The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-11

The Ryus Drug Company is fgur- ing on the establishment of branch store at Petersburg Mir. ]. F. Ryus recently looked over the ground up there. and is so we'll pleased with the outlook that he has determined to make the venture, provided he is able to secure the building site he desires. matter concerning which he expects to be advised at an early day.
 How About Baseball The Ketchi- kan athletic club is having hard time this year lining up a baseball team. and It begins to look as though the boys didn't have spnnk enough to get out to practice. An excursion to Metlakahtla is talked of for 1 Memorial Day. May 20, for the pur- pose of raising funds to buy uniforms for the team. It's about time some- body woke up though if We are to have chance to holler this year.
 "Pat" says salt pork is the best bait for salt water bass-but whether he speaks by the card is an open question.
 The little twenty months old boy of John Bora. an employe of Berg mans milG-cure salmon packing establishment. fell off bench at the home of its parents. on Main street. ] last night. and sustained fracture of the leg about half way between the knee and thigh joints. The child is doing well under the care of Dr. Myers
 FROM MONDAYS DAILY
 The big ship Haldis cleared from this port Saturday with 2.5S9 tons of Mt. Andrew ore. On her next up trip she will go to Sulzer for cargo of Jumbo ore, which is now awaiting her.
 The barge Potter is now at Niblack taking on cargo of ore from the mine at that place
 The vigilant went to Maple bay this morning, towing the barge Japan. for a cargo of ore from the Brown-Alaska mines for the Hadley shelter.
 The Hadley shelter now has sufi- cient coal and coke to keep the fires stedily burning. and with an additional cargo on the way is in no immediate danger of stoppage on account of lack of fuel.
 Likes Them. Knight & Morrow, the boat builders. have taken the job of making six adjustable booms 10. the owners of the big ship Haldis. The one mentioned as having been made by the same firm for use on the Union wharf pleased the master of the big ship so much that when here he made the order for half dozen like it-though what he is going to do with so many is not clear-prob- ably going to distribute them at the different Alaska ports where his and her sister ship are likely to have cargoes of heavy freight to discharge
 The Meta brought in over a thous- and salmon last evening, from the fishing grounds in Bhem canal. and it wasn't very good day for that kind of fish either.
 The new floor at the skating rink is proving itself winner both with the public at large and the proprie tors Last night blg crowd was out and everybody apparently had a good time.
 Peter Gilmore's thirst allaying establishment. the Emerald is look ing very slick and fine after the spring house cleaning and painting it has undergone. It has been paint ed inside and out, and now there's nothing better in town.
 Dock street is somewhat torn up to- day. Contractor Patterson and his crew are preparing to lay the new salt water main there. The pump is in position at the mill, and the pipe laid 10 the street line. From the mill to Heckman's corner, the main will be laid on the beach the rest of the way it will be raised to almost the level of the street and buried just deep enough to prevent its being burned in case of fire.
 What so sure as day in June?" asked the poet. Well these May day. have been about as good as any one could wish. There was mackerel sky last night and perhaps this be- tokens rain. which would not be bad thing at all, if it comes without much wind.
 The race at the roller rink yester- day. between prominent merchant and an equally prominent mine man. ager, was deserving of more than mere mention in these columns, but cannot be adequately portrayed with out the aid of a moving picture apparatus.
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