The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-05

beIore Jury or twelve good men and true Stephen Melchoir was ftkfnd not guilty of petit larceny at se krd recently. He was accused of fra ing to property belonging to the u ver. sal By-Products Company. Maxine Mcdonald, the 16 veal old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Sam McDon. aid, of Anchorage recently died in the railway city. She was we'll known in both Seward and Valdez, and was a charming young lady.
 A fiat car belonging to the Tanana Valley railway was mysteriously burned recently. The car was s4t on siding by the train crew and when they returned next morning only the trucks and iron work were found. It is believed the car got hot over being forced to spend the night alone in the wilderness.
 The two-master schooner Sea Wolf which has roamed the Boring sea and Arctic ocean since 1908, is at the dry dock of local builder in Juneau, be ing repaired and overhauled for triI to Nome, Siberia and finally to Her schel island. The vessel is 60 feet long, 14 foot beam and can accommo date five men.
 News of another death in theELake Minchumina country is reported the person reported missing being Edward Lahto, trapper. Lahto went into the country poorly equipped and has not been heard of The natives be- lieve he had died from exposure. He formerly trapped in the Circle coun try.
 Nome Igloo of Pioneers has elected the following officers, Paul Kjegstad president; A. Polet, first vicf-presi dent; c. F. Rice, second yit-presi dent; c. W. Thornton, ae1 etsry; Thorulf Lehman, treasurer; Robert James, chaplain; Jere Collins, histor ian; M. P. Garnity, trustee; Barney Lande, librarian; Howard Shade, ser geant at arms; M. Botana, doorkeeper Dime creek has been a very quiet camp the past winter according to arrivals in Nome, but three men re- ported working for wages. Some pros pecting has been carried on but owing to steady and extreme cold but little work was done. A thorough quaran- tine was made against the flu and the camp remained free from the cpl demic. All the horses used by the freighters were struck by a malady resembling the flu.
 Inder Singh and Magar Singh, sons of faraway India, recently arrived in Ketchikan looking for work. These are the first Hindus to invade Alaska Al though the men are dressed in Euro pean clothes and lack the huge turban they are easily distinguished by their racial characteristics and fine physiques. They stated that they were sure Alaska was too cold for them. "Too much high mountains and plenty snow," they exclaimed.
 The first mosquito to make its ap- pearance in Fairbanks was encount- cred on the Cushman bridge last week. One of the rail birds was at- tackled by the vicious insect and after a prolonged and sanguinary struggle the brute was killed. One of the re- markable things about the slain anopheles culex was that It's feet were enclosed in fuzzy appearing sub stance, probably a moccasin, IS the weather was still cold.
 George Rabien, the Nome bowling champ writes from Snoqualmie that he is working in logging camp near there. He says the workmen in the shipyards are just about managing a standoff between the high cost of liv- ing and the wages they are paid George says that the radical sentiment among the workmen is astonishing and he, was greatly surprised at the ut terances of some of the speakers at meetings he attended in Seattle.