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The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
TEXT OF BILL FOR
 VALDEZ BOND ISSUE

Copies of tho bill introduced in con- gross by Delegate Gale to authorize the town of Valdez to issue bonds to raise $15,O00 flor tho purpose of con- structing dams and dikes for protec. ton against glacier streams" have been received here. The bill pro- vides that the bonds may run for a term not less than five nor more than fifteen years. Tho second section, governing the details of the issue, reads az follows:
 SEC. 2. That tho issuance of said bonds, the rate of interest which they shall bear, the manner of creating q sinking fund and providing for the payment of the samo, and the denom- nations of the same, shall be fixed by tho common council of said town of Valdez, and the money received from the sale of said bonds shall be ex. pended under the direction of said common council, their agents and engineers, for the purposes aforesaid.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
INSPECTOR WILL
 DEP0RT JAPANESE
Convicted Teachers Now Out of Jail and Will Be Sent
 Back to Orient.

kazis Rrauczunas, inspector In the United States immigration service, ill charge of the district of Alaska, Is in Valdez to hold an inquiry into the case of the three Japanese sailors who were convicted in the district court last August Of seal poaching ir the Pribilof islands and were com. pelled to serve out their fines in jai hero, with tho purpose of ordering their deportation from the country. The hearing will be held late this af ternon and will be a mer. formality, as under the laws the men have nc legal status in the United States.
 These three contraband Japanese were fined $500 each by Judge Wick ersham and at S2 day they wore out their sentences late in January. They wore then due to leave, but they are i'll no hurry. In fact they rather like the United States as far as they have gone and arc willing to stay In Val. dez and hustle for living. This pro- joct to ship them back to the Fader- A''i'' ID hoe "e 'heli request. "nlie they were trusties in the jail, doing flunkey work, they led an existence that was to them reveling In the lap of luxury compared to the life of Japanese seal poacher. They couldn't be run out of town with pack of dogs and it will take the strong arm of the government and the Big Stick to eject them from America.
 Seven other Japanese wero con- victed of seal poaching at the August term but they belonged to another ship, owned by another company, which promptly paid their fines and they were sent back homo at once by way of Unalaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
ID PUT REYNOLDS
 INTO BANKRUPTCY

Proceedings to force Henry D. Roy holds and the Reynolds Alaska De- velopment Company into involuntary bankruptcy wore instituted in the district court late Saturday afternoon, Two petitions were filed--one against Henry D. Reynolds by J. c. Martin, T. J. Donohoe and John c. Snyder; the other against the RoynoldS-Alaska Development Company by A. u. Bak- CT, II. $. Waterman, k. Carlisle A.J. Moals and Ostrander & Donohoe and J. 1T. Murray appear as attorneys for
 tho petitioners in the former case and r. M. Brown in the latter.
 It ia set forth In both petitions that Reynolds and his various companies arc insolvent and have committed re- peated acts of bankruptcy in tho past four months and that only by bank ruptcy proceedings can tho numerous creditors be protected.
 Payment was made of the last S15,- GOO due for tho sawmill Saturday. The sale was made last August for S30 GOO, half cash and half on a note due in February. This deforred pay ment was taken mp with $tO0 interest on the last day, Reynolds now owns the four-fifth interest of Levy & Com pany and J. Y. Ostrapder. w. M. Finical owns the remainder.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Notice of Forfeiture

vaides, Alaska, February iS, lPos. To Gabriel Aaplsnd:
 You are hereby notifed that there has been expended In the year 1907 in labor and im- movements upon tbe Alice placer group of 30 acres tue sum of four hundred dollarP tsiool aud upon the Company Humbei Two group Of l60 acres the sum sf eight hundred dollars (tS0ol; both of said groups of claims being sit. uated upon tho middle fork of tho Chestoche. ns river Ia Cbesne mining district, Territory of Alasks. tho said sumo being tho amount re. quired by the laws Of United States governing the iocs'ios and holding of minina claims, said for the following calender year, 10 wit; tho yeer 1908; the ssid work having been per sormed by your former co-partner In said claims. W. 4. Giikey; and tn st the eaid W. A.. 0ilkey has Bipce sold and trep9ferred ts the under issed, Wm. A, Schroeder, Jesse T. Gar yer and James Garrett, all his right. title snd interest In end te Paid claims.
 And unless within ninety days sitter the completion Of the publicntiop of this notice, towft; within nintty days sftef the ltth day Of Nay loos, you contribute your propoftiOn Of such apnua! asssFsmsnt york, to wit; tho sum Of ens husdyed dollars tsieo) for the ssid Alice group oi olsins. and ono bsndrsd dollars 2sio0j for tho ssid Com pany Numbov Two group of claims. your interest in ssid claims and an of them, will be forfeited to nsd become the property oi yonr prss9nt eo.ownsrs, aforesaid. Wn. A, Schroeder
 getss Q. Carver
 James Garrett
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
MAN TRIES ID
 COMMIT SUICIDE
Mat Groppe SIashes His Throat With Razor but
 Will Probably Recover.

