FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
NEW SYSTEM OF SMELTING
A concentrator is soon to be j
built at Latouch which it is
clauned will result in revolut
ionizing the copper mining in
dustry of Prince William
Sound. A new -system, inven
ted several years ago and
which has been subject to the
severest tests, using fuel oil in
stead of coke will lie installed.
It is claimed that ores as low j
as two per cent copper can bo ,
handled at a profit by the new ‘
system, and as there are enor
mous bodies of low grade cop
per ores on Latouche and other
Prince William Sound islands
much will depend on the suc
cess of the enterprise. At pres
ent no effort is made to mine
copper ores which do not give
returns of S or 10 per cent cop
per in addition to the other
minerals carried by the ores.
The work of erecting the build
ing and install it t lie j ant will
be done by Me. Norberg who
erected the concentrator at
Ivennicott.
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While the nine weeks old
baby girl, daughter of Profes
sor and Mrs. Hersehel G. Park
er, of Golnmbia Universiey and
the Mount McKinley explorer,
was sleeping in her carriage in
front of the Parker home in
Brooklyn, an automobile out of
the control of its chauffeur,
dashed from the roadway,
knocked aside the baby car
riage and seriously injured the
nurse. Fortunately the infant
was found to be none worse
for the crash.
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Warm weather for this time
of the year is prevailing on the
Yukon. Last week the tem
perture ranged around the zero
mark at all points south of
Dawson.
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LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS
Wireless Operator Maurice
Thompson informs the Miner
Man that at 11.30 last night he
was in touch with the North
western on her way from Val
dez to Seward. T!i * is the long
e. distance the meal plant has
< \'-f been ahl ■ to work north,
and demonstrates the possibil
- of ‘tie local wireless station
nf m the new plant is in oper
ation.
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The same points that were
pa--ed upon by Attorney Gen
era! .lames C. McReynoids in
> onnection with Alaska’s rev -
• e law- are now pending be
!he United States circuit
court of appeals at San Fran
co. They are involved in
M c appeal of A- B. Callaham
Irom the decision of Judge
"'red M. Brown, holding the
poll tax law to be valid. The
onrl of appeals will probably
r: te with Judge Brown, it is
i id . x i d by attorneys, who have
discussed the matter, that the
Department of Justice will fol
low the court’s ruling rather
than tlie opinion recently sign
ed by the attorney general.—
Juneau. Empire.
Walter Johnson and Walter
Shields of the Bureau of Edu
cation returned to Nome re
rei !ly after a trip to the rein
fleer herds near Saftv. They
had a rather trying time in the
blizzard. The storm was so
had that they had trouble keep
ing the trails and -everal times
11 e three sleds in the party be
came separated. The herd is
reported to be in fine shape.
The deer will go bavk to day
with the native drivers.
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The Daily fKiner, St. per. mo,
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all bo ads lead to TUP.
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Job printing at the Miner,
GOV. STRONG’S REPORT
In the report of Hon. J. F. A.
Wrong. Governor of Alaska,
he suggestion is made that
he Chugach forest reserve
houId be abandoned; that too
much land has been appropri
ated by the forestry department
in the Aleutian Islands, where
there is no timber; that im
mediate steps be taken to con
serve the fishing resources of
I he territory; that the land
laws be so amended that those
who have already used their
homestead rights in the United
States may extended the priv
ilege of doing so a second time
in Alaska; that, since the rein
deer industry of Alaska is be
coming a factor in the food
problems of the United Staes.
| white men be given the pft’ivel
■oge of engaging in reindeer
breeding on the same basis as
Lapps, Eskimos and mission
aries; that the money derived
from.sale of hunting licenses
l>o turned into an Alaska game
law fund, where it rightly be
long-; instead of into the United
States treasury; that a hoard of
education for Alaska be creat
ed; that the tolls jpn the tele
graph system o wned by the
government be ruduced, and
that Congress appropriate
money for the construction of
lighthouses and other aids to
navigation along the coast of
Alaska, and devise some meth
od whereby Indians may ac
quirc idle to land upon which
they have settled. Not with
standing the disadvantages
which the report points out,
the people of Alaska, it says,
are generally hopeful and op
timistic.
“A comprehensive system of
railroads,” the report, says, "is
a thing indispensible for the
development of the country,
because its prosperity and fur
ther development depend upon
the solution of the problem of
transportation. This system
should not only include one or
more trunk lines, from some
point or points on the coa«t, to
the great interior country, but
it should embrace branch line*
to the coalfields and other min
ing sections wherever practic
able.
Dealing with the necessary
lids to navigation Governor
Strong says: “An immediate
survey of all uncharted waters
of the Alaska Coast should be
made, and there should be re
surveys in a number of places.
