i.ii.vic ...tan;, c. ■ r tile
Year Thompson’s store build
ing will be cut down about tei
feet on the front, whicl
will put- it back to the properl
line on the west side of Fro;
street- This will materially ii
prove that side of the st'ee
and if the other property owi
ers will now follow suit Fror
street will begin to look lik<
somethin g.
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Presidesi, Mexico, Dec-3
The vanguard of the Const1
tutionalist army reached tb
outposts of Ojinaga last nigl
and immediately invested tb
place. During the night a de;
was fixed up between them an
the federal soldiers, and whe
the former attacked this morn
ing the federals mutined a
gainst their officers and man
ed over lo the rebels. A gen
end advanve was then mad
which resulted in tbe Constiti
ionalisfs capturi all the ou
posh of the town. The fed
end soldiers in various othe
places ore reported on th
verge of mutiny and ready b
join the rebels.
Mexico City.Dec. 30—Report
con.c from the north that tbc
rebels in the northern part ar
ti'ing A....;icon army rifle
and are plentifully supplie
with ammunition.
Later—A white flag was sen
into Ojinaga about noon todm
and a conference between tin
rebel general and the ferera
commander was arranged fo
this afternoon. It is believer
that the federals will be in
v'ted to march out with thei
arms and join the rebel arrm
t! is generally conceded tha
Ojinaga i< in poor 'hape for
- ecre as the hill' to the soul1
r tntnand the city, and the--'
tbc rebels are believed to be r
command of.
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DANCE THE NEW YEAR IF
The Red Men will n >l plac.
jhe rckels for their Yew Year
r'Atr m.-o ',p on sale around tow
as I- customary but tbe bo
( ■ ■ at the hall will L.c ope
1 • "’it o’clock so that you ca
• -e your tickets there 'lb
' vvi'l be appropriately dec
/■‘■a'ed tor the occasion an
sreo't music has been secure’’
Tie member the date, Wedpes
ri o n? Dec. 31, and b1
< • ■. dance tbe Old Year o’
’ 'he Yew "Near in. You"
r r! ,-0,-r friends there. ad
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t: v of Mexico, Dee. 30- U >
< red Idy reported here that tb
?’P i(,n eyndioate ha- offere
;i loan of twelve art'
- r : a'1' million dollars for t)
[’ rr*a administration, and ar
< hare control of the Mex
j( rr crstoms to guarantee re
rayment.
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New Ha****). eDc. 30—Jest <
V/i’lard proved altogether to<
tj irh for George Rodel la.'
r tik kno1 king him out in th*
n oth round of their fight
W illard, who was the favorit*
at considerable odds did no
have to extend himself at an:
time.
Fi-hing operations at Cor.
yd ient cove have stopped con
i,; and the barge Amerir i
with about. ■- thousand tons o
herring on board is ready to be
tewed soi:th. The =eason has
I,ppi: only fair, about two thou
sand tori' of fish in ail has
been cured, one-half of whim
had been hauled south. The
r, ,> of fi'li ha- had less to do
with the amount of fi'h put up
than the unsatisfactrov condi
tion of market. The fish i
r, r,-.) exclusively for the Chin
ese trade, and the un-eltled
political conditions prevailing
in that country are such that
business is at a standstill.
I
i■.. • v i . jit uim Of J t'«.»•
mg taken into consideration
as probably been the. finest
1011th of the year- According
weather observer Peckham.
s far there have been 12
ear days in the month. Tin
west reading the thermom
er has shown was 2.8 during
le night of the 24th. The
armest day was the 2nd.,
ith 52 degrees, while ye«ter
iv with 46 degrees wasn’t so
'ry far behind it.
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A stone carving, representing
man in a sitting posture was
nnd by Mr. Charles Ulanky.
homesteader, while plowing
n his land in the vicinity of
‘ish river, on Knik arm. The
arving appears in a rounded
oulder, on the bottom, and
hows a fine peice of handi
ork of the mediaeval age. The
nil figure of a man is careful
v carved out. Ulanky has re
eived flattering money offers
or the carving, but he propos
s to present it to the govern
•lent museum at Sitka.
