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wood coffins; also embalming by a licensed cmbalmcr at 50
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The Indian
The following new world's
records were mnde on f lie
Indian Mnlorcyclo by Kd.
Hafdwi nl. Liw Angelas, Gal.,
April 51 h, I'.ML':
1 rnilo .'17 4-5 seconds.
2 miles, I min. IH 2-5 pre.
3 miles, I min. 50 sec.
4 miles, 2 min. .10 .1-5 hoc.
5 miles, .1 min. 20 4-5
0 miles, \ min. I .1-5 hoc.
7 miles, 4 min. 42 .1-5 sec.
8 rnilps, 5 min. 24 hoc.
0 miles, 0 min. 5 srr.
10 miles, fl min. 45 4-5 sec.
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The Prospector
CHAPTER FROM
EARLY HISTORY
Qleaned From Diary of Visitor to
North Nearly a Century
Ago
Through tin; courtesy of John
A. Rowand, the Gateway was per
mitted lo peruse a diary kept .'jy
his father, Alexander Rowand, M.
IX, en a journey in Russian
American (Alaska) and Siberia,
made during the years 18il-li.
L>r. Rowand reached Silka April
15, 18 42, from I he Sandwich is
lands, on the steamer Cowlitz.
Sir (leorge Simpson, of the Hud
son Bay company, accompanied
him. Upon arrival the visitors
called upon Governor KLolin. The
diary says:
"On entering the house, Gov
ernor Klolin, a very gentlemanly
looking man, in the full dress un
iform of a naval eaptain of the
first rank, ran up lo Sir George
and made tin* room tingle with
expressions of welcome to Siika.
1 was struck with llie internal
appearance of I lie house, and,
whilst silling in a spacious draw-!
ing room, elegantly furnished •
with Kuropisiu sofas, chairs and J
musical inslrumcnls. could
hardly persuade myself thai I was J
in a diearv and savage par! of,
Norlli America, far distant from!
any scene of ci\ili/al ion.
"Tlu> manner ami hearing «»r j
I Cuvt'i'iior Klolin pleased »:i«»:
, miii'li. lie spoke Knpli.-,li. litis-,
| sian, Freneh and Cleniian, and is '
ja very well informed man. Up-'.
| on invitation we dined with the}
| governor. The characterist ie j
f* illnres of a Russian dinner are:!
Fir«d, schuaps; secondly, that the1
quests never ask oaijh oilier tw(
partake of wine. Thirdly, that!
i I lie paltry and sweets are hand-!
led around between meal dishes; |
ami, lastly, that at I lie conclu-'
t sion of the repast, all of the!
| ^nesls rise and liow In their!
j hostess and then l<» one another.
"The diseases I delected anions'
j I hi* natives were lyphns and fe_
[vers, various all'ectioiis of the1
! am) iiaV'ii'mplx >is. The iinnihec of
i cases of the latter are remark-j
aide, ami seems to he the charae
tlerislic malady «»f the dislricl.
1 "The population ot Sitka is
!about I.nnn. There is a well reg
ulated ami well attended school, j
supported by I he Russian Amer
ican company. j
"As I ho Russian ship would nof
sail for Ocholsk. Siberia, until ,
I lie Mter part of May, Sirfieorge
determined to visit two of lhe|
j Hudson liny company's nearest
j establishments along the coast. |
i For my part, I was under the dis-!
■agreeable necessity of remain- i
J ing behind, till his return, in con
I sequence of having experienced
ja relapse of an attack of inter-i
millenl fever, which a (Too I nil me
on my first visil lo Sitka. My
complaint came on every second
day. I resolved l•» visit some hot!
spring's near by. These thermal j
springs are situated upon ono|
of the numerous small islands {
which lie scattered along the
| coast. Our proximity to llieni
j was first revealed by the peculiar
j odor of the atmosphere, which
i was tainted with a sulphur va-'
por for some distance ahoul lliej
springs. I had no return of the
ague during the limo I contin
ued to use I he, baths daily. I al
so had good opportunity of ob
serving the great cfTicncy of these
waters in some very bad cases of
scrofula and rheumatism, which
were relieved much more quickly
than I hey usually are by the in
ternal administration of medi
cine."
Dr. Rowand and Sir Oeorgc
look passage on one of the Rus
sian American company's fdiips,
en ronlc to Siberia, May L'M, 1H12.
