FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SPRING 8ALMON IN
THE NARROWS
The local mild curing houses
report that they are buying
salmon caught right in the Nar
rows today. The run of herr
ing is evidently heading this
way, which brings the salmon
after them.
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SOUTH FOR STOCK
Among the passengers couth
on the Alameda last night from
Ketchikan was George M. Ches
ney going down to the Sound to
secure his stock of fixtures and
electrical supplies for the store
he will put in here in Ketchi
kan. . He expects to be gone in
the neighborhood of a couple of
w eeks and will be back in time
to take care of the spring rush
of business in matters electric
on the gasboats of this region.
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NEW OVEN HERE
M. J, Ileneghan, Proprietor of
the Ketchikan Bakery, is sure
going to have some oven in hi*
new quarters. It arrived on a
recent boat from the south,
and is as big as a cannery boil
er, but Mike needs it to feed
Ketchikaners the good bread he
turns out.
INAUGERATE THREE
DAY 8CHEDUE
Starting with the sailing of
the steamer Alameda from
Seattle, April 0, the Alaska
Steamship company will in
augurate a three day sailing to
Southeastern Alaska. The sail
ing of the Dolphin which was
posted for the third has been
cancelled and she will come on!
for the first time on the fif
teenth instead.
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ALAMEDA CALL8 IN
The big steamer Alameda
made port on her way south
about eight o’clock last night.
From this port she took B2
boxes of fresh halibut and 12
boxes of fresh salmon, and the
following passengers: Fred
Heckman, Geo. M. Chcsney, F.
I). Day, C. B. Doyle, Mrs. F„
Witter, Robert Corley, and
three steerage.
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AFTER 22 YEAR8
8EES OCEAN
Twenty-two years continuously
spent in the interior of Alaska
mid ttic Northwest Territory is
the record on W. E. McKinny,
who arrived in Cordova recent
ly from the Shushanna. In 18
!)2 he came west from Maine
and immediately proceeded
to the interior of Alaska. He
first went to the Forty mile dis
trict, where he remained until
the Klondike excitement in 18
t>7. He then joined the rush to
the new diggings and has been
in many a stampede. He is now
operating in the Sushanna and
is here in connection with the
trial of the mining cases to be
called in court next week. Mr.
McKinny had not seen the ocean
for 22 years and is so pleased
with the novelty of gazing on
its broad expanse that when
asked to take a wee drop he is
inclined to ask for salt water.
•“Cordova Alaskan.
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The town of Cordova has a
volunteer fire department
which does all the fire fighting, i
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A boom has been started in
the Third Judicial division for
Robert McChesney, editor of
the Cordova Times, for Terri
torial Senator from tho Third
Judicial Division.
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Fire destroyed the cabin of
Albert Lushman on No. 1A,
Coldstream creek, Fairbanks
district.
HOTEL NORTHERN
IS GROWING
.
Manager Ilughie Barclay is
jetting ready for the spring and
summer rush, and has lately in
creased the capacity of his
rooming house by nine rooms.
Business in this line is good he
says, as several times of late
he has been compelled to turn
people away.
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REINDEER IN ALASKA
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Officials of the Alaska Div
ision of Education, give emphat
ic denial to a recently publish
ed statement that the reindeer
in Alaska are “deteriorating
and diminishing.” They de
clare that, on the contrary, thr:
Alaskan reindeer are constant
ly increasing in number an 1
that there has been no deter
ioration.
The recently completed tab
ulation of the returns contained
in the annual reports of the
superintendents of the herds
shows that there were, June.
30, 1913, 47,200 reindeer in the
02 Alaskan herds or a net in
crease of 23 per cent during
the fiscal year. This is consid
ered a fair rate of increase, es
pecially since nearly 5,000 of the
reindeer were killed for food
and skins during the year.
Only 3,853 of the reindeer are
owned by the Givernment; 5,
047 are owned by Eskimos and
Indians, whos income from the
'reindeer industry during the
fiscal year was $00,000. The
reindeer belonging to these
natives have an estimate value
of $703,300. The Government
is planing to go out of the rein
deer business as fast as it can
train dependence and initiative
among the native population.
