Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar |»er Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
SATURDAY, MARCH, 30, 1912.
1
POOR OLD ALA8KA.
Poor old Alaska has surely had
quite enough of the leasing sys
tem. It was leased by Russia from
1799 until 1807 to the Russian
American company. That com
pany was the absolute lord and
master, and its leasehold sov
ereignty absolutely prevented de
velopment. Fortunately nobody
was lured there under false pre
tenses.
Fortunately for Ihe United
States, Alaska was not colonized
or settled by the Russians. Their
leasing system prevented it. Oth
erwise the Russian people would
have so well developed Alaska by
1807 thai Ihe United Stales coulJ
not have bought it for two cents
an acre, with its wonderful fish
eries and a seal herd of 0,000,
ooo thrown into Ihe bargain..
The lirst thing we did, however,
was lo lease that seal herd to a
company thai in in \cars made
a u<aI prolil of over -Sa,738,000
and depleled#the seal herd to
about 7H.ooo.
In Ihe 111«■;1111 i111•• Ihe United
Stales government .-pent more
money in pal rolling Ihe seal is
lands I ban it obtained from roy
alties on Ihe lease, and Alaska
vol absolutely nothing. not a
M'liool 11 o u > e - -11 o | ;is much as a
Mag po|c.
Now Ihe 1'niled Slates govern
ment ba> gone into ihe sealing
business itself, and already has
begun lo make a prolil. Itul this
kind of talk may lead us lo ad
voealc l!i«* hiiilding of railroads
and 111 • • opera I ion of coal mines
there by ihe go\eminentI'ro
cecding- of ih«' American .Mining
('.oiig r« —.
ONLY A DREAM.
I ; 11 l<* r« »•».— ! \\i 111»< 111 :i liimf.
iiihI I'll.-is- I I:i> I'M- limics. ami
• I!*••;»• si• •«I siiu! I \\a- .1. I». .\l• »rj:;i:»
11«*i111 iti■ • i \M-aliii i• 11• > i i> coiVrrs
>1 »•••;■ iin <1. I \« aM• 11• • •! 111\ jh•«• 11\
m in i< -n > ll< ■ I • > «111 :r • III - I >u 11 i i»ii
in llf hanl.s. ami >l<*ulli> I«. i"« • \ ♦ - j*
\v;il!,i'il \\ •!!i 11|>c• f<tI ill— iin»
from v. ii'i.fti • rank-. 'I In- world
srnl forth il - In»i*«<>1' luircs.
;iii«! itu'iiiljraiil s in Hi-rri'-d squad
lillfii all I Ii ' l.ii'<l-ca|•• • mil nl
doors. am! 11 icil |n |i>iir!i iin1 for
iny wail ^'"1 all llm jealous
I»11111 ><-r*;i I - Wi'iv there to jre5 my
ruin aw ay: limy poked nm sorely
in lln* slals ami k|• I nm hunt
ing nij:lil amf ilay. In solemn
s I a 11 * I seemed Io sii|>. ami sleep
less lossi-il iijion my lied: ami in
ters ii-wiTs Ili'*l nn* up ami
Iwisli'il everything 1 said. I hail
no pli'.asanl hours Io while away
ill. f-'iimi's I loved before; I mount
ed guard upon my pil»\ and
counted sacks of gold and sworf:.
I had friends; I had men's
half, and I suspected olher i::cn
of low down schemes Io swipe a
crate of my long green. ami I hen
again I had no comrades: uncles,
aim I s ami all my kindred eyed
my lill. and changed to cringing
sycophants thai I hoy might fig
ure in my will. And, oh, the jj>y
when from I his dream to cheer
ful poverty I awoke! I utiered one
long gladsome scream, and cried,
"Thank heaven, I'm broke."—
Walt Mason.
INNOKO TAKE8 ON
NEW LEA8E OP LIFE
Iditarod, March ti.—With a
plentiful supply of ore on hand,
the first, stamp mill in the old
Innoko camp started to crush on
March I. The mill worked
smoothly, and the results are
highly satisfactory, iiccording to
reports brought here. Ten tons
daily is the capacity of tho mill,
and it. is believed that it will be
kept supplied for a continuous
run of an indefinite period. The
outlook for I he camp as a gold
producer from hard rock is said
to be exceedingly bright.
Telogram.
Chicago, III., March 1 4, 1912.
Owl Drug Co., Valdez, Alaska.
Your carload order of spring
wnllpaper forwarded this date by
fast freight.
JANEWAY <fc CARPENTER.
FOUND—Gold locket. Owner
may havo samo by identifying and
paying for this ad. Apply Orph
eum theater.
Subscribe for tho Prospector.
IDIIARODERS PAY
FOR STRIKE NEWS
Cable Sent to American Min
ister at La Paz for In
formation
Iditarod City, March 8.—As
soon as word was received hifrc
today that the cable to the out
side had been repaired, the Idita
rod Pioneer dispatched a tele
graphic message to Horace G.
Xnowles, the,American minister
at La Paz, the capital of Boliv
ia, asking for full particulars of
the leported gold strikes in that
country. Minister Knowles is re
quested to go into detail without
regard for expense. Local min
ing and business men will foot
the bill presented by the tele
graph office.
The reported rich placer strike
in Bolivia was investigated some
lime ago by Mr. <>. Roberts, the
mining man of Vahlez, and the
informal ion gained has led
11i111 lo believe that the strike
is ;t fake and I lie stampede
is being organized f<»r oilier pur
poses. Hi; wrote the American
• 111 it is I «*■*. as we 11 as the depart
ment of Itnlivia and learned that
I lie ereek upon which the writer
of I lie Idler claimed In have made
I lie liud was no| a new creek, hul
had been worked by an Knglish
syndicate lor many years. The
leiirr must have he-3u written
many years ago if it js aulhenlic.
which is very doubtful.
