The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-21

loSU or iumoSf consigned to pSrtle:
 near Juneau. The round trip will oc.
 erpy about four days.
 Father Sweare left on the Cottage City Thursday for wrangell and Jun eau where he will visit for short sime.
 Rev. Thos. Jenkins, formerly of s. Johns Mission, has taken temporary charge of q large church in Columbus, Ohio.
 Advices from Seattle state that the City of Seattle will sail northhound from that port on the alst. arriving here on the morning Q; the aith, The Alert left ou, at au early hour this morning for kasaan. towing s scow. Some machinery from saw mill formerly located there will he loaded on the scow and brought 10 ketchikan for use at the local miil.
 The interior of Red Mems hall is being finished, the work heing done under the supervision ef Thomas l Torvy. A number u; members of the organization have volunteered their services and are doing the work them selves.
 The repairs to the caanery dock i have been completed. New pilng has been placed under portion of the dock. giving II sufficient strength to withstand the weight of the coal which will be used during the opera tionS this summer.
 ] N. F. Zimmerman received tele- gram yesterday from I. T. Jones, l formerly manager of the Cymru Cop per company of North Arm. Prince of Wales Island. from which it is infer red that active operations at that point will be resumed at an early date. Several shipments of high grade ore have been made from the property, substantial huukers built and a small railway constructed, everything DON being in shape for economical and rapid mining and ere handling. It is to be hoped that the above inference may be correct. and that this is but the first sign of the general spring awakening of the mining industry.
 The civil action brought in the commissioner court Thursday by R. s. Morse. for himself and Wm. Eng lard. against George Roe of Bel Island Hot Springs, was terminated last night The suit sas brought for a balance of sl55 OO claimed to be due , for wages for constructing the tram way at the hot springs for which the defendant alledged he had already ogerpaid. Alter having enough facts ard figures to settle a million dollat action the jury returned verdict fol plaintiffs fur s.4 93
 The genial pr. Myers had a birth day all day Thursday and in the even- ing number of friends were invited 10 celebrate the event. The affair was iD the nature of a picnic dinner. Each guest brought something good 10 eat. The rable was spread in the sbape Of IT, extending through two rooms. The goodies were spread upon the tahle ard the celebratots sat down merry feast. Music added 70 further the pleasure of the evening. Mrs. Myers and Miss Young. and the Rev. Chapman rendered vocal solos the Misses Howard ard Redoing play ed piano selections beth together and each alone: Mir. Jas. Mllar gave twelve piano solos. The number of guests taxed tbe capacity of the hos pitable Myers home. Messrs. and Mesdames Bryant. Daly. Chapman Counoc. Guzman. Misses Hale, Ha- ward. Harrington. and Redding, al q Msssrs. Waterhouse and Jas. Siillar we're among the merry makers.
 IFrom Mondays DaiIyl Arthur 4. Wakefield was home coming passenger on the II 1mboldt from Milwaukee. W's.. where ne has been io attendance upon the hea,iag of the suit of he Wakefield Mineral Land Company ys. Ni4iaca Copper Company.
 The steamer Careta cane ap today from Carol inlet fer lie pu, gose of re- nlenishing her bUps-ts aith coal. She Is being used in logging opera tions under the management Of Paul Mather. Mir. Msther is getting out timber for the purpose of constructing q Heckmsn floating trap for Mir. J. F. Hecsman. Tie tim;ier used in he construction of The ti1ps must be oi large diners DTS. b. mailest log a-ed being 36 inches in diameter ant from seventy ta one hundred feet in .s.nggh. Mr. Ma'i'er reports that dur ir9 last week -glrs- ore stole 2 num- br oi the logs that had been placeG in the Wn,er. J'itey iad been Ia,tad together with tnre-. The mi-creart, cut the ropes and succeeded in getting away with T logs which were pre- sumabIy brought to Ketchikan. ! M1rtin Bugge is in the city and is