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The resignation of Council
man Phil Abrahams leaves the
Skagway town council but five
members, a scant quorum.
On the night of Oct. 20th the
store of P. H. Ganiy at Skag
way. was entered and robbed
of $8.00 in cash and about
$200.00 worth of groceries.
The McGloskey ground on
Spruce creek. Atlin, produced
a nugget this year weighing
4 4 ounces.
A nugget weighing over a
pound was recently found on
Tenderfoot creek in the Tan
ana district.
Mona Russell an insane pris
oner on the way out from the
Fairbanks district, died aboard
the steamer Canadian while be
tween Selkirk and Whitehorse.
E. J. Shaw, of Skagway is a
candidate for the appointment
as l\ S. Collector of Customs
for Alaska.
British Columbia. Alaska's
neighbor on the south, spends
$3,000,000 a year on roads
and trails. Even Yukon Ter
ritory. much smaller in erea
sad population than Alaska, ev
pands from fifty to one hun
dred per cent more money in
this way than is spent in Al
aska. Why? Because it pays?
—Chitina Leader.
After being in the hands of
the court for several year
owing to the deaths of the
owners, Thomas Wilson and
Rufus Sylvester, the Wrangell
mills are for the first time
clear, and when started in the
spring it will be a purely local
management. The mills were
given over from the court; to
the Wilson cc Slyvester Mill
Co.. Inc., or. the first of Oct.
which company is composed of
Mr;. M. A. Wilson, president:
F. Mathe;on. secretary, and
H. Gariley. treasurer, w ho w ill
operate the mill. T. C. Mc
Hugh has been appointed at
torney for the Sylvester hair
while Mrs. Wilson will be at
torney for the former.—Sen
tine!.
The bodyof a man was found
on a ;and bar of the White
river about one mile below
Canon C::v. From the appear
ance of the body it - ’relieved
that the man had been dead
between two and three months
A -ear h f the body revealed
the fact that he wa- a mem
ber of the Faterna! Order of
Eagles, and belonged to Dil
ion. Montana, and that his
name was James Lindberg.
It would appear that Mr. Lind
berg wa; behind hi- partners
on the way into the new- strike
and when he reached the cros
sing where the others had
forded, the river had raised
end in attempting to follow
their trail, he wa- drowned. In
addition to the papers found
on the unfortunate man';
person. <3! in ea;h a watch
and an P. O. E. charm was al
so found.
^ -rkon re-dents re;en* the
criticism attributed to Emer
son Hough, the author, on his
return to St. Paul, that the
Northland is lacking in big
game. They -ay that he trav
eled only through a narrow
strip of the country, following
the much frequented route
and did not get five mile; off
the beaten path; of the Mac
kenzie or the Y ,k<>n. Had
Hough come three week; later
he would have been able to -e»>
ten; of tho;i*a/id- of caribou
on the hit! within thirty miles
of Daw«on.
NOTHING LIKE THtS
HERE IN KETCHIKAN
The fir-f -now !.n on the
-(reels of D g’ - on the morn j
ine of Umber J's.—Dougla
J-Iand News.
Now aren’t you glad you live
in Ketchikan?
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Musial Pictures at the
Dream. Adr.
Frank P. -Slavin, ex-champ
ion heavy weight pugilist of
the world, arrived from Daw
son on last night’s train en
route to the south, where he
will spend the winter. Mr.
Slavin is not enjoying the
best of health, having recently
had an attack of ptomaine
poisoning.and therefor not in
is fit condition as he usually
is during his sojurn in the
north.—Skagway Daily Alaskan
Because the supreme court
found that authority had been
made 237 years ago for clos
ing store on Sunday, the lid
was on Victoria. B. C.. on Sun
day. Oct. IP. more tightly than
1 has been customary, and even
| the sale of peanuts, cigars and
j popcorn w ere barred.
The Pionerr states that the
town of Iditarod is completely
out of debt and has several
‘housand dollars in the bank,
it adds, though that the streets
of the town are in bad shape.
The District Court convened
at Valdez, recently. Judge F.
M. Brown presiding. The civil
calendar contained 49 cases,
and the civil calendar 12.
The Pionerrs’ Home at Sitka
has sixteen inmates, and their
average age is more than 97
years.
The latest strike at the Ghie
agof island mine is said to be
ore that goes 81500 per ton.
Theadore Ketlleson. former
ly of Fairbanks, has been ap
pointed postmaster of Chisana.
