A16UNTY ON WOLVES
The Petersburg Progressive
sounds a note of warning that!
should be given more than j
passing notice. It says:
“The Progressive is in re
ceipt of a note from a business
man of Kake which deserves
more than passing attention by
the newspapers, game wardens
and everybody else. This man
says: ‘I heard the other day
that at last the government
was going to grant a bounty
on wolves. If this be true, it
Will be welcome by every resi
dent of Alaska I believe.If
something is not done to check
the steadily increasing num
ber of these destructive beasts
the deer will gradually but
surely be exterminated. The
Indians have seen many wolves
this winter and killed a few.
Only the other day a party of
hunters came across a pack of
20 to 30 and manage,., to kill
two and wound two more; but
let us consider what damage
a pack of that size can do and
the distance they can cover
every day.’
“Every newspaper in Alaska
should take the matter up in
an endeavor to remedy the ex
isting condition. With the
building ofthe railroad, thou
sands will follow into the
country, and the protection of
deer from usless destruction
will be a great saving for those
who may take up lands as well
as to prospectors, miners and
loggers. Certainly a bounty
should be given to natives at
least, as an inducement for
hunting wolves.”
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A correspondent of the Rush
ville Standard in commenting
upon the saloon question puts
it this way: “If we are going to |
stand for our women to wear i
dresses and vulgar hobble
skirts, and our younger ones
to dance the poll weevil wiggle,
Texas Tommy tango, bunny
hug, the bear dance, the calf
canter, the kangeroo kick, the
buzzard lope and so on down
the line, the men folks might
just as well have their saloons
and the whole family go to hell
together.
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M. D. Snodgrass, superin
•dent of the government ex
perimental farm at Kodiak,
expects to move the herd of 50
Galloway cattle, which the gov
ernment has maintained there,
back to the island in July.
These cattle were taken away
right after the eruption of
Mount Katmai, which covered
that section of the island with
14 inches of pumice stone.
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Peter D. Overfield, formerlv
district judge in Fairbanks, is
said to be doing well at his
law practice in Los Angles.
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SUFFRAGETS GET BUSY
Judging from the placards
placed around town, Ketchikan
. suffragettes got busy last night
under cover of the darkness
with their hammers and hatch
•>ets, but the cause was a good
tone and it is to be hoped that
ithe town will follow the direc
tions of the cards they tacked
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^ Haines correspondent of
the S ^F^'y Alaskan writes
that 4 Mackintosh receiv
ed a lette ‘r other daF from
L. P. Shai Mford. conveying
the information that '4he wril
of cetiorari hi. '•* ijeen denied
by the supreme' txniit, in the
case of Hincbma.a others
against Sol Ripin S^Y, involv
ing the title tc* the g’renter part
of Haines in favor of lbe claim
ants, claiming adve rsley to
Ripinsky. This case h.4s been
in the courts practically for
the last fifteen years and l,a<f
cost the litigants on both srdes
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% smell; doesn’t taint the food. It bums kerosene, the B
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Standard Oil Company
BEST RESULTS Ketchikan
USE PEARL OIL
PORTLAND BOAT ARRIVES
The Thomas L. Wand of the
Portland Steamship Co., arrived
up last night shortly after 0 o’
clock. She had 60 tons of mis
cellaneous freight on board for
Ketchikan people including con
siderable finishing lumber and
moulding for the Kreidler Con
struction Co. She had 13,
000 cases of empty salmon cans
on board consigned to Moira
Sound. Wrangell and Burnett
Inlet canneries, and will prob
ably be back south bound Sun
day. The Quinault of this
company will sail from Port
and tomorrow night direct
for Ketchikan and the proba
bilities are that these vessels
will sail Thursday night instead
of Wednesdans, hereafter.
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SANTA ANA IN AND OUT
The steamer Santa Ana was
in from Hunters Bay during the
night whither she had gone
with a load of box shocks. She
will call in at Nanamio-on her
way down and take on coal.
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The steamer A. G. Lindsey
was in port- this morning on
her way north. She left a little
transfer freight here for near
by canneries.
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The steamer Cordova was in
port this morning with seven
hundred sixty-three tons of
ore on board from Skagwav.
After leaving here she called
in at Hidden Inlet with oil.
