AMT! ALIEN FISHING
BILL IS PASSED
Tuesday of this week the
Anti-Alien Fishing Bill passed
the Senate at Juneau, and i
j iw lip !o the Governor.
Following is the text of the
1.11.
"That it shall he unlawful
lor any person not a native ot
Alaska or a citizen of the Un
ited States, or one w ho has de
clared hi> intention to beconu
a citizen of the l nited State? in
tonformity with the naturaliza
tion laws thereof, to catch or
kili. or attempt to catch or kill.
|>> any means whatever, except
for his own domestic use. any
li'h of any kind <> ■ specie? wha:
soever, or any whole or other
marine animal, i" any of the
waters of Ala-k o ’or the jur
isdiction of the l 1 < S ates:
that it shall he unlaw : for any
person, association or corpora
tion to employ any person not a
native of Alaska. a citiien of
ti.e United States, or who has
declared his intention to be
come a citizen of the I nited
States in conformity with the
naturalization laws thereof, to
catch or kill, or attempt to
catch or kill, by any means
whatever, any fish of any kind
or species whatsoever, or any
whale or other marine animal,
in any of the waters of Alaska
under the jurisdiction of the
United States, and every person
assoialion or corporation who
shall violate any of the provis
i. ns of this act shall, upon con
v tion thereof before any court
of competent jurisdiction, he
f ed not less than fifty nor
mure than five hundred dollars
for each offense: and every
alien so employed by any per
son. association or corporation
ir, violation of his act shall con
stitute a seperate and distinct
offense.”
ROY IS A BIRD
IN A CAGE NOW
H. H. Thompson has had a
cashier's cage put in at hi«
store, and from now on will
he the bird. The cage, a neat
affair, was made by A1 Kridlers
shop lorce and is a good-look
ing job.
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MRS. BRYAN SICK
"Washington. April 30—Mrs.
W. J. Bryan suffered a nervous
1 reakdown today, and the doc
tor- have ordered that she
leave the city and take a com
plete rest.
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ALKI DUE TUESDAY
The -learner Alki is due to
fl.vive in Seattle tomorrow
morning, and leave again Satur
da> night. This will bring her
tc Ketchikan Tuesday after
noon.
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A Hiizen writing to the Peters
1 irg Progressive i*: - a
gain-t the erection of a second
chi; -h in that town. He say
that one is enough.
The low price of meats at
Nome this winter caused the
reindeer market to close much
earlier than usual. The natives
verr liisappoined at the result
ed the winter sale-.
<t be Anderson, a prominent
Kobnk miner, died February 2"
at Candle, of cancer.
The Arctic Brotherhood camp
at Cleary in tie Tanana coun
try has been giving regular bi
weekly dance-. They will con
tinue until about June t-f.
The Rexall mine on Wolf
• rreek is producing quartz that
i- worth $100 a ton. according
to repors as late as April 1-t.
* Ii milling ore right along.
flood pay ha- i>een discovered
c.n Slate creek in the iditaro-i
fji-lrict. Options were being
taken on the claims of tha«
creek early in March. They
e-rc -aid to run $2 to the foot.
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HAD A ROYAL TIaTE
The local Odd Fellows lodge
entertained in honor of the ’A*
anniversary of the founding o.
odd Fellowship last night. Tim
rtfair was most successful ami
was a credit to the lodge in
g. nerd and to R. L. Petty. W ai
t< r Gray and Charles Deppo.
the committee in charge in par
ticular. The program was a
follows:
itverlure-Suinpf's Orchestra
Roll Call.
Address—Why We Are Here"
R. L. Petty.
P'lo'.n Play—"The M •'tp.it >"
•'Ai ffles Mourns His Twins'
Fred Purinton.
■* do—“My Heart Is Singing"
Mrs. J. Burgun.
r lection—Sumpf's Orchestra.
Photo Play—• 'Target Practice of
The Atlantic Fleet"
"An, i ■ Pics”
Fred Purinton.
Solo—Song of Hybrias. The
Crelan"
Osborne Williams,
photo Play—A Lively Affair"
“A Persistent Lover"
Fred Purinton.
Selection—Sump f*s Orchestra.
Refreshments.
A Wrangell motor bolt on
jihusiost is planning a gosolirer
'capable of going 30 miles ar.
hour.
Great ex< dement prevai's at
Rubv. A saloon war i- on and
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•brinks are down to two fo- a
i quarter.
An exchange suggests that
what Northern towns need is
the cultivation of more ground
and less solo.
Again the table of Alaskan
good things is spread, and the
natives are gathering great on.-.n
dies of herring spawn.
