Valdez Daily Prospector
I'UHLISHKD BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TBItUb
One Dollar per Month: Twulva Dollurs per Year
WEDNESDAY, FEU. 11, 1912.
OUR ANNIVERSARY.
Yesterday Marked the tenth an
niversary of the Prospector. It
made its initial appearance Feb
ruary 13, 1902, with \V. II. Grary,
J. 11. Bourke and H. II. llildreth
as owners, editors, compositors
and pressmen, and has been con
tinued without interruption since
I hat date, growing as tin1 town
increased in population from a
weekly to a daily sheet of equal
size to the early issues of the
weekly.
A few days prior to its sixth
birthday, February 8, 1908, the
Prospector plant was destroyed by
lire, but due to (lie hustle and
enterprise of K. 10. Ritchie, the
then editor and manager, I lie [ta
per for that day was photograph*
ed from a typewrit leu sheel and
delivered to its patrons as usual.
Hy I he next day new quarters bad
been secured, a case of lype and a
.job press se| up. and the paper
pollen oul as usual, though re
duced in size.
Today Ilu* Prospector has one.
of llic best equipped plants in
Alaska, and, we feel we are jus-!
titled in saying, is giving I he peo
ple of Valdez as good and newsy
a sheel as is published ;n Alaska.
During llie ten years of its ex
istence Hie I own lias grown from
a small village, whose inhabitants
were largely composed of pros
pectors, wl.o each summer made
I rips to 'die interior in search of
placer .gold or copper, and llie
miiK-rs of the Slate creek dis
trict, I hen but newly found, Inrl
■ j** .• " ""i'h
returns, which promise lias since
been fulfilled, In mil' of tin* most
thriving towns in Ihe north.
Ami vol, while (lie town has
grown lo many linn's its size when
I lie lies| issue of I lie Prospector
appeared, the change in Ihe bus
iness houses have heen compar
atively few, except for Ihe fart
that. new ones have heen estab
lished and I lie older ones have
grown from comparatively small
concerns in some instances lo
mercantile houses carrying
slocks equalled only hy houses in
some of ihe larger cities of Ihc
stales.
In looking over a copy of the
firsl issue of the Prospector we j
li nd I lie names of A. I,. Levy & ,
(Jo., now Ihe corporation of S.
Hlnm Co.: .1. <i. Snyder, still
doing husiness here; (irand hotel.
Adam Swan. Prop.. "Meals .'loc,
three for *I. I.odgings 50c and
S| per week if you furnish your
own blankets." Mr. Swan no
longer runs Ihe (irand, being an
amateur jeweler. Imt Ihe hotel is
slill doing husiness under other
management.
» . li. oiuu, jeweier, was an
other advert .iser, and has remain
ed here until a few weeks ago,
when illness caused him l«» leave
for I he slates.
Pioneer Barber Shop, Cameron
(Solden, Props., is still doing
business af I In* same old stand,
exeepl Ihal Win. (iilineau, then
proprietor of the Dawson Barber
Shop,, has sueeeeded Mr. (Camer
on.
Motel SI. Klias, Debney & Pool,
is also found among I lie adver
tisements of Ihal day, and (he lio
1e| is si ill owned by Mr. Pool,
altlniuKh not now under his niau
agemeul.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works was
then owned by .I. J. Yakshaw, but,
ttirough his death, has passed in
to other hands.
The Montana saloon, another
advertiser, is still doing business
under the same management,
Alex. Singlelary having started
the plaee the year before and slill
runs it.
Olson brothers, eonlraelors and
builders, "gambling tables made
to order," is slill in exislenee,
though by reason of the hostile
Attitude of the Department of
Justice at Washington, gambling
tables are not in great demand at
present.
Dgarf A Mcintosh was the llrm
name of the blacksinilhing estab
lishment here in 1002, and (Jus
Dgarf is slill carrying on the bus
iness.
Of the concerns now no long
er in business who were adver
tisers in Ijioso flays were Valdez
Pharmacy, C. N. Crary, proprietor;
Reception saloon, O. A. Brown;
Valdez Abstract & Title Co., Good
ell A Edwards; Valdez Dairy, O.
Codiga; Valdez Motel, James Fish,
ftr., in what is now known as the
Whaling building; Bohemian sa
loon, Horseshoe nestauraif, Gcl
ineau & Bell.
In those days of weekly steam
er service to the states the ser
vice in 1902 seems meagre in
doed. Three lines wore in op
oration at that time, none of
which are in existence now, al
though the Bertha still visits this
port monthly as of yore. In 1902
she was owned by the Alaska
Commercial company, and sailed
from Seattle about the 10th of
each month, and W. \V. (Jollin
was local agent.
The Pacific Packing & Naviga
tion Co., which, after numerous
changes of name and manage
menl, has now become I he Alas
ka Steamship (Jo., operated the
steamer Excelsior, Captain /. S.
Moore, master. She sailed from
Seatlle about the 25th of each
month, but the company soon
withdrew the vessel from the run.
Fish Bros, were local agents.
Among the news items is one
that the mushers have started
sledding over the glacier, then
considered the best route to the
interior, although some of the
prospectors look the route of the
present government trail, and
which was even then growing in
favor because, though longer,was
less dangerous and firewood,
which had to be carried over the
glacier, was plentiful along the
trail.
