IS IN MEXICAN WATERS
A a5. g to letter# received
- morning, Frank Kiine. Mrs
p s'# - is now in Mexi
waters o» board the Ghat
g .. He wrote under date
May ‘ .that the vessel was
P . - San Diego, Cal., coaling
\<X would leave that night
t.s - e seat of trouble.
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A DELICATESSEN STORE
lit -ge He we has made the
• arrangements to
. . t:;. a delicatessen store
a ■; P-r.-.'h e-ouuler in part of
- S' ;• dining room. He
1 - v. re.: to Juneau for his
i \ - - nd w ’ be ready for
- -- ■# soon as he gets a
;. g g e - on hand. In
-n to the regular de’te
-- - i; he will run a
<- k lun* h counter and manti
.-,i - all kinds of
h me r.r ’e candies.
FROM SEATTLE IN
A ROW BOAT
P. K Peters and L. Leh
plete i a trip yester
■ -h-. first of its
k • - they arrived at the
1 v. :e r front in a sixteen
. boat driver.
.1 : Kohan two
to They wre
- ; • th: trip and re
•y 'onsamed less
g ii : ? of gasoline
Fine weather was
- "v v with the creep
rie of days shortly
P .Seattle when on
i ' wend and rain ’hey
; to go ashore The
engine troubles
--.rates the efficiency c-f
K >1 .n engine 3rd also that
7 from Seattle al
r. a ser
. :- one as if might be.
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CARD OF THANKS
Y. ■ v. men of the Civic Club
- think Mayor Harris,
■ - : : • •' •
- - ” - ally presented
- - : public interest.
- w: g ive pleasure to ail
r -1 aging. Mr. \V. H.
i g who helped in the
g. 11 otber« who
.3 tv .he success of
: :.g irundsy afternoon.
We think the program was
. - - good as it could
her evidence that
T e he 1 --1 kind of talent
COMMITTEE
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"V - J-_:e~ Wiliam N.
•.-mi..a. Ga.. -darted
' • . s dit.es
~ -- *d -11 attor
> w-- he firs; time in
• - -- that he ever ventured
w--t th: n St. Louis.
Mo.
~ m the At!in
* rer. e M.
1 ’ the standbys
n. ue sp—
• " n-r’er of his
-1 --e from
L< • • •• . river.
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a
_• 1 as m \las
-r ug la Alas
eoff Afognak
- . - - good today as
! - ter ears ago, if not
• e eiTms of a
grounds are be
g i .'ei A poor year
- s number of people
. u that the waters
-Led out. but the
ar a.way- finds the
- . eve greater num
bers.
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- : fo rid on Wil
:ees wouldn't fill a tooth”
.- lue de laration of Fred Dun
1 »r, f Fairbanks, who has
■ -ever 1 months prospect
ue lower Yukon river
Andrealsky.
Napoleon had his Waterloo,
Lee his Gettysburg, the Span
iards their ‘Teddy” at San Juan
lill, but all these epoch making
battles are dwarfed into insig
nificance when compared to
the drubbing the old Has Beens
•administered to Walker's rib-j
bon winders on the local dia-;
rnond last night. It was a
wonderful game, a revelation in
many respects to the big crowd
’of spectators who went home!
all of them of the opinion that
it was the finest exibition of
the national Pass time ever
witnessed in Alaska. The old:
fellows played an errorless
game with the single exception
of George Rounsfell who miss
ed a foul pop up in the second:
mid immediately challenged |
the whole crowd to a game of
foot ball at two o'clock nextj
week. Milo Hoadley’s work as!
umpire was wonderfudl and it |
is safe to say that he will be'
in great demand in that capac
ity for the balance of the sea-,
son. It must be said that for;
a crowd of kickers. Walker!
•nd his bunch had everything’
else backed off the boards.
Lawrence Erickson even ob
;ect when Joe Mahoney faced
him at the home base for the
third time in one inning,
i-arvey Staekpolt's base mnn
.g w-3- marvelous, eomi: g i:.
from second an a clean steal
while the catcher was standing
within three feet of the home
base with the ball in his hands.
