Douglas Island news., 1919-04-11
NEWS NUGGETS
 FROM ALASKA
News of Alaska, Taken From the Exchanges to Show Whats Going on in the Great
 Northand

While two mounted policemen l were moving a cool, atoyc at White l horse a short time ago they took a l tumble and the stove landed on thc head of one of Che men. It is said 1 that tho man was miniurcd bat a ! perfectly good cool, stove was al- ! most ruined
 A campaign against thc mos . quito pest has been launched at . Whitehorsc and Che town laid ont ! tn districts under Che supervision of ! different persons. Tho scheme calls l for the destruction of an rubbish ! and the placing of crude oil m| nearby swamps.
 The Nenana Commercial Club has furnished a fur room where uappcrs ! and fur buyers can meet and ar ! range for thc sale of furs and furs can be displayed for sale. lt is csti- ! mated that rurs valued at between !. S25.OOO and S3O.OOO pass through ! Ncuoua in thc course of year.
 A Seward boy. whose father is au l eccentric artist living on am island !. near that place. told teacher in thc Seward school that he loved Che German flag best of oll The boy . has never been sent Co the public . schools and thc teacher is seeking ! an explanation from thc boys fa- thcr as Co his education.
 Dr. Smith, who has the mail cou- l tract formerly held by tho steamer Dora. Is Co purchase a vessel of ] 300 tons Co replace Che gas boat Eloisc. which was a failure on Che run this winter The Seward Com . mcrcial Club is offering Inducements ! Co tho doctor Co make Che head l quarters for his boat there.
 News of a rich strike of placer l gold in the Tcslu Lako country . which is about 15O miles from Whitchorsc by thc winter trail has . reached that place It is claim ed that Che discoverors banned 35- cent pans from their claim A num- . bcr Of people are stampoding Co tho ] new diggIngs. The diacovcrcrs wore . flooded out before reaching bed- . rock
 Lots on Che townsitc ot Talkociua . are soon to bc sold at auction by Che . government At Che prcscn, time Che town contains about 100 mhab- . iants. 10 is Che present end Of steel on thc government railro1d and is the nearest point to thc trail for Cache Creek. McGrath, ldiiarol and other places in Che interior and is tho natural out0ttiug point for these places.
 Employees of Che government rail road on Che Anchorage division have siguiGed their willingness Go draw only what pay is necessary for thcIr work from now ou until July !. when am appropriation is expected to Doc made to cover deficiencies This was necessary if Che work ou lho rail- road is Co continue owing to the fact that Che senate failed to pass the sundry civil bill
 On her last voyage Co Alaska Che frcightcr Rcdoudo lcft Seattle with tent for a pilot house. The rca- son for it is that while tho boat was in drydock with her pilot house tom off for repairs the shipyurd strike occurred. When Che strike was over che yards wore too busy Co put a new house on for some time and the own CTS decided not Co wait but Co send her north with a load of canncry supplies and have thc house built when she returned.
 The improvements ot thc mouth of the Snake river Co make a harbor there for small boats will be made this year A telegram was received at Seattle recently from tae War Department stating that contracts amounting to $1Oj,OO had been let for the work. which is to be com- menced not later than June goth. w. J. Rowe of Nomc received the contract for the dredging and Gui- man & Tines of sclah Wash, for. the revetmcnt.
 Psychologists of Che interior have a problem bcfor them to study. Two different men were bitten recently. Ono was bitten on Che Broad Pass trail and tho other between Fair banks and Nenaua. Both bites caused swelling over tho eyes of thc men. They did not see what bit them and the whole buggy popuIa- tion is suspected There is a pos sibrity that the kissing bug that. was SO violent twenty years ago has rcappearcd in the wilds Of Alaska.
 "Buzzsaw" Jimmie Richards, a woodsawyer of Whitchorse fell upon a rapidly revolving saw thcro thc other day. The saw caught him in the back, cutting a diagonal gash
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