The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-07
GITHE LOCAL FIELD
(From Saturdays Dailyl

should bring out large crowd tonigh at the skating rink carnival. Quite number of maskers will appear, and i is whispered that the costumes will be historic and very amusing. Tn, management announce their intention of having perfect and clean perfor nance, intermingled with side split ting comicalities, and say that a goot wholesome laugh is in store for al who attend.
 Talking about gold discoveries ir the ketchikan district, Mir. Richard Nuckolls is displaying some sample. taken from one of his locations ir Tho. ne Arm, where he has ledge from the rock of which he has taker a thousand dollars in gold with the aid of common hand mortar only He says the property is open to exam. ination, though he is not offering i, for sale.
 The Knights of King Arthur ' composed of the boys of the Methodist Church are havig a jollification today, under the watchful eye of the pastor. This morning the boys had ''hare and hound" chase; this afternoon they will form skating party at Beaver dam, which is said to be frozen, and tonight Mrs. Cagle will entertain them with Halloween pary at her home. Ideal weather for the 3 Ks to pre- sent some out door sport for the edif- cation of an over ennuied public. Shooting matches are popular at the fashionable winter resorts in New Jersey and Jamaica. Since auto rac- ing, the rage of the hour, is debarred from our midst through lack of speedy roads OF the one hand, and possi bly,, also, the machine, themselves-well. er-er. never mind, we'll have them, too, in time. It may be long time, but just the same, we'll have them If only to talk about.
 Mrs. c. c. Harris, wife of the rep resentative of the New England can nery has so far recovered from her re- cent illness that she is now pronounce ed capable of making the trip south ward-and home. Mrs. Harris has been confined to her bed at the Sted- man for two weeks under Dr. Story $ treatment, and under the care of a trained nurse.
 The southwestern mines are laying claims on some of our enterprising young men. Dame Rumor has it that another. very promising young man, is in demand for very responsible and renumerative position.
 For some unaccountable reason the Princess May does not arrive. No word of her movements have been re ceived, but she is looked for at any moment.
 Dodgers were printed today for Miss Gwendolyn Radenbaugh's musical, to be given Wednesday night at Red men's Hall. -
 The Ashcroft show is in town, in fact Mir. Ashcroft has been in town day or two, having come down on the Dolphin to see if it was worth while coming here with his show. He has decided to give a show and will have the rest of his vaudeville con- pany come down from Juneau on the next boat, when he will present to the people of Ketchikan a good show to be followed by a dance. He has already secured several prizes to be given to the best dancers. The program will appear later.
 Frank Pearce announces that he. a ccompanied by his wife, will shortly leave this section for a more sunshiny climate. He has accepted position as bookkeeper with N. O. Lawton, formerly manager of the Brown-Alas- ka mine at Hadley, now located at Globe, Arizona. Mir. Francis, who has occupied the position of store keeper at Hadley for the past year and halt will also go with MT. Law ton in the same capacity. The pros- pect of spending the winter in con- genial southwestern home appeals to the parties. and they leave this sec- tion carrying the good will and best wishes of a large contingent of friends.
 See the Revilla Pharmacy window for beautiful rembrant ware. The Jefferson arrived about four o'clock this morning bringing the fol- lowing passengers: Mrs. c. A. Mar tin, Robert Pinner, J. E. Anderson, A. Nillson and Dan Chisholm. She ran into Ballanna, the newly christi ened name of the New England Fish plant, leaving lot of machinery.
 The gasolene cruiser Taku, Captain Lancaster, returned ..from Hadley at ten o'clock last night. She had on board some 15 passengers who had been delayed on account of scarcity of boats to make the trip and partly on account of rough weather. The Pearce family returned on her,