The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-10

 year," says J. w. Goodwin, receiver for the Alaska Central railroad and until recently United States commis- sioner and mining recorder at Fair banks.
 Two hundred men and sixty teams are at work preparing the ground for the 'Psy Streak" at the Alaska Yu- kon-P Pacfc exposition which will be held in Seattle next year. The great pleasure resort will contain one hund- red of the biggest and best amusement features.
 The British government is consider ing..how to deal with the problem pro- jected by the great army of unemploy- ed linen HOW in Great Britlan. The general opinion is that there will be more people out of work during the coming winter than ever before in the hitsory of that country.
 It took squad of policemen to keep back crowd of "rubber necks'' as two actresses dressed in ''sheath gowns' passed up the street in Phila- delphia. It is safe to say that the sheath gowns will not become popular in Alaska, at least not long as this weather keeps up.
 The agreement of the governments of Canada and the United States to establish 120-foot neutral strip be- tween the two countries has many things to commend it, but it will be rough on the gentry who have houses located a-straddle of the boundary line, for dispensing liquid refresh ments without payil g license fee or duties.
 The 1909 encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans will be held in Tacoma during the time of the fair at Seattle. Last month the first camp of U. s. s. w. V. in Alaska was organ ized in Fairbanks. It started with six ty members. Another is to be organ ized at Nome. Both will have dele gates at the 1909 encampment.
 Governor Haskell has left the Dem- ocratic head quarters for Oklahoma, and the word has gone out that he will remain in comparative seculsion for few weeks. There are many people in both parties who believe that the present would be good time for Governor Haskell and Senator Foraker to join forces for a hunting trip to some fastness beyond the reach of the telegraph. @.e
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 A careless miser some years Sgo l! buried his gold in the forest which is now part of the grounds of the Uni | versity of Washington, at Seattle. I Recently, graders at work clearing the grounds for the A. Y. F. exposi- tion unearthed the hoard, which was turned over to the police. If the own- CT does not show up, the laborers will get the money, S95O.
 There are F, 800 newspapers pu b. lished in the United States; about 1000 of them are published daily; 12O are managed, edited and published by negroes. In Asia there are 5000 periodical publications, of which the greater part appear in British India and Japan :. the latter country publish es l, 300 newspapers. Africa has only 200 newspapers, of which thirty are published in Egypt and the rest ap- pear in the various European colonies.
 Tommy Muligan of the seventh grade was absent from the classroom for one entire day, says the Philadel- phia Press. It would appear that he played truant for unknown to T .mmy, his teacher had espied him homeward with pockets bulging suspiciously when she too, vas homeward bound that afternoon. But Tommy brought note of excuse the next morning. which of course would prove that he had been detain- sd at home legitimately. The writing was hardly thas of feminine hand. md the note appeared to have been written laboriously and with much plotting; furthermore, the penman- 'hip seemed to be strangely familiar b his teacher. The note read as fol- lows:
 Dear teacher: Please exus Tony Tor not coming to school yistidday. le cuddent come. I tore may pants.
 Mrs. Mulligan.'
 The story of the grounding of the Humboldt on Fender Island, and how [ he used her wireless apparatus to tell o # her trouble, affords splendid illus l ration of the value of this latest in- D ention in telegraphy. The circum- o tances of the wreck were such that 70 one was in danger at any time, but t, was evident that there may be oc- a