Mat Groppe attempted suicide at Ellamar yestesday by cutting his throat with a razor. G:cppe had been working for the Fidalgo- Alaska Cop per Company at Fidalgo bay, and a few days ago drew his pay and went to Ellamar, where he secured cabin. Yesterday he slashed his throat with arazor. completely severing his wind pipe.
 Aroused by the mans peculiar breathing two neighbors entered the cabin and found him on the floor bathed In his own blood. He was hurried to the launch Corsair, then at Ellamar, and was brought here last night. Dr, Dalton was called and Groppe was removed to the Valdez hospital.
 AS the man was In precarious con- dition, restoratives were given him and the deputy U. s. marshal sent for, In whose presence Groppe wrote that hc had done the cutting himself be- cause of dependency induced by the severe illness of his sister
 This morning Groppe is somewhat improved, and bids fair to recover.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRI l TORY OF ALASKA. THIRD DIVISION

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRI.
 TORY OF ALASKA. THIRD DIVISION Thomas Booth and Charles IecklenbrrS, co partners, doing bushes under the No 2l4 firm name and style of
 Plsintir sunms.. II. D. Reynolds. Defendant.
 The President of the United states of Am,r II. D. Reynolds
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska. Ihirl nivision. holding terms st Valdez ih said Division and Territory, and to answer the
 com Plsint of plnintifis filed iu the above en
 titled action. within thirty days after lhe com
 pletion of the period of publication of fhis
 summons. to wit: Within thirty days after the
 sixth six day of February. A. D., i6cs, The ordef
 Is dated on the 0th. day of November, H
 The said sboye entitled action Is brous ht [.
 eight dollars and thirty-eigct cents. duo from
 defendant to plaintiff. upon certain draft
 sv drswn by satd defendant, ss and acting ana uoln8 Dusidess unde" the name of "Reynolds l bank" upon the National Bank of Commerce,
 or Seattle. Washington, in favor of said pisia, said sum. the said defendant then and there having no funds whatever In the hands of
 said drawee subject to the said draft. and has
 drawse named ln said draft. subject to the
 said draft, all Of which the said defendant 'nfn hhu .hefe well knew. The payment Of said sum was, before the commencement of this action, demanded nj said defendant by said plaintiff
 And you are hereby notified that II you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as above required, the said plainti1's Will take judgement against you for the sum of eleveB huncrcd aad thirty-cight dollars and thirty. eiBht cents. with interest. pnd costs and dis burscmenss in said action witness the Honorable James WickershaR Jude Of said Court, this 24th. day of Decem oei In the year Of Onr Lord one thousand nine hun. dred ana seven hnd of the Independence of the united States of America the one hun. dred and thirty second. EDWARD ]. SiIEk. Clerk Ny l.. II. Henderson, Deputy Clerk Ostraiider X DonohOc
 Valdez, Alaska.
 Attorneys for Plaintiffs. Date oi first publication, December 70, Iyy ! Date 0! last publication. February 8th leOS
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
iH THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
 TERRITORY OF hLhaKA. THIRD

