FROM 'WEDNESDAYS DAILY
"LILT WHITES” ELECT 5-HARRIS UNI
HENEGHAN WIN TOO
Well, the election is over, the
w ill of the sovereign people
has been expressed, and oi
::-e the be*-, men w n. Three
hundred votes w ere east, a re
:r. . s-Ke show mg considering
the fact that but S3''
-.1. had registered. The vote
stood:
For the Council
R Smith Harris, 185
Everett Paup, 17'>
F. E. Ryus 173
W. H. Patching 163
M. J. Heneghan 150
Peter Shark 155
M. B. Steers 135
H. L. Feddersen 133
George Che*n > It*-*
S. L. Myers 113
Eli Copeland ill
P. J. Gilmore 93
Henry Goemear 73
Glen Bartlett 63
For School Board
R. L. Petty 2R.
A. R. McDonald 81
The lea weather wa*.
probably as much anv . els«.
- nsiblf the big \
ling the womenfolk*
wn l the v ng plaet
- - was ■ •
er and awoke the surprise of
the watchers when the vote
were being counted. He appar
ently has several warm friends
here in Ketchikan, for 11 bal
lots appeared with but one "x"
mark on each, and that in
every* instance after his name.
The balance o! the ballots were
badly scratched with the ex
ception of 51 straight tickets
(< :• the “Lilly Whites." Masy
had but three of four names
voted for, while one man. evi
dently a believer in doing
things well voted for twelve
names, while another voter
marked eight. Both these bal
lots of course were thrown out.
As far as one could judge from
the writing on the ballots, the
women voted more intelligently
than many men. for they mark
ed their lionets in the square
foli wing the names, while
many of the men's ballots were
marked in front of the name, or
right up close to the name, and
i:i several instances, clear over
on the other side of the ticke*.
Thus showing that the fair sex
can handle the matter of vot
ing just as well as the men.
June i has dec led *o build
a ball d dhelitic park a'
h lies
of tho at a-; elevation o-f
idred feel bove s
lex . xx here Ih re is nc langtr
of h -h t; :e interfering with
the games.
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NEWLY WEDS RETURN
Perry Jenkins md wife are j
1. me ag . n. : g ret urned
n the i vt • ■ ssel Eureka,
which " wed r Perry’s new
: 1 river, sp< -
e.j for trap wc: k. George
Ro msefell - ys it - the finest
driver in this region, with the
single except on of the one
Heckman is now having re
paired at Loring. The Eureka
ha;.- frem Blaine and will re
turn to that port at once. The
\. xv 1 v we Is i very pleas
ant trip- both ways and an en
.■ • Lie v below.
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CANNERYMAN ARRIVES
J. T. Hume. - :perintenders;
of N k-.‘ cannery arrived up
1 Samps -
- '. has been busy today
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here Keb h:kan. Mr. Hume
t-the M er Man that h .*
•- to work the cannery i-j
the capacity this year and get
up a go ] h - pa k.
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- t x - s valued
* 1. each. .-toien from
' F banks, A] as
k . A . which have
object ■ seard
thr g: - ‘he l':,.ted State
were recovered at Seattle Lv
D-r :• United ~ -e- Marshal
J. F. W the arrival
of W am Mu. . fic.m Alaska.
M at fir.-t dc ed the theft
but hater, the pole * say admit
ted t. pi* d.r.i'w ‘he officer
g ! prevent Baily
from learning the lentity of
the man who • • k the skins.
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Ed. Holmes, a miner, was
• : few w- -k- --so in the
Ch:-h.ag..f mtr.te. . . -he fall in?
of a -i ib of rock.
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E Wood, i English
miner r Dawson ended his
life 5>v utting his throat with
a i izor.
Let the Miner do your job
printing.
CERES ARRIVES
FROM SOUTH
With Sam Bartholemew a
captain and Heine Henning n
the stoke hole, the tender
Cere? for the Ketchikan Can
nery arrived up from the south
thi- morn ins. She brought two
- ws for the local cannery.
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M'CULLOCH WILL SERVE
AS THE FLOATING COURT
The ' me cutter McCul
. b to 1 • a r iered to take
irt from Valdez
; - this sum me r.
