r’ROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
Seattle, Feb. 28—The steam
er Alki which cleared from
this port Thursday night came
limping back into port yester
day having stripped two blades
off her propeller in Active
Pass by striking a log.
Her Ketchikan passengers are
H. Jorgensen; I. M. Iverson,
Mrs. G. K. Lingerfelt and two
children, C. Matland, Gust Pet
erson, Emil Dahl, E. \V. Con
radi, Sam Packer, Carl Abb. A.
l.eid, J. Kirclieiner, Mrs. C. M.
Hoover, Mrs. E. F. Moore, Mrs.
L. Burton, Mrs. II. G. Kubley,
A. F. Garsneder, Frank Fager
lund, M. Marvik, L. Holme?
John Kaald, L. A. Nelson, F.
Latchum, Capt. J. E. Anderson.
W. W. Rush and four steerage.
Among her cargo this trip is
the structural steel for the
wireless station at Charcoal
Point near Ketchikan. It is ex
pected that she will be able tc
get away again about nine o'
clock tonight.
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THEY FED THE FISHES
The Little Glory, with a load
of herring for halibut bait, ar
rived over from the West Coast
this morning. Fremont King
who was on board as chie;
cook and quartermaster, re
ports that it was so rough rounc
ing Chacon that Frank Burk
hart fed the fishes all the
way with the deck load of her
ring the boat started with.
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HURT AT HADLEY
Herman Kurlli. at work or
(he slat) pile at tlie Hadley mill
caught ins foot in the conveyo1
this morning and badly in
jured same before tlie machin
ery could be stopped. He wa
ll rough t ;o town for trsatmen'
and is under the care of the
Dr.’s Myers.
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W. F. Fi hlolb.au, who had
been to Hadley getting the
Mamie power plant in shape
returned last night and report
everything moving finely. Tin
pump is at work unwaterinf
the mine.
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Chas II. Ball, represenlinf
the Seattle branch of the \V. P
Fuller Paint Co., arrived1 oi
last night s boat and is regis
tered at the Stedman.
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Capf. \Y. K. Debrill, inspee
tor of the Alaska Lighthouse
district, who had been to Was’
inglon, I) C.. to attend a con
ference of inspectors, returned
on the Sampson.
Dr. John Mevrs wa< in re
rcipt of a nu“>-,ige Iasi nigh
from his wife in Los Angle
stating that -tho will arrive ii
Seattle on her way home a
Pout the middle of March.
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NEW SIDEWALKS
Street Superintendent Austin
put in a new sidewalk in front
of Boy Thompson’s store this
morning and will lay one in
front of Fmilh's candy store
rnr!v in the week. P. J. Gil
m ie will have a concrete side
wpk installed in front of (he
Market.
HAS GOOD LOAD
The steamer Independent
was in port this morning on
■ r" wav south from the Yak
i in! harks. Stic had 115,001'
P '"nds of fish on board and
tf» k on fuel coal for the trip
south.
Be (Lewis was late yesterday
’<• moon sentenced l»y Corn
s'*!! p Mnrslinl to serve one
;• i;i i)ic fcbual jail. Lewis
II"' other day heaved a chunk
of eo.-i! . Iirongii the Louvre
saloon window, the first hard
work he lias praformed lor
many works.—Juneau Dispatch
With about eight hundred
tons of freight on board, the
, steamer Rochelle, under com
mand of Capt. W. B. Knight,
arrived in port last night, the
first vessel to come north for
the Pacific Steamship company
| She is a capable looking vessel
of tlie steam schooner type.
17b feet m length, with abeam
of 30 feel, and a carrying cap
j aeity of 300 toil*. She is an oil
burner and Capl. Knight says
die did about ten knots on the
way up. The vessel is equipped
with wireless, but as she
brought oil up,made no attempt
0 enter the passenger trade.
She is operated under the man
ion company, which is the
Puget Sound- branch of the
This company will start a ves
el out of Portland for
the North next Mon
lay or Tuesday and others on
m eight day schedule. Then
n addition to these vessels and
mother sailing in conjunction
villi (lie Rochele, they are oper
Ring the Tiverton between
’ortland and British Columbia
md Puget Sound points and are
ecuring all the business she
an handle. This vessel is
peedy and recently delivered
reiglit from Astoria to Seattle
n fifteen hour which is about
1 third the time the railroads
equire for freight between the
wo points.