The proposition of the City
Water <x Power Co., to con
tract with the city of Dawson
for hydrant service for a three
year period, was defeated by
a vote of 314 to 211. The
proposition entailed the instal
ation of twelve more hydrants,
it an additional expense of
810.890. or a total charge of
827.090 annually. As a re
sult the water company immed
aiety served notice that they
would withdraw the hydrant
service, take out the hydrants,
and drain the pipes. For fire
protection the engines are be
ing placed at convenient
point; on the water front.
W. H. Merritt of Fairbanks.
! recently imported three black
I cats with the intention of cros
-ing them with martin, there
! bv obtaining a new erade of
1
fur for the market.
According to a statement
zivon out by C. R. Rodgers,
i r rcha-ing agent of the White
Pas; Yukon Route, that
company i; preparing to build
i railroad up the White river
‘o the Sbushanna a; soon a=
:he thaw starts in the spring.
W. H. Roydeu, of Peter
burg, i- preparing a plant at
■hat point for the purpose of
anning the native clams.
A. D. Mclnnes, manager of,
the Bank of Briti-h North
America at Dawson, has been
truisfered to Vancouver, S. F.
Chamberlain succeeding him. I
The Presbytery of the Yu
kon convened in Seward re
cently. In attendance w ere j
Dr.S. Hal! Young. Rev. Condil. j
of June:):.Rev. M. H. Koonce of
Cordova'and Rev. C. T. How -
ard of Knik.
P ter Michaels, known as !
Pete, the Greek, and Mi;; Sal
ovieff of Unaiaska were mar
ried on board the steamer Don
while that ves-el was enroute
from Unga to Chignic. Cap!. |
\b Mullen tied the nuptial
knot. Th* groom i- a fireman ]
on board the Dora.
Alvin Kr-kine and Mis; Bav
— were married at Kodiak
recently. The bride last year
was a teacher at Kodiak.
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FREAK INCIDENTS
IN NOME STORM
The recent -dorm and flood
at Nome was attended by freak !
ish incidents such as are us
ually a part of the complete
-iory of a great di-.v-b r. The
following items w ere collecte i,
by the Nome Nugget:
One of the most remarkable
results of the storm, and one
which shows the terrible pow
er of the waves that came pil
ling into the beach on that
terrific night was. told today
by T. Lehmann. Mr. Lehmann
had in his place of business a
large iron safe weighing some
eight or nine hundred pounds.
During the storm this huge
metal safe disappeared and to
day Hr. Lehmann found it un
der De!bar*s celler over a
quarter of a mile away.
A box of silverware was wash
ed from the residence of John
D. Helps and landed by a
strange freak of the sea about
a quarter of a mile away. It
was found there by Mr. Helps
covered with sand. Mr. Helps
had just purchased the Nash
residence which was complete
ly dist royed.
The old school building on
the Spit was raised completely
over the Bartholemew res
idenee and came down on it
and crushed it to splinters. All
that can be seen of the resi
dence now is a pile of crushed
timbers under the school buil
ding.
The boat known as Elk No. 1.
[which has been beached
for some years, was washed
clear on top of a house below
the Standard Oil. When the
owner of the house returned
he found the domicile under
the hull of .he old vessel, ot
what was left of it.
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MATANUSKA COAL
TEST A YEAR OFF
Not for eight months, or
possibly a year, will it be
known definitely whether the
fine bituminous coat of the
Matanuska field in Alaska i~
suitable for the use of Uncle
Gam'; warships, said John \V.
Swift, special disbursing agent
of the United States navy,
with the Alaska coal investi
gating expedition, at Seattle.
Swift is in Seattle to purchase
300 tons of supplies to be used
in transporting S00 tons of
coal from the experimental
mine at Matanuska to tide
twater. Swift believes it will
require practically the entire
winter to get the coal to tide
water, but expects it will be on
board one of the naval col
liers or some warship by June
1st This is the earliest pos
-ible date that the coal can be
tested, he says.
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Gladstone and Wet Soonqes.
It was not without just cause that
Mr. Gladstone’s name was given to
the handy “Gladstone bag.” The
grand old man was master of every
detail of tbe art of packing. At a
country bouse they were discussing
at breakfast the right way to pack
a sponge bag when the sponge bad
been used and wa = consequently wa
terlogged. Mr. Gladstone, who ap
parently had been wholly absorbed
in his morning’s correspondence,
suddenly closed tbe discussion by
informing the pa-tv that they were
ail w rong. “The only proper meth
od.” said he, “is to wrap it in your
hath towel and stamp upon it. Then
put it in your sponge bag. You will
find it perfectly dry.”
