The Alaska prospector. [volume], June 05, 1902, Image 1

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VOLUME 1, NO. 17. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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The truth of this saying has been proven
by the wonderful success of
CRARY’S COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
| In all cases of Coujrh’s Colds, etc. It is our al>
solutely jicnuiiu' preparation tliat
Has merit. ,
Buy a Isittle of it now. Try it,and if not alisidute- |
ly satisfactory to vou. the money will he refunded. tel
THEVALPEZ PHARMACY J
«. T. WHITLEy, GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOUKS. OPEM ALL MIGHT
Gracious Goodness!
I thought I had it all. (>h ! dear
me! \\ hat a lovely inviting,
catchy stock you have left. Had
1 a million, I wouldn’t do a thing
to it. I’ll tell my friends where
m v gems come from. See?
Ho any of these lines appear
darker limn the others with one
eye closed? If so you have an
error of refraction requiring
W. C. 5TULL,
Jeweler, Kxjicrt \\ atcliniaker Optician, and Diamond Setter
VALDEZ
Kills A Big Bear.
Copper River Red, the well
known hunter of this place has!
distinguished himself again, this
time hv killing the largest hear
that lias ever been killed by a j
white Ilian near Valdez. Last Sat
urday, while hunting near the
third bench of the glacier, lie saw
an immense bear, and nothing
daunted, sat down calmly on a
boulder and opened tire on the
enemy. Four shots settled the
fate of bruin. In someway known
only to himself. Red skinned and
dressed the animal and got him to
the foot of the glacier. Yesterday
be engaged a team and brought in
the meat and hide. Since then
there has been a constant stream
of visitors at his cabin, examining!
the remains of the old animal.
The skin of the l>ear is eleven
feet long and eight feet wide, and
weighs lot) poinds. The fur is in j
excellent condition, being thic k j
and of fine quality. It is estima- i
ted that the animal weighed 12iX)
pounds and was very old as his
t* eth were nearly worn off.
Red will probably send the skin
out to l»e mounted, and no doubt
will receive a large price for it.
Weather Record.
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£ I I 1 t
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May
27 44 52 *
2H 441 ! .* •
29 4M .*» & *
HO 5»» 4* $ •
21 .*a» :a •
J11 in*
1 44 I* f
2 _ 44> 79 f__
1 Wiiuly. t bight Wind. * Cloudy.
Above aero except where otherwise stated.
$ Haiti. Figures show precipitation in inches.
Observed and reported by l»r. b. S. Caiuicia. !
During May the thermometer
rangeil from d2 to .r>2 degrees uIhivc
zero. There were 12 cloudy days.
9 partial cloudy, 1 day rain. 9 par
tial rainy, 4 days E. wind, 12 (lays
liglit \V. wind. Total rainfall 11
inches.
Recertified (iovernment Script
for sale by C. X. Crary.
n»i aw*!
OF THE SEASON IS MADE ON
SLATE CREEK
Everyone at Work by This Time.
News from Slate and
Chisna.
Slate Creek. May 20.—We June
hail a wet snow for the last five
days, which is taking off the win
ter "mantle of white” at a great
rate. The snow is now only nlmut1
21 feet deep. Unlit. Coles made the
first clean up of the season May
lti. Bert McDowell. Sant Tavlor
and Alex Ohlhauscn have started a
new hole about To feet up the di
vide from the one sunk last year.
I he surface prospects go 10 cents to
the pan. It is already through the
frost. McDowell tells me he made
an examination of the old slwt't.
and found it just as it was left last
season. None of it had fallen in.
The chamber drifted in last year by
Sponbcrg was perfectly dry. Alex..
Ohlhauscn’s hand is nearly well.
Nearly everyone is in camp and
the work of making sluice lmxc.-l
has commenced in earnest. Demp
sey has bought the tent formerly
occupied and used hy Lou Stcngcr
its a saloon, and will convert it
into a free library and reading
room. Stcngcr has moved over the I
line onto the Tacoma claim, about
o<) feet from where he was before.,
Kraemcr and Leavell had their
cache and tent covered hy the "big
slide.” After much sounding and
shoveling, they found their home,
and are now getting ready for the
season’s work.
