The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-07
KETCHlKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days Tersely
 Told.
(From Mondays Daily)


 The Vigilant left this forenoon fol the Beaver Falls Power company mill, in George Inlet, where she will take on fifty thousand shingles which are to be shipped from here to Doug las.
 C. M. Summers of the First Nation al Bank of Juneau, arrived down on the Jefferson, Saturday evening, and is today looking over the ketchikan Power company's plant, in which he is largely interested.
 Walter Frank, of the kasaan Bay Trading company, come over on the Vigilant yesterday, and is in town to- day transacting little business. Jim Peel, a native logger, was also pas senger on the Vigilant.
 II. s. Reynolds, agent for Alaska s. s. company for Ketchkau, arrived home Saturday evening from Juneau, where he had been for a month danc- ing attendance upon the U. s. court, in the capacity of juror.
 A new mild-cure salmon packing plant is shortly to he established here by MT. Englebr Wiesse, which will he located on the Heckman wharf in the warehouse now partly occupied by B. Lindenberger, for whom H. Berg i man is local manager,
 Frank Capp has his new residence at the upper end ot nawtown we'll un- der way, and it promises to be one of the handsomest cottages in the town. It occupies commanding location on site the view Of which, up and down the narrows, is not likely to he ever seriously obstructed. Roy Thompson contemplates the erection of s similar residence on the adjoining lot.
 The fish business is picking up again. The spring salmon appear to nave got another move on themselves, and are allowing themselves to be in- veiQled without so much persuasion as heretofore since making their first appearance this season. The Uncle Dan brought in about five tons of hal- lbut and ninety large salmon yester 1 day morning, to which the Cora K. 1 added seventy more of the latter this 1 morniug. In the meantime uaiive l fishermen have been busy md with 1 apparent good success among the 1 salmon.
 The Vigiglant went to Ka.aan yes l terday, tskiny a crew of men to assist in loading an engine from the Kasaan l Bay Mining company. and which she brought to the Power company's mill here. This engine will be installed as soon as possible and utilized in run ming the blaming mill and re-saw, thus making it possible to continue the op- eration of that part of the plant in event of anything necessitating a shutting down Of the rest Of the mill.
 The party of health seekers who went to Bell Island hot springs over a week ago, returned Saturday evening, all looking clean and sleek as daily hot water ablutions could be expected to make them. They report having had an enjoyable outing, and that they experienced no ill effects from the water heinz either tuo hot or too cold is evident from their appearance.
 Harry Rice whom as clerk in the post office, everyone iu ketchikan knows, was the victim of ,n accident Saturday night that only by remark ably good fortune escaped being most serious. Boarding the Jefferson on official business, he feIi through an open hatch ''clear on down to the keel, I guess as he expressed it this morning. He was picked up in ar unconscious condition and carried to his room at the Hotel Cornell. His many friends will he glad to learn that aside from many painful bruises about the head, and badly strained hip, he escaped injury, and with proper medical care will be about his duties again in about ten days.
 To Call Primaries. The following gentlemen have been designated by the Republican Territorial Central Committe to call primaries for the purpose of choosing delegates from their respective precincts to the terri torial convention to be held in Ketch- ikan. May 12, next:
 Coppermount-O. Kitely.
 Sulzer-Thos. Coulter.
 Wrangell-P. J. Mccormick.
 Loring-H. F. Heckman.
 Dolomi-J. w. Woodford.
 Petersburg P. Brown.
 NibIack-Capt. J. H. Hanson.
 Hadley-Fred Heckman.
 Kasaan-L. A. Babcock.
 Shakan-Roy Cole.
 The Alert sailed at o'clock this morning for Metlakahtla, Niblack, Dolomi and Chomly. taking nearly a ton of mail for West coast points, which under the new arrangement must be taken over the portage from the head of Cholmondeley sound to SulZer, and there transferred to the