The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-03
ALASKA NOTES

A fifteen mile ditch is being built by Hudson and Ellwel to bring water from the Tolovana to their extensive ground sluicing on Olive creek.
 A recent arrival from Fairbanks creek reports that judging from the large number of ptarmigan making their appearance on the upper end of that creek, those birds are coming back again. No grouse are reported in that vicinity.
 Morris Pederson, pioneer miner Of the Ingenika country. is showing some nice ore samples that he took out of his claim adjoining the New Alaska, about eleven miles from Hyder and on the Alaska side of the line. Morris save he has three well defined leads on the property and that in one place he exposed four feet of solid ore.
 R. C. ButtOnA cashier of the Miners and Merchants Bank of Iditarod and Miss Lillian Byers were married by the commissioner at Iditarod re. cently The bride came over the trail from Anchorage. Mrs Button was one of the early residents of Iditarod. having arrived there in 1910, and had been in the States on a visit to her home. Mr Button has been cashier of the bank since it's first organization.
 Fur is arriving in the Iditarod dis trict from the Kuskokwim Mink, ermine and fox make up the bulk of the shipments received.
 Jim Samson on the Ready Bullion and Wickstrom and Bostrom on the Marietta claim in the Toloyana dis trict have out winter dumps that would be a credit to Cleary creek here in it's best days.
 The Pioneer Packing Company started up its clam canning plant at Cordova, April 1. It is the intention to give preference to local labor.
 Word has been received in Cor dova that Rex Beach will come here next month with his own company of movie actors and film "The Iron Trail" and other books written by him.
 James Rogan the discoverer of the famous Oakdale claim on Sunset creek in the days when Nome was young, is working with a partner| on Sunset bench and expects to find continuation of the Oakdale paystreak.
 A recent letter from Nome shows that the future of that camp Is now counted in terms of tin. A part of the letter follows: Speaking of tin prospects Tt is their intention, the letter says, "to sink a shaft for depth of at least 1000 feet and run crosscuts and if the property shows up all 0. K, they will install | a plant that will cost ten million dollars. And they intend to work about 1000 men,
 Charles Kennedy. Gunnar Kaasan, and E. R. Jordan, United States Mar shal, have a lease on the Bear Cub. | the property that Capt. Carlson | made his money on. It was thought | that the property had been worked | out but the lessees reached bedrock | yesterday and discovered a Christ mas present in the form of dirt that | pans from $2 ot s. The pay dirt ranges in depth from six inches toI a foot, just above bedrock
 Eagle Hall at Cordova, was the | scene of an enjoyable event recently when the officers of Igloo No. 19, | Pioneers of Alaska, were installed ] Cordoya Igloo starts out with a charter list of fifty one members and the ambition of the Igloo is to number 200 in the near future. The lgloo has taken quarters with the Eagles lodge. The following officers were installed President. Alvah Flames: First president. Julius Struck: Second Vice President,J w. Date; Secretary, George Dooley; Chaplain. Dr. w. H. Chase: Treas urer, Louis l.. Laska; Trustee. one year. J. L. Galen; Trustee. two years, T. w. Cloninger; Trustee. three years, Link Waln.