The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-19

at Wrangell last week She was taken over from Klawock to Wrangen by the government school teacher. According to his testimony, he woman was getting old and had no one to look after her and at
 lmes wandered away and was gone tor days. She has been sent to the Morningside sanitarium in Ore gon.
 A few weeks ago Il person could aye secured In Skagway almost any kind of furnished house want ed al an extremely modest rental, but the steadily increasing demand for that class of property has re- duced the number of desirable ten ant cottages almost to a minus quantity. The truth of this state men. was demonstrated yesterday when J. V. Miller, of the auditing da-., rtment of the W. P. & Y. R" recent arrival from Seattle, who iS expecting his wife to rejoin him ia skagway very shortly, spent sey- eraI hours in diligent search of suitable place in which to domici- Hate himself and family, but with indifferent success.
 The members and infringement or the Skagway baseball team wish to thank the people of Skagway for the liberal patronage given to their dance on May Sth; also the Skag- WAY band for their. kindness in playing several numbers; the Elks' lodge for the loan of chairs; and Mr. Ibuta for the loan Of pennants. The success of the dance was large ly due to Miss Rapu5zi and Miss Flynn, who sold most of the tickets. They have the thanks of the entire team. (While We be- lieve all those mentioned above are fully entitled to thanks for their efforts on behalf of the ball team, We a'so feel that little courteous .ecognition Is also due the Daily Alaskan for all the gratuitous ad- vertising it furnished on the above IS well as on many other occasions. -Ed.)
 Vivian, the little daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lionel Talbot of this niace, is now a firm believer in the efficacy of advertising in so far as it relates tc the columns of the Daily Alaskan. On Sunday she lost a wrist watch, which she valued very highly, and which af- ter a diligent search without re suits, in all places, probable as we'll as improbable, where it could have disappeared, she brought a Host" notice and inserted it in the columns of this paper. She recovered her property at an early hour this morning from the top of tle dresser in her bedroom, where she now remembers to have placed it herself before retiring on the night previous to the discovery of ner loss.
 Mike" the prodigal, returned rhis morning from Valdez and was restored to his owner, Mrs. Ii. S. Pullen, by the purser, uron the ar rival in Skagway of the steamship Mariposa from the westward. Mike" is the thoroughbred Irisn setter advertised as lost in the eolrmns of the Daily Alaskan week ago. The notice in the pa per attracted the attention of a person who had seen the dog On board the boat here just previous tC it's departure for the westward. A cable message was sent to the deputy U. s. marshal in Valdez to look out for the dog on the ar rival of the vessel in that port, and it was through tine prompt measures adopted that Mike" is again the sleek and well-fed pos sessor of a happy home" =. r'r.'
 The vessels chartered by thv United States coast and geodetic 1 survey party for use in charting the inland waters of Alaska, reached Wrangell last week. The party is | under the command of H. Leypoldt, |