WHAT THE LEGIS
LATURE DID
The first legislature passed
and the governqr approved 37
Senate bills and 47 House bills,
about 30 of which were am
endments to the civil or crim
inal codes affecting court pro
cedure and other matters. Of
the new substantive laws, u
mong the most important are
the following: Comprehensive
amendment of the general min
iiig law as applied to Alaska;
an employer’s liability law,
partial revision of and additions
to the lax and license laws; the
act creating a territory treas
ury and the office of treasurer;
a miners’ lalmr-licn law; an
eight-hour law for quartz min
ers; relief of Hie poor; com
pulsory registration of births,
marriages and deaths; com
pulsory school attendances in*
corporation of cities ol the
second class.
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FISHER SAYS THAT
CONGRESS RESPONSIBLE
Washington, May 8—Former
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
in an address before the Sen
ate committee today said that
Hie responsibility for the con
ditions of Alaska rests squarely
on the shoulders of congress
and the necessity for legisla
tion has been pointed out scores
of times to them but nothing
has been done. He declared
himself hearily in favor with
the government operating rail
roads in Alaska at least as an
experiment and that there can
be no great development of the
.Northern Empire unless there
are more railroads.
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IMPROVING THE PLANT
The recent installation of
new machinery in the shape of
band saw, pinner and power
boring machines has made the
government carpenter shop at
the Lighthouse depot in New
town a well equipped plant.
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SULZER CALLS A
SPECIAL SESSION
Albany. May 8—Governor Sul
xer has issued a call for an
extraordinary session of the
slate leigslature to consider the
matter of a direct primary' el
ection to be held June eighteen.
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FORMER MAYOR GETS
AMBASSADORSHIP
"Washington, May 8—George
, Guthrie, former mayor of Pitts
burg, has been named as anp
b&ssador to Japan.
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PROF. HERE ON WAY TO
FORRESTER ISLAND
Professor Heath, of Stanford
University, was among the pas
sengers on board the City of
Seattle this morning. Prof,
Ilealh is on his way to For
rester Island where he will
spend the summer studying the
bird life of the Island.
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Pat Ifeany and W. Jowett,
both well-known in mining cir
cles in this locality, are pas
sengers south on the Princess
May.
A new dock has been com
pleted at Gypsum.
Seward will take steps look
ing toward the establishment
cf a first-class eemet ry.
The ice went out of the river
at Whitehorse on the night of
April 35lh, at 0.53 o'clock.
Old Mount Katmai is active
again and the smell of sulphur
i> nolicable as far as Seward.
A horse suffering from glan
ders was killed and burned at
Fairbanks by the order of city
authorities.
A power boat built at Fair
. banks for the purpose of river
irrigation has been christened
'‘ Ankle Deep.”
NEW MARBLE COMPANY
BUSILY DEVELOPING
I
According to word received
from the West Coast, the Mis
sion Marble company is steadily
pushing work on the develop
ment of their marble properties
on the east side of Marble Is- |
land, not far from Tokeen. |
They have two machines at i
work, and have already gotten
the quarry into such shape a
to he actually getting out mar
ble blocks ,somc of them weigh
mg ns high as twelve tons. The
company has f’2 claims in the
group.
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SCHOOL EXHIBIT OPEN
i intended last evening lo say
just a word about the exhibit
that has been arranged at the
roar of the Bed Men’s Hall of
Hie work of the various grades
at school, hut the program got
so dragged out by encores that
] ani taking this method of
slating that the exhibit will he
j left lip until Saturday for the
benefit of those who may wish
to took at same. The hall will
be open from 2 to 0 each after
noon. The work of the school
is well represented there and
you wilt doubtless find many
things of interest, You must
not, however, expect perfection
in the work of children,
1 wish, also to express my
thanks and appreciation to all
who aided us in putting on
(his program My thanks are due
and hereby tendered to, The
Band, Prof. Sumpf, Mrs, Bur
gun, Jimmie Sayles and Mr.
Bryant for chairs, Mr. Graham
for fixing stage, and all parents
pupils and teachers who aided
iu preparing and carrying out
the program.
C. S. BLAKE,
Principal
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PAINED, BUT SILENT
The- Chinese republic is said
to be greatly pained over tin
proposed legislation in Califoi
i ia against the ownership of
land.
