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The Alaska prospector., 1902-07-17
New City Officials Have
 Qualified.
City Trustees and School Board
 Elect Officers for the Year,

The first meeting of the new town council met in the town hall last Monday evening. There were present Councilmen Crary, Wood, Crawford and Simonstead. Sim onstead called the meeting to order and c. N. Crary was elected tempor- ary chairman. Two of the mem- bers of the council being away from the city, the election of mayor was postponed until a full member ship was present.
 The following permanent officers were elected. Clerk, H. IL. Hil- dreth, Treasurer, J. G. Snyder and City Attorny, J. w. Leedy. All were reelected and received unanimous votes of the council. The election of an assessor was postponed until the next meeting of the Council
 The election of a councilman to fill the vacancy of $ Poot who has left the city, was talked over, and Al White was placed in nomina- tion by Wood. The matter how ever was laid on the table until the adjourned meeting of the Council to be held on Wednesday night.
 Last night the adjourned meet ing of the council was held and the only matter of importance that transpired was the election of James Nellie as assessor. J. G. Snyder, city treasurer, pre- scented his annual report and stat ed that nearly all the taxes had been cheerfully paid. One or two small amounts are still due but in most eases the delinquents are non residents.
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The Alaska prospector., 1902-07-17
The 1ev Di}}ing5 W1| 0utTiVa| Anything
 In Alaska.
LATEST AUTHENTIC NEWS.

The past reports Of the new dis coveries in.thel lNazina river,district gave but a faint idea of the tru, value of athat rich. isection of the country, only a..smalls portion oi which has yet been traversed by white man. It is estimated now that this gold belt is about 15C miles wide and 200 long.
 Starting at the Chakina river and running to the head of the Nazina in the direction of Scolai pass, it includes all of thes Nazina watershed, both ;.branches of the Chittyna and extends over the mountain range down into the Bremner country. All through this section the gold belt is clearly dofined from the copper belt.
 The copper is of limestone and amygdaloidal formation, while the gold is marked by porphyry and diorite formation, the country be- ing cut N. E. and $. w. by diorite and porphyry dikes.
 The Chittyna has neither been explored or prospected beyond the mouth of the Nazina, and there are not enough men in there to look over the ground this season.
 Those who went in last winter and late this spring centered their energies on Nazina and its tributa- ries. The Nazina, Chitty creek, Rex gulch and Young creek are the ones that have received the principal attention in the way of prospecting, and they have all proved to be rich, producing from Poe. to $2. to the pan on an aver age, but pans of larger value have been found even as high as $2O.
 Rex Gulch was cross-cut and it was found that the pay streak is l2O feet wide and from s to 20 inches thick. One party got to sluicing on a small scale and found no difficulty in producing 6 OF. per day to the shovel, the work being very easy as there are few boulders and none too heavy. for man to remove. The gravel bed is very shallow, bedrock being only from three to hve-feet from the surface all over the country.
 On Calamity Creek, a tributary of Young Creek, work was begun on July 1st, and rich pay was found from the start. The creek Is about three miles long and is good the entire length
 All the diggings so far discovered are below timber line and there is no scarcity of timber. The moun- tains are low and rolling. It is an easy country of access in winter be- ing only 165 miles from Valdez and 90 miles of that distance is over the ice on rivers. One man. who went in over the snow last spring, took $500 lbs. from the Tonsina to the Nazina in one load with one horse.
 MT. NJ. T. Rowland, of Boyd Co.,, Nebraska, who was the discoverer of this wonderful section of the country, has just come out from the diggings- In an interview with the gentleman he states that he
The Alaska prospector., 1902-07-17
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GOOD REPORTS FROM
 NEW DISTRICT.
Good Pay in Shallow Diggings. From $I to SIa Nuggets
 Are Found.

