TONGASS GEORGE DIES
Tongass George, one of the
old time natives of this region
died at his home Thursday
night of an aneurysm of the
main artery leading from the
chest to the left arm. The fun
eral will he held at two o’clock
lomorrow afternoon from the
family residence.
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The steam halibut fishing
vessel Independent cleared
for the south this morning. The
La Pnlorna, San Jose and Cor
ona are in on their way up
from Seattle to the Yakulat
banks- They will all probably
return direct lo Seattle.
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LITTLE GLORY GOES TOO
Acting on instructions from
G, Simmes owner of the wreck
ed halibut boat fisherman Alice
l)r. Reese last night sent oul
he Little Glory lo see if she
could render any assistance.
The Alice it will be remember
ed, was wrecked at Cape Pole
and Capt. Snylcs went out with
tlie Alert several days ago to
see what he could do towards
salving Ihe engine, and has not
returned to report progress up
to this time. On this account
Dr. Reese decided he would
send the other vessel out to
see if she, too, could help.
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CONGRESS MAY
ADJOURN JUNE 1ST
Washington— Congress ought
to adjourn by June 1,” said
Democratic Deader Oscar W.
Underwood recently, following
a conference with President
Woodrow Wilsonu. The leg
islation that will be taken up a'
this session should all be dis
posed of by that time according
to Underwood. “There is no
disposition on the part of the
administration,” he said, “to
prolong the session beyond thai
time that is absolutely neces
sary to secure the passage of
the great constructive meas
ures,” as il is realized by the
President Ilia! by June 1st, Con
gross will have been in session
continuously, except for a 8
week’s recess, for fourteen
mouths.
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TIME FOR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ACT
While the inereas of aids to
navigation on llh> Alaska eon*i
since 1010 brings the lolal
number of lights np to 270.
(here still crisis reasons for
demanding more generous treal
men! at the hands of Ihe feder
al government in order m
make travel safer in waters of
11 e norlh. j r^7j
Travel in Alaskan waters
should he as sale as il is in the
wafers of Ihe Atlantie. It can
I e made safe if the federal
government will provide the
same kind and number of aids
10 navigation per mile of coast
lire I hr: I il has provided on the
Atlantic coast
If Ihe government will do
what it ought to do for the
1 ifie Northwest, we will hear
much less of sea disasters in
1' 's section.
Wliimi, of dollars have been
r v< sled bi ships engaged in
M c .'la-ka trade, and the men
who have pul their money in
In Ihis business are as much
enlit'ed lo protection against
ui ' cics- ary hazard as are the
men On llw*. Atlantic or Gulf
11 I- who have made similar
: ■ csln mils.
V >rp important is Ihe matter
of Ihe loss of life.
Too much property has been
h I in Norlh Pacific waters on
;■ 'mint of lack of aids to navi
gation.
Too many lives have been
list.
i is |ime for (be federal ;
r: • < ri.iiM'iil lo Take note of
■ things, lime for it to do
: r fair thing by the people of
l\ Xoi ill Pacific coast.—Ex. j
RUNNING SMOOTHLY
\V. F. Gore returned from
Smugglers Cove this morning
and reports that everything in
fine shape at the “Old Glory”.
The manager F. T. Leahy is
more than pleased with thf
manner in which the new macli
inery is working. They arc
now running three shills on
Ihe drills and will increase the
force from time lo time as they
have an excess of power. The
work on the buildings is mak
ing good progress, the cook
house and bunk house being
finished and the other build
ings in course of construction.
Snow is hampering the work
materially as everything is
covered up, but the outlook is
very promising and strong
hopes are entertained for the
future. \
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“Bill” Woodworth, the man
who extracts the music out of
his system and the piano at the
Dream, was a passenger south
•in the Maquinna.
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PUTTING IN NEW PILE8
Everett Paup and his pile
driver crew are progressing
rapidly with driving the new
piles under the Wiese fish
packing house on the Alaska
Steamship company’s dock.
The place will he put into first
class shape.
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Mrs. Mike Wading was a
local visitor today.
ALASKA-JUNEAU WINS
SUIT FROM EBNER
The Circuit Curt of Appeals
has sustained the decision oT
Judge E. E. Cushman in the
suit of the Alaska-Ebner Gold
Mining company against the
right to build the upper end of
the Alaska-Juneau ditch. Tiie
case was tried before Judge
Cushman at Juneau about two
years ago, and the decision,
while not sustaining in full
the contentions of either side,
was, as far as general results
are concerned, favorable to the
Alaska-Juneau company. The
Elmer company appealed from
the decision, and the upper
court sustained the lower.
