DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS.
V0L t DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1800. NO. 10
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B. M. BEHRENDS
BANKER AND MERCHANT
-Headquarters
For
Holiday
Goods
The Largest Stock of Toys, Novelties and Fancy Goods
in the Northwest.
A General Bauking Business Transacted.
Juneau. Alaska.
The First National Bank
OF JUNEAU.
Paid Up Capital, $50,000.00
Kxchantte lloutrht and Sold
Drafts drawn on all parts of the world.
Deposits Solicited.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA.
CITY BREWERY
MATLOCK & FISHER, Prop's
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
Steam and Lager Beer.
Bottled Beer, Ale and Porter our I
Specialties.
Improved bottling machinery just put!
in. Best Beer in Alaska.
! ALASKA FURNITURE COMPANY
Seward Street, next to Opera House, JUNEAU.
i BIOKO RE PURCHASING, drop in and see our stock and
pet prices on
BED ROOM SUITS, BUREAUS, CHIFFONIERS,
CHAIRS, ROCKERS, TABLES. BEDSTEADS.
SPRINGS, MATTRESSES, COOK STOVES,
COAL HEATERS, AIR TI<HIT HEAT
ERS, GRANITEWARE, CROCKERY',
TINWARE, and all Kinds of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
rsr Wo will givoyoil pood poods and pood value*.
G. A. KNIGHT, Mgr.
There are More Ways than One of Saving
Gold
AND THE MINERS KNOW IT
They are coming from JUNEAU, SHEEP CREEK, and all parts of
the ISLAND to buy their
Underwear, Over Shirts, Boots, A'PnnnAr
Shoes, and Winter Supplies from v vUl IIIUI ?
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;
Moss with Sermon - 10;00 A. M. i
Sunday School - - - - 3:CM) P. M. !
Rosary, Lecture and Benediction 7:00 P.M. J
Priest, Rev. Father P. C. Bougis. S. J. i
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
S. Wirt, pastor. Until the new church build- !
ing is completed, evening services will l?e ,
held every Sunday in Ohmun's Hall at 7:45 p. '
m. Sunday School meets in Odd Fellow's
Hall at 11 a.m. Society of Christian Endeav
or in the same place, Thursday evenings a i
7:30. Ladies League every alternate Thurs
day afternoon.
FRIENDS CHURCH?Regular services at the
Mission School house.
Sabhath School .... 10 a. m.
Native Services - - - - 11 a. m. f
Evening Services .... 7:4f, |
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:45
Teachers' meeting every Friday evening ut
S o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited and wel
comed at all of these services.
Rkv. C. N. RkplogLe, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission. Wednesday evenings at 7:45 ;
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Missiou Monday evenings at 7;45 o'clock, j
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C.
J. Larsen, Pastor.
A. F. and A. fl.
Masons of Douglas Island meet at'
Odd Fellows' Hall on the First and
Third Tuesdays of each month. All
Masons are cordially invited to at
tend.
I. 0. 0. F.
Alaska Lodge No. 1 meets at Odd
Fellow's Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday
evenings at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brothers are Cordially in
vited to attend.
J. G. McDonald, N. G.
C. A. Weck, Secretary.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
and 2nd Sts. Douglas City.
FRED PAGE-TUSTIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
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Fort W ran gel, Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T. J. DONOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Building, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
T Sheet Music, Studies, T
\ and Instruction books x
S Teacher of Mandolin. Guitar, and l
\ Bani?- J
X ALICE M. JORDISON }
Y ... DKALBB IN.... Y
) Musical Instruments s
? and Supplies l
r Bet. Main A Seward \
} on Second St. JUNEAU, ALASKA. /
I COAL BARK COLORADO.
Eight Days Coining From Comax
With a Cargo of Coal. Almost
Went to the Bottom.
CAPT. AND HRS. ANDREWS.!
The dismantled bark Colorado ar
rived at the Tread well wharf last Friday
evening with a cargo of 1700 tons of;
Comax coal. Fred C. Andrews is the
captain of the Colorado, and she was
towed to this port by the tug Pilot.
Capt. Andrews was seen by the News J
man upon his arrival.
"What kind of a trip up, Captain?"
asked the newsgatherer.
"A pretty iough trip indeed," was his
reply. "We were eight days coming up
and encountered southeastern gale
after gale. Why, wo rail through six
snow storms. 1 was accompanied by
my wife and daughter, but they de-j
clare they are going to shake me here?
that they are going back in some other
boat."
"You must havo had a narrow escape
I Captain, or your wife would not be
I afraid of your boat."
"Well we did have a pretty close
: call," said the Captain, and he laughed
heartily over the experience they had.
"You see we got into the tido rifts and
really the boat came very near going to
the bottom. A small boat could not
have lasted long in the sea wo were in,
j and if the Colorado had gone" down
none could have been saved. I can't
say that I blame my wife for being
j frightened."
