The Alaska Prospector
tttbllfthed ui V«l<lez, Alnikn, every Thur.1v
l»Y lh»» VmWECTOB I'VBLIMIINrt > n
I'hone Main l.
t'-uten-U at »>ie VnUtr* P&sioflk* *► mscoiuI
clns* tnft'tor.
Subscription Wiwr year. Xi tor »ls
SltsfM* cov>l«,e H»iont«.
help the poor packer
Alaska recuivcd 32 cents from the
Alaska Packers' Association an rev
enue from the packing of salmon
within its limits by that philanthropic
corporation last year. Other packers
probably paid in proportion. The
Alaska Packers' Association paid a
dividend of *sr>o,000 last year, accord
ing to Its own published statement.
The revenue derived from the tax of
4 cents a case goes to the support of
Alaska schools, care of Alaska insane,
and construction and maintenance of
roads In Alaska.
The Alasku Packers' Association
paid 32 cents into this fund last year
and swore oil more than $32,000 of it.
under the pretense that it had planted
fry in hatcheries sufficient to obtain
rebates to that amount, li is remark
able that the rebates earned by this
worthy corporation so evenly bal
anced its taxes. It pays 1 cent for
every *1000 of taxes charged and
swears off all the rest in rebates.
Really the gentleman upon whom de
volves the duty of furnishing the
necessary perjury showed an almost
admirable sense ot humor in prepar
ing his statement. it would have
been still funnier it he had made the
contribution 30 cent* instead of 32, or
if he had transposed the llgures and
made the donation 23.
This pleasant arrangement torgthe
packers was accomplished in the last
eongress through the work «»t paid
lobbyists for the packers. It is one
of the benefit* Alaska derives from
this ideal system of paternal govern
ment under which it now wriggles,
and through which all legislation
comes from congress, nt the sugges
tion of corporate lobbyists.
Of all men and corporations doing
business in Alaska the salmon puck
ers arc entitled to the least consid. ra
tion. Every merchant, banker, hotel
keeper, manufacturer, mill, carrier
and every public utility pay* " s,i"
license tax tr.r the privilege i>t doing
business. I*hc salmon packer- pay ii
tow cents. The tax sworn ofT h\ the
Vlaska Packer"' Association il paid
in full would have reduced it- divi
dend from l.«s
than i per cent off.
The salmon packers <!<> n-.it -pond
a dollar in Alaska if they can avoid
it, and they usually can. The\ lm>
all their supplies in Han Francisco o
Seattle, hire their men t hero—all
nations and races from dirty white to
dark brown—load lhem on ships and
carry t.heni direct to the canneries of
the north. When the season ends
they load the whole shebang on ships
again, with the pack, and haul them
back to the cities whence they crime
and pay the- men oil there.
And It was at the solicitation ot the
packers themselves that the govern
ment turned over to them the task of
replenishing the fisheries of Alaska.
What for? In order that they might
have more salmon to pack and pav
larger dividends without any return
'o the government which makes all
permanent business Interest* ot the
U rrltory pay heavy license taxes
without rebates.
Oreat Is congressional lobbv govern
ment in Alaska.
TlIK HEARST PARTY
The Independence League, which
threatens to butt into national politics
with u ticket, in the offspring of Win
H. Hearst, who brought It into being
to boosthl« personal political uapira
UonHin New York. It has an organi
sation also in Massachusetts and Cal
ifornia ami in the city of Chicago.
At one time the family seemed to
be numerous but In the Inst year it
has been threatened with nice suicide.
If the league makes an active ll^ht
In the national field this year the fact
will mean that Hearst has doapaired
of annexing the democratic party to
his personal standard and aw* a last
resort la trying to wreck the rem
nant of it and build a party of IiIh
own upon Ita ruins.
This modern Samson was shorn of
his locks and much of his strength by
the disastrous result of the Now York
election in 1000. when ho alone of the
democratic state ticket wax beaten
when'runnlng for governor against
Hughes. If he has recovered enough
to^be able to loosen the pillars of the
democratic wigwam he will.*"probably |
entomblhlmself In the wreck.
Hinee most of Kentucky has gono
prohibition the colonels will note
little and euro loss if the Ohio]) river
'rverflows on that tide and fills the
•rtoto with water.
*! vnjzsgb&i
Cbirlw W.fMorac, ex-banker and
•x-loe king, la held for grand larceny
and next thing some idiot will Hay he
onght to be known as R, R. Morse.
