WILL BRING UP AN
SCIENTIFIC PARTY
t'.apt. G. D. Robertson, for
merly in command of the Prin
ce's Ena is on the bridge of
the May on her present trip,
lie takes Capt. McLeod's place
w hile the latter brings up an
excursion of mining scientists
on the new steel steamer Prin
cess Aquinna. The Aquinna
takes the excursion as far as
Skagway and returns while the
excursionists proceed down the
Tt okon. They are due to ar
rive in Ketchikan Sunday.
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NEW BOOK SHELVES
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
"
W. J. Sully the carpenter has
just finished a set of new book
shelves for the Ketchikan Pub
lic Library. The upper shelves ,
are fitted with glass fronts, the
lower on*-- being open for re
ference purposes.
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Among the pa~»engers south;
bound on the City of Seattle
th's morning were Divers
Finch. Finch and Stage rs.
and A. H. Cre-s, consulting
engineer of the Pacific Coast
company returning from the
scene of the wreck of the State
of California. To the Miner
representative Mr. Cress made
the following statement:
We came north to see if any
thing could be done to rescue
the bodies of the dead passen
gers and crew of the California j
and are returning satisfied
that action is beyond the reach,
of human ingenuity.
The wreck is too deep for,
d vers to attempt w ith any
degree of certainty. In Capt.
T inch and those a- : bated w ith
hin. I am satisfied we had the
Lest and most capable divers
on the Pacific coast so I am
going back to the S und - is
fied that we have done every
thing possible. The wreck
lies bow on to the shore on her
port side, at a depth ranging
from 3 4 to 37 fathoms. He;
hull is in one piece contrary to
the report that ,t was broken
up in sinking. Cap*t Cann
showed us where she went
down, and the soundings show
ed that she had droped back
fully 200 feet, so -deep is the
bottom at that point.
Capt. Finch him-elf went
down to look at the rock which
the boat struck and report1
that there i- a narrow- reef
running out with six or eight
I- ats on ii. and that the one
which the vessel actualy J
s‘ :■ k ii !es- than three fee*,
aero-', the marks of the con
* a•’ 1 being plainly discernable.;
Soundings by the geodetic sur
vey are usually taken in a tri
angular form, and ihep>eculiar
position of the reef and p>in
nirles j* such that they o ’ur
ea between the sounding
point-, and wo : 1 not be di - ,
covered w.th anything less than ,
a drag survey.
We do not think that there is j
much liklihood of the bodies;
floating up from the wreck,
os the water is so cold that
?a= will be very slew- in form
ing if it forms at all. and with- ,
out ga: the bodies will notj
f<me to the surface. The’
company will how-eve" main
lain a watch of the neighbor-!
hood in the event that any do*
tome up t
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WANTS MACHINERY FOR
AN ALASKAN RAILROAD
Washington. Aug. 23—Sena
tor Poindexter or; Saturday af- <
ternoon secured the adoption :
of a resolution by the Senate
repuiring the Panama Cana! 1
commission to notify the Sen- j
afe what proportion of the mi- i
chinery used n the construct- :
ion of the canal would be i
a ai!able for government rail
road work in Alaska. 1
GETS HIS INSURANCE
George F. Rounsefell, the lo
a! insurance agent on behalf
t his companies, made settle
ment in full with Gene Wack
•'v today, in full for the fire
which destroyed his home at
W ards Cove last month. The
mount was > 1500.00. and w as
the full amount of the face of
the policy. This will enable
Gene to make a fresh start,
.mil speaks well for the com
pany carrying the policy.
The inclement weather is re
tarding badly the work on the
Sparhawk residence. Doc says
this living under a tent isn't all
that it might be. especially
when it rains. ' - ir.i: L
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TO LORING AND
HERRING COVE
0. O. Julian and Jerry Mc
Graw left »n the fast and com
modious Lillian S. for Loring
. nd other Behm canal points
this morning.
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IRISH OUT-DUTCH IN
For the first time in history
the Dutch has beaten the Irish.
Fred Berry the night policeman
unit yesterday and in the ab
-i nee of better material Al.
