WHERE IS THAT
•f®:;; ' ‘ - i i
Today mark? the end of the
third week that the Alaska gov
<rnment cable has been out ot
Commission, to the great in
ti i.venience and in many cases
a pecuniary loss to practically
cm i y mau in the territory. To
remedy ;t, the government
seven days after the break oc
cured. started the slowest and
m.;~t unreliable vessel on Pug
et Sound north to see what was
She matter, outfitting her in
i'»e mo?t meager manner possi
ble for the work in hand.
Many of the vessels plying In
ihe Alaska trade make the run
up from Seattle to Ketchikan in
considerable less than 48 hours
- The • Rapid" Transit was 140
hours making the trip, and
goodness only knows where
she is now that she is north,
and no one will even attempt
to hazzard a guess as to when
she will get the cable back into
shape again.
Taken in its entirety, it **
hard to reconcile some of thf
arguments offered in support
of government ownership of
commodities with the govern
ments actions in the cable bus
iness. In theory it may be
gi»*d. m praa'i o ii is rotten.
If some public service corpora
tion operated the Alaska cable
st - a certainty that three weeks
w >uld never elapse in the mid
dle of summer with the cable
oi>t of busine-s. They would
have had it working again with
n a week, as the government
could have had if a repair ship
had been in the north ready for
business a? they are kept on
the Atlantic.
The lea?t the government can
do i? to lay another cable from
Seattle north, bringing it in
ih^ough D;\ons entrance to
Ketchikan. Such a line could
take care of all the business
for the in?ide town? and leave
the present line for the through"
business. This would reduce
the probabilities of lack of
communication fifty per cent,
and give the inside towns from
Skagway south a straight shoot
to Seattle and the outside.
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An A-i show tonight at the
k'ream. adv
Covers buildings in every part
of the world.
You will find it in Japan—
you will see it in Russia.
It protects buildings in Alaska.
It covers houses on the plains
cf South Africa.
It is used extensively
in Australia.
Thousands of rolls have been
shipped into China.
You see it in nearly every
South American port.
Is very popular in Canada
roofs the best buildings in
every largo Western City.
The magnificent buildings of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
were covered with it.
The St. Francis and Fairmont
Hotels in San Francisco are
protected by it.
Malthoid has a world wide
reputation.
This is so because it is
the original ready roofing.
Its makers have been making
ready roofings for twenty
eight years.
The Paraffine Paint Co.
of San Francisco
and Chicago Heights
have always made roofings that
made good.
Ketchikan Agents
J. R. HECKMAN A COMPANY
TONGASS TRADING CO.
BIG GOLD STRIKE
IS REPORTED
• According to word received |
from I'o-'dova via Seattle, it
looks as though a real gold j
strike has been made on the
Sushanna River, a tributary of
the White, in the neighborhood
of one hundred miles from the
Kcnnicoti copper mines.
The diggings are shallow bed
rock, lying but four or five feet
from ihe surface. The bills
are rolling and well worn and
ihe country offers an extensive
area of promising giound.
Among the letters brought
o.d is one from Axel Walstrom
*o John Lindquist of Cordova
Walslrom writes that the I
ground is very rich and that he
personally took out pans that
ran as high as $4 and $5. 0‘i,
\o. 6 above on Bonanza creek
two men with crude apparatus;
are said to be taking out
.“•*.0 per day.
Laborers in the new campi
command good wages. £12 be- j
ing the ruling scale at this
Line, and as the gravel runs j
h;:l from one to five feet in;
depth the work is easy.
M.Ll shipping
many BOX SHOOKS
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'1 he Blanche in tow of the
Vigilant left for Kasaan last
nigut with a consignment of
25.000 salmon case shook? on:
hoard. Today the mill is loptl
mg 18.000 shook? for Loring.
The new equipment in the mill
has greatly improved its out
put. both in quality and quan
tity this year, and some high
records iu number of boxes
turned out are being hung up.
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WILL make shipment
OF THIS YEAR’S CROP
George Kounsefell is making
preparations to get off a ?hip
mcnt of 5000 cases of this i
veer's salmon pack off on the
Aik: as she return- south. His
company has a hum- up order
fi r this amount that is wanted
ouick. -o the labelling and box
*
ing crews are working over
time to get the shipment ready.