Distribution of reindeer is in
charge of the United State
school teachers, and it is ex
pected that the Government
will dispose of all its reindeer
with in the next four years.
Discussing the statement
that the Alaskan reindeer arc
growing smaller because of in
breeding, Mr. \V. T. T.opp,
Chief of the Alaska Division,
maintains that the reindeer now
in Alaska are larger animals
than those which comprised the
original stock imported from
Siberia. Mr. Lopp states: “Al
aska affords a better range
than Siberia. The climate is
better. The herds average more
titan 700 reindeer each, so that
the danger of inbreeding can
not he serious. Necessaiily
there is more inbreding among
the scattered bands of wild
caribou. On the other hand,
since the caribou are larger
than the reindeer, their mixture
with a number of reindeer herds
seems to have improved the
size. At the same time it has
been noticed that the introdur
tion of wild blood makes herd
ing more difficult.
“Pasturage is good in most
parts of Western and Northern
Alaska, but few reindeer herds
are kept in the windswept re
gions along the northwest
coast, where the winter moss
frequently becomes coated with
ice from alternate freezing and
thawing. This prevents the
herd from securing proper food,
and results in undersized deer.
Mosquitoes are also a cause of
stunted growth. Herds at some
distance from the coast need to
be kept well up in the moun
tain slopes to avoid the mo.s
quito pests.
■The greatest immediate men
ace to the welfare of the rein
deer lies in the tundra fires,
started in the region of the
mining camps. There is plenty
of grass and foilage for the
doer in summer, but in winter
ilis the tundra moss that furn
ishes forage, and to destroy it
is to deal a body blow to one
of Alaska’s most promising in
dustriee.”
MORE IGNORANCE
Another example of the ig
norance of matters Alaskan
I was shown in a letter received
by a local firm from Schwabach
ers in Seattle talking about
“American Alaska” as being
treated one way and British
Alaska some other way. One
Would think that a concern as
close to Alaska as this one is
would have a better knowledge
of our geography.
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BUILDINGS GOING UP
Recent arrivals from Wards
Cove state that the Hydrogen
ators company is making good
progress in getting up their
new buildings. The cook house
and the men’s sleeping quart
ers are completed, and work on
the other buildings, wharf, etc.,
will be begun on the arrival of
Manager Scott from the south
about the middle of the month.
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WHERE IS SHEA?
A letter of inquiry has been
received in the city trying to
find the whereabouts of Wm.
Shea, who warked at the Taku
Cannery and later at the boring
cannery. Anyone knowing of
his whereabouts or what has
become of him will confer a
favor by notifying John E. No
lan, 1000 E. 53 street, Chicago,
111.
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. Placer tin has hcen found
with the placer gold in the
gravels of Sullivan creek, in
the Rampart district. The tin
is in smoothly rounded pebbles
of cassiterite, or oxide of tin
and the area in which tin is
found is less than a mile long.
In the ricest spots as much as
half a pound of tin to the pan
is reported, which at the pres
ent value of the ore, would give
the ground a value of $18. to
$20 per yard. The gold and tin
have traveled together, as
where one is found in greatest
quantity the other is in like
proportion. The tin is regarded
as a nuisance by the miners, as
it is difficult to separate from
the gold. With cheaper trans
potration the miners would
realize as much from the tin as
from the gold.—Cordova Alas
kan.
John Prescott and Herman
Miller rocked gravel from their
O’Donnell river claim for a day
and a half recently and at the
end of that time cleaned up
*100 in gold dust.
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Sain Shaw recently left Cor
dova with the largest outfit
tanken into the Chisana this
year.
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That ground going as high as
$10 to the square foot of bed
rock has been found on the
Hanson association claim at the
mouth of First Chance creek,
on Coldstream, is the report
brought to Fairbanks recently.
