The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-20
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES


 woman named Doris who committed suicide by shooting herself through the head with rife. She came from Prince of Wales. While stopping with woman named Richard she became Respondent and procuring rife put a bullet through her head.
 Eighteen members of the military forces at Fort Davis have received their discharge, having sufficient means to support themselves for the immediate future. The following men were discharged: Sergeant Harry Gabrielson, Sergeant J. C.. McDougall, Priyates Frank Bayle, John Pohlner, Lorenz Waldheim, Boinich, Camp bell, Ataeff, Lescher, Sullivan, Oka- soff. Thorson, Vail, Mathieson, Dzlbl- loff. Johnson, Dahl and Peterson.
 A shooting affray ending in the death of Martin Johnson, prospector in the Casadepaga has been reported at Nome. Johnson arrived from the Yukon last summer and has been prospecting in the Casa. He appar- ently became deranged and attacked neighbor with an axe. He acted crazy all winter and investigation by the officials showed that Johnson had been killed by Al Kohler, a pros pector, who with his wife and child had been spending the winter in that section. Kohler said that Johnson came to his cabin and after smashing the windows and door entered the cabin and chased Kohler and family out. Kohler was finally forced to shoot Johnson to save his family.
 'The Clean" is the name or d bright, newsy little paper that mas been started in Juneau under the ca pable direction of Mrs. H. Il. Mc- Evoy, formerly of Cordova.
 The Diamond Fish Company, which operated last year at Warm springs Bay, packing about 1000 barrels or Scotch-cured herring, will not operate this plant this season.
 The Chatham Straits Fish Company, headed by Olaf Aune of Seattle, is pre- pairing to put in new herring salt cry in place called New Port Walter in the vicinity of the plants of the Alaska Herring and Sardine Company and the Alaska-Pacific Herring Co. " The Marani Products Company Of Anacortes, Wash, has been figuring for some time on extending it's held of operations in fish by-products to Alaska owing to a shortage Of ra" material available for it's Puget sound plant.
 Joseph Dieu, an employe of the stores department of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, left recently on the steamer Alaska for his home in Bellingham after working at An chorage for the past year. He has had many relatives killed in the war.
 A baby daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stevens of kasaan IS equlp- ped with more than the usual number of digits, having five fingers and a thumb on her right hand, all perfectly shaped, The baby is normal in every otEer respect
 The Alaska Fish Company is having a cannery tender built by the Vest ern Board Building Company of Ia coma fon use at it's plant at Water fall. Alaska. The boat is 75 feet long, IF feet beam, and has draft of $ feet. It will be powered with 100 horsepower motor.
 The gasboat Expansion recently ar rived in Seward en route from Seat tie to Bristol Bay. The boat is 175 tons burden and carried crew of 2l7 men, The boat left Seattle on April 9 going as far as Taku harbor to await orders. Captain Larsen re- ports smooth sea all the way.
 A guard in the federal jail at Fair banks choked on piece of meat ne was eating, and but for the assist ance of fellow guards would have chOked to death.
 A crew oi carpenters and caulkers have already commenced work at Fairbanks on the Tanana river boats getting them ready for the summer season.
 Hydaburg is to have an electric light plant. This town is owned and managed by natives. A sawmill out
 Al &H