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/ROM SATURDAY'S DAILY.
SALVATION ARMY
OFFICER HERE
Adjt. Robert Smith, in charge
of the Salvation army work in
this territory, came down from
the north on last night’s staem
tv and is inspecting conditions
] ve in Ketchikan.
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A FAREWELL SMOKER
The local Eagles’ aerie gave a
farwell smoker in honor of
“Pop” Gilmour last night that
was a most enjoyable affair.
About sixty of the male birds
were present and did justice to
the great, clam chowder and
steamed clams prepared by Ed.
Robinson, the man who put the
“Chow” in clam chowder. An
excellent program was furnish
ed consisting of moving pic
tures and music and singing by
the Dream. A keg of nails,
properly opened and served
helped out the supper in great
shape.
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LOOKING INTO THE
CANNERY BUSINESS
.1. L. Smiley of Seattle, who
has been associated with Pery
Jenkins in the fish trap busin
ess, is in town for the purpose
of looking over the cannery sit
uation in this neighborhood. He
will either build a cannery on
the narrows it is reported or
buy out the Gustave plant at
Scowl Arm.
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Former Governor Brady o(
Alaska has sailed for China
with the view of obtaining con
fession to 3000 acres of land
to establish industries on an
American plan, to employ
young Chinese.
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Planning to take 250 tons of
mining machinery, horse feed
and provisions into the interior
of Alaska by sled a distance ol
200 miles over the frozen rivers
from Chitna, \Y. T. Soule, gen
eral manager of the Valdez
Creek Mining company, is in
Seattle assembling the outfit.
Mr. Soule is an old time Ala
skan, having a record of six
teen years spent in the terri
tory- lie was recently married
in Boston, the company’s head
quarters. and will take his
bride as far as Chilina. She
will return to the states and a
wnit his coming in the fall.
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A mining engineer who was
sent into the Chandler distric.
to expert quartz properties
there for outside eapilaists has
returned to Fairbanks and
slates that there is praetiraly
nothing doing there this winter
in the placer diggings. No real
pay streak has been located
and while the prospectors have
succeeded in finding rich
pockets the miners who are
trying to develope the district
have to leave for other camps
i’i the fall to earn a grubstake
for the following summer.
The big herd of caribou passed
through the Chandler district
'last fall for the first time in
many years and the prosper-,
toes who are remaining in the
di-lrirt are well supplied with
meat for the winter.
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Col. It. K. Revell, (lie best
known licensed guide and mail
carrier on the Kenai peninsula,
tin- received notification that
Id* bid for carrying United
States mail from Seward to Idit
acrid has been accepted by the
go. eriinient. Under the terms
of the contract Revell stairs
service November t. l!»li, and
makes four round tripsmonth
Iv during the winter months
lor four year.--; he i< to take a
load up to 'i7T> pound* of mail
.from Seward and make d,?liv
to Knik. Snsitna station,
'J' l-N-t/di a. Ophir and Iditarod.
Revert -vi 11 receive approximate
•ly *10-00© for the ct/nTrait.
WILL TRY OUT OIL
The Ketchikan Steam Laun
dry will try out the new oil burn
er either this evening or tomor
row. A load of oil was hauled
there today from the big tank
south of town. The oil com
pany sent a special grade of
light oil for the Alaska trade
which is proving very satisfac
tory to handle as it flows fairly
even in the present cold wcath
er. * totjfc.L,
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ALKI IN AND OUT
The Alki cleared for Seattle
about three o’clock this morn
ing/ Her passengers from
Ketchikan were Mrs. O. Wil
liams and little daughter, Dr.
Miller and wife, Dewitt Swigert
Mrs. Schrinscher, Martin Silk,
A. Preshert, M. Faessel and
wife and II. Swenson. She took
on board 10A boxes of frozen
halibut at the New England
plant.
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Emmett McKenna, the well
known knight of the grip is a
local visitor registered at the
Revilla.
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DOWN FROM SHU8HANNA
Ned Williams and wife, who
left here several months ago
for the Sushanna gold fields,
returned on last night’s steam
er, having been compelled to
leave that region on account of
the former’s health. They re
port that the members of Ketch
ikan’s contingent were all in
good health when they left for
the south. They are registered
at the Stedman.