The big strike was made by
Norland, Larson and Ohristan
son, laymen on the ground, but
they said nothing about it un
til they diseivered that they had
a paystreak which, although
narow, is wide enough to work
to advantage. The ground on
which the big find was made is
owned by Peter Hanson and A.
R. Heilig. lease on the entire
claim was given last fall to P.
O. Hofstad and Sam Christian
son, who sublet a part of the
ground, 330 feet square, to T.
A. Norland, Carl Larson and M.
1*. Christianson. The exlrcame
ly rich paystreak is known to
be only 14 feel wide. However,
tho ground will pay to work
35 feet in width, and the lay
men are therefore preparing to
[open up on a large scale.
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j printing.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
ANOTHER CIQAR FACTORY
Julions Wertheim, a recent
arrival from the south has rent
ed the room between the New
York Restaurant fold Kirsrh
baum’s shoe shop and will open
a cigar factory there. His
stock arrived up on the Mari
posa last night Mr. Wertheim
formerly conducted a cigar
factory at Olympia, Wash. He
expects to get opened up ready
for business next week.
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SPOKANE IN AND OUT
With twenty-five passengers
on board the Spokane made
I port this morning at three
thirty, took on seven passen
gers, then changed over to the
New England and loaded 92
boxes of fresh halibut at that
place.
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MARIPOSA LA8T NIQHT
The Mariposa arrived right on
lime last night, docking at six
o’clock as she wirelessed she
would. She had 277 passen
gers on board for different
1 part of the territory, of whom
I t>. following were for Ketehi
jkan: Ur. T. Miller and wife,
! returning from a trip in the
! east during which the doctor
1 took post graduate work at Ihe
Jcoilegeof Physicians and Sur
geons, Baltimore; F. C. John
stone, president of the Ton
Bass Trading Company, north
on a business trip; E. A. Hcur>
i,mi wife, R. P. Fi-Jd, Mbs
Barlow, F. M. Watson, and
John Orchard. Arthur Wad
h nils and the crew for the Kas
aan cannery were abo on board.
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ALAMEDA BRINQ8 FISH
The good ship Alameda, in
command of Gapt. Steve Selig,
arrived in port yesterday after
noon and got her catch of 2\
i boxes of halibut, boxed and
I shipped on this morning’s
| Spokane. Steve reports dirty
weather outside and coming
! around Gape Muzon, but of
course that didn't bother the
Alameda. There is a rumor
current that Steve is planing a
trip south before long, but that
may or may not be true.
“Pathe Weekly” at the Dream
tonight. adv.
Better see the show at the
Dream tonight. adv.
Go to Mrs. Finzel’s for Child
ren’s English Sox, both fancy
and plain, silk or cotton. adv.
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TAKE TRIP NORTH
Rev. Edward Marsden with
his launch Good Tidings, sail
ed for Juneau last night at
twelve thirty with George Eaton
B. A. Haldane and Ed. Verney
on board. Marsden and Eaton
to attend Presbytenian con
ference and the olher two on
other business. They will re
turn within two weeks.
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CANNERY TENDERS
ARE ARRIVING
The cannery tenders Ore
gonian on her way to the Hoona
cannery, the Chilcoot goint to
Ghomley, and the Spencer of
the Dundas Cannery, arrived
I in port from the south during
j the past 21 hours. In addition
to these the fishing vessels
Glahowya, of Bellingham, and
the Chief Skugaid if Prince
Rupert were in on their way tp
the fishing hanks and the G.
Theckla southbound.
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COAL AT THE
NORTHLAND DOCK
The steamer Stetson dis
charged 250 tons of Jinglepot
coal for the Northland Dock
company this morning, for
which she called in at Nanaimo
I oil hep wey irortb.
EASTER MONDAY DANCE
The Ladies Guild of St. Johns
church announce the follow
ing committees in charge of
their Easter Monday Dance at
Red Men’s Hall, April 13. Floor
Committee—J. D. Rounsefell,
M. S. Dobbs, A. J. Ela, Shns.
Deppe, J. 11. Davies, and H. M.
