The Ketchikan miner., 1909-08-21
From Tuesday s Daily

of tourists. She leaves tonight at eight o'clock, ship time.
 Thsre is scarcity of machine min- e-o in Ketchikan district. Any good miner may get steady employment by applying at the Mt. Andrew mine.
 The Teddy came in last night from the Unuk River with Frank Hemlow, Cadd Leslie, and Mr. Mckenzie as passengers.
 Michael Conway came in last night from Cape Shakan where he has been spending sometime doing development work on his mining property.
 The Hum boldt came in at ? p. m. today. She had full list of passengers, among whom were twenty soldiers going to Fort Gibbon, and the follow ing for Ketchikan. Col. J. H. Thompson, Allie Green, H. F. Yorsell and H. F. Yorsell, Jr.
 The following news item was handed in today for publication and we will not vouch for it's truthfulness. Angus MeKinzie from the Unuk River tells a thrilling story of his encounter with grizzly bear. While taking his pie turs the bear got impatient, tore up the camera and all his paper money. He says he is out of the photograph business as far as bear is concerned. He brought down with him a grizzly hide which is at Hunt I.athrop Co.'S the mate to the one that attack ed him.
 From Wednesdays Daily
 The steamship A. c. Lindsay went north this morning for Seward and other ports to the westwar3.
 The Ohio came in last evening from
 
 the north and left thirteen passengers here.
 Geo. Chesney went south on the Ohio last evening and will meet Mrs. Chesney and daughter in Seattle. They will spend some time at the fair before returning to Ketchikan.
 The Ohio put into port here last evening on her way south. She had on board Leopold Schmidt of the Olympia brewery and M. J. Heney contractor for the Copper River Railway. Mr. Heney says he has 27O0 men at work on the road and is rushing it to completion as rapidly as possible.
 The city of Douglas is acing ar unusual problem that is worrying real estate dealers and citizens. There is not single vacant house on the island for rent. Several dwellings are being held and the rent paid for occupants 3ho will arrive this fall. Soon the usual influx of people will begin, families will return and the question of accommodating them is keeping Douglas landloads busy.
 Mir. Adolph s. Ochs one of the big newspaper men of America was on the Spokane yesterday going the round trip. He called on the Daily Miner and asked for an article on Alaska to be published in his paper, the New York Times. Mr. Ochs was formerly owner of the Philadelphia Ledger and the Philadelphia Times. MT. Ochs graduated from newsboy to printers devil and worked along up to his present high position.
 The Spokane going north last even- ing had quite a number of prominent men aboard. Among them were Asso- cate Justice Shaw of California Sup rene Court, Judge Brantley of the Montana Supreme Court and Sen- ator T. c. Powers of Montana While here some of these gentlemen expressed considerable interest in the Ketcihkan mining district and on their return will make further invest igations which may result in their becoming financially interested.
 From Thursdays Daily
 The City of Seattle came in at ' o'clock this morning bringing in thirty tons of freight.
 The Cottage City will be dow- tonight about midnight She will take on board here about sixty thousand fact of beveled siding from the Ketch- ikan Power Company's mill for deliv-