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Rumors, and rumors of rum
ors continue to come out from
the divide between the Teslin
Lake country and the head
waters of the Stikine, where
our old friend Skookum Jim
is supposed to have made his
gold strike which awoke long
dormant hopes in the minds of
old “sourdoughs” that the
days of the Klondike were to
he re-enacted again and for
tunes wrested in gold dusl
from the frozen gravel of the
north.
There seems, to be no real
reason for thinking that a
strike has not been made, the
only question is where it is,
how big it is or will be, and
bow to get to it. Dr. Young,
Colonial Secretary for British
Columbia, is at Atlin, after mak
ing a flying visit to Teslin, and
reports that government repre
sentatives sent into the. coun
try of the strike have not re
turned as yet, so he cannot re
port on anything more than
1 ere say, allhough reports from
the new digginks seem very
good, but as no development
work had been done as yet be
can make no recommendation
id present. Through his rec
ommendation to Premier Mc
Itribe *25,000 will be spent by
the Canadian government on
I he l oads and trails of the
. . .it t region as soon os the
.bin, onies, and in case the
cow diggings amount to any
Ibing. an additional twenty-five
onsand will be expended on
a! 'om Atlin lo and be
iii ik Teslin. At the pres
,, ays that the Skag
\ iin route is the only
tasible way, as Silver Creek
!,o reached by the new win
\ n O’Donnell river by
miles or travel from
also reports that
, a i mors of a strike
,’en made within the
weeks on O'Donnell
t-elf. Hundreds of
■ ~.*hi"'s are working up the
b ckon from Dawson, Fairbanks
and other interior points, and
■some from as far away even
a-- Nome, and the country will
be filled by spring with pros
■ b •••; who know the game,
and the country thus proved
within a very short time after
the spring thaw comes.
On the other hand, the fol
lowing comes from While
horse. William Drury, a rc
lieable trader and prospector,
and a resident of Whitehorse
for many years, who has just
jeturned from the scene of
Skookum Jim’s alleged discov
ery on Silver Creek, declare-,
positively that the stampede
into that region is absolutely
i,y anything that
• :V has been discovered.
“1 was on the scene for Sev
ern] weeks,’ said Drury, “and
1 saw no gold there. The In
dians claim they found coarse
gold there, but I could not find
any, nor did I see any in pos
session of the Indians. Colors
of frnld have been found, a:-,
"omd on 00 per cent
1 '-cams in Alaska, but
i unearthed, so
v ol only because of his rep
el ntion for integrity, but be
cause in deprecating a stam
pede he is talking against hi"
own interests, Drury’s state
ment i< regarded here as being
e.. nnd mibaised.
- who were
lo stnm
r,l incir plan?
-•• i led lo awaint de
. I.,'!- preferring to lake
*. oir chances iicxt summer
■ ; m traveling will be less dai
-,i s rather than face the
certainty of considerable hard
bio and a strong probability o
; ding rclhii g to cempei.satf
'he labor and risk in
• * . \ t; d.
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The Corwin is scheduled t(
.on April Till.
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WHISTLE WILLL BLOW
NEXT MONDAY MORNING
Manager Daly of Hie Ketch
ikan Power company state*
that if all goes well the mill
will start operations next Mon
day morning, March 31. The
work of installing the new
hand saw outfit is just aboul
finished and the engine to
drive it is being put in position.
More business is in sight for
the mill than ever before in it
history, so it is a foregone coi
elusion that the season of 1013
will he long and a busy one.
NEW MINING LAW
A bill radically changing re
quirements in the matter of
holding mineral claims in Al
aska was introduced in the
Territorial Legislature early in
the week. Senator lloden i.-.
the author of the bill which
provides among other things
that within thirty days of lo
cation all lode mineral claims
shall have their boundaries de
fined by corner monuments.
Within ninety days one hun
dred dollars worth of labor
must be expended on each
claim.
Such work shall include the
sinking of a shaft upon the
vein or lode, or ledge, at or
r ear the point of discovery- to
be known as discovery shaft.
