Alaska HiS!. T.iiv Muwnm
11 ' IS- Timonii. Alaska
WILL MEAN MUCH FOR KETCHIKAN
The dining room at the Sted
nian Hotel \va- the scene of a
banquet tendered H. S. Waugh
managing director of the Al
aska Venture Syndicate, Ltd.,
ot London, England, by several
cf Ketchikan's leading citizens
last night Mr. Waugh had
been in this region for the past
several weeks in the interests
of his -onipany which has pur
chased the “Old Glory" group
cf mines from Martin Buggy.
While here he examined and
approved the purchase, and was
so well satisfied with the min
eral po^sibiiiti'-' of the district
that he secured options on the
Clifton and Westlake groups of
mining claim' on Prince of
Wales Island. The gathering
■was held in h - honor to speed
him on In* w iv back to Eng
land ta s gge<t the investment
cf more capita: by his company
ir the mining properties of thi
region, his faith in our resour
ces being so staunch that dur
ing the course of his re mar-. -
ir, responding to a toast, he
made the statement that in Ills
opinion the p -sibiiities of the
“ALL OR NOTHING”’
SAYS PRESIDENT
Washington. May 16 The
President today issued a state
ment saying that he absolutely
refused all compromises on the
tariff question, and demand5
free wool and sugar for the
An,*erican people, and the en
acts into law of the tarif
j-iii a_ amproved in conferenct
by hiL ‘h>also saystha‘th<
people have gc™ on record ai
demanding tarifi reform arK
tliat it is his infer,. 100 ‘° e>
that they get it.
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A wire was received from t 1
Spokane this afternon stating
that she would arrive here,
southbound about three o'clock
tomorrow morning.
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Room with Bath for rent, in
quire of C. T. Gardner. adv.
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If you contemplate getting a
summer coat better see Field
the Specialist. adv
Ketchikan mining district are
lie equal if not the superior of
c.uy on earth, and he hoped to
return here shortly in a position
to secure more of the mineral
j properties for his company.
‘Since acquiring the Old Glory j
croup, the syndicate has ex
I pended upwards of thirty-five ;
j thousand dollars in proving
'the property, and will now in
stall stamp mills. a hydro-el
ectric power plant of 3000,
I horse power, wharves, bunkers.:
,nd all the immense plant nec-j
t-sary tor handling large quan
• A" of low grade gold bear
ing ore. AN". Jowatt, a mining
engineer with experience in al
most all the more prominent
mining camps of the world,
who has been in charge of the
work of proving the property of
the company, will handle its af
i •. here, being expected back
,om England within a month,
when * lie act lal construction
work will be begun.
Mr. Waugh, accompanied by
W. F. Gore, sailed on the May
: ~t night direct for England.
Mi. Gore will however stay on
the coast for some time.
CURACAO STRUCK
SOME BAD WEATHER
Word comes from the West
Coast that the steamer Curasao
struck some very heavy weath
er while rounding Cape Chacon
early in the week. She had
1100 ton- of heavy cargo on
1 oard which put her away down
in the water ,und the big rol
ieis in Dixons entrance are said
to have gone clear over her,
drenching everything on board.
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AT THE GROSS SHOW
Four ot the best L niversal
ji,:ms shown in the country
makes up tonights program at
‘he Groa* Theater. The 2 reel
‘ ’a no Drama intittled the
MO. .... .
..t; . m of Ingiatitude ' is extra
. ‘ *»ue good full reel of
■ good. i— , —,
, . Corner On kisaea
. , . „ -s Drama "Life a
And a Powe. ,
1 .. adv
Lesson .
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, - 315.10
Men’s suits to orde^ " , ,
F leld
to 350.00. fit sruaranteed,
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Die Specialist.
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* Western Meat & Fish Go. $
j Branch of Frye.Bruhn Co. ^
$ Packers and Jobbers of £
| Fresh fleat, Provisions and Fish j
5 We Make a Specialty of $
i Ship and Camp Trade $
| Kectchikan, - - - Alaska i
STRONG STOVE CO. I
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges |
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
Heckman Btdg.
MEAT VERY SCARCE
AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, May 16—Unless
Governor Clark can be prevail
ed upon to suspend the game
lews prohibiting the sale of
moose and caribou carcasses
at this season of the year, there
will be a meat famine in this
..ity within the next week or
ten days. Much of the meat inj
the cold storage rooms of the;
local meat companies has beenj
condemned and destroyed as
unfit for food, causing a short
age. Telegraphic requests
have been sent the Governor to
suspend the game law and hi*;
reply i? awaited with consider
able interest.
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GEORGE AND GEORGE
TRADE HOUSES
A real estate trade was made
last night between George
Ghesney and George Siekel,
whereby the former is now the
po-'essor of the tasty bungalow
recently constructed by the lat
while Siekel now owns the
Oliesnej residence, a material
• boor in cash having been
pod to him. The latter i**
(impelled to return to the
States for additional surgical
reatment, as the wound re
sulting from the operation he
> nderwent some months ago.
not healing as it should. He
vent south on the May this
norning.
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Straw and Panama hats at
fields. adv
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2 Molano Drama at the
Gross tonight. adv
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Boys suits see those new Nor
;tlks Field has. adv
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Highest market price paid
for black bear. P. J. Gilmore.
MA CANNERY TENDERS
ARRIVE FROM SOUTH
The lug cannery tenders Or
ient and Berlin, belonging to
he Lindenberger interests ar
rived up from the south this
morning. They have both been
thoroughly overhauled since go
g south last February, have
had new winches installed,
ew and longer booms ship
: d. and cement ballast put ,'n.
