TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS
To Meet in St. Louis Oct.
and Continue its Sessions
for Five Days.
The fifteenth annual session of
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress is called to meet at St.
l.ouis Oct. 25-29. The fourteenth
session was held in Seattle in Au
gust, 1903.
It is the desire of the executive
committee that the members of the
congress enter enthusiastically into
the plans for the coming session
and contribute as much as possible
to make it the mo t successtul in
the history of the congiess.
The congress is a potential factor
in questions affecting national leg
islation for the trans-Mississippi
states and territories and in secur
ing for this section legislation of
great importance.
The committee submits a pro
gramme of general interest to the
people of the trans-Missi.-sippi states
and territories, and among the sub
jects to be discussed are the follow
ing: Rivers, Water-ways and Har
hors; Isthmian Canal; Stmi-arid
Regions; Merchant Marine; Trade
with the Orient; Consular Service;
Statehood; Railroad Transportation;
Preservation of Forests; Sugar In
dustry; Trade with Mexico; Ex
ports and Imports through Gulf and
Pacific Ports; Encouragement of'
Home Manufactures: Good Roads
and Drainage; Lewis and Clark
Exposition in iyo5; Department of
Mines and Mining; Trade with
Canada; Alaska.
Alaska officials of the congress
are Vice-President A. P Svsineford,
Ketchikan; Vice-President J. F. A.
Strong, Nome; Vice-President John
Stanley, Rampart; Executive Com
mitteemen John C.Green, Golovan;
V. T. Hoggatt, Valdez.
STR. ROCK ISLAND
SINKS NEAR EAGLE
Word has been received by the,
local officials of the Not them Com
ittep'ial Co. of the sinking of the
steamer Rock Island seven miles
above Kugle She was proceeding
up stream in a dense fog Oct 4.
when she struck a ruck aud settled
in five feet of water
The steamer ut supposed to have
had practically no cargo, though II
is possible she may have taken on
a portion of the carg of the Umtse
barges at Port Yukon.
Manager Duncan of the V C Co
at thta {dace thinks the bunt will be
repaired and got into snte winter
quarters.
TROUBLESOME
PACK TRAINS
New Trail Probable to That
Section.
Heettr sent another big pack
train to Quail cieek last Sunday.
There were eleven horses in the
train not one of which carried less
than 260 pounds. Kinney McLeod
got 1,208 pounds and Jack Ostrum
and Mike Laboski made up the
balance of the consignment.
Cap Williams and Dave Fancher
came in last Saturday from the
Troublesome country and are mak
ing arrangements to take over a
ton of supplies. They are well
pleased with the outlook.
They say it is probable the miners
will make a trail up Hunter to
Quail creek by way of Willow!
creek. They are strong advocates
ot the proposed trail, and think
that enough supplies will go in this
winter to more than justify its con
struction. _
VALDEZ-TANANA
MAIL SERVICE
To Be Under Charge of Fish
This Winter.
It is stated that the wiuthr ser
vice on the mail route between
Valdez and Tanana will be under
the charge of Jim Fish.
The contract had been let to
Oscar Foote. Foote’s bid was
$21,800, the next lowest bid being
$48,000, made by Fish. It was
well known that Foote would not
be able to conduct the service
within the limits of th; contract
price; and as the season advanced
and he made no preparation to
carry out the contract the idea be- >
came geueial that he intended to
l»*t it go by default.
Just what arrangement the post
office department has entered into
with Mr. Fish, now, is not known;
but it is a pretty safe guess that the
service will not be up to a very
high standard. It will relieve the
Yukon route ol a good deal of the
burden with which it was threat
ened. however, and to that exteut
wiil prove a blessing to people
receiviug mail via Rampart.
McylKSTKN HI’YH
HTOKL INIKHKHT
l>. M Mc<jn**teu ha* f>urcha*ed
(he inter**! ui Mr. Stoel in the log
ging outfit and hot*e* tormerly
owned bv Mcyuesten & Stuel.
Mr M<<jue*tett i* now reedy to
receive order* fix freighting end
wood, end invitee the co«*id*retton
of pcixiiu needing anything in hie
line
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SOLE AGENTS
PERSONAL AND
LOCAL NOTES
\V. J. Oslin is over from the Glen
side.
C. R. Peck was in from Little
Minook last Saturday.
Henry Miller will prospect and
trap on the other side of the divide.
Pete Kalning and George Krast
ning have returned to Thanksgiv
ing, after a few days spent in town.
Attorney George A. Salisbury
has established his office in the
cabin east of A. B. hall, on Second
street.
Mr. Koonce reports the work
shop completed on the grounds of
the Pittsburg company, Big Minook
creek.
Frank Smith received a painful
hurt by being struck in the eye by
a frozen birch chip while chopping
last Saturday.
George and Frank Heniy, who
worked on Glen this fall, will trap
and prospect on that side of the
divide during the whiter.
Judge Thomas J. Humes was a
striking figure in the large crowd
that passed down on the Monarch
on Monday afternoon.
John Wilson is in town fiotn tbe
C.len side of the divide, where he
spent the summer Me repert* that
himself ami ('.ill ami Drake will
work a lay uu Sla'c creek this
winter.
Fred Cassidy will have his head
quarter* at the head <>l Taulavana,
and will combine projecting and
trapping this winter. U hen in
town * couple of day* ago he said
he already had a long line ol tr ip*
constructed
'THE CUSTOM
OP THE CAMP
A lot of men sat around a local
barroom stove the other evening,
and the talk was upon the distin
guishing points of badness of
mining camp whisky run up against
in bygone days. It developed that
individuals of the party had en
countered a wide range of liquid
villainy first and last; but when a
certain veteran related the follow
ing experience the ensuing silence
bore testimony that the honors of
the evening were his:
“When I landed in Deadwood in
’76,” he said, “of course I went
into the first saloon I struck to get
a drink. Another customer was
just ahead of me. and I noticed the
bartender w hen he sat out the bot
tle laid a whisk broom alongside it.
Then he served me likewise. I was
a little slow in taking my drink so
as to see what the other fellow
would do with the broom. Well,
he drank his whisky, picked up his
broom and went over iu the corner
and swept the sawdust away and
lay down aud had a fit. He did, so
help me!”
VALI>i:z COURT
NOVEMBER l4
District court will convene at
Valdez Nov 14
It w ill likelv t>e a long session.
The following felony canes will
cone before the court:
A. I>. Wentworth, manslaughter.
Simeon llerasemuff, murder; Si
meon Sergin and Annie !*etersun.
acceptoriea, all from Inga
Harry Matesro, mayhem
Charles Johnson, attempted rape.
> K K Coy, blackmailing