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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Looking brown as berries and hard as nails as the result of their trip. Tom Moves and 'Biidy" Malone returned on ihte Alameda this morning from the Sushsnna. They re- port having been into the gold country but had found every thing staked and no chance at this time for either to do any thing especially as they neither had grub enough to stay the winter. The former says he will return to the diggings in the spring. the latter says he may.
 They bring out news of the balance of ketehikan'S contingent. McBain. Parker and kiitles they say are safely there and were building cab in and have plenty of grub left The same is true of George Irving and Phil Mccall lion. The two latter have se- cured lay on some ground, have 8 cabin built and plenty of grub for the winter. They will prospect the ground thoroughly on which they have
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT

4 report was sent out from Washington q few days ago of the discovery Of three counter feit national bank notes. one Of them is regarded as an danger ous deception says w. H. Moran, acting chief of the United States secret service.
 The eleverest counterfeit + an imitation Of the s2O. issue of the second national bank of Baltimore. The other tvso commercials are a s5-note on the American national bank 9f Nashville. Tenn. and s2O. note on the Wisconsin national bank Of Milwaukee.
 About the same time .lae a- b0ye report was sent out. counterfeit silver dollars was discovered in circulation in Seattle by the police and secret service men. and two well dres sed strangers were appreheB- ded and Are being held pending further investigation.
 The police department bp- lleyes that inc coins were put in circulation by counterfsiters from Canada, ss the coins were dicoYered after the ar rival Of the Canadian steamer.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
FLAMING SOME
 FALL ROAD WORK

Superintendent J. C. Hayes and foreman William Penda- ereSt of the Alaska road com mission will leave Juneau for the west coast of Prince Of Wales island the fast of the present week Here Ii is in tended to do some work on the road leading from Sulzer across the portage. a distance of five or six miles. which will materially shorten the mail route io Ketchikan.
 From the west coast they will proceed to Wrangel and survey trail from that point to the Stikine river. This work was in q memorial in ~ir0duced in the Alaska Legi-- lasure by Representative \. J. Syind seth and addressed to Col. Richardson. president of the Alaska road commissions. Empire.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
DON'T WANT TAXES

The members the Farbianks s council are trying to work ap a sentiment to have Garden Island annexed to the town proper. They claim that the town needs the money which goes tO the federal authorities while the residents have all the advantages Of the town pc lDIe. 4 canvass of the resi- dents Of Garden Island made ht inc Citizen, weekly paper. shows that the plan will be de- feated if it is submitted to a vote of the people there. The people Of Garden Island claim their taxes are not as high IS in Fairbanks and will enter q protest if the annexation is at tempted to be carried through without first submitting the question 10 . vote by the resi- dents of Garden Island.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
TWO RETURN FROM THE SUSANNA

their lay and will be able to tell whether they have anything or not before spring. The five mentioned are all in the best lof health, George Irving es- ipecially showing marked inn Hprovemens as the result of the
 outdoor life of the past several weeks.
 Biddy Malone says that he took the wrong trail in going into the country. having put ill
 % days on the trail from Chit
 ina via Gulkana, and only three days coming out. The Cordova
 people have improved the
 trail from Mccarthy by build s,ng one along Seolai creek which cuts out the dangerous part of inc pass. Big game
 Is plentiful he says. consisting Of caribou and mountain sheep everywhere. In spite of this
 however grub continues high, Staples bringing better than 8 dollar 6 pound. He plans to spend the winter Ill ketchikan which he says is the best town
 by long odds in all Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Dawson. Oct i-At the point Of revOlyers two masked men
 held up Milford Holiday and Fred Bowers. the night watch men on the Yukon Gold com pany's property on Lovett hill at midnight Monday. The two watchmen were then gagged and bound and then thrown in 10 6 ditch where they were found yesterday morning al most dead as the result of the exposure as inc night was a very cold one. In the mean time the robbers had cleaned out the hydraulic boxes and it Is estimated, secured about twenty thousand dollars in gold dust Owing to the fact that 1t was dark at the time of the holdup the two watchmen ean- not give a very good descrip- lion of the robbers The various mounted police sta lions hare been notified of the and are on the lookout for the robbers who will be un able 10 get their booty out Of the country without detection.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
ALASKA .2:>slAD1.C3

