SHORTSTORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
The city council of Fairbanks re
cently wired to the war department
in an effort to obtain some of the sup
plies being sold by the government.
The launches Sunny Point and the
Clara caught fire from a gasoline ex
plosion at Ketchikan last week and
gave the fire'boys of the city a run.
The boats were slightly scorched.
Postmaster Warden of Ketchikan
recently received notice from the post
master general to establish a weekly
mail service from Ketchikan to
Hyder. Ed Williams received the
contract.
E. George Griffin and Laura Belie
Devers....were married at Fairbanks re
cently. Mrs. Griffin is from Texas and
Mr. Griffin is a prominent merchant
of Fairbanks creek.
The halibut schooner Constance,
which went aground some time ago
at Cape Suckling, near Cape St.
Elias, is still on the beach and it
is said is being driven farther and
farther up by the waves. The cap
tain and five members of the crew
stayed by the boat, which is still in
tact. A tug is on its way up from
Seattle to pull her off if possible.
Judge Charles Bunnell made a rec
ord trip over the trail to Valdez from
the Interior. He left Fairbanks Sat
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urday morning and arrived in Valdez
Tuesday.
Channel island, in the Back chan
nel, about fifteen miles from Wran
gell, has been leased as a fox island
by R. Allen, Hans Preuschoff and
Tom Olson, and twelve pairs of foxes
placed on the land.
Ed Bartless of Eagle creek is in
stalling a hydraulic proposition on
his property. He has completed his
ditch and has his plant on the ground.
He bought four horses which will be
used in packing in supplies.
Divisional Road Commissioner R.
E. Sheldon of the Fourth division has
done considerable road work this sea
son and has made good with the res
idents of the Fourth division, both in
the number of roads built and the
quality.
Longshoremen at Ketchikan struck
recently demanding a dollar an hour.
The Admiral Watson refused to pay
the price demanded and the crew of
the vessel and a number of boys
hauled the freight aboard. Seventy
five cents is the prevailing price.
George E. Walker, manager of the
Little Salmon Trading post for Tay
lor, Drury, Pedlar & Co., was re
cently brought to Whitehorse charged
with taking a shot at Captain Wm.
Turnbull of the steamer Dawson.
The shooting is alleged to have oc
curred when the steamer passed
along the river past the trading post.
Walker was released on $2,000 bail
until a later date.
The crops in Yukon are all har
vested. The potato crop alone runs
into hundreds of tons. Scarcely any
Outside potatoes are shipped in to
the Yukon any more. Other vege
tables most extensively produced are
beets, turnips, carrits, rutabagas, cab
bage, cauliflower, peas and beans. Ad
ditional labor was required by the
farmers to help them get in the har
vest.
Walter Collins arrived in Dawson
a short time ago for medical treat
ment, after having had a hair
breadth escape from death from a
hydraulic giant. The giant in some
way swerved and the stream of
water that issues from - the nozzle
grazed the man’s face, badly lacer
ating it. If it had hit him squarely
it would have undoubtedly killed
him.
There is a gas boat at Ketchikan
called the “Lady.” She has been
cutting capers lately. A short time
ago, while tied at her moorings she
took a nose dive and left only her
heels showing. She was gotten out
of that scrape. Three weeks later
some one stepped out with her—that
is, took her from her berth on a
mysterious trip. The owner found
the boat again and was aboard of her
when she mysteriously, caught fire.
He says she is absolutely no lady.
That the Alaska canned salmon
pack moved to Seattle by vessels of
the Admiral line will aggregate 1,300,
000 cases, valued at approximately
$10,000,000, was the estimate by rep
resentatives of the traffic department
of the company. The canned salmon
brought to Seattle to date by the Pa
cific Steamship company totals 600,000
cases, and estimating the pack yet
to be moved, traffic representa
tives of the company believe the total
amount of the product of the Alaska
plants handled by the Admiral fleet
this year will aggregate 1,300,000
cases.
RECORD WOOL PRICES
RECEIVED IN UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 29.
—Fifty-four farmers of Millard coun
ty, Utah, pooled their wool clip of
32,500 pounds and marketed it at 50
cents a pound, 7 cents more than any
one of them had received up to that
time. *
POISONS USED IN
PRESERVING FOOD
PARIS, Aug. 20 (by mail).—Pro
ceedings are being instituted in
France against boric acid food pick
lers. It is claimed that yolks of
eggs, literally pickled in boric acid,
are being offered for sale in many
markets, while butchers are employ
ing borates to retard putrifaction of
! their wares.
COAL PRICES
Owing to a raise in the freight rates
on coal and also the price of coal at
the mine, aggregating $2.35 per ton,
the following schedule of prices on
coal takes effect today for the town
of Cordova:
Per ton
Loads, not east, of Second st...$17.50
Ton loads east of Second st... 18.00
Ton loads, Third avenue. 18.50
Ton loads, Fourth avenue. 19.00
Half-ton bulk, Second avenue.. 10.00
Half-ton bulk, Third and Fourth
avenues .10.51
Ton sacked coal . 21.00
Ton sacked coal, Third avenue 21.50
Ton sacked coal, Fourth avenue 22.0C
Half-ton sacked, Second avenue H OC
Half-ton sacked, Third avenue 11.2;
Half-ton sacked, Fourth avenue 11.50
Single sack, Second avenue... 1.5;
Single sack, Third avenue. 1 -6f
Single sack, Fourth avenue- 1.6;
ALASKA TRANSFER CO.
September 29, 1919.
NEBRASKA HARVESTS
FURNISH WORK FOR
NEEDY MONTANA MEN
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 27 (by As
sociated Press).—A special train,
chartered by the farm bureau of
Cheyenne county, Nebraska, brought
275 farmers to this state from the
vicinity of Great Falls, Mont., to help
with the Nebraska wheat harvest.
The great majority of the men com
ing were farmers who had suffered
the loss of crops through the drouth
of the past three years. Most of
them had families in Montana, and
returned there at the end of the har
vest season. Many were employed
in the cutting, stacking and shocking
of grain, but will be given work as
threshers and then will be employed
in fall planting.
OPENING UP TRADE
DIRECT WITH IRELAND
BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 30 (by
mail).—Old Glory was floated from
the masthead of a merchantman in
Belfast harbor, the other day, the
first time in a great many years. She
is the Lakeside, bringing a cargo of
many things which Belfast wants,
and is the first of a line of American
ships which will ply fortnightly be
tween New York and Belfast. Her
appearance here is taken as proof
that Americans are not going to ne
glect the Irish trade.
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6%
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
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“MAKE ME A BOY”
VIVIAN MARTIN
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Two Reels of
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