FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
BRINGS GOOD COAL
The LaTouehe, loaded with
Nanaimo coal, made port last
night, and has been discharg
ing the 200 tons she brought
for Ketchikan today. The coal
i* high grade lump, the kind
that pleases the housewife and
satisfies the man of the house
when it comes to settling the
month’s fuel bill.
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FISHING VESSELS IN
The power vessel Washing
ton is in port today, having
come up from Seattle. She will
fish out of Ketchikan for a
time, shipping her catches on
the regular steamers.
The Tom and Al, about which
so much anxiety arose in the
minds of local fishermen re
cently owing to her delay in re
turning to port, came in today
She has about thirty thousand
pounds of halibut ra board
which she will t. e to Seattle.
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WILL VISIT HER HOME
Among the Alki’s passenger
on her trip south will be Mrs
O. Williams and litte daughte
en route to Oakland, Cal. to
visit Mrs. Williams parent>
Before proceeding south thev
will visit Me. Williams relative?
residents of Seattle.
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OVERHAULING
SCHOONEF
The Ketchikan Iron Work
has just about finished over
hauling the halibut fishermai
Yalder. A new tail shaft ha
been pul in, as well as a new
intermediate shaft, cylinder
rings have been renewed
valves gronud; and the machin
ery in general put in shape.
REPORT FINE SKATING
Most everybody and then
aunts whoc ould skate or
thought they could, climbed
the hill last night to Fawr
Lake to enjoy the ice. Some
skated on their skates, and
some on other parts of their an
.atomy, but all of them had s
good time.
SHIES HIS HAT
INTO THE RING
As told in last night’s Miner.
"Tex" Alexander, the only one
of his kind, returned to town
from southern California on
yesterday's Alki. While away
•j\x took les-ons In politics at
flic fc.'d of some of the Sunsei
Stale'*- mightiest solons, and
returns ijnbued with the
thought that he would like to
represent this district at thr
next-session of he Terri'rrial
Legislature.
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A LITTLE PHILOSl*PY
Measure the breed of fhe
knocker and you have the value
-of the knock.
On<* of the meanest things
about -owing wild oats is that
the profligate scatter- about
half the -eed on -ome good
inaii*- wheat field, and more
than half the wild oats turn
tout to he rye
Whenever you begin to com-,
plain that you are not appreciate
ed, you are plainly off your job.
\\ h°ii a dog i- chasing a rabbil
he dosen’t care whether you
(Call him pet names or throw
s-tones at him.
What you wish you were,
that's your ideal. What people
nav you are, tha’s your reputa
tion. What you know you are.
that's your character. To para
phrase Abraham Lincoln, you
may fool some of the people
part of the time, but you can’t
fool yourself a little bit of the
. time.
IN FROM MEYR8 CHUCK
M"s. M. E.’ Lane is in town
; om Meyrs Chuck, where
‘ Mike” is closing up his fish
- Uery, and is a guest of the
Durintous.
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AUDITOR GOING SOUTH
O. 8. Larson, auditor of the
Miners <x Merchants Bank,
vho has been a local visitor for
■ome time on business con
iccted with the bank will
cave for Seattle on tonight’s
Spokane.
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THE POSITION OF COPPER
If can be shown by reliable
-tatastics that the cost of pro
tucing copper the world over
nerages about 10.5c per pound
vhen operating charges alone
re figured, and that l ie to 15c
>er pound is required when a
eturn on the investment and
reasonable profit is consider
'd. That copper will not go for
'ong below these prices is cer
‘ain, for the moment it does so
he smaller producers shut
'own, the supply is curtailed
nd the resulting shortage oper
tes to retain the price. If
ve examine the course of
irices for the last fifty years
ve will find that the highest
mint was touched in 1804 at
me, and the lowest in 1894 at
V. Between these dates the
irice rose and fell in fairly reg
far waves, the low points be
ng reached at intervals of from
even to nine years. Prior to
894, a peak was reached in
'890. with 17.70c. A low point
n 1902 with 12.10c, the next
igh point in 1907, at 20c. the
ow again at 12.03c in 1911,
’3ch of these being the prices
or the entire year mentioned,
f we take the prices prevailing
or 10-year periods ending in
1905. 1900, ets., down to and
ncluding 1912. we will find
hat the average of the whole
s 14.83c. Prices depend on
hese factors: Demand, supply
nd the cost of production.
