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The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
$7So for Patent.
drug store.

The following estimate of the expense of surveying the townsite has been received by Acting Mayor Crary. No attempt has vet been made to secure the money.
 April ,. 1902. Estimate of the field and office word in connection with survey of the outboundarics of and reserved tracts within the townsitc of Valdez. Alaska.
 Field work $5OO.OO Office work and expenses 225.OO
 Total $725.OO The said amount may he de- posted with any Assistant United States Treasurer. or any United States Depository, in favor of the United States Treasurer, to be passed to the credit of the fund created by Individual Depositors for the surveys of the Public Lands"
 Upon receipt of the duplicate certificate of deposit arrangements will be made to have a Board of Examination appointed to go upon the ground and make formal report as to the tracts of land within said townsite, which, in its opinion, should be reserved for public purposes:
 Very respectfully,
 WM. l.. DI>TIN,
 Surveyor General.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Ancient Curios Found.

A. G. (Kid) Brown secured some very old and valuable Indian Las- kets and other curios while down on the sound lately. Some of them are from a cave in which an ancient tribe of Indians had been buried. None of the present generation of sound natives make such baskets and they know nothing of the peo- pie who are buried in these caves. Some very fine specimens of mum mics have also been found in these old burying grounds.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Telegraphic Notes.


 Taslina, May May has opened with a bright sunny morning. The grass is growing and the trails are dry. Wagons, pack trains and carts are on the move. Mr. Hes passed through this morning with his outfit on d fonr wheeled wagon. which he improviscd from old cart wheels.
 The line construction party will move twelve miles north of here tomorrow and the wire will be put up fast as possible. Construction will commence at Chistuchina soon. T. Cobb left for Valdez yesterday after the pack train.
 Tonsina May. 1 Mail left for Valdez today at } a. m. Mir. Men denhall left No. 3 last night for Copper Center.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
A FEW NEWS NUGGETS.
W, C. Stull. Graduate Optician.

Ava Flames, Postal Inspector has gone West on official business.
 Jean Amcs left for Westward on the Bertha on short business trip.
 Mrs. Strouse has been visiting Mrs. Dr. Bartlett at Ft. Liscum this week.
 Bromide of Quinine Capsules cure cold in one day. at Valdez Pharmacy.
 If you have anything for sale or trade list it with the Copper River Mining, Trading & Development Co.
 If you are tired of using poor flour. leave your order for sack of Holly. Money refunded if you are not pleased.
 Fish Bros. are sole agents in Valdez for Holly flour and have just bought Il thousand sacks. No flour on this market equal to Hol- lv.
 The Newport arrived here from the westward Saturday evening and after remaining few hours. left for Juneau. The trip was unevent- full.
 Mcs~rs Wheaton and Hawes were in town this week from the Bremncr to record some claims and get late mail They returned Tuesday morning.
 Our merchants are now receiving orders for goods from the westward. Remember that the PRospEcToR goes to every town and village be- tween here and Cnalaska.
 Holly flour costs no more than the cheap grades that are sold in this market. Don't forget to in- clude trial sack the next time you leave an order with Fish Bros.
 Messrs Rice. Blumauer and Hol- man gave d very pleasant birthday party at their residence on Key stone avenue last Tuesday night. A small but select audience was present. It is not known whose birthday it was.
 Rudolph Bros. are very busy building the ferry boat for service on the Lake stream. It will be large enough to take horses. cattle or wagons and d number of passen- gers across the stream. The work is also progressing on their road.
 Poles for the telephone system are now Strcwn along the streets, awaiting the wires, insulators and other necessary paraphanalia. These are expected on the next steamer and if they arrive work will commence immediately and be pushed on to completion.
 J. w. Griffin. who held the posi- tion of blacksmith for the Govern ment party last year, and left for Dawson in February. has reached his destination. He made the trip in 60 days. Very cold weather was encountered and he had to break trail for POO miles.
 Mir. Adam Swan is about to begin the erection of a two story house 24 44 feet in dimension. The lower floor is to he divided into three rooms and the upper floor to consist of one room for the present. The building is to be built on his lot at the corner of Mckinley ave. and Keystone street
 Mir. E.C. Richards who has been in Valdez for several weeks and who bought the Hill stock of goods few days ago, has just purchased the furniture business of Fish Bros, and will open furniture store in the Jones building on Keystone avenue. He will enlarge the build ing making it IS 4S feet and will earrya full line of furniture. stoves. hardware and household supplies. Mir. Richards was formerly in this business in Seattle and is a business man of experience. After remain ing here for several weeks he has decided that Valdez has the bright est future of any town in Alaska, and is consequently investing his
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
MINING LOCATIONS.

