The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-06

After having his nose and cheeks iTlightly frozen on the Broad Pass trail, and after travelling over rotten trail and in bad weather for twelve days, Federal Judge Bunnell has finally reached Fairbanks.
 Mrs. Venetia F. Pugh has been ap- pointed deputy clerk of the court at Juneau She will take the place of Mrs. c. z. Denny. The appointment will take effect at once. Mrs. Pugh is the widow of the late John F. Pugh, formerly collector of customs.
 Damages in the sum of $13,50O were awarded to Miss May Mugford by the verdict of jury in the district court at Juneau. This sum is to be assessed against the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company for damages for per sonal injuries received by Miss Mug ford at Treadwell on August 30, 1916.
 Inquiries have reached the gov ernor's office in an effort to locate Harry A. Peterson of Seattle, who was last heard from in August, 1907, at Katalla. He is about 35 years old and has light hair and blue eyes, h. formation should be directed to Eme- 1ia c. Peterson of 715 Sixth avenue, Seattle, a sister of the missing man.
 Hrs. Walter E. Clark, wife of a for mer governor of Alaska, has been se- riously i'll for the past year at Charles ton, w. Va, where the Clarks located after leaving Alaska. Mrs. Clark has suffered from complicated nervous breakdown, and specialists who were consulted in Philadelphia advised a change of climate and complete rest. Mrs. Clark is now in Pennsylvania.
 Without any apparent cause, E. w. tBud) Johnson, wel1-known young man of Ketchikan, lost his speech completely and is unable to utter a vocal sound. Dr. B. L. Myers, who is attending the patient, says that other 1kse he is perfectly normal, having no temperature above normal; his appe- tite is good and his blood pressure is so slightly above normal that it might be found in an ordinarily healthy man.
 Smallpox has broken out in several Indian villages on the west coast of Prince of Wales island, with the result that the government schools at Bay View have been closed Kenneth c. Osborne, instructor of music, who ar rived in Ketchikan from Bay View re- gently said that the work of training native bands for the competition >Swhich was to have been held in Met 1akahtla next summer has been called off also
 Judge K. R. Rabbit, member of the board of directors of many of the Jack ling properties, and at one time chief c8unsel for Colonel Jackling's inter ests, died at his home in New York last Friday night of valvular heart trouble. AS a mark of respect and affection for Judge Babbitt, work was completely suspended for five min utas during the funeral in New York, in every property in which Colonel Jaching and Judge Babbitt were in- terested.
 Y The Chilkat Packing Company formed by Juneau people to can fish, Vegetables and berries with a loca- tion at Haines, has taken over all of the contracts made with the natives by the Burkhardt cannery, which was burned to the ground last fall The cannery will be- so equipped that it will be able to handle vegetables and strawberries from the famous Haines farming section in the Chilkat valley, and also will put up wild Alaska ber- riV.
 A bill has been introduced in con- gross to change the law and make it necessary for one to be full citizen of the United States before entering the public mineral lands As the law now is, one who has declared his in- tendon of becoming a citizen may file upon, operate and purchase mineral lands of the United States. The bill was introduced in the house of repre- sentatives, and is numbered 11,194. Similar legislation is proposed as to fishing in Alaska.