The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-12
ALASKA NEWS NOTES

Several Alaska Natives are in the service of the United States and others are expecting to join. The Alaska Natives have done much to- wards demonstrating their patriotism.
 A band of Peel river Indians ar rived at Whtehorse recently bring ing ten sled loads of mountain sheep and caribou meat
 Andrew Ann, a pioneer, recently died at the Native village of Slei- nut on the Kuskokwim river The deceased with his family had been sent to Siberia by the Russian gov ernment From Siberia Ann came to Alaska in 1853 before the Territory was purchased by the United States.
 The First Bank of Cordova has moved to it's new location in a new concrete building on First Street. The building is fireproof. the exterior being finished in a sand shade. It presents a very pleasing appearance and Cordova is batting herself on the back and wishing that she had other buildings like it.
 The people of Tanana evidently got hold of some squirrel whiskey near the end of the wet period. for the police court record for that month shows ar unusual number of arrests for assault and kindred msdemean OTIS. Pat Welsh drew 50 days in jail and John Deyek got similar dose while Fish Creek" Williams got off with half that time. All were pinched for fighting.
 Mrs. Alex Simpson, the wife of a prominent resident of Fairbanks, ar rived recently on her first visit to the North While on her way in ov- CT the government road by stage. she received message from her hus- band, who thought to play a joke, telling her not to drink any water unless it had been boiled as all Alaska water was full of ice worms. The lady took the message literally, and refused to drink any water un- less it had been boiled, despite the assurances of her fellow passengers that the message was joke, and as a result nearly perished from thirst.
 Gronzanni Mangini, one of the pioneer Italian miners of the Daw- son country was found dead recently in bed in his cabin on the left fork of Eureka Creek An inquest over the remains resulted in a verdict that the man came to his death sud denly, from natural causes. Mangini was the owner of number of min ing claims on Eureka and other | creeks, and was possessed of con siderable money, He is not known to have any relatives.
 Advices received from Nome from Captain Heckla. of the iH-fated White : Bear, wrecked while enroute to the Nome country with mail and consid- erable gold bullion, states that the mail and bullion was not saved. c. L. Ross, who is heavily interested financially in the vessel and cargo wired back to Heckle to take plenty of provisions and as soon as condi- tions permitted to make. an attempt to secure the cargo of the vessel. which is caught in the ice.
 Two Natives who secured a scow with lines and guarded her until the company that owned her had been notified were recently awarded five hundred dollars for their services. The scow, in tow of the steamer
 Dearing, broke loose and went ashore on Point White, near Queen Char lottee Islands, and much valuable
 machinery aboard and also 60,0O0 feet of lumber The machinery and cargo was all saved by two Natives. The destination of the scow was the camps located at Queen Charlotte Islands engage din the manufacture of clear airplane spruce for the Brit ish government She was owned by the Whalen Pulp Company.