A. ADKINS BUYS
REAL ESTATE
II. L. Feddersen the rea'
estate man reports the sale ot
a piece of property on Steel
man street, Saturday. Tin
property sold was the house
and lot owned bv the estate ol
II. C. Andersen and the buyei
was A. Adkins, who left on the
Alki, Sunday morning for the
States.
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ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
WILL CELEBRATE EVENT
Upon the signing of the Rail
road Bill by President Wilson
Ketchikan Gamp, No. 20, A. B.
propose to celebrate the oc
casion in a true Alaskan spirit.
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The new placer camp on the
lower Yukon river, near And
rea f ski, is reported to be de
veloping in a promising man
ner, according to the latest in
formation from Nome. Charles
Dugan, a well known miner of
Nome, hut now operating neai
Marshall City, the headquart
ers of the new camp, says hr
took three pans from discoverj
dump and got 17 cents. In
working discovery all the own
ers have to do is to rig up sluice
boxes and shovel in from the
grass roots. Up to the time
the letter was written nobody
had reached bedrock on ac
count of water, but expected
to get down as soon as the
weather was cold. Dugan be
gan sinking on Disapointmenl
creek and struck coarse gold
as soon as he reached gravel,
but was drowned out before
reaching bedrock. There are
about 150 men in camp, nearly
all of whom are from Nome
and other coast towns.
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Judge C. D. Murane, who re
cently was summarily removed
from the federal bench at
Nome by order of Attorney
General MeReynolds, is prepar
ing to bring suit in the court of
claims for the salary that he
would have received during the
rest of his term. Murane will
base the suit on the grounds
'hat the civil code of Alaska, en
acted by congress in 1900, pro
vides that judges of the ter
ritory shall be appointed for
four years unless sooner re
moved for cause. Mnrane's
'rm does not expire until De
cember 19 next and by that
I me his salary will have
amounted to $8,500.
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1 i connection with his hnv
r accepted the position of
' ice of the peace in his home
1 cwn, the Pilsburg (iazette
Times prints a picture of Hon.
James Sheakley who was ap
’cuuled U. S. commissioner to
'•’aska, and governor of this
territory from 1893 to 1897,
when he was succeeded by ex
Goveronr Brady. Like Thomas
Jefferson, who was first «
president of the United States
and them justice of the peace
Mr. Sheakley, who was gover
nor of Alaska and ex- member
of congress, has assumed his
duties as a justice of the peace
at Sheakeyville, Pa. He is 84
years of age, but hale and
hearty, and expects to hold the
job as justice of the peace for
many years.
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Deputy Marshall W. S. Hard-1
ing arrested last week and took'
1 1 Juneau from Haines, three
soldiers from Ft. Wm. II. Sew
ard, named W. E. Dudley, D.
M' Neel and Ben Booth. They
were charged with selling liqu
or to Indians, and w’erc all
I ound over by the court.
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The steamship Bertha, that
for years plied in Alaskan wat
ers. is to do service this sum
mer at Ship creek, in Cook
inlet. Site will be used as a I
floating warehouse and will
lcmnin stationary until next
tall when she will be given a
cargo of fish for Seattle.
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Carried by all dealers in first class fishing gear
Ask your dealer for them
H. E. HECKMAN & CO. • Lorinjf, Alaska • DISTRIBUTORS
ROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
THE MUNDAY VERDICT
Pinchotism received a blow
i the Monday case from which
will he slow to recover. All
he fanaticism embodied in
hat strange doctrine found its
ent in the trial of Mr. Munday
nd Mr. Sliiels; all the forces
>f the Pinchot organization
-ere arrayed to secure a con
ietion at any cost. But the con
ction was not to be had.
On the outcome of the Mun
ay case depended a long line
if prosecution based on simil
r allegations of criminal in
cut. The Munday case has
alien flat, and with it toppled
11 Ihe air castles of Pinchot
sm and its followers. The
•ernieious departmental regu
itions of Pinchot are not to
•otlle i.p the coal of Ala-ki,
nd his agents are not again to
•rand every man as a thief who
lay locate a claim. Verily,
Maska is having much cccas
on these days for rejoicing.
But wliat of Mr. Munday, re
pected citizen, honored law
yer, man of known probity?
vVhat of the three years his
ame has been dragged across
| he continent by Pinchot pres*
gents? What of the thousands
»f dollars spent in defending
lis honor and his eights? The
can and sanctimonious Pin
■hot, conjuring up visions of
•riminal goblins and reducing
ocalors to the necessity of tak
ng out coal with oyster forks
is proof of their good intent,
will >till continue to weave his
fancies and dream strange
ireams.
There is no redress for Mr.
