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The Ketchikan Miner
VOL j _ KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907. _^
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ANDREW CHILBERG. Pres. J- K- HECKMAN. Vice Pres.
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Of Ketchikan. Alaska
STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
SATURDAY. JUNE JO, 1007.
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
BO's Receivable ? Sit'.' Capita! Paid In f 30.000.00
F'urttiturr ..nd Fixtures :t.*«. ft Undivided Pretits ».•>».;»
litt.M3.tt 6‘“a® Demand Deposils
v Si lls id iraOPt'.TO Time Deposits l3.nB.89 308.300.51
Total iSl.V3S8.ST » Total tJ45.888.8T
M. A. Mitchell = - - Cashier
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Suffer With Gnats and Mosquitos. We Have the
Preparation That W’’il! Keep Them Away.
FLY DOPE
Just the Thing to Take Along Gamping. Fishing and
Hunting. Give it a Trial. Guaranteed. Sole Agents
The Revilla Drug Company!
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^ & stiff, in black and in colors and have the ^
(gj same appearence as other high grade hats with ^
the additional quality of having been treated V
$ with the Cravenett process which makes them f
^ rain proof. ^
^ SEE OUR WINDOW EXHIBIT £
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\ J. R. HECKMAN & Co. I
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Rates; Sl.OO'to S3.00 Electric Lighted
Room with Bath Steam heated
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Hotel Stedman
European
Ketchikan
JOHN W. STEDMAN
Proprietor Alaska
t Every Alaskan !
Should have a Savings Account with
. 1 & Co. |
Bankers, Seattle |
All Savings Accounts draw interest at the rate of
4 Per Cent.
DEPOSITS MAY BE MADE BY MAIL
Writ* for Boohiet Regarding Savings Accounts
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Electric Lighted Rates $1 to $2 50 I
Steam Heated Ptr Day
The Hotel Revilla
European
W. A. Connell, Proprietor
KETCHIKAN
Suites with Eatn Al^ASKA
MINING MOVES
What Was, is Now, and Destined
to Become-A Brilliant Future
Awaits Work of Development
The new transportation company
organized in Victoria, to be known as
the British Columbia Steamship Com
pany, Limited, in so far as it may
serve to expedite the handling of
copper-gold ores from mine to smelt
er may be expected to result’in a cor
responding increase of product. The
lack of transportation is the one ser
ious obstacle which has had the effect
so far this year of restricting produc
tion of the working mines to the
minimum of their developed capacity,
and at the same time of holding in
abeyance development of others
which might otherwise now have had
a place on the list of producers.
The advent of this new company
with two steamers, each having a
carrying capacity of 3,(XH) tons, will
very nearly, if not quite, double the
facilities now available, and nothing
now stands in the way of a large in
crease of production other than a scar
city of labor. The new ships, now
supposed to be enroute from Japan,
are bringing full cargoes of coal from
Moji, Japan, for Alaska and Puget
sound ports, and may thus be expected
to at least temporarily relieve the fuel
stringency by which operations at
some of the mines are seriously ham
pered and retarded. On the arrival
on this side they will at once be put
into commission by the new company,
one taking railroad ties to Guayamas,
Mexico, and the other coming north
with a general cargo for British
Colombia ports and taking hack ore
from the mines of this district.
When the one which goes to Mexico
returns, she will join the other in the
ore carrying trade, and it is intimat
ed that other ships will he added as
fast as the business shall appear to
warra nt.
these new steamers were nunt. last
year for Wilhelmsen, of Tonsberg.
Norway, who is also the owner of the
steamers Ualdis and Halvard now ply
ing in the ore carrying trade of this
district. They are in many respects
similar to the Ifaldis and Halvard the
main difference being that the latter
are six or seven years older. They
have ail the latest mechanical devices
and improved triple expansion
machinery, reducing the expense of
fuel consumption to a minimum, have
extra large hatches, steel derricks
and powerful steel winches, and can
easily steam eleven and a half knots.
The addition of these two steamers
—Trandsit and Thordis—to the Alaska
ore carrying fleet will be hailed with
general satisfaction by the mine
owners and operators of the Ketchi
kan district.
Louis Nadeau, the old time fur
buyer and miner, is preparing to
patent his White Cliff mine on the
beach near Charcoal Point. The
property has considerable promise,
having an immense body of ore carry
ing fiom two to ten dollars per ton in
gold. Mr. Nadeau has the distinc
tion of being probably the oldest
Alaskan in the whole district, having
lived in Alaska since 1*>>2, when, as a
representaive of the Hudson Bay Co.,
lie lead a party across the continent
to what is now Yakutat, in October of
that year. He has made Alaska his
home ever since, and considers it the
best place on earth.
