'Alaska Hist. Lib an.I Musaaui \
11S-1S—Junpau. Alaska
Ketchikan Miner
PRICE 10 CENTS KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, I MIOAV, JUNE 27, 1013, VOL. NO.^5"
WINING MEN ARE
LEAVING TONIGHT
lip. F. V. Shute and wife to
gether with Mr. C. E. Abram ,
are leaving on the Princes? So
phia tonight for their home in
Bellingham. Washington. The
party has been in Ketchikan : e
about two weeks and are wry
favorably impressed with he
district. Dr. Shute who is t:
President of the Bellihgiiam a’
cska Mining Co. and Mr. An
rams is the attorney for the
company. The men ace lie.e,
eo look up and inspect the hold;
ings of the company in the dis
trict and also to consult i;
local manager F. C. Howard in1
!egard to extending their
at ,.ns in this pwt of A11 k .
l*r. Shute is very favor,:'.--.;, m
pressed with the outlook for
the mining of this disir.i i ilia!
he states that his company will
v-:y soon begin operations ouj
? large s cale and that Alaska
lever had a more promising -
1 -;re in t-'ie mining line iiiau at
the present time.
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STRIKEF.S RETURN
TO OLD JOBS
Cineinatti. June 27—Ti.e
Garment Workers Union -e u
e. { a notice this morning to al'
t.'ic eleven thousand striking
n e nbers return to work to
day pending arbitration.
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CANNERYMEN COME NORTH
I*. J. Gorman an i B. Ber-n
vv- ra two c f the cannery m.
that come N orth for the season
on the Markposa las', night.
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' The Wed.ding Gift-- a? i »e
tonight. adv
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For your night lui. b .
into the Stedman Cafe. New
service and first ciass. Open
oil hours. adv
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FOREST FIRES ON
KENAI PENINSULA
Washington, June 27—The
t'mvau of Forestry here has re
ceived advices from foresters
that a serious forest fire is
rcguig on the Kenai Peninsult
;:i Western Alaska. Fighters
have been sent out from Chng
... 'i to extinguish the fire which
h s assumed serious porpor
i on an1 is spreading over
m !es of country.
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REBELS MASSING
ON BORDER
ii! Paso. June 27—The Rebel]
troops are massing on the boi -
” preparatory to an attack, on j
mrez. They seized fifty Ihous
. i rounds of cartridges and
a ? all in high spirits and sure
- • e-- now that they are
i well armed.
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UNDERWRITER CAPTAN
ARRIVES ON MARIPOSA
( s; ain K. C. Genereux and |
c ew of five divers arrived no
te M riposa last night fiom,
■he -• uth and left today for t>. ■
'-cease of the wreck of the
O' :>■ »o on the West Coa
1 x s th< wre ker
. , , . the steamship under
5 . v- d in the same .
capacity at the wreck of ti.c
bora las: winter. The Captain
• cue of the best known men
■ 'h L' .ted S‘ ites servine in '
capacity has has raised
si ... . ■ ■— - ^. Alaska,
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UP FOR THE SUMMER
It. A. EarJiey and wife and,
daughter of Dolomi, arrived up}
..•I t!,e M -a ! — t n gut on ■
;-i*rf way to Dolomi to spend
i»e summer.
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Change of program at the
Dream tonight. alv'
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| CLUB DANCE 1
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y SATURDAY, JUNE. 28 S
jjf ADMISSION SI.00 ?|
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(jet Your Club Tickets at the Door
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PADDLING CANOE FROM
SEATTLE 10 SKAGDAY
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Yesterday afternoon an cdci
appcaring little boat glided sd
eutly into the harbor of Ketch ■
it an with little to indicate tin.'
