davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
CAPT. JANSEN IN PORT

Capt. Jansen, for so long in command of the Cottage City was a local visitor yesterday. He is now in command of the steamer Jeanie under charter to w. F. Swan in the rreighting business. The vessel has been loading at Southeastern Alaska canneries, and left for Portland canal where she will complete her cargo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
PARCEL POST RATES
 EXTEND TO ALASKA

The following from the Se- attle Times may prove of inter- est to readers.
 When the new parcels post law passed at the recent ses- sion of congress, becomes ef- fective, January 1, 1913, 1t will be possible for residents of Seattle to send packages weigh ing four ounces or under as far as Fairbanks, Alaska, for i cents, according to a table pre- pared yesterday by Superin- tendent C. l. Lynch of the Se- dttle poStoffice, which contains ciassifications and rates as ar ranged under the new statute.
 While 4 cent rate may ap- ply for articles four ounces or under to any point within 1900 miles of Seattle, rates for other weights may vary materially.
 A pound of butter may be sent to Everett or Tacoma for , cents; but to Centralia or Be! lingham it will cost G cents. Similarly to Portland il will cost ' cents; to Spokane it will cost 8 cents; 10 ketcJil. an, AL aska, 9 cents; to Skc gway or Juneau, Alaska, 10 cents; to Seward or Valdez, Alaska, i 1 cents, and to Fairbanks 12 cents.
 Articles weighing five pounds will cost correspondingly more. Local packages of that weight will be delivered in Seattle for 9 cents, but will require + cents to transport them to EV- crett or Tacoma. An increase or 5 cents will be made between Everett and Bellingham, mak- ing it cost 22 cents to that city from Seattle. The rate to Port land will be 27 cents, and to Spokane 32 cents.
 As for parcels weighing ten pounds, they will be delivered locally, under the new statute, for 13 cents; but will cost 32 cents for shipment to Everett or Tacoma To Bellingham or Centralia the charge will be 42 cents; to Portland, 52 cents; 10 62 cents, and to Ket- chikan, Alaska, 72 cents.
 .
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
BAD PENNY
 ALWAYS RETURNS

Joe Murphy the tailor was q passenger north on the Spokane having changed his mind a. bout locating in British Col umbia and will try his luck at Juneau. He says that the Union Jack didn't look as good to him as the Stars and Stripes hence his return.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
COAL FOR
 sTRONG'S DOCK

The c. p. R. freighter Prin- cess Ena, which arrived from the South, Monday night, dis charged about 300 tons of Ladysmith coal at Strong's Dock and left last night. The steamer reports very bad weather on her way up from below, especially after she left Prince Rupert.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
EADLEY WANTS
 A PoSTOFFlcE

Residents of Hadley are ap- plying to the postoffice depart ment to have a post office in- stalled at that place. At this time mail for that region has to be gotten either in Ketchikan or by way of Kasaan, either way slow and inconvenient. The creation of a postoffice with regular mail boat will be a great benefit to all concerned.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
CRANE FOR LOCAL
 POWERHOUSE

The Northern Machine Work s has just completed a ten ton travelling crane for the new power house of the Citizens Light, Power and Water com pany. It is designed to operate on an overhead track, and will be a great convenience in hand ling the heavy machinery Of the new plant.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
WILL INSTALL TREMWAY
 FOR HANDLING COAL

The changes being made at the Ketchikan Wharf include the building of an overhead tract for handling coal. The out of the face of the dock made it necessary to change the plans of the bun kers, and a tract and ripple cars was the easiest way out.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
ELECTRIC ELEVATOR
 ARRIVES FOR HECKMENS

The furnace and elevator for lleckman's new building ar rived on the Meteor this after noon, and both will be gotten into place at once. The ele- vator is an Otis of the latest design, and will be a great con- venience in the handling of freight.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
SOMETHING NEW IN SIGNS

The Northern Hotel Bar has something new in electric signs It was built here in town and certainly gets the maximum of display for the minimum a. mount of light expended.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
WILL HANDLE CRUDE OIL

