Douglas Island news., 1919-02-07
NEWS NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges to Show Whats Going in the Great
 Northand

London. tukluNus lN try V" Nh'NN " consolidation of number of tho large Kloudikc dredging outfits. Mir. Boyle Is one of thc best known min ing men Of Che interior.
 Maurice NJ. Marsdcn, former lu- koncr. made quite a record in Che late war He started out as a pri- vatc in the Canadian forces and hn- ishcd as stan captain He lost thc sight of one eye and Che hear iug on one ear and is now at Van couycr. B. C- for treatment
 Owners of vacant houses in skag- way arc complaining because thc children of Che town smash thc windows of the houses with rocks. One man there has replaced thirty pancs Of glass iu one house and now has several more poucs Co put tn.
 Frank II. Foster, am attorney Of Cordova. took advantage of a tcch- nicality of Che law and recently stakcd a piece of ground at that placc that had been overlooked. The ground is occupied by several houses and is worth something over SlO,- 900.
 Mrs. Jack Moultou was recently arrested at Tacoma for rccntcring tbc state of Washington after prom isinc Go stay out to avoid prosecu- tion for shooting and badly wound- ing her husband iu a Tacoma hotel a couplc of months ago. Jack Moulton was a very we'll known Alaska tray cling man for a number of years.
 All the buildings erected at the mouth of Che Dojcl, tributary of the White river n the Yukon, were washed out by a flood of waters that rushed down the valley last season. The buildings were erected during thc Chisaua stampede of l9l3-l4' and included many large roadhouses and storehouscs as well os many smaller buildings.
 The Admiral Scbrcc has been re- leased by the United States ship ming Board and win soon arrive on the west coast Co join the Pacific Steamship Compauy's fleet opcrot- ing Co Alaska She is vessel oi sa2g gross tons. 242 feet long 4a feet beam and 2G feet inches depth of hold. She formerly operated on Che Great Lakes.
 John Roscnc. who died last week at Seattle. was very well known in Alaska. He at one time made his hcadouartcrs at Haines while he was promoting % railroad that would run from that place Co Fairbanks. The project. which seemed as though it would go through, was abandoned when Che government decided to build from che westward.
 A crying room has been added to thc other couvcnicucos of tho N. S IA A. Club rooms at Whitchorsc. li is used by Che bowlcrs of the club who are in the international tourn. amcnt They retire to the room Co sob when they get bad breaks tn the bowling matches Other clubs are contemplating adding such rooms Co their equipment.
 A jimcy jumjcd over a blu0 al Dawson recently, when it was re- turning with passengers after th' show The ear turned complete somcrsault and landed right side uT i'm thc snow. The driver never lei ro of the wheel while the ear was i'm Che air and when it landed wo' sitting n his accustomed place. 4 passenger plowcd mp considerable snow when she was thrown out bu came up smiling. The ear took twelve-foot drop and was uninjureC and proceeded on its way.
 The Petersburg Packing Compan! has purchased the Puget Soun' ! pass nger packet Virginia II iron the West Pass Transportation Com panv for SlO,OOO. The Virginit was built six years ago. The boat i powered with gasoline engines and i ! 77 feet 1 inch long and 10 feet
 inches wide. with a depth of 6 fee inches. 10 will be converted into
 fish carrier Go be used in coniunc ton with their caupcry at Peters burg. and will sail North March orchestra is very popular at th
 Dawson has started a movcmen Co secure trophies of the great wa that can be placed in a pcrmanen building or park of that town. Othe towns iu Canada are to secure sue things and Yukon, which without
 doubt did more than its share |
 the recent unplcasantnoss, thinks anyone gets these things they shoul
 be in on it. They have taken th
 matter up with Capt. Black, who
 now in London. and asked him ( attend Co it. They have asked fo ! German light machine guns, stan
 dards or gas alarm horns. IT the
 ret o gas alarm horn they will us