The Alaska prospector. [volume], February 13, 1902, Image 4

About The Alaska prospector. [volume] (Valdez, Alaska) 1902-1908

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' LOCAL NEWS NUGGETS.
Mr. Dorsey I leu veil is adle to
lie up and arouud.
A trail lias- Wen in ado to the
third lieiM'h on the glacier.
Recertified Government Script
for sale hr O.N. Crnry.
Have yon pit cold feet? If so
pi to Fish’s and pet Wt'shoes.
Fish Bros, can outfit you from
Horses and dog* to snow glasses.
Gitas..SponfKinr ami Jacli Beck
;m* homo from Knight’s island.
WaXTWi. -Rositiow hy lady cook,
to go inside.- Apply at this office.
Mrs. Fted. Date was the first
lady ealler at the Prospector office.
Gentlemen’s suits1 cleaned, re
paired and pressed by Mrs. Syring:
Newcastle No. 1' Coal-At Fish
Bros. $14.00 pert torn 17 ska-Dc
livered.
Bromide of Quinine Capsules
cure a cold'in one day, at Valdez
Hharmacv.
Blix can supply miners with
tools and mercury at Copper- Cen
ter, at reasonahle prices..
Should vour watch not cut steam
right, semi it to ■ us, we’ll do the
rfsR - W. C. Stull, -jeweler. •
If yon have eye trouble our per
fect fitting glasses will give you
relief. W. C. Stull, optician.
The latch-string is out. The
Pkospwtok is “«t home” to nil
friends. Come and sec us.
If your watch is not doing well
Ifring it to us. We doctor siek
Watchest- W. C. Stull, jeweler.
_ Mfa* Carrie Johnson of Tacoma,
is here on an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. Cha*. Crawford.
Watches ami jewelry oermdon^
ally need repairs. We repair
watches and jewelry. W. C. Stull.
On oecount of the write-up of
the town this week, we are compell
ed to omit a large amount of news.
The people of Valdez have ever
reas<M». tw expect the most prosper
ous season that Valdez lias ever
litd. ■
Sweral tons of provisions arc on
the road for the various roadhouses
and there are numerous small out
fits and parties all along the trail.
The heading of out paper was de
signed hy our local artist, Mr. F.
W. Rosenthal. He also painted
the beautiful curtain at the Moose
hall.
Tod Winter is now settled in
suug charters adjoining the Horse
shoe restaurant and is ready to re
pair watches and jewelry. You
know Tod 1
Eyes trouble you? Dim vision,
dull, heavy pain, burning or itch
ing? If so, we can relieve you with
ourperfect, easy-fitting specs. W.
U.'3t n 11, «£t icia n.
A*riMPre>will hr» more real mining
done this year in the Copjwn river
district than ever before, and it is
lwlieved more investments will he
made in mining property tluuv over
before.
From present mritcntions there
will lie a large number of experts
here this slimmer, and mining rep
representatives of capitalists who
are ready to invest their money in
any paying enterprise.
Blix has been very busy lately
in behalf of the Copper River Min
ing, Trading and Developing Co.,
forwarding supplies to the Teikel
City roadhouse and also to the store
at C$i ippprrCenter.
Hie Copper River Mining, Trud
ing and Developing (to. are now
erecting a road house at Teikel City
and will lie ready to give travelers
first-class accommodations on and
after March 1st.
James McGee returned on the
Excelsior from Tacoma, where he
ha* licensor a few Greeks on busi
ness. He was accompanied by his
son. They will leave in a few
days for Siate Creek, to work on
the Tacoma claim, in which- Mr..
McGee is interested.’.
V {
Mr. A. Hammond lias j
opened a neat little confectionery,]
cigar and fruit store irt the new
building next to tho Horseshoe
restaurant. It is <piitc metropnli
tan in appearance.
Even with the large numlter on
the trail, not one-third of the j«s>
plc in town have started and many
more large outfits and companies
are expeeted from Seattle and other
places within the next month.
Very few of the Slate creek min
ers hare started yet, most of them
expecting to go over the glacier.
The glacier trail has not yet been
made, but a large numlter of the
l*oys will start this week for the
third bench.
