FROM SATURDAY'S DAILY
POTLATCHED THE PRIZE
The members of the Poca
hontas last night decided to
present to the Civic Club the
£25.00 prize money received
for the best float in the Fourth
of July parade. Their action
;? commendable and good use
can be made of the money by
the club.
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K. S. Bush by, Chief Inspec
tor of Customs for the Domin
ion of Canada, was a passenger
on the Sophia this morning. He
is on his way to Ottawa after
his annual trip through the
Yukon district.
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BURNER IS WORKING
The new oil burner of the
heating plant of the Koel build
ing is now working to the sat
isfaction of both John and In
man the plumber. It will be
given a thorough trying out to
ascertain the cost of oil com-!
pared with coal or wood.
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JEFF AND N. W. IN
The steamers Jefferson and
Northwestern of the Alaska
Steamship company were in
port early this morning, both
«- of them southbound. The form
er vessel had 68 passengers on
board and after proceeding t >
the oil dock for fuel left for
Metlakahtla. The Northwest
ern was late owing to the tact
that she was held up by fog for
over twelve hours thi- side of
Juneau. She had TO passen
gers on board, of whom three
were from Ketchikan. Her
cargo consisted of 535 tons of
ore from Cordova and TOO to::
from Ska gw ay.
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R. A. Gunnison, the well
known Juneau attorney arriv
ed down this morning on a
business trip.
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Territorial Senator J. M. Tan
ner, of Skagway, hud a sudden
attack of heart weakness las'
week which necessiated the at
tendance of a physician.
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Douglas bear hunters recent
ly bagged a brown bear that
measured eleven feet six inche
in length.
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CHURCH INTERIOR
IS DECORATED
Father Mahoney received ■
pleasant surprise on going in
to the Church thi- morning, to
discover that during h.- ab
sence his parishoners had had
the interior of the edifice re
papered. The new paper
materialy improves the appear
ance of the room.
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RESOLUTIONS
Wigwam of Tonga-- Counr.
No. 1, Degree of Pocahonta-,
Improved Order of Redmen.
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Whereas the Great Spiri:
whose wisdom i~ displayed
on every side, has -<*cii fit f
call to the" Happy Hunting
Grounds of our Father, the
dearly beloved brother of sister
Hazel Slotten. therefore ge it re
solved, that the members of
Tonga.-- Council No. 1, do
hereby extend their heartfelt
sympathy to our esteemed >>
ter in thi- hour of deepest - r
row and he it further resolved,
that a copy of these resolution
he spread upon the records of
this council, arid that a copy
he sent to our bereaved sister
also a copy be sent to each of
the Ketchikan papers.
RespectfulK submitted in F.
F. « C.
Committee
HARRIET F. HUNT
EDITH THODAV
MRS. P.M'P
1
The Weekly Miner $3. a year*
Work on (lie changes at the i
schoolbouse is progressing '
rapidly, lumber for the finish
ing having arrived on the Spo- ’
kane.
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Editor McGivney, of the :
Nome Industrial Worker, has
quit his job to try mining.
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The Haines strawberries are
getting ripe.
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SHORTAGE OF CANDIDATES
With the election for dele
gate but a little less than four
months away, there are but
two candidates hi the field,
and there is considerable rum
or in political circles that there
will be no other names on the
official ballot next fall. Rumor
has it that a number of the
more prominent politicians of
the Republican and Democrat
ic ranks are anxious to endorse
the candidacy of Jack Brooks,
who was nominated last fall by
the Socialist party.
Whether or not such a com
bination could or would be af
fected cannot be learned or
determined at this time, but it
is certain that there has been
considerable talk of it during
the la-t few days, and it is
known that some of the mem
bers of both parties are an
xious to see only the-e two men
in the race.
According to a statement
made by a prominent Democrat,
it is hoped that by endorsing
Brooks he could receive theJ
'Olid Socialist vote, which was
a big item in the last election,
the greater part of the Repub
lican strength, and the major
ity of the Democrats. It is fig
ured that witli this combination
the present delegate could not
be re-elected.