B von Zeiple, w Anaker, c May man, A Burg, qtz claim Narelna r. 3S4O a oil land, Disenchantment bay by k Bardsley ct al 160a Cook Inlet, c Brooks ct al
 G DuttOn ct al
 l. Royal ct al to F Smythe, 9pla- cer oil claims, Chinitna bay $1O
 P Bradley to l. Satterlee, 16Oa homestead, Kachemak bay $1O
 A Bradley to l. Satterlee, 16Oa coal land, Kenai pen, $1O
 A Bradley to l. Satterlee, 16Oa grazing land, Kenai pen, $1O
 P Bradley to L Satterlee. 16Oa coal land, Kenai pen, $1O
 J Bradley to l. Satterlee. l60a townsite, Kenia pen, $1O
 J Bradley to l. Satterlee, 16Oa trading post, Kenai pen. $lO
 J Bradley to l. Satterlee, 16Oa coal land, Kenai pen, $1O
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

The ocean tug Shelikoff in com mand of Capt. Ellison, left Seattle on Apr. 22 at 10 P. m. and arrived here on the 30th at $ d. m. She stopped over for one night at the Petersburg cannery. The boat was laden with kerosene and gasoline consigned to J. C. Martin.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Location Records.

The following information in re- gard to mineral locations, transfers, etc in the Valdez Recording Pre- cinct is as furnished by the Valdez Abstract x Title Co.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Territorial Meeting Tonight.

There will be public meeting at the Moose Hall tonight under the auspices of the Moose Lodge for the purpose of discussing the Terri torial lquestion. Several prominent persons have agreed to speak on the question. Every one is invited to be present.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

Here We are. All 9Sers, located at Copper Center, carrying full line of miners and travellers sup plies. Copper River Mining. Trad ing x Development O.. Inc.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

Crary's Mange Cure is quite the thing. To make the sled dog lope and spring.
 Along the trail from dawn till dark
 As lively as the happy lark In mornings golden ding -a ling.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
School Report for April.

Those neither Absent nor tardv and whose grades average 90 or above: May Williams, Robert Kelsey and Hilda Hihnala. Enrolment 15 Average Attendance 13.
 ALICE M. LEEDY.
 Teacher.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

If you are in the market to buy real estate, mines or business oi any kind call on A. Holman.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

Parker Bunk House. on Key stone Ave. Bunk. stove and wood. All comforts. 25c per day.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Weather Record,
Remarks.
Ii,in rain X snow

1 Windy. Light Wind. Cloudy
 Above zero except where otherwise stated. Observed and reported bv Dr. L. $ Camicia
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01

For Sale Cheap-A cook stove in fine condition. Call at this office.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
Wild Cat Road.

