The winter health resort, the
Cheua Hot Springs, is the
center of interest now that the
winter has set in. and every
miner and prospector in its
vicinity, and others able to
take a vacation, plan on spend
ing a few weeks at least at this
famous resort. The springs are
located sixty-one miles from
Fairbanks and a weekly stage
runs between the two places,
which makes the run in a little
over a day. The water bubbles
out of the ground in numerous
places and an egg dropped in
the clear crystal like water
boils soft in five minutes. The
waters are beneficial in cases
of rheumatism, stomach troub
les. general debility and all
sorts of skin diseases. There
are many instances where min
ers. who are crippled with rheu
malisim. had to be carried
from the stage, after taking
daily baths were aide to walk
unaided within a few days, and
after a stay of - vcr; week
were cured ent .ely. Wolves
have recently made their ap
pearanre near the springs and
re a menanee t othe little vil
li ere. as the occupants thereof
fear to go outside its limits
without being anned. _ Thus
far no one has been molested ]
hough a prospector killed
th: ve h . wolves within one1
mue of the springs. —Ex.
Alaska s are all more or le~
interested in the effort that is
being made to bring out a sam
pie of Matanuska coal, to be
subjected to a rigid test by the
navy department. A Cordova
report says: Recent arrivals
from the Iditarod says the gov
ernment party under Jack Dal
ton is making good progre
in preparing to bring the coal
from the Matanuska fields to
the coast. They have the buil£
ings for both men and horses
finished at Knik and several
points along the trail and ex
pent to begin the work of trail
porting the coal within a few
days. They are of the opinion i
that if given a free hand Dal
ton will land the coal at the
coast in good time but repori
that there is a friction between
him and Swift, the paymaster
for the government. Dalton
was anxious that the work
should be rushed with all pos
-ible speed while the weather'
was such that men could work
to advantage. He hired every
man he could get and put him
to work- The paymaster ob
jected. beleving that only the
men brought from the States
with the party should be em
ployed. Dalton was forceable
in his arguments and is now
:>i undisputed command. The
paymaster is understood to
have reported the matter to the
"iantment at Washington and
H e men are waiting to see the
r io.-r.rne. They all like to work
for Dalton and hope he will be
left in charge a- he is exper
- -o n and knows how to get re
As a result of the oper
■ - of the government. Knik
» vp rieucing a period of
prosperity -uch as has never
before been enjoyed. Every
mat in camp who wants work
i 2-veil an opportunity.
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I'rom a’l reports received the
nut look for the Ruby district
letter than ever before.
Fv ■ \ m er <nd business man
in the mmp feels that the dis
ir • t wl shew much be‘ter re
sult- within the next year than
i* h - ever -hown before. Poor
man creek i- e-pecially looking
good. A -mail town has been
-tarted on this creek.
New York. Jan- 15—The en
tire Atlantic coi-t i« in the
grip of cold weather. It i*
thirty helow zero in Montreal,
>even below in this city and
even Washington and Balti
more are both shivering.
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Local fishermen are begin
ning to fear that thp power
-hing vessel Tom & A1 has
. een lost, probably with all on
onrd. The last seen of her as
tar as can he discovered was a
couple of days before Christ
mas when she was spoken by
the Victor and Ethan in Yak- ,
ulat bay. At that time there j
was a sick man on board the j
Tom & A1 and those on board 1
the Victor and Ethan under
stood that Capt Daniils was
going to run in to Sitka or
Juneau to put him in a. hospital
Since that time no word has
been heard of the vessel and it
looks as though she must have
foundered in some of the
heavy blows of the latter part
of December. The Miner to
day wired to Juneau and Cor
dova in the attempt to locate
the vessel or find out if any
news was to be had of her. but
up to the time of going to
press had had no answer to the ,
messages.
Later—The I ndependent ar
rived in from the fishing banks
thi< afternoon with 130,000
pounds of halibut on board, and
reported that she had seen
nothing of the Tom and Al.
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BRINGS STEAM COAL
—
The steamer Seward was in
port from the south last night
and discharged 100 tons of
steam coal. This is for the
Columbine, which took on 30
tons of it today.
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F. T. Leahy, general manager
for the Alaska Venture Syndi
cate at Smugglers Cove is a
local visitor.
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WILL SUPPLY LIGHTS
The lighthouse tender Col
umbine took on coal this j
morning so as to be ready to i
start o na trip renewing blinker !
light accumulators as soon as
the Bertha arrives with a new
consignment of gas tanks on
board. The regular supply
was lost when the Jeanie was
wrecked in Queen Charlotte
bound.
