The Alaska prospector. [volume], October 16, 1902, Image 1

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

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[ That Prickly Feeling
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® to your failure to use
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cjmiIs by the only natural method, that of evapora
tion.-and does NOT leave the skin dry or rough.
We will give you your money back if you are I
not satisfied. 1
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY ]
City Market
NKXT TO MKUCIIAXT’s CAKE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
Our Prices a re R'GHT. Give us a call.
t HEADACHE
• It ought to lie universally understood that
eyes strain is the common cause of headache.
Aside from headache produced from fever, tox
i endnin and organic disease of the hrain and
its membranes, the eyestrain is almost invari
■ »hlv a factor in the production of headache.
The headache of eyestrain is not of any sjiec
ial ciuiracter. It may lie constant or intcrmit
. tent, slight or severe, felt only on the use of the
eves or felt after their use. continuous or irreg
uiar, in «XT*»un intervals, it is aggravated i*y many other eauses.
such as hunger, exhausiion. ex {insure to heat or ivlil, or indigestion, or
it may seem tmirciy independent of other influence. In themajoitv of
taises of eyes, rain, ic is not only the only factor in'the production of
headache, hut it may lieihe only factor of importance pmiuse it can In
removed, audits removal will give relief, Such headaches are felt in
the frontal, or temporal regions.
Read the aim e again and remember that eyestrain is relieved by
glasses properly fit ed. We are in a position to scientifically test eyes,
and determine the right glasses.
W. C STULL,
Jeweler, Expert Watchmaker, Op
tician and Diamond Setter,
VALDEZ
Departures from Kenai.
tfpecial Corrrspomlpnre to the* I*w>spk<t<ik
Kenai, Oct. 10—This being the
season for those not desiring to
winter in this country to hie them
selves to warmer dimes, I will give
the list of passengers leaving here
on the steamer Tonquiu to connect
with the Excelsior.
J. CJ. Ellis, secretary of the
Northwest Mining ami* Develop-1
tnent Co.; who has spent the sum- '
liter in charge of the company’s!
works at Kitssiloff lake; G. W. j
Ristine, Jr., representing Chicago
capital interested in the company,!
and Walter G Swan, cashier of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co., of Se
attle. wlio lias Wen spending his
vacation with Mr. Ellis, his father
in-law; Messrs (i. W. Towle, G. W.
Towle, Jr., J. W. A. Towle, Frank
E. Towle and R. D. Bow ley, of the
Stetson Creek Mining Co., are on j
their way to San Jose, Cal.; Mrs. I
K. E. Morgan, wife of RoWrt E.!
Morgan, representative of the Alas- 1
ka Packer's Association, at Kussil
off, goes to Valdez for medical
treatment.
The hunting parties of Col. C.
Cane and C. C. Little and Baron
Gustav von Plessen. expect to W
ready to catch the next Wat.
1 he weather is now Wginning to
turn quite cool in the evenings and
the residents here are fixing their
houses for winter.
Alex. R. Ryan, who was awarded
the winter mail contract from here
to Homer, is now ready to start on
his trips in NovcmWr. Alexander;
Demidoff, J r., accompanies him as I
carrier.
K. C. Humpy, formerly Deputy Mur-1
shal at this place, left here altoui a
month ago to serve paj>ers on C. T.
Brooks of Sunrise in a civil suit in
stigated by the A. C. Co. The pa
pers were served after a sever • trip
through u very rough country at
Portage lake and Crow creek near
the head of Turnagain Arm. If
the ease is called at the coming
term of court, it is more than like
ly to lie |>omt]N)ned, as it will be im
possible for Mr. Brooks to leave
that section in winter to come to
Valdez.
Notice.
.
Any party holding voucher* •gamut the Billy ,
Placer Claim located on Miller Gulch, in the,
Chinn* Mining District will be paid on prvucii
tation id will claim* ou mv arrival In Valdes,
on nr after the lath of October, 1WU.
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HELD AT MOOSE HALL ON
TUESDAY.
j). V. Ittj Sptaks
; To a Large and Enthusiastic Aud
ience. Appofnted as
Representative.
A large ami enthusiastic mass
meeting of miners and citizens was
held a’ the Moose hall, last Tnos
; d«V, called for the purpose of dis
i cussing needed legislation for Alas
ka. Miners predominatetl in the
, meeting, there being representa
tives from all the camps in-tween
I here and Eagle, a number of citi
zens of that place being present.
Judge John tioodcll acted as
: chairman of the meeting and Os
I ear Fish as secretary.
Several short speeches were made
j hut as everyone was anxious to
■ hear ex-eolh-ctor J. \V. Ivey speak.
; it was difficult to get many to say
' anything.