* ♦ +
Nome faces bankruptcy
■wing to the uncollectable tax
's on. the property lost during
he big storm. The city had
een living up to its probable
’iconic on the estimates of
previous years’ revenue. It is
stimated that the taxes on the
aroperty destroyed would have
’een more than $10,000. Sev
'ral saloons, from which a rev
nue was derived through the
icenses have.gone out of bus
ness, and the council will have
o retrench in many ways to
eep the school up to the stan
ard.
The Auk bay group of lode
lining claims at Auk bay eight
cn in number, have been bond
d to H. R. Plate, a miningen
•ineer said to represent Wil
am B. Thompson and asso
iates of New York In this deal
"he price agreed upon is $200,
'00.
+ + ♦
The weather office at Bor
ova recently reported that the
reoipitation between January
st and November 1st., of this
>\ar was 17 1 inches. Six in
aes of rainfall a day was not
frequent. The change of
''mate, that has been suppos
'd to have been caused by die
li fting of the ocean currents,
as raised the temperture «
ng the const and also greatly
ucreased tlie rainfall. Cordova
- said to be the rainiest city
nder the American flag.
Several hundred masts are
mug made and shipped from
mber mille in the state o!
Vashington for the Panama
'.acii'ic International Expo>d
■on. They are of fir. some of
hem 125 feet high, and they
| v;n be placed around the
•ronuds and buildings, to fly
tecorative flags, standards and
tennants that will be parts of
he general color and decor
dive scheme of the exposition.
+ + *
C. S. W. Darrwell, the engine
r in charge of the overland
rail improvements near Daw
son, reports that the automo
bile road from Whitehorse to
Dawson has been practiealh
completed for a distance of
150 miles, between White
horse and Yukon Crossing, and
that another year’s work will
nut the road in good condition
for either wagon pr automobile
travel.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Dawson curlers recently
held a rousing time in the hall
of Dawson alheletic associa
tion, during which, according
o advices received from the
■■eslivities, all who attended
-ere filled with Scotch vim,
ind drunk (with enthusiasm.)
a I'uuni m uue 01 the utauvun
bunk huses recentlv.
♦ ♦ +
Tom Radonich, well known
caterer and proprietor of the A1
aska Grill, paid a fine of five
dollars in the Commissioners
court at Juneau a short time a
go for having more than 25
ducks or waterfowl in his pos
session at one time.
+ * ♦
Chris Lauredson of Fair
banks, who attempted to travel
over the trail from Fairbanks to
Valdez in two days with a mot
orcycle, gave up the attempt
and returned to Fairbanks. He
will try again when the roads
are in better condition.
♦ ♦ *
The Fairbanks Times con
tends that the ravages of in
fantile paralysis, among the
Indians of the lower river
,vere sta>?d by the prompt ac
tion of George E. Boulton, Mip
(1 intendj. t of public schools
in that suction.
♦ ♦ +
All the natives living with in
300 miles of Nome were in
vited to attend the big potlatch
in that citv. Native runners
v
scoured the country in every
direction, extending the- invita
tions to the scattered tribes.
♦ ♦ ♦
Two births in one day is a
pretty good record for Skag
way. and proves that this sect
tion of Alaska is prolific in
other directions than those of
horticulture and agriculture.—
Alaskan.
+ * +
Gus Franzen and Carl Stark
enberg, report having walked
from Ruby City on the Yukon
to Cordova in 21 days.
♦ + ♦
The Skagway paper is aston
ished that there should be
found in Haines fourteen dem
ocrats to hold a mass meeting
and form a democratis club,
when at the delegate election
for congress less than two
years ago Jennings, democra
tic candidate for congress go*
nary vote in the precinct. The
Alaskan forgets that this is a
great year for flip flops.—Ex.
+ + +
The Valdez freighters are so
busy arranging for the carry
ing of freight to the new placer
camps of the interior that they
did not care to enter into any
contract to carry Uncle Sam's
mail. No one from Valdez
made a bid for the work. There
is mory money in freighting as
| they are fully equipped for that
| business,—Commoner:
AAA
The Eagles at Cordova will
not allow ragging at their
dances.
