ACCEPTS POSITION
AT SKAGWAY
C. C. Rabbage. who has been
employed at Ryus Drug Store
(or the past months, was a pas
senger on the Alameda la-t
night. Ho goes to Skagway
where he has a years contract
with the Kirmse Jewelry store.
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MILL GETS COAL
The Jeanie is in this morning
with about fifty tons of coal
for the mill.
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TO HAVE NEW ENTRANCE
"Workmen are busy today
digging out the rock between
Kubleys store and the street in
order to put in a new entrance
from the front.
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SOME PARTY
Last night when the Jeffer-j
-.on tied up the passengersj
w...-e startled by hearing a noise,
like a fire department on a ran •
rasre or a bunch of Comache,
I. .bans on the war path. They
stood in open mouthed amaze
•int i the noise drew near and
everything was explained. It
w::■» only a bunch of the young,
fellows of the town giving Ed.
Richmond the first joy ride to
Jake place in the streets of
Ketchikan. Miss Nina Rose
mond and Ed. Richmond were
married yesterday at four o
clock by Judge Stackpole and
when they started for the boat
the bunch grabbed Ed., put hir i
in the Stedman cart and rod;
him to the boat in style. Ed
says the ride lacks nothing in
Lr.e of speed but that he wishe
they had picked a smooth
street as he will have to e3t
from the mantle for the next
week. The couple will resit!
in Seattle where Ed. has a po
sition with the Alaska Steam
ship Co.
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PETITION FOR SCHOOL
A petition is being circulated
asking for a new sehool to be
located at Newtown. As Hit
present school is rather crowd -
ta and the children that live
out there have to woik a long
wav jn all kinds of weather.
The petition has 1J5 signers a!
i f adv and more have expressed
their willingness to sign a
soon ns they have the opportnr
ity. All who are interested
seked to call at the Nei>. Git
sen residence at Newtown and
ijcr j ,t. A Mass meeting will
be hel 1 as soon as possible.
Tom Gardner of the local For
esl Office returned from'Ju
neau last night.
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GOING CAMPING
Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Bug*
are leaving this morning foe
fspingglers Cove for a two
weeks outing. Martin Buggy
\lr. Howard and Lee Green are
going over on business con
nected with the mining proper
ty there.
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BIDDY’S RELIEF ARRIVES
J. E. Warder, formerly con
nected with the marshalls of
I'i -e lit Washington, I>. C.. ar
riceit on the Alameda the other;
to take the position wiMi
ethe. Light House department
f.iri.itrly held by J. A. Malone.
yp s. George Sickle:- and her
mother Mrs. Allyn. left for the
routh last night on the Jeffer
son. they go down to he with
George while he is undergoing
treatment.
PASSENGER DROWNED
FROM SPOKANE
Stanford Wilson, a second
cla-s pa-senger front Ketchi
kan to Seattle, was drown.’*!
or. the last southbound trip of
the Spokane.
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The White Pa-s station “!
Caribou is open fur the sum
mer.
JUVENILE BOSTONIANS
LEAVE FOR THE NORTH
Saturday night the JuvenilJ
Bostonians produced “The
Rose of Blandeen” before
crowded house. The pretty lit
tie opera was well rendered
and well received. The hall
was filled to capacity and every
body was well satisfied with
the preformanee. Last nigld
thev closed their engagement
with "El Mascottee." They
1, ft last night on the Alameda
for -Juneau and their return en
gage men! is looked forward to
by all who saw these talented
little artists.
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LEAVES FOR CHICAGO
Mrs. Ed. Lake left on the A. *
ki last night. She is bound foe;
Chicago where she expects t-1]
take up her future residence, j
Mrs. Lake is well known hero;
5;- she has lived in the city for (
a number of years and she win
be missed by a large circle o:
friends.
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ALKI HAS CAPACITY LOAD
Tie Alik got away for the;
south this morning about one
o’clock with a capacity passen- j
gtr list. She had seventy five]
passengers twenty nine of;
whom sailed from this place..
She took four boxes of fresh
and thirty one tierces of cured
-a!mon. She had 110 tierces o'
! -almon all told.