Munday. A man less punctil
ous in his honesty, less care
ii 1 of every word, every act,
night not have fared so well as
o have cleared himself in three
• ears’ lime. Mr. Munday will
have to find his consolation in
his rare good fortune in getling
'hrough in so short a time, and
m the fact that Pinchotism has
it last spent itself and is in in
nonunions collapse.
The people of Seattle will
congratulate Mr. Munday that
right has for once managed to
triumph, and the country at
large will congratulate itself
that an honest man may per
haps exercise an honest right
in the future without being
dubbed a thief.—P. I. Feb. 20.
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Information is brought from
ttie interior that officers are
hot ori the trail of the prepetra
(ors of the Wilson creek mur
ders last summer and it is be
lieved that they will apprehend
ed shortly.
.So far as we know Cordova
boasts of being the only town |
in Alaska which harbors a
woman juor. Mrs. Sophia Scott
is the lady who has that unique
distinction for she was duly
summoned on a panel while in
Ihe states, but owing to having
to leave for Alaska she failed
lo qualify.
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Including those that produc
ed ore to Ihe value of $30,000
or more, there were in Alaska
in 1013 about twenty-seven
gold lode mines. Be sides
these, there were some six to
ten properties worked in a
small way which made gold
outputs ranging from a few
hundred to several thousand
dollars.
rhe Daily Miner, $1. por. mo
ANXIOUS TO ANNEX
SKAGWAY
The governor of the Yukon
Territory is agitating a move
ment which has for its object
the trading of a piece of land
for a sea port on the Alaska
coast. The acquisition of Skag
way is the ambition of the
Canadians. It is reported tliat
several prominent Alaskans as
well as Dr. Thompson, \1. P.
for Yukon, favor trading Skag
way and the White Pass for
that strip of northwestern Brit
ish Columbia which extends a
cross to Yakutat Bay, thus pre
venting Americans from hav
ing an all-American route
from Haines mission, on Lynn
canal to Fairbanks, by the
sheltered inland route east, of
the Alaskan range. At pres
ent the Canadians are cut off
from on outlet to Lynn canal
by the thirty mile strip of Alas
ka between Lake Bennett and
Skagway, and the Amaricans
are cut off from the all-Ameri
can entrance to Alaska by the
sheltered year-round route
from Haines by the narrow
strip of British Columbia back
of Haines.—Ex
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WRANGELL TO HAVE
NEW WATER DAM
Wrangell is In have a new
water dam which when com
plied will be 20 feet high
across the mouth and cover an
area of approximately 9 8 acres
and will hold 31,000,000 gal
lons of water. The dam wall
be situated twenty-five hun
dred feet hack from the old
dam, and will have a fall of
some 00 feet more. The water
will he brought to town in the
old pipes connecting near the
old dam and a stop valve will
be installed at the intake to
take the extra pressure from
the water mam as the pipes
will not stand any more than at
present, but the water supply
will be unlimited. The under
taking of building this dam is
no little thing and the present
council deserve much credit in
the way they are forging ahead
on the matter, and the fact that
we shall have an unlimited
supply of water certainly
means much for our growth, as
every year the old main has
doubled her taps until at last it
is far too small to supply the
growing usage.—Sentinel.
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W. B. HOGGATT ENTERING
ALASKA FIELD AGAIN
TheJualin Alaskan Mines Co.,
tiled article s ofincorporation
with Secretary Charles E. Dav
idson today. W. I3. Hoggatt.
former Governor of Alaska, but
now of New York,is president
and J. F. Kirk is secretary of
the corporation, the home of
which is named as New York
City. The capital stock is plac
ed at $2,000,000.—Empire.
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EASTERN STAR’S SESSION
The local Eastern Star chap
ter report a very interesting
session last night. Charles
Deepc was initialed into the
order. After the session all
present went over to the
Dream where Manager Purin
ton entertained them with a
special show to the general sat
isfaction of all.
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Job and Commercial printing
at the Mienr.
9
ALASKAN NATIVES AT
BOARDING SCHOOL
According to Supt. Beatty of
I'e Bureau of Education, there
re 2SN Alaskan natives attend
g 'he boarding schools in the
Stales, 2 i 1 at Cheniawa, 7o
at Cushman and four at other
schools. Mr. Beatty has just
returned from Metlakahtla
where he has been for the past
week or so, and reports that all
u going well with the govern
ment school at that place. He
cfI Miss Gibson, a government
nurse, there to take charge of
caring for the sick of which
there several on the island.
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The application for the con
solidation of the town of Val
dez and the Reservation, the
gesl suburb of the town, will
la* heard by Judge Fred M.
Brown at Valdez February 18.
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A BIG ORANGE
When you are going by the
Miner office take a look at the
bif orange in the window
which Newt Casperson sent up
Iron San Diego. It is most as
b'g as a pumpkin and makes a
man almost hungry to got
down among them.