Investigating Graham Island.—A
party of southern capitalists are in
the city enroute to Graham Island,
Queen Charlotte group, whither they
go to investigate the holdings of the ,
Graham Island Steamship Mining |
Lumber and Coal Co. That company, j
comprised largely of Los Angeles, j
Cal..capitalists, is endeavoring to float j
their stock to the extent of $5,000.- j
000 and the present party of mining j
and lumber men are here to decide
whether or not they care to put their
money into the proposition. The
party consists of C. F'. Streight.River
side, Cal: W. Fitzhugh, Los Angeles:
.1. W. Roche, Dallas. Texas: A. .1.
Crawford, Seattle: C. Betterton,
Dallas. Texas; C. M. Shannon, J.os
Angeles, and N. Telney, Orange N.
Y. They will leave shortly on the
gasolene schooner Kurus for their
destination. The party are legister
ed at the Revilla.
At the Dunton property, near Hol
lis, recently bonded to the Rogers
brothers, the shaft is down 100 feet,
with two crosscuts, by means of which
last considerable ore has been blocked
out. They have a hoist installed and
are working as large a force of men
as can be employed to advantage.
Though not yet claiming a mine, the
parties interested are very much en
couraged. and rather sanguine than
otherwise as to final results.
Aside from filling in the map of
Kasaan peninsula, recently made by
Mr. Witherspoon, of the geological
survey, with certain geological de
tails, Mr. <Wright, assisted by Mr.
; Sidney J’aige, will do other work on
the peninsula which is likely to
prove of great valua to the ruining
industry of the district. The detail
ed map .made by Mr. Witherspoon is
• on a scale of one and a half inches to
the mile, with 60-foot contours, show
ing prospect and mine locations. On
this Mr. Wright and his assistant
will map the geology, and make a
special note of the relations of the
ore deposits to the geologio forma
tions. He will also work out a simple
method for the determent ion of the
position of the magnetite-chalcopyrite
deposits with a sun-dial compass and
the Norwegian dip-needle. All of the
mine workings will 1)8 mapped in de
tail, showing the different ore bodies,
rock, faults, etc. This will be of
material assistance to the mine own
ers and operators, as it will show
almost, if not quite, in what direc
tion the work of development should
be pursued. Mr. Wright expects to
be occupied in this work till about
the middle of October, in the mean
time visiting most of the working
mines of the Ketchikan district.
J. T. Jones, and Charles Medford of,
Tacoma, who are interested in the
Cuprite property, consisting of five
locations adjoining the now celebrated
Jumbo mine at Sulzer, Prince of
Wales island, and upon which devel
opment work has been in progress for
the past couple of months with most
promising results, are now on the
ground making arrangements for the
shipment of from ten to twenty tons
of the ore for a smelter test. A body
of high grade ore assays of which
run as high as *125 per ton in copper;
and gold values, has been uncovered J
which, taken in connection with its ]
close proximity to the great Jumbo,
gives reasonable assurance of the ulti
mate development of profitable mine.
* * *
" At the Hetta group of seven loca
tions, on the opposite side cf the bay
from Coppermount, of which W. T.
Wright and Charles Reynolds are
the owners, work has been prosecuted
all summer, during which time a
large body of ore has been exposed,
which is in all respects similar to
that of the Jumbo,' in a formation
identically the same. The deposit
lies high up on the mountain, and at
a distance of about one mile from
tide water.
It looks as though the Eagles in
spite of the hustling of practically
every bird in the bunch, are simply
not in it when it cones to a show
down for that piano. The first count
saw them somewher 5 between four
and five thousand in the hole. Last
week they lead their opponents, the
Odd Fellows, by 58V leaving them still
3.848 behind, and now comes the
votes counted last night which showed
3,534 for the Eagles to 6,252 for the 1
Odd Fellows. Thus as the figures;
now stand the Odd Fellows have a
lead over the Eagles of 6,566 votes
and the latter will have to do some
tall hustling to beat their opponents.
The vote for the past week was:
Eagles. 3,534 J
Odd Fellows .... 6,252.