AUTHORITY RECOGNIZED
\ lev d-v- ago ail lncidcn1
omuiired which compelled the
:authority to demonstrate to a
certain individual the fact that
good behavior is expected i"
t!:is little town. A new comer
recently immagined that .Alaska
i meant a land of no restriction
as to one’s conduct, and thac
;one was just as free to act a
une plea-e^ and as the birds ir
;he air. He was soon brongl <
tc realize however .that non
sein.x has its limits, even in A!
j a ska. When Hans said, “com -
with me," he meant it. But
the man would not believe ui*
tii he received an open han i
‘-•-wipe’’ on the jew which sent
him sprawling in the middle o'
the street, followed by the que
;ion. “will you be good now?"
Hazed by the force of the blo w
ihe feilow looked around, shoo;,
and picked himself up and in
coherently murmured. ”1 goes ~
yon are boss here, all right."
• n*l went hi- way peaceably
He I- behaving nicely since—Pel
ersburg Progres-ive.
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TANK 13 FINISHED
1 lie fir-t of the three large
• tanks for the Standard Oil Co.
has been completed and the
• rew have been paid off. They
•if going south on the Alki this
afternoon.
Mrs. B. A. Eardley was a pas
seuger on the Jefferson las*
uight for the south.
SOME SWELL IVORY
Berthelson arid Pruell have
just received a row supply o'
old ivory novelties and curios
They certain!} make a swel'
d'-play and are well worth th -,
time spent in calling in and
.looking at them. Among the!
p-ettv things are some foldin'-'
inlaid card ease- and cribbae**
i-oards and minalure animals <>■
all kind.. They al-o have som -
i igar. cigarette, and cord case •
woven from whale bone thai
are class.
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K. F. Moore, who has been
‘-uperintendenl o fthe LonDe
Van mine icft for the South 00
ibe Jefferson last nighi. II
-avs (bat he hope- to return *’
ttiis district at a later date. The
iaunch Truth, which belongs to
Mr. Moore lias been left in
charge of Bert Steer's.
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REVEREND MICHE.^ER
CATCHES O.’JD FISH
The Reverend Michener ca'
led r.t this office yesterday wi*n
r ;:11e spcimen of a Congo EU
that lie had just captured near
the oil dock. The fist) put up!
a hard figld after it reached thoj
U p of the water but was finalyi
tended. It was about four feci
long.
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FOREST SERVICE MEN
GO TO WEST COAST;
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The Tahn left this morning>
for the West Coast with Brin'd
Hoffman and Roy Barto with a
small force of men. Barto wil1
stop at Craig with the men an !
ednstruel the. now street aero •>
!lie town ami Hoffman ill con,
i nne with the boat and cleu1
i p several business matter
ever liiere.
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CANAL COMPLETED
IN OCTOBER
I
Unless slides interfere to ;i
far greater extent than is now
anticipated, the Panama Canal;
will surely be finished by
» lober 1. The work i~ be
ing rustled now as never before
..lid arrangements are being!
made to import still more la
borer- from the West Indies.
NEW STORE OPENS
A new business has been ■'i 1
ed to the !:-t in the town. Th
Mesdmnes Finzel and Ourgen
have opened a store of notion
and ladies novelties in the Ke !
Building. Their stock is noi
I complete at present but thev
lave a large shipment on the,
way, which is expected to ar
rive at an early date. Mis
Dorgan is prepared to do main - :
icuring and as soon as the stock;
arrives they will al-o do hair
dressing.
DONKEY CHANGES HANDS
Tom M Donald has leased the
logging outfit of DeW itt Sweig
ert and today the Spray i- tow
ing the donkey to Wrangel'
Mr. M' lJorald ho> a logging com
ii act from the mil! at .1 mean
The Northwestern is due
southbound sometime tomor
row.
A. E. Wadi - - if Kassan is
in town for a short visit.
CAUGHT PLAYING POKER
Las! Saturday John Ross (
Juneau was given a hearing be
fore Judge Grover C. Winn, or
the Commissioner’s Court < 1
!|>e charge of playing poker.
DALE GOT LEFT
Idle Hunt and wife intended
to go south or; the Aiki but
there were no accomodation
so they were fort ed to wait fo •
the Northwestern.
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•Tor piintinz at The Miner.
