The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

1 Wln mas Ueeu CnarteFeu to take bn6 run of the injured Northland, and
 will take all the freight which the
 latter boat was expected to carry. starting from Seattle on Thursday, the 3rd inst. The Northland while in dry dock, will undergo extensive im- provements.
 A reader of The Miner wants to know of it expects to always tell the truth in recording all matters of local interest. To this inquiry The Miner answers an emphatic no. The Miner will simply continue the manner and style of all successful newspapers ana will deal in only what it considers clean and reliable news items of gen. eral interest. If the newspapers
 should publish half the stuff they hear there would be ten divorce suits too one now. There would be social os- tracism of many who now shine in the four hundred. There would be shot, gun matinees, lynching bees, hatchet parties, Imprisonment, desolation and misery. An editor learns of nearly all the sin and hyprocrisy of | life and it is wonder he believes in man or woman, witch or devil, heaven or hell. Many people are con- tinually finding fault with the news papers when as matter of fact they owe their very standing in the com- munity to the editors waste basket. Hotel arrivals: Stedman-F. My son, city; James Thompson, Kian; A. P. Mcdonald and family, Dolomi: Geo. E. Green, Hadley; Louis Levy and wife, B. S. Howard, Butte, Mont. Connell-N. E. Lane, Tolstoi: D. Maskaieczues, Skagway; w. k. Ludy and Ed. Hamilton. Royal Henry Imhoff, Wards Cove; Philip Hart, Gussie Hulen, and Mrs. P. G. Shark.
 The Humboldt came into port south bound about ten o'clock last evening. She took as first class passengers fro Ketchikan c. E. Bissell, J. k. Heck
 man and wife, J. J. DaIy and family, J. F. McLennon, l.. B. Jackson. Mrs. NJ. Lynch, Miss B. Briggs and J. P. McElhaney, also three second class bringing her passenger list to sixty. She carried }, 400 cases of salmon from Petersburg, 239 boxes of fresh hailbut from Wrangell Narrows and sl5O. 900 in bullion from Treadwell. She is to leave Seattle on the sixth taking the Alaska run Independently The report that the Corwin has been chartered to make the next trip for the Ncrthland ndictes one of two tn ings-either that the last named was more seriously damaged by the accident recently reported by wire than was thought, or that the owners have concluded to take advantage ol the circumstances by making some contemplated extensive changes and improvements while she is in the dry dock, most probably the latter. It is understood that she was not at all badly damaged by ;he accident, while on the other hand, it is known that the owners have had under considera- tion the plan of adding a new house to her main deck, forward.
 Metlakahtla items. There are two annual "home coming days" at Met lak kahtla-Christmas and rhanksgiv- ing. A cons derable number of Tsimpseans, who had gone away to find employment or to live, came home to enjoy Thanksgiving day with relatives and friends, and at Il 30 Thursday morning the large white church was fairly well filled. Mir. Duncan presided as usual, and extort- ed all his people to continued thanks giving. The choir rendered with more than usual feeling and effect the "Glory of the Lord" chorus from the
 'Messah" as the anthe Il, and the Doxology from ''Queen Esther" After the services the natives welded their way to their several homes to enjoy their thanksgiving feasts with relatives and friends.
 Paul Mather pioted the steam launch Carita to this place last We'd nesday with large party of natives bound for their homes here. She re- ! turned to Ketchikan on Saturday afternoon.
 The smiling face of Capt. J. J. Doyle peeked out from the pilot house of the Vigilant as she hove into this port Saturday afternoon with a consingrnent of lumber for various people.
 Rev. Robert Tomlinson. also M. D.. and vile, arrived here Monday of last week.
 The Miner is indebted to Thomas s. Barry for some interesting items concerning mining locations on Chica- golf island. Mir. Barry spent the past summer in operating the four-stamp mill of the Chicagof Gold Mining Company he mining operations which are ably superintended by Mr. 4. M. Archangelsky. The workings of this mine consist of two tunnels at