Ine HrSt authentic news from the Bremner country was brought to town last Saturday by MT. Ralph Wheaton, who arrived heSe with large amount of mail and some gold dust.
 As has been anticipated by near lv all, the country has proven to be quite rich and number of very good claims are being worked. As the prospecting and mining con tinues the ground is proving richer each day and new pay streaks are being continually found. The boys have had much to contend with, as the water has been very high and they have had to whipsaw lumber, build large dams and much other dead work. There are many bould- CTS in the creeks, and as no one has any crowbars or powder it iS hard work to move them. Taking these things into consideration and the further fact that it is the first year that any work has been done here, the showing thus far made is exceptionally good.
 The following letter from the PRosrEcToR's special correspondent will he of interest.
 Golconda River, July lst.-Yo1r correspondent has endeavored to get d letter out before this but it has been impossible to do so, as every one has been so busy.
 Prospecting is being carried on quite lively.;Gnd with good results.
 The first cleanup was made on Summit Creek by Me Clain, Gillis and Mockler and amounted to OF Is pvt. for one man working eight days.The largest nugget found so far weighed $12.OO. Me Clain picked up the next largest, which weighed ;$4.0O. Van Iderstine, Monohan and Butler are working No. 2on Summit, and judging from their broad smiles and from the fact that Butler picked up three in the cut in less than an hour which ranged from $1.10 to $l.9O., they are satisfied.
 Grant Sweet and MT. Banta are taking out $500 to the shovel on discovery. Their claim is very hard to open up, but will no doubt prove very rich. Hawes x Co. are prospecting one mile below diseov- cry on Summit, and are having much trouble with high water, but found 20 cents t4sthe pan two feet from hed-rock.
 Dr. King, Anderson, Dunton and Heron are working No. 3 on Mona- han. This is the hardest claim to open in the district so far. They had to build a dam 30 feet long, IF feet wide and 6 feet high and run Il long drain. The best pan found by them was 40 cents and the best nugget 31 cents.
 Max Rigler is working No. above on Monahan. He says his ground will pay an ounce to the shovel.
 The best pay that know ei was taken out of Summit and amount ed to 3 Oz. pvt. in two days for one man.
 The remnants of an old rocker were unearthed on the Hawes claim on Golconda.
 Col.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-07-17

The PRosPECToR will be on sale at Hammond's store at Slate Greek all summer.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-10

The mercury was down to 62 below zero at selkirk, on the evening of Dec. Sd, with the wind blowing 40 miles an hour.
 The Indians are great imitators John Iske has been granted divorce from his wife Sally Iske. Just like Chicago.
 It has been demons trated that Ophir creek has m ore gold in it's immense beds than any other creek in that part of Alaska.
 Last year there were 9 claims on Elliott creek; this year has advanced the total to 54-all within radius Of five miles.
 Moses, Benjamin,l John, Jerry and Arion Sharp are the five Indians that were indicted by the grand jury for the Hoonah murder.
 The bill introduced in Congress last winter. appropriating s40,OOO for an AL askan exhibit at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, failed to pass.
 On Monday, Nov. 24, Guy Morrison was found dead in his cabin at Valdez, with hole in his head caused by a bullet. His roommate, Isaac Banta is under arrest.
 On Monday, Dec. 10th, the U. s. mar shal will sell the property of the Last Chance Mining Co.,, of Juneau, to sat- isfy judgment for s23,493.6O, together with interest and costs.
 The order of Alaska Moose, at Val dez. gave a reception on Tuesday even ing, Nov. l1th, in honor of U. s. Attor- ney N. V, Harlan, and A. R. Heilig, clerk of the district court.
 From July l, 1902, up to date, the fol- lowing sums have been paid into the city treasuries by the district clerk; Juneau, S11,S0347; Skagway, lo,43O4o; Douglas, S7 ,458.90; Ketchikan, S2,325.O7.
 A skeleton found on Madnashka hill, back of Kodiak, is thought to be the remains of Peter Anderson, who mur- dered B. G. Mcintyre, 16 years ago in the A. c. Company's house at Kodiak,
 There are 60 herds of reindeer in AL aska located at the following places Point Barrow, Katzebue, Cape Prince of Wales, St. Lawrence island, Port Clarence, Golofln, Unalaklik, Nulato and Kuskokwin.
 There is considerable talk about a fleet of steamers to ply direct between Seattle and Valdez, and amongst the vessels mentioned as likely to be ope- rated, are the Roanoke, which is a sister ship to the Oregon, the Valencia, Nome City and John s. Kimball.
 J. Cal McFadden died in Seattle from the effects of exposure while a member of a party of railroad engineers in Al aska. He was son of Hon. O. B. Nc Fadden, former chief justice of Wash, ington territory, and once it's delegate to congress, and was widely known by pioneers.
 Ivey goes to Washington with ere dentials from public bodies in all parts of Alaska, while Swineford carries nothing but pocket flask, a grip full of Journals and few clippings from some of the papers that have been dag zled by the halo of intellectually that emenates from the brow of that emi nent ex-hooch governor-Prospector
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-10

