CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
The regular meeting of the coun
cil was held last evening with May
or Heneghan in the chair and all
the members present
The minutes of the previous meet
ings were read and approved; the
current bills ordered paid; commurn
cations ordered filed and referred to
the proper committees and the var
ious reports from the many com
mittees accepted
The bond of the newly elected
member of the school board was ac
cepted and placed on file- A com
munication from the school board
was read in which a request was
made for an extension of time, as
the board has under consideration
some plans for the construction of
an addition to the present building
that it wishes to present to the
council shortly. The request was
granted.
The council heard the report of
the Ex-Fire Chief in which he an
nounced the election by the firemen
of a new chief in the person of Mr
H. Stackpole- The council immed
iately by an unanimous vote con
firmed the election of the new fire
chief. His salary having been fixed
at S25 a month.
Dr. Figgins was elected assessor
for the coming term at a stipulated
compensation of fifty cents an hour
while employed as such
' arious other matters were
brought up for discussion but no
definite action was taken. The meet
ing adjourned
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According to the British consul at
Bordeaux each French soldier at the
front has an allowance of one pint
of wine a day.
Several certain backyards need a
“raking-over.” A lot of rubbish, tin
cans and what not are conspicuous,
to say the least
WHALING SEASON
| SOON BE HERE
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STEAMERS MAY BE EXPECTED
HERE ANY DAY FOR SOUTH
EASTERN ALASKA.
A report was received that the
' steamers Star I. Star II and Star
III. were on their way to Southeast
j era Alaska station of .the United
i States Whaling Company at Port
| Armstrong- The boats are reported
to have left Seattle last Monday
The Star I is commanded by Capt
Pederson. The Star II by Capt
Martin Hahl and Hans Olsen is in
command of the Star III.
It is said that great rivalry ex
ists among the three vessels- The
men of each whaler work on shares
instead of on a wage basis and
those who return with the most
money to their credit are recognized
the champions, and much depend on
the gunners who occupy the same
position on the vessels that a star
pitcher holds in a ball game
The three boats will hunt the
right whale, the sperm whale, the.
sulphur bottom, the finback and1
humpback These are the most valu
able whales, the right mammal head
ing the list and the others following
in the order named
TRAINS PLAY LEAP FROG.
To relieve the swelling traffic on
the elevated lines in New York city
trains are now made to play "leap
frog” by an ingenious method of
track laying A horizontal view of
the completed structure would bear
a strange resemblance to the roller
coaster railroads so much in evi
dence in nearly all of America’s .
amusement parks- Nearing a station
the express trains for which the new
track is being designed, rise swiftly
on an incline, so that they play at j
a modified, mechanical game of leap
SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY IN
KETCHIKAN.
Not only along the va ter front op
posite the city proper, but from
Charcoar Point clear to t:i, N- •
England Fish Company's p’- • rv
can be seen these day r busy either
building, or repairing bonis, wharves
slips and what not. preparatory for
the approaching season- “A clear
sign of prosperity” as an observer
said yesterday.
Looking in another direction, we
found a nest of industry not often
heard about- We have reference to
Mr. Radenbaugh’s shipyard. across
the bay- A few questions revealed
the fact that this shipyard is hot
lagging. It is an up-to-date affair
with seven or eight men working
continuously building scows, boats
and doing repairing to others- Very
few realize the importance of that
yard. Its importance Is perhaps
better defined when we consider its
payroll, which, as Mr. Radenbaugh
modestly admitted, amounts to thous
ands of dollars every year.
Taking in consideration the new
shipyard of Messrs. Clark and Fur
ber. Mr. Radenbaugh, Mr. Gricks and
other repairing shops. Ketchikan can
boast of an extensive shipbuilding in
dustry as a whole and should rival
our Canadian shipyard at Prince Ru
pert shortly.
