Douglas Island news., 1919-04-11

Conrad district is to be rooponod with new capital
 Only two mails a week arc being dispatched now over the trail be tween Cordova and Fairbanks
 Twcnty-onc returned soldiers were recently glycn employment In Che Anchorage division of Che Alaskan railroad.
 Water to a depth Of from a foot Co IS inches cover the tracks of Che government railroad along Snow river to Mile 16.
 A herd of caribou numbering about five thousand was seen last month in the Big Delta country in thc Fairbanks district
 The Alaskan Railroad Commission granted free transportation Co 22 soldiers who recently landed at Sew ard cnroutc to the interior
 The 22nd Avenue bridge at skag- way. which was washed away by thc heavy rains of last fall, will be replaced by the road commission.
 Twelve big plants have com mcnccd operations on LivcnEoOd creek alone in the Tolovona district and a good season is looked for there.
 The navy tug ocnonta with a barge i'm tow msucccssfully tried Co get to Anchorage last month. The ice was too thick for the boat Co buck
 A caboosc containing thirty pas scngcrs overturned last month near Kern. on the government railroad, and none Of the passengers were iu- jured
 Tho Alaska Chapter Of the Ameri- can Mining Congress at Fairbanks has launched a big movement Co get government power plant for that district
 The Alameda on her last voyage north made her first trip of the sea son to points beyond Seward. On that trip she went as far west as. Kodiak island.
 The great sulphur beds of Akun island on thc Alaska peninsula are Co be developed this year by a Chi- cago company. A schooner has ol- ready left with supplies for that place.
 Tho steamer Anyox with the barge Baroda in tow is due to leave Balboa any day now with cargocs Of knocked down ears for the govern mcnt railroad The boat will sail direct to Seward.
 Lieutenant Stodiord, In command of the soldiers stationed at Seward, recently had Q. birthday which he celebrated by having an the men under his command at dinner at his quarters. Everyone had fine time.
 The annual st. Patrick Day min strcl show given by the Seward Arc tic Brotherhood was a great success this year. Elmer A. Friend, for merly Of Juneau and now editor of a paper at Seward, was ono of the end men.
 The Board Of Associated Charities at Ncnana is 10 get fifty per cent of the revenues from the ice pools that have been formed there. These pools are a gamble on the hour, minute and day of the breakup of the ice on the river.
 The first boat to reach Anchorage harbor this season was the gas boat Pilgrim. which brought in supplies. The vessel arrived a month earlier this year than any boat last year. Very little ice was encountered on the trip.
 A buckle from a lody's slipper has been found at Seward and Che owner is advertised for. Recently a heel Of Iady's slipper was found there and also advertised. Slowly the princi- pal parts of a lady's wardrobe are being accumulated at that place.
 The threc-masted bark Guy C.. Goss was the first of the Alaska fish l ing fleet to get away from Seattle Ithis year. The boat sailed on April ! for Chiguik. on the Alaska penin- sula. She belongs to tho North west fisheries.
 Walter Werner and ANel Hanson, | two fishermen from tho fishing boat ! Constance. were drowned between tho mainland and Kodiak the latter part of last month. The dory from which they were fishing was over turned by Q storm. The body of Werner was recovered and taken Co Seward for burial. After June 1. according to gov- ernment regulations, all ocean-going vessels. including those running to