The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

 much, has evidently been saving wood"
 The wreck of the Zeppelin airship, occurring as 1t did while the craft was moored on land, does not in any sense imply an upsetting of the calculations of. those who have made great strides in the direction of solving the problem of..aerial navigation, though it seems to demonstrate that much has yet to be learned in respect to the manage ment of these experimental machines.
 The Juneau Record defends the poor masterless dogs that are being killed by the Douglas authorities, and in en- deavoring to elicit sympathy says that i've cried our boy heart out over the death of pet dog" The Sentinel always suspected that there was some- thing lacking in the makeup of the Record man, but didn't think it was his heart. We still believe that If he were to go back to the place where he did that crying, he would find a smattering-small, perforce-of watery brains along with the heart. Of course be is not compelled to go, unless he wishes to satisfy childish curiosity. Sentinel
 The Juneau Record, referring to the action of Judge Gunnison in sus- taining the demurrer to the indict- ment against Torkelson, on charge of obtaining money under false pre- lenses, and holding that gentleman under bond until the next term of district court at Juneau, consoles it. self with the hope that Justice may not again .miscarry," and very gen. erously comedies that no complaint can be made against the dismissal of the indictment" if there was grounds for it," but says, lit is really too bad that negligence n drawing the indict- ment should have resulted in bring ing the case to the present determina- tion." Oh no, that is not where the badness comes in; The district attor- ney missed it in not employing the eminent practitioner of the Record to..draw the indictment and to argue it, and at the same time calling in Mir. O. Brien to render decision ( |, it's merits.
 A very statesmanlike uttera' .co i, attributed to Vice-Presiden Eo;r banks in Quebec dispatch. r, lat ter to Lord Grey, he says it v;ves hin much pleasure to partici o..e in in, celebratio and..if an, utterance of his will t .,d .o strenotb sn the natural att I,hment betwee, he United States cd the Dominic, :: oou"o1, "o A feel repaid for hi 'ls'O' no reg Arss it as "incumben 'pon i,:. 'n'so on Ngsd with the responsi .nd h;s s so Arnment ot both countries | nse of duty runs with hi M ~ desire to do whatever ma.
 s ' yoly be done to augment tn ,at, ssAlinr whieh 90 happily exist
 cen the two countries" Thes :. aofty sentiments; and, spoken a
 Aey were in an official capacity, vii { tend very materially to the consum nation of the hopes of all who hay the best interests of the two countrie [ at heart.
 There is something doing up il
 Aaron creek, where Jorgen Berg an6
 others discovered such fine deposi
 of galena last summer. When the
 news gained circulation that the Alas
 ka Trokna Mining Co. had started
 development work on Berg's dis
 covery and that average assays show
 ed values of $50 to $75 per ton, pros
 pectors began moving out toward tn
 new workings. There has been n,
 stampede, nor is stampede at al
 probable, but it is quite likely tha
 the Aaron creek section will make
 good camp. Quite number of claims
 have been recorded at the local re cording office, ard more locators art
 coming in daily. We have ever. reason to believe that within a shor time the entire section from tht Bradfield river to the Stlkine will bt plastered with location notices, ant that it will become the scene of busy and profitable mining operations. = Wrangell Sentinel.
 A recent dispatch from Washington to the New York Herald declares that congress is to be asked for an appro priation of one million dollars for the purpose of providing fleet of airship: for coast defence. According to plans being discussed by the signal corps office and the board of ordnance of the army, one million dollars will be asked of the next congress for fleets of dirigible airships similar to that ol Count Zeppelin for coast defence. Rapid.progress in aeronautics among