The Ketchikan Miner
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PHICE to CENTS * _KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. FRIDAY MARCH 13. 1PH.VOL. VIII NO II.
Washington. March 13—Fal
omi Joslin. president of the
Tanaca Valley rail road 3ppear
ei before the House or-/miittee
this afternoon a i urged favor
Me action on ire Wickersham
i d repealing the present lic
ense tax of ore hundred dol
lars per mile on Alaska rail
roads and fixing a five per cent
x on the gross earnings of
the same. In bis talk before
r e committee Mr. Joslin stat
ed that the enforcement of the
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■ of business and prevent
y capital being secured for
sew construction for roads
Wr.:.h might art as feeders
: r the government railroad.
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CROWTHER COMPLETES
PRELIMINARY SURVEY
H. P. Crow.her. the Juneau
- rvej r. who has been at
work or the survey for the
■v~. ey-Jo .kins cannery. r>
" rred rime on the Northwest
- this morning. He informed
t: M iter Man that he has
fin ?hei the preliminary work.
id the final will be done as
- a as the 1 lings are erect
ed.
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THE SHAMROCK DANCE
Tre shipment of real old sod
"• C- rty Clare, arrived on
''e \> ••'.western this morning
g are fully gua-ced
the big St. Patrick's Dav
at Red Men’s Hail to hs
given >v the Eagles next
Wednesday night. It's.full of
imr rks the real thing—and
"-Y will be given away free at
-•? - r re. Better get your
xeis right away.
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A g: . i Essanay western
dram-, i: the Bream tonight ad
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For Sale *_*ne Co.ombia river
- - ^ 23x7 feet Fire b r -
w M ar is engine. *150.00.
a ' i.' -; Machine Works, adv.
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Field can fit boys from 2Vi
ring stout in a suit of
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Washington, March. 13—Af
ter siguing the Alaska Rail
road bill yesterday. President
Wilson presented the gold pen
with which he had signed the
word "Woodrow” to Charles
Heffner a prominet Democrat
of the slate of Washington,
who had been very prominent
in the fight for the passage of
the bill. The silver pen with
which he wrote "Wilson” h«
gave to Chairmen Houston of
the House Committee.
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MRS. DALY RETURNS
Mr-. Daly, who went south
on the Mariposa to take C3rc
of J. J. when he was sick in
Seattle and passed him on the
way down to the Sound, return
ed on the Northwestern this
morning. She say> she avoid
ed probable infection with the
mumps by the trip, but never
did iike a seafaring life any
way.
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POSTAL OFFICIAL HERE
E. G. We taler, chief mail
clerk for this district, is a local
visitor. He reports that his de
partment is preparing for a big
-eason this year.
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BIG NIGHT TONIGHT
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At ihe Grand besides the fine1
on which there i~ a wonder
ful industrial film, a great two
reei feature and two comedies
Uiere will be an added feature
in the -hape of an egg roiling:
■jaies':. The boys are going!
to have a chance to show- their
dexterity a; well as winning a
little f'rize. Don't miss it
it will be the biggest and fun
nse-t thing we have run yet.
Saturday and Sunday nights
wes how a fine two reel Kay
Bee feature film. ‘The Pay
master’s Son." and a Kay Bee,’
needs no critisim. It will come;
up to ail expaiations. Watch
for the announcement of the
three reel feature film the
"Shipwreck " at the Grand, adv.
DID YOU REGISTER?
Watch Repairing and Engraving Diamond* Etc.
BERTHELSEN & PRUELL
SUCCESSORS TO
H. D. KIRMSE
Pioneer Jeweler
THE BIG CURIO STORE OF ALASKA
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in aJI Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Satisfaction Guaranteed
KETCHIKAN ALASKA
Stedman Hotel K
M. J. BUGGE, Proprietor 4
» Alaska’s Leading Hostelry g
I SERVICE THAT SATISFIES 1
^ Headquarters for Canners, £
n Miners and Traveling Hen |
^KETCHIKAN ^ ALASKA,
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD WILL CELEBRATE MONDAY
The different committees of
the local Arctic Brotherhood
Camp are hard at work prepar
ing for their celebration of the
passage and signing o the Ala
ska Railroad Rd!. They have
decided that owing to the act
that the time for preparation is
so short, the celebration can
not be held until Monday,
March 16. when the parade
will be held at two o’clock in
the afternoon and and the meet
;ng at RedMen’s Hall at eight
in the evenig.
