The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-24

fund of that city.
 Ernest P. Walker, commissioner of fisheries for Alaska will move his headquarters from Wrangell to Jul neau on the first of July.
 Hiram Clark of Fairbanks was re- gently taken serionusly i'll after par taking of some of Seattle's canned delicacies. He is somewhat better at the present time. ....,.
 United States Marshal Irwin and wife are making a trip up the Yukon to Dawson and return. This is the first trip Mrs. Erwin has made through the interior of Alaska.
 The season of navigation between Fairbanks and Brooks was formally opened last week when launch made the log jam with mail for Livengood and several passengers.
 Frank Spalding of Wrangell, one armed fishermen, recently had a run of luck, taking 1886 pounds of red king salmon and $50 pounds of white kinds in one night for which he re- ceived a check for $164.46.
 H. s. Graves of Juneau recently pur-' chased the $25, 900 stock of clothing and shoes from the Clayson-Kennedy store at Skagway and will remove the stock to Juneau where it will be sold at cut prices.
 Considerable activity is being man. ifested on the upper Panama river. Several of the old timers went out to the States during the slump in mining during the war but are now drifting back. The fur catch was light this year.
 Henry s. Swath, curator of birds, museum of vertebrate zoology, U. of C., and. Joseph Dixon, assistant curator of mammals, are in southeast ern Alaska gathering specimens for the museum They are making trip up the Stikene. The authorities of the Fourth divi- sion are inquiring for relatives of Dan Gillis, deckhand on the Julia B., who fell overheard and was drowned at al aI.r July. A sum of money was found on the body and it is desired to find the address of a sister in Canada.
 H. T. Whitley, of the firm of Love- Whitley of Valdez, has purchased the handsome home of Judge and Mrs. F. M. Brown, on Broadway between Sher- man and Fourth streets. The Whitleys will take possession of their new home at once, selling or leasing their home place on Fourth street.
 The people of Ketchikan are raising money by popular subscription for city park According to the Ketchi- kan Times the amount raised to date is approximately $5,OOO with more subscriptions coming in daily. It is thought sufficient money will be raised to give Ketchikan the best park in the territory.
 Announcement has been made by the Ketchikan Labor Union that a referendum vote will be taken on the proposition of starting labor paper in that city. The members of the or ganization are asked to xote as to' whether the paper will be a daily, a weekly or semi-weekly. They are also asked to subscribe toward getting the paper started.
 As the result of raid made in Ju- neau last week by officers of the sub chaser 309, about 750 bottles of beer, wines, champagne and gin were found in house occupied by Julia Smith. Five hundred and seventy bottles of beer, six bottles of champagne, a gal Ion or wh1skey and one gallon and five bottles of anisette were found in George Rices' place. The officers made clean sweep and much booze was found and destroyed.
 Bert Lewis, United States Ship ping Board apprentice on board the City of Seattle died from injuries re- ceived by fall from the top deck to the water below. He hit his head on the side of the boat and the piling be- fore he struck the water. A sailor from of the Vicksburg jumped in after him and saved him from drowning. Be- sides injuries to his head Lewis had a broken leg and 2 broken collar bone.