The Alaska prospector. [volume], April 10, 1902, Image 1

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

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VOLUME 1, NO. 9. VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
HERE THEY AR !
Bargains for Everyliody, in Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Groceries, Furniture, Wall Paper, Stoves. Hardware, Hay, (.train.
Coal, Lumber, Doors and Windows. Frames, ete. You Will Have
Time. Trouble and Kx|>ense and Get What You Want hv Coming
Here.
DRY QggDS
Our Dry Goods Department is Simply Overflowing With Good. IVpembihlc
Go*ids. That Will Give You Double Your Moner’s Worth in Wear.
BOOT/ ™!? SHOE/
It Will lie Necessary to Wear a Pair of our Famous "Clover Brand” Boots
and Shoes, to Appreciate the Comfort and Service they will Render. For
Wear, Style and Comfort, they have NO EQUAL.
CLOTHINQ
Ordinary Clothing is not Good Enough for us to Sell. Como here and vou
will get Something to lie Depended Upon—ami No More to Paw
QROCERIE5
THE TIME TO EAT is about the same with all. WHAT TO EAT is
governed by different tastes, beliefs, habits, customs and superstitions.
We supply your wants in anything in the Grocery line, because we give
our whole time and attention to the one object of pleasing our customers.
HARDWARE
\\ hen in need of Hardware, Stoves. Kitchen Utensils, remember that we give
More Value for vour monev than can la; bad elsewhere.
COAL
Our coal makes more heat than any other kind, liecauae it is all coal.
FISH BROS., Valdez, Alaska.
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
Photo Supplies, Albums,
Printing Paper, Plates,
Films, etc.
* n/IQ/IZINES *2* POORS.
Candies, Fine Stationery
Toilet Articles,Perfumes,
etc.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
«. T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
' MEALS AT ALL HOUpS. OPEM ALL MIGHT
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
Spectacles, Snow Glasses,
Silver Novelties Sil ver Tableware,
Knives, Forks and Spoons.
* in 1p| ol Glittering Mtdiint Splendor
BEAUTIFUL, UP-TO-DATE and of the highest
standard of excellence, artistic in design and
workmanship.
PLEASING and APPROPRIATE for Birthday,
\\ edding and Anniversary Gifts. We can he of
service to- you in making selections. We can
please the most critical and exacting tastes.
Visit our store whether vou buv or not.
W. C. STULL, VALDEZ
Expert Matchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician.
WireleM Telegraphy for Alaska.
Wireless telegraphy is to lie
tested as u-means of solvin'; the
la-rplexinji question of Alaskan
eomiuiinieatioii.
('apt. Morse, ehief signal ollicer
of the Ikqiartnient of California,
has received orders to open ne"o
tia(ions for the installation of a
system of wireless telegraphy !«■
tween army stations in Alaska.
There are four routes mentioned.
Route A is to lie from Fort Davis,
at Nome City, to some jioint on
Smart ls’ajjd, ninety miles dis
tant. Route B is the preferable
alternative of A and is to extend
t' om Fort Davis to Fort St. Mich
aels, 108 miles distant, Route C
is to extend from Kaiiqairt to Wiu
ter’oouse on Tanana river, or some
other eonvenient aud suitablepiaee
near the inouthof Delta river.
This route is to connect with the
telegraph line from Valdez, whieh,
as was stated recently in the Pun.—
fBiTOM, tlie government intends to
run down the Delta.
Route I), the preferable alterna
tive of route C, is Ut extend from
Fort Uihsou to some {mint on Ta
nana, which is ltin miles distant.
Tin* station ut the latter place must
tic at or near the mouth of Delta
river, or at Bates rapids, and must
tic at some {dace accessible to lmats.
It is required that the system lie
installed on route A or B hy Seje
teinbcr 1, and on route C or D by
Octolier 1.
These routes are to lie installed
as a test of tlie practicability ol
wireless telegraph under the condi
tions existing iu Alaska, and il
successful, uuwstires will lie taken
to connect all inqiortant {daces on
the interior with some {mint when
connection can lie made with tin
States, citlicr by cable or wireles?
telegraphy. The advisability ol
starting a route of this kind from
some (mint on the coast of Wash
ington to a point in Western Al
aska, is now under consideration
HON. B. F. MILLARD RETURNS
FROM THE EAST
IhtmaAHevs
Bays that There is no Doubt as
to a Railroad to the Yukon
From Valdez Bay.
Hon. B. F. Millard arrived here
on the Kxcelsior, after an extended
visit throughout tin* eastern state
in the interest of this part of Alas
ka. He left last November with
i tin- finest samples of copper ore
overtaken from the country, and
has licen traveling ever since that
time with the exception of live days
spent at his home in Chippewa
Falls, Wis.
j It is safe to say that Mr. Millard
has accomplished more good for
this jwirtion of Alaska in this trip
than any one has ever done Indore.
11c luts spent several thous
and dollars on the trip, and has
not only sold his own property,
hut by his efforts has made it pos
sible for other properly owners to
sell.
Mr. Millard says that we will
; have a railroad without doubt, and
! that in the not distant future. Ilc
i has bonded his copper property to
WHALING CO’S CLAIM
To Land in Valdez is Found to
Have Been Withdrawn by
Humphry.
Information has just boon re
ceived from Sitka that the elai n of
the Pacific Whaling Company to a
portion of the Valdez townsitc has
in all probability been annnled.
and that they can have no grounds
lor a protest against the granting
of a patent for the townsitc.
