Douglas Island news., 1919-06-27

An auto club has been formed at whitchorse.
 A receiver has been appointed for the Alaska Anthracite Railroad Co.
 Canadian money is accepted only at a discount of sc by the skagway Bank.
 The Elks of Skagway have thrown their tennis court open to all tho people of the town.
 Senator J. R Hcckman and wife have started down the Yukon on their trip throughout Alaska.
 The Fourth Of July celebration at Valdez will be under the auspices ot the Eagles lodge of that place.
 A party of school teachers who re- gently arrived from the outside are campcd near Carcross, Y. T.. for the summer
 Mrs. .J. G. Grant. of wrangcll. has been awarded German helmet by Governor Riggs for meritorious service in connection with the Lib crty Loan drives.
 The navy wireless receiving sta tion at Mile is to be moved to the city of Cordoya. A lot has been se- cured for the station.
 Some folks at Skagway have been stealing soil from the yard Of a house there and the caretakcr asked them to please leave enough dirt toI support the house.
 In the school tax notice in the Wrangcll Sentinel it states that the five dollars will be charged only to an mail" persons That is going Co be tough on postal employees.
 Several members of the crew of the Coast Guard steamer Unalga. which was sent to Bristol bay toI help fight the influenza epidemic there. have contracted the disease.
 Inspector Ernest P. Walker of the Bureau of Fisheries will move his headquarters from wrangell to Ju- ncau on July 1. The Osprey will also bc transferred with the office.
 Rev. F. R. Falconer, who for the past seventeen years has ben pastor of Che native church at Klukwan. has moved his family Co Ketchikan. where he will be stationed in the future.
 Emil Hurja. a former resident of Alaska and secretary to former Del crate Charles A. Sulzer. and Miss Gudrun Anderson. also former AL askan. were married in Seattle on. June 22nd.
 C. Chlopcck and A. McCuc have started installing a cold storage plant at KIawok. lt will be com plcted by Septehmber |. Fishermen will be outattcd by the company in- stallng the plant
 The Coast and Gcodctic Survey has purchased four new vessels for use in Pacific Coast and Alaskan waters. but none of them will be available in time to be used in Alas kan waters this season.
 A Ford owner in the States has written Co wrangcll in regards to a proposition Co operate a jitncy in that place. The Wrangcll man said that no doubt wrangcll people would enjoy having the iitncy line but he doubted if it would pay.
 The Skagway Alaskan wants to have an official bin poster appointed there. It seems that some slicker from the South landed in that town and plastcred every vacant spot with lot of posters and signs that do not improve the looks Of the place any.
 A. IT. Zelgler a lawyer Of Ketch- ikan. formerly of Juneau. has been retained by tho Ketchikan Labor Union to defend B. R. Sawyer, sec rctary of the wrangen Labor Union. now in Jail in Juneau charged with having seditious literature in his possession and with being a stacker.
 wrangen will celebrate the 4th of July in a very pretentious manner this year. The West Coast people are being invited to join in the sports of the day. Gov. Riggs has accepted an invitation to deliver the Fourth Of July oration there if boat schedules permit him to get there and back without losing too much time.
 Maj. Herbert l.. Buell.. of the En- gineer Corps. has asked the ways and means committee of Congress to increase the House appropriation of StOO. OOO for post roads in Alaska to $500. 900. He estimates that $279,-