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SPRING IS IN THE AIR
Spring is beginning to make
{self felt in the air, and if any
iudy doubts it watch tlie “kids"
>ig and little get out into the
(reel if (he sun happens to
bine at the right time and
brow a ball at each oilier. It
s to lie hoped (bat Ketchikan
.vill have spunk enough this
ear to get up a baseball team.
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•OREST SUPERVISOR
RETUNRS FROM SOUTH
Among the passengers on the
Sampson last night was For
•st Supervisor W. G. Weigle
eturning from a trip to the
dates. He reports business
omlitions in the south as bo
ng rather slack, but of a more
eallhy tone than some time a
ro. and everybody optimistic
>f the future of Alaska.
GLEN BUYS A HOME
filen liarliett evidently bl
onds to make a real American
f himself, having taken out
iis papers some time ago, and
ow be lias bought a home. II
'(he properly formerly owned
y Milo Hoadiey in Newtown
ud was purchased from the
Sank through the agency of II.
. Feddersen the real estate
nan.
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In order to determine fur alt
me whether or not it was
vithin Hie power of the legis
it11re to amend or change the
ws governing the procedure
f the courts within the terri
>rv, the iase of the Guile 1
tales vs John Wiggcr will he
‘ken to ike supreme court oi
i writ of error from the court
it Fairbanks. When District
Utorney Crosslov placed I he
ase before the grand jury, tho’
)iy returned one indictmen
rains! the defendent, which ii
ud.ed three different connls
'pon a demurer entered by lh<
dtorney for the defense, llu
'uift dismissed Ihe indictmen
n the ground that the legis
it ii re had no authority l>
■fiange the procedure as provid
•d by act of congress, hislrii
Mtorney was of different opiu
on, however, and asked Hie at
torney general for instruct
ions. In answer |o iTis request
a telegram was received in
structing the official to take Inc
: matter lu the higher court.
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Job and commercial printing
leatly and quickly done at the
Miner. Phone 89 (
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
CANNERY FOREMAN COMING
E. W. Conradi, foreman of
the Ketchikan cannery is a pas
senger north on the Alki from
Seattle. He comes early to get
his machinery in shape for
can making, which begins in a
short time.
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“CON” PUTS ONE
OVER ON US
C. E. Giebel, mayor of Lor
ing, surprised his many friends
yesterday by committing matn
mony, and today is receiving
congratulations. The bride is
Miss Moyer, who has been ii
charge cf the government
school at Loring for the past
couple of years.
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HAS ROUGH TRIP
The gas boat ilGet the Hook”
with F. Wencke and wife of
the Salmon Packing company
on board, after r strenuous trip
of a week or more returned
from the West Coast last night.
They were storm bound for
four days, and both Mr. Wencke
and his wife had the exper
ience of their lives. A site for
a mild cure station was secur
ed not far from Craig.
NOT HEARD OF
FOR SIX WEEKS
Gapt. “Jimmie” Sayles re
ports that Stewart people are
of opinion that Danny Humes
has been drowned. Some six
weeks or so ago he left Prince
Rupert iii an open boat driven
by an Evinrude engine, and has
not been seen or heard of since
Ilis destination at that time
was Gambier Island, where lie
planned to trap, hut up to the
time the Alert was on Portland
Canal the latter part of this
last week, he had not arrived at
(tie island. He was a former
resident of Ketchikan, where
he had a host of friends and
moved to the Portland canal
country some time ago during
the boom there of several
years ago and has been trapp
ing and prospecting in this dis
trict ever since.
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REINDEER NOT
DIMINISHING
\V. G. Reatlie, Superinten
dent of Education for this re
| gion,tells the Miner that ac
i cording to the governmen'
statistics the reindeer herds in
Alaska are increasing instead
| of diminishing as published
some time ago. It is estimatin''
that at tins time there are 'i?,
200 reindeer in Alaska, whirl!
show uu increase of close tc
twenty per cent for the past
year. The Alaska raised slock
'S considerably larger than the
imported, some of the animal*
tipping I bo scale aL 30 to ??•
pounds more.
