Douglas Island news., 1911-11-15

Prospectors returning from Port Wells to Valdez report that four new volcanoes are belching masses of black smoke in the Kenai peninsula. From the mountain towns they are seen very plainly. Two of the volcanoes are close togather, joined by high ridge. The other two are seven miles distant. They are apparently nearer to Port Wells than to Seward. No one has been close enough to determine their exact locality.
 Frank Wilder, prospector, was drowned in Kenai river, just as the big stream enters Lake Skilak, in the fore noon of October 20. Wilder, D. David son and "Red" Strathcona, with large outfit, set out from Lake Skilak on the morning of that date When Kenai river was reached, & violent wind and the current of the stream combined to make the water rough and choppy, which eventually swamped the craft Davidson and Strathcona clung to the boat, which drifted ashore. Wilder, as soon as the craft capsized, started to swim ashore, but soon sapk and was drowned. He was probably seized with cramps, as the water was icy cold.
 Within the United States the rate of postage on parcels of merchandise is | 16 ceuts a pounds, and the limit of the size of the paacel is 1 pounds. The United States has treaties with 29 for eign countries whereby we may send parcels through the mails at l2 cents pounds, and the limit of the size of the parcel is IL pounds. In other words, merchant may send package from Fairbanks to Christiania, Nor way, at 12 cents pound, and he may send II pounds in one package; but if he wishes 10 send the same article to any point on the trail to Chitina,, he must divide them into packages of not to exceed 4 pounds each, and he must pay postage at the rate of Is, cents a pounds.-Fairbauk Times.
 The phenomena known as the aurora borealis, visible in the northern heav- ems especially during the winter months, has long been the subject of discussion among men of a scientific turn of mind When chechaco comes to town. it is a favorite pastime for con- geuial spirits who enjoy josh to tell of the "hissing" of the aurora, says the Seward Gateway. A scientific eXplana, tion of this phenomena is given, not only for the knowledge and benefit of the chechaeo, but the sourdough as we'll. This phenomena in nature occurs when the mologifastic temperature of the horizon is such as to caloricize the impurient indendations of the hemis- pheric analogy, the thorav curbistum becomes surcharged with infnitesimals which are thereby deprived of their fissural disquisitions. This effected, a rapid change takes place in the thor um bumpter of the gaseous palerium, which causes a change in the conValvu- lar of the hexagonial antipodes of the terrestrial aqua Versula. The clouds then become a C,ass of deoderized speculae of cirmocular light, which can be seen only when it is visible. Thus is the aurora borealis formed. Thus is disclosed an arcana coelestia A Fair banks dispatch says: Upon the recent arrival here of R. J. Barry, of Cordova, general agent of the Alas. ka Steamship company and Copper River $ Northwestern railway, he was met on the trail by a committee in an automobile and after reaching town the Commercial Club rendered him a public reception. This organization is composed of practically every busi- ness man in the Panama Valley and is making hard fight to secure an auto mobile road from Fairbanks to Chitina. As Mir. Barry was the first passenger to make the trip overland this winter, aud being identified with, the largest S companies operating on the coast, he was extended every courtesy and his cooperation solicited in the move ment. This entertaining of MT. Barry riled Wiokersham and the first oppor- tunity that presented. itself the Com