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PRICE 10 CENTS KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, I HI DAY, MARCH 1013 \<H„. \ 11. NO, 0
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At last, after all these years
of waiting, Alaska has a legis
lative body of her own. At
last she has stepped i rward
from the position of an unor
ganized unknown Jis: '
which had h ng i v:, the
of experimental legislate;)
and abs lute neglect, into
i'-at of a territory of the Union
an a: living, law-making
p -t of this Ihe greatest coun
try on earth.
Thi* p« - ■ n has nut been
reached will. :t iab-.i- and tra
xaii on the > of those, who
have demanded the reform,
and th. ;h y deserve
whatever f >d vantage the leg
;*iat>sre ’ •' . -• ' m.
The work of orgaai
ci. when the e -ht senators
met in caueu- to decide which
o! Iheir i mbei sh ltd be el
ected president. The names
of Elwood Bruner Of Nome.
L. V. H. v uf £. war . and Dan
S- :h • •• i B •'v were i ' • -
s- ••.ted. Five \ot.-s were ne -
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furtv iiiiy L-vti.’.'v■ _. ■ -
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sibie - •' I-'-: v r:: ... •
get v. . voles. and the
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Sunday afternoon the car: :>
met again under the chairman
ship <■: Senator Tr p. and th
first three ballots taken fade '
ito show any change from tin s
of ihe proceeding day, R y.
M Hard. Turner and Tripp
‘\ -r steadily for the fi s
a-: ,i. while Sutherland, Ro
den. Bruner and Freed:::
>• ;Uered their votes between
IS T
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ter. however, when Senatdi
den, a former law partner o;
: W changed
. v • R electing th*'
hitier.
The lower h> owing
She fact that Representative?
I: m and B*<\;e of Vatde
S i
s uni
; ,v afternoon, when the nee
■ " : • . : V, a? h: id. Se-. ■
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,, >: k- .• ware n: ■
;,,il fiirhf quieklv resolved
t?elf to a c cite-t between I:
of Ket< hikak" and t--1
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Owing to the inability of Rt
'ilt? OIT dd OtMil *■*
ill-health, the lower house has
but fifteen members inste; I
- \ : t ided bj
!*n the caucus dc. Id d
votes were necessary ■ 1
<c • ''n and as the most
i. x.tins could secure in set
ballots w :• but eight to l
soil's seven, it ked
ii. u:gh a dead lock was etiev -
r-'de. which however was ore •
ken at last after a spirited re
t—~ 1-y Col!::i' ' Uiv.ig o .0
i , \\ ■ . a: 1 I was de
le' ed Ihe choice.
; \ aider noon,
era! W. I.. LC-tin. as acting
se relary of the Territory, in
his usual happy manner, forin
opene.l ‘lie two houses
i- the wheels to turn’ ug.
The opening eeretnoia c
• .rap-o were impressive
: dole apart-. iaied by ihe
;s , , •: . rs who fit
I h 1 halls, in i imme lintel
i Ih houses - .
fflti to business. Se; at or
: or was cl
t -.nd . i ihe Sc -
. «••• • . ■: ::-‘i i'.ar Mi -
■ . very 'pee
.ted L. V. Ray as per
; - <-nt ; .Hi i he wa
monsiy
In the House of Represents
■. iv. s, Charles E. lngersoll w as
•■hosen for the temporary
■ ko hip and in one of his
: as a-t oratorical gems,
i. ; with the legislature from
- in. < piion to its full fruition
!• at day. caking on his eol
1 cues to labor faithfully and
,1 for Alaska.
E. B. Collins was then unan
imously eh- 'led permanent
k . t 'u fittingly thanked
1 - I!. ..cm - for the honor
>. • n:k rre i i him.
Both ho-ts'-s then appointed
its officers, clerks and the like,
for the term and after listen
ing to the message from the
(hivt r". or, adjourned.
Tuesday a joint resolution
cudorsin.'i tin- report of the Al
t’ -ka R dir.'ad Commission and
: . powers that be
t > take immediate action there
cm and one asking for the ap
5 ament to office in Alaska
Alaskans only were passed
! v both houses..
YY. lues lay both houses
i uued the regular committees.
! a the session, as follows:
Senate
1. R inks a 1 Ranking, C< r
i ;..|is ... ‘.uding Muni i
' I al)—Tripp, Sutherland, Breed
ing.
2. Transportation. Commerce
and Navigation—Millard, Tan
ner. Sutherland.
a. Finance and Contigent
expenses; Printing—Fix ediug,
’I auner. Roden.
i. Elections. Election Laws
and Mileage-Breeding, Tripp.
Bruner.
Engrossment and Enroll
ment-Tanner, Bruner, Roden.
0. Fisheries. Fish. Game and
Agriculture—Sutherland, Tau
i’cr, Millard.
7. Education, Public Health,
Quarantine and Morals—Tripp.
Breeding, Tanner.
8. Judiciary and Federal Re
: lations—Roden. Bruner, Suth
erland.
9. Labor, Capital and Immi
gration—Roden, Breeding. Mil
lard.
10. Mining and Manufact
ures—Millard, Sutherland,
’] ripp.
