FROM FRIDAY’S RALLY
ELECT A DELEGATE
The loeal union of Bartenders held
a special meeting last Sunday, and
elected “Mickey’’ Doyle to repre
ss ut them at the Eighteenth General
Convention in San Francisco, June
I t to 19. Owing to the financial j
sanding of the Union due to the fact
i at close to two hundred dollars
has been paid out for sickness during
the past few months, and members
out of employment are kept in good
standing by the local—Mickey has
volunteered to pay all the expenses
of the trip if he decides to attend.
The Bartenders will hold their regular
semi-monthly meeting in Moose Hall.
Sunday, May 2, at 4p .m.
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According to Juneau papers arriving
on the Humboldt this morning, a battle
e-lipsing that in Flanders, has been
fought in the Legislature on the
qaestion or raising revenues for the
Territories expenses for the next two
years. As usual our fisheries were
selected as the goat.
The bill is expected to yield $181,
0 10 in revenue, according to its fram
ers, and the amount which each
licensee will pay (estimated) Is as fol
lows:
Attorney at Law..$ 2.500
Electric Lights, 1 per cent net.. 1,000
Public Halls... 300
Insurance_ 4,000
Arincs..._._. 50,000
Meat Markets___ 4,000
Telephone companies... 1,000
100 tonnage on vessels. 5,000
Water works_...._ 1,000
Automobiles.....- 400
Eateries _ 200
1 :sb traps-. 30,000
2.050.000 cs. Reds and Kings.. 61,500
1.000. 000 cs. Pinks.. 10,000
610.000 cs. Chums.. 6,000
150.000 Medium Red. 3,000
C aid Storage.. 1,500
Total.....$181,700
From this it will be seen, if we in
clude the licenses on cold storage
plants in the tax on fish, out of
a total taxation of $181,700.00 the
salmon industry is booked to pay
1112.000, leaving $69,000 in all to be
raised from all other sources. When
one considers that the tatal value of
canned salmon according to the last
report of the customs house for this
district is but little more that tie
value of the metals produced, It looks
as though there is a “nigger in the
odpile” somewhere and furnishes
another argument in favor of separate
territorial existence -for Southeastern
Alaska.
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FOUND EVERYTHING O. K.
J. R. Smith, auditor of the Pacific
Const Steamship company, who had
leen a local visitor for several days
on business, left for the north on the
Dolphin this morning. While here
he audited the books of the Ketchi
kan Wharf company and the Pacific
Coast Steamship company.
HOMESTEADERS ARRIVE
Knik.—Many of the farmers are
cow employe-1 in planting, or pre
paring to plant, the various root crops.
More recent settlers are building
homes or clearing land. The big val
ley, as far as settlement extends, is
a veritable hive of industry, and it
augurs well for the future prosperity
of this region that the settlers have
unbounded faith, and are ap-plying
zeal and enterprise, in their work of
tome building.
Almost daily intending or pros
pective settlers are arriving, to take
a look over the situation. Letters
1 y the score are being received ask
ing for information. One day this
week eight prospective homesteaders
arrived here, and they were piloted
tp the Matanuska by President
Krueger of the Farmers’ Association.
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Paris April 3b— Word comes Irom
Dunkirk, France, that a strong sqpad
r m of arn.ored German vessels appear
ed off that pert this morning and
opened fire. A great deal of dam
age was done, twenty preople being
hilled and fifty wounded. Dunkirk
is fully three hundred miles from the
Berman naval base, within fifty miles
of the British coast, the City of
London being nearer than is Wilhelms
taven.
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Juneau. April 30—The land office
here ha> i on notified that the first
patent f >: coal lands in the Bering
I. ke r-gi i lias been received, it
i- grant- 1 to T. P. McDonald in the
r.ame «,f ?J. A. Arnold. It is said that
McDonald h;- sp<ent upwards of sev
ent.v t!. -an 1 dollars in developing
the p-ro; orty.