The Northland Steamship Company will enter the crude oil business, and to that end will erect tanks on their oil dock south of town. Several of the fishing boats burn oil, and a reserve supply for the pas senger and freight steamers would be a great convenience. The material for the tanks is here, and the work of installing them will begin shortly.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
TOM KINGS a
 KNOCkER NOW

This afternoon the steamer Meteor discharged a new power hammer for Tom King of the Ketchikan Iron Works and he is now in better shape than ever to take care of the business which comes his way.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
NEW MACHINERY
 FOR THE LAUNDRY

The Alki brought up new mangle for the Ketchikan Laun dry. The new machine will materially increase the capacity of the laundry which has been taxed of late by the steady in- crease of business as the result of the growth of the town.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
GOES TO SUNNY POINT

Peter McKinnon for so long the watchman at the. Ketchi- kan cannery, has accepted a new job for the coming winter He left last night for Sunny Point, where he will be in charge during the off season.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
BEAVER BOARD
 LOOKS ALL RIGHT

Carpenters have just about finished putting on the Beaver Board on the walls of the Ho- tel Northern Bar. and the new wall covering certainly looks all right. It is tasty in appear ance and the reinforced joints should give a tight wall.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
ALL IS WE'LL AT
 SMUGGLERS COVE

Martin Bugge is in today from Smugglers Cove and reports every thing working over there The new building recently com menced are all about finished, and drifting both ways on the lead is being steadily pushed.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
JEFFERSON IN
 THIS MORNING

The steamer Jefferson made port about 6:30 this morning on her way north. She had a light passenger list, 3l first all told, none of whom were for Ketchikan. From here she went to Scowl Arm and ChOm- ley canneries with supplies.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
DROWNING
 VERDICT OF JURY

The jury empanelled by Com missioner Stackpole to inquire into the death of Chester c. Pullen returlied a verdict of ac- cidental drowning this morn ing.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The launch Galaxy of the Irving Packing company, at Karheen, brought over part Of ."' cannery ,"sM today. Cl> Chapin came along.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The schooner Montana or Seattle, halibut fisherman, is tied up at Strongs dock.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The special coal committee of the Nome city council recent y reported the coal companies were charging S20 a ton and hat there is an increasing de- mand for a municipal coal yard in Nome.
 When the Garden Island bridge at Fairbanks ran away 'ecently during the flood, the teamer Tana chased it and brought it back in sections. The city council paid Cor the re pairs to the structure.
 When a batch of mail dis patched from the outside last winter arrived in Dawson the middle of July, the residents de Jared that some of the post offices outside need a shaking ID of dry bones.
 As DiOmede island does not contain sufficient soil to permit burial, the dead badly of Mis- sionary Hawkes. was inferred at St. Michael. Hawkes. has left Alaska, being transferred to the Indian bureau.
 In reporting the illness Of Joaquin Miller, the Dawson News recalls the fact that he anne to Dawson in '97 a. a pecial writer for the Frisco Examiner. His historic cabin coated near the mouth of Bo- nanza, by the Klondike Mines ailroad tract, was torn down asst year.
 James Edward Lilly, largest independent wholesale mer- chant in the Klondike, charter member of Camp Skagway Are tic brotherhood, and member of Nile Temple. Seattle Mystic shriners, is dead at Dawson of heart failure at the age of 5i He leaves two brothers, John. president of the Cashmere bank, Cashmere, Wash, and Charles H. Lilly, the flourins mill and wharf man of Seattle.
 John Greenwald, known Tn he North as Russian John who has made his headquarters tt Valdez, Alaska, for the last even years, was among the ar- .ivals at the Arlington yester day, says Seattle paper. He one of the men who made a strike in the Valdez district this year and has sold out, and re- tired. He brought his pack horse with him and expects to put it on pension for the re- mainder of it's life. The horse, which is now more than twenty years of age, has been with him for the last seven years. He says that it helped him to make his fortune with which he Is now retiring and that he is go- ing to let it in on a share of the pleasures to be derived.
 The White Pass is laying the keel at Whitehorse for a new steamer for the Dawson White horse run, says the Dawson News. The boat will have a length of 120 feet and be ol eX ceedingly light draft. One of the chief objects In building this boat is to have a light craft with which to handle the busi- ness in the shallow Thirtymile river early each year.
 -4s-
 EADlEY WANTS
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
+ + < < + ! + + | | 4 F + ! ! + NORTHERN HAPPENINGS |

