SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
The Valdez city council has con
tributed $100 to the Fourth of July
fund of that city.
Ernest P. Walker, commissioner
of fisheries for Alaska will move his
headquarters from Wrangell to Ju
neau on( the first of July.
Hiram Clark of Fairbanks was re
cently taken serionusly ill after par
taking of some of Seattle’s canned
delicacies. He is somewhat better at
the present time.
United States Marshal Irwin and
wife are making a trip up the Yukon
to Dawson and return. This is the first
trip Mrs. Erwin has made through the
interior of Alaska.
The season of navigation between
Fairbanks and Brooks was formally
opened last week when a launch made
the log jam with mail for Livengood
and several passengers.
Frank Spalding of Wrangell, a one
armed fishermen, recently had a run
of luck, taking 133G pounds of red
kiDg salmon and 350 pounds of white
kinds in one night for which he re
ceived a check for $164.46.
H. S. Graves of Juneau recently pur
chased the $25,000 stock of clothing and
shoes from the Clayson-Kennedy store
at Skagway and will remove the stock
to Juneau where it will be sold at cut
prices.
Considerable activity is being man
ifested on the upper Tanana river.
Several of the old timers went out
to the States during the slump in
mining during the war but are now
drifting back. The fur catch was
light this year.
Henry S. Swath, curator of birds,
museum of vertebrate zoology, U.
of C., and- Joseph Dixon, assistant
curator of mammals, are in southeast
ern Alaska gathering specimens for
the museum. They are making a trip
up the Stikene.
The authorities of the Fourth divi
sion are inquiring for relatives of Dan
Gillis, a deckhand on the Julia B., who
fell overboard and was drowned at a
point near the Andreofsky river last
July. A sum of money was found on
the body and it is desired to find the
address of a sister in Canada.
H. T. Whitley, of the firm of Love
Whitley of Valdez, has purchased the
handsome home of Judge and Mrs. F.
M. Brown, on Broadway between Sher
man and Fourth streets. The Whitleys
will take possession of their new home
at once, selling or leasing their home
place on Fourth street.
The people of Ketchikan are raising
money by popular subscription for
a city park. According to the Ketchi
kan Times the amount raised to date
Is approximately $5,000 with more
subscriptions coming in daily. It is
thought sufficient money will be raised
to give Ketchikan the best park in the
territory.
Announcement has been made by
the Ketchikan Labor Union that a
referendum vote will be taken on- the
proposition of starting a labor paper
in that city. The members of the or
ganization are asked to xote as to
whether the paper will be a dally, a
weekly or semi-weekly. They are also
asked to subscribe toward getting
the paper started.
As the result of a raid made in Ju
neau last week by officers of the sub
chaser 309, about 750 bottles of beer,
wines, champagne and gin were found
In a house occupied by Julia Smith.
Five hundred and seventy bottles of
beer, six bottles of champagne, a .gal
lon of whiskey and one gallon and
five bottles of anisette were found In
George Rices’ place. The officers made
a clean sweep and much booze was
found and destroyed.
Bert- Lewis, a United States Ship
ping Board apprentice on board the
City of Seattle died from Injuries re
ceived by a fall from the top deck to
the water below. He hit his head on
the side of the boat and the piling be
fore he struck the water. A sailor from
oft the Vicksburg jumped in after him
and saved him from drowning. Be
sides injuries to his bead Lewis had
a broken leg and a broken collar
bone.
Keep mosquitoes out of your house
by getting adjustable window,screens,
and screen doors from the Northwest
ern Hardware Company. 7-tf
Bulgarian and sweet butermilk. Call
Northwest Soda Works. Phone 187.
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thereon direct to the Government. 1 ,$*
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PHONE PHONE
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FRANK A. JONES, Proprietor.
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Eleotrio Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish aad Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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