Douglas Island news., 1919-05-02

The Fairbanks tennis court is now being operated.
 A new botting works has been established at Valdez.
 There Is a barber at Ncnana that carries requisites" as side line.
 There is a ease of small pox at Cordova and a pest house has been established there.
 The "scuryy Kid" recently ar rived iu Ncnaua after mushmg from Nomc u IS days.
 Tho finishing touches are being rut ou Che Talkcctna bridge on thc government railroad.
 Tho government Is attempting Co enlist SD men for service as cable operators in Alaska.
 Work has started at Fairbanks Co lear che part of town burned last winter by che big fire,
 Four more holes win be drilled this season on thc ChiIcat on Com pauIcs property at Katalla.
 The capacity of the power plant at Cordoya was recently doubled by Che installation of a new generator.
 According Co Nome papers, at least au0 natives died during the winter at Cape Prince Of Wales from che Gu
 The first ocean steamer Co arrive at Anchorage this season was the rlrragut. which reached there on April 18th.
 The laying of steel in the Fair banks division oC the government railroad has been discontinued until utcr iu che year.
 The schooner Casco, once tho pri- yatc yacht of Robert Louis steven som. Is ou Che way north to join the Alaskan coI fish fleet
 AII returned soldiers who have sought employment with Che Alas Mu Railroad Commission have been put Go work
 The Free Gold mine at Port Wells has started up its mill and has enough ore iu insight Co keep it running for several years.
 T. B. Nccdham, a pioneer news paper man of Alaska. has left the territory. after selling out his paper. The Pioneer. at Ketchikan
 Tho advance guard of wild fowl bIt Inc interior country near Fair banks about two weeks ago. The first Go arrive were a flock Of cranes.
 Construction work has started on now clam cauncry at Chug Harbor. uur Seward. A crew Of fifty men recently went there Co start work.
 J. ID. Jefferson. formerly or Val dcz. of which place he was postmas- t.r. Is now fox farming on Bald Head Chris island near that place.
 The naval radio tender Saturn sailed from san Francisco last week ror Western Alaska for her annual trip Go install and repair naval radio stations
 More than 50.OOO cubic yards Of drt were moved by one was blast ol powder at Bird on Turnagain Arm. ou che route Of the government railroad.
 Tho box factory operated in cou- Junction with the Wilson & Sylyes- ter min at Wrangcll has started up for che season. It has a capacity Of f.001 boxes a day.
 Mike Jackson. a Sitka native, ac- .fIcutaIly shot himself at a logging camp near Wranrcn last week. He was taken to Wrangcll, where the arm was amputated.
 A barrel and box factory is to be installed at Cordova in the near fu- wrc. The plant win be erected at Sahlu Falls, where 2,OOO horse power is available.
 Chas Ingersoll. proprietor Of the EcyWa Hotel at Ketchikan, has gone into Che fishing business. He will operate a floating mild-curiug plant ou Che west coast Of Prince Of Wales.
 X trappcr arrived in Fairbanks recently with Inc pelts of seventeen wolverines besides considerable other ur The catch Of wolverine was unusually large. as it is a hard au- imu to fran
 Bob Gum, a sourdough wood dealer of Fairbanks, some time ago donated two cords Of wood Co bc ..rrr.J ,.f for Inc support of two