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COOPERING material
SHIPPED ON NORTHLAND
TheEngelbr. Wiese company !
shipped their coopering mater
ial on the Northland last night
to their West Coast mild cur
ing plant at Waterfall. Wm. j
Semar the manager, with a
crew of five men expects to
leave Monday on the Rough
Rider for the station to get
work begun for this season’s
packing.
NEW SALMON CANNERY
The George Inlet Packing
Company, of Portland. Oregon,
has been incorporated with i>
capital «tock of -?3n,000 by F..
F. Moore. John A. Benholm
and Frank Gansneder- The
cannery, which will be a one
line affair, will be constructed
at George Inlet, near Ketchi
kan. and it i- hoped to have the
plant ready in time to operate
this year. Mr. Moore, whose
home i> St. Johns. Oregon, has
ibeen engaged in mining in the
neighborhood of the selected
, location for the plant.—Pacific
Fisherman.
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GREETINGS FROM
THE PIONEERS HOME
The Miner is in receipt of a
communication from the Pio
neers’ Home at Sitka, wish
nig it and the people of*Ketch
ikan a happy and prosperous
New Year and thanking them
'for their rememberance at
Christmas time. The letter al
so conveyed the news of the
death of Thos- Coulter at the
j Home. December 31, as told in
these columns some time ago.
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The Daily Miner, SI. per. mo.
Seattle Jan. i t—Halibut hit
the high point of the present
fishing season last night when
a fraction less than ten cents
per pound was paid. This ap
plied to the tOO,000 pounds
the Spokane brought as well as
the cargos of several schooners
Stormy weather and light ship
ments is the cause of the un
usual figure.
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Seattle. Jan. it—Inspector
of Education Lopp left for
Washington today to appear
before the Appropriation Com
mittee to ask for an approp
riation of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars
for the construction and main
tainance of sanitariums and
hospitals in Alaska for the
natives.
Los Angles, Jan. it—Jess
Willard was acquited of the
charge of murder as the result
of killing “Bull" Young last
Labor Day in the prize nne
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Washington, Jan. It— The
debate on the Alaska railroad
bill continues in the senate.
Last night Senator Chamber
lain. who is in charge of the
bill in the upper house, show
ed that the navy must have a
supply of coal on the Pacific
coast and a railroad was an ab
solute necessity to get same
to tide water. Cummins, who
is opposing the bill retaliated
by stating that the government
owned line of steamersto bring
the coal down to Puget Sound
was just as necessary as .a rail
road to the coast- There is
little probability of the bill be
ing defeated when it comes to
the vote, however.
Cape Town, Jan. 14—A gen
eral strike has been declared
throughout south Africa by the
Federated Trades Unionists
and the Miners Association of
the Rand. This means that
every line of business will be
tied up until the present
troubles are adjusted.
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CANNED SALMON MARKET
According to the Pacific Fish
erman during December the
jobbers spent most of their
time filling orders previously
received, and as a result ship
ments were quite heavy. There
are practically no Red salmon
left in first hands, and but
little in the hands of the job
bers. The large pack of Sock
eyes is firmly held and will be
used in filling out the three
lean years which will intervene
before the next heavy run.
Medium Reds are quite scarce
owing to the short pack of the
grade. Chums are very firm
for the same reason. The short
age in the Maine sardine pack
has also coused a greater de
mand than usual for the low
grades of salmon and as Chum*
are rather scarce the consum
ers will have to take Pink*.
Pink* are still in considerable
quantities, but are firmly held,
with good prospects for a fut
ure rise a* the other grade* are
cleaned up. Late advices from
London are to the effect that
the market is quite firm on all
grades. Liverpool advices are
that the trade continues exceed
ingly brisk. Stocks in Liver
pool are being depleted and
new arrivals are anxiously look
ed for. The consumption of
salmon in the country is al
together unprecedented for the
time of the year.
Reasonable.
Suburbanite—What, didn't I give you
a dime yesterday?
Willy Bo—Certainly you did. but
bow far tan a man run bis auto on a
dime?—New York Globe.
REMODELING THE
CITY OF SEATTLE
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Alterations to be made to the
City *tf Seattle at a cost of
$ 130,000. which have just been
commenced, will make that
vessel one of the finest passen
ger craft operating in Alaska
waters. Included in the work
to be done on the City of Seat
tle will be the installation of
two up to date new boilers,
putting in new steel sides to
the main deck in place of wood
and the building of an obser
vation room forward to accom
modate tourists. Officers’
quarters on the City of Seattle
will be raised to the boat deck
and the second class cabins
will be raised one deck higher.
