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DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS ? a 4 *• • t*. ’• Rustgard and Henderson to Address Parent-Teachers Association Meeting. John Rustgard, Territorial Attorney General-blect, and L. D. Henderson, Territorial Commissioner of Educa tion, will address the next regular meeting of the Dbuglas Pareht-Teach era’ Association at the Douglas school Monday evening. February X. The school orchestra in several selections, will also feature the un usually good program prepared, which follows: Selection—Orchestra. Song—six first and third grade pupils. Selection—Orchestra. / Address—Mr. Rustgard. Reading—Mrs. J. C. McBride, ac companied by Mrs. George Naud. Song. "Little Maid, Pretty Maid” — Viola Johnson and Harvey Hantela. Selection—Orchestra. Address—Mr. Henderson. Selection-—Orchestra. HERE FROM CHICHAGOFF Mrs. E. 'S. Jewell and children, came in from Chichagoff the first of the week for a few days' visit on the Island. VISIT HERE ENDED Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hurlliutt and daughter, Mary, who have been vis Iting in Douglas for the last ten days, returned to Chichagoff on the. Ambassador last night. DOUGLAS TEAM WINS The 'Douglas "Lazy Fiye” basket ball boys returned home victorious from Juneau last night having trounced the Parochial School team 23 to 11. SCHOMBELS VISITING HERE Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schombel, "who arrived from the South this week, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lucy, in Douglas. Mrs. Schombel is the daughter of Mr. Lucy. The Schombels will make their home in Juneau where Mr. Schombel is connected with the U. S. Naval Radio Service. EPISCOPAL SERVICES Services will he held in the Epis copal Church next Sunday evening, according to an announcement made by Dean Charles E. Rice. Masquerade Suits for rent; Cos tumes made to order, Mrs. Swartz enberg. Phone 4 52 Douglas. adv _ ^ _ i Furniture moved and stored. Heavy hauling done. Juneau Trans i«r ■ —adv * f _ foe fancy and itafli GROCERIES And Fresh Vegetables tut McMillan brothers Frioes Reasonable Phone lid—Prompt Delivery APPLICATIONS HELD FOR REJECTION FOR KOOTCHNAHOO CLAIMS Twelve applications for oil leasing! anil prospecting permits totaling 30, 720 acres of land located in the! Kootsnahoo Inlet district have been held for rejection by Commissionei Clay Tallman, of tho General Land i Office, according to advices recently j received at the local U. S, Land Of fice. The same claims were held for rejection by Register Frank A. Boyle last fall at which time no action was taken in response to no tices mailed the applicants. Four causes are assigned for rejec tion by Commissioner Tallman in his notice of pending rejections as follows: 1—Lack of evidence of cit izenship: 2—For references: 3—in sufficient description; 4—Failure to pay fees and commL'sions. The sane causes for rejection were found pro viously by Register Boyle. The applicants are Robert E. Hitch Martin C. Meagher, John A. Sargent. Charles I. Roth, E. H. Thomas, G. R. Longdon, J. R. Prigmore, J. P. Nel son, David L. Roberts, J. W. Wall. C W. Felch and E. F. Williams, all of Seattle. Wash. Commissioner Tall man allows the applicants fifteen days in. which to take action to rem edy the defects in tho applications, in default of which th^v applications will be finally rejected <\d the land remain open to future entry. COAL LEASE GRANTED TO SEATTLE COMPANY IN BERING DISTRICT The Alaska Coal and Coke Com pany has secured a lease on block? 