Douglas Island news., 1919-01-10
NUGGETS FROM ALASKA News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northand

know. was Che only newspaper in thc Northland that issued a special Christmas edition The paper came out thc day before Christmas with colorcd front page and scy- craI Klondlkc views in colors throughout tho paper.
 To guard against influenza, resi-. dents of Ncuaua who did not have Imnucnza were compelled Co wear a colorcd ribbon on their hat to show that they had been untouched by thc disease. If they wore the ribbon anywhere but on their bat tnc' were fined
 In Che great storm of November. .1i. Che whaling schooner Halcyon slipped her anchor while lying ot' Akuuu. in Che Acutiun islands, and was driven Co sea- This is Che boat that was once owned by Jack Lon- don and which he pilotcd among the. South Seas and later in Arctic waters.
 J. II. Bair, ut one time station agent for Che Copper River railroad at Mccarthy, has returned to Seat Gle. astcr being wounded while serving u France with the glst pi- vision. He was wounded in the bat Iuc Of Che Argonnc forest and left ! France Che day after the armistice was signed.
 The Kcnuccott Copper Corporation has notified thc proper officials that of thc 800 men in their employ who volunteered or were drafted. they could use immediately all their for mcr employees at Fort Liacum and Che remainder by the time they could be released from France and Eastern camps
 A bcluga. OF white whale. about |l2 feet long. was frolickiug in the Yukon riyicr about the middle of last month. Tho whale was seen near Panama. This is the farthest
 up Che river one or these whales has
 even been sccen. although they are a common sight near thc mouth. Captain McAlpiuc. Of the trading schooner Ruby was recently placed under arrest charged with disposiug ! |of part of Che cargo or that boat The
 schooner was on its way Co Che Kus- | kokwim when it was forced Co put into au Alaskan port on account of storms where it is alleged the cap- tain disposed of some Of Che cargo. A total of dfty-three forest fires with a burned area of nearly 4ooo acres and damage to standing timber Iaggrcgauug S3.OOO. occurred on thc |Churach National Forest during the
 year 1918. Thirty-onc of these fires
 were caused by sparks along the Iright-of-way of thc government IraiIroad iu the Anchorage division.
 E. J. Etiquc. formerly nursc in a Dawson hospital but now a nurse
 In Che military hospitals of France,
 recently proved himself hero whom
 he offered himself as a subject for transfusiou of blood Co save the life
 of a French soldier. He was ill In the hospital for a month after the
 operation. but both he and the sol-
 dicr lived
 Hearing that Che Haiucs Indians
 were going into thc Champagne ! Landing country Co trap. Col Knight
 of Che Yukon has sent a mouaicd
 police patrol into that country Go turn them back This step was taken in accordance with the Yukon Tcrritory's policy Co try and isolate ! that territory from the coast Co pre-
 vent influenza from getting a foot
 hold there.
 One hundred and twcnty-two quarts of whisky were stolen from |the dry squad headquarters at sc- attlc on November and for
 mcr Alaskan. a negro by the name
 of Tom simmons is one of Che men held for the crime. Simmons walks ! with crutch as a result of having had his feet frozen in Alaska same
 vars ago. He has been arrested
 sixteen times in Seattle since 1912. ! J-E. Fox. of Atlin, was drowned | by breaking through the ice on Lake Atlin last month. He was sent Co the Engineer mine to take mail there and to get some impor- taut papers belonging to tho late
 Capt. Alexander. who was drowned
 on the Sophia. Fox left the mine and did not arrive at Atlm, sC , mounted police went to investigate They found his pack with the papers in it and a hole in the ice wherC
 hc went through, but have not found
 any trace of the body.
 l Some relief is being afforded to tho , residents of the lditarod section by P the arrival of a herd Of reindeer in I,b,-., ,f u TyvirheU who il