AN IMPORTANT
MINING DEAL
A deal has been consummated
lately whereby a change has
oceured in the ownership of
tlic Gold Standard mining prop
cities at Helm Bay. These
claims were discovered in 1897
In 1898 ore was treated in an
arastra. about $25,000 in gold
being secured. In 1899 a five
stamp waterpower mill was or
cried, a tramway built from
the mine to the mill and from
the mill to the beach. From
1900 to 190(1 the property was
worked at intervals and about
*75.000 in bullion and concen
trated shipped and considerable
development work done, a shaft
being -uuk 150 feet and 000
feet of levels run developing
(he property at that depth. The
history of this mine is the
same a< others in this district
At one time there were five
miners working underground,
and the salaries of the mana
gers and office force amounted
to $50.00 per day. There is no
doubt but that the mine has
more than produced enough to
pay all legitimate expenses of
development and has ore en
ough in sight to make it one of
the best paying mines in the
district with good management.
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London, Jan. 4—Czar Fredi..
nand of Bulgaria is evidently
prepared to ri-k everything on
a single turn of the cards and
at his suggestion his repre
sentatives at the Peace Con
ference have succeeded in gat
ing the other members of the
Allied forces at the conference
i>i back them up in their reply
to Turkey’s demand that Ardi.
anople l»e retained by the Turks
That reply is to the effect that
the Sultan’s forces must cither
^^surrender Ardianople or fight
the finish. They say that the
governments of Europe won’t
allow the Allies to take Capstan
inopb? so Turkey must give up
everything except that city or
Lake up arms again.
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New York. Jan. 4—Counsel
for Wm. Rockefeller has made
the statement that he will ap
pear before the Congressional
rommittee investigating the al
leged money trust promply on
the thirteenth of the present
month. Rockefeller’s uherea.
bouts continues a mystery.
Norfolk, Jan, 4—During the
slorm of yesterday and last
night the historic frigate
Jamestown was burned. Many
<>f the warships at anchor in
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DRUMMER8 IN DROVE8
The Dolphin had a pretty
good sized passenger list last
night, considering the time of
the year. Among thse stopp..
the year. Among tho.^e stopp..
Malt L. Piles W. F. Gilmour
and C. W. Abercrombie, all
knights of the grip.
NORTHLAND AND
DOLPHIN RACE
According to the crew of the
Northland, that vessel and the
Dolphin raced np neck and
neck from the south this trip.
The trick weather caused Phe
Dolphin's captain to go to an
chor tpo or three time1-, en.. ;
aiding the slow freighter to \
catch up with and pass her
twice on the way np. and fin
ally arrive here less than an
hour behind the fa-ter vessel.
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WILL TRAVEL BY
RAIL HEREAFTER
“Doc" Mahoney evidently got
all the steamboat travel lie j
wanted on hi- way to Seattle.
When he left here he intended
to go on to ’Frisco by boat but ■
a letter received by Guy Wheel., j
er -fated that he intended to !
ride on the Shasta Limited in., j
.stead.
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Mi-- Kathleen Rounsefell re ,
turned to Vancouver, B. C. on
’ the Princess May, to resume
her work in one of the large j
hospitals in that city.
THE GOOD PROVIDER
He brings home bams and
fruits and. jams and yarbs and
cam. d tomatoes, lie bring'
home peas and beans and
1 cheese, and sweet and sour pn
iatoes. lie’s loaded down
jwhen from town he comes, his
i pup behind him: “you ahvay'
! was old Santa Clause,’’ his wift
1 and kids remind him. He
.