It seems that about one year'
after the application for the prop-!
erlv was tiled and the money de
ported at tlie land olliee in Sitka,
by the Whaling Company, Capt.
Humphrey, their representative in
Alaska, went to the land olliee and
withdrew the application and the
money, which of course annuls
their claim. He apparently forgot
to mention the fact to the head of
fice. or if lie did. no note was taken
of it at the time, ami the facts were
not known until a short time ago.
when their surveyor. Mr. Lacy, on
examining the records at the Sitka
land olliee, accidentally discovered
the condition of affairs and so re
ported them to his company.
The Whaling Company, and
their successors, the Pacific Packing
iV Navigation Company, have been
acting in good faith in the matter,
not knowing the real condition of
affairs.
The contention over this proper
H. K. Mil.LAKH, WIIO KKPKKKKXTS AX KXOI.ISII KVSIlll'.lTi: 1IKUR.
' the Alaska, (itilf A Yukon railroad 1
i company. This company, accord- j
ing to the records of the U. S. laud ,
I offices have the right of way through;
j Keystone canyon atul have surveys
to the Yukon on file. They have
also liniMlod the townsite of New
Valdez, and that of (1. Hazelett.
on tiie op|iosite side of the hav.
’ While Mr. Millard is very reticent
about what his company intends
doing toward building the railroad,
he is certain that one will l>c built
hv one of the four companies that
are now in the field.
Mr. Millard is the representative I
at this place of the Alaska. Yukon j
! A CJulf company, an English svn
| dicate that is organized and pre- |
I pared to build railroads, Imud min
| Lng claims or townsites, put up
j smelters, and do a general mining
business.
The company has an unlimited
amount of money, and we may ox
! poet to see them spend vast sums
| in tlic development of this country.
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tv lias been a friendly one, aiul
l*ot)i the company and the parties
occupying the land in dispute, have
hecn willing to leave the matter to
the courts for settlement.
It is to he hoped that the patent
will soon lie issued for the townsite.
The matter now lies entirely in the
hands of the surveyor-general at
Sitka.
Chas. J. Brown, postmaster at
I’hignig. writes that there has U-cn
hut two mailsfrom Seattle, lie! ween
Oct, 2<S and March 1, although
they are exjiccled to ge; a monthly
service. Tltere are a numlier of
inhabitants there. Three large sal
mon canneries are on the hay and
during the summer the |>opuintion
is 1000 to 1'tOO. Mr. Brown states
that the Discovery has gone by
them every trip this winter hut one.
The settlement has an excellent
harlmr, open all the year, a ml there
is no reason for this neglect.
MUSHERS FROM GOLCONDA
ARRIVE
Head Push is on Golconda. Snow
Neatly Gone. News of
the Camp.
*>n Tuesday last (irant Sweet,
Billy Murkier and Bert Craig ar
rived here from the Breinner. hav
ing left there on the Saturday Be
fore. and made thrtripof 105 miles
in less than four days.
They report the head push as
Being eamped at last timlirr, where
they are rutting trees and whi|>
sawing lumber for sluieo I sixes,
whieh they will have to sled a
eouple miles to the mines.
A few dogs have Is-cn kept for
the rest of the work that is
to Is- done, while the remainder of
them were sent out. The three
mushers aU>ve mentioned. Brought
Bark twenty-eight and a mini her
more will arrive in a few days.
Those who lift town kite are
scattered along ihctrail. Ide, Sea
green, Magnuson. Hunter and a
few others are just across the Tas
mma divide. Hooper. Butler and
Connor are thirtv-tive miles this
side of (ioleondn. Fulkerson and*
party are at Copper river.
The (ioleondn is Breaking up rap
idly so that the late ones will have
difficulty in getting through. As
it is they w ill have to park through
the canyon.
iinieonila. April I.
T<> The J*kosi*kitoic:
There are twenty-two of us now
eanipeil here on (ioleonila and more
will be along in a few days. The
trail has been fairly good all the
way. except crossing Copjn-r river,
and for two days on account of
a snow storm. It took 4t> days
tor iis to make from Valdez to this
place. The weather is warm and
the willows are all budding out.
The snow will average al>out a foot
in depth at present and it will in
all probability be entirely gone by
the 2'»th of this month.
There has lieen very little pros
pecting done since we arrived here,
but what has been done shows good
results. The wash is mostly slate
and granite and will average from
six to eight feet to licdrock. The
gold is coarse and heavy so that
there will Ik- no trouble alsmt sav
ing it.
There has been some thieving
done since our arrival here. Two
j caches have liecli tom bed, and the
owners know who the guilty par
ities are, so if you hear of a little
: excitement here, that is not caused
| by gold, don’ be surprised.
11< •re’s a few quotations jotted
down while the gang were resting
on their sleds one warm day:
| Pete Monahan—“If 1 wasn’t so
far from home, I wouldn’t rare.”
(luv Bantu—"If l’a wasonly here
to tell how to make a sluice l«ox.”
Dor King -"How’ll a fellow get
out of this darned country.”
J. Vanldrrstein— "Sold again.”
(■oldell—"Glad 1 brought a small
outfit.”
Chorus of Voices —“ ”
Everyone had the spring fever
hut they will get over that when
the snow leaves.
Bremner Correspondent.
Information Wanted.
Can any one inform us as to the
whereaUuits of A. Finlaw. who it is
thought was in the interior last
summer.
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