The A!ki will be in on her wa i
south tomorrow-.
CHANGE OF HEART
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I used to think, when I wa
idigging gravel, and whacking
wood, to earn a bone a day.
| a 'id when I watched the rich
lones past me travel, my path
! obscure w as but a rocky way.
11 mopped mp brow with my
old red bandana, and longed to
Li.sk on downy beds of ease,
and live on birds and terrapin
loud manna, and oysters fried,
'an ! rich imported cheese. My
wounded heart with anger used
to quiver, when noontime came
and I sat down to eat, and HI-.,
led myself with onions, bread
and liver and moldy kraut and
pickled porkers’ feet. But
row, ala.-, that I am rich a
Croesus, and live on quils and!
| scrambled peacock’s tongue. I
foid my hands in front where
I ail my grease is; and sigh and
vearn for days when 1 was
;; oung. W here nabobs meet I
I-it and Wield the gavel, my
I face each day the Board of
Trade expects; but O, the-days
■when I was digging grave)
jwhen I could eat in forty dia
lect-. The dead dead days
when meal time found me star
ving.’ When all was good and
nothing tasted stale; no finger
bowls, no dainty stunts in carv
ing. but just a raid upon my
dinner pail: My wealth can
buy me yachts and speedy hor
ses, and motor cars and sum
mers by the sea, and it wot!
ICng me annual divorces, but
it can't bring rny hunger back
(o me!—WALT MASON.
INSURANCE WILL BE CUT
A material cut in the rates
charged for fire insurance, i>
very likely to be made a? soon
a? (he new risk map just com
pded by E. D. Fortmann is ap
proved by the Board of Fire Un
derwriters of the coast. O:
course figures arc not available
ns yet, but. they will be wel
come ones when they do ap
pear. The improvement in the
water system and in the class
01 buildings being constructed
is the e-use of the cpnimg
changes. M
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COME OVER FROM
THE WEST COAST
Frank Burkhart, superinten
dent of the Waterfall cannery,
and Emil Larsen, superinten
dent of the Rose Inlet cannery,
came over from the West
Coast on last night’s Rough
huler. They both report the
canning business slack as yet
owing to the absence of fish in
v cst side waters.
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DRY WEATHER -
BLAZE ON ROOF
A spark from the chimney
started a roof fire on the Mar
f:n Bngge cottage up the creek
occupied by Capt. Joe Rose this,
morning at 11:25. The blaze
was extinguished with little
trouble, the damage being nem
inal. It was covered by in
surance.
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law becomes
operative today
According to the 90 day
ciause. the Roden eight hour
law for miners and under
ground workers becomes op
erative today, as it was signed
b> Governor Clark April 2i. It
provides that men employed be
lew ground shall not be actu
ary at work more than eight
l our* in any one day except In
the case of accident*, but pre
side* that the same shall not
apply during the three busy
month* of the sluicing season
in the placer region®.
It. Emil Krulish. who last
\car toured the territfipy on da
tail to the Alaska school ser
vice, and who presented an ex
tensive report to congress fav
oring an appropriation of fl2u,
POO for medical work among
the natives will likely come
north again this summer.
Harry P. Cope, postmaster at
Kodiak since 1868. died at that
place rencenfly at the advanced
age of 7i says the Cordova Al
a-kan. It it reported that “Un
cle" Ham- Cope was the young
c-! son of an English lord. In
addition to the postmastership
he conducted a general store
at Kodiak up to the time of his
death.
A moose made a heroic effort
ere day last month to save its
'ife while trying to cross the
K*‘nai river. For an hour and
a half it struggled to get a foot
hold on solid ice or reach shore
bat exhaustion came on and ‘t
was compelled to abandon the
struggle. As a humane act, a
bullet from the gun of a local
gu'de ended its suffering and
life.
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LOOKING for location
D. Noll, an attorney hailing
Horn Beatrice, Neb., is a local
vi-dlor looking for a location.
Mr. Noll has been in Juneau
f>-i- the past couple of niontus
before coming down here, bo*
decided that the legal profes
sion was too well represented
in the Capital City l« need any
additional?, hence his coming
here.
