Douglas Island news., 1919-01-24
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northland

When Che steamer Alancuh lahu- ed at Cordoya on her last trip the quarantine regulations that were in force inn tho town were broken by both thc passengers on tho boat and the residents Of the town.
 A Nonana man who was ln quar- antinc at that place after being out side for trip. put In his spare time for Che five day that he was in tho quarantine station by cutting eight cords of wood which he had hauled to his home.
 The editor Of Che Kctchikan Pro Ercssivc-Mlncr (who must bo a good Alaskauj recently asserted in his paper that tho government railroad which is being built Co tap the re- sourcccs of Che interior of Alaska would never pay expenses. He says thc project Is waste of money. These are the kind of boosters that help CD Alaska.
 Capt D. s. McAlpinc. former mas ter Of thc Eus boat Ruby, was bound over Co await Che action of the next grand jury at a trial In thc conn court at Seward last week. He Is charged with "cmbcz- clement by servant His bond was placed at $l,5OO.
 10 was reported at one time that the Indians of Che Notzcbuo Sound and other regions had stmpedcd from those places Co the Koyukuk Co avoid influenza that was raging among them. The report had Che folks of thc Interior worried for a time. as they thought the Indians would bring thc flu with them. The rumor afterwards proved false and the Interior ceased worrying
 Fred Kicl. who has a fox farm on Che Panama river at its confluence with the Totatlauika, was in Ncnana last month and reported that a few red and one silver fox escaped from the farm but came back again. They hung around thc place but cyaded capture. KieI laid traps for them and succeeded in capturing the sil- yer fox. whose pelt is valued at y2OO.
 Seward has rcorganizcd Che cham Der of commerce. of that place. The reorganization was brought about iu a stormy session ut which plain truths were told. The new body is to have 2O active members who arc Co pay 50 dues per month each, for Che next three months and Co start an active publicity campaign to put Seward on Che Alaskan map in big letters.
 The following advertisement ap- pears in Che Ncuaua News; "Do you wish Co write a business. friend -l ip or love letter that will bring rcsults2 A speech, invitation or letter Of coudolcuce? Let me help you. This is my speciality and of cs- pecial value to foreign born citi- zcns. Confidential. Prices reason able. Apply Co Mrs. D.Orsay, thc Little Tailor Shop, 3rd and A." Handy person to have around a camp.
 Strict watch is being kept Co the gateways to the Interior Co keep in- fulcnza from entering there, and al- most everyone has hopes that the epidemic will not get a foothold there. So strict Is Che watch kept that at Flat City an Indian, hearing some white men talking about the high death rate in the States, made thc remark that his brother died over on the Yukon. The health au- thorities immediately quarantined Che Indian village and did not find out until some time later that the Indians brother died eight years be- fore
 While digging through frozen gravel on Horseshoe Creek In the Kobuk country prospectors wnearth- ed the skeleton of what is claimed to be a prehistoric mosquito. The skol- cton was about the size Of an eagle Of our day. but conformed Co the Al- askan mosquito of today in general The bones were an dug up and the insect has been recon structed and will be sent out in the spring to a museum. There is no doubt but that a flock of these pre- historic mosquitoes could make life miserable even for the mammoth an imals that roamcd the country in prehistoric days.
 J. M. Burrows, who at one time was a resident of Douglas, was a visitor at Nenana last month. Mir.
 Burrows has been prospecting i'm the quartz belt in the foothills Of the Mt. Mckinley range in the nelgbordhood of the Toklat. He came to town by dog team and eX-
 pocted to return in a few days. Mike LndI. who Is Bnrrows partner. re-