Douglas Island news., 1918-08-16
NEWS NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northand

according Co the last city assessor
 The sum of Sll2 was recently taken iu at a baseball game at Cor dova.
 ID. e. whitford. formerly Of Tread we'll is operating the Senate Cafe at Cordova.
 Seward people were eighteen days without mail from tho south in the month Of July.
 On account of thc dry weather ot Cordoya. an extra watchmon was put on Go watch out for fires.
 Rev Maloncy, formerly Of Sew ard is on his way Co France. having enlisted as a private in tho Canadian forces.
 The Iditarod Pioneer has sus- pended publication and its editor. George M. Arbucklc has left for Che Sutes.
 Dave Courtcmarchc. of Fairbanks, recently made thc trip from Fair banks Co Che coast in his auto tn. three days.
 Blucbcrrics made their appearance  on Che Fairbanks market July 2S, about thrcc weeks late on account of thc late spring.
 Alaska natives who wintcrcd at Crow Lake, near Rampant House kept themselves alive for some time by rnawing caribou skins.
 Forty recruits. ten of whom were volunteers and the rest drafted men. left Anchorage thc first of Che month for Fort Liscum Co SO Into training.
 The first salmon of the season made their appearance at Dawson on July 2i They were rather late and Dawson people were becoming wor- ricd
 A long distance telephone line now connects Cordoya with Che Der ing River Coal Co. through Katalla. Tho mines are about 20 miles from Katalla.
 Two Seward ladies were recently chased by a brown bear near that place. The women got on a high trcstc and tho bear was afraid to follow them.
 Seven Insane people recently were landed in Che Seward jan from points further west and were placed with two others there Co await Che ar rival of a boat south.
 Jack Courtney. formerly of Cor doya. has received distinguished service medal for conspicuous brav- cry tn France. He brought in wounded under heavy fire.
 They have a dog catcher at Fair banks this year who says that he ihas uo friends and don't want them |Hc has declared war on dogs rum lining at Iorgc without licenses. A great deal of work is being done |this season on tho Fairbauks-Valdcz trail. Being a dry summer road work can bc done Co better adyan- tagc than for the past several sea- sons.
 Miss Lucia sharcr, who at one time taught school In Douglas but moro recently has been teaching at l sitka. win be principal ot Che Frank IIu K. Lane school at Ncnana this term.
 While a forest fire was raging at l Mile S3 on the government railroad few days ago the women made their homes iu dump-cars on a high tresuc away from the track of the flames.
 Tho sum Of S76S had been raised by Che last of July on Liberty Red Cross rooster. that has been raffled oH at several different towns in the Interior. Liberty was still going strong.
 J. A. Webb and family. of Fair banks. were nearly drowned in a glacier stream at the Big Delta when their auto In which they were try ing Co cross the stream got in over its depth.
 Robert F.. Duane was picked up on the streets of Cordoya recently carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced by Che U. s. commits sioner there to three months in jail and $50 fine.
 Employees Of the Alaska Railroad Commission get free passes on the railroad to go berry picking. This ! is Go encourage the picking Of ber- rics for canning purposes to com |sCrvc other food.
 In the forest fire that ragged at Turnagain Arm last month the rail-