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Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05


 In the United StateL Commissioners court Valdez Precinct, Alaska
 IN PROBATE In the matter of the estate i NOTICE
 of OF w. H. Frman, deceased. FINAL HEARING Notice is hereby given that s. Annie Nor. gan, administratriX Cf the estate of ". II. Fri. man, deceased. has rendered and presented TOT set,lemcnt, and filed in he above named court, her final account and report of her ad ministration of said estate and that the 18th uay oi December 1908, at the hour of two O. CLOCK D m, at the office of the United States Commissloner and cN officio Probate Judge TOT the Ia!deZ Precinct, at Valdez, Alaska, has been duly appointed by said court as the time ana place Tor the settlement of said final ac- count and report, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may ap. pear and file his exceptions in writing to said nhai account and report and contest the same.
 Dated this 9th day of October, 1908.
 :. Annie Morgan,
 AdmtnistratriX Of said estate. Date of first publiCa ation, October l5 Date oi last publication November l2'
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
GEAR IS
 BLAMED FOR COLLISION

Seattle, Oct. 30-Faulty steering gear is by the United Marine inspec- tors held responsible for the collision between the Pacific Coast Steamship Company's vessel Cottage City and the lumber schooner Bainbridge. The decision of the inspectors was arrived at yesterday afternoon, and Is based on the testimony of the officers of the Cottage City, all of whom stated that the steering gear jammed after the Bainbridge had been sighted. I,
 It is believed probable that the off, cere of the Cottage City will be OK onerated of all blame.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
SEASONS FIRST STAGE
 Is IN FROM FAIRBANKS

Tho first Orr passenger stage to come out this fall from Fairbanks ar- rived here Saturday night, bringing J. A. Trout and J. R. Chambers, the latter a wholesale merchant of Fair banks. The stage left Fairbanks October 19. Another stage with four bassehgers is enroutey and is due here Saturday.
 A stage left here for Fairbanks this morning, taking as q passenger Miss Nellie Caehman, one of tho best known women musbers of the Yukon country, She is efroute to the Roy ulsnlS diggings.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
SWlFTWATER BILL IS
 TO BURY FORMER WIFE

The body of Bera Beebe Gates-Cook will be brought from Valdez, Alaska, to Seattle on the next steamer out from that port, and the entire expense of the removal will be borne by the deceased woman's former husband, William c. Gates, otherwise known as "Swiftwater Bill"
 Mrs. Bera Cook committed suicide in Valdez Sunday, October 1. Her hus band, Harry Cook, employed as driver of wagon by the Cascade Laundry Company of this city, de- clined to contribute either toward the expense of bringing the remains to this city or toward it's burial at Valdez.
 Mrs. lola Beebe, mother of Bera Cook, succeeded in locating William O. Gates, her daughter's former hus- band, at Spokane. A telegram to him was speedily answered, stating that ho would bear all expenses, as stated above.
 Bera Beebe was married to Swift water Bill'' Gates in Dawson, Alaska just before her sixteenth birthday: Two boys were the resultof the union. In 1905 the wife was granted de. ere of divorce upon the alleged big. amy of William Gates. A year Ia. ter she was welded to Harry Cook in Vancouver, B. O., who, it is alleged deserted her after spending the great. CT part of her savings. Seattle Times
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
Summons For Publication
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
 THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION 1 l..i..

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
 THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION. J. l.. Brown, Plaintiff.
 
 Belle Brown, Defendant.
 The President oI the United States of America, Greeting:
 To The Above Named Defendant; You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska Third Judicial Division, al Valdez, within thirty days after the completion of the publi. days after the 3rd day of December 1908 and answer the complaint.of th" plaintiff filed in said action. or judgment will be taken against you in default of such answer in accordance with the prayer of the plaintiff in his said complaint.
 The said action k brought ngninSt you the said defendant, by the plaintiff, to obtain n de. cree of divorce dis>olving the marriage rcla- ionS heretofore and now existing between you and the said plaintiff.
 An order for publication of summons in this acton was made by the Honorable Silns II. k"id, Judge oi said Court, in open Court on the 9th day Of October, 1908 Witness the Honorable Silas II. Reid, Judge ol said Court this 9th day of October, 1908 and oi the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty Third.
 Q. 4. WELLS. lSEALl Clerk of the District Court for
 the Territory of Alaska Third Division.
 By John II. Burton,
 Deputy Clerk. First Publication October 22nd loOS Last Publication DeCcmhcr 3rd 1908
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
Notice of Dissolution