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The thousands of great tree
which are being brought from
every country in the world to
he transplanted at the Panama
Pacific exposition are seisntii
ically treated by experts to pro
vent their dying. The side
roots are first rut and side- I
hoards placed down the nils.
Six months later, when the tree
has become accustomed to re
ceiving nourishment only from
its bottom roots, these are rid
iml a bottom board attached -
to the side ones, making a
great box. The tree is then
hoisted by derrick and shipped
by land or sea to San Francisco, ■
where it is replanted in special !
'C>il brought from the Sacra - j
mento river, seventy miles
away. ’ i
INTERIOR TUR MARKET
IS QUIET THIS SEr,SOIV
Advices recently received
from those engaged in ilie f j
business on the. Yukon mw j
-late that the fur trade is m--!
iMiallv quiet, and has liren for ’
‘lie past year, owing to the. *’••- j
•line in prices. One letter j
’tales that last year martin si ’ I j
for $10. each while they a"C >
bringing $7. this year. It also I
says mink are scarce herns* !
of the deep snow there tin- j
-e ison. In fart, hardly in 1 h 1
moi-ioiy of wild,} man '»«■ -■
theic been such deco snow j
over Mich a wide portion of !ir
interior, and many vnrieliev of,
game is suffering and I'acin |
starvation this winb .' as the re- ,
suit. I
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IN WITH FISH
TIic Canadian steamer James
Carruthers, arrived in port
shortly after noon enroule from
the Yakatut fishing banks to
Prince Rupert she had a fair
ly successfull trip
having over one hundred thou
sand pounds of halibut on
board.
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LITTLE MISS
BARRY RETURNS
had been down at Seattle hav
ing her eye treated, returned
on the Sampson yesterday
morning. The injured optic is
much improved and on the
high road to complete recovery.
Her dad, Thomas Jefferson Bar
ry, has deferred returning to
the West Coast until the littly
lady returned, but will do so
now on the first boat headed
that. way.
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No word has been received
from (he wreck of the Alice
since the Alert went out last
Wendesday. The Little Glory
left for Cape Pole the latter
part of the week to see if she
could help and she, loo, is tin
reported.
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Frank Burkhart will leave
for Waterfall as soon as the
Little Glory comes in to take
him out.
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GRANBY SMELTER
ALMOST READY
Jl is expected that the Hidden
Creek smelter of the Granby
Consolidated will be blown in
shortly. Underground develop
ments at Hidden Creek have
been favorable, particularly in
deep holes, where good values
have een shown. It is
estimated that there has
been developed between
20.000. 000 and 25,000,000
tons of ore at the Hidden Creek
property, of which more than
5.000. 000 tones average 2 per
cent copper and the rest about
1 Vi per cent. The Mamie and
Midas mines in Alaska, will
not start shipments until mid
year. About $150,000 will be
spent there in development
vork and construction, in ad
dition to expenditures made for
acquisitions. Net values in
sight at present, according to
(lie company’s statistics are
more than four times the total
expenditure.
Hcmember the dance tonight
It starts at nine o’clock. adv.
John Hunch, the big man of
the Alaska Steamship company
passed through town on the
Maquinna last night, lie had
been in Juneau on business
connected with the recent trial
there. . v.'i 'll I
SHOP MACHINERY
ARRIVES AT LAST
Among Hie cargo of I he Spo
kane Saturday evening was a
consignment of wind-work
ing machinery fi • Thoday &
Owens, It'o contracting and
building firm. The machinery
0 from Kay Egan and con
sists of a joiner 12 inches by
seven feel; Ibe largest sized
variety saw and combination
wood worker manufactured,
which includes a boring and
moi sing machine. Then there
is an emery wheel and a band
•av and on the Northwestern ]
vill be a planing machine and
a f ruing la I he. This, with the
me.'hinery they now have in
slal'ed will give I he firm a
wool-working pin *t second to
none in Alaska.
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K- F. Shaw. Ibe new I'nited
1 tales (Commissioner for tin
elebina district, arrived ihcrc !
and assumed Ibe didies of bis
office .Ian. M.
