Douglas Island news., 1918-08-02
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northand

The Venus mine in the Conrad district near whitchorsc has closed down.
 The Mcuakahtla cannory had D. 900 cases Of salmon packed on the 18th of July.
 Rev. John A. Davies. formerly rector of St. Paul's church Of Daw- son. has joined the Canadian army as chaplain.
 Tho first king salmon or the year Co bc caught at Ruby was captured by Frank Burke. The fish weighed 35 pounds and was sold Co a local restaurant keeper for S2O.25.
 The Northern Light and Power Co.,. Of Coal Creek. Alaska, recently shipped their complete plant to Che outside. It was said that they were sending Che plant to somewhere in China.
 Hal NozlglIa. of Dawson. who seems Co have been an all-round tel- low in his homo town. has left that place Co enlist in the aviation corps of Che U. s. army. He is an athlete and amateur actor.
 The Chiuks and the Eskimos. two Dawson ball teams recently played a game of baseball. In which tho Chiuks won by a score Of t4 Co e. The teams were appropriately dressed for their names.
 Work of replacing the big Cam adiau government bridge over the Indian river In the Yukon country. is we'll under way. The bridge went aaoat this spring during the flood that moved down the Indian River valley.
 Recently a baby born In Kctch- kan was pronounced perfect by a clinic at Seattle. Wash. The baby's parents are Mir. and Mrs. W. A. Fol- ger. formerly of Ketchikan. This is che second Kctchikan baby pro uounccd perfect by clinics in the States
 Frank Murphy. a Yukon boy. left recently for Jefferson barracks Go enlist in Che Engineers service of Che American army. He will be un- der Capt. R. E. Franklin. formerly electrical superintendent at Dawson for che Yukon Gold Co. Murphy for mcrly worked under Franklin in the Yukon.
 New shops are being erected by Che Canadian Klondike Mining Co. on Bear Creek. Yukon. on tho site where Che old shops were recently burned. The new building will be about 50xI5O feet and will cover most of the ground formerly cover ed by the structures that were burned
 J. E Ward. ot Poorman. Alaska. ! has taken over the interest Of Frank Carpenter and partners In the Lucky Dog placer claims on Me- ! ketchum creek and will move a plant from Tomarack on the ground when Che snow begins Co ny: Mir. Ward expects Co take out a big dump this next winter
 At Ruby. Alaska. they had a very successful celebration of Che Fourth of July this year. After they got through paying the bills for thc |cclobration they found that they had some money left. SO it was decided Go give each child in town seventy. dyo cents worth of U s. Thrift Stamps. which was done.
 News has just been received at Dawson that Col. Joseph Boyle of that place is safe in the province of Bcaarabia. Southern Russia. This is Che first news Of the Colonel since last November. Col. Boyle went tC Russia nearly two years ago on a mission for the Brltish-Americau war commission and has done valu' able work there.
 Game Warden Steve Foster Of Nc mana. recently returned from a tour ot his territory On his trip he took the qucstionairre to Claude Harri- son. a grandson of former President Harrison. Claude immediately left Che north shore of Lake Min chumina, where he and a companion had been trapping the past winter
 for Kantishna. which is 125 miles away. to get his papers fixed up.
 Deputy Marshal Thos Long. as. sisted by Special Agent Light. mad, haul on the scow belonging Co an
 old trader named August Melzer. O.
 Seattle. Word was received from
 up Che river that Melzer had whisky on the scow and when landing her, last night. said officers were ther, with Che glad hand to meet him