A SATISFACTORY OFFICIAL
Closing what has been to all
concerned the most satisfac
tory term of office ever served
in the history of Alaska, Judge
Thomas R. Lyons stepped down
and out last night, when he in
ducted his successor Robert
W. Jennings into office. There
is no need of this paper going
into details, from one end of
Ihe Territory to the other, in
every one of the four judicial
divisions the name Judge Tom
Lyons has stood for justice and
the “spuare deal.” There nev
er has been nor can there be
Ihe last suspician of favortism
being shown, nor has any one
ever interred that the poor
man has not had the same jus
tice tempered to all times with
mercy that the rich one has
had, so, that now, as he returns
to civil life, the people of this
division speak from their hearts
when they say that they are
sorry lo see him leave the
bench.
Southeastern Alaska can
count herself fortunate in hav
ing produced such an official,
and is lo be congratulated that
he will continue to be one of
her citizens, for the Judge in
formed the Miner Man this
morning that after a few weeks
rc.-l in Seattle and Walla
Walla he will return to Juneau.
It is perhaps looking a long
way into the future, but to (his
paper it appears that this Ter
ritory will be making a mistake
and doing itself an injustice if
il allows Judge Lyons to re
main in private life. The year
nineteen-fourteen will see the
election of a Delegate to Con
gress and we do not believe
lhat there is a man in the IS'orth
’and who is better qualified to
represent all the people all Ihe
time, than Tom Lyons. This
comes without the approval of
the Judge, but if he could be
induced to accept the nomina
tion on a non-partisan ticket he
would sweep the Territory from
.one end to the other.
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AN ALASKAN MAGAZINE
"Preparations are now under
way in Ketchikan for the publi
cation of an all Alaska maga
zine. While this is not the
first time by several that ef
forts have been made on thb
lute, yet there is certainlj
am pc! field and opportunity tr
accomplish much good through
earnest effort and careful bus
ness management and the Min
es honestly hopes for a suceesr
of (his venture.
The publication will be
known as the Alaska Ay-keh
i am and will be deovted to Al
aska matters almost exclusive
1.'. Together with statistics anc
records of Alaskas develop
ment it will contain anecdotes
■ f soi rdough experience anc
■ m this line it especially asks
'lie aid of all Alaskans as onlj
in this way can the publishers
procure the desired facts. It i
hoped that all Alaskans wil
lake a personal interest in this
magazine, as we are assurec
! y (he publishers that they dc
: "t expect to be able to placi
Hu publication on a pay inf
basis for some time but dc
hope to soon make it self sup
porting by meriting patronage
and expect lo benefit the inter
c*sis of Alaskan people.
\laska Ay-keh-nam will bi
non-political, as nearly as pos
. >-Me, endeavoring to occupy i
lu’Id by itself, ever building u]
and never discouraging hones
effort toward development. I
will not lake up personal oi
business wrangles, nor will i
aid any factions, but like thi
. unshine and summer shower:
shed its blessing alike upoi
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3PECIAL TRIP TO
PORTLAND CANAL
The mail boat Teddy will
make a special trip to Portland
Canal leaving Ketchikan Satur
day morning at ten o’clock. She
will carry both freight and pas
sengers. For particulars see
Ed. Williams at Ryus’ Drug
Store.
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AL. HAS A BUG
Al. Buhring, who is on the
Alameda en route to McNeill’s
Island penitentiary—as a guard
—has a bug. Away back iri
1889, or there abouts Al. was
hunting and prospecting away
up in the Cascades, a mile and
a half away from everywhere
and found what looked like
promising ore. He was not in
a position to do anything with
his find at that time, rso goes
now, 24 years later to see if
he can locate the place.
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DIES AT HOSPITAL
Magdalena Ma^keviczius, the
wife of D. Maskeviczius, im
migrant inspector for Alaska,
died at the iocal hospital at
nine o'clock last night of a com
plication of heart failure and
ciuick consumption. Mrs. Mas
keviczius was 22 years of age,
a native of Lithuania. She
eaves a husband and little two
year old son to mourn her un
timely death. The funeral was
held this afternoon at three
o’clock under the auspices of
the local Masonic lodge, of
which her husband is a mem
her.
SUCCEEDS HIMSELF
Judge Jenning's first official
act last night was the re-ap
pointment to office of Judge
ft. S. Stackpole, as United
States Commissioner for the
Ketchikan precinct. Judge
Staekpole’s petition was signed
hy practically every man in the
district, and no mistake was
made in retaining him In of
fice.
