Douglas Island news., 1919-06-06
NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges, to Show Whats Going in the Great
 NOrthland

There are some cases Of nu at . whitchorse.
 Two thousand feet Of new side walks are Co be laid in skagway this summer.
 An the Wraugcll school teachers have been hired again for the next term ot school.
 James Kennedy. pioneer merchant of Skagwoy. Is closing up his busi- ness at thcot place.
 An epidemic of influenza that has already claimed many natives, is raging at Unalaska.
 Marshal ]. NJ. Tanner. who has been sick at skcgway is showing signs of improvement.
 Red salmon arc being caught at Cordoya. che earliest that they were ever known Go run there.
 Two men recently killed three bears and saw five more within sight ut thc town of Valdez.
 Harold K. Trultt who escaped from Che skagway jail, was picked up at Carcross and sent back over Che ,iuc.
 A silver trophy cup has been put up by Fairbanks jewellers to be played for by the baseball teams tbc town.
 X large crow of men recently went to thc Free Gold mine at Port Wells to push development work on that property.
 The Susitna river is now open for navigation. Recently a boat went ur Che river and encountered very Wuc floating ice.
 The dome Of thc Empress hcatrc iu Cordoya Is decorated with am ol- lceor.eaI painting containing twelve figures and chcrubs In composition.
 Cold nights form a skim of ice on hc river ut Whitchorsc most every night and Che same cause is hold u- Che ice together ot Lake Le- barge.
 Through Che efficient work or thc Cordoya department late last month. arc that broke ont iu the Burkhardt Hats was checked before it had done
 ious damage
 The body of a holf-brccd baby was found at lonely spot at Cordoya re- rrrtly. When found. Che infant had been dead for about three days and had died from neglect
 The soldiers from Fort Liscum de- .ulcd Che Signal Corps team in yaIIct iu Che first ball game or the season at Valdez on Decoration Day by score of 1i Go 70.
 Coycrumcnt surveyors headed by Woodhury Abbey arc surveying Che ari arodul Haiucs. This survey |vU prove a great help to che farm .ers u chat section in getting pat euts Co their farms E E. purgiu was arrested last month at Fairbanks for riting mail boxes n the local post office and stealing letter containing money. He was released on bail and win await Che action of Che grand jury
 F. II Gray. of Wrangell, stated short time ago that he came across Che largest bull moose he had ever seen ou Che mainland 10 miles from ! WuurclL He says the moose stood over seven feet at Che shoulders
 The sale of liquor in Yukon Ter rtory has been extended Co septem- ! bcr | this year. There will be a plcbisridc taken early next year to determine Che future policy in re- gards che question.
 The Montauo-Yukon Mining Co.,. ! Icssccs ol Che Venus and other prop critics u Che Conrad district is pre- pairing Co do extensive development work this summer. The mines will ! bc rcopcned and a cyanide plant also . he installed
 The Carlisle Packing Company . win operate again this year on tho Yukon river at Androafski. Last year che company operated at a loss .but it was owing Co the late start made. Two hundred people will be employed by the company
 Miss Movis Hukil, Of skagway, .seu four hundred feet while climb ling a mountain near that place last Sunday. She suffered several bruises about ths head and eyes and was taken Co a hospital. where it is thought she will soon recover.
 Memorial Day at Cordova was ob- served by the unyeiling Of a tablet and monument to thc Cordova boys