The captain also said that ho and
) his crew worked one whole night inget
1 ting the anchor of the Colorado up and
: during the worst kind of a storm.
The Colorado will be some eight days
; in discharging her cargo. The tug that
: brought her up will return with the
Richard the III and the two boats will
1 make regular trips to this point loaded
j with coal for Treadwell and Douglas
I City.
I Capt. Andrews seems to be a big
j hearted, kind, good natured man, whose
j experience on the rough seas has not
J robbed him of his genial, social -quali
i ties. A narrow escape, when it is all
j over, he seems to view in the light of a
i good joke. The fact that ho came very
! near going to see McGiuty he does not
! now consider in a serious mannor.
Prof. Miller's Orchestra.
Tonight Prof. Miller's orchestra will
give a ball at Oilman's Hall, and we
hope our people will all turn out
whether they join the dance or not.
I The Prof, has been very kind to the
people of Douglas City and we owe him
j a good, liberal turn out. Bro. Fox we
will call 011 you to load the grand
t march.
Made a Fool of Himself.
,
Senator Reinhart, of Whatcom, Wash
ington, objected to prayer being offered
in the senate of the state. He didn't
do anything but make a fool of him
i self.
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LEAVES.
I lie here on my couch of green
And watch the breeze puss by
That sails the clouds of silver
That clot the distant sky.
I gather the leaves of the maple
Dressed in rol>es of crimson and gold:
As they flit about in the autumn air
What a tale these leaves unfold.
How, in the springtime of youth they were
wooed by the sun,
By his kisses, caresses and tears:
By constant care, by his loyalty.
Won their confidence, silenced their fears.
And then in love's submission
Came forth at their lover's call,
Guve their sweet, young, tender natures.
In return received their all.
He sipped the delicious nectar
They gave forth for his delight.
While they basked in the sunlight of his smile ?
Slept during the frowns of night.
For many days when his love was young '
They lived us all sweethearts do.
In sweet delirium, in ecstasy,
For no lover could prove more true.
But at lust his smile grew dimmer
His kisses were cold and chill.
When they whispered words of lovoto him
They felt no answering' thrill.
Now listen desponding maidens!
Did they wither, droop and fnde,
Bemoan their lover's fickleness,
J On all things cast a shade?
? Ah! no; they sought an artist.
King Frost came. Lo! Behold!
, He decked them out in splendor,
In russet, red and gold.
I Then they call their stanch old friend, the i
Breeze
To he clasped close to his breast,
i And they dance and whirl for their lover's
delight.
As he sinks on the hills to rest.
j And they sing mad, gay. rollicking songs
As they dance about in the air,
| While their lover's heart grows colder still,
Yet finds nothing half so fair.
i And they dance lighter ami lighter,
Sweetly love's songs they trill,
j Nor give a sigh for days now gone.
When they felt love's sweetest thrill.
. For they feel they have done theirduty.
Have lived as all sweethearts should live,
: Have lived their lives for their lover's suke,
For love their lives did give.
Dear little leaves how grandly you loved,
For your lover you have died,
Dancing along, singing a song, j
For a false love never sighed.
i These little leaves are wiser than we
Yet we claim the right to rule
We mnka our laws and cry "We are King,"
While nature calls us "Fool."
Annie May Patton.
Resolutions. I
The following resolutions were adopt
j ed by Alaska Lodge No. 1., 1. O. O. F.,
; at their regular meeting held on1
i Wednesday, December 21, 1808:
Whereas, It has pleasod our Divine
Grand Master to remove from our midst
| and from our beloved Order our es
; teemed friend and brother, S. II. Falcon
er.
Resolved, That we oxtend to his wife
and family our sincere and heartfelt
sympathy in their great sorrow and as
| sure them that we mourn with them
the loss of their kind and loviug hus
| band and father and commeud them to
! the care and protection of our Heaven
ly Father, who doeth all things well,
( Resolved, That as a mark of our ro
: spect to the memory of our departed
| Brother a copy of these resolutions be
j spread upon the minutes of this Lodge,
: that a copy be sent to the bereaved
family and that they be published in
our city paper.
jl?. L. Rood,
[seal] C. A. Weck,
Wm. R. Dorr, M. D.,
Committee.
MINE II Ml
Uncle 5am Will Find Out What
Products Are Pest Suited for
This Climate.
EXPERIHENTS AT SITKA.
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The many false statements that have
boon diligently circulated throughout
the east concerning the Alaska climate
have done this district an injury from
which it will take years to recover, and
by reason of which many of the mem
bers of our national law making Ixwly
have come to the erroneous conclusion
that Alaska is only lit for habitation by
a few gold hunters, who, after a year's
residence, should leave this alleged
worthless country. It has taken a long
time to correct theso false impressions,
but the truth is mighty and it will final
ly prevail.
