REAPPOINTED CLERK
Judge Stackpole was in re
ceipt of his reappointment as
deputy clerk of the District
Court under District Clerk, J.
W. Bell, on a recent boat. Mr.
Bell was recently appointed to
succeed Clerk of Court Petty.
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That Fort Davis will soon he
abandoned by Ihe government
is the information conveyed in
an official notification received
recently by the commander of
flic fort. All appropriations for
the keeping up of the fort have
been stopped except an amount
that will he merely sufficient
to maintain it barely in a hab
itable manner, says the Nome
Nugget. The decision to aban
don the fort is part of the plan
to remove the military alto
gether from Alaska which has
been under consideration for
some time hut which has only
come to a definite stage re
cently, as shown 1 > ti e official
notification received by the
commander here. It is assum
ed by the officers of the fort,
according to one of their num
ber, that the fort will exist a<
a fort when the present gar
rison goes outside and this will
not he untill next spring. The
intention of the government is
to rpplace the military with a
body of constabulary some
thing sifnilnr to the North
west mounted police ofCanada.
Seattle, Oct. 0—Charged in e
fugitive warrant with embez
zlement from the Northern Ma
chine works, at Ketchikan, Al
aska, of which institution he
had been the book keeper for
ttie past year or so, H. G. Sam
dahl, was arrested on Pier -4
in this city Saturday night as
he was waiting for the steam
er Alki to arrive, on board ot
which was his wife- Samdali'
Vyitt pinke no fight on extra
dition but yvill return north
for trial at the October term pf
court in Ketchikan.
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90MF0RTING NEWS
H. Schafer th»< mi'k man
was in receipt of the news of
the safe arrival of his daugh
ter, Mrs. George Maynard at
Nome. The telegram he re
fgiypd confirmed the first re
ports of thf* terrible storm at
Nome.
RED CROSS WILL HELP
Washington, Oct. 8—The
national Red Cross Association
by ils executive committee has
decided to assist in relieving
the situation at Nome- To that
end they wired to their Pacific
coast representative in Seattle
to act for them and ship sup
plies north on the Senator.
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Seattle, Oct. 0—Looking little
'he worse for her unusual ex
perience the steamer Spokane
arrived from the north at an
early hour yesterday morning.
Vccording to the story of those
m board the cause of the mis
lap was a chip or some other
oreign substance which clog
ged the sea cock furnishing
vatef to the condensers and
•oiler, and the water rushing
nto the boilers and vessel’s
Migineroom almost caused her
o turn turtle. The vessel was
'teaming: along fully a mile
rom the nearest shore when
he mishap occurred the bridge
.vas notified, and the vesspl’s
•ourse was changed so that she
vas headed for the shore. At
he same time signals of dis
ress were sent out from the
hip’s wireless and the La
ouche rushed to her assis
ance- In the meantime the
nen of the engine room force
vere striving to plug the pipe
hrough which the water was
•ushing and threatening to
ink the ship. The water rose
•p to their waists and several
>f the men quit and rushed up
nto the deck refusing to be
enned up like rats in a sink
■ig ship. At tips juncture
hicf Engineer Dumett jumped
own into the water which by
his time was up to his armpits
nd with the assistance of the
others who joined him. closed
he pipes and repaired the con
'enser head. By this time the
essel was ashore, so the boats
vere lowered and the passen
gers were placed in them and
many of them taken on bpart)
the Latouche. The pumps
were then gotten to work, and
had no difficulty in freeing the
vessel fropi the walpr. Tips
being done, the passengers
were taken back on board and
the vessel came on to this port
under her own steam. The ship
is as sound as ever she was and
will require no overhauling.
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of the world.
You will find it in Japan.
You will see it in Russia. t———«
It protects buildings in Alaska. It’g
It covers houses on the plains free
of South Africa. . ^
It is used extensively in Australia—
Thousands of rolls have been .nd%«imbi«
shipped Indo China. Cheerful
You see it in nearly every Hpinea."
South American port. xhltbooklet
Is very popular in Canada. KTS***
It roofs the best buildings in
every large American City.
The magnificent buildings of _ f
the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition arc
covered with it.
The St. Francis and Fairmont
Hotels in San Francisco are
protected by it.
Malthoid has a world wide
reputation.
This is so because it is
the original ready roofing.
Its makers have been making
ready roofings for twenty
six years.
They have always made roofings
that make good.
TONGASS TRADING CO.
