r ROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
ALASKA JUNEAU RAISE
FINISHED YESTERDAY
The Alaska Juneau drill crew
inished the long upraise lead
ing from Gold creek tunnel to
the Sliver Bow basin yesterday
when they blasted through in
to the basin at a point a few
hundred feel from the old Al
aska Juneau compressor house.
All that is to be done by the
tunnel crew is to put in a few
sets of timbers and the raise
will be ready for the reception
of skips and other machinery.
The first working level that
will furnish the first ore for
the Alaska Juneau mill has
been started between the 000
and 100-foot marks, the dis
tances being counted from the
bottom of the raise upwards.—
Juneau Dispatch.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
Rehm Canal, Smugglers Cove
Light established February 10,
a fixed white light of about
i3 candel power, 30 feet above
water on a white pyramidal
skeleton structure on the west
erly side of entrance to Cove.
The illuminating apparatus F
a post lantern burning oil.
MILO HOADELY
Superintendent
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Recent arrivals at Cordova
bring encouraging reports
from the Chisana. It is said
that strikes have been reported
on Johnson, Uyolite, Big El
dorado, powell creek and Gold
hill. A new strike has also
been made on No. 7. Bonanza
creek. The trail from Shti
shana Junction (McCarthy) to
Chisana is reported to be in
good condition, and freight i>
being moved over the trail al
15 cents a pound. Those com
ing out, among them Fred llag
gren made the trip from Chis
ana to Sluisliaiia Junction in
21J,o hours.
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D'Arey Arden, who took a lot
of live cattle into the Chisana
last fall, could not sell them al
;i profit on account of the abui
‘lance of game, lie killed Hit
■stock and put them in cole
storage hoping to be able to < 1 is
pose of them later in Hie sea
son when prices were better.
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Louis Jaequot of Juquot
Brothers, horse raisers, l'reighi
ers and hunters’ guides of Bur
wash, arrived at Whitehorse
recently. lie says they have
between iO and r><> horses win
tering on the range, and tha!
they are doing well. Many 01
the 10 mares will have culls ii
the spring.
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K. L. Pillman, a jiiuncer mer
chant ot Atlin. is putting r
branch store in the O’Done'
river country.
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The ukon Territorial coun
cil has been called to meet al
J'awson March 12th.
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Harry Dewey, of, ,Fairbanks
purchased ail outfit in Dawsor
last fall with which to go t<
the Chisana. He has not beei
heard from since Unit time ant'
bis friends arc alarmed.
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The Tanana Democrats sen'
a wire to President Wilsoi
‘•hacking him for hi- suport o'
1! c Alaska Railroad bill.
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(b od pay dirt is reporleo
lo ha\e been found on various
parts of Gold hill in the Ghis
ena dislrict. The hill is two
and one-half miles by foni
miles in extent but so niueh
higher than the water supply
that it is impracticable: to
work il.
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A whole flock of ptarmigan
crime into Skagwny recently
find affi riled a lot of foil fot
h cal sportsmen.
Let the twiner do your job(
printing.
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A8SAY OFFICE TO MOVE
Edw. Brown proprietor cf
the Ketchikan Assay Office,
will probably move his place
of business from Newtown to
the Jennings building former
ly occupied by the Miner. Mr.
Brown is building up a very
satisfactory business by the
care he exercises in his work,
and finds bis present quarters
no only out of the way but not
large enought to handle the
business coming his way.
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HADLEY BOAT IN
The power vessel Berlin was
in from Hadley last night on
business. She brought over
several passengers including
Superintendent Hiedman of
the Granby company now oper
ating the Mamie mine, and
“Jack” Wadies in charge of
the cable office at the mill
town. Jack is busy today shak
ing hands with his Ketchikan
“tillicums.”
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The Reichstag of Germany
has approved the expenditure
of 500,000 marks, or $125,
>00 for an exhibit of the pot
ash industry of Germany at our
Exposition. The exhibit will
'how potash in various forms,
and will demonstrate the value
>f the fertilizer by showing the
growth of plants and trees
where potash is used.
A “Bee Exhibit” is being
danned under the direction of
Thomas G. Stallsmith, Chief of
he Department of Agriculture
}f the Panama-Pacific Exposi
ion. The bees, installed in
rlass hives, where visitors can
watch queens, workers and
males will have the range of
he many hundred acres of
lowers which will be bloom
ug upon the grounds contiu
lously for the ten months of
jxposition.
