The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-13
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

N a4s> i>katAkl, 10 the SoI0ihADS ul4I'
 at Tacoma. where is will he sawet into merchantahle shape for distrihu' tion 10 buyers, The next cargo will
 hs very much larger one. and will be sent direct to San Francisco. The company is working as large a force as can be employed to advantage, and the marble being of fine quality, its QuarrieS may be set down as one oi the permanent industries of the dis srics. The beds are known to he solid and without break or seam 10 a depth of q hundred feet, and can be Quarried in blocks of any desired size.
 /. Nc. -. held by John s. Beasley. was the fortunate winner of the ele- gans new gasolene launch, built and owned by W. J. Sully, and rafied of Saturday evening. It is beauty and worth at least S5o0.
 Bert Faulkner. former chief of po- lice. and now member of the |. s. marshal'S staff at Juneau. is in town. He arrived day or two after the ball, but in ample time to transact the arrand upon which he is supposed to have come.
 Dr. D. ". Higgins and wife. of Hadley. Sundayed in ketehikan. after having taken in part of the Fourth of July festivities, They return home ,0morrow.
 Fire gutted the res.enee of Captain ?. H. Hamilton in newtown, early on .he morning of the Fourth. The ori- gin Of the ire is not den6itely known.
 Maj. ". P. Richardson. |. $. army. and chairman of the Alaska road commission, arrived in town Sunday morning and spent the day looking over the wagon road across the portage between the head of Chol- mondeley Sound and Hetts Inlet. re- turning here again last night. The major expresses himself as we'll pleased with the work, but was some " ha; disappointed over the fact that he found il practically devoid of traffic. not single horse or wagon being employed upon it as yet. He ,3ys The improvement cost more per mile than any other the commission has ret undertaken. and that unless i. soon begins to develop she traffic he 4as led to expect he will feel that the commission made mistake in under taking it's construction. l. is up 10 tho>e who were urgent in their de- mand> for the read 10 now satisfac- .orily demonstrate that il was not buils in vain. Major Richardson will 20 to Skawgay on the Dolphin. and thence 10 tae interior 70 look after .he affairs of the commission in that direction. He is one of the officials who does things. and it will not be his fault fl the wagon roads construct sd by tbe commission do not result in great beneft 10 Alaska.
 The steamer Farallon passed up Saturday evening loaded to the guards with freight. principally for Dawson and Yukon river points. Aside from 45 drums Of fuel and coal oil for ketchikan. she carried 350 sheep for Fairbanks. l5o tons of pipe and ma chinery for the Alaska Yukon-Gold- fields Mining company. Dawson: 3 ,ous ot machinery for Hadley, ard DO .ors Of hay for the ". r. & |. K. R. O.. Skagway.
 n .he lis. of contributions to the Fourth of July fund as published Wednesday. the following were omit ted ke1chiaan Restaurant, sl5: Whit comb. the ieweler, BIO, and Fred Scblothau. s3.5O The Pacific Coast Steamship Co. were credited with only SIj when il should have read s20
 Harry DreE, a young man recently employed in the bowling alley here. is reported lost in the forest adjacent 10 Karta Bay, since the 3rd inst. On the morning of that day he and young Mr. R.gby. son of the manager of the Rush and Brown Mine. went or hunting expedition. and during the day 0ecame separated. young Rigby returning home alone late in the even- ing. Drew has not since been seen or heard ot except that his companion says that when on his way home he heard the report Of several shots from z long distance. which may have been fired Dy Drew. who he supposed like himself was on his way home, or prob a5Iy had preceded him. It is thought TOW that the young fellow met with some accident and that he fired the shots 10 attract attention and thus se- cure needed assistance. Parties have gone out to search for Drew, but little hope is felt for his being found alive and unhUrC.
 One of Ketchikau fairest was over- heard 10 say Friday after the hose races. I think No. had right to win: they looked So cute in their suits. especially Harry Rice" What do you think of that? By the way -ouahcdv said that rbe bovs of No 1.