Notice is hereby given that the CO., partnership heretofore existing be- tween A. G. Smith and c. l.. Hoyt, doing business under the firm name of the Gulkana Trading Company, conducting business of road house and trading station and business in- cidental thereto, at Gulkana, Alaska, has this day been dissolved by mutu- al consent of the co-partners. The said c. l.. Hoyt. having taken over the business of the partnership, will collect all accounts payable, due or to become due said o-partnership, and will pay and discharge all co-part- nership liabilities.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this Dist day of October, 1908
 c. l.. Hoyt.
 A. G. Smith.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TER. RToRY OF ALASKA, DIVISION
 NUMBER THREE.

William W. Butts, vs SSuMMoSs FOR PuBLIcA. Ada Butts, TON No. 27i Defendant THF PRESIDENT Or TEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREETINGS: To THE ABOVE NAMED DEPENDANT. ... " You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska Third Judicial Division, at Valdez within thirty (2o) days after the completion of the publication of this summons: to.wit. within thirty (5O) days after the 5th day of November lWS and answer the conn paint of the plaintiff filed in said action, or judgment will be taken cordance with the prayer of plaintiff in his said mplaint.
 This said action is brought against you the said defendant, by tho plaintiff to obtain n decree or divorce dissOlving the marriage relation hcrctoforc and now existing between you and said plaintiff.
 An order for publication of summons in this action was made by the Honorable Silas H. Keld, Judge oi said Court on the, Dist day of September 1908.
 Witness the Honorable Silas II. Reid Judge of said court this 2lst day of September 1908 and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. tsEALl
 O. A. WELLS,
 Clerk of the District COur ., Territory of Alaska, Third Division. By John II. Burton, Deputy Clerk. First publication September 2i, 1908 Last pubication November ., 1908.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
Date of First Publication Oct. 20, 1908. Date of Last Publication, Jan. :, 1909.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRI TORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DI-
 VISION. John Miller, Plaintiff.
summons
Adam Swan and


 II. D. Reynolds DcfcndautsJ
 The President of the United States, Greeting:
 To the above named dcicndants:
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, at Valdez, within tbirty days after the service of this summons upon yon, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, 9 copy of which said complaint is herewith delivered 10 yon; and unless you SO the Court for the relief demanded in said com plaint; the sad action Is brought to obtain Judgment against the defendant Adam Swan, for the sum of Sli0i93 and interest thereon from October 18th, 1905 at the rate Of twelve per cent per annum, upon a certain promis- sory note described in said complaint, made by said Adam Swan, in favor of this plaintiff, and to forcclOse q certain mortgage made, ex- eCutcd and delivered by said Adam swan to cTibcd crib in said mortgage, o.wit: lot No. I2 in block No. in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, us per the 6 official BatHnd M Snryey 0i S%id Ksar vation, with fifty feet front on the extension of Mckinley street, and running back to the corner of said lot being 70 feet west of the lot owned by the Tillicum Club and between the l9is o%nsd by Mrs Jas tsh and hc said Town of Va!dez) which said mortgage was given to secure the payment Of said note, said property which the said defendant II D. Reynolds may have or claim in and to said
 Asm o and for ten per cent upon the amount found to be due upon said promissory note, and for costs and disbursements in said action. The date of the order for the publication of thissummons Is September 22nd, 1908, and this publication Is to bU made each week for six successive weeks in the Valdez Weekly Pros. pector, q weekly newspaper printed and pub. lished in said Town Of Valdez, Alaska. And the said defendant II. D. Reynolds, is repaired to appear and answer as above set out within thirty days from the day of the last publiCH. tion of this summons, to.wit: within thirty days from and after tho 5th day of November 1908.
 Witness the Honorable Silas II Reid. Judge of said Court, this 22ud day Of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight and of our independ once tho one hundred and thirty'third (sEAL)
 O. A. WELLS, Clerk By John II. Burton Deputy Clerk.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05

Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing be- tween c. B. Overhiser and Charles Cowell, doing a retail liquor business in Copper Center, under the firm name and style of c. B. Overhiser x Co, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, and that said bus mess and all property owned by said firm has been sold transferred and delivered to Charles Cowel. That said Charles Cowell will collect all bebts due firm of C. B. Overhiser & Ca., and will pay and discharge all indebtedness of the said c. B. Over hiser Sc Co.
 Dated at Copper Center, Alaska, October 15 1908.
 c. B. Overhiser,
 Charles COWell
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
TAFT SAYS PARTY
 |S NOW ON TRIAL

Syracuse, Oct, 30--Whether or not the country was well served by President Mckinley and by President Roosevelt; whether or not the poli- cies promulgated by these leaders of the republican party are satisfactory to the people of the United States whether or not the people desire Il continuance of these policies; these questions are, according to Candi- date Taft, the issues of the coming election. Mir. Taft spoke here last night to the largest crowd ever to assemble in this city. His remarks were greeted with acclaim, particu- larly when he referred to Mckinley and to Roosevelt.
 In touching upon his own qualiflca- tions for the office he is seeking, Mir. Taft briefly cited some of his achieve. ments as public servant. He closed this portion of his speech by declar. ing that governing consists, not in or. etory, but in power of efficient per. formance.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05

In the case of Joseph Tudor, charged with the crime of rape, the grand jury found "not true bill"
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership

First publication September 2i, 1908 Last publication NoVcnlber 3, 1908.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-11-05
"SCORCHER" LODE,

Commencing at corner No. whence Y. $. To cation monument No. l2 bears s. 39 deg. O5 m in w. l96O.O t.'diSIant: thence N l9 deg. Oj min F.. 596.0 fl to cor No. ?: thence $. 5ld deg l0 min F.. 166.3 ft, to cor No. 8: thence $. l9 deg. % min. w. j97.7 ft. to cor. No. |: thence x. 5i deg O5 min. w. 166.S fl. 10 cor. No the place of be- ginning, containing l0.052 acres. The notice of location of the 'SCOrchcr' lode claim is re- corded in book C of mining locations at page 572 of the records of the Valdez. Alaska, record ing precinct.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

CROWDS went to the Fifth avenue
~ auction rooms the other day TO
watch the sale of lingerie and other
personal effects of Mrs. Leslie Carter
Payne. In the collection were night.
caps of pink and blue silk and lace.
with bows and rosettes of baby ribbon
to match, corset covers of lavender.
blue. pink, orange and white silk and
OF all lace, 20 pairs of silk stockings In
green, blue, white and black, besides
other bits Of lingerie, lawn, linen and
lace. All were sold to satisfy demands
of creditors.
Besides those articles there were
suits of silken underwear so sheer and
fine that they could be crumpled into
a handful, the size of golf ball. There
we're also petticoats of silk and of
lace, nightgowns. morning gowns,
lounging robes, matinees-in fact,
every article of wearing apparel neces.
sary TO the comfort of woman of ex-
IRENE luxury. There were a score of
dresses, including the polka dot fou-
lard Mrs. Carter was wearing one July
afternoon In 1906 when the within
seized her to marry William II. Payne
at Portsmouth, N II.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10
Madison Square Garden to Be Sold

work and the Diana on the tower. On
the night of June 16, 1890, the new
garden opened with Edouard Strauss
Vienna orchestra and a ballet under
the direction of Leon Espinosa.
The National Horse Show associa.
ton gave It's show in the new build
ing In the November following. In
September the Garden theater opened,
under the management of Henry T.
French. In the first years OF the gar
den's existence It was discovered that
the place was not moneymaker.
beginning with the summer of 1897
various schemes for reorganization of
the company were successfully tried,
and there were many rumors of a sale.
Subsequently affairs were Strengthened
out Since 1t opened the garden has
seen about every variety OF amuse-
ment desired. The round of dog, horse
and poultry shows, wild west perform
ances. circuses and mass meetings has
occasionally been punctuated by prize
fights and baby shows.
A sinister interest was attached to
the roof garden for many months after
the night of June 25. 1906. when Harry
X. Thaw shot and killed Stanford
White there.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