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The Wcckiy Aimer a ycai ,
HARRV WILL MU NT 6A4H
Among the passengers arriv
ing on the Sampson yesterday
morning was Harry Rice, re
turning from an extended trip
to the States. Harry returns
to accept the position of ac-1
countant and chasier at the
Tongass Trading company, and
will undoubtedly prove succes
sful in that capacity- Mrs.
Rice, will come up on an early
boat as soon as Harry locates
a house.
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WILL OPERATE NAKAT
INLET CANNERY
J. S. Hume, superintendent
of the Nakat Inlet cannery ar
rived up on the last boat, to
make arrangements for oper
ating his cannery this year. The ,
cannery it will be remembered
was not operated last year, put- j
ting up 17,000 cases in 1012
after a run of hard luck. Mr.
Hume brought N. L. McLeod,
a cannery machine specialist
with him to get the plant in
shape for business.
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PORTLAND HOUSES
DRUMMING UP BUSINESS
■I. C. Black representing sever
al Portland wholesale houses is
a recent arrival in the city Mr.
Black comes for the purpose of
drumming up business for the
houses he represents and al
the same time look the field
over for business in general,
hoping to find enough of it
in sight to warrant the keeping
on all the year ’round of ves
sels between Southeastern Al
aska and Portland.
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Word from Ihe Nelchina says
game is scarce in that country
Caribou meat costs the miners
and prospectors 30 cents a
pound by the quarter. Ptarmi
gan and rabbits are more plen
tiful than big game.
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SENATOR RAY
IS GOING HOME
lion. L. A'. Ray, of Seward,
president of Alaska’s first Sen
ate, was a passenger homeward
bound on the Admiral Sampson j
yesterday. While the vessel i
was in port he called on local
friends. Senator Ray is return
ing from a tup to Washington,
1). C., and is confident from
what he saw and heard while
there that the Alaska Railroad
Rill will pass without a hitch
within Ihe next few days,
NORTHLAND- IS
BRINGING COAL
The Northland Dork com
pany was in receipt of a tele
gram from Hpattle this morn
ing staling that (hen- steamer
Northland had sailed for Nana
imo where she would load §00
tons of Jinglepot lump coal.
This is (lie same grade of coal
as fhat received by (his com
pany early in December, which
was given Die credit of being
Die best coal ever received in
Ketchikan. The message also
advises (hat the contract bn
been closed for a regular sup
ply of Ibis coal, hence it that
Die cnal shortage experiences
ol the pasl year or two are nof
likely lo lie repeated
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I’J’-is S. Black, writing from
I he Nclchina, under date of Jan.
a, snyg there will he plenty of
work in Ihnt country for law
vers if Hie district shall p-ov
to he as rich as hoped. ID
•'ays ie w comers into the dis
■ ri, l l ave slaked over many of
■hr first iorntnrs. Black says
;l w>!l be 00 lo 00 days before
work will be under full head
way.
Judge Frederic K. Fuller has '
decided Dial the Indians have
prior rigid lo lands claimed b\
them at Fort Yukon.
[The Dally Miner, $1. per. mo
fm TUESDAY’S DAILY
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HUMBOLDT NEXT WEEK
The Heckman Wharf com
pany has been notified that the
steamer Humboldt will sail
from Seattle for Ketchikan,
Wednesday, Feb. 18. The de
lay in getting the vessel oul is
explained by the fact that cer
tain parts of the machinery
could not be delivered prior to
this time. She is now in San
Francisco ainj will bring a
load of miscellaneous north to
Seattle and load Alaska freight
there for northern points.
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ALKI SAILS SATURDAY
Word comes from the south
that the Aiki will be ready to
sail for this place from Seattle,
Saturday, Feb. li. This will
bring her here Tuesday, Feb
ruary .17.
FENYES* STORE MOVING
Joseph Fenyes, the clothing
man is moving his stock today
from (he Moose Hall building
to the Koel Building across
from the Customs House. He
is planning to add materially
to bis stock, and will make a
soecialty of supplying the fish
ing trade. He will be settled
in bis new location in a day or
two.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our heart
iest thanks to the many friends
who so thoughtfully assisted
us during the sickness and
alter (he death of our husband
and brother-in-law, Tongass
George. Their kindness will
never be forgotten.
MRS- TONGASS GEORGE
ANDY MOSES.
WILL BUILD TWO
MORE OIL TANK8
H. C. Strong, local agent for
Hie Standard Oil company was
in receipt of word by the last
mail (hat the company intended
to build two more tanks at the
oil storage plant south of town.
