The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20


 Lieutenant L. F. Gibson, of Juneau, formerly connected with the c. w. Young Company has received his dis charge and expects to return soon to the United States, thence to Juneau. |. Angelona Bertaliri, who was taken into custody at Fairbanks on an in- sanity charge, was released from cus- tody. The examining physician cer tified that the man was of sound mind but slightly nutty.
 One of the railway commissions teams ran away across the frozen river at Nenana last week but were caught after a several mile chase by the driver who had been spilled out. T The business men of Nenana are talking of establishing ferry service for the convenience of the A. D. c. employees who will be established in camps across the river during the
 
 coming season.
 Dr. Ernest De K. Leffingwell has recently returned from the Arctic re- gions after spending six winters and nine summers there. He was eXplor- ing and did the work entirely at his own expense.
 J. E. Thwaite, the we'll known mail clerk who has been in the photograph business at Seward the past year, has located at Ketchikan. MT. Thwaite left Seward to locate in Skagway but the influenza epidemic scared him ] out.
 2, Karl Meier, interned alien enemy, , from Douglas, has been paroled from the government interment camp at Fort Douglas, Utah. He was sent
 from Douglas during the war days, having been arrested on presiden- tial warrant
 The forestry service is organizing
 crew and expect to start work on
 the new road from Kasaan to the It
 mine in few days. The sum allotted for the work is $6,O00. Last year a road was built from Hadley to ka- saan, and the new road which will be five miles long will be an extension
 to that one Next year it is hoped
 the road which leads through virgin mining country will be extended to
 the Salt Chuch mine.
 When Seward saw that she was not going to be able to reach her quota ill the recent Victory loan, Gus Bor-
 gen, one of the live wires of the city, sent letters to certain business houses , in the States asking that they assist , the city in reaching the quota. MT. Borgen received two answers to his letters increasing the subscriptions credited to Seward by over $3,000.
 A recent attempt was made in the , Washington legislature to limit fish , ing more closely to American citizens. General A. l.. Thompson has given , an opinion that aliens who obtained
 fishing licenses under declaration of , intention to become citizens and later
 refused military service have for
 feited the right to fish, with other citizenship rights. Fish Commissioner Darwin is taking action against a number of fishermen and clam dig ! gers under this decision. A rock weighing several hundred
 pounds rolled down mountain side
 and entered the front door of cabin , in Skagway. It enlarged that opening : very much and was finally elected from the house by the combined ef- forts of the men, aided by jacks, bars, , blocks, much coaxing and hard work. Outside of knocking the fence over, twisting the cabin onto it's launches, splintering the door, and Wreck1ng the sidewalk, no damage was done to speak of
 Marion Engelich, an employe of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, was recently found insane and sent to Morningside.
 Nome oversubscribed her quota Of the Victory loan first of any Alaskan town in the district. Three hundred and eighty-six persons bought $114,- $50 worth of bonds.
 The Seward Auto Association Is be- ing formed. The dues in the organ ization will go towards making re-