FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
EACH HAD BIQ CROWDS
The steamers Northwestern
and Jefferson of the Alaska
Steamship company made port |
early this morning, with big.
lists of passengers on board, i
Neither one had passengers
for Ketchikan, but both had
big crowds of round trippers
taking their first glimpse of,
the north.
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The steam halibut vessel
Starr arrived in port this morn
ing with iOO.000 pounds of
fish on board. She has been
out from Seattle 17 days.
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WHO BRANDED IT?
Down at the New England
plant to day is a big halibut
that weighs over two hundred
pounds dressed, with marks on
Its back that look like the fig
ures and letters “1907 A K”
The fish was caught off Cape
George by the schooner Sen
ator and brought in to Ketch
ikan on same, and the fact of
the markings on its back re
ported to the Customs House.
As far a$ we have been able
to discover there has been no
attempt on the part of either
the American or Canadian gov
ernments to mark any halibut.
This kind of fish grow very
slowly, which makes it hard to
believe that the fish could
have been caught as recently
as 1907, and then turned loose
after being marked, as the
general impression among the
fishermen is that the halibut
grows but a few pounds a year,
which would make this partic
ular speciman weigh at least
150 pounds in 1907, which
was but seven years ago. In
anyone reading this, knows
about this particular
/i-dpa/is paper would appre
ciate it if word concerning
same would- be sent to us as
many people are naturally in
tevested in knowing about it.
H. Jacobsen is in command oi
the Senator.
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MANY GO SOUTH
Fifty-three people boarded
the Alice here this morning
for the south. Of these 30
were excursionists on their
way to Rupert to see the ball
game .while the other 17 were
regular passengers. Included
among the latter were H. Bel!
Irving head o.f the Fidalgo Isl
and Packing company, wh)
had been on a tour of inspec
tion of the company's holdings
in the north. Among the form
er were W. A. Bryant. H. R.
Thompson. “Jimmie” Burgen
and wife, Earl Thatcher. Ed.
Slotten ,Harry Rice and Dr.
Kennedy.
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COME UP TO FISH
Alexander Bailie, and W. B.
Ripley, of Tacoma the former
Balfour Guthrie and company’
represenfafive on Puget Sound,
arid \Y. J. Burns and W. J.
Burris, Jr., in the same com
pany at Portland, arrived up
for their annual fishing trip on
thi- morning's boat and will
be guests of Fred Patching, ;
superintendent of the Dig Fort- I
mann hatchery for a few day-,
catching the big ones of the
famous Naha river.
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John McCoy, who with his
bro*-her. Henry McCoy, has liv
ed for years on the Klune trail
at Stony ere’k. is dead, aged
00 years.
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George Brown. who has
made a success of potato rais
ing at Carmacks on the Canad
ian Yukon, has decided to add
dairying to his other agricul
tural enterprises.
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The Weekly Miner $3. a year
A COZY FAMILY RESIDENCE
The H. C. Strong residence,
on which material changes
have been made of late, is prob
ably today the most modern
and convenient homo in the
whole of Alaska. Upstairs and
down it has been completely
remodeled, having been enlarg
ed and refinished. The kitch
en and pantry are marvels of
convenience ,the former being
equipped with the very latest
word in electric stoves, the pro
duct of the General Electric
company. The pantry is roomy
individually lighted, and all
that any housewife could de
sire. The dining and living
rooms, occupvng the whole of
the south side of the building
are connected with an open
archway both being finished
in Mission style with beamed
celings and lighted with an in
direct lighting system. A bed
room and a spacious ball com
! plete the downstairs, while the
I upstairs contains two bed
i rooms, a bathroom and a sew
; ing room. But the thing that
| appeals to one more than every
I thing else about the place is
j the heating system, the first
i of it# kind in Aalska, being
' hot water, heated by a direct
acting electric system, the pro
duct of the Westinghousc
j people, and all without a boiler
] or any other inconvenience,
j Taken all in all. the house is
i a fine one and a home of which
any man might well be proud.
