The Alaska Prospector;
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WHAT TIMIv IS IT?
The foregoing caption is not in
tended to create the impression that
a real riddle is to be asked; most any
man can answer the question by look
ing at his watch but how many are
there in Valdez who will agree with
him?
Is it not a fact that by walking the
length of McKinley street and glanc
ing at the clocks passed, a person can
establish the time of day as any per
iod within thirty minutes of the real
hour? Scarcely any two clocks in
town will be found to agree on the
exact time and this is true with re
gard to watches.
"l'nim|>ortant matter," is the pro
bable remark of thoxc whose atten
tion is called to this fact; but is it
unimportant?
If you agree to meet a man at a
certain hour and, by your own watch,
arrive at the specified place at the
Hpecitled time and wait for twenty
minutes, is it unimportant? Your
mind dwells upon the importance of
being punctual and when the long
awaited man tines arrive you sarcas
tically refer to his being "on time."
Then he shows his own watch and
by it proves that he IS on time.
What arc you going to do?
This is not an unusual case but an
every day happening.
Apropos of that which has been
said is the fact that Valdez is in need
of ollicial time. Its citizens should
decide on sonic ollicial method of re
gulating clocks and watches and see
see to it that their own timepieces
agree.
Perhaps the government time is the
best standard to ^o by; perhaps there
is some other standard preferable,
but however this may be, let some
public action be taken to the effect
that hereafter the the watches anil
clocks of Valdez will agree on the
I ime.
Judge Keid received a warm wel
i • iiue in t ho Tuuana and perusal of
Hi.' rival newspapers germinates (ho
suspicion that both factions in tho
cruel standing war of that district
arc hanging desperately to his coat
buttons and making a funnel of his
< ar wit-)i t)>c other hand.
The war hetwecn Katalla and Cor
dova in the newspapers bids fair to
make the Kilkenny cats appear like
aspirants for the Nobel peaoe prize.
If it takes four months for tho
house judiciary committee to formu
late a report in favor of the Alaska
Fourth division how long will it take
the hill to crawl up the calendar and
get through both houses?
Th«? Valdez council proposes to dam
the glacier streams, which is just
what residents have been doing every
time the ice melted too fast
Mr. Frost threatened to smawh Mr.
Hallaino. and with his experience in
wrecking railroads he ought to bo
good at smashing.
Nowh <?) liy WireloHH
That form of wireless agitating tho
gray matter of those who for news
papers in the states write of Alaska
has been responsible for many things
to stir into action the risibilities of
resident* of the Northland. Geo
graphical location is as nothing
to thoHe stay-at-home correspon
dent*; neither are they ham
pered by fact* that, while it adds
more or loss to tho existent density
prevailing with regard to real eondi
tionsin Alaska, gives scope fora wide
range of imagination.
The latest instance of this mental
oomatosnoss Is found in the Han
FranolHoo Chronicle of the date of
April 11, wherein the American car
in the international automobile race
Is pictured as well on it* way to Fair
banks. That the ear at. the time was
aboard the steamship Itortha on it*
way back to Seattle is a fact of no
Importance to the man who wrote the
following:
"The American oar, which Is lead
ing In the raoo of 21,(MX) miles between
New York and i'aris, has arrived
safely In Valde/,, and is already well
started on It* strenuous journey across
the northern territory.
"The Thomas will run some twenty
miles through Keystone canyon, an<l
then, heoause of the narrow trail, It.
will l>e slcded to Telkhlll. From that
point to Fairbanks the trail has boon
broken with double sleds, and It In
stated that the oar Can readily cover
that section under It* own |M»wer."
Notice
Tho undersigned having cancelled
all unpaid subscriptions to it* first
Issue of 24,000 shares of treasury
stock, will sell the name at fifty cent*
per share to those who flint apply.
Fldalgo-Alaska Copper Company.
IT IS TO I«AUGH
Down in Seattle, S. W. Ecelos,
president of the Copper River Kail
road Company is announcing that lie
intends placing three steamboats on
the Copper river for the purpose of
transporting ore from the Honanza
mine to where it ean he loaded on
steamships and then delivered at a
smelter.
Such a statement 110 doubt sounds
very logical to Seattleites, hut to the
man who has ever attempted to navi
gate the Copper river it is to laugh;
Alaskans know whereof they langh
and many of them harken hack to
former attempts to send steamboats
up the Copper to the rapids.