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June . April 30—A terrific bail
st rm str ok this city yesterday,
breakin g windows and doing other
damage. This is the first storm of
this nature ever rep-orted in this re
gion.
FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
BEHIND HER SCHEDULE
Owing to a side trip in to Roe
Point, the Dolphin was late in arriv
ing in port this morning, not tying
up to the wharf until about nine
thirty. She hail 128 passengers on
board in all, of whom 13 were for
Ketchikan. Among the latter were
D. D. Sheehan, H. R. Plate, Dr. Zubor,
J. A. Talbot, B. H. Mayfield, G. A.
Daniels, \V. H. Kearney. C.-' II. Ober,
James Bawden, J. M. Harr on, and C
J. Raymond.
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Athens. April 30—The Allies are in
almost complete possession of the
Gallipoli peninsula, a rumor being in
eireulatioi here that the cit yof Gal
lipoli itself has been captured, and
several of the Turkish forts being
taken.
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San Francisco, April 30—Attorney
West has wired a long complaint to
Seward asking for action by the
Grand Jury against former officials
of the Alaska Northern Railroad. The
complaint states that they have trans
ferred property belongings to the
company without making au account
ing of same.
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GOING TO PORTLAND CANAL
E. C. Howard expeets to leave for
the head of Portland Canal on board
the El Paso, tomorrow morning. H.
H. Plate, the mining expert will ac
company him on the trip, the latter
going to inspect the work done on
properties in which his people are in
terested in that region. As the El
Paso is in the passenger business, she
will be prepared to carry passengers
from this point to any on the Canal.
For further information see Mr. How
| ard.
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HUMBOLDT IN SOUTHBOUND
The Humboldt on her way south
made port this morning about nine o’
clock. Her passengers from this port
south were X. A. Gates and Andrew
Larson. J. J. Daly, head of the Ket
chikan Power eompany, who had been
to Juneau on business, returned on
her.
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COPPER STILL MOUNTING
Market quotations in ' Tuesday s
Seattle papers state that $18.50 is be
ing paid for electrolytic copper.
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Word came by wire today that the
Wrangell Ladies Basket Ball Team
left that place this morning about
eight o'clock and will arrive here
probably about six this evening. This
means that they will be right on the
job when the whistle will be blown
for their game with the Ketchikan
Ladies’ Team at eight this evening.
The Miner Man has been Informed
that Doc Walker is to umpire the
contest between the Has Beens and
Never Wasers. after the ladies’ game,
which itself is a guarantee of excel
lence. Remember the first game is
called for eight o’clock prompt, and
will be followed by a second, and
both of them will be full of “pep,”
An admission of two-bits will be
charged anywhere in the hall. Come
out and root.
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Seattle, April 30—The lighthouse
tender Kukui, arrived in this port
last night. She is on her way from
Honolulu, via San Francisco, and will
replace the Columbine in the waters
of Alaska. The latter vessel will
work in Hawaiian waters hereafter.
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Juneau, April 30—The workman’s
compensation bill piassed the house
yesterday. An amendment Including
placer mines was tacked to the bill
before passage.
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London, April 30—A fleet of Zep
pelins raided the east coast of Eng
land at an early hour this morning.
They dropped bombs at Ipswich,
Felixstone and Whitton, setting many
buildings on fire.
Paris, April 30—A number of
bombs were dropped on Rheims last
night by German Taubes, and several
fires were started.
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London, April 30—The House of
Commons adopted a resolution with
out a dissenting vote doubling the
duty on all spirituous liquors. The
order becomes operatice at once.
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iscattle, April 30—The steamer City
of Seattle sailed north on time Inst
night. Her passengers for Ketchikan
are M. Johannsen; L. Pederson; L.
H. Fortnier; J. E. Houghton and wife;
Florence Soirges and two steerage.
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Rome; April 30—Everything point"
to Italy throwing in her lot with
the Triple Entente within the next
ten days. Austria is of the same
opinion as she is massing every avail
able man on the Italian frontier.
