The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-25
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

1 salmon in the First district has been practically a failure and fishermen are getting badly worried over the l shortage. It is believed that big run may start later in the season, when the silvers come north.
 When the mercury in the bulb at 1 the Juneau weather bureau station crawled past the 89 degree mark last | week it smashed all previous hot | weather records, and covered the record of 40 years ago. The. high temperature occurred at 6 D. m. Every available can will be filled in the Cook inlet canneries, the great run of fish having swamped the can- neries It is estimated that the fish ermen will clear $1500 for the season instead of $88O last year. The quality of the fish is said to be exceptionally good.
 A. A. McMillan, of Dominion creek, near Dawson, met with a serious acci- dent recently. While coming down Calder he met two bears, his horse taking fright and throwing him out of his rig. He was badly cut and was covered with bruises about the | head and face.
 Frank H. Kopp, who recently ar l rived to take position with the road 1 commission has been assigned to duty as assistant superintendent in the Valdez district. His work will conist of new location work in Keystone canyon and repair work to Willow creek on the road.
 George B. Chamberlain, jr has re- signed from his utilization with the hospital department of the Alaskan engineering commission and left for the states to continue his course in medicine at one of the large univer- sities. He is son of United States Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon.
 of the nursing staff of the gover- ment hospital, and Jack Inthout, a member of the Tolovana wireless station, were married recently. He arrived recently from the states to reopen the station, but has had ser vice in the Marshall and other Alas kan stations.
 Olaf Walsted, member of a fishing crew on the gas boat J. P. Todd II, in command of Capt Adam Wilson. jumped overheard near Ketchikan on July 26 and was drowned There was a light wind and but little sea run ming at the time, and the boat was run alongside the man and he was caught by his clothing by several members of the crew. Walsted strug- gled away from them three times, and finally sank. No reason is known for the suicide
 Through her attorney John H. Cobb, Marie Mejiaa, one of the prirl- cipals in the recent shooting scrape at Juneau, and later arrested as a dis orderly character, has filed suit against Chief of Police Keegan for consipracy to commit the alleged l crime of blackmail by compelling her to leave the city where she is in the resturant business there. The chief states that he will do his full duty and that all undesirables must go.
 Ali Witberg and John Larsen were arrested at Juneau last week charg- ed with fish piracy. Warrants were is- sued at the request of the Deep Sea Salmon company, which alleges that the two men took 1700 salmon from g trap at Point Augusta, June 26. On June 2S it is alleged they robbed a trap at Whitestone harbor, taking 1900 fish. The third charge states that they took 2700 salmon from the Point Dundas trap on June 30. On July the men assisted 1900 salmon out of a trap on Icy straits, and on July 5 took 1000 salmon from White