G. H. Field is the marshal of
ihe day. and a>k- that all fra
ternal bodies who may, turn
out and take part in the parade.
Of those orders who are for
bidden by their laws to parade,
the members are invited to
take their as private
:.v. > that as good a sohw
ing as possible may be made.
In case the weather is bad. the
parade will be omitted, but
he-w se the invitation is ex
< od to ail who feel so in
clined to take part. To make
the parade the better the bus
( -- !*( e- of the town will be
asked to close from tw.
• .. T >o that their peo
ple may have an opportunity to
take part.
A general invitation is ex
tended to everybody to attend
the meeting in the evening ol
which is the following is the
program.
‘'died to order by Chairman
Star Spangled Banner, Band,
Opening address, Chas. H. Cos
grove.
Hail Columbia, Band
Addres-. Rev. H. W. Michener.
Song. Alaska, School children.
Address, Rev. R. E. Roe.
Vocal Selection. Theo Brown.
Addres. Dr. J. L. Myers.
Selection, Band
Impromptu Speeches.
America. Audience.
AFRICAN COAST
STORM-SWEPT
Rome. March 13—Advices re
eived from Tripoli slate that
the whole northern coast of
Africa has been swept by a ter
rific hurricane. The storm
reached its greatest violence on
the Morrocan coast where 43
ships 3re reported to have bee::
wrecked. Details of the storm
are lacking, but it is said to
have been the worst in the pas'
two hundred years.
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“BILLY” SEMAR BACK
M m. Semar. Alaska manager
for the Fngelbr. Wiese fish
uriny interests in this reg on,
who had been on a busin-e-*
trip south, returned on the
Northwestern this morning and
w-ill start business at once for
this season. The other day a
consignment of lumber arriv
ed for ‘"’Billy ‘ from the Sound
which wag never intended for
tierces, but looks more like
material for a house. Wonder
what it is for?.
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A. K. Foss, the Hadley mill
man is in town today on bus
iness connected with his plant.
"Virginia Lou" By Bill Wo i
worth at the Dream tonight, aj
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Another lot of ladies ol-:
Piece dresses just received at
Field’s. „
Seattle. March 13—The
steamer Humboldt sailed a;
ne o’clock this afternoon for
Ketchikan. Her passengers for
that place are B. A. Eardley, C.
D. Arnold and two steerage.
The Spokane is scheduled to
sail at midnight.
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NORTHWESTERN
UP FROM SOUTH
With over three hundred pas
-engers on board the North
western arrived up from the
-outh this morning between,
nine and ten ^o'clock. Her late
arrival was due to the fact that
she did not get away from
Seattle on time, and then was
compelled to anchor at Sey
mour Narrows waiting for a
tide. She had 80 tons of freight
for local people and the follow
ing passenger; for Ketchikan:
Mrs. .J. J. Daly. Mr^. J. W. Har
mon. H. Trwick. Wm. Semar.
•J. R. Beeg!e. W. G Weigle
Miss. G. Roberi-on. G. If.
Hardy, Chas. A. Little, wife and
-on. Carl Thaner. Pete Dybrad,
W. W. Powell and seven steer
age.
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A good show at the Drear,
tonight. adv.
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Field received some new
coaG for ladies on the North
western this mooring. adv
AGENCY |
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4HO. R BEEGLE 4 CG Axcats
j Don’t Get Wetj
■ When you can buy the cel- Z
Z e bra ted “C. C. Filson” water |
I proof clothing, they are both I
i dressy and servicable. Call In J
| and look them over. A
jP. J. Gilmore’s!
i “The Clothier” §
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Chicago, March 13—Labor
leaders are preparing to pre
sent an application for pardons
for the Iron Workers’ Union
official? convicted of dynamite
eonspiraeys and the illegal
transportation of dynamite on
passenger trains. The petition
which have been signed Ip
union labor everywhere will
probably be presented to Pres
ident Wilson tomorrow. In tin
event of his refusal to inter
fere. no hope remains for the
men but to serve out their
terms.
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FCREST OFFICIAL
BACK FROM SOUTH
W. G. Weigle head of the
Forest Service in this region,
who had been south on offieia!
business, i- home again, hav
ing returned on the Northwest
ern today. He inform? the
Miner that Bruce Hoffman,
who has asked for a change of
station from Alaska to Oregon,
will be transfered in a couple
or three weeks, with head
quarter? at Medford. Oregon.