+ ♦ +
Grub is scarce in the Xel
ehina samp and horse meat is
selling for 25 cents a pound
for dog feed.
* ♦ ♦
Alaskan friends of the fam
ous Godfrey Chealander will
be pleased to learn that he has
gone back to the land. In other
words he is now a farmer.
♦ ♦ ♦
SALMON FISHING |N SIBERIA
Advices are to the effect that
fishing inEastern Siberia were
good, the catch of salmon a
: the southern part of the west
ern coast of Kamchatka being
! reported as excellent. Keta or
dog salmon made up 10 to 15
j per cent of the total. Fish
were abundant in the Okhotsk
Sea, but stormy weather made
fishing impossible. Large
quantities of fish were caught
I in the rivers, however, about
10,800,000 pounds of '.cla be
ing taken from the Amur River
Japanese initative has brought
great activity In the canning in
dustrv, several Japanese firms
!
having established plants with
excellent equipment.
ion 1-ai.uy removing lour oi Un
regents of the University of
Washington. He is going to
^appoint progressives in their
places.
GOES VISITING
Mrs. R. D- Reese was a pas
senger for the south on the
last Alki. She will visit her
mother and expects to be gone
for some time.
■ —♦— •
San Francisco, Dec. 20—The
police today took in custoday
three men who were acting in
a suspicious manner and when
they searched their premises
they found enough ponder and
/infernal machines to destroy
/the entire city if it were set off
at once.
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NEW CANNERY IN DISTRICT
Word has been received that
E. F. Moore hac organized a
company in Portland and will
install a cannery at Georges
fillet this season. He expect?
to be here with his crew and
start building operations right
after the first of the year so as
lo be ready to can fish by the
time the season opens. The
cannery will be a one line
plant operated by water power
from the stream at the old Lon
DeVan mine, where Mr. Moorr
was formerly suprintendent.
Their capacity will be about
thirty thousand cases a year.
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WILL QUIT FISHING
A. W. Kelly, of the barge
America came in Saturday
from Convenient Cove and cabl
cd for a tug to come and take
the «hip back to Seattle a« they
have completed the seasons
catch. They have taken and
cured 2,100 tons of herring
this season hut the fish are
scarce and the market is low
so they will quit until next win
ter.
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HAS BIG LOAD
The halibut boat Seymour
which cleared from here for
Seattle by way of the fishing
banks went south this morning
without stopping. She appear
ed to be very heavily loaded.
r-r
Andy F. Hoye, game warden
, at Fairbanks, reports that fur
bearing animals are not as
plentiful in the Bonnifield dis
trict as formerly but that there
is lots of larger game.
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When the Alki went south
last Saturday she had BO boxes
; of fresh halibut from northern
points, 515 boxes of frozen
halibut from Sitka, 15,517
cases fresh salmon from here,
j <»0 tons of miselaneons and 57
: gas accumulators from the
light house. She will make
Sitka on her next trip north.
-+
Washington, Dec. 20—Sur
geon General George Torney
of the regular army died here
today of pneumonia after a
1 hard fight lasting several days.
-*
Seattle, Dec. 20 The Alaska
| Fish Company, of Ketchikan,
i has awarded a contract to
Babare Brothers of Tacoma
for the construction of two
fishing boats to be used near
Ketchikan. The boats are to
cost ten thousand dollars each
and are to bp delivered within
sixty days- Local members of
the company announced today
that the boats were to be used
at Sunny Point and Waterfall
ag cannery tenders and would
be about fifty five feet in
'length. They are to be dupli
cates of the White Bear owned
by the Northwestern Fisheries
Company and which was here
this summer.
There will be a difference of
opinion about construction by
the government of an adequate
transportation system for Alas
ka, to be operated by the gov
ernment or by private lease as
may be later settled. Rut this
much is apparent the govern
ment either ought to clear the
way to private enterprise or go
ahead itself. The situation is
not creditable to congress, and
it is oppressive to the Alaskans
Sorely needed capital and in
dustry are practically barred
from any opportunity to go in
and expand along natural lines
The theory of conservation pur
ports to guard against the ex
ploitation of the nation’s nat
ural resources for private gain;
but not even the most radical
conservationist believes in
hoarding them. It may be
a nice question in some cases
if exploitation involving private
dividends is not more to the
public interest than abandon
ment of all enterprise. Alas
ka has been called the Cinder
ella of the sisterhood. She has
been in bondage, neglected
now for seven years, and the
thing to do is to release her.