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BACK TO OLD JOB
Al. Clarke, for the past year
ir more blacksmith at the
Northern Machine Works, ac
ompanied by his wife and fan*
ly, will take passage on the
Niki for Seattle. He is headed
•ark to Portland, where lie will
■esume his old job as blacV
•mitli with the Oregon Electric
Power and Water company,
he largest power company of
he Webfoot State, owning the
he street system and inter
irban lines of Portland and vi
•inity.
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‘BURN ’EM UP’S”
FURNITURE ARRIVES
The furniture lor the Poodle
tog Apartments arrived on the
-<a Touche last night, George is
emodeling the upstairs over
tie Poodle Hog into rooms, and
'ill see to it that everything
' new,neat and clean.
MAQUINNA WAS LATE
Tlie Princess Maquinna did
tot arrive in port as early as
•xpected this morning, not
ving up al I he wharf before
even o’clock. The following
•assengers took passage
or southern points: O. B.
mith, Paul Fassetty, M. B.
hdenli, J. B. Lockwood, Mrs.
■ race Robertson, Albert Ros
en and wife, E. R. Stivers,
liss M. Washburn, Miss Char
lie Wallcy, Paul Ludvikscn
»nd Fred Todd. She loaded :?o
ms of ice at the New England
lant.
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ECOND TIME IN
IN FIFTEEN YEARS
A. Adkins has booked passage
>r a I rip to I lie Sound on the
Iki starling tomorrow nioru
ig, and is iilanning to meet
■ilh pds of surprise!. He has
een a resident of this region
or over fifteen years and dur
ig that time has been below
out once and that some time a
HAS TYPHOID FEVER
Dr. Story has asked the Min
er to state that John Kramer,
who is sick with typhoid fever,
in the Eagle’s room at the
hospital is doing as well as can
be expocted. As the disease
has not had time to reach the
critical point as yet, he cannot
he said to be improving, but
rather about the same as he
has been for several days. Dr.
Story, who is the physician in
charge asks thal this statement
be published owing to reports
being circulated with regard to
the case.
STARTING WORK ON
TANK FOUNDATIONS
Al. Kreidler returned from
the south on the Admiral Ev
ans Friday and will start
work right away on the foun
dations for the new tanks to 1 c
erected by the Standard Oil
company. As told some time
ago in the Miner, these tanks
will be erected at once and will
,be used for the storage of gas
oline and kerosene in bulk.
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IN PLACE OF THE
iIEFFERSON
Word conies from Seattle
that the steamer Cordova will
come out in place of the Jefler
son next Wednesday the 25th
and will take care of the latt
er’s business ns far as Juneau
on her trip north, as she pro
ceeds on to Cordova with
freight from that place, the
Jefferson’s south bound sched
ule will be unfilled.
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LATOUCHE NORTHBOUND
The latouche, northbound,
docked at the Ketchikan
Whar about fiye^lhirty last
night with about twelve hun
dred tons of coal on board for
the Gastineau channel town*’
and the Westward, Bhe dis
charged about twenty tons of
miscellaneous freight for lo
cal people.
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METLAKAHTLA’S OLDEST
RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
John Tail, tlm pjdpst resi
dent id' MellaRr.hta died <»t four
o’clock this morning at his
home at Metlukahtla. He was
one of the original number who
came north from old Metlakahf
la when the colony under
Father Duncan moved over on
to this side of the line. For a
number of years he was head
eleark of the community store,
from which position he retir
ed last year. He was elder of
the Metlukahtla church and re
spected by all who knew him.
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The Prince Olay with 12,000
i pounds of halibut on bpapfj «H'
; rived from the fishing banks to
! day.
SMITH BACKS UP TOO
Smith's candy store across
from the Dream was moved
hack today, in line with Oil
more’s Market. Slowly the
work of getting Front street in
shape is going on, hot three
buildings now remain in the
street, and these no boubt will
lie moved hack within a shot
time.
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JOINS SOUTHERN LEAGUE
M. P,. Halenti. the star out
fielder of the St. Louis base- i
ball team lost year, is a passen- I
ger south on the Princess Ma
quinna today on his way to
Chattanooga, having signed a
contract with (he Southern
League for ttiis year. He has
been spending the winter with
his wife’s relatives at Kasaan.