At least two other names
have been mentioned for the
Democratic nomination, and it
is also staled that there 'is an
other dark horse who may ap
pear at the time of the prim
aries. or afterward.—Fairbanks
Times.
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The alleged strike 49 miles
hack of Haines on the Canad
ian side, >is reported to he no?
^ °rth a stampede. Some little
gold has been found in the
black sand, hut not enough to
c''tee any excitement. Some
returning prospectors report
the strike of no account, white
others are more optomisHc.
Thirty-five locations have been I
made.
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rain and hail
AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks—Undoubtedly the ■
ihe heaviest rain and as -e- !
vere a hail storm as has been ;
experienced in the Tanana '
valle’y was that of June 21. On !
■ 1.1 the creeks, the rains were
heavy and many of the streams
-welled to almost twice their
normal >izo. Both the rain j
whi.di fell early in the morn- i
ing and the one of I he after
noon contained some of ihc :
lava Fke substance which was
DIDN'T LOSE ANY TIME
Having remained less
si hours in Fairbanks, most c,
die party or men attache 1 to
'he Alaska railroa,] survey, who
•drived in town on Monday
■ venuig on the steamer Yukon.
1 1 1°r lower Tanana river
point- yesterday afternoon. Sev
‘ral Fairbanksans who have
ccepted positions on the sur
V0V al'° were with the parly
which left yesterday. Each of
il)e Sl|rvey parties will contain
18 men whcn their full ,pmta
is reached. Thai number is
'.sale from the packers, polio
,oal ,m‘“ «nd helpers who will
he needed in transporting sup :
i'lii's. Fairbanks Times.
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A Lu ge roller skating rink '■
sva* recently opened at Valdes. I
1 ■ ■■■■■■■■
lotcd more than a week before.
I'be many people who noted
hat fact, and who have been
vatclung for it have been at a
oss lo find out the cause of
he phenomenon, as there is;
10 volcano in Alaska, throwing I
orth lava at the, present time.
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The Petersburg Progressive
complains that certain passen
rer ships perfer to spend hours
duck in the mud near that
own, rattier Ilian remain tied
ip to the dock waiting for the
tide. A bad reccomendation for
Petersburg.
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YVICKERSHAM CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
Thursday night a number of
admires of Delegate Wicker
sham met at the city hall and a 1
Wiekersham club was formed ;
with E. V. Boyle as president
and Harry Tisted as secretary. 1
A committee consisting of 11. i
H. Knox, diaries J. Goodall, i
Jack Shepard, Nick Glasen and
Dr. Chase was appointed lo
draw up (lie by-laws, who will
report at a meeting to be held
next Thursday evening. About
twenty-five person^ signed the
roll, and it is anticipated that
this number will be largely in
creased before the next meet
ing.—Cordova Times.
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ADVOCATES TRAPS
INSTEAD OF SEINES
Hr. Jones, head of the govern
ment fish investigations in Al
r-ka takes a somewhat differ
ent view of the trap question
than is general in Alaska, and
advances in support of his
theory arguments that are dif
ficult to combat. He favors
file use of traps for catching
salmon rather than seines,
stating that far more toss is
occasioned by that method
than by the former. In the
case of trap fishing, lie says,
the fish are taken alive from
the traps when wanted and
rushed at once to the canner
ies,while with the seii.e fishing
many 01 the salmon are dead
when taken from the water
and spoil before they reach the
cannery. Thus, of the two
methods of fishing he advocate
the trap, unless the seining
grounds are in close proximity
to the cannery, and the fish can
be used before they have an
opportunity to spoil.
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I here is consternation in the
ranks of the Nome democrats
because of the appointment of
Commissioner Adams, o!
Council City, lo the position of
'derk of the court under Judge
Tucker. Adams is a republi
can and was appointed comrrii.
sioner under a republican ad
ministration. He has held the
°Hice for six year'.
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A great deal of favorable
,comment is heard these days
°n {he c°al which is being «hh'»
P?d to the White Pass compam
, " hitehor.se, for use on ii
iocomotives by the Five Fing
;'.r' CoaI company, operating nl
. _,ve hhiiger- and Tantalus. [|
l> ,sP,endifI looking coal and is
I I > possess superior steam I
qualities.
