The Alaska Prospector
futiilthed m Vnldez, Alnskn, cvcrv Thur-»<ly
by tbc PftotrKcroH Pcblihhinu Co
Phone Main l.
tnusml a' tli<" Valdct PosioNtco svuikI
c1h*» maiter.
*u«»M!ripit<in per year t'i lot -ix tnnuili
ooplf" JO vent*
THAT FOURTH DIVISION
The Oale bill for u Fourth judicial
division in Alitalia, like nearly nil de
mands which Alaska puts up to con
gress, "asks* for too much, and unless
tbo exce«8 demands arc eliminated
the whole project in liable to collapse
of its own weight. The bill auks not
only for a Fourth division but for five
judge**--one to be a utility man sub
ject to assignment at all times by the
attorney-general.
The scriptural injunction, "Ask and
ye Bhall receive" was promulgated
before Alaska was discovered, and
like the constitution has not followed
the flag to the territory. Alaska does
not recoive from congress what it
uaks, and seldom what it needs, but
solely what congress is disposed to
dole out in charity.
Alaska does not require five judges
ot the district court, although occa
sions are numerous when that num
ber would be useful. What it does
need, and the need i* recognized by
every one who knows anything of the
territory, is a resident judge both at
Valder and at Fairbanks. Heretofore
and up to date one judge has been
required to stretch himself from the
coast to the Yukon. This is hard on
the judge and more drastic on the
people.
When the judge is at one end ot the
district the most pressing demands
upon the court at the other end have
to bo carried on ut great exj>ense by
telegraph, or at the still grenter ex
pense of an arduous trip overland by
an attorney, and sometimes by a liti
gant.
Just now the Tauanu is yelling so
loudly for the presence of Judge Keid
that the disturbance is suggestive of
an Incipient riot. Valuable mining
pro|H<rty is tied up by injunctions and
other forms ot litigation tighter than
a miners' strike could do it and <
the wail comes over the divide that
unless these lawsuits are determined
a vast curtailment of production will
result. About the time the judge j
reaches the delta Homebody down
here will want an injunction or man
damus on fifteen minutes notice, and
he won't get it.
Alaska needs the Fourth division
with all its attendant judicial machin
ery, but it it gets another judge tor
the Third division the people will
Jr^w a long breath before starting in
nguin to cuss the federal government.
Nevertheless another division is
badly needed. At the present time
the district attorney is riding over a
rough winter trail to reach the Tana*
n» on account ot the menace of the
miners' strike. His Valdez assistant
is in Juneau to look alter a murder
oaao, and the only remaining assistant
tn the ooast end Ip supposed to be ex
ercising careful personal supervision
over the landscape from the Mist
meridian to Attn inland in longitude
173 east, where Japanese pirate 11 sh
ermen may In- raiding native villages,
and incidently keeping his weather
eye on the interior acreage of the
Third division as far as Mount Mc
Kinley. For information he has to
trust Htrietly to the wireless system.
They olos<«d the gallery of the New
York atock exchange lawt Friday be
cause they were afraid some anarchist
might drop n bomb over the rail upon
the heads of the honest tradesmen on
the floor. Ho many thing* have bust
ed on Wall street lately that"thoy|are
looking for nil kinds of explosions.
And wo Bvelyn is going toJJ get a
bunch of money from the Thaws and
a.dlvorco which will whoop her stage
stock a little higher Jet ill. The Jex*
eessively betrayed maiden seems to
have worked the game for something
like a whijmaw.
Tom ('ale says he wouldn't give a
tinker'H dim to ho delegate ngain,
but Thomas has lived long enough to
understand that the flue point* of
poker hre *1mo useful In polities.
('Mr Nicholas has a knack of keep
ing aibnnch of skates around him who
always do the wrong thing andstartja
(HUM when thingH are getting quiet.
. i ... .L'
Perhaps Bonator Knox thinks a
postal navingH bill makes a good cor
ner for a presidential fence.
If I>r. Lutoslaswskl lt» lost lt*|ls cor
tain that he didn't let bin name drag
behind when he disappeared.
There peems to bo something about
ibis life Insurance huMineMH that devel
ops the Itching |Mi1m.
Nowjwhoever expeoted to livo long
enough to seejArksnsaw wearing dia
monds?
i'JL i" i i;; "■
You don't hear mooh about the
automobile globe trotters while tha
bllazard la on their right of way 1b
tt«a middle west.