Fur taken in the interior of
Alaska during the pa~f winter
are said to be in excellent c
I (iition and should hit the top of
.the market.
A report which comes from
authentic sources" says that
John Rosene ha~ succeeded in
■ raising two milion dollars tor
the construction of his rain-oad
from Haines to the White river
country.—Pioneer Press.
The new secretary of com
merce has directed the bureau
of fisheries to pay less atten
tion to the propagation of ran;
species of game fi-h. but to see
' how food fish can be made
more plentiful and cheaper.
The Canadian Klondike comp
.icy's mammoth dredge No. ?.
the large-t gold digging ma
chine in the world .started op
•nations for the year 1913 at
5:30 o'clock p. m., March 3T
| at a point near the mouth of
bear creek, where is was quar
tered for the winter. This is
;he earliest date on record on
which a dredge has started run
!;.n in the Yukon valley. The
dredge i- reported as running
steadily ever since starting mu
there is no apparent reason
why it should not continue work
in that way.
Governor Clark ha- signed
Senate bill No. 14. of which
Senator Millard i- the father,
providing a penalty ag, inM the
desecration of the American
flag. The act makes q a mis
demeanor for anyone to carry
flag- in parades where in tre
American flag is not carried.
No flag can he used to decor
. te public buildings unles- the
American flag is uppermost.
This is the third act to finally
the legislature and be
signed.
Arthur Gib-un. the Nome -h’
vevor and engineer, ha- been
(."pointed Swedish vice-counsel
at, that place.
Although they had a quiet el
• lion at Fairbanks that cit>
ca-q 53 votes more x!ii- yea
than it did last year. The to
la] \otc was one short of T90
I eirbai'.ks papers think the vote
an indication that the popula- .
thin is growing.
THE OLD CARITA
LEAVES FOR JUNEAU
The Garita. remodeled into a
gasoline towboat, is on route to
Juneau, from now on her home
port. She wa- sold by Ai.
Puhring to the sawmill at Ju
in.au and will he used there in
i' ijunetion with the mil!.
GOING TO THE WESTWARD
Rev. Roe leaves on the Mari
p< -a tonight for Valdez, where
he will a<si<t Bishop Bowe in
ordaining II. Zeigler. in marge
of the Episcopalian eliureh at
that place.
Thirty-two tons of fertilizer
i- being taken to Kodiak island
> repair the damage done by
the tailing ashes last year. The
government cattle from Kodiak
are now at Chehalis. Wash.
CALIFORNIA DEFIES JAPAN
Sacramento, April ;10—The
v -it of Secretory Bryan t Hied
out to be a complete failure,
ft r as soon as the conference
between him and the legislative
committee was finished and
the committee reported, a vote
vas taken in the Senate on the
. ni-alien land question, and
tl eh ill. so objectionable to the
Japs, was passed unanimously,
amid applause from the gar
leries. Governor Johnson has
'iated that he will 'ign the
1 :il the moment it is presented
U him.
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SPECTATORS HOOT
REFEREE’S DECISION
Los Angeles. April 3i‘>—1 •> a
i :.k decision last night, the
fight between Johnny Dundee
ij’.il John Kilbane was > 1 e■ i&red
h draw. The mill went the full
twenty rounds ;■!! right, bu* the
latter man had the be-* of the
•>. gument all the way through.
’i ipecti tors hooted i de
rision and threatened to rough -
1 ■ u-e the referee.
fRED PATCHING
IN FROM LORING
Fred Patching. superinten
O'-nt of the big Fortmann hat
chery above Loring. is a local
vb-itor. Thi- is the first trip to
town he has made for several
months.
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DEMOCRATS STAND PAT
Washington, April 30~The
debate or, the tariff cpn -tion
leached ihe personal point to
1 ay and for hours Demo, rats
uni Republicans have been
hurling long winded -poecliSs
■; each other. Underwood ap
parently i- master of the -it
uation and there seem- to be
Mile probability of any amend
ments of moment being al
lowed.
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CHANGES ON NORTHLAND
It is altogether probable that
the Northland will not be able
to leave Seattle before Friday,
Tins j- owing to the repairs to
i , lighting system now being
made. These will include the
installation of a larger dynamo.
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BEAUTIFYING SKAGWAY
And now the people of Skag j
way are beginning in earnest to |
beautify the home and streets, I
Load- of rubbish are being r.-.rt
eu away, lawns are being raked.!
fence- are being made slraigiui
; nil level, and the earth i- be- \
iry put in shape for seeds. The
( olden North i- making ready
i huge pansy bed on the north '
- de of the hotel.