Shi will reach Valdez late in
June sad the court will leave
Valdez about July 1. Judge F.
M. Brown w ill be the presiding
judge and will be accompanied
v h.- private -ecretary I. Ham
burger. M irshal Brenneman
will make the trip a? execuative
officer of tb.e court. Arthur
Lang, clerk of the court, will
moke the trip. An as-i-tant
listrict 11 be assign
ed to the floating court, but
who it will be is not known. It
is probable the president will
have appointed a new district
attorney to this division by the
time the court starts west. The
headquarters of the McCulloch
are at San Francisco. The boat
is a trifle larger than the Theti
which made ‘he trip last year,
but is a much older boat.
What might have resulted
far more seriously than th.
burning of a hon?e. was nar
rowly averted l>y the prompt
action of two men who stood
■ io-e to the doors at the Son
f Norway hall last Sunday
evening. At the 'ime the fire
iarm reached the hall which
v,' - .••rowde-J with people, a
"knave" veiled fire. In an in
stant vi I rushed 1
doors and only for the action
of those men in opening the
: r-. women or children
might have been trampled to
• > ■ ‘ h. A p - rson w ho is so
‘: gh‘le-- -- to veil fie in a
v. 1 public !. . ling, -hould
: - ; -bed a- a criminal of
the w r - - kind. Ti e u-e of a
■e - n ‘•en-e in time of
dar ge. will go a g way to
ward averting shocking disa?
ter. Unfortunately, fools wi'i
remain among the living to the
end of time.-Petersburg Pro
gressive.
PRINCE OLAF IS SEIZED
BY A CANADIAN VESSEL
According to a report receiv- :
ed recently the American gas
halibut schooner Prince Olaf,
owned by the Everett Fish Co.,
of Everett, was seized by the
Canadian fishing cruiser Mal
ashina and towed to Prince
Rupert. The officers of the
Canadian cruiser assort that
the American vessel was fish
ing within the 3-mile limit of
Canadian shores and subject
to seizure.
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD
It s generally understood that
thwiihstanding efforts of var
ious lobbies in Washington to
secure terminals for different
points on the Alaskan seaboard*
the government w.ll select the
shortest route to the coal fields
and the one that will at the
same time open up the great
est amount of agricultural and
mineral territory.
Routes Considered
Six routes are being consid
e: ed.
From Portage Canal through
the Matanuska coal fields to
rbanks, which is fifty-three
miles shorter than
route to the interior waterway,
and has the advantage of pos
sessii g v< slight g
Portage Canal w- - irveyed by
Captain! Rede of the oast and
g< let sum with e s
■ ; T ku Iasi • I it
s said • i sph 11 i bor.
perfectly protested and free
e. This i ■ w s dis
ed after the \i ?-k •. railroad
commission had f:: -shed its
work. On this route it will be
ess * ■ 1 uild a two mile
tunnel.
The second route being con
sidered runs f Sew
Kn k Arm and then'e through
the Matenuska coal fields
Fairbanks. Ti e d -tame
fifty-three miles gr- ater to the
coal fields than the Portage
Canal route and the grades are
heavier.
The third route is from Chit
ina. at Mile 131 on the Copper
River and Northwestern Rail
road. to Fairbanks with a spur
fr. m the same railroad at Mile
39 to the Bering River coal
fiedls. Since the Bering River
coal was recently declared to be
unavailable for naval purposes
it is likely that the.plan to build
the spur to this fo ld will be
abandoned by the government
at least until after another test
of the coal h- been made.
The fourth route runs from
Valdez, through the Keystone
Canyon, following the line of
the wagon road bull* by the Al
aska Road Commis-ion. This
route would make the distance
from the coast to the r a! field
greater than by either Sc war.’
or Portage Bay. Valdez was
selected as 11 ••
Guggenheim road to Chitirn
■ and Kennieolt, but was aban
doned when what was believer?
better routi from Cor
was found.
The fifth route has Haines
M " '.n. r.ear for jf<
‘epmi T! - ? • <? would
'o'?en a vast amount of territory,
but part of the road would have
to be built in Canadian terri
; tory.