WORKS UP PINK RAGK
Senator Culberson of Tex** I* very
indignant because the president took
money out of the United State* treas
ury and loaned it around during the
panic to help the money market. Mr.;
Culborson thinks It wus most di&boli
ual and he may be right, but he be- ■
longs to the party that worships
Andrew Jackson, who handled
government fund* as if Die money be
longed to hint.
This Culberson when governor of!
Texas' called the legislature together1
at great expense to prevent u couple
of pugs from assaulting each otheri
with padded gloves, but took no
notice of several mobs that burned
human beings at the stake lu his state
about the same time.
Culberson takes himself seriously.
So did Dogberry, who wished that he
might ho writ down an as*.
Seattle registers 36,060 voters,
which indicates a population of about
175,000. I.argo eastern cities have a
registration in municipal flections,
with a big light on, of more than one
fiftli of the population. Seattle's per
centage ot voters is probably smaller
a* it is a newer city, but one in five is <
a fair estimate. But the Seattle i
papers go right along claiming 60 per
| cent moro than the town has and
will unt il the federal census of 1910 drag
I them into :i morass rf explanation <
! and denunciation.
It ss thought worthy : i '.olographic
mention that the sailor* of the Amer
ican battleship fleet sav, a bullfight
in l'eru.H'.lf they willjeome r« . Vald« z
they can see a dog fight every day.
The state of Washington ha* or
dained that women mn*t not work
more than ten hours a day, but thb
law does not apply to femrdo tongue*
because the law can't hold them.
The administration says tho*e na
val ami military preparations on th<
Japa nose side ot the United State*
don't mean anything in particular,
but they keep coming.
The way it looks now the trust
busters will soon destroy all rest foi
the trusts.
Mere it is thawing in Vaklez whiU
Chicago is freezing its feet.
A dispatch in today's paper fedyluf
that "Little Egypt" had leftafortum
ofjflCO.000, would seem to indicate
that, while lu business, the deoeaset
got a wiggle on herself.—Juneau.Rec
ord.
AUTOMOBILE RACK TO j
START HROM CH1CAGC j
1 he (,'hlcago Tribum- of Janum v IV j
in its Sunday ^porting pa^e* dovotos
nearly two column* to tho world'r
automobile race, giving in detail tin
proposed route and a long dlacus>*ion
of tho probable obstacle*. I
Describing tho journey tho Tribune
*avn: "Hides of tho content provide
that no ear will \n\ permitted to wtart
went from Chicago until 0 o'clock the
morning of February 20, All will
! stick together until thoy Ret here,
then it in a free for nil tho rest of the
way, truly n race.
"A revision of the itinerary shows
that thr full route Ih about 20.00(
miles in length. It l» figured it ih
6,200 miles from New York to Han
Francisco; 2,200 miles from Hwu Fran
cisco to Vsldez; 1,100 miles from Val
I dez to Nome; 160 mile* from Nome
to Fast cnjH«. and 11,350 miles from
Fast capo to Paris. On tho trans
continontal trip tho mil will pass
| through <r>00 cites and twelve states.
"It hnn boon decided that no at
tempt will ho mode to cross tho Hlerrn
Nevada range, which in Impassable
in early March. To avoid these
mountains a southern detour will be
made which will take tho contestant*
' a« far south as Ix>s Angeles, more
! than 1,200 miles out of the direct
route. Outride of this the route
aero»H the continent Ih tho samo as
that taken by nine transcontinental
' tourists.
"From Hnn Francisco the ears will
bo shipped by steamer to Boattlo for
tho purpose of saving time and pre
venting them reaching Alaska after
after the Ico has broken up, leaving
Alaska roads a virtual morass. It Is
i impossible to ship direct to Alaska at
I this season of tho year, and trans-'
| shipment must be made at Seattle,
Here the steamera sailing will carry
the men and their care to Vaides a.
tho beginning of Ihe Alaskan journey,
Tho total distance which tho steam
era covor In this transfer from Han
Francisco to Alaska Is about 2,900
miles."
The flvo tons of Interior mall whioh
loft horo a few days ago In oharge of
the (.topper Klver Draytng Company,
was delivered yesterday at Tonalna,
where the contractor, MoNeer, will
take charge of It.
We can furnish most skillful Japan*
eae help. I'leate wtIU or call. P. O.
BOX 832. Old Jaoanese oabto next
door to Mr. HojaUVs ofBca.
INTERIOR FREIGHT
MOVING RAPIDLY
Majority of Heavy Outfits
Already Over Summit and
ome Far Beyond.