The Alaska Copper company,
l>ottcr known as the McClelland
party, nre on the trail l»ouml for
their rieh copper property in the
Cliittvna country, with fifteen men
and seventy-five tons of provisions,
tools and machinery. They will
do extensive development and pre
liminary work this summer.
The ladies of Valdez will give a
farewell party to the mushers, at
the Moose hall, on next Monday
evening, to which iv cordial invita
tion is extended to nil mnshers.
The ladies desiring to assist in this
entertainment are requested to
meet at the hall Fridayajfternoon at
2:30 o’clock to complete arrange
ments for the same.
We had purchased a typesetting
machine in Portland, hut when it
was taken apart, it was found to lie
defective and the company would
*>ot shiii it, as they had guaranteed
it to lie perfect. As it would take
about three months to get another
machine from the east, we could
not wait and so are sticking type in
the old fashioned way.
Mr. Potter is now engaged in
building a roadhouse at the Taz
lina river where it intersects the
government trail at a ]ioint lit)
miles from Valdez. Along with
hrs- business as host Fie will also
maintain a ferry for the use of
travelers. The ferry is an absolute
necessity pending the building of a
bridge bridge by the government,
which we hope to see accomplished
in the very near future.
We do not wish to make excuses
for the appearance of our paper,
but simply to state that one liox of
type was lost on the way up, and
the box contained all the spaces and
quads of the display type. We have
had to use pieces of wood, leather,
old iron, rubber, etc, in making up
our ads. Printers can appreciate
t he great disadvantage under which
we are laboring. As is generally
the case, the most indispensable
article'i&tbe one that is lost.
pome oi tne hoys returned this
week from a trip to Copper Center.
They report the trail as being in
very good condition and as far as
seen by them, the Copper river has
about two feet of snow on top of
the ice. This, however, is likely to
disappear any day as the river ut
this season is constantly breaking
out in overflows which freeze up
the following night, leaving an ele
gant, smooth trail over which it is
a pleasure to travel, dogs or no
dogs.
The S. S. Discovery, with Capt.
White in command ami Pilot Poloff
aboard, arrived here last evening
from Juneau. They delivered at
at this port a few sacks of mail
and will take from here a large
amount of mail which they will
distribute on their way to Dutch
Harbor.. They had three passen
gers ahord! IkiuihI for Unga.
J. B. flQENS
CASH STORE
If you want an outfit let
me figure on it and you
wili save money. AGENS
BUTTER has stood the test,
take some with you when
you go on the trail.
H. W. Miller, Manager
I
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OUR MAYOR’S GOOD WORK.
Mayor J. L. Steele has returned
home after several weeks’ visit to
Seattle and other Sound' cities,
where he has liecn attending to
private business affairs. While
hard at work with- his own per
sonal business, yet our mayor
found time to make several speeches
Indore the Seattle clmmlier of com
merce and other organized lmdics
of that city regarding Valdez and
the Copjier river country. He ac
complished much good for this
part of Alaska in many ways.
Among other things that will lie of
vast good to this section was his
successful efforts to induce the
chandler of commerce of Seattle to
take immediate action towards in
ducing congress to make an ap
propriation for the completion of
the all-American trail, which that
lnnly did in earnest, requesting the
senators and representatives from
Washington to take up the matter
immediately at the national capi
tal. Other organized bodies through
out Washington have also endorsed
the action of the Seattle chamber
and we may expect much good
through these channels.
Mayor Steele talked Valdez and
Alaska to everyone he met, and the
citizens of this place certainly ap
preciate his efforts in livhalf of oui
district.
The S. 8. Excelsior arrived a I
this j>ort on Feb. 3, with a nunibci
of passengers and a large cargo
The passengers were landed- and
most of the freight, but, living in n
hurry to go westward,-she departed
taking a few pieces of machinery
booked for this place. Slie again
arrived here oil Feb. 11, from hci
westward trip and simply touched
here to account for the freight
aboard.
