The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-25
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
Mrs. Dr. Hall left on the Dolphin last Friday for trip to the States

aSsS< A>s-'s ->'- VI s- az " ~--> I If your watch doesn't run. run with ' Il 10 Taylor. the Jeweler.
 The coming events which cast theil shadows hetore indicate s considerable
 increase in the population of ketcha-
 kan in the very near future
 Capt. A. W. Thompson, of the ' schooner Eur,ls has so far recovere'
 from his recent severe fall as 10 hs
 about again, little the worse fos
 wear. has still in the ring.
 There may be an ''oldess inhabitant
 who remembers having experienced
 colder weather in this section thsn
 that Of last week. but he has not vel
 been heard from.
 ! Watch your watch, and if it doesn' :,
 keep good time take il to Taylor, the
 Jeweler.
 Fred Heckmsn. the merchant prince of Haslley. has been in town some days his week. doing business and being
 greeted by scores of old friends and
 Acqusinsances-
 Where. Oh. Where. was the print shop. when the electric lights went suss Where it is now and has been ever since during several working ! hours of each dsy-praesically in the dark.
 The carpenters have as last vacated the prernises. and The Mining News office begins st last 10 assume the
 shape and appearance of . well regu- lated print shop Come in and see 1t snd us
 Is is probably fac, that ketchiksn csn multiply by dozen the number of new buildings erected during 1906 in sny other town in the first judicial division of Alaska. And the good work still goes on-
 H. ". Thurston. contractor and builder, late oi Haines. is the latest, but by no means the least important accession to our town, inasmueh as he has come 10 make his home here. bringing his family with han- Bu. you can do better st Taylor's. the Jeweler.
 And there was hurrying and scurry- ing 10 and fro last Sunday and Mon dsy in call on merchants for new lamps and searching garrets and in ou. of the way places for old ones, to .ske the place of electric lights, shut oH by the destruction of the power house Saturday morning.
 Father Duncan. the celebrated mis- sionsry. was over from Metlakahila Tuesday. and remained oyer night, rhe guest of Dr. J. L Myers The good old Father has many warm and earnest friends in ketehikan, who were more than pleased 10 see him looking so hale and hearty. Dr. Znber. Dentist. Frye-Bruhn big. The Jefferson took five days to make the trip from Seattle 10 this place on her present trip. establishing new record. The captain reports that snow and bad weather forced him to anchor forty hours or more. and the fact that the compass had not been adjusted completely since the boat has been of the run. made fast running impossible
 Now then. gentlemen of the Com mon Council. wha. is to hinder taking up the question of plansing Main street from Grant 70 the foot of the Burkhart gentle incline? The im- u-oyeme1t will be worth the money. if for nothing more than saving the uecas Of the youngsters who may want 10 cozs. down it's entire length next ~interszve ard provided always they don't break them in the meantime. Hans Anderson. returned from the states on the Jefferson. and proceeded immediately. if not sooner, 10 Hadley, where. by permission of the authori- ties who rule over that place. as well as she rest of Alaska, he will re- inaugurate the refreshment parlor of his otherwise excellent hostelry, the addition 10 which las. he will place in course of completion. He also con- templates making some material im- movements 10 his business places in Ke.chikan-
 The Admiral proprietors have put in cases and shelves. covering the entire length of one side of their bil- Hard parlor. for the accommodation of large selection of mineral speci- mems typical of this section. and which will be carefully labeled classi- fled and catalogued. go that each and every specimen may be easily and speedily identified as 10 the place whence it came. IL is intended to
 make it the largest and most complete display of minerals in this section,
 and as ssieh is will undoubtedly prove drzr;r,y card n ehtx r,,ra1izr rfzorf