The Ketchikan miner., 1907-08-10


 RICHARD BUSHELL Mgr.
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 AUGUST 10, 1907
 The Jesse Grant presidential boom seems to be one of the Hgh, running, noiseless variety. About the only men who ever get paid for talking too much are the preachers and the lawyers.
 The things that are happening 10 Korea are for Korea's good. which is the Japanese for benevolent assimilation. Alr. Bryan does not stand for all the things he stood for in Is96 and 1900, bur he is still in favor Of the presidency.
 Mark Twain will nog attend the con yeation of humorists at Los Angeles. Mark is already getting more for his jokes than the union scale demands. Prof. Starr, Of the Chicago Caiver- sits, says dog meat is as good as nut ton. Here's where We come to the parting of the ways wi.h that partic- ular professor.
 There doesn't appear 10 be q great deal of starch left in some Of the presidential booms which stood up so stiff and firm during the cool Of the front end of the summer season.
 While Nr. Bryan has pus some ot his former principles on the shelf, he is probably ready to take them down and dust them of any time there .is 6 call for them.
 \ Seattle preachers wife vas caught in aagraate delicto. CT some thing Of that sort. She obtained for gigeness on the plea that she gas trg- ing to settle the Japanese question 0y ehgistianiziDg at least one of 'em.
 The fact that Mrs. Fairbanks de- clares that her husband does not care for buttermilk will nor seriously hurt his presidential chances. l. is not believed the battermilk yo.e ot the states is large enough to GU much ot figure.
 Word comes in a round about way from Washington that an old statute has been unearthed under which 2. T. Hartman may be sent 70 prison for some O. his mulci-million dollar railroad stunts. Now fl they win un- earth some judge or other oHsclal who win enforce that old statute. some thing may come Of all this talk.
 One Of them astrolager fellows in an Eastern college has been reading the stars. and says that the United States will be at war with the whole Of the world. Now f he will read them some more and tell us who is going 10 ger licked. he can easily T.a- an end b ths s1spetse which will otherwise worry and peeplex the whole |. :. and the rest of the world.
 h several California towns. notably the city Of Sausalito. war has 6aen in augurated On gamblers. and i1 re,al la1ien the gamblers threaten 70 tell what they know about the sporty" habits oi the smart set. Wouldn't it he merry war f al the gamblers and all the members Of the smart Set" should cut loose oa each other in real earnest: Wouldn't the honest 'tconmon' people have g rare treat:
 Two wonderful inventions bY forei igners are reported by consular agents of the United states. One is thas of a rotary engine patented ny a Spa1iard. that It is said viii rago,u- tioaize the use of steam as a motive power. The other is the discovery b. a noted Daphish engineer Of q process by which beer can bs made ia tablet form. The world waits i'm patiently for details Of the latter.
  GOV. HOGCATT's REAL VIEWS.
 4 fuller statement Of Cor. Hog gatts recent utterances at Dawson. on the subject Of 2 change in Aiaska's form of government credits him with saying g territorial form of government may he wise form" when the time comes to adopt it; but after carefully weighing the matter. he has reached the conclusion that the time has not yet arrived for the change. The majority Of people of Alaska take the contrary view.
 Cor. Hoggattis statement that ''the