Douglas Island news., 1919-06-27

A few days ago a bear appeared at the outskirts of Carcross across
 the river from tho town. One local
 nimrod exhausted his stock of am
 munit!on shooting Nt the big fol- low without scoring Q hit. Another man got ready to swing his gun into action. but before he could fire the bear just snifrcd at him and got away from there.
 Captain Babbington. of vancou- yer. E C.. was in wrangcll a few days ago and hired a cook for a crew of men that he has at work salvaglng the wreck of the steamer Mariposa. which was wrecked not far from wrangcll. Tho Mariposa had cargo of 1.2OO tons of high grade copper orc. 5000 cases Of canned salmon, besides other things
 Edgar Rathwell. a young man 2l years of age, was drowned in Eyak Lake. near CordovG. short time ago. He was ono of a party of four who were capslzed from a canoe in which they were riding. He was considered a good swimmer but sud denly let go of his hold on the craft and went to the bottom. His body was found in seven feet of water.
 Clyde Cagle, who at one time re- sided in Douglas but who was raised in wrangcll, is back in Alaskan waters as captain of tho Olympic Company's tug Hero. which opcr- ates from their floating cannery in Icy Straits. Mir. Caglc went to the States last year and enlisted in the Merchant Marine and received un- limited second mates papers for any ocean.
 Nick Nussbaumer has returned to after having been in France with the American army. Mir. Nussbaumcr was wounded and in the hospital several times. He had a unique experience, having met his father and brother in Switzer- land while he was therc on leave. He had not seen either of them in eighteen years. His brother is captain in the Swiss army.
 "Dccp Hole" Jack Anderson has returned to Chicken Creek after visit at Dawson. He is a noted char acter in the interior country hav- ing received his nickname from the fact that he sunk tho deepest shaft in the Klondikc. He sank shaft to a depth Of 275 feet on the ridge between Klondlkc City and Lovett Gulch in the winter of '9S. He found no pay in the shaft.
 The Shipping Board objected to the name of Valdozian for the ship that the people of Valdez were al- lowed to name as a reward of over subscription to the Liberty Loan. The Valdez people allowed the name Co be changed to Montague" The officer in charge of the Shipping office. commented on the new name, saving that it was peculiar that they chose a name that in no way com the town of Valdez.
 The body of Corporal Ralph Pull yer. who was caught by snowslidc last winter while attempting 10 cross the glacier at Portage Bay, was found last week and was found by the boys father. who was accom- panied by a detail of two officers and six enlisted men The body was in a good state Of preservation. having been covered up until few days before it was found by several tons of ice and snow. The remains have been sent to the States for burial.
 Mrs. wm. Hern is an Alaskan ranch woman who has a place in Pyramid Harbor. near Haincs. There are 300 acres on the ranch. More than 2.OOO strawberry plants will bear this year and the crop is all contracted for. All the other crops are doing well. There are about a dozen ranchcrs near Mrs. Hern and as they are on the north side of the inlet they are protected from the north winds and get all the sunshine and think they have the finest farm ing country in Alaska.
 II. F. Alexander. president of tho Pacific Steamship Co.,, and D. c. promoter of the Alaska Gastincau Co.,, have purchased the yacht Acquilla from the Benjamin Rogers estate. The boat is second in size of all yachts in the United States. being exceeded only by the Venecia. belonging to John D. spreckles. It is said that more than S6O. 1000 was paid for vessel. The Acqunla is 153 feet over all, has a beam of 20 feet and draft of 9 feet inches. She makes IA knots. Mir. Jackling will make trip 10 Alaska with the yacht in July. and after that the boat will be used jointly by the two men.