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SOME MIGHTY FINE COAL
The Northland Dock Co., was
in receipt on the steamer
Northland yesterday of some
very fine Jinglepot coal. Thio
j coal is now recognized as be
ing the best Vancouver Island
and is free from slate and dirt,
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PAINTING A BIG SIGN
Jim Newman was busy at
work this morning painting
the background for a big sign
he will pul on (lie south side
of the Ryus building. He plans
a four foot black letter on a
yellow background which
should be seen half wav down
to Saxman.
The show is good at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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K. H. Joseph of Wrangell,
one of the pioneer mild curing
men of this region, is a local
visitor.
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For Rent modem furnished
room. Bath, heat, «nd light ap
ply Miner office. adv.
A NEW MARSHAL
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The sun is shining in Jack
Davies’ face this morning owing
to the arrival of a bouncing
baby boy at his house last night
about midnight. Jack says the
youngster is the finest that
ever struck this neck of the
woods but the probabilities are
; lie is slightly prejudiced. Jack,
Jr., and his mother are both
reported as doing finely.
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CANDY STOCK ARRIVES
The candy stock for George
Howe’s Stedman Cafe arrived
on the Wand last night, consis
ting of fine fresh candies and
material for making candy here
in town. George plans in ad
dition to the candy business to
conduct a fine short order
cafe and lunch room.
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YOUNGSTER HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
,
The two year old son of Don
Atkinson, the base ball player,
| had a narrow escape from
I drowning last night. He was
! playing on the platform just
this side of the creek when the
i tide was in and in some way
i slipped off and into the water.
, His cries attracted the atten
j tion of its father who jumped
: in after the little fellow and
1 nulled him out.
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
A. J. Ela at the Lighthouse
office made the discovery this
last week that it pays to adver
tise in the Miner. He had a
little notice in the paper one
day stating that the Columbine
would take out magazine? to
the light stations to he west
ward and asking Ketchikan
people to donate their old read
ing matter, The result of the
ad so far exceeds all expecta
tions that the Columbine
will either have to carry the
j magazines on deck or tow a
j scow loaded with them behind
her, thus proving two things,
jthe one that it pays to adver
tise in the Miner and the other
that Ketchikan people are al
ways ready to contribute to a
worthy cause.
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Quebec, June 3—Business
was suspended in this city this
afternoon out of respect to the
memory of the victims of the
Empress of Irelund wreck, thp
first funerals of whom were
held today. Crowds thronged
the streets and the cemetaries
where interments were had
were filled with people,
I Jdb prurtfrrg at the MrnYr.
ALKI IN SOUTHBOUND
The steamer Alki arrived in
port southbound about 8 o’clock
! this morning and leff for the
Sound a couple of hours later
taking twenty-four passengers
from Ketchikan and seven tier
u's of mild cured salmon and
-ox boxes of fresh salmon.
Among her passengers were
William Boos and wife and Mrs
M. V. Combs and nine mem
bers of the Standard Oil steel
crew who have been working
on the tanks at the local oil
station.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
When Mayor Harris called
the council to order last night,
all the members were present
j with the exception of Council
man Patching, who is on a trip
j to the states. After the open
i ing preliminaries of roll call
! and the like had been attended
to, Councilman Shark for the
street committee reported that
Lund street and the street to
the north boundary line were
just about finished with the
exception of a hand rail which
would probably be done today.
Continuing aon ewer mstters h»
stated that Mr. Barber as en
gineer was working out a gen
eral plan and levels for a sew
er system and as soon as same
I was finished the matter would
he taken up by the committee.
Councilman Heneghan for the
light committee stated that he
did not think that any new
lights would be installed on
Gulch street at Mahoney
Heights until the nights were
longer.
Councilman Ryus speaking
for Chairman Patching of the
public health and police <
miltee stated that the general
clean up movement and the
general condition of the town
from the health and cleanli
ness standpoint was probably
never better.
The report of the health of
ficer was submitted whicu
| showed that during the months
of March, April, and May six
white children had been born
in Ketchikan and six deaths,
three white and three native,
had occurred in the same time.
The statistics as to the birth
of native children are lacking.
A petition was read from the
Ketchikan Shingle Mill and
other adjacent property owners
offering to furnish the labor
for a bridge across the creek
from the alley at the intersec
tion of Mission and Stedman
streets to the shingle mill if the
town would furnish the mater
ial. A sketch of the proposed
bridge was submitted and an
estimate of the cost was made
which showed that the mater
ial amounted to about $225.
