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Useful Information.
Gable office hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to It)
a. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
PostoiTioe hours:
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. rti.
Sundays and holidays 12 m. to
2 p. m.
The Indian
The following new world's
records were made on the
Indian Motorcyclo by Ed.
Hasha at Los Angeles, Cal.,
April 5th, 1912:
1 milo 37 4-5 seconds.
2 miles, 1 min. 18 2-5 sec.
3 miles, 1 min, 59 sco.
4 miles, 2 min. 39 3-5 sec.
5 miles, 3 min. 20 4-5 sec.
fl miles, 4 min. 1 3-5 sec.
7 miles, 4 min. 42 3-5 sec.
8 w >s; 5 min. 24 sec.
9 r 38, 0 min. 5 sec.
10 -illes, fl min. 45 4-5 sec.
A SMALL MOTOR
attached to the Sewing •
Machine takes away the
hard manual work of the
seamstress, ft relieves
her of the back breaking
tread and leaves her only
the steering of her work
under the needle.
It's a real home comfort.
Every womAn should have
one attached to her
machine.
The electric men will
give particulars.
Aiasti Water, Ugtl & TH. Co.,
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Muofactarer* of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Heating, Pumpi and
Wall Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hoae Valvea,
Iron Pipa, Fitting.
COL. W. P. RICHARDSON
ADDRESSES CITY COUNCIL
{ Continued from page I
in;:' quotalion, page 10 of said
|f|l<»r (stating an ainount which
embraces uxpendit lives not mailt*
l»y iln* road commission; :
".Mr. Secretary, Ih«• *2,258,
UHii.tH'. «l«*\• >1 im| In Iln> hllildillg of
wagon roads, bridges and I rails
in Alaska has been wasted, ein
h«'/./li'"l, and l.akcn hy two big
im-i raul ih- companies unfairly
and without reasonable value.
Major Richardson has uol em
bezzled any of it. lie is md dis
Inoiesl in the money sense, hul
In; is exceedingly incompetent,
lie has no 'money sense.' Ho
blindly trust* twv> big mercantile
linn • there to manage this road
fund for him, and they have es
tablished «. system which has on
ly «»iw result—incompetency,
waste, fai'lure in the management
of live i*itad work, and profit to
IhemsHws. The .,ystemi leads to
'^raftta#' sueli as th:** indulged
Sn try 3„ieut. Orchard, the Secre
tary llie lioaitl «>f Iload Com
iwrssi^mers, while Alaska is
chained with $2,25'fc,i)8f>.1K>, and
lire* nothing iwrrnarfient or satis
•fnHory to show f'«r it."
And by Iho faultier allegatiw..
KAiong others., thai the clauso «o!
'ttie law nrAatimg to petition :b>
Hlie people hn-s been "wholly f?eg
lecled, antfi -shoMI lint costly i">ads
'have been bnill to favor f»om<
particular friend," and still fur
ther lhali "fLiout.- Col. Ridhard
son has sipurit big winters ir
Washington .lobbying for iacreas
ed appp»f>iuabi<ins and for Jtfie lbi§
interested conic red arouaid the
termisuJu -at illhe Valdez-Gordova
KairbaoUt-e poad," while the em
ploves *)f iSlmr commisswn build
wagon .roads by sitting arounil
hot stovfot in Valdez.
The letter, more than 2C
pages in length, is of sintdlar torn
and uapmtl. In support «of thesf.
allegations there accompanied
his k*14,e.r -a iiiiass of affidavits ant
stal<*.MKMit« (relating to Ihe con
duel **t the (court-martiaJ at Val
(lex 3ar*t fatkL, together flnth cer
tain deLLer« from persons form
erly dn the employ of Ihe road
cniiMMi«t*ian. who apparently have
Home ttomjllaint against it, or
person^ who/or reasons unknown
to me have a grievance to air.
ProbahJy most, remarkable
aggregation of mis-sLaf cments
embraced iti riliis set oj* exhibits
was contained in a conununica
tion addressed to one Clifford
Pinchot, apparently by request of
the latler, wbe# evident J y, from
thin letter and from oilier facts
known to me, has constituted
himself an investigator of the
road commission, using only such
evidence as would tend </> dis
credit. it., willfully refusing other
facts, apparently with Ihe pur
pose, by this means, of further
"promoting the Interests and de
velopment of Alaska," with
which he has so conspicuously
connected himself In recent
years.
