The Ketchikan Miner
PRICE 10 CENTS KETCHIKAN. ALASKA FRIDAY FEB. SO 1914_VOL VIII NO. 8.
CONGRESS PLANS MANY BENEFITS
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Washington, Feb. 20—If the
conferenc committees of the
House and Senate fail to arrive
an understanding and a corn
ground today, a hearing
ui' Hie matter as a committee of
. e whole will be held Monday
and the matter thus may not
get to the President for his
signature before Wednesday
or Thursday of next week. To
newspapermen Chairman Hous
ton of the House committee
made the statement that the
passage of the Railroad bill is
only the beginning of import
ant measures calculated to
open up Alaska. The next
move will be the passage ol
Lane’s leasing bill, t,hen a
bill f,or the creation of Alask
an Development Board. Such
matters as a general revision
of the land laws will then fol
low he says, and the tax on rail
roads of $100.00 per mile will
then be repealed.
Senators Smoot and Smith
yesterday introduced a resolu
tion to take away from the
mines committee the bill deal
ing with the leasing of the coal
lands and refer it to the com
mittee on public lands. This
resulted in a lively debate lead
by Chairman Walsh of th?
mines committee who opposed
it on the ground that it wou'd
mean a delay as the mines
committee had the matter suf
ficiently in hand to report
same next week if let alone.
The resolution making the
change was then tabled.
GORE IS FREED
OF BLUE '
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Oklahoma, Feb. 20—The jury
in the damage case against
Senator Gore brought in a ver
dict exonerating the blind Sen
ator. The case was brought
by Mrs. Minnie Bond and was
for fifty thousand dollars.
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NEW CUSTOMS
MAN ARRIVES
George W. Woodruff, who j
comes to succeed M. S. Whit- !
tier in the local customs office !
arrived with his wife and fam- I
lly on the Sampson last night. '
and have rented apartments in
the Pittinger flat. Mr. Wood- '
ruff has been in the customs
service at Cordova for the past !
\ear. prior to that being station
ed at Eagle.
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Best .35 cent coffee in town
3 pounds for $1.00 at H. R.
Thompson’s store. adv.
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TYPEWRITER FOR SALE
For sale a No.\ Smith Prem
ier typewriter, cheap for cash.
Apply Miner office. adv.
OFFICER DENIES
THEM
Trinadad, Col. Feb. 20—Offi
cers of the state militia sum- i
moned Jjefore the Congression- !
al investigating committee tes
tified today that at on tmen ;
did the soldiers maltreat any of
the miners or their people. j
Charges were brought against
the soldiers by the strikers.
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FISHING BOATS IN PORT
The halibut fishing power
vessel- Malolo, Ida M. and
Jennie F. Decker entered and
cleared in the local customs
iiouse in the past twenty four
hours. The prevailing low price
of fi'll i- very discouraging to
the fishermen.
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* NOTICE
Owing to the fact that Sun
day, Feb. 22 i~ Washington's
Birthday, We will remain clos
ed all day Monday, Feb. 23, in
honor of the day.
J. R. HECKMAN & CO.
TON GASS TRADING CO.
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Maurice Costello at the Dream
tonight. adv. j
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Watch Repairing and Engraving Diamonds Etc.
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SUCCESSORS TO
H. D. KIRMSE
Pioneer Jeweler
THE BIG CURIO STORE OF ALASKA
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Satisfaction Guanenteed
KETCHIKAN ALASKA
|!The Stedman Hotel
Q M. J. BUGGE, Proprietor j
I Alaska’s Leading Hostelry ^
U SERVICE THAT SATISFIES |j
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rl Headquarters for Canners, ^
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^ KETCHIKAN ALASKA,^
LOS ANGELES IS
FLOJED
Los Angeles, Feb. 20—Eight
inches of rain fell in this city
in the 2-i hours ending at mid
night last night, breaking all
records for Southern California
The streets were raging tor
rents and flood damage is re*
ported from every hand. Sev
eral cloud bursts occurred in
the foothills east of this point
and it is feared that some of
the valley dwellers have been
drowned.