■ 'doesn’t fool his time at pool,
i at billiards or at checkers; nor
i does he steer his way for beer
i or gin or other wreckers. He
doesn’t stop down town !<
yawp with every chronic fro’ .
ter, but homeward hikes be.
cause he likes his cheerful tire
side better. He wants to set
hi' household be a place of
|peace and pleasure, so to his
‘shack he carries back things in
a bushel measure. He brings
home hats and patent rats to
fix his daughter’s tresses, lie
j brings home hoots and strong
cheroots and parasols and divs
l ;st*s; lie brings home books ami
1 shepherd’s crooks and New 0
; leans molasses, and ]jie and
1 (art and works of art, and
Browning’s “Pippa Passes."
Fhe wolf before his cottage
door long since gave up i s
growling: the wife i- glad a 1
mo it dad. when winter win. '
are howling.“WALT MAS' C .
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NEW SAFETY RULES FOR
STEAMSHIP LINF3
The lesson of the “Titanic"
[disaster has borne fruit at last,
tat least as far as rule*- ai '
j regulations are concern j.1'. Ti -
!British Board of Trade li-ss
sued its new requirements. Ail
foreign going passenger -1ea::•
!ers, emigrant ships, and-jfor*
ign going sailing ships t an; .
ling passengers must p;
'sufficient lifeboat accomod--..
jtion for all on board. All life..
boats must be of prescribed
ibuild, and must be fitted-with
protective fenders. The {term
| "‘life boat" includes the ‘\leck
: lifeboat," Licit the cullap^ble
'lifeboat is no longer to be^al
lowed, Existing collapsible
j boats, however, are to be al
lowed to count for a certain
j period, after which they must
■ be replaced. A larger num
ber of motorboats is to be al
lowed. The equipment for life
buats is somewhat enlarged,
and all of it must he in the
boats when the ship leaves bar.
jbor. The number of porsoi ;
to be carried must be marked
on each boat. The rule now
existing which gives permis.
, sion to carry u lesser number
of lifeboats in the event of the
-hip being divided into effe i..
ent watertight compartments i
abolished.
The new rules for life jack
lets and life buoys require that
|they must- be suitably placed,
and that at lea*t half the life
buoys must have ignition ap
paratus attached.
The-e rules went into fo e
•ian. 1, 1013, but they are i
to apply where they invu e
structural alteration* to i'e
ship until her next annul
vey bv the board.
Tanana is now an incorp
a ted town.
Cordova has had three m.
ors in nine months.
i Seventv five men are now
employed at Sheep reek, oppo
site Treadwell.
The value of the Paci e
coast salmon pack i~ placed it
thirty five million doM-ics.
The petition for the incorp< -
ation of the town of Ruby will
be heard by Judge Fuller on
| January 13th.
The first annual banquet of
ilhe Juneau Commercial club
i
will be held on January 1 lib.
[It is Lo be a a plate affair.
Fremont King made a flying
leap for the Princess May, as
*ho left the dock this morning 1
on his way to Seattle r
i v up trip.
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Plenty of Cream '<
Ketchikan Dairy. adv I
San Francisco, Jan. 0—The
committee appointed (o see
what could lie done towards
it he bail fund of the Iron Work
’ers' Union reports the best of
success in this city, having se
cured the promise of one bun..
i
deed and twenty thousand dol
lars from the union members
of San Francisco’s union locals
alone. As this is more than ten
percent of the total amount, it
looks as though the entire a.
mount of cash will be raised
within a few days.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
Alaska. Sumner Strait. Shak
en Ray light reported extingu
ished. Will be relighted as
soon as possible.
Alaska, Prince William
Sound. Rushy Island Light was
relighted December 27. 1012.
Alaska. Tongass Narrows.
Tongass Narrows Buoy 0 re
ported lost will be replaced as
soon as possible.
By direction of the Commis
sioner of Lighthouses. In the
absence and by the direction of
the Inspector.
MILO IlOADLEY,
Superintendent
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GOES SOUTH FOR
TREATMENT
George Sickles and wife were
ts-enger- south on the Mar..
ip"sa last night. George goes
idown fur medical treatment for
an old hi adder trouble, which
became serious this last week,
. id will probably have to un
dergo a ,-erious operation. The i
good wishes of the town go '
with him in the hope that he |
will have a *pepdy and safe
recovery.