NEW YoRK.-There appears TO be
= something In the atmosphere OF
me steel trust that Is provocative Of
domestic infelicity. The long fight of
w Ellis Corey, president Of the bic
corporation, for divorce from his wife
IN order that he might marry Mabelle
Gilman, the actress and his success
In both ambitions are generally known
Hardly less known was the divorce of
Judge hlbert H. Gary. chairman of the
trust and his marriage of a young
woman who had been clerk in New
York store.
Now comes the report that James
dayley, who the other day presented
his resignation as vice-president of tho.
United States Steel corporation. is
about to sue his wife for divorce. Mr.
Gayley has closed his house. at s
sixty-ninth street, and taken apart.
ments at the Hotel Savoy. At the
Colony club, of which Mrs. Gayley is
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10
TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told
in Interesting Manner.


member. It was said that for the pres
ent the club is her city address.
Mr. Gayley declined to discuss the
change in his household arrangements
Cards sent to Mrs Gayley al the Col
ony club were returned with the infor
nation that she was out and that II
was not known when she would re
turn. She recently returned from the
west, where her father had died One
OF her friends said she intended to 50
TO Rome to visit her two daughters
One Of these daughters, who was
Miss Mary Gayley, was married last
November to Count Giullo Semi OF
Rome.
The house In Slxty-ninth street
which has been closed is one OF the
best IN the neighborhood It was there
that Mrs. Gayley gave cotillon for
her daughter. Miss Agnes Gayley, in
February, 1907, on the occasion Of that
young womau's entrance TO society.
Before becoming first vice-president
Of the United States Steel corporation
in 1901. Mr. Gayley was manager OF
the Carnegie Steel Company. He is
the inventor Of bronze cooling plate
for blast furnace walls, Of an auxiliary
casting stand for Bessemer steel
plants and OF other appliances
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

r. HE Madison Square garden prop
erty-the whole block including
the garden itself. the biggest audi
forum in the city; the Garden theater
and the concert HALLS advertised
for sale The property cost 100000
at the time OF the construction of the
garden in 1889 The site covers 80
city lots. bounded by Madison avenue,
Twenty sixth street, Twenty-seventh
street and Fourth avenue, and has APP
preciated greatly in value since the
organization of the company The
company has never paid a dividend,
and Il had been believed that the d.
rectors and stockholders have gone
into their pockets time and again to
meet current expenses.
The architects, McKim, Mead &
White, furnished the plans for the new
building, and the late Stanford White
is credited with the greater part of the
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

feet the dropping of a pin can be dis.
tinctly heard and whisper is audible
200 feet away from any standpoint In
the building.
In the west end of this building Is
the great organ, conceded by visiting
musicians to be one OF the finest in
strumonts In America, II not in the
world II was constructed over 30
years ago entirely by Utah artisans
and mostly from native materials.
The dimensions OF the organ are 80
by 80 feet, and the front towers have
a height OF As feet II has 10 stops
and accessories, and contains a total
OF over 5000 pipes, ranging in length
from one-quarter OF an inch to 32 feet.
During the summer season an organ
recital 10 given daily at ~ o'clock
noon. by Prof. John ]. Mcclellan, the
Tabernacle organist, and recognized
as one Of the leading organists OF the
world
In the immediate vicinity OF Temple
square are many interesting features
pertaining 10 the Mormon faith. OPP
posite the Temple stands the Tithing
yard, where all faithful Saints are sup.
posed 70 pay every year one.tenth Of
their earnings and profits to the church
The wisdom OF the Grand Army del.
egates in selecting Salt Lake City for
a meeting place will be apparent to
every visitor for not only is the city
unique beyond compare. but the
routes Of travel through the canyons
and over the passes OF the Colorado
Rockies make the journey going and
returning the most interesting of any
railroad trip In America
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

