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The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
REGULATING BUSINESS

Quite recently Missouri and Kentucky laid down some drastic rules for a fire insur- ance. 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 admins 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 laws to which the con- panies objected and the ap- pointment of a commission to canvass tues ubject and recom- mend a new insurance code to the next legislature.
 There is a mistaken notion as 10 the plenary power of 2 legislature, whether state or notion that its fiai will alter facts. There is a point beyond which no busin- ess can be regulated-the point namely, at which the regulation kills the business Exchange.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
SAMPSON IN AND OUT

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 26 tons of freight on board for local people, which she discharged and left aftert aking on board two passengers from this port, E. Judd. who goes to Juneau, and \. J. Fla of the focal light house office. who is en route to Cordoya.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
CONTRACT IS LET

McIver & Bosworth 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 renamed the New Grand. The work is being done under the direction of George Ensenberger, who has had years of experience in this line.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

Receiver Moves, of the de-
 funct Washington Alaska bank recently sold at public auction all the remaining personal property of the institution, in- cluding $250,O0O in old notes. One note, of the Panama FL ectric company, Judge Clay pool, at the time a practicing attorney in Fairbanks, but now superior court judge of the state of Washington, signing as vice president, for $25, 5,000, was sold for S6. It was bought by H. E. St. George for souv- enir. His intention is to have the old worthless note framed.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
COME UP TO FISH

Alexander Bailie. and W. R. Ripley. of Tacoma the former Balfour Guthrie and company's representative on Puget Sound. and w. J. Burns and ". J. Burns, Jr., in the same com pany at Portland. arrived IT. for their annual fishing trip on this mornings boat and will be guests Of Fred Patching, superintendent of the big Fort mann hatchery for a few day>. catching the big ones of the famous Naha river.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
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.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
SHOCKS FOR kLAWOCk

The Ketchikan Power Com pany is loading shocks for 25,- 900 salmon cases on board the barge Blanche for the cannary at Klawock. The Alert will tow the Blanche to her deslin- ation as soon as the weather settles down.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
MILWAUKEE MAN HERE

A. E. Harris, Alaskan repre- sentative of the Milwaukee raidroad is a local visitor today i'll the interests of his company. This is Mir. Harris second vis- 1t to Ketchikan and he states he is thoroughly satisfied that 1t is Alaska's best town size considered.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
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.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

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 " iii agreably surprise many people.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
VISITING LOCAL FRIENDS

Mrs. F. s. Ryus arrived on the Admiral Evans for visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. E. Ryus, and family. Mrs. Ryus was form erly Miss Dora Rowe, 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.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
GAS BOAT BREAKS DOWN

Owing to an accident to her engines, the Canadian halibut fishing vessel Borealis had to be lowed in by the Common wealth, and is now in port hay ing her engines gotten into shape again.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
CAMERA STOCK ARRIVES

The Ryus Drug company Was in receipt by this morning. 5 boat of a consignment of Ensign cameras and supplies for same in all sizes, and will carry a line of same from now on. The En- sign cameras are made in all sizes and styles and are second to none in material, finish and product, turning out Beautiful pictures.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
 In The Commissioners Court For The Precinct of ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, In Probate.

In the Matter of the 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 28th, day of May, 19- t4, at 3 o'clock pm. has been duly appointed by said court for the settlement of said ac- count, at which time any per- son interested in said estate may appear and file his eX- captions in writing to said ac- count and attest the same.
 Dated March 27, 1914.
 k. s. STACKPOLE
 Probate Judge. CHAS. II. COSGROVE,
 Attorney for Administrator.
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The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY EACH HAD BIG CROWDS

The steamers Northwestern and Jefferson of the Alaska Steamship company made port early this morning, with big lists of passengers on board. Neither one had passengers for Ketchikan, but both had big crowds of round trippers taking their first glimpse of the north.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

\ dispatch from Fairbanks reports the finding of a nugget weighing t37 t-2 ounces. on Hammond river. This is the second largest ever found in the North.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
FROM MONDAYS DAILY IS PROGRESS A
 DEPARTMENT?

