FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
THE NEW ENGLAND’S
MANAGER RETURNS
Henry Wilke, manager of the
New cngland Fish company's
local plant, who had been south
for some little time, returned
on yesterday's Princess. When
questioned by the Miner Man
as to the condition of the hali
but market, ho made the state
ment that apparently it is all
shot to pieces with little hope
of an early recovery, and the
prices offered now. or likely in
the near future, are such that
there can be no money in fish
ing for the compay's as long a>
they have to pay the price de
manded by the fishermen. The
New England comp-" • '« doing
very lit ’e fish at l.. s time
and will not a mpt to do so
under ox sting conditions.
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It is reported that the three
fishing compa1 ie- ‘ Chignik
have rea hed an agreement
among themselves that here
after all fish taken will be
equally divided among the
three e~. Heretofore
these companies have fought
• - It lias
1 en th none f them have ~e
- many fish as they
"ti er wNe would have done.
A- the hatchet is buried each
the >mpani< - feel th it their
catch will be consider iblj I ti g
er this year than in the past.
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An Indian was in town a few
days ago with a rabbit skin
which is jet black, save for 1
little white on the tail. The
animal which inhabited the
now empty -kin was killed by
the Indian on the Pelly river in
De ce m be r. — Wh i t e h o rs e Star.
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News ..t a new strike in the
C.hisana country is being re
ceived every few days at Cor
dova and to the Yukon side
of promising indi
cations being found on this
-ide of the international bound
ary line. It i~ a ten to one bet
that rid; fit-ids wiil be operated
on both sides of ‘he line before
■1 . middle of the present year.
The to entry is fdl of prospet
ors and something will be do
ing in the near future.
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A mining company with a cap
ital sb" k of * 100,000 has been
organized in Iditarod to oper
M eek t! e An -
iak th-* . Koskowim. Ap
\ima c.\ £Of .000 worth of
k has p, ,?n -aid to biitarod
- g placed
• n !he f rarket ar par. *100 per
-hire. The ground i~ reported
1 extensive en gl
- ■ w rk ut
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A "- hie M Le v: .:>f White
se. has . ted min
2 at C ircross, Yukon
Terr‘or. • • eed’:.2 Percy Ried
who ha' held the office for 1
M Lear has re
- de i i> Yukon Territory for
lo vear- i w - appointed up
recommendation of par- '•
Lament.
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He. John Hawk'ley. rector of
the f.hu- h of England at Baw
~ • . - he .-•’■pointed Indian
Super lent for Yuk
T- • effect ve March 1.
Rev, H 'ley ; - been in Yu
kon Temtory for more than a
quarter 'entury and talks the
native so: gue.
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George Mowl. <• pioneer btis
:•— m • n of Sk- mv, is about
■ • nl I m t 2 pic
ture busir ess in addition to car
2 1 his me 1 ant tailor
ing es* b! «bmenf. He ha'
■ i '!:•:■ i -asf of the build
g ed by the
-'v • M-.-. ' Pi dure com
pany. T:.e manager of the
Ldter c* rupaiiy iaM week ope°
f- 1 the Nugget theater at that
p’ace.
Let the Miner do your job
printing.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Hie principle item of dis
i '(I'.'ion at the Council Meeting
ast nigh? was the question of
- ng rock to fill up under the
planking on Front street. Con
'iderabie rock will be available
'r street improvements as the
esult of the excavating of the
imore lot for the new build
up for the Ketchikan Bakery
'•uilding. and the suggestion
was mat? that the same be
ised for filling under the plank
”g on Front -treet with the
dtimate object in view of giv
;tg Front street a rook or con
rete pavement. Some objec
fion was raised for a time on
he ground of cost, but even
rally the motion prevailed and
! e Street committee was tm
uwerei to put on ihe neces
ary men to cere for same a
-ee that it i- put where it will
lo the most good. In addition
to flii' the regular bills for the1
month were allowed and war
ant- ordered drawn for same.;
Some of the councilmen are I
advocating the purchase of a’
ock err-her for the purpose of
-dig crushed rock for street
work, and the probabilities are
that - vli will be done this
■ oming summer so that perm
anent work on the streets may
be begun. The first co>t is
higher than plank, but once in
place a rock street will last for
ever.