History says that the stern wheeler
Caswell was the lirst to make the at
tempt to reach the rapids; she failed
because the current was more power
ful than her engines. Later the Al
toona, which plys from Cordova to
Kaialla, tried the stream but she was
unable to negotiate it and now the
means adopted to reach the toot of
the rapids is lining row boats up the
stream.
It is true that above the rapids a
steamboat, tin- Chitina, is being
operated. She was taken in over the
snow knocked down and now runs as
far as the mouth of the Hremner river.
The owners have several rafts on
which they have endeavored to get
stulT up and down the rapids but on
the average one out of every three at
tempts results in the capsizing of tin*
scow.
However, it is of vital importance,
under the contract existing between
j the (iiiggenheiins, who are behind
! the railroad, and the Kennceott Mines
Company, owners of the Honanza,
that the transportation of ore shall
begin by 1UIK). It is hardly to be ex
pected, even by the most sanguine,
that the railroad projected from Cor
dova will reach the mines by that
time—if it ever does—ami perhaps
President Kccles fondly believes he
can carry out the letter of the agree
ment by shooting a few scow toads of
ore through the rapids and trusting to
luck to pick up enough to get a few
tons to a smelter once in a while.
To Move The Capital
The Scuttle Trade Register, L. M.
Wood editor, agrees with Congress
man Tom Gale that Juneau is not Die
proper town to he made the perma
nent capital of Alaska. Hut the Trade
Register goes further and names
Whitehorse as the proper town to he
so honored. It says Whitehorse is
more eentrally located and is, in fact,
an ideal place for the location of the
capital of what was once known as
"Sewards lee Chest."
The Whitehorse star suggests that
some person should take t he Register
editor hack in the stock room, open
his head with a crowbar, and into the
cavity he would tlnd there drop a map
showing that Whitehorse, while an
ideal place for a capital—capital of
any kind—is situated jnst ninety
miles deep in Hritish territory.
MANY PASSENGERS ARE
COMING ON STEAMERS
Seattle, April 26—Steamship Santa
Clara sailed from here yesterday af
ternoon with 1 r»t> passengers aboard.
Nearly all of them are bound for Val
dez and the interior. Steamship
Hertha which sailes this afternoon is
completely sold out.
Ixical steamship men ate in receipt
of many letters from men in the mid
dle west who arc desirous of going
into the Tanana count ry in search of
employment.
Rogers Sues For Fortune
Alleging that an attempt is being
mode by the Marcus Daly estate to
wrongfully deprive him of hisrigntful
interest in the famous Nickle Plate
mine at Medley, which is valued at
$1,000,<HX), M. K. Rogers, for fifteen
years the special representative of
the Anaconda Mining Company and
until recently the head of the Guggen
heim railroad interests atKatalla, has
brought suit in the Hritish courts to
recover a one-quarter interest, in the
valuable property and to share in the
profits that has reached nearly $1,000,
0<K) since the acquisition by the Daly
crowd in 1808. The plaintiff claims
that the Daly cstato endeavored to
settle wit h him on the basis of a $*2,000,
000 valuation, which he refused in
view of the faet that only recently
an offer of $4,000,000 for the mine was
turned down by the Daly crowd. The
proporty is located at Medley, B. ('.,
on the line of the new Victoria, Van
couver & Eastern, now building
through Hritish Columbia.
General Bell PeBfdtnlHtle
Washington, April 29- General Hell,
chief of staff, talked in |>esslmlstlc
tone at a banquet of the Sons of Am
erican Revolution held here last
night. General Hell said that. Ameri
ca Is losing her opportunities by neg
loctlng the |K>ssibllities of foreign
trade. Me also declared that In ease
of war It will be impossible for the
warships on the I'aelflc to steam
around Cft|>e Morn and that a few
battleships of the enemy will tlnd no
trouble In blockading the Straits of
Magellan.
FURTHER ACTION
ON GOAL LANDS
Washington, April 26—Further ac
tion with regard to Alaska coal lands
was taken today when Senator lley
burn introduced a senate bill that pro
vides for the consolidation of Alaska
coal land entries into tract*) of 3/200
acres each. In other respects the
senate bill is much like the bill sub- [
mitted to the house committee by ;
Secretary Garfield.