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A big potlatch or dance was
held at Mary’s Igloo, near
Nome, on New Year’s. This
festival, which is closely con
nected .villi the tribal rites, is
held hn! once in 30 years, and
may never he held again. It
attracts natives, wise men and
seers of the tribes, men and
women, from all over the north
orn territory settled by the race,
and the big dance, which
Villains many secret features
to which the umtiated are de
nied access, unless with the ip
peovnl of the leading men from
all (he councils, is held in a
huge igloo which is erected for
that purpose. The occasion •«
one of tremendous importance
• n the history of the Eskimo,
the singers who accompany
the dance with monotonous
chants n cite the history of the
race since IJi•* Iasi big dance, n*
•he same time giving a sum
mary of the Irijinl slcrv as far
back as jlie Iradilion manages
to obtain. Alriios* ;,n ||M. num
bers of the bureau of education
attended.
MOOVES STOCK OF GOODS
BACK TO KETCHIKAN
The Alert, with Capt. Sayles
at the wheel arrived in from
Portland canal last night. She
had a scow in tow with the
stock from H. G. Kubley’s
Portland City store on board
and was fortunate enough to
strike fairly good weather on
the way back.
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PROPER!Y TO
CHANGE HANDS
Word comes from the Port
land canal country of several
transfers of mining properties
in that region. Among ihem is
the sale of the Big Missouri
group, the Silver Bluff group
and the Lincoln group to the
Salmon-Glacier Mining com
pany. The first mentioned is
on the Canadian side of the
line, but is so situated that it
can be worked only from the
American side owing to the
glacier which cuts it off from
the British Columbia side.
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CARL BRINGING A BRIDE
According to the passenger
list of the Alameda, Carl Ains
worth is returning accompan
ied by his bride. The latter
was formerly Miss AVinnie Ken
dell and went to school with
Carl at Port Orchard, Wash.,
the home of the parents of
both. They were married
Saturday evening just before
the vessel sailed, and will keep
house in ;he wharfingers apart,
ments on the wharf, and have
the good wishes of a host of
friends here in Ketchikan,
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EVANS IN SOUTHBOUND
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The Admiral Evans, on her
way back to Seattle on her first
trip, was in port during the
early hours Sunday. The boat
evidently*^ going to he a pop
ular one on the route os evi
denced by the large list of pus
cugers, all of whom are speak
ing highly of the vessel ami
crew. She look on board 334
noxes of fresh halibut at tne
New England plant, and the foj
towing passengers boarded her
from tills port: Wm. P. Mur
ray, Miss Millie Zurnstine
Thomas Randles, George Col
lin's, and Mrs. 1. J. Daly. Capt.
DeGueldro, superintendent of
ttie Ituntors Bay cannery board
ed the vessel at Wrangell.
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JEFFERSON ON
NEW SCHEDULE
j The steamer Jefferson is
j schduled to sail from Seattle
next Thursday night, March
5th, on a twelve day schedule.
Slie will operate on her old
run going through to Skagway
instead of stopping at Juneau
as she has been doing this pasl
winter.
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EAGLE CHANGES HANDS
Judge Jennings recently
granted a change of the license
of Ihe Eagle to M. M. Church
hill and C. A. Smith, and the
new owners are now in possion
They are both well-known
saluonnien, and will undoubtly
make a success of their new
[venture. An up-to-date bar
and set of fixtures have been
ordc - d and are expected at
mo-i any time, !n replace the
bat.Meseared veterans now do
ing duty.
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M:ss loung will leave for
Srall'p on an early noar to
meet sister Mrs. .1. L. Myers at
Sc dMe, and Ihe two will re
turn together.
Seattle, March 2—Tlie steam
er Mush arrived early t his
mnnrng with 1':0,000 pounds
of haMbti! on hoard, T.nler to
day ihe lb public made purl
vvdh 8J,uOO pounds; Hie San
Jose wdh 35,000, and f h •
Eagle vv iii 28,300.
FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
Among the arrivals on the
Alameda last night, was John
W. Stedman, for many years!
one of Ihe most prominent
men in to business life of
Ketchikan. Mr. Stedman re
turns as the Alaskan represen
tative of two of Portland’s
most successful business son
cerns, Allan & Lewis, grocers,
and Ihe Honeyman Hardware
Co., and \v ill no doubt be able
to secure for them a goodly
proportion of the business of
the north. Mr. Stedman will
call at all the towns of the
Alaskan costal region, and as
soon as navigation opens into
the interior will go “inside.”