11. Revenue and Taxation—
Primer. Roden, Tripp.
12. Roads and Highways
Sutherland, Bruner. Tanner.
Lower House
Banks. Banking and Corpora
I i ions .including Municipal)—*
Burns, Akierieli. Kennedy, Gray
Ingersoll, Kelly, Slump.
Transportation, (’.oinnu>ree,
nid Navigation-Gray. Driscoll,
Aldrich, Gaffney and Burns.
Way* and Means—Kelly,
Boyle. Svindseth. Slump. Burns
Driscoll and Kennedy.
Elections, Election Laws and
Mileage—Driscoll, Sluhhins. !u
gram. Slump and Gray.
Engrossment ami Enrollment
—Stubbins. Aldrich and Jones.
Fisheries, Fish, Game and
Agriculture—Svindseth, Boyle,
>11011;', Gray and Kennedy.
Education. Public Health,
Quarantine, and Morals—Boyle,
Slump, Ingram.
Labor, Capital and Immigra
tion—Gaffney, Svindseth, Burns
lend Kennedy.
rorrilorial Istilutions—A! -
■Inch, Slump and Ingram.
Roads and Highways—Jones,
Burns, Kelly, Stubbins and
Gray.
Mining and Manufacturing—'
Kennedy, Burns, Kelly. Ingot*
-oil and Jones.
Rifles—Inge rsoll, Gaffney,
;Boyle and Svimlselh.
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE MOOSE
Nosice - he ’■ given t!. •
there will he a special meet
ii -x •’ '■ ; .i \! *o s ■ lodge
a- M - H . > ;n i iy -
noon at :wo o’clock. A full
"attendance is requested.
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The Jefferson ad close to
her bred boxe* fresh hal
ibut and - ’.it. '•:« on board this
rooming. . a-! !it'■:•••; to that
company's plant.
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Remember tonight is the K.
K. K. nigh* the Dream, adv
SOME FANCY EGGS
The editqj - I I - eggs
these -days. They are from
Charley- Cole’s chicken ranch.
• are all woo] and a yard
v» de. Charley has over two
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chine', all of th m working
me, and ions
• - - -. eggs,
’ - dy r: . e l in A -
r 'k.i.
Jie and be joyful ■■
Sumpfs Saturday night dances
Y . i'll enjoy yonrself. adv
I h - ■ medies
'the bill at the Dream.
| THE STEDMAN |
v Serves the Best Meals in Town IT
I 25 cents and up J
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; Western Meat & Fish Go. *
$ B .:. h of Frye .Bruhn Co.
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*t Packers and Jobbers of
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\ Fresh Meat. Provisions and Fish
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$ Mskc a S; Hy of *
$ .-. : &!;•] Camp Trade *
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$ Kectchikan, - - - Alaska t
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i STRONG STOVE CO. ;
V.'. G. STRONG, Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Clast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Bldg.
I a; : Mar h 7—1.
-pile of (lie fact that he wa
'
in this city on the chi ‘ge
. inmtin g, Fi nk Rv an was lo
elected pre-ident at (lie
• m.ention of the International
b.. -ge and Structural Iron
S\t kers Union. The conven
!«o adopt*
g th ous
ilti be u* •! in caring
..o:i men.
City of -M v o. March 7—The
nm- :it has decided to
on the rebel forces in the
: ■K'hern salt'. and to that
i l 10,000 se isoned
- morning, Rc
> of heavy fighting may
■ h oked for at any time.
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S ;rday and Sunday "Cinder
i i" at the Dream adv.
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SumpFs big dan n
Saturday night. adv.
; This Will Help You Save. |
a az-zta -j&ssu P'sxaszi ra |
^ C. on a Savings Account g
* |k_ ;-| - i and we give you one of 1
* those i.a home home 1
1 I~ -8k* i; . : It takes all deno- I
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y ‘-v^_ -t-_/ mhations of coins and £
paper money, and is of a |
I size and shanc convenient |
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to can ;,, in ti.e pocket to ja
the Bank for deposit |
You Keep the Bank and jj
We k ep the Key.
Savings Department Of The
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WRANGELLITES IN TOWN
Dr. S. G. Shuriek and wife
d Donald Sinclair, all of
Wrangell, arrived from the
'•orth on the Jefferson. The
, rmer experts to take the de
crees in the local Masonic.
i“dgo tonight, in which he will
'he assisted by the latter.
-A.
Douglas. March 7—It is stat
<1 in this city that there are
! o - - than fifteen thousand
men under arms in the state
S nora, Mexico, preparing to
f'ght Jtuerta and the Diaz fic
tions.
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Remember Sumpf’s big dance
Saturday night. adv.
RETURNS COMPLETELY
CURED
Mrs. Shepherd, wile of the
.light keeper at Mary Island,
who had had been in Juneau
for some time taking treatment
from Dr. Simpsou for rheunia
jtism. arrived down on the Jef
, I'erson thi> morning and left
; for home thD afternoon. She
lepurts that Dr. Simpson work
cd a remarkable cure in her
Da~e. and that she i- practically
free from pain.
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Washington, March 7—It is
jannounced today that Bryan
Newton will he assistant score -
■tary of the treasury.
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