It is evidently the intention of congress to give early con- : 'sideration, at tho regular ses- sion, to bills providing for the construction of government trunk line railroads in Alaska. The senate already has voted to make the Chamberlain Alaska railroad bill the un- |. finished business of that body Dee. s, one week after the ses- lsion opens, that bill having. been favorably reported to the senate several weeks ago, and the house committee on ter Iritories has appointed a sub committee which is now at
 work taking testimony prelim-
 mary to reporting a similar bill
 to the house, in time to have it !considered early in December.
 The fact that President Will son has heartily endorsed the scheme of government trunk lines railroads in Alaska, Sec retary of the Interior Lane
 heartily concurring,will have a tendency to make the Alaska railroad bill privileged matters.
 The currency bill is now the highest privileged bill before , congress, and not even the President will consent to have
 it sidetracked for the Alaska railroad bill. Once the Ala
 ska railroad bill is reported to
 the house, and bears the stamp
 of the Presidents approva, it will be assured of passage.
 There is prospect of consid- |erable talk on the Chamberlain bill in the senate, however, and
 there the measure providing
 for government construction of trunk line railroads will meet with determined opposition from a few senators who heart fly oppose government build ing and operating of railways. Some of the most determined opposition will come from dem ocratic senators, but it is be- ' lieved the bill will pass. It is in no sense a party measure.
 Senator Chamberlain gained> a decided advantage when he had the bill made the unfinish- ed business, for that gives the bill right-of-way over all other legislation except the currency bill-if that goes over to the next session.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
P. c. 8. 8. co. HAS NEW SIGN

The local Pacific Coast s. S. company's office is sporting n new sign these days. It is the work of Jim Newman and was badly needed.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
kETcHlkAN, ALASkA'S
 LEADING FISH PORT

The growth of the city O
 Ketchikan in Southeastern
 Alaska during the past five or
 six years has been remark able. Its development from a small town to a large and pros porous community has been
 chiefly due to it's favorable To-
 cation in the famous salmon land halibut fisheries district
 of the southeastern section of
 the territory.
 Millions of pounds of halibut
 are caught annually in the ter
 ritory around Ketchikan. This
 makes Ketchikan the headquar
 ters for large fishing fleet which requires bait and ice I for it's operations.
 The central location of the
 city, permitting short hauls from the banks was the reason why the large fish freezing
 plant of the New England Fish
 Co., having a capacity of 5000, 1000 pounds, was erected there.
 Another refrigeration lpant,
 that of the Ketchikan Cold
 Storage Co.,, is under course of construction and will have
 a capacity of t,000,OOO pounds of fish. This will still further increase the number of boats running into the city with their fares and add to the pros perity of the city.
 The protected position of the city, insuring perfect salty for fishing vessels along the en- tire Tongass Narrows also
 makes the Ketchikan district the favorite grounds for a mum lereous fleet of vessels both small and large.
 Another factor which wall greatly appeal to the fishermen lis the erection of tankage fa- ieilities by the Standard Oil Co.,,
 which has bought several acres ,of land adjoining the city. This station now under construc- ton, will be one of the most complete oil stations on the Pacific coast and will be sup piled directly from California with all grades of fuel and re- fined oil by tank vessels. The plant will have a capacity of 10000 barrels and will be great convenience to the fish cries fleet.
 A large portion of the South eastern Alaska salmon can Ineries is situated within Il rad jus of a hundred miles of Ket- Ichikan and are reached by frequent boat service from the city.
 There is still another respect in which Ketchikan stands pre- eminent as the greatest fishing center of the north. It boasts of having the best shipping facilities in the territory, and its location at the extreme southern end of Alaska makes it the last port of call of steam
 CTS coming south.
 This latter fact is one of
 great advantage in the fresh fish industry. Oftentimes fresh fish put aboard steamers before they reach Ketchikan are delayed two or three days by the fact that the vessels call at cannery stations to load freight. At Ketchikan, on the other hand, the vessels clear through 10 Seattle without stop. .--Pecific Fisherman.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
WORKING IN JUNEAU

