LUMBER FOR MOOSE
HALL ARRIVES AT LAST
Part of the carge of the
Northalnd today was the lum
ber for the Moose hall, which
was ordered from Port Blake
ly several weeks ago. The
Moose lodge has leased the up
per story of the Nicoll building
corner Main and Market, over
Fenyes’ store, and will now fit
it tip for lodge purposes.
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MOVEMENTS OF THE
FISHING FLEET
The San Jose took on fuel
oil and left for the halibut
banks yesterday. She hopes to
fill up quick and be back with
in the week.
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ADOPTED NEW
WHISTLE SIGNAL
Waterfront frequenters not
ed the fact today that the North
land blew a different whistle
signal on landing than r-ne lias
been in the habit of using.
Heretofore she has blown just
one long blast, now however,
il is one short and one long,
just the reverse of the Alaska
— Steamship company.
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ARE BOTH DOING WELL
Hast reports had J. G. Barber
and George Siekles both doing
as well as could he expected in
Seattle. The former will be
able to be out and around
within a few days.
“IT’S A GIRL,”
SAYS JIMMIE
Captain Jimmie Sayles is
wearing a smile that won't
come off today over the arriv
al in his family shortly after
midnight last r.iglil, of a win
some little girl baby. Mother
and miss arc doing finely, and
Jimmie's as proud as you
please.
POOR MANAGEMENT
Another indication of the
manor in which the Pacific
Coast Steamship company con
siders the wishes and business
of this region was given last
night when the Curacao ar
’
rived here with not a stateroom
or berth available for passen
gers from this port. About a
year ago one of the officials of
jibe company said to the Miner
Man that he couldn’t under
stand why the people of this
region “had soured on the Pa
cific Coast company.” If he had
been on the wharf with abotij •
dozen people waiting to go
north on the steamer and fore
cd to wail over, tie might hrw.
drawn his own conclusion as
to the cause of a large part o»’
the “souring.”
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MARGARET IN
WITH HERRING
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The Margaret was in this
morning with a toat of bait
herring. Capt. Thomas states
that unless the weather moder
ates considerably, Yes Bay will
freeze tip again, spoiling Ihe
fishing.
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MAKING VERY'GOOp
TIME MOVI
The hardware and groce
departments of the Ton-"
Trading company are row •
settled in Ihe company’s
quarters corner Front and M
kel. Excellent lime of it h:
been made of Ihe moving. It
regular business of the st<
being carried on right w! ”•
Ihe move was going on.
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Friends of United Sin'* s Mar
shat It. P. Sullivan, Valdez,
have circulated a petition ask
ing ttiat lie he retained in of
fice under the Wilson admin
istration.
SALE OF TIMBER:—Ketchi
kan. Alaska, December 31,
1012. Sealed bids marked out
ide “Rid, Timber Sale Appli.
ration. December 30. 10 12
Tongass” mid addressed lo I lie
Forest Supervisor, Tongass
National Forest., Ketchikan,
Alaska, will be received up to
and including the 4Hi day of
February 1013, for all ;lie mer
charitable dead limber standing
or down, and all Hie live timber
designated for cutting by a For
esl officer, located on an area
lo be definitely designated by
a Forest officer before milling
begins, including about 30 acres
on Hie West shore of Klakas
lulcl. 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 lhe
Tongass Notional Forest, esli.
mated to he 1.000.000 feel
hoard measure of live spruce
Hid hemlock sawtimber, loc
scale, more or less. No bid of
less than $1.00 pec thousand
feet board measure for saw
timber will he considered, and
a deposit of $200.00 must In
sent lo O. T. Gardner, Special
Fiscal Agent, Forest Service
Ketchikan. \1a«ka. fee r.-i-h b< '
submitted lo the Sup- visor
Timber upon valid claims i
xenpf from sale. The right
io reject any and ,-'l hid is
[reserved. For further in for
jinalion and regulations govern..
ling sales address Forest Sup
< rvi-.nr. Tongass National For
! i si, Ketchikan, Ah’ska. W. G
Weigh'. Forest Supo \ r,
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SALK OF TIMRF’'*- KrP-hi
t an, Alaska, December 24th,
1012. Sealed bids marl ml on1
iside “Rid. Timlu r Sale Appli ]
i cation. December 10 10 12. !
iTongass” mid addressed lo the
iForC'-l Supervisor. Tongass Nat!
; i uial Forest. K-lrhikmi. Alaska. I
will he received up io and in
( hiding lhe 251 h day of .lanumu
i 101:5, for all lhe merchantnhle i
dead timber standing or down. 1
and all the live timlu r de
rated for culling by a Fores'
officer. located on an area lo ]
.he definitely designated by n j
For-.-l officer before cutting
.gins including about 2' u n
ilocaied at ib.e bend t P-.r j
!i.strelia. p.-oice of \Vaics t
land, whli'ii lhe i on a - Nat.
Fiona! Forest, estimat' d f,j be I
j'..50,000 1 eel hoard measui'e of
[live spruce sawtimber. log
i'cnh'. more or less. No bid of
less than $1.00 per thousand
i feet board measure for saw.