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MARIPOSA BREAKS RECORD
The steamer Mariposa broke
all records yesterday afternoon
by making it down from Wran
gell to this port in about six
hours. She was out to beat
the Alki to the New England
lock for the halibut shipment,
ind did so handily.
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MATERIAL ORDERED
FOR A SHIP WAYS
Charles Radenbaugh, the Pen
lock island ship yard owner,
informs the Miner that he has
the lumber and other material
irtlered to install a three way
-hip yard. The ways will be
large enough to take a vessel
ip to 125 feet in length, which
will include any of the halibut
"ishermcn of this region. A gas
dine engine will be installed to
haul (he vessels up. When
■ompeled the slip will be a
rreat benifit to boat owners j
who are now forced to put
heir boats on the beach for re
pairs.
O’Donald river, in 1 lie At 1 in j
country, is now producing more
riches than ever. Prescott.
White, Murphy and Martotn
rocked out four cars of gravel
recently and cleaned up four
ounces of gold dust. This is j
(he Lest pay that lias ever been j
found on that river.
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on in Juneau will be consider- !
ed small in theliglit of iilure I
ed small in I lie light of future !
been rushing into the interior
on a hunt for easy money for j
years, but now they are coming |
back to the coast and capital is j
taking an interest,'* .
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Tha. courts at Seattle have
I been asked to declare James
, F. Cox legally dead, that his
| sister , Mary V. Cox, may col
lect his life insurance. Cox
came to Alaska in 1005, since
which time nothing has been !
heard of him.
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Judge F. M. Brown, of Valdez I
,has gone oil record with the do
yvsion that unclaimed estate
in Atas&a (esdied to the federal
government, rather Utuu iv the
I Territory. J
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
SHACK BURNS UP
Fire this morning in a shack
in Newtown owned by Mrs.
Eliiott of Fish Egg brought out
the apparatus on the run, but
the Newtown company had the
fire out before the down town
outfits arrived. The cabin sit
uated just above the Gibson res
iednce, was occupied by three
Mexicans, more or less intoxi
cated apparently at the time,
who had gotten too much fire
up to combat the weather. The
building, a two room shack,
was completly gutted as far as
the inside was concerned.
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A good strike of sulphide ore
is reported at the Rush &
brown mine.
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Judge Murane has announc
ed that he will make his future
home in Seattle and that he is
■still determined to force Uncle
Samuel to come across with
the salary of a year, which Mu
rane was willing to earn by# de
ciding the troubles of the j
people of the second division, j
but which Attorney General
McReynolds prevented him
from adjudicaing by firing him,
BUYS OUT PARTNER
b. IT. Haack is now captain
and crew at the Bowling Alley,
having closed a deal whereby
he bought out the interest of
his partner in the business, S.
S. Lee.“Doc.” will continue the
business alone
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MINING MOVING
ON KASAAN BAY
Ernie Specht is in town from
the Knsaan Bay distriit, and re
ports a very healthy interest in
mining in that region. While
doing assessment and develop
ment work on his own claims
he uncovered some very prom
ising copper glance in paying
quantities and is sanguine of
having a valuable property.
John Coleman and associ
ates on their property adjoin
ing the Poor Man group are in
good ore and expect to do con
siderable work this coming
season.
Cold weather has called a
halt on operations on the Reese
'< a-" <>i llic old Biinton proper
ty. Imt a thaw will see work
moving along there. Some
good ore was located recently.
Harry Webber and Angus
MiKinzie have everything in
shape lo start operations on the
Puyallup property as soon as
the weather softens up a little
and should do well there.
Present, indications are that
the Crackerjack will open up
again within the next few
weeks as the owners have things
straightened up at last.
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The name of McCarthy, on!
Hie C. R. & X. \V. R. R.. has |
been changed to Shushanna i
junction.