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ly by Ketchikan Auto Service- Day
phone 44. Night phone 48. ***
frog- Under the raised tracks, or
“humps,” as they are technically
known. the local stations are sit
uated.
The reason for the “leap-frogging"
is obvious. There are three tracks
in service already on the elevated
lines, but the third track could not
be used for express service unless
the trains crossed over and on the
local tracks to take on and dis
charge passengers. This would in
volve delay and a serious possibility
of accident.
[KRAUSE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
(Juneau Empire. May 2.)
Edward Krause this morning en
tered pleas of “not guilty” to the
indictments charging him with rob
bery and forgery-- The attorney for
the defense asked until tomorrow
morning to enter pleas on the two
charges of murder, which was grant
ed
On two indictments for fraudu
lent use of the mails, a demurer
was filed and Attorney Kazis Krauc
sunas argued that the two indict
ments were returned against the
defendant for the same crime and
that they should have been com
bined in one indictment.
P-strict Attorney Smiser moved
that the two indictments be com
bined and tried at the same time in
order that the work of the court
might be expedited.
Judge Jennings announced that
this would be done ond that he
would take the demurrer under ad
visement and instruct the jury to
return two verdicts- If they were
seperate crimes, or only one verdict
if they were both drawn on the
same crime
Mr. Krauczunas then asked furth
er time to prepare his defense as
the indictment had not been pub
lished until last Friday. Judge Jen
nings then ruled that the alleged
crimes would be tried separately and
that the defendant should go to
trial on the first indictment return
ed- This charges that the defend
ant, Krause, under th^ name of
George Hartman, used the mails
from Juneau to send a forged mort
gage to Vancouver in order that it
might be foreclosed on the property
of Y- Yamamoto.
The w-ork of securing the jury for
the trial was started this morning
with the members of the regular
panel present. These were soon ex
ftausted and a special venire w-as Is
sued
Germany has already passed a law
making it a punishable offense for
an unauthorized person to wear a
nursing uniform or badge
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FINDS ONLY NINE LEFT
OF. ONCE GREAT TRIBE
Nine survivors of a once populous
tribe of Indians hitherto unknown to
white men have been found by Dr
William C. Farabee, leader of the
Pennsylvania University museum’s
Amazon expedition. A letter from
Dr. Farabee, dated March 16, tell
ing of this and other discoveries,
has been made public by the Phil
adelphia museum officials
An epidemic of grip, Dr. Farabee
believes, was responsible for the
destruction of the tribe# The Indians j
are the Pikipitanges, a name here- i
tofore not known to ethnology. No
one could be found to speak their
lenguage, but .Dr. Farabee succeeded
in picking up a vocabulary of 170
words, which he will study in the
hope of finding out to what general
branch of the Indian this remnant
belongs.
The survivors are a chief, six wo- j
men and two boys- They were in 1
utter destitution when the museum j
explorers found them.
Another discovery bf the expedi
tion was the remnants of an un- j
cataloged tribe of Indians on the j
Amazon. In the upper reaches of j
the Maraca River, Dr. Farabee re- j
ported, there once lived a tribe with |
the peculiar characteristics of bury
ing their dead in urns of pottery,
made to receive the bodies in a sit
ting posture.
Poor people, he reports, had plain
urns, but the richer were buried “in
urns fashioned to resemble a man,
with an effort at portraiture of the
face, something after the manner of
the Egyptians.”
Erwin Baker, the American motor
cyclist, has covered 930 miles in 24
hours in Melbourne. This is claim
ed to be a world's record.
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P. J- Lervick.
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, NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
; Hereafter, the Skating Rink will
C be opened to the public every day
| and evening of the week. Saturdays
f afternoons and evenings will bo
i for the children and beginners
I Friday evening for whites only.
| Saturday afternoon for children.
I tf MANAGER.
J FOUND A TROLLING BOAT.
| Near Mountain Point last Friday.
I Owner call and Identify same.
—Jimmy Williams, Mountain Point,
near Saxman.
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