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rOREST SERVICE
TO BUILD ROAD
The Forest Service is send
u:g men So (lie west coast to
day for the purpose of con
tracting an eight foot street
for a distance uf 2100 feet
through the town of Craig, Al
though 25 per cent of all rev
enue derived from the sale ol
limber in the National Forests
of the present time, reverts to
the different states and terri
tories for the schools an . roalsj
dm ia>t Agricultural App.opria
imn Lull passed by Congress ear
tied a clause to the effect that
an additional ten per cent,
-honk' be used for (tie pur
p. -c of building roads am!
trails. This road at Craig is
the first work undertaken by
die Service in this district. It
is !o extend from the the main
pi: ! of tite town across the
hill to the bark bay and will be
a -reat benefit to a large num
her of people who have to use
a heat or climb over logs and
wade through mud at the pres- j
ent lime. After this work .s
i pished they are intending to
construct a trail at Bailey Bay
from .-alt water to the hot
-pi'ing' and lake.
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TO PILOT FIRST SHIP
bate report is to the effect
that the Panama canal will be
■ :»■ I for traffic within th"i
next eight months. Col G.
W. Goethals the engineer i:i
charge of the work apprehend'
no <orious trouble from the
Cute bra ut by reason of slides
il l unle-- it does, the canai
w It he ready by that time.
Captain Amundsen, the South
P* le di-coverer has lieen asked
ti p.’ it the first -lop through
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MOTHER-IN-LAW ARRIVES
L. B. Robinson, the planer
!■< -- it the mill is a happy man
ibis morning. When he was
- en at the mill this morning
he w re the smile that won’;
i-oinc off, and when pressed for
the m-e he said that hi;
mother in law Mrs. Oxley, of
S- ".;e, had arrived on the Al
. r . 'a last night for an exten
ded visit..
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NEW WHARFINGER
( .? l Ainsworth arrived Iasi
[night on the Alameda to take
'he , bo-e of F.d. Richmond at
'he !< al office of the Alaska
Hea ;-hip Co. Carl was her**
iW'i years ago and was one o'
jibe pitching staff of the local
bail learn at that time.
V"cording to the Valdez Com
inimcr, the cats in that town
are . 1 dying with the eatarrl:
. plague or something
cl.--. Whereever you go a sore
«•>, <! rat with half its hair and
-uiin- times parts of its hide
f gone. is -iniingvou in the face
If You want Reliability, Giiance, Economy, Freedom Tjt
. . ._E'e, r.r.d Cs-.c.al Satisfaction g
The Raiaco f
Will meet your requirements
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S. M- JONES COMPANY MANUFACTURERS
I'J For full Information Write
StNLEY OAKS,HI II, Ketchikan, Alaska
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GOOD PAY FOUND
IN INNOKO DISTRICT
i no n \v Cripple Oree.; >lig
piiigs give promise of produc
•ng. About 100 people are in
the i amp. Pay lies beep, found
on fixe claims on Cripple and
i Colorado Creeks. The ground
I- siudlow and xvill be worked
in opeueuts during the coming
season. The section between
ihe north fork of the Innoko
Fixer and the Ruby district is
also looked upon as favorable
lor prospecting.
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A NEW BOOKKEEPER
O, K. VanDoorn arrived up on
the Alki, and will be in charge
of the books and accounts for
ihe Northland Dock Company.
Jack Rounsefeli, as announced
ui the Miner some time ago will
lake a protracted trip south.
GOING INSIDE
John Fiulzeu came over from
Sulzer on the Rough Ride”
Thursday. He is on his way
to the Deese Lake country at
the head of the Stikine river
!o make a test of that region
for placer gold with his “gold
stick.’’ This is his second trip
into (he country having been
there in the neighborhood of
twenty years ago.
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CASE PUT OVER
H. G. Strong returned on
last night’s boat from Juneau,
whither he had gone in con
nection with the injunction he
has asked for against thx
1 readwell company. Owing to
• he alleged absence in the in
terior of some of Treadwell’s
witnesses, that, company wTas
rot ready to go to trial on the
facts, so the temporary in
junction was continued and the
case will be trial later.
EVEN THE EDITOR WORKED
(a little)
Quite a goodly number of
Ketchikan people turned out to
help on the cemetary grounds
\csterday, and the result is a
narked improvement in the ap
! pearance of things generally.
! Braining ditches were dug and
| flu* sod turned over on parts o’’
jlne plot, and the summer sun
w ii! do much toward finishing
jlhe work. A bountiful lunch
|eon was served at noon by Mrs.
! Blodgett, Mrs. Ed. Williams and
Miss Catherine Blodgett, which
was well appreciated by those
disposing of it.
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RIVER BOAT IN
i The Hudsons Bay Company s
'steamer Pt. Simpson arrived
j up from Pt. Simpson yesterday
; afternoon and left for the north
this morning. She is on her
way to Wrangell, from which
place she will ply on the Stik
ine to Telegraph Creek this
! season.
