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The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20
Chamber of Commerce.

Our Chamber of Commerce has been hibcrnating during the past winter and has just awakened from its long sleep and held spe- cial meeting. During the winter months there has only been one or two meetings, and it is now time that this important organization awaken from its lethargy and do something.
 A Chamber of Commerce can be an important factor in the advancement, promotion and devel- opment of any community if they are properly organized and work in the right direction. These bodies are quite numerous throughout the western states and wield Il great influence. They are supposed to consist of the best business men and property owners of commun- ity. Their opinions and recom- mendations are sought for and often acted upon by the various committees of congress, state legis- latures and other bodies.
 It is therefore important for the welfare of this community that our Chamber of Commerce should be well organized, its meetings held regularly and well attended. There are many things that could be done to benefit this section of Alaska. Some good work was done last summer during the first few months after its organization, and it should now be revived.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20
VALDEZ, FEBRUARY 20, 1902.

W HERE IS THE to nave tIat CAPITOL OF ALASKA. d distinction.
 Sitka is the Capitol, SO its residents say, as well as the charts and maps of Alaska. Juneau has the United States Dis trict Court. Sitka has the Cover nor, Surveyor General, Land Office, Custom House, Agricultural Exper- mental Station headquarters and the Territorial Prison. According to the Civil Code of Alaska, ''the temporary seat of government is hereby established at Juneau: Pro- vided, that the seat of government shall remain at Sitka until suitable grounds and buildings thereon shall be obtained by purchase or otherwise at Juneau" The grounds and buildings have not yet been obtained, and if they were, the cap itol at Juneau would be only tenn pOrary.
 It is well that the law reads as it does, that the seat of government, if it ever be at Juneau, should be but temporary. Sitka nor Juneau, should neither one be the capitol of Alaska. Both of these places arc too far removed from the center of this great District, to be its capitol city.
 To be near WHERE THE CAPITOL the centre of
 SHOULD BE. Alaska, of easy
 access to all its people, and to do justice to every community, the seat of government should be at Valdez. Should the district ever be divided, Valdez would still be the best location for the capitol of the southern district. It can be reached from south, west and north by regular lines of steam CTS, and from the interior by the all-American trail from the Yukon, and we believe in q short time by rail from the north. There should be United States district court here at the present time, not only for Valdez, but for the entire dis trict from Sitka to Unalaska. A larger part of the work at the land office comes from this section of the district, and while this part of Alaska may not contain as large d population as southeastern Alaska at the present time, yet with our great gold and copper mines in this vicinity, the gold and coal mines in the Cook Inlet country, and the great salmon canneries and cod fisheries of this southwestern coast, we expect soon to have d much lar ger population, and far greater ,.businass than the panhandle of Alaska, where the capitol is now To- .cated. Glance at the map of Alaska and you can readily see that the proper place for the capitol city, if
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20
CIrY GOVERNMENT.

CITY GOVERNMENT. MAYOR, J. l.. STEELE
 COUNCILMEN. JAMES McHIE. D. s. OsGOOD. A. P. OLSON. ED. WoOD. c. N. CRARY. H. H. HILDRETH, CLERK. J. G. SNYDER, TREASURER. HON. J. w. LEEDY, CITY ATTORNEY. DR. A. VONGUNTHER,
 HEALTH OFFICER. ADAM SWAN, PRES. SCHOOL BOARD.
 GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. JOHN LYONS, U. $. COMMISSIONER. E.C. HAsEY, DEPUTY U. $. MARSHAL. JOHN GoODELL,
 DEPUTY COLLECTOR CUSTOMS. C. N. CRAnY, POSTMASTER.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES. Single column, $1.OO per inch per month.
 Larger ads in proportion. Professional cards $2.OO per month.
 Local ads 1Oc per line for first insertion and 5c per line for each subsequent insertion.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20

Bromide of Quinine Capsules cure cold in one day at Valdez Pharmacy.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20

