FROM FRIDAY'S HAIRY
\Yi.*sutfi«. June II—TW full text
i f she President's note t« CemuiT
'<■*» published in the papers of the
nited State* this morning. Therein
toe Administration made plain that
tie question was not whether or not
the Lusitania was carrying contra
! and of war, or that the mediate
i i _sc of her sicking may or may not
. .ire been the evploeaon of ammuai
i. >a stored iB her holds. These
retains*, raised hy the IsjerU] gov
ernment. are irrelevant, the great
ipesthn being the legality of the
t-e net hois used in sinking a pan
eraser ship. The contention of the
President is that humanity demands
that any merchant vessel shall be giv
es time for the passengers and crew
t. take to the boats before same is
sink. The note goes on to say that
te Fsited States i* contending for
s trretiisg greater than more rights
and the priveiege* of con.3*tree, in
that it is demanding recognition by
(■erasany of the rights of hamanlty
of the whole world .irrespective of
t topic or nationality. The papers
of the country generally, without a
ssertiag voice approve of the note
e tit 'rially. praising the president for
tie stand he is taking and promts
leg him the backing of the entire
ration.
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Athens Jane 11—According to re
v.-ns brought overland from Constan
tinople the British as-i SussJats are
about ready to strike at that city
from three si ;cs. This is apparently
tie latest plan of the Allies, as the
e-.ptnre of that place would of course
e repel the evacuation of the forti
f.cations of the I>arianel!cs without
f rther delay. A* the same time
i: is believed that the Allies now
urinate both the Sea cf Aiamora
and the isthmus connecting the pea
; -Tula with the mainland of Turkey.
' hieh would exatle them to prevent
t .e Turks moving the men from the
: rts to the defense of their capita:
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Bern?. June 11—All tie attempts
< f tie Italian force* to carry tie
1 icif; Pass is tie Trientiao reg:>s
isve failed- It is e:w apparent whv
tie Asatrians save male little at
t st: to stop tie Italians in She
s ttth. as they have tie pass s
t t retga.ly fortified tiat it is prae
t rally isperpailt. For iaa-'res oi
feet oa tie mountains c*s both side
tie pass they have mounted guns
c all ealiters. This tie Italian
- .a guard disrovrre! several days a
i % bat as attempt to get through
\ is made until tie main body of the
s ' vaace arrived. Tie fortiftratio .*
the lull were bouibarde-r
•a tie pass, but tietr height was
* great tiat the -damage <Ic-se -.vat
i ■ rs:t.‘iesf- An ettem:* was later
U to force the pass, but after the
-- i ktoJiels f their b-est troops.
* - Italians were forced to withdraw
■ e.wieifiag - t the pass tn« too
t. : ' 3 art for t*;*m to crack.
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LoE-k'3. J:. ' 11—Petr-jgn as
T J 'isf" T^TILeTl" * '
a at - tie Bcssiaa lines in S-oth
i-* Ba'.ti* reg a an : Galiiia. - here
t : Germans are sail to be -to the
rtettsiv* in I th pii-:e-s>. The Bus
-:sm hare str • agtheaed tieir r-:si
* "B *: a tie It -zz. river where rl=ev
’ * holding t .e Germsr? tr -Swi
. i they are aiv S- i-iii; the German
«rias a-iv-u---* j* she region ares*
* ■" Lem'*erg 3 tie latter line the
of r. ii z* gases b-v the German!
te is ?3‘a tiat t suffering of
- . Russians is act v men failing
* ri*k»3 in their lines ratter that
g to grttm-i. The relief that the
: .ssiaas rave reforms-* is geser-J in
r :* country, ar 1 great hope is ex
t «ied that they wii! be able U
the <r«r y and thus prevent them
s- 3 ling men to the west theater
-. a}*-:- against the Italian*.
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tVssshingt -i Juae 11—WilHas Jen
r. *.g* Brya ■ last light isstte-’ a state
r :-3t t- the people c-f *— l~nite>
S res a*.- *-g *bat tzev refrain from
r -*tng -o'-z * ■-?: z:2. be-.arse c-f
r s resignation, until they have hear
r * side f the story. He is coir at
v *k - n statement of the case
- rich will be given publicity within
* 3eiz few lays He is also said
* *-e frr*:-trinj a letter to-day app«cal
ir g -he GerrrAa AmericaEss of the
1 - he ' --'3 - What he will say Is
5 me i* unknown. It is beHeve-f
- eagfc t: .* he win '■ill r. them to
1 -< him la 2 peace movement that
* *’! e*. - ■ ‘ "y re«tiit Is the eessation
* fight:; » i.: Enrope.