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Sa frucisu and Everywtcrt Ketchikan Agents
AN IDEA WORTHY
OUR CONSIDERATION
From various towns and
cities of the United States
comes word of experiment in
city municipal government
along lines differing radically
from the old Town Council
method. Many places are now
trying out the Des Moines
plan of town government by
commission which provides for
a business administration of
three or five men elected sup
posedly independant of their
polities to run the city on a
business basis, and almost
without an exception we are
told that the change is for the
better. But evolution and pro
gress in town government do
not seem to be content with
stopping there, and now we
bear of cities side tracking
councils and commissions and
electing a business manager to
take complete control of the
business end of the city govern
ment,
Sampler S- G., has tried il
with absolute success for the
past ten years, LaGrand, Ore
gon, is just applying the plan,
and Tacoma’s mayor is sug
gesting that the “City of Des
tiny” try it.
Ketchikan spends annually
between twenty-five and thir
ty thousand dollars for her city
government, and gets—what?
Iler town councilmen are and
we believe always have been
honest men with the welfare
of the Iqwn constantly at hearl
but as a rule they have been
loo busy, or lacking in busin
ess instinct of the kind re
quired for the running of a
town, to get the results we
want. They are elected for bid
one year at best and know thai
no matfer what they do; no
matter what time they may
takefrom their business and de
vote to town afffairs, they will
he adversely criticised by the
very people they are sacrificing
their own affairs to sene. The
need is time, common horse
sense, and business methods
applied Ip tpwn matters—in
other words Ketchikan needs a
business manager. She can
well afford to pay twelve or
fifteen per cent of her income
to see that the rest is spent
where it will do the greatest
good for the greatest number
What we need is a young man
with engineering training to
lake hold of things, plan out a
line of action and follow il.
Let him be given a contract for
at least three years so thatj
he will kuuw he has time
enough to see his plans mater
alize, and hold him absolutely
responsible for the expendi
ture of every cent spent in the
town. The municipal govern
ment is one of the biggest fi
nancial concerns in the town
mid loss interest is taken in the
transaction of its business
in many respects than should
lie expended on a. i>ea 1111 ^
stand.
The business manager plan
looks good to other places,
why not apply it to Ketchikan?
And now comes word that a
real movement is on foot lo
secure a site for a pulp mill in
Ihis locality. Here Is some
thing in which every one of us
is interested. We have the
raw material, the waterpower,
and the labor, if capital in the
proper proportions can be
mixed with these ingredients
the result will be an industry
of benefit to us all.
A few years ago when one of
us wont to the stales and reg
istered "Ketchikan, Alaska”
I lie probabilities were we
would bear a snicker and some
body say "Ketchikan” wonder
where that is! Such occur
rences dont happen any
more though. Every body on
ehe Pacific Coast at leats knows ,
about Ketchikan and the mil- !
lions and millions of pounds of ;
fish she exports every year,
and one feels a thrill of pride
stiffen his back bone when be
over hears the remark “Ketch
ikan! Say thats that hustling
little town up in Alaska that’s
growing so fast isn’t it”? “It
is and we want to do our share
to keep it in that light.
Some time ago theCommer
cial Club of Ketchikan was or
ganized for the purpose of
boosting this locality. It grew
and flourished as the green bay
tree for a while, acquired a
considerable fund in its treas
ury, did some real good work
in i.he publicity line, and then
apparently gave up the ghost
because we (the Miner Man is
as much to blame as any body
else) lost interest in the matter
and let it die. This paper be
lieves that never before in her
history has Ketchikan stood
more in need of definite com
eerted, concentrated action
than right now. Business in
jeueral throughout Southeast
ern Alaska is opening up and
promising better today than
ever before in the history of
the district. Ketchikan is get
ting a goodly share. The
wonderous wealth of her wat
ers is being recognized, inter
■estis being reawakened in the
intold riches of gold and cop
ier; the world is beginning to
realise the latent possibilities
if her timber lands and watpr
■ights. She is indped wouder
>usly blest but she nppds pud
must have a way pf passing the
word along, some way of tell
;ng the millions of people of
hese United States of ours
what we have done, are doing,
uid hope to do. A commer
>rrial body is the only answer.
Let us take steps to revive the
>ld organization with another
‘got together” banquet if nefd
>e—put it on its feet again and
hedge ourselves to stay on the
job for a bigger, better Ketchi
kan.