Such shaft shall be sunk to a
depth of at least ten feet, ver
tically, below the lowest part
of the rim of such shaft at th
surface, and deeper if neces
sary to disclose the vein loca
ted. Any open cut, tunnel or
crosscut, which shall cut the
vein at a depth of ten feet be
low the surface shall be deem
ed the equivalent to such dis
covery shaft; and if such dis
covery- shaft or the equivalent
(hereof shall require less than
one hundred dollars worth oil
labor for its excavation, the
balance of such one hundred
dollars’ worth of labor shall be
applied to deepening the dis
covery shaft, making further
horizontal extensions, or lo
ony excavation made elsewhere
upon the claim. The develop
ment work in this section re
quired shall he known as and
shall constitute location wor1
PRINCESS MAY
WILL TAKE A REST
Canadian Pacific Agent Floyd
Ryus is in receipt of a wire
stating that the steamer Prin
cess Sophia will replace the
May in the Vancouver-Skagway
run for a couple of trips, starl
ing this coming Saturday. The
reason for taking the May off
j the run is to give her an over
hauling and repainting pre
paratory for the coming years
business. .With the exception
of one trip she missed last
year owing to trouble in her
engine room, the May has run
steadily ever since she was r3
turned to the • run after being
asliofe on Sentinel island two
years ago. The Sophia will
bring up a bunch of cattle con
signed to the Dawson region
which will be driven in over
the trail before tbe Yukon op
ens to navigation this spring.
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BLAKE BABY IMPROVING
Prof. Blake, who returned
on the Northwestern and has
since taken up his work at the
school, reports that when he
left, his little daughter was
j mending rapidly. The little
lady had been ipiite sick,
which has caused a nervous a!
tack to her mother, so that
when the Prof, got down to
Seattle he found two very sick
people.
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A party of New York scien
; lists proposes to charier the
schooner P. J. Abler for a sum
mer cruise along tbe coast oi
Siberia. Capt. II. Klenschmidl
i a moving picture producer,
will be one of tbe party.
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WILLOW CUTTINGS
FOR DISTRIBUTION
Plie Forest Service will have
cuttings for free distribution
this spring of several species
if basket willows which have
been grown in the Government
forest nursery near Carson.
Washington. These cuttings
will be distributed to farmers
ami others who wish to make
trials of basket willow on
lauds too wet for oilier crops.
From 50 to 100 cuttings will
be given to each person, for
which no charge is made, but
liu recipients will be expected
to report from time to time on
if.e condition of the willows in
order that the Government may
determine what varieties are
best adapted to this region.
Cutting will not be furnished
for ornamental or wind-break
planting, but to those who wish
to make a trial at growing wil
low rods for basket making.
Any person desiring cuttings of
basket willows under these
conditions should make appli
cation to the District Forester,
Forest Service, Portland, Ore.,
before April first, at aboul
which times the distribution
will be made.
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FROM THE PACIFIC
FISHERMAN
Case of Salmon ’
What constitutes a case o!
salmon was decided Feb. 17 by
Judge Bean in the United St
alesUistrict Court at Portland,
in the ease of Andrew; Xilsen
and 40 others against the Col
ombia River Packers’ • Asso
ciation, it having originated as
a libel suit against Ihe Ameri
can ship Ruece The complaint
recited that Ihe plaintifif has
engaged themselves as sailors
and fishermen to work at the
tannery of the defendant-comp
any at Chignik Ray, Alaska, a!
so much per month and # cer
tain per cent on each case of
salmon packed. There was no
dispute as to Hie contract nor
as to the amount paid per case
except that the word “case*'
was understood to mean 48
one-pound tails, while many
of the cases packed contained
half-pound tails, doubling the
amount of cans in these cases.
The suit hinged entirely as to
what constituted a case, ^and
Judge Bean decided ihat ‘ the
size of the can had nothing to
do with Ihe case as long as it
was of the same general char
acter. In deciding the case in
favor of the Columbia River
Packers’ Association a number
cd' Federal and slate decisions
were cited that referred to
s-iits of a similar character in
other lines of the canning bus
iness.
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Alaska’s Salmon Are More
Valuable Than Her Gold
The report of the Collector
jef Customs for Alaska cover
ing the past year shows that
the canned salmon exported
during that period had a value
of $f5,551,704, more than a
third of the total export valu
'd ion. against a value of $3,
704,173 exported in the form
of gold and silver. In view
of Ihe fact that gold in gener
ally considered the chief asse!
of the territory it will he a sur
prise to many to learn that it
j is approxidately.only one-fifth
as valuable as her canned sal
j mon.
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HOTEL NORTHERN
TO ENLARGE
Mine Host Hughey Barela;,
tells the Miner Man that busi
ness down at his end of the
street is so good Hint an ad
dition to the Hotel Xortherr
has become absolutely neces
■-ary. To that end twenty nev
rooms will he added lo lake
care of the trade.
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“Glory of the Seas”
Being Fitted Out
The former floating cannery
Glork of the Seas, recently pur
chased from P. C. Johnstone
by the Glacier Fisheries Go.