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WILL INSTALL A
SANITARY PLANT
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Among Hie Alki’s cargo Sun
day was a considerable con
signment of old machinery
from the Petersburg cannery
being sent to the Sound to be
replaced by a complete san
itary plant.
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GETTING POWER
PLANT IN SHAPE
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W. F. Schlothan has been at
Hadley for the past several
days getting the power plant
d the Mamie mine back into
shape again. The plant, a
steam driven compressor out
fil—has been lying idle since
he Silverman’s threw up their
option cm the mine, and of i
course is considerably rusted
up.
The Hem pie Copper Mining
Company, at Landlock bay,
will spend $10,000. in develop
ment this spring and expect
to be shipping qre in six
months.
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l. vrr RY MOVING
Cleve Wall is moving the.
White Front Laundry from its
old location lo the Zimmerman
building next to die Ketchikan
Iron Works. He is also instal
ling power machinery, and
when he gets everything rirrang
ed will have a convenient little
place. He plans to be rfeadj
for business next Monday.
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ROGERS PROPERTY >
IS WORKING
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M. M. Reese, incharge of the
work on the Rogers property at
Hollis, is a local visitor in
search of a competent man to
operate his stamp mill. Mr.
Reese informs the Miner Man
that he has had his crew of
men at work steadily since the
first of the month, and thal
the properly is showing up
very satisfactorily.
IN HONOR OF
THE IRISH SAINT
Ketchikan Eagles are figur
ing on the big event of the year
at their “Shamrock Rail’’
March 17. That date is reserv
ed to the Eagles for their big
annual event in the grand ball
line. It will be a character
dance, no masks, and two ele
gant prizes will be given for
the best sustained Irish char
acters—lady and gentlemen.
Further announcements will be '
made later.
The Daily Miner, $1. per. m~.
H. R. Thompson, of tho
Diamond T Packing company
is having benches and tables
built in the fish house on the
Northland Dock and is getting
ready for the mild cure busin
ess. lie expects to start a boat
cut after fish within the next
Jew days.
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WILL RAISE
THE SIDEBOARD
Mike Martin has a crew of
men at work today getting
ready to raise the Sideboard
Saloon building lo the street
level. This is necessary owing
to the new grade at the lower
end of Dock slreet along side
the saloon building. Abe Jones
is in charge of the work.
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One saloon keeper at Nome is
•aid (o be anxious to make a
test case of the enforcement of
he Sunday closing law.
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El Paso, Feb. 20—It is under
stood here that Gustave Bauch,
I he German-Amorican reported
as killed by Villa, is now con
lined in the Juarez jail.
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Five final receiver’s receipts
were issued for placer mining
claims in one day early this
month at Fairbanks. Four of
them were for Estercreek prop
orlies, and one for a Cleary
creek claim. Three of the
Ester patents will go to E. R.
Jesson, and one patent goes to
E. R. and L. N. Jesson. The
Cleary creek patent goes lo C.
E. Jones for No. 8 above, left
limit.
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Postmaster Hickey, of Sew
ard, has been authorized to dis
patch two hundred pounds ad
ditional mail over the Knik
Susitinna route during the
months of February and March
making four hundred pounds in
all.
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The Valdez branch of the Al
aska Pioneers celebrated St.
Valentine day and feasted on
sour dough and sow bosom.
New Jangled tan coat's were not
allowed.
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Clarence Cunningham, well
known in connection with coal
lands in Alaska, has been look
ing over the mines of Republic
Washington.
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Hereafter there will be but
one government telegraph off
ve at Wrangell, the cable and
wireless offices will be under
one roof at the wireless station.
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Hugh Molineaux, of Allin,
superintendent of the British
Columbia road commission,
has gone for a visit to Vancou
ver.
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“Fresh killed reindeer meal,
by the carcass, side, quarter
and pound,” is the wording of
an ad in the Iditarod Pioneer.
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The fisherman Idaho is at
lie .Northern Machine Works
having the engine on her elec
lijis light plant overhauled.
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If you purchase the NEW HOME you will !
have a life asset at the price you pay, and will
hot have an endless chain of repairs.
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
If you want a sewing machine, write for
our latest catalogue before you purchase.
The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
COAL ON NORTHLAND
Tln> steamer Northland,
which is scheduled io leave
Seattle tonight, will stop in- al
Nanaimo on the way up and
load 225 tons of Jinglepot coil
lor Ketchikan. She should ar
rive here about Tuesday.
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F. II. Bold, local agent of the
Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany was in receipt of a cable
last night telling him that the
sailing of the Spokane had
been postponed until nine o’
clock Saturday morning.
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ALAMEDA SAILS SATURDAY
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The steamer Alameda which
is coming out this time on her
regular schedule in place of
I he Northwestern is scheduled
to sail Saturday night from
Seattle. This will bring her
to Ketchikan Monday night.