The general importance of
such aids in these northern
waters cannot he questioned
The commerce of the territory
is large and is steadily increas
ing. especially in the south
eastern section, and installation
- of lights and buoys is to he re
garded as a matter of great
[economic a- well as human
importance. Accidents to ship
ping are of annual occurrence,
notwithstanding the steady in
crease in the number of lights
and buoys in the past several
:years, lo-the fiscal year ended
June noth, 1013. there were
established in these waters fif
teen new lights; live lights
were converted front oil ti
acetyl-gas burners; two
beacons were established; nine
buoys provided in new loca
tions, and four float lights
were installed in Wrangell
Strails.
NOW HANDLE
LIFE INSURANCE
The Jno. R. Beegle insurance
company are now the local
agents for the well-known
Northern Life Insurance com
pany and are ready to do bus
iness forthwith. Arrangements
for assuming the agency were
closed today.
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Fairbanks Jan. 28—With the
thermometer registering 33 be i
low zero, the Third Avenue i
hotel caught fire last night and
was totally consumed. This
morning an investigation of
the ruins was made resulting
in the finding of the charred
body of Carl Larson, one of the
guests of the house.
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VISITING SHRIMP BAY
Among the guests at the Pled
man today were T. II. Carvey
and wife who were on their
way shrimp bay to visit, the
Orchards. Mrs. Orchard and
her two daughters met the j
visitors here and left on the
Rough Rider today with them
for their home.
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NEW ELECTRICIAN ARRIVES
F. E. Warlick, formerly with
the Stone & Webster interests
arrived up on the Spokane
and will be in charge of the
generators one shift at the Cit
izens Light, Power & Water
company’s plant up the creek.
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ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH
—
J. R. Heckman and wife
were among Hie passengers :n
on the Jefferson this morning
up from California for their
regular mid- winter visit.
Freinds of J. R. rwe contemplat
ing passing the collection box
around to raise the necessary
cash to byu him a full sized hat
as he says he lacks the price, j
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A CLASSY MOTOR TRUCK
Charles Finzel. proprietor o1'
the Ketchikan Draying com
pany, who had been south for
the pa>t couple of weeks, re
turned on the Jefferson, and
the cause of bis trip appeared
on the Cordova this morning
in the shape of an up to the
minute Hoick motor truck.
The car i< of the latest style.
30 horse power, and should
prove a money maker in the
draying business of this town.
Charley says he gave it a
thorough trying out on the
steepest hils in Seattle with a ;
full capacity load, and if was
there with the goods everv
time. So that long timber and
material of that nature may be
handled he has a trailer ordered
to couple to the car which wil'
enable the machine to handle
anything that comes along. Re
sides the automobile he
brought a piano truck up, the
only one in town which will
simplify the handling of pianos
and other heavy furniture.
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iSeatle has stamped with its ap
I proval the policy of President
Wilson and Secretary of the In
terior Lane for te construction
of railroads in Alaska. The
council hopes that its lead may
be. followed by labor bodies
throughout the Northwest.
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Moving sale at Fenyes
means big reductions in prices.
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TROLLING SINKERS
Superior To All Others
Carried by all dealers in first class fishing gear
\sk your denier for 'her
H. E. HECKMAN & CO. • Ur ng, Alaska • DlSTaiBUfORS
CALLING FOR BIDS
Bids for sixteen abutments
for the wireless station at
Charcoal point are being called
for by the Marconi company.
The specifications, which may
be seen at the local wireless
office, call for concrete blocks
■mine eight feet at the base and
six feet at the top and six feet
deep. On them the legs of the
three hundred foot steel masts
will stand and be anchored.
The steel is expected to arrive
about 'he middle of Feburary
and the plant in operation some
time during April.
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OUTFIT FOR TRAPPING .
Chas. Chase and Louis Fava.
who have been traping around
Foggy Bay, were in yesterday
with the fur taken thus far this
-o ason, and after taknig on a
< argo of supplies left to finish
lie year’s work.
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WILL SEND OUT
ANOTHER BOAT
Floyd E. Ryus, local agent
for the Canadian Pacific Ry.,
at this place, was in receipt of
a cable this morning stating
that the C. P. Ry., would send
theamer Prnceiss Marquinaa
out from Vancouver Saturday
evening in place of the Sophia.
The Marquina is a fine deep
water vessel and will prove
satisfactory to the traveling
public of this part of the world.
NEW BABY ARRIVES
ftoni to Mrs- Thomas Stevens
of Bay View Ranch, Kasaan, a
thirteen pound boy at 8.45
this morning. Dr. A. Brown
was in attendance, ami both
mother and son are doing nice
ly.