Kii route a Now Jlcdford whaler
was mel. The skipper came'
aboard. Asked if he would lake
a glass of brandy, replied, in the
Yankee style: "I guess I don't
care if I don't." On .July 0 the
vessel reached Ocholsk, in Siber
ia. From llionco, the journey was
continued overland through Si
beria and into Russia. The doc
tor was I rented with every cour
tesy by Russian officials along
Iho route.
Edison and Vlotor
Phonographs on easy pnymontu
'nl I ho Dependable Drug Store,
fhvl Drug Co., Inc.
WILL COMPLETE
BOUNDARY SURVEY
Chief Engineer Riggs Expects to I
Complete Work by Middle
of August
Thomas II. lliKKS, Jr., ehi"f en
gineer of tin* Alaska Uoundary
Survey, has started north. Ac
companied hy six engineers and
18 helpers, lie is en route for
Ilanipart house, which is 05 miles
north of the Arctic circle, to join
\V. H. Keahurn, who was left at
this station last year with six
men. Mr. IliffK-s expects to ar
rive at liamparl house ahout tin*
middle of June and expects to tin
ish the last lap of the survey
ahout (In* middle of August.
The survey, which was order
imI hy the American-Knglish Irili
unal in M.HKI, to decide the boun
dary disputes which had arisen
between tin* American and Ma
uadiau governments after the
gold rush, was completed in rec
ord time hy Mr. Iliggs and his
parly. Tin* tribunal had e>linial
i'd thai it would lak<» ahout ten
years to survey the (Win miles of
boundary, hut jl was completed in
live, the lirsl surveys having been
!»tartri| in M.m7.
'I'Ik* smallpox epidemic in 111«•1
far north \\ 11i<-h was put down liy
(Chief Kii^inrci' Willi dis
tinction. has n**t reappeared,
say advices received from Itam
par| house. .Mr. Ili^'Ks look dras
I i«* measures, hy the
\ aeciiial ion of every Indian witli
in ran^c of the parlv and by ns
inp fiimciit stores. Tin.' lirst
observations of llio Arctic tides
will he made under llie direction
ut Knjrineer IIi^rjrs. when I In
party completes its lasl in miles.
l*P In I hi' present lime nn arcu
ralr informnlion exists as tn
these tides.
Tin* boundary line is derided
upon 11\ nlisi'i'vations mailt* by
surveyors umli*r Ili•• direction ol'l
Mr. ItiK^s and l»y a rrcw of (Cana
dian surveyors under direct ion of
•I. I>. (Craig. tin' (Canadian eliii'f
engineer, until the results reaj'll
A •
work is being done under llu* di-j
rertion of t In* American conunis-i
sion, l>r. (1. II. Tillman, at Wash-i
i11kIo11. who is also superintend-j
cut of the coast survey, and hy
l>r. \V. I1!. Killer. I lie Dominion
chief aslronoiner.
Mron/e monuments are being!
placed every four miles and oh-1
servations of the magnetic decli-l
nations are being made and maps
are prepared of the surrounding i
country. I.a«d year the trigomcl
ric survey cmhrarcd a hell inn
miles long. HI i square miles were
mapped and monuments were set
for a stretch of 221 miles.
A. (i. Madden, of the I'liiled
Stales geological survey, accom
panies the party to determine
the geological formations. Large
masses of tropical coral have
hecn found hy the geologist, very
similar to the formation of the
I'lorida Keys.
The American parly this year]
will consist of :in men and 751
horses. The officers who are as- I
sjsting Mr. Higgs are: W. II.
Iteahurn, who wiutered a I Ham
part house; William H. (ijlmorc. i
A. ('.. Ilahlwiu, D. \V. Kalon, sur
veyors, and \V. (C. (tiierin and .
K. S. Ilyus, topographers.
Mr. Higg* and his parly will,
after leaving the railroad at
While Horse, lake I lie trail for
I50 miles In (earmarks, where the
steamer (Canadian is waiting to
lake I hem to Dawson for trans
fer again to the steamer Tanana
to Hampai'l house.
The wilder was exceptionally
mild, according to a report re
ceived hy Mr. Higgs, the lowest
temperature having been Tift de
grees he low /ero. (iame is ex
eeptionally frequent and more
than 1,000 head of earihou have
hecn seen in one herd
PORT WELLS OOA8T
WILL BE 8URVEYED
Tim lasf Sampson from I In*.
soulli linrl Captain Gilbert T.
Undo and n pnrly of twelve men
and Capinin F. li. Hardy and a
parly of Irn mon, llio advance
Knard of Mm t'nilcd Hlales coast
and geodelic survey for Alaska.
