The Ketchikan miner., 1907-08-03
KETCHIKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days Tersely
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SS'Si DoyS ISiSSiy
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 Miss Etta Clark, of the stationery department of the Revilla pharmacy, has entered the contest for the scholarship offered by the Seattle Post -Intelligencer to the person re- ceiving the largest number of votes cast by subscribers to that publica- tion, according to a schedule given out and of the nature of which all who desire may inform themselves by consulting its columns. There are no doubt many persons in southeastern Alaska who would like Ito assist this young lady to a realization of her ambition, and to them we commend a consultation of the paper in question as means of ascertainipg the terms a compliance with which will enab le them to do SO.
 The Farallon arrived up this morn- ing bringing ten tons of prepared plaster for the Hotel Stedman annex. She will make tramp voyage to all the principal points on Prince of Wales island, going from here first to Hadley, for which place she has a consignment of mining machinery, thence to the west coast, bringing up finally at Skagway where she will discharge about 300 tons of hydraulic pipe and dredging machinery consign- ed to one of the big mining corpora tions at Dawson.
 FROM MONDAYS DAILY
 George Ohashi, and five other Japs were arrested last Friday charged with illegal fishing in Ketchika n creek. It appears that they had stretched net or seine across the creek at point above the mouth at low tide. and had driven the fish from above into the net when. seeing that they were discovered by deputy mar shal Campbell, they removed the net and let the fish go. They were given an examination before Commissioner Stackpole this forenoon, who held them to the grand jury in bonds of s100 each.
 The exhaust pipe on the Alert broke Saturday night just as she reached the dock, but the Northern Machine Works fixed her up again in short order.
 A faulty net lost eight or ten thousand fish this morning at the mouth of the creek for the ketchikan cannery.
 Died in Idaho.-A letter received in town this morning brought intelli- gence of the death of George Wheel CT, former resident of Ketchikan, and still the owner of property here, which occurred at Mullan, Idaho, on the 18th inst. It appears that the de- ceased had been i'll for about two weeks with appendicitis. for which he had been operated upon and was getting we'll, when he was taken with fit of violent hiccoughing, which had the effect of reopening the wounds made by the surgeon, and thus causing his death. He was a member of Ketchikan Aerie No. 162, 1 Fraternal order of Eages, and was buried under the auspices of the l Mullan aerie.
 Mir. and Mrs. Willis Murphy, L. 1 H. Rudnick wife and family and Mrs. Geo Sickles left on the Onward yesterday for Unuk river where they will spend the coming week. i Emil Larson, manager of the Boca 1 de Quadra cannery, was ketchikan visitor yesterday, returning home this morning.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deppe return ed from Loring last night, where 1 they had been rusticating at the hatchery for the past couple of weeks. Charley's arms ache as the result of showing how long that big fish was that got away.
 r. J. German, manager of the Kasaan Bay Cannery, who had been ] in town for a day or two left for home on the Companion this morning. He reports the labor touble at his place over.
 John Mclaughlin and family moved l back to Ketchikan from Hadley Sat urday, and will take up permanent residence here.
 A bunch of red-top grass sent into this office by Mrs. A. F. King, from her place at Sunny Point, Prince of Wales island. would make the aver age bovine taught a bale of the best imported hay to scorn. The stalks measure just six feet and ten inches in length, and look as if they might be made into salad fit for man or beast
 The arrival here of new and strange craft-principally gasolene l l.,,-ntoe 1f tbo lon,,op ie, T I,-