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tive ful* reels at the Dream
jtp-iight. adv
A NOTE from kadley
I
The mill at Hadley is and hai
been very busy since it started,
and lately has been running j
j overtime and is turning out asj
fine a grade of lumber as ever
was sawed in Alaska. Many
improvements have been made.
Besides getting the mill ir
good order, the land around i*
has been cleared, piles drived
to hold the log boom, ami a
substantial wharf has been
built rtinnig out three hundred
feel into deep water, where
boats drawing thirty feeet can
load. The face of the wharf
will be about three hundred
feet am! is nearly completed
A planing mill is now unde
construction and all kinds ol
planed and matched ltimbe
w ill soon be on hand. The n
has several big orders on hand,
!»*'..'ties the rartro shipment for
San Francisco which is now
nearly filled and a ship is ex
pected the first part of next
month to load same.
The company has an order
for ten thousand fish bpxes
for the New England Fish com
pany. The chief trouble at
present is the shortage of mill
hands. We are now enjoying!
• he finest of summer weather, j
and it lochs as though it will
continue for some time.
PAUL NORDSTROM
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bad news of
GEORGE SICKLE
Recent tn?ws> from Seattle '«
t.i the effect that George Sick-;
le. of the local electric system.!
who is in Seattle for surgical'
treatment is quite low. George j
is will he remembered, was op
erated on for kidney trouble
some months ago, but the |
wound fails to heal, causing h
great deal of anxiety.
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BOILER ARRIVES
The boiler for the heating
plant of the now Tongas? Build i
irg arrived up on the Alki and
v.ili be installed as soon a<
possible. It is a big one of the
very latest pattern, and should
be able to furnish lots of heat.
-.a
Ed. Jern. who is working 4
r. ir rfz prospect on upper Chat- j
anika, declares that recently he
was surrounded by a herd of;
:’,000 caribou, and he had a
time getting out.
It. W. Baxter, vice-president
0 fihe Alaska Steamship com-1
pany, estimates that the grand
total 'of Alaska products since
tS.Sfj amounted to §400,000,-!
C'Hj. and that half of it came!
out of the sea.
Owing to the decrease of
work in th<- marshal’s office in
the immediate vicinity of Fair
banks, Deputy Marshal Jack
McCormick has been transfer
red l othe office at Chatanika.
7*1;e station at Chatinika is like
ly to be made a permanent one.
Earl L'ebermann, of Wise
man, Koyuknk, pleaded guilty
to a charge of vagrancy early
in February, and was senten
ced to spend 25 days in jaH.
The complaint was laid by B.
F.. Plummer and William Gilli
land.
Members of the American
1 oundary survey party will soon
sail from Seattle for Cordov*
Headed by A. C. Baldwin, tbev
; w i 1 attempt to scale Mt. St.
Eiias the coming summer, a.? t
jilicy express confidence in
Itsieir ability to succeed.
The Alaska-Juneau Gold Min
io:g Company whose properties
jare at Silver Bow basin, will
| erect a large milling plant with
in Ihe limits of the city of Ju
neau. The company declares it
will employ 2,000 men regular
ly when active mining begins.
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i The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
ARE QUITTING KATALLA
A. C. Williams, an old resi
dent of Sounteastern Alaska,
fo>- the past five or six years
engaged in the general merch
andise business at Katalla, was
a passenger south on the Samp
non this morning. He states
that Katalla is nfpidly being de
populated, 32 out of the less
than 80 poulnUon having come
away on the Sampnon thts trip.
1 tie Alaska Oil and Refining
company, a concern having
headquarters in Vancouver, is
operating a small oif refinery
there, handling in the neigh
borhood of fifty barrels of
crude oil in twenty-four hours.
The product—gasoJinc and ker
pspt{p-«ji sold at Cordova and
nearby points, both of the oil
products being high grade.
With the exception of the work
around this plant, there is ab
solutely nothing doing in
around Katalla.
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PIONEERS* HOME
TO OPEN FRIDAY
it is stated the Pioneers
Home a» Sitka will be ready for
occupants July 25, according
tu the plans of the trustees,
who met and organized in that
city, July 4. The trustees who
consist of Governor J, F, A.
Strong, 4V. P. Mills and Rev.