There surely has been study
enough of her needs in all this
time to produce some workable
plan for development.—Provi
dence Journal.
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NEW PLAN EVOLVED
FOR SNOW AUTOMOBILE
Every possible kind of a
scheme has been tried with a
view of making the automobile
practical for snow transporta
tion in the interior or Alaska.
William James, of Fairbanks
thinks he has at last solved
the problem. He has had
specially made runners of light
steel, four and six inches wide,
to be fastened on the front
wheels. The driving power is
to be furnished by the rear
wheels, the only change being
heavy chains fastened to them
The forward runners are easih
fastened on or taken off, ac
cording to snow conditions.
Should Mr. James’ plan prove
a success it will revolutionize
transportation along the main
traveled routes of the interior.
REPAIRS TO ALBATROSS
Tlie very extensive repairs
the U. S. Fisheries steamer
Albatross are well under way
at the United Engineering
Works in San Francisco and
will he completed about the
first of the year. In anticipa
tion of the putting of this ship
into commission verious ap
plication for her detail to
special vork on the Pacific
Coast have been received by
the Bureau of Fisheries. It is
the intention, however, to take |
up first and follow to its con
clusion the survey of the fish
ing banks lying off the coasts
of Al.vka, Washington and
| Oregon. The resources of these
grounds will be determined by
fishing trials with lines, gill
nets and other aparatus, and
the commercial value of these
outlying hanks will be made
known to the fishermen. It
is to be hoped that as soon as
this work is completed the ves
sel will take up the very impor
tant work of searching for new
halibut grounds in Alaska and
determination of the extent ol
those now frequented by our
halibut fishing vessels,
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BURNSIDE’S PILOT DIES
Seattle, Dee. 3i—'The' cable
ship Burnside reports by wire
less that Pilot Frank Walsh
died on board the vessel last
night as she was proceeding
south from KetchikaOn to Ibis
port.
' i
The contract was recently'n
warded to a Seattle firm by a
syndicate in which John Dan
iels of the Tam and Ai js inter
ested for the construction oj
an eight-dory schooner, 1 Of
feet long and having a 20V_>
foot beam. The schooner
which will cost $25,000, wil'
have a capacity of 150,000
pounds. She will be ready b>
March. A 140-h. p. Standard
gas engine will be used.
,— ....
Henry O. Smith, federal fisl
eries agent, has just completer
a survey of the halibut fisliin;
industry in Southeastern Alas
ka and the figures show a flee
of 200 boats to be operating
-1-— —
The Cordova Alaskan say;
that the wind blew so hard
down there the other day Ilia
“the stove pipes were blowi
down and the streets wen
blocked.” Must have been lot;
of stove pipe.—Ex.
+ + ♦
John Mezger of Pox, and I7
C. Taggart, of Deadwood, Al
aska, have been appointe
notaries public by Gov. J. 1
A. Strong.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In ;he Commissioner’s Cour
for the Precinct of Ketehi
lean, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given tba
William A. Connell bar bee:
duly appointed administrate
with the will annexed of 111
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
teased; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit then
with the necessary voucher
within six months after th<
f rst publication of this notice
wilh the undersigned at hi
place of business, the Stedmai
11.ale!, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4th day of Septcm
her, 1013.
WIL LIAM A. CONNELL
Xdminislrator of the Estale oi !
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Gins. II. Cosgrove, attorney foi
Administrator. 0-20-13
Notice of Fina! Settlement
In the Commissioner’s Cour
For Ketchikan Precint No. 8
Alaska.
