Douglas Island news., 1919-03-28

Moose are quite plentiful this year ou umkcr creek near Dawson.
 Only one ticket has filed for Che municipal election at Cordoya this year.
 A brick-chimncy ordinance recent Iy passed at Cordoya will be strictly enforced
 Tho Dawson News claims that che ltoudikc has produced two hundred millions u gold
 Mike Hylaud. am Alaskan pioneer. died at Fairbanks early this month ol pneumonia.
 Basket ball teams from Haiucs and Kukwou have been having some spirited games this winter.
 The approximate worth of the raw mn shipped from Whitchorsc in uc year 1918 was $l2S,ooo.
 A large shc-wolf was caught in a uap near Fairbanks this month. The trap was baitcd with a pig.
 Tho Northlaud Club of Cordoya is n.rlcgtmr plans for Improvements to tts club rooms Iu the ostrandcr building.
 Albert Cuukcubcard, formerly of nuasla-. Is now at Cordova as super a.cudcut of the Cordoya Min and Lumbrr co. plant
 Various enterprises staged at Fair banks recently for che benefit ot -n. Sisters Hospital there raised s..atg for che institution.
 Miners on Happy Creek In Che Fairbanks district have found good r., ou ground that was supposed Co l.y. been worked out long ago.
 The Royal Geographical Society a London has just recently award eI a medal Co Archdcocou Stuck for l.. feat u ascending Mt Mckinley.
 Tho latest reports received of the gold strike ou thc lower Yukon near Marshall indicate that a small camp m.eHt bc established in that neigh borhood
 The last trip of thc Alameda brought over two hundred passen- gers for Cordoya. over holt Of Che arrivals win bc employed at the .amerIcs at that place
 Quite a number of men were af- .c.ted ou Che Alaska railroad when .rrsrecss failed Co pass che sundry ..rI bu Co provide funds for ad- IuouaI work ou che road.
 Up until che middle of February thc expense of maintaining the quarantine for che interior Of Alas Ea ou thc Fairbanks end had amounted Co about S7,OoO.
 Charles Laumcistcr at ono time resident or Douglas is now in the fr. business at Dawson. This winter h. eut 5u0 tons of ice and put it in storage for che use ot the town.
 Jm Anderson. a Haiucs native. ar a reccu. visit Co Skagwcy ap- ,rupriatcd several articles belong Ire to someone else and was arrctscd aud .cutcucccd Co goo days In the federal Iau.
 The Cordoya Home Guard was or a.rgd disbaudcd on March IS. The reason for Che disbaudiug was the aet that no more funds would be available for maintenance after March 3lst.
 The Cordoya Daily Times accuses Delegate James wickorsham of be ing directly responsible for the fact that Che appropriation for continu- mr work on che Alaska railroad did not pass congress.
 bi, Io. r,re was held at Tal- kccua this month. The course was from Talkcctua Co Montana Creek and return. a distance of ~ miles. Ole Jacobson's team of Ncuana won rue first prize of S1OO, making the distance u { hours and 47 minutes.
 Col Belchcr. a former member of rtc N. w. M. p, recently died at Calgary. Canada. He is remembered by oId-umc KIoudikers. being in charge oI Che royalty collections at Che Forks for a long time in the early days.
 Furs Of foxes and other animals arc very scarce this winter at Her srhcI and McPherson islands in the Arctic. according to word received from there. The best hunters have only a dozen or more pelts. against hundred or moro last year.
 The Great War Veterans Associ- at.ou at Dawson is planning Go sc-