The Ketchikan miner., 1907-12-14

friends. During all these years. the News has stood firmly for Douglas Island and its best interests. with no other hope of reward than to share the general prosperity. We nave fought no battles but those of our town. our island and our country. When it was not possible 10 do good. we have tried to do no evil. We see no reason to change our platform. May Il live and flourish twice or thrice ten years more. and full meal tub he the portion of genial Charley Hopp so long as he remains at its helm.
 The Nome Pioneer Press is the title ot thrice-a-week publication which comes 10 us from the northern commercial and mining metropolis. It is a neatly printed. we'll edited little sheet. though rather helstei in it's nomenclature.
 The purchase of new launch, the Perseverance, by the Alaska Perser- verance Company. is taken indirectly as an indication of extended operations by this company next season. The launch is q thirty-fye foot affair and will De utilized in making trips to Sheep Creek where operations are to l,e considerably greater next season than a, sny time in the past.-Juneau Dispatch.
 -Johny Jackson, the Juneau native who carved the anatomy of Jimmy Johnson, another native. in way to make him it adornment to hospi- tal, has been discharged from custody. because i. was made 10 appear in court that his victim was drunk and Quarrelsome and therefore ft for the hniuher's knife. Jackson is recover ing and will soon be ou, again.
 The fine rev "Elks hall" at Jun. eau was opened Thanksgiving eve with a grand ball at which all the beauty and ehiyalry of the ''capitalii city was present.
 -nonglas Se@s,
 aev. Hoggats has gone down to Washington, D. C.. to help Tom Gale represent Alaska in Congress.
 Live, laugh and love; there'll come a time when you can't" is the motto et aThe Musher" published at Fort Seward, Haines. Alaska.
 Skagway boys have formed club to pass away the long winter evenings. Wonder why they don't go home and go 10 bed.
 Through the upsetting of canoe and loss of photographs and data ob- sained by the survey of the Alaska boundary, it will be necessary to do the summers work over again.
 The Japanese government has no desire to enter into a treaty in regard 10 the sealing rights in Boring sea. The present system of grab aud snatch is good enough for the brown men.
 The strife and contention which has prevailed in Alaska politics. will be fought out at Washington this winter, which suits most people here in the Northiand who believe in passing 8 good thing on; or at least have DO desire to Hogit.
 The Pacific Coast Steamship con- pany offers 10 transport the body oi the late Richard Harris to Juneau. free of cost. A subscription among pioneer citizens had been started for this purpose. The body of Richard Harris will rest near that of his old partner Joe Juneau, in the Juneau cemetery.
 The President has solved the prob. lem. When he says. "self-goyern. menf. provided in a simple and mex. pensige manner. he answered the argument 0. those who contend that self-goyernment must of necessity be accompanied by needless ard lavish expenditure of money. Mir. Roose- yelt knows something about govern neuT. and he makes the recommend arioD. based on his knowledge. He also shows plainly that he believes in the honor, integrity. worth and abili- ty of Alaskans. ''The world do move .
 The Wrangell Sentinel suggests a ''spellin' skule," and that the people of that town do something else than dance for amusement.
 During the trial of a criminal case at Skagway the other day it transpired that somebody had sent the jury box of cigars. which fact com ing to the notice of Judge Gunnison, he promptly dismissed that jury, and calling the offending parties-one an alderman, another deputy marshal, and the hailiif-before him, to all of whom he administered a severe repri mand. fning the bailiff, concerning all which the Alaskan says: "Yesterday's jury muddle is regrettable from every point of view. but. after all, it is ex- ceedingIy doubtful had the jury not been dismissed by the court whether they would have arrived at verdict. The division between them was al- most impossible to overcome. That being the case, so far as the guilt or innocence of Dodson was concerned,