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 their means to 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 mo one would advocate the re- turn to the days of the stage coach. The writer hereof re- members when Linotype ma chimes were being introduced in the offices of the papers of the country the printers pro- tested that it would rob them of their trade, whereas today more men are employed than 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 to the air drill the farm hand to the mechanical harvester all 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 talk 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 the coast. as it would afford en- 1 ployment to a much greater number of fishermen than does the present trap methods. " Here is the same old story uf the horse raiser, the printer, the spinner. the miner the harvester all over again. and with as l.ttle actual foundation en fact as their arguments a. gainst progress had. The facts are fish from traps cost little if any less on the avsr- age than do the seine-caught fish. for while the cash is not paid out to the fishermen. the logger from when the piles arc l bought-fOr nine out of tel traps are "driven. .'-the gasboa, man who tows the piles. the pile driver who drives them. the material man who supplies 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 iS frequently conspicuous by it's 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 mouths of the streams and echooled so that they can be taken in
 ies. are fatter and furnish j. CT food values than those [; ken in the nets.
 Of course there are two sidee fo any question, but if the ant'- trap advocates have nothin2 better than the cry of putting men out of employment to raise against the introduction Of
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

The steam halibut vessel Starr arrived in port this morn ing with 100000 pounds of fish on board. She has been out from Seattle 17 days.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

The Alaskan complains thai petty pilfering is so common a. round Skagway, that nothing is safe but a hot stove. Doug las News.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24
"well, we did itI Knocked

eoeu Sdie llitS dil,Q cdIlle nome with the bacon to the tune of ' 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 game for yesterday. They got their heads together with the baseball enthusiasts of Rup', 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 his bonnet and afraid that Sunday game under his management might go against him in the race for votes, ten tered his resignation ,and the coast was clear.
 The game 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 IS a sacrifice bunt into an la- field hit, which Moreland re- trieved and throwing high to first. enabled George to slip in under the first baseman safe on first. Rice, who is won der on the bases was half way to third by this time, which so surprised Blanchard, Rupert's 1 importation on first that he overthrow to third and Rice raced in over the home plate with the first run.
 1 The balance of the game was just as easy, for Ketchikan found the boy wonder More land for 13 safe hits to five by Rupert off Engle, while the RupertiteS muffed and booted the ball for six errors to ket- chikan's two only. Each pitch CT walked two men. while MOreland famed ten and En- gel six. Every Ketchikan man got hit, and little Toney Reyes has three to his credit.
 It started to rain heavily in the ninth inning and 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, flaming the last man up.
 Douglas and Jupneau have wired down offering to guar antee expenses if the Ketehi- 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 h succession and there is no other available material, bat 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 team, and undoubtedly the best amatuer aggregation in Alaska, for with the single eX ception of the pitcher, every man in the team is working for his living and plays for the pue love of the sport. The sea- son of 1914 will long be re- membered as the banner year in the history of Ketchikar baseball and the team aIid those who got it together and
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

All kinds of fresh green veg tables at, N. E. ZIMMERMAN adv.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

Remember the quality of Jinglepot coal is guaranteed by the Northland Dock Co. adv.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

George Brown. who has made a success of potato rais- ing al Carmacks on the Canad- ian Yukon, has decided to add dairying to his other agricul- tural enterprises.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

A remnant of the Breeze hydraulic plant that was install led on Bullion creek seven or eight years ago by W. l.. Breeze, Of New York. at a cost said to have exceeded s20O,OO0 has been sold to Selwood Tan ner and Morley Bones.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

After numerous vicissitudes. the famous NewsbNy mine of Fairbanks. which was at one time hailed as bonanza, has closed down and it is probable that 1t will not be worked again
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

John Mccoy, who with his brother, Henry Mccoy. has liv- ed for years on the kIune trail at Stony ere K. is dead, aged 60 years.
The Ketchikan miner., 1914-07-24

The Weekly Miner 5. a year
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
HELPING THE HELPLESS

