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PORTLAND CANAL LODGE
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
STEWART. B* C AND HYDER ALASKA
Dr. Richard F. Butler
DENTIST
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS BUILDING
STEWART. B. C.
GAME LAWS
Open season for—
Moose, Caribou, Sheep, Rams
only, limit 2. Aug. 20 to Dec. SI
Deer, males only, horns 3 in
ches or longer, limit 3. Sept. 1
to Nov. 15.
Mountain goat, males only, lim
it 3. Aug. 20 to Oct. 31.
Brown Bear, limit 3. Oct. 1 to
July 1.
Grouse, ptarmigan, limit 26 in
possession in one day. Sept. 1
to March 1.
Duck, goose, brant Wilson
snipe, plover, yellow-legs, coots
or Gallinule, Sept. 1 to Dec. 15.
Limit 25 ducks, or Wilson
snipe, or coots, or Gallinule,
or 8 geese or 8 brant or more
than 25 in all in combined pos
session in one day, 15 plovers
or yellow-legs in one day.
Martin Nov. 16 to March 31;!]
muskrat, Dec. 16 to April 30; ]
land otter, ming, weasel, Dec. j<
16 to March 31.; fox, except /(
blue, Lynx, Dec. 1 to Feb. 28. ^
National Forest Timber for Sale
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Sealed bids will be received
by the Forest Supervisor, Ket
chikan, Alaska, up to and in
cluding May 5, 1924, for all the
merchantable dead timber
standing or down and all the
live timber marked or designat
ed for cutting on an area of
about 85 acres located on the
mainland opposite Fords Cove,
Portland Canal, Tongass Nat
ional Forest, Alaska, estimated
to be 600,000 feet B. M. of Sit
ka Spruce and Western Hem
lock sawtimber. No bid less
than $1.60 per M feet B. M. for
Sitka Spruce sawtimber and
$1.00 per M feet B. M. forWest
ern Hemlock sawtimber, will
be considered. $300.00 must be
deposited with each bid to be
applied on the purchase price,
refunded or retained in part as
liquidated damages, according
to conditions of sale. The right
to reject any and all bids reser
ved. Before bids are submitted,
full information concerning the
timber, the conditions of sale,
and the submission of bids
should be obtained from the
Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan,
Alaska.
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Martin Killian haa been ap
pointed game warden for the
Cordova and Prince William
Bound section, succeeding
Charles H. (Senator) Hill,
vho recently resigned.
Ketchikan Examiner Gives
Details Of Revilla Hotel Fire
Losses Aggregate $300,000
Owing to considerable local
interest in the fire which re
cently destroyed the Revilla
hotel in Ketchikan, the Miner
reprints the following vivid de
scription of the blaze from the
Ketchikan Examiner.
“At six o’clock last evening
the siren fire whistle pealed
forth its most shrieking alarm
of fire and the busy city rushed
to the California Grocery, sit
uate in the Revilla building,
where black smoke was gush
ing from the basement in ocean
waves. Soon the streets were
so full of smoke that the im
mense crowd that had gath
ered had to press back for pure
air. It was soon ascertained
that the origin of the fire was
the catching fire of a large
tank of oil in the basement,
for the entire building is heat
ed by an oil furnace. There was
not sufficient air for it to burst
into flames and the smoke was
so dense that it was aimost im
possible to approach from be
low, so firemen scaled adjoin
ing structures and poured wat
er down the sides qf the build
ing to prevent the spread of
the fire when the inevitable
blaze would break forth.
i ‘Ketchikan haa a wonderful
j supply of water and it was no
jtime until a hundred streams
(from private hydrants were
i throwing water on their own
j buildings to thoroughly satur
ate them in preparation for the
j spreading blaze that was sure
| to come in due time. And it fip
ally came. It lit the very skies
with its piercing flames, carry
ing with them great, burning
embers, any one of which mil
lion or more, was sufficient to i
set a building on fire. But the •
i precaution taken by saturating <
jthe roofs in advance saved the !
'spread, and the fire boys with i
a score of streams playing 1
from every corner of the Revil- i
la, (for when it broke forth it i
seemed to come from the en- <
tire basement,) held the blaze !
at bay with the courage of vet- (
erans, yet for some time it j i
looked as though a dozen i(
buildings would have to go. Ij
“But not bo. The steamship
Admiral Rogers, which was
discharging freight at the
Heckman dock, moved up to
the Alaska S. S. dock, near the
fire, to render what assistance
she could. Almost instantly she
had her engines going and four
huge streams of water'playing
on the fierce flames in con
junction with the fire comp
any’s forces. For two hours
it was an even game, the fire
breaking out anew and win
ning a round, when the fire
boys would concentrate their
forces on it and win the next
round. But finally the flames
began to weaken, the black
smoke turned to white, show
ing that the oil was exhausted,
and it was then short work.
Scores of business men stood
breathless expecting their own
property go up in the flames,
each one praising the boys for
their matchless work.
a ne coast guard vessels stood
by and rendered valuable aid,
everybody throwing water to
prevent the spread of the
flamei;; and after the fire was
subdued and the boys dragged
themselves away from the fir
ey furnace, the doors of the
coast guard vessels were
thrown open and beds furn
ished to the (wateHoaked)
firefighters. And those boys
aboard the vessels are some
fire-fighters themselves!”
