Douglas Island news. [volume], February 15, 1899, Image 2

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THK DOUGLAS ISLAND NHVVS.j
A. (i. IcBRIDE and CHARLES A. HOPE
Editors and Publishers.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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TERMS:--In Advuncc.
One Year - t $:?.oo
Six Months - - - - - - 1.30
Three Months - - - 1.00
Single Copies -------- .10
Foreijrn Postage must he prepaid.
The News at Juneau.
The News is on sale at the Postoffire News
Stand.
At Dnujjlas City.
This paper is on sale at McDonald's Cijrur
Store and at the office of the New s.
Advertising Rates.
Cards, one inch or less, per month - -Si SO
Display mivertisiiiy. per in. per month I .Oil
l.oeul notices per line, per issue - - .10
These rates w ill lw strictly adhered to. We
treat all otir putrons alike.
WHON ESP AY, I'V.BKI'ARY 15. 1800.
HNINti ON A LARGE SCALE.
The Largest Stump ftili in the World Soon to
be Outclassed. A Ri>al with .too Stamps.
HNo I'nder One tunagement.
Of course everyone bus heart! some
thing of the great Treadwell mine, and
that its management operates the larg
est stamp mill in the world.and this has
Iteen truthfully saitl of the great big
red-colored building that sets back
three or four hundred yards from the
wharf at Tread well, with its -40 stamps
and numerous concentrators, and
where some 750 tons of ore are handled
everyday. No doubt this alone is a
big coucern. but how small, neverthe
less, w heti compared with other mills
in operation, and add to those which
will commence dropping their stamps
within the next ninety days, and all
under oiif management. Suppose we
were to see what is goiug ou up at
Treadwell. We would leave the News
otfieeaud go down ulong the beach, ei
ther ou the railroad track or on the
sidewalk a few hundred feet farther
back. A ten .minute's walk would
hriug us to the new mill where 300
stamps are in place and almost ready
for the turning on of the power. In u
building immediately in front of this
mill is a building not quite so large,
in which 120 concent rators are set and
ready for operation. This is a model
mill for all the machinery is of the la
test improved pattern and is as good
as money can buy. We leave this mill
and only a few steps farther on we
come to th? chloronation works which
were discontinued a few weeks ago.
About l(M? yards from this building we
enter the old Treadwell mill with its
240stamps and a sufficient number of
concentrators to handle 7f>o tons of
ore every twenty four hours. Hack of
this mill arc the shafts and hoisting
machinery in which two powerful
crushers break up the ore for the
stamps. H??sides this building are two
others, oneot which contains the air
eonipressors and the other the hoisting
machinery for the first mill we were in.
Hut wo must hurry on. and wo walk
down on tho railroad track to a new
mill that has tho machinery and con
cent rators all in place. As this mill is
only supplied with water-power it will
not start until spring. It is furnished
with 100 stamps and the ore is taken
from a tunnel. This mill is called the
Seven Hundred.
We follow the track down the heach
a quarter of a mile and we enter the
Mexican mill where 12?> stamps are in
operation.
We still continue our journey down
the track and in ten or fifteen minutes
we are at the Heady Bullion, where 120
stamps are in operation. This is a
model mill, all the machinery being
of the host make and the latest im
proved .
The.se mills, which as before stated
are all tinder one management, operate
880 stamps, and how much ore do you
suppose they consume every twenty
four hours? In round numbers 3,OIK)
tons. Of course we are not trying to
give our readers even a fairly good de
scription of these miues, only a gener
al idea of the magnitude of the mining
operations at the home of the News.
But you ask. where dors the ore all
come from? All from Docglas Island
of course. Why, think of it, this island
is practically one solid bed of ore. The
drills have proven that back of the old
mill the vein of ore extends down 5(K)
feet, and how much further the good
Lord only knows. You ask how many
men are employed? About 700 at pres
ent, but with the starting of the new
mills this force will be increased to
from 1500 to 2000, and the men, with
the exception of a few Indians, are all
'?straight goods." That is there are no
Chinamen nor Japs employed except
as cooks ?nd servants.