A great many Americans have
joined | he stampede ami reports
will soon becoming. Mr. linbcrls'
correspondents made ii perfectly
clear I h;il lint Itolivia camp is m»
|dace fur a man wiilmnl capital.
I'l-ovisioiis and supplies are ex_
pe11>i\e ami nalixe labor i< looi
cheap for Hie whiles to enter ill— I
lo compelilion with il. The Idit
arod people will have a Id'-r bill l«»
pa> w hen I lie message comes, but
llial i~ I. ■ «. e\ pen - i w than 1 • i: i k — i
in .' I he l rip.
Notice of Ejection.
.Vol ice is hereby given that a
municipal cleclion will be held
T.iesday, April *J, I I -. at the old j
live hall, in I he lown of Valde/.,;
for the purpose of electing seven
councilmen and one memhci' of
I lie school board. The polls w ill
be open at a. m. and will close
at 7 p. m. of said day.
The q nail neat ir»;;:; of on elector
for councilman shall be as fed-j
lows. He shall be a male citizen
of the United Slates or one who
has declared his intentions lo be
come such," of the age of twenty
one years, and shall have been
a bona lide resident of Alaska for
one year, and of the lown of Val
dez for six months preceding such
election.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for the school
board: All adults who arc citi
zens of I he United States, or who
have declared their intention to
become such, and who aro resi
dents of Ihc -Valdez school dis
trict. W. H. CRARY,
Town Clerk.
new wall Papers.
Just rcccivod a large shipment
of wall paper on the Northwest
ern. All the latest patterns. Now
being opened. Come in and soe
thein. C. G. RUDOLPH.
If you want all tdc news all the
time road the Prospector
DAGGETTJD LEAHY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
All branches of up-to-dato den
tistry. Offices over Jim Knhler'g
drug storo, Valdez, Alaska.
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 1B9
Pfift. ■'•••• window (laaa, roofing ami
bulldlnt paper*, roofina pilch. Hm«, cm
rnant, lath, shintl**, buildora'
nirdwtr*. Shop and job work o# all kinds
Window*, Door*, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Aganta for Fairbaaka, Mora* A Co.
CAMERON DAVIS
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
. :
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete ohange of program on
8unday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:16 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE 8PECIALTIE8
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
Jack 8urryhne, Musical Director.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
ffifonrt on M(i»c
Ptkrmmr Sukymyb
Qmkmoal. Minihq BnoiummmiHQ
Phomb No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
lytineral Surveyor
Olllco in Harrington H1<1k.
on Water Front Hes- I'hone. 1S9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday eveninjr at h o'clock in j
KihMc Ilall All members t° at
tend T'(i.(jl!lSS. Artie (Thief
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Kctrulur Communications ilrsi Wednesday in
encli month in McKinlcy 1 l:i 11. Visitors a lwajs
welcome. |
.lames II. I'attersor..\V. M
('. ('■ Reynolds. S.-e
Visilinir anil locsil Odd l-Vlloivs ar>- re.
• iif'st <<l t o resist it t ln-ir name wit li t li«
Valili'/. «»ili| K.-ll.uvs- ('lull. Nebular
inei-tiii::s. !li-s! and llurd Monday.
Call on l> IIITNT. Sccrctarv. ,
VAMir./. A Kit IK No. 1 it; I
Meet every l-'rul;»\, s i>. hi. Kajrl>* I lull |
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best mutci-ialn lined.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All kinds of Cukes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Gooda—Reatonable Price*
i
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbiaf, Steam! ud Hot
Water He«tlng, Pump* and
Wall Point*.
Sheet Matal Work of Every
Description, Hote Valrai,
Iron Pipe, Fitting*.
A Snap
For salo at a big sacrifice, tho
famous Ptarmigan Drop road
house. Salo includes supplies on
hand wbicl\ aro worth half the
price asked. Horse, saddlo, har
ness and sleighs. Stabling for 30
horses, year's supply of wood all
cut. This is a snap for tho right
party to start business for small
money. All goes at' half prico.
Will give tipio on half purchase
prico if neoossary. I have inter
ests outsido which roquiros my
time. Business will pay wagos
and purohaso prico in six months.
Fino locality to prospect. Hum
mer trado always good. John Oil-,
llsplo, proprietor, or C. O. Rob
erta, Gamp Comfort, my agent, or
Smith & Bunnell, Valdez.
Arriving on Every Boat
EASTER BONNETS
for
MEN ONLY
STETSON'S - MALLORY'S -- TRIEST'S
ALSO THAT NEW SUIT YOU WANT, WITH EASTER
NECKWEAR AND HOSIERY IN ALL STYLES AND
COLORS.
Copper River
Draying Co.
inir i> i-si-ii/i-is t>> :il: i»■:i-?>
ol lim ilitcri >r. liriicral 'l iiifiiitif
fcltl.QWood, " - Proprietor
MoMinley Si.- Vithliv
CNAS. PEfWY, MGR.
BEST Or EVERYTHING ,
INTOEHIWrorTBEClTr ,
135RooHs'Mfflton-50SmfPooHS
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORQE SEXTON, PROP.
8TRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Siward, Alaska
FISHER S BLEND
FLOUR
: at
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
ST l4* GEO. ROBB1NS, Mgr.
Finely Furnished Rooms
G to o d
Goods
Electric Lights
AI! Modern Conveniences
Good
Good s
| Copper River Lumber Co., Sac.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I I R/JD^D , and Building
Puget Sound i.VAJL3jOiJlv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
_
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers ~ °
s
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonieo BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Valua, Madrid
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Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S'BLUM & <£•
— i N C O R POWATED —
BAN K E R S
C APITAL $ 2 00.000."
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.