Another wildcat railroad scheme has just been sprung on the unsus- pecting public at Seattle and other western and some eastern cities. This latest impracticable. infeasablc and unwarrantable scheme for get ing the peoples money. is to build a railroad from Resurrection bay on the Kenai peninsula to Rampant.
 Such well known men as L. s. Senator Turner. ex-Gov. McGraw, G. w. Dickinson and others are allowing the use of their names aS officers of the new swindle known as the Alaska Central Railroad. The scheme to open up the garden spot of Alaska" and the Shushetna river valley where it is not known that a single foot ledge of copper or gold quartz exists, is entirely impracticable from every honest and honorable point of view.
 Such schemes as this and that of q railroad from Illiamna to Nome through hundreds of miles of un- known. unexplored ndunprospect- ed country. is detriment to the entire District of Alaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-05-01
W. C. Stull Expert Matchmaker

Chase and Sanborn's Celebrated Coffee Is to be had at Temple & Dougherty's.
 Several parties arrived here on the Newport, from the westward and will go to Slate creek to work this summer.
 :. A. Temple is down the Sound on hunting and fishing trip and expects to bring back large amount of game.
 Insurance rates should now be reduced. as very vigilant lady has joined the fire department and will see to it that all fires are nipped in the bud.
 Al White is erecting 60 foot flag pole over his property on Me kinley street. A new flag 1Ox2O feet in size will he unfurled to the freeze from it on its completion.
 Mir. A. Lacy the well known sur veyor arrived here yesterday on the Shelikof from Seattle. He is on his way to the Kuskokwim river where he is going for the P. P. & \. Co. to locate and survey canncry sites. Mir. Lacy is the pioneer Alaska surveyor and has surveyed more land in the District than any other surveyor.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
England and Japan.

The actual alliance of England and Japan should have been consummated long ago, for their interests are identi- cal, and their common foe is Russia that country which threatens the in- dependence of both China and Corea. England and Japan will cooperate in preserving the independence of the two countries, and in keeping an Open Door in both of them for the use of all countries. The new treaty means much to the world at large. It is the first effective check upon Russian az gression, and it means that Russia S hold upon Manchuria must be very guarded and secret and weak.
 When to the British navy is added the modern and efficient Japanese navy, and behind them stands close at hand a Japanese army gathered from 40,0OO,0D0 of people, Russia will not court a contest. Her long half-built railway would be inadequate, and her fleet would be child's play to the new alliance. England and Japan will con s-ai the East. and 1t is to the worlds
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
THE TWO RIVALS.

From the Louisville .Courier-J ournal.
 There are indications that Padcrewsli's 8 press agent has been aroused to new ac- tivity by the reports of the antics of some of Kubelills female audiences. Paderew ski played to the Vassar girls the other day, and the story goes that they went wild with enthusiasm. and several fell down in strong convulsions. The hall re- sounded with shrieks and groans, and some had to be sent home in straitjackets securely gagged" It Is observable in Louisville that the scenes of such stories are always laid somewhere else, which at least may be taken as an evidence of the press agents discretion. Even If Kubelik has full faith in those reports, he should not be disheartened. He is young yet and there is ample time for him to greatly enlarge hls output of hair.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.

From the Philadelphia Post
 Public assemblies in New York and Washington are discovering that Milton E. Allies, the assistant secretary of the treasury, has graceful abilities as an ar- ter-dinner speaker.
 Recently at a Knights Templar gather- ing he was the first called upon at the conclusion of the banquet. He had been notified that he would be asked to make a few remarks, but, not wishing to deliver a set speech, he had asked 10 be placed toward the bottom of the list, and had understood that that was to be the ar engagement. He had, therefore, relied on the speakers that were to preceae him to furnish him material for impromptu comment.
 Though somewhat disconcerted by the unexpected summons of the chairman, MT Allies rose to the occasion.
 '"rhere Is some mistake said he, "in my being called upon at this stage of the proceedings, and the incident reminds me of an epitaph which enjoys local fame in my native village in Ohio. At the death of an eccentric citizen it was learned that he had himself written out and intrusted to a marble cutter the le gend that was to be graven on his tomb- stone.
 When the lettering was completed the villagers all went out to view the cpl taph, and this is how 1t read:
 '' I expected this, but not so soon.'"
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 An ignorant man is a merciless critic.
 A man never does anything desperate if fed regularly:
 It's waste of time to repeat hair raising stories to bald-headed men.
 There are more rooster-pecked wives in the world than hen-pecked husbands.
 Most men want to do better. but they are seldom able to decide where to begin
 Courtship is a game in which a girl plays her heart against a mans diamond
 A woman always seems surprised when a man proposes to her, but she never is.
 If women looked like the pictures in fashion magazines every man would take to the woods.
 Only the man with a good umbrella is able to appreciate the silver lining of some dark clouds.
 If the average man isn't born great or Is unable to achieve greatness he tries to thrust himself upon it.
 It is just as important to say the right thing in the wrong place as it is to say the right thing in the right place.
 Whenever a man tells woman that he loves her the chances are he has an axe to grind and wants her to turn the grind stone.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
What Protection Means.

