VICTOR AMD ETHAN
ARRIVES
The big fashing schooner Vic
tor and Ethkn is in port box
ing the 30.000 pounds of hali
but she caught on her last trip.
Owing to the bad weather the
boat was compelled to anchor
for the greater part of three
weeks waiting for it to moder
ate. and then fished but three
days before starting for town
for s rpties. Fssh. according
te the latest reports, is wcrtt
13 cents per pound in Seattle
The Cordova takes the schoon
er's catch south.
Portland. Jan. IS—A blizzard
is raging on the upper Colum
bia and all over the plateau
from Ellensburg south. 1 he
Wenatchee and Columbia riv
ers ar» reported to be frozen
over, and material damage to
the orchards of that region is
bound to follow.
Late s—The storm has reached
5hi* side of the mountain, the
wind and snow 'ompletely de
moralizing the telegraph ser
vice. No work can be secured
over any of the lines both tele
graph and telephone. Snow U>
the dep-th of several feet has
fe.lea on the hillsides east of
here ar.d the snow is falling
heavily here, several inches
now being on the ground.
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A BABY BOY ARRIVES
A baby boy was bora to
M haet Harrs and wife this
morning. and both mother and
son are doing weiL Business
of all k.r.ds was suspended is
honor of the occasion a* the
hghthouse off. es this morning
but vi? getting hark to normal
this afternoon.
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Washington, Ian. IS—Aft e
several laucuse? She west'
members of the Sen r e
combis > j to demand t. V.
v M .iscn atr
man to the position of Secre
tary of the listener. They
claim ar.d rightly that 1
office has to do ter times over
more with western matters
than eastern, so a man famil
iar with the . -d t.ons should
be appointed.
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BLAKE’S BREAKFAST
TOOK A JUMP
With a bang and a -hike. She
kitchen range of She B ake res
idence blew up this ffiora;:,?
landing the Professor - break
• fast on the ce...ng where it
stuck. Frozen water pee
were responsible for the ac
* dent. Mr. Blake was :
near the range at the time, but
outside . f a tumble and a
scare wa- not hurt by *,r.e fly
ing kitchen fumit :re.
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TERRIFIC GALE IS BLOWING
According to the local wire
les- office, a terrific ?a*e is
blowing off the California and
Oregon coasts, part of the
blizzard reported from Port
land, no doubt So bad is it
that the steamers Fenwick and
Atlas, and the Dodge S. S.
Company's Northland are *11
lying behind Cape B.ar.ee wait
, ir.g for it to moderate.
London. Jan. IS—Ear! Gray
t day notified tl.e Turk.eh rep
- re-entativd- in th.- city that
the unanimous advice of the
powers of Europe . - that Turk
ey should stop the war at ail
co*ts. as she is bound to lose
more in the long run than is
threatening her new.
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. SPRUCING THINGS UP
The new coat of paint to
• which the Revilia Bar has been
treated of late, coupled with
the elegant display of baseball
* pictures with wh.'h George
Wilkes ha- covered the wallz
makes 3 combination that ts
’ceriasuly hard to beat
JEFFERSON ARRIVES
SPICK AND SPAN
Just about midnight. Satur
day. the familiar tones of the
Jefferson's whistle awakened
the echoes of the Narrows end
gracefully she swung to her
mooring at the Ketchikan
Wharf company's dock on her
first trip after a general over
hauling at Seattle. She was
resplendent in a new coal of
paint and comes from a gener
al overhauling which has re.
newed her youth. Her boilers
have been fitted with new
[tubes and ends, her hull has
been stiffened fore and aft. en
gines overhauled generally, and
every inch of her painted, in
side 3nd out. The trip up was
smooth, and the vessel made
good time. Her passengers for
‘Ketchikan were James New..j
[man and wife. W. G. Weigle.
^Miss. E. Kirschbaum. H. CL
I Hankins and Slihara and
wife. The latter comes with
i i barber outfit and w-;il open
up a shop here. Clem Shepard
1 s in his old position as purser,
and is busily engaged in greet
ing his old friends up in thi>
region. The Jefferson took on
[quite a number of passengers
as this place for northern
‘points, including Ben Delzeile:
Mrs. F. S. Shepard of Mary
Island, on her wav to the Hot
►
Springs near Sitka to find re
lief from her rheumatism: H.