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JUVENILE OPERA
COMPANY COMING
C. E. Salisbury, advance man
of the “Juvenile Bostonians",
an operatic company of twenty
members, all girls, prriyefj pp
the Seattle Ibis morning from
Prince Rupert. He states that
his company is booked for an
eight Jay season at Prince Ru
pert, commencing jVfOy 21, and
■ f he can make the nec.essapy
arrangements for hall, etc.,
will appear in Ketchikan ipr
two or three nights beginning
May 30. This company was at
Prince Rrpert last August and
played te good business lor
two weeks, which demonstrates
that they have talent. The op
ening number in Ketchikan will
ho the “Dream Girl,” the com
pany's best show.
Sacramento, May 19—Gover
nor Johnson today signed the
anti-alien land bill, which will
become a law in ninety days.
The event was without pomp
1 or show, ocurring in the pres
ence of a few political leaders
' < nd newspaper men,
' The announcement was re
■<: ;Jy made that the Alaska
' Gold Mines Company at Juneau
■ will build a 10,000-ton plant
Phis wall be the largest reduc
“ lion plant on (he Pacific Coast
■ and equalled by only a few in
i flic whole country.
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ROCKY I8LAND
•LIGHT IS OUT
The Alameda brought word
! today that the blinker light on
> I.ocky Island is not burning,
t The matter was reported to
the Lighthouse Service,
GOVERNMENT P*M*TY
ARRIVES AT KATALLA
The coal mined last year by
the 'bureau of mines and taken
largely from the Cunningham
claims, has been lransported
during the winter and spring to
the head of navigation on Still
water. The hauling was done
under the direction of govern
ment of lie inis and was finished
on the 15th of April. At that
lime a large portion of ihe
crew was laid off. There are
7000 sacks of coal, or about
< 50 tons. It is the intention to
use the services of only blue
jackets to handle the coal on
the river. Four scows or bar
ges are there. Two of them
are stern-wheeled propeled bar
ges, of light draft. They are
thirty-six feet long and twelve
feet beam, each equiped with a
50-horse power heavy duty
Corliss gas engine.
Wounded badly through an ac
cidental shooting, end unable
to gain medical attendance, a
native of Kokrine, on the Yukon
river, probably is dying be
cause of government red tape.
The officials are powerless to
ad lest they be reprimanded
from Washington and their ac
counts disallowed. Meanwhile
natives and white men, too,
vho happen to he bpyond thp
range of helping friends, can
be shot, frozen and die without
getting the government, in
whose domain they live, to lend
aid or succor in the minutest
degree.—Fairbanks Times.
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ADMIRAL SAMPSON IN
The Alaska Coast steamer
Admiral Sampsor arrived down
from the Westward between
nine and ten o’clock last night,
hhe tppjt on about fifteen tons
of mild cured fish and sixteen
passengers here. Among the
latter were: Lyle Blodgett, V.
R. Petty, A. W. Quist, W. J.
Connpjl, A. W. Thomas, Engel
br Weise, Win. NnPfngu, flay
Copeland, Mrs. Kirmse and
Miss Kirmse.
WELCOME JUDGE JENNINGS
The First Judicial Division of
the Territory of Alaska has a
new judge today in the person
of Robert W. Jennings. With
the balance of the division we
welcome him and wish him sue
cess, believeing that he is going
to jpake the ideal pfficial.
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WHY NOT?
The old telephone line be
tween Hadlpy and Kasaan has
been put ill yyprking order by
I be Kasaan Company with a
phone in the cable office here.
This gives Kasaan immediate
connection by cable from here
!o any point desired at any time
A telephone system ought to
be established on Prince of
Wales island connecting all the
principal points with the Hadley
cable office. Why not try to
induce the government to do
this and get an appropriation
for this purpose?
—PAUL NORDSTROM
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JUDGE JENNINGS
18 SWORN IN
Upon the arrival of the steam
er Mariposa from the south Inst
night, Robert W. Jennings was
jworn in as United States Dis
trict Judge for the First Judic
ial Division. The ceremony
took place at the Courthouse.
• he retiring judge, Hon. Thom
Lyons administering the
oath, and welcoming his suc
cessor in office.
