Douglas Island news., 1918-09-13
NEWS NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northland

George Noollcr and Alex Kadzon. both employees of Che Alaskan Rail- way Commission, were drowned iu Slough lake near Ncnana recently. The boat iu which Che mon were car rying supplies across thc lake cape sized. and they were thrown out and drowned.
 The natives of Nooryick. Alaska, way up iu Che Arctic circle. have heard Che Rcd Cross call for feathers for hospital beds and have decided Co hunt wild geese for their fcath- CTS. They win use their reindeer as their means Of travel, as the geese are aot frightened by the deer.
 William M Jones. formerly of Cordova. was recently killed In France while member of the U. S. army He was killed while riding in a railroad cur and must have put his head out Of car window while thc train was going through a un- mel or near a close cmbauhmcnt
 The n. s. deputy marshal at Cor dova recently found a cache of booze near that place. consisting of 7i6 bottles. Tho liquor was lodged m thc jail at Corodva. A man named Brown. who was also cached near the booze. was arrested as Che owner of thc goods and Is now under arrest
 Mir. and Mrs. c. Bccchiug. Of Hull England. recently passed through . .skagway on a sightseeing trip. The couple have been travelling coutnu- ously for Che past three years for ! Mrs. Bccchlug's health. She re- cciycd a nervous shock while aboard | thc Lusitouia when that boat was sunk.
 Travellers made che fast time Of Ing hours between Anchorage and Seward recently on the government railway They travelled an Che dis tancc except about 2O miles by trail and Che rest by boat between Che two places. 10 Is thought that In a few weeks it will Doe possible Co 80 the whole distance by rail, as thc two Hines arc due to meet soon.
 For Che purpose Of assisting Che miners Of Che interior to have their assays made as cheap as possible. Delegate sulzcr is working for the appointment of an assaycr Go bc con- ncctcd with Che Bureau of Mines in Fairbanks. Permission has been granted Go have Che officers of that bureau do Che work for che same charges as arc collected at Che hints assay office at Seattle.
 F. R. Van Campon was recently in Cordoya Co get a load of machIn- cry Go take into thc Boring Coal Co. property near Katalla. The ma chlncry consisted of two boilers am mir compressor and engine and dyno- mo. A force of about twenty men arc employed getting ready for the in- stallaton of the machinery lt is thought that these coal fields win be among Che richest in Alaska
 J. e. Watts, Anchoragc's mayor and towusitc manager recently re- cclvcd Che confirmation of his tcnto- tive commission as first lieutenant in tho United States army and has ! loft Anchorage with his family for ! Portland Ore. Lieut.. Watts win serve In Che spruce division" tcm- porarily. but will cndcavor Co get a ] transfer Co an overseas contingent SO that hc may see active service on the front
 c. IT. Packard. Of Anchorage. who is developing deposit of graphite
 at Red Blun. on Che northeast shore of scldovia bay. is negotiating with
 several Eastern and California man ufacturcrs with favorable prospects of contracting for steady and large tonnage The Bureau of Mines ot
 Washington, to which a sample of Che low grade mineral was recently
 submitted. gave it a very favorable
 report. stating that it was much in
 demand for furnace work iu the war
 industries. Since that report was re- ceived a higher grade Of the mineral
 has been uncovered and another
 vein opened in tho same vicinity.
 About S6O.OOO. it is expected, will
 be realized this year by farmers in the Matanuska valley on their hay
 crop. In the ucighborhood of 500
 or l.OOO tons Of hay, with oat hay
 prcdominatlng and the rest timothy and alfalfa. will be harvested. This
 years yield of hay is the first of any
 consequence n the Matanuska val- ley. which is thirty-lour miles north | of Anchorage on the government railroad. Hay will be only minor . part of the agricultural production
 of the Matanuska valley. The chief
 crop this year as last year, will con.
 sist of root vegetables, such as DO. : laLnn-- rnLahaena. LnaLa. cnrrnL. anl