It ihring was appointed to the
tlfice. f
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FISH NOT YET RIPE
\V. K. Hancock, superintend
ent of the government hatch
ery at Yes Bay. who has charge
also of taking the pink salmon
eggs in Ketchikan creek, re
lumed to Yes Bay this morn
ing. To the Miner Man he
said that the ‘'humpies” in the
creek are not yet ripe enough
i lake for propagation purpo
ses as yet, nor would they be
he thought for several days.
He will return here Sunday and
make another experimental to
•cc what condition the fish are
then in. 3r.d if everything is
■at is factory will take the five
million eggs the department
wishes for planting in eastern
waters.
LONG TRIP IN SMALL BOAT
Jv-- Moran and three com
: nions reached Ketchikan af
,er a trip up from the Sound
n the small gasoline launch
E. Lee. The boys took
heir time coming up and put
iuis in close to two months on
he trip. . ..
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INSANE MAN SUICIDES
—
While Denver S. Wil.-on an
employee of the Yes Bay can
nery. ijpjO'Cd to be in-ane.
was being brought to town yes
icrday for examination, he e~
■ pe.J from the men bringing
him on board the launch Sea
!.:on wh ie coming down Behm
Canal and jumped overboard.
Search was made for him but
in tain, so the launch came on
to town and reported the mat
te.’ to lh*> Marshal’s office.'
The dead man had been acting
nueeriy for -ome time and rep
resentative- of the Marshal’s
office were on their way to
bring him over pacing the Sea
1 ’on on the way. Wilson came
from Portland to work in the
cannery. If is brother wa- on
board the launch from which
1 < jumped overboard and his
{'rent- reside in Portland.
TRAP FISHED SUNDAY
The Lindeuberger Packing
■ mip ny piead guilty in Judge
b'ackpole’s court this after
noon to keeping their Ulloa
Bay trap open and fishing last
Sunday. They were fined,
• f00.00. 11. O. Smifh. the -a!
agent brought the charge,
[.nek Pe‘er-ron the trap tender
plead guilty and was fined
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START CEMENT WORK
The cement gang got busy
this afternoon on the Strong
building and it is a matter of
hut a few days until thw walls
will begin to grow.
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i WONDERFUL SPECIMENS
OF PHOTOGRAPHY
_
If you are interested in pho
tography or pictures of any
kind it will be worth your
j while to take a look at the two
sepia enlargements in Berg
stressers window—they are
'wonders. The one of the
lagoon at l.oring i- a marvel of
clear eui outline and truly a
I w ork of- art.
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WILL REMODEL BUILDING
j Al. Kreidler has a crew of
men at work tearing out the
partitions in the downstairs of
hi- building near the Seattle
Bar. He will remodel the place
j ;o that it can he used as a
looming house, for which
there seems to he considerable
demand in that end of town.
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LETTER FROM McBAIN
F t. Egsron was in receipt of
a Setter from his partner Mo
Bain. Under date of August 10
"Mac" wrote that he was ex
pecting to start for the Shu
shanna country the next mold
ing and thought he would make
t in to. the diggings in about
two weeks. ' jIY
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JAP BOAT AT RUPERT
A ccording to the Prince Ru
pert papers the Japanese ship
Kinakasa Maru is at that port.
She is a sailing vessel with aux
, diary 'team power and sailed
: from the ‘‘Flowery Kingdom”
for New Westminster for a
{load of dried dog salmon. Poor
{charts and poorer seamanship
{landed her in Prince'Rupert in
stead and -he will steam down
i under a white pilot.
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WILL HANDLE HERRING
H. R. Elliott of Crai? was a
i local visitor last night on th
1 Jefferson. He is on his way to
.the West Coast where he will
conduct a bait business thi«
winter. He will operate the
pa-boat Pirate as tender and
will make a special hid for the
baiting of (he big halibut fish
ing boats.
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A LAZY CONGRESS
Although Congres- has been
in -e-'ion -everal month-, yet
-o far nothing has been en
acted. and the only member
[of congre-. who have done
anything at all are tho.-e who
hapj»en. to be on committees
which have con'ideration of
the tariff bill arid the cjirrency
bill. And while congress has
been loafing the entire sum
mer through they have been
■n‘?ing that a tariff bill and a
currency bill were too much
t > pa-' in one -pecial session.
