VOL. 1. DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, DECEMBER 7, 1898. NO. 3.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF ALASKA. I
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
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Governor?John G. Brady; private
secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Knapp.
U. S. Judge?C. S. Johnson.
U. S. Attorney?Robert A. Fried rich.;
Assistant District Attorney?Alfred !
J Dalv.
District Clerk?Albert 1). Elliott.
Deputy Clerk?Joseph J. Rogers.
U. S. Marshal?J. M. Shoup.
Surveyor General?W. L. Distill.
Register?John W. Dudley.
I teceiver?Roswel 1 Shel ly.
Court Interpreter?George Kostro-:
metinotf.
Commissioners?C. W. Tuttle, Sitka;
John V.Ostninder, Juneau; Fred P.Tus
tin. Fort Wrangel; L. R. Woodward,
Unalaska; Phillip Gallagher, Kodiak;
John U. Smith, Dyea; W. J. Jones, Cir
cle City; Chas. II. lsham, Unga.
Deputy Marshals?W. II. McNair,
Sitka; Edward S. Staley, Juneau;
W. 1). Grant, Fort Wrangel;
Edward C. Ilasey, Kadiak; i
Lewis L. Rowers, Unga; J. C. Rlaine, j
Unalaska; F. M. Canton, Circle City;1
Josias M. Tanner, Dyea; John McEl-1
heny. Douglas City; Neil C. Vawter, St. i
Michaels.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector?
W. C. Pedlar.
Educational Agent?Sheldon Jackson
Assistant Agent?William Hamilton.:
Supt. of Schools?W. A. Kelly.
CUSTOMS OFFICERS.
Collector?J. W. Ivey.
Special Deputy?W. P. McBride.
Deputy and Inspector?Wm. Mill-!
more and C. L. Andrews.
Deputy Collectors?Joseph Arment, j
Fort Wrangel; E. M. VanSlyck, Mary,
Island; W. G. Thomas, Kodiak; G. W.I
Caton, Cook's Inlet; T. E. Holmes, Ka- j
rink; J. F. Sinnot, Unga; J. P. Word,
Unalaska; E. T. Hatch, St. Michaels;}
Chas. Smith, Circle City; John C. Ten- ;
ny. Juneau.
Inspectors at Jnneau?Loring K. Ad-1
arns, Harry Minto and John R. Auldin.
Inspectors at Fort Wrangel, Edward !
Hofstad, S. L. Adams, Geo. J. Smith, E. i
L. Hunter, Wm. Denny.
Inspectors Afloat?J. S. Slater, S. F.}
Hodges, L. II. Lovejoy, Edgar Grim.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Kev. Loyal
S. Wirt, pastor. Until the new church buihl- \
in?r is complete*!, evening services will be i
held every Sunday in Chimin's Hall at 7:45 p. :
m. Sunday School meets in Odd Fellow's ;
Hall at 11 a.m. Society of Christian Endeav-i
or in the same place, Thursday evenings a
7:3U. Ladies League every alternate Thurs-'
day afternoon.
Juneau Ferry aad Navigation Co. j
TIME CARD.
Steamer. LONE FISHEItMAM; TIBBETS. j
Captain.
leaves juneau: leaves treadwell: !
9:00 a. m. 9:50 a. m. !
11 DO a. m. 12:50 p. m.
2DO p. hl 2:50 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 0:50 p. m.
9:00 p. in. 9:25 p. m.
SHEEP CREEK TRIPS.
leaves juneau! leaves sheep creek*. ,
11 a. m., 4:30 p. m. J 12:15 and G:15 p. in. I
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block. l>et. Front
and 2nd Sts. Douglas City, j
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ottice w ith News. Douglas City, Alaska, j
Prescriptions Filled
Day and Night at...
Douglas Pharmacy.;
A Full Line of ToHet Articles,!
Perfumes,
?#7 Soaps,
'< ? Brushes,
Etc^ Etc.
Hunter Bld'g 3d St., Donglas City. |
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Alex. Smalbvood,
BEACH TRADER.
j?j^"Carries at all times a complete
jfj^^Stock of
Groceries,
Provisions, |
Vegetables,
Fruit,
Candies, Etc.
Pij)priotor of Miners' and Mechanics' i
^?Beach Boarding House?$
Rooms and Hunk House in connection with
Table Board.