Lack of space doesn’t allow
an itemized account of the
game, but from this brief dis
cription ofthe cardinal features
it will be seen that the Counter
Jumper? were completely out
classed. The final score of 4
to 3 in favor of the old fellows
show s their mettle and even
Doc. Waiker acknowledged
after the game had passed that
the be~! team won.
Jimmie Sayles as captain of
the Has Beens showed himseh
throughly master of the situa
tion but says that his aggrega
tion will now be content to rest
on their honors for the rest of
the year and let the other fel
lows do the ball playing.
.A.
SHOW COMING SOON
Manager Purinton of the
Dream is informed through the
booking offices in Seattle that
they are sending The Royal
Stock company of fourteen
people to our city on or about
June 1st. Mr. Purinton has
contracted to handle all the
Kellie attractions in Ketchikan
this season.
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TAILORS FORM
PARTNERSHIP
Chester Smith and Louie
Rudenick. the tailors, bavp
formed a partnership and rent
ed one half the room formerly
. "jpied by the Stedman Cafe.
They plan to do a general tail
r ng and clothes pressing bus
a'd both being thorough
-kraen they will undoubtiy
eed. They expect to get
moved and ready for business
r-y the latter part of the week.
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B"*I*!HT AND
8HINING 8IGN
r,re side of the Sideboard's
w ven was doing business
a s ni'ht. and makes a big
lifferenee in the appearence
of tha* part of Front Street.
The lights for the other side
of the sign are expected up on
an early boat, and then it will
shed light both up and down
the street.
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The power boat Elmira, re
cently purchased by the Forest
Service from T. C. Noyes ha*
been treated to a new coat of
paint and a new name. She
is now the Ranger No. 4, and
her colors are red and yellow.
Job pruiuug at me Miner.
fWm WEDNESDAYS DAILY
OLD WASHINGTON
PIONEER IS DEAD
The Miner was in re
ceipt recently of a copy of the
Bellingham Herald -ledling of*
the death near that city of Gen
eral M. A. MacPherson, a pion
eer of Bellingham and the
man who laid out and named
the town of Blaine. He was
the head of the “Washington
Colony" a company of Kansas
people who came to the coast
in 1880 by the wagon train,
and buiit the famous old
"Water Mill" ou Whatcom
Creek, so long a land mark on
Bellingham Bay. The story
of the privations of those old
-:mer$ reads like a romance,
as they strove to get the mill
going, and at last succeeded.
MacPherson’s only child. Mrs.
v,'-y E. Serimscher of Ketchi
ka \ was the secretary of the
C dory. and also the first pub- i
lie school teacher of Belling- i
ham.
(Van. MacPherson’s strong
■“•■•sdnalUy was always a dom
■> ’ feature ir. the Repubh
'mv'rtions of Washing
'on. both as a territory and a
state, and three different times
h "’me was placed in nom
i;r>n *ror the office of gov
c or of the s'ate. but he re
proffered honor.
c~ he was offered the post \
• f niri^ier to China and sub-:
« e- ‘|v . the governorship of
k- ts.t wo Id •(* accept'
- he: - e * . nv v \prt» j
.< h - : •_r • ■ ,! iit near,
•.ngr-sm. finishing a use-!
: ! and eventful life.
A
FAIRBANKS WORKING
FOR CONVENTION
Fairbanks is out after the
Democratic convention. Bus
iness organizations have tak
en the matter up and will ask
the co-operation of the local
Democratic club. Fairbanks is
not overlooking any bets these
days. The citizens recently or
ganized for a million dollar fair
and whatever others may think
the people there are in deadly ■
earnest about getting it and!
making it a success. Regard-]
ing the Democratic convention j
for the nomination of delegate’
it is claimed that it is not onlyj
and logical point, but that the j
Fourth division is a power in]
politics and entitled to recog-j
nation. It is also claimed that
the coast towns are so cut up
by factional fights that there
would be little chance in hold
ing a convention with any de
gree of harmony. It is the
opinion that in the event of
convening a representative con
vention in point ot attendance,
good might be accomplished
towards securing additional
legislation at the bands of con
gress.