It is said that the U. s. troops at Skagway will be used this winter to as sist in protecting the town from fires. All of the towns in $. B. Alaska might use few men, at the governments ex- pense.
 The Alaska Bar Association has elect ed the following officers: J. R. Vim, President; Oscar Foote, lst Vice Presi- dent; J. Denny, 2d Vice President; l., P. Shackleford. Treasurer and Thomas Lyons, Secretary.
 Ex-Gov. Leedy, who rode into promi- hence on the shoulders of the Populist party in Kansas, has now located at Valdez, where he gives his letters, from former constituents, to the papers to publish as funny pieces. Such is grat- itude.
 The Valdez Prospector is of the opin- ion that money spent by the govern ment on the Katmai mail route is ab- solutely wasted, and that the only place where it is proper and right for Uncle Sam to get well soaked by the mail car rier, is at Valdez.
 A petition has been circulated at Eagle and Forty Mile, asking the gov ernment to aid in the construction Of wagon roads connecting Eagle and Tanana, by way of chicken creek, and between Eagle and the mining camps on adjacent creeks.
 The basket ball club, says Valdez paper, has been the cause of numerous family rows, two cases of temporary insanity, and one departure from town, besides the physical injuries inflicted on the bers, but it is good thing and we must have it at any cost.
 Late arrivals from Elliott creek in the Kotsina country say that more actual development work is being done there than on any other claims in the district. Messrs Treat and Hubbard have located one claim of very fine copper glance ore which carries high per centage of silver.
 The discovery of tin deposits has brought new class of investors into the field, and it is learned from the ex- perts who made thorough investiga- tion this summer, that this metal is there in sufficient quantities to warrant capitalists in securing these properties, thus adding another to Nome's many resources.
 A Valdez church deacon found a check in the contribution box on which was inscribed "Good for one drink at the Nazina." A local paper stated that if the donator had placed good solid B Pluribus Unum nickel in the plate, he would have been seven and half cents ahead, and the church would be five cents better off, by which we judge that the deacon swiped the beer check.
 The Miocene and the Topana ditches and the Wild Goose Company's Ophir ditches are the leading enterprises in ditch work in the Nome country. They have demonstrated the great value of water, not only to the miners but to the ditch owners. It is the desider- alum of every placer mining region When the water of Seward peninsula is consumed and properly utilized, the prosperity of this country will be at it's zenith, and the gold product will surprise the world.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-10

