The Alaska prospector. [volume], February 18, 1904, Image 1

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No Shortage
Id Our Stock
We are told some of the miners and prospectors
now outfitting are kicking. They say they can’t
get what they want. The real trouble is they
started wrong. They unfortunately got in the
wrong place.
WE HAVE GOT THE GOODS.
and lots of them too. If you want a complete
outfit COME TO US.
A. L. LEVY £. CO.
Good Goods.
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Medicine for the trail.
Snow glasses.
Location Notices.
P. O. DRUG STORE.
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDKZ ' ALASKA
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAKE.
PRICKS ARK
RIGHT
Wholesale and
K«'tail Lk-alfra
CIVK l*K A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
O. Freeman Dead.
Hunkisk, Jan. IS.—Mr. O. H.
Freeman, a resident of this place
for the past five years, died to-day
of brain trouble. He had Iteen in
poor health for two for three years,
and for the past two mouths was
confined to his bed. Mr. Freeman
came from the state of Washington
to this place, and has children liv
ing in that state, hut he was form
erly of Lewisburg, Penn., and a
member of the Masonic Lodge of
that city. He was buried here on
the 15th, the funeral lteing largely
attended.
Bishop on the Trail.
A message was received Monday
«o the effect that Bishop Rowe, who
has spent the winter on the Yukon
and Tanana, left Fairbanks for
Valder on the 13th of this month,
accompanied hv his companion,
Mr. Chilson. They have a good dog
team, and ex|>ect to come over the
trail in quick time, which they will
no doubt do as the trail is reported
to lie in excellent condition. They
will likely reach here in twenty
days or less.
Place Hangs Paper.
Coal Land.
Sunrise, Jan. 22.—W. B. McCar
ty has just arrived here from the
Matanu-ka river, and brings the
report of the discovery of more val
uable coal land in that locality.
Mr. McCarty in company with Jas.
Tek, an old time prospector in this
part of the country, and one or two
other companions, discovered on
King river and Moose creek, large
bodies at coal, that is even l>etter
than the coal discovered last season
on the Matanuka river, and have
located SO* additional claims with
the recorder at this place. The
whole country seems to lie one
great l>ed of very fine hard coal,
and it is not known how extensive
it is. Over fifty 160 acre claims
have Wen located. A sample of
this coal was sent to the University
of Michigan last summer to be
analyzed, and was pronounced by
that institution to be second only
to Pennsylvania coal. Already
several parties are negotiating for
the purchase of this property, anil
it is belit ved that it will lie sold
at an early date for a large sum,
and then developed as it is cer
tainly a very rich property. It is
aliout 80 miles from tidewater,
north of the headwaters of Cook
inlet.
Wheat Up.
Wheat was quoted at 91 per bush
el in the Toronto exchange on the
17th. It is the first time it lias
reached this price for years.
The Copper river experimental
farm is to receive special attention
this year from the department. At
least 910,000 will be devoted to ex
periments with grain, cattle and
sheep, etc.
February 23 is the date set for
consideration of Alaska hills in the
senate, and if no great opposition
is developed, another week will
gives us news of the wa.'on road
prospects.
The contract for the survey of
the base line in the Copper river
valley, as defined last year, will be
let by the department in June.
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ITEMS CONCERNING EVENTS
AT
Sum Hop. nodi
j Vandals at Hope. Death of A. L.
Ho/rard. Kodiak
Items.
Sunrise and Hope.
Si'xrme, Jan. 20.—Considerable
indignation is felt in Hope on ac
count of the blowing up by dvnum
ite of tbe public bridge, across Bear
creek, in the town of Hope. The
parties who did it are a gang of van
dals, who have caused the respect
able js-ople of Ho|>e no little trou
ble and fear. This gre.ss outrage
was perpetrated on Christmas eve,
the person having broken into the
cache of the Bear Creek Mining Co.
o|H-rated by Mr. James Buzzard,
and stole a I suit six cases of giant
powder. They made two explo
sions in blowing ftp the bridge,
terrific noise, blew hole in ground,
buried a cabin, broke windows and
blew down some of the fence in the
vicinity.
