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A native runner carries the
mail between Teller and Wales
Skagway thinks it is about
time that a term of the U. S.
district court was held in that
town
Three members of the frater
nity were fined §250 each for
conducting gambling games at
Iditarod
P. M. Doe -Smith, a Wran
gell gardener, aged 85 years,
was found dead in his cabin
lately at that place.
The school population of
Juneau has increased so rapid
ly. that it has become necessary
to convert one of the vacant
business houses.
An obliging hotel clerk at
Whitehorse not only strives to
entertain guests, but will a.
muse their dogs for hours at
a time, playing with them like
a brother. Ketchikan apparent
ly hasen’t file only hotelman
that’s gone to the dogs
Three indictments have been
returned against H. V. Hoben.
a prominent Seward business
man. head of a transfer comp
any. charged with violation of
the federal timber cutting reg
ulations.
Fifteen men guilty of giving
or selling liquor to Indians
were given sentence in the
federal court at Juneau by
Judge Overfield The terms var
ied from eight to twenty
months.
Because of the increasing
activity in the quartz at the
head of Clean creek, the Tati
ana Valley railway plans on
building an extension of the
line from Chatanika, the pres
ent terminal, to the mouth of
Chatham creek.
At the recent meeting of the
Ameri'an Mining Congress, res
olutions were adopted favoring
laws that would take the final
!e erminalion of Alaska land j
claims out of the hands of the !
tepartment of te interior and j
pla- e them in the hands of the |
• ’eral courts.
\’cw York. Dec. 30—In an j
,:.Ur. ew in one of yesterdays
papers Samuel Gompers, head
of he American Federation of j
Labor, -dated that there
was no truth in the report that j
the Structural Iron Workers’ |
Union will be driven from the
Federation.
New York. Dec. 30—One hun
dred and fifty thousand gar
ment worker- of this city went
on strike thi- morning. The
manufacturers state that they
are prepared to meet every em
ergency. and will not concede
to the wishes of the strikers.
Albany. Dec. 30—'Wm. Snlzer
wiil be inducted into the office
of Governor of the State of
New York. Wednesday of this
week. The inauguaral cere..
monies will be very -imple. as
Mr. Snlzer has asked that all
pomp tie omitted.
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London. Dec. 30—In the
Peace Conference today, the
charge was made by the Allies
that Turkey’s reply to the de_
mends of the other participants
in the conclave offers absolute
iy no basis for negotiations, and
that that country i- only -par
ing for time, in the hope that
something will happen to sep..
erate the allie- and allow her
to win. The demand ha- again
been made b\ Turkey that -he
be allowed to reprovision Adri
anople, but Bulgaria has again
refused and demands that Tur
key stick to the original agree
ment.
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The U. S. revenue cutter
Rush was recently offered for
sale at Port Townsend. The
highest hid was that of the
Alaska Junk Go.. $8,500. The
Rn.-h was built at Port Blakeley
in 1885. and her officers say
the i; in good condition.
NEW LAND OFFICE
REGULATION
A new regulation has been
issued by the secretary of the
interior to the effect that all
applications for surveys under
the “trade and manufacturing
site law,” and Hie ‘soldiers’
additional homestead law,”
must be filed with the registrar
and receiver of the United
States land office in the district
in which the land is situated.
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John Westberg, an Alaska
miner who was blinded by an
explosion of dynamite while
at work on the Copper River
6, Northwestern railroad, was
awarded §8,000 on the stipula
tion of counsel in the case, and
his suit in the superior court
of Washington was dismissed.
The report of the work of
the United State- revenue cut
ter service for the year shows
that for every dollar the gov
ernment ha- expended in the
maintenance of the service,
there has been a return of
§•1.30 in the form of property
saved from the sea.
The Alaska Oil e- Ouauo
Company has paid it- 1012 tax
on the years output. During
the summer the ompany pro.,
dued 4.700 barrels of oil. on
which it paid a tax of 10 cents
a barrel, and 4,290 Ions of
fertilizer, for which it paid tax
es amounting to 20 cents a ton.
