The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-22
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 The Cottage City may oe expected
 10 arrive from the south at \ yer, early hour tomorrow morning. John A. Carlson. keeper ot the light
 on Guard island. srd F. F. Anderson, of the Yes hsy hatchery, are at the Connell.
 ]. F. Warner and F. w William son. examiners of surveys connected
 with the General Land oi.ce, Wash ] iugton, D. C. are registered st the Steiman.
 1 K. L. Colby. inspector nf customs, who made the round trip Id the north ern ports on the Dirigo, arrived back this morning on the same ship and is again on duty St the customs house. His trip was made in the line of his official duties.
 The Jstfersln arrived up about o'clock this morning. bringing about Is0 tons of freight and the following persons for kstehikan: W. Soml ers- CT. B. W. Oldham. C. Christopher. Fred A. Safforti. Fred Christopher, I s. Churchill and NJ. ]. Lynch. Here" said the freight clerk look ! ing over the hooks on which WAS sus- pended the meat carcasSes discharged from the Jefferson this morning. lis Wrangell hog Take him away" was the response, 'se don't want any Wrangell hogs in ketchikan.. The Uncle Dan came in this morn- in2 with about ',5o pounds of hali- but. which were taken in the neigh borhcod Of the kasaan canuery and in Vallenar bay. as the north end of Gra- vina island. They were delivered to Hunt-Lathrop Co. II now looks as if our local 6shvrmeu need not go far abroad so find the material .pou hich to base large and lucrative halibut trade St this place. The steamer Dirigo arrived down from the north this morning. with B cargo of lS0 tons of marble from the Cslder ouarrisS. and small lot of E hale bone from the whaling station at Murder cove-the latter values at two dollars per pound Alter taking on large part of the coal she left here on her up trip she proceeded to the cannery to take on }, 5o0 cases of salmon. She also took l5 boxes of halibuE from Hunt-Lathrop Co.
 Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. King, who have been visiting here sll too short 10 bs entirely pleasing 10 their many iriends-sailed for their home at Ha;nes on the Jefferson this morning They can't come any too often nor vet stay too long to make their visits here entirely satisfactory 10 those- and their name Is Legion-of our peo- pie who have the pleasure of tLeir acquaintance.
 The steamship masters are not the least chary in their complaints of the insuffciency and unrel:ability of the beacon lights iu southeastern Alaska waters and in claiming that they should be discarded in favor of those in rogue in Canadian waters. These latter are acetylene gas burners, N hich give 2 steady aud cOns,an. light, and do no. require attention oitener than once in six months. and are therefore always to be relied upon. They are I Canadian patent which fact has been given as reason why they have not been adopted by our owu govern nent for the lighting of Alaskan waters. The Miner is informed that these lights can be installed at less cost than those now in use, and after 8ards maintained at considerable less expense. while they are much better and far more reliable. The Miner is also informed that the excuse given for not adopting them is neither true nor valid one. at least one of sne shipnasters in these waters being in receipt Of letter from the Cana dian authorities declaring that they are not only not opposed to their use by our lighthouse board. but would be pleased to have them installed in Fall Alaskan waters, and more especially in those bordering on the dominion of Canada. This last ascertained to be fact, there can he no good reason given why our government should de- lay in taking advantage of the oppor- eunity to make a change that will add so materially to the safety of the .nagi- gation of these inland passages.
 From Saturdays Daily
 Fred Hickman of Hadley, and ". r. Newton. ot DaIl head, are register ed al the StedmsD.
 Chas. E. Ingersoil, formerly resi- dent of this placce, now of Valdez, arrived up on the Cottage City last night. and is registered at the Con- neil.
 Mir. and Mrs. ". H. Babbitt. of AZGsa, California, are guests at the ConelI, and it is hinted that they will make Ketchikan their permanent home.