In the Mailer of the Estate of
William Kroling, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, tha
the undersigned lias filed k
Hie above court his final ac
count of administration of tin
above estate, and that Mondaj
December 1st, 1913, at I
o dock p.m. at the Commis
sioners office at the Cour
House at Ketchikan, Alaska
lias been appointed as the da;
and place for the hearing o!
any objections to such fina
account and the settlement
thereof.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Com
for !he Precinct or Keteliikai
Territory of Alaska. Divisio.
No. 1 : In Probate.
Estate of B. S. Ilolt, de' tc-ed
Notice is hereby given tha
Dan Nelson has been duly op
pointed administrator of Hie e>
'ate of R. S. Holt, deceased
°nd all persons haxit'.v claim
against said estate a;e herem
notified lo exhibit them witi
the necessary vouchers wilhii
-ix months after the first pub
licalion of .this notice with th
undersigned at his post offic
address at Kasaan, Alaska
Baled this 19th day of Jum
1013. I
DAN NELSON,
Administrator o fthe Estate
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney oi
of R. S. Holt, deceased.
Administrator. ,
Administrator,
.Chas. li. Cosgrove, attorney for
» i
W i V. fc. •> W i • -
The pack of the Midnight
Sun Packing Company, amount
mg (o 700 cases of trout and
10 barrels of silver salmon
bellies arrived on Dee.3 on llio
S. s. Corwin, the company’s
vessel, having been (‘aught in
the ice while on a trip to Point
Harrow. The small pack is ex
plained by the fact that early
in (he season a whale got into
the spiller of Ihe only trap op
erated and after gorging him
self with ils contents, gave a
.flirt of his tail, which scattered
'lie trap in till directions, irret
’ievably destroying it, and
hen swam away
-+ -
The Tanana Valley Demo
cratic Club lias hopes that the
text democratic convention for
'lie territory of Alaska will he
held in Fairbanks sometime
text July
Account and Petition For
Distribution
n The Matter of the Estate
-+
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
A'olice is hereby given that
he final account of Henry
I Toemaere the administrator of
he estate of Helen Johnson,
eceased, has been rendered
t said court for settlement,
I ml that a petition for a final
I 'islribulion of the estate has
| ecu filed with said account,
[ nd that the 9th day of Dec
mber, 1913, at 2 o,clock p. m.
| as been duly appointed by
| "lid court for the settlement of
aid account and hearing oi
lid petition, at which time any
erson interested in said es
aie may appear and file his
xceplions, in writing, to said
ccottnf, and contest the same.
Dated this 71li day of Octo
er, 1913.
E. S. Stackepole,
Probate Judge,
'diaries IT. Cosgrove,
Utornev for Administrator.
•-+
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice ks given that pursuant
o the provisions of section 27S
f part 5, of the Alaska Code of
'ivil Procedure, I will offer
or saie upon the premises of
he Northland Dock Company
t. 2 o’clock in Ihe afternoon of
he 2bth. day of October 1013,
0 the highest bidder for cash
lie purse seign, which can he
ecu at Ihe cabin of C. A. John
on on Pennock Island.
Tins sale is conducted by me
or the purpose of satisfying
ny loin for labor bestowed
hereon and materials furnish
'd at the special instance and
equest of Ilarry Ringstad.
(aid Ilarry Ringstad having fail
id, refused and neglected to
iay just and reasonable char
res for said labor and material,
'.mounting to the sum of nine
y dollars, ($00.00) and ten
1 oilars, ($10.00) storage and
harges of sale.
A. IT. JOHNSON,
Ty his attorney, Glias. II. Cos
grove.
Dated this 2nd day of Octo
ber, 1013, Ketchikan, Alaska
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In Ihe Commissioners Cour1
'or the Precint of Ketcliikai
Territory of Alaska, Division
No. 1: In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
VV. II. Gilmour has been duly
appointed administrator of <hi
estale of Timothy Mr.Mah
ice-cased;and all persons 1 .i\
iug claims against said estain
are hereby notified to exhibii
them with the necessary voi.
diers within six months aftei
ihe first publication of i.b
notice with the undersigned a
his place of business the ’
m i ral.
Dalet\ this 22nd day of S<"
temper, 1013.
VV. II. GILMiiUR.
Administrator of the Estau
of Timothy McMahan, de
ceased.