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MANY PEOPLE SEEKING
HOMES IN THE NORTH
\V. J. Lewis, special United
Stales land agent with head
quarters at Seattle, who is now
in Alaska, will be kept busy
along the coast of Alaska all
summer owing to the business
that is piling up. It is the bus
iness of Mr. Lewis to examine
all lands for which homesteads
or patent is asked for in Alas
ka. On every incoming boat
are people looking for homes
in Alaska, attracted bv the pro
posed -government railroad.
Many of the prospective set
tlers are beaded for the Susit
na valley. The impression has
gained circulation that the
railroad will go in that direc
tion. It ig admitted by those
who know the conditions that
there is not a more favorable
section in Alaska for carrying
on farming, as to climate, soil
and other natural advantages.
Some day the Susitna valley
will support a large population.
NORWEGIAN CELEBRATION
Next Sunday the local Nor
wegian people, not to he out
done by their mother country,
i will celebrate the one-hundreth
year since they separated from
the inglorious union with Den
mark and re-established the
old kingdom of Norway with
a constitution as democratic if
not more so perhaps than any
republicican form of govern
ment now in existence. For a
year or more Norway has been
preparing for this celebratioi
nf national indipeiuience. Com
mencing on May 15 to October
• 5 an exposition will be held at
Kristiana. The exposition was
planned to exploit the wonder
ful advancement the country
has made along development
lines during the past century,
and as an inducement to bring
her sons and daughters togeth
er from all parts of the globe.
The directors of the exposition
have been expecting a tremen
dous re-union of Norwegians.
From transportation sources
it has been estimated that
over 150,000 from the United
alone will attend the ex
*• ’«i*:i'" and every thing will
■ p di * e *o make the visitors
reel at horn-'. The ’ocal Nor
•.•.•g;a"s mr.v well celebrate for
,vev ’ avp every reason to bo
proud of the progress of the:r
mother country. Opposed by
She powers of Europe, then al
lied agains* tbe great N'apol
■ forced l erself free
s d in i« pendent. With a pop
' less than three mil
os. -re las built tip a mer
hanf marine that is second
•' v 'n England's and Germ
In various lines, with
* of electricity, she has
developed wonderful industries
' ■ art, literature, music and
> ■ e. <he has produced men
Hk« Gude, Dahl. Thaulow,
b ok, Biornson, Ibsen, Lee
bull Muck, Able and many
others. She stands today in
general education and pro
gress equal to any European
nation.—Exchange.
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BREAKS HIS COLLAR BONE
Ben Simpson, who was em
ployed by Everett Paup on the
pile driver repairing the Ket
chikan Wharf Company's dock,
had the misfortune to sustain
a fracture of the collar bone
this morning. He had hitched
the cable around a pile, which
slipped off, and the pile dropp
ed back so that a drift bolt in
the pile struck Simpson on the
shoulder and neck bruising
his neck and arm badly and
breaking the collar bone.
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RIVER SAILINGS
ARE ANNOUNCED
The White Pass & Yukon
Route announce that their first
steamer of the season will
leave Whitehorse for Dawson
and other down-river points
June 1st at eight o'clock in the
evening. The ice is out of the
river ir» many places now and
Lake LeBarge will be clear by
that time.
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SCHOONER HELGA
CAROLNIA WRECKED
During the fog of last Sat
urday afternoon the power
vessel Helga Carolina went %
shore on the reef inside of
Flair island, and the prob
abilities are she will never be
g-'tten off. Jim Hendricks was
running the boat buying fish
for the Diamont T Packing
company the owners All
the fittings and gear of the boat
were salved, including the en
gine.
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All kind* of fr«4h green vea
tables at,
N. F. ZIMMERMAN. adv.
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jTh* Daily Miner, ft, par. mo.
A fairly good crowd turned
out at the meeting of the Com
mercial Club last night and
held a very satisfactory meet
ing. Among the many matters
discussed was the banquet the
Club is planning to give, which
it was decided would be held
Wednesday. May 25. The af
fair will be known as the
“Slogan Banquet” to fimiliar
ze the people of the district
with the new slogan selected
out of 3i submitted las night.
It is “Ketchikan—The Southern
Gate of the Awakening North.”
and was submitted by M. A.