Stackpole, George Rounsefell
will be in charge of hte ticket
office, and Col. D. W. Figgins
will be in charge at the door.
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WALKER'S EYE IMPROVING
N. R. Walker, who has been
out of the running on account
of eye trouble, is showing
much improvement of late, and
expects to be all to the good li
gnin within a short time.
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TERRIFIC WIND AT
JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS
Late papers from Juneau tell
of the effects of the Takti Wind
which has been blowing there
for the greater part of the past
two weeks. Isa Goldstein’s
partially constructed building
was blown down, Mrs. B. B.
Gilman and W. L. Remic were
blown from the Sheep Greek
trestle and both badly injured;
the plafe glass on the Winter &
Pond building were blows in;
John Spickett’s hat was blown
off his bead and he lost bis
toupe, and the same day we
were playing baseball in Ketch
ikan.
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MAY AT ELEVEN
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The Princess May of the Can
adian Pacific fleet, was in
Wrangell this afternoon and
will arrive in Ketchikan at
eleven tonight.
J. B. 8TET8ON ARRIVES
At 4:10 this morning tlie J.
13. Stetson, the first passenger
steamer in the new Portland
Alaska line, arrived in port, and
at once began discharging 250
tons of coal and a large amount
of general cargo. Captain Mac
Gregor, one of the best known
and most popular skippers on
the Southeastern Alaska run, is
'in command. The trip was
without incident, the steamer
having sailed from Ihe Oregon
metropolis on Sunday morning
stopping ot Naniamo Monday
evening for a rush shipment of
coal for this place. Other car
go is for Rose Inlet, Water
fall, Karheen, Wrangell, Peters
burg, Juneau, Haines and Skag
way. Captain MacGregor states
that the Portland merchants
are backing this line, and that
they are going lo let Alaska
know just what Portland and
Oregon can do for this section
of the world in a business way.
There nr 40 passengers on the
Stetson, including 15 Chinese
for the cannery at Rose Inlet.
Among her passengers are
three Portland newspapermen
making the voyage—Addison
Bennett, of the Oregonian; Fred
Lockcy, of the Journal; and
David W. Ilazen, of the Even
ing Telegram. The steamer
sailed this afternoon for the
West Coast.
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“In twenty years the reindeer
industry has elevated the Eski
mos in Northern and Western
Alaska from nomadic hunters
and fishermen, eking out a pre
carious existance upon the
rapidly disappearing game ani
mals and fish, to civilized and
thrifty men, having in their
herds assured support for them
selves and opportunity to
acquire wealth by the sale of
meut and skins to the white
men in these regions and the
shipment of meat and skins to
the States.” This is the state
ment made by Philander P.
Claxton, chief of the bureeau
of eduMtloq.
| WILL WRITE U8 UP
It looks as though Ketchikan
is to be well writen up in the
Portland papers, as three news
papermen of that city arrived
hero this morning on the J. B.
Stetson. They are Addison
Bennett, of the Oregonian,
David llazeu of the Evening
Telegram and Fred Lockley of
the Oregon Journal. These
gentlemen are all experienced
writers and spent Hie greater
part of the day absorbing slal
istics and the like about Ketch
ikan, which they will give to
the world through their respec
tive papers at an early date.
ROY BARTO IN TOWN
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Roy Barto, formerly one of
the rangers of the Forest Ser
vice, but of late in charge of
the field crew of the Orchard
construction work at Shrimp
Bay, is in town, lie says mat
ters have been moving, along
very satisfactorily at Shrimp
Bay.
THE COUNCIL MEETS
At the meeting of the town
council last night, but little
business was transacted, the
principle item of interest being
the discusiou over the bills re
ceived some month or so ago
from property owners along
Front Street asking that the
town bear at least a part of the
expense they had been put to
in widening Front Street. The
bill were laid on the table al
the time they were presented,
and last night it was decided
to leave them there, thus dis
posing of them.
The auditing committee re
ported that they had audited
the report of the Town Treas
urer and found everything < >.