Germany and the United States are down with the same complaint. Both have trust-breeding tariffs, and both have producers who sell dear at home and cheap abroad. Just as our own steel trust is selling rails to England on the basis of $17 at the mill while it demands BPS from home consumers, so the German wiremakers are demand Ing 25 marks per metric hundred weight for their goods at home while they sell to foreign markets at If marks. Ti.e makers of bar and rolled iron in Germany ask 125 marks per ton for home use and 100 marks for use abroad. Germany does not like the situation, especially when she has to pay 115,OOO,OOO marks more to her sugar syndicate than foreign buyers have to pay for a like amount. The British consumer buys German iron or German sugar on much better terms than .tne German consumer does. The German consumer very naturally is becoming indignant. He does not see why he should be robbed in order to | benefit either the producers at home | or the consumers abroad. He begins to see that in a system of protection and bounties it is he himself who pays the freight. He is kicking. He will listen to nc nonsense of the Dingley sort He wants indirect robbery taxa tion stopped.
 This is a point to which the Ameri- can people are coming, and the more trusts that are formed and the more they proceed to rob the home con- sumer the quicker the latter will get his eyes open to the real nature of the pillaging process at home.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
WE'LL, HARDLY!"

From the Louisville Times.
 A bright little business woman, who runs a small store had an experience with a customer lately which broke her heart-temporarily, of course. A gentle man called at her place and ordered a hat for his wife, who did not live here. He was shown everything in the store, and finally selected shape he wanted trimmed. He was a Miss Nancyish fel- low; he looked over the trimmings, feathers, ribbons, laces, flowers, and made his own choice. After giving the most minute directions as to the trim ming he walked off. In two days time he came again to inspect the hat and take it away. He said it was exactly right, the work had been well done and then moved off with the box containing it without one word about the price.
 The little milliner was in tears. It meant a lot to her, but when she got to thinking about suing him she recalled that she did not know his exact loca- tion and had no witness, and that a law yer's fee would cost more than the hat. When she told her father of the trouble the old man got hot. I'll pay him for it!' he said indignantly. "Oh, no, fa- ther," sobbed the daughter, what I want is not to pay him, but make him pay me-"
 Well, hardly!
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
Sousa and His Band,

'"There are bands and bands but not one in this country or Europe holds the concert stage like Sousa's," said well known musician.
 "John Philip Sousa Is not only a great band master but he is one of the kind est and most helpful of men. He is not jealous of any rival but on the other hand never loses chance to speak a good word for brother leader.
 And another good thing about Sousa is his readiness to take up and play mu- sic by local composers without reputation programme. He told me of a case in St. Louis. A musician there wrote meritor- ious little piece and asked him to use it. All right said Sousa. I will be glad to do it..
 And what will you expect me to pay you, in case I make money out of my composition?" the composer asked Nothing at all,' was Sousa's answer And MT. Sousa said to me that the last time he heard from the St. Louis man he reported his profits at $500. This money was realized by the sale of piano copies I popularized the piece, said Sousa, and the composer reaped the benefit And I was delighted that was able to give the fellow lift.
 Many similar instances might be cited. All musical directors are not 50 generous"
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
Chicauo's Sky Line.