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The Weekly Miner $8 per year.
FROM FRIDAY’S RALLY
NSW MACHINERY INSTALLED
W. J. Sully, the carpenter ,was in ,
receipt recently of additional machin
ery for his wood-working plant, which 1
lie has installed and now has In oper
ation. This makes Mr. ully's plant
the most modern and complete in this
region. Each piece of machinery is
driven by an indivdual motor of
which there are eight in all, doing
away with shafting nnd belts and j
thus incronsing the capacity of the i
'■hop. The latest addition to his!
plant consists of a variety saw, n
ower mortiser, nnd nn arm sandcr i
for bench work. The last mentioned
machine is a wander ,and well worth
seeing in operation. A new feature i
for this region is an exhaust fan to ;
keep the air in the shop free from
dust, which the machine accomplishes ,
to a charm. The greater part of the ]
machinery installed is from the fam
ous ,1. A. Fay & Egan factory, noted
as the producers of the finest wood
working machinery in the world.
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LEFT THE SHIP
Two of the crew of the steamer
I’araiso. learning on arrival here that
1 their ship was going in to Ladysmith
! on her way south, left the ship at
| this port. The men are Germans, who
have not taken out papers to become
; American citizens. The recent order
I of the British Columbian government
I to authorities at the different ports ■
of that province to arrest all Ger
man subjects on vessels entering such
ports, was the cause of the men leav
j ing the ship- as they did not want to :
| take any chances on being interned
j by the B. C. authorities.
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TAKING MARBLE SOUTH
The freighter Para iso, belonging to
thePaeific Coast Steamship company
arrived in port this morning from the
West Coset. She had 645 tons of
marble on board from Tokeen for the
Vermont Marble company, and about
twenty-five tons of miscellaneous
freight.
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Paris, April 30—With the excep
tion of desultory fighting all is
quite along the western frontier to
day. Both sides are evidently resting
and bringing up '-supplies and rein
foreements for future operations.
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Harve, April 30—According to re
ports brought in by the Belgians fully
four thousand German soldiers were
mowed down by Belgian machins guns
last night as they were trying to cross
the Yser river on a pontoon bridge.
The Belgians seeing the Germans de
moralized, charged with the bayonet
and captured a large number of pris
oners.
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LITTLE MISS WHITTIER ARRIVES
The following from the Juneau
Empire April 28, will be of interest
to many Ketchikan people, friends of
the Whittiers, formerly residents of
Ketchikan:
A baby girl weigu.ng seven and
one-half pounds was borne to Mrs.
Maurice S. Whittier last night at
12:48 iu St. Ann’s hospital. Mrs.
Whittier and the little girl are report
ed to be getting along nicely.
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Many old-timers who left the Atlin
camps a few years ago, are return
ing with the expectations of remain
ing there. They say that from what
they heard in the coast cities before
coming north, that Atlin is going to
receive much attention from mining
men this year.
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The AH Alaska Sweekstake dog race
which was pulled off at Nome last
week was won by Leonard Sepalla,
who drove his own team. The time
was 79 hours and 39 minutes and the
distance covered was 408 miles.
‘Scotty’’ Allen, winner of last years
■ace, came in second.
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The work of constructing the big
light house on Cape St. Elias will be
gin about May 1st. This point is the
first land sighted by the masters of
ships after they leave the inside pass
age of Alaska and head for south
western Alaska.
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The Seward Real Estate Exchange
has decided to place a great lighted
sign on the dock. The sign will be
thirty five feet by five feet lndimen
sions and will be illuminated by elec
tricity, The words on the sign will
be “Seward the Terminal.”
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C’has. E. Herron, republican comrait
teeman for Alaska, has returned to
his home at Seward after a visit of
three months in the East. Mr. ner
ron is the owner of the Seward Gate
way.
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The Seward camp of the Arctic
Brotherhood is now making arrange
ments to put up ;» fine bnibling on
the lots acquired for the purpose.