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SALE OF GOOD EATS
The Ladies Aid of the M. L.
church will conduct a sale of
home made cakes, doughnuts,
candy and other good things in
the grocery department of the i
Tongas? store, Saturday after
noon. March 14, beginning at
two o'clock.
The late?t model? in ladies
suit? are obtainable at Field'-.
Advertisment I
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I STRICTLY PURE J
Fresh Milk, Cream f
and Home made Z
Buttermilk j
KETCHIKAN DAIRY |
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PALACE BAKERY |
Pone 131 I
Alaska Transfer Co.
Walter Grey, Prop.
GENERAL TEAMING
AND DRAYINQ
ORDER8 TAKEN PROM All
DOCK8
PHONE77 KETCHIKAN
WILL CELEBRATE
TOMORROW
Seattle, March, 13—Alaskans
n Seattle will start a celebra
tion to last a week with parade
and speeches and a big bon
fire tomorrow night. The
whole town will be given ovei
to them, and Mayor-Elect Oil.
will be oho of the chief speak
ers. Word was received from
the north that whistles wart
tied down and impromtu cole
brations held at Fairbanks, Ya
dez, Seward and Oordova whe;
the word of the signing of fin
bill reached those places.
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GAS BOAT MAN ARRIVES
Or. If. Hardy, the engineer on
Mie Judge, Sawyer & McKay's
power boat, arrived on the
Northwestern. His delay in
coming has held back loggoing
operations at the camp which
will be taken up at once.
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A THRILLING FEAT
Last summer at Luna Park
n Seattle two automobiles
passed each other in the aii
while turning a complete sum
mersault. This is one of the
interesting features on th ■
Pi the Weekly at the Dream to
night. Whiffles that funny
man with the funny name will
e -eon in a comedy, Whiffles
- in b vo, therefore two girls
- in hive. There are two girl*.
Everything runs line until the?
: oth show up at the same time |
Whiffle* i* a good character ml
caving the silly. The two gii'~
make him silly. Bill Wood-1
worth is singing “Virgin. .
on ?\ -uh is a pretty sons,
Papa Put* One Over” is a
\ tagraph comedy drama, be
mg the second of this serie .
H ith aspirations to shine in
-ociety Mrs. Dean decides to
purchase some jewels, papa
-ave her from being swindled,
thereby hangs a tale. Of course
that awful villian Rogers Lyt
ton is the swindler. A good
offering. The Dream is that
aon-e that boosts when they
have it. adv.
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All weights in underwear ut|
Field’s._ adv.
RITCHIE DEFEATS
WOLGAST
Milwaukee, March 13—That
interest in prize fighting has not
diminished in the United
States was demonstrated in
his city when a capacity crowd
witnessed the ten round fight
between Richie and \\Y! a>l
:or the light weight chainpion
-hip of the world. Ritchie oul
ouglit and out generated Wol
rast at every round, ami scored
i knockdown in the seventh
'ound, landing left hooks and
olid right hand punches to
■lead at will, and the referee
awarded him the fight.
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PILE DRIVING IE FINISHED
The pile driving on the North
land Dock is just about fin
ished and the capping and deck
mg will be put on as soon as
lossible, and the dock will
hen lie as good as any in the
Vorht. There is some prob
ability that the coal bunkers
will be built at the west end of
he dock instead of (he old lo
cation. It this is done it will
leave a fine landing place for
the steamers using that wharf.
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SOME EGGS
1 he superiority of local eggs
over those shipped in was dem
onstrated this morning when
Capt. Forss weighed a dozen of
Iho eggs from his White Orph
mgtons and found that they
pulled down the scales at 31
ounces while and average doz
en of store eggs weighed but
2i ounces.
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PIANO TUNER
George Anderson, the well
known expert and factory rep
resentative for piano and player
Pianos also Electric Pianos,
" ill be in Ketchikan in the near
future. Leave orders at the
Kevilla Hotel. a(Jv
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Arrow shirts and collars, at
Field’s. adv.
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eggs eggs eggs
Strictly fresh ranch, gauran
teed. 3 doz. for $1.00, Thom
pson’s Store. adVi
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
J. E. CHILBERG. President. %
j Vice-President of the j
Scandinavian-American Bank. Scuttle |
J. R HECKMAN. Vice-President.
President
J. R. Heckman & Co.. Inc., Merchants
A. R. LARSON. CASHIER
O. S. LARSON AUDITOR. |i
Transacts a General Banking Business
Ketchikan - - Alaska
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