COLUMBINE PLANTS AIDS
The light house tender Col
umbine returned from the
\Vo>l Coast last night where
she has been placing a number
of bouys and establishing day
light ranges. The list of
bouys placed in position are as
follows: No. I Kalawaek Reef
Second class can marking a
recently discovered rook about
P5 yards from the spindle on
the northerly entc-rance to
Klawack Inlet.
No. t?. Rose Inlet—Second
class nun bony marking a sub
merged rock near the head of
Rose Inlet.
No. 4. Televak Narrows—
Second class nun bony mark
ing the rock at the turning
point in the narrows.
No. 8. Curacao Rock—Second
class nun bony marking Cur
acao rock.
No. 10. Point Desconcido—
Second class nun bony mark
ing the end of the -"f c'f the
point on the sou h side of Hec
ata Island.
TSevak Straits Bouy No. i.
Second e!as« can marking sub
merged rock about one half
mile N. \V. of Grand Island.
In addition to these daylight
ranges were constructed on
Hermanns Island and Cruz Is
land at the northern entrance
of Srn Cl.-.-taboi Channel.
Captain. Diberll, lighthouse
inspector for this district ac
companied the Columbine and
states that more bouys and
marks will be placed as soon
as practicable.
MISS MCLAUGHLIN MARRIES
Word ha- been received
here that M Jes-iea Mc
Laughlin. of Ketchikan and
Walter John-on of Portland
were united in marriage at
that place recently. The bride
i- well known here as she is
the daughetr of John Mc
Laughlin and sister of Mrs.
Belle Sayles and Mrs. A. A.
Wakefield.
OLD TIMERS RETURN
Mrs. and Mr. Taylor Alt
house returned from New
llazelton. B. G. on the City 01
Seattle and will settle here
permanently They are old
timers in thi- reigoQ having
come here originaly in 1900.
They have brought all their
household goods witth them
s time 1 are stopi g v h
Mrs. J. W. Young until they
can find a permanent location.
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\\ nen J. J. Barrett, chief
wireless operator on the Mar
iposa. was arrested in Junesu
on her last trip south, the
Federal authorities stated that
they believed thee had ohlain
* 1 evidence which will clear
up the mysterious disappear
ance of thousands of dollars
worth of patented appa-atus
which it i- impossable to ob
tain ex ept from the Marconi
Company. This property has
been missing from the comp
any plant and store room in
Seattle and the Marconi Comp
any claim that a conspiracy
ex:-is between the employes
of the plant and operators to
-ell this intricate machinery
to independent operators. The
warrant was -worn out by sup
erintendent Jack Irwin of the
Marconi Company who is in
Juneau at the pre-ent time.
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DOCK FALLS INTO BAY
During one of the big wind
storms of a few day- ago. the
dock at the Coldstream Mine
■ went into the the bay. Harry
| Brice and his associates had
moved a boiler from Ketchikan
I and were preparing to do as
sessment work. They had
just gotten the boiler on solid
ground when the entire wharf
except a few bents at the
ALASKA LUMBER
ALL RIGHT
A. K. Foss returned on the
Jefferson from San Francisco
where he has been to dispose
of the ship load of Alaska
spruce lumber shipped by the
mill at Hadley not long ago.
When seen by (he Miner Man
today he stated that the lumber
create'! quite a little excite
ment among commercial firms
nil along the coast and in San
Francisco especially. The
market was very dull for clear
; lumber although the price re
mained very firm as there was
: none offered. The entire car
go was disposed of at contract
price and 235.600 feet of it
will be shipped to London Eng
land. While in the south he
secured machinery for the new
box factory at the mill and it
i* expected on the next trip if
th* LaTouche. The mill will
run all winter as they have
enough orders on the books to
keep them busy. Special at
tention will be paid to hand- .
line the orders for the local
market from now on. The
San Francisco papers and mem
bers of the lumber industry in
the south all unite in saying
♦hat this was the best cargo of
lumber ever shipped out of
Alaska. Mr. Foss made ar
rangements for financial back
ing while away and will operate
on larger scale from now on.
He will make another ship
ment of clear lumber next year
in the event of the market im
proving any.
