The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-09
ALASKA NOTES

 kil.td. He was a lieIienant in the British aviation service. Grieme and Smith, for many years in the clothing business at Whlte- horse, have announced that they will retire from business this Fall. John B. Hanson, formerly super intendent of the Pueblo mine at Whitehorse, which has been closed down since the accident in which several persons were killed, is now engaged in mining at Burke, Idaho. H. c. MacPherson, the Whitehorse druggist, has been experimenting with strawberries at that place. While his success has been indifferent, on ly one out of dozen plants pro ducing this year, he is confident that strawberries can be acclimat- ed at Whitehorse and produced there satisfactorily.
 A. J. JaSer, Jr, of Skagway, has sold his transfer business at that city to Frank Suffecool, also en- gagged in the transfer business there. The former, who was reared at Skagway, will leave shortly for Sc attle.
 The White Pass stables at Yukon Crossing, washed out and destroyed last Spring when big ice jam in the river broke and carried them away, are to be rebuilt. Miss Ora D. Clark, the first prin- cipal of the Anchorage schools and who resided in Wasilla for the past year is again in Anchorage and tenn porarily assisting Mir. Bragnaw, chief clerk of the exemption board.
 Superintendent Arthur H. Miller, of the United States Bureau of Education for the Third Division, has made it part of his work to secure employment for Indians. He has succeeded in getting positions for many, both for the good of the Indians and the labor situation in the Territory.
 In an item boosting Melozi, near Ruby, as a bathing resort, the Ruby Record Citizen says: Don't worry if you haven't bathing suit for none of the regular patrons use them and if you are real modest Tom will make special trip so you take nice little swim all by your lone some"
 Every one who comes to Anchor age from Willow Creek this Spring and Summer, seems to have the same story to tell of the general prosper ity and promising look of everything in mining way at that place, says the Anchorage Democrat. The work of surveying Govern ment land in the Tanana district un- der Woodbury Abbey is progressing rapidly according to the Nenana News.
 James Knox, chief steward of the Yukon river steamer Alaska, was re- gently arrested at Nenana for serv- ing caribou meat out of season. It was charged that he had it listed on a regular bill of fare. The Anchorage Weekly Democrat is now issued as a Sunday morning paper, and the Anchorage Times has suspended its Sunday edition. A sawmill is being built at Sel- dovia to cut lumber for the trade and to specialize on box and barrel lumber for the growing Cook Inlet l fisheries business.
 Crops in the Moose Creek section of Kenai Peninsula are said to be | good this year. The acreage is greater than last. according to An chorage papers.
 | Harlan Keesler of the Valdez Min l CT force, who left sometime ago tt
 get into the Army. has enlisted il the Field Artillery and is stationed
 at Camp Lewis, according to infor
 nation received by the avldez Min
 CT.
 John Brewer, who has the con
 tract to carry the Winter man ove
 the Richardson road from the Coas
 to the Interior, has made arrange
 ments to transport and distribute hi
 supplies for the Winter work alonl
 the road.
 News has been received at Val
 deg that George Cuddy. a popula
 young valdezan. had enlisted in tn,
 Quartermaster's Department of thu
 United States Army. and was locat
 ed at Camp Lewis.