Sergius George Kostrometinoff
selected representative A, G.
SI.oup to act as the first sup
erintendent of the Home with
out compensation. Several ap
plications for accommodations
have already been received. The
purpose of the trustees is to
carry out the intention of the
legislature and not conduct the
home as a charitable institu
tion, but to make those avail*
ing themselves of it feel that
they are simply receiving a re
ward for the services they have
clone the territory in pioneer
ing.
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Matinee Sunday at 2:30 nl
thee Grand. adv
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
I
No. 182-K. A. Summons
In the District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1.
Lizzie Timmons, plaintiff vs.
Patrick E. Timmons, defendant
To Patrick E. Timmons, de
fendant, Greetings.
in the name of the United
States of America, You aiv
hereby commanded to he and
Court, holden at Ketchikan in
said Division of said District,
and answer the complaint filed
against von in the above-enti
t!ed action within thirty dav
fioin the service and a copy of
the- said complaint upon you,
and. if you fail so to appear
and answer, for want thereof,
the plaintiff will anplv to th ’
Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint, a copy of
which i« spri ed *■ ^ _
suit is brought to secure a
judgement and decree that the
marriage contraet entered intr
between plaintiff and defend
ant at Ketehikan. Alaska, or.
December 'ilh, 1910, is an
nuled, vnil ami of no effect.
And you. the United States
Marshal of Division No. 1, of
th3, District of Alaska, or any
deputy, are hereby required to
make service of this summons
upon the said defendant, and
eaeh of them as by law re
quired, and you will make due
| return thereof to the Clerk of
this Court within forty days of
the date of delivery to you,
v ilh an endorsement he re CP
of your doings in the prernises.
Order for publication of this
!summons is dated July Ifl,
1913. and requires the same
itn he published for the statu
tory period in the Ketchikan
| Miner, a weekly newspaper
published iri Ketchikan. Alas
ika. Defendant i« required 1°
answer wthin thirty days after
the last publication.
I In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and af
fixed the seal of the above
Court this llth day of July
A. D. 1913.
E. \V. PETTIT. Clerk,
by E. S. STACK POLE. Dep.
Chas. H. COSGROVE, attorney
for plaintiff.
First publication July 25, 1913
Last putlicaticn Sept. 5th, 1913
tank steel is
ON WAY WEST
Passengers on one of the re -
cent steamers bring the com
forting news that the steel for
t-ne of the big tanks the Stand
ard Oil company plans to build
here has been started west
from the factory and should
arrive on the coast within a few
weeks. As soon as it reaches
Seattle, a crew of lank builders
v.'il! be sent north with it, so
as to get the tanks up and in
operation before winter. As
this time the pipe gang now
working at the oil dock is put
ting in the piping necessary for
handling the oil in and out of
a!I three tanks, and the prob
abilities are that the work will
he finished so that a steamer
will be sent up with bulk distil
late not later it is expected than
the middle of August.
FOREST SERVICE
MAN GOES SOUTH
0. F. Mead, one of the-law ex
a,tiiners in connection with the
Forest Service, with headquar
ters at. Portland, who has been
in this district for some time,
was a passenger south on the
Sampson this morning. He has
been looking into legal matters
connected with the service in
this region.
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ALK| CHANGES ROUTE
The Northland Steamship
company has decided to dis
continue the trips of the -steam
er Alki to the West Coast, For
the past several trips the steam
er has been calling in at Wran
gctl and Petersburg only on
the way north returning via the
outside to Kake, and Prince of
Wales island points. From now
on however, she will make the
same calls both north and
south hound confining her lima
entirely to the inside. This H»
i.'ioie owing to the great in
crease in the business offered,
which will keep the vessel busy
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No. 181-K. A. Summons
In tho District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1.
Dean G Cannon, plaintiff, vs
Agnes A Cannon, defendant.
To Agues A. Cannon defend
a id. Greeting:
In the name of the United
States of America, You are
hereby commanded to be and
l.'ourl, holden at Ketchikan in
said Division of said District,
and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above-enti
tled action within thirty days
from the service and a copy of
tne said complaint upon you,
and, if you fail so to appear
an 1 answer, for want thereof,
tne plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint, a copy of
which is served herewith. This
suit is brought to obtain a de
cree of absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony now
existing between plaintiff and
defendant.
