The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-22
ALASKA NOTES

sherman, Ohio. He was Fair banks registrant.
 Collector of Customs J. F. Pugh was at Fairbanks August 9th, on his annual tour of Alaska.
 High water on the Tanana made it necessary to remove the trading post at Nenana back from the river bank in order to save it. Consider able damage was done at that place.
 A volunteer fire department is be- ing organized at Nenana.
 Daniel Gillis, aged 26 years and a native of Cape Britont Nova Scotia, fell overheard from the Yukon river steamer Julia B., on July 20, while that vessel was short distance above Andreafsky on the Yukon river, and was drowned His body was not recovered Gillis was well known and well liked at Fairbanks.
 Fairbanks churches all ring Vic tory Bells for a short time at noon each day, and it has been announced that the custom will continue until the end of. the war
 Helen Margaret Washburn, the lit tie daughter of Land Agent and Mrs. Washburn of Fairbanks, died at the latter place recently '""
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 The Fairbanks News Miner says that J. B. Bickford, purchasing agent for the Alaska Engineering Commis sion, had received a telegram from his wife saying that her brother had been killed in action in the re- cent Marne offensive F<s
 Editor w. F. Thompson of the Fairbanks News Miner is the father of baby daughter brought to his household by the stork July 29th.
 M. Bruce has been appointed dog catcher for Fairbanks. He has been instructed to take in all the canines on which tax is not paid promptly The river steamer fares between Nenana and Fairbanks were raised August 1 to $7 from Fairbanks to Nenana and SIP from Nenana to Fairbanks; round trip, $1750
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 Heavy rains two weeks ago caus- ed considerable inconvenience in the vicinity of Seward from high water. Roads suffered considerably, but the damage was slight In tile city.
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 w. A. Hesse, the mining engineer from Cordova. has gone to the States where he will become attached to the new United States Engineers regiment.
 In two days the girls of Cordova sold $230 worth Of buttons for the Armenian and Syrian Relief com, mittee. @b
 The Pioneer Hotel of Fairbanks, one of the best known hostelries of Alaska, has been leased by Dave Petree, the proprietor, to J. w. Ray. mond and s. K Stewart.
 Louis Klopsch, for a brief period newspaper man fin Fairbanks. is somewhere in France" running a newspaper for the boys lover there. :"
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 Reports brought from Iditarod by members of the returning court par ty indicated that that camp is en- toying a considerable degree of &C., tivity this season, all dredges oper. ating to the maximum of their ca pacity. says the Fairbanks. News Miner, There are in addition to the dredge operations a number of large ground sulicing operators well under way in the vicinity of Iditarod and all deports indicate that they will return good profit for their sea sons work.
 The Alaska Sea Food Company of Cordova packed about 15.000 cases of salmon before the middle of the present month. It will close within ten days. Charles Walmsley until recently one of Seard's most popular busi- ness men, has purchased the Wayne Apartments, on Second Avenue. Sc attie.
 George Cotter, brother of Frank. the poet laureate of Seward, is in Washington. D. C.. taking q special course in electrical work in connec- ton with his application for lover the sea" service. Cordova has undertaken to raise s1.O00 for Armenian and Syrian re- lief