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Reports have it that 10 nat
ives have died at Seldovia, and
11 at Kenai. from the ravages |
of measles and that 35 fnm- !
ilies are destitute in Seldovia
tine to the sickness that has
prevailed. No new cases of
measles during the 22 days
|,ast past, but there seems to .
be no relief in sight fpr the des
titute, |
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Howard W. Thompson of
Boston, a mining engineer who
has spent the last eight months
in the North, says: “The coast
country of Alaska, from Hook’s
inlet to Ketchikan, will be rec
ognized as I be •Johannesburg
district of this continent with
in a few years. Even the people
who have traveled that country
foryears do not recognize its
^‘urk nrcnv going ^
TAKING OUT PRISONERS
Marshal Erwin is on his way
out from Fairbanks with 11
prisoners, who are to be taken
to McNeils island to serve sen
tences is imposed by Judge
Fuller. Four guards will ac
company the marshal. George
Foss, the convicted robber,
has a sentence of 12 years to
serve for robbery, while the Ital
ian who murdered a fellow
countryman will serve a life
sentence for his crime.
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AN UNEXPECTED BATH
Three members of the Strong
building construction gang
were given an involuntary
bath yesterday afternoon which
was very near to being a trag
edy. The men, John Anderson
Chas. SundhoJjn and Fred Berg
like almost everybody else in
Ketchikan, were enjoying the ,
fine skating on the upper lake,
and failed to notice the open
water over the warm springs,
plunging in before they could
stop. Help came from the
j other skaters who succeeded
in getting the three out, but not
until one of them had gone un
der several times. They were
rushed down town as rapidly
as possible and are apparently
little the worse for their duck
ing. Jimmie Hendricks, who
was skating right behind the ^
three had a narrow escape ;
from following them into the j
hole, only preventing it by
throwing himself down at full
length on the ice.
Four prospectors from the
Beaver district, mushed 400
miles through fresh snow to ap
pear as witnesses before the
district court at Fairbanks.
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A gold brick weighing 02
ounces which was supposed to
have been stolen from Mr. and
Mrs. Powell, at Nome, was
found in the bv marshal Pow
ell in the house from which it
was supposed to have been
taken.
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Thomas Carroll, one of the
best known operators in the
Tanana valley, who owned
property on Treasure creek,
died at Fairbanks December
5th. He was a former partner
o fThonias Cale, Alaska's sec
ond delegate to congress.
Harveld Askerson is in the
city with a view of going into
the business of raising blue
i foxes on some of the Alaska
! coast islands, says a Seattle
paper. Harveld should be very
jcareful of bis ground; strange
(ales have come out of the
North about the difficulties to
bo encountered in pushing the
blup fox industry to a succes
sful C!tnp|usipp. The difficul
ties grp pipny. A hardy blup
fox propagator recently front
the North with more rheum
atisim than fox skins. It is an
invitation to rheumatic twangs
to chase around doing (he
chores on a fox farm. It seems
that a hand of healthy blue
foxes lay out a race track a
round (lie edge of the island,
as soon as landed, and (he fox
propagator is thereafter oblig
ed to chase them several times
around the island to transact
these chores. And at that they
are quite apt to burrow jntp
Hip groupd when hn looking
tin m must earnestly. There is
another difficulty. The eagles
select the fattest and most
likt !y imps, carry them off to
their eyries and feed them to
the eaglets. Still, Harveld
should not he wholly discour
aged. There are certain islands
along the coast where the fox
es are so thick that they come
out on the promontories and
hark at the ships ns they pass
by—Ex
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FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
OIL BURNER A SUCCESS
The last couple of days has
demonstrated that the use of
fuel oil for steam purposes
even in a small way is a suc
cess. A. L. Inman has just in
stalled a burner on the boiler
at the Ketchikan Steam Laun
dry which is proving a winner,
as with it less than two barrels
of crude oil will do the same
amount of work for which for
merly a ton of coal was re
quired. Sevaral of the steam
heating plants around town
will probably install oil burn
ers on the strength of the sat
isfactory showing made at the
laundry.
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Road houses are now open
every 20 miles from Dawson to
Shushnnna, a distance of 280
miles.
