The Alaska daily empire., 1919-11-25
ALASKA NOTES

TIIltdio lIOll llC lhlSiAOA iSPOAI that ptarmigan and grouse, which once were so plentiful i'll that region, but which for the past four or five years have seldom been seen in the whole stretch of. the Yukon valley and those of it's tributaries, are again making their appearance in enormous quantities.
 Thomas Griffin. formerly connected with the signal corps in Fairbanks.
 is at present located at Fort Bayard. N NJ. MT. Griffin spent several years in Alaska, and made a great many friends here, before his health necessitated a change of climate.
 Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, a. we'll known Portland resident, and sister of Will H.. Clapson of Cortlova. has been honored by her election as pre- sident of the International Associa- ton Of Women Physicians, an or. ganizatlon just perfected at a con. ference in New York. Dr.. Loveloy, then Dr. Esther sPohl, praeticed her profession at Skagway in 1898, and has many. friends in Alaska. When the war broke out she went to Wash ington at her sot7n expense and vol unteered her services to the govern; rrtent.. Shc. was detailed to France, where she established maternity hos. pitfalls. and when she returned to the United States, lectured in behalf of the Red Gross and war work
 Theresa Gnise, a seventeen-year-cld girl, recently made the trip from Se- attic to Fairbanks, via Cordova, the Copper River railroad and Richardson road from Chidna, alone. She was accompanied from New York to Seat tie by a sister, but she was permitted to make the trip through the wilds of the Territory unaccompanied.
 Teddy Gleason. well known at Sew ard, is mining in the Ncnana conn try.
 Dr. Robert F. -Gmggs, of the Uni. versity of Ohi1 who recently returned to his home from an expedition which is headed for the National Geo. graphic Magazine to Mt. Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand s,noxea, is. urging the Government 10 build "a road from harBot which he dis covered on Amalik' Bay b the great valcano. Ie says-sthe distance ist g. miles and the route feasible. He says such a road would make the volcano !. accessible, and give those who desire it the opportunity to view one of the greatest wonders of the world.
 The Venus mine. in. the Conrad dt' trfct. which had been working a crew of eight of. len n.cu during the pas sumincr, closed. down for the winter The new mill puf in. last fan is ali resiiy t1s start sap aas :soon, as1the present fnei'. shstt3&e ais' eve repfae and It is thoa3ht thft eafly next SpDn4 pperdttQifS sWpf, " SN'tuus piaSa tn both mine and mill. {. , capt. E. P. Hnbrtck, the Mccarthy guide and big gsme hunter Ass or defed an i,p-to-date motion picture camera and will endeayor to secure films. of game life In Alasks. the pic tures to be taken in the White River country: inserspersirg the animal pictures will he glacial scenes, pack trains swimming rivers and traveiips on daneerous trails;s boats shootins the rapids in the dppnr caryon of the Cepper:. and last tho bis caribou drive in the fall
 Tho chier or me reindeer industry in Alaska is offering deer for sale at ss::3 per head. and several white residents of the territory are making arrangements to enter the business Reindeer raising is a coming indus trv. and one which re0'aires little cap stai After the initial herd has he secured as the animals take care ot themselves. with the exception oi n herder to keep thon from strayir.
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