The new tanks will be for gas
oline and kerosene*, and will
make the Ketchikan plant the
largest and most complete oil
the Pacific coast north of Rich
mond Beach. The steel for the
tanks has been ordered and is
now on the way from the east
and will he shipped up as soon
as it arrives, on the coast.
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VISITING LOCAL FRIENDS
Mrs. “Jack” McBride is in
from (||t* fieprges Inlet power
plant of Hip Np$y Knglgnd for
a visit with local frjpnds fpr a
few days. Jack came ill yps
icrdny hot went hack last night
Mrs. Jack is a guest of the
Ihesneys.
Commodor Hoy Thompson
is gelling his fleet into shape
for the coming season’s busin
ess.
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The fishing schooners fiilka
and Albatross were in port to
ny on I heir way out, to the
ishiug grounds,
The Indians of Circle re
cently held a big mass meeting
and elected a chief for Ihe com
ing year. Indians came, from
fiir and near to attend the meet ;
in. Joe No. 0 was the suc
cessful candidate,
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The Fairbanks Democrats 1
held a great love feast recently |
old telegraphic dispatches to j
Ihe Cordova Times says har
mony now exists among the
members of that party in the
Panama valley. The meeting
ruled lo make President Wilson
i present to be paid for by
popular subscription as a tes
limona! of the good opinion of
lim held by the peopie of Alas
ka.
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ALL HOADS LEAD TO THE
['BEAM'. gdv
MEmumnmTf1
REGISTER HEAVY GAIN8
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Heavygains in the canned sal
mon exports from Puget Sound
lo foreign countries were regis
tered during the month of Jan
uary of this year, according to
complete figures made public
today by F. G. Harper, collector
of customs for the district show
ed an increase of d,300,,000
pounds in excess of December,
1013, and of 4,500,000 in ex
cess of January 1913. The ship
ments for the month just closed
aggregated 5,089,354 pounds,
with a valuation of $550,175.
The month preceding January
totaled 4,359,018 pounds, val
ued at $309,119. January ona
year ago showed canned salmon
exports of 1,133,944 pounds
which were valued at $70,910.
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SHINGLES FOR SITKA
The Beaver Falls company
has fifty thousand shingles on
the Heckman Wharf for ship
ment to Sitka. The mill is cut
ting along steadily and is fig
uring on a busy season this
coming summer.
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Vice-President Baxter of the
Alaska Steamship company has
authorized the conversion of
the steamship Santa Ana from
a coal to an oil burner. The
work is expected to cost appro-?
imately $12,000. On comple
ting her last voyage to South
eastern Alaska about a week a
go the Santa Ana was removed
from the service and tied up in
the East Waterway, Seattle,
where she now lies. Installa
tion of oil burners will take a
month or more and it is not
thought likely by officials of
the company that she will be
sent North again before March
or April.
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SEATTLE'S ALASKA
SHIPPING
"
For the benefit of those who
do not appreciate the large
number of steamships regular
ly sailing from Seattle to Alas
ka points, as well as those in
the far East who lack knowl
edge of this important trans
portation situation, it may be
well to give some facts in re
lation to the splendid service
offered by the steamship com
panies. The following figures
have been complied from tin
Daily Index for the year 1913.
an are as accurate as can be ol
lained. From January 1st, tc
December 31st, 1913. a grain
total of 385 sailings for Alask;
ports were reported, whirl
would lie more than an averagi
of one sailing for every one o
the calendar days.
Of the grand total, 348 sail
ings represented the regula:
sailings of organized steamshi]
companies, of which the separ
ate figures are as follows: Alas
ka Steamship Co., 130; Pacifh
Coast Steamship Co., 8(5; Xortl
land Steamship Co-, 43; Swai
.Navigation Co., 32; Ilumbold
Steamship Co.,20 Alaska Coas
Co., 17; Western Alaska Slean
ship Co., 4. With a total o
3 48 regular sailings from tin
port of Seattle to Alaska port
during one year, it can he read
iiy seen why the Alaska Inisin
css has been centered in tin
city of Seattle. Tibs year tin
number of sailings will lie fa:
grealer. The Alaska Steamshi;
Co., for example, having recen
ly inaugurated an entirely nev
freight service in addition t<
ils passenger lines and during
winter months give regula
freight service on I lie 5th. IgU
uul 25lh of each mouth, in ad
dilion lo its passenger sailing
on the 5th, 10th, lath, 20th
251 h and 30th of each month
and which will still further in
crease its large total of sail
ings for Ibo present cnlande
year, and lain* an nimmiremcn'
will he made b\ I lie ol her -cum
panies operating their increase;
service so that without an;
doubt Seattle, for the year 1914
I will have [hr \ ■ -can
ship serv i
handling 11.c ~_ , .. k
trade. In addition to Ihe ref
nlar steamships other larf
vessels, such as the St. Pm
Packard, Goss and the U.