G. Kublcy. and D. Maskeviezius.
BIG SHEEP RANCH FOR
NAAS RIVER COUNTRY
P. Burns of Calgary, and s
syndicate of Calgary capitalist
and oiiher are interested ir
3 "1") acres of land in the Naa
val’ey. and they intend to g<
■ in for extensive sheep raising
in she near future. This pur. :
chase was made jus* re«:ent’>
[ and the deal involved a greo j
[amount of money reaching int
‘he hundreds of thousands.
Portland Canal Miner.
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A LONG DISTANCE
HOT AIR MESSAGE
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A ^p-eesa! arrived from Hono
lulu today telling of the arrival
at that place of Kai*er Deppe
■zi ;uite. Queen Lilliukalani
: et him in her royal barge and
of course the stale band was
in attendance. Charley report'
having had a fine trip ex ept
that he had tasted several of
"h.s meals twice, once as they
were going down, and the sec
ond time as they were coming
.up-. The message concludes
by -tatLng that he will be Lack,
in time to hand out the federal
jobs on or about the 4th of
March.
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•ALE OF TIMBER—Ketchikan.
Alaska. November 22. 1012.
■s^a.ed L.ds marked outride
Bid. T.mber Sale Application.
November 13. 1012. Tong-ass”
and addressed to ih* Fore*'.
Superv.sor. Toagass National
Fore*t. Ketchikan. Alaska, w;
be received up to and in^lud
. .ng the 23rd day of December.
!<*12. fo* all the merchantable
dead timber, steading or down,
and al! She live timber desig
nated for cutting by a Forest
be definitely designated by a
officer, io-'ated on an area to
ra-cst officer before cutting
- begins, including about 1£
acres located approximately
{two miles norineaM of Holiis.
and about 5 acres on the ea*t
- de of the entrance of Ho!
>s An-borage. Prince of Wale?
1 iand. witbin ‘he Tonga-*
National Forest, estimated to
be 4Oe.o.-0 feet board measure
A live Spruce. Jlemlock. arid
Red Cedar *aw-».:mber. log
i scale, more or less. No bid of
•■ess th»n f» M per thousand
feet board measure for saw
iiinber will be considered. tud
a deposit Of ? 1 -‘ 0: l*t be
'*?nt to C. T Or Hirer. special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service
-Ketch kan. Alaska, for each bid
« ibmitied to the Supervisor.
T ansber upon valid claim* is
exempt from sale TKe * gb*
Ur reject any and all ‘-in- i
reserved. For f irth » infor
j Tivion and regnlatioi gov
erning -ale* addres Fore-'
[Forest Ketchikan. Ala-ka. W
*0. Weigle. Forest Supervisor.
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BITTER CREEK HOTEL
RUINED BY WIND
A tremendous snow slide
coming off from International
mountain opposite the Bitter
Creek towusite tore across the
Bear river ending its trail of
destruction by ruining the
Forks hotel, owned by Harry
Gibson, shortly after Tuesday
midnight. At the time Mr.
Gibson and Peter Ronn were
both in bed to be suddenly
awaken by a terrific roar as the
wind caused by the mighty
avalanche swept through the
premises completely wrecking
the two story frame building,
tearing out heavy doors and all
the windows. The kitchen,
stables and other outbuildings
were leveled to the ground, as
also was the vacant store direct
ly opposite the hotei. The
mam portion of the building
was split in two.—Portland Can
ai Miner.
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REPAIRING THE
HECKMAN DOCK
Frank Burkhart and his pile
driver crew are rapidly pro
gressing with the repairs to
Heckman’s Wharf. The cold
weather of the past couple of
weeks have held matters back
somewhat, but today’s soft
weather starts them off with
a swing again.
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EVERYBODY SKATED
Everybody in town with suf
ficient energy to negotiate the
grade up to the lake, availed
themselves of the excellent
<kating Saturday and yesterday.