It,Is announced that a bunch oft
Canadian capitalIsta will try to ahovo
lbs GqgganhcUaa out of the Klondike. ,
CONCENTRATION OF ORES
Ouo of the greatest economics in
the reduction offcores i* their concen
tration near the mines, Having trans
portation charges on vast. tonnage of
useless rock and gangue. Additional
and much greater Having can be ae
eomplished.by tho much lower smelt
ing charges on concentrates. For
many j'ears in the mining states con
centrating plants for copper and sil
vcr ores have been operated with
vast profit to the mine owners.
No industrial project ever conceived
with Valdez as its base of operations
could stimulate the immediate growth
of the town as the erection of a con
centration plant would do, and tho
enterprise which J. I- Steele is pro
moting seems to l»e very near success,
having already enlisted tho support
of nearly all tho heavy mining opera
tors in the Prince William sound dis
trict.
I A concentrating plant at Valdez
means not only tho addition of a large
number of men te the local payroll
| but a tremendous impetus to the
mining industry of the sound, of
which Valdez is the center. Numer
ous mining properties are now devel
oped to the point where they would
be steady producers if their output
could be reduced at a minimum of
cost. Although the copper ores of
Prince William sound arc of higher
grade than these ol most large copper
fields of the world they have to be
carefully sorted to obtain a ship
ment that can be transported to
smellers in the states with profit, and
the lower grade rock left on the
i dump is a dead loss until an economic
I method ot reducing il is obtained. A
loeal concentrating plant would
achieve this result, thereby multi
plying many time?, the number of
producing mine* on ?he sound and
| adding vastly to the business of Val
i dez.
Rebellion against the smelter trust
j i-. becoming rampant throughout
the copper producing states. At
this time the trust has the smelting
business f figured down so beautifully
ami U sitting on copper Jpriees so
firmly that it isjcnnbled to absorb
ncarl\ all the profit that is yielded by
c<>pi>er production. Only mines of
higher grade than the average can
innke anything. Because of this fact
projects to build independent smelters
are a ioot in several localities.
Lasl month a big meeting was held
in Helena which the press report des
cribes as "The foundation of a con
certed movement to relievo the min
ing industry of the *t;ite (Montana)
from the prohibitory rates rules and
regulations of tho American Smelting
and Refining Company." A second
meeting was fixed for February 17 to
organize the Montana Mining Asso
ciation, which will undertake to raise
funds for the construction of n co
operative smelting plant to reduce
the product of independent operators
in Montana. Similar movements
have been started elsewhere and Utah
already has independent smelters.
Before Alaska can become n heavy
copper producer it must have local
smelters, or at least loeal concent rat
ing plants.
Why in its superlative wisdom does
the signal service bureau keep th»<
eableship Hnrnsido at Seattle instead
of sit some half-way point on tin.' lino,
like Junean or Sitka? Anil why in
the name ot the beard of trustees
j does it require three days to net that
same eahleHhip under way for a trip
t<» the territory where it belongs? If
all necessary supplies including eoal
were on board the vessel should have
I started in six hours, and if not why
' not?
The attempt of the imj>overishod
federal government to hold np Span
ish war veterans for Ifi cents on
bravery medals makes Oarnoglo'H
hero factory look better. Andy docs
not charge the victims of Ids medal
committee anything for the tags. Tho
government ought to have made the
tax 30 cents,
The strike of the Tanana miners is
for an eight-hour day. Tho prosont
wage of f r> a day and board Is satls
factory but the men want it for eight
hours instead of ton. The strike
began February 1 ami was called by
vote of the men holonging to the Tan
ana unions of the Western Federation
of Miners.
A Seattle lineman found a lot. of
gold bars ami nuggets In an alley but
he was foolish enough to tell about it
and tho police are trying to got It
awny from him. Thoy think all fho
easy money holongs to them.
The Seattle Spirit is gleefully gloat
ing over an offer from Andrew (.'arno
gle to donate IfclOft.OOO from his paupor
library (fund to establish throe bran
ches of tho one he has already given
that prond city.
Tho earthquake bnsted tho cable
but like n» not when the wlroloss «ya
tem Is installed a oyclono will como
along and knook holes In tho air cur
rents so thoy can't be tnoudod In a
W««k.
\
lyOSE THEIR HAPPY HOME
Three subjects of the mikado of
Japan are about to bo shanghaied out
| of Valdez and the United States be
cause they came unlawfully into tho
: country. They did not really intend
to come in so far when they started.
They merely intended to tako a sum
mer's outing around , the seal islands
and incidentally annex a few fur seals.
One day in tho fog they got inside the
three-mile limit and when the fog
lifted they couldn't get out before the
re venue cutter Manning picked them
up with their boat.
