The Ketchikan miner., 1908-07-04

l ne Is, everyone makes an awful noise in celebrating his birthday. I guess he must be deaf. and they are doing their hest for him. Last Fourth of July's hirthday saw a lot of men out on the tide flats. One fellow had a round thing in his hand. First he rubbed it iu the dirt. then he whirled his arm around about twenty-five or eleven times and after looking at everyone for miles around, he go, mad at something and threw it at a fellow who had a wire basket on his face and a mattress on his stomach. This fellow caught the thing in pill low he had tied in his hand, though fellow with a big stick that was not marked 1T. R." tried to stou it A fellow out in the field bawled out one strike. l expected to see every one lay down their tools and quit work but no one did, They told me that they called the game base ball. It must be on account of the fellow out ln the field for he had the basest bawl that I ever heard, even worse than codfish ball. But I could not find out about July the Fourth. Perhaps the answer is the same as "Why is a hen:' If you don't know, will you please write to July the Fifth or Sixth or whichever one is alive. I am aw- fully simple, but if I don't find ou soon l will be simply awful.
 Yours with a struggle,
 SIMPLE SIMON.
 tFrom Saturdays Daily)
 The Beatrice is due from .the North about nine o'clock tonight.
 The Taku left early this afternoon with s. I. Silverman and party for Hadley.
 The Hyak is in from the Yes Bay cannery with Manager c. A. Burk hart.
 The City of Seattle is due from the South tomorrow with big load of ex- cursionists.
 Dick Dolan returned yesterday rom a six months prospecting and hunting expedition around Mink Bay.
 Frank Shearer and Dick Dolan will leave here Monday on the Skipper for Smeaton Bay on timber cruising expedition, expecting to return here before the Fourth
 At the Cornell today are George Redmon, Niblack; P. J. Hickey. Se- attle; John Wick, Hadey and John A. Carlson of the Guard Island Light House.
 Alaska's friend in Congress, ,-To William Sulzer, will be welcotn e visitor to Ketchikan the coming month, coming here from the Denver Convention. He will be accompanied by MT. Sulzer. and will go from here to Snlzer on visit to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Sul7er.
 The launch Ruth arrived in from Hunters Bay cannery this morning with manager August Buschman, to meet Mir. Buschman's family who arrived on the Dolphin ias. night. They will spend the summer at Hunt es's Bay, departing for that place this morning.
 
 1 The Dolphin arrived from the south it J .3O last evening. having made d ! tide trip to Metiakahtla. She brought ! III, passengers of which Ketchikan got her full share, total of twenty i've stopping here, as follows: G. A :. .VaisSinski. Miss N. Green, B. Col l iinson. Gloria CoIiinson, Mrs. r. Buscbman, Miss +. Buschman, Miss M. Larsen. Mrs. J. A. Davidson, [ Irs. Mary Grant. 5. Slverman, Hans Anderson, John Wick, J. McGratb, 7. J. Hickey and ten second class. J. ]. Daly and J. ". Lathrop left for the north.
 The hose races which are being held every night are worth seeing. One feam last night completed the run from llie Customs House to the Ton gass warehouse. coupled the hose to tbe hy0rant and had water playing rom the top oi the ladders on the building in 5 seconds. Too bad that the Sksg.ay teams are out of reach. ]. ]. Dals left last night on the Dolphin for ibe north, going 10 Ju- neau on company business.
 The Jefferson sails from Seattle Monday aorning at eleven o'clock or sreciaI excursion trip.
 Tine Santa Ana called in port thi, morning bound for fhe Tyee Wbal. ng station at Murder Cove, taking of here fifteen thousand feet Of lumbei from tie local mill.
 r. J. ickey, ninirg engineer sbo l. already well known in the dis trici. vas among the arrivals on tbs . Dolphin last night and will leave in [ day or two to exatniue | ming prop i. crty on Prince Of Wales Island. The sunniest sun of Erin js reflected