The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-21

ped long enough to enable the party to kill five deer. Capt. Fisher brought the boat up from the Sound, accom- . panied by his wife, and will make Ktechikan her heaqduarters, sailing her from here as he may have occas- ion to make excursions to such points as he may desire to visit.
 (From Yesterdays Daily)
 Mir. F. H. Newhall, inspector oI boilers and machinery, and Mir. Geo. H. Whitney, inspector of hulls, arriv- ed on the Humbo last night for the purpose of completing the investiga- tion in connection with the loss of the Star of Bengal on Sept. 22. The in- vestigation was begun in San Francis co. where charges of cowardice were filed against Capt. Patrick Hamilton of the tug Kyak and Capt. Fairel of the tug Hattie Gage. It was conSinu- ed at Wrangell and will be completed here. Walter Neil was examined to- day and there are three other wit nesses to be examined.
 Claude Erickson, representing the Seattle Brewing Co.,, was an arrival on the Humboldt last night.
 H. F. Swift, superintendent of the Klawak cannery, is in town, stopping at the Stedman.
 Ed. D. Novak, representing the Washington Rubber Company. is in town, interviewing his customers.
 The tax roll has been turned over to the town treasurer and taxes are now due and payable at his office.
 Local inspectors of steam vessels Geo. H. Whitney and Frank H. New hall arrived in the city last night or the Humboldt from Juneau.
 Miss Wilkie, who has been the guest of Mrs. Cornell for the past two weeks, departed for the south on the steamer Humboldt this morning.
 Passengers leaving Ketchikan on the Humboldt this morning were Mir. and Mrs. D. Reno, R. Wilkie, MT. and Mrs. H. c. Strong and ) second class.
 Frank Davis, H. W. Swift and J H. Lindgren, commercial travellers, went to Metlakahtla today on the launch Onward. They are intent upon interviewing the Metlakahtla mer- chants.
 Chris Hoover. is today installing : big boiler in his building on Front street for the purpose of preventing Jack Frost from interfering with the comfort of his guests during the wint CT days a-coming.
 Two nim ble nimrods, <respectivel, Bart Daily and George Devilbiss, arc preparing to penetrate the wild lands in the neigborhood of Unik river with the intention of reducing the number of birds and beasts that are denzens of that locality. Their friends are cordially invited to be present at the dock when they return.
 The Humboldt arrived down south bound this morning about ? o'clock She carried sixty-two passengers Her cargo consisted of 3, 400 cases oi salmon picked up at Petersburg, 14( barrels of salt fish, 472 boxes of fresf halibut and salmon. She took forty boxes of fresh fish from Ketchikan shipped by Buhrin g and Forss.
 Many fair specimens of king salmon are being caught about here now, ant the indications are for d good run thi. early, which is unusual. But advices from the Sound uo not encourage the shipment of fresh salmon yet, as sil yer salmon are stated to be very plentiful. However, Mir. Bergman, the mild cure'' man, is expected here from the north on the Dolphin tomorrow, when he will likely arrange for taking all suitable for his pur pose.
 Hotel arrivals: Stedman-F. W Silvis, H. w. Lathrop, Seattle: Ed D. Novak, Seattle; H. M. HalIister, city Winton L. Mitchell, San Fran cisco: F.. Farrer, Seattle; Frank H Newhall. Juneau; w. E. Walker, Seattle; H. F. Swift, Klawak; Mis-. Hartman, Klawak, Geo. H. Whitney, Juneau. Connell-W. F.. Wiese, Beaver Falls: Johu Groelinger, Her ring Cove: L. E. Buell., Juneau Claude Erickson, Juneau; Frank Walls, Chas. Lynch and David Nicholl.
 Work is in progress at the Stedman Hotel in the nature of improvements that will add much to the comfort oi it's patrons. Work on the steam heat ing plant that is being installed has advanced to such stage that every thing is in readiness, and upon the arrival of the plant it will be connect ed up with little difficulty and within few hours time. Alterations are be- ing made to the present arrangement of the ground floor, and when complet-
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