The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-12
ALASKA NOTES

Thirty-five pioneers of Alaska hayo' enrolled as charter members of anl lgloo of the Pioneers that f is 2ror, posed to establish at CordoTa.
 Mrs. Jackson, who has been an em- ployee Of the Alaska Engineering Commission at Anchorage, WIS re- gently married to Alexander Ba'1er- :.ap at Anchorase. MT. Bald ot2on is; assistant superintendent of the Alas ka Railroad
 Dr. w Darcy Chace. 0i.o had been acting surgeon at Latouohcl bending the arrival there of Df. An derson of New York. has retained to Cord0va where he has oflicn5 and resumed the practice of medicna Dr.I Anderson, accompanied by his vlfc.l recently arrived at Latouche.
 Native reindeer owners are brDG-i ing large Assortment of fresh meatj to Nome which is eagerly bought up1 by .Noneites at 25 cents per pound. Tine natives say the reindeer viii De unusually abundant this winter which acttles the meat problem there,
 Mrs. w. w. French, who lives az. Mile } was dangerously wounded onI Monday afternoon, by bullet 1T 1ms % special rife with which she was going shooting The woman hadj loaded the gun and placed t on the table. The gun fell to the floor and1 was discharged, the bullet entering the right breast and coming out through the armpit on the right s.de. Mrs French was taken to the ener- gency hospital and the wound dressed. She is rapidly recovering. -(Seward Gateway, January e8.)
 NOME, Jan. 30.-A wireless from Kotzebue Sound says the stare at Kiana, the only store in Kobuk, has been destroyed by fire. The wireless says it is feared the whites and na- tives in that district will s.fror for lack of food.
 The proposed cannery at Eliamari which was to have been erected this year by the Ellamar Compaly will not materialize, according to iEeor- nation received from -down-sound this week. the company decided toj quit the Alaskan field owing to lack of transportation facilities and high freight rates-(V Valdez Miner)
 The Valdez Igloo of Pioneers fo- gently made by unanimous vote Gen. w. P. Richardson. Major W. R Aber croinbie, who was stationed at Val deg at the head of the exploration expeditions in the early days, and H. B. Selby, editor of the Valdez Miner, honorary members.
 Thomas Riley, pioneer of Alaska and for several years resident of Anchorage, was recently admitted t. the Pioneers Home at Sitka.
 Andrew Maroyich, proprietor of, Louie's Cafe, Valdez. is opea'ng q meat market at that place. and H'riiI cater to the trade of the town.
 w. A. Densmore, President of the Culross Island Mining and Milling Company. recently arrived at Valdez from the property. which is on Prince William Sound. and reported that great progress had been made by his crew which is driving a t,innei to crosscmt the rich ore chute on the property. The tunnel is already in 300 feet. Recent ore samples from the mine show values rnnnlng from SIS to $i27 a ton, and getting richer as lower levels are reached.
 Miss Elizabeth McDermott, for mer nurse in the Valdez hospital. was married recently at Sultan. Wash. to Charles Morrison. fh< v 44sr
 James Lyons we'll known Valdez. an. was married in Revere. Mo, to Miss Mabel J. Nelson.
 Mrs Ida May Kinney of Fairbanks who. has been in California for some time. and whose death was reported in interior writes friends that he is alive and we'll at the present time. She is residing at santa Barbara.
 
 The natives of the Nenana district held a dance and open house for the residents of Nenana the first of the year. A large number of whites at tended. ".1'V t'f
 A large storage plant will be con structed at Port ChAtham. to the| westward. for the purpose of hand ling the halibut caught in that vicin- fly.