Surveyor Geueral Wm. L.
Distin, whose term of office
expired on Dec. 1(5. has been
reappointed. When first ap
pointed to the office of survey..,
or general of .Alaska Mr. Distin
found the records of the office
he had come to accept tied up
neatly in a shoe box He has
put his heai*t into his work and
now his records are a pride to
himself and the p>eople of the
territory.
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If 180 men in the United
Slates control 134 bank- and
l.'ust companies, transportation
and industrial corporation- hal
ing a total capitalization of
§25,325,000,000, what do the
other 00,000,000 odd people .in
the country control and where
do they come in.
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The Los Angeles Produce Lx
change lias voted to let the 1
hens fix the price of egg- here
after. The Department of Jus
tice will have little to do if all
fhe.se trust- continue to fall
over each other in the attempt
to get back into the “zone of
lawfulness.”
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INGRATITUDE
All numbed is my reason, and
frigid my feet! I'm tired of
this season of good thing- to
|eat! I'm weary of turkey. I’Ve
soured upon goose, my in.-ide
I are jerky, my wishbone is
loose. I've gorged upon pud
ding until I would die. Al
though I'm a dandy at punish
ing grub. I’m tired of candy
Uhat comes by the tub; the oys
ters, the dres-ing. the ice
j cream and cake, all, all are
| distressing, and give me an
ache. Rich grub sends a shiver
through -urfeited men; I'm
longing for liver and onions
again. My system is achin’,
and won’t be denied, for fried
eggs and bacon and spuds on
the side. ’Twould make my
soul chirrup to fill up once
(more on buckwheat and sirup
and sauerkraut galore, but that
! would be treason, of style an
abuse; at this bughouse season
it’s turkey and goose. It’s tur
key thats’ roasted and goose
•hat j- baked, and things that
ire toasted, and things that
j are faked; it’s outers and
:gravy and stuffing and jam,
and spaghetti wavy, with which
we must cram. My nerves all
aquiver, I -it in my den, and
long for plain liver and onions
[again!
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Seward. Dec. 31—A high tide
yesterday enabled the salving
crew to pull the little steamer
Dora off the beach, and as soon
as temporary repairs can be
made on her she will leave for
tho Sound under her own pow
er. The staunch old hull is
scared and battered as the re
sult of the terrible pounding it
has undergone from sea and
rock, but contrary to expecta
tions is leaking but little, and
steamboat men say she will be
back on the run again in as
good shape as ever within two
months.
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New York, Dec. 31 The
strike among the garment work
ers is being felt in many quart
ers. Already not less than
•4000 factories have been com
pelled to close their doors,
and the strike is spreading
steadily. This is bound to re
sult m the curtailing of the
output of the mills, and labor
troubles will result there loo.
Orders for spring goods are
being cancelled by the maiiu
fatcurers and unless the strike
is settled shortly, the general
public will feel the result of
the strike badlv. when the
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time comes to buy spring gar
ments.
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Denver, Dec. 31—Benjamin
Montgomery, lieutenant gover
nor elect of the state of Colo
rado died as the result of an
operation oil his throat yester
day. His successor will be
named in a speeial election.
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St. Augustine, Dec. 31—
President Taft found a whole
carload of Christmas presents j
awaiting him at thi- point yes
terday when he arrived here on
his way home from the Is
thmus and the Canal Zone. He
has nothing but praise to say of
the way in which the work is
progressing on the canal.
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Seattle. Dec. 31—It looks as |
though 1912 is going to leave j
the Pacific Northwest some., i
thing to remember it by in the j
shape of the worst storm in
years, now raging over the
coast from Vancouver island
as far south as the Oregon., j
California line. Snow and a j
howling gale have put a bad j
brake on business in the nor., j
them region, w ith rain taking |
the place of the snow further j
south. Thus far fortunately i
no fatalities have been report
ed on either water or railroad.