I as been towed from Eagle
Harbor to Seattle and is now
being fitted with wireless
equipmen by the Marconi Wire
less Telegraphy Go. The Glory
will be equipped with a 5-kilo
watt set, the strongest used
bj any merchant vessels on the
Pacific Coast. Her cold stor
age equipment is now en route
from the east,
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MANY BOATS BUILDING
DOWN AT SAXMAN
Rev. Marsden, who was up
from Saxman this morning re
ports that there has been a
perfect epidemic of boat build
ing down at his town this win
ter During the past few days
three fish boats have been
launched, and two other are
nearing the launching point.
The builders and owners of
the five vessels are, Andrew
Thomas, Joseph Thomas, Char
ley Williams, Joseph Johnson
and Sidney Burton. The *•
are all over 38 feet in lenglit
and were designed by their
builders.
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A COMMENDABLE IDEA
L. Fedderseir’s plan to organ
ize a club for lodge men here
iii Ketchikan looks like a good
proposition, and should meet
with the support of Ketchikan
men. There isn't a place in
town to take a visitor to enter
tain him, outside the hotels,
and the town has reached the
point when something along
this line should be figured out.
Juneau and Skagway each have
their Elk club rooms, and both
places are well patronized, and
some place along the general
l ues suggested by Mr. Fedder
son would soon become neces
sary part of Ketchikan’s pub
lic life. The idea is worth
boosting, which can be done!
very easily, simply by buying
a ticket or two, and getting
the thing started.
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SOME BIG TIMBERS
There are some whooping big
limbers—firs-on the wharf for
the new Tongass building that
were brought up on the Alki.
Some of them run up as large
as 24 by 15 inches and are fine
specimens of Puget Sound
lumber.
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YOUNG LADIES HAVE
SUCCESSFUL SALE
The Dorcas Club of the Meth
lalist Church held a very suc
vcssful sale of fancy good
and light eatables in the base
ment of the church, Saturday
realizing $40,00. The room
was prettily decorated for the
occasion, and great credit is
due the young ladies for their
zeal in making Die affair the
success it was. One half the
proceeds of flic sale will be do
nated to the church, the bal
ance going to the Washiugtoi
Childrens Home in Seattle.
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COMET HAS TOUGH
EXPERIENCE
The gasoline fishing schoon
er Comet reports having had :
close call of it Tuesday. Sin
was caught in the storm now
on while near Cape Ominay
end a couple of hngh roller
came aboard almost swamping
her. Much of her gear was on
Hie dock blocking the scup
pers, so that the vessel coni 1
!m)l free herself, and if another
wave had come aboard she
would have foundered. As i!
was the lashings on the dories
were cut and preparations
made for leaving the vessel,
bul fortunately she cleared bet
self, got under way again, and
made it in.
WILL BUILD A
LARGER HOUSE
The old Chesney residence
just beyond the Sparhawk
home has been moved back to
make room for a new house
Glorge will build. It will be
(wo full stories in height and
have seven rooms.
Petersburg proposes to ore
ale and sustain a public library.
Delegate James Wickersham
has gone back to Washington.
The municipal dock at Ju
neau yields a profit to the city
01 $000 a month.
Skagway merchants are be
ginning to put up their summer
awnings, says the Alaskan.
There are said to be but
thirty-seven candidates for the
United states marshalship in
the Third division.
There is more demand for
residence houses in White
horse at present than at any
time in the past six years.
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ANOTHER MILD
CURING CONCERN
Capt. Harry Swift, manager
of the Swift-Arthur-Grosby
Gompany, which for several
years has operated a cannery
at Hecata Island, has announ
ced that a new curing plant
will be run in conjunction with
the cannery this summer. Two
launches have been purchased
by the company and one char
tered for trolling for the King
salmon.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commission Court
for Ketchikan Prechui, Civ.
ision No. 1, District of Alaska
In Probate:
In the Matter of the Estate of
Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given That
the undersigned has been ap
pointed administrator of the
diove estate, and all persons
having claims against the said
estate must present them, with
the proper vouchers, within
six months from the date of
this notice, to myself the said
administrator, at my residence
or place of business in Ketchi
kan, Alaska. Dated at Ketchi
kan, Alaska, this 3rd day of
February, 1913.
HENRY GOEMAERE,
Administrator
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commlssionere Court
for the Ketchikan Precinc!
No. 8, Div. No. 1. Alaska.
Notice is Hereby Given: Thu
In the matter of the estate o!