Notwithstanding a somewhat later
start than usual, the various outfits
bound for the Interior have xnado rapid
progress and are now about as uear
their destinations sa Is Jusual at this
time oi the year.
Tho parties bound (or the Susitna
are now at Ernestine and an) pulling
for Tonslna. Gulkana Trading Com
pany's outfit Is at Toikhell, as is also
tho government train. Ed. Young
and Jako Nafsted are at Beaver Dam.
The Esterly party and that of the
Bonanza company have most of their
freight off the summit and are mov
ing tow a i-d Toikhell. Austin Lathrop
and Jobn Miller's Hlato creek crew
have practically cleared the summit of
their freight. Tho Mother Lode, Me
Crnry's and sevoral other outfits ore
dtill working off the summit
Dxiring the past two days a severe
mow storm has been raging on the
jummit, practically cutting of all
A-ork, This morning 18 foot of snow
is reported at that point, with the
*'ind blowing a gale.
It is rumored on the trail that about
-hree miles of ice on the Tonwina
.•iver below tho bridge fell in during
.he earthquake, leaving open water,
iround which the treil will have to be
jrokon. The Copper liver is also
jpen in many places, presumably
.rom tho same cause.
New Strike In the Tanana.
The news of a rich striko made
on the right limit bench of Little
Blanche creek, or as it was formerly
leuignated, Poverty gulch, above
he telegraph Hue near the Owl
oadhouse, wurt yesterday evening
nado public by the boys who for
he past four months have been stead
ly carrying on prospecting opvra
ions. This is on the ground known
,s the Montana association lying
.bout 1GOO feet ubovo Little Blanche
ibove the Owl association on 17,
Engineer, at which point the former
.tream empties Into the latter. The
)oys who mudo the strike, Tom Ko
»*ach, Nik Hogay, Ham Stepish and
Kris Chuk, reached bedrock in one
corner of their working shaft yestt-r
lay afternoon and at onco came to
own to report the &oud news to their
isiiociates ot Uiie city. They report
hut the bhufl shows tl\e feet of pay
;ravel running op to 10 and 11 cents
>n bedrock, liow deep tho pay inay
&tend into the bedrock they wero
jnable to say, us tliey had not gono
lownjnthe bt-drock.-Fairbanks Times
Kxtcuding Clerk'H Oificc
The offlco of tho clerk ot tho die*
trict court In Lhn courthouse » urged
over today Into tho room* HdJoinLng,
heretofore occupied by tho district
attornoy'w office, which l« moved
acroHH the hall to the old Jury room
and janitor'# room. The clerk'n quar
ter* were getting much cramped.
Dooley on Strike*.
"A athriko la a fwurrukln' miuiV
vacation. If I had to be w»n iv thim
horny ha«d»«d ' boiih of toll, th'men
that have made our country what It i«
an' create* th' wealth iv tho wurrld
an' neet» it go oQ with a «tr»nger—if I
had to bo wan iv thim pillarn iv th*
conHtitution, which thank Gawd I
havn't, 'tin nthrikln' I'd be all th'
time durin' th1 heated term. I'd be
ithrlkin' whin' th* flowera begin to
bloom in th' purkn, an* I'd utay on
strike till 'twaa too cold to nit out on
th' bleacher*. Ye hot I wud."
Sweden May Check Emigration
Stockholm—Tho chiofw of the flrtt
and second divinionw of the Hwediah
army, have applied to the govern
ment to a«k the R'.kadag for law for
bidding the emigration of men be
tween the age of 17 and 20 year*,with
a loaa of inheritance right* aa a
penalty, and alao for aevere lawn
againat emigration agent*.
Airahlp Like Butterfly
f'aria—M. Hantoa-Dnmont ha* Juat
completed the oonatruetion of a now
aroplane on a principle different from
that previooaly employed by him.
The new machine la ahaped like a
butterfly. The triala already held,
when it waa towed by an automobile,
have been Hucceaaful.
Tho launoh Coraair ia back on the
Cordova run after a few daya vaca
tion for repaira. end aailed for Cor
dova thte morning.
Howard M. Conrad, foreeter of the
newly created Obugaeh foreet reaerve,
haa taken at) office in the Owl drog
building. •- *
The Nome city hail will be turned
is to a akatlng rink.
HORACE PHILLIPS
DROWNS IN OAY
\
Soldier Known as "Kokcmo"
Loses Life in Water on
Way to Fort.
Horace U. Phillips, u Boldier of
Company A, Tenth infantry, sta
tioned at Fort Liscum, was drowned
Sunday night not far from the power
plant of the electric light company
between Lowe river and the lort.