I understand the Tacoma claim
will l>e worked to the limit this \
liar. Many thousand l'ect of lum
K-r are on the ground and the!
I dace looks like a town.
The two largest camps on the
•reek are on the “Humdinger*’ and
■Tacoma” claims. The east side
>f the Humdinger is a solid line of
tents nearly the full length of the
•laim. Nearly all the men camped
there will 1«- employed on the prop
.■rty this summer. Krau, the man
iger of the Humdinger, says he is
;oing to “boh Fulkerson” every
man who puts his foot on the claim
mil make liim go to work.
Baker and Simpson are making
treat preparations on the Marion
•laim this year and will employ ail
he men they can get. Next liclow
Larson Bros, and Brehme. They
nave moved from the south to the
north side of the creek, as the
mountain tdmve their old camp
ooks “siidy.”
1 understand Clias. Sandberg'
will manage the fraction of Victor
Malmgrcii’s, which was worked to
•ig pay last year by Jim l’lunket.
'North Hast” Ohlssou has quite a
urge force of men on his claim and
■xpects to do “a big washing” this
mininer. Clias. Sandberg will em
ploy a large force of men this year.
He brought in four with him. One
>f them, Jack Beck, has been con
fined to his lied for some days with
lung trouble, but is now able to be
tround, although still far from well, j
Helier Smith is camjied on the'
Four Black Bogs and is employing
•very man he can get. Below the
Black Bogs is the Steele-Bowell
Bashiel projiertv. 1 understand
Mayor Steele will lie up in June to
represent the claim.
On Miller (iulch Jack Miller has
just arrived with a large supply of
lumlier and riille stuff. There will
I
be quite a camp on his claim this,
summer. Itert llurd is coming I
with a large supply of material
and will work every man lie can
gi't; and try to clear his property
ofthedeht iliat has lieen placed
upon it. The decision handed down
hy Judge llrown and published in
the i’nos l-koto u, scents to have
given universal satisfaction.though
many of the men think Mr. Wilkie
overpaid.
Jim tiarrett’s claim on Miller
gulch will he worked by Jake Jac
obson. Jake has engaged the Ham
mond pack train to take out his
dust, (iarrett says l.ou Stenger
will take his out for him. Hob
Cole will work the Colc-Jaeoh'oii
claim. This property did well last
season and will do better this year.
Skinner-Wina ns-Koln-son’s claim
will Id- worked to the limit, as will
the next one above, the Marie. This
property was tied up last year, but
will lie worked a* long as there is
any water this season. Fred Date
is busy putting up boxes, camp and
tools.
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von Zeiple anil others, lias liecn
leased to McNeff llros. They are
busy making preparations for the
slimmer work.
There is more activity on Cliisna
than ever iieiore. Poor old Cliisna
has had a hard tight to get devel
oped. hut if J don’t miss my guess,
she will lie at the top of the heap
vet. Ha/elett iV Meals’ saw mill
has done an enormous Business
this spring. Nearly all of the
Slate creek owners bought lumber
there. A horse trail has been bro
ken up Cliisna to the Slate creek
divide and Ha/.elett iV. Meals have
put their provisions, wood and
12,(Hit) feet of lumber on their prop
erty. They will work two camp
this year.
Mr. Hosford will get water from
the Hazelett ditch and develop his
property this fail. Grogg and John
son will go to sluicing on their
Cliisna property in a few days. Mr.
Guthrie and partner, with Mcise
have gone to Excelsior creek to do
assessment work. On their return
they will work tlie Dempsey inter
ests on Chisna. Eli Larson and
party are doing assessment work.
Paterson and Little have just re
turned from Lake Mcnknnicn. They
Were on a fishing and prospecting
trip, and had fisherman’s luck.
Paterson says the Mcnkonu n coun
try is the best looking for placer
of any place he ever saw. He will
return there soon.
Jack Tansy and Billy Roberts
are camped on the Four Black Dogs.
Mr. and Mrs. Green are camped at
mouth of Slate. Mr. and Mrs.
Sprotil and Graham went into
their home camp today. James
Newcomb and Dad Nokes a re doing
assessment work on Chisna and
11*1.1 .. 'IV. _
Bantu is not here, and we are!
thankful that he lias not Been, j
Hooch is two-hits a drink at Steng
ers and Hour sells at Bro.
