WITH THE FISHERMEN
The Alert arrived with twenty box«s
of herring.
n The Anita Philips arrived with about
50 boxes of halibut. The Porpoise, the
Dick and the Vesta and the Caesar are
expected to contribute to the cargo of
the Sampson, due to leave today.
The Belle, Capt. Martin Holt, which
has been engaged in trap fishing all
summer, is in port and will leave for
■ the halibut grounds this week.
Only about half the Juneau fleet are
engaged at present in fishing out of
Juneau at present. The vessels at
present engaged are the Vesta, Capt.
Bernhoft; the Anita Philips, Capt. J.
Rowe; Eastern Point, Capt. C. Smith;
Caesar, Mike Koskila; Dick, Capt. Neil
sen; Alexander, Raymond Jager; Ac
tive, H. M. Peterson. The Dolphin, the
Index and the Belle will probably get
into the game this wreek. The other
. half are expected soon, unless this un
usual weather continues off Flattery.
The last weekly report received at
the Drange-Orson company shows the
following receipts for a week at Seat
tle: Str. Grant, 100,000; San Juan
160.000, Zapora 110,000, Comet 4,000,
Independent 110,000, another steamer
120.000. Schooners Shamrock 55,000,
Dorcaster 15,000, Pacific 55,000, North
land 5,000, Daisy 15,000 and two other
schooners 25,000. These unusual re
ceipts account for the fact that the
price is down to two and one half
cents.
LADIES LEAGUE LECTURE
Have you ever visited places in the
East which have a history? The names
of Boston, Plymouth, Concord, Yale,
Harvard are historic, but have you ever
seen them? Next Wednesday Mr. Ed
wards will give an illustrated lecture
with stereopticon slides showing fam
ous places in New England and charac
teristic bits of its scenery. As he
lias visited the places many times the
lecture will be of unusual interest. Ar
ter the lecture a free will offering will
be taken up, the proceeds to be used
for adding to the permanent furnish
ings of the parsonage. The Ladies ’
league will also provide a table with
good things to eat to be sold for the
same purpose. Cakes, pies, baked
beans, home-made bread, doughnuts,
etc., made by the best cooks on Doug
las island will afford a tempting op
portunity to replentish your larder.
These will be sold at reasonable prices.
No admission will be charged.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards will leave
for the sound on the next Jefferson.
KETCHIKAN BREVITIES
Col. D. W. Eiggins has just been re
appointed postmaster for the ensuing
term.
Considerable excitement prevailed in
Ketchikan when the Northwestern
went below over the big ex-champion
Jeff. Everybody seemed anxious to
get a glimpse of the “white hope that
failed.”
Capt. Connell, proprietor of the
Stedman hotel is in the states on a
business trip. During his absence the
hotel is being renovated and fixed up.
It is Capt. Connell’s intention to make
it the best in Alaska.
A native boy wTas badly bitten by
dogs at the Ketchikan cannery a few
nights ago, in an attempt to stop a
fight. Dr. Myers was compelled to take
several stitches in two different wounds
The Ketchikan band, under the di
rection of Prof. Sumpf is having reg
ular practices twice a week, and is fast
becoming a craekerjack musical organ
ization.—From the Sourdough’s Ketchi
kan correspondent.
WINTER SPORTS
A permanent organization of a winter
sports association will be effected at
the meeting of the organization to be
held at the Sourdough office next Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock.
A committee consisting of Fred Lang,
N. F. Gustafson, Ole Iverson, Ben Mi
lire, Henry Bracken and Dr. H. G. De
Vighne, appointed for the purpose of
selecting sites and determining the
probable cost of making toboggan and
skiing slides, and an artificial pond for
skating, will report at that time.
It is probable that following the or
ganization, arrangements will be made
for an amusement which will be given
for the purpose of raising what funds
will be necessary. The membership
will not be confined to Scandinavians
and all who are interested are invited
to attend the meeting at 8 o ’clock Fri
day night, and join.
TREASURER GETS THOUSAND
Out of thirty or fourty thousand dol
lars paid into the United States court
at Juneau last July for liquor licenses,
all of it but $1027 has been turned ov
er to the various towns in southeast
ern Alaska where the saloons are op
erated.
The $1027 was for a saloon license at
Sitka. Sitka has two saloons, and it
is said that she has all these years re
frained from incorporating, because she
needed more money for the schools
than these two saloons yielded. Under
the law in incorporated towns, the sa
loon money is divided between the
school board and the city council, while
the money realized from licenses out
side of incorporated towns, goes to
the treasurer of the United States, and
into the “Alaska fund.” The schools
in unincorporated places are maintain
ed from the Nelson fund, which comes
out of the Alaska fund.
LICHTENSTADLER DEAD
S. L. Lichtenstadler, an old timer in
Alaska, was found dead in his bed at
the Stedman hotel a few days ago. He
was known to have been suffering from
rheumatism a,nd the coroners jury re
turned a verdict of heart failure. It
is believed that the disease reached Ins
heart and caused his death.
Lichtenstadler was one of those hard
working Alaskans who has “made
good.” For years he struggled against
great odds in the work of developing
his property at Mt. Andrews, but the
stern hand of destiny seemed to have
interposed to prevent him from enjoy
ing the just fruits of his endeavor. Mt.
Andrews has only recently become a
paying proposition.—From the Sour
dough ’s regular correspondent.
ENTOMBED IN SHAFT
Just as the day shift were preparing
to come up at the Shakespeare placer
mine on Dome creek ten days ago, the
shaft caved iff and 14 men were buried
under tons of rock and frozen ground.
As soon as they could be heard, it
was ascertained that they were all alive
but very cold. They burned pick and
axe handles, however, and made a fire
and a hole was first made with a key
stone drill and food sent down to them
through that, but it was thirty hours
before they were taken out.
A NEW FLOAT
John Penglase will start work soon
on a dock and float which will extend
to deep water from the rear of the
Denver Grand. He intends also to
build a boat house alongside, and will
build a 45 foot boat in it this winter.
After the completion of his own boat,
he intends to keep the house, which
he will offer for the encouragemetn
of boat building in Douglas, and will
loan it to any one who may have a de
sire to add to the Douglas fleet.
The new float will come in “handy”
as there are more small boats than the
city float can handle.
RETURNS IN A MONTH
James Wickersham, delegate to the
United States congress from the terri
tory of Alaska, returned to Fairbanks
yesterday afternoon. The delegate has
been absent over a year and will re
main here only over next month, as it
is his intention to join Mrs. Wicker
sham in the States before the next reg
ular session of congress.—Fairbanks
Times.
WAS “SWELL” FUNCTION
The Golden Belt ball, given Friday
evening in Juneau, marks a new era in
Gastineau society, according to those
who were there. Three hundred people
were present, in full dress. It was giv
en for the benefit of the Episcopal
church.
John McPherson has given an op
tion on his property near Berners bay
and experts were up there last week
looking it over.
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