The matter wes referred to
the street committee.
A petition asking for the ap
pointment of at least one day
policeman signed by fourty-five
property owners, was present
ed. A motion was made that
the same be referred to the
public health and police com
mittee and the adoption of the
motion brought forth consider
able discussion. Heneghan
thought that the matter
should be taken up by the
council itself and not referred
to a committee. Ryus under
the impression that the need
of such an appointment should
be looked into, favored the mo
tion as did Shark. Mayor Har
ris called Councilmen Ryus to
j the chair and he too spoke
! along the same lines as Conn
j oilman Heneghan. The motion
' was put after the discussion
j and carried without a dissent
ing voice and the committee
instructed to report at the next
regular meeting.
The question of a sidewalk
or street to Mrs. Young’s prop
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01% in New Town between the
Lighthouse Depot and the
Millar property was discussed
and the conclusion reached
that no action could be taken
in the matter by the cduncil.
j Councilman Ryus, for the
I building committee reported
that the committee had decid
! ed to turn the building now oc
cupied as the library and coun
cil chambers at right angles
to its present position and turn
same over to the library, then
to bould a new building 20x50
feet for a council room at a
distance of eight feet from the
other building and erect a plat
form in front, which could be
used rs a grand stand. Bids
have been called for, for the
work, and same can be done in
eluding shingling the old build
i ing, for about $1,000.
| The committee on boundary
extensions reported .progress
! and further time was given
The regular monthly bills were
then allowed and after author
ity was given Mayor Harris to
i call a meeting for the purpose
I of providing for a Fourth of
| July celebration, the council
adjourned.
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PAINT EVERY WHERE
j Paint and painters are busy
| these days on buildings'old and
1 new in Ketchikan. The latest
ones to be attacked are P. J.
Gilmore, the clothier’s store,
, Mike Ileneghan’s new bakery,
the Ryus Drug Store and the
Inside Inn.
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COALING UP FOR TRIP
The Columbine moved to the
Ketchikan Wharf Co.’s dock
j this morning to take on coal
for the trip on which she starts
tomorrow. She will do some
buoy replacing work between
here and Juneau and will
sail from that port for the
Westward, going as far as
Scotch Cap and Unalaska. Cap
tain Dibrell will board the ves
sel at Juneau and make the
Westward trip. The probab
ilities are that she will be
gone for at least two months.
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START ON NEW OFFICE
Thoday Owens hav^ be
gun work on the new office for
the Northland Dock Co. As
told some time ago in the
Mi ner it will be 20x50 feen on
the corner across from the
Stedman and one story in
height.
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INSTALLING NEW BURNER
L. A. Inman is installing a
distillate burner in the Ryus
Drug Co.’s heating plant. This
is a new departure and the re
sult will be watched with con
siderable interest by the bus
iness people of the town with
the view as to ascertaining its
economy compared with coal.
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LOOKING FOR MATERIAL
The repairs on the Northland
Dock will be begun as soon as
the material which has been
ordered, is received from the
south. Everett Paup will be
in charge of the work and will
be over from Kasaan next week
to start driving the piles.
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A PAINFUL ACCIDENT
By the overturning of a
scaffold used in raising piling
by the town street repair crew
! on Water street this afternoon,
! Mrs. Forest Finzel who happen
: ed to be passing at the time
! received a severe scalp wound
and her little daughter Isabel
sustained injuries to her head
; and back which may prove
serious. They were taken to
the Iirs. Dickinsons’ office
where their wounds were at
tended to.
WIN AT WHITEHOR8E
According to recent Juneau
papers the team of hall players
from the C. \V. Young store
wan both games of ball at the
celebration at Whitehorse last
Saturday. Sunday a game was
started by the Young store
team and a team composed of
Skagway and Fort Seward
players which broke up in a
row so that the Junetm team
claims all three games.
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YUKON RIVER OPEN
The first boats of the year
to go dowp the Yukon from
Whitehorse left that place
Tuesday of this week. Three
boats sailed that day, the Al
aska, Tan ana and Casca. The
two former being American
boats, were billed right through
to Fairbanks while the Casca,
a Canadian bottom, was to pro
ceed no further than Dawson.