The Garfield bill provides that en- |
trymcn may consolidate contiguous j
locations into tracts of 2,560 acres each :
and that coal land may be leased or
purchased from the government.
There seems, on all sides, to be a I
disposition to pass this session of con- ]
gress some law that will permit min
ing operations in the coal fields of
Alaska.
NOTE OF WAR IS !
SOUNDED Rf PILES
.
Washington, April 28 — United !
States Senator Piles of Washington
today declared, during an argument
in favor of a four battleship amend
ment t<> the naval bill, that war with
Japan is likely at any time. The!
speaker said that in the face of all
protestations to tho contrary the
Asiatic war cloud is even now in the j
sky and that the threatening condi
tions make it imperative that the
Atlantic fleet be kept on the Pacific1
side of the continent.
Senator Piles was recognized as
speaking for the president and his re
marks were given close attention, lie t
demanded an increased navy as the
only guarantee of peace.
Senator Male said that tint navy
estimate authorizes making the entire
licet one of thirty battleships, and
further t hat there are many cruisers
available for duty on the Atlantic. i
The house today passed a resolu
tion authorizing the employment of |
patrol boats to guard the Atlantic
fleet while it is in Pugct sound.
STRIKERS TRY j
TO STOP FUNERAL!
Juneau, April 2.r> I licensed at the
burial of a man, termed by thorn a
Heah, in the cemetery owned by the
miner's federation, a mob of strikers
Wednesday started a riot in an at-1
tempt to prevent the interment. The 1
attempt was unsuccessful and yester- j
day afternoon thirty men were placed |
under arrest charged with participa
tion in the affair.
Keeling runs high in Douglas and
more trouble is feared.
EIVE CREMATED
IN PRAIRIE EIRE
Vancouver, 11, April 25—Word
has just heen received from llattlc
ford, in the Saskatchewan country,
that five members of the family of
Samuel Mathews weie cremated in ai
prairie Are yesterday. Only one
daughter, Anna, escaped.
STEAMERS TO OPERATE
ON THE COPPER RIVER
Seattle, April 27—Three steamers
will he operated on the Copper river
between Cordova and the Bonanza
mine until the railroad is built into
the mine, according to the statement
made here today by S. W. Modes,
president of the Copj>er Itlvor Hail
road Company. President Modes
further says that the Cordova branch
of the road will be completed next
year.
CREW OF LOCOMOTIVE
FRUSTRATES RANDITS
Butte, April 25- Bravory on the
part of the engineer and firemen on
the Northern Pacific overland last
night frust rated the plans of bandits
who Htopjied the train fifteen miles
east of here. The bandit* attempted
to board the locomotive after it had
stopped but wero confronted with re
volvers in the hands of the crew. The
bandit* made no resistance but fled
Into the darkness.
If time is of any value ride on the
fast, launch Corsair, all modern eon*
vonloncoH and equipment*.
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
Visit our BIG STORE while in the city and look over our line
of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
We receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
MLDEZ U a MERCANTILE CO., INC.
siiio PIONEER OUTFITTERS mm
CHAULNES DIES
IN WIFE'S ARMS
Paris, April 27—Due Chaulnos, re
cently married to Miss Theodora
Shouts, (laughter of T. 1'. Shouts,
former chief engineer of t he Panama
canal, <lietl here yesterday in liis
wife's arms. Death was caused by a
chitted blood vessel.
In vest igation by physicians devel
oped the fact that the death of CMiaul
nes is the direct result of the use of
morphine. Chaulncs, it is now known
was a drug fiend, although this fact
has been carefully concealed from his j
wife.
my perish in
MOUNTAIN SLIDE
Buckingham, Quebec, April 27—Tho
town of Not.ro Dame do Halotte is
half buried under thousands of tons
of earth which slid down from the
mountainside this morning. Thirty
persons are known to have perished.
ROBBERS OF MAIL MAKE
BIG HAUL IN NEW YORK
Now York, April '27—It has pint be
come public knowledge that on March
'251, two mail sacks containing$500,000
in negotiable securities were stolen
from the wharf of the Majestio line.
So far no trace of the securities has
been obtained.
The securities were -.mi transit from
London to St. bonis.