China remembers the Dennis
Kearney days and probably
would like to join Japan in a
protest against the proposed
legislation in California were it
nut for the fact that some of
the old Manchu leaders are
giving the Chinese authorities
all the trouble at home that
they can take care of conven
iently.
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THERE’S A REASON
Statistics show that the Un
ited States pays the greatest
fire insurance business, relative
to the extent of bindings ,than
any other country in the world.
The reason for this it that the
United States allows more flim
J sy construction than any other
J country in the world. Most of
I the building construction in the
nation i» mi invitation to fire.
The express companies admit
that their business has been in
jnred by the parcels post. The
people got an idea some years
ago that the establishment of
the parcel post system would
not benefit the express com
panies.
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If the British suffragettes
follow the advice of their Ger
man sister and refuse to cook,
do housework or attend to the
children ,we may have a com
pulsory hunger strike.
ALKI SAILS NORTH AT
NINE SATURDAY NIGHT
Seallle, May 5—-1The steamer
Allii of the Northland Steam
ship company, left at nine o’
clock Saturday pjgpt for the
north. Her Ketchikan passen
gers are H. G. Strong, Gyrus
Britt, Ueon Wood, Sam Britt
and wife, W, J, Siewert, Ralph
Conk, John Frances, W. II
Gilmour, R. D. Walsh and wife,
end six steerage.
To say that everybody was
pleased with the way in which
I he school program went off
last night would be putting il
mildly. It was a success, in
fact, a howling success in every
way from start to finish. In
the first place the hall was
crowded to Us full capacity
vith seats for over four hun
dred and it is safe to say that
there was close to one hundred
persons standing. The entire
attention thru a program which
encores and unavoidable de
lays made rather too long,
showed conclusively the good
will and entire sympathy that
the little folks had with the
people.
The Firemen’s Band opened
the program a little after eight
o'clock by a very catchy march
that was received with ap
plause.
Kazis Krauczunas, Jr. then
played a violin solo and did
cedit to the art and to himself.
This was followed by a Milk
maids Drill by twelve little girl
from the Third and Fourth
Grades, taught by Miss Bugge.
The little girls all carried small
three legged stools each tier!
daintily with ribbon, some in
green and some in pink. They
vent through some intricate
movements to a march played
on the piano by Dorothy Mich
ener. The girls were very
prettily dressed and withal were
as fine a looking lot of little
girls as can he grown anywhere.
The Miner thmks that Miss
Bugge is to lie congratulated
im (his fine exhibition.
This was followed by a “May
Sung” sung by about twenty
lour boys and girls from Miss
rim’s room, and they did very
vs •II. except, perhaps, they
might have sung a little more
distinctly.
he reading by IJlrick Sel
h rs was exceptionally well ren
dered The story of “Jim
B] ul=o”, took on a new mean
ing under Seller’s art and ear
ned v>th it, as rendered, a
•„ uilth of deep and sound sence
Mr. Sellers is of the High
School department and was dril
led by Prof. Blake. The Min
er predicts big things for Sel
lers as an orator in the future.
The song rendered by Minnie
Heath and Pearl Temple was a
little unfortunate in that there
was a noticeable degree of ten
sion pn the part of the partici
pants and this contrived tp
make the part a little strained
and unnatural.
Mildred Fedderson, a little
girl from Miss Bugge’s room,
was very pleasing in the reci
tation of Longfellow’s “Wreck
ol the Hesperus”. She has a
clear strong voice and showed
that she had been well drilled
going through the long piece
without a hitch.
Miss Bossiter’s little “tots”
come next with a song in which
they were made to say very cute
things about their teacher and
the way they behaved when vis
itors came to call, They mar
clied up to the stage nicely and
w hen lined up on the stage they
looked like little fanes just
from fairy land. Their singing
■ a- cute and took the audience
so I hat as an encore they were
-ent back to go through it a
gain,
The recitation by Mitchell
Advices from the Koyukuk
diggings, seventy miles north
i, i'the Arctic circle, stales that
Karl Johnson, Jack Morton,
..ack Nelson, Ben Dahl, laymen
on \ above, on Hammond riv
er, discovered a crevice in bed
rock from which they picked
on! $20,000 in coarse nuggets
in a single day.
John Derby, (lie purser of the i
steamer Delta and oup of the
• Id time steamboat men of the
'i i.kon, died on February 8th,
after an illness that had been
prolonged the greater part of
flic winter.
