Douglas Island news., 1919-06-20
NEWS NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going in the Great
 Northland

Tho Fido Club is wranscn in sutution.
 A municipal floating dock is to be erected at Seward
 Cordoya vii have a biz celebration on the 4th Of July.
 The Ketchlkan Labor Union is to publish newspaper.
 There was sidewalk dance at Seward a short time ago. Canned salmon arc already being shipped south from the canneries at Inc Westward
 sub-chaser glO is at Cordova. which will be the headquarters of Che boat for the next month.
 A corral is to be built at Seward by the city in which stray horses win be impoundcd in the future.
 Harold Dawes formerly publisher of Che wrangcll Sentinel. has re- turned to Alaska from overseas duty.
 George Kinney. formerly of Fair banks. Is now playing in Fatty Ar buckles moving pictures in Cali lorn.a.
 Tho q. s. transport Jen Davis left Whitchorsc last Sunday on her first trip ot the year to down-river points.
 The Alaska boys who arc stationed at Fort Gibbon with the U. s. troops are very anxious to get out Of the service.
 IT, R. Ranelson. Of sulzer. Alaska, has been appointed administrator Of ,he estate Of the late Charles A. sulzcr.
 A fire few days ago destroyed eighteen cabins at Sunrise. lt started as a forest fire and spread to thc town.
 Three aliens were arrested at Wrangcn recently charged with IT, legal fishing. They were fined S55o for Che bunch.
 The Cordova band will make its .Grst appearance before the public on July ith. Outside Of that. they OK pcct Co have a fine celebration.
 The Alaska Road Commission is to spend SlSO.OOO on the Fairbanks |to-vuldcz trail this year. The work win be directed from the chitina end
 A shipment Of S1OO.OOO in gold was recently made out of Cordova. The shipment went by express; S6o.- oOo was from Tolovana and SiO,- oOo from Fairbanks. ! $. II. Minwce. formerly Of Gas tueau Channel but for the past couple of years practicing law in ! Fairbanks. has left that place for thc Texas oil fields. ! Considerable excitement was caused at the Westward recently by reported gold strike near chisana. | Nothing has come Of it and the ex- citcmeut has died out.
 The Seattle port commission has closed contracts to handle 2,5OO,OOO cases Of canned salmon at the Spo- kane street terminal this season | from Alaskan canneries.
 A crew of men is employed in strengthening out the glacier stream near Seward Co try to keep it from going on the rampage and destroy ing property in that town.
 The first boat to get away for Tcslin lake was the steamer Kluane, of Whitehorse. which left last week towing a scow. carrying merchandise and supplies for trading posts.
 Many dances that have been well attended have been given recently at . Whitchorse. People waiting for steamers down the river have been the chief patrons of the affairs.
 While cleaning a cold storage chicken recently a Fairbanks lady found a diamond valued at about Si5. The stone was cut and had evidently been lost from a ring or some other piece of jewelry.
 A fatal accident occurred at Ken. rccott the first of the month. when Ia workman named Rudolph schwa. mic. whc was employed in the lecch. ing plant. was engulfed in vat of copper tailings and su1ocated.
 The Empress theatre, built by Capt. Lathrop at Cordova. was open ed to the public for the first tim, last week. Although the seats and the pipe organ have not arrived foi tho buftdine Cordoya people say it