Valdez Weekly Prospector
I'tUI i:io4 »t Valdax, AW*kn, wvorjr TUui»cl»r
b/ tfc«* Pl-.OjfMCTOR I'l MLItMIXG <<»
pmunk Main i.
VnVjreU *4 Valdc-« P„sto(ti<-e as itecoltd
gU»> mutter.
.*uk» rl^lioa Mp«r yenr. I(or >1 x moiitlis
single t'OpIfK »«• t ei i>
N THAWS AGAIN
i Once more »• m s Kv Ivn Nesbit
I^Thttw and uudar tii > limolight warms
over laat year's fervid Htory. So
thoughtful of the district attorney to
insist that this melting 'ihaw case he
always tried in cold weather. Hlse
the Ne»v York public m;ght go crazy
with the fermentfttion of r.utural and
artificial heat.
Nine months of rest-, retirement and
reflection have enabled the fair Kve
lyn to refresh her memory and bring
forth Hume incidents she had forgot
ton about her alllliation with Stanford
White. There wore ho many degrees
iu her mysterious ruin that she over
looked the dizzy red velvet swing
when aho firat told hoi tale.
All this makes hot siul? for the
c&pacioutt New York maw of sensa
tion. Now hero is scandal ho popular
au in t.ha pri/Vinoial town on Manhat
tan isle. The New York philistine
ris«*s every morning and prays, "Give
ns this day our daily slush." Nan
I'atteraon w«_s the j i'ide of the me
tropolis for a year or two but Evelyn
Thaw of li*>iujs her as a society favor
ite in Tammany- U;wn.
The ahoek to popular taste whieli
»ho district attorney oiiorod when he
tried t-» ex.dude the public from the j
courtroom was .<«lu.rt-iivod. Counsel!
for defendant and the court knew |
what New York demands and the I
bars were left down, it didn't much
matter because the chaste Journal i
and American will print all tho testi- j
mony except what would certainly
•xclude them from tho mails.
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REVERSES BUREAU I,AW
liureau legittlatl.m hris received a
thcek by the <!<•'.*,' »! n uf Judge Lewis
in the United hiata l district e«..urt at
Denver holdi jg :,h.;i, (v>:i! lar.ds may
he alicnuU'.ii by applicants l, pur
chase I><; 1 < ro i*,r. c of patent. No
ono but a biU'O.i'i ;>■> iant would ever
have thought < t u.-r luring tho law in
to any cihcf <;«-•:» tiruction as it con
tains 110 kurpia^e that warrants the
land ofliee ruling that a purchaser j
must s'lVOiir thai. he w.ts taking 160
acros cf c^.al la«:<i l farm for his own j
use aiKl that l.o never <lre;imed of
selling it to anybody e!;.o.
This la.i 1 ofll ;«> legislation li*ih crip
pled the coal indasry in Alaska, be
ing aid<» 1 and ahat'.e.l (herein by ex
ecutive orders suspending all coal en
tries in the territory and the with
drawal of coal lands iVom further en
try until this Teddy bear administra
tion deeides what kind of a toy to
make of A Inaka. No lawyer has ever
been able to find in the federal stat
utes any authority t<<r the presiden
tial order withdrawing coal lands
from entry but reformers never
trouble theuvjelve;i much about law.
While the decision of Judge Lewis j
is not effective outside of his juris
diction it resulted in tho immediate
backing down <>f the g. moral land of
ttco from i a refur.-il to allow sales of
coal lands before issuance of a patent
v iid probably t o more will be heard
of »i>. The burc r.ier.its will gostate
•ome other fad.
Just before the California court of
appeals revcr.'o 1 the conviction of
Ex-Mayor Sehmltz, upholding nearly
•very exception taken by tho defense
to the ruling.! of Judge Dunne in the
trial court, the news came that tho
conviction of 5 x-C'ongrespman Wil
liamson of Oregon < n a technical
charge in the United Staton district
court of that stnte had been reversed
by the circuit court of appeals. I'ran
v cis J. lloncy may he one kind of a
lawyer but his conduct of criminal
trials indicates tlint his < hlef talent is
tiueiJr/rtTty tp cirng triiil judges Into
*1 1 \ V.