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According to h recent decis
ion of Judge Fuller, of Fair
banks, flu- dog pound is legal
in Alaska.,
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Job printing at Hit Miner.
FROM MONDAY3 DAILY
No name is more closely as
sociated with the development
of Alaska and the Yukon ter
ritory than that of William
Ogilvie. For ten years, from
his first trip into the country in
1887, to make preliminary sur
vey of the American-Canadian
boundary, until the discovery
of gold in (lie Yukon in 1897. Mr
Ogilvie was a veritable father
to the hardy adventurers of the
North, llis work during this
period placed upon the govern
ments of the United States and
Canada an obligation that can
never be repaid. For months
he was the head and front of
authority on the Canadian side
of the border and sole represen
tntive of the majesty pf the
law, To liis sound advice and
counsel the Canadian govern,?
ment owes i Is phenomenal
success in dealing wlUm situ
at ion which practically in every
other part of the world where a
similar condition of affairs
lias arrisen has resulted in an
archy, bloodshed, vigilance
committees and lynch law. Mr.
Ogilvie has passed away, leav
ing behind him an honored
name, respeclpd fro pi the
Mack,enzip tp flip jnpufh pf tjpe
Yukon and throughout flip
length of thp Pacific coast. The
j story of the most important ten
years of Ins life, ps he wrptp it,
has bpen published by his de
voted wife, ft should he a
most interesting bool*, to every
person in the Pacific North
west who remembers thp oceas
ional talcs of gold finds that
from lime to time filtered
through from the Northland un
til that never to- he-forgotten
day in the summer of 1897
when the Portland steamed in
to the harbor of Seattle and a
tale stranger than that of Jason
ant} t}fp Gplden Fleece was re
lated, Op fhaf flay Seatftp
awoke, Hhp gold wfts thprp.
Her people hat} seen it—tons pf
of it pdedlipr upon tier in
strong boxes, She wag near
j est to the Northland and to
her belonged of right the advnn
tages to he gained by the won
derful discovery. That Seattle
i did take advantage of her op
| pertunilies no c-ne who sees
the Spattlp of today and con
! treats jt with the sleepy burg;
! half village, half city, ps jt wffs
| in tlmt day jn July, 1897, can
deny, Seattle hog reaped her
full share of the benefits of the
discovery of the Klondike and
to no individual man does she
owe more for those hen3fits
than to William Ogilvie, whose
story, “Early Days on the Yu
kon,” has just been given to
the public, Seattle P. I.
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After scnliiig a note to Iiis
brother in law telling him lhat
be intended to commit suicide
fjmj yyhgrg hjs body would be
found, Algjf R.'isnpisgeu, of
Fairbanks, lay down to have a
sleep. ills relatives notified
Ihe marshall's office and lie
was apprehended in a rooming
house, having overslept. He
still declares that he will kill
himself and will he examined
as (o his sanity.
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The Fairbanks Commercial
Club is pushing forward its
plans for a big fair in 1017 to
he held at Fairbanks to domon
slrnfc Uio great value of the in
terior country, both as to ag
riculture and mining, and at
(he same time to celebrate the
completion of the government
rail oad from the coast to the i
interior.
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Th Fairbanks Gitxzen spenk
ini of Ihe failure of the Wash
ington Alaska hank which took
place some few years ago
in I lull city, says Ibis old sore
should be forgotten, but adds !
H al id the rale Ihe affair is be
ing sr'lled (lie depositors will
soon be indebted to the receiv
er.
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The Daily Miner, $1, per. mo.
FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
By the Sunday evening mail
'iie Miner Man was in receipt
of the following letter from
Newt Gasperson at San Diego,
Gal., which shows that though
away our fellow townsman’s
heart is still in our little city.
San Diego, Gal., Feb., l i, 1914.
Editor M:ner;—
Just a few lines to let you
folks know up there in Alaska
that you are not forgotten.
I have been here in San
Diego since the 9th of January,
and will remain until about the
10th of April, when we shall
leave for New York. As to San
Diego, will say this is an ideal
climate, but when I say that, I
say it all. Living is no cheap
er here than in Ketchikan, and
as to business, J ppn't sep much,
The future for San Diego
however may, be good, as the
long delayed railroad bonds
have finally been granted to the
city. This will give San Diego
a direct line to the cast. As it
lias been in the past, every
thing lias had to come through
Los Angeles. There are also
a lot of harbor improvements
being done here preparatory to
the opening of the Panama
canal.
