The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-30

| with a pack of 82,000 cases. It's big gest year was 1915 when 13s,0OC ] cases were put up. It employed 2cl persons this year.
 John Grant, the Wrangell notel man, told the Ketchikan Chronicle that Wrangell has had the best sea son in her history. Fishing and min ing have both been active. ] Thursday the High School was hon ored by the visit of President Grover c. Vim of the Juvenile School Board of Alaska. He is attending cour; while here. He reports a very sat isfactory increase in the attendance of the juvenile schools this year
 Mir. Vim will return to Juneau in the near future.-(School note in the ketchikan Chronicle.)
 The Petersburg town council be Neve they have found a suitable location for the proposed new hy dro-electric plant. A lake has been found which is seemingly bottom less, about 20 acres in extent, and from which an unlimited quantity of water can be taken. The lake is located back of ridge about 2,cOl feet in height.
 1 According to advices received by U. S. Marshal L. T. Erwin, Victor Arnold, pioneer of the Ophir dis. trict, has been committed at Flat for insanity. Deputy Geraghty ad- vises that physicians called in by the government say that Arnold is too weak to stand the trip to Morning. side or even to Fairbanks under pres ent condition and is not expescted to live very long Citizen) Walter B. Heisel, representing trustee, for Mr. Arundel, Of the Land office passed through Petersburg on his way to Wrangell He expects to return to ePtersburg when he will assess the townsite lots.-- (Peters- burg Report.)
 James Kennedy. formerly may of Skagway where he was in business for several years but now associated with Will H. Clayson at Cordova, left recently for Portland where he will visit until about the first of the year and where his family will reside for the winter. Mir. Kennedy will return to Cordova early in January.
 Charles H. Cosgrove, representing the Roe estate which owne Bell Isl and Hot Springs, near Ketchikan, purchased the property at public sale at Ketchikan.
 Miss Veda Haun and R. F. Zeh were married recently at Anchorage. The bride is from San Francisco and the groom Is soldier in the regular army, stationed at Anchorage
 Pat Cannon, former Cordova boy, was discharged recently from ser vice and is at present in Seattle. Pat saw about IA months of service with the engineers in France. He will re- turn to Cordova some time next spring.
 The Anchorage public school has l6S enrolled pupils.
 The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company has refused to consider in stalling a station at SeldOvia as long as the government has control of the wireless systems. A request for one was made by the Anchorage people.
 Samuel Mcdonald of Anchorage has been appointed District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler with jurisdic- tion over the Elks lodges in Alaska He succeeds George F. Forrest of Juneau.
 A. A. McCue of Klawock and Mrs. Betty Merrifield of Seattle were re- gently married at Ketchikan They will reside at Klawock.
 Mrs. Elza Kit3miller. wife of Nath- an Kitzmiller. an Anchorage con- tractor and builder, died recently at Anchorage. She had been i'll for a number of years and death was not unexpected. She was . native of Ohio and Had been . resident Of Alaska for 20 years. the last two years of which were spent at Anchor age. She Is survived by her hus- band and . son. Ralph Kitzmilier. both Of Anchorage.
 It Is reported that Pete Annis- ket. mayor of Bayview. is agitating raising the tax on dogs to s.
 A run of king salmon is on in wransell hArbof Hand trcliers are catching from 10 to l5 Ash day. A man catching 10 salmon will average about es5 for his days work--(wran-