Yesterday’s wind brought out
'ails and fast time was mad-'
np the lake. Last night and to.
day’s thaw will make an
the skating in short ord
ever.
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MUCH ICE FORMING
Word come* from many of the
outlying points that the ice is
forming in the bays and other
places and is proving quite a
detriment. It is not that the
weather has been so cold but
the frost has been so steady,
with no warm winds for about
two weeks to loosen thinrs up
a little.
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SOME BOAT
Julius Sternberg brought up
to town today the boat he ha
built at Saxman this winter.
The little craft which is com
plete in every respect except in
name, is a beautiful crui-er. of
the raised forecastle type, and
with pilothouse and cabin fur
(her aft. She is 31 feet in
length, and d G beam, and with
1 4 h >rse power Scripps engine
Julius will install, should prove
to be a speedy boat.
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The barge Washington had a
very narrow escape from piling
up on Charcoal Point last nignt
during the wind storm. The
Washington and the tug Rich
ard Holyoke have been in the
harbor several days waiting t>jr
a new tow line, the former at
anchor in the stream the latter
tied up at Strong’s dock. The
America had but one anchor,
which she had out on the end
of her chain cable, and during
the wind storm about nine o'
clock. the ring of the anchor
pulled out, and the vessel war
adrift. She was drifting fast
before the gale before her
plight was discovered by the
tug. which then left in a hurry,
and caught her just in time to
prevent the barge and her big
[load of ore piling up on the
[beach up the channel, and both
jve^-el* tied up at the wharf for
the time being.
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The Emporia Gazette declares
that “There \* nothing worse
for a man or a woman than th<
jsofV -MOn of too much money”
| Si ill. most of ns think we arc
prepared for the worst.
CHAS. E. INGERSOLL
SPRAINS HIP AND THIGH
While playing hockey on the
ice up at the lake Saturday
afternoon, Charles E. Ingersoll
the attorney, sustained a badly
twisted hip and thigh, for a
I while it being thought that he
had broken his hip. Fortunate,
i ly I)r. George Dickinson was
skating at the time on the lake,
and took charge of the matter,
binding up the leg, and with
the assistance of the other,'
skaters bringing Mr. Ingersoll j
down the tram to the power.. :
house, where a sled was wait., j
ing and he was brought in to :
town. He is now resting easily j
in bed. and the swelling in the
limb is rapidly subsidng. so he
will probably be able to be
around again in a few days.
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WILL ACCEPT
GENERAL BUSINESS
Residents of the United
States a’siring to communi.
i
eate with friends in Alaska
<hios at sea in the Pacific
may do so through the gover |
ment's wireless station at j
North Head. Wash. A table of j
rates ha< been prepared. The
'tations at Unalga. Kodiak, Cor j
dova. Sitka. Dutch Harbor and j
Pribyloff will be ready for com I
mercial business Wednesday i
next Messages from sea to
points in the United States 1
from Unalga, for instance, will j
be 25 cents a word, plus the 1
ship and the telegraph rates
from the North Head station to
the point of destination in this
[country. The above was pub
lished in Puget Sound paper? j
• •f a week ago and of course j
pplies to business both ways. ;
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Skagway, Jan. 20—R is an., i
nounced from the Grand Arctic j
Recorder’s office here, that 1
Grand Arctic Chief Landahl has
decided that no charters will ;
be issued for camp? of the '
Arctic Brotherhood outside the :
original jurisdiction of the
Brotherhood. He take? this •
-'and because he believes that
the delegates at the recent ]
Grand Encampment at North
Vancouver did not vote the sen j
timent of the subordinate
camps. This finishes the at
tempt to establish camps of the
Arctic Brotherhood in Seattle
[and Vancouver.
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JEFFERSON WILL
TAKE ON HERRING
The steamer Jefferson will
<in at Convenient Cove and :
I load a thousand boxes of salt
herring for the Griffiths peo
ple. This will delay her so.
that she will not probably get
in here southbound until late
tomorrow night.
