The Ketchikan miner., 1907-03-30
KETCHIKAN
What Her busy Citizens are doing Local Happenings of Va.
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 zens of the town at almost the las moment prescribed by ordinance fo the filing of nominations with tn clerk of the town in order to entitl them to place on the official ballot have awakened to the fact that municipal election for the selectio of members of the common counci and treasurer of the school board i to be held on Tuesday next, April So far as The Miner is informed however, but one move has beel made towards placing ticket in tn field, and that was in the shape o a fairly well attended caucus hel, last evening in new town, of whicl F. k. Butler was chairman, and D G. Newell secretary. The caucus wa harmonious throughout and placed in nomination the following ticket For members of the common council Forest J. Hunt Albert Kreidler Jacob Pittenger, Joseph E. Lathrop A. A. Cornell, Thomas Torrey and Charles Deppe. For treasure d school board-J. J. Daily. It will b| observed that four of the nominee| are members of the present counci and that the other three are goo men who will be likely to rende good, effective and honest service, elected. It is possible, though nc probable, that another ticket may | placed in the field, since this is tn last day which names can be certifie to the clerk as prerequisite to bein placed on the official ballot The Humboldt came in this morn ing from the south, but brought mail. It is little less than an ou rage on long suffering people th; the postal authorities do not provid for having the mails carried on ever one of the fast ships plying betwee Seattle and Alaskan ports. A ma by all the fast steamers would not | equivalent to tri-weekly service whereas there are few towns in tfl states, especially on the railway line that are not supplied with dai service. It would almost seem as there should be somebody connectd with the F. o. D. on the coast WI either has the authority to remed the wrong, or else whose duty terms sufficiently plain and strong to induce those in higher authority to right it without delay. Of course, the steamship companies cannot be expected to give the additional ser- vice without compensation. and petitions to the powers that be must necessarily be slow in the accopmlish- ment of desired results, if indeed they be not altogether ignored.
 D. Smith Harris, secretary of the Ketchikan Brick and Tile company, incorporated, whose property is at Vallenar bay, northwest side of Gravina island, will start out in day or two to collect an installment on subscriptions to the capital stock of the company. This is with a view tC making preliminary arrangements l for the commencement of active work at an early day. The company is the owner of clay beds, which, though l believed to be more valuable for other purposes, will make splendid quality of building brick, and it is the purpose of the management te burn several kilns the coming season for the purpose of supplying the home demand.
 CONDENSED INFORMATION.
 There are 2,750 languages.
 America was discovered in l492.
 A square mile contains 640 acres.
 Envelopes were first used in 1S39.
 The telescope was invented in 1890
 A barrel of rice weighs GOO pounds
 A barrel of flour weighs l96 pounds
 A barrel of pork weighs POO pounds
 A firkin of butter weighs 56 pounds
 The first steel pen was made in lS3O
 A span is ten and seven-eight' inches.
 A hand (horse measure) is foul inches.
 Watches were first made in 1416.
 A storm moves thirty-siX miles pe1 hour.
 A hurricane moves eighty mile an hour.
 The first iron steamship was bull in 1S3O.
 The first lucifer match was mad in 1929.
 Gold was discovered in Californi; in 1s4S.
 The first horse railroad was built il 1S26-1S27.
 Coaches were first used in Englan in 1869.
 Modern needles first came into us in 1545.
 The value of ton of pure gold s6O2, 799.2l.
 One million dollars, gold coin weighs 3, 6S5.8 pounds averdupois. Kerosene was first used for light ing purposes in 1926.