S. Dritt, wife and son were
passengers up on the Al-Ki, af
ter a winter spent in the south.
Spaeth ol' Hilly’s poen “Nine
1 ittle Gobldins” was if not the
best, as least, among the two
■ threi parts on I he program,
lie entered well into the spirit
of tlie piece and acted it pcr
lie was encored so
heartily that he come back and
went through the whole poem
again, doing even better than
the first lime.
And we are at a loss lo know
what to say regarding the next
number, the drill by the soldier
boys. These sixteen little fel
lows from Miss Bugge’s room
certainly went through their
part in a most praise-worthy
manner. The fact that their
bayonets did not fit first rate
made some confusion, hut it
did not get the boys rattled at
all. They acted like old sold
iers of the line in their uni
forms of blue overalls with red
'.tripes on the legs and their
paper hats with a flag on each
Captain Ulrie Sellers made a
very good drill master and gave
his orders forcefully and dis
; tietly. The Miner can not re
strain from saying that Miss
Rogge is lo he praised again
10 re. The work of the two
drills from her room certainly
.speaks volumes for her pa
tience and perseverance.
Raymond Russel Howard is
in a class all by himself when
11 comes lo stage work, and the
way he went after “Soap The
Tormentor”, was nothing slow.
Raymond always makes a hit
with his audience and a school
program would hardly be com
plete without him.
The Mandolin Duet by the
lump children was excellent.
; 11 showed careful! preparation
and was received with great ap
plause by the audience and as
encored gave another number
equally as well. The Miner be*
lieves that Hellen and Everett
are in Miss Arke’s room.
Riyy’s poem “Little Orphan
Minie” was very nicely ren
ciered by Nora Ross, who re
sponded to a prolonged encore
with a cute little parody on
“’I’lie Boy Stood qu the Burn
ing Peck.’’
Her part was followed by a
couple of selections from the
Band which were fine and
proved that we have a band in
Ketchikan that would do credit
to any city of ten thousand in
habitants.
As the closing part of the
program the students of the
Eighth Grade put on a Urr
was certainly a winner. The
play was an adaptation of an
‘ Old Maid’s Club” and the lo
cal hits that had been arranged
no doubt by the eight grade
teacher, Mrs. Combs, were cer
tainty very pat and called down
many a laugh from the audi
ene. The old maids, too, in
their customs were especially
fine and each acted the part to
perfection. Some of the hoys
who represented visitors at the
ild maids club might have
spoken a little louder, but op
the whole Ihe art was one that
did great credit to Mrs, Combs
and to the pupils themselves.
The get ups were certainly rich.
The Miner trusts that this
program may become a regular
yearly event, and if it were to
offer any criticism it would say
that if, was too long, The aud
ience become tired, especially
the part that was standing.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
Examinations from which to
establish eligible registers for
ilie positions of Keepers and
Assistant Keepers of Light
Stations and Mates and As
sistant Engineers on Lighthouse
'f enders and Carpenters, Cooks
and Concrete Workers, in the
Sixteenth Lighthouse District,
will he held by the Local Civil
Service Board, at Ketchikan, Al
aska, on May 20th, 1913, or ns
soon thereafter as practicable.
Application blanks may he
secured from the Lighthouse In
specter, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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changes in regulations
SVard T. Rower, in charge of
the Alaska Fisheries Service to
day furnished The Miner with
(he latest pamplet issued by
the Department of Commerce
on the question of the protec
lion of Fur Bearing animals in
Alaska. Those sections differ
ing from the old pamplet or
circulator on this subject are
given herewith.
The hunting or killing of any
martin (American sable) or
weasel (ermine) is prohibited
throughout the season from
March 1(5 to November 15, both
days inclusive, or each jear.
The killing of any black hear,
wolf, wolverine, squirrel (sper
mophile) or hare (rabbit) is
not prohibited at any time.
The killing of any fur-bear
ing animal by means of stry
chnine or any other poison is
prohibited at all times.
The Crimimal Code of Alaska
(Title 1, chap. 13, sec. 180)
slates that all persons concer
ned in the commission of a
crime, whether they directly
commit the act constituting the
crime or aid and abet in its
commission, though not pres
ent, are principals, and to ho
tried and punished as such. By
this section any person selling
poison for the purpose of kill
ing fur-be&ring animals is a
participator in the crime and is
likewise punishable.
