The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-06
THE LOCAL FIELD
(From Fridays Dailyl

l. E. Ryus is confined to his home with severe case of the grippe.
 John Carlson, of Mary Island, came in Thursday and is registered at the Stedman.
 c. ". Felch, a travelling man from Seattle, came in on the Princess May this morning. He will go north on the Jefferson.
 We omitted to mention that Mir. Sul- ger of the rich copper mine bearing his name arrived on the Henriette and is now personally experimenting mat ters there.
 John F. Pugh, who has been GUS toms officer at Sulzer, arrived in Ketchikan yesterday and is registered at the Cornell. Mir. Pugh has been transferred and leaves on the Jefferson tomorrow for the north.
 J. T. Jones of Tacoma, manager of the Cymria and Cuprite mining prop critics. came up on the Princess May this morning. Mir. Jones was very emphatic when he told Miner repor- ter that both these properties would open up and begin work on May l of this year.
 Wm. Harris returned to Ketchikan last evening from a prospecting cruise which has lasted for six months. He, in company with Harry Seltzer. left here in September and later tidings came that they were lost and probably dead. MT. Seltzer stopped at Wran- gell on the way down.
 (From Saturdays Dailyl
 Ed Hamblett, of Spokane, came in on the Jefferson and is registered at the Cornell.
 Dr. Zuber returned on the Jefferson this morning from ten days spent in Vancouver and Seattle.
 B. c. Delzelle of Juneau, son of MT. Delzelle of the Heckman company, in is Ketchikan for few days.
 James Rithy of Railway, N. J. came in on the Jefferson and is registered at the Cornell. From here MT. Rithy will go to the Yes Bay hatchery.
 Mrs. L. K. Pe,kins formerly house. keeper at the Stedman, arrived in Ketchikan this morning and is guest at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Archie Mcclellan.
 The fremen are soon to give pub- lie entertainment. The program is being shaped up by Miss Gwendolin Radenbaugh and Mir. Jack Close. These young people have both had experience in the work.
 J. w. Stedman arrived in the city last night on the Jefferson. It is ex- pected that he will have work begin in the plant of the New England Fish Company soon, but he does not care to be interviewed regarding 1t at present.
 Mir. ". c. Freeburn came up from Seattle on she Jefferson last evening and will begin work on the Mt. An drew copper mine on the Kasaan pen insula at once. This mine has not been operated for about a year, and when closed was producing 5000 tons per month.
 (From Mondays Daily
 NJ. c. Edgar and wife of Port Simp- son, returned to their home on the Princess May.
 Fred c. J. Peterson, who has been at the It mine for some time was a south bound passenger on the Princess May.
 The Princess May sailed south at five o'clock this morning having or board thirty first class and three second class passengers.
 Mr James. Miller was a passenger south on the Princess May for Vic toria, Seattle and other Sound cities. and will probably not return to ketch- ikan before the first of June.
 The Fairbanks Times proudly boasts that the public school building of that city was built by Alaskans, for Alas kans and entirely of Alaskan lumber, and it is the finest structure of any kind north of Seattle.
 MT. J. T. Jones. manager of the Cymria and Coprite mines at North Arm on Prince of Wales Island left this morning on the Alert for the pro- perties. He expects to begin work within few weeks. The Moran Company of Seattle is building three wooden stern-wheel steamboats of light draugh for the Katalla Co.,, for use on the Copper and Chitna rivers, Alaska, for carry ing supplies and material for the Cop per River railroad. One of these vessels is to be 20 feet long and the