ANOTHER AGENCY
F. F.. Ryus brought back with
him from the south a type
w r iter-mni hine not lady—which
he considers is a little the best
made. It is the Fox, a sturdy
i appearing visible writer equip
jped. according to Floyd with
several improvements no other
| machine possesses. It writes
I backward or forward, black or
i red, thin or thick spaces, arid
; docs half-a-dozen or more
siunts all conveniences for type
writer users, which Floyd can
[tell you about if you are inter
! et led.
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Mr. ami Mrs. C. Bard, an 1
I Miss Bard arc going over to
i Hadley. Mrs. Bard goes over lo
do the cooking. Miss Bard is
going to be stenographer and
assistant bookkeeper.
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i lie first rain in seven month*
| fill at Whitehorse on the l'«th
jinst.
CORDOVA MAN IS
SHOT AND WILL DIE
In the presence of over two
hundred persons gathered at
the Oordma firemen’s smoker
May 28th, Daniel Reeder ap
peared on the scene and fired
five shots at William T. Rowe.
I’our 01 the bullets entered
Rowe’s back and be will die, it
is feared. His back is broken
and both legs are paralyzed.
Whejn arrested Reeder said
Howe had alienated the affec
tions of Mrs. Reeder and brok
en up his home. Rowe is un
married. i
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juneau sues Valentine
Suit was filed in the district
court this week by the citv
of Juneau against Emery Valen
tine, asking the condemnation
of the defendant’s building,
which abuts into Franklin
street.
This is the suit which was
incepted when Juneau voters
indicated what course the city
council should take at a rel
erendum vote recently.
Judge Jennings has received
instructions from the depart
ment of Justice to make ready
to preside over the floating
court. The revenue cutte"
Thetis will probably call at Ju
neau for Judge Jennings and
whatever other officials he
may take from there, and then
proceed to Valdez where the
rest of the court officials will
be taken abourd.
Capt. Ilalstrom of the Pros
pector has resigned and left on
the Mariposa to take command
of the Wieding Bros.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
CO-OWNER
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To Adelaide V. White, her heir?
and assigns, and all the heirs,
devisees and assigns of A.
Hollis White, deceased;
Yon and each of you are
hereby notified that during the
years 1910, 1911 and 1912,
and each thereof, the under
signed, your co-owners, have
expended $100.00 in labor and
improvements, amounting to
$800.00 in 1910, $800.00 in
1911 and $800.00 in 1912, up
on Hie “Crackerjack No. 1”,
“Crackerjack No. 2”, “Cracker
jack No. 3”, “Crackerjack No.
4 '. “Crackerjack No. 5”, “Hol
lis”, “Cioodenough” and “Brain
tree” Lode mining Claims, sit
uated in the Ketchikan Mining
and Recording District on
Prince of Wales Island on the
northerly slope of Hollis Moun
tain about 1 3-4 miles from
Hollis on Twelve Mile Arm of
Kasaan Bay, the original lo
cation notices thereof being of
record in the recorder’s office
jar, Ketchikan, Alaska, in Book
“B” of the Swineford records
at pages 42, 43, 44. Book “C’
of Swineford records at pages
47, 48, 140, Yol. 10 of Mines,
Wrangell records, at page 202.
and Vol. 1, of mines at png"
334, No. 332; The said labor
was performed as and for the
annual representation of said
claims for the said years, 1910,
1911 and 1912, as required b>
the provisions of Section 2324
of the Revised Statutes of I he
United States, and amendment
thereto approved January 22nd
1880 and the amendment
thereto approved March 2.
1907, concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being I he
amounts required to and for the
purpose of holding said claim
for said years, and in which
you ciniro an undivided seven
sixteenths interest;
You -ire further notified that
unless within ninety days after
the personal service of this
notice upon you, or within
ninety days after (he publica
tion thereof, you contribute
your portion of such expendi
ture ns a co-owner, to-wit,
s or,0.00 for 1910, $350.00 for
KM 1 and $350.00 for 1912, or
one-eighths, thereof for each of
said claims, your interest in
the said claims and each there
of will be forfeited to the un
dersigned co-owners who have
I made such expenditure, and
will become their property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated May 23. 1913.
JAMKS R A WIRIN'.
OTTO B. RIIFF.
First Publication, May 23, 1913
Last Publication, Aug. 15, 19(3,