That it will never fall below
he cost of production for long
- evident. The supply of cop
mr on hand at present is nor
mal of below, and the factor
>f greatest consequence is the
lemand. The world’s eonsnmp
ion has risen at an irregular,
mf on the whole, constant rate
of from about 480,000 tons in
(897 to about 1.140,000 tons
n 1912. or 139 per cent in 15
ears; 9.5 per cent each year
in an average. This increase
n consumption is wholly Amer
can and European. The rest
if the world uses little more
opper now than in 1897. Con
umption at the rate of in
cense. which we have every
'eason to believe will be main
lined and many reasons to be
ieve will be accelerated, will
■equire 1.500.000 tons annual
v by 1921. A slight increase
n consumption in Asia. Africa
and South America would
bring the total demand much
above the figures given out
from present progress in these
•muntries this is almost certain
!o take place. Either supplies
if copper will have to be found,
new districts with large pro
biclive capacity opened up or
!here will be a -hortage of cop
ier before many years.—Alas
ka & ,\, \V. Mining Journal,
Phe Daily Miner 81. per mo.
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“JEFF* IN SOUTHBOUND
The steamer Jefferson with
44 passengers on board sailed
for the south about midnight
last night. Iter Ketchikan pas
jsengers were J. J. Daly. C.
Colpitis, Louis Hanson, Denny
Irving. G. A. Brown, J. II.
Crockett, and two steerage.
She took on board 137 boxes
of fresh hailbut at the New
England plant, making about
three hundred in all with what
she had taken on at Peters
burg and Juneau.
CHANGES IN THE
SIGNAL SERVICE
Aboard the Alki yesterday
was Clyde B. Williams and
wife enroute to Juneau, where
Mr. Will iams will take one of
the tricks in the cable office.
He relieves Ben Hill, who will
be transfered to Petersburg
where he will be in charge of
the government wireless station
Mr. Williams is an old friend
of Serg. “Si” Perkins, havinc
served with the latter at St.
Michael.
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ALKI SOUTH FRIDAY
The steamer Alki, which got
•ivvny from Ketchikan for tlie
north yesterday evening will
leav* Juneau Thursday morn
ing at eight o’clock, arriving
here Friday forenoon. On her
arrival at Seattle she will be
laid up for a few days for a
general overhauling prepara
tory to undergoing annual in
spection. This will delay her
so that she will not be able to
sail from Seattle again until
Feb. 1. bringing her to Ketch
ikan Feb.4.
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BACK FROM JUNEAU
! H. I,. Fedderson, Ketchikan's
hustling real estate dealer,
who has been to Juneau on a
business trip, returned on last
night’s Jefferson. He reports
that he wouldn’t trade his in
terests in Ketchikan for the
whole of Juneau, and is back
more satisfied than ever that
Ketchikan is indeed the First
City in Alaska.
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Preperations have started
to give the under-ground
dredge of the Tanana Mines
and Excavation ompanv a
thorough tryout. The dredge
will be operated on the proper
ty of Mike Stiepovich and part
ners on Fairbanks creek.
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The mail contract for the
Vest Coast of Prince of Wales
island has been awarded to .1.
W. Neil for $3550 a vear.
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Henry Cook, the well known
Fairbanks mining man, is oper
ating on Vault creek. He struck
bedrock at a depth of 210 feet,
and it is said, found good pay.
He will work a large crew of
men.