And you. (he United StaiCv.
Marshal of Division No. i, of
Die District of Alaska, or any'
deputy, are hereby required to
make service of this summons
upon the said defpjidant. and
each of them as by law re
quired, and you will make due
reiurn thereof to the Clerk of
this Court within forty days of
the date of delivery to you,
wiih an endorsement hereon
of your doings in the premises.
Order for publication of this
summons is dated July 13,
DM3, and requires the same
to he published for Hie statu
tory period in the Ketchikan
Mirier, a weekly newspaper
published in Ketchikan, Alas
ka. Defendant is required to
answer yvthin thirty days after
the last publication.
In witness whereof, F have
hereunto set my hand and af
fixed Hm seal of the above
Court (his 11th day of July
A. D. DM3. .
E. W PETTIT, Clerk.
I.v E. S. STACKPOLE. Dep.
Chas. IF. COSGROVE, attorney
for plaintiff.
Eirsl publication July 2">, 1013
Last publication Sept, nth, 1013
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Iiugh O’Neil is a candidate
for the position of United
States commissioner at Nopie.
EASY MONEY FOR
THE GANNERS
Jl looks as though the man -
nocture of fertilizer from sal
mon offal may prove the sal
vation of the salmon canners of
this region. At this time tlums
ands tons of material without
a superior for fertilizer pur
poses is being dumped over
board from the canneries of
Alaska, which could be con
verted into fertilizer at a small
cost As told some time since
in the Miner, Dr. J. W. Turren
tuic is now in this region at
I tie instance of the Federal gov
ernment to look into the matter
end be is satisfied that the can
ners are losing thousands of
dollars annually in that they do
not preserve and market this
valuable by-product. The can
nery at Klawock has installed
a small plant this year which
seems to he doing I lie business
and Dr. Turrentine tells the
Miner Man that he recently
shipped a sample of the pro
duct of the Klawock plant to
Washington for analysis—the
f.rst shipment of salmon offal
ferlilizer to he made from ail
Alaskan cannery. The process
oT manufacturing the fertilizer
is simple, the offal being steam
ed in retorts first until thorough
ly cooked. It is then placed in
n press and all the oil squeez
ed out, after which the -solid
mailer is kiln-dried and is
then ready for shipment. The
oil which is squeezed out is al
most as valuable as the fertili
zer itself being used in the man
ufaclure of liquid paint.
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At the Nome city election
held April 1, William A. Gil
more, foe several years mayor
vos at the bottom of the list
o f I hose elected. Only two of
the old coned was re-erected.
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No. 179-K. A. Summons
In the District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1.
Kittie ireafon, plaintiff, vs.
Charles ITeaton, defendant.
To Charles Heaton, defend
ant, Greeting.
In the name of the United
States of America, You arc
hereby commanded to be and
Court, holder] at Ketchikan in
said Division of said District,
and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above-emi
tied action within thirty days
from the service and a copy of
(he said complaint upon you,
and. if you fail so to appear
and answer, for want thereof,
the plaintiff will apply to the
■Court for the relief demanded
iri said complaint, a copy ol
which is served herewith. This
suit is brought to obtain a de
cree of absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony now
existing between plaintiff ami
defendant.
And you, the United Stales
Marshal of Division No. 1, of
the District of Alaska, or any
deputy, are hereby required to
make service of this summons
upon the said defendant, and
each of them os by law re
quired, and you will make dm;
leturn hereof to the Clerk of
this Court within forty days of
the dale of delivery to yon,
with an endorsement hereon
of your doings in the premises.
Order for publication of this
summons is dated June 23,
1913, and requires the same
to he published for the statu
tory period in the Ketchikan
Miner, a weekly newspaper
published in Ketchikan, Alas
ka. Defendant is required to
answer within thirty days after
the last publication.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto sfq my hand and af
fixed the seal of the above
Court Ibis 10th day of June,
A. D. 1913.
K. W. P10TT1T, Clerk.
By 10. S. STACK POLIO, pep.
Chas. II COSGROVE, attorney
for plaintiff.
First publication July
Lust publication August 15. 13