The equilization board of the
city met last night and fixed
the tax rates and levies and al
so made some changes in the
aiie*sed valuation of property
in the town. The assessed
valuation of the town is $800.
775. Exemptions $53,600. tax
able valuation $747,175. A
tax levy of one and one half
per cent was fixed for this
year. The following proper
lie- were raised from the or
ig nal valuation fixed by the
ti wn as*e-*or.
Citizens Lighf Power &Water
Co., raised from $17,000 to
$20,000.
Revilla !>h Products Co,.
$1,000 to $2,500.
Ketchikan Wharf. $20,000 to
$25,000.
J. R. Heckman Buildings
*22.060 to $30,000.
C. H. Field, stock. $1,500 to
$2,200.
J e Fenj’es. stock. $1,800 to
$2,500
Tongas* Trading Company,
build nsr $18,000 to 20.006,
H. L. Feddersen, house.$800
to $1,200.
Decreased
Berlhelsen « Purell. stock
$12,000 to $9,000.
Proell re-idence, $2,400 to
$2,000.
The meeting of the board
adjourned and the regular
meeting of the council was
called to order. The com
mittee working on the fire bell
reported progre-*. and a petit
ion of the Ketchikan Power
Co., to lay an electric conduit
along Mission street from the
shingle mill to their plant was
referee! to a committee com
posed of Chesney. Pittinger
and Scholthan. The report of
the police magistrate for Octo
ber was received and filed.
Charles Cosgrove was granted
a leave of absence until the
first meeting in January and
Judge Plumley. was appointed
City Clerk pro tern. Ordinan
ce 102 imposing a general tax
rate for school and municipal
purposes on real and personal
property at a rate of one and
one half per cent on the asses
sed valuation as fixed by the
town .assessor was passed. A
number of bill* were presented
and allowed.
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All road* lead to the Dream.
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The Daily Miner, SI per mo.
WHITEHORSE STRIKE GOOD
Rev. W. 0». Blackwell of
Whitehorse, a guest at the Al
askan Hotel, brings word the
new strike 100 miles from
Whitehorse is genuine, nearly
l?n claims having been staked
and several taking out good
pans. Rev. Blackwell says the
reason the papers have not con
(ained much about the new ex
citement is because business
men of Whitehorse organized
a campaign to keep the strike
a secret until the richness of
the new district was establish
ed.
James R. Coooley, one of
Alaska* most aged pioneers
passed through Juneau on the
Georgia for Sitka where lit
will enter the Pioneer'« Hone.
He was accompanied on the
journey by Frank Page, city
marshall of Skagway. Mr.
Cooley is in his 85th year. He
came to Alaska ami has been
a resident of Skagway since its
inception and founding in 18
07. He came to Portland,
Oregon, in 1852.
STORM CAUSES YUKON
INDIANS GREAT DAMAGE
The storm damage* along the
month of the Yukon was en
ormous. Native villages are
reported to have been swept
away while the wireless station
atKotolik almost met the same
fate and i* now being closed
for the season. The damage
at I'nalaskleet was only nom
inal being confined to cabins
on the beach. The damage at
St. Michaels is very heavy. It
is estimated that the govern
ment and the N. G. Co., be
tween them lost at least 8800,r
000 covering shore buildings,
boats, oil plant, docks, etc.
JUNEAU MAN SHOT
I
Peter Tweit, socialist poll
ution of Juneau was accident
al}' shot while hunting at Liza
Harbor la-t Friday. He was
hanging hi* shot gun on the
limb of a tree when it explod
ed. the charge striking him in
the right thigh. It is doubt
full if the man will recover
but if he does it will be at the
expense of hi* right leg.
YACTH AT VICTORIA
The yaht Adventuress, which
carried th^ John Borden party
for a cruise of the Alaskan
coast, arrived in Victoria a‘
daylight on the 31 of October
considerably battered up from
heavy sea*, which were en
countered on the last three
days of her crui-e.
CURACAO TO FLOAT
IN SPRING
A. BA*e?t. manager of the
Vancouver Salvage Company,
the company who are salvag
ing the Curacao was in Wran
gell last week put returned to
the wreck to store the machin
ery used by them for the win
ter. While in town he report
ed that his company were
having fine success in their
effort* and that the hull of the
*hip would be raised early in
the spring.
