The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

 candidates were initiated into the Nenana Igloo.
 Reports from Eagle state that con- siderable mining is in progress in that vicinity and it is said more would be undertaken were men available.
 The Dorman Baker Post of the American Legion was recently inau- gurated at Fairbanks, starting off with large membership.
 A substantial footbridge swung on two cables, with foot boards five feet wide, has been installed at Nenana crossing to enable passengers to cross the river without risking their lives ferrying the stream.
 Tom Byron, a we'll known miner, died in the hospital at Nome last week as a result of injuries received when a steam point with which he was working blew out. His skull was crushed and his head badly lacerated.
 The light draft steamer Reliance which was sent from Nenana to Kan tishna to haul ore for the Aitken mine returned to her port last week, the water being too low for the vessel to navigate the bars.
 George Black, riverman, has been awarded the contract to deliver mail during the summer season to the Kantishna district His contract calls for four round trips during the season of navigation between Tolovana and Roosevelt.
 Earl c. JamisOn, we'll known newspaper man of Alaska, will take the desk of the city editor on the Juneau Capital to succeed Sidney c. Charles, who resigned to devote his time to special publicity.
 There is an acute shortage of men throughout the Northern division of Alaska Men are needed all along the line of the government railroad south of Nenana and are also badly needed by the road commission
 Nearly all the men who quit work on the government railway on account of the order stopping Sunday work, have returned to their jobs, the gov ernment having rescinded the order
 Fairbanks merchants received shipment of fresh fruits and other dainties on the first boat in this spring, which were eagerly purchased by the citizens. The camp was short of supplies in the shape of eggs, but ter and fruits.
 Andrew Larsen, a member of the Pete Jepson contracting crew, who was severely injured by flying rocks from blast, at Mile 58 on April 5, died last week at the Nenapa hospi- tai. His leg was badly shtttered and it was necessary to remove a portion of the bone.
 A. s. Blanchard, pioneer of the Fairbanks division, died recently at an advanced age. He was born in Oscelo county, Florida, and but little is known of his antecedents. Several years ago he was sent to the home at Sitka, but refused to stay there and returned to Fairbanks where he re- mained until his death He first came of Alaska in 1887.
 A trading party left Nenana last week bound for St. Michael and later to Siberia to trade with the natives there. The party is composed of Gee Pole Larsen, Ole Jackson and the Scurvy Kid. They will pick up their outfit at St. Michaels and cross to the Siberian side. The Scurvy Kid was on trading trip to Siberia last year
 Road workers for the Alaska road commission in southeastern Alaska have had their wages raised 50 cents day by an order which has just gone into effect. The wages on the Juneau-Eagle road are now $5.5O al day with $50 deducted for board making S4.00 a day net. At other places in the district wages are $5.O0i per day with S100 a day deducted for board.