We are pleased to know mat me .\g
ricultural department at Washington
has taken the trouble to inform itself
concerning the nature and valuo of the
Alaska agricultural lands, and experi
mental stations are to be erected at
onco which will demonstrate to the
world that while this district is rich in
minerals of all kinds, its plains and val
leys with reasonable effort will be able
to produce many of the agricultural
products of which we stand so much in
need.
Very recently a government official
at Juneau was ordered to see that plans
and specifications are prepared for a
combined agricultural and signal sta
tion to be erected at Sitka, the expcnso
| not to exceed $4,500. This evidently
indicates that the department is sincere
iu its intentions to develop and experi
ment. upon the agricultural resources
j of Alaska.
J When Prof. Georgson was hero last
i summer as special agent of the agricul
tural department he undertook to pre
pare a process by which hay grown in
Alaska could be presorvcd over the
i season so as to be fed to cattle in a
palitable form during the winter
months. For this purpose he caused to
In? erected airtight houses at Cook's
Inlet, at Sitka, Skaguay and one on the
flats near Juneau. The one at Juneau
1 was recently opened and the hay was
found iu tine condition and is now Ik?
ing used by Tom Knudson, in whose
charge the houso referred to was left.
Mr. David J. Mink, a machinist at the
Treadwell shops, got a grain of emery
in his eye last week and after suffering
for a day and a night, Dr. Dorr removed
I the foreign substance and our worthy
subscriber is once more hagpy.
The Douglas City mail from the
south reached the postofflco Thursday
evening. It was a large mail aud con
sisted principally of papers.
Postmaster Taylor will soon have
; boxes in shapo again to the great sat
I isfaction of the DouglasCity people.
The Rev. Mr. Larsen, M. E. pastor at
| this place aud Junoau, mado tho News
a pleasant call last Wednesday.
TMEY ATE. FIDDLED AND DANCED.
A Hilarious Old Time at the Party (iiven as a
Compliment to Geo. Moody.
Mr. and Mrs. .lorry ('ashen, of this
city, are among our very best people4
and we know of none who can com
mand more friends. They have lived
here for some time and know every
body. A short time ago Mr. George
Moody en mo to town. He is Mrs.
Cashon's brother. George is inclined
to be a little bashful, he don't get ac
quainted as fast as some people do, and
Mr. and Mrs. Cashen concluded to give
him a "send olf," and they did it in
grand style, by giving a surprise party
and dance at Oilman's Hall last Thurs
day evening. It was in fact a surprise
to George, for he knew nothing of it
until ho was marched into the hall.
Dancing commenced about nine
o'clock. Profs. Miller and Fremont
furnished the music, and they did it to
the satisfaction of all, in fuct the music
was exceptionally good. Prof. Miller's
arm worked with marvelous ease, and
Prof. Fremont never was in such tine
trim before.
More than one hundred people re
spond ed to the printed invitations that
i had been given out and they had a
j merry time indeed. It was one of the
nicest parties ever given in Douglas
i City. Along about 12 o'clock a nico
lunch was served in the hall. Plates
1 and napkins were given to everyone
present, after which the eatables were
passed around. The coffee too was ex
: eel lent.
While the writer was enjoying this
excellent repast, a man in town by the
name of Coursen sent a note to tho
editor of the News, reminding him of
1 the large quantity of provisions he was
storing away in his stomach. It was
an awful mean trick. Now that man
Coursen is so big and fat that ho has
quit eating, in fact it is said ho is tak
ing anti-fat, and he don't like to see a
j thin hungry man get a square moal
when he can't, enjoy it himself.
The ball was continued until a lato
hour and all present felt highly pleased
with the evening's enjoyment.
Among the exchange*.
The Seattle Koview has Ikhmi enlarged
and much improved. The last issue
received contained the platform of 1800
upon which it is alleged Jefferson was
elected. The editor, JohuT. Coudon is
a groat joker.
The Wenaichee Advance very |H>inted
ly remarks that a number of gentlemen
who oxi>eetod to Is* United States sen
ators have discovered that they huvo
been gold-bricked.
TJjo bright, newsy Skagit County
Times comes to us with numerous x s
on the wrapper. Why. of course.
The Peoples Party News, of What
com, is a nice, well edited,newsy paj>er.
Populists don't generally sup|>ort their
papers very well, but au exception is
made in t he News.
The Heloit, Kansas, Times thinks the
prohibition law inot enforced as well
as it should bo. The sheriff and coun
ty attorney, if they choose to do so, can
enforce the law in auy city in that state.
Thoso two officers are the "powers that,
bo," and if prohibition is a failure, no
one else is to blame, except oulv in
cases where they aro not l acked by
public sentiment.