The Examiner gives the bus
iness losses resulting from the
fire as follows:
Revilla Hotel, Chas. Ingersol,
building and furnishings, $150,
000. Insured for 34,500; Knox
Bros. Six trunks of jewelry,
soon to open business. No insur
ance. $8,000; Peter Pan, stock
of goods, insurance $2,000, loss
$4,000; hotel barber shop, loss
$500; Taxi office, Fred Handy,
loss $500; deposits of individ
uals in hotel safety vaults, loss
estimated at $75,000; Pruell
Gift Shop, Jewelry store, loss
$25,000, insurance $10,000;
California Grocery, Wm. Tem
ple, loss $12,000, insurance $3,
000; Arcade Cafe, Phinn and
Stewart, loss $10,000, no insur
THE WEEKLY MINER JOB SHOP
IS PREPARED TO DO JOB PRINTING OF
. . . EVERY KIND.. .
BILJL HEADER, STATEMENTS’ LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES , CARDS. INVITATIONS.
TAGS.’ ETC. ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
Two hundred Knights of Col
umbus, the LaSalle Assembly,
will visit Alaska during the
coming summer, according to
word received in Juneau re
cently.
George Mock, an old timer of
the Forty-mile section, recently
had the misfortune to lose his
home as a result of a fire.
Mock is well over 80 years of
age and has been in the Forty
mile country over 30 years. In
spite of his advanced age he
is still hale and hearty and de
clares he feels just as young as
ever.
Falling headlong into the
snow outside of his cabin at
Canyon Creek, L. H. Lauritsen,
old-time Alaska miner,died re
cently from what is believed
to have been an internal hem
orrhage. Lauritsen was about
50 years of age, and had been
a resident of the Sunrise dis
trict since 1898. In 1905 Laur
itsen and Renner staked the
Moose Pass gold quartz mine,
and have owned the property
since.
A recent statement by Secre
tary Work to the effect that
Alaska prospectors and trap
pers are slaughtering game in
some parts of the Territory,
has aroused Anchorage Igloo
No. 15, Poineers of Alaska and
ance; Mrs. Melican, entire
stock of hosiery, loss estimated
at $1,000; Joe Feynes, gents
clothing, furnishings, loss $12,
000, insurance $2,000.—Ag
gregate business losses, about
$300,000. In addition to the
above, the loss to guests stop
ping in the hotel will run into
thousands of dollars and sev
eral parties had jewelry in the
Pruel! Gift Shop, which will
add still further to the total
loss. The Walker Drug Co.,
Hunt’s stationery store, the
Charles and Hafrdfcastle real
estate office, and one or two
others across the street from
the Revilla suffered consider
able damage from the heat
breaking their glass fronts.
The St. George hotel was di
rectly in the line of the wind
but wjjs saved with but slight
damage. The Henighan Bak
ery, adjoining the Revilla, was
uninjured, save from the ef
fects of water. The Revilla
was an old building, having
been built some twenty years
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Quick Sales—Little Black Ads. (
steps have been taken by that
body to refute the secretary's
assertion and present the true
state of affairs with respect
to the game situation. Of late
a great deal of agitation has
developed in the effete t .aide
over Alaska game killing and
several of the leading journals
have published articles on the
alleged slaughter of game
which were not only untrue in
practically every detail but al
so revealed a most amazing
ignorance of the game situa- -
tion on the part of their writ
ers.
Stricken with an attack of
apoplexy while out walking re
cently, Edward Barrett,age 59,
of Anchorage, died within a
short time in the cabin of J. W.
Minnis, to which he had been
carried.
Howard & Jesson, operating
on the Leroy lease, in the Mat
anuska field, recently cut a 14
foot vein of high grade coal.
The Northern Commercial
Company will' have a new 65
foot boat, driven by Diesel
engines, on the run between
Holy Cross and St. Michael
during the coming summer.
FOR THE
SPORT FANS
Joe Lynch, bantamweight
title holder, lost his crown to
that tough little Jew, Abe
Goldstein, in a recent 15 round
match in New York city.
Gena Tunney, light heavy
weight king, outpointed Jim
mie Delaney in a fast ten round
mill at St Paul a few nights
ago.
Johnnie Buff, former bantam
weigh t champion, received the
decision in a match with fast
and furious Benny Swartz, of
Baltimore, in a twelve round
go in Benny’s home town.
Tommy Gibbons knocked out
Joe Delaney, of Columbus, in
the first session of a scheduled
15 round mill at Dayton, Ohio,
recently. Delaney failed to
strike a blow before the end.
Harry Greb, middleweight
title holder, scored a technical
knockout over Fay Kesser, of
Cumberland, Maryland, in &
scheduled 15, round mill at
Baltimore. The champion car
ried the battle to Kesser
throughout and the referee
stopped the argument in the
twelfth round to spare the un
fortunate Kesser. Greb helped
liis beaten antagonist to his
:orner. m(S
SHIP ALASKA FURS QUICK!
We’re paying big prices for Alaska furs—demand
strong. We are the largest buyeia of Alaska furs in
this big central market and we must have all kinds for
quick sale at present prices. Money sent same day ship*
ment comes in—cash, draft or money order, whichever
you want. ACT NOW—if you have one skin or a
hundred. Ship to us at once.
Riuke Fur Co.
ST LOUIS, MO.
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