trict Is sutt:.:eg ilonl slort age of water.
 An organization called the cadets of Alaska has been formed at Fairbanks.
 The Northern meat market at Gordova is now manufactur- ng filtered water ice.
 The 1912 assessment of Wrangell property totals 20 per cent greater than last year. Chased by two bears, an Es- kimo at Nome crawled into hole in the ground and stayed there two days.
 Rough weather Il Bristol Bay this summer has resulted in number of fishermen losing heir lives.
 The Sesnon company at Nome could not make it's lumber yard pay, so sold it out to w. J. Rowe, the transfer man.
 Properly equiped, one man could take out s4 a day on the bars of the Panama near the mouth of the Goodpaster.
 The Seward council has leased a building from the A. B. lodge to be used as city jail. The rental is S7 a month. Not even driftwood comes to the beaches Of Atka island in the Aleutians so the natives have to live in sod houses.
 The Nome Nugget claims to have located more people thru it's columns than all the other papers of Alaska combined.
 c. c. Shea, the game warden. at Seward, has been appointed fur warden by Secretary Nag el. In the past Shea had no jurisdiction over fur animals. The woodchoppers on the riv CT in the Yukon Territory are not renewing their permits, as hry eyrect the W iiIta Pass to use fuel oil on their steamers next year.
 Councilman Meike, of Nome, told his colleagues that they should watch Councilman Boy ce, as he was stealing lumber that he should use in recon structing sidewalks.
 The power schooner Bender Brothers sailed a week ago from Seattle for the Kuskok- vim river with a deck load of fruit and vegetables and her hold filled with general mer- chandise.
 Two narrow escapes from drowning took place at Wran- gell last week, both cases being boys playing about the water front. One undertook to navi- gate sail boat and the other, aged three, just fell off the dock.
 f + F
 The Alaska Northern road strung telephone poles in Sew ard and then asked permission of the city council. Several of the councilmen thinking they should have been asked first, tried to have the poles removed but a motion to this effect was lost. The matter was laid over.
 < + +
 Arved Anderson co-owner in
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

A. K. Foss, president of Foss Bros. X Co.,. Hadley, is local visitor. He informs the Miner Man that his company is gett- ing the saw mill at Hadley in- to shape for work, and will be turning out lumber by the first of December. The mill will be equiped with a band saw instead of the customary circulars, and when completed will have a daily capacity of from fifty to seventy thousand feet of lumber. The intention of the company is to run a gen. eral sawmill business, includ- ing the manufacture of salmon boxes. They are installing a power plant capable of deliver ing better than five hundred horse power, and when all their plans are developed will have a mill second to none in the country. They are running a logging camp on Wlndfall harbor where they are getting out logs and piles.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13
HAS BIG LOAD OF ORE

The Northland with the barge Washington in tow left for the south this morning. The lat ter vessel has about 1900 tons of Mt. Andrew ore on board salved from the barge Charger sunk in karta bay several years ago. W. J. Rogers who has been in charge of the work for the Mt. Andrew people has been up against a hard propo- sition and is entitled to con- siderable credit for the excel fence of the results.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The Daily Miner, Si.00 per mo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The per capita production of wealth of Alaska for the last 'ear was sI,0OO. This exceeds hat of any part of the United States. Carefully compiled statistics show that the output of the Far North was S60,OOO, 600.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

The Alaska Northern road strung telephone poles in Sew ard and then asked permission of the city council. Several of the councilmen thinking they should have been asked first, tried to have the poles removed but a motion to this effect was lost. The matter was laid over.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-09-13

Two narrow escapes from drowning took place at Wran- gell last week, both cases being boys playing about the water front. One undertook to navi- gate sail boat and the other, aged three, just fell off the dock.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
At The Central

