The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-09
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Stove wood, any length, is being sold in Douglas for S6 per cord. It is worth about $22 in Iditarod.
 Baker Bishop, who was believed to nave been murdered by Krause, has accepted a position at Thane.
 Secretary Lane has announced that he will name that portion of the Matanuska coal fields which will be withheld from entry for government purposes, before the middle of March.
 The residents of Nome experienc- ed a quick change of weather on December 29. At 5 o'clock rain was falling and at 10 the same evening the mercury stood at 10 below zero.
 John Flanigan and Robert Living ston, lw miners of the Ruby dis trict, experienced hard luck when prospect holo in which they had found good pay on Discovery frac- tion, l. ng creek, filled with water,
 The government railroad out from Seward to Mile 84 is report ed as blocked by the recent heavy fall of snow. r. is said to be doubtful if it will be opened to traffic again before the spring thaw melts the snow.
 Tho case of Receiver Moves of the Washington-Alaska Bank vs. W. H. Parsons, E. L. Webster and John Schram former directors of the bank, will come to trial in Seattle sometime in March.
 That the trail between olnes and ToIovaDa must he in pretty good shape is indicated by the fact that a freighter recently made the trip with sixty hundred of freight O one sled, drawn by four horses.
 The Nome city treasury which ha become nearly deOleted, received a big boost during the early part of January when a number of gamblers were gathered in and forced to con tribute sums ranging from $lO to $luO, with costs.
 Arrivals n Nome from Sinrock state that the trail uD the coast is in very bad shape. The wind had piled great .ce foes up on the l beach where -ae' trails used to be and in many cases travellers have to go back some distance to the tundra.
 Van Klemm and Louis Faya are developing an antimony property near Cape Camano, Southeastern Alaska. They claim to have a ledge which averages between two and three feet wide and assays re- turns of 55 per cent antimOny.
 Gene Huckins and Casey Bennett, two Fairbanks boys, are reported to be making a great hit on the outside with their all Alaska vau- deville stunt. The act is entitled The SourdOugh," and is being staged on the Pantages circuit.
 The United Mine Workers of Long, Alaska, is the name of a new labor organization which has been perfected in Long City. The mem bers are each required to sign an agreement not to accept work at less than S5 per day and board While no trouble Is anticipated committee was appointed to get newcomers to sign the agreement
 The members of inc Nome Cham Der of Comerce have deluged congressman and government of ficiaIs in Washington with appeals for a 500 pound mail increase in order that newspapers and maga- zines might be received. The pc tition states that october magazines are being read by Nome people as those are the latest received.
 Advices from Nome state that for seven days, beginning sunday night, January B., a continuous snow storm prevailed and that 1t is impossible to keep the sidewalks cleared. It $ estimated that not to exceed two hundred people ven- tured away from their homes during the seven days. Many of the stores made DO attempt at delivering or ders and the daily papers were de iivered at cue time for the seven days after the storm abatea,
 Docks that will est at least fifty