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George Alberts, of Bristol
Bay, an Alaskan for 25 years,
was married in Seattle recently
to Mrs. Nellie White, widow of
Capt. Mishael White, who was
once upon a time theowner of
seven vessels and one of th?
l>est known mariners on the
Pacific Coast.
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Austin Fraser, John Arthur
illiam O’Neil and Maurice
Panel of Dawson have been ad
mitted to practice law.
J
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TROLLING SINKERS
Superior To All Others
Carried by all dealers in first class fishing gear
.V-k your dealer for them
ij a. E. HECKMAN & CO. ■ 7 Lqrin*~AJ^a • D&IJUBUJORS
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
THE SUCKER CROP
Hecent published reports that
during the past two years the
American public has been
swindled out of upwards of
one hundred thirty million dol
lars by various schemes that
have been operated through
■the mails. The postal author
ities are planning a drastic cam
paign against these public
plunderers, and mailing privil
eges will be refused to every
concern and every person
whose operations are tainted
with fraud or with false prom
ises that are designed to sep
hard earned cash without giv
ing anything in return. It
seems strange that anybody
should be so wooden-headed as
to swallow the bait that is
thrown out by this class of
swindlers, but it is the fact
that the sucker crop of Ameri
ca gives up more than a million
dollars every week as a free
will offering to the army of
crooks and theives. And the
sucker crop has never been to
be a failure- Whether it rains
or whether it don't, the harvest
brings forth its abundance, and
the redhanded reaper always
finds grain that is ripe and
ready to be gathered in. The
waiting list never grows less,
and like flies in the summer
time, whenever one gets his
mortal swat a half dozen more
arc born. Barnum said that
the American people like to be
humbuged, and be might have
added that money is no object.
Name the price and the bar
gain is closed. You can keep
the change. Barnum was an
artist at humbuggery in his day
but if he yas playing the game
now he yould look like a bal
loon chasing a streak of light
ning. A well regulated matri
monial bureau, as a money*
getter, has the greatest show on
earth backed entirly off the
grounds.
We understand why people
drop their money in a slot
machine, or bet it on the turn
of a card. They have a chance
to win. But in sending money
through the mails to strangers
to invest in any sort of scheme,
there is absolutely no chance
to win. legitimate business i*
conducted through regular
channels and with every reas
onable safeguard throyn a
round it. Investigation is in
vited. and financial responsibi
lity is made a matter of public
knowledge. A scheme that will
not bear investigation can do
business only with the sucker
class of people, and it usually
operates through the mails . It
would seem that in this age of
enlightment it would not be
possible for lotteries to do bus
iness, but during the past year
fraud orders were issued a
gainst seventy-four concerns
that were conducting lotteries
through the mails. This means
that thousands of people were
buying lottery tickets and los
ing their money. It seems a
little odd, but we have known
THE
SEWING
MACHINE
CF
QUALITY.
! MOT
SOLD
UNDER
ANY
OTHER
NAME.
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
Ifyou purchase lire NEW HOME you will
| have a life asset at Hie price you pay, and will
I not have an end less chain of repairs.
|
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
Ifyou want a sewing machine, write for
our latest catalogue be fore yp i purchase.
1 TW New Hfe 5r&2 HadcA for, tee, Mass.
»
people who weigh every pound
of butter delivered from the
grocery, but would buy a lot in
a Texas desert or in the ever
glades of Florida without mak
| ing the slightest investigation.
They would blindly trust the
swindler, but would suspect
the honest friend, the grocer.
The sucker crop might profit
largely by trading at home
with friends.—Ex.
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CONTRIBUTED
Craig, Alaska, Jan. 11 1014.
