The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-26
6ITHE LOCAL FIELD
(From Saturdays Dailyl

The Thimhle club met with Mrs. Frank Bold yesterday afternoon.
 The meat markets in the city have a good supply oi deer meat on hand.
 At the Connell are Alfred A Thomas, Misses RowanS. and R. A. Kniffen oi i Seattle, new arrivals. City Engineer L. D. Ryus began the survey for the extension of Mission street this mcrning.
 Tho St Anthcny returned yesterday from a four days hunting trip. Mr, Gallitiue rero,tS that the party enjoy ed the hunt ard killed twelve deer.
 At the Ho,e Royal are the follow, ing new arrivals: H. Horsman. Geo. Redmund, Capt. Carlson, I. Sperstad, J. Siamin and Grant Costin from Had ley.
 Judge Royal A. Gunnison is taking his vacation on q hunting trip ir British Columbia. He will be home eaily in oetober to open court,
 Yesterdays arrivals at the Stedman are H. Webster, Sulzer: O. P. Brown, Petersburg; J. W. Hurne, Chignick and Patrick Heaney, Seal Bay.
 WA Bryant and wife and their two children, Arthur and Missy, will sail for the south on the Princess Beatrice tomorrow night. They will go tu southern California where Mrs. Bry- ant and the children will make an ex- tended visit.
 The government boat Armeria came in from Dutch Harbor last evening. bound for Seattle. The lighthouse tender is on her semi-annual tour oi the lighthouses and buoys with sur- plies and is inspecting the Idaho Rock Light today which is reported to be giving poor service. New lamps will | be installed at Idaho Rock.
 The Equator, a boat belonging 10 the Northwestern Fishery Company. went on the rocks at Charcoal Point last night about seven o'clock. She was coming down from Chignik Bay can nery on the southery side of Alaska Peninsula, bound for Seattle when the accident occurred on the reef just above ketchikkan toward which she was heading. It was thought early this morning that the stranded ves- sel would come of with the tide by uine o'clock but the tide was not high enough to float her. The government boat Gedney has been over at the scene of the accident all mornin z try ing 70 pull her off. The tide tonight IS expected to raise the unfortunate boat high enough to float her of. It is not known how much the Equator is damaged.
 tFrom Mondays Daily L.B.Jackson is here representing a dry goods firm of Seattle.
 The Cottage City is due from the north tomorrow.
 Two fine little fox terrier puppies were passengers on the Teddy this morning for Peter Hart of SuIzer.
 Mr. V L. Mitchell left for the north yesterday on the Humboldt.
 The Princess Beatrice is due south bound some time tonight.
 C. ". Young of Juneau passed north on tue Humboldt.
 Phil Hickey and Harry Brice arriv- ed from their west coast trip thi morning on the launch Solace.
 Dr. Myers is excavating under bis house and expects to install heating plant.
 Harvey Stabckpole returned yester- day to Eugene, Oregon, to resume his studies at the college there.
 J. J. Durkin has just returned from business trip to New York;. He is stay Ill dE liIc tUlIuCil.
 The Teddy left this morning on her regular run to Metakahtla, Niblack and Chomley.
 William H. Gilmore is down at the Peterson Mineral Springs at George Inlet for q couple of weeks.
 The Onward vent to Hadlely this morning with more men and provis- ions for the mines.
 B. A Baldane, the merchant of Met lakahtia was In town for few days on business and returned home this morning on the Teddy. Frank Story, the young son of Dr. Henry C. Story who has been with his father for some months past, returned alone on the Jefferson to meet his mother in Seattle.
 The Equator came of the rocks of Charcoal Point last Saturday night. Except for little scraping of her keel. she was not very much damaged and resumed her trip yesterday morn- ing.
 John Koel is constructing a new l building on his property on Miss on street, and for two weeks past Ole i Hamre has been hlasfinO mt for the