Douglas Island news., 1919-06-13
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northand

William C. Edcs, chairman of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, has rcgaincd his health after a long fight with influenza and is now at his usual duties at Washington. D. |C. Mir Edes was compelled Co go South for a time on account Of his health.
 s. R. Capps and six other men, .U. s. gcologists, recently passed through skagway cnroute down the Yukon for a seasons work in the in- terior Of Alaska. Mir Capps is very we'll known in his profession and made many of thc maps of Alaska issued by Che department.
 A roadhousc keeper on the Broad Pass trail has announced the dis covcry Of new hot springs in the vicinity Of the Jack river, which he states are the equal of the famous Shasta springs of California. He will locate thc springs and cndcavor to start @ health resort there.
 An enigy of the kaiser will be crcmatcd in Dawson when the sign ing or the peace treaty is announced. Tho fire i'm which the elrigy will be burned will be fed with the accumu- lated refuse that has been gathered up and is being saved for that pur- pose. Lines of hose will guard tho huge bonfire.
 Skagwty is now without drug gist who can make up a prescription. The Britt drug store recently moved from that place to Juneau, and Kel- Ter Bros, who operate a drug store there. have been unable to get @ pharmacist to come north. A phys ician of the town Is now putting up prescriptions and dispensing drugs rom the stock of Keller Bros.
 The Washington Association Of Masters. Mates and Pilots have pre- scnted a formal petition Co the na- tional association to be presented by that body to the proper government officials Co eliminate the dangers Of Wrangen Narrows. They ask that considerable work be done there, Co not only make navigation safe but to make that body of water nayig- able at any stage of the tide.
 Another still has been discovered in the Fairbanks region. The owner was picked up in Fairbanks by the officials and after he was under lock and key the same officials took a ride out Co his cabin. In it was found a quantity of alcohol and some coloring matter About a mile and a quarter from the cabin the stul was found. lt is said to be a masterpiece, made of tho best cop- per. and must have cost a consider able sum of money.
 "lashing a message over the Pa ciGc which was picked up by vessels tar out Co sea. wirclcssod up and down the coast and rclaycd Co the sunny shores of Hawaii and the rock ribbed coast of Alaska. Capt John Grunbock. port captain of the Alas ka Steamship Company, on May 3l lnfprmed Capt. C. V. Westerlmd, master of the steamship Cordova, that he is the father of a baby girl "lts girl. seven pounds" was the radiogram received by wireless op- orators aboard a score of ships on the Pacific. Instantly the air yi- brated with the word c-o-n-g-r-a-t-u- l-a-t-i-o-n-s, flashed from steam schooners. overseas freighters and coastwiso liners. which had picked up Captain Grunbock's message. Some of the wireless operators only received the first part Of the mes sage. others did not know to whom it was addressed, but an wasted no time in filling the air with congrat- ulations. The baby girl who caused all the excitment is three weeks old. but Captain Westerlund will see her for tho first time when the Cordova reaches Seattle from the North.