MARSHAL’S ARE APPOINTED
Marshall Brenneman ha* ap
pointed Harry R. Brown *on
of Judge F. M. Brown, to l e
deputy mar-hall at Knik *o re
place J. B. Ayer, the present
deputy, who is a republican.
For a like reason, Sidney D.
Charles, deputy at McCarty,
felt the axe Saturday and hi*
official head is now in the
basket and he will be succeed
ed by James Mdlsap. Both
r the new appointee* will take
'office a* -oop a 'he; 'each
• heir r.rw station*. Harry
Brown leave* on the Sampson
• his week for Kriik and Jirn
Millsap will go to Cordova on
j (he Mariposa and take the first
train for McCarthy—Valdez
Prospector.
LOCKED IN SAFE PLACE
Last night when the city mar
shall locked the public library
he inadvertantly failed to no
tice that the room had an oc
cupant and locked the door
leaving Mrs. Nelson Gibson in
side. The lady was confined
there nearly three hours be
fore she could attract some
bodys attention and the mar
shall was located and she was
released.
Seattle, Nov. 5—The election
returns from the eastern
states are in and the Demo
crats seem to have made con
siderable gains. The sovereign
people of the State of New
York redeemed themselves yes
ierday and vindicated their de
posed governor, \Vm. Sulzer.
when they defeated the Tam
many forces generally, and el
ected Sulzer to the assembly
of the state. Mitchell, the Fu
sion candidate was elected
mayor of New York city by ov
er one hundred thousand ma
jority. Tammany was over
whelmingly defeated every
where. and the election of Sul
zer was a complete walkaway.
In Massachusetts, Walsh the
Democratic was elected gover
nor. while James Fielder of the
same political faith won the
governorship of New Jersey by
twenty thousand votes. The
Democrats in Maryland elected
five out of eight candidates to
the state senate, thus winning
control of the legislature. lion.
Charles Cody. Democrat, was
elected to Congress from the
Third district of Maryland. Re
publican- ci rried the e’eclion
for mayor in Philadelphia by a
plurality of forty five thousand
votes. In Virginia the fight
was tame and the state went
Democratic electing H. Stewart
governor almost unanimously.
In New York the Republicans
gained control of the Assembly
by a good working majority.
Incomplete returns from Mary
land say that State Senator Tee.
a Democrat has been elected
to the l_\ S. Senate. Cinein
natti went Republican by good
majorities from every part of
the city and Judge Spiegel was
given the mayor’s chair. To
ledo voted to elect Carl Kelly a
Republican as mayor, while
Cleveland went Democratic
and re-elected Mayor Raker. In
dianapolis and Louisville both
went Democratic the former el
ecting Joseph Bell and the lat
ter T. Busehmeyer. This show
very substantial gains for the
Democrats a< four states and
three citie- went overwhelm
ingly Democratic, while only
three cities went Republican
and one Fusion. In addition
the Republicans gained control
of the state legislature and as
sembly of New York.
LOCAL BOATS SCRAPE
While ori the way to Mctia
kahtla yesterday, the Rough
Rider was passing the Roir a,
when the sheering gear of the
latter boat broke and the two
boats bumped. Neither one
was damaged to amount to
much, and the Rough Rider
lowed the oth'-r vessel back to
Mctlakahtla. Today the Rough
Rider is on the beach having
a new stern hearing installed
and the Olympic is taking hfr
run to Bell Island.
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AL-KI BREAKS RECORD
The steamer Al-Ki arrived
from the south this morning at
ie n. breaking her own best
record by making the trip in 00
and one-half hours. She had
70 tons of general merchan
di-e for Ketchikan and eleven
pas-engers, II. R. Thompson,
■lame- Sparling. John McCloud
Mrs. W. J. Quiring and child,
I). McArthur and six .steer
age.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
ALASKA SHOULD HAVE
AT LEAST ONE ROAD
If any ordinary business
man had bought a piece of
property for $7,200,000 and it
tiad produced $500,000,000
with scarcely any effort at de
velopment. he would have set
; aside a large percentage of
the revenue for further explo
tation. This is what the people
of Alaska now want. They
feel that Hie ountry has been
looted long enough. At least
a portion of the wealth that is
being taken out of the soil and
the waters should be expended
in making life worth living in
the Territory.