JAP- ALASKAN PUT
OUT OF BUSINESS
E. J\ Walker, of theUnited
States fisheries service is
in Juneau from a tour of South
eastern Alaska. He is making
a tour of inspection, investi
gating conditions as to fishing
and the fur industry. While at
Killisnoo he apprehended one
T. Kato, a Japanese fisherman,
who had established himself in
the mild cubing business, tak
ing salmon from the waters of
Alaska, contrary to the alien
Laws. In some manner Kato
had secured papers showing he
had declared his intention of
becoming a citizen of the
United States and he evidently
believed he had the right to en
gage in business. He was told
to stop operations and the mat
ter having beeu taken up with
the district attorney he has
l>een informed that his papers
are worthless.—Empire
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Delegate Wickersham does
not believe it will be necessary
to call a special session of the
legislature, although such a
step may be considered ad
visable. The courts and their
employees, the governor’s of
fice, and in fact the entire gov
ernment of Alaska is maintain
ed by congressional approprop
riations. Whether the legis
latlire is called or not, the
wheels of the government in
(lie Northland will turn.
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A teachers association f«n
Alaska has been organized at
Juneau and to date over 50
members have been errolled in
the nw organization. The pur
pose of the association is to
make class work in Alaska uni
form. to encourage the highest
efficiency posihle in the Alas
ka schools and to he in a pos
ition to recopipiepd needed
legislation,
J. Devine, who returned re
cently from the Kolnik, says
that when he left there was
only about ten remaining in i
Kiann. He passed Beaten go
ing up river. His objective was
Noafnk. The men on Cleary
averaged about $1,500 apiece
for Hie winter and summer’s
work. Some made more and
some less.
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T’hora is very much con
jecture as to th? number of per
sons less In Nome Ins wintiv
than last and the estimate var
ies from 950 to flOO, There aro
some, however, who say that
the total Is about the same,,
there being more men staying
in, and fewer women,
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Municipal (axes at Fairbanks
have been fixed at 1 1-2 per
cent. Tlie payers do not com
plain of the rate, but say there i
bos been an excessive valuation
WILL GET COAL
FROM LADYSMITH
G. M. Taylor, local agent for
the Ketchikan Wharf company
is in receipt of the information
thathis company has closed a
contract with the company op
erating the Ladysmith mine for
the right to sell Ladysmith coal
in Ketchikan. The Seward
will bring several hundred tous
of this coal north leaving Seat
tle Feb. 5th.
SOCIALISTS START
ALASKA CAMPAIGN
The Socialists of Alaska are
the first to start the campaign
for delegate to congress of any
of the parties of the territory
and they have nominated Lena
Lewis and Joe Chilberg, of
Nome, for the position, subject
to the decision of the locals
here and elsewhere as to which
of the two shall make the run
in behalf of the party. The re
ferendum vote will commence
immediately and the decision
will be announced from the
headquarters of the Socialist
party in Alaska at Petersburg.
Chilberg is the Nome merchant
wo made such a good showing
in the campaign of 1907, when
he carried the Second and
Fourh divisions and might
have been elected but for the
fact that no one on the coast
knew that he was running.
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CANNERY COMPANY
IN FALSE LIGHT
The Petersburg Progressive
says the story of the Filipinos
that had been employed in
the cannery of the Pacific
Coast & Norway Packing com
pany, of Petersburg, who were
in Seattle destitute because
they had not received as much
pay as they had been promised
does the cannery and the Chin
ese contractor who put up the
company’s pack an injustice.
Its story is that the men were
hired by a Japanese acting for
the Chinaman who was unable
to get a sufficient number of
his own cannarymen, and tha<
the Jap made promises that
eould not be fulfilled without
I he knowledge of company or
the contractor. Then the mer
got to drinking and gambling
and lost what wages they act
ually earned,
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communicated
Jan. 20, ION
Editor Miner:—
Some time ago t read an
article in the Morning Mail over
the name of (». Mann, abou
the Hospital here in Ketchikan
and judging by my own exper
iences in the Hospital canno
hut wonder how much of tin
many charges he made again -
the institution he ran prove.
| Personally I consider that 7
!o\ve my life to the Hospital and
the kindly efficient women
nurses of the place, who save*
me from bleeding lo death.
As soon as I had recovered
sufficiently to do so I wen7
home, and not a word was said
lo me in regard (o payment
and when I cappi lo*settle 7
lound th^ piy bill was a groa'
d£al Hess tliar T had expected if
to be. As to treatment, if could
not have been beflor, for I wn
laken in jM & dying condilim
and nursed hack tx> health, si
that in my opinion there is m
room for argument, and then
will always lie in my heart ;
place full of thanks and grati
tude to those in charge of ft
Hospital that Mr. Mann hai
had so much to say about.
jens w. nor.son.