Mr. Ivey was at his best and
sjtoke for over an hour. He was
listened to with rapt attention and
was repeatedly applauded. During
his speech he said that he had been
requested by the President to he in
Washington at the coming session
of Congress, to assist in procuring
legislation for the District.
Mt. Ivey then expressed his views
which were endorsed by the mass'
meeting, substantially as follows: I
He is opfstsed to territorial gov- j
eminent at present. It would Ik
too expensive and impracticable. I
We have a great country, covering!
H5.000 square miles, and the ex-^
pense of holding conventions and !
elections and paying traveling ex-,
penses of delegates would Is* toot
great, with the present population
and modes of travel. “Let us draw
the line at jwditics” said the sfieak-1
er. “and devote our time to opening
up and developing our country.”
As to the land laws, Mr. Ivey
said he believed the general land
laws should Ik- extended to Alaska,
and the pioneer should he allowed
320 acres of land instead of HO.
He was very emphatic in his oj>
position to the use of fsiwers of at
torney. He said "The Nome dis
trict was retarded several years by
indiscriminate use of power of at
torney and now had only <1000 in
habitants, when it should havej
25,000. Let th*1 man who mushes !
through tin- country have a chance j
itefore those back in the States get [
any ground.”
He believes all taxes collected in j
the district should be expended j
here. “The action our government ■
is now pursuing toward Alaska is1
the same in principle as at the time
of the war of the rebellion.ami that
was taxation without representa- j
tion.”
“The fishing industry must he
protected. We have 17.000 miles
of sea coast, $10,000,000 invested in
HO canneries, where there is room
for H00 if the industry was pro
tected.”
inner needed legislation is a |»ri- (
vale incorporation law. better mail ,
facilities anil light booses.
Mr. Ivev was very emphatic re-1
gardingthe boundary question and)
said the line should remain where
it was established by England and
Russia in 1325, even if it had to lie
maintained at the (mint of thebav
onet.
The sentiments of the speaker
were approved by the mass meeting i
by a unanimous vote, without a!
word of oppiuction. and Mr. Ivey
was requested to act as a delegate
for the miners and citizens of this
|mrtion of Alaska, in Washington,
and to use every effort to secure,
the passage of laws in accordance
with his views as expressed in his
speech.
Services at the Episcopal Church '
on Sunday next will lie as follows:
Holy Communion and Sermon at
11 A. M. Prof. Stool will play a
violin solo after the sermon at the
morning service, and has kindly1
consented to act as organist and
choirmaster. Evening Service and
Sermon at 3 P. M. Choir practice
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Council Passes Resolutions
Tli«> City Council met in regulai
session lust Monday evening and
a> there was hut little business t(
transact, hy request of Mayor Steeh
Col. J. \V. Ivey was present and ad
dressed the meeting. A siicciul
meeting of the counucil was held
the next day and the following
resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
He It Kcnicmhered. that at a reg
ular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Valdez, Alaska
held in tlu* Citv Hal1, on tin
loth day of Octolicr. A. !>., 1JH>2
there being present the Hon.
J. I,. Steele. Mayor. presiding,
and Al. White. .las. Mellic. (’has
l raw lord. Clias. Suuousleiid and
hd \\ nods, of the Council, and H.
II. Hildretli, Clerk, the following
resolution was presented and unan
imously adopted.
1st. He It Resolved, that tin
Hon. .1. W. Ivey, of Valdez, Alaska
he requested to represent us as a
civic I tody in the coming session oi
the Congress of the United
Siati-s.
2nd. That our representative Is
requested to urge upon Congress the
following legislation in the interests
of Alaska, to wit:
Kirst. An amendment to the
mining laws to the effect that it
shall In- unlawful in the District oi
Alaska for any one to locale a
mining claim hy power of atiorncv,
or as the agent or tor the lK-netit of
any person other than the locator,
amt limiting the number of claims
ihat can lie located by one person.
Second. A land law, by the
terms of which it shall Is’ possible
for actual Iwinii fide settlers to
speedily and cheaply acquire title
iv uiiuiai ill
and in that matter we express the
opinion tiiat 160 acres ought to lie
allowed to each adult settler, male
or female, and in view of the fact
that it will take many years to
properly survey any considerable
1 s'rlion of the lands of Alaska, we
ask that a law similar to the Di>
nation Land Law, formerly applic
able to the then Territory of Ore
gon, should he passed for Alaska.
Third. A law, hy the terms of
which all money collected in Alas
ka hy the operation of the license
law, or other methods of taxation,
diall lie retained in the District,
and expended tor the direct benefit
thereof hy the various municipal
.•oriHirations therein.
Fourth. A law for the liettcr
protection of the fishing industry.
Filth. A law for the forming of
private incorporations.
Sixth. Tlie speedy and honor
tide settlement of the "boundary
Huesiion”; and we respectfully
■tate that the prohaldc value of
the land in question has little l»ear
ing on the question, hut that we. as
patriotic American citizens, lielieve
liat we should have every inch of
he laud that we liought.
