Douglas Island news., 1919-02-07

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 Deeds Go property on the WrongclI ,ounsitc are being delivered to claimants.
 r,., s9.orway arcmcn win give ,n,.r annual ball on February --' washiurtous birthday.
 Miss Esther Fahcy, a well known p,wson girl. died a few weeks ago in Seattle from influenza.
 Jo, Ferguson, who lived at Daw- son for twenty years, died this win ter .u Denver. Colo, of flu.
 r,mau $ Wymou, pioneer ot ,a.Ea and thc first man Co estao- fish a fish trap iu the territory died
 Tn, sheldon Jackson school has nm excellent orchestra Of six pieces rrat is composed of Native boys. The school
 Tnppcrs near SkaEway are catch rr some fur now. The fur caught !. mostly lynx, mink. muskrot and ermiuc
 D F Powell. a Yukon pioneer, re- recently mushcd from Dawson to whttchorsc. taking two weeks for tbc trip.
 rvcnty-ouc scholars of che shcl- don Jackson school at Sitka joined rhc rhlurct Presbyterian church in December.
 The Nasous of Fort Seward and ua.ucs recently presented the. ua.ugs public school with a fine. American flag
 The famous McPhcrsou patrol of rre Royal Northwest Mounted Po- urc lcu for its annual winter trip ou January 18th.
 Willie Flynn and Chris Larson. two skarway boys who were in Che army are back at their old jobs vrh thc White Pass railroad.
 Niucty-four enlisted men directly from southern Yukon enlisted for service u Che great war. Five were killed and one received Che Victoria Cross.
 sEaevay was much excited rcccnt- ls over che rumor that che City of Seattle was to call at that town ou rbs last trip up. The good news proved Co bc untrue
 Many of Che Petersburg fishing Irc, have Icft for thc halihut banks after being laid up for a month or so. Tine halibut season is now on. recently at Lima. Peru.
 skarway has been having extreme difficulty u securing primary teacher tor their schools there to take che place of on instructor who has resigned. They have finally sc- cured one.
 "Greasc your mukluks and put ribbons iu your moccasius," was Che order that wont forth just before thc annual bll that was held by the Yukon Order Of Pioneers at Dawson last month
 It is suggested ot skagway that Grst-aid Co thc injured class be added to thc school course Of study .s lrl. 30. che skating season lasts tborc. The municipal skating rink there Is getting lots ot use.
 The Canadian Yukon League was recently formed iu Dawson to help boost that country and to see that che Yukon gets its share of the money that is Co bc spent by Canada as au aftcr-thc-war measure.
 F. Matbeson. pioneer merchant and mayor of Wraugell. who was hurried Go Juneau some time ago for medical treatment. died at the hospital there last week. His body was taken Go Wraugell for bural
 F. E. Browne. formerly of Tread well but now Of Whitohorse. where he ls bowling iu thc international contest. stubbcd his toe on shadow ou Che alleys there and was thus robbed of a large score in the last game.
 Mike McGauu. am old-timer of ssarvay. has lef, that place for thC Pioneers Home at Sitka An old. lime friend of hts is Paddy Hutton who is ot che institution and wrote Uatterug remarks of his treatment there.
 Charles O. Walker whose garden products are famous an over Alaska has started building an extension tC his green house at Skagway. He vii raise such vegetables as will riper under glass and will have celery th' year round.
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