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IE * -T-jnTSG CLAIMS
?. L. :: • ri'b who has been is
Gvpp-errsosnt properties
f * ti.’ .—>i three years for the
r*. over on the Bough
I r * y. and left for Irens
* on the Spokane. Mr
o" .is, the interests of Ms
* at- .': applying for postcm* to
* rai ir iiing A:B;» adjoining the
f ■* rests©' 's beddings, and goes to
-' -**- c.i t-.sinews cosaee’ed wit*
me.
FROM FRIDAY'S RAXLT
Seattle, June 11—A marrtsgv
license has been issue.! to A. R. I-ar
»-.'B ill Miss Severina Bugge. both o:
Ketchikan, Aiaska.
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The Fourth of July committee a;
pointed by tie Commercial Cul
Wednesday evening ifjoiiwd D. IV
Hast, JohE Koel sail Hi Stevens as
a soliciting committee ig sseertsi
wfeaj cash was forthcoming for ti.«
celebration. The results of the con'
mittee's work was much letter than
even the most sanguine had imagine*
for over three hundred dollars wss
pledged by noon today- and the Ju
dications are that fully five hundred
loBarn will be secured. With this
amount in hand, judiciously expend
ed- everybis.lv in town and those who
come from the outside will be taken
care of in good share, and every
body have an enjoyable time.
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Copenhagen, June 11—The Ihrv
Scandinavian countries will send a
*!Tci!i*r protest to Germany to shat
:f the I'uited States, They have
vs n greater ground* for protesting
•has has the I'nited Stases, for since
the o'.nin'.encercer: of the submarine
w *r Sweden has lest *iv v---**e'* ly
submarine torpedoing: \orway fifteen
-y torpedo and twelve by striking
•sisrs: while DeBcuk has bad foor
torpedoed and ten by striking mines.
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HAS MANY FASSEXGEES
The steamer Spokane arrived fror
the south this nse.rning with 151 js*
*esigera on boar-1. Of the*'. cTo* to
3e hnulred were 'round trippers, or
nrisss. Those for KetrhiVan were
* -ge PipuiB, Mrs. J. I* Moore an'
*3rat**r Fshel. Mr* A. tVilfts. as'
H. P. Fisk. The Spokane bid -V> ton*
| f freight for local people. Si v
asser.ger* boarded her at tk.is ppfn
■V. C. Blanchard and wife. K. T
ilfera. n. L. Kilpatrick. Waiar
I - Verge ar. i B. W. Darts.
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RECEIVES BAD CUT
M:ss Xidly Orchard was brought
in from Shrimp bay this morning for
-argical treasmcET. Yesterday after
axis while using a large batcher knife
-he cut her haul severely. :n af her
fingers completely to the lose. TV
trip in was made is the Orebar'
- at. Iu. Miller alter* led to the cat*
several stitches being necessary.
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WILL GO DOWS YL'KOX
Messrs. Cock-ill and Johnson. loc-.
*:s: :ent5, have -ocstnsne! a r we
iter ~kiii and will take «sme
he Write Pass r TCkitekoree. vh :r
'ey will start tb-ir ou rn ■■ v- dewr
he Yukon. Ti e h is 3p f-et ir
rgtt with a »e.33 i 6 feet. It will
e powered with a six hotsejetrer
a* engine.
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YETTESG READY FOR BUSIXESF
W,rl en_-.es from vittt that - r-:
rati--.Es are being made there t - -
er.o work »r. the Jumbo Mice. Ti
-nine has been shut down act i*
. ~w being cleared of the water that
-.as acenmnlatod luring the winier.
The tnm is also feeing gr tte
tie siare f:r work, and the expor
tation* are the breaking an bar 1.
-g c-f --re will start within a short
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JOE MURPHY DEAD
Word was received on the Alki
this afternoon of the death at Sea:
tie ;f Joe Marpby. last Saturday.
7 ue -5th. It will be remember***
hat the poor -id feSew went south
about a m-.-nlb ago in tbs hope that
something could he done for bins, bat
this wi apparently impossible.