Thus it was that these three nomadic
fishermen aehievod a temporary do-;
micile in the United States. A jury
in the district court at Valdez found
them and ethers guilty of seal poach
ing and their employers lot them soak
for the line imi>osod by Judgo ',Wick
crsham. When their time expired
they seemed anxious to stick around.
Hence tho immigration Inspector
caiuo and saw and undoubtedly con
quered. He recommends their expul
sion and go they doubtless will.
This incident serves as a reminder
that. Japanese poachers seem to be
encouraged by the lenient treatment
accorded them by the American gov
ernment [when they are caught tres
passing to continue their raids. They
are permitted by international law to
approach within tho threc-mllo limit
which marks tho border of the high
seas. By treaty botween Great
Britain and tho United States British |
subjects and American citizons may
not lawfully hunt seals within sixty I
mites of the Islands.
The Japanese thus have a privilege
not allotted to the Americans, yet are ,
not satisfied but make u trade "of
crossing tho prohibited lino and even
landing upon tho islands |to kill seals.
It is their success in this, perhaps,
that bun encouraged Japanese fisher
men to raid American shores. Last
summer a Japanese crew attacked a i
native village on tho Alaska peninsu
la and stole everything they liked in
the absence of the natives, who were
away from home
Whilo Japan complaining of ill 1
treatment of Japanese subjects in j
America the mikado's government '
might mollify international friction to
a slight extent by restraining Japan
ese gentlemen ot (piratical tendencies1
from veiling American shores.
Whenever congress passt-n tin- bill
to allt w Valdez to borrow money tor i
the puri>ose of building dams against ,
glacier streums Uut town council will !
issue bonds to borrow the dam money ;
and start the work. This much has1
been decided.
Ancient nations had an art ol boat- j
ing copper to fit it for their uses, and ;
now Wall street has devised a system .
of pounding it down to suit its pur- '•
poses.
If the president changes his mind j
about running again''as often as ho'
has shifted on tho Valdez post office!
there is anxiety ahead for a lot of the
boy*.
I
Cordova has no churches, but then
not many ot the peoplo would know
! how to net it they were to get Into
| one.
MYRTLE MAY BLOOM
IN DREARY WYOMING
The Myrtle dcecrJbed In tho follow
! iiiK telegraph atory wliioh i« going
i around in tho state*# 1h ono of the
! flowors that bloomod In tho late Hum
mor In Valdoz. The fair Myrtle waa '
an Important factor In one of tho {
numerous corporations which flourish-1
' ed a short while and thon faded underj
| the blight of financial frost:-.
Hherldan, Wyo. — In response to a
I letter which J. K. lloskodd, of Dlotz,
| Wyoming, sent to tho Chicago;
1 Woman'H Club a month ago, unking
j the organization to send him o wifo,
a woman who assorted that who wbh
Hont by the club presented herself in |
Hheridan, Wyoming, a few miles from 1
Ilntikodd's home. Hho came from
Chicago on the Iturlington, and to
Station Agent J. J. Kennio handed a
card. On one sido wan tho inscript
ion, "Miss M.1 Katon, dealer In dry
goods and ladies' furnishings, Valdez,
Alaska." On the othor sldo waa tho
name of lloskodd and bin message,
"If you are willing to take a des
perate chance, write me. I am a
good catch."
Itcnnio aent tho card to Roskodd,
who at once mode preparations to i
locate the woman, with tho Intention ;
of making her his wifo. ,8ho was a >
good looking blondo. Roskodd came
to Bherldan at onco on recolpt of the
nows and will probably go to Han 1
Francisco and sen tho girl. Ho la a J
good looking stalwart minor, who has
had a college oducatlon.
Steamer Of 68,000 Ton*
Hamburg.—The giant steamer that
Kngllsh ship hulldera aro to oonstruot
for the Hamburg-American line will
be named the Kuropa. Bite will bo of
09,000 tons, as against tho ftt,600 of
tha Lusltania.
I ■ !■ ' ■' j,1 ■ J... '■ ' LL-UL.' M;
SALMON PACKING
ON BRISTOL BAY |
Thoro are twenty-two canneries on
Bristol Bay and the annual catch of;
salmon in these watera la from 7r>0,000 I
to 1,000,000 cases. (Sixteen llsh are
required to mako a cuho of salmon.) 1
Nushagak river is the greatest salmon
Htroam in the world. Wood river, one ,
of it* tributaries, has its source in
several lakes. Instinct causes salmon
to ascend a stream which has lakes
somewhere uoar its source. The
spawn of the fish is depoBitod in the j
shoal waters of tlieso lakes. The,
Nushagak river is live miles wide at
ita mouth and this width continues
twelve miles above ita mouth. lu
this rlvea the tides rise as high a9
twenty-seven feet. There are also
other rivers in the Bristol bay country
which are noted salmon streams.