As no one came ashore the agent
of the company, accompanied by
the customs official, Judge Ooodell
went out in a small liout, hut wen
not allowed to go aboard. They
ascertained, however, that one til
the firemen showed a well-developed
case of small-pox. As a conse
quence, Capt. Moore would not al
low any communication with the
shore, except to have Dr. Arwini
from Ft. Liscum examine the ease
The doctor found that the patient
was completely isolated and every
precaution taken to keep the dis
ease from spreading.
The patient admitted that when
in Seattle he lived in a house when
seven people were stricken with tlu
disease. He tied from the premises
and shipjicd on the Excelsior and
carried the germs of disease along
hut they did not develop until aftei
the l>oat left here, westward hound
We are assured by all the physi
cians here that those of our peoph
who came up on the last trip of tlu
steamer need have no uneasiness
regarding themselves,as the patient
showed no symptoms of sickness
while they were aboard, and be
sides he was engaged in the lowei
part of the vessel, and at no time
laid an opportunity to mix with
the passengers.
The Hard Times Dance
The hard times dance held al
Moose hall on Friday night, Feb,
7th, under the auspices of the Val
dez serial club was a success in
every way. To look at the lads
and lassies in their rural und
patched-up r«>stumes one would be
strongly inclined to look upwards
expecting to see hay in the loft and
no douht some of those present
have, ere this, assisted in cleaning
up the barn for just such occasions.
During the day prior to the
dance a committee from the club,
consisting of ladies, met at the hall
and prepared a supper for the oc
casion and while the dance was
being enjoyed by all, Adam Swan
was busy in the kitchen adjoining,
making coffee. At 10:30 dancing
ceased and while resting their feet,
their, faces became busy, and they
all must have certainly enjoyed the
facial exercise, for like Oliver Twist
they called for more. Pies, pud
dings, tarts and turkeys disappeared
in short order. Dancing was again
resumed and continued until mid
night, when all departed to their
various homes feeling perfectly
happy over a pleasant evening.
The music for dancing was alter
nately furnished by the old stand
by (Jus and his "wind-jammer”
and Ide on the piano, with pianola
attachment.
King sang two selections and
Stead brought tears to the eyes of
all present with his song about the
two “rultes” who went to the cir
cus and one of them killed a stuffed
snake.
We have enjoyed many such
evenings as this with the social
club and they have tended to en
liven a winter which would other
wise have l>een long and dreary.
Red Hoffman and Buck Hoyt
arrived from Copper Center a few
days ago.
Rol»ert Fulkerson and John
Rocder arrived last evening from
the interior.
CITY OF VALDEZ.
Continued from Page Three,
delayed tints far as he was not aide
to get the proper man for the place.
This church will have a good mcm
j Wrsliip when fully organized. Mr.
James Kish, Sr., is the senior
warden.
PURI.Ic senooi..
Valdez has s\ very nice public
school building and two good lots
in a central location. There are at
present aWut twenty-five scholars.
Tltc school is up to date in every
particular. The school furniture is
the very ltcst and the ltooks, which
are furnished free of charge to the
children, arc of the highest stand
ard of excellence. Miss Alice
Lccdy, daughter of Governor Lccdy,
is the efficient teacher.
SURVEYORS.
Mr. A.Judson Adams is a deputy
U. 8. Surveyor for Alaska, and
has Wen a resident of Valdez for
aWut a year, coming here from
Washington. Mr. Adams has the
contract for establishing the bnsc
and mcridan lines for Alaska—a
very important and necessary work
and will require several months’
laWr.
h. U. Baldwin, the well known
surveyor lias been in the Vahlez
country for the past three years
and has done considerable survey
ing in this section. From present
indications he will continue to keep
busy, is he thoroughly understands
his business.
Mr. Addison Powell is one of the
best known surveyors in this part
of Alaska. He was with the gov
ernment for two vears and has
] published several maps of the
Copper river country.
SALOONS.
Those who enjoy the flowing
bowl may here find it flowing quite
freely. There are a number of
saloons in the town, all ably and
I peaceably managed. Ours is a
Janice able community and, while
many indulge, hut few drink to
excess.
The first to take out a license
was I). F. Osgood, familiarly known
as “ Dad ” Osgood. He maintains
a very quiet resort where the boys
may go in and toast their shins
when they so desire.