Word comes from Juneau that our own Billy" Short is working as clerk at the Occi- dental Hotel in that city. Billy Is there when it comes 10 hotel work and knows most every body in Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
ON PROSPECTING TRIP

Mickey Doyle is 6 passenger to Seward on the Mariposa- He is off on 6 prospecting trip and thinks he knows where he can find what he IS looking for. A sf
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Twelve men working 70 days in the Kougarok one time took out $80,000. If they ever took out that amount in some new strike that was 4 decent dis
 
 lance away what q stampede would take place. Exchange.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
An official of the w. P. & Y.

An official of the w. F. & |. railroad who has visited the new camp has returned 10 Skagway reports that beans are selling for si. per pound. He saw a miner pay s5. for five cups of the Alaska strawberries and the fellow had to carry them home in a sock as paper bags are unknown there.
 The Ames-Cromwall expedi- tion from Edmonton arrived safely in Dawson after a thocs- and mile journey down the Mackenzie river, across the portage to the Yukon, making moving pictures all the way. Emehson Hough, a Chicago novelist was among the party.
 | %< Donald was leaving his native village for parts unknown. Sandy. his friend. invited all the friends and neighbors to his home to give Donald a royal send-off. As is custom Iary at these gatherings. liquid refreshments were served with out stint.
 About nine o'clock Sandy noticed Donald going round bidding the guests good-by. Your no goin' yet, Donald ," he said in surprise.
 Ma, I'm no goin' yet" an- swered Donald. but I thoct I'd bid ,em all good-by while I knew 'em.
 | *$
 F. Knox. a Dawson stam- peder to the SuShanna country got his outfit ready to leave and then went on a drunk in celebrating the event. He came to his senses in the hos pital after having tried to com init suicide by cutting his throat.
 Frank Manley. the we'll known operator in nearly every camp in Alaska, reached Fairbanks intending to go to the SuShan- na but turned back to Ruby on account of the discourag- ing reports from the upper Tsnana.
 Dr. Joseph \. Holmes. chief of the bureau of mines of the United States, has returned from a trip to interior Alaska and gives out the statement that he believes the quartz mines in the Seward peninsula and Fairbanks districts have promising futures. With cheap CT transportation quartz will be developed on a consider able scale.
 In discussing the question If Iax for the town of Cor doya, the Alaska Times says that it would be well that lib eral valuation be placed on town property. If this is done a levy of one per cent will take care Of the obligations of the town for year. This would be a better advertisement for the town than smaller yalu- alton with larger per cent of taxes.
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 4 letter to a Juneau citizen from Commissioner D'Heirty, of Chitina, asks as to the dis position of personal effects found on the body Of Dan Crowley. who was drowned in the Nszina river; s30S.05 in
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
HoLDUP REPORTED

4 persistent rumor is in cir culation in the lower end of town that a holdup was at tempted last night. One man suspected of knowing more of the occurrence than he is will ing to tell is held as a suspect and another associated with him on the job is being looked for.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Franz snndiel. . young jewel CT Of Douglas, recently com mited suicide after accidcalIy killing q woman uf the under world.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
Valdez now has full-fledged suffragette club.