The interior fittings and furn
ishings throughout the vessel
will be renewed and speeia’ at
tention will be directed to mak
ing her one of the best lighted
and ventilated craft in the
company’s fleet. The second
class dining room will be shift
ed up to the main deck and the
general he:ghtentng of the
house will make the vessel a
handsomer craft than formerly
For th1 handling of cargo, two
sets of double winches will be
Installed, with new gear and
larger hatches to facilitate load
ing anti discharging. Officials
of the line expect the work to
be completed by the middle of
next month.
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Secretary Lane, of the inter
ior department believes that A1
aska is entitled to the benefit
of her own resources and
that it is the duty ofthe govern ,
ment to assist in the develop
ment of the territory. In his
annual report to President
Wil son he recommends the
adoption of a plan which will
completely revolutionize the
affairs of the territory. \ His
report says:—“In my judgment
the proper way to deal with the
problem of developing Alaska
and its resources is to estab-:
li~h a board of directors who
would be accountable to the
president direct for their act
ions. They should have direct
charge of the work to be done.
Intothe hands of this board I
would give all the national as
sets of the territory to be used
primarily for her development
and improvement. Her lands
should be developed and set
tlers encouraged to go there.
The fisheries conserved and
hatcheries established to guar
antee that future generations
should not lack the supply of
food which is now adding mil
lions of dollars of wealth to
the country each year. The
Indians and Eskimos should be
assisted in every way. encourag
ed to become progressive cit
izens. The seals, forests, mines
waterways and railways should
be placed under cohtrol of
this board. This board of
course would have nothing
whatever to do with internal
affairs of the territory as or
ganized by the Alaska terri
torial legislature.”—Ex.'
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| REPORT 8MALL CATHCE8
The fishing vessels Common
wealth, Preshq, Alice, Sah
Jose Prince Clay, Myrtle' AndeH
sen and Alameda arc all in port
today from the fishing grounds
They all report wretchedly bad
weather und light catches of
fish.
EXTENDING WATER MAIN
The work of digging the
trench for the high pressure
water main along Front street
is moving right along. As soon
as the excavating is done, the
high pressure main will be ex
tended from the corner of
Front and Dock streets to the
corner of Warket and Frant.
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Aecording to word arriving in
town this afternoon on the fish
ing vessels Alice and San Jose,
all is well with the schooner
Tom and Al, which was be
lieved by local fishermen to
have been lost, as she was spok
en to by both vessels this
week at Fish Egg, where she
transfered her catch of fish to
the latter boat to be taken to
Seattle. All was well aboard
the Tom and Al at the time
but owing to the extremely
stormy weather she had not
been able to catch much fish
so had stayed in harbor wait
ing for the winds to subside,
and having plenty of oil and
stores on board she will make
another try of it to fill up.
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WILL JOURNEY SOUTH
Capt. W. A. Thompson re
lumed recently from Dali head
where he had been attending
to the assessment work on
some mining properties in
which he is interested, and
within a few days will leave
for the south to spend the bal
ance of the winter.
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BUOYS ARE RENEWED
The Columbine yesterday
took up the old buoys and put
cut new ones at Permock Reef
and Bar Point. Today she got
away on a trip to replenish
gas tanks at various blinker
lights.
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BAND DANCE A SUCCESS
The concert and dance given
by the local band last night
was a huge success, the hoys
covering themselves with great
credit bv their playing. While
the crowd present wasn’t as
large as hoped for. stilt Ihere
were enough out to fill the
floor comfortably and all of
them enjoyed themselves.
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On the return to Dawson of
a fast dog team that left here
Inst Sunday for the Chisana
diggings, the distance between
prominent points on the trail
will have been measured and
marked. The “Sledomeler” is
a wheel fourteen inches in di
ameter. with quarter inch
spikes an inch and a half apart
on its circumferanrs. The
wheel is mounted between
shortened bicycle forks, and on
the shaft by which it is attach
ed to the handlebar upright of
the sled. There is a universal
joint which allows the wheel
always to run in the packed I
snow of the runner track of
(he sleigh. Attached to the fork
in which the wheel revolves is
a small meter, similar to the
common cyclometer used on
bicycles, but reading for a 14
inch wheel instead of the usual
28-inch bicycle wheel. The
“sledmeter” is the invention of
II. O. Lokken, government tel
egraph lineman, formerly at
Rig Salmon, but at present at
Yukon Crossing. He has used
it on his sleigh for years, and
lias measured nearly every win
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The Weekly Miner $3. a year
INSURANCE OOMPANV
18 MOVING
The insurance firnt of Geo;
Rounsefell & Son are moving
into their office today in 1hd
building oh Main street across
from ihe Postoffice, occupied
by the Foord plumbing shop.
This company handles fire*
life and marine insurance, and
represents some of the strong
est old line companies in ex
istence.