iH THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF hLhaKA. THIRD
 DIVISION.
 oi Subpocnn to Henry D. Rnynoids. Alleged
 bankrupt. Hnnkrnpt United States Of Americsl
 District of Alaska Third Judicial Division.)
 To Henry D. Reynolds to said Dlvisi"n.
 Greeting: For certain causes offered before the district court for the Territory of Alaska. Thtrd DiVi. sion, as a court sf bankruptcy, we command and strictly en}oin you, laying all other mat. that you personally appear betoro our said district court to be holden in Valdez, In said district and division, within ten dHys from tho date fixed in the foregoing order as tho last date of the publication Of this subpoena, that is to say on or before the ninth day ot March. John q. Snyder, and T. J. Donohoo, in our said court, praying that you may bo ndjudged q bankrupt; and to do further and receive thpt which our said court shall consider in this Do half. And this you are In ao wibo to omit un. der the pains and penalties that may hafali thereon,
 And you shall enter your appearance In said m0 ter Tn the clerks office and shall plead 10 said petition within the time required by law, otherwise said petition may Do taken pro confesso.
 WITNESS the Hon. siiss II. Reid, Judge of ssld court, and the seal thereof, at Valdez this lish day of Feofu'TEy Eydxsra A; 9, J. ieSs; se,er,
 Clerk of the District Court
 for the Territory of Alaska
 ThiFd-Diyision.
 Fly E. 4 Henderson. Deputy
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
SUMMONS FOR PUDLICArfOy

in the United States District Court for Inc
 territory Of Alaska, Third Judicial DiyisloE
 LeRoy Y. Ray, PlSintiI,
 Gertrude II. Ray. Defendant
 The President ot the United States Oi America
 Greeting:
 To the above named defendant:
 Yon are hereby required tO appear in lhe
 Distrlct Court for the Territory of Alaska Third Division, at Valdez, within thirty days
 after the comp ction of the blIcation of thie summons: towit, within thirty days after the 10th day ot March 1908. and augwer the com. plaint of tho plnintitf filed in said action, or Judgment will bc taken against you iu dsfauIt oi such nnswer in accordance with thr prayer Of pinintin in his said complaint The said action IS brought against you the said defendant. by the plHintin 10 obtain decree ot divorce diSsolving tho marriage rsie ton heretofore and now existing between you and said plaIntiT An order for publication Of summons In thI- action was made hy the Hon. siias fl. Reid judge oi Sn!d court, in open court on the sth day Of February, 1908.
 Witness the Honorable SildE H. RCld Judgr or snid Court, this lith day of February leJS and Of tho independence the United Btstcs 'ho on" hundred and thirty second. Edward ]. stier 'lSrk of the District Court for the iertt tory of Alaska. Third Division. Ky F.. A. Henderson ,,, Deputy Clers
 Last publication, March 26, I9yS
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
WHARF EXTENDED
 t2 FEET OUTWARD

The Valdez Dock Company is just completing an extension of 12 feet to it's wharf, made necessary by the gradual filling of the bay along tho waterfront by deposits from the glacier stream. During tho past year the beach line near the wharf has been extended toward the bay from this source fully 20 feet. With the addition thore is now G depth of 40 feet of water at low tide along the front of the wharf.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Application For Homeatead.
Application tor Additional Entry Under See
 Non 2906 Revised Statutes,
 U. s. Land Offee at Juneau, Alaska,

Application tor Additional Entry Under See
 Non 2906 Revised Statutes,
 U. s. Land Offce Rt Juneau, Alaska,
 November 2k, lsOa.
 NoHCs Is hereby given. that George J. Lsvs. whose Post omco address IS Valdez. Alaska, Scot: Evans, being entitled to the beasats Of see ion ?ao5 of the Revised statptes oi lands Co soldiers nnd sailors who served in the war oi the Rebellion, does hereby apply ts enter the lands embraced in U., 5, surveyN No f55. situated near Valdez in the Dlstrict of Alaska, latitude 6l deg. 0S min. N. and ionsI ,uds iie deg. II min w.. and more paftlculsfi, described AS follows:
 Beginning at corner No. oI said surycyN Nc, i65, green stone lsK6K6 marked S.--46S Cor .. s; Loc. Mon. No i55 bears g. 53 deg. l6 miu bears g.. I7 deg. Sj min. F.; 63.21 chs. distautt thence N. 31 deg. 0l min, ". 40 chs, to Cor. NO @ said fGS $ar3ey 'GSPSs N Ge ysdcs iS ss S 9l 9l chs, Co Cor. No. 1. Of said survey No, ptE thence .wcst &so3 chs. 60 Cor No. of ssS I f% @ gs sna cres aS %sHeo GS ?S S degrees b1 minutes East. ns additional to @ en,STSd on TniSe ,hS shS April 1898 per. honest cad No. S6, ot Stevens Point, Wisconsin; andwhich the said Winhela Scott Evsns entered on the i7th, day of Juns 1875 aI Harrison, hrkonsas, per homestssd
 Any and all persons claiming adversely aHs portion of the above described tract of land are required Co Ale with the Register ani RecslysS of the U. 5. Leud office al Juneau, Alaska ihsk tuF0Ttt tlhlHn tNVIelot unuoT O0tH, uuflng thf period of publication or within thirty dsys thereafter or they will ho barred by preyk. ions of the statutc GHoRSg J. Loyg, Assignee of Sathsniel KimbsA aud Winfield Scott Eysns, it Is hereby ordered that the notice of ,hs foregoing application be published iR che "PYos2eotor," weekly newspaper, printed sad published et Valdez, Alaska, for the statutory period, and hereby designate the sstas ea the newspaper published nearest ihs above ds. pcribed land
 JOHN ". DUDLEl, Rssis,ss. Date of 1fst publication, December n, ieo7 DstP of last publication, February t1. teo5
 JoHR LYoNs,
 Attorney for Applicant.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
THE DISTRICT COURT FOR rHx
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA. THlRF