(It is not olej'r why Mr. Whiteluuse,
New York, \Vants t<» build a smelter
Bkagway to treat i'rlnce Wllllnm
Hound copper. I'orhaps ho is unfa
miliar with Aln-d<^ geography.
The SoHi tlo v1n\««r maim.'i.ot uror j
who li«fl mmta *»n att.r.pt* to
dyr*m}to hl« imrtAf'r'H hovfia inunt.
h*V^ Boiirod by Jb'« bu«lr.os«.
Parke r In Rolfy? to
n a pr<midentlY»' candidate.
tnow how >1 in fV"
pftpor Hn,v« Hold
OkUhc mn. win rids
l'K»> In Alankn »V<1 1" nv;
to koop hour% 1,1 »
ft <\V clftio ,%rri*A
i AirNhlpM.
| ' ,, j Mr*"
, » dlot wll»h
HURTS NOBODY'S PESUNGS1
Delegate Cale's announcement that {
Congross is taking no .iuterest in ter
ritorial government for Alaska is no
surprise or diBappointment to any
body. Advocates of heme rule for
Alaska have never expected that it
would be accomplished until after n
long campaign of education. It will
be several years yet beforo territorial
government iH ordained and would be
ttiatlong if everybody in Alaska were
in favor of it .
The slow progress made in getting
consideration for home rule at the
national capital is the best evidoncc
that the territory will never have in
telligent local legislation until it bus
a local legislature At the present
time all it receives is doled out as
charity by tinhorn politicians who
know as mueh about Alaska as a rab
bit does about the kingdom of heaven.
Still there is no reason why any
body should get mad or excited over
iho situation. Residents of Alaska
came hero understanding that it was
ruled as a penal colony but believinp
that they could prosper in spite of
absurd laws, and most of them are do
ing so. A great many Alaskans aic
making more money than a Congress
man amidmost Congressmen get more
than they are worth.
Blessed are they who expect noth
ing for they shall not be disap
pointed.
CHAMBER GIVES
HARLAN SUPPORT
Passes Resolution Indorsing
Official Course of the
District Attorney.
The chamber of commerce Friday
night passed resolutions of confidence
in .Judge Harlan and approval of hh
course as district attorney. Twi
votes were cast aguinst the resolution.
Its text is as follows:
"Resolved; That it is the opinion
of this body that during the time
Nathan V. Harlan has held the oftlci
of United States attorney of this di
vision his conduct as a public cflieei
lias been commendable, and we be
lieve him to bo an able prosecnting
oflloer, and conscientious in the dis
charge of his public duties."
I/Ctter About Ronds
letter was read from Capt. Pwlsbury
of the Alaska road commission stating
that until congress ina<ces the annual
appropriations for Alaska roads he
could not say how much money
would be available for Improvement
of the Fairbanks trail, but promising
to give it all possible consideration.
A resolution reported by B. P. Mil
lard from the committee named last
week to draft a statement to be sent
to the post ofllco department at
Washington calling attention to de
lays in mails by steamers from the
outside was read and passed.
A statement from .the committee
appointed for the purpose was read
setting forth the most vital improve
ments neoded on Fairbanks trail read
and adopted. It rocltes the difficul
ties of travel through Keystone can
yon and over the summit and asserts
that work is especially needed be
tween Valdez and Beaver Dam, forty -
one miles, to make that part of the
trail a pormanont wagon road. A
special appropriation of $100,000 is
asked for the purpose.
The statement was prepared by
U. F. Millard, J. C. Martin and P. O.
Charles. It was adopted and copioa
oreered sent to Delegate Calo and the
Alaska road commission.
ad chamber
The secretary was instructed to send
the following messago to Capt. Pills
bury, of the read commission, at
Skagway:
"Unusual mild weather. Trail vory
difficult. Your me* and stock needed
toholp."
A, J. Adams was elected treasurer
of the chamber.