Among the guests registered at the Central hotel during the week were: A. c. Tapping, Den yer; Zelma Howell, Navajo; Miss Gibbons, St. Johns; Miss Francis Willis, Snowflake; D. R. Donald son, Phoenix; MT. B. s. Shapland and daughter Los Angeles; Long, don Cooley. Los Angeles; Tom Siegret, Winslow; M. Staten, Winslow: MT, Rinnger, Winslow; Miss Clara Woolford, Showlow; Mrs. J. s. Weight, Los Angeles; B. P. Ruth, Pinedale; J. Andrew Arnett, Winslow; Geo. A. Zee, Los Angeles.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
Whiteriver News

Good rains have fallen in the Whiteriver valley the past week, which have revived the vegeta- tion.
 General Stock Superintendent Goodall is making a round up on the Chiricuahua reservation.
 Miss Juana Valenzuella ot Phoenix is visiting her sister Miss Katharine Luna.
 Phil Grayard, wife and baby went to Pinetop in their automa- bile a few days ago to visit friends.
 Miss Weston and Mrs. Beagle of Cincinnati, Ohio. are visiting MT. and Mrs. Westond, East Fork day school.
 Miss Ida Kay and Harry l.. Welker were married August 1st at Taylor. Miss Kay is well and favorable know in Whiteriver where her father is employed by the government. Welker is a prosperous young man of Mesa. The couple will make their home in Mesa after few months.
 MT. Benbon of North Carolina is here to buy horses for the eastern market.
 MT. M. A. Grouse of Holbrook is visiting friends in Whiteriver.
 Major Hardman of Fort Apache was called to the border some days ago.
 Mrs, Ross Grouse and children of Sacaton are the guests of Supt. and Mrs. c. w. Grouse.
 MT. and Mrs. Allen and chil- dren of Mesa are visiting MT. and Mrs. Kay.
 The masons will soon have the foundation finished for the doub- le porch around the girls dormor- tory.
 w. O. Smith, government farmer on East Fork. has remod- eled his house making it almost new.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
At The Brunswick

Among the guests registered at the Brunswick this week were: s. T. Atchenson. Panaca, Neb; Mrs. J. A. Higgins. Panaca. Neb; P. J. Milla. Phoenix; J. D. Mcfarland, Phoenix; J. J. Hazens, Santa Monica, Calf: O. S. Standage, Phoenix; Zelma Howell, Navajo; Verona Whiting Mexico; May Whiting, Mexico; Dr. Wilks, WinsIow; Richard Hart, Winslow; E. L. Schelleger, Denver; Eulalia Galloway. Los Angeles; MT. and Mrs. Mickelson Snowflake; John Nelson, Heber; Vera Ramsey, Snowflake; Mrs. J. c. Ramsey, Snowflake; Paul Ruth, Showlow. E. B, Oldaker, Flagstaff; Richard Hall, Winslow J. c. Hurley, Phoenix; H. c. Caveness, Phoenix; H. J. Me Cling, Phoenix; Walter McLaws, St. Joseph; Paul Moerhouse. Washington. D. C,
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
INVOKES HABEAS CORPUS
 TO GET HIS RELEASE

Habeas corpus proceedings were. instituted in Prescott yes terday on an Apache county kill ing, for the release on bail of Ignacio Lopez, accused of the murder of Samuel J. Saffell last June.
 The accused is being held by the Justice of the Peace of St. Johns and bail has been refused. Yesterday an application was made before H. D. Ross, associate justice of the Supreme Court, who is visiting the city, for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted, and the order was made returnable to the Superior Court of this county. The hear ing was commenced in the af- ternoon and will be concluded today.
 The case is attracting very much attention and is being vii gorously contested, County At torney Nelson, of Apache, resist ing the effort to have Lopez placed under bail, while Isaac Earth, the attorney of Albuquer- que, N. M., appears in behalf of the accused.
 Habeas corpus proceedings in- stituted in the Superior Court of this county Friday morning, wherein Ignacio Lopez made ap- plication to be admitted to bail for the alleged crime of murder committed in Apache county last June, terminated in his favor late yesterday afternoon, with the sum of $2O, GOO fixed as se- curity for his appearance later for trial.
 The hearing of the petition oc- cupied two days and was vigor- ously fought by attorneys for and against the accused. The bringing of the issue to this county was done through the medium of the Supreme Court. Associate Justice H. D. Ross be- ing in the city and case before the Superior Court of this coun- ty.
 Lopez is accused of killing a man named Samuel J. Saffell at St. Johns, and in his preliminary examination before a Justice of the Peace of that precinct, was held without bail for the crime.
 The affair has attracted very much attention in criminal circles of Apache county, the dead man and the accused both being pro- known. The alleged killing is said to be founded on a chain of circumstantial evidence. = Prescott Journal Miner.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
Business Change

