Enormous Expenditures at Valdez
Some interesting figures concerning
the amount* of money paid out in Val
dez by the court the past year, are fur
pished by Deputy Clerk Henderson.
» The figures include only such moneys
as were paid out of the clerk's office in
Valdez alone. The records show that
the moneys which have been paid out
by the clerk during the past twelve
months amount to nearly $80,000. This
includes the license money paid to the
town treasurer, the construction of the
court house afii jail, rent of courtroom
salaries, and miscellaneous expenses.
These figures do not include the salaries
of Judge Wickersham, District Attor
' ney Harlan, Clerk Heilig, or Deputy
District Attorney Hubbard, whose sal
aries are paid direct from Washington.
Nor do they include the expenses and
bills paid by the marshal’s office, such
as grand and petit jury fee3, salaries,
etc.—Valdez News.
Saw Discovery Sink
Though nearly a year has elapsed, the
exact time, place and manner of the
loss of the ill-fated Alaska steamer
Discovery is just now known. The in
teresting information comes from Chief
John of the Lituya bay tribe of Indians.
Chief John was perhaps the last person
living to see the Discovery afloat. On
the afternoon of November 2, off Litu
ya hay, he saw the Discovery go down.
Lituya bay is uinety-three miles south
of Yakutat, the last port made by the
Discovery. Chief John’s statement
supports the contention of the press that
the Discovery was lost after leaving
Yakutat, November 1. His testimony
also disproves the sensational stories re
cently published to the effect that the
hull of the Discovery had been found on
Middleton Island, far out to the north
and westward of Yakutat—Guide.
Strike on Seattle Jr. Bar
Report received from Glen late Wed
nesday night states that C. I. Jordan
has sunk a shaft on his Seattle jr. bar
claim, and got over $40 in the bottom
of the hole. The shaft discloses deep
er pay that any worked on the claim
last summer. It is now believed that
Jordan’s pay will be fully twelve feet
thick. The width has never been de
termined.
Around and About
Hale Williams, who had a lay on 20
Hoosier, is working for Isley on 7 1 m.
Frank Smith is confined to his home
by a severe illness. He has been at
tended by Drs. Gibbons and Hudgin.
Joe Waldron, better known as ‘Black
Jack Joe,’ and Sam Wilcox are arrivals
from Tanana.
J. E. Nussbaum is in town. He has
been working with Cap Lindeboom on
5 1m for the past few months.
Charley Stadleman has quit freight
ing for the present and is working on 8
1 m.
Carrier Harper arrived from Tanana
yesterday. He metthe up mail at Fish
creek.
Oreo. W, Ghilson, layman St. Andrew
mission, and George Noble are expect
ed to arrive from Hamlin today.
Carriers Schaber and Harper arrived
with the outside mail Wednesday last.
Both carriers left the following morn
ing for Tanana. Harper left Tanana
with up-going mail on the 15th, and
Schaber will leave on the 21st.
Private Cavanaugh, of the local Sig
nal corps detachment, had the misfort
une of cutting a bad gash in his leg,
just below the knee-cap, with a draw
knife. The injury. will coniine him to
quarters for a week or so.
The Seward Gateway is doing good
work for the advanement of that section
and incidentally the whole of Alaska,
by furthering the cause of the Alaska
Central railroad. The latter road is an
assured fact, now that government aid
will be extended. A railroad will reach
the Yukon inside of five years. The
Alaska Central Will reach the Tanana
river within two years.
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From The Slough City
John Dufries and Pete Pemberthy
arrived from Fairbanks last Saturday,
malting the trip in eight days. Accord
ing to the men, considerable dissatis
faction exists in the Slough Ciiy. It is
claimed that the Alaska game law was
the pretext for an attempt to prevent
the consumption of moose meat or rab
bits. The cold storage people having
meat to sell at fancy figures. It is al
so charged that the bank has control of
the local pofjtoffice, and no more money
orders can be had fpr the alleged rea
son that the blanks are exhausted.
OLD PIONEER
Carries a Full and Complete
Assortment of the Finest • •
Brands of Imported and Do
mestic WINES
...LIQUORS and CIGARS
i RAMPART
g TANANA
JOE ANICICH
Proprietor
WE FREIGHT
Regular Trips to Glen and
Sourrounding Creeks Twice
a Week
TEAMING & JOBBING
One Team Always in Town
Cord Wood Sold and De
livered in Any Quantity
Jim McHugh Frank Smith
Glen Roadhouse
On The Direct Cutoff to Fairbanks
MEALS and LODGING
Warm Stables For Horses
STEVENS & SINCLAIR
HOTEL FLORENCE
BARBER SHOP
SHAVING AND HAIRCUTTING
JIM CARPENTEK
-FURS"
McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
MINNEAPOLIS/ MINN.
W P i T E FOR CiRCU LAR S
Notarial work, and legal papers drawn
at Forum Office. James B. Wingate „