26 to 31 inclusive in the Bering River coal field, according to infor mation received at the local U. S Land Office. The lgnd covered by the lease comprises approximately 2,000 acres and embraces a portior of the famous Cunningham group ol claims which figured prominently in the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy | which finally resulted in the with drawal of Alaskan coal and oil lanu from entry. The group of claims leased to the | Alaska Coke and Coal Company. i situated about_ one mile east of the Falcon Joslin leasehold and lies North of Kushtaka Lake and ea.it of the glacier of the satne name The company is a Washington corpo ration with offices in the Alaska ; Building at Seattle. It is under I stood that development work is to be undertaken in the near future. -t T — ~ BASKET SOCIAL. Juneau Camp Alaska Native Brotherhood will give a benefit basket social for the future A. N. B. hall Feb. 4, 7:30 P. M., at Kowec Hall. All welcome. Social Committee, by John Kitchtoo. —a<iv |H—-—-----■ " YOU WILL SAVE MONEY | By letting the People’s Plumber I | do your Plumbing. All work \ | guaranteed. Phone 4 41, Res. | i Phone 159. 211 Seward St. j ■ ■ -■ ■ | REDUCTION In all Detmer Woolens I THE PIONEER STORE I H. HEIDORN. 2d near Main I ____■ W£ MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE and are prepared to execute your orders on Europe at tne lowest prevailing rates. Our New York facilities are second to none If $ou are contemplating sending money to Europe call Douglas and we will be glad to give you our latest Quotations. -'pr "I!4"4 »i:22 OrM Bm.ln-.. .. Po™f German Austria-- Fronen .1* Belgium —--” Francs ' Csecbo Slovakia -” Kronen J-4S Finland__ ” " Flnmarks Greece__ ” ” Drachmae 7.71 Italy ---* " ” Lire 3.78 Norway _.... - ” ” Kronen 19.86 Sweden _- ” ” Kroner 22.06 FIRST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA, DOUGLAS. ALASKA • 1 g._* 1 Are You Ever Criticised For 4 Not Looking Spruced Up? I Let ua keep your clothes press- ] I ed for you. It’ll make all the ] ! difference in the world. Our | I way of doing it is the new way. | j THE RENOVATORY 1 announcement t On account of my health I | am obliged to suspend tempor I arily the business of the Capt- ! ! tal Dye Works. t CHARLES MELDNER ■ - -— -w I HUNTER HOTEL. (Douglas) * \ Nicely furnished. 16 rooms | | tobaccos and soft drinks; pool, | | billiards, barber shop In con- | uectlon. EMILIO UBERTI. Mgr | Phons Douglas 2C. I 0-7*——-:-■ * SOCIETY SEEKS TO SAVE OLD HOME OF JAMES MONROE UNVEILING TABLE T at MONROE HOUSE, APRIL 28,1906' « a .THE MEMORIAL TABLET 1 Above-PRESIDENT JAMES MOHROE.ERQM THE ’OiHTiNG fey &ILSERT STUART.___ Who’s Here And Where H. Moses, veteran Alask.iii fur buyer, left on tlie Estebeth today for Sitka on a fur buying trip. C. S. Crider, traveling auditor lor the American Railway Express Com pany, will arrive here on the Spok ane that left Seattle today. Martin Olson left on the E.-Mebuth today for Hawk Inlet, to engage ii. preliminary work on the caunerv there. Gus Nelson and Gus McMUsal. left today for Tenakee to spend a j vacation at the hot springs there. W. C. Freeburn left on the Air, bassador for Chichagoff last night. Mrs. Roy G. Datson, and her two children, were passengers on the Ambassador last night for Chicha goff. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hurlbut who have been visiting on Gastineau Channel for the past ten days, left for their home at Chichagoff on the Ambassador last night. Elmer Strom, superintendent of he Falcon Mining Company on Fal •on Arm. Chichagof Island, left for the mine on the Ambassador last night. Mrs. .1. F. Holder and Mi. s Miriam Holder, wife and daughter of J. F Holder of the U. S. Naval Radio force in Juneau, are coming to Ju neau on the Spokane and will take up their residence hero. .Mrs. Holder ind daughter are from Salem, Ore. Mrs. B. C. Delzelle, wife of the well known commercial man of Ju neau, in returning home on the stem er Spokane which sailed from Se tffle this morning. Mrs. L. L. Harding, who went to Seattle to attend t lie wedding of her father, is returning North on (he Spokane. At the Alaskan A. B. Wilson, P. .1. Casey, Goor^i Kotich. At the Circle City B. Phillips, Van Horton. FRENCH AROUSED AT HEAT PROFITEERING PARIS, Feb. 3 Profiteering and heating are sore joints with the French. The head of a firm that charged 127 franca for repairing an old stove has just been sentenced to serve a month in prison, to pay a fine of 1.000 francs and to nave the sentence posted at the firm's doors for seven days. An expert appraised the value of the repairs at 27 francs. FOREST SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 3.