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EXSTALL AXOTHEB FOUXTAEK
TL* local W. C. T. U. i„ « instill* '
! .-inking f . nt vis at the !-•■=
'.i* grona* Thi- is the fifth four,
f.m to ■* placed by the W. <;. T. I
all of them: at points where they
re used and thoroughly at predated
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Berlin. Jtroe 11—It I* •fate-' ir
t is city this morning that the Ajoerl
-• r note is very satisfa-t ory to of
G lal Germany. A high officer r
rediled with making the rejear*
that the si' -ation now posse** gr- <"
possibility for decisive negotiations
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IMPROYTXG THEIR SERVICE
Word ottne* front Prir-* Ea;cr’
that lie Grand Trunk Pacific i*
row operating three trains ;s»* »*»>
earn way over tfeeir road !c»*cad of
the two up to this time. The east
:.'0 ® : train* now leave Espert every
ll'.a-b-r Tbarolay and Saturday The
dtaacr *e bed ole ban also been ebang
» : so that three vessel* arc now oper
ated V-wceB Prince Rupert and Bea
nie cverr week- They sail frorr
Prir-ce Pupert every Tuesday. Thtars
iav at I Saturday.
FROM FRIDAY'S RAILY
LIVELY AT ANCHORAGE
According to arrivals on the Ad
miral Evans oq her down trip, thiugs
are lively at Anchorage, the railroad
terminal at Ship Creek. They state
that about seven hundred men are
employed by the government on the
railroad to the coal fields. The ar
rival of the Evan* narrowly averted
a food famine, as practically all th
food stuff in the camp had been dis
persed of. The government eonitnt*
ary had beer, compelled to l-.ny about
all th* food supplies the little stores
had on hand to keep the cookhouses
going. A
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WORK ALMOST DONE
Street Commissioner P. G. Shark
reports good progress on the work of
grading the upper end of Steduian
street. He finished the sluicing to
day, and a few more day's work will
give Ketchikan her firs: dirt street.
COPPER IS STIFFENING
Recent advices from the States are
to the effect that the copper market
is stiffening again. The price went
to nineteen cents some time ago and
stayed there. IX:ring the part week,
however, it has begun to crawl up
ward again, and according to the
last Sound papers is now quoted at
19.50 to 19.75.
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COMES IN FOB ICE AND BAIT
The schooner Albatross was in port
today on her way to the halibut
'auks, ar.d took on ice and bait
This is the first appearance of the
Albatross here since she went a
sfeore on the spit at Pungeness sev
eral months ago. Sine' that time
she has been repaired an 1 refitted
ind is now as good as ever ste was.
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Naples. June 12—The discovery
w*« made on the German steamer
Bayern, internet! here early in the
war and seized by the government
when war was declared, that includ
ed in her cargo and sot mention? 1 in
her manifests were munitions of war
including v-veral aeroplane*. As the
Bsys-3 had sailed prior to the dee
’•ration of war by the Gerans last
vsnsmer- thi? makes it apparent that
she was geting ready to strike be
fore Russia massed her troops or
ike Austrian border, which was nsec
by Germany as her excuse for declar
ing war on the- Slavs. The ammuni
tier will be of no use to the Italian
'.ray, bat the aeroplanes have teen
"taken ont of their crates and assembl
ed and will be pet into commission.
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Washington. June 12—President
Wilson is now working on a note to
Britain and France insisting that
they change the operation of their
r lo.-ka.ie to confirm with internation
l law. Thi; according to the Amen
tir interpretation forbi I? interfer
ence with neutral vessel? carrying
noncontraband articles to and from
belligerent countries. The British
and French maintain that they may
stop vessels errocte to or from Ger
man ports and seize their cargoes if
they pay for same at current prices.
Poo. motion and other commodities
shipped from this country has been
*c-izod and bought by the British
government. I; was on this account
'hat Germany started her submarine
war against the merchant vessel;
the Allies.
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Washington. June 12—William den
ies? Bryan has sent ont an appeal
;o the German-American papers of
•he I'ni’ei States asking them f
anite with him in preventing war
between Germany and America. II t s
cppeal has been sent to all the Ger
man farcers in the United States. In
it he urge; all GennaES in this eoun
try to s* every means in their power
to '■ersuade the government of the
Fatherland to refrain from fakir.:’
stets that might lead in the direction
f war. Thi; is taken to Indicate
'hat at the meetings of tl»e cabinet
since the sinking of tfcc Lusitania.
c r>>in talk has bee- indulged in
by the member* of the- cabinet out
lining prot-ab!" a'-tior hr the Unite.;
•State* in the event that Germanv
remained obdurate and refused to
heed the demands of this count rv
that she respect the lives of nou
combatant; on b**ard the merchant
marine of the countries witb which
•he is at war.