However, every repesentative
and senator have been ‘‘hear
ing from home.” and they
have learned that the people
are demanding the passage of
the Wilson tariff bill and the
Wil'on currency bill, not only
at thi- -e-'ion. but as quick
those two measures can b*’
put through. <
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MARRIED
At the Methodist Parsonage i
\e-terday afternoon, by Rev. I
H. W. Michener, Mathew M. I
Reese and Miss \irginia Todd, ‘
The groom is one of the part- •
rer'hip now operating th 3 1
Rogers property at Hollis. The ■
bride is the daughter of A. B. i
Todd and arrived up from the i
outb on the City of Seattle. jt
OFFICES ON WHARF
lu preparation for what pro
mi-es to be a very busy season
the A. \V. Thomas company
have fitted up their offices on
'the wharf south of the creek
and will handle their herring
business from there this win
ter. Capt. Thomas informs the
Mirer Man that he intends to
install a small smoke house on
the dock for the purpose of do
mg a small smoking business
in herring he being an old hand
at that end of the game.
Nome. Aug. 20—Word comes
by wireless fro mthe cutter
Bear that the Karluk with the
Sleffansson expedition on
board had been injured by the
ice near Point Barrow, and the
probabilities are that the ex
pedition may have to be aban
doned for this year.
Mrs. Jack Waddles and
Jack Junior arrived up on the
Princess May this morning.
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An unofficial statement of
the opening prices for this
season's salmon pack was re
ceived by wire last night as
follows:
Churns. 60c. per dozen.
Pinks, 03c.
Medium Reds. S5c.
Alaska Reds. si. 13
l.ocal canners are of the j
cpinion that these prices will
ca<e of the “Chums” which
they consider is higher than
the condition of the market
warrants as the greater part of
is still unsold 'though offered
at about 50c. per dozen.
The prme, 03c. for pink*
will be a disappointment toj
the eannerymen many of j
whom were hoping to sell it at
sin only or seventy-five cents,
but the big run of salmon on
Puget 5<pund has depressed ;
A* it ,costs from 05c. to 75c.
to produce a dozen cans of
salmon according to the can- i
uery. it is evident that those
canneries which operated this
> car must have done so at an
actual loss, especially as most
of lh£m had to go out into the
market to buy their fish from J
the seiners owing to the fact
that the traps did not deliver
the goo,;- this year. Those
canneries which have not yet
Riled all their cans are ron
fionled by the problem of
either filling them with Chums
or letting them go over till
! ext year, in either event los- j
Ing money.
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BABY IS BORN
ON STEAMER
Roy Moyer, of the firm of
Mover <x Sun, Fairbanks, left
hi- home city for the “outside"
accompanied by his wife, and
arrived at Whitehorse accom
panied by his wife and daugh
ter. Young Miss Moyer was
born or: board the steamer Sel
kirk between Dawson arid
WJiilehor.-e. Mr. and Mr. Moy
er were married a little over a
rear ago at. Fairbanks where
bey had both lived since they
‘Vcre school children,
ZazakofT, the native who
•!io| and killed Charles L.
lOiidry, the Coal bay trader
oid mail carrier, has been -en -
enccd to serve three years in
the penitentiary at McNeill’s
sland, as result of a trile be
fore Judge Jenings at Dill
ngham. He plead salf
:eferi<c. !,
NOTED SOCIALIST DEAD
—
•So' ialisis the world over are j
noiirnirig (he death of August
•eoel, August 13. at Zurich,
•witzeriand. He was 73 years
if age a* the time of his death ]
aid had long been considered .
he leading exponent of Social- ;
-rn in Germany of which conn |
ry he was a native and a '
nember of its Reichstag at <
he time of his death. ,*
NORTHEPN happenings +
A new strike has been report
'd in the Circle region.
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The volcanos on the Alaska
peninsula are still smoking.
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Skagwaj fishermen recently
captured a 100 pound shark.
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Thirty-eight dredges are op
erating this season in the vici
nity of Nome.
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The Loyal Order of Moose
recently organized at Haines
with a membership of 131.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Isabel Ambler Oilman
lias been assigned at Seldovia.