Tins crowd should lie broken up
if it is possible to do so. This is
not the first malicious mischief that
i ip credited to the same clique,
j Almut a year ago the hull owned
hy Mr. 8. C. Collins was malicious
ly mutilated, and only owing to
the^ood care given it hy Mr. Col
lins it would have died. It is al
most impossible to get at the per
son. as the resjieetahle people if
tliev knoft, are in fear of the crowd
doing damage to their property
or person if they file a complaint.
The officials are helpless as tliey
can get no evidence. Both Judge
Hildreth and Marshal Sexton were
down to Hope but did not do any
thing regarding the matter. Mar
shal 8exton has offered a reward ot
♦50 for information that would
lead to the arrest and conviction
and break up tlie gang if possible.
A sad feature in connection with
this outrage is the death at Hope of
an old and respected citizen, Mr#.
A. L. Howard, who on going home
from the ball on Christmas night
dropped dead from heait failure.
Mr. Howard,who has been troubled
with his heart for some time, was
in lied at the time of the explosion,
and it is thought that the sudden
shock and fright was the primary
cause of his death as his home is
only a short distance from the
bride.
Weather very cold here lately,
about 15 lielow for two weeks.
Anton Eide, the popular mail
carrier, readied Sunrise on the
19th. He must lie running on
schedule time as last month he was
here on the same date, and the
month previous on the 20th. Up:
to this time mail service very good
this winter—liest for four years.
E verybody pleased.
“Tub Tattlkk.”
Kodiak Items.
Kodiak, so far this winter, has
had fine weather—Italian climate.
American holidays passed off pleas
antly; a few turkeys, plenty of
chickens and everybody happy.
Russian holidays was something
to be remembered. All tlie people
joined in having a good time, and
with eight nights of masked bulls
no one was or seemed to lie weary,
the American man and woman en
joyed the custom and joined with
, the Russians in having one splen
j did time.
On the night of the 28th of Jan
j uary, Mr. A. C. Goss, the genial
agent of Uh‘ A. C. Co, gave a fare
well smoker to ex-Commissioner !
(iallaher and Mr. Vcsey, who are j
leaving Kodiak. The majority of
the white men in Kodiak attended.
Mr. Whetstine of Hntte mixed the
champagne punch ami claret, and i
he is an artist at this wv»nk_ The'
evening was passed with a grand 1
good time until long after mid night,
ami tlie kindness of Mr. (joss and
Bailey will never lie forgotten. Mu
sic was furnislied by Mr. Bailey.
Bid you ever liear Bill Kailv sing?
W hy did Captain Falstad go to
sleep and wake up trying to work
navigation? Where did Mr. A
T. Cornell go, and who found him?
Has Judge Kelsey finished his
game of solitaire solo? Why did
•
Kiijg Blodgett try to pull pickets j
off Sargent's fence? And why did ;
ex-Commissioner (iallaher slide |
down the hill? And wluit was'
Brciim-man holding down tlie pile :
for? Wlw heljied Bobbins home,
and who found Vessey?
A billiard tournament was held '
at Blodgett hall; first prize f2.">, j
second prize 115. Mr. Cornell of i
I’vak hay carried off the lirsl and
Antone Dcinidoff tlie second prize, j
Judge Kelsey was handicapped
with rheumatism.
Milling interest* on Kodiak Is-1
land are looking hotter than ever j
before. Mr. A. T. Cornell, super
intendent of the Uyuk Ray Gold
Mining Co., iia*ju*t closed the deal i
for the famous Dan Dauglierty pro-j
pertv. This eoiupauy has the fin-i
est equipped small stamp mill in |
Alaska. With the purchase of this
projterty they have enough ore on
tiie dump to run the mill all next j
|summer. This mill was erected on
tlie old Wan her property, which
paid with an arastra for years.
It Ls rumored that Falstad proj>
erties in Malina Day are disjawed
of to San Francisco parties who]
will do #.'10,000 worth of improve
ments next summer.
Mr. Kirk and Wetstein, of Butte,
Montan, secured tlie controlling
interest on the Dry island property.
This is considered the richest proje
erty on the island, and it is prom
ised that heavy weak will com
mence in the early spring.
Messrs. McIntyre and Wonder
have sunk a 30-foot shaft in the
tunnel on Utanup island, and have
uncovered a fine body of copper.
