The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-27

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 how until November 28, and three a week after that date. Each mail will
 be limited to 800 pounds. It is be-
 lieved this will handle practically all
 the mail offering.
 The verdict of guilty and sentence
 of Judge Fred Nj. Brown to nine
 months in jail against w. H. John
 son, of Anchorage, charged with liv- ing from the earnings of fallen wom-
 en, was recently affirmed by the Cir
 cult Court of Appeals. This is the fourth case that has been appealed from Judge Browns court and heard in the Circuit Court of Appeals and
 Judge Brown has been sustained in
 all of them
 Samuel Brightwcll, formerly United States Deputy Marshay at Cordova, and Mrs. E. Beyers, also formerly of Cor
 dova, were married at the Multnomah i, Hotel, Portland, Oregon, October 3. 1 Mrs. J. Lindley Green of Seward ] recently left for the states on ac- count of the serious illness of her mother.
 Corporal H. T. Rowbottom, the well known dog musher and trail 1 breaker for the Signal Corps, has
 returned to his work at Valdez after
 a visit to- England. He will work on l the trail as usual this winter. John Anderson was acquitted at Valdez of involuntary manslaughter
 alleged to have been convicted at 1 Naknek last summer. The evidence
 was that during drunken orgy a shotgun which was being handled by Anderson was discharged and Charles Cline was killed.
 Grouse are SO plentiful at Fair
 hanks that they invade the town. Papers there say that one recently | walked into the hardware store of
 Samson brothers.
 Messrs. Stanton and Barrett, two
 well known miners of this city left
 on the launch N & s. this week for
 Culcross Island, where they have a
 contract for running 250 feet of tun-
 mel for the Thomas Culros property
 They work will be pushed rapidly
 and the contract completed as soon
 as possible. The property is already In high state of development, hay 1 ing min building which was erected
 in October. 1916.-(valdez Miner.) Ronald Ferguson, pioneer Yukon
 Miner, for a long time operator on
 Glacier creek, died recently at Daw son after an illness which begon last
 spring, He had been in St.. Mary's1 hospital at Dawson since last May. Dawson has been asked to name, delegates to the Canadian Mining 1n- stitute which will be held at vancou. yer November 26. 27 and 2S. The womens Club at Seward re- gently elected Mrs. J. Lindley Green, president; Mrs. R. J.. Weaver. vice. president; Mrs. E. Lucas. recording secretary: Mrs. Sloan, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Orlander, treasurer. Thawipg shafts in the placer mines of the interior is coming into gen eral use. It is said that about one fourth of the labor is required and that about $500 worth of fuel is saved daily on each shaft in cases where . full crew is working. The Moose lodge at Valdez will give frontier dance" at Valdez Thanksgiving time. The ball room wfl be made to resemble an old time Alaska dance hall with it's, gambling games, bar. costumes and other par aphernella.
 V. L. Sedgewick. old timer of Val deg and for time Deputy Marshal at the westward and Mrs. Sedgewick have left for New Haven. Conn.,. where they will reside in the future.
 M. Dad" Gleason was a passenger for Juneau on the Northwestern. He will work with the road commission ct that place all winter.-tvaldez Miner.) \