r
partner Jack Smith who wit! come ( ..;
later. The two former since their »;
rival have given an option on tin . j
share of the property to James J (In . !
frey of Seatt e, for ol ”>0,000 each ai «1
Smith will bo offered the same for i - !
third, when he arrives. J'ne propel
lies north of the Bonanza, and it
called the Bonanza extentiun. It |
reported that some gentlemen who ai •
in the city at present were al.-o lnokii
to bond the property, hut werca f<
hours too late. Mr. Godfrey .i -* >.d
up bis engineers next : t.i or; to g •;
over the property.
I
Tuesday the Fidalgo-Alaska Coppt ’
Co. placed oi sale -J4U00 shares of i*
treasury stock, at bl'c per share. A*
noon Wednesday the stock had bt
sold, and many applications hud to I <- )
rejected, no more of the stock being "
the market.
The property of tins company is on>
of the nn.s' promising on the S : .
the development work already do.
exposing a large amount of high gra in
ore, and it is expected ihat the tun
provided by 1he sale of the stock v.> i
place it on the list of shipping mine
Some of the lucky subscrit er- to tic
stock of thix company have .-Ireadv
received offers of per share h
their holdings.
A dispatch from II. D. ?‘cyn< Ids tin
morning tales tha th cement for tk
bank building i- badly damaged. An
other cargo will be secured as soon a
possible and w> id; pushed •" it li all
possible speed. The damage is tullj
covered by insurance.
Fur!her details of the drowning at
Kafulla by the cep. fzing <>f th- b.uuch
Pal. under are tt>at there were Lot two
men aboard the launch, James basty
aud James Sands. When the launch
tinned turtle, both men escaped from
Die launch and were seen m the water.
The launch Imp went to i heir rescue,
but Sands had sunk from sight bt ton
she reached the spot A rope was
throwli to Hasty, but he faded to
reai'h it. another trial met with no net
ter success, i'be third tune lie grasped
the rope, but owing to exhaustion was
unable to ictain his held, and sank
within a few fed ot the re-euiug boat.
I he Jeaiiie arrived early this m -ru
ing with a toll cargo, consigned princi
pally to the Alaska ih>me Hallway
Among the railroad siippic-s •> a loco
motive, four cars, rails, switches, frogs
plates, spikes and in tact all the iieces
-Vies for laying several miles of track
As speedily as possible the >\oik of
laying of tlie truck will he taken up,
and within a few days, the whistle of
tin* locomotive on the b>ng desired
-••dread will gladden the hearts of the !
i esideuts ot Valdez.
Miss Katherine Ksterly entertained
about twenty of her young mends at I
her home Vesterd ty evening. (lames I
and music turnished eiueriaiument for
the merry parly till twelve o'clock,
when dainty refrcslmiei ts were served.
The prize winners in the different
games were Dorothy Miller, Helen
Drown and (Jardiner llelmick.
From Monday’s Bulletin
The steamer Kl?;e arrived 'his morn
ing from •lcClond’s Bay, with a tow ot
J*'0,C»0, lugs fur the saw mill. She will
go hack immediately for another tow.
A big black bear has been making
liimself quite at home out at Camp 1. '
Ivirly Saturday he got into the mess j
tent, and after emptying a sugar howl .
of it? contents, took a JA pound cheese !
oil with him. Four of the Boston |
party who are at the Seattle hotel have
gone up the line today looking for him
or any of hi- friends or Height or?, who
care? to stand up and stop a few
bol let s.
Out or the big t >w of lumber which
M i Key Holds i? sending up fi om Sea' -
tie, there will li about JO*,000 fct t
which will not he required for u?e m
the Home Kailway, and which will be
for sale iu the local market. Orders
for any portion of the same may be
left with Mr. Vv’. M Finical at the Saw
Mill, and they will be filled from the*
steamer when she arrives in the order
of their receipt Persons requiring
any lumber will only in-ure delict i y
by placing their orders immediately.
T. W. Blakney returned Saturday
from Tarnl where fie spout the sum
u,t r doing development work on his
('upper Pi operty.
A mighty jovial party which included
Robert Linn, • <f Chicago; M V Little,
of Boston; Dr. S. \V. Jenkins, of Port
land. Me ; H K. Richardson, of Attle
boro, Mass.; |)r. J. L Chase, of Paw
tucket, R. I.; Jan es Murphy, of Hi ?- ,
ton; asi 1 S Brown, of Seattle, made a
tour of inspection over the grade of the
Home Rail ay Saturday. Accompany- ,
ing them were Mr. Howard Reynolds,
\V A. Reed, and Mr. (leoige \V Nelson,
of the Home Railway. The trip was
made in one of the big -1 hor.se pack
teams of the Railway,and it was an eye
ope"i- to the Eastern capitalists, who
w re .sin.ply amazed at the amount of
work which has been performed in the
short ti.ne.- ince operations were begun, j
As one of tho gentlemen expressed
himself on the return, " Wo hoard big
s-t i• j less her'- in Valdez about the
amount of railway work which ha
been done, but there is only one v.ay to j
appreciate it and that is to go and see ;
it." Ah the pa; tj expressed then
appreciation of the method of <**>».- j
ducting the work and were loud in j
their praise of the idea of tie- road a.- ;
whole, an 1 of the management.
Freight clerk Watson of the Yucatan,
,vill remain in Valdez, m the employ of
the Valdez Dock Co.
From Tuesdays Bulletin
,t. C. Williams, w ho has been on -
ployed at Cordova, was brought up
here last night. and placed in the Val
dez hospital, lie is suffering from a
cancer.
The Yucatan arrived with 500 tons of
freight and the following passengers
for Valdez: L F Youngs, Miss M
Poach, Flora Peoifer, Kdith Shelly,
Kva Pacine, Mrs G McCormack; Mr
.1 II Spemnt, Louise Parker Brown,
Pontague, II A Duke and wife. W M
•Johnson, W 11 Crary. J P Austin. M K
Sc hroeder, Mrs II Hansen, l rank Pice,
Mrs Frank pice, Mrs Nathey, Annie
Nelson, C Burnett, Mrs Barnett, from
Seattle; F K Chesnutt, M;-- Anno
Kstej’s, John Ksteys.C W Rank, A K
(jardiner, K M Reed, J Counor. J M
Kennedy, J Phillips, G W Knppeu, ('
P Kdwards, H Tozier, E V Boyle, S B
Kurick, Katalla and lti Steerage.
\\ . M Johnson, a mine it r of
Nome, arrived here on the^ ucatau ami
will make a short visit to the . terior
copper district
Geo Barrack, the prominent La
touche mining man, was a passenger
trom Seattle on the Yucatan. It was
reported that while ashore at Katalla,
Mr. Barrack had wedded a fair young
lady,—a tellow passenger on the
steamer—but he says that is an err< r
and that it will lie several weeks be
tore the ceremony is pel formed.
New Goods at Ladies’ Bazaar
All |*‘rsons having bills against
either the Alaska Home Railway, or
.* ho Reynolds Alaska Development
Cornpuny, are rei|ue»teil to present
them on or before the first of each
month, nud the name will Ini paid on
the loth of or* ry month.
FOR SALE
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LAND SCRIP
This scrip takes immediate
title to eitfter surveyed or un
surseyed land in Alaska, and is
approved by the Government
Price $30 per acre in 40-80 and
120 acre pieces, nr $50 per acre
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