The body was found at the line ofj
higb tide at 3 o'clock Monday af- i
temoo'n by |J. Cossart, who is in,
charge af tho powerhouso. Where
the man fell into the water ciin only
be g-uossod as the corpse may have
been carried a considerable distance
by the tide.
Phillips wo* around Valdez all Sun
day evening and was seen by many
acquaintances. When he started
home nobody in town seems to know.
The soldiern at the fort often walk
home along the beach and as Phil
lips had boen at Liacum two years
he was familiar with the route.
The dead man was from Kokomo,
Indiana, and was known as "Kokomo"
by his friends. He was 38 yearn old.
Prefers Dogs to Husband
Detroit, Mich.—Alleging that his
wife's dogs have taken his place in
tho aftections of his wifo, Paul E.
Wiberg filed a cross bill to tho suit for
divorco started by his wife, Martha,
several days ago.
Tho husband alleges that hit* wife !
haa several dogs, but is particularly
fond of an Euglish bull-dog, which I
she ha* trained to bito him every.
time he goes near hor. Her other
favorite is a terrier, which tho hus
band says occupies tho same bed.
with his wife and ia trained to keep
him away.
He denies his wife's charge that he
squandered money, and charges that
once she spent $5 for ribbons to make j
j dog collars.
A pajH-r pulp mill will bo ebtuL- '•
; lishod uL Kwanson's buy, about 160!
j mil#<rt south of Ketchikan.
Prospuctora are busy in tho Port,
j Clarence district, north of Nome.
New beach diggings have been <iis-1
! covered ut Topkok.
INTHK Dl.-tTRICT COtJRT FOR THF. TERRI
TORY OF AI.ASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
I'ctt-r PetcTAon
Pluintift.
vN
A mm Kristin* Pctiirnon
Defendant.
i
> Huminom
I
J
i nt rrrxueni 01 me t'liiwn himU.-h oi Amen -
ct Orectlng:
To AnnaKrlstina Petc-tson, IIip above named !
defendant,
You Rio hereby required to appear In the
District Court, for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, at Valdeit, within thirty flit'a
j after the completion of the publication of tills
' DUiniuoDi, (o wit: Within thirty days from
and utter the 6th. dnv of March, 190H, mid uus- j
wer the complaint of the above named I'etei j
PetertK>U, |>luln)tlT in Mild action. The hukI j
action In brought to diR*r>lve the marrlnxeex i
Ixtlug between the plaintiff and defeudant. .
The order for ttic publication ol thin summons
wm duly made and entered by the above Court
oo the. l)th. day of January, 190M.
And yoy are hereby notified that if you (all
to appear and annwer the naid complaint, as
above reqnircd, tho xaid plaintiff will take j
judamfnt agalnit you an prayed for In Ills com
plaint i namely, a judgment of divorce, ferever
dlmolving the marriage theretofore existing '
l between yoo and the ratd plaintiff
With*** the Hon. Hllnn il. Reld. Judge of
Mild Court, thia 18th. day of January, in the
yeurof our Lord one thousand nine hundred
•nd eight, and of the Independence of the
United states of America the one hundred find
| thirty wood. ,
KnwARnJ Htikh. t:ieri<.
By K. A. Henderson, Deputy rintk
| Insertion Jan W. 190#.
I olVod HUtcs of Anicrlf u. Un!tod HUte.s Dl«
I trlft CftOrt, District of Alaska, Thlr<t Mvi«
loo. Fftc flc Court nistrirt
Jobo T. Hire.
rintntiff
M. MlX nn«l AU*kn
Water, Light nnd Tele
phono Com^wny,
I'efenrmtUs
I i nc rrnpinnm 01 inc unitcn miHo. of Aim-rum,
greeting:
To the above-named defendant. Ido M. F.
I I1«»:
You ar« hcfeby required to appear In the,
t United Stolen fmtrlct Court, In and lor the
Ulftrlct of Ala*ka, Third Olvlvlo", wltbln
thirty days niter the day of acrvlce of thl*
*umn)oh« npon you, and answer the complnlnt
of the above named plaintiff, a copy of which
complaint is horowlth delivered to you; nnd
unles* you an appear and answer, tl'o plaintiff
will apply to th« Court for tho relief demanded
In aalfl complaint. Thl* action Is brought to
detcrmloe tne title and right to po«»ea*)nn of
the waters of Holomon gulch, at the Fall»
thereof, on Valdei bay, Alalia. nnd dnmawre*
In the sum of *5,000 for the wrongful diversion
thereof. The order for publication of thl*
lammom It dated February 4. 1^8. and yon
are reoulred to anawer the comt.lalnt within
algty davs after thl# summons ha* been pub
lished (ix successive week*.
