Douglas Island news., 1918-10-18

lAs ds huIANIt TOT HUT NNlNuhu lawyer. is working In the shipyards at Seattle He works there from 4 in the afternoon until 12 and at his flaw office from in the morning until 8 In Che afternoon.
 A Japanese cook at the Engineer mine. in Che Atln district, commit ted harl-kari about two weeks ago. He was taken to Che Auin hospital and notwithstanding the frlghttul- ness of the sclf-inflictod wound. lived for two days
 The power schooner Ruby recent lIy put into Seward for repairs. after having her steering gear carried away i'm a big storm. The boat was on her way Co Che Kuskokwim with l a big load of supplies and will re- sumc her journey after Che repairs are completed.
 The last sailing from Seattle for Anchorage on Che steamship lines win leave Seattle on November l.. The season in Che Cook Inlet country has been mild and it Is thought that 1 it will be possible to make freight shipments later this year than has been done In some years past
 
 An Airdalc dog belonging to a man at Valdez recently fought a brown bear near that place for 2i hours When Che dog was found he had thc big bear backed up against cun and had him an chcwcd up. The dog had few scratches that healed up ln a few days.
 Capt. J. Hucry Brown of thc Sal wage firm of Brown & Mahoncy. was recently in Alaska inspecting Che wreck or Che Mariposa He expects Co return soon with a crew of about ao men Co attempt Co salvage the bo1t. MT Brown is a returned Cam adiau soldier who was discharged after being gasscd and wounded sev- cral times.
 Leonard Reagan of lditarod. has received Che CroIxc dc Guerrc in France. Hc was In the Engineers regiment that sent over Che first gas clouds Go the Huns. The battalion he was in stood iu gas clouds thrown by che Germans for about two hours Reagan was about 10 years old and had Co spend S2OO on dental work before hc was accepted in Che army last October.
 Nels smith. known as "Rod Nels." :" and former chief of police at Cor doya. was arrested there last month for having whisky in his possession. The authorities found TAG quarts, worth sl0 a quart. on the streets oi tbat place. Ncls was ot one time a we'll known character in Douglas and thought he was a fighting man until he got good licking at Che hands of Jack Mcdonald, former chief of police here.
 The radio plants at miles 2 and l5 ,c,r Cordova win be improved and enlarged. a building having been erected for machine shop, post office, freight and railway station. and Che installation of light and water sys- fems A telephone line will also connect Che plants with Cordovo and narrow guage line built to connect the plants. One hundred and eighty seven men recently arrived on the saturn Co do the work.
 Alaska natives Of the susitno tribe think the building of the gov- ernmeut railway is a fulrnmcnt of a prophecy made years ago by a chief of the tribe. According Co his des- ccndants Che old Indian said that some day they would be able Go travel by other means than by boats. There appeared Co him, it is said 1.-two brown strcaks running through thc country and ending ot Che ocean beach The natives think that Che
 "streals" were the present day
 steel rails
 A new ledge was recently uncov-
 cred on tho Big Four mining prop
 crty twelve miles up Mineral creek from Valdez. and Is claimed Co be
 one of tho richest ovar found in tho l Territory. At 60 feet deep Che ledge !. is four and a half feet wide 10 has been uncovered for several hundred
 feet. At a depth of 60 feet the rock carries values at Si,2OO per ton while on the surface the ore nor tars from one Co two dollars a pound |It is thought that a stamp mill that . is now standing at Shoup bay will
 soon be moved Co the property.
 The wolverine is reported to bC the strongest animal of its size in existence. Cases have been record. | ed where full grown wolverine
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