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LORING PEOPLE IN TOWN
The steamer Novelty came
down from Loring today short
ly before noon. Among her
passengers were .1. II. Heck
man, Fred Patching, and Mrs.
Mike Wadding.
SALMON BOXES ARE
8TARTINQ TO MOVE
The local sawmill shipped its
lirst consignment of box shooks
for the year 1013 last night on
ihe barge Blanche. They were
consigned to the Loring can
nery. Today a scowload was
sent lo the Ketchikan cannery.
The local school board met
last night to decide on the corps
of teachers for next year. Since
the meeting last Wednesday,
Miss Arke and G. S. Blake had
withdrawn their applications,
so the board re-elected the bal
ance of the teachers, and sel
ected Miss Louis Field and J.
ij. Jones to take the place of the
'wo mentioned. The teachers
and their classes will be:
I. L. Jones, high school and
principal.
Mrs. M. V. Coombs, seventh
and eight grades.
Miss 8. M. Bugge, fifth and
sixth grades,
Miss Louise Field, third and
fourth' grades.
Miss Harriett Rossiter, primary
department.
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SOME SCARE
Frank McCurdy’s hair has
hardly gotten back lo normal
yet as the result of a scare he
got last Sunday. He had been
fishing up the creek running
into Bostwick inlet, and was
crossing the big flats down lo
I he beach. When part of the
way across he saw a big black
wolf out pn tin* flat, The brute
i an for the woods a ways, and
then changed its mind find
came hard as it could run for
Frank. As he didn’t have any
gun with him, he didn’t like
(he looks of things a little hit.
Thp >vpli stppppd vylipn he yyft.
about forty feet away, stood
and looked at him a while, and
(hen left.
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PAINfING THE JOWN RED
Angus McKenzie and Tony
Anderson are painting Ihp
town red today, They are
working on the fish house on
Strong’s dock, but this time
they are using paint.
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SILVER HARD TO GET
“Billy” Semar reports that he
is having a hard time of it
getting silver enough to keep
l|ig Shr‘l'» SftlPtMP fcHJtfFS sup
plied. Last week by hook and
crook he scraped together in
the neighborhood of twelve
thousand dollars in silver which
practically cleaned out the avail
able change of the town. Me
has been out on the same hunt
this week, with very poor suc
cess, and is confronted by the
problem of either having silver
shipped up weekly through the
M. M. Bank, or paying for
the fish by check or draft.
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VVRANLELL ATTORNEY
IN KETCHIKAN
3. H. Ockleshaw-JohnsQu who
• or the past enghteen monlhs
has practiced law at Wrangell
is a guest at (he Stedman and
proceeds in a few days to Lon
don, Bug., where he is interest
cil in an important case before
the House of Lords. He also
intends to consult a specialist
concerning a broken cartilage
sustained to a knee joint. Mr.
Johnson has not been in Ketch
ikan for two years, and says
that while lie had heard fre
oienlly that “things were
good” here, still he could scar
cely have believed such solid
progress was lieijjg made. lie
states that he has clients who
would he glad to hear of a good
mineral property in this dis
li ict for sale.
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The Dally Miner, $1 per mo.
| HADLEY MILL 18
WORKING FINELY
Stanley Oaksmith was a pas
senger over from Hadley on
the Rough Rider last night on
his way south to the States on
business. He slates that the
mill at Hadley is steadily turn
ing out lumber, a large pro
portion of it clear. Yesterday
I'.verett Pa'up and his pile driver
crew started in work on th«
new wharf, which will run out
from the sawmill for close to
GOO feet, enabling the largest
vessels to load lumber without
any danger of going aground.
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OLD TIMER DIE8
According to word received
from Kasaan, Herbert Mills,
one of the pioneers of South
eastern Alaska, died at the Mt.
Andrew beach camp last Friday
night. It appears that Mr.
Mills, known to everybody in
this region as “Old Mon Mills’"
was going front Kasaan to Had
ley, and stopped over night
with Carl Groper, the watch
man for the Mt. Andrew, Fri
day night. When called th«
next morning, he failed to re
spond, and investigation re
vealed Ihe fact that he had
breathed his last during the
night. Commissioner Rush was
notified and investigated the
matter, but concluded, that
death wfas the result of natural
causes. Mr. Mills was a mem
ber of the crew of the steamer
bringing the first Amerloan for
ces to Alaska, which hauled
down the Russion flag in i807,
replacing it with the Stars and
Stripes.
