The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-21
KETCHIKAN
Local Happenings of the Past Seven Days Tersely
 Told.
(From Mondays Daily)

son, of Victoria, are at the Revilla intent on trip of observation tt Unuk river mineral fields.
 s. J. Goodro, the Karta mine owner and operator is in town.
 Mrs. R. Boyd Young, former resi- dent of Ketchikan, now of Port Simp son, where her husband is in business arrived up on the the Princess Roya this morning, and is registered at the Stedman.
 Capt. John Irving, ot Victoria, wa: passenger north this morning on the Princess Royal, bound for Whitehorse, Y. T. He stopped off only long enough to exchange greeting with his old time sailor tillicum, Capt. Con- nell, mine host of the Revilla hotel.
 Among the late arrivals at the Sted. man are the following: Vinton l.. Mitchell, San Francisco; A. c. Wat nee, Thos. Hedley, w. H.. Starr, Portland; H. c. Graves, Washington, DC. Carl, A. Sutton, Anacortes; Mrs. R. Boyd Young and Ida M. Clarke, Port Simpson; J. Johnson and wife, Wrangell; Otto Herbst, Maple Bay.
 Thos. Hedley, government con- tractor in the lighthouse service, ar rived here this morning from Wran- gell narrows where he has completed the construction of dozen or more concrete beacons. He brought with him the nucleus of a crew with which to commence work on similar beacons on Spire island and Hogback reefs, in Revillagigedo channel, on one or both which lights will be placed. Work will be commenced as soon as scows now in Wragell narrows can be brought here to be used in conveying the cement and other material from here to the place where it is to be used.
 The good ship Eurus, Capt. Thomp- son, made trip to Sunny Point yes terday with party, among whom, the skipper says, there was only one crank, and he did nothing calculated to disturb the general harmony and good feeling which prevailed through out the entire voyage.
 Mir. J. R. Heckman has received advices to the effect that he has been granted U. s. patent on his floating salmon trap, the great practical value of which has been thoroughly demon strated during the latter part of the past fishing season. All other attempts in the same direction have proved failures, though thousands have been expended in efforts to devise and per- feet something of the kind that would effect material saving of time and money. Mr. Heckman's invention has, without doubt solved the problem, and is destined TO come into general use in the taking of salmon in these, and in fact all other waters. That it will put money-a whole heap of it-into the pocket of the inventor is practically certain, and will be nothing less than his deserving.
 The remains of Albert Lillevieck, the man who was drowned, were in. tered in the Pennock island cemetery yesterday with appropriate ceremon. ies by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which the deceased had been . member. At 2 o'clock the remains were escorted to Red Mems hail by the Eagles in body where after the usual religious services, and who'll. appropriate and feeling address b, Rev. J. A. Chapman, the brief bu solemn ceremonies prescribed by tht laws of the order were performed, i'm mediately after which the remains were escorted to the grave where the. were consigned to Mother Earth witt the further and concluding ceremonies prescribed by the ritual of the order The Eagles desire, through Int Miner, to return their sincere thank to Rev. J. A. Chapman. not only, bu to the ladies and gentlemen, one ant all, who so kindly assisted him in th' conduct of the services at the hall.
 Mir. Strong, of the Ret ,hikan Steam ship Co.,, who has been in Seattle fol several days, is trying to make ar engagements there regarding the coa supply which, if successfully carried out, will be of great benefit to th' residents of Ketchikan this coming winter. Last winter the local dealers had no regular contracts, and as re suit the prices of coal in Seattle were raised four times during the shortage Mir. Strong will try to enter into con tracts for sufficient quantity of coa to be delivered here in shipments a stated times during the winter to keel the town supplied. He will endeavo to close the contract with the Seattle dealers at low figure, as it is his in tention to put the coal on the !oca market at price lower by $2 per tol than it can be bought for in any othe
 place in Alaska. This he can do b, closing his contracts at the presen
 time and before the advance in pric
 that is sure to follow the first colt
 spell. The Seattle dealers refuse, m