The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-30

Mir. A. D Whitcorb, of Hollis is In charge of the jewelry business of his brother during the absence of his brother on a vacVtion.
 MT. Geo. Talmage commercial agent for the Alaska Steam Ship Co. came down on the Jefferson and ex- poets the Ohio to call for him to take him to Seward and Valdez.
 Mrs. George Kounsfell entertained quite numbeer of her lady friends Ut Bridge Whist yesterday afternoon. The prizes were captured by Mrs. Beagle and Mrs. Kranczumas.
 R. A. Carroll and family of Skagway, were passengers on the Jefferson for Seattle. Mir. Carroll is agent for the Alaskka Steam Ship Co. at Skag- way, and is on his annual vacation.
 The Jefferson came in about 3.30 this morning and left about D. %. She loaded l. 800 cases of salmon at the To. cal cannery, and had l40 boxes of hall ibut from the north, also taking ter cases from here.
 Now that the cold snap seems to have passed in to unpleasant mem- ory, it might be just as well for us all to admi, that there must be revision of plans for the protection of watel pipes against similar occurrence an- other year
 The motto of the w. c. T. U. of Alaska is: "F'or the Lord will help me therefore shall not be confound ed. therefore have I set my face like a Hint and know that I shall not be ashamed" The Womans Christian Temperance Unoin marks progress in Alaska. In the beginning of 1908, Mrs. Wm. Connur was appointed the representative Of the National w. c. T. U for Alaska. While to all appearances this territory seemed like walled city and many and great, giants were here, yet with deepest gratitude to God for His leadership they have found many warm hearts who are willing to identify themselves flor God and Home and native land. ' The work is just beginning, merely planning" yet there has been two | WIS. and two l.. T. LIS. organized :: one at Skagway, the other at Ketchi- kan. Both unions are doing exc9l lent work. They have adopted four of the forty National departments, as follows :-Lterature, Scientific In- struction. Flower Mission and School Savings banks. Besides this there is much Missionary work being done by sending literature to the camps in the surrounding districts through this newly begun work. With courage and steadfastness and with abiding faith for the future they propose to follow the leader who hath said Ego forward and one who has never lost battle.
 City Attorney Charles H. Cosgruve reports that he has heard from the commissioned of the General Land Office at Washington in the case of the town of Ketchikan, Protestant, vs. l Walter S. Coutant and Ole. o. Ham, ere Claimants, who applied for Il patent to the Venetia Lode, located within the limits of the town. It will he remembered that the town protested against the allowance on the ground that the Claimants were merely taking up the ground for town lots, not for mining purposes. Upon q heal ing held before the local office at Juneau decision was rendered in favor of the Claimants, whereupon the town took an appeal from the de- cision of the local land office to the Commissioner of the General Land Office at Washington with the result that the decision was reversed and rendered in favor of the town.