The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-27
KETCHIKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days Tersely
 Told.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

Knight & Morrow have begun work on the new upper works of the steam tug Novelty, and judging from the kind O. timber and material being used, the improvement will be of a wholly substantial character. The Alert took to Hollis this morn- ing force of men for the commence ment of work on the Crackerjack property, also number of miners for the Mt. Andrew mine. Activity is the order of the day at the Ketchikan salmon cannery just now. The Chinks are cutting up tin at tremendous rate, and shaping it into cans for the coming seasons S pack.
 Shooting Gallery. y.-The Budweiser people are building a shed on the south side of their place of business, which will be used as shooting gallery. With skating rink, bowling alley and shooting gallery, the people of Ketchikan should find no trouble in disposing of their occasional leisure hours.
 The need of gun club in Ketchi- kan was made very apparent Sunday afternoon when the scores of the cop- testants in the iniOial shoot of the recently organized rod and gun club were exhibited. They ranged from l6 hits in p shots, made by Joe Dubail, to scored by more than one of the shooters. The club will hold weekly shoots hereafter in the hope of enabling some of its members to learn how to shoot.
 New Hull.-The Ketchikan Power company has decided to replace the hull of the tug Vigilant with one en- tirely new, the material for which has been ordered. As yet no con tract has been let, but the manage ment hopes to see it's way clear to having the work done here. It is not all winter in Ketchlkan. Garden making is now in progress, and shrubbery has begun to sprout and put forth its leaves and bloss oms. MT. Winter has, seemingly, removed his corpus delicti from the lap of spring.
 Prospectors are hieing themselves away to the woods and mountains just now, and the mosquito fleet is unusually busy in consequence. Another Fish House. M. Alter, whose home is in Berlin, Germany, but who has been in the fish business in this country for many years, and who came here few days ago, has purchased the E. K. Turner water front, upon which he purposes build- ing fish house for the curing lin all kinds of ways all kinds of fish" for | the New York and German markets. Though that is the way Mir. Alter stated his intentions to the reporter, it is probable that it was not exactl y as he meant to be understood, and it is likely that he will confine his buisne>s principally to the mild cur ing of salmon and halibut, which he wi purchase from the local fisher- men.
 The Princess May passed up last night with 150 passengers, but left no human freight here.
 Good News.-The furnaces at the Hadley smelter will be blown in again day after tomorrow. The Marion took over force of twenty men to- day, and will carry over as many more tomorrow. The management has small amount of coke on hand, and has advices of an additional cargo be ing on the way, with assurances of more to follow. This will be good news to the people of the district generally.
 Dale Hunt is officiating as agent pro tenn of the P. c. s. s. Co.,, dur ing the absence of Mir. Bold, the reg I ,1lar aUopt