NEW CHARGES FILED
Attorney Chas. H. Cosgrove
was notified on a recent boat
hat the land office bad with
Irawn its charges against the
shneubar holdings near this
'itv but bad filed new ones,
iractically repetitions of the
>ld ones against Col. Shoen
>ar’s applcatiion for patent,
rhis paper understands that
lie applicant offered to fore
go i i of the claims and accept
latent on but twelve. If such
s the ca«e it would appear that
ie has done bis share towards
iffecling a compromise of the
natter and the very least the
•government can do is to allow
lirn to perfect his title to that
many and proceed tp prove
whether the claims are worth
inything from a mineral stand
point or not. It is a foregone
•onclusion that the claims will
lever be proved unless the de
lartment shows an inclination
o play fair in the mpUpr,
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LITTLE FELLOW DIES
Sail newrs awaited Gen?
Wucker this morning when ha
lisembarked from the steamer
Dolphin. It was of the death
of his little son Gene, which oc
eurred last night about seven
thirty of ptomaine poisoning,
The little fellow was sick bill
a short time, having eaten
something which poisoned him
so that the doctors summoned
to his bedside cpuld do nothing
for him,
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Joe Baronovich, who had
been on a combined business
and pleasure trip to the south,
returned.on today’s Dolphin.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo
Jot piinting at Th« Mln«r.
I WEST COAST PACK
; According to Captain DeGuil
tlre, canning is all finished on
the West Coast. He did not
know what had been gotten up
at Craig, but stated that Kla
woek had 44,000 cases up,
Hose Inlet has 41,000, Hunters
Bay 37,000, and Waterfall
i 0,000.
NATIONAL FOREST
TIMBER FOR SALE
Sealed bids will he received
l y Ihe Forest Supervisor, Ket
chikan, A’aska, up to and in
cluding August 15, 1913, for
500,000 feet B. M. more or
less, of Sitka S uce and West
ern hemlock sawtimber upon
a designated area beginning a
1 out one mile from the cn
trance of Thorn Bay and ex
tending southwesterly approx
imately two miles along the
northwest shore of Thorn Bay,
east coast of Prince of Wales
Island, Tcngass National For
est, Alaska. No hid of less
than $1.00 per M. feet will be
considered. Deposit with bid
$200.00. The right to reject
any and all bids reserved. Be
fore bids arc submitted full in
formation concerning the tim
ber. the conditions ol the sale,
and the submission of bids
should be obtained from the
forest Supervisor, Ketchikan,
Alaska.
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Sale of National Forest Timber
Sealed bids will be received
»y the Forest Supervisor. Ket
ehiiian, Alaska, up to and in
eluding July 7, 1913, for 1,
000,000 feet B. M. mor^orless
of Sitka spruce and Wester.!
hemlock sawlimber upon a ries.
gnated area on the southwes!
shore of Thorne Bay, Prince of
'Vales Island, Tongass National
forest, Alaska. No bil of less
than $1.00 per M. feet B. M.
for sawtimber will be consid
ered. Deposit with bid $200
The right to reject any and all
Lids reserved. Before bids ar»
submitted full information con
cerning the timber, the con
ditions of sale, and submission
o fbids should be obtained fro;:
Ihe Forest Supervisor, Kerch
► an, Alaska
No. 184, K.-A., Summons
In The District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1.
Edna Gertrude Ce\n tra,ll, plain
tiif, vs. Amps p. OapfryU, du
I'pndaint, Greeting|
|n the name of the United
States of America, You are
hereby commanded to be an I
appear in the above entitled
Court holden at Ketchikan M>
said Diyisipn p{ syid District,
and ans>yer th§ complaint filed
iifiiiui'st you In the above enti
tled action within thirty days!
from the service of this sum
mons and a copy of the said
complain! upon you. and, U
jou fail so to appear and an
swer, for want thereof, the
plaintiff wdl apply to the Courl
for the relief demanded iu sai l
complaint, a copy of which is
served herewith. This suit i*
brought to obtain a decree of
absolute divorce from Du*
bonds of matrimony now ex
jsljpg between plaintiff and de
fendant.
And you, the United Stall*'
Marshal of Division Ny. 1, of
(tie District yf Alaska, or any
th-puty, Rre hereby required to
make service of this summons
upon the said defendant, and
each of them as by law yd
qiured, and you \ytjl make due
retqrri thereof io the Clerk of
this Court within forty days Of
Die (tale of delivery io vyy,,
with an endyrsemer/t hereon
p? your doings in the premises.
Order for publication of this
summons is dated August 4th.