Thp |J. 3. Ayjatipp gchPPt is
also located herp and the sight
of a flying ship is common,
Once in a while some unfpr
fotunate drops out pud is killed
hut tliQi’c is always some one
else to take bis placp—the last
accident of this kind happen
ing only a few days ago, .
1 am getting the Weekly
Miner by mail, lint, wish that
you would send me the Daily
Miner as I want to keep posted
011 what is going on around
Ketchikan, for I have now and
; always have had great faith in
: the future prosperity of Ketch
; ikan and Alaska in general,
and even while down here I am
! doing a lpt pf hppgting fpr
' samp.
I expect to be hack in Ketch?
| 'kan next fall, meanwhile you
will hear from me from differ
ent parts of the world, and re
member me to the hoys.
Yours,
N. GASPERSON,
Box 133, San Diego, Gal.
P. S.—I was out to an orange
{•appli j.pstprday and am send
ing ypp undpr separate epyer a
sample,
BLOWS DOWN PART
OF WIRELESS PLANT
Maurice Thompson the local
wireless operator, reports that
last night’s breeze partially
crippled his wireless plant,
Moving down part of the an
tennae. He was able to talk to
Rupert in spite of the accident,
but couldn’t handle boat stuff.
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Immediately upon the receipt
of the cablegram announcing
Iht! Piissagp pf flip .V|psjia-Rj|il:
I'iad hill by the Senate the Find
National Bank of Fairbanks wil
ed the department that it
would lake $!>(),000 worth of
the government bonds which
are to lie issued for the financ
ing the Alaska railroad.
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The strike lute last fall at
Wilson creek, on Ihe lower Yu
kon, has had the effect of deal
ing Sf. Michael of idle men.
In past years it was customary
for scores of old-timers to
winter (here and do odd jobs
for a living. Nome parties who
were going out for the winter,
staked the men to go to the
new diggings with the result
there is not an idle man in St
Michael this wilder.
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The people of Fairbanks are
contributing fifty cents each In
purchase a present to give to
President Wilson as a token of
Ihe high esteem in which the
residents of the interior h*lid
the chief executive because of
Ids work for Alaska.
The Weekly Miner *3. a year
Washington, Feb, 2i—Sec
retary of the Interior Frank
lin K. Lane this morning hand
ed down a decision that will be
of great importance to Alaskan
j mining men. Some time ago
Land Commisioner Tallman
made the ruling that the law
requiring the eighty rod reser
vation along the shores of nav
igable waters applied equally
to mining properties as to
. manufacturing and all other
I purposes. In other words min
ing claims might be taken up
lor eighty rods only along the
shore, and then an interval of
the same space must intervene.
Now however, claims may be
i taken up along Ihe shore for
any distance as long as there is
a bona fide showing of qre,
The decision was made on an
appeal by Francis Clarno, of
i Portland, Ore., on marble prop
! erlies near Ketchikan, Charles
K. Iugersoll of Ketchikan handl
ing the matter, and Is a great
victory for the mining men of
the north.
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SUICIDES WHILE INSANE
| The town was shocked Sun
day by the news that Mrs. S.
S. Swenning lp}d taken her
PWI1 life dprillg the early morn
ing by swallowing carbolic acid
and the circumsteances sur
rounding the act clearly point
tp insanity at the time, Satur
day she informed Charles Fjn
zel, propietor of the Ketchikan
Praying company that she in
tended going to Seattle on Ihe
Alki and asked him to go up to
her home in the Sugar flat
building Sunday morning to
take her trunk down to the
wharf to catch the steamer,
lie went there as directed and
found the woman dead in bed
with her little daughter trying
to wake her up. Dr. Myers was
called and found that t|»p
woman had been deac} fop spy- j
eral hours as the residf pf a
flosp of carbolic acid, Mr. !
Sweening, wlui is assistant ;
forester of the Alaska Forest
Service was away at the time
1 on board the Talin on business
connected with his work, and
arrived in town last night. The
dead woman’s relatives reside
in Bedford, Oregon, where she
and Mr. Swenning were mar
riptl:
SOME §LO§E FIGURING
A 55 inch propeller and a
! 'hree and one-half inch shaft
arrived on the Mariposa for the
fishing boat Zilla May now in
Prince Rupert. The same was
taken to PrinCe Rupert on the
Spokane this afternoon, where
it will be installed on the ves
sel. While the outfit was here,
theKetchikan Iron Works
turned out the wheel to fit the
I shaft, finding it quite a job, as
| they had to block up the lathe
| 14 inches to accomodate I he
wheel, flood ponnpetions wpre
made fill around as the Mari
posa was sailing from Seattle
the night the order was receiv
ed in Seattle for the repairs
and no time was had to turn
out the wheel, so the work was
done here and the wheel goes
on to its destination this after
noon without delay of any kind
and ready to be installed at
once.
J. C. BARBER'S
BROTHER DIES
A telegram was received Sun
day telling of the death of
Edward Barber, brother of J.
E. Barber of the Citizens Eight,
Power & Water Co. The dead
man was the chaplain of the
State Penitentiary at Walla j
Walla, Wash., and death fol- j
lowed an operation. Mr. Bar- j
her, who was in Seattle, was
notified of the death by wire
less and probably left that city
for Walla Walla.
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The Three in One mine, local
i'd near I he famous Cliff prop-*,
erly in the Valdez section, is
showing up good.
GOEJ YJ iL
N. R. Walker, proplctor of
the Ketchikan Drug Co., is un
der treatment al the Hospital
for eye trouble. His cys have
been giving him trouble for
some time, and lately got so
had that he was practically
blind. Dr.’s Myers who have
the case in hand diagnose it as
ulcerated cornia. lie is some™
what better today.
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The People’s store at Fair
banks was destroyed by ire on
tbc afternoon of Ja. 31st.
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The heavy rush which last
tall was believed would go to
the Chisana during the present
winter has not, as yet, mater
erialized to any great extent
amt the majority of those who
have gone have taken the Cor
dova route, the inducement of
a freight rate of fifteen cents
per pound from McCarthy to
the diggings as compared with
twenty five cents per pound by
this route having thrown most
of Ihc business to the former.
Just what success is being had
in landing freight in tlio new
camp over the glacier route is
not known, but it is evidently
being done and Hie difference
in price is diverting tlie traffic
to Hie trail. There is no doubt
about the accessibility of tho
route from Whitehorse, and
all old-timers who intend go
ing in the spring will go this
way for tho good and sufficient
reason that they know they can
get in this way without either
hardships or delay. Former
Sheriff Eilhcck, who was in
both Vancouver and eSattle
lour weeks ago, worked over
time in knocking the Chisana
district going as far as to say
there is nothing there jp tho
wgy of gold, His associates,
however, assert that the form
er Yukon official’s “trilbies” ho
came chilled, and ,<hat the
country is all right and will de
velop into a big gold producer.
—Whitehorse Star.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
Dr (he precinct of Suker, Ter
rilory of Alaska, Division No.
1 In Probate. Estate of Fred
tslniara, Deceased,
Notice is hereby given that
t. I). Wynne has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the
•'-late of Fred Tsbuaro 'cas
ed; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified lo exhibit them
with Hi e necessary vouchers
within six months after the
first publication of this notice
with the undersigned at bis
Pod Office address at Suker,
Alaska.
Dated this )2lb. day of De
cember 1013.
J. D. AVYXNE,
Administrator of the estate of
Fred Ishtinra deceased.
First publication Dec. 12, 1013
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NOTICE EO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
for tlie Precinct of Ketchikan,
Alaska, Division Number i, in
Probate:
In the matter of the estate
of Tongass George, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
I he undersigned, Patrick J.
Gilmore, has been granted let
ters of administration, with the
will annexed, of the esta'e of
Tongass George, deceased, and
all persons having claims
against said estate, or said de
ceased, are hereby requested lo
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers at my place of busin
ess at Ketchikan, Alaska, with
in six months after the first
publication of this notice.
PATRICK J. GILMORE,
Administrator of the Estate of
Tongass George, deceased.
C. II. COSGROVE
Attorney for deceased.
Dated Feb. tllh, I OIL
First publication Feb. 13, 101-i
Last publication March. 20 101 \