VAIsDEZ
The heart k>f
the gold belt
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The most northerly port
In the world open to nav
igation the year 'round.
The logloal enterportto
the great Interior of
Alaska; the ealt water
terminus of the great gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing Into the Tanana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The 8**t of government
of the Third Judicial di
vision of Alaska.
Ths headquarters of the
IMaikA'ttoUd Commission,
of ths Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It Is 85 miles nearer the
Interior than any other
coast city.
It Is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small oraft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any community
In Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year oourse.
It is the only sea coast
town offering direct com
munication with the In
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
est and most dlreot route
to the Matanuska coal
fields.
Its harbor is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific coast and can ride
the navies of the world.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
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Body of OioK Miller, Who Waa
Drowned July 28, Found
l>y a Native
The body of Dick Miller, who
was drowned in Lake Eyak on July
28, had not been recovered until
this morning. A native wa< row
ing near the Indian village about
seven o'clock when he suddenly
saw the head of a man in the wa
ter a short distance away. It
proved to be that of Miller. Hj
wa<* brought to Lambert's under
taking parlors and will be buried
from there this evening at 6:30
o'clock.
Ex officio Coroner Scott sum
moned a jury and a verdict of ac
cidental drowning was rendered.
John Ponnett, who had been ap
pointed special administrator, has
found all the money that Miller
was supposed to have had on him
when he met his death. He had
$95 in his cabin and $250 in the
bank. There was only $2.50 on
his person.
PROGRESS BEINQ MADE IN
DEVELOPING COPPER BELT
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drills have proved very unsatis
factorj-.
Swan Ellgreen has struck a fair
showing of bornile on the Kuska
lana and expects soon to do some
work on the property.
Gray is working 30 men in the
Konnecott, property. The Regal
Mining company's Donohue Pete
claim is showing up some 50 per
cent, glance. It has a showing
of ore from the surface down.
The Bonanza mine i« now em
ploying 180 men. The concentra
tor is shut down ponding repairs.
Gypsum Claims Bought.
F. M. Pettibone, of Taconia,
who represents a company of in
vestors, this week purchased
eight gypsum claims located not
far from the postoflfice of Gyp
sum, where the P. C. Gypsum
company owns a mine of that
character. The owners of the
claims are all local men, among
[hem being Murdock Stewart and
\rved Anderson. Pettibone leftj
for Seattle recently and will be J
back next month. It i^ likely lhatj
mother gypsum mine will lie run-j
ning full blast by next spring.
Ti'"4'
To advertise. If business is quiet
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever suoceeded by outtlng
down hi* advertising Just beoause
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merchant who
gets the moriey Is the one who
oreates a dsmand for his wares
through the advertising oolumns
of the nswspapsr.
If you have something for sals
write up an pdvertlssmsnt telling
Its merits. Ws will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
AtASKA SALMON
PACK IS SLOW
Season's Pa ok Not Expected to be
Normal Owing to Voleanlo Dis
turbance and Strike
That there will be a short pack
of salmon this season in several
of the principal producing dis
tricts of Alaska and that, although
other districts have done and are
still doing well, the total Alaska
pack will be no more than nor
mal, is the statement made by
C. H. Buschmann, treasurer and
manager of the Northwestern
Fisheries company, who has just
returned to Seattle after a trip of
inspection of the company's var
ious Alaska canneries. Mr.
Buschmann brought back to Se
attle the most complete informa
tion relating to what has been
accomplished in the north this
season that has yet reached the
city. He said:
"The reports up to the present
time from Bristol bay indicate a
fair pack in thai section, although
the information available up to
now from that section is at an
early stage of the season, and the
packing then was not far enough
advanced to form any estimates of
the ultimate pack.
"The run of fish in western
Alaska outside of the zone alTecl
ed by the volcanic disturbance, is
normal up to the latest reports
and a fair pack is looked for.
"Southeastern Alaska, from
Gainbier bay and Petersburg
south, which includes all but the
Icy strait, and Lynn canal dis
tricts, has had a fishermen's
strike to contend with, which was
only settled on July 25 in a com
promise with the men. As fish,
especially in the Ketchikan dis
trict, was plentiful for sometime
previous to the settlement of the
strike, a very considerable por
tion of Ihe pack is lost to the
packers.
"During the tie-up, which last
ed about three weeks, no fish of
consequence was packed by the
canneries. A few boats under
contract were fishing, but this was
of little consequence; Ihe only fish
brought in in quantities was from
Ihe few traps operated.
"During the last week about
30.000 cases per day were lost, by
I In* packers, owing to Ihe seines
laying at homo. A good share of
(h«> pink salmon run being lost in
this manner, it is a matter for
conjecture as |c» the seriousness
of Ihe shortage to tin- packers.
"Tin- Icy si rail section, how
ever, has done remarkably well
this season, and has shown a con
siderable increase in the red sal
mon packed. About two-thirds of
the pack prepared for has already
been put up; and, while the run
lias slacked ofT for the present,
there is every likelihood of Ihe
canneries securing the pack out
fitted for in Icy and Chatham
straits.
"On Ihe outside of Prince of
Wales island the run of hump
backs does not begin in earnest
until about Ihe first of August, so
nothing can be said as yet about
this district except I hat the best
of the red salmon run Is lost
through tin* operation of Ihe fish
ermen's strike.
"The section in and around
Wrangell and Petersburg lias li;<
a slack run up to this time, the
indications now being for a short
pack. At Ketchikan fish are plen
tiful al the present writing.
"The packs on Ihe Columbia,
Puget Sound and Feasor are all
short, and to a considerable de
gree, and Alaska can only put tip
a normal pack, according to the
most sanguine expectations; so
with the market in first hands, as
well as cleaned up as it is, no un
easiness should be felt by any
one a« to the season's results."
Tonight at the RPUJettio.
"Marooned," a deep soa drama.
Excellent.
"Tho Unveiling," high- ass
comedy wilh a moral.
"Boeing Indianapolis," sr j.
"His First Long Tro\ rfs,"
school hoy comedy and a gooi one.
Articles of incorporalion of I he
Amok Hold Mining company have
hoen fllrd wilh Ihe clork of Ihe
district court. If Is an Arizona
corporal inn which lakra over Iho
holdings »»f I ho r»l*l Kodiak Hold
Mining company.
JUST SUCH INDUSTRIES
U™ . MIULFOII PHOCPCftlTY
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Bert Bollinger, J. J. Miller aid F.
Thompson, all residents ofjbor
dova. On Wednesday's traii^they
shipped a car load of salt antfcbar
rels, and are now in readiness for
the run of silver salmon. They
propose to salt the bellies V and
smoke the backs.
The flrst company organized,
Cordova Fish Packers' Associa
tion, has met with success be
yond expectations, and proposes
to extend its operations next year.
A'ready a site has been secured
within half a mile of the Cordova
wharf and a cannery will be
erected so as to operate next year.
It will be the expectation to pack
about 20,000 cases the fir t sea
son, and only white men ilto be
employed. Many other flsh Enter
prises will start in this section
next year, and all because Cordova
has a wide-awake and enterpris
ing chamber of commerce that in
vestigate®, suggests, encourages
and inaugurates. f
THE UPPER KOBUK REGION
• SHOWING SOME PAY GOLD
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before Wise came down, and only
two outfits, Thomson and Rose,
and another, were working.
A big tundra fire bad broken
out when he was leaving, and is
doing the country an enormous
lot of damage. It started at Lynx
creek, swept down the Kokoluktuk,
over th<* divide to l)ahl creek and
was coining down that creek when
he left. He says the whole coun
try seemed to be on fire affecting
the timber and worse yt»l, killing
ofT the young rabbits, spruce hens,
ptarmigan and game of all kinds,
so valuable to the prospector, as
well as destroying all the berries.
Such conflagrations do immense
damage, and it is impossible to
deal with them in such a sparsely
populated district.
Kiana was very quiet when Mr.
Wise.passed down. He stopped
there just three hours, and it ap
pears that very many are getting
out, of the camp and either mov
ing up the Kobuk or going back
to Candle. If is rumored that Sei
fTerf is now lurning To Kiana and
will move his store to Deering.