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The sleamer Mariposa. Capt.
‘Charley" O'Brien in command,
made port between three and
tour o'clock this afternoon on
her wav from the Westward.
While leaving Elamar, Capt.
struck the shoal near the en
tra::• the harbor and bung
there for close to twelve hour
springing two plates on her
Horn s thal she has to
keep her pumps going part o!
the time and will be compelled
to go int dry dock on arrival
at Seattle. The harbor is very
narrow, and evidently the cur
rent swung the vessel a little
out of her course, probabh
fifty feet, and 'he struck. Un
fortunately there happened to
be a boulder where ^he went
ground-fortunately she was
1 trely no \ing at the time—and
- the tide went out 'he set
tled on it. >o that the plat* -
wese sprung. .A' soon a- the
■ :k was di-eovered temporary
irs v ere effected with the
ie-ult that -he is taking on b”
little water. The accident de
layed her the greater part of
day. \vhh-h accounts for her de
lay in reaching this point.
She took on few tons of mis
cellaneoii' plunder here, and
the following passenger': W. C.
iJibrell, G. A. Thayer. Mrs. E.
Burton, W. G. Weigle. R. D.
Reese, C. A. Clark. Fremont
King. Sam Bartholmew. X. A.
Gate- and J. R. Heckman and
wife. She then pr ceeded to
the New England where she
loaded 110 boxe- of halibut.
BUYS A HOME
F. Weinke, the local repre
-entative of the Salmon Park
ing company of Hamburg, evi
dently intends to make hi
home here for some time to
come. To this end he recent
ly purchased the Bruch Hoff
man cottage and has gone to
housekeeping there, having
moved in within the last day
or two.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
Foreman Con rad i of the
Ketchikan cannery has his work
mapped out for him this year,
the plans of the company are to
remove nil the old style machin
cry now in use in canning and
substitute sanitary machinery
throughout. The can making
machinery will he inslalle i up
- a V' leaving the entire lower
V or for canning operations.
In this way. in case the decis
ion is armed it 10 increase the
output during the run now can
: be nn-'e upstairs whole ihe
nnerv ■< in ope a c Sup
e: intenda.ut Ron pp. . •
gel up a pack «. f appioxim itei>
eighty thousand eases, with a
possibility of one hundre ! ihoi
I, in (ase the r 1a • ki • war
rants the increase. This wib
mean a great deal of money
spent in Ketchikan, as this car
nery secures a great deal of it
he!p from 'he local labor mark
et.
RETURNS THIS MONTH
Nick Zimmerman and the;
cats were in receipt of word ;
from the States on a recent
koat thaf Mrs Zimmerman. ’
■ has been south on a visit
for the past several month
yyill return about the last of the
present month, and the family
will then be able to get a
square meal once more.
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IN FORM SMUGGLERS COVE
•1. G. E’lis. accountant for
the Alsaska Venture syndicate
ai Smugglers Cove, arrived in
town this afternoon and is roe
;-tered at the Stedman. Mr.
FlJis reports that work on the
Old Glory is now in full -wing
yv th crews at work, and
tbe drills running steadily.
■V! out thirty men are employed
in all.
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SIDEWALKS DGWP
gii'fp* SonerM'te; ae■ t \>i~ti>
-hed ‘he work of laying the
- !>*walk in front of Smit!
candy -1 nn. 1 and C-ilmoin'
M '’ke' today.
OPEN THE !«ESS HOUSE
The me-- house a* fhr Ketch
k n raone-y opened th:- morr
. ,v d t? e crew a”e getting
*hc-ir "chow” f home the-e
'n-. "Brookie" i- glad of the
•••ha ere a- Bo*He- wit’ M w he
1 *o rffO -onielh't g rise than
silvers and -'\v h-t for n
diet.
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HP PORT!-AN r* CAN At
Dan binderborg of Portland
City, i- a local visitor, having
■ "rived today < n his own power
i it. It" i< here on btisine
'•onneefed with the fmal proof
• h>- homes<e' | at fhe hen 1 of,
Portland canal, where h ? plan
to establi-h a -lock farm.