M.v reply to Ihe delegate's let
ter has been tiled with the Sec
retary of War and the truth or
Falsity of his allegations will be
July determined by that depart
ment, and my reason for submit
ting Ihe above to you is that I
find that his letter has been ex
libited and circulated whoro tho
•oad commission work is less well
mown and with a purpose too
nanifest to need comment; and
mowing that your body is famil
ar with Ihe general character ami
ixtent of the work performed by
he commission in tho field, es
tecially on the Valdee-Fairbanks
/agon road; and knowing that
ou are aware also of my efforts
to procure the neceasary appro
priations to carry forward this
work, and of its importance, not
only to Fairbanks and the Tanana
valley, hnt to the Town of Yal
dey. as well.
Tlii* (piotatioiix cited and Ili
reasons set forth above are as
brief as conld lie made to convey
information of a situation il is
my privilege to make known, with
a rightful intent to seek by every
legitimate and proper means
within the limits of my otTieial
status and responsibility, to de
fend the work of the road coin
mission, as well as myself from
unjust and wholly unprovoked
attaek. Very respectfully.
W. I*. RICHARDSON,
l.ifiil. Col. of Infantry, President.
On motion of Day llu» commun
ication was received ami placed
on lili' with instructions to (ho
clerk In acknowledge ipi.
An ordinance empowering I In*
town marshal In employ palrol
111**11 when the same may lie fonml
necessary ami |o discharge said
palrolnien when in his judgment
il shall he deemed expedient lo
do so, subject In Ihe approval ol
I lie committee on Pulilie Health
: ami Police Protect ion,
<»n motion of Hoyle, the rules
\\ere suspended ami ordinance
was placed on its linal read in sr.
Itileliie vol insr no.
The ordinance then was plaeeil
on its linal passage hy Ihe fol_j
lowing vole: Ayes--McOallum,
Kran, lioyle. ChMiolni. Nays—
hay, Finical. Itileliie. Declared
passed. -
l)r. Hoyle stated llial certain
improvements were being held in
abeyance until after the tlrsl of
•Inly, when the city's finances
were in heller condition.
Mr. Kran reported that the pe
ll il ion asking fop I ho opening of
alley hy engine house, was signed
hy Mr. Crary ami the Alaska Or
der of Moose; that Moose hall
was from Ihreo to four Teet. in
Ihe alley and if that order was nol
insistent ho could not soe why
Ihe oily should go In that ex
pense. Whatever needs he done
ran he done lalor on.
T>v. Hoyle reported thai Mr.
ITttganir was in town and report
ed work on llio glacier as pro
gressing nicely.
Mr. Ritchie reported that on
Sunday ahout one-fifth of the
water was making its way east
' ward.
Dr. Boyle stated that Mr.
Hnganir was doing some work on
the old dike xs^hich would take
i about a week's time.
Ghisholin suggested that there
was several thousand feet of lum
i her at, the upper end of town
which migfi't ho lakon lo a placr
: of safety. Committee authoriz
ed to take care of the lumber.
Law and Ordinance commitle^
asked furtlior time to amend nr
! dinance No. i5, and so amend thf
ordinance as to make money for
street improvements immediately
available instead of awaiting thf
collection of special I axes.
Adjourned.
ORE AT THINGS DOING
TO THE WESTWARD
( Continued from page I)
ily engaged in digging info the
Baby Doll.
Nels Anderson and Nate While
ore working on Lynx ereek and
are both laking out good money.
Mr. White has completed a 500
foot tunnel that is heing utilized
as a bed rork drain and is now
in position lo go after I he money
right. Adolph Young has been
working on Gulch ereek and has
some mighty good ground. On
account of a shortage of water
he has been unahle to sluice at
aJ! regularly hut at thai, working
by himself he has averaged bet
ter than $11 per day as well as
having lime to go out and get
his meat for the camp. Mike Con
nolly and J. A. Z. Turner are
working on Six-mile creek and
are doing well.--Seward Gateway.
