The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-01-25

Thorgrin CsSperson. of the Yes ba, salmon hatchery, is in town for !, brief sojoura.
 Steve Kallaceny. living in newtown was made the happy father of ho'inc ing baby girl yesterday morning.
 Capt wyman. of Copper City, where he is engaged in mining opera tions. Is in town. gues, of the Sted man.
 Mrs ". (. Freehurn. wife of ths genial manager of the Mt Andrew mines, arrived up from Seattle Mon. day evening.
 Still the work of erecting new buildings for residence purposes goes on. with indications of an aceelerated pace ''when the spring comes again, gentle Annie. =
 Bruce Thornton. of the Alaska Packers Association. and private sec. retary to J. R Heckman, arrived ur on the Jefferson from visit to his home in San Francisco.
 Fremont King. manager for the Tongass Trading Co. went 10 Seattle on the last down trip of the steamer Dolphin. for fortnight's business soiourn in that wicked place.
 
 Walter Sully is getting material on the ground for a three-room cottage, which he will erect in the rear of his carpenter shop. and which is designed for the accommodation of his em- ployes.
 I. R. Hickman k Co. are erecting and have enclosed s one-story leNa building on Main street, in the rear of their salesrooms, which will be occupied by them as an undertaking parlor.
 The [. s. revenue cutter. lately returned to Sitka from cruise to the relief of some twenty or thirty men and women on Yakataga beach, to whom she gave the necessary succor, called at this port yesterday morning on her way to Seattle.
 Capt. James. of Hollis, where, he has some prospectively valuable gold claims. is in town. He reports little doing in that section. though the talk ing of samples from the Orackerjack indicates thst something may be brewing in that direction.
 The halibut fishers are beginning to bring in that kind of raw material in goodly quantities, 10 the cold storage plants. of which we have three in Ketchikan. The first run of king sal mon is expected to begin soon. and the fishermen are making arrange men,s accordingly.
 Dr. Zuber, Dentist, Frye-Brnhn big.
 Chris Hoover is having the plans prepared for two story building 25x 100 feet which he purposes to erect on his Front street lot in the early suring. The lower story will be made suitable for mercantile purposes, in a manner and style to meet the desires of one or more tenants.
 The proprietors of the Budweiser place of amusement have put in new electric cash register at cost of s52o. This register is complete counting house in itself-registers all sales. together with the name and price of the article sold. cash received. com missions on sales-in fact does away completely with any necessity for other or further keeping of accounts. It is the first register of the kind ever introduced here. or so far as we know, into any part of Alaska.
 Wanted. d.-Work of any kind by a middle aged. capable woman. Apply al Coles candy store
 Wolves are seemingly growing more and more plentiful. and the number of deer may naturally be expected to diminish accordingly. At Dolomi the other day. no less than eighteen were killed out of pack of thirty-two, by a party of hunters, who baited them with the carcass of deer. by which means the ravenous animals were lured to an open piece of ground. where they could be shot from a con- venient and safe distance. The pelts made good days work for the hunt CTS.