Douglas Island news., 1918-12-27

Valdez contemplate erecting a shelter at Che mine next year
 Valdez Chamber Of Commerce re-. ccutIy sent In vigorous protest Co. Washington over che Alaskan mail service.
 scvard's only bakery shop caught lr, recently. but was cXtiuguished by rhc fire department without much damage
 10 s planned Co build three barsgs ot 600 barrels capacity to carry ou from Katalla Co Cordoya for ,lc ChiIkat Ou Co.
 The Mccarthy Commercial Club recently petitoued che Territorial road commission to appropriate $5.-. uoU for trail Co Chisana.
 Only sl0.ooO in dust was pro durcd at Gooducws Bay, Alaska. this year Outside ol five properties. mol other claims were producers.
 Three thousand nine hundred and eighty barrels of herring from Cooks inlet were taken south on the last trip of che Admiral Watson.
 It was 300 below at Fortymilc on Dee. sch. At Che same time it was 5a below at Eagle. and at Circle and Fort Yukon it was % below
 X Valdez transfer man adycrtiscs that he win not deliver coal unless it is paid for u advance Quite @ slam at the honesty of Valdez people. !
 An work except diamond drilling has stopped on the valcrics mine near wbitchorsc. A large crew wIl| be put on iu Che spring and work resumed.
 Two hundred people went out from Nome this season on tho rcy- ,uuc cutter Bear. They were dcs- uutc and were taken out at gov erumcnt expense.
 J. H. Smith. of Anchorage, was ar rested at that place recently for having beaver skins iu his posses sion. contrary to law. He was fined ! S75 and che skins coufiscatcd.
 Capt Cecil IT. Hm, formerly al member Of thc mounted police sta- toned at Dawson. was awarded theI military cross for bravery in action u France before the close Of thcI war.
 Tho Yukon river iammcd ot Yu-I kou Crossing early this month, causing flood that temporarily halted traffic and caused the road house there to go out of business for a time
 The four sons of Mir. and Mrs Fred McLeuuau of Whitehorsc have gone through Che war without be- ug killed. Some Of them were wounded and one was a prisoner in Germany but has been liberated
 During a recent cold snap to the Westward tEc train from Anchorage Co Seward was ~ hours on its way workmcu with picks worked ahead of thc train in some places cutting thc slush and ice from the tracks.
 The launch Bonanza of skagway was wrecked a few days ago while navigating in the Chilcat inlet The boat was towing a barge loaded with wood and was blown on Che rocks. The gas boat was valued at $500.
 The Valdez Miner gives part ot the credit Co a bottle of Bourbon for getting out an issue of the paper re- gently when Che flu epidemic was there. Several local men helped, but Che bourbon was the main stand by.
 The steamship Alaska recently made Che trip from Seattle to Cor dova in three days and twelve hours and half This is a record only eX- ceoded by the Alameda. which made Che trip once iD three days and two hours.
 An engine on the Copper River & Northwestern railroad tmbled intoI thc Copper River a couple of weeks ago whom it crashed through theI bridge at Copper River crossing. The puing had become washed out by the anchor ice. William Herrold, Che fireman. was killed. and four others slightly iniured