The sixth route i- from Shin
Cr-'-ek on Cook*' T let to the
Matanuska fie! 1 and ther.ee <o
Fairbanks. Thi- is by far short
er than any other route, but i*
has not been seriously ■ -id
ered because of the fact th?1
Cook'- Inlet is filled ••. ‘h ice
for a portion of the year and
i~, hardly navigable for birr
-hip- becau-e of the huge tide
that rushes through it and
makes navigation an extremely
risky proposition.
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Job printing al the Miner.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
HYDROGENATORS
CREW ARRIVES
J. H. Scott, manager for the
Ilydrogenators company, which
is building a plant at Ward's
Cove, arrived up on the Ala
meda and will proceed at once
to his station. Mr. Scott
brought north a crew of men
to erect the new plant, and ex
pects to have the work going on
the*mam plant without any de
lay.
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CHANGES IN PORTS OF CALL
The Alaska Steamship com
pany announce that withthe
sailing of the steamer North
western next Sunday, the larg
er vessels of that company will
cease calling in at Haines. That
place will be supplied hereaf
ter by the company with the
Jefferson and Dolphin only.
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THE BRITISHER
GETS THE BENEFIT
There has been considerable
speculation in Alaskan towns
as to what became of the duty
formerly charged on British
Columbia coal, since the pr>n*
of thiscoal has been uniformly
. ghe. o c nsumers after the
;■«. movai uf the duty.
It was supposed of course, in
line with free trade arguments,
hat with 'he removal of the
duty th_ c*. al would be that
:heaj r I msumers.
liven I t fore the strike occur
red to help boost the price,
there was no reduction in the
ice. The Valdez Prospector
has figured it out that the com
pany gets the benefit. It says:
"T!u coal companies of Brit
-h Columbia have raised the
price of coal 50 cents the ton
~o a? to absorb the 45 cents
duty formerly paid by Ameri
can importers.”
“When the duty was in force
it paid all the expenses of runn
ing the customs offices in Alas
ka. The money for this is now
taken from the United States
treasury, therefore is an indi
rect tax on the consumer, in ad
dition to paying British Colum
bia operators 50 cents more
per ton for coal. In theory, it
wa« intended tha the consum
ers -hould get the benefit of
the removal of the duty, but it
does not work out that way in
practice.
"The be-' solution of the
whole question.” in the view of
one Alaskan, “is to open Alas
ka coal mines. We have just
as good grades of coal as may
be found in any part of the
world and when it is placed in
competition with outside coal
thf’re ousrht to be a difference
in favor of tne Alaskan pro
duct. We would at least have
the satisfaction of knowing that
our money went to pay wages
of the heads of families resid
>- s in Alaska and thus be build
ing up our own communities,
instead of contributing to the
support of British Columbia.”
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CHISANA !S STILL
UNKNOWN COUNTRY
Charle- Montford, writing
f”om Chisana under date of
r v r • 1'i -ays 1 hat nothing
more i- known of that section
than was known last July, as
'it i = impossible to get to bed
rock on account of the ground
bcjng wet. He says that it will
be necessary to n«e drills to de
termine if there are any more
-pots with pay outside of the
two miles of shallow ground on
Bonanza and Eldorado that is
already known to have it. The
letter states that there is noth
ing for people to stampede in
fo the country for and that
there has not been enough pros
porting done to know whether
a!) of the pay has been discov
ered or not. At any rate he
says if is too early to condemn
the country.
SPOKANE NORTHBOUND
With 12G passengers on
board the steamer Spokane
made port about seven o’slock
this morning. She had 4." tons j
of freight on board for Ketch
ikan and 1G passengers for the
same place.
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NEW CLERK AT KUBLEY’S
Miss Hazel Richards arrived
on the Alameda la-1 night to
take a position behind tiie
counter at Kubley's store. The
young lady has had consider
able experience along this line
and will no doubt become a
favorite with the store s pat
rons.