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All is hustle now at the end
of the year draws near. The
assessment work upon unpat.
ented ground must be complet.
ed within a cople of days, al
most within a few hours, mirier ,
penalty of loss title. To ac.. j
cornpli-h the required amount
of work means for many a j
claim owner that during the re., i
mainder of the year he will be
putting in some good, hard lab
or perfecting title for the year.
The intimation has been giv
en. says unofficial reports, that |
the committee of Congress
which is making an invesliga.
tion into the methods of the so
called money trust, will inci
dentally touch upon the history
of the Amalgamated Copper
company and the fights that
were waged by and against it
during the course of its rise to
it* present dominant position
in the copper world.
The reindeer in Alaska, ac
cording' to late't reports, num
bered 33,029. of which 60 per
cent are owned by 400 natives,
while the government owns on
|y 11 per cent. In October,
1911, there were shipped from
Nome to Seattle 123 reindeer
;carcasses purchased try a cold
.storage compim from Eskimo
(herders. This shipment of ap
iproximately 18,750 pound
found a' ready sale in Seattle
and marked the beginning of
jthe exportation of reindeer
meat from Alaska,
QOODE 18 TICKLED TODAY
Lieut. Goode is wearing a
smile Both long and wide to
day, he found his fishing boat
Columbia yesterday all safe and
sound on the, beach Just this
side of Point Higgins and last
night with the aid of the Prince
Olaf. pulled her safely off into
deep water and brought her to
town. It seems almost incred
utous that with the wind blow
ing the way it was Saturday
night a boat could drift out of
|the harbor, clearing Charcoal
point and then landing inside
|of Pt. Higgins, hut she did.
The Columbia is little the
worse for the trip a part of
the shoe only being damaged.
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Los Angeles, Dec. .'t t—Word
from the training camps of
Palzer and McCarthy stales
that the two men have finished
the work of training for their
bout tomorrow and are now
resting. They are both in fine
fettle and a good fight Is as
sured. Palzer has a shade the
best of it in Hie betting, hut
the two men seem to he very
evilly matched. Owing lo the
fact that neither lias had any
grout amount of ring exper
ience it is hard for the sport
ing fraternity to dope their
po-t performances out for bet
ting purposes.
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Stuttgart, Dec. 31—Baron
Waechter, secretary of state
and of foreign affairs for Ger
many died yesterday of heart
failure. Deceased was one of
the big men of the empire,
having been opposed to Bis
marck during the last years of
the latter’s life. Count Watch
fer’s suceesor has not as yet
been named.
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Fernio. B. C., Dec. 31—An
immense snows1'de came down
the mountain side above this
place yesterday burying sever..
iil houses containing many peo
ple Volunteers dug into the
slide a> soon as posible. rescu
ing all but fifteen, who it is
feared are dead.
Jack Noble was killed and
John Bernard is in the hospital
at Fort Gibbon, the result of
being buried beneath a load of
supplies when a sled on which
they were being transported
capsized near Hot Springs on
the Tanana. Bernard was not
rescued for 21 hours. The ac
cident occured on Dec. 10th.
The Granville Light « Power
Co., located near Dawson, has .
offered to supply that city
with light for just one half!
what it is paying now. Private
consumers are offered a month
ly flat rate of $2.50 for the |
first 10 candle power light, j
and $1.50 for each additional
light. This .'ays the Star, of
Whitehorse. i« something of a ,
come down from ttic days when j
electric light were charged for
at Dawson at the rate of 35 j
cents per night for each light.
The town of Blackburn, here j
tofore knwn as McCarthy’s has
been established at Mile 102
on the Copper river railroad.
A committee of five has been j
elected as a governing body.
A block of land has been set i
aside for three years, with the
provision that at the end of
that time the lots are to he
given free to women with one
or more children who have no
one to support them. The
town residents propose to re
serve for themselves all fran
chises for public utilities.
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Albany, Jan. 2—Without any
pomp or ostentation of any
kind Win. Sulzer was sworn in
yesterday a> Governor of the
i State of New York. Immedi
i ately afterwards be was wailed
on by the suffragettes who had
marched from New York to pe
tition him for bis support, and
promised to do all in hi* power
and within the scope of bis of
fice to aid them.
