Douglas Island news., 1919-12-05
NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska Taken From Che Exchanges, to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Nozthland

A post or Che American Legion haa boon organized at Kc,chikan.
 Ketchlkau carpenters have voted to anIate with Che Alaska Labor Union.
 Row. Father rumol recently pas. tor ol Che Catholic church hero. hold scycral services at WraugeiL
 nr w. J. p,rg. formerly Of Wrau. rcu has been appointed physician at thc Pioneers Home at sitka.
 A Beet wou known oid-timc Alaskan. has purchased Che famou. White House hotel at Anchorage.
 10 was reported last week that thcrc were at chat lime 2S cascs o. smallpox among Che natives at Rake
 Fueon cars of coal left Anchor. axe recently In one day consigned to points on che government uii. road
 A now bank hos been organized ai KetehInu under Che uamc of the Alaska Trust and Investment Com pauy
 The Admiral Watson recently dis- charged 525 tons of merchandise at tbe new dock at Anchorage ia lf hours
 A cordovt person claims Go have seen a sea otter In Che waters near hc-c Cordoya Is supposed Go be lry too.
 There Us talk Of organizing a bas- set ban team at KolchIkau. where t Is said thcre Us plenty ol material .or a team
 u- II s HaL formerly dentist of Douglas was recently initiated into tbc Eastern Star Lodge at Nechaau
 AL Osborn. resident or Wraugcl since 1890. died at chat place @ saor. umc ago Ho is survived by four children.
 The cordoya Gro department is al- ready advertising is annual mas rucalo ball. which Is Co bo hold on Sew Years eve.
 The society editor of Che Cordoya Times has been married. but contrib utcs her usuaI budget ot uovs Co Che paper each week.
 Tho people Of Petersburg recently subscribed S100 toward Che erection of "a house for a needy family In Che town. The house Is now being built
 The Bacbc'ors Club of KetchIkan rounded uD an those ot chat pcr- mas.ou .u chat town on rhmkasIv- ur and bcy ail had dinner together.
 \ heavy wind washed a largo number ot smelts up on Che beach near Valdez a short ume ago. vai- dez people lived high for few days.
 r. C Mcdonald. a tailor recently purchased a Iot In Ke,chikan at Che price ot Si50 per front foot The Iot Ia lo feet frontage by 90 feet leep
 Valdez promoters have interested Portland capitalists in Q caunery project at Uuavick bay near Nnil- chik A canning plant win be erected
 Eight hundred and tueu,y-e.ght short tons of coal were mined at Che Eska and Chicaloon government coal mines for Che month ending Novcm- ber s.
 Cord1y1 people believe m variety in their indoor sports At Che present umc both billiard and dummy solo tournaments are on In .he town
 Two weddings occurred last week at Cordoya. Thomas w. GoGney was married Co Goucvicyc C. Whalen nd'O @ Bruce and Mrs Alice Cot- ton were married
 Capt s. r. Shepard. for Che past dreeu years keeper Of the Mary lsi- and light near Ketchlkan. has gone to Seattle to receive treatment for am 1bsecss on his ear.
 The editor of Che Valdez Miner complains that be Is not eating as regular as be might on account oi be p.armisan staying SO high mp .0u tfe mountains
 
 The newly elected officers of thc American Legion at Kctchikan are. U. \. Talbot commander. E. J. Daily yIce-commaudcr; c. J. Collins scc- retars Bort spacth. treasurer. 
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