FROM SATUDRAY’S DAILY.
WINDBER IK HEADED SOUTH
The big freighter Windber, tender
or the canneries at King Cove and
excursion inlet, went south this morn
ng, clearing from tho local customs
louse about three o’clock The Windbei ,
t will be remembered !
mde a trip through the
I’anaum Canal and on the Atlan
tic since the closing of the 1914 sea
son. While on that voyage she was
stopped by a French cruiser and one
of her crew, a German, taken off tht
.easel. The United States govern
nout is now demanding his release on
he ground that the cruiser had no
tight to take a man off an American
.easel on the high seas.
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KNIVES ARE A SUCCESS
“Jim" Schlothau reports that tht
knives on his new filling nmehiut
work perfectly. He has been giviug
:hem a tryout this week and found
l hat they will cut through the biggest
bones on a King salmon without an)
effort. From this it would appear
that the machine is going to work
all O. K. under actual working con
ditions. The knivtjp are circular, out
.corking inside the other, and cut tht
fish cleanly the right size for the
can, and without mashing it. This
will result iu better results in tilt
operation of the machine over those
now in use, and produce a better ap
pearing product when same is taken
rom the can.
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London, May 1—After hunting
for days, the British air brigade-has at
last succeeded in locating the big guns
the German commauder is using to
throw shells into Dunkirk. The guns
are situated at a point some eighteen
or twenty miles inland,, and quite j
out of range of any artillery posses- J
;ed by the Allies.
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Colon, Canal Zone, May 1—Starting
last night, a fire that has laid was'
fully one half this eitv, is now raging
The damage to property is roughly es
tiinated at two millions. Ten people
are known to be dead, and close to
fifteen thousand are homeless. At a
late hour this morning it was thought
that the fire was under control, dyna
mite having been resorted to to
check the rush of the flames.
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London, May 1—An unknown Rus
sian steamer was sunk by a torped
from a German submarine off the
West coast of Ireland Wednesday.
None of the crew were able to escape.
This is the first time that any of the
submarines have been operating this
far from their base of supplies.
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Ottawa, May 1—Canada, far from
being terrorized by the loss of the
flower of her first army, is preparing
to send another hundred and fifty
thousand to take the places of those
.vho fell in last week’s fighting. The
greater number of these men are
now reaily to be sent across the seas,
seas.
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Constantinople, May 1—The com
yandant of the lower forts defending
the Dardanelles states that the French
battle cruiser Jean D'Are was force-,
to retire from the bombarding line in
flumes, the British battleships Majes
tic, Triumph and Vengeance were bad
:>■ damaged, and a British torpedo
boat destroyer and other smaller ves
sels used as mine sweepers have been
sunk during the past ten days by th
fire of the batteries defending th-’
-straits. The excellence of the fir
of the Turkish gunners has been so
marked that the bombarding ship
have been compelled to operate from
such a distance that many of their
die’is fall sln-rt of their targets, do
ng no damage.
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Seattle, May 1—The Northwestern
sailed from this port on time last
night. Her passengers for Ketchikan
ire F. C. Johnstone, Edward Poor,
Pat Peetor, Mrs. R. R. Tinkham, E.
C. Raynor. Bruce Thornton, W. H.
Ireland, E. W. Eiekelberg.L. C. Dyke,
R. J. Healy. C. Shaw and five steer
age.
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Berlin, May 1—A detachment of
Cossacks on scouting duty entered th- ;
unfortified town of Szawle yesterday j
and after pillaging same, set it on
fire. A squadron of German caval
ry, summoned to the aid of the town,!
drove the Cossacks out and are now
in pursuit of same.
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Berlin, May 1—The attempts of the
Allies, particularly the British to re
gain the ground lost during the past
ten days, have in every instance met
with failure. The German infantry
have now thoroughly entrenched then,
selves anil moved their guns for
ward so that the Allies in spite of
every effort cannot find a weak spot.
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The Weekly Miner 13 per year.
