The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-18

was fond dead in his bed at the Maple bay camp of the Brown-Alaska Co. The body was taken to Pt. Simpson where it will be buried. The gold commissioner there is try ing to find relatives.
 Mrs. H. c. Strong left on the Jefferson last night, to join Mir. Strong in Seattle. From there they will go to Jamestown, N. Y., and Washington, from which latter place they will probably extend their trip to the Jamestown fair.
 Baseball interest is beginning to be awakened. A good crowd of ball twirlers was out last night, and, weather permitting, an interesting game between the Bachelors and Benedicts is assured for Sunday.
 Mrs. Harrington, of Portland, Ore, is in town, the guest of Rev. J. A. Chapman and family. Mrs. Harring- ton is the mother of Mrs. Chapman, and of Miss Harrington, teacher in the public schools.
 Messrs. A. F. Rich and s. B. Good. speed, of the New England Fish Co.,, the present headquarters of which on the Pacific coast are at Vancouver, who were here several days looking over the ground, informs The Miner that it is the intention of their con- pany to install plant here in Ketchi- kan, and ultimately to remove their coast headquarters to this place. It will be remembered that this con- pany several months ago, through the agency of Mir. J. w. Stedman, pur- chased the possessory right to forty acre tract of land adjoining that of the Fidalgo Island Packing company, on the south, and it is upon this tract the management proposes to establish plant, which vii embrace two 65-ton ice machines and freezer, with accompanying storage, of 25 car loads capacity. The machinery for the plant has been ordered, and work on the wharf and buildings will be commenced in the course of a few weeks at the furtherst.
 The establishment of this plant here means much of value to Ketchikan. It means an increase of not less than 1000 people to the population of the town, and corresponding increase in the volume of its trade and commerce, as the company gives steady employ ment to nearly, of not quite, POO men, and as far as practicable, gives the preference to those who are married and have families.
 Making this the coast heaqduarters for the company will birng here it's fleet of ocean going trawling steamers, consisting of the Manhattan, New England and Kingfisher, all three of which will be kept plying to and from the available halibut grounds, both north and south-it being the intention to prepare by freezing, CT otherwise, all the halibut and salmon secured, for shipment in refrigerator cars to the far eastern markets. Some idea of the capacity of these steamers may be gathered from the fact that they..m trips of from 750 to 1000 miles from the present headquarters of the company at Vancouver to and from the fishing grounds, and from Ketchikan will be able to cover the whole of southeastern Alaska.
 The Company's builder, under whose direction and supervision the buildings will be precisely located and erected, will be here soon, when the clearing of the ground and all the work preliminary to construction will be inaugurated.
 To Mir. J. w. Stedman is due the credit, together with the thanks of our people, for having secured the location of this important industry in their town.
 Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
 The saddest are these, "It might
 have been."
 This little couplet expresses the bowling game last night between the All Star and the Rachelors team