VT hbSShh, IhlhT DIVISION, AT VALDEZ.
 J. ". SNYDER, P'oin.iH. sapmon. tet
 H. D. REYNoIips, pefendsn..} P"St1esis0" So. sis ; The President of the United states of Amcrics toH. D. Reynolds, greeting:
 fou are hereby summoned and required te tha complaint herein wihtin, thirty l3O) days from the completion of the publication of thts 1 summons. to-wit; within t30) thirty days from tho 20th day of February, 1908, to.wit: on the 2lst day Of March 1908, or judgment for want | thereof will be taken against you. and ib case you fail to answer the complaint hereia
 the plaintif will ask of the court for relief de. manded In said com plaint.
 This action Is brought upon the contract ioG iivered by the paintin to the defendant, where
 in the plaintiff demands judVment for Twelve Hundred seventeen (Sl2l7.76) Seventy six hun. dreth Doll lars anu costs Of the action in which action and attachment has been issued out of the clerks office of said Court, and property Of the defendant seized under the said writ, and that tho plaintiff will apply to the court for Judgment and order directing the sale oi said property or so much thereof as will satisfy
 the amount found due tho plaintiff. ealu summons was by order of the court on the Sth day et January, 1908, at Valdez, Alsska directed to hc served upon the defendant hy publication. Date of first publication, January 3, 1908 Date of last publication, February 20, leOS Witness, the Hon Silas H. Reid, Judge of sats Court. this sth day, ef January, lqOS aA Valdez. EDWARD J. STEER Clerk of U. 8. District Couti. By N. II. Cox. Deputy.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
HYDRAULIC PLANT
 FUR LOWE RIVER

A large hydraulic plant will oper- ate on leased placer ground In Craig basin, tributary of Lowe river. about twelve miles from Valdez as early in the spring as the machinery can be installed. J. l.. Solomon will superintend the work. He Is an ex- perienced miner, having operated in Dawson and other camps for many years.
 The ground which will be worked by Mir. Solomon has been tested In many places and good returns ob- tainod trom gravel everywhere, suff- dent to justify a large expenditure for machinery, in the opinion of the men who are putting up the money.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
IT. THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRI RIlORY OPlALhSKA, THIRD
 DIVISION
In the matter of the
 cyIatc Of Henry D. Reynolds. R baukrupt
ln Bankruptcy
 No 2I5

In the mat, matter ofthe In BOgkr@Ptcy henry ID, Roynolds, Order directing ser
 bankrupt vice By publication
 Whereas apeti Ion was. on Ae ;th day of Feb bankruptcy agalnst Henry b. Reynolds. and it appears lheI eirom that said bankrupt ls not witbin the district, and it further appearing that subpoena was duly and regularly issued In said ma ter on the tenth day of February, l9o6 and placed In Inc hands of the United stes Marshal On said day for service, and has this day been ret irned to the clerks ehlee with the indorsem"nt thereon that the said Henry D. Reynolds, after due and dilligrnt S arch, cannot be found within said district, and it appearing thsrefrom that personal ser. vice of the subpoens herein, cannot be m ade upon him hereini now, on tho motion of Os. wander Donohoe. attorneys for tho petition erS
 IT Is ORDERED;
 That service of such subpoena ba made by publishing this order together with said newspaper, published at Valdez, Alssks, In said district once < week for two consecutive weeks, the last of such publica ions to bo on the 27th day of February, 1908; and by mailing copy of this order and said petition and ssid s.bpoene to the last known place of abode of ths said Henry D. Reynolds, in said distTiet, on or before the day of tho first publication.
 WITNESS, the Hon. siias II. Reid. Judge of m q Court and the seal thereof, ct Valdez, In ssid district, on 'he lith day of February, 1908
 Seal sil-sH. Reid, Judge Attest, Edward J. Stisr,
 Clerk of the District Court for
 the Territory of Alaska, Third Division. By K. A. Henderson, Deputy
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Good Knight IaIand Sale