SAMPSON IN AND OUT
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The Sampson was in port
northbound about one o'clock
this morning, with a capacity
crowd of passengers on board,
many of them tourists making
.the round trip to the West
ward. She had 20 tons of
: freight on board for locai
| people, which she discharged
land left aftert aking on board
1 two passengers from this port,
E. Judd, who goes to Juneau,
and A. J. Ela ,of the local light
house office, who is en route
to Cordova.
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REGULATING BUSINESS
I
Quite recently Missouri and
Kentucky laid down some
| drastic rules for a fire insur
jance. In both states so many
! companies ceased writing in
surance as a result of these
rules that merchants and
others, whose credit was con
tingent on protection of their
goods from the hazard of loss
by fire, were seriously em
barrassed.
In both states the adminis
tration took up negotiations
with the companies, and the
result fas a compromise that,
in both states, contained the
essential features of suspen
of the law- to which the com
panies objected and the ap
pointment of a commission to
canvass tbes ubject and recom
mend a new insurance code to
the next legislature.
There is a mistaken notion
as to the plenary power of a
legislature, whether state or
national—a notion that its fia:
will alter facts. There is a
point beyond which no busin-i
ess can lie regulated—the point ;
namely, at which the regulation i
kills the business.—Exchange, j
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A remnant of the Breeze
hydraulic plant that was instal
led on Bullion creek seven or
eight years ago by W. L.
Breeze, of New York, at a cost
said to have exceeded $200,000
has been sold to Selwood Tan
ner and Morlev Bones.
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After numerous vicissitudes,
the famous NewslfVy mine of
Fairbanks, which was at one
■
time hailed as a bonanza, has
closed down and it is probable
that it will not be worked again I
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
IS PROGRESS A
DETRIMENT?
History records the fact that
years ago those interested in
the industry of stage coaching
and raising horses protested
against the building of rail
roads on the ground that it
would deprive them and thous
ands of others of Iheir means
to a livelihood. Both before
that time and continuously
since the same cry has been
raised against the introduction
of labor saving machinery, in
every line of business, but in
spite of that fact the world
rides on railroad trains, and
no one would advocate the re
turn to the days of the stag** j
coach. The writer hereof re
members when Linotype ma
chines were being introduced
in the offices of the papers of
Uie country the printers pro
tested that it would rob them
of iheir trade, whereas today
more men are employed Ilian
before in the printing trades,
and the same is true on every
other line. The spinner ob
jected to the introduction of
the power loom, the miner Jx>
the air drill .(he farm hand to
the mechanical harvester ,al!
protesting that the introduction
of these machines would take
the bread out of their mouths
and force them to seek employ
ment elsewhere. But has such
been the case?
The same line of argument
is being used today against the
use of the fish trap in the tak
ing of salmon from the waters
of Alaska. We are told that
■'the fish traps should be en
tirely eliminated, for such a
course would benefit the work
ing classes and add much to
the permanent residents of th'1
| coast, as it would afford env
j ployment to a much greater
; number of fishermen than does
the present trap metnods.”
j Here is the same old story of
l.the horse-raiser, the printer,
the spinner, the miner Hie
harvester all over again, and
with a- little actual foundation
cn fact as their argument-: a
gainst progress hod. The
| facts are fish from traps cost
; little if any less on the aver
| age than do the seine-caught
i fish, for while the cash is not
paid out to the fishermen, the
: logger from whr-in the piles arc
bought—for nine out of ten
;trap- are "drlvan.*’—the gasboai
man who tows the piles, the
| pile-driver who drives them.
; the material man who supplie*
the web, etc., the crew who
rig the trap and the watchman
in charge of the trap all get
their slice with the result that
the actual profit in a trap i«
frequently conspiciuous by it*
absence as several residents of
Ketchikan have discovered in
the past to their regret. Then
there is no getting away from
the fact that fish caught in
traps in the open waterways,
before the fish have struck the
brackish water at the mouth*
of the streams and •’chooled
so that they can be taken in
’ ies, are fatter and furnish
: 'er food values than those
I: ken in the nets.
