The Ketchikan miner., 1908-04-25


 this morning aud increased her al- r adv big load. consisting mostly oi gypsum. by very large shipment oi .ced fish from local dealers.
 W. F. Smith, of the ketchikau
 Steam Laundry, will leave for Seattle . within day or two. taking Mrs. Smith with him. Mrs. Smith has been
 seriously Ill fur many weeks and goes
 south to recuperate and rest.
 The Hcckman Fish Trap Co. is the
 name Of a corporation recently organ 1 ized under the laws of the State oi W .shinston. with a capital of SLUG, 0Oo 00, Chicago and Portland capital being interested with ]. k. Hickman. The company has been formed to man.
 uiacture and lease the tra. designed ! by ]. R. Heckman which was used |; t ] Pt. Higgins last vear with astonishing results. making a catch of half a mil- lion fish in a4 days The Alaska Pack CTS Association will install traps this season in local waters and leases have already been made 10 several other companies. un d basis of $500 00 royalty per year. the traps to be built at the expense of the leasing eoIu- panieS. The Northwest Fisheries Co.
 will put in one at Quadra, the ketchi- kan cannery will operate one, two will be built in Icy Straits, two at
 .Vraugell and one at Petersbui g
 Patents have been secured by the company covering every detail of the floating trap, T being granted in all, and applications have been made fo, similar patents in al the foreign countries where the fishing industr,
 IS commercial factor. J. R. Heck man retaiLs the control of the new corporation and James Davidson. who was for long time with the old r. ?. and N O., has been made manag- CT for the company. Two traps will be built here al once fer experimental D lrposes, the cable, chains. etc., hay ing arrived on the Cottage City. These wiil be taken to the westward, and tried at various points with a view to increasing. if possible. the present high efficiency of the device. (From Thursdays Daily
 The Tuesday Literary Club held their regular monthly social meeting yesterday at the home of Mrs. Rounse- fell Mrs. Loomis assisting Mrs. RounsefeII in the entertaining. Mrs. Ray uond of Dolomi who is visiting ArS. Loomis was among the guests present. As means of sharpening ,s it's. each lady present was requir, d D guess list of authors from syno- nyms given. as "a je~eier" meant Goldsmith. Besides this they were required to pace giy. number of haracters in their proper books. The literary contest being over, an auction was held presided orer by Jack RounsefelI as auctioEeer. 4 number of valuable articles were sold. such as
 The picture of the greatest Ameri- can which vas postage stamp ab1ndantly wraa ]: e !. ai I banana skin and peeling Of an orange were sold to ln innocent buyer as a pair of slip pers.'' A delightful lunch ended a pleasant afternoon.
 Mrs. Bryant entertained yesterday afternoon in honor Of Mrs. Zub. r. sho is planning to leave Ketch kan about the first of May. Amputated nursery rhymes were distributed among the fourteen guests and each
 ,sas to find the missing portion of her rhyme which was in the hands of some other guest. Following this each one was presented with cards giving the names of various professions, and tte h ,iders were to guess fitting names I for the wife Of man engaged in the
 mentioned professions such as Mary" i for the clergy wife. Mrs. Bry- ant as assisted by Mrs. Chapman in  seryiDg the two course luncheon.
 Daiutily be-ribboned pink and green f,uGes of bon-bons were the fayors
 sir T.
 ! Miss Hayward, government teacher a Saxman, left this morning for Port Stewart on the steamer Marietta to decide on site for a temporary sclool house. The native village Of SIxnan is entirely depopulated now.
 as the Indian have moved, en masse. to the Bebm Canal fishing grounds. l Miss Hayward therefore, since the pupils cannot come to her, has gone
 10 the pupils, and if arrangements al all suitable can be made. will take up { her residence in q tent and establish { q "portable" school for the benefit of ihe cative children. The Miner is glad to record her commendlbIe zeal { in the discharge Of her duties, having ] had 10 noxiedge heretofore of any teacher who thus played tag" \ itn
 her pupils.
 The expected big run fl sal n1n has apparently begun to materialize at
 the various Behni Canal points. Tbe
 Greet and F.. Maude brought in aboi t 50O fish for H. Bergman alone, yester-