Douglas Island news., 1901-11-20

avenue few days ago. A OuuCh o1 Copper river Indians were in town lay ing in their winters supplies, and while passing down the street an old squaw caught sight of Mr. H. E. Ellis, better known as Copper River Red" The squaw immediately commenced to bow and cross herself and bawled out, "Hi- yu good man: all same Jesus ChristT' Her remarks were occasioned by the appearance of Mir. Ellis, who is we'll educated young man of good family, but who has spent several years in this country hunting and trapping, and for some reason has allowed his auburn hair to grow until it hangs down about his shoulders. He also wears light short beard of the same color of his hair. Mir. Ellis resemblance to the pictures of Jesus Christ has often been remarked and the old squaw was evi- dently of the same opinion.
 Three Indians recently went on a jamboree at KIukwan and wound up their spree by drinking wood alcohol, from the effects of which two of them died and the third got glimpse of the gates ajar. They knew the effects of the poisonous fluid, but were in that maud lin condition that suggested it would be a good joke to get a horse on the fool killer. The survivor, according to the Skagway Alaskan, made the state ment, that before imbibing, all three sat around the bottle and wept, because they knew the stuff would kill them if they drank it.
 Deputy U. s. Marshal Hasey of Val dez recently tried to recover rowboat that had broken from it's moorings dur ing storm, and was carried out into the bay by the wind and tide just as the shades of night fell and ruptured the landscape. He was soon lost to view in the gathering darkness and for a time it was feared that he had found a winding sheet in the flowing sea. But be succeeded in making land during the night on the opposite side of the bay, near Swanport, and telephoned bis friends to suspend preparations for the funeral.
 Clerk Hills, of the district court, for Division No. l of Alaska, received s6,400 in fees as receiver in the Jack Wade creek mining claim cases, This receiV- ership business, introduced to the un- initiated at Nome as an object lesson in political economy and an exemplif- cation of the idea that the ways of providence are past finding out, is one of the most fascinating and popular pastimes compatible with the dignity of the bench indulged in by the judiciary. The stakes are always high and the game cinch.
 The Orphanage News Letter, publish ed at Kadiak, Wood Island, by the Baptist Mission Society, in it's octo- Der number illustrates the possibilities of agriculture in that section by the statement that the orphanage gardens produced barley that yeilded 40 bush els per acre, and produced vegetables in abundance. Some of the specimens weighed ss follows: rutabagas weigh ed Il pounds, 3 turnips 6 pounds, ] cauliflower 3 pounds, 3 cabbage 12k pounds, F potatoes 9 pounds.
 The Ketchikan Journal says that Jim Wiley ran up against the real thing last Tuesday while hunting at Charcoal Point. In prowling through the timber he espied bear and wound cd him; the brute made dive for Jim who lodged behind tree, and as bruin rushed by he was hit on the head with an ax, and immediately became a agoOd bear" Wiley sports bis hide as trophy of his narrow escape.
 According to the annual report of the commissioner Of education, the gov ernment maintained 9 schools in AL aska, with an enrolment of 1881 pupils and 31 teachers. For the support of these schools the sum of s30,O00 was expended. The enrolment shows de- crease of 42 pupils from the preceding year.
 The Burlington R. R. O., as shown by the records in the U. S. land office at Sitka, has been granted right of way for 20 miles from Valdez to the interior. The News says that this con- .Ans;o., o,, 4hn nnrh nf Ahn ,nuarnnnank