A little Pine Bluff girl is suffering
from a disease over which the physl-
clans of this section of the country
have no control, and with which they
have not heretofore been called upon
to combat. They have not the means
at hand to properly treat her and the
only hope of saving the little girl
from death in the course OF a few
months is for her to be taken to
famous Chicago specialist, who can
make her well again
The great specialist, out OF the
goodness of big heart and desire to
be of aid to humanity, has said he
will treat the child without charge.
The individual means are not al
hand to defray the expense OF send
ing the bright little girl, who may
some day blossom in to a ripened
womanhood to bless and add lustre
to the world. 1t is asked on the part
of some who have interested them
selves that persons attend a lecture
on the part of a famous platform
speaker, not only that they ma near
something worth while, but that they
NAV be of benefit to the child. TINS
is not in the light Of charity; II
might be termed necessity, since 1t Is
1;fo ar death
II busy specialist, in far of city
to whom gold is offered daily for his
time and knowledge, is willing to
give gratis his learning and Skill eo
an unknown child, it appears that
those who live in her home city should
he bie hearted enough to bear their
norton of a burden that should be
rather Joy. 1t is believed tney
will.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
HEAVILY INSURED
ARE BALL PLAYERS
Club Owners Garry Big
Policies on Men Draw
ing Pay.
HOPPE PLANS MATCH
Getting Ready for Billiard Tourney
With Englishman-Cornell Has
An All.rOund Athlete. at.h.,
u m nN{ti.Hi

New York, March 14.-Fourteen ma
jor ball clubs are paying premiums
on nearly $3,OOO,O0O worth of accident
insurance covering their men while
travelling. The only teams whose
players are not covered by such in
surance are the Cincinnati Nationals
and the New York Americans, but it
is said that they are already negotiat-
ing with insurance companies.
The New York National League club
earliest the heaviest insurance OF any
club in the big leagues. Its players
are insured under a blanket policy
that places a premium around $4,000
on each of the players. In addition
to this, it carries $4,000 extra on
Mathewson, and $150,0OO on Manager
McGraw, record premium.
/ Walter Johnson, the Washington
pitcher recently was insured fol
500, 900 while a 100000 policy ha:
been carried for a number of years
on Ty Cobb, the wonderful Tiger out
fielder. Hans Wagner Of the Pirates
Nap Lajoie of the Maps, iris Speak
err of the Red SoX, Eddie Collins OF
the Athletics, Joe Wood of the Red
Sox, and many other stars in both
leagues are said to be insured for
amounts from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Detroit club, in addition to its
policy or Cobb, has the entire team
insured. Some are insured for $4,000,
others for $500, and the rest Tor
SO 900, according to their value to the
team. Hughie Jennings, the manager
is said to be insured for $4,000.
The St. Louis Cardinals carry a
policy of $4,000 on the }entire
team, and an extra $4,000 on its
manager. The Chicago White Sox are
insured for $4,000 each, under 8
blanket policy, which makes the tota
amount round 100000, as additi ma
insurance is carried On the mana ger
The extra amount of insurance car
ried on the players by the Chicago
Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates is no
kno, but it is said both teams carr.
about 100000 on the team rI-n u
and an additional $4,000 on the man
ager. None Of the policies covers IN
juries received on the ball field.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
Name Billiard Referees.

New York, March 14.-Referees for
the International matches to be play
ed next fall and winter between Mel
bourn Inman, champion of English
billiards and William F. Hoppe, cham
pion of the world at 1871 and 1872
balkline billiards, will be selected
from three Englishmen and three
Americans of recognized qualifications
for the important positions. An
agreement to that effect was reached
at conference between Hoppe an1
r. B. Benjamin, lnman's representa-
tive in the United States.
The referee for the English games
will be selected by Hoppe from three
men who will be named by Inman ant
tn referee for the 1872 balkline COM
petitions will be chosen by Inmal
from three men whom Hoppe ma!
name. Mr.. Benjamin Will endeavor tt
have the billiards control club o
London name the candidates for thu
position of referee of the English di
vision of the mixed matches in Thu
country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
Why Spain Laos Behind.

