The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-22

raft of logs. She expects to leav
 sAess parts again some time today io
 Chomles sound. It keeps the Vigi,an
 busy trying to satisfy the voraciou
 appetite of the mill for logs.
 ketchikan residents were glad [,
 hear again last night the familial heavy whistle of the Cottage City after her long absence. and also ths equally familiar ''deep sea-going voice of her old time master, Cap.
 Jensen, directug the landing. from her bridge. The officers of the shit deeclare that the present trip is the fastest made by any vessel on this route in several years. notwithstanding T delay of two hours at Seymour nar- rows.
 The Cottage City arrived up last night, having made the run from i Seattle in iorty-seyen hours snd thirt. minutes, including delay of two hours st Seymour narrows. She makes her rs-appearsnce in spick and span condition. having been thoroughly overhauled repaired and renovated ili every department while resting from ! her encounters with wind and wave. She is indeed now to all appearances as good as when new. and for comfort and cleanliness throughout is not ex- ceiled by any ship plying these waters. ] Sine brought about o0 tens of freight l fer ketchikau, but only three or four passengers.
 Dr. My,r received q cahlegram tl.is morning from uadley. asking him to go to Kasaau oa the Alert to see a sick person, but the message wsS received too late. the Alert hay ing sailed au hour before it's receipt The cabiegram WAS from W. Burnard. the name of the person for whom the doctors services Mas wanted. hut while the latter was enGeavoring to secure lauach iu which to make the trip, he received second dispatch telling him that the person had died. ] pr. Myers has gathered the impress sion from what he has been told by some natives from Kasaan, 10 the effect that Hoy Burnard, son oi Win. Burnard. was the only person iE kasaan known to be ill. must have been the one for whom his servlces were wanted,
 steerage passenger from the Cot tage City took an involuntary bath ii. the cold water uf the narrows, while attempting 10 10 land himself on the wharf before the ship had succeeded in making fast her lines, by falling overheard. He was fshed out without much difficulty. and went his wa. leaving a few hot words behind him. but without leaving his name.
 Mrs. P. T. Rowe, wife of the Bishop of Alaska. and her niece. Miss Dora Rowe. were passengers on the Cottage City last night. bound for their home in Sitka. The Bishop. when last heard from, was at Fairbanks and is now visiting the more remote and iso- lated mission stations in the interior. travelling by dog sled.
 The firemen's ball at Red Mems hail last night drew out a large ar- tendance and proved a most enjoyable affair. The receipts netted the relief fund to the extent Of about fifty dol lars, for which the fire laddies asks that The Miner return their sincere thanks to all those who favored them with their presence.
 From Mondays Daily
 The Vigilant returned yesterday evening al six o'clock from a hunt after logs on the West Coast. She came back as the average hunter does empty handed-but through no fault of hers nor of the weather. The logs just did not happen to be in mood to be moved.
 The Bonita arrived in this morning from the fishing grounds at Duke is- land with all the haIibut she could carry. which are being boxed at the Ketchikan wharf. with the intention of having them ready for shipment on the Jefferson. which is due to arrive from the north tounorroT
 The Woman's National Daily of the 18th inst. is displaying very good likeness of Congressman Suizer. Some brief comments on his life accompany the picture. The comments were we'll placed. with the exception that they omitted to say anything about his loyalty to Alaska and her inter- ests. Congressman Sulzer is one oi Alaska's big brothers.
 The court house is laying on a little style. For some time the hole on the east side Of the building has been slowly filling up with the aid of some of the boarders. The court house lot is noa level, and brand new walk has been laid corresponding to the one on the opposite side that leads to the marshalis residence. 4 neat picket fence will surround the newly oraded r,lot rnakinv hoth sidez of tho