Among these are Igigik river,Naknak
river, which heads in Lake Iliamna,
and the Kvichak.
The companies oj>orating in this
region are tho Alaska Packers' Asso
ciation of Han Fmncisco, which has
nino canneries, the North Alaska Sal
mon Company, also of San Francisco,
which has four canneries, tho North
western Fisheries Company, ono can
nery, the Alaska Salmon Company,
Alaska Portland Packing Association, |
tho Alaska Fishermen's Association
ot Astoria, and others. During the
summer season these companies em
ploy 0000 men in their canneries.
During tho winter thoro are not more
than 150 persons in tho Bristol bay
country. All the canneries are equip
ped with modern maehinory.
The Clnm Record
Tho Clum record is tlio title of a j
special edition paper- issued in Fair- ]
banks to boost tho candidacy of Major ,
John P. Clum for the republican nom
ination tor delegate to congress from
Alaska this year. It gives Mr. Clum's
personal and ollicial history from the J
time the stork dropped hiin into this J
vale ot tears until tho living present, j
when ho holds the otllee ot post- I
mauler of Fairbanks and is a postal i
inspector to, Alaska. 'i ho paper is
issued by tho Clum delegate club ol
Fairbanks ,
Judge Harlan loft on tho magoMon-|
h.v tor Fairbanks to havo direct
charge of the district attorney's office .
in cave of trouble over tho minors'
strike in the Tanana,
J. ' It. Crittenden lias disposed of
his interest in the Arm of Crittenden
& Miller to John Miller, his former!
partner, who also takes over the mall
contract awarded to Crittenden. i
■ ■ ■ i - nm »s»—u mw t |
IN 111K MSTKICT COURT FOR THE TEltKI- !
TORY OK ALASKA. THIRD DIVISION' *
I'oter Peterson
Plaintiff,
Vh,
Auiift KrlHtlna Feter*on
Ltefendaut.
I
I
^ Si II 11 i tilt/IIS
'1 * -'UIIC
ea Greeting:
To Anna Krlhtlna Peterson. tlie nbova- named j
defendant,
You are hereby i«qulr*d to appetoi In the
District Court for trie Territory «>f Alaska,
Third Division, at Vald»<, within t lili ty da-.»
after the completion of the publication ot thi>
summons, to wit: Within thirty days front
mid after the 6th. day o! March, 1908. mtti aus
wer.the complaint of the above named Peter
Peterson, plnlniliT in raid aotlon. Tht said
action I* brought to dissolve the marriage ex
(fling between the plaintiff and defendant.
The order for the publication oi this Munition* '
was duly made and entered by the above Court
on the lltU. day of January, 190H.
And yon are hereby notified that If you fn 11
to api ear and nn«wer the said coinnlalut, at»
above required, the nald plain Iff will lake i
judgment against you as prayed for In his com ,
plaint; namely, a judgment of divorce, ferever •
dissolving the marriage theretofore existing ,
between you and tho mild plaintin
Wlthens the Hon. Hllas H. Held. Judge of j
said Court, thin 18th. day of January, In th» I
year of our Lord one thousand nlnenundrtdi
and eight, and of the Independence of ths
United «tato»i of Aiocrlca the one hundred urn)
thirty second.
Edward J Htifk, Clerk.
Uy K. A. Henderson, Defaiiy ClMk. ,
Flint liii»ertlon Jan. 10.190«
l'nit«d Wtatcs ol America, United HtMea Dis
trict Court, District of Alaska. Third idvln-.
lon, Pacific Court District. }
John T. Rice, ) 1
Plaintiff !
VH. i
Ida M. P, llesand Alaska }
Water, Light and Tele- [
phono Company,
l>ef<-nciauts J
The President ol the Ubued Hkate-ior Arftertca,
■hefting:
o the Rbove«natnc<* defendant. Ida 51. K.