Of course there are two side
to any question, but if the an!'- <
trap advocates have nothin-’ ,
better than fhe cry of putting j
men out of employment to rai=e
against the introduction of
machinery into the business,
they had better include Ihe ga*
boat and the cannery machin
ery with tha traps, for the
same argument applies with
equal force against them.
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A dispatch from Fairbanks
report- the finding of a nugget
weighing 137 t-2 ounce*, on
Hammond river. This is the
second largest ever found in
the North.
“Well, we did it! Knocked
Moreland, Rupert’s star pitch
er all over the field for thir
teen safe hits an,d came home
with the bacon to the tune of
7 to 3 in our favor.”
That was the story the boys
brought back on the Taku this
morning. According to them
they had had an interesting
time. It rained so that no
game was possible Saturday, |
and as there is a law against
Sunday games on that side of
the line, the boys had to do
some fancy figuring to get a
game for yesterday. They got
their heads together with the
baseball enthusiasts of Rup'i
ert. and as a result the chief of
police received an invitation to
spend Sunday out of town, and
being a good sport he went.
Then the manager of the base
ball team, who has a political
bee in bis bonnet and afraid
that a Sunday game under liis
management might go against
him in the race for votes, ten
tered his resignation .and the
coast was clear.
The gamp began with Ketch
ikan at the bat, and Rice was
the first man up. Moreland
was somewhat wild and walk
ed him. Engle by good luck
stretched what he intended as
a sacrifice bunt into an in
field hitt, which Moreland re
trieved and throwing high to
first, enabled George to slip in
under (be first baseman safe
on first. Rice, who is a won
der on the bases was half way
to third by this time, which so
surprised Blanchard, Rupert’s
importation on first that he
overthrew to third and Rice
raced in over the home plate
with the first run.
The balance of the game was
just as easy, for Ketchikan
found the boy wonder More
land for 13 safe hits to live by
Rupert off Eagle, while the
Rupertites muffed and booted
the ball for six errors to Ket
chikan’s two only. Each pitch
er walked two men, while
Moreland fanned ten and En
gel six. Every Ketchikan man
got a hit, and little Toney Reyes
has three to his credit.
It started to rain heavily in
the ninth inning a,nd Rupert
got the idea that possibly the
wet would put Engle to the
bad, but he fooled them by re
| tiring the side in one-two-three
order, fanning the last man
up.
Douglas and Jupneau have
wired down offering to guar
antee expenses if the Ketchi
kan team will come up to try
conclusions with them, but it
is hardly likely that they will
as one pitcher could hardly be
expected to pitch two days in
succession and there is no
other available material, but
this will be decided within the
next day or two and announce
ment of the decision will be
made in these columns.
But going back to the game,
the results show conclusively
that Ketchikan has the better
loam, and undoubtedly the
best amatner aggregation in
Alaska, for with the single ex
cepfion of the pitcher, every
man in the team is working fo*
his living and plays for the pine
love of the sport. Thg sea
-on of 1914 will long be re
membered as the banner year
in the history of Ketchikar
baseball, and the team ojid
fho-e who got it together and
made it possible are entitled
fo the unqualified thanks ol
the entire community.
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The Alaskan complains that
petty pilfering is so common a
round Skagwav, that nothing
is safe hut a hot stove.—Doug
las News.
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Remember the quality of
Jiriplepot coal is guaranteed by
the Northland Dock Co. adv.
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PORTLAND 8. S. CO*S
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
J. W. Crichton, general agwit
of the Portland Steamship com
pany is in Ketchikan today
calling on iocal people in the
interests of his company. He
reports that General Manager
Parr of his company is now
in the east looking for two pas
senger steamers suitable for
the Portland-Southeast Alaska
trade, and those and a freight
er to handle combustibles will
be operated next season. Mr.
