The Ketchikan miner., 1908-05-23
(From Mondays Daily)

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 (From Mondays paily)
 The Northlard sailed fer Seattle last night with full cargo, consist ing mostly of gypsum, and took several passengers. among them Mrs. H. C.. Bradford who has spent some weeks here.
 Capt G. F. Pllshury of the Alaska Road Commission, who arrived from Skagway Saturday night, left on the Carita this morning for Sunny Point and the portage. He will inspect the portage road with view to making some needed repairs and will at once proceed to lay out and build a good trail from the Western end of the DOT tage to Sulzer. Several men will leave on the Ella Rohltfs tonight for Sulzer to start this work. 1t is also planned to build a trail from the East ern end of the portage in the direc- tion of Sunny Point to enable travel CTS to reach the portage road more easily wheG the Arm is frozen. The trail will ultimately be put through to Sunny Point though it is not definite ly promised for this season.
 The Ella Rohllis is in port and will leave at eight o'clock tonight for Sul- ger. Weather permitting, she will return in time to take the mail run Wednesday, and is expected in any event to start on the Doloni run Thursday.
 A meeting of the Ways and Means and Reception committees appointed at the recent citizens meeting is call ed for Tuesday afternoon at two thirty in the office of the A laska Steamship Co. The attendance of every member is desired. II. $. Key holds, General Chairman.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jack" Pugh and daughter. accompanied by their moth re Mrs. C. c. Pugh, arrived from Ska9way on the Jefferson and will leave at opce for Sulzer where Mr. Pugh will he in charge of the customs office. Stlzer having been made port of entry. He was fer some years in the custom service here and, with his wife, was warmly received Saturday night hy their Lost of local friends.
 J. NJ. Davidson returned yesterday from the Go0d,o property in karta Bay and will leave for Seattle on an early hoat. He brings most satisfa(- tory news of that prospect, declaring that in all his wide experimentation pract icalIy covers all Alaska-he has prospect withan equal amount of de- velLpment. The vein in the tunnel shows 27 feet of solid ore of unusually high average, some of it being very ri1h. The owners have definitely de- cided to slnk not less than hundred feet in the tunnel, following the vein, and drifting and cross-cuttirg. Mir. Davidson surveyed the way for the tram. which it is fOurd can be put in with very little difficulty, DO serious natural obstacles being found The tram will be about two and a guar ter miles long, The great value of this property has been generally known for some time, but the confirmation of the general supposition. by an en- gineer Of Mr. Davidson's standing, is very good to hear.
 The Ella Rohllfs left last evening for the West Coast with about twenty passengers. mostly for Sulzer. Among them were MT. and Mrs J. F. Pugh and daughter, Mrs. c. c. Pugh, Geo. V. Bland and a number of men who will be employed in the construction of the trail connecting Suizer and the Portage road.
 Fish receipts continue small. Many of the fishermen have left Caamano for Point Higgins and other places where fish are reported as more pen- tiful. The Greet brought in about 50 last night, some of them being the largest seen this season.
 MT. H. c. Strong and J. c. Barber left early this morning on the Solace for the It property in Kasaan Bay.
 The freighter Wellington arrived in from the South and anchored in. the channel at noon today.
 The Miner is today informed on ex- cellent authority, in fact over the sig nature of Geo. H. Parker, fiscal agent for the Pacific Coast, that the United Wireless Cnmnany will haua man in