The Ketchikan miner., 1907-06-08
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

PENCIL AND SCISSORS.
 The annual marvellous copper strike on Hoodoo island is reported a little early this year. Copper lodes oi large extent and stunning quality have been announced each year since 1900 by weary wayfarers on Hoodoo island but none of them has ever gotten past the announcement stage. Still the same history has been re- corded of many districts which have later produced gold, silver or copper in fabulous quantities and Hoodoo island may yet prove to be a bonanza. The latest strike is about five miles across the water from Beatson's and is near the beach. Seward Gateway.
 Panama has directory which shows a population of over 5000 in the town and on the producing creeks. Gateway.
 MT. J. E. Ryus, of the Ryus Drug Co.,, Ketchikan, accompanied by his wife and daughter, came up on the Humboldt and remained until the return trip to the same steamer. Dur ing his stay here, Mr. Ryus made arrangements for the esta blishment of drug store at this point. A por- tion of the Pioneer building will be fitted up for the purpose, and when ready, MT. Ryus will send a first class druggist and pharmacist to take charge of the store. e.-Wrangell Senti- nel.
 The following dispatch was printed in the Juneau Dispatch of the 29th ult.:
 Seattle, May 29.--A dispatch from the Fairbanks News says that obection is madeto the selection of Governor Hoggatt as the representa- tive of Alaska at the Alaska Y ukon- Pacific fair ground breaking. Both the Fairbanks News and the Fair banks Times contain editorials pro- testing against the selection of Hog gait. The papers of Nome, Valdez and Seward have joined the move- ment. The Daily Alaskan at Skag- way today joins the other papers in a long editorial. The Fairbanks papers expect to hear from the ketchikan Daily Miner today.
 Why the Fairbanks papers should expect to hear from the Ketchikan Miner in matter of such trihing importance The Miner cannot clearly comprehend. Looking at the matter from almost any standpoint, this paper cannot see any good reason why Governor Hoggatt should not have been invited to make the principal address on the occasion referred to. The Miner is not devoting itself very largely to helping Seattle boost the fair to the chief glory and benefit of Seattle, and has no particular concern about it, one way or the other, consequently could have no objection to the loan of Governor Hoggattt for the purpose for which he was desired. It may have had some little sympathy for those who were expected to be present and par ticipating in the exercises, and especially for the other orators who would be made to feel even smaller than 30 cents by comparison, but that was all. The Fairbanks, Seward nIitopc any compulsion to be present at the exercises in questiOn-if they had been under such compulsion, they might have had just cause to com plain.
 The attitude of President Roose- veit and the rulings of the court have placed the Seattle companies formed to exploit Alaska coal lands, in a peculiarly unpleasant predicament. They have sold stock, but have no way of gobbling up the coal. Doug las News.
 Newspaper men in Alaska are winning fame, but of an unenviable sort. One makes meal off of an opponent in a fight, another gets the gr and bounce from a public office, and now comes this Panama fellow, who when captured, has to be chain ed to the deck of steamboat .- Douglas News.
 At Fairbanks, Judge Gunnison has issued an injunction restraining the striking miners from interfering with the operation of mining proper ties.
 Boise, June 6. 6.-Harry Orchard, the self confessed murderer of ex-Goyer-