Editor, Miner:
“It is not worth
while to go over to Craig at
this time of year as there is
nobody there but the watch
man and postmaster.” This
j statment was made in the early
t part of the winter by a business
man in one of the big merchan
tile establishments of Ketchi
kan, to a gentleman who, with
his family contemplated com
1 ing over here to locate and as
a matter of fact has since done
so. Now ordinarily, we would
take no notice of such a state
ment, were it not for the fact
that it was made to a total
stranger in the country, and
similar statements of the like
import having heretofore been
made by certain persons in
Ketchikan, having a tendency
to injure our business enter
prises and retard our present
rapid growth. The writer has
at various times during the past
ten years, through the press,
in public meetings and conven
tions, insisted that all Alaskans
and all of the Alaska towns and
communities, should stand to
gether, presenting a solid front
for the upbuilding and develop
ment of one town of commun
ity’s business and natural re
sources would be of more or
less benefit to all, especially
| so when viewed by outsiders
People in the states, capital
j seeking investment look at the
i advancement and development
of the Territory as a whole,
1 not single loealiliess.
Pardon us for again refering
j to the statement quoted at the
i beginning of Ihis articale, but (o
show the actual conditions
here, that in future there will
be no occasion for such state
ments. we desire to cite the
fact that during last December
a school district was establish
ed here on the 0th inst., an
election was held for the pur
pose of selecting a board of
trustees, at which there were
cast ninety votes, there being
ten or twelve actual voters in
town who did not vote and as
many more who were tempo
jrarily absent, making our total
voting population about one
hundred and ten or fifteen, an
increase of thirty five or forty
: since the November election of
last fall. So you can see our
postmaster and watchman arc
not pining away from lonliness.
Not only in population ai;e we
growing, but in a business way
we are striding forward at a
good pace. The herring, hali
but and king salmon fishing be
ing the chief industry at this
time of Ihe year, the latter or
course being the lightest.
There are now four outfits
located here fishing herring
for bait and market-and an ex
tensive plant for salting, curing
and smoking fish, operated by
<i. D. Furgason, is in full blast
almost night and day. There
are from onelo a dozen halibut
schooners in here every day
for bait, there are seven in the
harbor as we write this. The
best part of it is, for the fish
ermen, they have no trouble in
getting all the bait they want
and in record time. A few days
ago the steamer Independent
came in at midnight, after a
four days cruise to Yes Bay and
other points seeking bait, got
their supply of 150 barrels and
were away before 0 a.m. of the
same morning. We only cite
UifcVe things Vo show ffta't we
any here, .alivo,-diyuft,things in,
winter as well as summer, and
at all limes ready and willing
to boost Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Petersburg, Juueau or ntty
other place in Alaska, all for
Alaska.
F. E. B.
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WILL STRIP WRECK
Bound for Valdez to proceed
to Bligh Island reef and strip
the wrecked steamship Olym
pia of everything of value, in
cluding a large amount of brass
Gapt. W. McCray of Seattle is
a passenger on, the Mari
posa and submarine divers
Charles Stagger ',and William
Jorgenson accompanied him
from Juneau. Work on I ho
Olympia will commence nevt
week. The vessel lies firmly
stranded on a reef and deep
diving will not have to be re
sorted to. Siagger and Jor
genson have been diving at
Sheep Creek for the Alaska
Gastineau Mining Go. They
met with fair success, recover
ing a large portion of lost sup
plies.
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Members of the crew of the
Tanana and Yukon river steam
er “Florence S,” have libelled
(he vessel for $1,174.10, which
they allege to he due in wages
for last summer’s work.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In ;he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
William A. Connell liar been
duly appointed administraloi
with the will annexed of tic:
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
leased; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
f rst publication of this notice
wiili the undersigned at hi?
place of business, the Sledman
Dale!, Ketchikan, Alaska,
baled this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1913.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
\dminislrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Glias. It. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 9-20-13
Notice of Final Settlement
In the Commissioner’s Couri
For Ketchikan Precint No. 8
Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William Kroling, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, thal
Ihe undersigned has filed ii
I lie above court his final ac
• mint of administration of the
above estate, and that Mondaj
December 1st, 1913," at i\
0 dock p.m. at the Commis
sioners office at the Couri
House at Ketchikan, Alaska
has been appointed as the da\
and place for the hearing of
any objections to such final
account and the setllemenl
1 hereof.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
in the Commissioner? Conn
in’’ Ihe Precinct of Ketchik.ii
ri tvi itory of Alaska, Divisim
No. I: In Probale.