A First=class Boot and Shoe Shop
Is maintained. Repair Work promptly, [
neatly and substantially done. Years of ex- \
perience in Miner's repair work enables us
to properly do your work. Give us a call.
On the Beach. ? Bet. Trcadwel! Dougrlas.
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DELJI0N1C0 HOTEL
AND RESTAURANT.
ALEX. LA MOTTE, Proprietor.
Board by the Day,
&) & Week, or Month
^ ^ Rates Reasonable ti
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MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
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tJF The table First-class and will
satisfy the most fastidious.
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Our Coffee eannot he excelled.
Douglas City, Alnskn. i
THE I
STAR BREWERY,!
DOUGLAS CITY,
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JOHN EOAN, Proprietor. !
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THE NEW
BREWERY BUILD
ING IS COMPLETED AND
OCCUPIED
OUR FACILITIES FOR BREW
ING FIRST-CLASS BEER
ARE NOT EXCELLED
IN ALASKA
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THE STAR BREWERY j
THE KLONDIKE
OF DOUGLAS CITY.
Is a Gentlemen's Resort
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S. G1US, Proprietor.
Choice Wines, Liquors, and Cigars.
THIS SPACE IS
RESERVED EO
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OK DOUGLAS**
CITY WATCH I
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SAM GLOVER Wjl HICKS
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$ Seattle Billiard t
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JjHICKS & GLOVER, Props*
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| The Only Billiard Tables in the City.
[ Front Street, - - Douglas City, Alaska.
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Charles Coffee House,
DOUGLAS CITY.
CHARLES WORTMAN, Proprietor.
gjSF' Best Lunch in the City _J&TI
glST At Reasonable Rates ...iSlTl
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A larpre stock of choice Confectionery a In'ay
on hand.
Ill THE III MIL.
nr. Wm. McDougal, Just Back
From Atlin Lake, Interviewed
by a News Reporter.
FROM ATLIN TO THE SEA.
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Mr. William McDougal, formerly of
Montreal, Canada, returned a few da3rs
ago from the Atlin Lake country, and,
knowing that anything and everything
connected with that country and the
way in and out of it is of interest to
the most of our readers, tho News man
sought an interview, with tho following
result:
j "I understand," said the reporter,
j "that you have just come out from At
lin lake. What route did you come
over ?"
"By what is willed the Taku trail,"
said Mr. McDougal.
"What was the actual time consumed
in travel on your way out ?"
"Well, we wero four days coming
from Atlin to the Coclohene river?tho
head of the Taku river?and twelve
hours from there to tho Taku inlet."
"Are there many claims being re
corded in the Atlin district ?"
"No, claims win only be recorded in
tho recording season, which extends j
from June 1st to September 15th, but
applications for location can be filed ,
at any time."
"What does a miner's license cost?" !
"1 got one at Pine Creek and it cost |
me five dollars."
"What alniut the water supply. Is it
sufficient for all purposes?"
"Yes, I think there will always be
plenty of water for sluicing, and what
is called Pine Creek, is quite a river."
"What do you think of tho claims;
are they as rich as reported?"
"Well, no, that is not a Klondiko and
there are no million dollar claims, but
still some of them are very rich. It is
fi.ut fimr-o sit-o ftvnn hot.t<?r claims I
oaiu 1/11(11/ V? UVI V ?.?? v> x/? v? ? _
than the discovery, which are variously J
estimated at from $10,000 to $20,000 per
100 foot claim-"
"Hew many people aro there in At-!
J in ?"
"I can't say exactly, there aro a num- j
ber coming out and going in continu- '
ally. Tiie population of the district is
j said to be about 1200, but there are
probably not over two hundred there
j now."
| "Where are Atlin City and Pine City j
I located ?"
"Atlin City is on Atlin lake and Pine I
City is on Pino creek, seven miles from
the lake. Discovery is also on Pine ?
Iviuuu.
"IIow large a place is Atlin City, how |
i many stores, etc.?
"There are three stores and one sa- j
loon. The saloon had, when I was in j
| there, only two bottles of gin as stock ;
; inTrade. A number of men have their |
I wives and children with them thero."
j "What about the bench or hill |
j claims?"
"Well, that is something that has sur- j
j prised all old miners. Some tenderfeet |
I or greenhorns, who had no experience !