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Berlin, June 12—It is not expected
that the American note will be an
swered within the nezt couple of
eeks. Thi* will be beca ;**- of the
fact that the Imperial government
will await the arrival at Berlin of
Ifr. Antone Meyer Gerhardf, who was
dispa*f-fce*i from Washington with a
special message from Count von Bero
storff, the German ambassador at the
American capital. lie went by wav
of Norway, owing to the danger of
arrest in Great Britain ,and if all
goes well should arrive here about
June 2f. That message will con
tain the Ambassador's private state
meet to hi* government a* to the
sentiment of the American people
ob the submarine feature of the war.
FROM SATUDRAY'S DALLY.
SCOWL ABM TO START UP
Tlie Jefferson this morning had
•everal passengers and 90 tons o'
cannery supplies and other freight for i
the tv-owl Arm eannery. This cannery
was brought some time ago by those
formerly interested in the Pt. Beau 1
elere eannery on Kuin island, which j
ciu destroyed by fire last fall. L, P
Hunt, formerly superintendent of the
Shakan eannery and later in charge
»f the Pt. Heanclerc. will conduct
the recently acquired cannery.
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NOTED CHURCHMAN HERR
Bishop Lteeoek. one of the heads
'f the Methodist Episcopal Church li
\meriea. arrived up on the Joffer
-oa this morning on a tour of in
-pcetion of the Methodist churches
n Alaska. Mr. Lueeoek will con
the services morning and even
"g at the local Methodist church to
morrow, and a cordial invitation Is
!! fa attend same.
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The Pik» came over from Kasaan
tedav bringing over Superintendent
•orman of the eanm-ry there.
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JEFFERSON BEINGS TOURISTS
With 194 passengers on board, the
tefferson made port this morning
shortly after six o'clock. She had 51
toes of local freight on board .and
nine passengers for Ketchikan. The
mer were K. E. Strong and wife,
dishop Lueeock and daughters Miss
N'attiiie and Miss Ethal, Louie Wil
son S- A. EHiugs, Mrs. Then. Stens
an 1 anil J. T. Gillespie. Owing to
‘he faet that she will call in a!
Metlakahtla, Scowl Arm, Taku and
Sitka this trip-, the Jefferson wili
2 • be in southbound before Wednes
• v. Included among the Jefferson's
.assengers this trip were 31 tourists
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Pari*. June 12—The Germans an
on,-eatns<ing their artillery on th<
advanced position occupied by th.
Belgian troops, and it is expected tha'
another attempt to push them to on*
>• i :var.ee to Dunkirk is t
e made. The German fire 1* aopa'
ugly heavy and accurate ,an*l it i
feared that the remaining fraotior
•f the Belgian troops is in danger of
Heiisj wiped out. Daring the pas"
month the Belgian* have pushed for
v rd across the Yse? for a consider
-lie distance and this is where the
German* are now concentrating thei
fire.
v
Part*. Jane 12—Several minor Bus
*iais victories are reported from east
arc Galicia. This would indicate tha
• he Russians have reorganized and are
•sking the offensive The last report*
•'rom both Vienna and Berlin ac
'knowledge that the Germanic ad
•ac.'e tad been brought to a stand
'till. If Russia has been able to tries
ip reinforcements and supplies .am
mi’.ion and food for those now ir
iaiicia. she will probably be able t'
retain her grasp on Lemberg and the
rertile country surrounding tha
tnciest city, and so threaten Hun
;ary that Austria will be unable t
;et:i h enough of her troops to fae<
‘::e Italian invaders. This was th<
riginal plan of the Allies." bat the
nerpected success of toe German
X cn.an smy of the past month
alminating in the capture of Perem
rsl, shattered that hope, unless Bus
ia can stiffen her armies and re
ain her bold on Austrian territory
it this time. This she may be able
.o do. which will mean that Get
many and her sister country will be
ammered on three sides at once In
stead of two as heretofore.
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Rome June 12—The Italian arm;
.as advanced from Monfalcone an
.as occupied the town of Gradisea
chick lies beyond and to the north
This means that our troops are now
.n possession of the railroad running
rom Vienna to Trieste. The oceu
•ation of Gradiaca, threatening an*
oramanding as it does the importan’
ity of Gorilz of Hon, is an im
■ortant move and gives us control of
;il the coast from the Italian line
a within range of the Austrian gun*
■■ t Trieste.
