The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-29


 sixty and seventy men are employed It the mine at the present time, ant that there are no indications of clos, down being at all imminent.
 At the Stedman today are Chas. P Mercer, Guard Island; J. Kinkella Seattle.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. C. Strong arrived home from a three weeks scjourp ir Seattle, on the Princess Beatrice lasl night.
 The Princess Beatrice arrived LII last night about o'clock, lringing | few passengers for Ketchikan and ar unusually large mail.
 H. Bergman and R. Lindenherger. the mild cure salmon packers, both we'll known here, were passengers or the Jeff erson last night for Douglas.
 The Uncle Dan brought in ahou, 5000 pounds of halibut last night, all of which are now cn their way tC Seattle as part of the Alaskan cargo.
 Mrs. W. A. Barnhill, wife of the Assistant U. s. District Attorney at Juneau. and formerly a resident oI Ketchikar, is passenger to her home ID the Jefferson today.
 Registered at the Cornell today are Fred Gervais, Seattle: NJ. K. Russell, Kansas City: W. Poulseu, N. Walker. ?. Norman, William Rieck and T. \. Omli, Prince Rupert, B. C.
 The Woman's Guild of S. John's .hurch will meet tomorrow afternoon It the rectory at 2;30. Every woman | interested in the work of the mission is cordially asked to he present. as new and important work is to be un. dertaken.
 The native fishermen are indepen- dent if nothing more. and seemingly SO to their own disadvantage. They are cutting up and using for halhut bait spring salmon for which they are ,tfered two cents per pound, or from fifty to seventy-tive cents each. This. l though it is asserted that in some in- stances they have been offered by dealers herring for bait free of charge.
 The Alaskan came in about clock his morning from Petersburg, with 10 cargo other than few empty gas 0lene drums. She failed to find any halihut awaiting shipment. the vessels engaged in that business having near iy all pulled out and sailed for their home rorts, impeled to that action -hy the low nrices for halihut which have been obtained in the Seattle market. Adding little to her cargo { here. the Alaskan sailed again for Seattle about noon today.
 Those interested in the effort to se- cure an adequate organ for s. John $ church will be pleased al the announce tnent that about sl00 % has been ad- ded to the fund in the last day or two, $500 of which came from Eastern friends, through Rev. Thomas Jen- zins. A general canvass for subscrip- tions has not been and will not be made. but the mission will be most grateful for any voluntary subscrip- 'ion, large or small. An additional 500. %, if secured within few days, will make certain the installation of the instrument for Easter.
 Walter Eubanks and Sam Gist will 20 over to Cholmondeley sound tomor- row on the Alert to make another search for the body of Louis c. Eng fish, who is supposed to have been drowned last Friday. There seems to be no doubt now that English was drowned and, though there is rot much likelihood of finding the body, these en are undertaking the search in order to lessen the uncertainty that exists in Mrs. English mind. Alter making the search, Eubanks will go to his camp which is located not far from where English disappeared. Logging will be resumed there in hard earnest. with view to bringing in another boom even larger than the one brought few days ago.
 The Miner was slightly in error yes ,erday in it's reference to a new re-saw being installed at the Ketchikan Pow ] 1T company's mill. It should have mad it that such saw was heinz re- moved from it's old location and in- stalled in new building in order to make more room and thus increase the facilities of the box factory to the extent stated.
 James McLennan, who was one among the passengers arriving in Ketchikan on the Jefferson, will take charge of the blaming department of the Ketchikan Power coInpany's steam saw mill, in which branch of the bus mess he has had years of practical experience. He will be followed by his family shortly and with them will make his home here.
 The young mems glee club climbed the steep ascent to the home of MT. l I q