Last year, she taught at Nus
agak.
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Because of the lack of rain,
for the first time in history the
smalt grain crops of the Tan
ana valley are almost a failure
this year.
4 4 4
Capt. Frank IT. Lord, who is
operating a hydraulic proposi
tion on Ruliy creek in (he Atlin
country, reports a good clean
up and plenty of water.
4 4 4
ALASKA NEWS NOTES
August \V. Conradt of Fair
banks has disposed of his
• lining interests in the Tanana
valley to the Jesson brothers
and intends locating in San
Hancisco. i
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The White Pass company
has cut the passenger ratj
between Whitehorse and Fair
banks to 865 down the river
and 860 coming up.
4 4 4
It is said the Canadian gover
nment is considering the ad
visability of erecting an ore
testing null near Dawson to
try out some quartz lodes of
that section.
♦ 4 4
The finding of a diamond
litg in the stomach of a
sdmon is told by Teddy
Anderson, a local fisherman
of the town of Fairbanks, who
-ay- it weighed close to thirty
pounds, before being dressed,
and was caught in the slough
a short distance below town.
Tiie stones are genuine, ac
cording to a jeweler, although
of no great value.
t ~r ~r
W. E. Kendrick, an expert
sign writer, who worked here
iii Ketchikan during 1907, re
turned on the Humboldt this
morning and will make his
home here in the future. lie
went from Ketchikan to Katal
!a and Cordova, and has lived
in the latter place for the past
several years. He will rent a
■■hop and get down to business
i- soon as he is settled.
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Skagway citizens headed by j
ill ir energetic member of the *
1 erritorial Senate, the Hon. Si
Tanner, held a mass meeting
recently for the purpose of
•rganizing a campaign to dem
onstrate that their town is the
Etqdpor shrdlu cmfwyp mm
raleway to the Shushanna, and
■roved it to their own satisfac
on.
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V.'. II. Merrill is taking four
•lack cats to a friend in the
Wj’jesna country, which are
■clieved by Mr. Merritt to he
mrbifigers of good luck. The
•af.s were encased in a comfor
aliie box made especialy for
he purpose and when last
icard of were not suffering j
my discomfort.
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It is said the out put of the
ditarod this year is estimated
1 s.2,.700,000. Some operators
■ re running crews greater
Inn ever before and more
could he working hut for the
!■•>• weather they have been
xperiencing.
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General Manager Sam Sil
verman, of the Skeen-Lechnor
mining company, came in from
j Tails crook last evening. He
reports that stamps will he
dropping Monday. —Seward
Gateway. —
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Most of the electric lights
in Valdez were put out by n
seagull recently. The bird
(■lighted on the live wire and
M.tceeded in crossing them,
i The following morning ihe
(rouble was located by the
superintendent ami his men
when they found the bird
hanging by the neck from the
\\ ires.
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“Alaska is the land for Ihe
young man. All that he lias to
do is to go there and stick, for
lo my mind it holds a greater
future for the young American
limn any other part of Hie conn
dry, said P. J. Kennedy, a
! prominent business man of the
city of San Francisco.
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J. D. Downing of Nome lias
filed suit for divorce against
his wife, Julia A. Downing,
who is outside, desertion be
ing the cause of the suit.
John Zug, who recently
walked to Iditirod from Dike
man. says that lie never saw
Ihe mosquitoes so thick in the
north. iie could hear them
,ahead of him, and the noise,
die says, was like a gale of
wind through telegraph wires
while around him and in front
of him they were so thick he !
! could hardly see his way.
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As a result of his hand com
ing in contact with a circular
jof his left hand.
Night Foreman James Jam
jiO'On at the Fallon ck Mitchell
i mine on Eva creek was seve
rely cut on the head, caused
by a stone falling from the
vurface of the ground to the
bottom of Ihe iOO foot shaft
and striking him. He was ini
rncdatly taken care of and un-:
lcs< complications set in will
be alright in afew days.
