The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-07

which had been embalmed and other- wise properly prepared for burial, were inferred in the Pennock Island cemetery.
 The Al-Ki is scheduled to leave Seattle for Southeastern Alaska port, S March 5 carrying powder and cont bustibes.
 I H. c. Horsley and better half, are now at home in the Edmund cottage, into which they moved themselves and household effects today.
 The Princess Beatrice, of the Can adian Pacific line, passed down about II o'clock last night, but did not very materially increase her passenger list by those taken on at this port.
 Registered at the Cornell today :: H. M. Fullerton, Victoria, B. C.. w. L. Moon, Burdette. Iowa; Mrs. B. Hunter, T. Uberwiner, Seattle.
 At the Stedman today the register records the names of tie following newly arrived guests: P. !. German, l Miss F. Burt, Seattle J. ". Gardner. Spokane; T. A. Heckman, Yes Bay.
 Louise Usher, the three-year-old daughter of Andrew Usher, of the steamer Carita, died early this morn- ing A short funeral service was held here, after which the family went on the Carita to Metlakantla where the burial service will take place. l Will Enlarge. .-Thos. A.. Heckman, who was announced sometime ago as having accepted the superintendency of the Yes Bay cannery. returned this morning from consultation with the owners and will go up tomorrow to examine into conditions and make measurements and estimates for a very considerable enlargement of the plant which has been agreed upon, the work to be commenced at an early day. That an early opening of the season is anticipated is evidenced by the fact that Mr. Heckman has made arrangements to have his cannery force on the ground as early as April l, by which time he expects to have his enlarged plant in shape for pack of at least 40, GOO cases.
 The fishing tug Toledo, belonging to the Petersburg cannery, passed up this morning without calling in. Mir. o. P. Brown, the manager of the can- nery, preceded her on the Cottage City earlier in the morning and has presumably gone to Petersburg for the purpose of making the preliminary preparations for the coming season $ cannery operations.
 It is asserted here, on apparently good reliable authority, though no official announcement to that effect has been made by her management. that the steamship Humboldt will very shortly resume her run on the southeastern Alaska route. She was last reported as being due to arrive at Seattle from San Francisco today. when if the reports be true, she would resume her old Alaska run. So mote it be.
 Tom Johnson has leased w. J. Sul- ly's new building on Grant street, in the rear of the residence formerly oc- cupied as a hospital, and will take | LD 1( April, or as soon as the lease of his present place of abode expires. The new home will be far more convenient and easy of access for the genial Thomas, whose health is not sufficient ly robust to fit him for overcoming, with any degree of com fort. the ascent to his present abode.
 So far as The Miner is informed, all the salmon canneres of southeastern arations to increase their packs the coming season. or Course their antic- ipations in this regard may be some- what varied by the run of fish, i. e. whether it be large or small, but to provide against possible contingency of that kind, better or more adequate facilities are in contemplation so that more ground can be covered and util- ized by means of ability to secure fish from greater distance than has here tofore been possible. Assuming that there will be no material falling off in the run, it will be safe to predict that the salmon pack this year the banner record for Alaska.
 F. J. German, manager of the Ka- saan cannery, arrived up on the Cot tage City this morning, and will go to Kasaan tomorrow to look over the ground and take such preliminary ac- tion as may be deemed advisable for putting the plant into operation as soon as may he practicable the ensuing sea- son, and with a view to an increased pack as compared with last years output.
 The Cottage City arrived up about midnight, carrying 150 passengers and loaded to the guards with freight, 50 tons of which last were discharged here. Her passengers to Ketchikan l LN