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NINE MILLION
MOUTHS TO FEED
Fred Patching, superintend
ent of the big Fortmann Hatch
ery above Luring, is a local vis
itor having arrived about mid
night. He reports that great
success is being experienced in
feeding nine million youny
salmon in the ponds at tin
hatchery. The little fellow
were hatched during the winter
from last fall’s spawn, and in
stead of being turned into the
stream to hustle for themselve.
and incTdently be eaten up b\
the salmon trout they are be
;ng held in ponds or pools and
fed. Fresh spring salmon i
their diet at present which, o!
course, is caught in salt watei
and packed up to the hatchery
This method is very expensive
but the result obtained from
same will compensate for it.
GO TO EUROPE
Recent letters from Dr. J. L.
Myers, who with his wife is
now in the east, states that they
are planning a trip to Europr
starting within the next few
clays. Dr. John will take spec
ial clinical work in the hospital.'
of London and Heidelberg.
They will be gone the greater
part of the year.
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LET’S CELEBRATE
In another column appears
the call for a meeting issued
Dy Mayor Harris to prepare the
ways and means for a Fourth
of July celebration in Ketchi
kan this year. It is to be hoped
that the business men and resi
dents of the- town will get busy
and see that we have a celebra
tion worthy of the place. Cash
and work are the two necessary
elements entered into a cele
bration of this kind and with
out them a failure is bound to
insue. The proper committee
appointed in the forth coming
meeting will secure both. II
behoves everybody in Ketchi
kan to turn out and do their
share.
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH
ON THE RAILROAD
Ben llinna, a well known cit
zen of Cordova, and a member
of the local lodge of Eagles,
met his death by drowning in
the Ghitina river on Friday.
Hinna was working with the
bridge crew at the Ghitina
bridge repairing the bents that
had gone out because of the
flow ice. While sawing off a
bent he fell into the river, and
although men and two boats
which were kept ready for just
such an emergency, made an
effort to reach him, they were
unsuccessful. The body dis
appeared at once and has not
been recovered. Sup. Corser
has offered a reward for the
recovery of the body.—Cordova
Times,
NATIVES KILLING
MANY SEA OTTER
Sea otter arc being kiled to
the westward according to ad
vices received in this city by
tho district attorney. Although
it is against the law to kill sea
otter the Indians and half
breeds to the westward are
making it .a practice to hunt,
their valuable skins. The pells
are sold to traders and shipped
out to San Francisco on the
boats that come north with
supplies for the canneries and
big prices are secured for them
in the eastern market. When
caught with the skins the
Indians claim that they have
found the sea otter dead on
the beach or floating on the
water, but those who have seen
the hides assert I tint bullet
holes can be seen in the skins.
The district attorney has been
asked to make an investigation
and will stop the practice of
killing the sea otter as, the
regulations of the Depailment
of Commerce protect them
from hunters.—Valdez Weekly
Miner.
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WHITE PASS RATES
INCREASE COST OF LIVING
The cost of living has taken
a sudden jump at Fairbanks,
and the price of groceries,
'ools, machinery and similar
things have been boosted by
lie merchants there. The in
crease ranges from 10 to 50
per cent., and in a few cases
more. The merchants declare
; that they are forced to make
he raise owing to the advance
ui freight rates by the While
Fass Railroad "Co., that now
owns the Northern Navigation
Co. The people of Fairbanks
have not made any opposition
to the increased cost of living.
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DEPUTY MARSHAL REPORTS
CONDITION ON KUSKOKWIM
Marshal Erwin, of the
'oiirlh division recently receiv
3d a report from a deputy that
dates that there are about 100
white men along the Kusko
iwin and its tributaries at the
present time, and that there
are about three limes as many
natives as white people there.
The Indians, the report says,
an joy phonographs, which pro
vides music for dancing. They
ire also beginning to look with
favor upon the use of cooking
stoves.
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Henry Boswell, the Seattle
;aloon man who ran down with
lis automobile and killer Byrl
Berry, the 18-year-old daught
er of a Seward prospector, was
fined $1,000 for manslaughter
o which he plead guilty. It is
dated that Boswell also agreed
0 contribute $3,000 to the
family of the girl as damages.
\. jury trial had disagreed be
fore the compromise was
•eached.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
u ;lie Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Nolire is hereby given that
William A. Connell bar bee:?
1111 y appointed administrator
with the will annexed of the
■'late of Linus A. Gould, de
eased; and all persons having
1 aims against said estate are
.ereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
f rsl publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
place of business, the Stedman
Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1013.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL,
Administrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney fur
Administrator. 0-28-13
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