HAS NARROW ESCAPE
The residence of P. G. Shark
on New Town hill had a nar
row* escape from burning last
night. The sparks from the
chimney set the roof on fire
and it was burnig in half a
dozen places w*hen discovered.
Pete ami his neighbors got busy
and extinguished the flames
and today he is putting on new'
shingles.
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FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS
3 During the summer months
the curfew*,bell which has been
ringing at 0 o’clock will be rung
at 10 o’clock instead. This
gives the youngsters another
hour in which to amuse them
selves.
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CHANGES IN FISH CO.
The Trollers Protective As
sociation with headquarters at
Union Bay recently elected A.
J. Dawson as their business
agent for Ketchikan w*ith R.
V. Elliot, Hilbert Anderson and
Al. Simpson for executive com
mittee. They shipped 1,000
pounds of fresh salmon on the
Northland and are packing 3,
000 pounds today which will
be sent down on the first
steamer.
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A wrecked poling boat ha?
been discovered in the Tanana
without any crew, and the mat
ter has become quite a mys
tery. It is feared that the boat
is evidence that a tragedy has
occurred and that w'hoever the
occupants were, they are now
dead.
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BIG CONSIGNMENT
OF SODA WATER
The KetehikanSoda Works
has broken all records these
last few days in the matter of
shipping their products, hav
ing sent over 230 cases of soft
drinks out of town in that,
time. The greater num
ber of them were consigned to
the West Coast points from
Sulzer on the one end to Shakan
on the other. A big order went
'o Wrangell and another to
I'efersburg. The excellence of
the local production is becom
ing so well known that the
scope of its market fs growing
steadily.
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WILL VISIT
PORTLAND CANAL
E. E. Sparhawk, wife and
son, were passengers on the
Spokane this morning forj
Prince Rupert. They are on
their way to Portland City
where they will visit Dr. Spar
hawk’s sister, Miss Sparhawk.
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EXCURSION TO SITKA
AND WAY PORTS
The S. S. Alki leaving Ketch
ikan Thursday, June 11 th, will
make a special trip to Sitka,
calling at Wrangell, Peters
burg, Douglas and Juneau.
Special rates for the round trip
will be $20.00. adv.
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SEATTLE IN FROM SOUTH
With sixty passengers on
board, five of whom were for
Ketchikan, the City of Seattle
arrivedfrom the south early
this morning and after discharg
ing twenty tons of freight for
local merchants here got a
wav for the north. Her p as
sengers for Ketchikan were F.
H. Bold, M. J. Lorrain, John
Wells, Mrs. C. Dewitt and two
second class.
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TREATED THE CROWD
The boys of the C. L. P. &
W. Co., are telling of the fine
eats they had on Lester Lake
last night. Its customary for a
man to set 'em up after the
vo'Ming occurs, but Lester is
:i‘ ahead of time apparent
ly
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FOR
BEST RESULTS
USE PEARL OIL
FINE MOTOR
BOAT ARRIVE8
The power boat Alma of the
Juneau Ferry & Navigation Co.
lecently constructed in Seattle
arrived in port today on her way
north to Juneau where she will
operate between Juneau, Doug
las, Treadwell and Sheep Creek.
She is looked upon as being
the largest motor passenger
boat operating on the Pacific
Coast between 03 feet in length
10.0 feet in beam and 0 feet
in depth. She has passenger
equipment for 125 passengers
inside the cabin and as many
more outside. Four water tight
bulk heads have been built in
to her hull which makes her
practically unsinkable. Her
fuel tanks are of steel instead
of galvanized iron, the engine
room is floored with cement
and walled with asbestos and
all her fuel pipes are carried
above the floor, danger from
fire thus being reduced to a
minimum. The equipment of
the Alma includes the most
modern of appliances, her
power being furnished by two
150 h.p. Speedway engines
which in trial trips have driven
the vessel 12 knots an hour. She
has a steam heating and elec
tric light plant and in addition
has a second generator connec
ted with her engines for stor
ing the batteries while the ves
sel is under way. Capt. Waldo
States is in command.
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FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Riot and bloodshed was nar
rowly averted on the baseball
diamond last night when the
closing game—a battle royal—
was fought out between the
Hardworkers and the Clerks.
The first inning which netted
two runs for the Laboring Men
and a goose egg for the Rib
bon Winders made it look as
though the contest was going
to be a one sided one and this
impression was strengthened
in the second stanza when Fin
zel’s team put four men over
the home plate to Doc. Walk
er’s solitary tally making the
| score to 1. In the third in
ning, however, Doc. Walksr
demonstrated that he was a
combination of a Napoleon and
a Ty Cobb when he got both
Erickson and Janggen on bases
and with a mighty wallop put
one out into the slab pile bring
ing them both in and eventual
ly scoring himself in a whirl
wind of flying gravel as he slid
for the home base on his ear.