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The Deity Mteer $1 per meet*.
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FROM SATUDRAY’S DAILY.
SPOKANE SOUTH THIS MORNING
The Spokane, with a small passen
ger list left for the south this morn
ing, but one passenger boarding her
at this place. She had nine boxes
of fish on board, eight from points
north and one from Ketchikan.
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FIXING THE FOUNDATION
W. J. Sully had a crew of men at
work today, repairing the foundation
under the Rexall Drug store. Doc.
Walker reports business so brisk tlmt
lie was afraid the front of the store
might give way, hence the repairs.
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Juneau, May 1—Judge Jennings
has appointed men to take a census
of every resident within two miles
ol the saloon district of Juneau and
Douglas, and has appointed May 21
is election day to decide whether the
two towns mentioned shall be “wet”
‘dry” during the coming year. Ilis
notice of the election states that un
uss a majority of such residents ac
tually vote in favor of the saloons
;ho same will be closed. This means
that all people not voting will bo
counted as “dries.” The opinion
prevails hero that this decision will
out the saloons out of business all
ncer the first division, ns the same
■o'liey will be followed in the other
towns. The saloon interests here
claim that this ruling is arbitrary,
and that the wet and dry question
should be settled by a majority of
the votes actually east, and not on
the census taken.
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t'apt. Harry Crosby, in command of
the tugboat Forest E. Crosby, was in
port this morning on his way to the
Hecate Cannery. The tug had a scow
for a northern cannery.
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London, May. 1—The British line
is advancing steadily up the Gal
lipolian peninsula ,the Turks falling
back before them. A battery of heavy
guns was captured yesterday by a
bayonet charge, and the guns turned
on the fleeing enemy.
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Washington, May 1—The American
steamer Cushing, enroute from Phila
delphia to Rotterdam was badly dam
agedb v bombs dropped from a Ger
man aeroplane while she was steam
ing through the North Sea. The Ad
ministration has notified its repre
sentative i;t the port where the ves
sel is now lying to get the facts and
forward same to this city so that the
matter can be taken up at once with
the German government.
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Juneau, May 1—All the big mining
companies of this region have an
nounced that they elect to act under
the workmen’s compensation act pas
sed bv the legislature.
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It is all right to have financiers
come to Alaska, but their money can
do little in the way of development if
there tire not sufficient laboring men
there. Then why this “Seattle spirit,”
supported by the Times, which is dis
couraging working people from com
ing to Fairbanks! The fact is that
the men who overcome the obstacles
of travel in the interior this time of
the j’ear is one who will not become
■i pauper_Fairbanks Citizen.
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The federal government has brought
suit against R. L. Glavis for $331
which lie charged lip against the gov
ernment as traveling expenses several
years ago. It was when as a disburs
ing officer of the land department lie
traveled from Seattle to Beverly to
lay before President Taft certain evi
dence in Alaska land cases tending
to reflect upon Secretary of the In
terior Ballinger. This trip he took of
his own violation and it was shortly
before be was dismissed from the
service. Glavis is now practicing law
n San Francisco.
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Herb Wilson, formerly a member of
one of the railway surveying parties
that worked on the Nenana last
summer reached the city this morning
from the Totatlanika country with a
story that is thrilling enough for any
frontier district.
He was shot at he asserts, with a
30-30 Winchester, narrowly eseaping
with his life, then was slashed at with
a knife, escaped again, and finally
was caught in the breaking up of the
upper rivers and forced to make his
way through the ice arid water of the
Totatlanika canyon carrying his sled
and finally mushed into Ohena, taking
morning train t„ Fairbanks. This after
noon he made formal complaint a
gainst Charles B. Kincaid, and old
‘ eetor who is now on Windy creek,
'•ini ".ith making a felonious
assault. The district attorney’s office
is handling the matter_Fairbanks
News Miner.
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The Harriman National Bank, of
Seward, opened for business on Aprli
21st.
