Douglas Island news., 1919-07-04

was series noLMNci NnAl town anu Anchorage. recently won ball game against Che oregon Agricul- turul College. The score was l Co O.. Chamberlain Is pitching for Che University Of Washington and he has won five games for his school this year.
 Three prospectors while coming down thc south fork Of Che Cinema river enroyto Co Fairbanks In Q small boat were struck by a sweeper and their boat capsized. Tho mon were an thrown into tho water and all their supplies and samples of ore were lost. Tho men had been about t3O miles mp Che Cinema and tho loss of the orc samples win nccossitato them making another trip.
 The searching party that left Fairbanks some time ago Co investi- gate Che disappearance of Henry Hmqulst. a trappor who lived m tho upper Panama river country. have roturue dto town. They found a boat supposed Go belong to Hill- Quist on a sand bar above Mccarthy some distance. that had a hole stove in it It was thought that Che boat may have been struck by sweeper on thc river and the owner drowned.
 Capt. Benson. master of the launch signct. met with am accident which may have proved fatal had circumstances been different. He was examining Q vein Of mineral up on Che moutain ot Piggott bay, near Valdez. and iu attempting Co slide down a snow bank to a lower level Che snow crust broke with him. dropping him into a hole about 80 feet dccp He landed on Che side of his face and was badly bruised but no bones were broken.
 10 is said that a man is trapping beaver In Che vicinity of Fort Yu- kon contrary Co thc law of Alaska. which protects beaver. 10 Is said that this man plugs up Che holes ip Che beaver houses. chops holes in the roofs. and then with a hook fas- tened tc a pole pulls Che animals to the surface. it being impossible for the animals to escape Co Che water after Che entrances are plugged up. 10 is believed that tho Illegal lrappor intends Go got across tho Canadian boundary with tho skins.
 A tryout was made a short time ago by Crcdc Bonobroak and asso- ciates of two launches having aero plane propcllors. The run was made on the river near Whitehorso. where Che boats were bullt Tho trial trip was very satisfactory. The owners of the boats intend Co use them for service on Che inland waters They win be used on Che HootaliuQua. which win be navigctcd Go Che head waters. then across Tcslin Lake and up the Nasutlln Co a small stream which is Che mems destination.
 One night several weeks ago Che men on Che vicksburg danced Co Che music Of a photograph that was Q mile away on Che sub-chascr 31O. This was accomplished by means of a wireless telephone. The phono- graph was placed in tho pilot house of Che BIO underneath a wireless telephone trausnitter A receiving set was arranged aboard the Vicks- burg. and as the phonogroph ground out Smiles" Che music was dis tnctly heard aboard Che cruiser and the men danced to it for half an hour
 ThN morning there left on Che train, pr. IT. G. Dyar who with his secretary has been stopping a few days In skagway, the guests of the Pullen House. says the Skagway AL askan. Dr. Dyar is an entomologist and is connected with Che Smithsonian Institution of Washington. and is perhaps Che greatest authority in the world on Che mosquito. His mission to Che North now is to study that postiferous Insect Dr. Dyar has been through Western British Col umbia and will now spend Che rest Of the summer in Southern Yukon territory and northern British Col- umbia. as he will SO to Atlin before returning from Whitohorso. Dr. Dyor Is the author Of several works on entomology and especially Che mosquito. He ls also editor of the magazine "lnsccutor Inscitias" and also of a monograph on mosquitos which was published in four vol- umcs and is distributed by tho Car ncgie Institute. This monograph is one ol Che most exhaustive treaties on thc insect ever written. Dr. Dyar is most interesting man and his talks on tho mosquito throw a dif- fcrcnt light on what is considered one Of tho worst pests In tho North. This. however, does not lessen the annoyance of these little pests Tho Doctor has case in which he has impaled and mounted $500 mos Quitos. an Of which have bcon care