W. \V. Gatlin was a pa-sen..
.ger -outh on the Princess May
for Seattle. Mr. Gatlin ex
pect* to return to Ketchikan
shortly as he is interested in
some very promising mining
property in this locality.
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Washington, Jan. 0—The
National Forestry Association
!will meet in thi- city this week
Conservation of course will he
the principle topic for consid.
(■ration at the meetings.
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WRANGELL WILL PUT
ON A NEW BOAT
From the construction plans 1
now being completed by the j
Bath Marine Construction Com
.pally of Bath, Maine, a ninety
ton freight and passenger boat 1
i- to be built and placed on the 1
west coast run in the spring, :
i- the announcement of W. J.
Neill to the Sentinel this week, j
From four years experience in
West Coast freight and passen.. I
ger traffic, Mr. Neil has gained 1
e experience of the field that
m ikes for success in the new
venture and he is confident that
ihe new boat will make the
West Coast route the Le-t equip
fed line in Alaska.
The boat, to be built will be
quipped with a 120 horse pow
• gasoline motor, the make of
Ahieh is a- yet undecided. Her
pO'-enger accommodulion- will
he for 2i first cla-s and 20.
-econd class, and her freight [
hold- ol 0." to 75 tons capacity
-Ae will he built bd^w by a ,
■ iable coii.-lruclior firm
>.! ich will be selected by Mr.
■ ill who will go south in a few j
■h.y.s for the purpose.
II is le intention of I Ik > ro.. ;
inter- fo have tin- boat con., j]
i f 11 with Ketchikan each week H
l.ilizing tire time which the 1
Uncle Dan now lays over in I
Sulzer for the further trip, ji
The call in Ketchikan and bet.. ; 1
ei’ pa--enger accoirmiodalion- ■
will be favorably receive I by :
commercial men and Ihe irav. i
cling public—^Sentinel. \
Mr, Claude Runyan, the pop. j
ular young druggi.-l with Ryu-,
left on the May this morning *
bound for Lincoln, Neb., where <
he goes to visit his mother and
oiber relatives. He expects to
be gone about fwt> months.
New York, Jan. 6—President
Taft was the principle speaker
at the Republican banquet in
this city Saturday night. He
f told the thousand or more pol..
. itieiaiis present that he and the
. party had been defeated by
. the Progressives, but as the
. latter in turn had been de
feated by the Democrats he had
| no very vigorous kick coming.
I The Presidents remarks were
jenthusiasticnlly received by
I the big crowd present who lat
ier settled down to figuring out
ways and means to reunite the
; Republican party two years
j hence so that the next Con..
igress can be captured.
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OTTO HUCKER MARRIED
Saturday night Judge Stack..
. pole performed the marriage
j ceremony uniting Otto Mucker
land Miss Pearl Buren. The
j groom is a resident of Dolomi,
’ and is known to practically
[everybody in this region. Miss
Buren has been a resident of
j Juneau for some time.
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AMUR IN WITH A TOW
The steamer Amur, formerly
of the Canadian Pacific fleet,
iarrived up from the south with
the barge Louisiana in tow this
. morning. The two vessels are
on their wav to the Behm canal
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fishing camps where they will
load salt herring. The Amur
will tow the barge Bangor as
ifar south as Vancouver,
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FISHING IN NORWAY
In Northern Norway the chief
i industry is fishing and lias
ibeen for years. Some of the
; finest fishing ships in the
world run out to the open
I ocean from this country. And
the hardy Norwegian is known
the world over as a daring
sailor and fisherman. It i- a ‘
beautiful sight to see them
setting their gear with seas
running mountain high, To
sec the race for the fishing
hanks when it is reported the
fish are striking in. All this
can he seen at the Dream Tues
day and Wednesday nights in
three reels. adv
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Miss Maude Hewitt and J.