The management is in good hands.!
The present superintendent is Mr. J.
P. Corbus, a man between thirty and
forty, tall, and you wouldn't know if
you met him that he was successfully
managing a business that represents
millions and millions of dollars. He is
so very unassuming and withal a most
pleasant, genial gentlemnu. There is
no complaint by the laborers. They,
are treated humanely?they are treated
right, and everything runs along nicely ;
and with no friction between labor and
capital.
We have only visited the Tread well
mills this trip. We will look over other
mills later on. If you want to see
mines and stamp mills come to Tread
well?you can't see them any other
place on earth.
The Treaty gut ifieJ.
The Paris treaty between the United
States and Spain was ratified by the
senate of the former on the (>th of this
month by only oue vote more than
was necessary. Two senators who had
beeu among the opposition voted for
confirmation on account of the contest
between the U. S. troops and the Filip
inos a few days before, thus insuring
the ratification of the treaty. Three
republican senators voted against rati
fication while ten democrats voted in
favor of it. In our opinion it was a
question of patriotism, and in that the
opposition was found wanting.
Wutch It Grow.
The News was in great demand last
week. The postoftice stand at Juneau
sold out and ordered more from this
office, which were of course supplied.
Kvery extra copy was sold and we re
ceived orders for thirty-five extra pa
pers that wo could not supply. The
people read the News. It is no joke to
say that women and children cry for if.
Last Thursday a sick lady in this town
scut a note to the publisher asking for
a copy of the paper. It was delivered
as speedily as possible, and by Satur
day she was well. The days of mira
cles have not passed. We want more
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subscribers. We are going to make
some decided improvements in the
News in the near future, and the recep
tion that this paper has received in
twelve issues satisfies us that the peo
ple will patronize si good, live local
paper.
THE FLYER DIDN'T FLY.
The Much Advertised Steamship humbolt Not
u Good Traveler on the Reef.
The Seattle papers have l>een adver
tising that the Hum bolt would make
the run from that city to Skaguay aud
return in Go hours.and with this aim in
view she recently left the City on the
Sound for a flying and record breaking
voyage. She put into Juneau Monday
morning cn her return trip for water,
her pipes being all frozen up at Skag
uay. The Hum bolt struck a reef Inf
low Mary Island coming up and left
the greater portion of her keel there.
She leaked badly after that aud was in
hard liues when she tied up at Juneau.
Any company that tries to make fast
records in Alaska waters at this season
of the year will go broke for want of
boats before spring when the ground
settles. The "alleged*'flyer didn't tly.
and she will sweetly repose in some
dry dock for a couple of weeks before
her fool managers will again undertake
to run her at full speed in the dark.
(i rand pa and Grandma Anderson.
Mrs. John \V. Morrow, who is with
her husband in California for the win
tor, became the mother of a boy on the ?
*2tlth of January. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of this city,
to whom the News extends congratu
lations. It is said the new father sur
vived the shock with becoming forti-,
tude.
The News man is delighted in {
being able to say that Douglas City
turned out the prettiest woman at the
dance Monday night.
Th?* Host Unto! in Southeastern Alaska.
AT THK HA II -
Finest
Wines
Liquors
Cijrttrs
Yukon Hotel
THOMAS BOMNO. Prop.
^^'$1.00 per Day
Front Street DOUGLAS CIT1
THE DOUGLAS CITY
o o o 4 o wpc <> o <?o o
o MUSIC HALL O
AND BAR o
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FIRST CLASS LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
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Douglas and Juneau Beer always on tap
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EMERY ELLIOTT, Prop.
Front Street. ... Dou^Iuk City.
Prescriptions Filled
Day and Night at...
2f Douglas Pharmacy.
| A Full Line of Toilet Articles, \
. I Perfumes,
Soaps,
r Brushes,
Etc., Etc.
Hintkr RliAj ;{|) St., Douglas City.
...THE...
Charles Coffee House,
DOUGLAS CITV.
CHARLES WORTMAN, Proprietor.
rjst Rest Lunch in the Cily <ll
zj&- At Reasonable Rates fiDflf
A li?rt;o stock of choice Cftnfoptionory nlway
011 hun<l.
the KLONDIKE!
of douglas city.