The Vatican Library.
The Vatican library probably is
the mot sumptuously housed in the
world. The collection contains
some of the most precious manu
scripts in existence, including the *
Bib:i'-al “Codex Vaticanus” of the
fourth century, the fifth century
Vergil ar.il the palimpsest “De Re
pnbii.-a" of Cicero.
The printed books include more
than 2.5,>0 fifteenth century edi
tions. tr.anv of them vellum copies.
The total library ha« been estimated
to comprise -aire than 220.000 vol
umes and .10.000 manuscripts, but
it has never been adequately cata
logued.—Pal! .Mail Gazette.
Great Dreamer*.
Robert |amis Stevenson was a
great dreamer and roiild dream in
sequence, continuing a dream from
the point where it had broken off
the night 1^-fore. It wn* in this
tf, •! .. greater part of “Jekyll
and Ift.le” - a- no* together. Ibnie.
too. i- *ai<l t<> hav dreamed many
cn' s of “The Divine Corned v,**
rx' V. ’fair*- nt-ord- Imw the “Fl<-n
ria.le” ,. e to hifu in sleep. “Ideas
*v:-rr>-<! !•> me,” be wtote, “in spite
■f - •( and in which I bad do
Uirt w latte. e/.”
FLUNG AWAY BIG CHANCES.
Napoleon’s Mistakes In Not Listening
to Robert Fulton.
The fate of the world might have
been altogether different had Na
poleon Bonaparte listened to Heb
ert Fulton in the early part of the
last century. Napoleon understood
that Great Britain was his most
formidable foe and that so long as
she ruled the seas his power was iu
danger.
But. wis: though he was and revo
lutionary ills ideas, ho could not
see the practical value of Fulton’s
inventions. Fulton had been earn
ing what he could by painting and
exhibiting panoramas so that he
might carry out some of his great
ideas. Finally he succeeded in get
ting enough money together to
build the first submarine Vbssel the
world had ever seen, and he re
mained under water in it for six
hours. A commission watched the
experiment, but feared for the lives
of the operators who might go
down in a vessel of this kind and
rejected the Nautilus, not knowing
that they were throwing away Na
poleon’s greatest opportunity to
overcome the British fleet. The
drawing of this vessel has been dis
covered in the French archives, and
as we look at it we wonder how
Fulton managed it. especially before
the davs of electricity and the stor
age of compressed air.
But Napoleon was to be given
one more opportunity to save him
self. Fulton was not discouraged,
but was ready two years later with
plans for the steam propelling of
vessels, bv which the French em
peror might have crossed the chan
nel in a few hours and fallen upon
the British as he pleased. Here
again the commission rejected the
device, and the discouraged Amer
ican had to return to the United
States, where he finally succeeded
in proving what every one deemed
impossible—that a vessel could be
propelled by steam. The design of
the steam vessel offered to the
French h as been preserved in Paris,
and bv examining it one mav see
how perfect the design was and
what Napoleon missed.—New York
World.
Mixed.
Sin :! «:irl ito bntrlier Va vr nts a
poun i f sirloin '• k for tr.e doa and
5 cet ’s worth of •! .. t for pop!
Cbira-ru Daily Sews.
Notice of "larehaPs Sale
1 Piled scales of America.
Division \o. ]. D:-fr;rt of
Alaska, P. S.
Public notice is hereby given,
that by \ "tue of a writ of
•' ’eri 1 ae>as or execution .
dated October. 2. 1013. A. D.
- s . • ' ■ bis
Court. of the I'r.ited States for
the Division No. i. District of
A as'. , a judgement render
ed in the Commissioner’s
Court, on the 28th. day of Aug
*”'t. 1013. A. I). in favor of A.
D. J b • < e and against Ole O.
I bav« this 22nd.
day of October, 1013. A. D.
levied upon the following de
scribed reai estate, situated in
the Town of Ketchikan, Alas
ika, to wit:
That certain frame dwelling
house or cabin, of dimensions
.10 ef by 2f> feet, situated on
Medman Street. Town of
Ketchikan, Alaska, on the
south ide of the bridge across
Ketchikan Creek. near its
mouth, and immediately ad
joining. on the north side, the
residence owned by Louis
'Foster and immediately ad
joining on the south sjde. *
two story frame dwelling
'house owned by .John Ilunscth
and occupied by a Japanese
mere? a t. together with the
eeo- ' d upon which said house
• i is sp'iated, and that I
with accordingly offer said
real e 'ate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and
he»t I ! ler. for cash, on the
,22 id., dev of November, 1013.