In thousands of villages and small
towns in the interior OF Spain no one
knows how to read or write. There
are in Spain 10000 rural villages with
out schools Of any kind and many
thousands which can be reached only
by bride path, there being no high
roads or railway communication OF
any kind. Attendance at board schools
is voluntary, not obligatory. Seventy
six per cent. of the children in Spain
are illiterate, and this is especially
noticeable in the capital
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
~ INE BLUFF
RoGREs3 4
ROSPERITY
EFFICIENCY is HARD SENSE


In this day and time there is lot
of talk about efficiency and there has
been. such a deal of it in many
phases of public life and public at
fairs that we have come to regard
such as stock expression. There is
a cry going up over the country for,
efficiency in various ways, and this
demand in the majority OF instances
is being met. And how? Simply by
a liberal use of good, hard common
sense.
After all efficiency in the highest
term of the meaning is nothing more
than an application of common sense
to affairs, whether they be private or
] public. When there is a neglect OF
affairs there is necessarily result
of inefficiency. Where affairs are
carried out thoroughly, up to high
standard, such is resolved into the
simple word-efficiency.
It is a good sign OH the part OF the
public that there is being MANIFESTED
greater desire toward the better
ment of civic conditions, that there
is a desire to make city as
corporate body, render the highest
service possible through the medium
of those who direct it's affairs. Such
betokens a higher type of citizenry,
Int with it. there must be curbed the
desire to take up fads and fancleS
which cannot better, and which IN the
end will do little else than harm.
The big men of the business world
in laying the foundation OF their sue
cess have used little else than haro'
common sense to do SO. They moved
along given principles, If aggressive
ones. and had definite end for every
commercial or industrial attempt.
One might say that by upbuilding, by
showing remarkable increases and
establishing themselves as factors on
the world of business that they were
efficient. and soon they have been.
And vet. the city affairs form more
ar less only business organization
We invest so much for this purpose
ar that and the commercial value u
c;tizens lies in how much good IS y
no obtained from such. II Guy y
able to stay within bounds, is aol'
to maintain it's affairs without ehta'l
ing a great deficit, or in going deepe
into such, then it works aiohs eil.
cient lines, With a reckless expenoi
tnre. the reverse is the case
II will generally be conceded ina
city administration which WorA
with the means at hand ana reaii
accomplishes much thereby is dom
all that can we'll be asked OF II
rhere are many of the larger clue
which have gone ahead and made IN
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
DANCING Held a Sin.

The following, from a country cor
respondent, is an illustration of the
old Dutch farmers objection to dances
Of any kind: "Twice already have we
been told that there is going to be a
dance at the place of Dom Dolf.'
This is nothing less than an Insult to
our worthy old elder. / would advise
the person who has spread this rumor
rather to publish something good
about our waid instead of creating
sin From South Africa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
Gina to Primitive CustomA

The tendency of the human mind to
revert to primitive customs is every
day made manifest in the games Of
children, for the Swiss youngsters still
play at making fire by rubbing sticks,
and the bow and arrow are common
toys among the budding men of all
civilized nations. few Of whom have
any such fund of Indian stories and
traditions to fire their youthful imagi-
nations, as have those of our own
land.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
Doo Brouaht Murder to Light.

A dog detective caused the arrest
Of Fedor Khoreschko, charged at Bla-
godate, near Odessa, Russia, with the
murder Of his brother. The animal
had attracted attention by visiting
daily for three weeks the same spot
in a garden where, bowling dismally,
it scratched up the soil until the dead
body of the missing man was discov'
cred.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15

provements, of great civic benefit, but
at great civic cost in the end.
There is little efficiency in this pro-
cedure and those who have to foot
the bills find this out in after years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-15
In Praise of Poverty.

It seems a matter of universal desire
that poverty should be abolished. we
should be quite willing to abolish lux
Try. but to abolish honest Industrious,
self-denying poverty would be to de-
stroy the soil upon which mankind pro-
duces the virtues which enable our
.ace to reach still higher civilization
han it now possesses.-Andrew Car
aegie.