■ SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
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A1 Beet, a well-known old-time Alas
kan, has purchased the famous White
House hotel at Anchorage.
Hr. W. J. Pigg, formerly of Wran
gell, has been appointed physician at
the Pioneers' home at Sitka.
It was reported recently that there
were twenty-eight cases of smallpox
among,the natives at Kake.
< Fifteen cars of coal left Anchorage
recently in one day, consigned to
points on the government railroad.
Hr. H. S. Hall, formerly a dentist
of Houglas, was recently initiated into
the Eastern Star lodge at eKtchikan.
There is talk of organizing a basket
ball team at Ketchikan, where it is
said there is plenty of material for a
team.
A new bank has been organized at
Ketchikan under the name of the
Alaska Trust and Investment Com
pany.
A1 Osborn, a resident of Wrangell
since 1899, died at that place a short
time ago. He is survived by four
cHildren.
A Cordova person claims to have
seen a sea otter in the waters near
there. Cordova is supposed to be
dry, too.—Douglas News.
A heavy wind washed a large num
ber of smelt up on the beach near
Valdez a short time ago. Valdez peo
ple lived high for a few days.
The Bachelors’ Club of Ketchikan
rounded up all those of that persua
sion in that town on Thanksgiving
and they all had dinner together.
F. C. McDonald, a tailor, recently
"purchased a lot in eKtchikan at the
price of $150 per front foot. The lot
is 40 feet frontage by 70 feet deep.
Valdez promoters have interested
Portland capitalists in a cannery
project at Unawick bay, near Ninil
chik. A canning plant will be erected.
TCight hundred nad twenty-eight
short tons of coal were mined at the
Eska and Chickaloon government coal
mines for the month ending Nov. 8.
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The editor of the Valdez Miner com
plains that he is not eating as regu
larly as he might on account of the
ptarmigan staying so high up on the
mountains.
Conrad Richard Mather, 13-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Mather
of Metlakahtla, died recently at Ket
chikan. The body was taken to Met
lakahtla for burial.
Capt. S. F. Shepard, for the past
fifteen years keeper of the Mary Island
light, near Ketchikan, has gone to
Seattle to receive treatment for an
abscess on his ear.
Captain H. L. Davis, who was deco
rated with several medals for bravery
in the Argonne forest, recently went
to Nulato, where he will have charge
of the wireless station.
William Pelton of Ketchikan dodged
bullets in the trenches of France and
returned to Ketchikan, where he frac
tured both his wrists while working in
the sawmill a short time ago.
The newly-elected officers of the
American Legion at Ketchikan are:
J. A. Talbot, commander; E. J. Daly,
vice commander; C. J. Collins, secre
tary; Bert Spaeth, treasurer.
Snow blowing from the roof of a
dwelling house in extra large quanti
ties at Seward was the cause of a fire
alarm being turned in.. The snow
looked like smoke, and somebody hit
the alarm.
A small gasboat which was char
tered a short time ago to take a cargo
of coal from Ketchikan to Sulzer hit
a rock when entering Doll bay. The
coal was thrown overboard in order
to save the boat.
Since rail connections have been
.established between Fairbanks and
Nenana there is a lot of traffic be
tween the two tow-ns. The Fairbanks
papers claim that most of the citi
zens of Nenana are moving to Fair
banks to live, and the Nenana paper
claims that all of Fairbanks is mov
ing to Nenana.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ORDINANCE NO. 68
Ann Ordinance amending Ordinance
5, entitled “An Ordinance to pro
vide for general and special elec
tions in the Town of Cordova ,in
the Tewitory of Alaska.”
Be it ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Cordova Terri
tory of Alaska.
Section 1. That section Five of Or
dinance No. 5 entitled “An ordi
nance to provide for general and
special municipal elections in the
Town of Cordova, Territory of Alas
ka”, is hereby amended and made
to read as follows: The qualifica
tions of a voter for members of the
school board for the Cordova school
district shall be as follows: All
adults, male and female who are
citizens of the United States, bona
fide residents of the Territory of
Alaska for one year or more and of
the town of Cordova for at least
six months immediately preceeding
the date of election.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take ef
fect immediately upon its passage.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for one week in the Cordova
Daily Times at Cordova, Alaska.
Passed and approved, December 15th,
1919.
SEAL A. J. ADAMS Mayor
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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Wednesday another
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