1019, and requires the same
lo be published for the statu
tory period in the Ketchikan
Miner, a weekly newspaper
published in Ketchikan, Alas
ha. Defendant is required to
answer within thirty days after
the last publication.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and af
fixed the seal of the above
Court this 30th dav of July,
A. D. 1013.
E W. DETTlT, Clerk,
by E. S.'STACKPOLE, Dept
D. NOLIj, Attorney for plain
tiff.
First publication Aug. 8, 101 o
l.ast publication Sept. 19, 1913,
I M i— .. I H
BAIT UP FOR FISHING
The halibut steamer Indepen
dent, which has been waiting
for bait for several days baited
up off the Margaret this morn
ing and got away for the bank?
before noon. The power fish
erman Atlantic also took bail
from the Margaret and will
fish on her way south to Se
attle. | i
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In ihe Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. I,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given thal
William A. Connell bar been
duly appointed ndministratoi
with the will annexed of tic?
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
Leased; and all persons having
Maims against said estate arc
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
f rst publication of this notice
with the undersigned at In
place of business, the Stedman
11)1 el, Ketchikan, Alaska,
baled this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
Administrator of the Estafe of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Elias. It. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 9-20-13
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Notloe of Final Settlement
in the Commissioner’s Cour
for Ketchikan Precint No. 8
\luskn.
In the Matter of the Estate ot
William Kroling, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, tha
!ho undersigned has filed i'
lie above court his final ac
.mint of administration of tin
above estate, and that Monday
December 1st, 1913, at 1
j clock p.m. at the Commis
sioners office at the Cour
House at Ketchikan, Alaska
has been appointed as the da>
arid plac$ fvr the hearing ol
spiy- objections to such final
account arid the settlemenl
thereof.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator
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NOTICE to creditors
Iii the Commissioners Court
for ihe Precinct of Ketchikai
9 en itory of Alaska, Divisim
No. 1: In Probate,
Estate of R. S, Holt, deccc-cd
Notice is hereby given tha:
Dan Nelson has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the es
tate of R. Si Holt, deceased,
and all persons Lavir.sc claims
against said estate a:e herebv
notified io exhibit thcJi with
the necessary vouchers withii.
Mx monihs after the first pub
lication of this notice with tli?
I undersigned at his post offic
: address at Kasaan, Alaska
i Hated this I9th day of Jun
i iota, H
i DAN NELSON,
Administrator o fthe Estate
of R. S. Halt, deceased.
Chas, U, Cosgrove, attorney or
Administrator. ,
Notice of Hearing of _ Final
Account and Petition For
Distribution
In The Matter of the Estate
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
he final account of Henry
'oemnore Ihe administrator of
he estate of Helen Johnson,
'erensed, has hern rendered
o said court for settlement,
'ml that a petition for a final
listribution of the estate lias
>een filed willi said account,
'ml that the Oth day of Der
'mber, 1013, at 2 o,clock p. m.
has been duly appointed by
aid court for ihe settlement of
aid account and hearing of
aid petition, at which time any
'erson interested in said e <
ale may appear and file bis
'xceptions, in writing, to said
icronnt, and contest the same.
Dated this 7lh day of Oclo
>cr, 1013.
E. R. Stackepole,
Probate Judge,
’diaries H. Cosgrove,
Attorney for Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is given that pursuant
o the provisions of seclion 27S
if part 5, of Ihe Alaska Co. e of
livil Procedure, I will offer
'or sale upon the premises of
he Northland Dock Company
■l 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
he 251h. day of October 1013,
o the highest bidder for cash
me purse seign, which can be
■een at the cabin of C. A. John
on on Pennork Island.
This sale is conducted by rn»
’or the purpose of satisfying
ny lein for labor bestowed
hereon and materials furnish
'd at the special instance and
equest of Harry Ringstacb
iaid Harry Ringstnd having fait
-d, refused and neglected to
my just and reasonable char
res for said labor and material,
mounting to the sum of nine
v dollars, ($90.00) and ten
'ollars, ($10.00) storage and
■barges of sale.
A. H. JOHNSON,
3y his attorney, Chas. it. Cos
grove.
Dated this 2nd day of Octo
icr, 1913, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
for the Precint of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska, Division
No. 1: In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
VV. II. Gilmour has been duly
inpoinled administrator of the
?slate of Timothy McMahan,
deceased;and all persons hav
ug claims against said estate
ire hereby notified to exhibit
hem with the necessary vou
chers within six months after
ihe first publication of ibis
notice with the undersigned at
his place of business the Ad
miral.
Dated this 22nd day of Sep
ember, 1913,
W. II. GILMOUR,'
Administrater of the Estate
of Timothy McMahan, de
ceased.
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator.
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