I in mining, and who failed to secure j
j claims on the creek, went up above on j
J the sidehills and located claims and
I went to digging, and to the surprise j
1 of everybody, some of them proved to !
bo very rich. There is but little soil or I
gravel, but simply little hills full of j
nuggets."
"Are you going back again Mr. Mc-}
Dougal?"
"Oh yes, I shall return to Atlin some
time during the winter, on tho snow." j
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS.
j What a News Man Saw and Heard at Juneau. I
The News a Dead Winner in
Both Cities.
"Nothing succeeds like success," aud
j our readers will pardon us for again
j calling attention to the most hearty re
! ception the News is receiving at the
' hands of the reading public. In our
last issue we gave a brief account of a
few incidents that greatly pleased us
because thoy indicated the beat of the
public pulse as to the place this paper
should occupy in Alaska journalism
j and which was certainly, as we viewed
it, a deserving compliment. Last week
a representative spent a day in Juneau
attending court and visiting friends
j and business men and much to our
j surprise the Douglas City and Tread
| well fame of the News had preceeded
I us.
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As wo passed the Brownvillo Woolen
Mills' storo wo stopped to say "how" to
our friond L. Blumenthal. "Your pa
per is all right, bright and newsy," said
the merchant. Wo could hardly say
yes, and to say no would not have
been the truth, so wo just thanked him
for the compliment and headed for the
ofiicc of Mr. II. F. Kobiuson, the Alas
ka superintendent of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Co. Business called us
thoro, but not finding him in, we wait
njm 'P)ia rtncViinr* wiin hllflrfi
UVA 1171 111U1. X ilW VtAUllAVA If MW WMW?-j
however, and {is busy as over. A nice
young man with auburn hair and a
goodnatured look on his face was sit
ting at his desk apparently in deep
thought. As is our custom, we laid
two copies of the paper on the desk and
hold down a chair until Mr. Robinson
arrived.
"Wo are much interested in your pa
per and enjoy it very much at this of
fice," said the cashier. Immediately ]
the young man with the auburn hair
picked up a copy of the News. He
didn't even take time to return to his :
chair, but jumped onto the table from j
which he had taken the paper and com
menced to read. He read all of the
first page and turned on to the editori-!
al. We think he must be religiously;
inclined for we observed him perusing
our criticism on the Rev. Loyal L.!
Wirt's sermon. He finished that page
and turned on to the local, stored all j
the good things there was in that and j
then read the article on CoL Lewis and j
when he commenced to read the adver
tisements, why, Mr. Robinson came in J
and we could observe him no longer.
Mr. Robinson is a peculiarly made j
man. Somehow, the cares of active
business don't seem to tell on him. j
Ho is always the same. Always busy,)
there must be much to worry him, but j
if he has uny cares you never lind it'
out. Good natured and full of humor,1
the nice and responsible position he ?
holds has never enlarged his head.;
Just below the waist he measures up;
well, but that is not because he ever
gets "swelled up" 011 account of a good
job.
Wo took one more look at the young '
man who was still reading the News'
and headed for the corner of Seward :
street and that big mountain.
"My wife has heard of your paper i
and wants to see it," said a stranger to !
us as we were turning into Seward
street. "You will find the great relig
ious weekly at the postofiice," was our
reply and away we went. We received
a number of compliments on the way
up the street for tlio great Alaska pa
per and as we were forgetting some we
stopped to tako notes. Presently we
saw coming up the walk our friend Rev.
Loyal L. Wirt. As he walked along
ho was reading the first page of the
News, and he seemed very much inter
ested. We greeted him when close by,
but ho seemingly did not hear us. Then
we yelled and began waving our hands '
and "shooing," and attracted his atten- J
tion from the paper to us. Tho usual i
salutations occurred, and as our criti-1
cism of his sermon was on the fourth !
page we thought he had not yet seen it
so wo made for other parts of town.
We dropped iuto Young's and there
too we heard kind words for the News, i
One of tho Kaufman Bros, expressed
admiration for the paper. Somehow
we were more than pleased to hear his
complimentary reference to the News
for he must bo a good judge of a good
neat paper, for he has one of the hand -,
somest stores wo over saw. The goods
and arrangement of his rooms would
be a credit to any city on earth.