Later on Alex. Singletary opened
up on McKinley street, after spend
ing a season prosjrecting in the in
terior. Alex, is still in the busiuess.
As the town grew in jirosperity
the saloons kej>t pace with other
branches of business, so that today
we have eight of them.
Brown it DelsirU have but re
cently purchased fnnn W. H. Dun
lop “The Reception.” They have
greatly enlarged the place and it
now presents a fine appearance.
“The Keystone,” on Keystone
avenue, is one of the older typo,
being built of hewn logs and con
sists of a bar room with a dance
hall attached.
Otto Kanitz, one of the early ar
rivals in this section, built on Mc
Kinley street, a large house known
as the “ Log Cabin,” the upper part
consisting of furnished rooms for
rental.
Next to the “ Log Cabin ” is the
“ Bohemian,” which has very re
cently Wen fitted up from stem to
stern and now presents a fine ap
j>earanee both internally and ex
ternally.
Last, but not least, are the large
and comfortable-quarters known as
the “ Cold Dust Exchange.” This
resort was opened by Al. White of
San Francisco, over a year ago, but
some time since Jim Donaldson
Wught an interest and the place is
now run by both men.
Camp 1, of the Order of Alaska
Moose held an entertainment at
their hall last night. The play, 1
entitled “The Ancient Order of
Hercules,” represented the meeting <
of the lodge, and the initiation of :
a new member. The parts were ]
well taken anti in one of the songs
incidciltal to- the play, our old 1
friend “Daddy” Nokes made quite !
a hit as the silent sentinel. “Dad- i
dy” was quite at home on the j
stage and showed himself an actor
of some ability when the opjior- !
tunity presents itself. There was 1
quite a large audience, some of is
whom were visitors from Ft. Lis- |
cum. Most of those present re- j
mained for the dance. Taken as
whole the affair was quite a suc
cess, and the lights were not ex- *
tinguished until 1 o’clock, a. m. i!
NlUDOMTT
General . [erchanis
Qroceries
Hardware
6lothing
rootwea r
etc.
We are Agents for Chase & Sanborn's
Celebrated Roasted Coffee.
Pioneer Outfitters
Valdez Sheet Metal
and Plumbing Co.
Metal Work of all Kinds.
Camp Stoves and Hot
Air heaters.
J. J. YAKS HAW
Corner Glacier St. and McKinley Avenue.
The 'Bohemian Saloon
LIQUOR AND CIQARS,
HONE BETTER.
McKinley St. Between Keystone and Glacier Ave.
AL [ 1 I I (0.
General Promoters
I AND
Prospectors.
Main Office:
McKinley St, 206-208 State St.,
Valdez. Chicago.
THE i LOQ - CflDIN
OTTO KANITZ, PROPRIETOR.
Liquid Refreshments of Best Quality. Clean and Comfortable Rooms
.to Let at Reasonable Rates.
McKinley Street near Glacier Avenue.
RUSH TO INTERIOR.
The rush to the in;erior is now
>n in earnest. Partits are leaving
ivcrv dav over tk pnverament.
listricts.
The trail is in an excellent con
lition; the wcathir is fine, and
uany who intend going over this
•oute have started. There are now
nore than fifty tforse sleds and
mlf as many d*g teams between
his place and '.he summit, and
ons of proviskus are scattered
ill along the trfl for 25 miles or |
nore. There vpl he many more j
ind much largk outfits taken jntoj
he interior tils year than ever1
adore.
heir outfits ablution No. 8. almut
>5 miles from kre and are a month
ahead of what they were last year
at this time. They are taking in
supplies for the telegraph line and
expect to complete it this season.
This work is under the personal
supervision of Cept. Burnell, and
that is saying enough to convince
the people that the work will be
completed speedily and thoroughly
in a short time.
Hazlett & Meals have started
their outfit for their mines on tlio
Chistochina and Chisua rivers.
They are hiking in twenty-five ad
ditional men this season ; twenty
head of stin k and fifty tons of pro
visions and machinery. They ex
pint to accomplish a large amount
of work this year, and no doubt
will have a large clean-up this fall.
The cheapest insurance is pre
,-aution. Get tile pipes and proper
stove pipe at Fish’s.