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Fairbanks paper says: “Xo
'i i ms to be concerned a
t;!is Fear’s repnblir a
' '"v’Hl.on in Alaska. The far!
2"*" '? he thnt republicans.
i'!‘. !rt'lln,ff as scarce around
^ 'n°w-balls are in the
oifli sea islands.”
J'’Tunt ***" w'» Prob-I
v fui,y appreciate the giftj
lh!>l h:is b(un -cut him by the'
1" q’le ot the Tanana valley, for"
-v Hi it has gone a friendlyl
"ill ment fronyhe pioneers of j
1 great undeveloped country, j
H"t what will probably please ’
ihe |)p( sjdeut more will I>e the
1 "on of as Alaska demo
cra! to congress.
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
COLUMBINE REPORTS
The local lighthouse office
is in receipt of a telegram i
from the Westward stating!
that the Columbine had sailed
from Seward on her way to Un
it ask a and the light stations
on the way. This will probab
ly be the last that will be heard
from the vessel until she re
turns to the Prince William
Sound ports again on her way
south, unless she reports by
wireless from Unimak Pass.
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OVER FROM HADLEY
The launch Freyea arrived
over from Iladley yesterday
evening and reports 'a very
rough trip crossing the straits.
Among those arriving on her
were A. K. Foss, Paul Nord
strom and Stanley Oaksmiln.
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MARIPOSA IN SOUTHBOUND
The Mariposa on her way
south made port between one
and two o’clock this afternoon
with a good big list of passen
gers on board, among the latter
being A. A. Hall, representing
the International Typesteeing
company, who is on his way
south after installing an In
tertype typesetting machine at
Seward for the Seward Gale
way. The following passenger
boarded the vessel at this point;
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward and
daughter who 'had been visit
ing the Staekpoles, F. E. Brack
ett, W. R. Robinson, E. F.
Wordener, and three steerage.
She sailed at six o’clock.
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Mrs. George Chesney, who
i has been very sick for some
time is reported to have im
proved enough to be tip and a
| round again for a short time
yesterday.
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That the attention called to
Alaska in recent years bv the
j clamor for legislation to open
up the country and the pub
licity attending the passage of
the Alaska railroad bill will lie
tlie means of making the coast
mountains from Ketchikan to
Unga one long chain of valu
able low-grade quartz mines, is
the opinion of Herman L. Men
gal, a mining man of Valdez.
"There are illimitable quartz
deposits all along the South
eastern and Squthwestern Al
aska coast,” said Mengal re
cently. “And the only reason
that they hac-’ never been de
veloped is that they demand a
large outlay of capital and un
til recently big capital has not
been interested in the propo
sition. It is beginning to take
notice now, and this interest
will grow rapidly. Juneau is
an example of what can 1 »**
done by development work. I
believe there are many quartz
properties along the coast as
yet nnstaked even, that by the
proper development could he
brought to rival those around
Juneau 'in profit. The quartz !
mines that will be developed
will no doubt insure the per
menence of prosperity and ;
growth in Alaska.”-Ex.
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Ranker Baclieldor, of the |
Miners <\ Merchants bank, of j
Nome, has been appointed ad- j
ministrator of the estate of the !
l ife M. It. Samuels, who was
found dead at Seattle.
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T o sailing of the liner Sen
at or for Nome, scheduled fo!
take place on June 28, wa
postponed to July 21, because
of the light offerings of freight
for that point.
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The steamship Victoria’,
which arrived at -Seattle from
Nome on June 23lh, brought
gold bullion, mined in the Idil
arod, amounting to $238,000.
On her trip south E. E. Mc
fiavaek, a passenger from Nome
died from paralysis.
CHIEF MAIL CLERK HERE
E. (i. Wetzler, chief mail
Jerk for thus region arrived
ip on tile Dolpifin. He will
■fay in this locality for a few
lays on business connected
,villi his department.
