Douglas Island news., 1919-06-13
PUBLICITY BUREAU
 ISSUES PAMPHLET
Number Five of the Monthly Bulle tin Is Now or the Press and
 Being Distributed

The following items Of interest 1 arc taken from number 1.-Two Of thc Monthly Bulletin Of Che Alaska Eu. rcau of Publicity Of which E. J. White is chief:
 Mccarthy Wants Prospectors
 J. E. Borrct. who has spent 2j years in tho North and who has made Mccarthy his headquarters ror more than 70 dozen years, sgys that cistrict presents splendid op- poruuitics for prospcctora. that ba- mg one O. he most highly mineral ilcd sections of thc entire Territory Copper and gold is being found throughout an of that region and it is described os being easy of access Nome Wants Cheaper Transportation
 George s. Hlfrich, Nome mDr- chant. writes. "Giyc us cheaper coal and cheaper freight rates gon- orally and we win get tho gold But with coal at $375O per ton and other necessities In proportion. what can we do in the matter of developing thc country"
 Scarcity of Hard Rock Miners
 An quartz mine operators in AL aska are complaining about tho scarcity of labor. While an are working full time. moro men arc needed to obtain Che desired results The pay offered. from 2I5O Go $G per day. is sure, Inc accommodations for men are first class in every par ticular and the work is steady moi one day ou and one on, but an on and for as long as tho men desire Co stay.
 Protected" Bear Devastate Country
 W. II. Newton. who conducts @ trading post at Healy River post of- flee Richardson Alaskal, In letter Co the Alaska Monthly Bulletin says "This locality presents mriyallcd op- portunitics for fur farming thcr, being an abundance Of fish for an- mals and the winu. climate pre- serves the food. making Che cost Of conducting fur farms here about one-third of what it is outside and i'm warmer climates. The cold weather has thc additional odyan- tuge of producing a pclt which, ac- cording Co London experts, is th, peer or any produced elsewhere ir the world. Agricultural land for homcsteading ls plentiful here bu lack Of roads and poor transportation facilities retards the development Of the counry. There are hundreds ol thousands of acres of grazing land here which could Doc utilized but for the bears which kin oG both domcs tic and wild animals without favor
 Far to the Westward
 Interesting news is sent from Afognak. am island lying far to the westward and cast Of thc entrance Co Cooks inlet. by Miss Virginia Clark. an accomplished young lady who was born and raised there and who is now employing the education she acquired at colleges i'm Che States in teaching Che youth of her native island and village. She raye placer beach gold mining is bcng successfully carried on therc; that copper is also found in paying quan- titles on the island; that potatoes and garden truck thrive there. the fishing is good and several fox farms are making money, clams. fish. gulls and ducks furnishing food for the animals. A dentist located at either Afognak or Kodiah would have a snap. Better mail service is one Of the sections greatest needs.
 More Cooks Needed in Alaska
 We can live without poetry, music
 and books
 But civilized man cannot live
 without cooks.
 If some of Che many young women who want to come Co AoisIa to hll stenographer positions had mixed domestic science with their other attachments. they would an be sure of positions on arriving hero as there is great demand for family, hotel, restaurant and camp cooks in many localities throughout thc Territory.
 Fishing Circles Are Active Every department of Che fishing industry is now busy and the work of canning will be in full swing within a short time. Several thou- sand people engaged iu fishing or employed by that industry have or- rived in the Territory within the past few weeks and from now miil fall the war on the nnuy tribe will be unrcmittingly waged. It is eX- poctcd the pack this year will equal that of last year when it was con- sidcrably over fifty million dollars Alaska ranks first as a producer oi g.h