Passengers arriving hen* on the
steamers were landed by means
of small boats on the beach, as
was all the freight. An item states
that fion feet •»f the Valdoz wharf,
the first to be built, had been
completed and the builders were*
awaiting the arrival of a pile driv
er to finish the work.
Valde/. was at this lime in the
First .judicial division. Judge M.
Brown, with headquarters :it
Juneau, presided on the bench,
and the announcement is made
Iiiiii. Juilgt1 Hrown had appointed
.lames II. Saunders commission
er for I In* Chiana district.
In Ihose days no one thought
of looking for Kohl near I he coast
and hundreds of prospectors left
each spring for I he interior in
search of di#;nntfs. Today the
prospector limits not for placer
Kold, hut finds in the hills at his
very door #old quartz which e\-_
eeeds his wildest dreams of rich
ness. the development of which
will place Yaldey. at the head of
I lie cil ies of I lie north.
PICKPOCKETS RELIEVE
AMY OF VALUABLES
The following ilrm concerning |
a former Yaldey. citizen is laken I
from a San Francisco exchange:
"Pickpockets working at the.
ferry building rohhed NY. A. Amy.
of Pctaluma, of a pnrsc contain
ing a small sum of money and his
\jvalch and chain."
WILL GIVE FAREWELL
DINNER TO FRIENDS j
Fred Peek will leave for Slate
ereek tomorrow and will give a
farewell dinner In J lie members
of I In* Sweet Sixteen club and
olher friends at the Valde/. ('afe
tonight. He will leave in com
pany with Tom Miller and does
not expect to come out to Valde/.
for some lime.
The Valde/. C.afe is being pre
pared for next summer's trade and
is receiving a new coat of wall
paper at I he hands of Chauncey
Sliaw and Jos. Bourke. They are
making a neat job of the Valde/.
and expect I his work lo create a
demand for their services by oth
ers who will be making altera
tions or toning up their premises
for the spring.
Dark I Darkl Dark I
There will be no performance
al I he Orpheum tonight on ac
count «>f I he Eagles ball. The
same pictures as shown last ev
ening will be repealed tomorrow
evening, with a change oti Fri
day, which is straw night. Watch
for your photo on the curtains
and get I he prize. The first pho
to slide next Sunday and if the one
photographed is present they re
ceive one dollar. Lots of fun.
Weather Report.
Maximum* temperature... ..12
Minimum temperature.... 18
Mean temperature 25
Toinperature at 0 p. m...27
Precipitation, trace.
/Cloudy, fresh bree/.e.
E. M. BLADE, Observer.
Valentines.
The largest assortment evei
displafcd in Valdoz at the Owl
Drug Co., Inc.
If you want all the news all tha
time read the Prospector
M
ajestic
C. N. JONES, Mgr.
Complete change of program:
Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursday
and Saturday.
Saturday Matinee at 2:30 p. m.
Children under 14, 10 c.
If You're Pleased Tell Others.
If not, tell us.
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY S and 0:18
MISS O'MALLEY, Pianist
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Reports on Minus
PatkntSuhybys
Qbnkbal Mining Enoinmbhino
Phonb No. 103
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and]
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Ofllce in Hsirrinirton Hldjr.
on Wuter Front Hcs. 1' 1R9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at K o clock in
K&i;le Hull-. All members requested t" at
tend T* G. QUINN. ArticChlef
Valdez I/Odge No. 168
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday lo
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always I
welcome.
James M. I'mterson,. W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
LO.i
O.F.
Visiting: and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to rcKister tlieir ntitnc with the
Vuldez Odd Fellows* Club. Kejfulur
meetings. tlrst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT. Secretarv.
FOE
VALDKZ AKHIK No- 1071
Meet cvery Friday, 8 i». in. Kaglc Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Freah Good»--Rea«on«bIe Price*
THE CUFF
P. S. HUNT
( } * ■ ,
Proprietor.
THE CI/IFF
Clothes That Become You
No matter who you are or where you are going—
to business or to a ball
How few there are in this world.
When found, seize upon them.
They are unusual.
STEIN-BLOCH
are the past masters of clothes
making. The world pays them
the tribute of its admiration. We
are fortunate in being able to of
fer you the opportunity of exam
ining these^ clothes and of trying
them on.
SMART CLOTHES
These clothes are Tailor Made. Prices from $.10 to $25 less than your |tailo
will charge you.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Frciirliilnir un«l pussonjrers to ull purls
ofj the interior. t>«;tieral 'i'rueUintf
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKlnley St. Voldei
|1«up Hotel
EUROPEAN^
SEATTLE
Chas. Perry, mop.
the best or everything
IN THE HEART Or THECflT ,
135RoonsWimfcTti-505*MPtf Rooms
| When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GCOROE BEXTON. Pnop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth |Avc Siwahd, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
* ' r. - .. / »
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON.
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmer*
Funeral Directors
pfc££:i4a GEO. BOBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good jur DlirCCT G ° °d
Goods I IIL DUrm Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ TIVflDIT'I^ ant* Building
Puget Sound 1-4 lVl.DIli.Iv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone IS
Patronize a Home Industry
CJ^c
Fairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
CourteousjTreAtment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the]
Factories a L$rge]'^Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regals EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Business I
S-BLUM & <3
— iNCORPORAirn
BANKERS
capital t zco.oo!),';:
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.