Iii the fourth inning the Rough
| Necks landed two to nothing
by their competitors and Doc
| Walker’s stock dropped OOlow
j par once more but from then
on there was nothing to it.
Erickson and Copeland scored
for the Counter Jumpers in
the fifth, and in the sixth Erick
son, Janggen, Radenbaugh and
Collins each made the rounds
; bringing up the score to 10 to
8 in favor of Doc Walker’s ag
gregation. Both Erickson and
Charlie Finzel pitched good
ball for a while but the latter
weakened in the last and was
knocked completely out of the
box in the sixth inning when
the four runs wJere scorred*
and another one Copeland,
came in but was ruled out
owing to the fact that some of
his associates in their en
thusiasm of licking the other
fellows interfered with the
player.
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The General Arrangement
committee of the Fourth of
July celebration met yesterday
afternoon and appointed sub
committees to have charge of
the different features of the
celebration and in addition to
this they outlined general
plans for that time. Following
are the committees:
Finance Committee
John Koel, Glen Bartlett, M.
M. Churchill.
Transportation Committee
D. W. Hunt, C. M. Taylor, F.
It. Bold, Jno. R. Beegle, Fred
Patching, A.L. Hubbard.
Advertising Committee
Richerd Bushell, Jr., F. C.
Purinton, Glen C. Bartlett.
Literary Committee
Mrs. F. J. Hunt, Mrs. C. M.
Taylor, Mrs. R. L. Petty.
Music Committee
Will Patching, R. K. Rocker
feller, Walter Janggen.
Base Ball Committee
Fred Purinton, Lawrence
Kubley, Carl Ainsworth.
Decoration Committee
James Newman William
Anderson, E. A. Teeter.
Athletic Committee
W. K. Spaulding, Oliver
Field, Haney Stackpole.
Aquatic Committee
J. E. Sayles, D. W. Hunt.
Fred Patching.
WHERE WAS “SI”
Judging from the amount of
noise which occurred on Mis
sion street between 3 and 4 o’
clock this morning during
which our worthy town mar
shal was conspicious by his
absence, the town had better
buy an alarm clock to wake
him up or an automobile so
that he can cover his beat with
a little more expedition. It is
a disgrace that such happen
ings occur and no policeman
there to straighten them out.
A8 THE EXCUR8IONI8T8
SEES THE NORTHLAND
The folowing from the pen
of Alice Page Henson, appears
in the June issue of the Rail- j
way and Marine News and is
part of the description of a
trip from Seattle to Skagway:
“A wisp of cloud trailed a
cross the sky. And the waves
threw themselves hissing a
gainst the side of the steamer,
murmuring and complaining
at the lashes in their surface.
But the engines throbbed
steadlily on, and like a treas
ure house of adventure stretch
ed before us the great country,
whose very name, Alaska, a
wakens deep undertones of
tragedy and pathos in the hear
ers mind, «o unique in all the
curious pages of history is its
story. Along the coast there
are endless miles of country
with no apparent sign of habi
tation; only wooded hills, trail
ing their skirts in the silent
channels; grey, wr.inkled*rocks
with skins like elephant hide;
bending trees; foaming water
falls, that leap daringly from
heights above to depths be
neeath, But through all the
coast and upland, mines .and
canneries and mills, the crea
tion of man’s hand are begin
ning to invade the primal sol
itudes of nature.
The third morning, our first
stop, Ketchikan, a bustling
little town with an air of thrift
and progress. Ketchikan is one
of the newer towns of Alas
ka, with little of the history and
romance of the by-gone days
that clings, for example, to
Sitka. But in the eyes of prac
tical people this is more than
compensated by its prosperity,
and the very real foundation
for its thrift. Some handsome
new concrete business blocks
strike the eye at a convincing
angle, approaching the town;
and others, rising from their
foundations, announce that the
day of the wooden building in
Alaska as elsewhere -is over.
There are planked streets,
modern hotels, wide awake
curio shops, and a surprising
number of new homes rising
on the hillside where Ketchi
kan, like so many of the north
ern town, seem to have blown
itself casually down, with no
especial regard to favorable
location.
Across the way, on the little
point opposite the mainland,
are old Indian graves and a
quaint assemblage of the
native totems. A little farther,
the skeleton frames of crumbl
ing dwellings mark Saxman, a
deserted missionary post. Old
Metlakahtla, a very interesting
sociological experiment—an
Indian communal settlement,
headed by the venerable Father
Duncan, the “Apostle of Alas
ka,’’ is near here. Just be
yond, Rudyerd Bay, with its
magnificent sweeps, famed for
the most wonderful scenery in
the North.
