The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-01

ing not only his hearty endorsement
 but a guarantee as we'll of one hundred
 The members of the church are com
 ing forward generously, and the sum of S225 was subscribed practically in one day. The organ which has been selected will cost something over 5000. ani will bs operated with small water motor, or in cast ot emergency may be plmped bs hand. It is ot the type known as two manual, with foot pedals, has eleven sets of reeds, or speaking stops, and represents the latest developments in reed organ building, bsing furnished with what are called Philharmonic Reeds, which approximate in quality Of tone those of the pipe organ. It will weigh, boxed, about l POO pounds aud can be shipped st up ready for use, like il l piano. The natives uho are members and attendants or $. Johns Church are also taking q very active interest and are responding generously iu the matter of subscriptions. Some kind i frien Is of the church in the east have also baen appealed to, and when the canvass is completed it is believed that the greater part. of the money will be on hand before the order is placed.
 lFrom Saturdays Dailyl
 The Ketehikan Power company has
 nen Ut work installing steam heat in the Miners and Merchants bank. ano the adjoining drug store.
 Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Abrams went to Juneau on the Jefferson. Mr. Abrams is called as n witness in the so-ealled kildall conspiracy case. The Eagles taught huzzard how to take the aerial flight at their meeting last night. The ketchikan aerie con. tinues to add to the number of those seeking happiness and protection with in it's nest, and is in an altogether ilourishiug condition.
 The marine surgeon has diagnosed the ailment of the sick man Gustafson brought to the hospital here from the ship America as being complication of jauudice aud dropsy. but is unable as yet to say how serious the case ma! be.
 Will II. Morris, the noted criminal lawyer, of Seattle, went to Juneau ou the last Jefferson, having been retain ed for the defense iu the Nildail con- spiracy case. He is the attorney who defended Esther Mitchell and Chester Thompson in the Seattle murder cases
 little child of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Newell. living in newtown, was severely scalded this morning by the overflow of steam from kettle oi boiling potatoes near which it happen ed 10 have strayed at the time. Dl. Story was called aud the little one, he says, will not be long in reeoverln. from tue effects of the accident
 The call for the fre department which teok the fire laddies all the way to the upper end of newtown was q false alarm, occasioned iy q mistake made in testing the system. The uis- take is one very easy to he mae. anu 1T delay is sure to result in more or less misapprehension, as was the case last night. There WAS no fire and the boys had their run for nothing.
 Instead of the usual afternoon gath ering. the Thimbe club held it's reg uiar weekly meeting last evening, with Miss Edith Jones as hostess. The ''Thimble Club Boys were thus able to attend and participate in the enjoyment. an informal but mo pleasant evening was spent in the school house, follow q by dainty re- treatments which were served in the Rectory.
 It is reported here that there las heen turning over in the control of the Juneau Record. which has passed into the bands of some young men pot heretofore actively connected with the concecn, and that J. " Frame .is down and out. If those nos in con- trol succeed in making IS good 8 paper oi the Record as 1t has been for several months past they will GO fully as much as can be expected of them. The Miner sincerely hopes that the