Wltneao, the tlon. James wickera'iam. ludgo
of *«|d Court, thl* 30th day of December, in the
yoar of our f,ord on thousand nine hundred
and erven, and of «ur Independence tho one
hundred apd aeend.
Kdward J. 8Mer.
Clerk.
(Heal) My F.. A. Henderson,
l»epoty Clerk.
Jobs A. Carw»n and F. M. Brown,
Attoroeva lor Flain'lff
Flrit publication, Feb IS, 1009
Laat publication. March 26, 1906
to the Probate Com t, Valdec Free I net, Terri
tory of AUek*. Hon. John Lyons, Ju
to the matter of the kataie of Lonls Brown.
1>efea»e4 Notlceof Final fc«itlement
Hot ce I* lierchv given that Knut B-ant-et,
enecu'or of the rfbove-Wamrd estate, ha* r«Mi
derod »nd t reaenfcd for) settlement and filed
In aa#d court hie rlnal tiSroont aa admln'Mrn
Ur of aald •♦tate, and th*t i>0 tho 30th day of
areh. IOOA, it the honor of 10 a. m. at the
oourtboufe, before said court, In the town of ,
Valdei. having boen duly ap|»olnled by the ,
Judge for the settlement Of eucb acoounta, at
which time any wnnn Interested In aald
aatato, may appear and file exception! In
writing to the aame and make re*i»teno« |
thereto.
Date* tut a Uth day of January, 190A. I
Ifnnt Brantaet.
• JNerfctov of s*W Will
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For sale by A. I/. I/IJVY & CO
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
For rates and further pawiculars Apuly to
Phone 77 E. C. Dalton, M. D.
'98 Pioneer '98
Shaving and Bath Parlors.
Best equipped shop in the city. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed the best
Try Our Shami t*- and Face Massage
Maths P< 1 •' lies or <ientlemen.
CAMIvttON - OOI/D^K
• ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Traveling Public:
The reason why I am able to give vou nior acconioda
elation and better service for your money than you get at
any other place on the Koute between Valdcz and hair
banks, is, that I am a Bachelor and do not need to
make a profit on the maintenance of a wife and children.
But, if you rre one of the Traveling Public who
passes through Copper Center, Stop at Hotel
Holman and get your moneys worth.
Try it once and you will stop again.
RINGWALD BLIX, Proprietor
Telegraph uu<l Mail - ^ TfoWll in Itself. 'kaunlb'^Shop,
Station. etc., etc.
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWENTY MILES FROM VALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL. STOCK OF_GF. N£TRAf . GUPPLIEQ
,'l;!';1n'var.w> loVKul!;;', ^ Pontius Magnuson Prop
The leikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valclez
On Govcrnmenl Trail.
lii'tft of accommodations for mnn and brant. Frcnh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dour Feed All the la'est
improvomentr). I'ltJVATK ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
Wines,Llquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. COBB & CO., Prop*
Truth and Q\iaJity
appeal to the well informed in every walk of life and
are essential to permanent success and creditable
standing, therefore we wish to call the attention of all
who would enjoy good health, with its blessings, to the
fact that it involves the question of right living with
all the term implicM. With proper knowledge of what
is best each hour of recreation, of enjoyment, of con
templation and of effort may be made to contribute to
that end and the use of medicines dispensed with
generally to great advantage, but as in many instances
a simple, wholesome remedy may be invaluable, if
taken at the proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co.
feels that it is alike important to present truthfully the
subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy
which has won the approval of physicians and the
world-wide acceptance of the Well-informed because
of the excellence of the combination, known to all,
and the original method of manufacture, which is
known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably
known under the name of — Syrup of Figs — and has
attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excell
ent family laxative. As its pure laxative principles,
obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians
ami the Well Informed of the world to be the best we
have adopted the more elaborate name of — Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna — as more fully descriptive
of the remedy, but doubtlcos it will alwnys be called
for by the shorter name of — Syrup ,©f Figs —and to
get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing,
the full name of the Company — California Fig Syrup
Co. — printed on the front of ev6ry package, whether
yoti call for — Syrup of Figs — or by tho full name—
Syrup of Figs and Llixir of Senna.