The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-05
SHORT STORIES
 ABOUT ALASKA . OCCURRENCES

The Seward lodge of the Pioneers of Alaska has decided to purchase a lot and erect a hall in that town.
 The town of Petersburg has been advertising for a city electrician to take the place of John Otness, who has resigned.
 Twenty-four babies were born in Petersburg in 1919 and nine people died. Eight couples were married during the year.
 That there is very little poverty Tn Ketchikan is proved by the fact that rhe city spent only s6o last year for the relief of Restitution.
 The Kasaan basketball team visited Wrangell recently and played two games with Wrangell teams. They were defeated in both games, but had a fine time
 Owing to the alleged poor serviceI furnished by the local water and light companies, the town of Seward is con- sidering the proposition of bonding the city to acquire these properties and to have the municipality own and operate them.
 The Boy Scouts of Petersburg have offered their services to the fire de partment there to keep the crowds back in case of fire. The offer has been accepted. Each boy is to take staff about six feet long with him to the fire, with which to keep back the crowds.
 AS there is big appropriation avail able for work on the government rail- road this year, and the Alaskan engi- neering commission announces that four thousand men will be hired in Seattle to work on the project, it is expected that good progress will be made this year
 Ketchikan Post No. of the Ameri- can Legion, at recent meeting, voted to publish the names of those persons in the First division who relinquished their first citizenship papers in order toravoid military service during the late war. The list, containing forty five names, was published in the Ketchikan Chronicle
 Owing to the fact that something over $15,000 in delinquent taxes was recently paid into the city treasury of Seward, that town has now on hand over $15,000, when it would normally be broke at this time of the year. On account of the extra work necessary in taking in these delinquent taxes tho city clerk is asking for $1O0 extra pay for the year. e. H. Jamison, representing the Cox Engineering Company of Seattle, has arrived at Petersburg to make a sur vey of the Bling river, near there, whera-the city proposes to install an electric power plant. MT Jamison's l confpany will give the Petersburg council bid on the installation of tho plant and the erection of the transmission line to the town
 V. A. McNurney, for the past six months in charge of the cable office at Petersburg, has retired and left Petersburg for Seattle to make his home. MT. McNurney retires with ! the rank of master signal electrician, and will draw pay of that rating for the rest of his life. He first came to Alaska in 1904, and was stationed at Sitka, and has been at ,Wrangell and Petersburg since
 There was lot-jumping in which gun-play was featured at Ketchikan recently. N. P. Olson is alleged to have tried to jump water front lot claimed by the Alaska Trust and h. vestment Company. Olson is said to have first pulled gun and driven the representatives of the company of the property, and when he gave the gun up to the officers, to have driven the men off with his fists. He was put under bonds to keep the peace. The Chronicle claims that the Alaska Trust and Investment. Com pany bought the property through dummy to sell to the city at profit.