There should be at least one
Vmerican railroad running
rom the coast to the interior
and kept open throughoutthe
vear, so that mail and supplies
an reach the interior without
‘he long delay of dog teams.
And ttie men who are making
it possible for these vast rev
enues to be produced in Alas
ka think that it is about time
that they were being consider
'd as American citizens and
not as crooks.—Leslie’s
Meekly.
M hen the Sea Wolf arrived
it Nome just after the stoipi
it that place she reported that
the schooners El Bunco, the
Marie and the Princess of St.
Michaels having heen wreck
ed. The FI Sucno had been
abandoned by her crew on the
Russian side of Boring sea,
Natives did not know what had
become of the crew. The
Marie had been placed in
winter quarters at Diomedes
before she was wrecked and
her crew presumably saved,
The Princess of St, Michaels
vas abandoned by her crew,
and the nitives were salving
her cargo when the Sea Wolf
-aw them. They knew noth
ing of the crew.
The Sourdough Club has
been organized at the Washing
on University. Membership
n it is limited lo Alaskans
vho can qualify under the
Maskan acceptance of the
meaning of Hie word “sour
dough.”
The people ol’ Valdez have
lecided to keep the trail from
Valdez across the glacier and
'hrough the pa-s to the jnn
•tion of the Fairbanks Chitina
‘rail open and well broken all
winter. •
The weather in the Fair
banks district turned warm
|'ate in October and a week ago
he rivers and streams, some
of which had frozen over,
overflowed the country. There
was four feet of water on top
of the ice in the Chena slough
ri front of Fairbanks.
Robert Sheldon is raffling
Hie automobile in which he
made two trip- to Valdez from
Fairbanks.
Felix Justin, a Wrangell col
ored citizen, accidently shot
oid kill eel himself with a shot
gun while he was hunting
-nipe last week.
When the LaTouche arr
ved at Seattle this week with
260H toins of canned salmon
-he had one of the largest car
goes of that product ever sent
out of Alaska.
\ general merchandise store
has been opened at Wrangell
j by Martin and Richard Hofstad..
The fall term of the United!
States District court at Fair-'
.banks opened October, 25th.
Tom Donnelly, known
throughout the Yukon valley
as “L’mle Tom,” died at
| Ream's Hot Springs near Fair
1 banks October i3th.
A term of the District court
will be held at Cordova in the
not distant future according to
irriformation that comes trom
the Westward.
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NEARLY LOST OFF CAPE
"What is brohably tlie nor
: rowest escape from death by
[drowning to occur in this
vicinity for some lime took
place Monday w! on William
Selig was lo«t from the little
halibut boat Alameda. Sieve
Selig accompanied by bis
cousin William was fishing
for halibut on the West Coast
iast week and on stalling for
Ketchikan ran into a succes
sion of heavy gales While
coming around Cape Chacon
Monday a huge wave washed
one of the dories and William
Selig over the side. The man
managed to reach the dorie
and after hanging on for over
an hour, drifting in the tmge
seas that were running ho
was rescued by Gapt. Steve.
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Walter Gray, who “yumped
his yob” at Zimmerman’s last
week is going into business on
his own account. When the
A!ki arrived this morning she
had aboard a fine looking
horse for Walter, who will en
gage in the general denying
business here. Mr. Gray is
well known and well liked
in Ketchikan and should do
well in this venture as there
should be busines enough in
Ketchikan for another draying
outfit.
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Seattle Nov. 5,—Senator
Jones announced today that he.
and all of the Pacific Coast
Senators are confident they
can bring the Alaska Railroad
Bill to a head and get it pas
sed early in the comming
regular session. This bill
has been placed under unfinish
ed business and will now be
one of the first to come up
for consideration,
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Pekin, China, Nov. 5—Presi
dent Yuen today issued a pro
clamation which expelled 300
members of both houses of the
national parliament. They are
charged with aiding and incit
ing the revolutionists by their
actions and that they are not
loyal to the present head of
government. Martial law has
been declared all through the
province of Pekin and the dis
orders are spreading to the
other provinces of the republic.
