The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-01

| CuiiuIciS C. 0SkShOhSs Di. AAs VI Story, Mrs. James Moore, Mrs. L. H
 Rudnick, w. G. Van Liew, V. L,
 Mitchell, George Cole, J. w. Sted
 man, and Malcolm Morrison and six
 second class.
 The Misses Hartsough, who are leaving today for Kasaan to be away all summer, were completely surprised last night by the Ladies of the Poco hontas. Being inveighed away from home for few minutes, they return ed to find their apartments full of g merry crowd of friends who wished them pleasant summer and many oi them.
 Craig Miller, who has been in town for couple of days having the engine in his seine boat overhauled, vii, leave for the west coast tonight. He has ordered new 15-horse power Union engine for the boat and when that is installed, expects to be able to get around about half the salmon on the west coast.
 It. is reported that Christopher Baines who plead guilty to the charge of abstraacting large amount Of gasolene from the Heckman warehouse was given two years in the Juneau jail.
 m n sE hn 0 O days ago for petty larceny, bein g brought in from Hollis for trial, was acquitted last night. The government brought in a little souvenir of the case in the way of 75 pound rusty anchor which might be used to ad- vantage in holding down some of our legal lights when threatened with un- usual flights of oratory.
 NEVADA AFTER WILDCATTERS. In Nevada an active campaign has been commenced against the many wildcat mining companies which have brought the state into discredit and made it appear before the world as paradise for swindling promoters. The campaign is being con ducted en- tirely on private initiative and with out legislative authorization The method of attack is publicity. For the purposes of their campaighn there has been created publicity committee. This publicity committee will act in conjunction with the Mining and Scientific society, which is composed entirely of expert mining engineers, with the Nevada Commercial League and with other bodies of similar character.
 It is proposed to publish at list of all the legitimate mining companies of the state. together with a state ment of all the property which each of these companies owns. The names of the officers and the exact capitali- zation will also be furnished. It is the purpose to scrutinize this list so closely that it will not contain the name of single fake or wildcat con- cern.
 With a list of legitimate companies so prepared and containing reliable information, backed by the endorse ment of such bodies as have taken the matter in hand, the investor will have something to guide him. Such list will go long way toward curbing the activities of the promoters of wildcat propreties at least within the limits of Nevada. It will not follow that all the companies which are on the list necessarily will be productive and that all investors in their stocks necessari- ly will secure large dividends. The investors will he merely assured that the company has mine, that it is honestly endeavoring to develop it, and that it is not engaged in the busi- ness of selling stock, the proceeds of the sales to be pocketed by the pro- moters. If the purpose is honestly carried out, the investor may be as- sured that any of the much- advertised com panies whose names do not appear on the list are fakes.