CELEBRATES BIS
first™
City of Mexico Feb. 20—To
day is the first anniversary of
the presidency of Huerta. It is
being celebrated in a very sim
ple manner.
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SAMPSON IN SOUTHBOUND
The Admiral Sampson, after
a busy trip to the Westward,
arrived down yesterday after
noon. She had 54 passengers
on board on arrival at this port,
and five boarded her here. The
latter were George King. Thos.
L. Bunden, E. L. Crowe, E. C.
Howard and A. W. Nickerson.
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A STENOGRAPHERS
' TROUBLES
Is the name of a comedy that
Florence Turner and John Bun
ny will be seen in tonight at
the Dream. Then there will be
Clara Kimball Young and Maur
ice Costello in a comedy drama
"What a Change of Clothes
Did ’ “Pathe Weekly will be
there with a number of inter
esting news items of the world.
W e wish to state that we are
the latest up to date of any
of the News Weeklies that are
shown in Alaska. Ed. Drake
is singing “The Ocean Boll”.
There will be a Pathe comedy
that will create a few laughs
and the Dream Orchestra will
entertain with some of that
classy music that makes the
Dream the house of quality, ad.
Juneau, Feb. 20—At an en
thusiastic meeting of the Ju
neau Commercial Club last
night strong resolutions were
passed appealing to Congress
for an appropriation for an Al
aska exhibit at the Panama
Pacific Exposition at San Fran
cisco, and urging Gov. J. A. F.
Strong and Representative
James Wickersham to use
every means at their command
to secure such action. An ap
peal was also made to all the
commercial bodies of the dif.
fcrent towns in Alaska to join
in the petition.
TWO FISHING BOATS
BREAK THEIR SHAFTS
Seattle Feb. 20— Word
comes from Vancouver that
the Seattle fishing vessel Alvida
put in to that port today with
a broken shaf.t. She has five
thousand pounds of halibut on
board. The Zilla May is at
Prince Rupert m the same con
dition.
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MAQUINNA DUE TONIGHT
The Canadian Pacific steam
er Princess Maquinna, left Ju
neau for this port, at nine o’
clock this morning. As she
makes but one stop, at Wran
gell, between that place and
Ketchikan she probably will ar
rive here about midnight. Iter
passengers from this port are
F. Rosseau and wife, Paul Fas
sity and F. R. Stivers. She will
load thirty tons of ice for
Prince Rupert at the New
England.
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DIDN’T STAY LONG
M. M. Churchill, .formerly
of the Northern Hotel, w.ho
left for the Sushanna last fall,
accompanied bv his wife, re
turned to town last night on
the Sampson, and will make
his home in Ketchikan for the
future. He had some business
matters to settle in Juneau so
returned to Juneau on the Ev
ans this morning.
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Clara Kimball Young at the
Dream tonight. adv.
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3 HOLD UP AND
ROB JAIN
Birmingham, Ala. Feb 20
Three masked men held up and
robbed the New Orleans ex
press south of this city last
night and made their escape
on (he engine which they forc
ed the train crew to uncouple
Iron the train. They made a
big haul in the express car var
iously estimated at from forty
to two hundred thousand dol
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BURIED IN SNOW
SUDE
Valdez, Feb. 20—A relief
party went out from this place
last night to try to rescue J.
Bcrgland, wife and little son,
buried in a snowslide at the
north end of Keystone Canyon.
Corporal Simons of the Signal
Corps, who was with the party
had a very narrow escape and
brought the news of the acci
dent to town.
WILL TALK KETCHIKAN
MINES IN THE EAST
E. C. Howard the mining man
left for the south on the Sam
pson last night, en route to the
east. He goes to talk mines
and mining with people in
New York and Chicago already
interested in this region, and
the probabilities are important
results for the mining of this
district will follow his visit.
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EVERYBODY DANCE
The tickets for the Red Men's
dance are going like hot cakes,
which insures a big crowd be
ing present. The different
committees in charge of the af
rair are:
Arrangement
Ray Copeland, H. L. Fedder
sen, and D. Smith Harris.