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TOBACCO STOCK ARRIVES
The tobacco stock for Julius |
Wertheimer's Cigar Factory ar
rived up on the Spokane this
morning and he will get his
plant going within the next day
or two. He has leased the room
next door to the New York Res
taurant for his factory,
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A. YV. Quist, the contractor,
wa- a passenger on last night's
boat on his wayto Juneau. His
company was erecting one of
the buildings which recently
blew down in Juneau.
MINERS SETTLE DISPUTE
The following comunicalion
was received from a correspon
dent in Sunrise concerning the
miner's meeting recently held
(here to settle a dispute between
'wo prospectors:
The first miner's meeting
or a i years was held in
Sunri.-e ..larch 2. The occas
ion was a disagreement be
tween two prospectors enroule
for the Iditarod. A satisfactory
dissolution of partnership and
an equitable division of the out
fit was affected in less than an
hour.
In the early days of the Sixty
mite district, when the nearest
court was in Sitka, all disputes
and differences of a serious
character were settled in the
miner'- meetings. About 15
year- ago a commissioner was
station d at Sunrise. That ar
rangement marked the end of
ihe miner’s meeting-.
Here are some points of dis
tin*’tion between the processes
of ju-tice in a miners’ meeting
and those that obtain in the
court:
i. The business of a miner’.
meeting is conducted in the
English language. Until Judge
J. L.Gallaher. of Kodiak, con
vene.! court in Sunrise, to try
a lady for selling whiskey
to an Indian such expressions
- C .pias, Certiorair, Alias writ
spo ident, plainliff-in-error,
Gav- Emplor, de bonis non
f tabooed in the camp Com
mi'-oner Brooks. Brownlow,
Hiidr-.-Hi and Goodell did what
faithful officers could to pop
ularize these and kindred legal
term-, but men engaged in
placer mining don’t take kindly
to such talk.
2. There is a time limit on
all thr* proceedings of a miner’
meeting. Most controversies
are settled in so many minutes,
and it is an unusual difficulty
that can’t be -Heightened on1
hour-. Thi- arrangement
-com- to suit the contestants
and miners’ but in the court -
learned counsel often seem
hurried if expected to finish a
ease in three years.
3. There is not a cent of ex
pense attaching to a trial be
fore a miners’ meeting.
Though the matters may in
volve thousands of dollars, d
is tried and settled without
money and without price. This
defect i- most apparent to law
yers, but it is extremely popu
lar with the contestants.
There is not one appea1
from the decision of a miners'
meeting to ten from the decis
ion- of a court.—Seward Gate
way.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Town of Ketchikan, 1913-14.
Receipts
United States Licenses, $10,021.40
City Taxes' Collected, $11,301.58
Street Assessments Collected, $li<;,00
Municipal Court Collections, $2,036.00
Total, $33,104.04
DISBURSMENTS
Overdraft M. M. Bank .April I-I, "to ^1.41 4.1 < *
Miseelaueous Accounts, $2,570.05
Municipal Government, $3,801.21)
Public Schools, $10,735.30
Library, $10.34
Street Impiovements and Maintain
enee $10,382.07
Fire Department $3,302.30 *
Sewers, $4 30.20
Total, $32,720.80
Cash Balance in M. <x.. Bank 3-3 l-'14 $443.78
total $33,10 4.04
Town warrants out s landing unpaid April 1st.
1014, $287.05.
M. A. M1TC11KLL.
•? ' Town Treasurer.
REAL ESTATE
CHANGES HANDS
II. L. Feddersen the local
real estate dealer reports the
transfer of the Walter Thoma
property, lot ti of block 0. in
Newtown to Capt. Shepherd of
the Mary Island Light. Capt.
Shepherd is satisfied that real
estate is a safe bet in Ketchi
kan, hence his investment.
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JACK iVIARCUSON DIES
Poor old Jack Marcuson died
at five o’clock last night as the
result of the paralysis which
attacked him some couple of
; months ago. There had been
: absolutely no hope for him
from the first but everything
possible had neen done to make
his last hours as comfortable n
[po-sible by Dr. Story and Nur-o
John Campbell, and he quietly
pas-ed away while asleep la-1
; evening.
