Douglas Island news., 1918-09-06

I6 mills.
 Silver salmon are running in great quantities In Resurrection bay.
 The electric light system at Sew lard was recently out or commission for Q week.
 Tho first ear load Of Matanuska coal Go arrive iu Seward by rail got there ou August 24th. James E. Alcnbaugh was run over lac Anchorage recently by two switch engines and instantly killed.
 Rev. L.. IT. Pcdcrscn, of skagway ! is leaving Alaska with his family. sHc wu do manual labor for a year.
 J. A. Steward has been awarded thc mail contract on Che wnitor route between Wasila and lditarod
 Capt rhos. Fowlow, of Che river launch Hazel B, was recently drown ed by falling overheard from that boat
 Ninety children were enrolled in the slaEway schools on opening day. This is almost as much as last year
 Tho last boat or thc year for the Koyukuk left Fairbanks tEc middle ot August. Tho boat was Che Re- .liaucc.
 "Hi- Mike" Tadish. Che tallcst and heaviest man Co enlist n tho Yukon. has been badly wounded tn France.
 Mrs. Dr. Clarke. or whitchorsc, recently received tho news that she had been left the sum or SlO.0oo by Che win of an uncle.
 The thrcc-tcam baseball league ot Anchorage recently closed Che sea- son ih Che following order. City, Commission and Soldiers.
 One out of three sacks of mail re- gently sent Co Flat City reached its destination. thc others being lost tbc Roau river during a flood
 Tho engagement Of W. A. c. Bald win. formerly Of Juneau but now of Cordova. and Miss Name Charon, ol Juneau. was recently announced
 , Cordova.
 The shaft Alley Gazette" which is Che official publication of Che U.| Is s. Saturn. recently made its ape pcarlucc at Seward where Che boat has been lying.
 The first man from Cordoya Co lose bis ufc In che war zone was James Bennett who was drowned in France ou June 2g while swimming in al river near camp.
 10 Is reported that a large body ot high grade copper ore has been struck iu a new tunnel being driven at Che Mother Lode mine at between BOO and 600 feet
 In a shipment of coal from Mata- uuska recently. gold and gold quartz was found mixed with Che coal Tho gold was milled ot Seward. where Che coal shipment came Co.
 The lighthouse at Cape s. Elias. with a s0.O00-caudlc power light. is Che largest and most powerful sto- t.ou In Alaska The light has been seen a distance of 90 miles. Miss Nell Constance shea and Otis |Eichard Amcs were recently married at Seward The bride Is a popular Seward girl and the groom Is a radio operator stationed near Seward
 Tho canucry ut scldovia closed down last month with only half a pack. The canuery at Port Graham has closed with a pack Of 5l,OOO case. Che normal pack being 10000.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fred J. Weber, Of skagway have perhaps Che most wonderful garden in Alaska. Besides many varieties of other flowers, they have @ different kinds ot dahlias | growing.
 James Hyland & Co. are new firm that arc starting in to pack fish at Landlock bay. near Cordova. They have bought Che docks and buildings of the Standard Copper Mines Co.,. Of that place.
 Recently a passenger from the steamer Victoria landed at Seward and roamcd around thc streets of that town with jag and Q bottle. ! He was arrested. missed his boat and Is serving GO days in jail.
 To enable the wireless plant at Fort Yukon to get into communico- ] tlou with the stations in the Koyu- |kuk and Arctic regions. the govern mcnt intends Co enlarge the plant and also Install new machinery and Ia new tower.