Entered at the Valdez postofiice as second class matter,
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20

the United States District Court? If one of our merchants should fail to pay his taxes, he would be very promptly indicted and taken to Juneau to answer the charge. Those of our citizens who have any litiga- tion must go 400 miles away, in- curing large expense and loss of time, and this perhaps in the busy season, and not person is sub p9naed to act as juryman from this vast country, reaching from Sitka to Una laska. Is it because our citizens are not qualified as jurymen, or is there Il clique that want to keep all the jury money in southeastern Alaska. We suspect, however that the general treasury at Washington is short of funds. and the good officials at Juneau want to be as economical as pos sible, and get jurymen from their immediate vicinity, and thus have more money to send out of the dis trict. It is certainly time that Valdez and western Alaska should be recognized.
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20

Valdez and western Alaska should be recognized.
 VALDEZ is now
 A COSMOPOLITAN growing quite
 HAPPY rapidly, and
 HEALTHY TowN. is a cosmo-
 politan and progressive. town. We expect soon to have our community lighted by electricity and our business houses and residences connected with q modern telephone system. Before the summer is over we will have connection by telegraph with the outside world via Dawson and the Vancouver line. What with these and from four to six steamers il month, is to prevent us from being cosmopolitan and progressive. We have great gold and copper mines at our very door, and a vast agri- cultural country within q few miles. Our climate is most healthy, sick ness being almost unknown. Our winters are not severe and our summers are delightful. Everyone who desires to can find work. Our merchants are busy and there is an air of general prosperity in the whole country. We have happy homes and as nice people as can be found anywhere.
 There is something about the free and easy out door life in Alaska that is exuberating and makes one glad they are living. Some people go to the States with the expectation of remaining, but they generally return. We live as well and almost as cheaply as in Seattle or other western cities. while one can enjoy themselves as well here as in town of the same size below.
 Consequently we expect that Valdez will continue to grow and prosper until it shall be a city many times its present size and with many good, happy homes, and prosperous, contented people.
 The postmaster general has es- tablished a postoffice at Copper Gen. ter and appointed R. Blk as post master. There was considerable difficulty experienced in trying to retain the name of Copper Center. The postal authorities objected to the name for some cause, but after considerable correspondence the objections were overcome and the name is now firmly established. It is we'll that it is so, for Copper Gen. ter has been as much spoken of through the states as almost any other point in Alaska, and if the name were changed people would have to study up their geography again in order to associate the new name with the old.
 THE people of Valdez would like to know who got the interest on the $1 POO school money held in Juneau
The Alaska prospector., 1902-02-20

THE people of Valdez would like to know who got the interest on the $1 POO school money held in Juneau for eight months.
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you want to consider the entire dis trict, and all it's communities and people, is at Valdez.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08
Chinese DeQD Year

Close in their cosy home hooks Lin
coins tawny element will feast and
drink in the coming ten days and
dream of their native land.
1t is Chinese New Year-a season
of it, two weeks in length. but alas
for Lincoln, it is a cheap town. Too
few MOngolians, If there We're only
more the city would see "A spread that
would out-fair all the street carnivals
conceived by the most wildly imagi-
native of LincOln's promoters
There are not more than sixteen
Cinnamon in town. 1t is too few
number and so they will observe the
time as said, in the quietness of their
own snug retreats. a few, three or
four perhaps. will journey down to
Omaha and participate with the ce-
lestials there. They will meet with a
welcome and the most admirable of
hospitality. 1t is the season of hos
pitality and no one is better qualified
for its exhibition than the Chinaman
Suppose he is clanniSh, No race eX-
OuSly hOspitable when occasion calls
and no hostility exists. And then the
joss houses. There is none in Lincoln
and that as much as anything else
will draw those to omaha who are
able to leave. Never a New Year SEA
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08