Jones will take his'mule to Valdez
in a few days to have an operation [
jierformed.
Fred Benedict and Skinner arej
working their stuff up to Big Four.
They will v.a.ik there this summer.
John Delander, this Benson, Bonny
and Clinton arc camped on the
Humdinger. 0. Hammond has his
cache on Tacoma claim.
Several small snow slides have
occurcd on the creek, hut nothing
of a serious nature. Dempsey is
building a large house near the:
ferry on the west hank of Chistu
eliina. alsiut half a mile lielow Chi
nn. It will Is* used by the La Node |
Mining Co., and for a road house.
Some one entered Mr. Dempsey's
cache this winter and carried off
alsiut 100 jMiuuds of provisions.
Steele’s cache at mouth of Slate
was also cleaned out. Moikk.
VALDEZ WILL BE SEAT OF
THIRD DISTRICT.
From Nome. Noyes’ Successor is
Appointed. Redistricting
Bill Will^Pass.
\ alilcz is tn lie tin* seal of the
I niteil States District Court for
the Third District of Alaska. News
to this effect was received on the
hxeelsior to-day. Alfred S. Moore
of Pennsylvania 1 icing appointed
for the Nome liclich and as the hill
to redistrict Alaska will in till proli
al'iy pas.-. Judge Wickcrshata will
he transferred to this district with
headquarters at Valdez. Thisbringa
l . S. Judge, mar-hal.clerk and their
deputies and other officials with
their families to \ aide/ and means
a great deal for this place and this
section of Alaska.
Washington. D. ('.. Mav g], -
Alfred S. Moore was .appointed tv
day by the president, tn succeed
Arthur \\ . Noyes as Judge of the
second district «£ Alaska. Mr.
Moore is a young attorney of Penn.,
and wa.- appointed on the recom
mendation of Senator Quay.of .hat
state. .1. .1. ( ovlc. d the <j| » ( t
state was also appointed assistant
special agent for the protection of
salmon.
Heney To Build the Road
Contract bet for Railroad Construc
tion Work by Alaskan Gulf
& Yukon R. R.
From an old resident of Valdez
who has just returned from the
states we learn that the projectors
of the Alaskan (iulf and Yukon
railroad have «:iven a contract to
Mr. II enev for the huildin*; of the
road, the terms of which authorize
him to proceed with the work just
tis soon as a favorable report is re
ceived from tin* mines. The com
pany have encased four experts
who will arrive here next inoutii
and proceed to the property on
which they are to pass judgment.
They would conic sooner hut desine
to <;j\o the men now employed on
the mines an opportunity to open
the property sufficient to inves
tigate the same.
ii incse nu n unit me proposition
to lie what it is reported to lie then
we ean look for husy times here for
there will 1m- plenty of money forth
coming. In an interview with Mr.
Honey, onr correspondent learned
that la- i> inclined to favor Valdez
as the terminal for the road.
Deat'i of Mra. Kanitz.
Mrs. Kanitz, wife of Otto
Kanitz. died this morning at 11
o’clock, at her home on Broad Wav,
of Bright’s disease.
Mrs. Kanitz has been in verv
poor health for the past year, but
was not considered dangerouslv ill
until uImiuI a week ago, since winch
time she has been confined to her
lied. She grew rapidly worse and
was unconscious for three days la
fore the end eauie. All that was
possible was done to relieve and
revive her. but all efforts failed.
Mrs. Kanitz leaves la-side her
husband, a daughter. Miss Lillie.
Mr. Kanitz came here in ltftfS and
was joined by his wife and daugh
ter in the spring of 1 and are
pioneers of Valdez. Mrs. Kanitz
is .‘>S years of age. and was born in
Statine. Uertnany.
Mr. Kanitz and daughter linue
the sympathy of the people of Val
dez. in their sad bereavement.
The laalyof Mrs. Kanitz will la;
placed in a metallic cottin after la
ing embalmed and taken to San
Francisco for interment. Her hus
band and daughter will accompany
the laaly on the Kxeelsior when it
returns from the west.