The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-31

Robert J. McChesney, foreman of the Juneau Empire, has returned from trip to the States, and will resume his position with the company. He says business conditions are good in the States.
 The halibut boat Nautilus went on the beach on Douglas island recently in a Taku gale. The boat dragged her anchors and floated onto the sandy beach. She pounded heavily, but was pulled off uninjured later.
 Andy Dieringer, the hustling livery and transfer man of Valdez, has added another truck to his fleet of Ford autos. This is the fourth, with two fve-passenger cars. MT. Dieringer is the largest individual outo owner in the territory
 One of ARska's worst trails, that between Kaltag, a lower Yukonl river town, and Unalakleet, a northern sound point between St. Michael and Nome, is being given stakes to help the mail carriers and their dog teams during the winter.
 Louis Shortridge, an Indian ethnolo- gist, who for the past for years has been conducting the John Wanamaker Alaskan British Columbia expedition, is now married. MT ShOrtridge left his field office in Haines recently and went to Sitka to claim his bride, foEnerly Miss Elizabeth Cook.
 Herbert McKean of Kirkville, Mo, has been appointed superintendent of the Sheldon Jackson school at Sitka. He spent four years as teacher in the Philippine islands, and has been di- rector of manual arts at the Kirks- Vile normal school. He is expected to arrive at Sitka with his wife and child about May 1.
 It has been reported that rich pay has been showing up on Livengood creek, at the mouth of Amy, in the Tolovana. Martin Claich, the owner of the ground, has let lay to Jim Sherrard and Mike Kelly. The Sher- rard interest was later on disposed of to William Samson, and Samson and Kelly are very optimistic over the property.
 The ferry boat Ghent, plying be- tween Douglas and Juneau, recently had engine trouble and went ashore in Taku gale on Douglas island, near the old sawmill. A small boat was lined back and forth from the boat to the beach, and all the passengers were safely landed A small hole was punched in the boat, but otherwise she was undamaged.
 Walter Fisher has moved his min ing plant to the ground he has been on lower Goldstream. For the past two weeks he has been fixing up working outfit that will meet the requirements of the ground. Fisher las prospected the district on lower in the vicinity of Spinach creek, and says he is we'll satisfied with what he has found.
 Overloaded with fish, the launch Valhalia, owned by Ole Deazy of 0auglas, was swamped in deep water 'ff the end of Douglas island last week and the three men composing the crew barely got ashore in safety. They 'pent a day on the beach and nearly lroze before they secured a small 'kiff and rowed to Douglas. The boat vas total loss.
 According to prospector from the roklat region who arrived in Fair ,anks recently another death has oc. :urred among the trail blazers of the North. He reports that while he was oming out of that country he met lame Warden Foster going into find he body of prospector who was re- 'orted frozen to death about hun red and fifty miles beyond Lake Min. in the vicinity of Mount For