The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-20
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

At II o'clock at night recently a fire occurred in a lob cabin at the corner of 9th and A streets in An chorage. The fire department re- sponded promptly, but on arrival at the blaze found there was no wa ter available, having been turned off at night as has been customary of late in the residence section because of the shortage of the supply, and as consequence, the cabin was de stroyed, together with it's contents.
 A story by Frank Carpenter to | the effect that while travelling through Alaska he saw black wild lilies growing, has led D. H. Snow | berger, botanst at Payette, Ida ho, to write to the Alaska Citizen asking where he can secure some bulbs of this plant He states that he has written to other Alaska peo- pie without success.
 Richard O'Rourke, of Anchorage, and his associates, have taken a con- tract from the Alaska Engineering Commission for 30,000 railroad ties They are getting out the ties in the Kashwitna district.
 The Seward Home Guards, which was organized shortly after the out break of the war. and which has been drilling regularly ever since, has just received arms and ammuni ton from the federal government.
 In connection with the Anchorage school class in mineralology has been organized with F. LeRoi Thur mond, a graduate of the Van Der Nailen College of Engineering at Oakland, as instructor.
 Advices received at Anchorage state that Charles II. Johnson will leave New York in short time with mining machinery for use on his claims in the Nelchina district, on Alfred Creek
 Advices from Dawson recently stated that herds of caribou num- bering tens of thousands were roam ing the section about thirty miles west of that town, and that many hunters were visiting the herds and killing their witner supply of meat
 The tug Anne w. of Anchorage re- gently made a trip down the Inlet after two barges reported lost and upon her return the people of the Inlet town thought it was sure enough vessel and broke for the waterfront, only to be disappointed.
 A fire broke out recently in the hospital tent of Dr. Martin at Brooks on LivngQod Creek which burned the entire roof of the tent, but stopped there, leaving the sides in- tact. An oyerheated stove is be lieved to be the cause of the fire.
 
 Cordoya has organized local food conservation committee. W. F. Hillary was chosen chairman, Charles Roswogg ce-chairman, and Mrs. Al yah EameS, secretary.
 Thomas Mcdonald who could give the Fairbanks authorities no good and sufficient reason why another mans gold watch should be found in his pocket. was recently bound over by the commissioner at Fair banks to appear before the grand jury. The accused man said that he did not know how the watch got into his pocket as he was not re sponsible for his condition at the time, having attempted to prevent the coming dry law from finding too much liquor in stock in the saloons of the city.
 Henry A. Slater. who was recent ly elected tax assessor at Cordova. has completed his work. The com fpleted assessment shows real and personal property in the town val ued at 1.190,000.
 For the first time in many years | the snow is deeper in the interior than it is in the coast districts Snow at Valdez averages about nine inches on level and in the interior | hA 1l. AA
 John Kodak, an Austrian. is un- der arrest in Fairbanks for failure to regisser. Radak claims that he had been prospecting in the Good