The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-11
From Fridays Daily)

for several days.
 A. ]. Spragne oi Laadvlle, Col. s. ". Hellman antl " B. Hancock Of Yes Bay. Chas. K. Fu d of Seattle and Clyde KimhalI are registered at the Stedman toda'.
 Thos. Keefe of the Gutiug natchey, R. FoosuesS. ;s.i>'aft keeper of the Lincoln Rock Lighthouse, and John Martensen ol Blilard Wn.. are in town and stopping at the Council
 The Alert returned fiom Lincoln Rock yesterday afterroon after d rough trip Sia left out this morning on her regular mail run, which should have been made y>s,er " had she not been delayed, to rilee of Wales island points ana NJ >llakahtla.
 The barge completed few days ago by Knight X Morrow for use at the Yes Bay cannery, has not been launch ed vet, owing to the stormy condition of the weather. AS soon as the wealth CT permits. the scow will be launched and work begun on the second one.
 Steamboat boiler inspection will he begun in Ketchkan in d short time. Word was received today from Whit ney and Newhall stating that they would leave Juneau for that purpose on the JafTerson, which is scheduled to leave there southbound on April !.
 The tug Yigilant has returned from Yes Bay where she towed n scow load of lumber to he used in the construc- tion of new cannery buildings at that place. She left out today for Chol- mondelsy sound for the purpose of picking up a raft oi logs be,ouging to Walter Eubanks.
 The following is the list of passen- gers who took passage on the Dolphin last night for Seattle: John Cham ber- lain. Oak Olsen. Emil Howzer. Miss Moore, H. C. Stroug, NJ. A. Mitchell, C. w. Newton, Miss Edith Bruhn. There were also five second class pas sengers bound from here to Seattle.
 Preparations are being made by Judge DeGrotfe. purchaser of the Pit terson Elk, to have the Elk started on her way north at an early date. The agineer John MarteEsen. employed u operate her. arrived on the Jetfer- son. The boat will first be taken to ing operated by Mir. DeGrotfe.
 The Dolphin arrived in southbound about midnight last night, bringing a light passenger list. Her coal sup ply was not sufficient to carry her through to Seattle so after lying at her dock d short time she moved tu the Ketchikan Steamship company's dock and took ora sufficient supply to GETTY her thro, gh. leaving out about ) o'clock this morning.
 Oak OlsefIa well-known travelling man representing a Seattle hardware firm, arrived on the Jefferson on her last trip. i, Shortly after her arrival nere he received a cable message from seattle stating that his brother, an operator of a shinele mill on the Sound. had been killed. Mr. Olsen had intended to extend his trip north, but cancelled it upon receipt of tine news and left for home this morning on the Dolphin.
 H. C. Strong, manager of the ketchikan Steamship company. left for Seattle this morning on the DUlph in. Mr. Strong's mission in Seattle at this time is to inspect the recently completed steamer Nolthland. Ii the vessel is found to be up to all the re- qurements of the contract for con- -truction, she will be accepted by Mr. Strong and arrangements for placing her in commission in a short time will be completed.
 The launch Alert returned last night from Lincoln Rock where she took as passenger for Ketchikan, R. Foosness, an assistant keeper. Mir. Fco-ness has been transferred by the department to Tree Point lighthouse to relieve the situation there. Mich aei Ludescher, assistant keeper at the latter. is also in town, awaiting an opportunity to return. The pre- valng stormy weather conditions o the past few days have prohibited the making of an attempt on the part of any of the local boats to approach close enough to Tree Point to land assengers, but if the weather moder- ates sufficiently hy Sunday, the Alert will attempt the trip.
 The following circular letter is ne ing distributed around town today Tie Miner was unable to obtain al tHt facts connected with it's otigin la it k understood that mepting wu. held in Newtown last night at wfith a number of candidates for the coamon council were endorsed. The letter follows:
 By using your personal influence among your friends for the election of the enclosed municipal ticket you will be carrying out the wishes of large l.- f,.Il .ti l,~