The Alaska prospector., 1904-08-18
ALONG TH[ COAST
NEWS 1fEMs OF INTEREST
 FROM ALL PARTS

probably be above $65, ,OOO. During the short time the Dora was at Unalsska the U. $. Revenue cltters Petrel and Perry stopped there on their regular cruise.
 The Boring sea ice packed into Bristol bay and remained there as late as June 18th, much to the 'tlet- riment of the can,sery business on ;iN bay.
 Under direction of marshal Per " a very imposing structure. to be used as court house and jail has been built at Unalaska. TlN steamer J. H. Cruger, of San Francisco, was at Dutch Har- Dor n the early part of August un- loading cargo for the N. C. Go. There is rumor a1oat to the effect that L. H. Bailey, agent for the A. c. Co. at Unga, will this fall cease to be a batchelor. The ex- pected bride will come up from California.
 On July 5th the vessel Mary D. Hume, t5pefaed by the receivers of the P. P. X N. Co.,, was wrecked at the mouth of Nushagak river. An attempt is now being made to raise her. Nhe aoss is about $50,0OO. Wm. Powers, Jr., of Nushagak, was arrested, charged with dis charging firearms and thereby in- turing a native. He was tried be- fore commissioner Niven, found guilty and sentenced to six months in jail
 Very few of the steamers from Nome touch at Dutch harbor this season, taking more direct route to the states. The St. Paul on her last trip down, for a consideration, stopped there to let off number of passengeIs who had business to attend to at that place
 Early thh month Canadian sealer was seized in Boring sea by the revenue cutter Manning, for a violation of the sealing laws. She was brought into Unalaska and detained until the arrival of the British man-of-war Shearwater whose commander took charge of the case.
 The managers of eight of the canneriey of this division who were indicted by the grand jury for non compliance with the law, have paid up all arrears, and it is likely lthat the indictmints will be dis missed' it having been ascertained that their failure to comply was due to ignorance of the law and is nOtliable to occur again.
 The Philadelphia Crude Ore Co.,, an eastern corporation, is doing assessment work on their copper and sulphur claims at Unalaska The same property is also claimed by The Sulphur Mountain Co.,. which IS also doing assessment work on the property, and there is every indication that litigation Will be resorted to to settle the disputed ownership.
 Marshal Perry recently ap- pointed c. L. Vawter as deputy at Unga. He is there now on duty having come down on the Dora from Unalaska to take his position. Mir. Vawter served as marshal under Judge Moves at Nome and prior to that he acted in the same capacity at St. Michael. Under Marshal Perry's instructions Mr. Vawter will immediately begin the construction of a courthouse and jail at Unga.
 The Bristol Bay canneries will this year turn out about 9OO,OO( casee of salmon which is consider able less u an last years pack The canneries at Igagak and | Ugashik were this season prepared to put up 250,0 900 cases of salmon but do not now expect to exceed | 65, 900 cases owing to the scarcity of salmon. Red salmon have no put in an appearance at either O these places this season. At Nush agak, Koggiung and Naknek th' run of salmon this year is abou normal. The Union Packing Co of Tacoma have this season estab lished at Koggiung about five mile above Hallerville and will have al output of about 10000.