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Juneau, July 13—Territorial
Hommitteemeii If. A. Bishop
uul Charles Cosgrove today is
sued the following call for
Democratic Primary Elections
lo chose delegates for the Ter
ritorial Convention to be held
at Skagway, August 3rd, 1014:
Call for Democratic Primar
ies, First Division, Alaska, By
authority vested in us by last
territorial convention held in
Valdez, Alaska, March 20, 10
12, primaries are hereby called
for the purpose of electing del
egates to the democratic con
vention called by the demo
cratic territorial committee to
lie held in Skagway, Alaska the
3rd of August. 1014, at ten o’
clock in I lie forenoon of said
day.
Said primary elections to be
held in the first judicial divis
ion of Alaska the 25th day of
July, 1014, in Ihe following
named incorporated towns:
Juneau, Skagway, Douglas,
Ketchikan, Haines, Wrangell
and Petersburg, all other pre
cinl election- to be held any
date prior to August the 1st,
by primary or caucus as the
several precincts may elect.
Apportionment of delegates,
Juneau, 12 Douglas 0, Tread
well 3, Haines 1 Chilkat, I.Sul
zer 1. Wrangell 3 Silver Bow
Ba-in 1, Killisnoo I Skagway 3
Ketchikan 7 Sitka 2. Gypsum
I, Petersburg l Chiehagoff I,
Jualin 1, Kasaan 1, Tenekee I
Charcoal Point 1, Craig 1, and
Sheep Creek!.
Rule 1. Primary elections in
incorporated towns shall be
held-under Ihe auspices of reg
ular demoeratis club where
-iic'li club exists. In event there
is no club in town then any
democrat is authorized to call
a public meeting of Ihe demo
crats of said town and said
meeting to arrange poling
places, appoint judges, clerks,
election and make all other ar
rangements necessary in car
rying on said primany.
Rule 3. Mo one will be al
lowed to vote at said primaries
if lie is challenged unless he
or -lie subscribe to a declara
tion before the judges of the
election, pledging themselves to
support the candidate fop con
gress who shall be chosen by
-aid democratic convention to
be held at Skagway on above
named date, the polls to be
open in said incorporated
from twelve noon until eight
p.m.
Rule 3. All credentials
must be in the hands of the
territorial committee before
sir p.m., August 2, 1914.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska this
13lh day of July, A. I). 1914.
II. A. Ri-hop, Charles II. Cos
grove, Territorial Committee
First Division of Alaska.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In lhe Commissioner’s Court
ior the prceinel of Sulzer, Alas
ka. Division Number 1., in
Probate.
In lhe matter of the estate of
John Fintzen, deceased.
' Notice is hereby given that
lhe undersigned, Jacob Lauth,
ha« been granted letters of ad
ministration, with the will an
ov d. of the esi.o < i.f Ji-hu
Fintzen,, deceased and all per
sons having claims against
said estate, or said deceased^
are hereby requested to ex-j
i.iju! thin xvit 1 the necessary:
VM'ehers at my post oflire ad
dress, Sulzer, Alaska, within,
six months after the first pub
! ration of this notice.
JACOB LAUTH
i
Administrator of the estate of
John Fintzen, deceased.
Dated A red IJtlrd, IJI. A
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TROLLING SINKERS Supperior To All Others.
For POWER TROLLERS we make 6 and 9 lbs., sizes.
For Hand Trollers we make 10 oz., 1, 11-2, 2 and 3 lbs. sizes.
All Dealers in FIRST CLASS Fishing Gear Carry Them.
H. E. HECKMAN & CO. • Loring, Alaska- DISTRIBUTORS
DRUM EXPLODES
BOY IS HURT
The little sou of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Waters was brought in
from Holbrook last Monday
night for medical treatment
having been seriously injured
in an explosion of a water tank
in which water was being heat
ed to melt some tar to be used
to tar the fish nets. Early
Monday morning the men start
ed to get their tank ready to
melt some tar and having made
a boiler out of an old oil drum
they built a fire under it and
then went away and left it.
Little James Waters and Loyd
Candens started to play some
fifty feet away from the boiler
and had been there possibly a
half hour when there was an
explosion and the whole top of
the drum was blown off and a
piece of it fell striking James
Waters on the head, cutting
it open for about seven, inches.
The hoy was placed on the
Glenora and brought to Wran
gell as soon as possible where
he was placed in the Wrangell
Hospital under the care of Dr.