MI the world over the good time
will rule for two weeks. To mark the
passage Of tn" i.755th year of their
present cycle II is not season regu-
lar i'm its coming. Its time is variable.
Il dates from the apparent passage of
the sun through the sign Of AGuarius
and commenced last year on Feb. Sth
But irregular as il is IL is a yearly
example of wholesome fellowship that
has no parallel in Anglo Saxon Gus
toms. Tables are spread with the
daintiest viands. even il the menu it
self is a nightmare. And To show their
absolute distrust Of one another they
keep a custom Of the ancient times
and take food with their fingers from
the various tempting bowls spread
about the board. II is happy ming
ling Of philosophy and sentiment that
they did not discard when they left
their kingdom across the sea.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08

ncrS. cmblemS. pennants. lanterns and
the innumerabIe figures Of the ingenu-
ity of the Flowery Kingdom. Yes. and
you will hear something. too Crack
ling of fireCraCkers Of all dimensions
and capacities assails the ears and
you see just how the inventors of
these fashionable weapons explode
them. 1t is a Fourth of July lesson to
say the least. And then To travel
among them and see just how they
enjoy themselves, That is when you
get stunning revelation OF the real
inherent exuberance of spirits that
slumbers under the tawny skin Of the
Chinaman during all the rest of the
year. As for elaborate and costly
wearing apparel discontinue your
search right here for il is useless To
seek farther.
Excepting i'm Lincoln. There are no
rich Cinnamon here and there will be-
no amazing sights. Not enough PEG
pie" said Wah Lee to Il Courier rep
resentative when asked why the Lin
coin Chinese would not celebrate i'm a
body. Cost too much. he added
DO il in California, not here" He
said they would eat and drink ut
home and few might go to Omaha
for two or three days. So while the
others are having a huge time. burn
ing incense and smoking their queer
little pipes and calling on each other
and are embOsomed in the brightest
gayety. with business absolutely sus-
pended. the Lincoln contingent of six
teen will keep right on with its work.
Certainly in a way il is fortunate for
Lincoln people who wear clothes that
become dirty. For the city to go two
weeks without The Chinese laundrieS
might wreak no little uncleannesS on
the community. There will be no
cause to worry on this score in Lin
coin. over their tubs and flats the
chinese here will toll as usual and
only enjoy themselves little more In
the evenings, sparing many thoughts
for the houses and tables Of their
more loyal tribesmen in the larger
places who are Iuxuriating in the gil
diest fashion-and they will have more
money To show for il at the end of tine
allotted time
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08
II III f. COZ RIER

son for a chinaman that does not see
him do proper joss obeisance when
such a being is anywhere near To be-
worshipped.
Who ever observed an intoxicate |
Chinaman?
No answer? Good reason, The
thinaman does not indulge i'm sprers
in his New Year season nor in any
other season that anybody knows of
Perhaps some obscure person has seen
a drunken Chinaman ut some period
in his life but be sure the drunk is
reviled by his race for his weakness
Drunkenness is not what they call a
good time and there will be seen no
tanglehOofed Chinaman on the streets
of Lincoln during the New Year sea-
son. That is not To say that they will
not imbibe some. but what they drink
will be Chinese preparation which
makes a man feel frisky temporarily
without Intoxicating him. 1t is named
Chinese whisky and no doubt many
draughts will be taken during the two
weeks ensuing from Feb. 9Th, the
evening of New Years. Speaking of
drinking, however. there is Il game OF
intOXicatiOn which the Cinnamon play.
deeply to the humiliation of the loser
1t is the only game that some Ameri-
cans would be proud to lose 'Tis
thus. The players are paired off.
Operations begin without the aid of
cards or shells or any other little de
vice. The players present their hands
fists doubled. At a signal they extend
their fingers or whatever number their
whim dictates. Without stopping to
figure one of the players scans the
fingers and guesses at the number If
his guess is wrong he takes drink of
grOg. BY turns they keep this up un-
ill one or the other is drunk and this
man, being the loser. of course, is
made the derision of the assembled
heather.
But that is only one of the games
affected by the celestial. 1t is not by
any means predominant in the New
Years festival Peep into the China
town of Il big city. such as Denver or
San Francisco. during the New Years
festival and you rest your eyes on Il
fairyIand of Chinese decoration. ban
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08

