The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-04
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

New Bescon>> lighthouse tender Colamhine, which returned here "Wednesday from Wrangell nar- rows where she had gone week or ten days sgo with material and sup plies for the construction of number of heScons. similar to that on Rosa reef on the east side of the norsherly end of Grssins island. Yesterday she hSd discharged something like < hundred hsrrels of cement. storing them in she Pacific Coast Company s warehouse until she returns north again from Seattle, where the
 material will be used in the con- ssrucsion of similar heacons on Spire island and Hog reef. Reyillagigedo channel. Spire island reef is the place upon which the steamer Port land ranie4i yesr SEQ lsss winter. These heaconS will be valuable si0s 10 the safe navigation of these inland waters.
 Among the passengers on the Hum- holdt yesterday was H. D. Reeves. Esq. clerk of the house committee on military affairs, 10 whom the editor ot The Miner is indebted for
 many kindly offices during his soiourn in Washington. year sgo las. winter. He was accompanying Caps. Pillshury an6 Lieut.. Orchard. of the road com mission. but did 10; disclose she pur- pose of his visit to Alaska.
 Inspectors Whitney and Newhall made ;hs round trip on the Ella Rohlss and inspected sll the boats st Wrangell and on the west coast of Prince of Wales, arriving back yesterday afternoon.
 These be hoase-clssning days-the melaneholie>t of the year-bnt forum ately the weather is such that un- happy husbands can safely take to the woods with the sure hope of be- ing able 70 remain there ill the domestic turmoil is over.
 The Alaska Marble company. whose Quarries are at Marble creek. nos far from Shaksn. has aoo tons quarried snd on the wharf st Calder ready for shipment 10 Tacoma
 Pretty soon .as this rate. nothing desirable will be missing 10 ketchi- kan people in the way of healshful entertainment and amusement. The Athletic Club is making the latest addition in the way of hand-ha court. by dividing it's spacious hall by 8 movable partition, the work on which is nearly completed.
 Is this an orderly community: The .aet that there are at present only fouF inmsses of the federal jail would seem 10 indicate IS much.
 The c4n1eries in this section are all well advanced in their preparations for the coming seasons operations, and one and all are prepared 10 pack all the salmon they may be able 10 secure Al Hunters, bay all repairs 10 cannery building and wharf have been completed. The cannery force is on the ground, and tins being made for pack of +0. epo cases MT. August BaschnAn is superintendent o. the eaunery. which belongs 10 Ghe Norsh~es. Fisheries company, Capt D. H Jarvis, general manager. Al kla~ak. everything is in readiness for pack of 5. DO cases. which is likewise true Of the plant al Snakan. Al the Kescbikan cannery the tins will be ready in due time, for a pack O. 4G. .6lo cases. The other can- ueries south of Wrangell the same con- dition ot preparedness exists. and the pack. of this immediate should the run of nsh be an ordinarily fair one, should not fall much, fl any. below 4oO. oo cases, or. in round figures 30, 0oo tons
 The tug yigilans towing the large soow belonging 10 the hetchikaD Po~er company. heavily laden with the men. horses ard supplies for the renewal of work on the portage wagoa road between Cholmondeley sound and Het.a inlet, left here about eleven o'clock this morning. If the weather continues favorable. she should have 10 trouble in reaching her destination tonight
 Business Institutions Spreading. .- Sewto~n must be prosperous these days the Vienna Bakery out there has enlarged so that it now occupies the entire lower part of the Kreidler building. Cornell & Thompson's store is keeping up with the general march in that part of town also. They have ree entIy added new store room on The side of the original building. and have materially increased the size of the main room New shelves have been erected and the store presents a rsry prosperous appear ancs.
 ElIensburg Creamery but.er-noth- ing better in the market-strictly