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I.ake Allin is frozen over an' I
the stage is making regul.v
trips.
BACK F
Ed Kerr, who had been trap
ping up the Unuk River is
back with his catch of furs.
While away he got some fine
martin and weasel skins, and
one bear cub skin. The weath
er up the river has been very
severe this winter,
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The Alaska Steamship com
pany’s liner Mariposa has a
large room, with six bunks, fit
ted up for a jail, for carrying
prisoners and insane persons
between Alaska ports and Seat
tle.
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The A ancouver assay office
received $1,500,000 in gold
from Aukon Territory last year
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
frr the precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No.
1 In Probate. Estate of Fred
Ishuara, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
■I. D. Wynne has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
estate of Fred Ishuaro, deceas
ed; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
first publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
Post Office address at Sulzer,
Alaska.
Dated this 12th, day of De
cember 1013.
J. D. WYNNE,
Administrator of the estate of
feed Ishuara deceased.
^irst publication Dec. 12, 1913
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SERIAL NO. 01630
Application For
Homestead Entry
United States Land Office,
November 13, 1013
Daniel Linderborg, wbo«e post
'I'fice address is Stewart, R.
a citizen of the United
"Oates, being entitled to the
■enefit of Section 2280, Re
used Statutes, and of (be pro-,
•isions of the Act of Mar Pfo
b’d, 1013, has made applic?’(jon
o enter the lands embrar.pr| jj,
T. S Survey No. 0,80, -sitlinted
U1 (he north-wester iv <;i,nPf,
;par the head o' Portl,antl
■?n.a!’ 1,1 1)0 ,T iinean Land
islnct, Alaska, aiKj more par_
■Milarly descr jIP(] ns follows
Beginning \xl Cor. No, 1, or.
to north bank of creek at
nbin. whence U. S. L. M. No.
80 boars N.42 deg. 07min. E ,
•2‘ csb., thence North, 10.07
bs. fo Cor. No. 2; tlienec
Vest, 15.74 ehs. lo Cor. No. 3;
hence North, 8.45 chs. toCor.
ft- 4; thence West, 4.04
hs. fo Cor. No. 5; thence
’onIh, 4 1.80 chs. to Cor. No. 0,
t high water mark of Borl
and Canal at the moiifh of
almon river; thence, meander
'*g along said high water
’ark, (1) N. 85deg. II min.
2.25 chs. (2) N. S3 deg.
ft min. E., 3.73 chs. (3) S. 78
'eg- 17 min. E., 5. 80 chs. (4)
• ft I deg. 20 min. E., 0.4ft
hs. (5) N. 27 deg. 54 min. F,,
ft2 ehs. (0) N. 13 deg >«)
11 hi. E., 3.85 chs. (7)
8T. 30 deg. 45 min E., 4. 7T) chs
8) N. 35 deg. 00 min. E., 3.70
"hs. (ft) N. 7 deg, 5ft min.
W., 4. 14 chs. to Cor. No. 7,
t said high, water mark;
hence West, », j 4 chs. to Cor.
o. 1, lhr> p>'acc of beginning,
lontainlng an area of 71.80
’ores.
Magnetic vacation at all car
ers 30 deg. 00 jnin.E.
Any and all persons claiming
dvcrscly any portion of the
hove described trad are re
mired to file with the Regis
er and Receiver of the U. R.
band Office at Juneau, Alaska,
heir adverse claim there
tgainst, under oath, during
he sixly days period of the
milliration of Ibis notice, or
vilhin thirty days thereafter,
ir they will he barred.
DANIEL LINDERBORt*
f. R. Land Office, JiinePjin
Ma.-kn, November 13, 1013;
ft is hereby ordered that the
oregoing notice lie published
11 the Ketchikan Miner, a
Weekly newspaper printed al
Ketchikan, Alaska, for the
tatutory period
C. B. Walker flegis'ei
. irst publication Nov.. 2 f, 1013
■ test publication, Feb. 13, lfti'*v