Douglas Island news., 1919-10-03

Tho aut frost Of Che year oc- cured at Port Yukon on August 3o
 A skagway dairymau loot part ot |hIs carrot crop by Che high water of a week ago.
 Virgil Myers. a wcii known young man of Fairbanks recently conn qlttcd suicide at Portland. Ore.
 Things must be going we'll with the Ch-ou.clc Che new paper at Kc,chikan. as it "a advertising for a atc
 Tho people of Valdez arc propar- iue Go put tn ditchos and aluico boxes Go hydraulic thc platinum claims near Che town.
 Tho White pass & Yukon recently raised Che local freight rates on Che Yukon co per cent Merchandise Co Mayo h now St0 a ton.
 Moose arc already making thcir appearance around Whitchorec and .t Is said hat an signs indicate they vu be very plentiful this ycar
 Frank E Davidson. an o.d-t'mo interior miner recently made O rec ord-brtaknc trip from Toronto to naussn Ha total t.me was Gen days
 Orcau-roing vessels are now hnd- nr at Che new dock 'u Anchorage which has recently boon completed by One Alaskan Engineering Com mission.
 Marion n. Carcy O pioneer rcccnt- lv died at Fairbanks Hc came to Alaska n 1886 and went Co Ono in- t,r.or of Che country iu Che spring of 1884,
 Between six hundred and a thou sand tourists visited At'n this soa- som. Next ycar t Us said golf course win bc put near Che tourist hotel there.
 X new dredgc is to bc operated on Dominion creek in tho Kiond.ko in tbc nr.uc Tho company Chat win operate .t is called Che North West Corporation.
 Tho Frcc Gold Mining Company which operates miuc near Valdez. announces chat It hos lts buukers fun of orc and chat thc min win com- mcuco very soon.
 shares In Che For,ymiie Power & Dredging Company are being offered for sale in New York. The com nauy owns 125 miles Of river bot- tom d, FortmIic
 The recent Hoods washed Che wug- or bridge at 22ui street in skagwoy down Go 10th street. The people of One town ore wondorinr who is go- nr to rebuild Che bridge.
 X new street at Fairbanks hos boon called "Blanchfeid Street" u vas named Iu honor of Che first Fair banks boy to enlist n One war and Che drst Go be killed in action.
 Another rich strike s said to have been made m Che Wheaton district rcr Whuohorso Tho strike was madc on Che Mascot group and the assays run f2iS per ton In gold and silver
 A Good ot Haincs caused Che Chu- cat river Co was bout its banks at ErbrWle post Tho road was de- s'roycd at chat point and people from up Che river were forced Co come to town in canoes
 The drst man Co secure liquor oi Che new government liquor store ai Dawson was an old-umor who liked Che stun Some one substituted water In Che whisky bottle and Che oid- timer sworc hc had been poisoned.
 A contract has been let to drive tunnel ou Che Valdez Gold Mining Company's property. The tunnel ia Go cost .n Che ncighborhood of S35.- o00 and % is thought that it wiu require about fvo months Co drive it.
 Col Frederick Mears. now in charge of Che government railroad hos assured Che people of- Seward that coal would be delivered In that town from Che government coal mines in government or larger lots
 The Alaska Gid Hl Mining Com- nauy. which Is situated on tho west side of Valdez bay. has been show me up very rich recently Assays as high as 5l72 per ton have boon secured from new ore chute chat has been opened up on Che prop er,y
 Judge William G. Thomas for eleven years .. S. Commissioner at Wrane2il has been reappo.nted Co tho position owing to Che resignation Of Judge Weber who has been hold nr down Che iob for Che past few years.