The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-17
:SHORTSTORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

place.
 Word from Atlin is that T. M Dal- ton, the Ruby creek miner, has ex- perienced the best season yet in that country.
 John Stinson Young of Juneau has started suit for divorce against his wife, Alberta De Racy Young. The couple were married in Texas in 1916
 Contractor l.. E. Larson is busily engaged now in wrecking the sole re. maining building in the Fairbanks burned district, the old Bredlie store.
 Juneau merchants returning from the States predict that by the begin ming of summer prices will be on the >toboggan, and the high cost of living will be lowered.
 Through his attorney, David Lap palainen has applied to the courts at Juneau to have his name changed to David Davis, which name he has gone by for years. He is fisherman.
 Captain Sid Harrington has re turned to Wrangell from his mining property on Delolire creek, which is 100 miles north of Telegraph creek He has taken in supplies to last seven men all winter.
 The Host paystreak" on Dome is in a fair way of being detected, if J. C.. Kinny, J. P. Schoesser and Dan A. Gillis keep up their lick with the dia mond drill they are urging on the third tier of below, Dome.
 Two Alaska road commission crews, with teams and outfits, left Fairbanks recently for Lower Goldstream, to start work on the road which will connect Brooks with the new rail- road at Dunbar's roadhouse.
 B. R. Sawyer resigned as secretary of the Alaska Labor Union at Ketchi- kan when the members objected to the payment of a bill from a Seattle attorney for $500 in the case wherein Sawyer is charged with being a slacker
 Ike Weathers, jointly indicted with his. brother Al and Ernest Stage for stealing fish from trap and shooting to intimidate a cannery emplOye, was released on bail of $S,000. The bail covered all four counts under which he was indicted
 Fred Bender, an old-timer of the Cassiar country, left on one of the re- cent steamers for Quartzite Ariz, where he has mining interests. He will bring Ford truck back with him next year for use on the Tele- graph creek roads.
 FTeu oCulll, LHe luiueI WHo was crushed beneath slab in Dome mine, and who was believed to be fatally hurt, is now on the road to recovery He suffered broken leg, broken in three places, and divers and sundry other injuries, but he will beat them all back to Melville.
 The freighter Nanshan arrived at, Seward recently with commission freight She had a full load of steel rails and other construction material, besides a rotary for the Anchorage division. The commission expects to keep the line open between Seward and Anchorage by using the rotary.
 Mrs S. R. Bredlie of Fairbanks died recently in St. Joseph's hospital in that city. While the end was not en- tirely unexpected, it came so sud denly as to shock all of Fairbanks, and the sympathy of the entire camp is expressed for the stricken husband and two little sons who are left to mourn the greatest of losses.
 United States Marshal Erwin of Fairbanks has received the sad in- telligence that his little daughter, Mary, was burned to death at Port land, Ore. Mary was at a Halloween party when the Japanese lanterns which were used for illumination caught fire. The burning lanterns set fire to her clothing and she died that night or the next day from the burns she suffered.
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