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Workmen engaged in excav
ing for a new hotel building .*1
Juneau, discovered the remains
ol an old boat, supposed to be
the one in which Joe Juneau
made his fir?f trip to ther town.
STEAMER NEPTUNE
LOSES HER TOW
The steamer Neptune, Capt
ain Simon Kildall, bouftd for
Petersburg, out of which she
will work as a mild curing ooat
made port last night, Capt.
kildall reports that when the
\e>sel was in a bad blow about
seven miles the other side of
the Mary Island Light a gaso
line launch he was towing
l roke adrift owing to the part
ing of the hawser. The weather
was so bad at the time that the
steamer could do nothing to
save the launch, so come on to
this port. This morning, the
owner of the missing launch.
• he name of which could not
I e rotten, chartered a gasboat
and went in search of the miss
ing vessel. The cannery lender
Y.'i bfoot also in tow of the
N ptune came through the
I lov all right.
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OUT AFTER BLOOD
The Miner Man was held up
01. the street this morning and
handed a deli by the “Wine
Cierks" of Ketchikan challeng
ing the Grand Jury to a match
game of baseball next Sunday
May i th. Fred Hurd, the head
of the Wine Clerks, which by
t! e way are an easy bunch to
put out of the running states
II at in ease the Grand Jury
lacks players, he is perfectly
v tiling that they get help from
the incoming Pettit Jury, or
anywhere else for the matter
o‘ that.
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MONTENEGRO IS
STILL SASSY
London, April 30—Advices
i! on Vienna are to the effect
iiial the troops of Austria arc
again being gathered along the
frontier ready to march on the
Montenegran capital. The Mon
.oiiegrins refuse to surrender
Scutari however, and every man
the little kingdom is being
armed.
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AMERICANS UNSAFE
ALL OVER MEXICO
New Orleans. April 30—Amer
icans arriving in this city from
Mexico report that another out
break is imminent in the city
< ! Mexico, and that the lives
■'•nd property of Americans arc
unsafe ail over the Mexican re
public.
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OVER FROM DOLOMI
The good ship Kurus came
over from Dolomi this morning
for supplies for the Valparaiso.
Her passengers were B. A.
Kardlev and family and Mesd
nmes Beach and Cooper, two
California ladies who are spend
mg the season with the Eard
le\'. A. Adkins also came ov
er.
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EN ROUTE TO KAKE
The gasoline cannery tender
Kake. belonging to the Kakc
cannery and headed for Kake
loaded with a cargo of- merch
andise for the Kake Trading
company, was in port last night
Hhe is well-equipped little ves
sel of 23 tons measurement
WILL INSTALL BIG DREDGE
Duided by the success made
I y the Seattle construction
dredge on the Jnmachnck river,
S'ward peninsula, lost summer
.lafet Lindelicrg, president of
the Pioneer Mining Co., and II.
J Prichard, another Alaska
mining man, have purchased an
immense tract of land on that
stream arid have commenced
the construction of a dredge
capable ol handling 3,000 yards
of gravel.
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Wrangell will ask the Alas..a
road commission to build four
miles of road at. the mouth of
IF;e Stikine.
MORE CONSERVATION
Washington, D. G.
April 2, 101:i;
Mr. A. G. Cooper,
Assistant Game Warden,
rorv'ster Island, Alaska.
Iirpr Sir:
A ia will dfcMne to issue per
! nils
i.—'To any applicant who re-1
. fuses to abide by rules or reg -!
'Nations, and revoke same ii i
violated.
if?.—To any Alien desiring to fish
jnear the Island, unless he ran
show lirst papers,
b—To any owner or operator;
of a motor boat whose boat
does not conform absolutely
with the regulations of the De
partment of Commerce,
i —The number of motor boat
permits will he limited to 25
but. no motor boat will be al
lowed to engage in trolling or
fishing in any form within one
thousand (1000) yards of the
shores of the Island and ad
jacent rocks. Passage going
out and coming in to landing
will be allowed through nar
row channels at north and
-otith ends of Island
5 .—Failure to conform to these
regulations will be grounds
lor immediate suspension and
withdrawal of permit and re
moval of holder from the Is
land and adjacent waters Copy
of the law relating to fishing
by Aliens and motor boat reg
ulations are enclosed herewith.
You should keep these on file
rd your office.
i 0 — Preference to Natives and
bonafide residents of Alaska
will he shown.
'7— a) You will reserve the
i‘ght to regulate the number of
permits granted as vou think
best for the interest and health
|of those on the Island, (b)
Fee that the drinking water
does not become polluted, (c)
’1 hat the Island is kept in a san
irury condition. (d) Upholc
the rules govern-ng fishing
made by the Fishermen and
. adopted by them, providing
they do not conflict with De
partment Orders.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) T. S. PALMER,
Assistand Chief Biological Sur
\ ey.