Mitchell. 'Among the others
submitted, which were worthy
*f attention were, Can Ketchi
kan ? Ketchikan Can; Ketchi
kan, The Gate City of Alaska;
You Kant Katch Ketchikan;
Ketchikan, Alaska’s Industrial
City; Ketchikan, The Latch
string City; Ketchikan, First
Last aud Foremost.
W. H. Patching, represent
ng the Ketchikan Firemen’s
band was present and present
ed a request from the Band for
inancial assistance from the
Commercial Club for the pur
pose of buying uniforms for
he band boys. Others spoke
avoring the idea, and on
.notion $100.00 was appropri
ated out of the treasury for
:hat purpose.
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.-ROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Lieut. Edgerton and Super
intendent of Construction Jack
iiayes, of the Alaska Road Coni
li-sion arrived down from the
north on the last boat and
?pent yesterday looking over
the road across the Portage of
Prince of Wales Island from
Chomley Sound to Hetta Inlet.
Today they examined the route
of the proposed road from the
own boundaries to Charcoal
Point and both of them are
favorably impressed with the
-ame. They will have the lat- .
ter road suneyed and a blue
print made of same. Lieut.
Edgerton asked the iMner Man
to call the attention of the res
idents and lot occupyers along
the route to Section ten of the
Act extending the Homestead
laws and making provision for
-he taking up of lands in the j
Territory for purposes of j
Trade. This law provides
that a right of way 00 feet in
width shall be left parallel to
the shore line as nearly as
practicable for the use of the
public as a highway. “Then,”
he says, “severed people have
taken up locations along the
waterfront, and have erected ;
platforms along the way, which j
are almost sure to be damag
ed by flying debris when the
j work of constructing the road
and blasting out roadway be
gins, and it seems to me they
I should be warned at this time
that they have no property
rights there if the United
States desires to use the place
they have taken up. The
Lieutenant gave as his opini >r.
that a roadway constructed as
the Road Commission dor- !
its work, will cost in the
neighborhood of twenty thous
and dollars. This would pro
vide for double fir planking
| sixteen feet in width. He is of
the opinion that this amount
| will be available for the work
by the time the legislature
meets next March, and the
[probabilities are that little, if
| any, trouble will be experien
ced in securing the money for
the work, as the fund must be
expended for road work with n
'.the Forest Reserve from which
[ it was collected. This means
that the residents northwest of
the town boundaries must wait
in patience with the assurance
that a thoroughly substantial
road will be built for them
next year, and with that they
must rest content.
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A new line of Johnson A Mur
i phy’s shoes at P. J. GILMORES
JOHN GOT THE DOUGH
John Koel report's that he
i collected $3.33 cents last night
for admissions to the grand
| stand at the hall game. As an -
I nounced some time since io
these columns, one-half of the
| cash collected goes to the Base
! Ball Association and the bal
ance to the Civic Club towards
| a public play ground.
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JACK WATTLES
IS SOME FISHERMAN
From Hadley comes the news
that Jack Wattles in charge ol
(lie government cable office al
the mill town, is the cham
pion fisherman of that place,
lie is making a specially of
spring salmon these days and
landing lots of them.
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WON ON A SCRATCH
After running through four
uneventful innings, with the
game tied up in a neat little
package, and the score 3 to I
in their favor, the Counter
Jumpers went up in the air
last night in the fifth with the
result that the score was tied,
and that after two men were
down, and from them on there
was nothing to it for the first
two men up inthe Sixth for the
Willing Workers-Lampion an(i
Finzel-landed oil the ball, tin
one for a safe single and tin
other for a two bagger, scor
ing the former, and the game
was over, the score being four
to three. Botli pitchers played
good ball, Erickson fanning
13 men ank walking nobody.
Finzel fanned nine and walk
ed two.
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EXPECTS A TRANSFER
A. H. Joy immigrant inspec
tor at this port, is expecting a
transfer to Ska gw ay to take
o'ect about the fiirst of nex!
month. He may take a trip
below before going to Skag
way.