Fred Appelby of North Yakima,
were married Monday at the
I home of the bride’s sister Mrs.
II. M. Moran, in Seattle.—Ta
coma News.
Miss Hewitt is the sister of
Roy Hewitt of the Northern
Machine Works.
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Portland, Jan. 6—James Laid..
law, British consul for Oregon,
Washington, Idaho. Montana
and Alaska, is dead in this city
after a prolonged sickness. Mr.
Laidlaw was well known and
generally respected all over
the northern Pacific Coast.
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Los Angeles, Jan. G-*0 range
men of (his region have been
hard hit (hi- lust two or three
days with the unprecedented
cold wave now sweeping the j
citric- belt. Icicles are hang
ing from many of the orange
trees, and the late crop is
ruined.
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j Indianapolis, Jan. 0—A severe
-lorn; is sweeping this stale,
jand considerable damage uni !
suffering is hound to result.
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Paris. Jan. 0—Nizim Pasha is
responsible for the statement
that Turkey i- now thoroughly j
prepared for the resumption of j
the war with the Balkan Allies. !
lie stales that she has marshal.. !
led her forces together and has !|
gotten them thoroughly armed L
Besides this, during the past],
six week- she has purchased ,
arid now lias in her arsenals .
more Ilian len million pounds ,
worth of new arm- and am mu.. |
nition. I
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MCDONALD’S CHOCOLATE8 ,
Absolutely the Best, at
H.SACK’S DRUG 8TORE.
Exclusive Agents, j
—Advertising.
I Washington., Jan. 0—Presi
■ dent Taft lias gone on record
i a* favoring referring the Pan..
1 ama Canal loll matter to the
. Hague conference, believeing
> that that body will declare (hat
• the canal is really the properly
■ of the American government,
- and as foreign bottoms cannot
1 carry freight between two A..
merican ports, there can be no
, reason why Britain or any other
country can protest against A..
meriea making any rules she
1 (likes to apply to American ves..
1 Jsels carrying freight between
American ports.
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Seattle. Jan. (j—The steamer
Bertha arrived down from Hie
• j north last night, apparently
•'none the worse for going
j aground, just north of Queen
Charlotte Sound. She struck
■ on soft ground and floated off
: with the incoming tide.
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH
The watefront was shocked
by the news this morning of
(lie sudden death pn bpanl Hie
|tug Pioneer of the death of her
captain, C. C. Manter, around
which some little mystery
hangs. It appears that the tug
Pioneer is in port on her way
south, and that Cap:.. Manter
h's been troubled considerably
of late with acute indigestion.
Yesterday about two o’clock he
called on Marine Surger.n Story
land was treated for indigestion
remarking as lie left the doc..
tor’s office that he fell better
than lie had for some time
Seme time during yesterday af
Ternoon pr evening he partook
of several crab cocktails going
| to bed some time afterwards.
This morning he rose, dressed,
telling members of the crew
| that he had passed a very bad
night, ate his ordinary break..
fa>t, and then left the dining
.room. A few moments after
wards, the noise of a fall was
heard, and members of the
boat’s crew went out and
■ found him lying on the main
deck unconscious, having appar
'eiitly fallen while descending a
'short flight pf stairs. Br.
jBtorv was hastily summoned
(and arrived within seven min..
Aites of the time Capt. Manter
was picked up, but found the
• man dead, and diagnosed the
case as probably paralysis of
the heart brought on by acute
'indigestion, but at the same
| lime asked that an investiga
tion be held by the corner, as
he was not absolutely sure as
to the actual cause of the
death. Reason for doubt on his
part was added to by the crew
'several members of which
stated that the Captain had
acted strangely al times on the
jtrip south, and it was thought
I that possibly be had made n..
way with himself, but as no
bottle or other sign of drug or
poison was found in or about
the dead man’s stateroom, the
doctor is inclined to believe that
death was the result of natural
| causes.