1 imt'i'r will be considered, and
a deposit of $100.00 must be
sent to G. T. Gardner. Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service,
Ketchikan. Alaska, for each
lad submitted to the Supervisor
Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale. The right
to reject any and all bids is
reserved. For further in for.,
nation arid regulations govern
ing sales address Forest Sup.
ervisor, Tongass National For
est. Ketchikan, Alaska. \V. G.
Weigle, Forest, Supervisor.
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A SELF SPARKING
GASOLINE ENGINE
Fred Grimes has something
new on exhibition at his place
of business on Stedman street
II consists of the Fulti Self
sparking Gasoline motor and
promises to he a winner. It is
guaranteed to run without bat
teries, spark roil or dynamo.
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BUSINESS PROMISING
IN THE SOUTH
Louis Ilanson, the Mission
Street merchant who returned
on a recent vessel from visit
ing hi- family in Tacoma, re
ports that business conditions
generally in the south look
good for the coming year. Th(>
uncertainty of election year
lias given place to faith in Hie
incoming Democratic adminis
trator and all will combine to
make good limes.
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COAL FOR KETCHIKAN
WHARF COMPANY
The steamer Cordova left
100 tons of Nanaimo coal at
this port for the Ketchikan
Wharf company’s retail trade.
The same company shipped 50
tons of coal on hoard the steam
er Meteor lo the Sulzer mine
this morning.
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The Fidalgo Mining Co. mat’
ll.- first shipment of ore lo the
Tacoma smelter a few nays ago
The ore run- about $20 lo the
ti n. The mine is in tiic \a.1
dez section.
WHO SWIPED THEM
Some miscreant evidently
without a drop of tvc milk of
human kindness in his maketi]
helped himself to Roy Hewitt’s
breakfast during (he nlyhl !n«t
night, and poor Roy : ,1 lo go
to work with an aching void nn
der his belt in place 1 t his
breakfast. It is the custom of
I he Hewitt family to keep a sup
ply of grub near the back door
of their residence. The do
of course is bolted at night,
hut the window in the door is
broken and the burglar reached
his arm in through the bed
pane, (It gives Roy a pain to
think of it) and helped himself
lo a ham, a sack of spuds and
a sack of flour.
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KETCHIKAN IS FIRST
According lo the “Annual
Statement of the Commerce
and Customs Business of Al
aska,’’ just received for the
year lb 12, from Collector of
Customs J. R. Willis, Ketchi
kan is indeed the First City in
Alaska, as far as the business
of the Customs service is con
cerned. With imports aggre
gating $i,'i54,783, she leads,
Juneau. \ome and Fairbanks,
the other large ports of I
districe. Her exports in li
fish line completely eclipse a.;y
other port, and her cost of col
lecting $1.00 is the second
lowest in the district, being but
$0,250. The average cost to
collect a dollar in the entire
district was $0,708. The re
port says.
“Although there was no ma
terial increase in the population
of Alaska during the calendar
lycar 1012, the commerce of the
I Territory broke all former rec
ords in almost every particular.
! The total trade, valued at
I $72,741,000, is 27 per cent
higher than that for any prev
ious year. The balance of trade
in favor of Alaska is the largest
of record, amounting to almost
twenty million dollar?.
Gold, which mili 1 recent years
has consisted I ho bulk of the
Territory’s export, though it
was greater than or I lie two
previous years, was 50 per
cent less in value than the tola!
o the other Alaskau products
shipped to Hie Unilrd blab's
and was exceeded by the smug
gle item of salmon-canned and
c.Iht iwise preserved.
For the first time both Hie
shipments of merchandise from
Ihe United Slab a;, i from
Alaska to Ihe United Stales
passed the twenty million mark
The shipments to Southeast
ern Alaska show an enormous
increase and are more
double those of any one of llie
other three division. This in
crease was principly due Ip (he
establishment of twenty new
salmon canneries throughout
the division and the extensive
development of mining proper
itos in the Juneau district.”
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DIES OF BRIGHTS DISEASE
-—From Wednesday’s Daily—
Alter being sick for several
mouths. Joe Duhamcl, Hie
tailor, died, at the Hospital this
morning of acute Heights di
sease. He was a member of
the Eagles, which order will
have charge of the funeral,
which will be public, at Red
Men’s llall at two o’clock to
morrow afternoon. Deceased
was a French-Canadian by
birth, about fifty-two years of
age, and had been n resident
of Ketchikan for the greater
part of Ihe past eight years.
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beware! fishermen recently
fomul 40 or 50 pounds of what
they suppose is ambergris—
l.-t’i *00 ail ounce.
ts Headache, neuralgia, dizziness and many other complications
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r[ arise from misuse and abuse of the eyes. In most cases the use 4
p
& of glasses will remedy the trouble. An examination will always ij
§ indicate if the use of glasses is necessary, or whether other treat
|| ment should be had. We have a thoroughly competent and re- g
« liable optician with us who will be glad to examine your eyes and ||
j| advise you. If glasses will help you, he is prepared to fit you §
§ properly. If your eyes need treatment by an oculist, he will tell S
j| you. if you suffer with your eyes, come in and have them ex- j|
]| ami ned,
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