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HEATING PLANT ON ELPASO
Rapt. Ayers of the El Paso
has had a hot water heating
plant installed on his vessel
which is proving a great slic
es this cold weather. Inman
't c plumber did the work.
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Washington, Jan. t?8—The
Department of Agriculture has
issued the announcement that
• trary to the general impres
~:on there are less than thirty
thousand domesticated rein
'eer in Alaska, and that
slringet inea tires mut« be '■ th
en to pre\ent the destruction 01
the herds.
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M'TICE TO MARINERS
Bros- Sound. Capp Spencer
Light reported extinguished
January 20fh. 1014, was re
,i,Thtr 1 January 24th. 1014.
Rv direction of the Commis
sioner of Lighthouses.
W. C. DIBRELL.
L’ghthouse Inspector
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e Daiiy Miner, $1. per. mo.
lull printing at the Miner.
THE
SEWING
MACHINE
OF
QUALITY.
SOLD '•] [I P*
under ;| ,'d |L
any IjK % r
oth-r <j- h -
Ezg
WA ALL TIME.
Tfy il )ME yon win
haveaii. . • i . o yo i pay,and will
nut hav c a u on . •.sc ha I u of repairs.
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
il i v nit h sowing machine, write for
our laust catalogue b fore you purchase.
Tte flow Hana Sewing Machiis Co., Orange, Mbs.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
WILL OPERATE
BIG MOTOR TRUCK
Williams & Hubbard, who
were recently awarded the mail
contracts operating out of
this port including that across
the portage on Prince of Wales
island from Chomley sound to
Hetta Inlet, will operate a big
freight and passenger automo
bile at .that place. They figure
that if they have the applian
ces to handle the business of
the West Coast that more will
come over the portage than is
now the case. The machine
they are planning on will he of
such a power that it will he
able to carry at least two tons
of freight and twelve or fifteen
passengers between the two
points at any season of the
year. They also plan to oper
ate the Teddy on the west coast
connecting twice a week with
the auto truck and the boat
from Ketchikan.
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CHANGES AT THE
TONGASS STORE
Al Kreidler has a crew of
men at work in the Tongass
arranging the shelving prepa
tory to having .the hardware
stock..moved over onto ..the
Front Street side of the build
ing. When this is dope the
men’s .wear will be moved
down from the balcony onto
the main floor, thus saving
customers the trouble of going
up to the mezanine floor for
this class of goods. The trol
ley cash system put in some
tune ago ;s proving very . sal
i-factory, to all co.ncerned.
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BACK FROM TRIP
W. F. Schlothan, who Iiad
been away for the past eonple
of weeks on an outing trip, is
home again. He ‘.reports hav
ing Jiad a first-class time but
did not succeed in bagging
much game. “Bill” will over
haul the Northern Machine
Works plant at once in prepar
ation for the busy season he
-ees approaching.
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NEW FERRY AT JUNEAU
The Juneau Ferry company
is building another vessel in
Seattle for the Juneau-Douglas
Treadwell ferry business. The
new boat will be known as the
Alma, She will be ninety-three
feet long, 10.0 feet beam with
a molded depth of nine feet
and a draught of 7.0 feet. With
250, h.p. gas engines she is ex
acted to make eleven knots,
nd the round trip between
nneau, Douglas, Treadwell
dieep Creek in an hour. The
ilma will have accomodations
for 250 passengers and light
freight. She will have two cab
"s. one for women only and
die other for smoking. Each
will seat about seventy persons
and will be plainly but comfort
ably finished.
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WILL INSURE
FISHING BOATS
A co-operative insurance
ompaiiv has been formed a
mong Hie independent hailmt
^hermeri of Puget Sound and
"o«ka, with headquarters al
Seattle. The' new company is
inch on the general lines of a
'ub where all' the members
uay into a common fund ac
"ding to 1 he assessments of
' f ir essels. Premiums are paid
n 25 per cent of the value of
he boats and 75 per cent rc
uisurance is placed with out
:de companies, for which the
tub makes all arrangements
A’ithout becoming liable itself
for more than 25 per cent. De
velopment of the scheme will
1 e along such lines that even
"ally all of the mosquito fleet
of the' north coast may be able
to share in its benefits. In ad
dition to the establishment of
the company a strong associa
tion has been formed to take
care of the business end of ves
sels operated by independent
fishermen. Officers of this
association are W. II. Butt,
president; N. W. Keating, vice
president; A. Wing, secretary
and treasurer; Albert Lindvog,
business agent.