Frank A. Buck closed a deal last week whereby he disposed of the Holbrook Meat Market to L. Caldwell who recently arrived here and for a time was con- nected with the Parks Transpor- tation company. MT. Caldwell is an experienced business man and will cater to the public with a fresh and tasty stock of meats.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16

P. Grayard and D. Penrod of Whiteriver were business visitors here the first of the week.
 Dr. R. Glaze, neuralogist and ophthotmologist of the Phoenix Optical company. will be at the Holbrook Hotel, Thursday, Aug. p, on his regular visit with a full line of glasses.
 Subscribe for The News. The official paper of Navajo County. Only $2.00 a year.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16

Mrs. Wolford is in town this week from Showlow. Mrs. Woolford reports things prosper ous in Showlow.
The Holbrook news., 1912-08-16
News of HOlbrOOk and Vicinity

Charles Osborn made a visit to Winslow Sunday.
 Dick Hard was here from Winslow, last Monday.
 Mrs. c. c. Cox was visitor at Winslow, Wednesday.
 Miss Zelma Howell of Navajo visited with friends here Satur- day.
 Silas Smith took a party of tourist out to the petrifed forest last Monday.
 Hon. Fred Nelson was here the first of the week from St, Johns, attending to business matters.
 Bill Williams is one of the town builders. Bill is improving his lots west of the Court house.
 Will Wooster has his new house almost completed. Will is doing something for Holbrook. There will be no preaching at the old School House next Mon day. Preaching Monday Aug. 26.
 J. Andrew Arnett. 
 Hon. w. H. Burbage was here Saturday attending to business of his clients in the Superior Court.
 c. A. Daniels added a few more cows to his already large. heard of cattle on the La Rouix, Wednesday.
 Ralph Teeple, the rustling real estate man is spending the week in Springerville. He will return home about Sunday.
 Tobias Younis, business man from Concho, was iii town We'd nesday on his way to Albuquer- que.
 Miss Grace Smith returned home from a visit to MT. and Mrs. Bud Howell at Navajo. She was accompanied by Miss Zelma Howell.
 In the Superior Court last Sat urday one of the most important cases coming up that day was compromised and dismissed by plaintiff c. H. Giller.
 Mrs. R. c. Smith and children are spending a few weeks at Pindale. Rob. is watering his lawn and will soon be the big gardner of Holbrook.
 Don Cooley returned from the coast last week and reports Mrs. Charles Cooley as getting along nicely. He says MT. and Mrs. Cooley will return in about two weeks.
 X. N. Stoves, one of the lead ing lawyers of Coconino County was here last Saturday attending to matters in the Superior Court. Mir. Stoves returned to Williams, his home Sunday.
 We understand Hon. W. P. l Geary his purchased home in Phoenix, and will make his home there hereafter. Paul will never find another place that will come up to Navajo County. OUR NAVAJO.
 Miss Francis Willis was in town Saturday enroute from Flagstaff to her home at Snow flake. Miss Willis was taking a a course of studies in State Nor nal during the summer term,
 MT. and Mrs. L. D. Divelbess who have been angling for the finny ones in White River, re- turned home Tuesday. Dan has many fish stories to tell. Wei have not seen Mrs. Dan there fore can not say as to the success she had.