FROM BATUDRAY’B DAILY.
SELLS FISH FOR FREEZING
The halibut schooner Seymour was
in port this morning, anil sold her
fare of fish to the New England
< ohI Storage company. She had n
bo it twenty thousand pounds on
board. The Annie was in and she too
sold to the New England.
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LEAVES FOR THE WEST COAST
The Prospector with the fish scow
in tow got away for the West Coast
this morning about four-thirty. Man
ager Wilke of the New England is
making the trip to get the new ven
ture started and will leave Harry
Hice in charge of the scow and store.
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MUST PAY TAXES OR
THEY CAN’T SUE
Valdez,—Judge Fred M. flrown ren
dered a decision in the United States
District Court that is pregnant with
wide possibilities in Alaska trade
mutters when he ruled that a corpor
ation organized under the laws of
another State which has failed to file
its articles of incorporation in Alas
ka, or to pay its corporation taxes
and failed to appoint an agent here
upon whom service of legal processes
may be served, cannot sue for moneys
due or alleged to be due in an Alas
kan court.
The decision was rendered in the
eaie of the W. J. Van Scuyver com
pany, a wholesale liquor company, of
Portland, Oregon, against Oscar Breed
111: n, a McCarthy saloon-keeper. The
suit was to recover judgement for
$8 JO for whiskey alleged to have been
soid and delivered.
The decision, if sustained on ap
peal, will make it impossible for cor
porations from without Alaska, which
have not complied with the corpor
ation laws of the Territory, to col
lect accounts owing them in Alaska.
If Judge Brown’s conception of the
law is correct it will add to the reve
nues of Alaska because it will compel
all the outside corporations which sell
goods to Alaska to pay a corporation
tax within the Territory.
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The following is a summary of the
statistics of tlie reindeer industry
maintained by the Bureau of Educa
tion in the Northwest district, which
covers the region from Norton bay to
Barrows, says the Nome Nugget. In
this district there are 37 herds, 24 of
which are on the Seward peninsula.
The total number of reindeer in the
Northwest district number 32,326, of
which 17,000 are on the Seward pen
insula. These are distributed as fol
lows: Seven hundred and twenty two
natives own 25,900 reindeer, and the
government, missions and Lapps own
6,426. The number of marketable
male deer now number 4.200. The
year’s bearing fawns, is 72 per cent.
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Nome,—Commissioner Frank Waskey,
former delegate to congress, is now
in this city endeavoring to form a
company to exploit the alleged rich
discoveries recently made in the
Marshall City region, on the lower
Yukon. Waskey claims that good
pay has been found and that the camp
is a sure winner. No details of the
find, however, have been disclesed.
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Kenneth Jackson, a former pioneer
attorney of Nome, who later made a
fortune out of a mine in Nevada, plans
on visiting the Broad Pass country
cl is season, with a view of investment.
At, Nome Jackson was a law partner
of U. S. Senator Key Pitman.
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Indians arriving at Atlin from Tele
graph creek report a shortage of prov
isions at that place and say that no
flour nor sugar is to be had at any
price.
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Fairbanks is to get a divorce repu
tation, it seems, that will rival that
enjoyed by Reno, Nevada. Incidcntly,
too, Judge Bunnell is in a fair way of
getting fame as a divirce judge_Ex.
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Kilisnoo Sam, native, left Warm
Springs in a dory to hunt seal, and
did not return. Thirty natives from
Killisnoo spent nearly a week search
ing for the lost man and it is conclud
ed that ho was drowned.
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The donkey engine of the cannery
dock pile driver crushed through the
wharf yesterday afternoon into about
twelve feet of water. The services
of a diver may bo necessary in rais
ing the engine_Petersburg Report.
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Real estate is booming at Seward
and a resident writes that ‘‘every
body who has ever been in Soward
since the town was founded is now
on the ground, besides a tremendous
influx of strangers.”