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ALAMEDA IN AND OUT
The big ship Alameda arris
id up at about ten o'clock la-i
| night after a fine trip north.
She had 22 i passengers on
: board, of whom about thirty
S were for Ketchikan. The ves
sel discharged 28 tons ol
freight for Ketchikan and got
: away for the north about
twelve-thirty. Included in the
passengers on board were eight
| members of the whaling com
i pany which will operate out of
Akutan this coming summer.
1 They will leave the Alameda at
Seward and finish their trip on
! the Dora.
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LANDS A GOOD JOB
W. F. Bishop, known to old
timers as the purser of the
| steamer Islander at the time
she sank off Douglas island,
has landed in a -oft berth at
Victoria of which town he ha
been a resident for some time,
lie was appointed postmaster
recently, succeeding Noah Web
ster, who retired after holding
down the position for twenty
five years.
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FIREMEN HAVE A
LIVELY MEETING
Ketchikan’s volunteer fire
! men met at the Fire Hall last
night for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing
year, and selected the following
■ for recommendation to the
Council for appointment: D.
\V. Hunt, chief; F. II. Hold, as
sistant chief; \V. T. James
r-ec.-treas.; John Koel, O. \V.
Williams and \\'. K. Spaulding
members of the hoard of trust
ees; W. T. James, captain of
the chemical; Harvey Stackpole
hose company No. f; Lawrence
Kubley, hose company No. 2;
Jock Sparling, hose company
No. 3; John Koel hook and lad
der.
Fire Chief Hunt, Sec.-trcas.,
James and John Koel were re
elected unanimously, but the.
selection of the balance result
en in some lively balloting.
1 Fremont King was named as
D. SMITH HARRIS
ELECTED MAYOR
I lie old order stepped down
mid outlast night at the Coun
cil Chambers and the new took
il- place. Six members of the
old Council were present,
cleaned up their business. 1NI
ened to the remarks of the re
tiring mayor, M. J. lleneglian,
who thanked them for their
taitlifulness and punctuality
in attending the meetings of
tlie council, and the harmony
1 hat had prevailed thereat.
Councilman Piltengcr on be
half of the G ouiicil responded
(o the Mayor’s remarks, stal
ing that the meetii of the
Council had been harmonious
because every individual com
prising it bad worked for the
general interests of the town,
and expressed the hope that
the condition would exist in
the incoming Council. One
thing should be borne in mind
and remedied if possible be
said, and that is that Ihe Coun
cil is compelled to work with
out charter or any rule to go
by. The law provides for some
things but is wlmly lacking in
others, and the result is (lie
council has to do the best they
can as they see it, and take
lheir chances on satisfying
their constituents.
Then, on motion of Hchlothan
and Piltinger, the old council
adjourned, sine die.
The new council was then
sworn in by City Magistrate
Plumlcy, and signed (lie oalli
; of office. Temporary organ
ization was then effected by
| electing F. E. ltyus temporary
j chairman and Judge Plumlcy
temporary secretary.
Nomination- for Mayor were
I hen made by ballot and Harps
| received three voles,Ityus two
I ami Patching aud Paup one
each. On mol ion Ihe two lower
names were stricken out, and
Ihe council then proceeded to
vote on the election of the
mayor, with the, result (hat Jfar
j i is received four, to three for
Ryus and on motion of Ryus,
; was declared unanimously el
ected President of the Council
t and ex-Officio Mayor.
■ After suitable remarks by the
Mayor it was decided (hat Lh?
| appointment of lln* commil'cex
and the naming of the lawn of
ficials be po~l,poned until next
Wedne.-dav evening, after
, which the, council adjourned.
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IMPROVING THE LOTUS
The work of improving Ihe
i Lotus Bar is moving right n
I long. The barroom has been
: generally overhauled and plast
ered, and a new bar and back
bar have been ordered, which
will he installed on Ihe soulh
side of Ihe 100m. New plate
glass windows will replace the
old fronl, and Ihe entire place
will be brought up to date by
! Churchill & Smith Ihe new own
ers, who intend to make the
Lotus the finest and most
comfortable place in town.
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