But we must follow this subject no
further and yet the sixteenth part has
not been told. Wo hurried to tho forry
boat and for tho first time saw Captain
Tibbets look pale, weary and distress
ed. Wo hardly knew him. Wo edged I
around to his side for the purpose of
consoling him. Surely wo thought ho
was in trouble. In low and subdued
tones he told us that it was now Fri
day and he had not yet seen a copy of
the this week's News. Our time card
told us ho would return at 7 o'clock,
and believe mo, at that time we were
there with a copy of the paper for tho
Captain.
That women and children cry for it,
tho men must have it and tho church
people hoed it, there can be no doubt.
Watch it grow.
The bark Richard III, now being
used as a coal barge, was towed into
this port last week, and unloaded about
150 tons of coal upon the dock. The
coal is from Nanaimo, B. C.,
and a number of our citizens are
! laying in their winter's supply.
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BESI lOiJ urn.
What Douglas City is Doing in
the Building Line. Not a
Boom Town.
ALL SUBSTANTIAL BUILDINGS
Tho history of most of the cities and
towns in Alaska, as in every new and
undeveloped country, has been one of
continued uncertainty as to the ulti
mate outcome. We find a very apt il
lustration of this in the see-saw of the
relative positions of Skaguay and Dyea.
First one is up and the other is down,
or vice versa. There are many reasons
for this, but perhaps the most potent is
that a city to stand and grow and
thrive must have a foundation of re
sources that is permanent and lasting.
The fact that these conditions prevail
in so few young cities is a prime reason
for a lack of confidence in the stability
of them.
Douglas City stands as a notable ex
ception to the rule applied, having for
its financial support an enterprise that
is no longer an experiment or a venture,
but a paying gold mine, the annual
output of which is only limited by the
number of men and stamps employed.
It is not the purpose of this article
to enlarge on the greatness or grandeur
or magnitude of the Treadwell or oth
er mines, located an Douglas Island,
but we simply wish to call the atten
tion of our readers to the certainty of
the fact that Douglas city in not des
tined to meet, in its career, any of the
reverses or backsets that have been
and are being so fatal to the average
Alaskan town. Douglas City has nev
er had a boom, in fact it has never yet
quite come up to its opportunities and
even now a scarcity of dwelling houses
keeps away many would-be residents.
And this brings us to the subject in
hand.
A reporter for the News started out
the other afternoon tx?look up the new
buildings in the city that had just becu
completed or were in course of con
struction and in a very few minutes
returned with the following very re
markable list, which, wo are told is
very far from a complete ono yet is
still a grand index of the spirit of
thrifty growth that pervades our city:
Congregationalchurch building,
nearing completion. J. A. Boy ni
ton, contractor. Cost 3,500
A. Hunter, buildings between
Front and Second streets occu
pied by D. McKay's meat market,
j Dr. Harrison's dental parlors and
i the NcwsofUce. Just completed
Cost 2^500
Boihl & Shaker, New Brewery
on 3rd street, just begun. Mur
ray & Hoyt, contractors. To
cost 2,000
Mrs. Clias. Martin, a four room
cottage on Second street, nearing
completion. Cost 1,000
Pat Malin, a dwelling on Sec
ond street. Murray & Hoyt con
! tractors. Cost 900
Chas. Hoofer, throe fine cot
tages on 4th & P streets. O. N.
Boyes, contractor. To cost 2,000
P. M. Jarnos, cottage on Third
street, just begun. Cost 250
Frank Back, just completed a
fine largo residence, corner 4th
&, E streets. Cost 2,000
Frank Back, two cottages on
E street. Murray & Hoyt con
tractors. Cost 1,500
Also a dwelling on Third street. 850
J. H. Raymond, five room cot
tage on E street. Cost 750
P. II. Fox, addition to cottage
on Third street. Cost 150
F. M. James, addition to cot
tage on Third street. Cost 150
Chas. Bevans, cottage on Front
street. Cha3. Fenster, builder.. 500
Martin Oloson, threo cabins
on Front street. Cost 300
Frank Kane, business house on
Front street. Steve Falkner,
builder. Cost 800
John Egan, brewery building
on Front street, just completed
Cost. 2,000
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wnenwo rememuur
does not include the very extensive
improvements at Treadwell, of which
wo will speak later, wo have reason to
congratulate the citizens of Douglas.
Another Citizen.
Born to Mr.'and Mrs. W. Ainsworth,
last Friday morning, u ten pound boy.