Valdez Real Estate.
If you have a house to rent
list it with the Valdez Heal Es
tate Agency, Wall street.
If you are out of letterheads
call and see our new line of bond
papers. The finest ever brough'
to Valdez.
Whereabouts of 8teamers.
Alameda sailnl fur westward Aug.
15.
Sampson arrived Seattle Aug. 13.
Mariposa arrived Seattle Aug. 1 i.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 0 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays ft to 10
a. m. and 5 lo 0 p. m.
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. lo 0 p. in.
Sundays and holidays It? noon
lo 2 p. m.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice is hereby given thai lhej
regular annual meeting of the
Williaui3-G<>nlzh>r Gold Mining
Company will be hebl at the office
of thr company, Valdez Drug Co.,
Valdez, Alaska, on Monday, the
ninth day of September, at Ihe
hour of 2 p. hi. for the purpose
of electing a hoard of directors to
serve Ihe ensuing year, nml Ihe
transaction of such further busi
ness ns may come before the
meeting. A. E. GRIG8BY.
Secretary.
Notice of Annual Meeting. ' '
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Mayfleld Gold
Mining Company will be held at
the tTice of the company, Waif
street, Valdez, Alaska, on Monday,
Ihe 2nd day of September, at the
hour of 2 p. m. for the purpose
of electing a board of directors
to serve the onsuing year, and the
transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before tho
meeting.
The transfer books will closo
on Saturday, August 17,4912, at
the hour of 3 o'clock p. in.
k S 3 F. C. WEBER. Sec'y.
Valdez Real Relate.
If >ou have a house to rent,
list it with the Valdez Refcl V.ir
tale Agency, Wall street.
If you want all the news all thf
ime read the Prospector
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COMFORT
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KIT MEALS - • - CUM BEOS.
Tak,® • tfJP through the Keystone Canyon by
buo*bo»rd orer the Government hoad. Unsur
passed for aoenery.
PORT
WELLS
Full line Of
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GROCERIES
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FOR PROSPECTORS
At Valdez Prices
BEYERS' CASH STORE
PORT WELLS
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSID3 ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Port* and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - Aug. 15
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle .... Aug. 20
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - Sept 5
Connecting at Seattle with steamers of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co. tor
Southern California ports. Sailings every Monday and Thursday. Through
Service and Low Rates. Right reserved to change steamers andsailinv dates
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Acent
Independenf Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
, Foot Keystone Ave
Rouffh Dry lCc lb.
IT'S IN THE BREWING
PILSENER STYLE
THE BEER THAT MADE VALDEZ FAMOUS
A Home Product For Home People
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
Patronize HOME Industry and Keep Your
Money at HOME
VALDEZ BREWING AND MALTING CO. I
4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
The Largest and Best Equipped Steamships in
the Alaskan Service, ALAMEDA and MARI
POSA, leave every eight days, All the
Year 'Kound for Cordova and Seattle via. In
side Passage.
TRAVEL AND SHIP VIA.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO.
VAtDEZ DOCK CO., Local Ajzent
COAL COAL
VALDEZ DOCKJJCO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO
Port Wells
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THE LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
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Leaves Valdez for Port
Wells every Tuesday carry
ing passengers and freight,
touching at all Why points
where business offers.
Special Trips Caa Be Arranged
Fagerberg Bros.
v> HKZINA, ALASKA
Gtaenl Merchandise
Miners A Prospectors Supplies
Fr*tli Goodi-RMiombl* Pric«a
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Slmt PhoneJ159
Plata ftaaa, window glaaa, Roofing *1x1
baiUlai pa part, rooflai pitch, lima, ca
■Mrt, plaatar lath, inlnglat, balMort'
hardwara. 9hop awl Job work of all hiada
Windows, Door*, Moulding Finish
ing Lumber
At anta for Fair baa It*, Morta Jk Co.
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
l J NfetMfcff font b4«t materials used.
FRESH BREAD DA1LV
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, eto.
['. * < made to order
WOOD A HENRICH, Prop«.
The Prospector la the paper to
buy.