Estate or IL S. Holt, dccca-cd.
Notice is hereby given thal
Dan Nelson has been duly ap
•olnled administrator of the es
aLe of R. S. Holt, deceased;
■ml all persons ha\i'..&i claim1
igaiast said estate a*e hcrebj
lotified to exhibit thc.n with
he necessary vouchers wilhii
ix months after the first pub
lication of Ibis notice with the
undersigned at his post offici
/ddress at Kasaan, Alaska
Haled this 19th day of June
1913. I
DAN NELSON,
Administrator o ftha Estate
Elias. II. Cosgrove, attorney v
of Id. S. Holt, deceased.
Administrator. ,
.Administrator.
Chas. H. Ct/s'grdve, attorney for
i'Wwftgfw ors
MAY BE DROPPED
‘ / .i.'i'ii »■— - I i r r
Tlic question as (o Whether
til' not the C. M. Summers
cas!o! will be considered l»y the.
grand jury again, or whether
or not the riding of the Su
preme Court, sustaining demur
rcr to the indictment has ter
minated the case, was submil
led (o Judge R. W. Jennings
by District Attorney John llust
gard and L. P. Shackelford, at
torney for the, defense, this
morning. The court heard ar
gument of ehe counsel, and
took the case under advisment
—Juneau Empire.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
Sumnr Strait, Spanish Island
'ight reported extinguished
January 14, 101-4, was relight
ed January 10, 101!.
By direction of the Commis
sioner of Lighthouses,
W. C. DIBRELL,
Lighthouse Inspector.
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Account and Petition For
Distribution
In The Matter of the Estate
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
he final account of Ilenry
Ooemaerc Ihe administrator of
he estale of Helen Johnson,
leccased, has been rendered
o said court for settlement,
uid that a petition for a final
iislribution of the estate has
>een filed with said account,
uid that Hie 0th day of Dec
’mber, 1013, at 2 o,clock p. m.
las been duly appointed by
aid court for the settlement of
aid account and hearing of
aid petition, at which time any
'erson interested in said ey
ate may appear and file his
■xceptions, in writing, lo said
iccount, and contest the same.
Dated this Ttli clay of Qdo
»er, 1913.
E. S. Stackepole,
Probate Judge.
Iharles H. Cosgrove,
Attorney for Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice ks given that pursuant
o the provisions of section 27S
>f part. 5, of the Alaska Code of
Civil Procedure, I will offer
'or sale upon the premises of
he Northland Dock Company
it 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
he 25th. day of October 1913,
o the highest bidder for cash
me purse seign, which can he
seen at the cabin of C. A. John
ion on Pennock Island.
This sale is conducted by me
’or the purpose of satisfying
ny lein for labor bestowed
hereon and materials furnish
'd at the special instance and
•equest of Harry Ringslad.
Said Harry Ringstad having fail
ed, refused and neglected to
nay just and reasonable char
ges for said labor and material,
amounting to the sum of ninc
'y dollars, ($90.00) and ten
lollars, ($10.00) storage and
■harges of sale.
A. II. JOHNSON,
By his attorney, Chas. II. Cos
grove.
Dated this 2nd day of Octo
ber, 1913, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
for the Precint of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska, Division
No. 1: In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
W. H. Gilmour has been duly
appointed administrator of the
estate of Timothy McMahan,
deceased;and all persons hav
ing claims against said estate
are hereby notified to exhibit
them with the necessary vou
chers within six months after
ihe first publication of this
notice with the undersigned at
his place of business the Ad
miral.
Dated this 22nd day of Sep
tember, 1913,
W. H. GILMOUR,
Administrator of the Estate
of Timothy McMahan, de
ltas ed.