Jury Turtle Torres hoonc
A jury In the dlatrict court Thurs
day evening decided that Manuel Tor
roH did nob nanault First AHRiHtant En
gineer Codling of the steamer North
western, or If he did assault him it
was no crime, or that Codling wu
not within the purview of tho statute
which affixes a apodal penalty to the
ar>t of striking a ship's officer on the
hl«h was, or that Torre* wan entitled
to be turned loose on general princi
ples, or that If he was convicted
war mltfht follow with Chile, to which
republic ttenor Torres owes allegi
ance. Anyway th* Jury returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Torre* tried to get a continuance
Thursday morning because a witness
named Htuck wan absent, he kno-w
not whero, and now they nay at the
courthouae that if the prosecution
could not stick Torre* In the absence
of fltuck It may be lnoky for th« de- 1
fondant th »t Htuek did not Atlok to
tho boat and apnear at the trial.
'Hie Alaskan boasts that Cordova
now has a mule among other ourlos
IUm.
i
TAKE INTEREST . IN
AUTOMOBILE RACE
\
Valdez Will Soon Entertain
Caravan of Globe-c'.rcling
Power Vehicles.
Local interest is increasing in the I
uitontobile endurance contest which |
tvill start February 15, and which iu
.o be conducted under the auspices of
D.e New York Times, of New York,
ind Le Matin, of Paris, France.
Without doubt it will be one of the nico,
important and daring undertakings
aver roeorded in tho hint ry cf high
class sport.
The plan provides for the race te i
?ommenco at New York city and end, i
t is expected, at Paris, travor.riiigbh-2 j
United States, Alaska, Siberia, thci.
,ho mere civilized parts of Ituaaia,
Sermany and Franco. From Nov. |
fork city the route lies through Al- 1
>any, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, [
)maha, OgJen, Iteno, to Golelflolel, to j
Southern California, pas ;ing within
100 miles of Los Angeles, thonce up
;he coast through Santa Barbara to i
•San Francisco. Tho trip from San
Francisco to New York was make
last year by \V. \V. Whitman it.
fifteen days and twelve houra, bin |
that was in summer. It is expected
that the coming journey will bo ac
complished in leas than one month.
To Sail For Valdcz
At h'an Francisco tho contestants
.vill take a steamer to Seattle ant
rem there will tranship to Valdcz. Ii
s expected that this point in the I
journoy wiil be reached by tho end < l !
vlarch. After stepping in Valdez f( r I
i couple of days tho contest will con- j
inue to Fairbanks, to Fort Gibbon, I
lown the Yukon to Kaltag, across t< I
Unalaklcot, and along the shore ior i
jf Norton sound to Capo Denbigh, I
jutting across Iho neck ■ f N ,rtoi '
jay to Capo IXirby, thence still al nj I
.he shore, if poss ible, to Salomon anc I
x> Nome. At Nome the contestant! j
will be compelled to remain unti
jhortly beforo the ioo forms in Berinp.
strait in tho fall, when a steamer
chartered for the occasion will trans
[>orl men and machines to East CapP,
where they will be left. As soon ;;i
the ice along the shore will permit tin
it tempt will bo made to roach the j
mouth of the Colyma river, following
the shoro of tho Arctic ocean, a',
which point iho expedition will slrik<
inland, passing through tho Hmtsiai j
cities of Ferchojanalc, Sve:lno Koly
msk, Yakutsk, Irkutsk and Moscow I
to Berlin and thence to Paris.
Look For Trouble
The eliniculties anel danger.-; e-f the |
entire trip aro by no means umlcreu-!
timated by those concerned, bnt in
view of tho preparations that have j
been made and that are yet tu he \
completed it is believed that the;,
may be overcome- It is rceogni;:e< ,
■>y th >so interested that a late atari i'
being made but the idea wau n t e,i ig
inatod until last November, leavinj. i
little time in which to complete plant
fe>r tho building of antes especially j
lesigned fer tho trij).