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WILL BUILD A
NEW COAL SHED
The old coal shed on the
Northland Dock is being torn
down today and after new pil
ing lias been driven, a new
structure for handling coal will
be erected. The building to be
erected will be large enough
lo handle all the fuel received
by the dock and will be built
on such a level that the pres
ent jog in the levels of the
dock will be eliminated and the
grade to the street level made
gradual.
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INSURANCE COMPANY
SENDS THE CHECK
By the lust mail G. T. Gard
ner was in receipt of a check
from the Northern Life Insur
ance company for settlement in
full on his insurance policy fur
(lip accident he sustained while
skating last month. He informs
the Miner that the company
made no delay in settling up on
receipt of (he certificate of the
nhysician attending him dur
ing the time he was incapacit
ated. This speaks well for the
insurance coimpany and will no
doubt make them friends in
this region.
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A GENERAL INVITATION
It is deemed proper and de
sirable that the residents of
Ketchikan, the first city in Al
aska, the gateway to an empire
of vast and varied resources,
(he construction of a railway
(lie speedy development of
which will be made possible by
through its extensive domain
and in appreciation of the
great benefits to be derived
therefrom by all Hie people of
this Territory: Gamp Ketchi
kan, No. 20 Arctic Brotherhood
extends a cordial invitation to
the fraternal and civic orginiz
ations and the citizens general
ly of Ketchikan, to participate
in a celebration in honor of the
passing of the Alaska Railroad
Mill by Congress find the sign
ing of the same by President
Wilson.
The date of holding said dem
ouslration will depend upon
advices received from Wash
ington, D. G., notice of which
will be published in due lime in
Ihe local papers.
THE COMMITTEE
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WOMEN MUST REGISTER
Registration official Plumiey
has asked (he Miner to call the
attention of the women of Ket
chikan that they are now eligi
ble to vote at all elections held
in die Territory, municipal or
otherwise. Before so doing 1
however, it is necessary that
they, as well as the men, re
gister on Ihe official roll book.
This book is now open at Judge
Plumley’s office and will re
main open until Saturday night
April i, and unless one regis
ters before die closing thereof
(hey will not be allowed to vote 1
in (he municipal election of
April 7th.
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Washington, Feh. 20—An un
official report comes from Hie
City of Mexico slating that
Huerta had refused to allow
the sending of two thousand
American marines as a legation
guard. The report continues
that England, Germany and
France are said to be in favor of
recognizing the lluertan admin
istration as the easiest way to.
secure peace in Mexico.
When seen by newspapermen
is I lie result of I he above, Pres
dent Wilson and Secretary
Bryan both laughed and denied
that the U. S. had made any re
quest on Huerta for permission
to land troops, and the former
ndireclly intimated that if
here were any need of such a
guard it would be sent whether
luerla wanted them or not.
City of Mexico, Feb. 20—Fol
' owing a fierce quarrel with
Villa it is reported that General
Carranza, head of the Constitu
tionalist forces has notified
Huerta that he is ready to join
rorces with him against Villa
and thus crush the rebellion.
Conformation of the report is
lacking however.
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Job and commercial printing
leatly and quickly done at the
Vliner. Phone 89
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
a Die Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. i,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
William A. Connell liar been
inly appointed administrator
vilb the will annexed of lh-j
•state of Linus A. Could, de
eased; and all persons having
laims against said eslate are
ercby notified (o exhibit them
viib the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
frit publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
Dace of business, the Sledman
Dole!, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1013.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Vdmiuistrator of the Estate of
Din us A. Gould, deceased.
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney for
Ad mi n is trator. 9-20-13
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
for Die precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No. 1
m Probate, Estate of Walter
Ya I (a (z i e, D e c e a s o d.
Notice is hereby given that
Jacob Lantli has been duly ap
pointed administrator of (ho
estate of Walter Yeltatzie de
ceased; and all persons having
Kims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with tiie necessary vouchers
within six months after the
first publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
Post Office address at Sulzer,
Alaska.
Dated this the 19tli day of
January, 1914.
JACOB LAUTII Administrator,
Administrator of the estate of
Walter Yaltatzie deceased.
First publication Jan. 23, 1914.
Last publication Feb. 20 1914.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
for llie precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No. I
in Probate, Estate of Guy
Skillie, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Dias. W. ITawkesworth has
icen duly appointed administrn
or of Die estate of Guy Skillie,
leceased; and all persons hav
ng claims againsl said estate
ire hereby notified fo exibit
hem with Die necessary vouch
ers within six months after Din
irst publication of this notice
villi the undersigned at his
3osl Office address at Ilyda
mrg, Alaska.
Dated this 26th, day of Jan
jary 1914.
CHAS. W. HAWKESWORTH.
Administrator of the estate
if Guy Skillie deceased
?irst publication Feb. 6th, 1914
-ast publication March 6, 1014