The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-19
O THE LOCAL FIELD
(From Saturdays Dailyl

ed on the Deach ID CioVer faSSage.
 The building at the foot of Front street is being fitted up for resi- dence.
 Manuel Diaz and family will leave tonight for Seattle. MT. Diaz expects to make a trip to old Mexico, his old home, before returning here.
 With the ball to be given by the | Re,lmen on Christmas Eve and one to be given by the Eagles on New Years Eve, the social set are antici pating good ii ne.
 John N. Lhote came in from Sea- level last night where he has been engaged in doing the annual assess ment work on properties located by him in that vicinity.
 The Sunday school of the Method ist church will hold their Christmas ex- ercises at the church on Christmas Eve, Thursday. Dec. 2i, at ! 80 p. m. The school will give "The Redemp- tion" by Prof. Charles Gabriel and there will be an old-time Christmas tree and a good time.
 J. s. Beasley will leave on the Jeanie on her down trip tonight for his old home at Olympia, Washing ton. This is Mr. Beasley's first trip out since coming to Alaska, but he believes in the country and will be back in the spring to hell make what we all believe to be the richest country in the world.
 The Knights of King Arthur, the boys club of the Methodist school, will entertain the Sunday school and their friends on Tuesday evening. Dec. g. with an original Christma, Pantonline entitled "Peter Thanon- mans Trip Round the World,' which promises to be one of the jolliest events of the holidays. Al. Burhine will leave on the Jeanie for visit to his old home in Kansas. Mr. Buhring is pioneer of this part of Alaska, and has not been out of Alaska for number of years. but arrangements have been made by his friends here for his safety when he gets to the States. Fremont King, manager of the Tongass Trading con- pany who will be passenger on the Humboldt has agreed to look after him in Seattle and, if necessary, will | hlindfold him and "back" him on the first street car.
 The Farallon IS expected in tomor- row. She carries explosives this trip and will consequently have no passen- gers or mail.
 The Vigilant came in last night about II o'clock from the west coast of Prince of Wales island, and is now tied up indefinitely.
 (From Mondays Daily)
 The Humboldt is due to arrive from the north about 3 a. m. tomorrow morning.
 The dining room and restaurant in the Cornell hotel was thrown open to patrons yesterday evening. A very amusing time was had at the skating rink last Saturday evening, some of the skaters participating in what appears to he game called "folIow the leader," Mir. Crane, of the signal service, being at the front of the procession.
 A. Rupger aud wife will leave in the morning on the Hu nboldt for a few weeks visit to friends on the Sound.
 A shipment of two hundred halihut ,xes was made by the netcihkan Power Co.,. to Hoonah, Alaska, on the t'arailon this morning.
 The first real snow storm of the season tL visit this section is raging today and the elements seem to be do- ing lhe wo,k with old time energy and expedition.
 b. Witt Swasert received by the t'arallon d new donkey engine to be used in nis logging operations. The machine vas uuioaued from the Far allOn unto a rat built to receive it.. Newt. Casperson left for Seattle thls morning that he might spend the holidays W ith his wife who is spenu- ing the wintet ID that city. Newt. t X pects to return in about two wet ks.
 The Humboldt will carry quite a large consignment of mail from here on her dUwn trip tomorrow, being mostly packages supposed to contain Christmas r,sunts for friends way back holne.o
 k. J. Williams, after chewing up all the discarded rubber rings etc, used by his children during their teething period, has now begun on a sectiun of garden hose. He is cutting wisdom tooth.
 l Wm. Powers and C. M. Brice came in on the Taku from McLeaus Arm yesterday. They have been engaged for some months in doing the annual