The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-04
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

l M. M. Churchill was recently ar rested at Ketchikan and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail or pay fine of $500. The arrest was made following the seizure of quantity of liquor near Ketchikan.
 Philip s. Smith, a geologist, is in the Goodpasture country east of Fair banks engaged in making a geological survey of the district. Gilbert Skelly, an cld-time Alaskan and Yukoner is MT. Smiths assistant.
 Senator J. R. Hickman was elected president of the Miners and Mer- chants bank at the annual meeting of the stockholders in Ketchikan recent ly. John R. Beegle was elected to succeed Heckman as vice president.
 The Sanborn-Cutting cannery com pany of Rake pleaded guilty last week at Juneau on the charge of fish, ing on Sunday in violation of the laws of the territory. The watchman was fined $100 and the Company $250 and costs.
 G. Johnson, for many years for man of the TreadwelI mines at Doug | las died recently at his home in Se attle, He was 72 years of age. MT. l ] Johnson was born in Sweden and ar rived on the Pacific coast in the early eighties.
 John Randolph Watson, of Camden, l New Jersey, former resident of Dawson, recently made the round trip down the Yukon, up the Tanana and over the Richardson road to the coast. He renewed many acquaintan- ces on the trip.
 Summons were recently issued to the P B. Harris company, the Deep | Sea Salmon company, the Booth Fish cries Company, and the Alaska Pa cific company to appear and answer | to the charge of illegal fishing on Sunday, July II.
 c. Rowland, stranger in Peters, burg was arrested last week and was later tried by jury and found insane and, was taken to the hospital but became so violent it was found nee essary to subdue him with club. He | will be taken to Morningside.
 Promoters of the Bailey Bay Hot Springs Sanatorium, which is to be built by Ketchikan men, are enthusi- 1 astic over the natural advantages of the place. There are series of nine springs bubbling forth the average temperature of which is near the boiling point, or 293 degrees An elaborate system of baths is planned by the syndicate.
 The twelfth day of July John F. Chamberlain, dean of commercial 1 salesmen in Alaska celebrated twenty years service in Alaska MT. Cham ! berlain first came to Alaska as a re- ] presentative of Schwabacher Hard | ware Company of Seattle, and re- mained with that company for over | ten years. He then entered the ser vices of the Whiton Hardware Co.,, and Pacific Net and wine Company, ! of Seattle. It is claimed he has trav- eled more miles in Alaska than any | other salesman.
 William Allen, longtime resident ] of Dawson, was shot accidentally last | week while in front of his home on fired from a 22 caibre revolver in the hands of nine year old boy, and died shortly after from internal hem orrhage. Mr. Allen had invited the little fellow to shoot at some drift in the river and handed the revolver telling him it was very easy On the trigger. The boy took hold of the weapon and it was discharged, the bullet entering the abdomen.
 The regular monthly meeting of tEe Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneers last week voted $50 to the city gymna-