• i i is engaged in establishing
a record for long distance pad
dling. Seated therein and pad
c'.. ng with easy and regular
smoke were the two 5 >nng
C.idifornians. Arthur D. Snip
s w. and Forrest Clark, who
1 ;\c aroused the interest'of the
entire Pacific Coast in IV ir
demonstration of the possi
;■ i )\ of navigating the wider,
of the inside passage in as frsil
i • raft as a canvas canoe. This
canoe wa> not built especially
lor the present trip, but Is ouo
of the eighteen-toot India i
id , canoe sold thi *u -1
■ United States. To keen1
so breaking seas a water, n >f
cuuva.- cover is always l-r;t
! . tJ in position, and in too
i\vo opening which thi- ever;
■.attains the paddler- sit and
grind out the miles, often re-,
mauling at the paddle eonlni
aoasly for ten. twelve and <" -n
fourteen hours. The ca oe con
meneel its long journey at S: -
.'tile on May 16th. on ** ?)k !i
i a-iou one of the offic.i.- •
by British steamer referred
' . the canoe as •nothing lm l a
blooming bit of a cockle-hell.
\n know." Up to this point
7«:■ i miles have been • overed.
I".'- strait of San Juan do
k. \va- crossed and a visit
v - made at A ictoria. rtiree
> - w ere spent in Vancouver
!i*11 t iter leaving that city V
ei ,-oemts were practically • 1.1
oil from civilization for mar
ly a month, on an occasion!!*- j
passing steamer bring tnougr.is
(.if pie and pillows. When
Prince Rupert was reached
• w is a th ys "pot- j
. i ll" on the good things found
i» restaurants. The Califor
it.- say that Prince Rupert j
vil, always be linked in their
memories with hot cakes and
mince pics, for their many davs
of strenuous paddling had ml-j
tivaled appetites of the Lind j
H at rich would like io pur
chase but cannot. The run
f’om Prince Rupert to this ei'y .
was made without, difficulty
and at a leisurly pace in four;
daxs time. The voting men sav
they will long cherish the ret
ollection of their last -top on
Canadian soil. Thi- was eight
miles below the boundary a!
r^i-ky little Green l-iand in
Chatham Bound, where Mr.
Acv Ringwell and wife tend
'be light during the long, lune
lv days. The two Americans1
n'-vored their canoe in a cove
• ilt.e Gland for a few minutes
in cr ler to dispose of a cot.1
ti .dd ay lunch. Immediately
h twever the hospitable light
ho so keener came down over
G.e rocks and urged the men
1 i come up to the house for a
list lunch, and upon his invil
la lion being declined, actually
!>*ought down to the waters
edge a Irav containing hot lea
ami fruit cake, and upon pari :
. g pri'.-sed upon the vox gees a
a .miser m fresh eggs.
Wrangell will be the nex1
stop on the itinerary xvherc thej
ea.i. e will be repainted, and
-die trip taken up the Shkmc
li ver and *o one of the nearby
glaziers. After (hat Juneau ai d I
t kagway xvill furnish addi1 - :
lioiial material for the pn
■and camera of Clark, who i
xx.'iti ig the narrative ol the
ctuise for the Pacific Motor}
Boat. It is possible that Sitka!
au the Muir Glazier wiii bo
x'sited should there be time.
After the trip is terminated at
f-hngway a steamer will quickie
carry the men back to Beali.e
t'ver the waters so laboriously ;
landed a few weeks before
COMES TO SEE HIS SON
S’ nley Ook-mit!: arrived ov
er from Hadley last right ou
i!*e Rough Rider to -ee hi- new
»on presented to him at Hie
: ospitui \\ ednesday nignt. lie
sa - he never knew thr.t il
w.T' so far fiom Hadlee to
Ketchikan before.
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"! ho-e Navy Blue and B’ai k
- e-- at Fie Is are cot -
reel sn every way. a lv
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An All-Star show al the
Dream tonight. aJv
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i’ring the boy in for a ~nM
• r trie 4th Field ha- a good
a: -ortraent adv
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ONLY FIRE DRILL
The lire whistle blew la^t
i Add to cal! the boys out for a
practice run which was taken
to Indian Town. The only
hitch m the affair being when
the unrolling ho-e flew and hit j
Odver Field iri the forhea 1 e'li:
in;: a painful wound for a l»w!
days.
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Si ug by Mr. Woodworth nl
‘he Grand tonight. adv
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Men"' -draw and panama h.vs
at Field’s. adv
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Suit-, especially bo uil fur
the 4th of Jiiiy trade at Field.
—Advertising.
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WET OR DRY?
