Douglas Island news., 1918-08-30
NEWS NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northland

NWlNhlNHa Nl AldhhAN hluIltat lh uul Co Che Westward, where her husband ls engineer ip charge of the new coal mines at Katalla. Mrs Van Campon Is gathering material for a new Alas kan story.
 Good water has been struck In @ we'll on Che site of Che proposed new agricultural college at Fair banks. IT water had not been struck there a new site would have had Go have been purchased, causing cone siderable delay
 Daniel Gmis, 2G years old and a native Of Cape Breton. Nova Scotia, was drowned in the Yukon river lasi month. when a rope that he was tightening around load of wood on a scow broke and caused him to fan into Che river.
 Tho machiuists at Anchorage have refused Co agree Co Che new wage scale as set by Che railway commits sion and have asked for an increase and also for the recstablishment of Che commissary where they formerly bought their supplies.
 It Is authenticity reported that two important strikes were made re- gently n Che Willow Creek district One strike was made on Craigy creek and one on Archangcl The strikes caused considerable excitement in thc camp and considerable stalking was done.
 Bobby Sheldon recently broke an previous records between Chitiua and Fairbanks when he run his auto containing Governor and Mrs. Riggs and Dr. Martin. of the u. S. Geological Survey between Che two places in % hours actual running tune.
 Tho Valdez Packing Company was recently fined 5000 for Illegal dsh- ing. Two employees of thc company were fined S1OO each. This dccison was rendered In Che commissioners court at Cordoya and the company win appeal Che ease Co higher court.
 Andrew Christensen, in charge or thc industrial department of Che Alaska Engineering Commission, Is authority for Che statement that ii Che men employed by the commission do not accept Che new wage scale recently set by Che commission, work on thc railway win be suspended at present.
 Ed BlanchGcld. a pioneer stage driver of Dawson who came North in 1899 and drove stage on the Daw- som -Huukor run for eight years. stampcded Co Fairbanks and then returned Co Dawson and has since been mining and did we'll, has left for Che great Outside to go ronching in British Columbia
 Capt. J. J. Finncgan acting ad- iutant general for Alaska, in am in- tcryicw given out during his recent visit Co Cordoya. made Che statement that ten per cent Of the population of Alaska have either been drafted or have volunteered for service iu Che army lf this proportion wus maintained throughout the United States. with its population of over a hundred million, Che army would have ten million mon in it
 Notwithstanding rumOrs tO the contrary. a miner who has just come out from che Shushana country says that camp Is not a dead one yet. The man who is boosting the coun- try is named Austin E Trim, who has been there since 1915 and re- gently went outside to enlist Mir. Trim says that this year the Shu- shana is better than it ever was and that new pay is being struck right along
 According to government reports there are about 100000 head of rein dccr in Che Territory at the present time. There arc @ herds In the Territory. of which 33 are located in the Northwest district. which ex- tends from the southeastern point of Seward peninsula to Point Bar row and includes SC. Lawrence isl- and The total number of deer To- cated on Seward peninsula and St. Lawrence island is 2G,347, while Che number in the entire Northwest district was 5O.379. or this number 3O.93O belonged Co the Eskimos The number ol Eskimo deer owners is placed at 1.O7i out of a total approx innate population of 5000 natives.
 J. J. Ritter, radio operator on the steamship Alaska. is receiving much favorable comment from passengers on that palatial vessel for the highly efficient news service he furnishes the patrons of the vessel twice a day. Mir Ritter not only publishes an tho