Montana men are interested in
this, and it is said will commence
in the spring.
Work on the Theodore is pro
gressing. The quartz so far in the
tunnel is very rich. This is sup
posed to Ik* the extension of the
Dry island property, and is owned
by (lallaher & Brown. Brown is
working the claim this winter.
Brennemnn A Co., better known
as the Judge’s Push, have erected
two fine buildings on the Swamp
Angel. The tunnel is driven *25
feet, the lead is from three to five
feet, assays $50 and is free milling
ore. All mines, except copper, dis
covered on Kodiak island, are free
milling quartz propositions, and it
is hoped that some one wilt prove
a shipper in the near future.
The famous 7-mile l>each dig
gings arc nothing for a man to run
after. Miners who have wtwked
there say. with good weather they
can make from $1.50 to $2 per day.
It is a cheap grubstake diggings.
It is known that a clergyman
.living in our village assaulted and
j struck a woman, a matron in the
girls’ home. Is it not time for our
officers to teach this man that in
America all women are respected,
; and that a man who would strike
| a woman is not fit to he called a
I citizen of the United States, or of
any other country, unless it should
(lie Russia.
AT WASHINGTON, D. C-, OF TY
PHOID FSVER.
hostess ol Ik
Contradictory Statements. Otiiti
Nations Hay Become
Involved.
Hanna Head.
Senator Hanna was taken sieY
heli. 5tIt with what the vloctors pro
nounced to l>e typhoid fever, and
died the afternoon of Feb. 15th, at
Washington, D. C.
War News.
riie fighting between Russia and
Jajian is still progressing. Reports
come in every day of Russian ships
he:ng sunk, l»ut the tv^x.rts arc con
tradictory and it is diflieult to tell
die exact condition of things at the
scene of war.
Messages of the 17th state that
an attack l>y tlie Japanese torpedo
fleet was attempted at IVct Arthur
on the 14th, hut the had weather
kept them from entering the hnr
hor. .>0.000 Jap tvoo]«s are reported
Imariling transjwts at Tokio to
laud in L'orea. 600 Russian sol
diers are said to have liecii frozen
crossing Lake Baikal, in casters
Siberia. The report that Port Ar
thur was afire and hadly damaged
hv the first Japanese attack was
denied.
Later rejorts show the statement
that eleven of Bus-in’- lwtlitship
were disabled, t« be erroneous.
International complications ar«
arising and Kngland and iierniunv
may he drawn into t 1m- trouble at
any time.
The United State.- las divided t«
keep a large naval force in easier#
waters during the war.
Steamer Ashore.
The Canadian l’acifie CoV Imat.
IVt*s, running between nor. hern
Britsli Columbia purls and Van
couver, went as Imre on Trial island
Feb. 13th. So lives lost.
Albinian Revolt.
Advices from Constantinople
dated Feb. I7th, state that lti.lHJtf
Albinians are in revolt, in Diakova.
against the reform plans of the
{towers.
Another Water Works Franchise.
Tire council did not transact
much business Monday with the
exception of paying a few bills. S.
A. Hemplc’s waterworks franchise
was withdrawn and the council ad
journed until Tuesday uight to give
Mr. Hielscher time Ur draw up tire
ordinance he desired to introduce.
At tire Tuesday night meeting
tire new franchise was introduced
and referred to tbe committee on
water supply.
1111* ordinance in question grant*
a 20-year franchise to J. F Hids
elier to o|»t*ratt* a water works sys
tem. It hinds till* city to pay $750
annually lor the use of hydrants,
up to fifteen in number, to lie
installed by the city for fire pro
tection. and fixes a rate of $50 per
year for each additional hydrant.
The intention of Mr. llielscher is
to ertx-t a 30,000 gallon head tank,
having ail elevation of 80 feet,
i which would raise a stream -10 feet
in the business portion of town.
The mains are to lie 6-inch pipe
ca{iahlt* of resisting a pressure of
108 pounds to the square inch.
By the terms of the franchise
work is to start in June, 1004, and
continue with reasonable speed te
completion. I*i|te, pumps and tank
! to Ixi on the ground by June L
i Action will is* taken in the matter
i next Monday.