The above letter of instruc
tion speaks for itself and is an
oiher ipdicNio.il Olr the mis
taken plan of conservation an
ignorant central government
.has foisted on poor Alaska for
many a day. There are today,
lor rather will be when the fish
mg season is thoroughly open,
dot les< than two thousand men
engaged, directly or indifactly,
in fishing on the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island. For
rester Island is the very center
jot that industry, as there ap
parently the sparing salmon
ere to be found in greater mini
tiers than onywhere else on the
coast, The business men of
this region, in fact every man
in the country depends more or
b-s on the spring salmon fish
ing, yet at one sweep of his
pm thi- T. S. Palmer assisted
by Game Warden Cooper cre
Nes a monopoly for twenty
five gas boat owners to the de
ls iment of all the rest, bo^
i ausc more would probably
-rare away the filthy gulls and
kindred birds which make them
nests on the barron rocks. The
thousands of dollars invested
hi the business and depending
on the mild-cure industry arc j
as nothing compared with main;
I: iriing a quietness conductive
to the proper incubation of the
'•ggs of these worthless birds.
Conservation is good, if it is
die conservation of something
tlm peop'e have use for, but
who cares what becomes of the,
kind of bird breeding on For
re-tcr Island, not a single in
dividual of the various breeds
Of which is fit to eat. We do
not believe that the present ad
ministration favors monopoly
of any kind, but a monopoly >s
what this order will create.
ONE HELD-THE
OTHER RELEASED
The Grand Jury yesterday af
ternoon report 'd a true hill n
gainst Juan Adams, charged
with booze peddling, who plead
not guilty .and will come up foi
trial Tuesday. K. Krauezunas
will defend him. A not true
bill was returned against Gar
dner Sullivan who was bound
over from Petersburg on the
same charge, and lie. was or
dered released from custody.
This morning, Ihe Grand
Jury reported that they had not;
come to any conclusion in the
case before them, and were
given until afternoon.
Thomas L. Fay. against whom
a true bill bad been relurned
on a charge of assult with •••»
deadly weapon, was arraigned
lids morning and was given im
P! tomorrow in which to plea,
k. Krauezunas appeared as his
attorney, j
llopkins. Roberts and Funcic.
against whom true bills had
been found, appeared in court
Hus morning. The former
plead guilty and will be senten
ced Saturday. Funcic, who was
Hie watchman at the cannery
which I lie three men are said
to have robbed, plead not. guilty
and will be given a trial next
week, although the date as yet
is not set.
Hie Court this morning ad
mitted Oscar Hulfmann to citi
zenship*.
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THIS MORNING’S
COURT HAPPENINGS
Tile Grand Jury had no bills,
I his morning. The Court grant
ed the divorce of Bernice Rog
ers from Caleb Rogers, the lat
ter not appearing. The name
of Elis Bernhard Iverson was
ordered changed to Elis Bern
hard Larsen, (not muct of at*
improvement, however,) and
1 ou is Hanson and M. M.
W alker were excused front,
duty as petit jurors.
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NEEDS TO BE
INVESTIGATED
According lo reports reach
ing this region from the south,
d looks as though an investi
gation into the methods of the
government wireless inspectors
is necessary. According to the.
striking wireless operators the
inspectors are allowing boats;
to leave Seattle and other Sound
ports without competent wire
less operators on board. A
man in charge of a wireless
outfit on a steamboat, who is
incompetent and incapable of
handling his instruments, is a •
menace to the lives of all on
board. This the inspectors
know, yet they arc winking at
the law which provides Ihal
only licensed men may com*
out on vessels. The Yukot*
was in port yesterday with two
men signed on as wireless opr
eralors, neither of whom has
license, and only one of them
can make a pretense of sending
or receiving messages. Tilts
taper believes that the rate of
wages asked by the strikers—
*50.00 per month—is not ex
cessive, apo that the govern
ment representatives in Seattle
should see that the men and the
steamship rrmpanys should
both lie treated alike, and lirdht
required to live up to llie law.
which experience has demou
slrated is necessary for the sate
l> of the traveling public.
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ANOTHER LETTER OF
THANKS FRO;4 DAYTON
M. A. Mitchell or Ihe M. & ,\L
Bank was in receipt on a recent
boat of a communication front
V\. F. Bippus, Treasurer of the
fiayton Relief Committee, ul
I'aylon, Ohio, acknowledging'
Ihe receipt of a draft for
S 150.35, the amount raised !i\
Ketchikan citizens to help lib:*
flood sufferers of Ohio.