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HOMESTEAD LAW
OF ALASKA
In liis annual report the com
missioner of (lie general land
office says that the homestead
laws as now applied to Alaska
have been found to be unsuit
able lo conditions in the ter
ritory.The future development
of the. natural resources in Al
aska depends a great deal upon
the development of the agri
culture lands. In order to en
courage the homesteader to go
there, it is necessary that the
laws be made as liberal as
possible commensurate with
proper protection to the pub
lic from fraudulent, acquisition
of such lands, and the commis
sioner recommends that the
following changes be made.
The area of land subject to
homestead entry should be re
duced to 100 acres.
The area of required culti
vation should be reduced to
one-fortieth of (he entire area
the second year and one-twen
tieth the third year.
An absence of six months
each year should ‘be premitted.
Notice of homestead loca
tion should be filed in the dis
trict land office.
The survey of homesteads
should be made by the govern
ment after the expiration of
three years from the date of
entry and upon satisfactory
proof of compliance with the
j law.
The right lo make a home
stead entry in Alaska should
exist notwithstanding the ap
plicant may have acquired title
to a homestead outside of the
territory.
The act of June 22, 1910(30
Stat. 583), providing for the
surface entries of lands con
taining coal should be extended
to include homestead entries
in Alaska.
The suggestions follow
House joint memorial No. 1,
passed by the first Alaska Leg
islature.
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LUKE M’LUKE SAYS
When -he is JO years old sir*
will borrow a wad of gum on!
of a hoys mouth and chew it
with enjoyment. When she 's
20 years old she wouldn't shake
hands with the same hoy be
cause she. is afraid she might
be contaminated.
A single man can hardly
wail for pay day to come a
round. But it doesn’t mean
anything to a married man.
What has become of the old
fashioned family Bible (hat con
tained a colored frontipieec
"bowing Eve in a green one
piece frock being driven from
jibe garden by an angel in a red
"heath gown?
The old-fashioned man who
couldn’t fake a bath unless it
was Saturday night now has a
"Oil who can’t swear off un
less il is Hie first of January.
A mail might appreciate the
compliment. But you should’nt
fell a stout girl that she is all
wool and a yard wide,
A man shouldn’t try to fell
the (nilh all the time unless he
is a champion fighter or a
i liampiou runner.
We all have our own way in
this world until they take the
other nourishment away from
us and commence feeding us
with a spoon for the first time.
Some men are so contrary
that you can bet you are wrong
when they agree with you.
A girl can have a father and
three brothers at home and
still imagine that her fiance
has wings and a halo.
Virtue is using so much
rogue and carmine paint these
days that a man has a hard
lime locating vice
And it might help some if
Dame Fortune was ns good a
mixer as her sister Misfortune.
A Princess will spend four
hours dolling up to be looked
at and then get mad because a
man took a good square look at
her.
A British scientist says wear
ing clothes is unnatural and a
bad habit. But, the women
beat him to it this last summer
And if the reformers had the
world roped and tied and had
everything their own way, they
would he miserable because
there wouldn’t be anything to
kick about.
A soft answer saves you
many a hard wallop.
A woman sits down and
waits for temptation. A man
gets up and meets it half way.
—Ci n c i mi a t i Fnqu ire r.
The Weekly Miner $3. a year
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In ;he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given lliai
William A. Connell liar been
duly appointed administrator
with the will annexed of flu:
estate of Linus A. Gould, de -
leased; and all persons having
claims against said estale arc
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after tins
f rst publication of lliis notice
wilh the undersigned at his
place of business, the Stedman
Hold, Ketchikan, Alaska,
baled this 4lh day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Administrator of the Estale of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
C.has. 11. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 9-2(5-13
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notice to creditors
In the Commissioner’s Court
for the precinct of Snlzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No. I
in Probate, Estate of Walter
Yaltatzie, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that.
Jacob Lauth has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
estate of Walter Yeltatzie de
ceased; and all persons having
cl-.ims against said estate are
hereby notified (o exhibit diem
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 the 19th day of
January, 1914.
JACOB LAUTH Administrator,
Administrator of the estate of
Waller Yaltatzie deceased.
First publication Jan. 23, 1914.
Last publication Feb. 20 1914.
National Forest Timebr
For Sale
Sealed bids will be received
by the Forest Supervisor, Ketch
ikan, Alaska, up In and includ
ing February 28, 1011, for
272,000 board feet of spruce
and hemlock saw timber, more
or less, located np a strip 200
feet wide and 2 miles long on
the south side of Ghiekamin
Bay, between Trap Point and
the month of Ghiekamin River.
I No bids of less than $1.00 per
thousand hoard feet will be con
sidered. Deposit with bid
$200.00. The right to re
ject any and all bids reserved.
Before bids are submitted full
information concerning t he
j timber, the conditions of sale,
and the submission of bids
.should he obtained from the
Fores) Supervisor, Ketchikan,
Alaska,
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The Weekly Miner $3. a year.
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