Douglas Island news., 1919-01-31

There has been good skating at 'Cordoyo this winter
 The quarantine was lifted at Cor .doya ou Monday. January 2o.
 Am cGort Is being made at Ncnana loo secure better fire protection. There is but one train @ week now between Fairbanks and Cinema.
 skaeway also claims that it would mako an ideal relay station . for an aerial mail service.
 The quarantine that was on for a time between Fairbanks and Ncuona was ultcd some weeks ago.
 The mild weather of this winter .s helping out railroad construction work n Che interior Of Alaska.
 Mrs w. S. McKcau. a pioneer skaway woman died iu Seattle re- ecuty during Che tlu epidemic.
 There is municipal ice sNat- mr rink iu operation for Che pleas urc of ice skaters at Skagway.
 Twenty-Five hundred ouu-iunu- eufa points came to Dawson recently tu rc used there as a guard against influenza.
 J. w. RuGucr. who Is operating ou Spruce Creek iu Che Aum coun- try. win put a large force ot men Co work soon.
 Many natives are reported dying at sclIoyia from influenza. ScIdoyio .s about Che last place iu Alaska hat thc influenza hit
 Oairials Of thc White Pass rail- road say that railroadiug is snap tn.s winter on account ot the mild weather and light snowfall
 The best view that can be ob- tamcI Of Mount Mckinley along the route of thc Alaskan railroad Is from ueadbor-c. station ou the line.
 Tho Ohm Fish Packing Company at Cordoya. which formerly saltcd lsb. Is Co be turned into two-liuc ramcry and stock is being sold Co Cordoyaus.
 The body of Jack Fox. who was drowned u Taku Arm % few weeks ago has not been recovered, although .bc mounted police have searched diligently for it
 The Scrb.aus working at thc EI- lamar mine have passed resolutions aud had them published, protesting against che annexation of Jugo-Slay territory by Austria.
 The Alaska sca Food Co.,. of Cor doya. which operates cauucry ut faat place. win spend Slo.0oo this season m extensive improvements Go their oauucry plant.
 Canadian officials say that Canada win reimburse skagway for part of nc expenses incurred by that city n helping Co keep influenza out of Yu- bou Territory by means ot a strict quarantine
 \ number of Indian boys have been examined by Mrs. l. A. Gilman .at Haiucs as Co their qualifications to become citizens. Mrs. Gilman is rbc government school teacher there also a lawyer.
 Tb. mining experimental station at Fairbanks now makes assays for miners and prospcctors. Either reg ul1r assays or Quantativc assays will bc made The nominal fee Of Sl for each metal Is charged.
 Bob Griffith. veteran Alaska mrshcr. with a heavily armed guard and two dog teams. arrived in Sew arI o1 January 18th with $l0o.0oO I'm gold dust from Che lditorod coun- try for shipment Co Seattle.
 The Anchorage Chamber of Com mcrrc is pcutioning the United States government to operate a steamship line from Che terminus of Che Alaska railroad Co Seattle as a necessary adjunct Co that line.
 Yukon Territory Is making am ef- fort Co share u trc money that Is to bc spent in Canada for good roads. -, campaign is now on in Canada to secure % lot of money Co eypend au roads an oyer the Dominion.
 uormau Baker. Of Fairbanks, died at Camp Lewis Wash. on November al His mother wired for his body to bc shipped home for burial She waited a long time for Che body and one day there came a letter from thC chaplain at Camp Lewis telling her of Che burial of hey son. No cVplan- ation was ever sent as Go why the body aas not shipped.