A copper claim adjtcent to tho Drler bay group of the Knight Island Consolidated Copper Company, was sold to that company few days ago for soverrl thousand dollars aa q mere prospect.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20

During eight years on tho Alaska bonch Judge Wiokersham tried 172s cases, of which 8 wore appealed and 10 were reversed.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20

A squaw convicted of asaault In Judge ounnison's court 50 appealed to the judge that he fined her s5 and then paid the fine out of his own docket.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
ARTHUR LANG WEDS
 PAULINE KOZLOWSKI

Arthur Lang, cashier of the Valdez Bank & MeI cantile Company, was married In seattle last we.k to MI 6 Pauline Kozlowskl. They will sail fer Valdez on the Saratoga, February 18. A message came to S. A. Hemp o 8 lnouncing the wedding.
 Mics Kozlowski has been steno9ra- pher for tho civil service commission the city of Seattle, and several Valdez residents know her.
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 Tho Douglas Island Nows says that after the birth of his fifth daus hter Q Whitehorse citizen has glvemup tho idea of raising baseball team.
 
 The Cobalt oIsmlcb Beems to Do covered all over with miuing corpor. ations
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Cali for warrants.

yRldss, Feb. "a, IDoS All city wsrtents un to end Including No 1882 will Do paid h Prosonted NmY of'ice Hith-
 EB WHEAT. Town Tressura.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20

The Poroupine Gold Mining Com. pany will put in telegraph line from Porcupine City to Haines
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20

J. l.. Steele has been appointed postmaster at Landl6ck.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Gail for Warrants.

.Valdez, Feb. l3. 1908. City Fire Fund Warrants up to and inciud Ing No. li5S will be paid tf presented at my Of aco within ten days from date
 E,B, WHEAT, Town Treasurer.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-02-20
Crimes Hard to Detect

Crimes Hard to Detect
 At times crimes against the law are committed; some rovolting and hard, but none more 30 than are commit ted In other sections of the country, with this difference; that in other territories and states the machinery of the law Is better equipped to up. prehend and prosecute criminals than it is In Alaska. Tn some places along the Alaskan coast the need of addI- tional United States deputy marshals to assist the United States comlnis. sionera in the apprehension of per sons accused of crimes, cannot bo too strongly urged. This Is evidenced by specific cases brought to the at tention of tho grand jury where the commissioners of the precincts In which they reside have no deputy marshals to apprehend the criminals and bring them to justice.
 In order to suppress crime or at least minimize it, which Is liable to break out at any time at points re- mote from the immediate jurisdiction of this court. we tho grand jury, would recommend, that a United States revenue cutter be placed at Valdez, which shall be attached to this port, subject to its orders and to be ueed solely in the cause of justice. 4 revenue cutter would be a strong factor in tho suppression of crime along this coast, aiding as It would the United States marshalB and United States commissioners In pur- sueing criminals and enforcing tho law who have heretofore In many l cases escaped for the lack of govern ment aid. With the aid of revenue cutter criminals could be brought to the nearest port for trial and speedily disposed of,
 Fish Traps
 We find upon investigation that on many of the streams and rivers where salmon cannerie0 are situated, that the laws in regard to placing fish traps at the mouths of the various rivers and streams arc being con stantly violated. These fish traps are so constructed that but very flow | fish can ascend to their spawning grounds. In consequence each year fish in these streams of Alaska are becoming soarcer, and in many places tho native Indians of Alaska, who al- most wholly subsist on salmon, are in half starved and destitute condition. We therefore recommend and urge that our delegate In congress endea- vor to have law passed making itun- lawful to use fish traps, nets or any other obstruction that will prevent fish from ascending streams and rivers to their spawning grounds, In any of the waters of Alaska.
 We also most earnestly recommend that n fish commissioner or other officer endowed with the proper power to enforce the fishing lave, be ationod each year during tho fishing season, at the principal riyers where oannery or ealtry is located
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 During eight years on tho Alaska bench Judge Wickersham tried 172s cases, of which 8 wore appealed and l d "a