lsuitraSette Clup.
 <$
 The Alaska Citizen, Fair
 banks, states that Assistant
 District Attorney Cecil H. Clegg has rendered his resignation to
 Mr. Crossley to become effect
 ,ve when the latter returns
 from the lditraod.
 | l.. X. Decker arrived in Cor dova en route to the states from the Upper Bremner dis itrict where he had spent sew 'eral months prospecting. He had i6 ounces of gold dust and believes that district will turn out good when extensiv- ely prospeeted.
 Theodore Chapin, of the Geo logical Survey, visited the Fair banks district recently in order lthat his department might be senabled to make more com lprehenSive report on the quartz of that district.
 l A handcar was knocked from the track by accident on the Alaska Northern rail- road by the small auto car. The hand car was very badly de- molised and the auto car was Temporarily put out of com mission.
 ! Jack Cain, an electrician in the employ of the Dawson Power company was. badly 'burned by coming in contact with high voltage wires. Both .of his arms were amputated in ,an effort to save his life, but ihe succomed to the shock, (which was too severe for his nervous system.
 l +++
 Ed. Hearn, operating on Ten ,derfoot creek. on the Panama. twas badly bruised by falling down a forty f.'ot shaft. He suffered no broken bones but paralysis set in few days after ithe accident and his entire right side has been affected.
 While in Fairbanks recently Col. w. P. Richardson, of the Alaska road commission se- cured some excellent photo graphs of a group of autos which will be used to convince ce the outsiders that the people of Alaska appreciate the auto as a means of locomotion.
 Sam Agee, colored youth of Dawson, has gone outside to take a three years course in Broker T. Washington's col lege at Tuskegee, Alabama. He was one of Dawson's crack hocky players.
 Seattle, Sept. 30-Weary of filing petitions to Congress to which no heed is paid by the national lawmakers, Tom Da- yies, general manager of the Alaska Central railroad has de- cided to quit trying to do any thing and will leave this city on any early boat to house the rolling stock of the company and stop trying at least until the government shows some in tention of giving his road a fair opportunity to do business.
 
 DON'T WANT TAXES
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03
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 Dredges are soon to bs placed on Yankee and Gains creeks in the Inooka district.
 nr. Knickerhocker, formerly . pracsicing dentist in Nome, has taken up his residence in Ruby City.
 The fight for supremacy between the Northern Nayiga- lion company and the White Pass has resulted in frieght rates being cut to $50 per ton flat rate.
 The dredge belonging to the Fairbanks Gold Mining com pany and which is operating on No. s above Fairbanks creek, expects to be able to work up so ihe first of November.
 Harry Owen, who was tried before Commissioner Howard al Wlseman. in the koyukuk precinct for blackmailing Jos eph Hally, was dismissed on motion of the complaining witness.
 Judge Fuller. of the Fair banks federal court has ruled that applicants for the rights of citizenship must publish a notice of the fact for three months.
 The school board of Juneau has an overdraft of sii.000 at the bank and the city council has been asked by the banks cashier to take care of the ac- count and 10 take it from the red.
 Henery Haldane. an. officer in the Salvation Army at Wrangell. has been arrested for selling booze to Indians. He was bound over to the grand jury.
 C. knudSOn. a Nome miner. lost his life through the roof of the drift caving on him. The accident happened on the Pay streak claim on the sub-ma- rine beach line.
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 Tommy Hayok. a Nome na- live, will ship the carcasses of sixty reindeer 10 the states 10 give epicures an opportunity of indulging their appetites in Alaska's native game.
 Attorney Foster, of Chitna, jumped one Of Billy James claims on Little Eldorado be- rause he power of attorney was not recorded. The miners are indignant about it.
 The boiler on the Seward iredge on Solomon river blew ID and put the dredge out of No injury was inflicted 10 anyone and the iredge was not damaged ex- ,ept for inc loss Of power to operate if.
 4 small room has been set iside as reading room in the Juneau public school. The school has an excellent library md if has now been placed at he disposal Of the reading public.
 The Juneau Ferry and Nav gation company will shortly put q 200 passenger boat on he JuneaiASheep Creek Doug
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

The Daily Miner, s1. per. mo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Al marshal's sale in Nome, John Lutschinger bought an interest in the Golden Cow claim for s. The claim has since turned out to be rich and every bucket boisted is worth the amount he paid for his in- terest. Laymen, have dfifted across the paystreak for dis tsnce Of f4G feet and are still n pay. It averages better than fen cents per pan.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

4 small room has been set aside as q reading room in the Juneau public school. The school has an excellent library and if has now been placed al inc disposal of the reading public.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Dogs will be in demand next winter if the travel keeps ID to the Chisana camp. Good dogs are now selling for $40. 10 sf00. Several dogs are re- ported to have been stolen and the police on the trail to the new camp are keeping q close watch for them. Dog stealing in the Yukon is punished by q good sentence in jail with no chance Of getting off with q IIne.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