They want public school at Coun- cil City.
 Pies, fit for the Gods, are offered for sale at Valdez.
 The Valdez city assessor was s125 better off for the job.
 IA feet of snow on the White Pass R. R., delays the trains.
 Valdez expects to be lighted by cleo tricity by Christmas.
 During fire last week, Juneau sneak thieves reaped harvest.
 The worst storm in the history of the Yukon, began on the Sd inst.
 Mcintyre and Abbey, Atlin mail car riers, are reported lost in the storm. The light weight ex-champion prize fighter mania seems to be on at Valdez. Candle creek was disappointment this year, but the benches may redeem it.
 Gov. Ross beat Clarke in the Yukon election by majority of about two to one. The skagway schools closed on the 4th inst, by reason of no money in the ! treasury. The benches on Gold Run, Bluestone and the Kougarok have all proven good payers.
 An electric light plant, a saw mill, and 400 people makes Council feel like a city.
 It is probable that the Yukon mur- derers will go off in bunch about Jan. 20th.
 On Oct. 3oth the view of the Aurora Borealis at Copper Center was most magnificent.
 Chinilna, the belle ot copper center is married and not klutchman is left in the place.
 Capt. Robinson will enlarge his saw mill at Valdez to a capacity of 25OOC feet per day,
 The Solomon river country in the  Nome district promises to become a great producer.
 The voice of the musher is now heard on the Yukon trail, and the tide of win ter travel has set in.
 The gold taken from Anvil creek is Iothing to compare with that to be found in the Anvil benches.
 The Valdez jeweler who gives dia mond ring to each new baby born il that town, has taken quite job.
 The Valdez K. of P. have organized club, with Chas. Simonstead as chair man and W. E. Boushor as secretary.
 Adam Swan has been offered. s75 month for three years lease of a lot in Valdez. He's a goose if he don't take it.
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-10

Now comes an inquiry from an in dividual down in the farming region of Washington, wanting to know if it would be advisable to bring to Valdez, GA Cider mill to make Plenty Cider and vinegar" No, it would not pay. From present indications the apple crop in Alaska will be small next year. Then besides that, cider is too weak for the average Alaskan. Bring hootch mill.-Prospector.
 On Oct. 3lst, MT. F. J. Golden arrived at Valdez overland from Dawson. He left there Oct. Sth, without pack of any kind and with only lunch in his pocket. He was only forced to sleep out on three occasions. The rest of the time he found good quarters and plenty to eat. Before crossing the summit he was delayed couple of days making snowshoes. The whole distance was made in 21 days of sctual travelling.
 Prof Asser, the Dutch jurist, who has been arbitrating the claims of American sealers for the seizure of their vessels by the Russian govern ment about ten years ago, has delivered his award in favor of the United States. He appraises the damages in the case of the American schooner c. H. White at S32, ,444, in the case of the James Hamil- ton Lewis at S2S, ,599, the Kate and Anna at s1O,488, and the Cape Horn Pigeon at s3S,750.
 The new lighthouse tender Heather, in Seattle, was launched at Moran Bros. yards, on Nov. 17th. Rear Admiral Stirling and staff with the regimental band from Bremerton, were in attend ance. Dorothy Langftt, daughter of Captain w. c. Langfitt, christened the craft. It is estimated that three months will be required to fit the Heather for commission. She will be used either in the Puget Sound district or Alaskan waters, and will cost, commissioned, about S175,000
 The Kayak oil we'll, after spouting 8 feet beyond the 85 foot derrick for a week, has again been plugged and nothing more will be done on this we'll this season, says the Valdez News. The manager is afraid to drive down through the second strata for fear the flow will be so great as to be uncon- trollable. The company has 50 men on the ground at present. The Bertha brought up consignment of rails for them on her last trip. Quite number of people are on the ground and are stalking oil land in all directions.
 Dawson has 250 school children. A fine, roomy, modernly furnished two-storied building, of the type of the ordinary school on the outside, ac- commodities the children. The grades include kindergarten, primary and all other grades up to the high school. The building is furnished with the best modern furniture and heated by hot air. A small branch school is maintained at the other end of the town, and another may be started soon. Schools are also maintained by the government at five places on the creeks and at White Horse.
 For family use in mum berless ways
Douglas Island news., 1902-12-10

For family use in mum berless ways BILLIARDS SNOW LINIMENT is a useful and valuable remedy. Price, 9 and 50 cents. For sale at J. Heubner's drug store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23

Miss Katherine Kelley, who had been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Tut
tie for week. left this morning for
Cambridge. Mass
Miss Nellie Branard and Miss Maggie
Mccarthy left today for No. Cambridge,
Mass, where they have employment for
the winter.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23
DOW X CARTER.

VIM. H. Sedgeley is passing the week
with relatives in Gardiner and Bow
doinham.
CLYDE Hoxie who has been at Crescent
Beach, Mass, the greater part of the
summer, returned to his home here,
w daesday afternoon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23

Let US frame your picture. We take
out all of the wrinkles and use new
kind of backing that will not stain the
picture and ask you no more.
BRAGG & VARNEY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23
SOEASY SILVER POLISH.