No person shall purchase, of
fer to purchare, sell, offer fo.r
sale, or export, or have in pos
session, the unprime skin or
pelt of aqy fur-bearing animal
i.i the Territory or Alaska.
It. shall be the duty of the for
warden, deputy fur wardens,
speial fur wardens, ami other
officers designated by the Sec
retary of Commerce lo seize
and confiscate all unprime
skins found in the unlawful
possession of any person Ip Al
aska or in process of shipment
from Alaska.,
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Not only are the people of
Ska gw ay moving to Juneau, but
one man is taking his house a
long on a scow. Poor old Skag
way.
The order that all second
class passengers on boats for
Alaska must he vaccinated rs
causing considrCndde adverse
comment
A goverment school will be
eslublished half way between
Bonanza copper mine and Mc
Carty to accommodate the
children of both places. An
enrollment of twenty-two is
promised.
Since the spring of 1898 sev
eral placer claims on Nugget
creek a tributary of the Salmon
liver, which flows Into the
Chilket opposite Ktukwan, have
been, \oorked on a small scale,
ft has been long known by
prospectors that good pans
could be taken many local
ities in the Salmon river basin,
hut the difficulty of putting
equipment upon the ground has
so far deterred any very earn-,
est efforts at development. Now
a company has been organized
w ith a capitalization of one and
a half million to operate a
dredge on what are known as
upper Nugget creek and Lower
Par properties.
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20 PASSENGERS
FOR KETCHIK N
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The steamer Al-Ki arrived up
from the Sound shortly after
ten o’clock last night, after a
very pleasant trip. She had a
L-out one hundred and fifty
tons of freight and the follow
ing passengers for Ketchikan:
H. C. Strong, F. Robinson, Car!
son, 0. Johnson, Cyrus Britt.
P. Wilbaforce, Leon Wood, J.
Feekings, W. P. Haggerty, L.
L. Miller. Sam Britt and wife,
\\. J. Sirwest, Ous Petersen,
Ralph Cook, L. W. Hanson, B.
McClellan, John Franse, N. A.
Mickels, W. H. Gilmour, R. P.
Walsh and wife, and 7 steerage
John Thermodsaler, book
keeper for the Engelbr Wiese
mild curing plant at Pt. Con
clusion, is a local visitor.
John lias long been one of the
principal citizens of Petersburg
and will return there after the.
fishing season is over.
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STRICK TIES UP
GAS COMPANY
San Francisco, May 8—All
transportation and manufactur
ing companies in this city using
light or gas are completely
lied up and out of commission
today on account of a general
'-trick of more than three thous
and men of the Pacific Gas and
Eleetic Company. The men
demand shorter hours and more,
pay.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS
Chatham Strait, Tenakee In -
lei Light, reported extinguished
on March 18th. 1913, was re
lighted on April 29, 1913.
In the absence and by direc
tion of the Inspector.
MILO IIOADLEY
Superintendent.
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POSTMASTERS MUST #
PASS EXAMINATION
Washington, May 8—Presi
dent Wilson has made the
statement that he thinks that
the postmastership in all post
offices of the fourth class
should he subject to a compe
titive examination.
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GIVE A SMOKER FOR
ALASKA LEGISLATORS
Seattle, May 8—The Arctic
Club of this city are making
l.ig preparations for a smoker
to be given to the Alaska Legis
lators in the city. The affair
is spre to be a grand success.
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FALCON JOSLIN SPEAKS
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Washington, May 5—Falcon
Joslin in a speech before the
senate committee here today
advocated a government owned!
railroad for Alaska, although
ho say s that plenty of private
capital would invest in railroads
in the north provided the com
hinds be secured.
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A baseball team has been or
ganized at Whitehorse, with
W. .1. Graves as manager. $00
worth of hats, gloves and other
fixin’s has been ordered.
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Alexander Irving, who has
been accountant at St. Michael
fur several yp'-’-s and connected
with the N. .j. Go. almost since
its operation in Alaska died in
California nflc’ a short illness..
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The steamer Jefferson of ttio
Alaska Steamship company
arrived from the south about'
5:30 this morning and got away
for the north again about 7:30..
She has u good passenger list'
this trip of 155 first class in
cluding eight for Ketchikan.
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The steamer City of Seattle'
of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company arrived up from the
south about 4:30 this morning.
She had nine passengers for.
this port.
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