The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-18
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

Herbert Kellogg, who is an agent of the Central Fisheries Company of San Francisco, is looking up cannery sites for this company.
 Travellers coming from the Interior say that caribou will be numerous this year. Many are to be seen feed ing near the roadways.
 Robert J. Zilkey of Wrangell has just received the news of the death of his son in France with the United States army. The young man was killed almost year ago. <
 Improvements that will be valuable aids to navigation on the Stikine are soon to be begun. The work is to be undertaken by the Canadian govern ment. Particular attention will be given to the Glenora rifles.
 Nick DeCourt, the wrestler who has been spending the summer at Kassan, is getting ready to go south again, and serves notice on Ketchikan fans that if they want to see a match they must get their local champion ready.
 c. B. Brandon, office manager for E. s. Hewitt & Co.,, expects to leave with his family this month for Tacoma, where he will occupy a simi- lar position with the Burroughs Add ing Machine Company. L. c. Keely, formerly with the signal corps at Cor dova, will have charge of the office in Juneau.
 The Alaska Sulphur Company, a Delaware corporation, formed for the purpose of buying or leasing sulphur lands, and mining, manufacturing or dealing in sulphur and sulphur prod ucts, has been incorporated at Juneau with a capitalization of $50O,000. L. " Ray of Seward is Alaska agent for the concern.
 Shortage of water and the high cost of supplies were the main topics of discussion in Brooks during the month of August. The mining industry has declined greatly thereby Peterson & Co. and Fontas & McKinnon have closed down, but Sampson & Dor finger are working as large crew as ever and are in good pay.
 Tom Aitken, the veteran Klondike operator, is carrying on big operations in the Kuskokwim and Kantishna dis tricts. His wife mushed in this year from the coast to Candle and got the crews together and started the dredge, while MT. Aitken attended to business on the coast. The Aitkens are rated as millionaires.
 An uncharted reef with eighteen feet of water over it has been found in the entrance of Tenakee inlet, it's position being approximately three-fourths of a mile, 200 degrees south by east mag netic from East Point Chatham strait. Pending an examination of the local ity this reef will be placed on the succeeding editions of the charts as position doubtful"
 Several changes have been made in the marshal's office for the Fourth di- vision Deputy Marshal E. H. Poppell, who has been stationed at Chatanika since his return from the States, has been transferred to Circle. He will relieve Deputy Spencer, who has been at Circle for several years. MT Spen- cer will be sent to Fort Yukon at his own request and will relieve Deputy Mcclure, who will be assigned to duty at Fairbanks.
 The Juneau Empire states that with the fishing season about over, many natives are returning to town after working the season fishing, with money in their pockets, and they are not averse to spending it. One native daughter was observed in jitney, who tucked the lap robe about her silk stockings, pulled up the collar of her fur coat and murmured Home,