4 letter to a Juneau citizen from Commissioner D'Heirty, of Chitina, asks as to the dis position of personal effects found on the body Of Dan Crowley. who was drowned in the Nizina river; s30S.05 in cash. q jack knife and five mug gets were found on the body. The commissioner writes that s46. fl of the cash, the five nuggets and the jack knife are sill left. It is apperanhy as expensive to die up in that part of the country as if is to live.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

The boiler on the Seward dredge on Solomon river blew up and put the dredge out of commission No injury was to anyone and the dredge was not damaged ex- cept for inc loss Of power to operate if.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

The Juneau Ferry and Nav Igation company will shortly put q 200 passenger boat on the JuneaIASheep Creek Doug las rln- They are hunting the ports along thA coast of Cal ifornia and if they do not find what they want they will build one to suit the trade.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-03

Frank Manley, the well known operator in nearly every camp in Alaska, reached Fairbanks intending to go 10 the SuShan- na but turned back to Ruby on account Of the discourag- ing reports from the upper Tsnana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
MOTION PICTURE OF HATE
Sister of Dead Woman Thus
CharaCterizeS Man Accused
of Murder.

SPRINGFIELD. Ohio, September 20
CharacteriZng DIR. Arthur b. Smith. as q
motion picture of hatred and contempt
Mrs Mary Middleton. sister of Florence
CaviIeer Smith, whom DIR. Smith is
charged with having murdered. furnished
the climax of today's court proceedings
in the trial of DIR. Smith.
Mrs Middleton denied that she had
said TO DR.. George Scholl of Baltimore.
Md. while coming to this city after the
death OF Mrs Smith that Arthur killed
Florence" She said that what she meant
was that the defendant had killed her
sister by breaking her heart and not
by the administration of any poison.
Hospital nurses. testified that while
Mabel Merchant Smith, DIR. Smiths sec
ond wife, was attending patient at the
hospital she received flowers and candy.
Other witnesses told of having seen DR..
Smith and Miss Merchant walking to-
gether shortly before and after the death
Of the first Mrs Smith.
The state is expected to complete It's
case late today. Several chemical and
pathological experts, summoned by the
defense. VIII lie heard on Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
Alone and Bewildered.

Mr.. Elser, having cleared up the Coati-
cook end secured an automobile and
followed Thaw out of town. His car was
not more than ten minutes behind the
automobile OF the Canadian authorities
bearing Thaw to the frontier.
'Thaw was deposited in the roadway
just over the Vermont line, and left alone,
dazed and bewildered. No American au-
thorities were in sight; William I. Je-
rome. in charge of the efforts of the state
of New York to return Thaw to Mattea-
wan was in Manchester, VT, 40 miles
away, and the Vermont authorities had
been given no knowledge of the coming
OF the fugitive.
This was the situation when Mr. EIser
reached the Vermont line. Thaw asked
the Associated Press man If he could get
in his car, and Mr.. Elser consented. His
instructions had been to follow Thaw,
and he was carrying them out with con-
spicuous success.
All that morning Mr.. Elser travelled
with Thaw over the hills of northern Yer
mont and New Hampshire, seizing any
and every opportunity to send his stories
TO New York. He was the only outsider
to witness the arrest of Thaw. near Cole
county. at noon, and the remarkably well
written and graphic account of Thaw' S
disastrous day. of flight. sent out to morn
ing papers OF September II, from Cole
brook, was the work of Mr.. Elser.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

urged by Senator Tillman the two
nominations are expected to go to the
Senate tomorrow.
Thus the administration has brought
to an end a long contest between sen
ators Smith and Tillman for the two
principal federal officers in South AR
olina. The selection of Smith man for
United States district attorney and
Tillman supporter for marshal is
looked upon by the administration ON
Gals as satisfactory solution OF the
contest.
Senator Tillman had Endorsed William
Thurmond for the district attorney
ship, and Department Of Justice om-
Gals had given favorable reports upon
the qualifications of both men, 1t Is
said that one of the reasons for the Sc
lection of Weston was to show in an
indirect way that the administration
would favor the reelection of Senator
Smith. who goes before the primaries
next August.