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Dr. Story report- <hat tack
Marcn-on, who was brought
to town a week or -o ago after
being found paralyzed m his
c bin is improving vtrj -lowly
at the local Hospital. There
-eems to bo little hope of the
-ick man's complete recovers
for while hi- mental condition
-how.- some improvement lii
phy-ica! condition remain- to
all intents and purposes the
same. The poor fellow evident
lv suffers considerable pain.
for he wakes up in the middle
of the night and disturb- evor\
body within hearing by hi
1 crie-. /
“ he snowslide at
KEYSTONE CANYON
The Valdev Prospector con
o following account of
o disaster which took place
in Keystone Canyon whereby
hree persons lost their lives in
.1 snowslide.
Deputy Marshall Dowling
and Dr. Dalton reached Valdez
at 3 p.m., bringing George M.
Cnl’.agan, who suffered a disco
rated knee and is badly bruised
as the result of being caught in
the slide yesterday at Keystone
canyon. 1 hey also brought the
body of P. O. Bergland, who
was killed in the same slide,
. nd rep rt that in spite of the
i \ . i- o' i ty men working
all of yesterday afternoon,
'!i”ougl' the night and all of to
’ay t! ey have been unable to
c !-•' body of Mrs. Lizzie
in- who was hurried by
D e slid.e at the same tin’e.
Lnllag hi was taken out of the
' - ■ ■ fif’er he was buried
s' a corps boy> wIk
w" * s- e the slide immediate
" e work of re sou t
I wh> • !’ ey discovered tha;
he w s -py. "ely injured they
hod I im to Wertman's.
n' .g’a d was found by the
rnen from the Cashnian Road
house. who went to the scene
as soon as they knew of the ac
cident. As they were taking
Ids body from the snow the
first of the party from Valdez
reached there.. Every effort
was made to resuscial? Berg
land by artificial means but ii
was found useless as he had j
s'.if fieated.
The 'wo relief crews combin
el and endeavored to locate
the body of Mrs. Stropp. but so
far no word of the success of
'
their efforts has reached town.
Callagan is at the Hospital of
the Good Samaritan and the
body of Bergland i- in the uar
lor- of the Valdez Undertaking
company and will he prepared
for burial
Lieut. Dougherty kept an
operator on duly all night at
the local office so that the oper
ators at the scene of thes slide
could send to Valdez for any
aid necessary, one of them hal
ing made a cut-in near the ac
cident.
The story told by those who
re'urnel from the scene is
♦hat Mrs Stropp walked from
’ * >■ f-amn at Wertman’s to the
head of f o canvon for the pur
pos.. f,f v it: essjng the slide as
came b>w - the mountain, as
all ‘h« r.’ ers fhrousrh Hie
■ -'“d that the warm
.. h< ■ •. uise the im
e - body of snow to slide.
'M H>p orr'y were almost over
‘h.->’a > -won- part when they
'e coming, and
' c ' r ■ veiled to Mrs
i she turned back
w *hc canyon, and thus
* r w"- ere sht in the center
He .V where if was the
' may he buried be
n;el tons r e ice.
1 1 i-h. Chunks of
e we Art ii• -r many tons came
.'own ip’o Ihe valley carried by
• he for • of the avalanche.
Bergland was- hauling his Iasi
load from Comfort to Wort-;
man's.
Two -"o' I ’orps men werr
ccrht ii d the horse and sled
mere I. hut the men escape '
■iiiy. excepting the driver.
George N. Galagan, a pros
pector who was riding with
’I cm. had bis leg broken and
- |,a by crushed when taken
from the slide.
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A large percentage of the fox
es caught in Alaska are being
sent to Xove Scotia and New
Brunswick, Canada. On a re
cent trip of one of the roast
ves-els, 34 pair- of the animal
enlivened the journey while on
'he wav south.
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Have you a friend in the
States?—Send them the Daily
or Weekly Miner.
I Job printing at the Minei.
WILL BUY FISH AT
KASHAKES’ COVE
Capt. Frank Capp of the flag
ship Myrtle plans to proceed to
Kashak'-s Cove this evening
and use the old vessel as a fish
ing and fish buying base in that
region. The run of fish is re
ported good in 'hat region.