SANTIAGO PROVINCE IN
REVOLUTIONISTS'HANDS
Huenos Ay res, April 27—The pro
vince of Santiago is in the hands of
revolutionists. The minister of state
has been hanged and the governor is
under arrest, charged with treason,
REYNOLDS RAILROAD
STOCK BEING ISSUED
Stock in the Alaska Home Railroad,
one of tho Reynolds institutions, is
being issued to those who subscribed
for it and paid deposits last summer.
Tho receipts are being taken up and
stock in lieu thereof issued by Kd
mund Smith, in his law office.
Notice To Creditors
IN TIIK I'ROIIATK COIJUT. IN ANI) FOR
TilK TKKHIToUV OK ALASKA, I'RINOF.
WILLIAM HOI'Nl» I'ltF.OINCT. IIF.FORK HON.
H. A. L'RANI'ALL, .ILIiOKOK I'ROIIATK.
In the matter of tin- eMrito j
of >
Mux Unner <tereft*fc<1 >
Notice l« hereby bIvoii by H A. Cfamlull, Jr.
Administrator of the oMate of Max Saner,de
conned, with will annexed, to the creditor* of
mid having claim* aK<iin*t the »ald deceased
to exhibit utich (Intrnx with the necen«ary
vonchera within »lx month* after t'ie flrnt pub
lication of thlo notice, to unhl adtnlnlMrator
at hlfl liome at Reynold*, Ata*ka, the mine he.
In* the place(or the tran«actlon of the htiftL
neaa of »ald estate
l»ated April, 13th, 100ft
». a. <:Randall, jr,
Administrator oj the e«tate ol Mux Saner,
deceased.
Telegraph and Mail ^ Town ill Itself. Blacksmith Shop,
Station. - etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TW1CNTY MILKS FliOM VALDKZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
w
**}ronV'vHiTioz1!o'ViitTHiiminit Pontius Magiiuson Prop
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.
Have established a st a
tion at SUSITNA, at
the forks of the Susitna
and Yentna rivers and
will carry a full line of
MINERS' SUPPLIES
Other Stations at UNAI/ASKA, KARI/tJK,
AFOGNAK, SUNRISE, KODIAK,
KAGUYAK, TYONOOK
Alaska Steamship Co.
"""ST"" All Alaska Routes
SEATTLE-SEWARD-VALDEZ ROUTE
SOUTHWK8TKRN ALASKA ROUTK-flteaincrK Still Iroui Her No. 1 .
KOU CORDOVA. VAT,DKZ, I/ATOITCIIK AND HKWAIW)
Steamships NORTHWESTERN, YUCATAN, SANTA CLARA;
Through tickets iHsneri to Fairbanks, via VaMey,, nml Kd. S. Orr A Co.'s Stoge Line.
SO nnUA Hal's Irom Seward the 1 "it It of eneli moiitli for Heldovla, Kodlak
• O. UUnA I'yuk, Cold Hay, llnga, Chlgnlk, Dutch lla'hor nml Diiftlanka.
SEATTLE-JUNEAU-SKAGWAY ROUTE
Southeastern Alaska Route—I OK KETCHIKAN, WRANOKM,, DODOLAS.
IIAI NFS AND HKAOWAY
Alaska Flyers JEFFERSON and DOLPHIN
FOR KKTCIIIKAN, WRANCIKLL, MKTLAKAIITI.A, IIA Dt.KY, DOUOI.AH
S. S. FARALLON and DIRIBO
All Steamers connect with the White l'a«« ami Yukon Rotttn. Through tickets to
Drwwiii In eonneetlon with stage line from White Horse. Right to chango steamers or
Mailing date Is reserved.
J. H. BUNCH
Freight & I'axft'gr Agt.
HKATTLE, WASH
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSIDE" ROUTE
llot-woon HotifhwoHt^rn A)AHka~Pugnt Hound. f Operating
HteamorH, PORTLAND, BERTHA ami J KAN IK. H Noxi
Hailing for Hoattlo, Taoonia and all In termed Into Ports:
5.8. Portland May 2
flight Ih rotorvod to ohango utaamcra or Hulling datOH
without notion
II. F. ALEXANDER, A. H. DAUTRIUK,
l lRNHHAI, MANAnKR, TACOHA. ( IKNRRAfj AOKNT, YALVKT