Since leaving the north close
to two years ago. Mr. Stedman
and his wife have been making
their home in Seattle, where
Mr. Stedman underwent treat
ment for an affected hip, whiCj,
is now ui belter shape than in
years before. He is boosting
j strong fob Portland, seeing in it
a center which will supply this
region in conjunction with the
cities of the Sound. He states
that the Pacific Steamship com
pany will operate on a weekly
; schedule between Portland and
I Southeastern Alaska, the first
vessel, the Thomas L. Wand
sailing today, the J. B. Stetson
Macrh 10 and the Quinault
March 18.
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TO LEARN THE FISH
PACKING BUSINESS
Malcolm Bell-Irving, son of
H. Bell-Irving of the Fidalgo
'and Packing company, ar
rived up on the Maquina this
morniny and will stay the sum
mer for the purpose of acquaint
ing himself with the salmon
cannjng conditions in this re
gion,
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There is every probility that
the matter of exporting live
fur-bearing animals from Yu
kon will be given attention at
the coming meeting of the Yu
kon council. While such ex
porlations may not be wholy
forbidden, it will certainly be
regulated, certain restrictions
being necessary if the territory
is to continue as a fur produc
ing country.
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The oily registrar reports that
at the expiration of (lie second
week, (id have registered, of
which eight were females. All
ladies having the qualifications
of male citizens may vote at the
general municipal election, if
registered. No one will he al
i lowed to vote who has failed
to register. It is a duty all le«
at voters owe the town to reg
j ister. Remember to get your
• name on the list.—Cordova Alas
|kan- 'I l
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B. F. Watson, Alaska agent
for Ihe Pacific Alaska Naviga
tion company,announces that
Ihe Alaska headquarters of tli;
company are removed from
Seward to Juneau liol m l M<
I Carthy, of Tacoma, will he as
-islant !• i Mr. Watson and will
have charge of the Juneau
office. Mr. McCarthy is exalted
ruler of the Tacoma lodge of
F.lks and very popular. The
new office of the company will
he opened os soon as Ihe fur
niture can be installed. Quart
ers have been secured on (ha
first floor of the Valentine
building mi Seward street with
II. R. Shepard Son, who will
lie city ticket agents for the
company.—Juneau Empire.
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The Sidestreams Navigation
company that operated a line of
steamers on the Yukon river
last year between Dawson and
the White Pass has announced
that it v.:li continue this year
and that a light will be made
for the business.
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Job and Commercial printing
» the Mienr.
jftit Caily Miner, $1. por. mo j
MAQUINNA ARRIVES
About ten-thirty this morn
ing the Princess Maquinna of
the G. P. lly., arrived from the
south with 103 passengers on
board and considerable general
cargo for the Yukon country.
She was late in getting in
owing to the fact that she had
to spend five hours discharg
ing cargo at Prince Rupert and
then had to wail that much
longer at Port Simpson wailing
for the tide to enable her to
get in to the wharf. The trip
was a very rough one all the
way up. Her passengers for
Ketchikan were G. O. Julian, II.
Wilke, J. Murphy, Malcolm
Bell-Irving, Wm. Dcikleman,
Guss Hoffman, Jno. Gopeland
Ghas. Hastings, Fred Krause,
Lea McLean, G. Bushanan G.
Hartley Wm. MaAfee, Anton
Metolyon, J. IJodder, Albert
Bobo, Chas McLaughlin, A.
McLean and Jno Young.
At Dawson a Civic league has]
been formed, and one of the
matters now under discussion
before the body in regard to
the equipment and establish
ing of a city-owned water
light and telephone system.
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The Dawson News editorial
ly rejoices over the passage or
the Alaskan railroad bill The
editorial says the bill is llic
greatest advertisment for the
Northland since the Klondike
strike and will result in thous
ands of tourists coming an
nually and in the development
of the numerous resources of
Alaska and Yukon. It indors
es the movement for the yak
and more reindeer. It says the
vast sub-Arctic regions are one
natural range from the Pacific
to Hudson’s bay, the last and
permanent grazing lands in
America, which will eventually
supply vast quantities of the
choicest meats from hardy ani
mals when properly herded.
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J. D. Meenach, the well
known Alaskan mining man
has succeeded in interesting
Arizona and British Columbia
capitalists, in copper properties
in the Kamishak district. Mr.