It is known that seven cars will
»tart. in tho raco, thrco of these fron
France, one from Italy and throe
from tho United States. Tho f; reigi
contestants and earn are to sail frui
franco f«>r New York February 1
ind aro expected to arrive eight ci
nine days later.
STRIKE BREAKERS
FOR THE TANANA:
A lar^o nambor of Russians—
t.ho number la *ni<l to bo 160—wore
brought in on tho Northwestern to
U> tho Tanana to work in tho mlr.e:
there. They were piked up by 'l';in
*na mine ownerw or their n^ontH li
Seattle.
It 1h wtato 1 that the T.nuina minors
union hn« twenty pickets In Seattle
to try to keep minors from gcli ft to
that dlBtriot.
HEAVY MACHINERY
GOING OIER MIL
.Ylany Consignments cf Bulky
Freight Now on Way or
Awaitinn Start.
A great deal of heavy freight i:
•iow going over the trail or lying h*
Valdez awaiting transportation to tli<
interior. On account of tho unusu.
mildaesa of tho winter, which delaye
freezing in the canyon, winter freigh;
ing on the trail waa£slow%uin startin,
mtit^has been goii\gAia_~largoJquai •
i'.ies thin month. . ■
An experiment in_trail freigh'ing'i
1 »w in pr gross i ■. Jic^-transp ;riatu
of heavier articles tl.au have hoe.
urried , Jioreloforc. Harry SFitch
b iking in s 1110 heavy c iblo and otl.e
machinery for the Uonanza minin,
company. Ono j>ieee of macliincr
.veighs •22C0 p unds, v.hieh is^said" t
!)o the heaviest',,single article jjvt
ilodded over the trail. Tho cable i
in c>..ita of 1C00 pounds, which is a
extra rdinary weight to tako_ up 11.
summit. Filch in taking JJoO tons t»
o'ac Bonanza.
Estorly h"as a contract to take, i;
100 tons of hydraulic machinery ^ 1
die Nisina. Forty tons are a Ire ad,
on the way.
Fish and Walsh have a contract t
i:d:o eighty-three tons for the no
:eiegroph line to Gulkana. Of tlii
forty tens is slock feed and fort;,
..hree tons line material. Ed Youn;
.wis a contract to take in sixty toi
."or the government. Each of thes
;lrni3 ia employing ten men aiii
twenty horaea.
A government nude train is goinj
in with supplies for road work thi
summer.
'j 1 io r.cv, telegraph lino to Clulkan
. Ill be constructed by civilian laboi
the fi:\sL time civilians have been en.
»!■ yed </ii lino work in Alaska.
J. ines McCarthy, fifty tons for tli
.'Inskaliiia.
Captain Austin F. bathrr.p of tin
California-Alaska Company, thirty
' >ns for the Kotsina.
Williams Brothers are taking a lavg<
:>lnnt tj work placer property on i>;.i
jrock.
Notice
All | nro.hasoH made for llie eit>
horenf'or wi'l l>e oidoro.d l»y Hpocin
< ioi.s, aid no I> lis will I10 ill
,ow» d uuloa* .tcomnpuiiied l>y mud
• I'qui-itimiis, s■ vr11*•<J t>y til. I<»nst out* «>
ho |nircliii"i'iK coinmitteii (
Whitloy, Oi'ii/(hliy aid Ijhiiu.j Ai«
illf, aocoin|ihnil''I liy In.* iiquigiliou^
nii.-t Ix* present'd at Hid town dork*
iT.ro, in L A i i'Ii i halilV Hi ore, bo Ion
ho Hist Monday in t-.icli month, ot
iii-v wiil not be paid imtil th« fidlow
i moiilit.
Uy Oifler of I ho Council.
Notice to Horse Owner*
Nonce i? horohy yivon, II a) liorvo
mutiny loo-o on tliO H'leotH i>f th<
own •>( Vul'IfZ 11<*i «>af 101, w ill ho lnk«:<
:p and impounded liy llio niHi>hal, i
icoordaneo wi li tlio piovisloiisi i f tl>>
town 01 dimii.oo,
H) Oi ler of I ho Council.