architecture OF half a century ago
standing in the shadow Of stately mod
ern structures.
Almost the first thing the visitor
does upon reaching Salt Lake City is
to visit the Temple, which stands
within sight and sound of the business
center. Work began on the Temple
with the first beat of the city's heart
and continued unremittingly for 40
years. II cost over 100000 and is
one OF the notable buildings OF the
continent. 1t stands upon an emil
nance and towers above all surround
ing objects, its whole form outlined
against che sky line before any other
sign of the city can be seen. IT'S ex.
terror is craven with the curious sym
bols of the Mormon creed, and its
Hottest spire Is surmounted, fully 215
feet above the earth, by the golden
figure of Moroni, the angel who re.
veeled the religion OF the Latter Day
Saints to Joseph Smith.
The interior of the Temple is
sacred; none but those of the faith
are ever admitted through it's iron
doors. Within It are celebrated mar
rirge ami baptis1nai rites; -uriu -1nTny-
are the mysteries its granite walls
conceal.
Within the high wall that surrounds
the Temple stands also the great tur.
tle-shaped Tabernacle, the general as
sembly hall of the Saints, This build
ing. in which the business meetings of
the Grand Army of the Republic will
be held. is one of the most curious
structures in America II is an Inn
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10
Men Fight to Buy Mrs. Carriers Lingerie

Mrs. Carter her son. and Payne
were on ain auto trip through New
England at the time. and Mrs. Carter
did not bother to change her gown
when the nuptial idea took possession
of her.
The collection contained a pair Of
shoes and slippers for every pair of
stockings. One pair of black patent
feathers with white uppers is Is
inches high fastening with black but.
tons as big as dimes. Gold heels. red
heels, and undressed uppers In as.
sorted colors of leather were among
the shoes to be auctioned
II was explained that It was not fear
OF catching cold that led Mrs. Carter to
own nightcaps II was to preserve her
couture into a second or third day,
but no sordid motives of economy
actuated the actress-she simply
wanted to avoid trouble.
Wells, belts, shlrtwaists. mink furs,
remnants of silk, satin and lace, gilt
braid, guimpes lace Jokes, feather
fans, a lot OF chiffon, ermine skin and
several pounds of jewelry were in the
100 odd lots that the auctioneer held
up to a roomful of bidders.
This was the second sale OF per
sonal belongings CT the authenticated
actress who grew into fame under
David Belasco, but whose career has
been dimmed since her marriage to a
man two-thirds her age led Belasco to
sever relations with her. The FIRST
sale. of household furniture and auto
mobiles took place not long ago.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

THE educational novelty Of the year
in New York is the sight, or rather
the sound. Of some 800 of New York's
prominent financial real estate and
legal lights, assembling gravely in an
auditorium and reciting In all serious
ness, the following:
Peter Piper picked peck OF picked
peppers.
How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck II a woodchuok would chuck wood,
Six slim, slick, slender saplings
Wellknown bankers and lawyers,
whose fees are corporation size. realty
auctioneers, who can charm dollars out
of excited pockets, all grayely recite
these well-known tongue tippers pop
ular with the children. They may fol-
low by remarking 70 each other:
Ba-pa. bo-pe bl-pi bo-po, bu-pu. boo
poo, boi-pol'
And when 500 gruff or shrill voiced
New Workers, who have been talking
all their lives against the roar Of The
elevated road the cacophony of the
subway. the noise OF flat-wheeed troll
Ieys or the pandemonium of change
begin their "ba-pa-ing," the ordinary
college yen is lullaby.
This seemingly frivolous occupation,
however, is one Of the lessons in the
newly established school TO cure stage
fright now being operated by the West
Side Y. NJ. G. A. The official name Of
me- institution Is the Public Speakers
club. but its purpose is to give nerve
~ New Workers, who can talk deal
through like a master when they are
seated in their Office chairs, but who
stutter and stammer and say Err
err" between every word when they
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

Salt Lake City has been selected as
the meeting place for the next reunion
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The city is quaint, beautiful and full
Of historic interest. II is the capital
of Utah, the Zion OF the Mormons, the
one city In the west to which history,
romance and religion beckon the
sightseer.
In 1S47 the founders. a handful of
pioneers, the Immortals of the Nor.
mon people. ended their memorable
pilgrimage through more than 1000
miles of unbroken wilderness and laid
In the desert solitudes the foundation
OF a great intermountain empire. To.
day Il is the center of vast region
filed with wealth and diversified re-
sources and the scene of activity in
mining, manufacturing and CONNER
cial affairs.
The old and the new are strangely
blended in Salt Lake City. the homely