K., so the council accepted the
committee’s report and order
ed the report of the Treasurer
published.
A petition was read asking
for a waiver on lots claimed by
F. llunseth, which was allow
ed. One from Tom Fay was
read but was refused, as the
Council was not satisfied .as In
his right to the lot.
ALKI SOUTH AT TEN
Word was received from Ju
neau today slating that the Al
ki will he in port on her way
south at ten o’clock tonight
Among those who will journey
south on her from Ketchikan
are George Knowl and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Moffrnan,
F. Wencko manager of the
Salmon Packing company, and
Miss M. llucke, niece of Olio
Ilucke, who has been visiting
the latter’s family for several
weeks.
St. Johns, April 2~A wire
less has just been received stal
ing that the steam whaler
Southern Cross had run into a
large, ire floe near Cape Race
and had gone down with 170 of
her crew. The half-dozen or
so survivors of the wreck had
spent two days in the life boats
without food or adequate cloth
ing before being picked up,
undergoing terrible suffering.
Later—it appears that the
whalerreported losl this morn
ing was the New Foundland,
and that the Southern Cross
was (he vessel picking up the
survivors and reporting the
wreck, Since making the re
port of the wreck and stating
that she would make a more
thorough search of the ire field
for possible survivors, no word
lias been received from the ves
sel and it is feared that possib
ly she, too has struck ice and
sunk. An expedition to search
for is being organized and will
start for the scene of the wreck
tonight.
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i-Iigest market price paid for
raw fur's at P. J. Gilmor s. a(J
Paris, April 2—Iliots wore
started in the lower districts of
Die city last night by revolu
tionary anarchists, and the
police were forced lo resort lo
strenuous methods lo quell
them. Over two hundred of
those taking part in them were
jailed.
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WILL RAISE CURACAO
Preparations for raising the
steamship Curacao, of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,
which was sunk in Tonewek
Bay, June 21 of last year, have
been started by Capl. llarry T.
Crosby and Capl. A. Bisset, who
purchased the vessel from the
underwriters. W. A. Bissett, a
brother of Capl. Biseclt, will he
in charge of the actual work
looking toward the raising of
the vessel. This will include
the dredging of a channel in
which the vessel will lie placed
after she is raised, the gal tier
ing of a number of scow> and
tlic unstopping of the big main
mast of the vessel so scows
can he placed over the vessel
to bring her to the surface. At
the point where Hie Curacao
sank there is an IS foot tide
and a low beach. The Curacao
draws only l i feet, and no
trouble is expected by the.
wreckers in placing the vessel
on the beach so the necessary
repairs can he made to tier hull.
The coal now in the vessel
will he pumped out, and l»y the
time the men are ready to raise
her she will be clear of cargo.
The intention of Hie owners of
the Curacao is to raise the ves
sel repair her oil the beach and
take her south under tier own
steam. She will he sold after
her arrival in Seattle. Several
companies, according to reports
are already after the vessel, and
one offer of $00,000 already
lias been made for her delivery
in Seattle.
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Washington, April 2—Admin
istration leaders in tlie Senate,
are demanding speedy action
on the toll question, hut those
opposing i( evidently are in no
hurry, and the matter has not
even reached Hie debate point
as yet. The House is discuss
ing the pension appropriation
hill, which carries with it one
hundred and sixty-nine millions
of dollars.
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Juarez, April 2—General Car
ranza states that General Villa
occupied Torrcon Tuesday even
ing. lie is in possession of
the whole of the cilj with Ihe
single exception of one of the
smaller garrison buildings.
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Chris Larson was lined $10 for
exceeding Ihe S mile per hour
aw in Fairbanks recently.
Job printing at the Miner.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
'n ;lie Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given lhat
William A. Connell liar been
July appointed administrator
with the will annexed of Ihe
?j'ate of Linus A. Gould, de
eased; and all persons having
lai'.ns against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary* vouchers
within six months alter the
f r= l publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
place of business, the Slcdman
Male!, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Vdminislrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Ghas. It. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 9-20-13
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