Daws. Loyd Candens escaped
with only a few scratches but
James Waters will be laid up
in the hospital for some time.
Mrs. Waters is staying at the
hospital with her son, and ac
cording to Dr. Daws, lie is pro
gressing as well as could be
expected.—Wrangell Sentinel.
IT’S SOME BLOCK
A “bull’ block which arrived
on a recent boat for Sawyer
-McKay 'is perhaps the biggest
thing of its kind that ever wc>
brought to Alaska. It is billon
as weighing 450 pounds and it
| certainly looks the part. II
will be used 'in 'handling the
log hauling cable at their log
ging plant.
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If a man is dishonest, no
laws will force him to be other
wise. Persistency in teaching
him alone can ever hope to
have any effect. There are
some in Alaska who criticise
our jury system; blaming in
numerous instances the offic
ials for some verdicts that ap
pear to be contrary to justice.
Those critics want some law
enacted that will prevent dis
honest or professional jurymen
from acting as such, and all
that. Dishonesty in a juror is
unavoidable as far as that is
concerned, because it is im
possible to pry into the inner
man and find out whether he
is really honest or only pre
tending. As to the “profes
sional” part of the argument
find no valid objections. A man
we find no valid objection.s A
man may as well be a profusion
al juryman, provided he is hon
est as being a professional in
any other business. A man
is called upon to serve as a
juror; he is sworn to do justice
between the contending par
lies. It is up to him to do
justice. So, what does it mat
ter whether he serves as juror
every day of his life so long a^
he renders justice. Manifestly an
honest verdict by a jury rests
with the jurymen themselves,
but no law shall ever change
contrary tendencies, although
teaching and examples might.
—Petersburg Progressive.
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Job printing al the Miner, j
The Civic Club of Valdez,
composed of I he ladies of lhe
town, have planted the new
dyke there wilh willows. As
sisted by practically all the men
in town, the entire length of
the dyke was planted, many
thousands of slips being used.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
George Irving, his heirs, as
signs and personal represent
atives:
You are hereby notified that
I have expanded during the
year 1913 the sum of six hun
dred dollars in labor and im
provements upon the Rose,
billy, Goldstone, Goldtream,
Blue Bird and Birdie lode min
ing claims, constituting the
Gold Stream claims situated
upon the south end of Garvina
Island in the Territory of Alas
ka, the original location notices
whereof may be found of rec
ord in the office of the record
er for the Ketchikan Recording
District at Ketchikan, Alaska,
in order to hold said claims un
der the provision of section
232 i of the Revised Statutes of
the. United States and the am
endment thereto, approved Jan
uary 22nd, 1S80, concerning
annual labor upon mining
claims. Being the amount to
hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st, of Decem
ber, 1913, and if within ninety
days from the personal service
of this notice, or within ninety
days after the publication there
of you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such
expenditure as a co-owner
your interest in said claims, the
same being an undivided one
fourth, will become the proper
ty of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the re
quired expenditures by the
terms of said section.
AUGUST GROOT,
Administrator of the Estate
of Otto Miller deceased.
First publication May 1st. 1914.
Last publication July 21.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
In The Commissioners Court
For The Precinct of Ketchikan,
Territory of Alaska, In Probate.
In Die Matter of the Estate of
Timothy McMahon, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the final account of W. 1J.
Gilmour, administrator of the
Estate of Timothy McMahon,
deceased, has been rendered to
this court for settlement and
that the 2Stti, day of May, 19
14. at 2 o’clock p.m. has been
duly appointed by said court
for tlie settlement of said ac
crual, at which time any per
son interested in said estate
may appear and file his ex
ceptions in writing to said ac
count and attest the same.
Dated March 27, 1914.
E. 8. STACK POLE
Probate Judge.
Cl IAS. II. COSGROVE,
Attorney for Administrator.
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The Daily Miner $1. per mo.
r WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
If you purchase the NEW HOME you will
have a life asset at the price you pay, aud will
not have an endless chain of repairs.
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
If you wuntaRcwing machine, wrlio for
our lutest catalogue before you purchase.
Tin New Homs Sewing Machine Co* Orange, Mass.