Mrs. Hankins ... 2
Blank.251 j
10,039
Total to date are:
Eagles. 20,061
I. 0. 0. F. .... 26,627
Mrs. Hankins ... 125
Masonic Lodge ... 140
Public school ... 37
Postmistress ... 105
Red Men .... 63 j
Arctic Brotherhood - 3
Fire Department ... 46
Blank. 468
Total to date ... 47,675
Taylor, the jeweler, is just in re
ceipt of his chronometer from Bliss
ic Co., of New York, who have had
it in their possession for a year regu
lating it. Taylor says the sun doesn't
rise or the moon set without consult
ing that time piece. This may be
true, but, then, everybody in town
knows that Taylor likes to hear him
self talk. The chronometer is a good
one, all right, having been made by
M. J. Tobias, of London, and will
keep time to a split second without
half trying.
Ketchikan appears to be the Mecca
for the canneries of the neighborhood
just now. Not only is the local can
nery getting all the fish it can take
care of, but large numbers are being
taken to Loring and Kasaan, while
that at Mellakahtla is also drawing
largely on the Narrows for its supply. ,
The cannery here has nearly complet
ed its contemplated pack of 20,000
cases of “half flats,” and will com
mence on ••tails,” of vvhich the man
agement expects to make a pack of
as many more. It now looks as if all
the canneries in the district might
achieve full packs.
About this time last week The
Miner indulged a virgorous, but not
ineffectual kick concerning the
weather. The kick had hardly been
registered, before the rain ceased to
fall, the clouds rolled away, and now
instead of kicks to the weather clerk
is due thanks for vouchsafing to this
favored region the most delightful
days and nights ever vouchsafed to
any country on earth. If there is any
fault to he found with the weather
now. it is that of being a little too
much like that of the eastern and
middle states—a little warm for real,
solid comfort.
Mrs. S. McGuire, of Sulzer, is reg
istered at the Bled man.
KETCHIKAN
Local Happenings of the Past
Seven Days Tersely
Told.
Miss Etta Clark, of the stationery
department of the Revilla pharmacy,
has entered the contest for the
scholarship offered by the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer to the person re
ceiving the largest number of votes
cast by subscribers to that publica
tion, according to a schedule given
out and of the nature of which all
who desire may inform themselves by
consulting its columns. There are
no doubt many persons in southeastern
Alaska who would like ^to assist this
young lady to a realization of her
ambition, and to them we commend a
consultation of the paper in question
as a means of ascertaining the terms
a compliance with which will enable
them to do so.
The Farallon arrived up this morn
ing bringing ten tons of prepared
plaster for the Hotel Stedman annex.
She will make a tramp voyage to all
the principal points on Prince of
Wales island, going from here first !
to Hadley, for which place she has a;
consignment of mining machinery, I
thence to the west coast, bringing;
up finally at Skagway 'where she will
discharge about 300 tons of hydraulic
pipe and dredging machinery consign
ed to one of the big mining corpora-1
tions at Dawson.
FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
George Ohaslii, and five other Japs |
were arrested last Friday charged
with illegal fishing in Ketchikan
creek. It appears that they had ■
stretched a net or seine across the j
creek at a point above the mouth at j
low tide, and had driven the fish from
above into the net when, seeing that
they were discovered by deputy mar
shal Campbell, they removed the net
and let the fish go. They were given
an examination before Commissioner
Stackpole this forenoon, who held
them to the grand jury in bonds of
*100 each.
Ihe exhaust pipe on the Alert
broke Saturday night just as she
reached the dock, but the Northern
Machine Works fixed her up again in
snort order.
A faulty net lost eight or ten
thousand fish this morning at the
mouth of the creek for the Ketchikan
cannery.
Died in Idaho.—A letter received
in town this morning brought intelli
gence of the death of George Wheel
er, a former resident of Ketchikan,
and still the owner of property here,
which occurred at Mullan, Idahov on
the 19th inst. It appears that the de
ceased had been ill for about two
weeks with appendicitis, for which
he had been operated upon and was
getting well, when he was taken with
a fit of violent hiccoughing, which
had the effect of reopening the
wounds made by the surgeon, and
thus causing his death. He was a
member of Ketchikan Aerie No. I»i2,
Fraternal order of Kages, and was
buried under the auspices of the
Mullan aerie.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Murphy, L.
H. Rudnick wife and family and
Mrs. Geo Sickles left on the Onward
yesterday for Unuk river where they
will spend the coming week.
Emil La-son, manager of the Boca
de Quadra cannery, was a Ketchikan
visitor yesterday, returning homo
this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deppe return
ed from Loring last night, where
they had been rusticating at the
hatchery for the past couple of weeks.
Charley’s arms ache as the result of
showing how long that big fish was—
that got away.
