Douglas Island news., 1919-03-21

Wraugcl Moose are organizing a basket ball team.
 An oil station is Co be established at Seward this summer.
 The Cordoya fircmen have organ ilcd a new athletic department.
 X crow of ten mon recently arrived from che south for the Vermont marble uuorrics at Tokccn.
 The Arctic Brotherhood lodge gave minstrel show at Seward on st paricks day.
 A public library Is being started b, Che Petersburg branch of the Deep Sea Fishcrmcn's union
 A Seward lawyer found thc heel ol a ladies' slipper and Is adycrtis- me Co uud che lady Co go with it.
 srldoyia wants wireless station .1 that thc town will have some con- uccuou with thc outside world.
 10 has been unnecessary for the Valdez fire department Co respond Co % general alarm since December. UI5
 The train between Seward and An- .horarc was held mp for some time recently b, porcupinc that got on tHe track
 The Pinnacle Rock Packing Co. win begin Che operation or its clam .auucry ou April |. This plant is near Cordoya
 Woodrow Wilson Hilc celebrated his sixth birthday ot Cordoya re- r,urIy by giving a party Co a mum bcr of his little friends.
 The Myrtle n. which made a sem atiouaI trip from wrangcl Co Cor Io,a. where she lit on Che beach. has been libclcd for debt.
 Mrs Alice Southworth met her death recently at her home on NaEcd island. near Cordoya. by be- n- buried m a snowslidc.
 There were two weddings in one night che first part of this month at cordoya. A cold wave that struck thc town IS blamed for them.
 George Goshaw. formerly dep uty marshal at Valdez. has been dis charged from che tank service and has formed fur company in New York.
 Citizens of Grachl. in Che interior have pcutoucd for a survey Of their tovusitc so they may start a town there. The new site is near Fair. banks.
 The C0rdoya cable office Is Go be moved from its present location Co a more central one iu Che new Lathrop building as soon as Che latter is completed
 sam Gauiliu has arrived at Peters burg and Is expecting his wife Co re- turn soon. He win be master Of thc Marion for thc Petersburg Packing Co., thIs season.
 X marble drinking fountain has been installed In Che Horseshoe Bil- laird parlors at Cordoya. Alaskans arc rapidly learning Co use water for other things than "chascrs."
 X fire that started from an cS- pI1siou of gasoline in a barber shop burned several buildings at Me rartby ou che 7th of the month. One woman was very badly burned.
 Tho Alaska-Hercules Mining Co.,. once owned by a Cordova man. has been disposed of to Seattle parties who win operate the property this summer. The mines are in the Mo KiuIcy Lake region. not far from Cordoya.
 A sale is Go Doe held soon at An- cboraEc of eighty lots of freight and baggage that has been unclaimed at thc Anchorage wharf. The things win be sold at auction. lt is said that everything from a hatchet Co a safe can be found in the outfit.
 Valdez will probably choose "Nal- dczan" for Che Shipping Board boat she Is entitled Co name on account of her 0ycrsubscription Co the last Lib crty loan. The sponsor for the vessel has not yet been chosen. The city . ls considering presenting the shiT with a bell. suitably engraved 
 The Wilson Sylvester mill at Wraugcu. which was recently TO. built. started up on the 10th of th, month. Untu just a year ago, when Che mill was destroyed by fire, it had been operated every season foi thc past 80 years. The capacity of thc min will now be between 4O.OOO and 5O.OO0 feet of lumber a day The box factory will begin operating