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Washington, June 12—Government
> Selective* have been searebing nov.
or over a month for Lieut. Brauer
n i several sailors of the interne*
iertaan auxiliary cruiser Kron Priu;
"reidrieb, interned at Norfolk. Thu
sr the search has been unavailing
oi,l it is believed »’ • ha
,een smuggled out of the country
o Germany on false passports. If
his turns out to be the case, th*
Xmerican government will demand
heir return here under arrest, an*
hey will then Ice treated as prison
r* of war by the authorities here
The Friedrich '* captain gave bi»
•ledge that none of his officers and
*rew would go beyond the bound*
tipulated by the government am.
lie disappearance of this squad con
dilute* a violation of such parole.
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The Daily Miner tl per month.
FROM SATUDBAY'S DAILY.
OLD RESIDENT RETURNS
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Robert Strong, a brother of II. 0.
and ••Bill" Strong, nceompnniod by
his wife, arrived on the Jefferson
from the south this morning. Mr.
Stroug was a resident of Ketchikan
a number of years ago, since which
time he has been in the east. He
comes now expecting to make his
home in Ketchikan at least for a
time.
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STEVE MAKES A CHANGE
- •>'<• SeUc, master and owner of the j
halibut schooner Alameda, will ac
cept the command of the cannery
tender Barbara of the Northwestern
l-'isheries cannery at Hunters Bav
for the season. He arrived in today
from the cannery on the Alameda,
after a fishing trip on which 15,000
pounds of halibut was taken and
sold at Prince Rupert.
SHIPPED CLAMS ON HUMBOLDT
The steamer Humboldt arrived from
the north between twelve and *ne o'
clock today with a fair number of
passengers on board. She took on
four boxes of salmon and two boxes
of clams at this port.
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New Orleans, June 12—Theodore
Rosevelt who is in this city, gave
out a newspaper interview last night
in which he applauds President Wil
son for the stand lie has taken with
•he Secretary of State. Bryan. In
the interview the Colonel says that
Wilson is confronted with greater
an > stemer responsibilities than has
any other President for years, anti it
is necessary that the whole of the
.cabinet shall be in accord with H:n
That Icing the case, there was noth
ing for Wilson to do but to stand
.irin. iresy-tive of Bryan’s claims
and ideas. The honor of the Unites!
'tates must be defended, an i IV
responsibility therefor rests with tin
President.
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Venice, June 1 2—The wounded
ram the fighting at Monfaleone be
gan to arrive here this morninng, and
Italy ig getting her first real idea
f what war means. The Austrians
strong post tic ok outside '
i.-v.-n an: the loss was very heavy
n both sides before they retreated.
a -; ■ sand wounded Aus
trians fell into our hands and are. l c
• T fo- by the Italian Red
< >.,«* service in addition to the
wounded Italians. The government
has made no statement as to the
number of Italians who fell in the
ngagement.
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A wire was received from Kasaan
his morning stating that their base
! all team would be over to measure
I bats with the local aggregation to
morrow. It is reported that the fish
ing town has a good bunch of ball
■layers, strong enough to make thc
Ketehikan men extend themselves to
! beat them out. so a real live ball
.erne is promised. The tide will be
j in at the usual time for afternoon
! games, so ;t will be necessary to call
: "he game at six o’clock. The lineup
f neither team is available at this
ime, but it i« a foregone conclusion
‘hat Ketchikan will put up the best
las in the player line.
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The Munson road house on the Val
| ez-Fairbanks road has been sold by
! Mrs. Munson to Charles Bertrand and
\ ieorge Hiller, two oldtimers in the
j -nterior. The old roadhouse was de
| troved last fall by the flood but was
| ‘e-built along more modern lines,
j fhe purehase price is reported to be
| *7,500.
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A quartz ledge carrying values of
-lsO per ton was discovered last fail
ear Dawson. The discoverer has
i >een at work on his find and reports
| hat after running 70 feet of tunnel
j i(' wii! r»'t a one stamp mill on the
. rround and believes he will be able
. o develop the property from the re
■ "urns of the mill.