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R. I), Pinneo, general freight
agent of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company in northern
waters, arrived down on the
Mariposa and is a guest at the
Sled man.
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COIVALESCENTS
RECOVERING
During the past day or two,
two of Ketchikan’s sick men
have been able to gel out and]
around on the streets. They!
are J. Daly and X. R. Walker!
The former is recovering from ’
an attack of the mumps con-,
traded at Seattle, the latter!
from an ulcerated cornia.
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Rapt. Cramer, who operates I
the little steamer Traveler on
Cook Inlet, is negotiating for a
'learner to use in making week
ly trips between Seward and
Knik, on Cook inlet, stoping at
way points.
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sioner’s court were forced to
contribut: §083 and costs to
the federal jack pot. One drew
*300 and costs, another §430
and costs, while the other only
contributed §00 an costs.
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George Foss, of Fairbanks,
sentenced by Judge Fuller to
serve twelve months in the pen.
itentiary at MeN’eals island and
who reached that institution on
February 0th. has since died of
tuberculoses.
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Lodges of the Loyal Order oi :
Moose were established at near
ly all of the larger towns in j
Yukon and Alaska last sumeer. :
and all are now growing rapid
ly and flourishing.
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Den Hunt, who earned fame
n Alaska -by his high class !
1 j for Jum au last year
has sjgi •(] with the Vancouver,
D. G.. Northwestern Baseball
League if am. and will play j
with them next year. The Van
couver tram won the champion
- hip of lie Northwest League'
last vear.
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Valdez claims to have the
t < -f |io>i<■ frice in Alaska. The !
elk- there are claimed to be
he hardest and quickest work
ers in the north. —Fairbanks i
Times.
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Three tires took place in one
evening in the town of Dike
man on the Iditarod. The
cabin ot jamas Ebony burned
with the loss of everything ex
cept the clothing the members
of ttie family were wearing.
The cabin of Cant. John Worth,
of the X. C. company, was al
destroyed The third alarm
was from the X. C. warehouse, i
where no damage was done.
Ti e Daily filiner, 51. per. mo.
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
If you purrhnw iii»’ NKNV 1I0MK you will
huv« a lif*1 n«*< ». ni Mi'- prim you pay,and will
notiiuvrnn midlwt*ahull)of repulrx.
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•o Quality
O Considered
1 it is the
i\ Cheapest
HI in the end
to buy.
Jf you want a newlnir tmiehlnc, write for
our latent catalogue before you purchase. '
' The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass.
Some pork that was con
demned at Dawson recently
was burned on the ice of the
Nukon. Someone, seeing the
flames over t he housetops,
thinking there was a fire, turn
ed in an alarm.
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The president of the Juneau
('"'Id Mining company, in out
lining his plans, slated that his
company expected to mill 12,
000 tons of ore per day, at an
expense not to exceed SO cents
per ton.
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Three citizens of Idilarod
who indulged in a little game
of draw were arrested and up
on conviction in the commis
Au interesting arrival in
Nome is Chief Kateyaok and
twelve of his men from Cape
Prince of Wales, They brought
with them three hundred rein
deer some of which will lie of
fered for sale here, and (he
rest probable' turned in with
the big heard. In addition they
have with them furs of great
value, disposing of 22 cros
fox skins to Felker the furman.
These were worth more tha.i
one thousand dollars. This
year the fur trade is good, ad
vices stale,, from all points,
foxes being especially abundant
No reason is given for this ex
cept that la A year’s furs were
exceptionally scarce. It is be
lieved Ilia{ (he severity of th?
weather has had considerable
to do with the larger catch.—
Nome N'ugget.
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Lured by the encouraging re
ports emanating from the Nel
china, many of those disap
pointed with the Chisana are
goin there with the hope ol
landing on ttie elusive pay
streak.
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HAS A LOVE FOR ALASKA
The Quniey (111.) Daily
Herald saysGeneral William
L. Disliii, the man who has
served a- ssirveyor-general of
Alaska for agreater number ol
years than any other man liv
ing. arrived in Quincy Thurs
day afternoon mid is now at
the home of hi- daughter, Mrs.
L. K. Kmmons, Jr., at 2304
Maine street, for a visit. He
will he iiiQuincey for some
time to visit his old friends,
and then he will make a trip on
which lie will visit Chicago.