There are mines of copper
and gold on the out skirts of
the town; and the Standard
Oil Company is planting an out
post here, erecting tanks to
make this the base of supply
for Southeastern Alaska. But
the real source of the town’s
being must be found in the
salmon stream on which it is
located, for it was to dry these
salmon that the first settle
ment was made years ago. The
stream itself affords a curious
sight, for here the salmon
climb the falls, jumping high
from rock to rock against the
swift current. A cold storage
flant for all kinds of fish has
been placed here, second in
size on the Pacific coast, and
this, with two canneries, draw
ing on the whole country
around for supply, attracts a
qavy of small tfu'atg like a m'ag
net.
The fishing sloops and lugs
steaming past each other in
the harbor were very busy.
! But the great gulls with their
long lazy sweeps through the
air seemed very lazy indeed.
And this day everything was
gray—as gray as the backs of
the wings of these same lazy
gulls. The longshoremen stood
about on the wharf in dripping
oilskins, that somehow seem
ed a part of themselves. And
we from under our dripping uin
brellas, gazed from the steam
er deck and felt much akin.
The day soon cleared, how
ever, and then the wonderful
coloring of the Alaskan country
began to be seen. There were
great hills, towering and mot
tled; stretches of sea, shifting
in color and molton like quick
silver, with the path of the
waves touched to a gleaming
orange radiance by the declin
ing sun.”
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HE COULDN’T HELP IT
The following letter from H.
F. Alexander president of the
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.,
speaks for itself.
Mr. M. A. Mitchell.
Sec’y, Commercial Club of
Ketchikan, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Mitchell:
I regret very much, upon our
recent trip to Alaska, various
matters prevented our visit
ing your thriving city at a seas
onable hour. On this par
ticular trip of the Admiral
Sampson we had to make a
great many additional stops out
to the Westward on account of
the accident to the Admiral
Evans, and it was necessary
for us to return here in time
to sail again on June 5th. We
had hoped to arrive in Ketchi
kan early in the afternoon or
evening, upon our return, but
we were in a very heavy storm
off Cape St. Elias, which de
layed us ten or twrelve hours,
the consequent result being
that we arrived in the early
morning, as we did north
bound.. I will say this, how
ever, that our entire party,
either on our way north on on
the way south, got up and went
ashore and spent the time the
vessel was there in walking
around the city and their com
ments were vepy favorable. I
also gave them all the informa
tion I could with regard to Ket
chikan and am glad to say that
your little city made a very fav
orable impression upon the en
tire party. Again expressing
my regret of our inability to ac
eept your kind hospitality and
assuring you of our thorough
appreciation of it, believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
H. P. ALEXANDER.
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A FAIR WARNING
From Fairbanks, Knik and
other places in Alaska a warn
ing is sent out that laborers
are not needed; that there are
ten men for each job, etc. That
fact should be given w'ide pub
licity. With the extensive ad
vertisement given to Alaska,
due to the building of the gov
ernment railroad, men will
rush into the country w'ith
highly flavored expectation.
The inevitable will follow, that
is tosay, sore disappointment
and possibly hardship for nine
tenths of them. If a fair warn
ing is given, in the event of
disappointment they will have
Ihemselves to blame.—Peters
burg Progressive.
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NOTICE
All persons having claims a
gainst or owing Mr. John
Howard, a native of Kake, Al
aska, now deceased, will send
their accounts, and make set
tlement with the undersigned
within the next 30 days.
E. 0. CAMPBELL, M. D.
Klawock, Alaska.
June 8th, 1014.
FOR THE BENEFIT
OF EASTERNERS
On the date that the Alaska
railroad engineers arrived in
Seattle to make their prepar
ations for their summer work
in “the frozen north” the
United Stales Weather Bureau
sent out its official data of
the same date. It is interest
ing to note that the highest
temperture at Eagle, on the
Yukon river, was 66. At Tan
ana, 62. At Ketchikan 68.
These figures compared with
the temperature at the follow
ing most advertised tourist re
sorts are interesting:
San Diego .-. 04
San Francisco .. 58
Los Angeles . 66 I
New Orleans . 74
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FINE BAKERY SHOP
Mike Heneghan says that his
new’ bakery shop which he
expects to move into within
the next ten days will be the
finest in Alaska. The oven be
ing 7x7 feet. It is all lined
with asbestos and is credited
with being absolutely fire
proof. It has a double furnace
which spreads the heat much
more evenly than is possible
where but one is used. The
building is all hard finished
plaster with the bake shop at
the rear. This room is thor
oughly lighted and ventilated.