A. D. at 2 o'clock p. m. at the
front door of the L'nited Stales
Court Hoc-., at Kdchikan.
Date * Ke1 hik'ui. Alaska. Oct.
2 2nd. 1013.
!L L. FU'LKNKB
U. S. Marshal
Division No 1. District of
Alaska,
By J. II Davies
' ' . Deputy
CURFEW TO RING AT NINE
Beginning tomorrow night, i
November 4 th. the Curfew
bell w ill ring at nine o'clock
instead of ton. This will eon
unuo through the winter.
SI HOWELL
Chief Of Police
Elmer Perkins suffered a
painful accident Saturday
when he caught his hand in
i he engine of the Alert and alt
most severed one of the lin
gers of his right hand.
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NATIONAL FOREST
TIMBER FOR SALE
Scaled bids will he received
1 \ the Forest Supervisor, Ket
chikan. A'aska, up to and in
eiudimr August to. 1013, for
500,000 feet B. M. more or
'ess. of Sitka S' uee and West
ern hemlock sawtimber upon
a designated area beginning a
1 out one mile from the en
trance of Thorn Bay and ox
lor.diiig southwesterly approx
imately two miles along the
northwest shore of Thorn Bay.
east coast ot Prim e of Wales
Island. Tongass National For
est, Alaska. No hid of less
than *1.00 per M. feet will he
considered. Deposit with bid
*200.00. The right to reject
■t-.y and all bids reserved. Be
■, -'o bids arc submitted full in
iutmation concerning tha -im
ho r. th? conditions ot the sale,
[and the submission of bids
should be obtained from the
Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan,
Sale of National Forest Timber
Sealed bids will be receixed
1 ny the Forest Supervisor. Ket
; chisan. Alaska, up to and in
!eluding July 7, 1013, for 1.
[ chi),000 feet B. M. mercuries
|of Sitka spruce and Western
[hemlock sawtimber upon a dec
imated area on the southwest
-here of Thorne Bay, Prince 0!
'N ales Island, Tongass National
|l orest, Alaska. No hil of less
:han *1.00 per M. feet B. M.
lor sawtimber will be‘consul
jered. Deposit with bid §200.
iThe right to reject any and aii
bids reserved. Before bids an
'submitted full information cor;
; erning t!io timber, the con
litions of sale, and submission
in fbid - should be obtained from
1 ihe Forest Supervisor, Ketchi
. ^ an, Alaska.
No. 1S4, K.-A.. Summons
In The District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1.
Edna Gertrude Cantrall, plain
tiff, vs. Amos B. Cantrall, de
fendant, Greeting:
In the name of the United
States of America, You ace
:hereby commanded to be and
{appear in the abo\> entitled
Court holden at Ketchikan m
said Division of said District,
a id answer the complaint file I
'against you in Hie above enli
' Fed action within thirty da\s
;from the service of this sum
mon- and a copy of the ~a;d
icomplaint upon you. and, '>'■
: j ou fail,So to appear and an
-,ver. for want thereof, the
{plaintiff will apply to the Cour!
foe the relief demanded in sail
[complaint, a copy of which is
served herewith. This suit i“
brought to obtain a decree of
absolute divorce from the
bonds of matrimony now ex
iting between plaintiff arid de
fendant.
And you, the United State
Marshal of Division No. 1, of
I he District of Alaska, or any
deputy, are hereby required to
make service of this summon -
upon the said defendant, and
each of them ns by law re
qoired, and you will make due
c'.jrri thereof to 'he Clerk of]
lhi = Court within forty days of
'he dale of delivery to >011.
with an endorsement hereon {
of \onr doings in the premises
Order for publication of thi
-u.nmons j« dated August -'ilb.j
to 13. and requires the same!
0 be published for the sfaln
tory period in the Ketchikan'
M ' e n week I v newspapci
published in K< h hikan, Ala ■
■-a. Defendant is required to
a within thirty day* after!
the ia-t publication.
In witness whereof, I hav
hereunto set my Hand and ef
fi ,ed H e sen] of f! e abovei
1 oui I I * is 30th dav of Jnlv.!
D. 1013.
b W. i’KTTFT, Clerk,
by E S. STACK MOLE, Dept
D. NOLL, Attorney for plain-!
I iff.