William Kroling, deceased,
the undersigned has been duly
appointed administrator of the
above estate, and all persons
having claims against the said
estate must present them, with
the proper vouchers, withi'
six months from the dale o
this notice to myself as admin
islrator at the office of Cha
E. Ingersoll, Ketchikan, Alaska.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator.
Dated at Ketchikan, Alaska,
this 14th day of February, 1013.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commlssionere Cour'
for the Ketchikan Precinc
No. 8, Div. No. 1. Alaska.
In the matter of the estate o
James Short, deceased.
Notice is Hereby Giver: T
the undersigned has been du
appointed administrator of the
above estate, and all persons
having claims against the said
estate must present them, with
the proper vouchers, within
six months from the date of
istrator at the office of J. B.
Heckman & Go., Ketchikan, Al
aska.
W. A. BRYANT
Administrate!
Dated at Ketchikan, Alaska
this 12th day of February 1013.
No. 174 K-A Summons
In the District Court for the
District of Alaska, Division
No. 1, at Ketchikan.
James C. Leask, Plaintiff,
vs.
Flora Leask, Defendant.
To Flora Leask, Defendant,
Greeting:
In the name of the United
States of America, You ..are
hereby commanded to he and
appear in the above-cnliili i
Court, holden at Ketchikan in
said Division of said District,
and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above-entit
led action with::: thiriv day,
from the dale of the snvi ••
of this summons and a copy of
the 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
in said complaint, a copy of
which is served herewith. This
action is brought to secure a
decree of divorce from defend
ant. The order for publication
of this summons is dated Feb.
13th, 1913, and directive pub
lication for the period of once
a week for six weeks. Defend
ant is required to answer within
thirty days after last publica
tion.
And you, the United Slates
Marshal of Division No. 1 of
the District of Alaska, or any
deputy, are hereby required lo
make sendee of this summons
upon the said defendant and
each of them as by law re
quired and you will make due
return hereof to the Clerk ot
this Court within forty days
from the date of delivery to
you, with an indorsement here
on of your doings in the prem ■
ises.
Seal of Court
In witness whereof, I have here
to set my narid and affixed
the Seal of the above Court
this 4th dav of Feb., A. D.,
1913
E. W. PETTIT, Clerk.
E. S. STACKPOLE, Deputy.
CHAS. H. COSGROVE. Ketch
kan, Alaska, Attorney for Plain,
tiff.
First publication Feb. 21, !9 1.»
Last publication. April 4, 1913.
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MINERAL APPLICATION
NO. 01673
ka, January 15, 1913.
Notice is hereby giver.. I!
U. S. Land Office, Juneau. Ala
W. H. Timlin, of Milv;
Wisconsin, by his duly an
ized attorney in fact Cn • •
Cosgrove, of Ketchikan
has this day filed his .
tion for patent for the
LODE, designated in IIP
as Mineral Survey No.
described by the p!a( ;
notes on file heroin a> fo!
WANO LODE: Deg rim
Cor. No. 1, identical v ill
Loc Cor. and Cor. No.
the Hill Side Lode Survex
940; U. S. M. M. No. ?! be
N 50 deg. 37 min E ?'*
ft. dist. Thence S. ?!
min. E. 555.00 to <■
Thence S. 03 dee 1
1420.40 ft. to Cor.
Thence N. 21 deg i-i :;i
504.50 ft. to Cm
Thence N. 03 dog. r
1419 ft. to Cor. Nc
place of beginning:
ing 18.174 acre May
all cors. 29 deg. 3u ^
southerly shore of
Arm, a tributary to Clare; “
Straits, and is about 0 mile
north of Cape Chacon, the most
southerly point of l'rince of
Wales Island, Ketchikan Min
ing District, Territory of Ala
ka; longitude 132 deg. W
itude 54 deg. 40 min.
E.; Hill Side Cod". M
vey No. 94 o ndm;
vcy on the on i
bounded on all 1
unsurveyed land- P
claim and this not in r
upon said claim Decomhei
1912. Location notice- ■
of of record in the _Kyl|Td
recording office, original, iii
Volume V of Mines at page 520
No. 2845; amended location no
tice in said records at Volume
VI of Mines at page 159, No.
3079, respectively.
Any an j all pp«:p"«
adversely anv w
above described
surface ground H’<
rpiired (o file
claim w''b the Vl
Land OP ee a1 '
within P ■ ’
or within rigid mo., .
after of the publication ol U e
above notice, or Ihev will be
barred.
C. R. WALKER.
Regisip-’
It is horcbv ’
foregoing > m
in the
week!'
Ketchikan A1:
consecutive week
C. R. A'
CPA*
I Ketcink
I Attorney 0 '
First Publication
[Last Publication, April 11, 1313