! he Berlin will make her head
quarters at Roe Point, while
Orient will be at Fish Egg.
'ar which places they left later
i the day. Harry Inman is inj
command of the Orient, with A
Paulson in a like capacity on
the Berlin.
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SAYS HUERTA WAS
MADERO’S MURDERER
Mexico City May 16-Chargc.*
made by former Commercial
Agent Barron of the Madero
administration against Hueila
claiming that he was directly
> csponsible for the murdering
of Madero were read in the
i humber of Deputies last night
The situation was intensely
cl;, matic, as practically every
mn:i present believes the
charges true but does not dar®
to say so. The charges were
placed in the hands of a special
committee appointed to investi
gate them. Barron is now if*
Me v York city.
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Complete line of G-D corsets
jrd Field's. adv
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iiMenly of comedy at the Dream
tonight. aflv
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1 Mo one ?ells as good a shoe
; , Field for $5.00. adv
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Field is showing a new line
!-f Men‘s -uit- at $15.00, $20.
o0 and $25.00. adv
cT] . Lc.AiJLi.-iai vv-v-* ot -> >
1 CLUB DANCE 1
ZS 4«5
s
I SATURDAY, MAY 17. 1
R ADMISSION $1.00 jj?
£a Get Your Club Tickets at the Door fe
This Will Help You Save.
,'d :-2^«isaoiK5aan «
Open a Savings Account
and we give you one of
these handsome home
i banks. It takes all deno
§ minations of coins and
-1 paper money, and is of a
size and shape convenient
to carry in the pocket to
the Bank for deposit
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Savings Department Of The
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
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Washingon, May 10—A mat
ter of considerable interest to
residents of Southeastern Al
aska came up in a joint com
mittee meeting last night .when
Representative Stevens made
the proposal that the United
States, as an act of internat
ional courtesy, cede the “Pan
handle" of Southeastern Alas
ka to Canada, According to ]
the Members of Congress, j
GUILD ELECTS OFFICERS
At their regular meeting yes
terday afternoon the Ladies'
Guild of the Episcopal Church
elected the following officers
for the ensuing year;
President, Mrs. Roe.
\ ice-President Mrs. Rounsefcll
Secretary. Mrs. Brain,
treasurer, Mrs. Davies.
Work Directress, Mrs. E. S.
Stackpole.
M was only on their absolute
refusal to serve longer as Pres
ident and Secretary that Mrs.
Barber and Mrs. Dickinson
were not re-elected to office,
and much regret is felt by the
members at their determina
tion not to serve as their earn
er! work for the Guild is thor
oughly appreciated by all,
MAY HAS MANY
PASSENGERS
—
The Princess May, which
went south early this morning
' p'oked tip sixteen passengers
;r.t this port, including John K.
Wick, Geo. Sickel, Wm. F.
Gore, Mrs. F. Gore; H. S.
Waukh and E. E. Hale.
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THE DREAM CRITIC
The way the audience laugh
ed last night at that Yitagraph
comedy “Wanted A Sister” wre
are compelled to give it pre
ference as being the best num
ber on the bill. “The Pathe
Weekly” is also very good.
‘ Katzenj intmer Kids” is good
from the childrens viewpoint.
Saturday night we wall show'
“The French Spy” in three
| reels. This is a great picture
..'■ken bv the Yitagraph company
(which means it will be staged
as only the Yitagraph company
! can do it. adv
Western Canada is deprived of
the free use of the Pacific by
iiie barrier of this strip along
(he coast, live hundred and
thirty-six miles long and some
eight to ten miles in width,
without taking into considera
tion the islands fringing the
mainland shore. The matter
was referred with discussion,
but there is little likelihood of
anybody in Congress taking it
seriously.
NORTHLAND HAS
BIG CARGO SOUTH
The steamer Northland was
in during (he night and cleared
for the south with about every
pound of freight she could car
ry She had 200 tons of ore
from the Rush & Brown mine,
! 1,000 cases of salmon from
the cannery at Fish Egg, two
carloads or 64 tierces of mild
cured salmon from the West
Coast, 14 tierces of the same
fish from the Diamond “T”
and the Norman saltries here in
town, and about two hundred
empty oil drums.
THAW TESTIFIES
AGAINST RUSSELL
New York, May 10—<Harry K.
Thaw was a witness in this
city this morning against for
mer Superintendent of Peniten
tiaries Russell, whom he says
offered to release him from (lie
Matteawan criminal asylum if
Thaw would pay him twenty
thousand dollars. Thaws evi
dence was given in a convinc
ing manner ,and though unsup
ported thus far must carry con
' derable weight in the trial.
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JEFFERSON IS
ON WAY NORTH
Seattle, May 16—The steamer
Jefferson got away for the
north last night from this port.
Iler passengers for Ketchikan
are Miss A. C. Johnson; Mrs.
jH E. Pratt; L W. Smith; John
Baer; George Stevens; H. \V.
Wright; W. J. Parker and wife;
W. C. Lynch; Henry Sevet and
three steerage.
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All-Wool suits for men $15.
to $25.00. New line just in at
Fields. adv.
I THE STEDMAN |
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GOOD GOODS
One of Man's best assets, SQUARE DEALING comas
next, you will find both here in,
MENS CLOTHING, SHOES,
HATS, UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS
Or EVERY KIND, OIL CLOTH
ING, GUM BOOTS, SUIT
CASES, AND EVERYTHING
FOR MEN TO WEAR.
Doi.'t take the just as good kind when you can get the
best here at the lowest price.
P. J. GILMOPF
* “The Clothier” -
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