The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-29
KETCHlKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days Tersely
 Told.
From Tuesday's Dailyl


 On the passenger list of the Alas
 kan on her recent up trip from Sea,- tie were the hens and roosters fol Pete Gilmore's hennery and loostery i There is no reason now why everyone
 should not have fried chicken every
 ouce in 50 often.
 l X large number of location notices, deeds. etc., which have bee' filed fer
 record in the local recording office,
 and duly recorded, have not been call
 ed for by their owners. If you have any unclaimed documents in that Iiiice. the recorder requests that you cal or send for them at orce. enclos- ing stamps if you ask to have them
 mailed to you. ln writing. specify clearly the mum Der and nature of your
 papers.
 The Vigilant is lazily reclining or h- beach adjacent to the foot or l Market street. She is hot trying to axe a nap-she is only being scraped and reprinted. She is in fine condi- 1 ion. W hich is tribute to the careful l less of her master Capt. Doyle must l ne terror indeed, when even the haruacles are afraid to attach them selves to his ship.
 1 But for the Ketchikan Power con-
 pany's mill. which is kept in active operation and at and about which ,ome extensive Improvements are be- ] ing made, there would he little en- ployment for labor in ketcuikan al ;he present time, other than ip the l Water street extension. and even in
 nat it is an important factor in the
 ,npply of the necessary material. At ,he present time, however. it is run
 iiGg principally on salmon boxes for
 which it has orders sufficient to keer
 IS force steadily employed for several l compelled 10 increase it's facilities ht the addition uf re-saw which it is expected 10 have installed tomorrow. With this added facility the produc- tiiou of boxes will be increased to not less than five thousand per day, and barring accident kept at that rate oi production until all orders are filled. The success of Manager Burkhart in
 keeping this establishment in steady peration in the face of discouragi Dg circumstances. thereby giving steadt employment to large number O. men, is deserving of the highest com neuGation. and that he, and those as- >ociated with him, may reap the full
 measure Of reward due to tbeir enter prise and courage is most deyoutly to he hoped.
 Probably Drowned. The captain Of the \ lert brought sad news to town last night. together with letter to Mrs. Louis C. English, informing he: of the probable drowning oi Ter hus band near the Portage. II appears hat little over aeek ago English went over to Cholmondeley sound to cruise for a new logging location. talk ing with him George Pritchet a. helper, who had just come in from Walter Eubank' camp. Last Friday afternoon while PritcheL and English were ashore their boat went adrift. and both started to search fCr it. Eng fish going towards the Portage and Pritchet taking the opposite direc- tion. Pritchet walked until he came upon camper who oil rc1 the Use oi his boat, and together tii;s started to find English. but though ;!ey shouted and shot of their guns they were un- able to locate him. By this time il vas dark, and they were compelled to go back to camp, hoping that he might be there. In the morning the two renewed their search. They founG tracks that led to an abandoned cabin in little bay about two miles from the Portage. This cabin had been tow cd ashore by some one, and part Of ! the IUmDef DtC UePU U-pD IOr TIlt. From the appearance of the cBbin-raf it seems that English had been trying to get it atioat for some reason. Neat the raft was hole in the ice. which 1 leads to tine belief, that English broke | through the ice at this print and was drowned. An oar and stick that 1 English had were found near this place. The Alert brought letter to MT. Stedman concerning the accident. The body was not found, and though the proof seems indisputable, hope is hard to overcome when an uncertainty exists, and Mrs. English is anxious to have thorough search made. Sam Gist was with English all over that place in getting out their last raft and is thoroughly familiar with the place. He says that the little bay where the cabin was located is very deep. Some trees they felled there stood almost erect in the water before fighting themselves. English brought raft of logs in just about three
 weeks ago. He had left his wife and two boys in town, and they were plan ming to join him next Monday.
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