SALE OF TIMBER “Ketchi..
kail. Alaska, December 31.
1012. Scaled bids marked out.
side “Bid. Timber Sale Appli.
cation, December 30, 1012,
Tongass” and addressed to the
Forest Supervisor, Tongass
National Forest, Ketchikan,
Alaska, will be received up to
and including the 4th day of
February 1013, for all the mer
ehantable dead timber standing
or down, and all the live timber
designated for cutting by a For
esl officer, located on an area
to be definitely designated by
a Forest officer before cutting
begins, including about 30 acres
mi the West shore of Klakas
Inlet, 24 acres on the shore of
Max Cove, East shore of Klakas
Inlet, and 72 acres on the
shores of Kassa Inlet, Prince
of Wales Island, within the
Tongass National Forest, esti..
mated to be 1,000,000 feet
board measure of live spruce
and hemlock sawtimber. log
scale, more or less. No bid of
Je*» than $1.00 per thousand
feet board measure for saw.
timber will be considered, and
a deposit of $200.00 must be
sent to C. T. Gardner, Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service,
Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bit!
submitted to the Supervisor.
Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale. The right
to reject any and all bids i>
reserved. For further infor.
mation and regulations govern.,
ing sales address Forest Sup.
ervisor. Tongass National For.
est, Ketchikan, Alaska. W. G.
Wcigle, Forest Supervisor.
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SALK OF TIMBER—Ketchi
kan, Alaska, December 2'ith.
19 12. Sealed bids marked out
side “Bid. Timber Sale Appli
cation, December 10, 19 12,
Tongass” and addressed to thr
Forest Supervisor, Tongass Nat
ional Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska,
will be received up to and in.
eluding the 25th day of January
1913, for all the merchantable
dead timber standing or down,
and all the live timber desig
nated for cutting by a Forest
officer, located on an area to
be definitely designated by a
Forest officer before cutting be
gins, including about 2 \ acres
located at the bead id' Pori
Estrella. Prince of Wales Is
land, within the Tongass Nat
ional Forest, estimated to be
350,000 feet board measure of
live spruce sawtimber log
scale, more or less. No bid of
loss than $1.00 per thousand
feet board measure for saw.
timber will be considered, and
a deposit of $100.00 must lie
sent to C. T. Gardner. Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service
Ketchikan. Alaska, for each
bid submitted to the Supervisee
Timber upon valid claims i
exempt from sale. The rigb‘
lo reject any and all bids b
reserved. For further in for.
mation and regulations govern
mg sales address Forest Sup
eryisor. Tongass National For
<>st, Ketchikan, Alaska. W. G
Weigle, Forest Supervisor.
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SALE OF TIMBER Kelt hi
kail, Alaska, December 19 191?
Sealed bids marked outside
“Bid, Timber Sale Application
November 25, 1912, Tongass’'
and addressed to the Fores'
Supervisor. Tongass Nntiono'
Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska, wil'
be received up to and includin':
the 20th day of January 191‘
for all the merchantable livf
timber designated for ciittinc
by a Forest officer locat.
ed on an erea to lie
definitely designated by a
Forest officer before cut
ting begins, including about 2~
acres located on the north..east
shore of Vixen Inlet, Cleveland
Peninsula, within the Tongass
National Forest, estimated to
be 100.000 linear feet of hem
lock piling, more or less. Nc
bid of less than Ai c. per linear
foot for piling up to and indud
mg 75 leet in length, and lc.
per linear foot for all piling
ever 75 feet in length will be
considered, and a deposit ol
*209.00 must be sent to C. T.
Gardner. Special Fiscal Agent
Forest Service. Ketchikan. Alas
ka. for each bid submitted to
the Supervisor. Timber upon
valid claims is exempt from
sale. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved. For
further information and regn.
bilious governing sales address
Forest Supervisor. Tongass
National Forest. Ketchikan.
Alaska. W. G. Weigle, Forest
Supervisor.