Capt. Manter was well known
|as a lug boat captain of abil
ity, having been in command
i
'of the Pioneer for the last
couple of years or so, having
been in Ihe employ of the
i Puget Sound Tug Boat comp.. .
any, her owners for many (
years. He was a big man, I'nL
jly six feet high, and weighing i
;m the neighborhood of 250 ,
I pounds. He was 'i7 years of ]
age, married, with one daugh
ter; a member of the Elk- and
|Odd Fellows. Following the
suggestion of Br. Story, Com.. I
missioner Stackpole convened i
a coroner’s jury this afternoon t
which made a report staling <
that to the best of their know.. ;
ledge and belief Capt. Manter I
had come to Ills death from i
j natural causes. I
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New York and London prices ,
paid for furs at P. J. Gilmores
- -- Advertisement.
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♦ NORTHERN HAPPENINGS *
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ALASKANS IN
COAST POLITICS
Thai Alaskans are prominent
in coast polities is evidence
from the following.
Dr. Harry Lane of Porllland,
Ore., who will succeed Johathan
Bourne, Jr., in (lie United
States senate, was engaged in
mining in the Nome district in
1900. lie returned to Portland
and later was elected mayor,
and he now goes to the United
States senate.
Thomas M. Word, who be
came sheriff of Multnomah
county Ore. for the second time
having been elected to that po
sition in the late election, was
a former member of. the firm
of H. A. Bauer & Co., at Skag..
way, in 1897 and 1898.
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Edward L. Terry, now city
treasurer of Seattle, was a pio
neer of Ska gw ay in 1S97 98,
He was then in the employ of
George Rice, of Juneau.
W. H. llanna, reccnty reelect
ed treasurer of King county,
Wash,, stampeded to Nome in
1900 and lived there for sev
eral years.
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Josiah Collins, now a mem
ber of the state senate of Wash
ington, was a Klondike stam..
peder in 1897, and nearly died
of scurvy that winter in Daw
son.
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CONCERNING ALASKA
25 YEARS A@Q
The Tacoma News is in the
habit of publishing happenings
in Tacoma of 25 years ago. In
a recent issue appeared the fol
lowing which is of interest to
people of this region:
Dec. 28, 1887
Gov. Swinpfred of Alaska is
in Tacoma on his way to Wash
ington, 1). C., on the order of
L. Q. G. Lamar, secretary of the
interior. The governor says
he shall recommend increased
mail facilities for Alaska, the
extension of the land law's to
the territory, and the extension
to the citizens of Alaska of the
right to elect their own officers
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Exeeedinly mild weather pre
vailed at Nome during a greater
part of December, und at Fair
banks men were seen on the
streets in their shirt sleeves.
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A Fairbanks prospector holds
the wage record in that country
lie arrived at the camp broke
put in 2S0 days work and sold
a quartz claim for $30,000.
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Captain Kerr, of the steamer
British Empire, is to receive a
Carnegie medal for plonging in
fo the bay at Skagway and pull
ing a drowning sailor out ol
the water.
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So far as has been learned
the famous bank cases, arising
at Fairbanks, and being tried at
Valdez have simmered down to
one measly misdemeanor case
against E. T. Barnette, who has
been fined $1,000.
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Owing to the departure of
many residents during the past
year, including many of the
merchants, and to the conse
quent decline in business, the
city asses.-or of Iditnrod has
been directed by I he city conn
cil to reduce ttie property valu
ation 75 per cent. This will
leave the assessed valuation of
the town $500,000.
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An Eskimo woman named
Katie Anderson received $2*7
rccntly as witness fees in Hie’
case of I lie United Slates vs.
Gurney. She went to Nome to
attend the trial from Kiuna.
Immediately after receiving the
money she proceeded to the
postoffice and squatted on the
floor while secreting the money
on her person
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Job printing at Th* Miter.