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NEW BUOYS ON
THE WEST COAST
The lighthouse service an
nounces that it has recenth
established new buoys on Bul
lona Island Shoal, Balandra
Shoal, and at San Alberto bay,
and has changed the location
of the buoy on Klawak Reef, all
these in San Alberto Bay. In
San Christoval Channel a buoy
has been established on Her- [
manos Island Reef, also one i
on the shoal spot 3-8 of a mile j
southeast of Larzatita • Island, ;
and another on Larzatita Is)- ]
and Reef. In Bocas De Fini =
one was established in nine
fathoms of water, half a miic ;
northeast of Emerald Island. ;
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Candle—John Felkslone, of
Nome, who arrived here March
0 from a fur buying trip up!
north, reports that Charles
Pukness, of Candle, who was
prospecting on Klearv bench
es, was instantly killed in the
bottom of a sixty-foot shaft by
being struck , by a rock which
fell off an over-loaded bucket
as it was being hoisted lo the
surface.
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Through chief Analhlash,
the Indian native- of Take
Harbor, living in the vicinity of
Ibe cannery, having made pro-,
tests to U. S. Commissioner J.
B. Marshal, that certain while]
men are taking possession of
their lands and committing
other vandalism, such ss poison
ing their dogs. Commissioner
Marshall is sending a letter of
inquiry to Taku Harbor.
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Upon the occasion of his
visit to that city, the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce fed the
Governor on chicken-white
meat.
I
Saif Fake, May I \ Two dis
tant earthquake shocks are re
ported I'ri'in different parts of
the Rook Mountain states, One
was quite severe.
The spring cleanup is now
general in the Fairbanks dis
trict and the dumps arc report
ed t" ho exceeding the expec
tations of the operators. Eva
Vault and tiold>l ream arc prov
ing exceptionally promising.
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The Side Streams Navigation
Co., Sid Harrington manager,
e ill operate three steamers
hiring I lie coming summer 'in
ke'Canadinii tributaries of the
fukon river. They have se
‘iirod the Vivotlo, Pauline and
Vorcom.
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Hide Aerie No. 2017, Fra
ernal Order of Eagles, was in
diluted on Man'll 20, when
id fledglings were made full
lodged Eagles. K. Snow is
worthy president, nuil .1. .1, Fil
uu vice-president. Osi ar E.
Packstroni is secretary,
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.1 ohii Hays Hammond, the cel
eh rated mining expert, who
las made millions through his
knowledge of the mining stock
fames, lias be'come interested
in the Auk bay, Alaska, mines
Tifty men will be put to work
on his property this summer
doing development work.
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Complaints have been made
hat the Alaska Dredging and
iam across the Forty-mile riv
al1 which prevents fish from
felting up that stream. The
natter has been brought to the
dtention of the game warden
uid the company may be pros
ecuted.
The Fairbanks city hall lias
reen condemned as unsafe by
he building inspector. The
inderpinning has rotted away
ind the building is now five
nehes out of plumb and
threatens to collapse at any
time.
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Good progress is being made
n the erection of the Marconi
wireless plant near Juneau,
the tower is nearing comple
tion and the company expects
to be open for the transaction
of business in a few weeks.
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Angus McDonald, of Daw
son, and one of the best
known oldiimers in the north,
died suddenly in SI. Mary’s
hospital, Dawson, on April 0.
He was known as “Black
Angus” and Hailed from Glen
garry. He was 6 4 years old
and leaves a married sister,
who lives in the slates.
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The Fairbanks fire depart
ment i- now equiped with a
fire net, which was taken in
over the ice. t It was ordered
by the council immediately
after the disastrous Third
avenue hotel fire last winter.
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A movement has been inaug
urated by the Ruby Commer
ial Club, having for its object
a better understanding of the
coal situation a- if, pertains to
•Jhat section of the territory.
It, is said Dial there are out
croppings id' good looking coal
in numerous places handy to
Ruby, and that stove tests of
some of the product have been
highly satisfactory. II, is pro
posed to secure samples and
place them on exhibition along
with other mineral products.
The residents of Kodiak
were recently greatly excited
over a storm of volcanic ash
which filled the air. II, was
feared that Ivatmai had again
become active. A high wind
was prevailing at the time and
it is believed that the ash
which filled the air was blown
from the mountains where it
has lain since the eruption
nearly two years ago.
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