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Is a Gentlemen's Resort
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S. (ilUS, Proprietor.
Choice Wines, Liquors, and Cigars.
THE U. S.
JL Hail
? Steamer
Wolcott >?
From ..
JUNEAU TO SKAGUAY
Calls When Sufficient Business War
rants at
Douglas City
Seward City and
Haines /Mission
LEAVES JUNEAU ut t> I\ M.
.Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
LEAVES SKAGUAY. returning, at 3 1'. M.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
For Freight and Passenger rates see
or telephone.
H. F. ROBINSON, Apt.
J unenu.
Caterers to Family Trade
EASTBURG & JOHNSON
Groceries
Meats
Vegetables j
Fruits i
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Fresh Mont Supplies m-eived ?:? every in
ooinin;: Pari fit- Coast Strainer.
Mutter and Krvs ??F tirst-Hass urnde always
oil hand.
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Douglas City. - - Alaska.'
DELMONICO HOTEL
AND RESTAURANT.
ALEX. LA MOTTE, Proprietor.
Board by the Day,
dd Week, or Month
* ^ Rate* Reasonable _ma.
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MEALS AT ALL HOURS,
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?SST" The tuble First-class and will
satisfy the most fastidious.
Our Coffee cannot l>e excelled.
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Ajrent for Alaska Steam Laundry.
Leave Bundles here
Douglas City, Alaska, j
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JOHNSON & COTTRELL,
?r- ? IB? PROPRIETORS.
r-1 f" Douglas Citv, ? Alaska.
STANDARD
Fi flj 8 I I ,,,K' Mixed Drinks a
IVI LJ W S V/ f tiT The '"Finest H rands of
A I I Liquorn and Ciffurs al
1"?I i\ I I ways on hand.
I 1 f\ I? L? /j/f \\First-class Lunch Coun
ter has recently l?een added.
^-THH Comet....
SAMPLE ROOM
Headquarters for Tourists
and Vukoners
"There's nothing
too pood
for The Roys."
1:1). CASEBOLT, Proprietor.
Opp. Occidental Hotel, Jl'NKAL", ALASKA.
I Does Quality )
\ Count with You j >
C Wp want to toll yon nlxiut our Driiir C
r Stnro. r
\ We have the largest line of Drugs ?
/ Druggist Sundries in Alaska. The /
) best that money can buy, and we sell /
^ them at RIGHT prices. ^
C ('omp iiihI hop hn nti'l I?p < ?>n\ in< p?l. c
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/ THE ALASKA DRUG CO.. /
f Front A S'wunl Stn., JUNEAU, f
ALASKA MEAT MARKET
D. McKAY, Proprietor.
^ ^ A full line of Fresh, Salt, and
I K i Smoked Meats constantly on
hand. ]
Poultry and Game Hunter Block, Douglas City, Alaska,
in Season. TELEPHONE NO. 8.
/ Sheet Music, Studic*. T
\ mid Instruction hook* x
S Tencher of Mnii<lolin. Guitar. nntl i
? Hutijo. J
i ALICE M. JORDISON 1
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J . DKALKH IN. .
) Musical Instruments \
r and Supplies f
P Ret. Mniu A Seward V
^ on Second St. JUNEAU. ALASKA. 7
G. ROENE,
I>rul??r in nnil Mmmfncturer of
?STOVES?
TIN- AND HARDWARE.
W PLUMBING W
Blacksmithin^ and Repairing.
Dim^lits Cltjf, - Aliiokn.
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I' F. M. JAMES. I
| To Prospectors:
I have a few suitable article* which I will cIohc out AT
COST, viz:
I All Wool Blankets - $8.00
Were ?12.lK>, weight 10k, pound*.
Picks were 1.75 now 1.25 *
,,v Shovels 1.50 " >1.00*
I Also Evaporated Potatoes,
| Onions, and Soup Vegetables.
Magellan clothing,etc.,*t Cost
F. M. JAMES.
DOUGLAS CITV, .... ALASKA.
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