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Pie American Dredge company has
; nnounced that it has contracts for
I metalling threc dredges In Alaska
| thi* summer. One will be placed on
‘he ground owned by Herron and
Barnes, at Sunrise, not far from
Seward; another will be installed at
"ork, 150 miles north of Nome, and
0e third at Teller. The com pan v r
Iso installing five drg.lges in Idaho
* his season.
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A party of miners have been cn
zsged by Fairbanks business men to
construct a road from Dine* t0 Tolo
•ana, while another party Is endeav
ring to ascertain the possibility of
iver travel. 'Hie Alaska Road Com
i-sion haj, promised to do nil in its
ov,er t0 cheapen transportation to
new diggings, but stated that no
coney would be spent on the roads
util the worth of the camp as a
•rodtieer had been demonstrated by
■ottrr development,
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The Daily Miner *1 per month.
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FROM MONDAY’S DAILY FROM MONDAY'S DAILY
FISH IS KING AT RED MEN’S HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
An appreciative audience listened
to Representative J. R. Heckman’s
lecture on the Alaska Salmon at Rod
Men's Hall Saturday night. The
speaker showed himself to be thor
oughly master of his subject and
held the close attention of his hear
ers for upwards of au hour.
He made himself clear from the be
ginuiug that the salmon industry Is
one of the least known of all the in
dustries of the Pacific Coats, of
which it stands in the front rank.
He started with explaining the linb.ts
of the different kinds of salmon, and
how the scarcity of suitable spawn
ing teds prevents any great quanti
ties of red salmon being found in
Southeastern Alaska. “This partic
ular kind of fish,'1 said Mr. lleok
man, “must have streams heading in
takes with creeks tributary thereto,
tor spawning purposes, while the
pitik salmon will spawn almost any
where.” Continuing Mr. Heckman
showed that the life story of the rod
sa.mou after it leaves the parent
stream when it is about a year old.
until it returns at maturity, three
years or more later, is a mystery.
His personal theory backed by the
fact that he has found deep sea
shells in the stomach of tho red fish,
is that they go out to deep water
and stay there until they reach ma
turity.
He than told of the habits of the
red salmon at spawning time, how
they struggled up over the fails in
the creeks on their way to the spawn
ing grounds; of the digging of holes
in the gravel by the male fish; of
tho spawning and fertilization; of
the time required for the germ in the
egg to come to life; and the very
small proportion of the fish that live.
According to his figures the female
red salmon deposits in the neighbor
hood of four thousand eggs, and still
in the natural state not to exceed
two of the tish hatching therefrom ever
teach maturity. The reason for this
small proportion reaching maturity
are many according to Mr. Heckman.
For instance fish coming later to the
spawning grounds disturb the eggs of
those fish which had spawned ahead
of them; the stream's action washes
the eggs out of the gravel; trout,
scuipms, guas, duetts and other birds
teed on the eggs, and the fungus
which is the enemy of the hatcheries
smother the unhatched fish. These
are a few, the chief ones prof ably,
of the enemies of the embryo anu
young salmon^ which result in so
small a proportion of the eggs pio
;e.:iug fish.
Mr. Heckman then took up the
mutter of artificial propagation, first
gi.ing it as his opinion that the prop
agation of the fish was a matter to
>. handled by the government. He
showed by telling of the three reu
lisu streams emptying into Moira
*ouuN, each of which produces sal
on u of different size, that fish hatch
ed in the natural state returned to
the parent stream. He does not
think however, that artificially hatch
ed fish d0 so. He gave it as his op
inion that they return to the locality
but not necessarily to the very
stream. As an illustration of this he
toid of the Bureau of Fisheries mark
ing J70U young fish in 1903 at the
Fortman Hatchery ,thc biggest sal
mon hatchery in the world, that the
Alaska Packers Association maintains
above Loring under the able direc
tion of Fred Patching. This wa*
done by removing the two ventil
fins before the fish were turned out
from the hatchery, when they- were
from 2 to inches in length. Start
ing three years later ,that is four
years after the marked fish were
spawned, red salmon with the two
vental fiDS missing and scales grow
ing over where the missing fin should
have been, were caught at Yes Bay,
about 30 miles from the mouth of tho
.Naha river on which the Fortman
Hatchery ig located, and for several
years thereafter. The same was
true in a lesser sense of fish taught
in the Naha, thus proving the logic of
hi* statement that they return to the
1 don but not necessarily to the
same stream.
