The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-30
SHORTST0RIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

plentiful in the Big Cinema country.
 Jack Lean of Seward recently killed eleven bears in the Kenai river district.
 Herman D. Rosburg and Mrs. >Lo- wella Morrison were united in mar riage at Fairbanks recently.
 Judge Leopold David of Anchorage was recently elected an honorary member of the Anchorage Igloo of Pioneers.
 Miss Helen Anderson who has been working as bookkeeper for the An chorage Times has resigned her position.
 H. J. Darling, a pioneer of Resur- rection bay, was in Seward recently. Darling landed in Seward 30 years ago on trading expedition.
 A municipal float will be constructed at Seward, 15 by 12O feet long, and big enough to accommodate six 65tfoot fishing boats. The cost will be about $2,0OO.
 It is reported that the railway con- mission at Anchorage placed 700 men at work on the government railway when the news was received that the appropriation had passed.
 D. J. Mcintosh, an employe of the Alaska Steam Laundry, died recently in Juneau of apoplexy. Mcintosh was an elder in the Presbyterian church and was also an Odd Fellow.
 The Alaskan Engineering Commis sion has prohibited gambling of any kind in the camps of the railway, and social games and loud talking are prohibited after certain hour.
 The Admiral building on Broadway in Seward, was recently sold by Mrs. T. w. Hawkins to Jack Stotka for S6,OOO. Mr. Stotka will open up busi- ness in the unoccupied portion of the building.
 A forest fire has been raging within the vicinity of Girdwood on the gov ernment railway. The blaze was started by sparks from the steam shovel which set fire to the grass in the vicinity.
 F. H. Gray of Wrangell states that tho largest bull moose he ever saw was found on recent trip about 15 miles from Wrangell. MT. Gray says it stood over z feet high at the shoul- ders and was rolling fat.
 It is reported that the epidemic of influenza at Unalaska has about run it's course, and that there are about twenty-two patients now convalescing. The total number of deaths there dur ing the epidemic was forty-five.
 Superintendent George A. Learn of the Kodiak Baptist mission is collect ing shells on Wood island and imme- diate vicinity, and recently sent over forty species to the Smithsonian h. stitute for identification and classif- | cation.
 The Free Gold Mining Company, at Port Wells, has seven men at work at the present time blocking out ore for the mill. The indications are good for large output this year, as the vein has increased in width and is heavily mineralized.
 Cornelius Downey, miner and pros pector, died of heart disease recently in the Willow creek district and was buried at spit about 100 yards from the hospital building Downey had worked in the Willow creek district for several years.
 Frank M. Bittinger and Miss Esther White were married in Skagway. The groom is quartermaster sergeant and is stationed on the government steamer Jeff Davis this season on the Yukon. The bride is. from San Fran cisco. The two met in the Philip pines.
 Andy Bertolina, a Big Cinema min CT, committed suicide while working on claim on Shamrock creek with Joe Chesna. It is stated that Ber- tolina was examined recently at Fair banks as to his sanity but was re- leased. He was buried where he fell, after shooting himself with Mann licher rifle.
 The well-known 'sWestinghouse' electric heaters are now for sale by the Northwestern Hardware Go. N,