Meenach developed the Klla
mar mine and was the first to
ship copper ore in commercial
quantities out of Alaska. Mam
ishak Bay is in the Cook Inlol
country, which is served by the
with the opening of the claims
and development of the prop
erl ies, which are said fo be the
richest m the entire Cook Inlet
country, Mr. Meenach is plann
ing the consrtuction of a rail
road sixteen miles long from
shipments of railroad equip
ment and supplcis will be sen!
north, beginning early in April.
It is planned to build hunkers
with a capacity of 5,000 tons
of ore at cither end of the rail
road to facilitale the handling
of I lie shipments.
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Secretary of War Bindley M.
Harrison belives f lie Alaska
cable and telegraph system will
be trailsfered from tlie War
tu Ihe Postoffice department
\ery soon. In a loiter to Marsh
al IB B. Faulkner, Secretary
Harrison says: “I have the
honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter of Jan. 10.
lOH , concerning (lie establish
ment af a radio station at Craig
Alaska; and in replay, to in
form you (hat it is probable
that the.Alaska cable and tele
graph system will be trans
ferer! to Hie Postoffice deport
ment in the near future, Tlia
War department finds it im
practicable to make any furthei
extension to Hie system.
B. F. Anderson, of the United
States Department of Agricul
ture and at Hie Silka station,
who is an expert on small
fruits, says conditions in Soul I *
caslern Alaska are, favorable
for small n-nil farming. lb
thinks Hie native berries could
be domesticated and improved j
immensely.
E. A. Webster, representing
tlie Albers Urns Milling com
pany, arrived on (lie Alan.: da
last night and i-“ registered at
the Re>il 1 a. He is aecompan
ed by his wile, a bride of a
few weeks.
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ARRIVES HOME SICK
J. J. Daly arrived up from
the sonlh on Hie Alameda last
night, lim is confined to his
home with a sick spell con
tracted at Sealtle. He reports
(hat he has secured contracts
for the mill of over half a mil
lion boxes, which is more Ilian
Die mill’s output for 1013, and
that institution will slart up as
soon as is can bo gollcn into
shape.
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The sleamcr Spokane arrived
about ten-thirty last night after
a rough trip of it north and
sailed for points north about
lw° hours later. She bad about
one hundred tons of freight on
I board including fifty tons of
coal for the Heckman Dock,
which will relieve I lie present
coal shortage for a time. She
had about sixty passengers and
about all Hie freight she could
pack.
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t Hilly Woodworl li at the piano
at I he Dream tonight. adv.
For Eggs which don’t need a
guarantee local eggs, fresh
every day, alX. F. Zimmer
man’s. adv.
reception committee
WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
A reception committee of
close to a hundred was wait
ing for Carl Ainsworth when
| Hie Alameda arrived last night
and did their work in fine
shape, leaving nothing to he
desired. ]( is hoped that Mrs.
Curl will realize that the crowd
wasn’t as dangerous as it ap
peared.
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Ren Brown, son of Dr. Brown
who had been at Hadley work
in in the sawmill, returned to
town today.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Hi the Commissioner’s Court
,r * Hie precinct of Sulzcr, Ter
ritory ot Alaska, Division No.
I In Probate. Estate of Fred
tshunra, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
1. 1). "\\ ynne lias been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
•'■“tale of Fred tslmaro. <-m 'eas
ed; and all persons having
d.dnis against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
•irsl publication of fhis notice
with the undersigned at his
Po-| Office address at. Sulzcr,
Ma-ka.
hated this 121 h, day of I)e
■ember 10 13.
J. D. WYNNE,
Administrator of Hie estate of
Fred Jshuara deceased.
'irsl publication Dee. j2, 10 13
NOTICE EO CREDITORS
Hi the Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct, of Ketchikan,
\biNka, 11 i \ i s j on Number J, in
Probate :
Hi the matter of Hie estate
ol tongas* fieorge, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Patrick J.
Gilmore, lias been granted let
Hovs o| administration, with Hie
will annexed, of the est.a'e or
Pongass George, deceased, and
all persons having claims
against said estate, or said de
ceased, are hereto requested to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers at my place of biism
cs- at Ketchikan, Alaska, with
in six months after the first
publication of this notice. 1
PATRICK J. GILMORE, I
Administrator of the Estate of
Ton-gas* George, deceased. i
C. It. COSGROVE
Attorney for deceased. '
hat'd Feb. Mill, 1014. j
First publication Feb. 13, 101 4
Last publication March. 20 1914 ;