Mr. Heckman then told how several
years ago the government had re
quired the cannerg to operate a hatch
ery, which accounted for the com
panies being in the hatchery liusin
ess. At that time four or five were
built, ranging from the immense plant
. at the Fortman Hatchery where one
hundred and ten millions of eggs
can be handled, to the little plants
at Klawoek and Heta handling five
millions.
\t this point several interesting
, pictures of the Fortman Hatchery'
1 acre shown, together with a photo- .
I ''raph of Henry Fortmann, the head
(of the Alaska Packers Association,
| one of the oldest and host known men j
ill tho salmon canning business, gen
erally loved mid respected by those
with whom he has come in contact. A
picture of Fred Patching tho Fort
iimnn Hatchery superintendent fol
lowed, and then others giving the
hatchery business in its entirety.
Prom hatching to catching nud can
ning the salmon, it was but a step,
i t n t 'no illustrations and ex
planation Mr. Heckman took his nud
■ace through if all. Ho showed first
the different kinds of gear necessary
for catching the salmon: gill nets
.here the water ig muddy and brack
ish; purse seines where the fisli have
‘schooled up;” and traps where the
. r was dear, and the fish far
from the spawning grounds were too
scattered to fish with tho seines.
Tho mechanical methods In can
ning were next shown on the screen,
the speaker explaining that tho fisli
was not touched by hands from the
time it entered the ‘‘Iron chink”
uutil it was in the can ready for
cooking, thus making it tho cleanest
ind most sanitary food in tlie market
today.
Tho food value of canned salmon
was the next point touched on, fig
ures from government publications be
ing introduced to show that dollar
for dollar canned salmon offered more
and better values as food than any
of the ordinary food commodities
from beefsteak to beans.
That the country at large appre
ciates this fact was shown by the
phenominal increase in the consump
tion of canned salmon. According
to Mr. Heckman, the first salmon to
be put into cans on the Pacific
Coast, was packed in 1S54, on tho
Sacremento Kiser, California, when a
bout 2,000 cases was put up. This
amount found such a poor demand
that no more was packed there for
ten years. 49 years ago George W.
Hume packed the first salmon on tke
Columbia river, and advertised his
pack and got people to eating it by
g a basket on his arm and ped
aling the canned salmon on the
streets of the towns of Oregon and
Washington. That year but 5,500
cases were packed.
Puget Sound packed its first sal
mon in 1877, and in 1878, 37 years
go. the first Alaska salmon was put
into cans at a little cannery near
Sitka. In 1886, when Mr. Heckman
first came to Alaska, the total pack
for the north was 142,065 cases, and
two years later the pack of every
cannery in the world aggregated but
1,217,792 cases. Since then the pro
duction has increased so rapidly that
in 1913 the total pack was 8,063,447,
which explains why the price of sal
mon has been so low, as the produc
tion has increased faster than the
consumption, and the product is thus
thrown on the market at a figure
which fails to give fair returns to
those packing same.
On this latter point Mr. Heckman
told of his experiences In tho recent
session of the legislature. How salmon
had been made the ‘‘goat” by the
members from tho other division!,
some of whom for campaign purposes
had said that the salmon packers
■ "lo robbing the Territory of nfne
teen millions of dollars every year
ind that they should be required tj
pay all the taxes for the alntalnance
if the Territory.
Doing a salmon man Mr. Heckman
prepared a schedule of costs and
prices received tor tho salmon pack
in Alaska, which showed that with
on investment of over twenty-fivo
million dollars the canneries of the
north had cleared an average of hut
$605,024.08 per year for the years
to 1914 inclusive, which is a
bont four per cent, on the capital In
vested. ‘‘Does this look as though
■'(; are robbing anybody? I say we
are not robbing the Territory of a
single dollar, and that, we have ns
much or more right to exist under
the laws of the Teritory of Alaska
than the placer miners who are ship
ping the gold out of tho country and
are not paying a dollar in taxes,”
lie said.
Mr. Heckman concluded by illus
trating the foolishness of Mich a con
tention, and complimented the Bureau
of Fisheries for the excellence of
their work in transplanting shad nnd
other food fish from the eastern coast,
to the Pacific, and “ Humpies” from
the Alaskan streams to tho Atlantic,
He also railed attention to tile pns
sibilities from a canning standpoint
of the Alaska herring which he stat
ed were the equals of any fish in the
waters of the north.
The audience listened attentively,
and thoroughly enjoyed tho talk amt
pictures.
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Job prlttfug nr the Miner.
A complete change of program at
the Dream tonight and tomorrow, ad.