I1. J. Gorman, manager of the
Kasaan Bay Cannery, who had been
in town for a day or two left for home
on the Companion this morning. He
reports the labor touble at his place
over.
John McLaughlin and family moved
back to Ketchikan from Hadley Sat
urday, and will take up permanent
residence here.
A bunch of red-top grass sent into
this office by Mrs. A. E. King, from
her place at Sunny Point, Prince of
Wales island, would make the aver
age bovine laught a bale of the best
imported hay to scorn. The stalks
measure just six feet and ten inches
in length,and look as if they might
be made into a salad fit for man or
beast.
The arrival here of new and
strange craft—principally gasolene
launches of the larger type—is a daily
occurrence. Where they all go or
what they are going to do is some
thing no fellow can find out.
The salmon are making their best
endeavors to ascend the creek these
days, but find the jagged rocks in the
lower falls a serious obstacle. Some- j
body, with the necessary power and ■
authority to remedy this difficulty by i
having fish ladders put in, which:
could be done at trilling expense.
Mrs. R. F. Randolph came over!
from Hadley Saturday evening with
her mother and aunt who bad beeu
on a visit to her last week.
H. A. Eardley is over from Dolon
and reports everything at thi
bustling little camp in first clas
order.
Mr. and Mrs. Delzelle and daughte
are back from their camping trip a
Dolomi, having had a very pleasan
time during their return to th
simple life. They report the fishing
both fresh and salt water, first class.
FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY j
U. S. Rush, wife and daughter an
over from Kasaan.
M. C. Marsh, the government fish
man, is back from his trip to. the
West Coast.
Silver Wedding 'Anniversary.—The
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cagle, was cele
brated with a surprise party given
by the members of the order of
Pocahontas Saturday evening, July 27.
They were further surprised to he
the recipients of a handsome wedding
present which certainly redounds to
the credit of the donors. After due
congratulations, the evening was
spent in social merriment, whist,
music, bountiful refreshments being
served.
"Nick” Zimmerman, the hustling
general merchant, is branching out.
He is now adding a line of jewelry
to his large general stock, and is pre
pared to furnish any body with any
thing in that line.
M. D. Ickis, and J. C. Millice,
of Niblaek, are among the guests at
the Stedman. "Dad” reports that he
has some fine properties in sight.
The shunt coils for turning off the
street lights have at last put in an
appearance, and will be installed as
soon as possible, so that middaylights
on the streets will soon be a thing of
the past.
Charles C. Wright, of the geolo
gical survey is a guest at the Sted
man. He is on his way to the Kasaan
peninsula, where he, with his party,
will make a thorough study of the
details of geological conditions there.
Distinguished Authoress in Town.—
Eva Emery Dye, author of “McLough
lin and Old Oregon,” “McDonald
Df Oregon, ” and “The Conquest,”
works of particular interest and
value, especially to people of the
Pacific slope, is jn town today, and
will go north on the Cottage City to
morrow. The lady is gathering the
material for a book on Alaska.
Though this is the season of the
year when heavy bed or bunk cover
ing is not in urgent demand, a fellow
known about town as “Count of No
Account” stole a bundle of blankets
from Red Ashcroft, for the doing of
which he was charged $25 dollars and
costs as the nnale of a trial before
Commissioner Stack pole yesterday.
Thos. Johnson, of the Admiral,
together with liis wife and Billy
Powers, who had been rusticating at
tiie southwest end of Gravina island
for a fortnight or more, returned to
town Sunday evening, looking all the
better for their outing. The gentle
men, who have some promising cop
per-gold locations in that locality,
spent a part of their time in looking
over and prospecting them. They re
port that some fine looking ore has
been uncovered by men employed by
parties who hold a bond on the prop
erties in that neighborhood belonging
to D. A. Sanford and W. C. Powers.
Miss Wilkie and Miss Hogan, both
of Pt. Simpson, are registered at the
Revilla.
The Dolphin cleared from Seattle
at ten o'clock last night, and should
arrive here by 4 o’clock Thursday
morning.
“Mike” Connell should ho presented
with a leathern Carnegie medal
for the rescue he effected Sunday
night when A1 Kreidler’s launch hung
up on the rocks at Pennock Island.
The way he got steam up on that
swift and commodious launcli Red
Eye wasn’t a bit slow.
Harry Hansen, a young man until
recently employed ns a clerk at the
Bonbonnerie establishment, was up
before Commissioner Htackpole yes
terday on a charge of having stolen
a box of cigars from his employer,
and was held to the tender mercies
of the grand jury in the sum of $5(10.