We We're at the late Vice President
Hobart's home. and Gondly number
Of us made up our minds To drink the
Chinese minister's health quite fire.
Iuently. We had insidious designs
Wa discovered it. and time after time
he stood firm, serene. undisturbcd.
Later when the men who had tried
To get the better of Minister Wa were
cropping bIindIy toward the haIustrades
and shakily trying To preserve their
equilibrium. Wa. smiling. sedate. calm.
philosophical. and in that keen APP
probation of our English language of
which he is so pat. said, modelling his
head To the unspeeding parting guests.
''rhey-they tried To saturate me
didn't they - 'haTlrs Emory Smith In
Philadelphia Press.
:: :: :
over une-third Of the land in Great
Britain is owned by members Of the
house of lords.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08
Has a Strong Head

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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

The city council is soon to decide upon
who shall be city marshal for the COM
ing year. In city the size of Yakima,
where the marshal is really the chief
peace officer of the city, and where he
has only a small force under him and
must give personal supervision to al
most every detail of his multifarious du-
ties, it takes keen-witted, clear headed
and courageous man to fill the position
acceptably, and one peculiarly adapted
and endowed by nature for that class of
work. 1t is to be hoped the city coun-
Gil will weigh well the merits of the
man whom that body appoints to the
responsible position Of marshal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16
We are headquarters for heaters and

We are headquarters for heaters and
ranges. Wyman & Fraser.
New and second hand stoves, furniture
and house-furnishing goods. Call and
see our stock and get prices. d. B. Fox,
90 South Second street. 47-4t
G. A. Stanton, clothes cleaned and
pressed. Rates $50 per month. Goods
will be called for and delivered weekly.
Room s, Miller block. phone 1921.
1t happened at the golf links. "Where
is Brown?' "He's taking a hazard"
"What do you mean?" "He's making
the round of links with Miss Flirte."
One or two newly furnished rooms
with heat and privilege of bath. Num-
Der Seventh street between Yakima
avenue and A street. 49-tf
Fine line of clocks for Xmas at Din
gler & Pusch's, Hotel Yakima block.
Best and most complete line of holi-
day goods at The Boston.
Hewitt proposed to twin sisters and
both gave me the mitten. Jewett-
Well, there's one consolation your nit
tens ought to be mates.
If you want good meal try Her
Bakery and Restaurant. 49-3t
Boys, get your skates at The Elite, 75c
a pair up. Nice ones for girls, too.
Kruger's celebrated orchard remedy
for sale at Cases drug store. 49-tf
We can save you money on your holi-
day purchases. The Boston.
Avoid whiskey and water, it is dilu-
ton and snare.
The best meal in the city forthe mon
ey can be had at Hers Bakery and Res
taurant. 49-3t
Have you seen the pretty line of
nursery baskets, work baskets, etc., at
The Elite. AIT
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16
Big Fall Of Snow.

The snowfall in the Cascade noun
tains during the past week has been the
heaviest knorn in yeafs and the North
ern Pacific has kept its rotary busy be-
tween Martin and Stampede. At the
former place the snow is fully ten feet
deep, as much as two feet having fallen
in twenty-four hours. From Martin
down to Gle Elum it ranges down to
three feet in depth.
The company, by keeping large force
of men on duty and using twelve help
ers (mountain engines) to get over the
summit. has been able to keep the track
open. On the west side of the noun
tains the difficulties are not so great,
most of the falling snow having turned
to rain and running away down the
fl ooding creeks.-Ellensburg Capital.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

greet us, a spring filled with blooms and
in which the lark will again mount to
hail the sun, and the call of the dove
to her mate will fill the air with song.
THAT experience is symbol that
while a WORKOUT body may need rest,
there is in it soul that had its light
kindled by spark from the fountain
where everlasting light has its source,
and that light cannot be quenched. 1t
is shining somewhere, for death is but a
transition, and we have right to be-
lieye that as progress is the rule, where
that light is shining now is clearer at
mosphere, and to souls sublimated there
are handclasps sweeter than are ever
known here; there is softer music than
was ever PLAYED here; and the love-
light in the eyes that we softly closed
here takes on new enchantment.
"The possibilities OF all this come with
the strength of conviction upon us as
we read of that message finding its way
above the trackless ocean and through
the painless air to tell sorrowing son
that his father was no more it is a SYM
boil that He who holds the mountains
and the billow-tossed ocean in the hol-
low of His hand is keeping watch and
that all is WELL"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16
The Cure Worse Than the Desease.

