The Ketchikan miner., 1908-01-04
WITH ALASKA EXCHANGES

The Douglas News credits the Juneau Record with tue statement that Goy. Hoggatt's forthcoming re- poet estimates the population of Alas Sa at Sl, 0Oa, besides ahou, 7,000 itinel- ants. who don't count and says: "Oar governors are never optimistic when it comes to population. We suggest that the salary of the governor here after be based on the population, to see what that will do.
 The Guggeuheim intreests have awarded contract to NJ. l, Heney for the building ot the Copper River X Northwestern Ry. liue from Cordova rjver, Thls toute is somewhat longer than the earlier proposed route from Ha,alla but avoids the necessity of building hreakwaters.
 Gov. Hoggatt has filed charges against District Attorney Harlan; and District Attorney Harlan has big one fixed up for the Governor. = Doug las News.
 The Juneau Record asserts that the "Unied Press" is responsible for the malicious lies about the Treadwell that ara published in Seattle and hints that the Dispatch man represents the Alaska end of the concern. The Dis patch mau comes forward with gen aral denial. - Douglas News. Wouldn't il be best tn have the assertion of malicious lies" suhstantiated before accepting them as such. The News sill please take the stand.
 An important placer gold discov-
 " is reported on Valley creek, at
 he head of Susitua river. X pay .treak 10 feet in width, banning ou
 he average of sl to the pan is the tory.
 -Tbe Valdez Prospector says that Reynolds of "trenzied finance tame. " l 1aj at last accOutnS turned over all ,t his personal holdings in Reynolds Alaska Development company for its benefit. and was directing his entire attention 10 the placing of bonds to he lsed in raising money with which to auill the Home railway. IL is to De 1oped that ha is keeping his hat on and his heel down,
 The Yukon Gold company. other wise the Guggenheims. is preparing 70 keep q large number of men and
 cams busy in the Klondise through
 .It ihe winter. The most important Sinter work will be the hauling oi i.o00 tons of pipe line material from
 Twelve Mile Landing. on the Yukon helow Dawson to points alorg the
 Ju;e Of the big Twelve Mile ditch. A
 .uadred horses with perhaps twenty
 ve drivers will be engaged. Team, ace TOW starting on the work.
 A dog carnival was 10 have beer
 me of the holiday features at Nome. 1 According 10 the Pioneer Press one day WAS to bedevoted to dress parade u which all the teams and drivers were expected to be on their best be- 1ayior the one presenting the best appearance tU be given prize-othei 1 lays to bs devoted 10 racing over curses of from one to twenty-five miles. with one to ten dogs to tie led. a ladies' race. boys race-ir tact every manner of dog racing. That ] is regular winter sport in the Lake Superior region where it has been ir
 .sst years productive of more fun thar
 ouid be got out of several bags flu
 'i monke. :.
 -kenney. roadhnuse keeper at .he month Of Lake creek. in the Vent
 n district. has begun suit throug h
 ii> attorney, E. F. Ritchie of Seward. Q recover damages from five miners l ho attempted 10 hang him. IL ap- l pears i miu-r named Gone l1ft poke
 containing *3eo0 iu dust at the road
 .ouse, having forgotten it. When ] me noted his Io,s he returned to the aa hoge.. but the poke ia disap-
 cared. Suspicion fell on Kenney. : ho denied the theft. \ vigilance committee sat on the case and decided 70 use heoric measures. 4 rope was ,ecured and Kenney was hojsted from .he ground several times. lie ms D. ianed his innocence Of the crime. and
 7as finally cut down. Kenney thinks r. is entitled to s2j 091 for having his neck stretched without warrant of law. The case wil probably come up u the first term of court tc be held in Valdez. z.-Valdez Prospector.
 After the lapse of mnoth the Seward Gateway hadn't fully recover ed from the effects of the Juneau con- gention which it says was pity, be- cause Of the large measure of dislike Juneau accumulated for itself. which The Miner apprehends the Gateway does n1t 90 greatly lament as it re- grets the action of the national com nitree. concerning which it says: :: The cutting down of Aiassa's repre- ,entation in the republican national convention from six delegates to two probably means that a majority of the