The middle room of the build
ing will be used as a store room
for flour and other commod
ities while the room in front
will, of course, be used for the
sales purposes. Upstairs are
tw’o fine sleeping rooms and
the whole is probably as con
venient and modern a baking
plant as can be found any
where.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
GRAY-FREEMAN WEDDING
The Bryant residence was
the scene of a very pretty wed
ding last night when Reverend
Waggoner united in the bond?
of holy matrimony, Walter
Gray and Miss Edna Freeman
at 9 o’clock. The house was
prettily decorated with a pro
fusion of carnations and ferns
and the affair as a very happy
one. After the ceremony, the
wedding guests sat down to a
delicious supper. Those.pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Bryant,
Mr. and Mrs. Petty, Mr. and
Mrs. Waggoner, Mr. and Mrs.
Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Paup, Mr.
and Mrs. Thoday, Mr. and Mrs.
Lingerfelt, Mr. and Mrs. James,
Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney, Mrs.
Sulzer and son, Miss Webster,
Misses Uorthy and Virginia
Gould, Messrs. Calhoun and
Pryor and Arthur Bryant. The
contracting parties are too well
known in Ketchikan to need
any introduction and the en
tire town joins in extending
them congratulations and the
wishes for long life and hap
piness.
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LOOSES BARGE IN
TURNAGAIN ARM
Gus Seifert, who passed
through Seward a few days a -
go, enroute to Hope where he
is installing a hig hydraulic
plant on Resurrection Creek,
had the misfortune to loose a
barge load of hydraulic pipe in
Turnagaiu Arm. The plant
had been unloaded on the
Bertha at Ship Creek, and was
being transported to Hope on
barges when the accident took
place. The loss of the pipe
will not prove a serious hadi
cap to the outfit as it is pos
sible to replace the pipe at
least temporarily at Hope. The
work of installing the plant on
the property is going along in
good shape and Seifert will be
in readiness to turn in the
water by the firyti of August!
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CIRCLE CITY FLOOD
WOR8T IN HISTORY
Supplementary reports from
Circle City say the flood caus
ed by the break-up of the Yu
kon river recently was the
worst in the history of the
camp. The town was almost
wiped out, all the stores, gov
ernment buildings and dwell
ings near the waterfront be
ing damaged by ice. Five
feet of water around the wire
less tower back of town under
mined the foundations and
there is danger that it will
collapse. The Indian village
is entirely under water and ice.
No causalties have been report • *
ed from any of the camps a
!ong the Y'ukon. The damage
is estimated at $25,000.
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KILL OFF THE OVERS
Captain Aannevik, now en
route for the Arctic seas in
’ommand of the trading
schooner P. J. Abler, had
;harge of the walrus hunting
-schooner Kit last year and dur
ng his stay in the Arctic learn- 1
id many interesting things re
garding the Eskmo tribes. “I
noticed that several of our
Eskimo hunters had a blue
tatto mark on their cheeks,
ind, after much questioning, 1
finally found out what it
ment,” said Captain Aannevik.
‘They told me that after an
Eskimo family has grown to
■iix persons, ihe last one i
lattoed so that other members
if the tribe will know that the
lead of Ihe family can sup
lort no more, and children
born after that are made away
.vitli. Old people who have no
me to support them and those * '
who are loo sick to work are ♦
killed by other members of the
ribe. We have found that the
Eskimos around St. Lawrence
bay and East Cape have no
knowledge of religion what
ever. They seem to have no
thought of a diety, and care
for nothing except eating and
deeping. It would be a bless
ng if missionaries could be
sent into the north and civil
ize some of the tribes.”
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AWARD CONTRACT
The committee appointed by ,
Mayor Harris to take charge of
‘he proposed improvements
on the council rooms, having
prepared specifications and
plans for the improvements
and called for bids, today
awarded the contract for the
work to A. G. Kriedler, his bid
of $925, being the lowest re
vived for the work.
Other bids submitted, were:
Thoday & Owens $1020.
Getty & Caspers 1100.
G. H. Lee 1100.
P. B. Nelson 1110.
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Tor Rent modern furnished
oom. Bath, heat, and light ap
>!y Miner office. adv.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
u ;he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
William A. Connell liar bee?
Inly appointed administrator
with the will annexed of the
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
teased; and all persons having
claims against said estate ara
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after Iho
f.rst publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
place of business, the Stedman
Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Hated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Administrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Clias. II. Cosgrove, attorney for
A.tjminfclraftrr. D->Jf6-13