George Goshaw has been
granted a two weeks lcavo of ab
sence from the marshal's office
and will sp«nd his holiday ac
companying William A. Gilmore
throughout this section. They
left this morning on a launch for
down sound and Cordova.
Q««U at SeattU Hotel.
Lena Morrow T.ewis, of San
Francisco; J. II. Hamilton, CI iff
Mine; J. Johnson and wife, J. H.
Cann and wife, and S. I,. Tonrpin.
of Shonp Hay: H. II. Durkee, of
Katalla; W. n. Austin, Spokane;
Mrs. fJeo. Hnrrack, of I.atouche;
John Irwin, of Fox Flat; Chas. ,T.
Minor, of Port Wells, and S. J. ,
Tanner, of Seattle, are guests I
registered al the Seattle hotel. <
L. V. KAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SEWARD, - AI.ASKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g val^z
DR. GERMAN
Phono .9 THE dentist
Onicc rooms over Owl Druj? store. Ofttce hours
9 u. m.. to 0 i>. iu.. 7 i). in., to 9 i>. in. Sundays
by appointment All work Kuaranu-cU.
LOCAL ITEMS
Bring your job work to t.he
Prospector office.
It costs no more to get your)
clothing ck'aiu'd and pro&^ci' at
Silverman's. Phono l'J8.
i
Advertising in the Prospector i
brings results. Try it.
If you want jour nirs repair
ed sec Silverman, phone 1118.
If you want your clothos cloan- j
ed and pressed 'phone Sib^rrnan, I
198.
Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. H. Kinsman will organize
a class in drawing and oil paint
ing during the coming week. All
wishing to join call at her resi
dence on McKinley street.
The only practical tailor In
Valdez, Ben Silveiman. 'Phone
198.
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
Notice
Tim party who borowed West
ern Union Cod« book from the
cable office will confer a favor
by returning the same ae once.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yeai-H at Tacoma Smelter
Opposite Klectrie t Olllce
Ml Work Gnaranteed and Promptly Attended To
VALIJHZ, ALASKA
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Mining Kn^inwr and
U. S. Dop'y Surveyor
AsHuy Oflk-e in Vatdez
Connection Alaska
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Temperal lire al G p. in....51
Maximum temperature.. . .57
Minimum temperature.. .. i7
Mean temperature...!.... 52
Precipitalion 01
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18 ADDRESSED BY GILMORE
( Continued from page 1)
wauled flip mad built but he was
not competent Jo locate (In* route
and say where the. terminus
should be.
Mr. Ciilmore said he favored
IIm» granting of patents («> people
who had located on coal lands,
where fraud had not been shown.
Me denied being pledged to any
body on any question gave on the
planks of the platform on which
he was running. Ho said ho be
lieved the voters of Alaska should
elect a party man, as the organ
ization behind him would have to
carry I bo burden of responsibil
ity for his acts.
8ELMNG OUT our stock of
millinery at cost for noxt 30 days.
Mrs. 8. E. flleason. 7-1
DAGGETT AND LEAHY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Ml bronchos of up-to-date den
islry. Offices over Jim Kahler's
Irug store, Valdez, Alaska.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. Harlman, Mabel
Hartman and L. W. Russell: You
and each of you are heroby noti
fied that there has been expended
during the vear 1011 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier River
Kotsina Rivor drainage, Ghitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: The Luoy, Alice, George,
Red Lead, Anaconda. Emma, Dick.
Maud, Susio, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
the sum of $1,400.00 (fourteen
hundred dollars), lawful money
of the United States, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for the year following the
Rerformance of the annual labor;
tat said expenditure for labor
afiresaid was mffde by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, the co
owners of said c.aims. And un
less within ninetv days after the
completion of the publication of
this notioe, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 0th day of July,
1012, you contribute your portion
of the expenses of trio aforesaid
annual labor for said year, your
interest in said lodo claims will
be forfeited and become I ho prop
erty of the undersigned, who ar»>
your co-owners.
PATRICK MURPHY.
JAMES FISH.
Dale of first pub. April 10, '12.
Date of last pub. July 9, 1912.
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call and see our new line of bond
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