Reception
Xels Gibson, E. J. Copeland,
Peter Johnson, E. A. Teater
and Dr. Story.
Refreshment
E. J. Copeland, John Furlong,
and H. L. Feddersen.
Floor
Fremont King, D. Smith Har
ris, Ray Copeland and Otto
Johnson.
Door Keepers
Si Howell and John Koel.
Ticket Seller
W. B. Bell.
I STRICTLY PURE I
Fresh Milk, Cream {
and Home made 2
Buttermilk 2
KETCHIKAN DAIRY 2
PALACE BAKERY Z
Pone 131 Z
Alaska Transfer Co.
Walter Grey, Prop.
'GENERAL TEAMING
AND DRAYING
ORDERS TAKEN FROM All
DOCKS
PHONE77 KETCHIKAN
FISH MARKET IN SEATTLE L
Seattle, Feb. 20—Asserting
|that, fishermen making their
headquarter,s here and ship
I >iug to this point from the
i orth are not getting a square j
I teal from the Seattle fish buy
ers, a delegation representing
the independent vessel owners
and the Fishermen’s Union
waited on the Port Commiss
ioner this morning and asked
that that body establish a mun
icipal fish market. During the
course of the conference the\
showed’ the Commission that
all fishermen could get in Seat
He was two cents pee pound,
when at the same time the
price of fish in the middle
west, within fifteen 1- uirs of
Seattle was fourteen cents per
pound. They also ask that the
City of Seattle through the Port
Commissioner shall erect and
operate a customs cold storage
plant capable of handling at
least one million pounds of
fish. This could be used by
the fishermen when the price
of fish dropped below produc
ing cost, and the fish could be
stored waiting a raise in price.
THAW HEARING IS
ONJODAY
Concord Feb. 20—Attorneys
for Harry Thaw are argping
for a writ of release on bail to
day. New York slate is op
posing the motion.
OVER FROM SUNNY POINT
Otto Herbst and Jacob Lauth
are local visitors, having come
over from Ghomley Sound yes
terday. They came in the lat
er’s boat and will see the
ights for a day or two.
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FINE REBL AT THE GRAND
Tonight the feature reel will
be “Wheels of Fate or Trapped
by Science” a feature in one
reel bv the famous Reliance
company. This company it
will be remembered is the one
| that has the services of Rod
|man Law the famous para
chute jumper and this reel to
night pormises to be o good
story. There will be a fine
Thannauser and an excellent
selection of subjects. .Sunday
night the great two reel fea
ture film that has them all talk
ing, “When Lee Surrendered,”
and it is well worth seeing.
Some more additions and im
provements are making our
j little house the Electric Palace
.watch us closely at the Grand.
Advertising
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Washington Feb. 20—Col.
Coetlials arrived in Ibis city
this morning to confer with
President Wilson on the future
of the Canal Zone, as governor
of which he will qualify while
north. In an interview he heo>
ily approved of the President’s
attitude of no free tolls for any
vessel passing through Ihs
Canal.
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Reno, Feb. 20—The moun
tain district was shaken by a
severe earthquake yesterday.
Some little property damage
is reported but no lives were
lost.
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CASES ACCUMULATING
FOR KET'" M- ~
Work is accumulating for th
next term of court in Ketch1
kail, whicli^ will probable 1 r
held some time afte" "
cut term in Juneau, s
vember term there last, the to
lowing defendents have been
bound over: IT. Brown, Tom
Watson, W' Hetman, David
Kinninook, f,or grand larceny;
Deo. Murphy, John Furlong,
Walter Raymond, for burgalry;
J. M. Alison, Dan Lott, Fred
Patterson, Tom Meland, Jim
Johnny, Slow Sam, for selling
liquor to Indians.—Empire.
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
J. E. CHILBERG, President,
Vice-President of the
Scandinavian-American Bank. Seattle *
J. R. HECKMAN. VlCfl-PltESIDENT. |
President %
J. R. Heckman & Co., Inc., Merchants
I A. R. LARSON, CASHIER, S
O. S. LARSON Auditor. k
Transacts a General Banking Business
Ketchikan - = Alaska
STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves