/ROM SATURDAY’S DAILY '
I
SULZER SHIPS ORE
Word arrived from the West j
lloast yesterday telling that the i
steamer Delhi had cleared j
from Sulier on the 10th with
a thousand tons of Sulrer ore.
In addition to the ore she had
< bout one hundred and fifty r
t.-rs of miscellaneous freight, 1
largely salt, herring, picked up j
various places along the west ;
coast
COSTOMS REPORT
FOR YEAR OF 1913.
The annual report of J. R
Willi*, collector of customs'
for Alaska shows that the total
commerce between Alaska and
the States and foreign ports
for the year 1913 amounted
• * ’ * 122 * .•* agair.s: *72.
~ it."00 for 1912 and $57,854
Ni7 in 1911. The decrease of
1913 from 1918 of $5,318,753
i* represented by a decline of
approx n .Selv *3.000.909 in
the domes:..- gold and silver
shij ments, • : : a decline in the
quantity of merchandise ship
ments. mostly in canned sal
mon and ■: rpper matte, amount
;ng to . ppr: x mate’y *2.399.
000.
There w - in increase in the
foreign gold shipped from Ala*
of **. A”, increase
in the value shipments in
fresl - other vareties ...f
ferf.Iirer. marble and ct.s
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shown.
A Secrease was shown in the
shipments of ;':*h oils. furs, tin
ere and concentrates and
w'haleb: ~.e.
For 'he ::me in sever.>1
ye * :here were more people
left A- . - ■ • r : •
to it The total arrival* were
2 *2 i :h- • . : • - .' -
7 v the d :dere:::e being 1120.
T - - • re*
f m Southeastern and West
ern Ala-ka show a gain for the
Terr.: :' *87—She arrival
w ert 21,91
21.37*1. This toes
ever. - h w s '
southeastern tiaska, for
* 5 pjde
II those that ne I
the ter r '■ % •
Territory through j?.
way, where it is fair Ic
there wa* a loss to the North.
The gain was made up of Ih -
' - - :r.e - . - • -
d Western se rtians of
Territory.
The a -• - ;
222 I '!-: - -2
in t * 12
rhe df • gold s
- - ' -'..‘pment- > m
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erlies J . - : :: -
• ' rep-: -.2 — -e.i I *■
ight
: -
r ihi - mm* - the pi - r
■ - - - t li
reward -
T1 : - ■
.. 2177 - - '
- - eig
K12 1.
m Amer stwi.se ports
g t he 27 ves
- - . 7,(57
• - - -
- • . 7 • • red f«i
me-tic p-*rt*.
The tow re-e pt- from duties
- l . h»: - ... r ... ;mo mted to
«. 5. 7 - total expense
for the ma - tainanre of the
- ni- -ervs - in Ala-ka
d to *17.283. I he
i-j* ■ -i to the government
for the ■..*• ■ -n 181 . r
i - v' - *1.419.
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d b and commercial printing
real y and quickly done at the
Miner, Phone 89
CHIEF OF POLICE
OF PORTLAND HERE
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Pan Linderborg. chief of po- :
lice, mayor and town council *
of Portland City at the head of
Portland canal is a local visitor ,
having come in on business ;
connected with his application jj
for final proof on his home- ;
stead at that place. He re- '
ports matters very quiet in
that region this winter, with
|comparatively little mining be
ing done. A small lead of sit- .
ver-lead ore was struck recent
ly on one of the drifts on the
Canal Tunnels company's prop
erty, which looks promising.
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MIKE SAYS FAMILY
HAS INCREASED
M. A. Bussanich, foreman of
the Engeihr. Weise mildcuring
concerns in this region, arriv
ed up from the south to take
:harge of fish packing on a re- 1
cent boat. Mike says he should 1
have been up sooner had he
not waited an important event
n his farnilv—the arrival of a
baby. It is a girl, a little peach
he says.
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DALE WILL LEARN
THE TANGO
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e\:e.:s to be
Me to surprise the crowd when
he get' back from the south,
forreport has it that he is plan
ning to Joke lessons in "Tango
:g" while he is below. This
vas told the Miner Man in
strict confidence, so it is bound i
1 to be true.
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Thomas Burns, a pioneer;
- tent of Skagway since the
iay- of 1 897. died there Feb.
; Ut
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Cot; has been reduced to §9
! >er ton. bulk, in Skagway, sack
i e. selling for *10 per ton.
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Wrangell Strait. North Ledge
Vi y 6 re: rie : ut of p- sition
S *as found on its station.
Wrangell Strait. Turn Point
13uoy 15 permanently discon
i r ue.’. Feb. T. 191L
Freieri k Sound. Murder
• i. w - re-established Feb. 9.
■Frederick Sound, Kake Har
K H : !. gr- ■ -' -1 -
I ished Feb. 10, 1914, a fixed
: nrfaite light of about 45 candle
power, 20 feet above water on
1 ■. w■}. ?e pvramidal skeleton
-:r i *ure ;>n the northeast side
if Grave I-Iand. The iilumin
ifing apparatus :? a post lant
rn burning oil.
MILO HOADLEY,
Superintendent
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KELP BEDS WILL ADD TO
ALASKA'S RICHES
The :■ ;L: • stion of the report
•i the report of the kelp SJr
- : 'he Pacific Coast in 19
If, 1 10 J s well, is still
held up indefinitely. The he*
, .tatioft --"O.~ to he particular.;
•a the publication of Ihe
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■ :s ' th»- beds- The fad
ed in these 58 maps ana
ipaning f
. .. secured by the
Bureau ‘ Soils at a coal ap
*22, The
of printing an edition of
2.: f - map* is estimated
at $2,500 to $6,000, depending
the - ze: the wnten por
: and table* would cost
$40" to >l.o- i m addition. If
.* known th •* United Stalc
- v i... h’.ying from Ger
man; ile *.*16.000.000 worth
l -"a-h. rr.o-\y for fertil
izer. A a -» ? ha- an annua,
rth $ IS
at ‘h- j.-e-ent market price*
of d* fertn.zer <-o- 4erit. Thi
. omp *e« i,orably with the
. « . -j tier ■ — ft * r: -—. Califor
nia «n.i \\ i-hifigt. n also have
va-liable be.l-. Why should
not thi- 16.uoo.ot, , , ;,nnua!
ly to Alaska and the State* ,n
-*.ead of Germany —Ex
CORDOVA IN SOUTHBOUND
The stearem Cordova with
the little Dora in tow. made
port this morning and later
proceeded on her way. The
Cordova has 3,000 tons of La*
Touehe ore on hoard and 4.000
eases of salmon, the latter be
ing from the Santa Ana can
nery- This afternoon she was
loading on 100 boxes of fresh
halibut at the New England
plant. It is improbable that
the vessels will try to cross
Dixons today owing to the
high wind. The Cordova is
towing the Dora, the latter ves
sel being on her way to the
Sound to be overhauled for an
nual inspection. The Dora is
steaming as she is being towed.
being able in this way to do
about two knots better than if
-he were under her own steam
alone, and her weight makes
little difference to t he Cor
dova.
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SMELTER OFFICIALS HERE
O. B Smith, general manag
er of the Granby Smelter inter
ests in this region, accompan
ied by Edward Hinmon. another
official of the company, arriv
ed in port today on the Col
umbus. en route to Hadley.
The work on the tram between
the beach and the Mamie mine
has been completed at Hadley
and the work on the mine will
now be taken up. The plan of
operation will be decided on
while the officials are at Had
ley in consultation with Sup
erintendent Heidman.
CALL FOR BIDS
Bids for the plastering of
the 1'. S. Courthouse are being
called for. Particulars may be
had at the Marshal's office All
bids must be in by Feb. 24
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\V. It. Clark has been arrest
ed in Fairbanks for aiding a
prisoner to escape.
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"The Vengeance of Durand”
at the Dream tonight. adv.
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The Aleutian Dland reserva
tion. created by Executive order
on March 3. 1ft 13. is ostensibly
for the propagation of fur bear
.up animal- reindeer and f:-h.
Th - gr* ip of i-land- includes
-e\erd ihou-and square miles
of territory and I am firmly of
the opinion that but a small
area, if any. is necessary for
the purpose of which it was
reserved. If it is proposed to
establish experiment stations
for the propagation of fur bear
mg animals, reindeer and fish,
it i- a demonstratable fact that
a much smaller area than that
embraced in the entire Alution
I- and reservation would suf
fice: the remainder should be
often to the settler and the pros
pecbt.—Governor Strong's Re
port.
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At the last meeting of the
chamber of commerce held in
Wrangell action wa- taKen
with a view of getting a set
tlement of » towri.'ite survey ]l
w.-.s decided to communicate
with the land department at
Washington and also with the
•urveyor general in Juneau,
and be-ide- circulate a peti
tion demanding action and im
mediate relief.
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Miss Maud Earl, a well
known sourdough woman,
made the trip from iiuuy on the
Yukon to the Shushanna, and
then from there mushed to
Cordova over the Haziet trail
to McCarthy in Hire* days. She
continued to Cordova on the
train and sent her dog team to
Fairbanks to be cared for.
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l»r. Boribixfi. aged 7h and
bis wife 10 jearsold. have left
rvirb.ink- bound for Colville
river on the Arctic slope, where
placer strike is reported.
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Fhe Dally Miner, *1. mo
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
AN ELEGANT WAREHOUSE
H. C. Strong is justly promt
of the freight warehouse in the
basement of his new eoncret j
block, the floor of which is now
in place. The room is to be
used for warehouse purposes
and will probably be the best
of its kind in Alaska, as it will
be cool as a refrigerator in the
summer and weather proof in
winter, making an ideal place
for the storage and handling of
perishables at all times.
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\Y. H. Link, a mining man
was a recent arrival from the
States and will look over prop
erty in this region. He is reg
istered at the Stedman.
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FRED TOOK 'EM RIDING
Fred Chapman was the most
popular man in town yesterday
He had the delivery body off j
his automobile and had the '
regular louring body on in its 1
place and took everybody and j
their aunts out auto riding.
IN WITH FISH
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The schooners Victor and
Ethan and Montana are in port
from the fishing banks, the for
mer has 35,000 pounds of
halibut which she will box and
ship, and the latter has 16,000
of her own and about ten thou
sand from the Tom and AI.
F. C. Noyes of Fairbanks,
ha# just received a United
iStates patent for No. 8 below,
placer claim, on Coldstream.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Me
Phee sold the Owl roadhouse
on Engineer creek tp Hank
Biddle, expecting to quit the
Tanana for good and settle in
Portland.
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Duncan Michie and Peter
Jensen report to Fairbanks
people that the Ruby camp is
good.
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The Pioneer figures that the
gold output of the Iditarod for
the year 1013 was 82.000,000.
as against 82,700,000 for 19
12 and 83.100.000 for 1911.
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IS INTERESTING CASE
The water right ea.-e in whicn
.Judge Jennings denied an in
junction to the Alaska Juneau
* onipanv in its application n
gainst the Ebner companys. is
one of considerable interest to
mining men. According to the
evidence adduced the Alaska
Juneau company had been us
ing the water for some time.
It claimed that in December
the water was taken out of the
creek by the Ebner company at
a point above the intake of the
Alaska Juneau company, and
not returned to the creek un
till after it was carried past
the plantiff company’s intake
It also developed at the hearing
that the Ebner company had
been using the water some time
and turning it back into the
creek before it reached the
place where it was taken out
by iAlaska Juneau company;
but after the latter had beg u>
work on their ditch the Elmer
company also begun work to
a ditch to convey the v. iter b
Shady Bend. It wa- also shorn
the water was put to use by
November, 1910, and used- by
it ever since, and that the Eli
uer company did not abrupt
to use jt- water until las/year
Hie Ala«ka Juneau cftnpany
< -» nod it needs the \vilcr for
i>s i'i velopment work tnd con
struction work on jtnillsites.
It wa. claimed by Ac Ebner
company that Tripp posted a
notice at the Ebner dam in
l ine. t9!0. The £mrt held
• his notice was evidence of tin
Elmer company's j intentions
and therefore he reused the m
junction without irejudioe to
■other side iri any /irther action j
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AUTO TURNS TURTLE
As the result of a combina
tion of a steep hill amt slippery
streets Heckman’s delivery 1
auto did the tobogan act Satur
day afternoon and landed wrong
side up at the foot of the street
up to Henry Goemaere’s new
residence. Fortunately nobody
was hurt, and the machine is
in the hospital being fixed.
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It is reported that George
Johnson, the confessed murd
erer of his wife six years ago
at Nome, and who escaped
from the officers, has been
seen in the vicinity of Fair
banks.
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WILL SPELL IT OUT
The Grand is doing things
to its sign today that will make
it the finest sign in town. It
will now spell forwards and
backwards, up and down and
across, and will probably be the
most conspicuous thing on
Front stree.
SANTA ANA HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
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According to Capt. H- If. Bill- i
lene the Santa Ana had a very 1
narrow escape, of foundering j
in Seattle harbor last NYednes- |
day, just as she was loaded to !
leave for this port where she j
arrived this morning. It ap- !
pears that she discharges her
ashes through a port that is
under water when she is load
ed, and which has an automatic
valve to keep the water out. In
some manner this valve failed
to work on Wednesday, and
when the cargo settled the
boatdeep enough for the port
to be below the water level, the !
whole of Elliptt Bay started to
rush in. The engineer noti
fied the captain of the situation,’
and the latter put his crew to
work piling the cargo over on
to the other side to raise the
••hute out of ihe water, at the
same time heading the vessel
for the beach- The water rose
so high that the fires under the
boilers were put out, steam drop
ped. end it looked as though !
-he would surely go to the bot
tom be fore she could be. beach- !
ed. About this tijne however. '
the effect, of moving the deck
load of lumber and oil over be- .
gan to bet felt and the vessel
started to list away from the
leek, .so that in a few minutes
men coul<j be sent over the side
where they rigged a tempor
ary dam to .hold back the
water. The valve was then re- ■
paired and the vessel’s pumps
soon hud her cleared. Fortun
ately tne lower cargo was all I
coal, ?o that none of the cargo
was damaged by the water,
whiift was up to within a foot
of the main deck before the
jea; was stopped. The Santa
Ain has a general cargo for
Southeastern Alaska points and
f*Cik freight for the Chicagof
Bine from this place which was
eft here by one of the big lin
!T~ recently. The probabilities
are that the Santa Ana will be
Converted into an oil burner
;rate out of Ketchikan
ia<^on.
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> LLP CREEK TUNNEL
G0E8 AHEAD 646 FEET
'< hundred and forty-six
feet of new tonne] was driven
o the Sheep Creek adit during
'he month just ended- Al
though the mark is 15 feet
ower than the. record mark of
hdl feet for October, Foreman
Paddy O'Neil i- very well pleas
ed with the distance made.
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Skagway people are having ;
high old time this winter skat j
ing. The Skagway river is
frozen over, and the ice i~
smooth. It h «aid that it ha
been several years sinre they
had good skating at Skagway.
Job printing at tt»e Miner.
FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
THE SPRING BIRDS
ARE RETURNING
E. F. Moore returned last nigh
on the cannery tender Truth,
after Hie greater part of a year
spent below. He returns to
put in a cannery at the, beach
camp of the Lou He Ton mine,
of which he was formerly sup
erintendent, and says he is
very very glad to be back in the
north. The trip up from Port
land was made on the little
vessel in 114 hours of actual
running time, good weather be
ing had practically all the way.
Mr. Moore will erred a cannery
building and warehouse and
will install the machinery for
a one line sanitary cannery,
and will try to get up a pack or
20,000 cases this year. He
plans to hire his help in this
region where he Ijas a host of
friends.
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SPRING SALMON RUNNING
Woid cames from Mountain
Point, south of town, that the
spring salmon have started to
run down that way. Some
big fellows were caught yester
day and today and brought to
town and the promise is for a
good run.
NIFTY SIGNS
“Jim” Newman the sign
writer has been spreading
himself and a little paint
on the Miner office widows in
some nifty sign today, so
that the Miner Man will be able
to know when he gets home in
the future.
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JAMES MILLAR VERY SICK
James Miliar, one of the pion
eers of Southeastern Alaska,
was stricken with paralysis
yesterday afternoon and is i^ a
very low condition today, al
though somewhat better. The
paralysis affects his power of
speech, aparently being con
fined largely to the muscles of
the throat and tongue. Mr.
Millar is 77 years of age, and
had not been feeling well of
late.
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SAM ORCHARD IN TOWN
Sam G. Orchard arrived down
from Shrimp bay last night on
a trip for supplies for the work
on the power plant o£ the pulp
mill to be erected at that place.
He reports that the heavy rains
of the latter part of last week
raised the water of the lake
from which they will get their
power higher than there were
evidences of it ever having
been before. Fortunately the
false work for their dam had
not been put in place owing to
Hie frost prior to the rain, so
no damage was dane by the
high water. Had the false
work 'and cement forms been
m place, the damage would
probably have been consider
able. Work on the dam will
be pushed from now on so as
to be finished before more
high water occurs.
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PREPARING FOR TRIP
The lighthouse tender Colum
bine is taking on bunker coal
at the Ketchikan Wharf com
pany’s dock, and after a short
trip of inspection up Behm
canal as far as Gedney Island,
will leave for her annual over j
hauling at Seattle the latter
part of the week. While below
there is every probability that
she will be converted into an
oil burner. Her inability to
fill her bunkers at Juneau, on
her last trip so hampered mat
ters that the change will prob- !
ably be made
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The Canadian-Alaska bound
ary is 1,507 miles long.
The Fairbanks school board
desires another teacher.
The members oi im 9BH
W. C. T. I . gave a han
the basement of ttie Me
Church last night in Inn lllfli
the memory of their tie, jfjj|
chief, Frances Willard. A ■
suhslaulial meal was sc H§i
followetl hy a program e- ■
tally appropriate to the or
ion- (’.overs were laitl I'm
hunt, eighty people. H
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BAD NEWS FOR ■
CAPTAIN FORS 1
Capt, Forss was in receipt ot 1
a telegram a day or two ago I
hearing bad news. It told of I
the death of his daughter
Selma, at- Durango, Col. Tho
(lead woman was the wife ot
<ois Soderholm, a farmer near
Durango, and the mother of
three children. Death occur
red last Friday, the immediate
cause being consumption.
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ALL WELL AT THE
OLD GLORY MINE
F. T. Leahy, general manag
er for the Alaska Venture Syn
dicate at Smugglers Cove, is a
local visitor today. According
to Mr. Leahy everything at tho
Old Glory properly is moving
along as smoothly as a well
oiled sewing machine—tho
power plant is working fine .
and three shifts are being used
steadily on the two power drills m
—and above all the ore indiea
cations are better and better
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REVILLA MAKING
ANOTHER CHANGE
W. J. Sully, Hie carpelor-con
j tractor, is changing the stair
way at the Revilla Hotel, so that
the entrance (o same will be
from the lobby instead of (lie
back ball as heretofore. The
! change will make a big im
provement in (he conveniences
of (he hotel and certainly be
more pleasing lo (lie guests of
the house than the present
stairway.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
f* r Ihe precinct of Sulzer, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division No.
1 In Probate. Estate of Fred
Ishuara, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given tli.it
J. D. Wynne has been duly ap
pointed administrator of Ihe
■ estate of Fred Ishnaro. '■'creas
ed; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit lliem
wilh the neces-ary vouchers
within six months after Ihe
first publication of this notice
wilh the undersigned at his
Po<t Office address at Sulzcr,
\Iaskn.
Dated this i2th, day of De
cember 1913.
J. D. WYNNE,
Administrator of Ihe eslaie of
Fred Ishuara deceased.
First publication Dec. 12, 1913
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NOTICE EO CREDITORS
In (he Commissioner’s Court
tor the Preeinct of Ketchikan,
Alaska, Division Number 1, in
Probate:
In (lie matter of the estate
of Tonga's Ceorge, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Patrick J.
Cilmore, lias been granted let
ters of administration, with the
will annexed, of the cstaU: of
Tonga's Ceorge, deceased, and
all persons having claims
against said estate, or said de
ceased, are hereby requested Id
exhihil them with Ihe necessary
vouchers al my place of busin
ess at Ketchikan, Alaska, with
in six months after the first
publication of this notice.
PATRICK .1. CILMOKK,
Administrator of the lOslufe of
Tongas' Ceorge, deceased.
C. II. COSCKMVK
Allorney for deceased.
Dated I'eb. Jillh, DMA.
first piibliculii'u I'eb. II'.il'i
Last publication March, yq Ibl'i