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SOUTH on the
ADMIRAL SAMPSON
A. W. Quist, the building
lontractor, will go south on the
Sampson tonight. He expects
b. be gone in the neighborhood
of three w'eeks, during which
bme he will return to Juneau
t'RA close up his business in
connection with the erection of
l ftp municipal cold storage
plan^ at that place.
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FOy^PATION NEARLY DONE
Al. KL.jdler, who has the eon
tract fijp building the founda
tions fu^ {he Standard Oil
tanks, soi^th of town, tells the.
Miner Ma^ that he has e-em
pie ted work on the base of thj
i-ig 95 four for crude oil,
end is nu\ working on the 45
loot naphtha failk foundation.
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COURT ADJOURNS
The §IirlPS Wm of the Dis
trict Court closed this morn
ing closing Judge Lyons term
of office, and with the swear
ing in of ft, W. Jennings upon
the arrival of the steamer from
ihe south, the Judge’s official
like will terminate. In dismiss
ing the -jury this morning Jud
ge Lyons paid them a pretty
compliment in saying that nev
er had he had a jury which had
striven harder to do their duty
Ilian they, and thanking Diem
for so doing.
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INJURED MAN IS IMPROVING
A. K. Foss, manager of the
sawmill at Hadley, who was
brought over for medical treat
ment Hie latter part of Iasi
week as the result of getling
Ids leg badly twisted between
two piles, is reported to lie rap
idly improving.
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GETTING READY
FOR BUSINESS
“Jim” Sehlothan, who will be
in charge of the machinery ol
the Pure Food Cannery this see
son, is hard at work overhaul
ing the machinery of the plant
'Pile cannery expect to exceed
its pack of last year this sea
son. • ;
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HOME FOR PIONEERS
To the average Alaskan, the
aetion of the Secretary of the
Interior and tho Secretary of
the Navy, in authorizing tho es
tablishment of a home for pio
neers at Sitka will be taken in
a large way as the very best
evidence of friedship of the
new administration for tho ter
ritory of Alaska.
It is exceedingly fitting that
the pioneers who, w'hile they
may have failed to find that
fortune for which they search
ed, should not be allowed to be
come the object of charity, hut
should be taken care of i i a
manner befitting their services
to our country.
Alaska now has a rich do
main which would have re
mained forever a wilderness
but for the courage and energy
of the prospector. The p-on
cers and the trail-blazer are en
titled to honors greater than
(lie warrior, for his services
are lully as great, and are
whody constructive.
H is eminently fitting also
that the home for the Alaska
pioneers should he located at
Siti>a. It was from this place
that the first American pioneer
came, and it was from here
that iho pioneers spread to the
Gastineau channel, to the inter
ior, to the Capper river, and
|to all the vast areas of the far
north, where his labors have
rna<’e an empire.—Pacific Min
ling Journal,
i C. If, Barnwell, a Prince Wil
jlifttn Sound pioneer, was drown
ed while enroute from Orca lo
Cordova May 1. Harwell and his
partner had been fishing tor
tire Orca cannery, and were
caught with a launch in a
storm. While Harwell was try
mg to hold the launch into tho
wind he fell overboard. His
body was recovered within a
few minutes, but despite all ef
forts to resuscitate him lie nev
er regained consciousness,
FOORD SECURES
BIG CONTRACT
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J. C. Fooi'd the plumber, tells
the Miner Man that he has se
cured the contract for the
plumbing and steamheating of
the big Tungass building. This,
with the Koel Building and the
Heckman building, makes the
third big building this company
has had Ihe plumbing work on-.
r!heir work speaks for itself,
and is all first-class.
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A diptheria eqidemic is re
ported from the vicinity of Au
la to.
The dependability of
Malthoid Roofing has been
proven by
specia) tests covering
a period of
many years.
Made in the largest factory it)
the world—it is absolutely
right in every detail.
It relists fire-r
is acid proof—*
water and weather proof—*
Keeps heat in the building in
winter.
Keeps it out in summer.
Malthoid will last as long as the
building it covers.
It is inexpensive
easy to lay and your roof troubles
are over when Malthoid is laid.
If you doubt ask
General Bradstreet to give
yoa « line on Malthoid Makers—
The Paraffine Paint Co.
of San Francisco
and Chicago Heights.
Ketchikan Agents
J. R. HECKMAN & COMPANY
TONGASS TRADING CO.