Crichton will be in town sev
eral days and endeavor to meet
local shfppers. Ilfs Company
has inserted an advertisement
in the Miner to which the at
tention of our readers is call
ed.
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SHOOKS FOR KLAWOCK
The Ketchikan Power Com
pany is loading shocks for 25,
000 salmon cases on board the
barge Blanche for the cannery
at Klawoek. The Alert will
tow the Blanche to her destin
ation as soon as the weather
settles down.
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VISITING LOCAL FRIENDS
Mrs. F. S. Ryus arrived on the
Admiral Evans for a visit with
her aunt, Mrs. .1. E. Ryus, and
family. Mrs. Ryus was form
erly Miss Dora Rowe, a niece
of Bishop Rowe, Her husband
is an engineer in charge of a
party engaged in the prelimin
ary survey on the new Alaska
Railroad.
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A survey ofthe wagon road
between Skagway and the sum
mit has been completed by the
Alaska road commission.
The Alaska Juneau Mining
company has let the contract
for the erection of a boarding
and rooming house in' Last
Chance basin, for the accomo
dation of its mine employes.
Officials of the company de
clare this move was necessary
owing to the high cost of Jiv
ing in Juneau, many of their
men being compelled to reside
on the island for that reason.
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
The Ketchikan Power com
pany was in receipt of a letter
from far away Hamburg in a
recent mail, asking for samples
of tneir lumber by mail. The
German firm stated they had
seen memion of the Ketchikan
Mill in a copy of the Pacific
Coast Lumberman. The letter
stated they bought in shiploads
and expected to enter this mar
ket as soon as the Panama can
al was in operation, provided
the Alaskan product came up
to their requirements. Mana
ger Daly also informs the Miner
Man that he was recently in re
ceipt of inquiries from eastern,
piano manufacturers as to our
spruce for sounding boards in
pianos.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioner’s Court
tor the precinct of Sulzer, Alas
ka. Division Number 1., in
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
John Fintzen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
I he undersigned, Jacob Lauth,
ha« been granted letters of ad
ministration, with the will an
>vd. of the C'. 't, ,.i Joltm
Fintzen,, deceased and all per
sons having claims against
said estate, or said deceased,
ire hereby requested to ex
i.'iul thm \viti the necessary
inchers at my post of I ire ad
tress, Sulzer, Alaska, within
-i.\ months after the first pub
ication of this notice.
JACOB LAUTII
Administrator of the estate of
f.'hn Fintzen, deceased.
Dated Ari’ii SJt’.rd, I0t4
TROLLING SINKERS Snpperior To All Others.
For POWER TROLLERS we make 6 and 9 lbs., sizes.
For Hand Trollers we make 10 oz., 1, 11-2, 2 and 3 lbs. sizes.
All Dealers in FIRST CLASS Fishing Gear Carry Them.
H. E. HECKMAN & CO. ■ loring, Alaska- DISTRIBUTORS ’
MILWAUKEE MAN HERE
A. E. Harris, Alaskan repre
sentative of the “Milwaukee”
raidroad is a local visitor today
in the interests of his company.
This is Mr. Harris’ second vis
it to Ketchikan and he states
he is thoroughly satisfied that
it is Alaska’s best town size
considered.
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CONTRACT IS LET
Mclver & Bosworlh have let
the contract for rebuilding the
Grand Theater to the Kreidler
Construction company, a new
floor will be laid, a new stage
built, and a new lighting plan
adopted. In addition to • this
the house will re-decorated and
practically made over and the
house will be re-named the New
Grand. The work is being done
under the direction of George
Ensenberger, who has had
years of experience in this line.
A CARD OF THANKS
The Civic Club has asked the
Miner to extend 'to the Degree
of Pocahontas their thanks for
the donation of the prize money
received by the latter order for
their Fourth of July float ,and
to assure them that their sister
ly action is thoroughly appre
ciated.