1 i• -1 publication Aug. 3. 1013
I a-l publication Sept. 10, 1013.1
IS HEAD OF A. B.
Owing to tho fact that W. 0.
Weigle, who was elected Arc
tic Chief of the local A. B.
camp, notified that institution
that it would he impossible for
him to serve, hr. Geo. E. Dick
inson was elected to the posi
tion last night by a unanimous
vote.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
!ii ;tie Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketehi
kan, Territory of Alaska. Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
William A. Connell liar been
duly appointed administrator
with ttie will annexed of Hi
estate of Linus A. Gould, do
leased; and all persons bavin.-'
i hums against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
Yiithin six months after the
f rst publication of this notice
| with ttie undersigned at his
place of business, Hie Stedmau
Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Bated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
Administrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
T.hns. II. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 9-2C-I3
Notice of Final Settlement
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In the Commissioner’s Cour1
Tor Ketchikan Precint No. 8
Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
jWtlliam Kroling, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, tha
| the undersigned lias filed u
I‘lit above court his final ac
count of administration of the
above estate, and that Monda>
December 1st, 1913, at
0 dock p.m. at the Commis
sioners office at the Cour
House at Ketchikan, Alaska
has been appointed as the da\
and place for the hearing o
any objections to such finai
account and the settlement
1 thereof.
WILL R. BELL
Administrator.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
in the Commissioner? Court
tor the Precinct or Ketchikan
Ocriitory of Alaska. Bivinmi
No. t: In Probate.
Estate of R. S. Holt, de-u-ed.
Notice is hereby giv n that
Dan Nelson has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the es
tate of R. ?. Holt, deceased;
end ail persons claim?
a -rail• f=t said estate a:e hereby
notified to exhibit the n with
the neccs'ary vouchers withii
-ix months after the first pub
lication of this notice with th®
undersigned at his post office
address at Kasaan, Alaska
Paten this 10th day of June
1013. I
DAN NELSON,
Administrator o flhe Estate
of R 3. Holt, deceased.
Lhas. II. Cosgrove, attorney ar
\drninistrator. ,
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Account s...J . .v-»r
Distribution
In The Matter of the Estate
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice i- hereby given that
he final account of Henry
floemaere Ihe nilminislrnlor of
the estate of Helen Johnson,
Incensed, has been rendered
o -aid court for solllomont,
and thot a pelilion for a final
di-lrilmtion of Ihe estate has
been filed willi said account,
ml (hat I lie Olh day of Dec
Miiher, 1013, at 2 o,clock p. m.
has been duly appointed by
-aid eourl for the settlement of
said account and hearing of
-aid petition, at which time any
person interested in said es
!ale may appear and file bis
’xceplions, in writing, to said
uvotinl, and conlest the same.
Haled this Till day of Octo
ber. 1013.
K. s. Siackepole,
Probale Judge,
lbarlcs 11. Cosgrove,
Attorney for Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is given that pursuant
o the provisions of section 27 8
.f part 5, of the Alaska Code of
livil Procedure. I will offer
or sale upon the premises of
he Northland Dock Company
at 2 o’clock in Ihe afternoon of
the 25th. day of October 1013,
o the highest bidder for cash
ne purse seign, which ran be
een at Ihe cabin of C. A. John
• on on Pennock Island.
This sale is conducted by me
or Ihe purpose of satisfying
ny loin for labor bestowed
hereon and materials furnish
'd at the special instance and
oquest of Harry Ringsiad.
slid Harry Ringstad having fail
■d, refused and neglected to
tay iust and reasonable ehnr
-es fur -aid labor and material,
imounting to ihe sum of nine
v dollars, ($00.00) and ten
ollars, (8 10.00) storage and
barges of sale.
A. II. JOHNSON,
tv his attorney, Chas. II. Cos
grove.
Dated this 2nd day of Octo
ber, 1913, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I; i (lie Commissioners Court
for the Precint of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska, Division
No. 1: Jn Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
W II. Gilmour has been duly
■appointed administrator of the
e-tale of* Timothy McMahan,
deceased ;and all persons hav
ing claims against said estate
r.re hereby nolified to exhibit
them with the necessary vou
chers within six months after
:1m first publication of this
notice with (he undersigned at
ins place of business the Ad
miral.
Dated this 22nd day of Sep
i ember, 1013.
W. II. GILMOUR,
Administrator of the Estate
ot Timothy McMahan, dc
ieased.
f.has. It. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator.
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