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Washington, Jan. 15—Dele
gate Wiekfirsham in a strong
speech in the House in sup
port of the Alaska railroad bill
last night accused the Guggen
heim interests of maintaining
a corps of lobbyists lo work a
gainst the measure. During
the course of his speech to
day Senator Walsh, favoring
the passage of the Alaska rail
road bill, branded conserva
tion as a crime and called upon
the Senate to allow Alaska the
Same rights that have been ac
corded other territories.
Jimmie Hendricks, who has
been Glen Bartletls right hand
man at the Revilla for some
time has changed his occupa
tion, now being first assistant
to Louis Hanson at the Bon
Marche. C. E. Merritt has
taken his old job at the Revilla
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Tfi ;he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kan, Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given thai
William A. Connell har been
duly appointed administratoi
with the will annexed of th
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
ceased; and all persons having
claims against said estate arc
hereby notified to exhibit then'
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
f rsl publication of this notice
wit}) the undersigned at In
place of business, Hie Stedman
Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Dated this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1013.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
Administrator of the Estate ol
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Chas. It. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 0-20-13
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Notice of Final Settlement
In the Commissioner’s Cour
Tor Ketchikan Precint No. 8
A luska.
In the-Matter of the Estate of
William Kroling, deceased
Notice Is Hereby Given, tha
the undersigned has filed i>
Hie above court his final ac
count of administration of the I
above estate, and that Monda> !
December 1st, 1013, at £
I .
o dock p.m. at the Commis
sioners office at the Cour'
House at Ketchikan, Alaska
has been appointed as the da\
and place for the hearing ol
any objections to such final ]
account and the settlement
thereof.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Coins
lor Ihe Precinct of Ketchikai
ri ori itory of Alaska. Divids,
No. 1: In Probate.
Estate of B. S. Ilolt, der.ee-cd.
Notice is hereby given (ha
Dan Nelson has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the cs
late of B. S. Holt, deceased
and all persons havir.se claim
against said estate a*e herebs
notified lo exhibit tbc.n xviti
the necessary vouchers withii
-ix months after the first pub
tication of this notice with tlr
'indersigncd at his post offic
.ddress at Kasaan, Alaska
Hated this 10th day of June
1013. I
DAN NELSON,
Administrator o fllie Estsh
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney
of R. S. Holt, deceased.
\drninistralor. ,
\dministrator.
Chas. H. Cd^ro've, attorney for
John H. Baird, a well known
mining and business man from
Iditnrod and Fairbanks, who
has reached Seward from the
big interior camp, says that at
Susitana station on the way
out he saw some of the richest
quartz he has ever seen dur
ing a lifetime spent ni the min
ing camps. The quartz was a
sample weighing 108 pounds
and Mr. Rail'd says that at a
conservative estimate there
is over $1,000 in free gold in
the sample.
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Seattle, Jan. 15—The schoon
er Sitka arrived in port today
with fifty thousand pounds of
halibut which brought nine
and one-half cents. The new
halibut schooner Republic in
her trial trip today made a ce
ry satisfactory showing.
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Proofs of Labor blanks at the
Miner.
Account and Petition For
Distribution
In The Matter of the Estate
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
he final account of Henry
'Joemaere the administrator of
he estate of Helen Johnson,
• creased, has been rendered
o said court for settlement,
'nd that a petition for a final
listribution of the estate has
>een filed with said account,
nd that the 9th day of Dec
mber, 1913, at 2 o,clock p. m.
las heen 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
ale may appear and file his
xceptions, in writing, to said
ccount, and contest the same.
Dated this 7th day of Octo
ier, 1913.
E. S. Slackepole,
Probate Judge,
'.harles II. Cosgrove,
Attorney for Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice i<3 given that pursuant
o the provisions of section 278
>f part 5, of the Alaska Code of
'.ivil Procedure, I will offer
or •sale upon the premises of
he Northland Dock Company
t 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
he 25th. day of October 1913,
o the highest bidder for casli
me purse seign, which can be,
een at the cabin of C. A. John
on 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.
'aid Harry Ringstad having fail
id, refused and neglected to
tay just and reasonable char
ges for said labor and material,
imounting to the sum of nine
y dollars, ($90.00) and ten
lollars, ($10.00) storage and
harges of sale.
A. II. JOHNSON,
3y 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
VV. II. Gilmour has been duly
appointed administrator of the
estate of Timothy McMahan,
ieceased;and all persons hav
ing claims against said estate
•:.re hereby notified to exhibit
iliem 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, 1013.
W. II. GILMOUR,
Administrator of tho Estate
of Timothy McMahan, de
ceased.