—For estry problems of the Pacific North west and Alaska will be discussed at a conference of Oregon and Wash ington supervisors of forests here February 14-21. Speakers include C. E. Raehford, grazing inspector of Washington. D. C.. C. S. Chapman, of Portland, Ore , and E. T. Allen. COLOMBIAN BERRY TO REVOLUTIONIZE INDUSTRY, CLAIM Newly Discovered Product of South America to Be Im ported by Government. WASHINGTON, I). C„ Feb. 3. Predictions that the Colombian Berry discovered in a hitherto unexplored region of the South American lte public for which it was named would revolutionize the American berry industry in tin same way that tlie naval orange, also of South Am erican origin, marked an epoch in the history of citrus growing, are made by the officials of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Extensive experiments with tin giant blackberry discovered and dcs cribed by explorers of the Agricul lure Department as four times the size of the American variety, have been begun by tin: division of for eign seed and plant introduction which plans to distribute the now dis covery to farmers after determining in what climates it will grow besi In a report in ottkials here, Wil son Popenee. an agrieult ural ex.p:i who was sent to Columbia to invc tigate 1lie discovery of ti new berry, by Dr. Frank. ?>(. Chapman of the America;) Museum of Xu turn1 History, declared that only tile ex treme isolation in which the plan grows could m count for Its extra i crdinary size and for the fact the" j it has not long since been given , > the horticultural world. Plants and seeds thus far brough' t a this conn try were introduced by Mr. Popenn from El Pinion, between Sibate a. i Fitsagrsuga, in the Department Cundinamarca. whore the plant said to be found in greatest aim:, dance. As yet the experimenters are nr j certain as to whether the berry cii" I be transplanted to this country with : out loss of on.e of its native char neleristics, because of the pcculi.i climate of the region where it i: I found. While the plant grown in Colom bia at an elevation of 10.000 feet or i more, it is said to be improbable that it could survive at a situi 1m : elevation here or in the mountainou: regions of lower South America, i The climate of the Colombian inoun tains is tempered by their nearness to the Equator. Attempts to cultivate the new berry in North America are expected to be most successful in Hie Southern and Western States and also along the Pacific Coast. COYOTES OUT OF LUCK. BBOADT.'S, Mont.—Lewis Ttakken government trapper in this section, according to reports, has killed an average of to coyotes a month since last July. He also reports that wolves are plentiful but that it it difficult to trap them. 10% reduction, Boston Store.—adv On Juneau’s Waterfront The mail boat Estebeth arrived from Skagway at k o'clock this morning and left on her Sitka trip at 1 o'clock this afternoon with the following passengers: George Boyne and H. Moses for Sitka: H. H. Del amater for Hoonah; Gus Nelson and Gus McMissal for Tenakee; Martin Olson for Hawk Inlet. ALECTO ARRIVES FROM SPEEL RIVER WITH PULP The gas boat Alecto, Capt. T.:.i Bayers, arrived in port from Speel River early this molding with 1,500 pounds of wood pulp on board to he shipped to California paper mills for < xperimental purposes. The A1 ecto left Speel River first on Jan uary 25, and after lying in Takn Harbor for over a week, returned o the plant and left there last night l'iir Juneau. After loading supplies hero the Alecto may return to Spool River tomorow. The storm that has been owlhnig at Taku Inlet for the past ten days has subsided, according to Capt Bayers, and navi gallon of that body