(feeling:
To the a
He*:
You are hcrebv required to appear In the
United State* District Court, lu and for tho
■ •Istrlct of Alaska, Third 1 > 1 vi»1 o»'. within
thirty days after the day of scrvlc* of this
summons upon you, and answer the eovnplalnt
of the abort naned plaintiff, s copy ol which
com| lalnl Is heiewlth delivered to yuu; and
unless you an appear and answer, tt« plaintiff
will apply to the Court for th«s relief demanded
In said complaint. This action la brought to
determine tue title and right to po-sessloti of
the watera ol Polomon gulch, nt the Poll'
thereof, o » Valdeas bay, Alne.a. and dannyes
In the aurn of 96,UOO for the wrongful diversion
• hereof. The ordor far publication of thl»
summons Is dated February 4. IPS. and von
are required to an*wer the complaint within
sixty dava after this summons has been pub
llshed six successive weeks
Witness, the ilon. James Wlcker*'«am. Judge
of said Court, th'aHOth day of December, In the
year of our Lord on thousand nine hundred
and aeren.andof our Independence the one'
hundred a»d second.
P.dward J. 8'l"r.
Clerk, i
(Heal; By E. A. flrnderi-on,
Dcpu»v Clerk. :
John A. Cat son and P. M. Brown,
Attorneys for Plain Iff
First publication. Peh. 18, 190G.
Last publication, March m, 1908
. I
lu the Probate Court, Vftldet Precluct, Terrl j
to'y 01 Alaska, Hon. John Lyons, Ju ice.
lo the matter of the Mta'o of Louis Brown, I
Deceased Notlcoof Pinal ••etllemont
not ce Is hereby given 'hat Knut B'ant«ot,
oxecu'or of the above-named e«lato, has rert- '
(lered and presented for settlement and filed
In se4d court his final account as admln'stra
tor of said e-Ute, end that <<n the 30th day of i
March 1906, at the honor of 10 a. rn. at the ,
courthouse, before said oourt, In the town of
vaides, having been duly appointed by the
Jndgofor the settlement of such account*, at \
which time any person Interested lo said I
estate, may appear and file exceptions lu
writing to the same and raakn resistance .
thereto.
Dat*4 tfalslfltb da? ol January, 1W6. L
Knnt Brantset. »
Paecutor of said Will..
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.
Have established a sta
tion at SUSITNA, at
the forks of the Susitna
and Yentna rivers and
will carry a fnll line of
MINERS' SUPPLIES
Other Stations at UN AI, ASK A, KARI/UK,
AFOGNAK, SUNRISE, KODIAK,
KAGUYAK, TYONOOK
M i• xvifor, \ CRACK PROOF
RUBBER BOOTS
&r' —— ~<g>
L\ ll/J !A7L{Q) Lril ) B'.'s.1 Mmle. Aloolute Guar
ivfi> JS\ J with every pair. Your m
c^/i, / hack if nut satisfactory
^ &a£$0
For sale bv A. L. I/EVY & CO
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court House
*
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Kor raleb ami further particulars Apoly to
Phone 77 £. C. Dalton, M. D.
'98 Pioneer '98
Shaving and Bath Parlors.
Best equipped shop in the city. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed the beat
Try Our Sharni v:c: and Face Massage
Baths Fi : S.(- lies or Gentlemen.
CAMERON GOI/D15N
ANNOUNCE MENJ
To the Traveling Public:
The reason why I am able to give you mor accomoda
ilation and better service for your money than you get at
any other place on the Route between Valdez and Fair
banks, is, that I am a Bachelor and do not need to
make a profit on the maintenance of a wife and children.
But, if you ; re one of the Traveling Public who
passes through Copper Center, Stop at Hotel
Holman and get your moneys worth.
Try it once and you will stop again.
RINGWALD BLIX, Proprietor
Telegraphed Mnlf A Town ill Itself.
anntb Shop, 1
»tc., eto. 4
Hla >ksinitb
*tc
Worti
>« £
I'OOT OK SUMMIT, TWICNTY MILES FROM VAL.DEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK O/*" GENERAL SUPPLIES
" """ " "
Pontius Magnuson Prop
MtEIOlt f M'XO Cotilrnett?il for
from VnUK'i to the Hnminit
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valclez
On Government Trail.
licbl of accommodations for man and bea«t. Kreisb Meal,
ulwayu 011 band. Horse ami Dot? Fee<l All tbo latent
Improvements PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
h. G. and O. B, ROR^R, Proprietors.
illSMILlCH ON FAIRBANKS
! FROM VALDKZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
The Tacoma Roadhouse
55 mileH from V^ldot on government. trail. One mil© from
telegraph station at Teikbell. First-claw Accommodation!
for mon and brant. Hav and drain for nalo.
PRIVATE ROOM* Dick Wlndmiller, Prop.
Wlnes,L1quors and Cigars,
The Senate.
T. A. COBB & CO,t "Prop*
Northern Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
C. T>.,*r.»w, Manager PHONE 06 Foot of K«y«ton. Av.
BRANCH OFFICE, CORDOVA MARKET, CORDOVA