The Ketchikan miner., 1908-01-25

that the Milwaukee k St. Paul has practically acquired control of the Alaska Central seems authentic and receives added strength from the req son given-thas the Milwaukee has little coal aloug it's entire line be- tween Chicago and Puget souod and must come to Alaska for an adequate supply. Seward Gateway.
 Nome has an immense ice skating rink for which the wharf sheds of one of the lighterage concerns has been utilized. The floor is flooded with water raised from Boring Sea, it is we'll lighted with electric arc lamps, provided with ample warming facili- ties, while the wooden supports to the roof are padded to guard against danger of skaters scattering their brains about promiscuouslY and muss- ing up the premises.
 John Pakala. miner employed al No. Dome creek in the Panama dis trict, was killed on the l2th of Decem- hsr by fall of 10 feet from plat form to the bottom of the shaft in which he was working. He was q Finlander, and had wife and child living at Carbonate. Wash.
 Alaska has 2524 miles of submarine cable, 1403 miles of land wire. lo7 miles of wireless, fiftyhve telegraph and cable offices, and eighteen money transfer offices.
 It seems that the government is disposed to treat Alaska generously this year. The double telegraph line is assured and if we can only get our hands on that Si00, GOO for roads and be granted self-government, this part of the world will be pretty we'll satis- fled with old Uncle Sam. m.-t'airbanks News.
 Here comes by the last mail Nome newspapers of date as late as November l9. They were at that time 1 just receiving reports of the Juneau republican convention and indulging predictions as to the final outcome, but have probably learned ere this that Nome is not likely to have three 1 delegates in the national convention, and cannot count certainly on ore.
 The Pioneer Press says: Accord | ing to news which has just became puo- licthe Guggs are invading the Koug- arok district ID. Hammond, an expert dredge man from Portland, spent all of the past summer in this district
 passing particularly upon the Ko9g- arok As has been stated before, few people realize what hold the Gng- genheims are getting upon this sec ton. but after the mercantile houses, most of the banks and part of the pnE- lie press have been gobbled up by them the people will awaken to the true state of affairs. Yes: but wnat
 is the Pioneer Press going to do about it? There is DO law to prohibit the GuggenheiIns from owning and opera ting as many mines, mercantile houses and banks in Alaska as they can buy and pay for, nor is it desirable tnal there should be any such prohibition.
 The Wrangell Sentinel says that
 while little is being said, and rrobab-
 ly little thought, Wfangell is enjoy
 ing healthy. steady growth and lm-
 provement. It is not a boom, nor is there any excitement, but new build- ings are constantly being put up iu various parts of town, while others are being improved.
 Last season this paper made men, ton of the discovery, by Jorgen Berg and others, of body of good looking ore on Aaron's creek, about twenty miles down the back channel. The discoyerers laid out trail from the ere body to the beach, distance oi about three miles across an ainlo-t level country. Jorgen took d lot 0i | the ore to Seattle for assay, and an average value of 355. 76 was placed on the ore, the values being chiefly in lead Ui.: some silver and copper. The ore created quite little furry among mining men who saw it. and the A laska Trokna Mining Co. was at once organized and incorporated by Seattle capitalists for the purpose of opening up and developing the claims. Five men left here yesterday to make substantial road and erect two houses. one at the beach and one at the claims. and in March crew of about ta enty men will be put to work driyiog a tunnel to cross-cut the ledge at a depth of about fifty feet. Later. the merit of the property being prov en, improved machinery will be in- stalled and tramway built, when ac- tual mining will be done on a large scale. - Wrangeli Sentinel.
 These items are clipped from tine Douglas News: The other evening young Douglas lover of sixteen tried to reach his girl of twelve by phone, but the girls mother happened to re- ceve the call, and in answer to his question as to where the girl was, re-