The Chicago Council at first said that the sky should not be veXed be- yond ten stories, although the Masonic Temple is seventeen stories high. and there are other excrescences, only less bold, in the Windy City. But there were objections to tensstory sky line, and so it has been repealed, and at present there is no limit. Every street can be made a canyon through which the smoke-laden air can whistle as it listeth.
 The Chicago Record-Herald, how ever a new limit It will accept six teen stories if it cannot secure a lower limit. It insists that a limit is desir- able, not so much on account of the street deep down below as on account of the sky line itself, which should nos be ragged, or rather jagged. But as the sky itself would not mind it, it is not likely that any one would, for the air is too thick in Chicago to en- able a pedestrian to sec the top of the buildings at ali.
 It is conceded that Chicago began too late and drew the line too low ro secure uniformity at the top. If the Huntsville Mercury would not be angry we would mildly suggest to our own Board of Aldermanic Hinky Dinks that the lesson of Chicago cannot be learned and applied here too early. We are willing to accept a sixteen-story limit, but it should be double acting. It should forbid buildings of a greater height than sixteen stories, and it should offer inducements to all new builders to come up to the limit. This would drive Huntsville and Atlanta green with envy, but nevertheless it Is the only way to secure a model sky i, line in this town.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
Chalifoux's Trip.

Few business men know so we'll how to combine business and pleasure as Oliver Chalifoux. MT. Chalifoux goes to New York about this time every year, and while he puts in several hours a day in business way while he is there, he takes in every innocent amusement that is going He and MT. Chalfoux returned from the East day or two ago, where they had an unusually delightful time.
 AS to the business situation I would say it was marked by conservatism. found merchants bouyant enough, but they were not over crowded with orders. There was simply good, steady selling, |" said Mir. Chalifoux yesterday
 After my trade work of the day was
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
Taxing OIeomarqarine.

In test vote a majority of 34 was recorded in the House in favor of the oleomargarine bill, and it was duly passed, and now goes to the Senate. All oleomargarine made to represent yellow butter is to be taxed 10 cents pound. Oleomargarine that is not made in imitation of yellow butter is to be taxed but one-fourth of a cent pound. The difference represents the sectionalism and demagogry which rule the present House.
 The bill was put through the House at the instance of Northern and West ern farmers who desire monopoly of the butter trade, although they cannot confessedly supply consumers with the amount of butter needed. The South is not a butter-making section. It should be, but it is not. It consumes large quantities of oleomargarine, which is clean and wholesome prod uct. Tn substance, the bill is tax laid upon the South for the benefit of Northern dairy farmers, and it is in line with the Dingleyism and subsidy ism of the Republican party.
 But the friends of the bill were not strong enough to shut out the Scott amendment, which provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to forbid a State to permit the manu- facture or sale of oleomargarine in any manner consistent with the laws of said State, provided that it is man. ufactured and sold entirely within the l State" After battle royal this amendment was adopted by a vote of 96 to 66. Heretofore oleomargarine has been made almost wholly in Hi nois, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Connecti- cut and Missouri. Hereafter it will be made in nearly every State if the Scott amendment becomes law. There should be such factories In every Southern State, for cotton seed oil is refined so that it can be largely used in the manufacture of oleomargarine. There is no article of food cleaner or more nutritious than refined cotton seed oil, and it may be that the estab- lishment of home oleomargarine fac tories will lead to its use in the place of lard from diseased swine, for the one is as wholesome as the other is confessedly foul and uncertain.
The age-herald., 1902-02-14
HONEST ELECTIONS.

From the Greenville Advocate.
 Let every white man put his disap- proval on all election frauds; let the spirit of the constitution be carried out in that particular as well as in all others When fraud is attempted let the perpetrator be punished from the start and put stop to it. With a great many people the great inducement for them to vote for the con- stitution was to eliminate the negro so that in future the purity of the ballot box might be assured. Now that has been,. or will be done; let not these people be dis appointed by seeing the old methods again put in force. We believe that in future, at least so far as Butler County is concerned, we will have fair cleo tions