The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-14

" bnlH horny Hanueu SOuS " tOll, | th' men that have made our country | what it is an creates tn wealth iv tn wurruld an sees it go off with a had to be wan iv thim pillars iy tn constitution, which | thank Gawd 1 haven't, 'tis sthrikin' I'd be all tn time durin' tn heated term. I'd begin sthrikin' whin tn flowers begin to bloom in tn parks, an I'd stay on sthrike till 'twas too cold 10 sit out on tn bleachers. Ye bet wud."
 -Wrangell Sentinel: A drunken brawl and shooting affair occurred at Fred Brockman's saltery, on the west coast, last week, in which Joe Lobert and Perry Merwin were the partici pants. Lobert has black eye and Merwin has two fle wounds, one un- der the chin and one through the left hand. The latter wound may result seriously, as six days passed before it received the proper treatment. The two men were brought to town Sun day in sloop from Shakan. No men, ton of any arrests having been made.
 Douglas News: Several of the Alaskan customs offices are to be abol- ished; that at Sitka and Dutch Har- bor among them. According to the governors report, the value of the taxable property in nine of the ten in- corporated towns of Alaska is $9, 93S, 15l. It has been decided by the faculty of the University of Washing ton that class shall be sent to Alas ka during next summer to conduct botanical observations throughout the district. Katalla coal has vindi- cated itself and in test made recent ly at the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton it proved superior to any Pacific Coast coal by from ten to twelve per cent.
 Douglas News: The secretary of the Young Mems Christian Associa- tion in Seattle, in a recent address, warns young men against Alaska, as place full of temptations for evil. If any young Seattle lads are looking for temptation, theycan save steamer fare by "seeing Seattle first" An exchange tells of British Columbia farmer, preparing to blow out some offensive stumps; he thawed out few sticks of dynamite in the kitchen stove, and the explosion, which tore the roof off of his house, also killed a couple of his children. The stumps are still in their original location. E. The annual report of the geological survey concerning Alaska copper and mines shows that the output of that metal for the year 1907 was 20 per cent greater than that of tine year preceding. The report, while it speaks in the highest terms of the outlook for the future of copper mining in Alaska, warns investors to investigate the standing of companies offering stock for sale before making purchas es thereof.
 The Juneau daily papers are engag- ed in a war of words which may seem more or less amusing and satisfactory to themselves, hut are not of a character of even passing interest to the general public. A physical scrap between the editors would be far more entertain ing and not nearly so much to be deprecated as calling names from sup posedly safe distances.
 Juneau has probably never had an organization which will prove so pow er!ul d factor in knitting together neighlorly ties and promoting social intercourse as the Southeastern Alas ka Pioneers Association. It is made up of representative and responsible class of men and women-who are known and esteemed by all. The term Pioneers Association does not necessarily imply that it is made up of the older set of people--a 'arge pro- portion of the membership con es from the successful young business men of today, for in this new country one does not have to be very advanced in years to wear the term ''pioneer. The organization is not formed for the purpose of making money; it has no axes to grind: it is not a political combine-in short, it mas no ends to further save the promotion of real friendship between its members. It is an organization formed primarily to band together in social ties the men and women who were the first to come to this section of the northland; to preserve the traditions and stories of those early days. At the same time, because so many of the mem- bers are now our most progressive business men, it is only natural to suppose that they will stand together where it becomes to their advantage to do so in business matters. And they can become power for good in the community, if they so elect, by action along these lines. Juneau Dis patch.
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