Douglas Island news., 1902-12-24

British Columbia officials are very anxious that the state of Washington or the United States government should maintain salmon hatchery on the Frazer river, independently or in conjunction with the Canadian govern ment, for the purpose of replenishing the supply of sockeye salmon that fre- quent that stream and adjoining waters.
 An objection that has been made to extending the land laws to Alaska is, says an exchange, that as soon as the land is thrown open to settlement, the choicest areas of the district will be gobbled by capitalists and that hordes of venal people will be used as their tools to effect the sequestration of the public domain from the purposes in- tended by the law makers.
 The personnel of the grand jury that held the ssrecent secret inquisition at Juneau is as follows: Juneau-M. G. Rogers, R. P. Nelson, John Olds, J. P. Jorgensen, John Crawford, J. F. Martin, M. Thomas, A. c. Williams, w. R. Bent ly, Guy Garfield, G. c. Barlow and F. D. Novel;; Douglas-E. w. Weesner, E. E. Smith and A. Murray; Skagway- Elias Ruud and T. A. Shorthill; Sitka- George Kostimetinhoff; Wrangell--J. 1 Callbreath.
 "We of Canada believe that you have got much territory in the Northwest belonging to us, said Senator McMul- len recently at reciprocity love feast. Before any thing in the way of rec iprocity be accomplished this dispute must be settled. Canada is willing and anxious to leave it to arbitration before proper tribunal. Let the matter be left to this tribunal and if the decision is against Canada we will bow to it, and if against the United States we expect them to submit as gracefully. Settle this question and settle it favor ably, and then we will come together with you. But without that settlement reciprocity is out of the question"
 On Canyon Creek in the Sunrise District, S. W. Weible has cleaned up s7,OO0 in preliminary work, and is building a larger ditch. The Polly Mining Company finished its mile ditch rather late in the season. A hy- draulic plant will be sledded in this winter. John Renner and Robert Nicholson, owners of the Polly state that the ground will pay S200 per day with men. At the Vest Pocket Mine, on Bertha Creek, P. M. Ogle will put in two more giants. On Crow Creek w. c. Jack and F. Fenstermacher, with 8 men, took out s1,2O0 per week during the season. A great many small claims on various creeks have been worked during the summer.
 Senator Quay of Pennsylvania pur- poses that Alaska shall have at least one modern public building outside of the capital. He recently introduced a bill authorizing the erection of build ing at Nome, for the accommodation of the United States postoffice, court, jail, and other government offices in that city, on site to be acquired by pur- chase or condemnation, building and site to cost not over S150,000. The bill is regular in form and requires the calling for bids for the site, and the letting of the contract for the building after the site has been purchased and plans completed. Unfortunately, there is practically no chance of the bill be- coming law at this session, although it may be passed by the senate out of courtesy to the Pennsylvania senator.