Capinin Rudo will have charK»'
of the survey |o he made in Prince
William sound, from Kniprhl and
Naked islands norihwe«tward lo
Port Wells, lie will use Ihc sur
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
3KWARIJ, - A I.ASK A
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. CANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUaz
DR. GERMAN
Phon, .9 THE dentist
omcc rooms over Owl Drug store. Oftlce hours
B a. m.. to 8 p. m., 7 p.til., to 9 i». m. Sundays
by awiointuient All work guaranteed.
LOCAL ITEMS
Rt'jslone bath house furniture
for sale cheap.
IL costs no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pressed at
Silverman's. Phone l'J8.
Advertising in the Prospector1
brings results. Try it.
Christian Science Services.
.Meetings wil| he held in "The
Arch ilia Id'' evi-rv Sunday morn
ing al. It o'eloek. All are wel
Willing Man Will Do
Housecleauing, rarpet. cleaning,
porter work and odd jobs. Hohert
Moll ram, phone 1 i. .'It
I-'OH RKNT--I.ight and warm
room at the Reynolds house, Mrs.
I.. A. Depuv, Prop.
. Drawing and Painting.
Mrs. It. 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.
Silverman will call for and de
iver your goods, 'phone 198.
The only practical tailor hi
Valdez, Ben Silveiman. 'Phone
The Seward Gateway is on sale
at the Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Grand hotel under new
management. Rooms 25c and up.
l.aundry in connection. Mrs. it.
Sharls.
Silverman will e:i11 for and de
liver your goods, 'phone t'JR.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yearn ut TueoniH Smelter
Opposite 1C1«'CIrie Light Ofllee
All Work Guaranteed and Promptly Attended To
VAMltiK, ALASKA
CYRUS W. HARRINGTON
Mining Kntfinoor and
U. S. Dop'y Surveyor
Assay On\ce in VnUIei
Connection Alu.ska
Mail Order* Promptly Attended to
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MINING KNGINKEH8
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock Exchange
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Of fie; ftii Wall St . Phone GO
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Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Representative
j ' Vald<*/., Alaska. Phone 41 j j
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Dentist
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Maximum lomporalurf. . . .<»u
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vey xlciinuT Takn in making Hum
survey.
('aplain Manly will make Ilio •
survey m Knik Arm and (look In-:
let, ami will use 1 survey)
steamer Yukon.
Tim United Sialics survey j
steamship Patterson, which has|
been surveying the Pacillc en-|
trance In (ho Panama cannl, is'
oxpeded in Seattle 111 three or|
four weeks. Her work in I lie'
north I his summer has mil been
definitely decided upon.
The steamship Kxplorer will bei
assigned lo (he Kuskokwim river,
the Medney |<» a general survey
of (lie waters surrounding Prince'
of Wales island and (lie McArlh-'
11 r lo Prince William Hound.
If you want nil (he news all lb?
lime read (lie Prospector
The S. S. Sampson has not yet
lieen reported as arriving at Sew-|
ard. It can hardly be expected)
that the vessel will reach here !
until tomorrow forenoon some
I ime.
If you want your turs><milr
ed see Silverman, phone IOhN.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To Carl F. Hart man, Mabel
Karlmnn and I.. W. Bussell: You
and each of you are hereby noti
fied thai there has been expended
during the yoar 1911 in labor on
those certain lode mining claims
situated on Long Glacier Hiver
Kotsina Hiver drainage, Chitina
recording district, Alaska, to
wit: The Lucy, Alice, George,
lied Lead, Anaconda Emma, Dick.
Maud, Susie, Rose, Big Jim, Lit
tle Jim, Phyllis and North Star,
tho sum of $1,400.00 (fourteon
hundred dollars), lawful money
of tho United States, the amount
required by law to hold said
claims for the year following the
performance of the annual labor;
that said expenditure for labor
aforesaid was made by Patrick
Murphy and James Fish, the co
owners of said c.aiins. And un
less within ninetv days after the
Completion of the publication of
t.liin notice, to-wit: within ninety
days After tho 01 h day of July,
torj, vou contribute vour portion
of the expenses of the aforesaid
annual lalior for said yerr, your
interest in said lode claims will
be forfeited and become the prop
erlv of the undersigned, who e
your co-owners.
PATRICK MURPHY.
JAMFS FISH.
Date of first pub. April 10. *12.
hale of last pub. July 9, 1912.
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