The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-14
(From Saturdays Daily)

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 Joe Brisbois is at the Bell Island Hot Springs taking we'll earned va cation.
 Judge U. S. Rush, wife and daught- CT, and Edgar c. Snyder were passen- gers by the Alert this morning for Kasaan.
 T. D. Pickard. superintendent of mining at the Dunton location, near Hollis, came over to town yesterday in his own boat, and left again on his return at o'clock this morning.
 The tug Holyoke, with the barge Case in tow, the later laden with coal for the cable ship Burnside now at Juneau, passsl T., lis morning with out stopping.
 The Horseshoe aimple room, though not concededly try place. is making an improveme.l. . ch will render it such, in one resr t tt least. It is be- ing adorned with new roof.
 M. D. Ickis, who is engaged in do- ing assessment work on the Moira group of mining locations near Ni- black, is in town today.
 The Eagles have decided to with draw entirely from the piano contest and though thankful to those who have given them their support, desire to announce to the public that they have ceased hankering after some thing entirely beyond their reach. Knight x Morrow are building the bar for the wet goods emporium short ly to be opened up in connection with the Revilla Hotel. The bar, when fin- ished, will be credit both to the | makers and the house, and shows that nothing is lost by patronizing home industry.
 Mikovich O'Connoroff, the king of Douglas Island, and high tyee of the Slavonians of that neck of the woods, was passenger south on the Dolphin yesterday. Mike who, nothwithstand- ing his Slovenian name, is true son of the ''ould sod' made the rounds while the boat was here shaking hands with all his old Slav friends, includ
 ing Tom Barry and Billy Schlothan.
 Prof. Bertram G. Mitchell, late of the public schools, now accountant for the Ketchlkan Power company, has purchased the Dale Hunt lot, just above the court house, upon which he purposes building neat two story res idence. The work of clearing off the ground preparatory to the commence ment of building operations will be begun Monday next.
 The steamer Dirigo arrived up this forenoon bringing little, if any freight for this place, but with heavy con- signment of dredge machinery and piping consigned to the Guggenheim interests at Dawson. to be transferred at Skagway. Her stay here, some- what prolonged on account ot the pre- vailing fog, was only interesting be- cause of a transaction between her officers and little Miss King, by which the latter became the owner of an infant pig, born at sea, in ex- change for all but one of litter of kittens. Both parties to the trans action appeared to be well pleased with the trade.
 The tug Vigilant will leave for Ia coma on her arrival back from Excur- sion inlet, probably tomorrow, for the purpose of having her boiler, en- zine and machinery put into the new hull built for her by He ath, the Tac ma ship builder, which is all com plete, except as to upper works which will be put on as soon as the trans fer of boiler and machinery is made. It thought that the transfer and put ting on of the house will be a job of three weeks duration, after which the Vigilant will return here to all in- tents and purposes practically new ship. In the meantime, the tug Nov city, now that the salmon season is practically over, will temporarily take the place of the Vigilant in the ser vices of the Ketchikan Power con- pany.
 (From Mondays Daily)
 J. Sumpf, the Budweiser violinist, who had been on business trip to Montana, returned on yesterdays lief fersCn.
 Mrs. E. w. Allen and Bert Allen, mother and brother of Mrs. Geo. Ches- ney, arrived here on the Jefferson from their home at Seattle. The yourg man will go to the Bell island hot springs for time in hopes of finding relief from the rheumatism with which he is afflicted.
 A very neat double cylinder fricion drum hoist will soon be installed at the Mt. Andrew mine, where it will be used in the work of development. It is capable of hoisting three-quarIers of ton on lift of 300 feet. and when installed will greatly facilitate the work for which it is intended. Man Missinp. sWede who had