The Ketchikan miner., 1907-08-31
From Fridav's nailyl

A~&A@fAAAA% %-AS&~~- +>N'@ >~.A' mary of the N sather conditions dur ing the week ending Aug. sl 1907. is reported hy N. E. Whitfield, deputy U. :, land and mineral surveyor:
 August IL t \. m. 10 6 p. m,-Foggy in forenoon. scattering clouds during day. wind from southwest avg. temp erasare. St deg,
 August l6. Rain showers in fore noon. wind from southeast, cloudy in afternoon, wind from southwest. avg. temperature. S5 Ges.
 August l7.-Clea., wind froIn west. avg. temperature. 5a deg.
 August ls.-I, assdy, wind from southwest, ags apsrature. S7 deg. August D. -Rs n. wind from south east. avg, ,s.a,, ;are, Sa deg.
 August N. IN .. wind from south east, avg. ts1sss sss,ss. aa deg. August si. -s'.oa,iy, threatening rain. wind i;as1 ,eash, avg. tempera- ture. S deg.
 Rainfall during week, ? inches.
 Mrs. wln. FovsS left yesterday on the Jefferson for . visit with relatives and friends at Tacoma.
 The Cottage City passed down about ] 1a o'clock las. night. with fair cargo of freight, principally new sal mon from some of the canneries north of here. This indicates that the sal- mon pack. not yet completed, is al- ready beginning to move lnarketward. The coast survey ship Explorer ar rived and anchored in the stream here yesterday evening. She is q very neat, trim looking little ship, and will make ketchikan her base for ;wo months of triangulssion and topo- graphical work on ani around Dixon s Entrance.
 The Princess Royal, which passed ID Monday morning. was late on her return trip. arriving down about 6 o'clock this morning. The fact that she took thirteen passengers from here. notwithstanding the sailing of che Jefferson st noon yesterday, and the Cottage City last night, would seem 10 indicate that she is growing in the popular favor.
 The ke.chikan Power company is loading the barge Blanche and one of it's large seows with 250, Oo0 feet of sawed timber and lumber to be towed 10 Excursion inlet hy the Vigilan.. This timber and lumber goes as part ot an order for half million fee. to be used by the Alaska Fisheries com pany in the erection of new can nery Excursion inlet is on the northern shore of Icy straits, between Lynn canal and Glacier bay.
 Capt Hughes, Of the Princess Royal. reported this morning. that when he let, Sksgway belated train carrying ,O passengers from the interior was expected 10 arrive the same day. for which he could not wait, though in- por,u1ed 10 do So. He WAS advised .ha. TWO more river steamers were due a. WhiGehorse with full lists Of passengers who would be brought 10 Sksgway the next day. He was there fore Of the opinion tha. both the Dolphin and Humboldt will bs crowd d tu3l ac SsagwaT for their next down rip.
 Jack Caughlar, a mar Of all work. who until few weeks ago had been employed for some time in .he culi- nary department Of ;he Yes bay hatchery. was found lying unconscious o1 ehe rocks between Young's store and the old Gowea building. in which iasr h. had been occupying a room. II appears that Caughlan, whose father died recently at New West minister. B. C.. where he has a sister living. had prepared yesterday after noon 70 leave town for New Westnin- s-sr on .he Princess Royai last even ing, and the ship being late. sup posedly went 10 his room, accompa- aied by the barkeeper Of the Midway saloon. the latter offering 10 wake him ID when the ship arrived. He managed 10 give his companion the slip, however, and the latter went to bed in the room next 10 the one Csughla1 was 10 occupy. When the 5oa. arrived this morning Caughlan's door was found to be locked, and his companion Of the nigh. before set out 70 bid him goodbye on the wharf, and no- finding him, returned to the building in which he WAS supposed 10 have slept, and getting TO response 10 repeated rsps, broke the door open, and finding he had rot been there, again set out 10 find him, and getting TO trace. instituted . more careful search. with the result of finding him lying on the rocks as stated. He had fallen only about two feet. but was unconscious. and has remained so up .o this writing. ? o'clock ?. IT. Dr. Hall was summoned and arrived at the room in the Go~an building 70 which the unfortunate man WAS taken. aborf o'clock. finding him in the