Douglas Island news., 1918-08-23

arrested at ketchikan Tor giving three bottles of bay rum to na- tive woman. who drank it The wo- man Is quite sick and the Mexican is in jail
 Tho annual migration of caribou has occurred iu Che interior Thou sands of caribou have been seen headed for Che Fortymilo country where they range during tho fall and winter
 Dr. A. T. Hoolbrok and l., J.. Petit. two prominent hunters of bis game. recently embarked at Wran- gcu on @ stikinc river boat for the upper reaches of that river in search of grizzlies
 Discovery Of chrome ore around scldovla and also at Port Graham and Red Mountain. about 8 miles from scldoyla. has caused consider able excitement around the towns Co Che Westward
 Whitney & Lass are now making regular shipments of chrome ore from their mines at Port Chatham. Chrome is now In great demand, os it is used in Che manufacture Of stcc land munitions.
 so cuuous are they becoming to Che sight of gold bricks in Anchor age that when G3-pound gold brick was brought n from the Will low Creek placer district none of tho papers even mentioned it
 Tho Valdez Miner says that if it wasn't for Che rain and the cold and Che late season and the dogs and Che horses and the cows and the children. Valdez could raise some of Che finest vegetables ever seen.
 Since January l. 1918, employees of Che Kcnnccott Copper Corpora tion at Latoucho and Kcuuccott have bought Sl5,OOO worth of War Savings Stamps and have subscribed SGI.SOO to the Third Liberty Loan.
 Martin Mckay, a colorcd man, was recently bound over Co Che grand jury at Anchorage charged with ar son. He is accused of setting fire Co a log building on Sixth street. Anchorage. a couple or weeks ago.
 On account of the heavy storms at Nome last winter considerable gold is being found on Che Nome beach this year and moro than one hun dred men are engaged in beach min ing there. They are making better than wages
 Bob Sheldon. Che veteran auto man. has secured Che contract for carrying Che summer mail from Chltina to Fairbanks and has started on his delivery. The contract calls for weekly trips, carrying 35O lbs. of mail each trip.
 Orlu F. Hm. at one time located ot Douglas but moro recently of Ketchikan. has arrived overseas. Mir. Hm. who was a druggist. was in Che Medical officers Training Camp and was assigned Co one of Che hospital trains bound for France.
 John W. Frame, a we'll known newspaper man of Alaska, has oc- ccptcd thc position as secretary of Che Anchorage military exemption board. Mr. Frame recently return cd from % prospecting trip in the Broad Pass country.
 Mining in the Tolovana Is going ahead full blast this season and ev- cry available man in the country is now employed Good dumps are be- ing taken out and good pay is being discovered In close vicinity where work bad been abandoned by former operators.
 There will be no fair at Anchor age this year on account of the war. However. tho fair association there purchased 60 acres of land for Q fair grounds and declare that 1T the war is over by next fall they will have the biggest fair ever held in Alaska.
 Ketchikan has received some pub- Hcity lately by being the home port Of a baseball player called the "Duck" in a short story Of the same name i'm last months Blue Book mag azinc. Some town characters are mentioned in the yarn, and also the towns famous tido-hat ball grounds.
 Recently the cabin home or Rob- crt Service. the poet Of the Yukon. was used by the Daughters of Che Empire for holding a patriotic tea. Dawson poople-at which place the cabin is located turned out in largo crowds Co sec the home of the poet and contribute to @ worthy acusc.
 A movement has bcon started at Dawson Co bring tho body of Jack