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A SPEEDY VESSEL
According to papers received
on (he Jefferson last night, the
Empress of Asia, the new pal
atial steamer of the Canadian
Pacific is now steaming across
in3 Pacific on her maiden trip,
trying to lower the record of
her sister vessel the Empress
of Russia from Yokohama to
\ ictoria. The Asia left Liver
pool June 14 and has made
calls at Maderia, Cape Town,
Durban, Singapore, Penang,
Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki
Kobe and Yokohama. She has
one hundred passengers on
board making the trip around
the world.
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Mrs. Cordell and Mrs. L. A. i
Inman will be passengers for:
Seattle on the Jefferson’s trip'
south.
The production of coal in
id 12, as stated by E. W. Par
ker of the United States Geo
logical survey, was 355 tons |
valued at $2,940, a decrease
from 900 Ions valued at $7200
m 1911. The production in 1
1912 does not include the coal
mined under the direction of
the United Stales bureau of (
Mines for testing purposes, a- j
mounting to 900 tons, but of •
course no commercial value (
can be place.il on upon (hi.- ,
coal. A little coal was mined
m Alaska prior to 18Xi by the (
crews of vessels which had run |
short of fuel, but this did not
aggregate more than a few
I undred tons in all. The total
cilp'it of coal prior to 1830, i
including that mined by the';
Russians, was probably less 11
than 10,000 tons.
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rhe Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.^i
anothe:.. .. .. _:j
Governor Strong has appoin
ted Hubert S. McDonald of
Fairbanks game warden of the
fourth division, with head
quarters at that, place, Mr.
McDonald succeeds Game
Warden S. S. Garrulliers, who
resigned on June 30th. This
is liie second game warden ap
pointed for the Fourth divi
sioii, Andrew lloey of Fair
banks, having been appointed
on July 15th last, succeeding
William Lloyd, resigned.
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Leiut. S. A. Howard, of
Fort Liseum, and two mem
bers of the 30th infantry and
a packer, with a four horse
wagon loaded with supplies,
which will be suplementcd
I .ter on, have started to ex
plore the country in the vic
inity of the Shushanna digg
ings. This is being done by
orders from the war depart
ment, which in past lias been
oabed upon to care for bes
iitute miners and prospectors
who foolishly go into slam
I odes without much more
than two packages of grape
nuts and a bundle of location
notices, and who are soon com
polled to call for help or starve
ASSESSOR IS BUSY
Assessor b iggins is busy llieso
days with pad and pencil fig
uring out just how much wo
sui-h are worth. It’s wonderful
jno t how poor some people are
when the assessor makes his
annual call.
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FIRST TERRITORIAL TAX
PAID INTO TREASURY
The first tax lo be paid into
!!i!’ territorial treasury under
Die revenue act of the legis
lature was that deposited Sat
urday with Clerk of the Court
Pettit by Oliver Orange, man
ager of the Juneau Cold Stor
age company. The amount
was $500. levied by Hie legis
lature as I lie tax lo he imposed
ou cold storage plants.
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WELCOME NEWS
Congress has neglected Alas
ka so long, says the Chicago
Record-Herald in spite of
much excellent advice in re
gard to the development, plus
proper conservation, of its im
mense resources, that reports
action in that direction may he
received with some skepticism.
Yet the latest word from the
'eat of government at Washing
Ion really seems to hold prom
ise of constructive , and pro
gressive legislation.
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IN WITH COAL
The big freighter Cordova of
Ihe Alaska Steamship compa
ny's fleet, arrived from the
-oufli about *ix o’clock Satnr
lay night. She had 209 Ions of
:rat for the Ketchikan Wharf
nid eighty odd thousand feel
:f lumber for the New England
company. The latter ma
04'ial is for I lie extension on
he company's wharf mention
d in these columns some six
.vecks ago.
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<VILL ENLARGE BUILDING
The Ryns Drug and Jewelry
■ornpany are contemplating en
arging their place of business.
I’he present, quarters are inad
equate lo accommodate the vnl
rice of business they now cn
oy. The company plans to
omplete lire changes in time
or the fall and holiday trade.
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WAITING FOR OIL
The fishing schooners Victor
ad Ethan and the Orient are
ic11 up waiting for distillate,
’lie arrival of Ihe Northland to
light it is expected wall re
ipve the oil shortage,
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