The Ketchikan miner., 1907-12-07

rock in the narrows opposite Saxman. The complaint is that the light is either net maintained at all, or else is kept in such poor condition as be in- visible most of the time-in other words that utterly fails to serve any good purpose whatever.
 How would this work in Ketchikan? The press dispatches sent out by the United Press Service state that au or. dinance providing for scandal mong- er's license or permit to gossip for those addicted thereto is pending, under reference, before the common council of the city of Portland, It provides that known gossips shall pay s20 for license to practice their vo- cation under penalty of a fine ranging from s25 to si25 for being caught at it.
 The steamship Jefferson, south bound. pulled into port last evening just after the great guns began to blow from the southeast, and after some difficulty succeeded in tying up to her wharf, where she lay till early this morning, when she went to the cannery and, after taking on S75 cases of salmon, proceeded to Metlakahtla for addition to her cargo. She had a list of about 50 passengers when she reached here-about the sickest lot of people ever brought here in one bunch. Blown Down.-The high wind which prevailed in this immediate vicinity last Tuesday, though not to be con- pared with the strength and fury of that of last night, was of sufficient force to displace the school house at Saxman from its foundation. It ap- pears that the foundation was not sufficiently braced, and the fierce of the wind simply showed the building forward about six feet, dropping it squarely on the ground, without doing any great amount of damage.
 Back Safe. The Alert arrived back about noon today, bringing the mules from the Moonshine mine, and which were safely landed from the scow at the Power company's wharf. She started from the Moonshine with the scow and mules in tow last evening, and had hardly poked her nose into Clarence strait before she was con- pelled to turn and run for shelter in Chasina anchorage, where she lay in safety till this morning. when, ven- turing out again, she made a quick trip across.
 Terrific Storm. 1.-The most terrific wind storm within the recollection of the oldest white inhabitants of this section set in about : o'clock last night from the southeast, blow ing furious gale, which .continued without abatement till long after mid. night. The force and fury of the tenn pest was such as to cause the most sub- ,tantially constructed buildings to tremble on their foundations and be- got well founded apprehension that a complete demolition of the town was close at hand. No very great amount of damage WAS done however, and all felt greatly relieved when the morn. ing dawned upon the quiet calm which has since prevailed. The damages sustained were confined to the blowing down of chimneys and terra cotta hues, signs, etc., the breaking of windows, and injury to small craft which were broken loose from their moorings and swept across the chan nel, but none of which were seriously damaged, except in the case of small gasolene launch which had been haul ed out upon the beach beyond new town for safety and which was broken to pieces by tree falling upon it. The new walk on the beach beyond newtown just completed was broken up over length of about fifty feet by falling trees, and some damage to the water mains sustained from similar causes. The tar paper roofing of the west side of the cable office was torn off and the office flooded with conse- quent damage to the office stationery. the skylight lifted of the Revilla hotel, the plate glass front of the Eagle saloon partially demolished, but altogether the damages were only such as to warrant thankfulness on the score that they were not nearly so great as they might have been.
 n tFrom Mondays Daily)
 "When is the next mail boat due from the south?" Oh. please do ask us something easier
 ItSwssn't her whistle, but that oi a new one just installed in the Power Com mpany's mill, which led people to beleive, that the Alki had arrived from tha north about noon today.
 The viellant went to Cholmondeley sound, last Friday for tow of logs, and up to no9n today had not returned. She has most probably been awaiting more favorable weather in which to attempt crossing the strait with safety