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SALE OF TIMBER Ketchi.
kan. Alaska. December if* 1012
Sealed bid* marked outside
"Bid. Timber Sale Application.
;November 25. 1012. Tongas®" j
a'd addressed to the Forest
Supervisor. Tonga*-* National i
Forest. Ketchikan, Alaska, will
he received up to and ineluding ,
the 20th day of January 1013
for all the merchantable live
t>mber designated for cutting
by a Forest officer locat. ;
ed on an erea to be
definitely de*ignat»d by a
Forest officer before cut
ting begin®, including about 25
acre- located op the north east
•Lore of Vixen Inlet. Cleveland
Peninsula, within the Tongass
’ National Forest, estimated to
;!>#■ 100.000 linear 1f.fi of hem.
lock piling, more or less. No
hid of !a®s than s/tr. per linear
foot for piling up to and includ
ing 75 feet in length, and Ic.
per linear foot for all piling
rr.er "5 feet in length will be
j considered, arid a deposit of
*200.00 must be sent to C. T.
^Gardner. Special Fi«eal Agent
Forest Sendee. Ketchikan, Alas
ka. for each bid submitted to
.Die Supervisor. Timber upon
valid claims is exempt from
sale. The right to reject any
and till bids i« reserved. For
further information and regu.
Rations governing ‘ales address
Forest Supervisor. Tongass
National Fore«t. Ketchikan.
Alaska. W. G. Weigle. Forest
Supervisor.
FORMER KETCHIKAN
NEWSPAPERMAN DIES
According to a wire received
recently by Mrs. Aiken, C. G.
Coutant, formerly in ti e news
paper business with his son. W.
S. Coutant. here in Ketchikan,
died at Grants Pass, last week.
Deceased was one of the oldest
active newspapermen in the
United States, having been one
of the war correspondents with
the Norehern army during the
War of the Rebellion. Shortly
after the war lie came west to
Wyoming, where he entered
the newspaper business, becom
ing quite a power in that state.
■>'er he was in the same wort
here and in Juneau, and then
at Grants Pass, Ore., whither
he moved in 1908.
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The freighter Northland of
the Northland S. S. Co., ar
rived from the south this morn
itig with a full cargo of mis
cellaneous freight for Ketchi
kan and points north and west.
One item of her cargo is some
thing new in the fuel line for
Alaska, being coal briquets,
that is washed coal dust stuck
together with crude oil and
then moulded into round bri
quets about one and a half
inches thick and three inches
across. Experiments in tin
slates have demonstrated that
the briquets make an ideal fuel
as they burn freely, are clean
in the stove and have absolute
ly no waste as they are all the
same size, no big lumps to fly
al| over the place in breaking
nor dust to deaden a fire when
it is put into the stove. The
briquets look not unlike a badly
scorched soda biscuit, or as the
boys on the Northland discov
ered. a cake of tar soap. This
last discovery resulted in quite
e practical joke being played orr
one of the firemen on the wax
up. He has a liking for tar
ioap for washing purpose?
and always uses it. and as he
was engaged in removing the
grime after his watch in th>
stokehole, one of his mates
substituted a briquet for the
s • i He rubbed away on it
fixing to get up a lather, and
when the others started to
laugh, things began to happen
pretty fast. The Northland will
call in at West Coast points be
fure return ng.
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FORMER RE8IDENT DIE8
Word arrived yesterday of the
death at Seattle, Sunday, of
Mrs. A. J. Elliott, mother of
Mr*. Charle* Theill. Mrs. El
liott was formerly a resident of
Ketchikan, living here with her
daughter and family. Some
year or so ago, she fell break
ing her arm, which never uni
ted properly owing to her age.
83 years, and death resulted.
Interment will be made at As.
toria, Oregon, her former
home.
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Hailey, Idaho, Jan. 21—A
sudden cold wave and blizzard
has struck this region. It is
feared that loss of life and live
lock will result as the weather
ha.i been so moderate that
many of the *heep and cattle
herds and herders are still
out on the ranges
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Cordova, Jan. 20—An over
heated stove set fire to the
loading station at the head of
the Bonanza Mine tramway
yesterday, destroying the build
ing and putting the tramway
out of commission. The col.
lapse of the cable* carried away
ten of the tram towers in to
the goulch below. The aeri.
dent will put the mine out of
the shipping list for some time.