SALE OF TIMBER—Ketchikan.
Alaska. November 22, 19 12.
Sealed bids marked outside
“Bid, Timber Sale Apnlirnlion.
I November 13, PH 2. Tongass”
and addressed In I be Forest
Supervisor. Tongas* National
I Forest, Ketchikan. A1 a - k a. wi'
be received uri to and inrl"r!
ling the 23rd day of December
1912. for all Hip merchantable
dead limber, standing or down
and all the live tiiTibcr desig
|uated for culling hv a Fore*'
, officer, located n,i an area lo
be definitely designated by a
Forest officer before cutting
begin-, including about 19
acre- located approximate!’
two miles norliieasl of II oil is,
and about 5 acres on the cast
side of the entrance of Hol
lis Anchorage, Prince of Wales
Island, within the Tongass
National Forest, estimated to
be 400,000 feet board measi ”o
of live Spruce, Hemlock end
Red Cedar sawtimbcr. bg
scale, more or less. No bid of
less than $1.00 per thousand
feet board measure for saw
timber will be considered, iml
a deposit of $100.00 must be ^
sent to C. T. Gardner. Special
Fiscal Agent, Forest Service
Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid
submitted to the Supervisor.
Timber upon valid claims i«
exempt from sale. The right
to reject any and nil bids is
reserved. For forth infor
mation and rearulat! .' n
eming sales addre s Korc-t
Forest. Ketrhikan. Alaska. AAr.
G. AA’eigle, Forest Supervisor.
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“MOOSE” JOHNSON HERE
J. Frederick Johnson will
leave on the Curacao to attend
the annual Masquerade Ball ol'
the Moose at Juneau. Since
leaving here Brother Johnson
has started locals of the L. O.
O. M. at Wrangell and Peters
burg having just romc fr< *n
the West Coast where lie in
stituted No. 120U at Fish E j
and 1205 at Sulzer.
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Juneau, Dec. 28—One big
row is evidently certain in the
Arctic Brotherhood. Sonic time
ago. Camp Haines started a pro
test against the action of the
last grand encampment at A’ar
eouvre in authorizing Ihe erci
tion of camps of the Are,:
Brotherhood in Vancouver a
Seattle. Other camps ha e
taken the matter up, and la^t
night. Camp Sitka adopted a
resolution calling on ol! ■
northern camps to elect deb
gates to attend a convention i!
Juneau, March 12, for the o -
ganization of a northern co
trolled grand camp. If •
tically certain that all Souther
ern Alaska camps will partb
pate in the organization.
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Cordova, Dec. 28—A
slide several hundred ye
long has ompletely blockcA ‘
Copper River Railroad
milepost 89, puttin'?
system out of commissio
the available men hav<
shipped to the spol n>
work of getting the track
ed off is being pushed. H w
however probably take •
to get the track in condi'-n
operation again, as himd?r
tons of rock and other
was brought down
snow and now lies o>
road right of way. T
lions are being made
fer passengers and r
the slide, but not I :
done in transferring
the haul is too Ion'
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ALASKA GETS IT IN
THE NECK fim
For some unknown rr- <
poor old Alaska has been r
the goat again by fho n<"
that lie—the Federal gov
menl—this time in the ma
of the rates charged under II <•
new parcels post order, a flat
rate of twelve cents per pom d
being established between the
states and Alaska, or between
any two points in Alaska. For
instance, if a man in Seattle
wants to send a package which
weighs say four pounds from
Seattle to Portland, a dislan <
of about ixo miles, lie would
pay seven cents for the fii
pound and five cents per pound
for each additional pound, or
22 cents altogether. To send
the same sized package from
Ketchikan to Wrangell, less
than half as far as from Seattle
In Portland it will cost a Hat
rale of twelve cents per pound
or 18 cents in all, or more than
twice as much for half as long *
a haul. It certainly does beat
the band the way in which our
Unde Samuel loves Alaska and
Alaskans.
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McDonald’s Chocolates are
BE8T~Haack’s Drug Store.
—Advertising.