of water is now easy. AMEASSADOR LEAVES PORT FOR CHICHAGOFF MINE T!i • mine tender Ambassador of) lie Chiehagoff Alining Company left or Chiehagoff at 11 o'clock last light with a big load of freight, mail md passengers. AVIATORS WRECKED ON ROCKY HAWAII COAST HILO, Island of Hawaii, Feb. 3. - Three American naval aiiation of fiee rs narrowly escaped death re cently when after landing their plane on the ocean's surface near i rocky portion of the Hawaiian coast, they were forced to ciing to i narrow ledge until rescued by civilians ashore who had seen their plight. The officers, Liouts. Donald G. Jluke, G. H. Gale and Ivan G. Moor in, were hauled up the 100 foot cliff wiih ropes after endeavoring or some lime to save their machine. The plane was forced to descend because of lack of gasoline. Al tempts to save the plane intact, failed. BUFFALO SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED WITH CATTLE MILKS CITY, Mont., Feb. 3.—With receipt of reports from Canada of the successful crossing of the buffalo with domestic cattle, it has been an-• nounced hero that C. H./Mott. former Mayor of Miles City, and owner of a small herd of buffalo on his ranch west of this city, will undertake i similar experiment. It Is under stood that the offspring of the tat tle crossed with buffalo grow much, larger than either of the parent an imals. and in some cases 250 pounds heavier. The crossed breed, it is also stated, makes an excellent pack ing product. I ____ Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S> Weather Burean. . LOCAIDATA . , Forecast for Juneau and vicinity fo 24 Honrs beginning 8 p. m. today Occasional light snow and slightly c Ider tonight, with lowest tempera lute about 25 ; Saturday generally fa+r; gentle variable winds. Barom. Temp. Wet Bulb Humid Wind Ve4. Weather 8 p. m. yest'y. 29.74 32.4 30.1 83 Calm Snow 8 a. m. todav .29.71 31.1 31.1 99 W * 1 Snow i 12 noon todal. 29.73 33.0 30.1 78 Snow CABLE REPORTS FOR 24 HOUR! ENDING 8 A. M. TODAY; YESTERDAY Highest 8 p.m. temp. tempt. Hutch Harbor — 35 st. Paul ........ — 22 Kodiak . 28 25 I Home . -6 —12 Tanana . -18 -22 | Eagle . -34 -4 4 : Valdez . 16 lrt ; Juneau . 32 32 I Sitka . 4i) 34 Prince Rupert 38 36 'Seattle . 40 38 Portland . 50 50 San Francisco 58 59 - - TODAY l/o west 8a.m. Precip tempt, tempt. 25 tirs. Weather _ 34 — Clear — 20 — Cldy / 1 16 — Clear ,;! ) 30 31 .30 Snow 28 30 .20 f Snow 36 38 .24 Cldy 40 40 .38 Cldv 4 8 50 — Pt. Cldy NOTE: Observations at Dutch Harbor, St. Paul and Koala*, taken at 2 a. m. and 2 p. m., 135th n rridian time, (Juneau time); Mud at Seattle, Portland, Prince Rupert and San Francisco at 4 a. ® j and 4 p. m., 135th meridian time. Duxbak for Men and Women • k i L i Distinctive All-weather CLOTHING We have just received a New Shipment of this Serviceable Sportsman’s Clothing and can supply your needs in all lines of these garments. Our sizes are complete. * " . ■ t DUXBAK clothes are Durable because th^y are made of finest duck; they are reinforced where wear is greatest; specially constructed and cravanetted making them Rain-proof, Wind-proof, Storm-proof. DUXBAK clothes are Distinctive because they are worn by particular people who are as careful about their dress in “Life in the Open” as in the finest ball- room or exclusive club. Indoors or Out of doors you are well and com fortably dressed in a suit of DUXBAK. KAMP-IT AND UTICA Extra strong but not waterproof, are hard wear ing fabrics. Our styles and sizes are complete in these lines. NEW GOODS AT NEW LOW PRICES The Treadwell Store ALASKA TREADWELL GOLD MINING COMPANY THE OUTTA-LUCK CLUB. The Doctor Might Have Had a Complaint Too. By DOK WILLARD ^ MAW-1 WONT SPLIT \ f \ WHY BUNK TUBE’S 1 SOME KINDLING-1 GOTTA f ALL RIGHT- 1 NOTHING THE MATTER I_ splitting headache then ill with you-But lack r" ■"i I and i Don t peel well I Call the J or exercise — try ,I mv wirt waxmel v_.—./—— -y i oocro* i sputt.ng wood rffgi T ^-^-- \ I ^ Mfc DlPN T IMS/ ,*|' ■■ “V