The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25
EXCHANGE GOSSIP.

Charles Il. Hoyt, united states district attorney for Nome, has re- signed.
 The Valdez fire department has over thousand dollars in it's treasury. Douglas News. What does it have to fight fire with?
 The office of the Ketchikan Miner has a gasolene boat as an incentive to cuss. s.-Douglas News. Oh no :; the boat is not family affair, and its individual owner does his own cussin'-quite frequently.
 -Twenty-two head of black Gallo way cattle have been placed on Kodiak Island by Prof. Georgeson, chief of the Alaska experiment stations.
 The Alaska Central Ky. company will issue bonds to the amount of S5, GOO, GOO, which will be taken by a London Holland syndicate.
 Shingles manufactured at Ketchi kan out of Alaska cedar are found to be far superior to the product of Puget Sound mills. Douglas News. The News ought to know whereof it speaks-from the number of these shingles that find a sale in its home town.
 Bishop Rowe, Alaska's pioneer musher-preacher, is prepared for a trip to the missions above the Arctic circle and will soon be on the trail.- Local Exchange. Yes; and as the old darkey remarked when he was dipped too deep at the baptism by immersion, somebody's gwan to lose a bishopby this foolishness yit." He may be, and doubtless is, doing { good work, but it would seem as if he might well be justified in doing mos of it by proxy.
 It is asserted that the Guggen heim- Morgan interests announced o1 May 2nd that they had let contrac l TUT Ul10 Ol illpN ihiiC' more of the Catalla railroad tht work to start not later than June b Four thousand men will be employed on the work.
 The Ketchikan Daily Miner i. seriously concerned that the subjec of home rule for flask receives s' little attention. But what's the use The majority of those who read ant think for themselves were long ag' convinced that Alaska should be self governing, that we are big enougl and good enough to make our owl laws, but what S to be done about it The fellows down at Washington, D C.. either don't think so or don't car, rap about it, and will not give it t us. That's all there is to it, s' what's the use keeping up steam al the time and snorting like an engine on an upgrade just because we knov something that we can't help. Afte while, when Uncle Sammy get through fixing up nigger difficulties he will turn his attention to the com mon white trash of Alaska. .-Dougla News. It is just little bit dis couraging, it is true; and the New appears somewhat discouraged accord ingly. The Miner, however is not it is simply intent upon smoking ou the opponents of local self-gov ernment, and thus compel them t betray to the public the true inward ness of their opp osition. They have pulled the holes in to. which the :. have been driven in behind them thus seeking to completely hide iron public view and consideration the question at issue. And The Miner would kindly suggest to the News that no great battle was ever yet wor by lying supinely down in the face of the enemy. It does not argee with the News in it's pessimism. Alaska has many good friends in the States in and out of congress, and in it' opinion, the time when justice vii l be done Alaska is not far off.
 The Copper River railroad pro- jectors are at war with each other over right-of-way, and have gone to blowing each other out of the disput. ed way with dynamite.
 The office of U. s. Commissioner at Wrangell was vacated yesterday by the removal of A. R. V. Snyder, the order being made by Judge Wickersham on the advice of Judge Gunnison. Charges were preferred against Mr. Snyder on May 2nd to the effect that he had failed and re- fused to favor the maintenance of law and enforcement of public order.- Juneau Record Miner.
 A cold wave. is coming. Vice President Fairbanks announces that he will come to Alaska from the Christian Endeavor convention to be held at Seattle soon.
 A small dog was the innocent cause of a riot alarm from the Behrends bank yesterday in which all the store employees were called to arms. The dog sat squarely upon the