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The Alaska Road Commission, of
which Col. W. P. Richardson is the
head, has an appropriation of $165,-J
000 for this year’s work. J
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
WET AND DRY VOTE
ORDERED FOR JUNEAU
Judge H. W. Jennings hns ordered
ft “wet mid dry” clectionu to bo
held throughout oil incorporated towns
in tho First. Division. Tho bomb was
exploded in the court room at 2:30
o’clock this afternoon when tho
saloon men of the Gastincau Channel
citties wore assembled at the request
of tho Court.
His Honor stated that the election
should take place on May 24th and
that books should bo circulated by
men designated by the Court to reg
ister all those eligible to vote on the
question and that after the books
had been completed they will be. open
for inspection by any one Interested
at tho office of tho clerk of the
court. He also stated that the liquor
dealers would have to show a ma
jority of those registered in order to
obtain licenses_Juneau Empire.
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A NEW BULLETIN BOARD
Tho Stcdman has something new
and nifty in the steamer bulletin
board line. It is a groved board ar
rangement into which aro inserted
white figures and letters, giving the
names of tho boats and tho time of
their arrival. It is by far tho neat
est thing of tho kind thus far in town
and is bound to bo appreciated by the
public at large.
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NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER
Five Montenegrans were arrested
by tho Immigration Department yes
terday on the steamer City of Seat
tle on the charge that they were liable
to become public charges, and also
that they were coming into tho country
on the solicitation of someone, which
put them under the charge of being
contract labor. A hearing of their
cases wag held by a special board,
which resulted in two of tho men
being held on the latter charge, but
the other three were released. Nine
others aboard the Seattle, Italians,
Slavonians and Scotch will be exam
ined at Juneau on the same charges.
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TUG CAPTAIN IN TROUBLE
Captain H. II. ltobinson of the tug
Commodore was placed under arrest
on the tug’s arrival here on the com
plaint of the Immigration Depart
ment that he had brought an alien in
to the country and allowed same to
land without reporting to the offic
ials. Ho was arraigned in U. S. Com
missioner Stackpole’s court, being rep
resented by Attorney Chas. H. Cos
grove, and then allowed to proceed to
Hadley where he will make arrange
ments to furnish cither cash or bond
bail for $1,000 for his appearance for
trial. The charge against Capt. Ttolr
inson is that when he came north a
bout the first of April from Anyox,
B. C., an alien named Harry Stack
stowed himself away on the -tug and
was discovered on the way up. When
found he stated that though of for
eign birth he had become an Ameri
can citizen owing tothc fact that he
had served in the IT. S. army, and the
tug’s officers accepting what he said
as truth allowed him to land at Had
ley without reporting him as so doing-.
Complaint of the occurrence was:
made to the immigration office hero
and the arrest of the Commodore V
captain was the result.
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OUT OF THE FRYING
PAN INTO THE FIRE
Harry Stack, who it is claimed is
illegally in the country having smug
gled himself in on board the tug
Commodore, in trying to evade deport
ment as being illegally in the country,
has gotten himself into a worso fix.
In his defense he claimed to have serv
ed a term of enlistment in the U. S.
army and received an honorable dis
charge. Investigation reveals the fact:
that what he says is true, but in ad
dition that he re-enlisted an dthen
deserted. The government has a
standing offer of fifty dollars reward
for his arrest and delivery at any U.
8. army post, so ho is badly in it no
matter which way the cat Jumps.
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IS SOME SQUIRTGUN
The fire department was practicing
with a whirling nozzle this morning
that is a poach. It is called the
Bresnan Cellar Nozzle, and delivers:
the water in fifty-seven different dir
ections. The boys also tried out the
new Siamese coupling which enables
two or three lines being united into
one to increase the flow of water,
nud it too, proved very satisfactory.
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The steamer Northwester** was io
port early this morning and left a
hout five o’clock after discharging
13 tons of freight for local people.
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Druco Thornton, bookkeeper for
Llie Alaska Packers Association can
iery at boring, arrived up on the
Northwestern this morning.