A man who chewed twenty cents
worth of tobacco week concluded to
try tobacco cure. In two weeks he ate
$3.50 worth of the cure, and for the next
two weeks he used ten cents worth of
Yucatan, five cents worth of candy, FIVE
cents worth of peanuts and five cents
worth of cough drops per day. During
these two weeks he also consumed two
large rubber erasers, ate the rubber tips
from fourteen led pencils, chewed up a
dozen penholders and browsed off his
mustache as high as he could reach. He
is now chewing tobacco in the interest
of economy.-Laredo Texas Times.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

The tendency of some people to rush
into court with their petty grievances is
thus criticised by the Newport Miner:
"There is one little point which sundry
citizens of this section as well as others
should have impressed upon the vacuum
where their minds should be, and that
is that the object of law is not to work
vengeance for the individual who has a
grievance against his neighbor and a
yearning to get even.' An offense
against the state consists of more than
a jawing match between men whose
arguments consist of counter accusa-
tions of canine relationship"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

who have served you well and faith
fully should always be remembered at
the Christmas season. In this connec-
ton THE HERALD would like to throw
out little hint. In making up your
list of presents do not overlook the mail
carriers for through storm and calm,
sunshine and iain, mud and dust, sleet
and snow, they have been faithful in
the discharge of their duties; and a to-
ken of appreciation, no matter how
small, will encourage them and make
them feel that those whom they serve
are their friends.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16
TUESDAY. DECEMBER Is, 1902.
THE SYMBOL OF AN IMMORTAL SOUL.

Judge Goodwin, editor of Goodwin s
Weekly in Salt Lake City, Utah, has a
most poetic and beautiful way of ex-
pressing his thoughts. In referring to
the fact that Clarence Mackay, son of
the recently deceased millionaire miner,
received a wireless telegram in mid
ocean announcing the death of his father,
the judge clothes the incident in the
following beautiful language, and there
are not many finer things in literature:
Notwithstanding the sorrow, there
ought to have been little comfort in
the message that Clarence Mackay re-
ceived by wireless telegraphy on the
steamer in mid-ocean, that his father
had died. At least it ought to be COM
fort to him when time shall have mel
lowed the grief over his bereavement,
for it was notice that the infinite sea
is not broad or deep enough to turn back
or neutralize the sweep of immortal
minds, and was symbol that the waves
of death even are not sufficient to quench
the fires of an immortal soul that the
father so much loved still lives, though
the tabernacle which held his soul so
long finally crumbled and fell away from
around it.
at was symbol that flame lighted
from immortal fires cannot be quenched !;
that while in natures sublime economy
transitions come; that while human
life has like the seasons, joyous spring.
a summer with its flowers and fruits, an
autumn with its harvests, and then the
winter when all becomes cold and still,
when there is no more babble of brook
or song of bird, and when what was so
responsive and warm is stark and frozen
and wrapped in white winding sheet !;
still experience has made good the long
ings of hope and the convictions Of
faith, and we know that after the hush
and the rest another spring will soon
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

As Christmas approaches nearly ev-
erybody is buying or making or think
ing of buying or making tokens OF
friendship or appreciation for their
friends or loved ones. The giving of
gifts at this season, commemorative of
the greatest gift ever vouchsafed to err
ing mankind, is commendable, and the
custom should never be allowed to die
out. Gifts should be given to the needy
and the deserving; to the needy first
and to the deserving afterward. Those
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-12-16

In the death of Mrs. U. S. Grant the
country loses one of the finest specimens
of womanhood. She it was who shared
the vicissitudes of life when her hus-
band was unknown to fame, and who
encouraged him in his struggles. She
bore the honors he afterward acquired
with dignity, and watched his career
with love and admiration. Her loss
will be keenly felt by her children, to
whom she has always been faithful
mother.