The actual damage done will
amount to close to *ixty thous
and dollars.
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Apple* at Zimm*rman'«. —adv
HENRY WILKE ON
HI8 WAY HOME
Word comes from Seattle
that Henry Wilke manager of
the local plant of the New
England Fish company is in
Seattle on his way hack, and
will probably arrive on the May
next Tuesday. Mr. Wilke has
been away the greater part of
the past two months during
which time he has been back
east as his old home in Mis.,
souri, where he spent the Chris
mas holidays.
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A. B.’S TO ENTERTAIN
On the evening of Feb. It
Kethikan Camp No. 20, Arctic
Brotherhood will give another
of those justly famous Grand
Balls. The local camp is noted
as being a good entertainer and
this Ball will be no exception to
the rule. A committee consist
ing of Col. John Shocnbar,
Chairman; M. S. Perkins, Dr.
Dickinson and Harvey Stack
pole, has been appointed and
have full charge of all arrange
ments. The members of the
committee are all “live ones”
and assure everyone a good
time.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
Tongass Narrows, Tongass
Narrows Bouv 6, was replaced
January 16, 1913. By direction
of the Commissioner of Light
houses.
RAY L. HANKINSON
Lighthouse Inspector
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SALE OF TIMBER—Ketchi
kan. Alaska. December 31,
1912. Sealed bids marked out
side “Bid. Timber Sale Appli
cation, December 30. 1912,
Tongass" and addressed to the
Forest Supervisor, Tongass
National Forest, Ketchikan.
Alaska, will be received up to
and including the 4th day of
February 1913, for all the mer
chantable dead timber standing
or down, and all the live timber
designated for cutting by a For
est officer, located on an area
to be definitely designated by
a Forest officer before cutting
begins, including about 36 acres
on the West shore of Klakas
Inlet. 24 acres on the shore of
Max Cove, East shore of Klakas
Inlet, and "2 acres on the
shores of Kassa Inlet, Prince
of Wales Island, within the
Tongass National Forest, esti
mated to be 1,000,000 feet
board measure of live spruce
and hemlock sawtimber. log •
scale, more or less. No bid of
less than $1.00 per thousand
feet board measure for saw
timber will be considered, and
a deposit of $200.00 must be
sent to C. T. Gardner, Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service.
Ketchikan, Alaska, for each bid
submitted to the Supervisor.
Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale. The right
to reject any and all bids is
reserved. For further infor
mation and regulations govern
ing sales address Forest Sup
ervisor, Tongass National For
est, Ketchikan, Alaska. W. G.
Weigle, Forest Supervisor.
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SALE OF TIMBER—Ketchi
kan. Alaska, December 24th,
1912. Sealed bids marked out
side “Bid. Timber Sale Appli
ration, December 10, 1912,
Tongass” and addressed to the
Forest Supervisor. Tongass Nat
ional Forest. Ketchikan, Alaska,
will be received up to and in
cluding the 25th day of January
1913, for all the merchantable
dead *imher standing or down,
and all the live timber desig
nated for cutting by a Forest
officer, located on an area to
be definitely designated by a
Forest officer before cutting h"
gins, including about 24 n<rc
located at the heap of Pun
Estrdla. Prince of Wales Is
land, within the Tongass Nat
ional Forest, estimated to be
350,000 feet board measure of
live spruce sawtimber. log
scale, more or less. No bid of
less than $1.00 per thousand
feet hoard measure for saw
timber will be considered. and
a deposit of $100.on rri11«• t. be
sent to G. T. Gardner. Special
Fiscal Agent. Forest Service.
Ketchikan, Alaska, for each
bid submitted to the Supervisor
Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale. The right
to reject any and all bids is
reserved. For further infor
mation and regulations govern
mg sales address Forest Sup
ervisor. Tongass National For.
bsl, Ketchikan Alaska. W. G.
Weigle, Forest Supervisor.