ARE STILL AT IT
The Ketchikan Power Comp
any were expecting to close
down their mill last Monday
for the season but were not
able to clean up the orders on
hand ni time so they are still
running. They bfive an or
der of boxes for the New
England Fish Sompanv to fin
ish and some more small or
ders but they will close in a
few days.
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City of Mexico, Nov. 5—It is
understood here that the note
delivered to President Huerta
demanding his resignation sta
ted that he must either step
down or stern measures would
be used. It also suggested that
a commission be appointed to
take charge of and direct all
affairs of state until steps
could be taken to hold an elec
tion.
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Capt. and Mrs. Connell after
being identified with the Stad
man Hotel and the business
life of Ketchikan for so long
have severed their connections
and left on the Dolphin yester
day afternoon for the south
where they expect to spend
the winter at least arid pos
sibly longer. The are ac
companied by Willis.
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ALL ROAD8 LEAD TO THE
DREAM. adv
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
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RUT IN THE MEANTIME GO
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WALTER GRAY IN
) O. S. [.arson, general audi
tor of Hie Scnndinavian-Amor
irnn Hank of Seattle, is a local
; visitor, auditing Hie accounts
ol tlic Miners is Merchants
Hunk of Ketchikan. Mr. I,ar
son, who is a certified public
accountant, is (he auditor for
.1. E. Chilberg president of the
Scandinavian-American Hank,
and also auditor for Jafct Lin
deliorg (he president of the big
Pioneer Mining company of
Nome.
To the Miner Man Ibis morn
ing he said that his mission
here was lo make the annual
audit of the accounts and af
fairs of the bank at Ibis’ place,
that being the system of Mes
srs. Chilberg and Lindeberg,
in all Hie corporations in
which they are interested.
“Ordinarily, said Mr. Lar
son, “litis work is done by a
subordinate, but Ibis year l
came because 1 wished lo see
for myself the possibilities of
Ketchikan and Southeastern
Alaska in general. The last
time this work was done was
by It. V. R. Bean, whom you
will no doubt remember, who
was here about four years ago.
“I am very much impressed
by Hie prosperity of the com
munity as by the large depos
its in the Miners & Merchants
Bank which institution I found
in excellent shape. In fact,
business in Ketchikan has so
increased in the last two years
that we will now be compelled
|fo increase the office force of
[the bank by file addition of
another man.
“We believe in the develop
ment of Alaska in every way,
and Mr. Chilberg, as president
of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, assisted by the Al
aska Bureau of Hie Chamber
is doing everything possible to
advance the interests of the
I Territory, and while there may
be a number of people in Alas
ka who disagree with the
Chamber as to policy to be pur
sued, there can be no question
but that they arc trying to do
what (o them appears to be the
| correct thing.
“Business conditions on the
outside are very much improv
ed, and an era of good times
and easy feeling is coming in
to existence, and the general
impression is that the country
is about to enter into a long
period of prosperity.
I’lle new tariff bill did not do
anything to disturb existing
conditions. There is some
doubt, however, as to whether
the currency bill now pending,
will become a law at the pres
ent special session of Con
gress. A great deal, pro and
con has been said about this
measure by the bankers of Hie
country, but there is no doubt
it would materially assist the
general business of the coun
try if it should pass, especially
when a man of such promin
ence in the banking world as
Frank • A. Yanderlip of Hie
National City Bank of New
York can see a great deal of
good in the bill as it was ori
nally drafted.”
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SERVICE FOR WRANGELL
Beginning with the sailing of
the Northwestern from Seattle
Nov. 7, all Hie Westward ves
sels of the Alaska steamship
company will rail in at Wran
gell both ways. The Jefferson
will lay off for one trip on tier
arrival at Seattle and will then
be operated between Seattle
and Juneau on a ten day sclied
ule. All the westward boats
will make Skagway and will
operate on a fifteen day sched
ule, thus giving Ketchikan a 5
day schedule from the vessels
of (his company alone.
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Jot printing at The Miner.
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