D. BERGMAN & CO.
KaTAUI.ISIIEU I8'17
• St. I'aui,, Minn.
I.AKOKAT flKAl.KRS IN TIIK XORrilWKST IN
RAW FURS
Sliln Dlrwt lo I'm. Write fur Price Mm
If you (Unm- writ' <»r nliip to
McMillan Fur
& Wool Co
1 107 l/AN«T,F.Y St.. VlCTOniA. H. ('.
Simple Banking
It is very easy to have a ban!;
account even if a i a o 1/ A
you do live in r\ LA\0 r\r\
We have hundreds of customers liv
ing in Alaska who send all their ^
deposits to us by mail. If voir
would lilce to keep vour money in
the Oldest Bank in Washington,
write us about it.
DEXTER HOtTON & CO.
B-"frs SEATftE
Alaska Bottling Company
(Incorporated)
HENRY W. MAII/I/ARD, General Manager
Valdsz, Alaska
HIOK-GRADE SODAS ANO MINERAL WATERS
Tpy (Inn Rinnpp Alp Ifci8e8Pecia^yl,lton^e^'oracold weather
*' I _ "J_J_5 boverage and will brace and wa,rm you up
Orders for the Interior
c: reful attention and we guarantee our goods to be highei in
q; ality and lower in price than any obtainable from tho outside. J
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CRACK PROOF
RUBBER BOOTS
Best Made. Absolute Guar
with every pair. Your m y
bnek if not satisfactory.
For sale by A. L. LEVY & CO
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Phone 77
For rates ami further pauiculars Apulv to
B. C. Dalton, M. D.
'98 Pioneer '98
Shaving and Bath Parlors.
liost equipped shop in tlie city. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed thel>H«t
Try Our Sharrn u and Face Massage
Baths Ft 1/ lies or Gentlemen.
:ameron goudun
^en?er StopT HOTEL HO LMAN
Headquarters for Commercial Travelers
Best of Accomodations and Service Guar
anteed. Private Rooms. All the latest
Improvements. Horse and Dog Feed „
for Sale
RINGWALD BLIX,
Proprietor
1V,f*«rnph »»ml Mall ^ ToWR in Itself. Blacksmith Sho;.,
etc., etc.
ptman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWENTY MILES FROM VALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A full, stock of general supplies
"RSrilfdS1 loVWSiSiu ^ Pontius Magnuson Prop
The Teikhell Roadhcuse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of ftccoinrriodationc for mnn and beaBt. Krcwh Meal
always on hand. Horna and Dot? Feed All the l***iit
improvement*. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
11. ©« find O. II. RORKR, Proprletore.
118 MILEB
PROM VALDEZ
The Tacoma Roadhouse
b5 milrf* from Valdr*/, on government trail. One mile from
telegraph Btntion nt Teikbell. First-dap* AecommodationB
f«»r iiiim and V>f*ni>t. IIuv and drain for Hale.
PBIVATK ROOM? Dick Windmilter, Prop.
ON FAIRBANKS
AND EAGLK TRAIL8
CVInes,Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
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T. A. COBB * CO., Prop#
The A. Van der Naillen School
>f Pr«oH< nl Civif, Klrctrictil Minlnp
RngiiU'prlng. EntnMiiihpd 1864
Ovqiip Ingthrtlr <»<v rbtil dm#, worl(«h >r» mid
n<l Irtb<>rHUirl«» open nil y< nr. Grrfct d«
in«nd tor *x-Klti<1«nU in til lino*. K*w «tu
<l*nf* »hould enroll «i «a«*. AddruM »1*
ittiMt *n4 T*l««r«pW Av« 6«kl»»4, OfJ.
Hotel ARLINGTON
W. O. POTTS, Ptop.
Kvroponn Mm, *n<1 K«wly f«r«
n|Hho<l. Tfh-p'Jftnw In K«»:h Room. U B. P. 0,
In Kutjillni^- •wot *n<! Cold WlMfi IUt#» DO*
Seattle