ships, such as the Unalg
Burnsides, etc., special cha
ler sheninships such ns the Me
ville Dollar, Si. Helens, Bend
Bros, and others made a lot
made a total of 40 sailings ft
Alaska, thus completing tl
grand total of 385 departure
No mention has been made t
Ihe Grand Trunk Pacific wi
50 sailings, because the boa
of this company did not mal
any Alaska port. The Canadit
Pacific steamships, opcralii
from Vancouver, had 37 trij
(o Alaska; San Francisco, one
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Con
frr Ihe precinct of Sulzer, Tc
rilory of Alaska, Division N
t In Probate. Rslate of Frr
Ishuara, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given lb
J. D. Wynne has been duly a]
pointed administrator of 11
estate of Fred Isluiaro, decern
ed; and all persons havir
claims against said estate ai
hereby notified to exhibit ihei
wilh the necessary vouche
within six months after 11
first public,ation of (his noth
with the undersigned at h
Post Office address at Sulze
Alaska.
Dated fhis 12th, day of D<
rember 1013.
•I. D. WYNNE,
Administrator of Ihe estate (
Fred Ishuara deceased.
First publication Dec. 12, 101
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SERIAL NO. 01630
Application For
Homestead Ent
United States Land Offic
November 13, tot.3
Daniel Linderhorg, who°e pn
office address is Stewart,
(d., a citizen of the Unite
Stales, lining entitled to tl
benefit of Section 2280, R
vised Statutes, and of the pn
visions of the Act of Mare
3rd, 1013, has maele applicalic
'o enter the lands embraced
U. S, Survey No. 080, situate
in the north-westerly slio
icar the head of Portlai
dniial, in the Juneau T.ni
District, Alaska, and more pn
'cnlarly described as follow
Beginning at Cor. No. I, e
he north bank of creek
•aliin, whence U. S. I.. M. N
‘30 bears N.42 deg. 07min. P
1.27 csh., thence North, 10.1
hs. to Cor. No. 2; thene
Vest, 15.74 chs. In Cor. No. :
hence North, 8.45 chs. toC.o
o. 4; thence West, 4.f
hs. to Cor. No. 5; them
'Oiilh, 4 1.80 chs. to Cor. No.
• t higli water mark of Por
and Canal at I lie mouth <
'almoii river; thence, meancli
■g along said high wall
lark, (1) N. 85deg. 11 mi
k, 2.25 idis. (2) N. 83 do
5 min. Pd., 3.73 chs. (3) S. 7
’eg. 17 min. PI., 5. SO chs. (4
’. 51 deg. 20 min. E., 0.4
hs. (5) N. 27 deg. 54 min. P
-. 52 chs. (0) N. 13 deg 4
nin. Pd., 3.85 chs. (7
30 deg. 45 min Pd., 4. 70 ch
8) N. 35 deg. 00 min. E., 3.7
•hs. (0) N. 7 deg. 50 mil
W., 4. 14 chs. to Cor. No. '
t said high water mar]
hence West, 4.14 chs. to Co
\'o. 1, the. place of Iieginnini
dontaiuiiig an area of 7 1.8
icres.
Magnetic vacation at all cm
ers 30 deg. 00 pi in.Pd. j
Any and all persons claimin
idvorsely any portion of tli
hove described tract are r<
piired to file with (lie Regii
‘er and Receiver of the U. f
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska
heir adverse claim there
igaiust, under oath, durin
he sixty days period of tli
midicalion of this notice, t
within thirty days thereafle
ir lliev will lie harred. j
c! B. WALKER, Registc
U. S. Land Office, Junea
\ln -ka, November 13, 10 U
It is hereby ordered that Hi
‘oregoing notice, lie publishe
in Ihe Ketchikan Miner,
Weekly newspaper printed :
Ketchikan', Alaska, for 11 >
statutory period
C. B. Walker Regis’.
First publication Nov. 21, 101
Last publication Feb. 13, UU;