The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-28
From Saturdays nailyl

[ SfSaAS s0 -AsaS VI f~aS~~-4 ger 10 this place, on the Pacific, which arrived back from her mail run 10 the west o1ast of Prince of Wales, last night.
 Fifty cents or more far butter is the cheerful prediction that sSsails the ears of the man with the modest in- come, and unheard Of advances in eggs are talked of. With butter at fifty cents people will tackle oleo who have never faced is before.
 The Novelty hroos,'.s in raft of aas5O, ooo feet of les hon Cholmondel- ey sound tlis ocriry, and will leave for Excursion lnirt "lsh the barge Blaneh and scow Great Eastern, both laden with ,imb a~d lumber for the new cannery a. s,,2, lace, as soon as the weather pcs-..ses faig sailing,
 Only a seavs. -,4e report brought here by | more o. i>ss imaginative ua- tive of the exis,cuce Q. an epidemic of small pox a, Pult Simpson and vi- cinitv. turns out 10 be s story manu- fscsurei out of whole cloth, A dis patch from Dr. A. NJ. McTavish. of Port Simpson. in reply to message from Dr. H. C. Storey, health officer of keschiksn. says ''No small pox here or in vicinity
 ka7is krauezunas. the immigrant inspector. returned from his trip 10 Nome and interior points several days ago. He reports having found immi- grafton affairs serene every place he visited. except st Nome where he found some furry existing on account of sn influx of some forty or fifty Rus sians- the deportation of whom was demanded by une of the civic societ- ies- An investigation revealed the tact that none of them were paupers within the meaning of the law, and that none had been brought in under contract 10 labor, and therefore the demand was not complied with except as to one of the immigrants. who was incapacitated from earning a living. snd not only willing but anxious 10 be returned home.
 The Eurus arrived back from Wran- gall Narrows last night bringing the two government scows she went in quest of and they are TOW being load ed with material for the two beacons 10 oe erected on Spire island and hog back reteS. 4 camp will first be eS- tablished as working base on Ham island. and the work on the beacons will be commenced without delay. They wil. be built entirely Of concrete. though considerable lumber must nec- essarily be used in the ''formsn inside of which the cement is laid, after which the forms are removed. MT. Hedley expects to complete the entire work within a period of one month.
 The gentlemen who are here in the interest of the wireless telegraph proposition report that they are meet ing with much encouragement, and that the establishment of a station here is foregone conclusion. Though the realization of the much to be de- sired addition to and cheapeDing of the telegraphic facilities of the town, is ir TO wise dependent upon local subscriptions 10 the stock of the com pany. The Miner is nevertheless well convinced that sn investment of that kind will be much safer, and certainly more prolific in profits. than can be expected from favorable response to the requests with which the town has been flooded for subscriptions to the stock of a remote home narrow gauge rail~a. company.
 From onday's Daily
 Miss B. Colburn. Seattle, is guest of the Stedman.
 The Haldis is reported at Nit. Am drew loading with ore for the Britan- nia Shelter.
 Manager German, of the Kasaan cannery, is in town today. having completed his full pack of 3. 0o0 cases.
 Mr. John Righy, manager of the Rush di Brown mine. spent Sunday in town, taking brie; rest from his srdUous duties
 The windows for the Stedman Am uex arrived on the Dolphin, and Mir. Stedman will come up with the furni- :ure on the Jefferson.
 The Cottage City will probably be in, south bound. some time tonight. or in the early morning. She has been picking up salmon. and is now at Yes bay taking on six Or seyen thous- and cases.
 H. ". Archibald, engineer a. the yaIparaso mine, who has been resting at St. John's hospital during the past week. returned home this morning on the Alert, with health considerably imprvyed, though not wholly well.
 '. J. Daly, ct Fry-Bruhn Co, is on the sick list, as is also his eldest son, both having been confined to their home for week or more. Both are On the fair way to recovery however,