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...Receiver Noyes, of the de
funct Washington Alaska bank
recently sold at public auction
all the remaining personal
property of the institution, in
cluding $250,000 in old notes.
One note, of the Tanana El
ectric company, Judge Clay
pool, at the time a practicing
attorney in Fairbanks, but now
a superior court judge of the
state of Washington, signing
as vice president, for $25,000,
was sold for $0. It was bought
by IT. E. St. George for a souv
enir. His intention is to have
the old worthless note framed.
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GAS BOAT BREAKS DOWN
Owing to an accident to her
engines, the Canadian halibut
fishing vessel Borealis had to
be towed in by the Common
wealth, and is now in port hav
ing her engines gotten into
shape again.
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WILL INSTALL SEATS
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Civic Club last night,
the decision was made to in
stall seats for the comfort of
promenaders on the walks of
the town. Two will be put on
the Shoenbar tram, one on the
Creek road, two on the upper
end of the Cemetary road, and
two on Newtown hill.
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CAMERA STOCK ARRIVES
The Ryus Drug company was
in receipt by this morning’s
boat of a consignment of Ensign
cameras and supplies for same
in all sizes, and will carry a line
if same from now on. The En
sign cameras are made in all {
-izes and styles and are second
o none in material, finish and
oroduct, turning out beautiful
Vicfnres.
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All kinds of fresh green veg
.ables at,
t. F. ZIMMERMAN. adv.
A recent arrival in Fairbanks
from the Iditarod says that
there are very few idle men in
the latter camp and that dur
ing the present summer the
output for that section v ili
agreably surprise many people.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
George Irving, his heirs, as
signs and personal represent
atives:
You are hereby notified that
I have expanded during the
year 1913 the sum of six hun
dred dollars in labor and im
provements upon the Rose,
Lilly, Goldstone, Goldtream,
Blue Bird and Birdie lode min
ing claims, constituting the
Gold Stream claims situated
upon the south end of Garvina
Island in the Territory of Alas
ka, the original location notices
whereof may be found of rec
ord in the office of the record
er for the Ketchikan Recording
District at Ketchikan, Alaska,
in order to hold said claims un
der the provision of section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States and the am
endment thereto, approved Jan- •
uary 22nd, 1880, concerning
annual labor upon mining
claims. Being the amount to
hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st, of Decem
ber, 1913, and if within ninety
days from the personal service
of this notice, or within ninety
days after the publication there
of you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such
expenditure as a co-owner
your interest in said claims, the
same being an undivided one
fourth, will become the proper
ty of the subscriber, your co
owner, who has made the re
quired expenditures by the
terms of said section.
AUGUST GIIOOT,
Administrator of the Estate
of Otto Miller deceased.
First publication May 1st. 1914.
Last publication July 31.
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NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
In The Commissioners Court
Fop The Precinct of Ketchikan,
Territory of Alaska, In Probate.
In the Matter of Ihe Estate of
Timothy McMahon, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the final account of W. II.
Gilmour, administrator of the
Estate of Timothy McMahon,
deceased, has been rendered to
this court for settlement and
That the 28fh, day of May, 19
14, at 2 o’clock p.m. has been
duly appointed by said court
for the settlement of said ac
crunt, at which time any per
son interested in said estale
may appear and file his ex
ceptions in writing to said ac
count and attest the same.
Dated March 27, 1914.
E. S. STACK POLE
Probate Judge.
CHAS. II. COSGROVE,
Attorney for Administrator.
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Tlie Daily Miner $1. per mo.
] I ™E
1 SEWING
I MACHINE
I I OF
| QUALITY.
NOT
,8QLD
UNDER
ANY
OTHER
NAME.
f WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
If you purchase the NEW HOME you will
have a life asset at the price you pay, and will
not have an endless chain of repairs.
Quality
Considered
it is the
Cheapest
in^he end
to buy.
If you want a scwlnir machine, write for
par latest catalogue beforo you purchase.
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