Hansen is little, if anything, more
than a boy, and his apparent downfall
is much to be regretted.
W. F. Gilmour, of Juneau, the
hustling dry goods drummer, is in
Ketchikan on business bent.
Mrs. Langille, accompanied by her
friend, Mrs Adams, returned from
Sitka on the Jefferson last night.
The new Guzman residence begins
to look like a mansion as the sides
are enclosed.
Miss Emma Neiding, sister of B. B.
Neiding of Nihluck, will sail north
to visit friends in Juneau today.
F. L. Fry was a south hound passen
ger on the Jefferson last night.
H. and J. B dl-Irving, of the
Fidalgo Packing Co., wore passengers
for the Sound on last night’s Jeffer
son.
It, never rains hut it pours. The
Ketchikan cannery crews are now 1
taking more salmon than the cannery
can handle, and no less than 15,000
were taken to the Luring cam cry
yesterday.
home.
Charles W. Wright, the geologist,
svent to Hadley today to begin his
geological work on the Kasaan Penin
sula.
C. H. Waters and wife, and the
latter's sister Miss H. F. Carney are
registered at the Revilla, having
come over from Karta Bay last
night. They will leave for the south
on the first boat out.
Mrs. E. ,T. Powers, of Karta Bay, is
in town enroute to her old home in
the east.
A four room cottage is being erect
ed on the rear part of the Catholic
church lot to be occupied by tho resi
dent priest, and in which, when com
pleted good Father Sweare will be at
home to his parishioners and rapidly
growing number of friends.
Henry Bratnober, the mining ex
pert and operator, was a passenger
north on the Dolphin this morning.
He is on his way to the copper river
country, where he is said to tie
heavily interested in copper proper
ties.
A party of Spo kane capitalists
passed up this morning bound for
Whitehorse, with a view to an inves
tigation of the mineral resource of
that immediate section. They purpose
stopping off here on their return for
a similar investigation of the mines
of the Ketchikan district.
Among the passengers to Ketchikan
an the Dolphin this morning were:
Mrs. H. R. Thompson, Frank (Japp
and wife, G. H. Clark, Mrs. Tola
Wvman, Miss Walters, S. C. Vesey,
Tesse Crawford, D. S. Child, Charles
Becker, Benj. Tuft and .1. T. Jones.
D. S. Whitfield, wife and family
were passengers to Ketchikan on tho
Cottage City yesterday afternoon.
The Princess May is due to sail for
tlie south at 11 o’clock tonight. She
will take as passengers from this
port, W. C. Freeburn, manager of tho
Mt. Andrew mines, who will ho
accompanied hack by liis better half;
Everett F. Pollard, wife and Miss
Lillian Patterson: Mrs. D. .1. Jenkins
and children; C. H. Waters, of the
Ilydah mine, Mrs. Waters and sister,
Miss Canney: and Mrs. Elmer Powers.
Frank Capp, who is in the employ
of Connell & Thompson, arrived home
this morning on the Dolphin, with a
bride, to whom lie annexed himself
while absent, and who, before tho
change in nomenclature, w;.s Miss
Bessie Dolan, of Willapa, Wash. He
lias been kept busy all day receiving
the congratulations of his many
Ketchikan friends.
S. C. Vesey, of Cleveland, Ohio,
secretary and treasurer of the Niblack
Copper company, arrived up on tho
Dolphin this morning, on company
business, and will go over 1o the mine
tomorrow, accompanied by Manager
Neiding . This is Mr. Vesey’s I rst
visit to Alaska, and it is to be hoped
that lie will lie duly impressed with
not only the beauty and grandeur of
the country but witii the great extent
and value of its mineral resources as
waH- _._
A new lacquering macliin i for the
Ketchikan cannery was unloaded from
the Cottage City yesteadav, whereat
the soul of Superintendent Kounsftll
rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
It will lie operated by an electric
motor, and Is expected to do I tie work
for which it is intended in any kind of
weather.
The charocal iron smelter at Iron
dale, near Port Townsend, Washing
ton, lias been renovated, some <10 men
having been employed in reconstruc
tion work and the installation of a new
plant and machinery. It is planned
to resume iron smelting operations,
after a shut-down of several years.
The greater portion of the ore (mag
netite) to be smelted will In shipped,
as before, from British Columbia.
Bog iron for mixture will again ho
obtained from Skagit county, Wash,
.las. A. Moore of Seattle, Wash., i >
at the head of this enterprise.