Douglas Island news., 1918-08-23
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northland

Valdez. have killed loi bears siucc spring.
 The road Go Che Wrangcll come tcry has been completed by Che Ter ritorial road crew.
 Many wild strawberries are be- ing gathered by berry pickcrs near Whitcborsc this summer.
 Good catches Of salmon are being made near Anchorage and all Che way up Knik Arm this season.
 Kctchikan's quota for the relief of che starving Armenians is $t,5OO and they win attempt Co raise the amount.
 The water in tho Nome river was thc highest recently that has ever been seen even by the oldest in- habitant
 A big run of salmon is reported . on at Che skccna river in British | Columbia and Che fishermen are an making money
 Milo scrurc. who killed George ! Riley. prominent operator or Che ! Idtarod. win be executed at Fair ! 1.r,ts am Drfobpr
 Some anumony claims were TO- gently stakcd on Fysh Creek. which l is a tributary of Che north fork Of che KloudiEc river
 T.. II. J. Muthorn, or Mctlakaht- la. recently raised logan berries atI his place that are two Inches long and an inch in diameter
 No work win be done on dredging Che Snake river horbor at Nome this ycar on account or Che high wages and scarcity ot material.
 The navigation of the Copper river. which had never before been accomplished. was recently nego- tatcd by seven fishing boats
 A citizen Of Kctchikan is pro testing that people who own berry bushes are letting Che berries go Co waste instead or picking them
 Mrs Hamilton. of Ncwtowu, Kctchil,un. was recently exhibiting dahlias that she had grown which ! were eight inches across Che center.
 A mountain goat was recently shot near mile 44 of Che Copper River railway by a party Of men who were riding a spccder on the road. ]
 Salvage steamer Salvor. which has operated iu Alaskan waters @ great ! many times. has been sold and will operate between Vancouver and Aus tulia.
 Canned salmon are beginning Co ! move south from Kctchikon and that fact is relieving Che conEcstcd com ! dIt.ou of Che freight sheds at that place.
 A dance was given at Cordova on ! Che 7tb of che month in honor of Governor and Mrs. Riggs. who were ! visiting there on their tour of Che Territory.
 Captain George Black. former Eov- ] cruor Of thc Yukon. now with Che Canadian fighting forces In France. has been wounded by a gun shot in che thigh.
 Tho crew Of Che U. s. ship Saturn gave Che people Of Seward a treat a few days ago when they hired a hall and staged a vaudeville show for their benefit
 A. W. Williams, colorcd. thc only original "crappo." arrived at Fort Liscum with the Anchorage contin- gent and is teaching the boys toI "rou dem boncs."
 A lynx recently jumped out of a tree u Che vicinity of an Anchorage dentist Both Che dentist and Che lynx broke several speed records get ting out ot Che way.
 Kazis Kraczunos. formerly Of Ketchlsan but now Of Seattle, has filed his petition as candidate tor| one of the Iudgcships ot the Wash ingtou supreme court.
 Twcuty-four boxes of Matanuska strawberries were sold in 12 min utes at Anchorage a short time ago. They were the first native grown berries ou the market.
 The Valdez Packing Company had packed 35.0OO cases of salmon two weeks ago and it was thought that they would get 6O.OOO cases before tho dog salmon run stopped.
 OWIng to the dryncss the roads at and near Dawson arc said Co be in better condition than they have been in years and auto trips to in-