Use Soeasy Silver Poll
ish, it is the best that was ever
put on the market.
AS usual we have a COM
plete line of Jewelry, Watches,
Clocks, SiIyerware, Cut Glass and
Fountain Pens.
Columbia Records at So per dOz
Call and hear our new Disk
GraphOphones, they are louder
than any Graphophone made.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23

The Knot Tells.
An Irish couple whose married bliss
was not without few squalls" re-
ceived homely lecture from the spir-
itual adviser regarding their disgrace
full quarrels.
His reverence said, THAT dog and
cat you have agree better than you"
The reply somewhat upset him: "If
yer rivirence Ill toie thin tighter, yell
soon change yer moindp'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23
You Can Vote for Any
Contestant.

Inquiry has been made regarding our
voting contest, whether there are any re-
strictions in regard to voting; that lie,
whether persons residing In Skowhegan,
for instance. have right to give their
votes to a candidate who resides in the
town of Madison of Cornville. 1t is
only necessary to say that there is no
restriction in this respect. Any one
having votes can give them TO any can.
didate for either of the three Ranges.
| No. !. No. 2 or No. 3. There is. how
ever, restriction In regard to the resi-.
dence of ladies eligible to receive votes
/ In the several contests. Candidates re-
ceiving votes for Range No. ! must re.
side in Skowhegsn. Candidates receiv-
ing votes for Range No. 2 must reside
! In either Of the towns OF Smithfield,
Mercer, Norridgewock, Starks, Madison,
Arson, Embden, New Portland, Scion,
Bingham, Moscow, Concord or any
plantation in the county. Candidates
receiving votes for Range No. 3 must
reside 10 either of the towns of Fairfield,
Pittsfield, Canaan, Cornville, Athens,
Harmony, Hartland, st. Adams, Pal
myra, Detroit, Ripley or Cambridge.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-23

A fine room tenement to rent. APP
ply to |. j. Smith. 35tf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-09-17

in the commissioners path, butIeVeTy%.
thing was overruled and the basement
opened by force.
Discoveries were made which left
no doubt that your conclusion was only
Too accurately drawn" said the secre-
tary, lowering between confidence and
reticence "The governor resigned be-
lore the commissioners ictt, and the
deputy governor was appointed as
stop-gap. The same evening a raid
vas made upon pawahroi:sl s shop
in Mile End. kept ny Warder Williams
b1 other, and between G400 and $500
of base coin was found there. Strange
to say, the police have been interested
in that shop for some time, owing to
the frequent complaints of sailors, who
largely frequent it, that bad money
had there been foisted upon them. The
business was an excellent medium for
passing the coins. We are inquiring
what other methods were also adopted.
Considerable changes will be made at
Shashnal, but it is undesirable that
the matter should become public
knowledge" the secretary concluded.
"The profits appear to have been very
considerable, and the coins are really
masterpieces of their kind"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-09-17

nently. Then it is that the first-clasH
animals show their superiority. They
fatten easier and quicker than the poor
scrubs and common barnyard creatures,
and for every pound of feed given they
add more to their weight than the vor-
acious poor stock which eats but never
seems to fatten up.
We must take the two factors into
consideration-the cattle and the Iced
ers. 1t may be asserted without fear
of contradiction that good profits have
been made IN the past season only
where good feeders have. had good cat
tie to prepare for market. A wise, IN
tellicnt feeder with inferior scrubs
would be so handicapped that he would
probably lose in the end or Dareiy
make both ends meet. The haphazard
careless feeder with the best of cattle
for fattening would probably waste
his corn in such a way that it Is
doubtful if anything would be made IN
the end. In either case the results
would prove satisfactory. This mere
ly emphasizes what has often been re-
peated. 1t takes an intelligent feeder
and good cattle to produce the highest
results. In seasons of plenty, any one
may Accidentally make money, but
when the price Of feed and cattle pinch,
then only the intelligent feeders make
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