The Ketchikan miner., 1908-05-23
(From Saturdays Daily)

The Jefferson s due from the north this evening.
 The Dirigo called here last night southbound.
 The Portland passed through this morning bound for Valdez.
 The Princess May should arrive from Vancouver tomorrow morning
 The Carita left this morning for Kasaan points. on the regular Alert run.
 The Ella Rohlffs will take the mail route beginning Monday if the at tempt to float her tonight is success full
 At the Cornell today are Anton Hovi of the Lincoln Rock Light Louis Johnson of Caamano; NJ. J.. Reilly and J. A. Vervait.
 John Heerdt ard Herman Schmidt of Dolomi came in from that place last evening on the launch o. K. and will spend few days in town.
 The Teddy left this morning for Unuk River loaded to the guards with freight for the Bour diary survey party She will return tonight il possible.
 Manager Strong of the Ketchikan Steamship Company wired from Sit- ka yesterday that the Northland has left that port and would arrive here tonight. She will leave tomorrow for Seattle.
 Miss Laura Young. of the Miners and Merchants Bank will leave on the Jefferson tonight for an extended visit in the states. After visiting in Den yer and Kansas City, she will go to her home in Iowa.
 Ex-Governor A. P. Swineford left this morning on the Humboldt for Ju- neau, where he will he the guest ot his daughter, Mrs. Allen G. Shattuck. i The Governor was elected a Ketchi- kan delegate to the Democratic con- vention which will assemble in Juneau on the 18th inst.
 Attorney Chas. H. Cosgiove left this morning on he Humboltl for Juneau. 1 His presence in Juneau is required within few days on legal business in the land office, and he has gone thus early to take in the Democratic c convention to which he was elected a delegate at the recent democratic primary in Ketchikan.
 Several of the recent delegates here will stop over at Juneau to witness the festivities there. It is said, how ever, that they have taken the pledge" as to any further ructions, and will take it upon themselves to make "skookum wa-wa" to their Democartic brethreu-especialIy refer ring to any contemplated resolutions of thanks.
 ]. K. Heckman is in Loring and will make an attempt to float the Ella Rohfs tonight at midnight. The at tempt 10 move her from her berth on the beach some ten days ago was not only unsuccessful, but put her in a more difficult position. The attempt will he made tonight with the heln of several scows and no considerable difficulty is anticipated.
 The announcement that the Rev. J. A. Chapman is to leave Ketchikan permanently will he received with general regret, not only in ketchikan but in the surrounding district. An exchange of pastorates has been ar ranged between Mir. Chapman and the Rev. F. J. Fisher of Newport, Kentucky, to take effect in lure. Mir. Chapman and family will leave ket- chikan about the 18th of June. making a visit at their old home in Illinois before going to Newport to enter up- on the new work. Mr. Fisher is ex- pected to arrive here to officiate for the first time on the last Sunday in June. He has had experience in iron tier woi k as we'll as in the cities and comes highly commended. New port is town of about torty-fve thousand people directly across the river from Cincinnati. and Grace Church, to which MT. Chapman will go, is large and prosperous city or ganization with many and varied acti- vties aside from the regular church work, in which Mr. Chapman will have ample field for the exercise of his ability and energy.
 A Miner reader wants to do some 'supposing" through the columns of this paper and delivers himself thus Suppose you had man working for you, and suppose that you and this man should disagree as to the quantity of work to be turned out, and you dis charged him and he in turn refused to work for you any longer. And then. suppose that at that time you bought two shovels for this man whom we will call Smith, because that is not his name, and you put your private mark on the shovels. Suppose that you were walking along the street and saw shovel with your private mark on it. Now, suppose again that,