Cincinnati and Washington.
While he has no delude plans
for the future other than that
of enjoy ing a well eared vaca
tion. General Distin will in
course of ti^ne return to Alas
ka.
Alaska is the adopted home
of General Distin. lie was in
business in Quincy and his rel
ative- reside here. The Gem
City naturally will always have
a warm spot in his heart and
when he makes the trip here,
lie i- always glad to do so, be
cause of ttie ties that draw him.
After sixteen years of service in
Alaska, a country of wonder
ful resources which he assisted
in developing, that country will
always lie liis adopted home.
General Disliu believes in
Alaska. He has seen its great
possibilities. In a chat with a
representative last evening he
said Ilia) every American citizen
who can afford to travel
should make il his duty to visit
Alaska. “See Alaska and Hie
United States first before see
ing other countries,” is his ad
vice. “The principle reason
why Alaska has not developed
slid more than it has, is be
cause I lie great mass of Ameri
can people know nothing of it.
They imagine it a great waste
uf -now and ice with no oilier
possibilities Ilian milling and
fishing.” If (he American
people would visit Alaska, many
would return to that country to
slay. The country needs people
more Hi an anything else to car
ry out ils slogan, “Develop Alas
ka.”
Thai (he trial marriages a
inong le natives of Alaska un
der the ancient tribal customs
works out belter than the mod
ern system is (lie opinion of
Commander Ballinger, of the
revenue eutter Bear,, and in his
annual report to the depart
ment lie recommends that
either proper facilities for ob
taining divorces in Alaska
should be provided or greater
precaution should lie taken in
marrying the natives under the
Uaska t ode.
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Former Deputy U. S. Marshal
W. F. Selmable and Mrs.
Schnabel, of Wrangell, have
'eft that place and will locale
it. Portland, Oregon. In ad
dition la serving as deputy
marshal, Mr. Schnabel has been
chief of the Wrangell fire d -
parfmeul. .
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.lalet l. ndeherg, the Nome
mining man, recently made a
trip into (lie newly discovered
•amp of Nelehiua, in from Yal
Icz, and was highly pleased
.villi its prospects. Lindberg is
dso interested in quartz hold
ngs in the Valdez mining dis
trict, and to the papers of Ilia!
city he expressed himself as
satisfied with his ventures
there.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
n ;he Commissioner’s Court
f»• r the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
William A. Connell bar been
Inly appointed administrator
vith the will annexed of the
-■slate of Linus A. Gould, de
eased; and all persons having
lurns against said estate are
.ereby notified to exhibit them
vith the necessary vouchers
within six months after (he
fr-t publication of this notice
■viih the undersigned at his
place of business, the Stedman
lot el, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4111 day of Seplcm
.er, 1013.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Nflmiuistrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Unas. If. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 0-20-13
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In Ihe Commissioner’s Court
or the precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No. I
n Probate, Estate of Walter
Valtatzie, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Jacob I.anth Ini' been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
Male of Walter Yeltalzic de
ea-ed; and all persons having
■l'.ims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with flie necessary vouchers
within six months after the
first publication of tin’s notice
with the undersigned at his
Post Office address at Sulzer,
Alaska.
Dated this Ihe lOlli day of
January, 1914.
FACOB I.AUTJI Administrator,
Administrator of Ihe estate of
Walter V altatzie deceased.
First publication Jan. 23, 1914.
Last publication Feb. 20 1914.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In flie Commissioners Court
for Hie precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division Xo. I
in Probate, Estate of Guy
Skillie, Deceased.
X'otice is hereby given that
Olios. W. Ifawkesworth has
been duly appointed adminislra
for of flic estate of Guy Skillie,
deceased; and all persons hav
ing claims against said estalo
are hereby notified to exibit
them with the necessary vouch
ers within six months after I Do
first publication of Ibis notice
with Hie undersigned at bis
Post Office address at ITyda
bnrg, Alaska.
Dated Ibis 20th, day of Jan
uary 1014,
GIFAS. W. HAWKESWORTH.
Adminislralor of the eslalo
of Guy Skillie deceased
First publication Feb. 0th, 1014
Last publication March 0, 1914