Dry by all means, in order to
creserve your health you must
keep your feet and body dry, by
wearing woolen under-wear,
mackinaw clothing, gum boots,
oil clothing, flannel over shirts,
London slip-ons and etc., and
then ou will be dry.
Yours for a wet town and a dry body.
P. J. GILMORE
“The Clothier" ‘
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SEATTLE EDITORS
ARE ACQUITTED
f'C-al(If, .lime 27—Judge Hum
phries decided that the U’clh
eu* tlv publishers of the Sv
af tie. did nut show the Min ice
Jaivis article and stoped tlu*
case the jiir\ returned a ve..m t
of not guilty. Editor Sanders
"■as also acquitted as no case
has been proved against him.
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WEALTHY MONEY
LENDER MURDERED
ho* Angeles, June 27—C.har
!e* Peiidoll a wealthy money
lender of this city was found
hi*t evening murdered in hi*
office lu one of (he principal
i biding* down town. No clue
- known as to the murderer or
the reason.
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PUTS HIS PICTURES
ON THE PUBLIC
NY. D. Gross, the moving pi •
tore man. was one of the pas
mugor* on the Mariposa !u>t
fight. Mr. Gross has been in
the east for tho past two month
arranging for the showing ol
bis films of the Alaska Legis-i
at.ire taken during the ttssein-j
h:c at Juneau and reports that
tie has met with grand success
YMiiio away he went to NVash
ngtqn D. G., and added the
picture of Delegate W’icko
diiini to the list.
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LEELANAW GOES SOUTH
r< be lug freighter Lc elan aw,
the Skagway Steamship Go.
c.' s in port this morning on
'•:r way south. The Skagway
'team-hip Company is a new
■■■mpany formed by the railroad
ckagway and the Deelauaw
- ■. new and large freighter
md is promised her share of
tie freight business ail along
be jine.
1 or your night lunch drop
nto (he Stedman Cafe. New
*eivice and first class. Open
ill hours. (i3v
POCAS hold their
annual election
''lie Pocns held their annual
election last night and in honor
oi the oeeassion spent tin cv
cn:;ig playing Progressive who;
• he prizes were won by Mrs.
A'1. A. Bryant and Peter Johti
'(.n amt the consolation pc.zcs
' cm- awarded to Mrs. Hichn'vi
'"ii. who is a local visitor, Irum
California, and J. Furlong. Ton
tables at cards were piayeri.
ibinity refreshments were ser
ved at 11 o’clock on tlie stage
v nidi was decorated with ferns
and native flowers. During re •
'i < 'hments the Panp children
p .*yed several duets on Pie
nr ndolin which were very well
rendered. The evening
ended by a social dance. Mrs.
M. M. Churchill was the re
tiring Pocahontas and has prov
ed herself very efficient in ihe
chair at the head of the lodge.
Mrs. Bruce Hoffman was cl
otted Ihe ne\\ Pocahontas.
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STRAWBERRY
HEADQUARTERS
Strawberries front the straw
berry patch direct to Ketchikan.
Leave orders at Zimmerman’s
—Advertising.
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POOL MAN RETURNS
8. 8. Lee of the firm of Lee ea
Malone of the Bowling Alley,
r.'turned P‘om Cordova on a
late boat. Lee says that Co - -
nova is dead and that Ketchikan
looks good to him.
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GREAT SACRIFICE
Alter the sixth of July t tx
ped to have a large .new sloe'.?
of diy goods and to make room
for litem 1 will close out all in
> ock from now until that dale
ol. a great sacrifice to have u
new stock when they arrive.
The Gateway Store, Phone t
—Advertising-.
Two biograph farce comedies
at Ihe Dream. adv
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| THE STEDMAN S
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mu—fik fWiiBin j mi ■fcMarcawMBM———j——i
This Will Help You Save.
Open a Savings Account
and we give you one of
these handsome home
banks. It takes all deno
minations of coins and
paper money, and is of a
size and shape convenient
5 to carry in the pocket to
the Bank for deposit
You Keep the Bank and
We keep the Key. j
I vu &aKZ4!i»aiaiflig a
Savings Department Of The
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
If you want your moneys worth go to the MARKET
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