Seventh. We request our repre
sentative to especially urge ujhiu
Jongress a iaw giving the District
»f Alaska a Representative in
Jongress, in order that the fifty
[housaiul American citizens now in
Alaska may have an opjiortuiiity
o present their views to the Anier
ean people directly, hy their duly
deeied and accredited representu
live.
J. L. Steele,
Mavor of Valdez.
H. H. Hildreth.
Clerk of the Council.
Odd Fellows Organize.
Several Odd Fellows met at tlu*
Moose Hall las: Friday night to
•onsider the question «>t organizing
ts a club or lodge. The meeting
A'as called to order with H. H. Vo
iul in the chair and A. K. Hciiigas
secretary.
The sentiment seemed in favor
if a chib, with the |Hissihility of
levclopiueiit into a lodge. A com
mittee was a|i|Miintcd to draft rules
Hid regulations, and will re)iort
tomorrow uight. when the organiz
ation will In* made permanent.
A committee was also ap|Hiinted
to look after a sick member, who is
now at Workman’s road house. A
man has lN*en sent out to attend
him and Dr. Winans will visit him
soon and bring him to town if jnis
dble.
Sulmcrilie for the I’kiistlctor.
CLAIMS STAKED ON THE
BEACH.
Miy kli Did
Machinery Will Be Secured To
Save The Very Fine
Gold.
; Clias. Siinonstcad. Archie Hen
; dric. f’liil. ('<*11 ins and F. (i. liart
l< tl returned last week from a trip
down the Sound, where they located
some placer ground that promises
j1,1 he a paving paopo-dtion.
I he scene of their location is at
Red Head, almut 12 miles Mow
Know les Head, on Prince William
1 ?'<>und. It has hcen known for
•some time that the la-aeli sands
‘ there contained line gold, and these
I men decided to try to find the
] source of the gold.
I They sjient some time prospect
| ing and finally found that the gold
came from a blue clay on a small
(creek which enters the Sound near
(this point. This clay is easily dis
i iiucgraieu ami a pantol ot it yields
I almut a quart of line ruby sand,
j tile same as is found on the beach.
It is known that the sand on the
beach runs alxiut $7 to the vard.
1 his party located a company
claim on the beach and another on
i the small creek There is a tundra
I extending hack for quite a distance
j from the water, but in this the clay
i is so hard and would be so dillicult
to handle that they did not locate
it
In 1S99 a man named (’ulpeji
I per. his son and (). Patten spent
j tlu* summer at this place and
made fair wages on the Wacli with
a rocker. The following season tliev
‘ went to Yaklag and have not re
i turned to this section since.
Red Head is a place that is very
| difficult to reach in rough weather,
i A Unit cannot land at the point,
i but has to take advantage of high
(tide to enter a small creek near by.
and even there it is dangerous
landing.
Mr. Bartlett went to the States
on the Excelsior to see about get
ting machinery that will handle
the sand in quantities sufficient to
make it pay, and expects to return
in aUnit a month with an outtiit,
but no attempt will U* made to com
mence operations on the ground
before next spring.
Weather Record.
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1 46 I 50 ,7 16
2 I 40 j 42 i
3 i 444 is «
I 41 44 l
3 ' 42 44 1
6 :> 14 $
7 3K 42 7-16
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JO 41 I 46 1*7
11 4» j 43 , 1-1
12 30 ) 44 9 16
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1 Windy. ♦ Light Wind • Cloudy.
AIm»vc i*to except wlien* othfrwiik1 Minted.
I Knia. Figures «Uo\r pruelpitntion in inclicN.
Observed mid reported by Ur.L S. ( NDiiekh
Judge Wickersham has ap|xtint
ed Cecil H. Clegg. l\ S. Commis
sioner at Nushigak. His district
will embrace the territory from the
mouth of Kuskokwim hav easterly
along the tiOth par 1 ltd of latitude
to Lake Clark; thence South
throuh llliauma lake to Kakhonak
village; thence in a southwesterly
direction along center of the Alas
kan peninsula to False pass, em
bracing all the northern watershed
of the peninsula and the adjacent
islands to the point of l>cginning.
Judge Clegg is a well known resi
dent of the Kuskokwim country,
and will no couht make a good and
efficient official.
O. H. SleejHT, the well known
mining man of Hojw Cit v. was a
passenger on the Kxcelsior enroute
to his home in the Knst. Mr. Sloep
er owns valuable projierty on Bear
Creek, near Hope City, which he
has been working for the past three
years with success. The output
this year has fieen very gianl. Mr.
Sleejier found the largest nugget
last month ever found in the Ciwk
Inlet country and exhibited it here.
It is almost pure gold and weighg
16 ounces.