Douglas Island news. [volume], April 12, 1899, Image 1

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V0L. r. DOUGLAS CITY AND TKKADWKLL, ALASKA, WKDXilSDAY, APRIL 12, IKK). NO- 21.
B. iVI. Behrends
BANKER AND MERCHANT
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SOLD AT
WHOLESALE PRICES
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gjtBT A General Bankiug Business Transacted.
If you want to make Investments consult with us.
Juticuu, Alaska.
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Why Run Chances on Leaving Your Family Destitute?
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DO IT NOW !
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Merchant. All pay the same, no matter what your busi
ness is. Rates as low as any. I would like to
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address and I will come and see you.
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20 Juneau, Alaska. J. J. C. BARBER.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY. I
CATHOLIC CHURCH;
Muss with Sermon ... 10;00 A. M.
Sunday School - 3:C0 P. M.
Rosary. lecture and Benediction 7:00 P. M.
Priest, Rev. Futher P. C. Bougis, S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will l>e held every
Sunday at 7:4."> p. in. Sunday School meets at j
2:30 p.m. Society of Christian Endeavor
Thursday evenings at 7:30. Ladies League i
every alternate Thursday afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd
Fellows Hall every Monday evening, except
ing last in month, when the service will be I .
held on Sunday evening. Rev. H. J. Gurr.
FRIENDS CHURCH -Regular services at the I
Mission School house.
Sabbath School - - - - 10 a.m.
Native Services - - - - 11 a. m.
Evening Services .... 7:45
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:45 j ,
Teachers'meeting every Friday evening at
/ 8 o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited and wel- '
corned at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Rei*logle, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission, Tuesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel 1
Mission Friday evenings at 7:45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C. 1 .
J. Larsen, Pastor.
A. F. & A. M.
Masons on Douglas Island meet
at Odd Fellows1 Hall on the First | ?
r>and Third Tuesdays of each month
All Masons are cordially invited to
attend.
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I. O. 0. F.
N Alaska Lodge, No. 1, .
'meets at Odd Fellows' :
Mali, lfougius, on ? eanesany ctvuiuso ?v a .
o'clock.
Visiting brothers are cordiully invited to
attend. J. G. McDONALD, N. G.
C. A. WECK, Secretary.
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DR. CLARENCE A. TREUHOLTZ,
Office and Residence, St. Ann's Hospital.
Telephone No.2. Douglas City. Alaska.
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DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
? and 2nd Sts, Douglas City.
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FRED PAGE-TUSTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T. J. DONOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in ullthe Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Building, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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JNO. R. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, ----- Alaska.
F. D. KELSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, - Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juneau Alaska.
ERNSt BEIHL
DZ^rjn GENERAL
MERCHANDISE.
Bakery in connection where
the Best Fresh Bread may
be had. A Fresh Line of
Cakes and Cookies always on
Hand^w^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Douglas City, - - Alaska.
I NEW MANAGEHENT
J The New York Exchange r
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~ MAYS & NAPOLEON ~
j Y arc now in charge Y
| A Gentlemen's Resort ?
S Finest grade of Liquors and Cigars f I
\ always on hand i !
O Come and See Us. JUNEAU.
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FAMILY
RESTAURANT
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It has recently been
opened by
Mrs. Frances Baker, of Seattle,
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HpmH'c H'llI on Sewnrd Street,
1IU1U liail, bet.3d and 4th StH.
BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK ;
RATES REASONABLE
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Spooner
Shack haines
Terms $2.00 per Day
This is where the N. W. M. Police stop.
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I ALASKA FURNITURE COMPANY
Seward Street, next to Opera House, JUNEAU.
BEFORE PURCHASING, drop in and see our stock and
get prices 011
BED ROOM SUITS, BUREAUS, CHIFFONIERS,
CHAIRS, ROCKERS, TABLES, BEDSTEADS,
SPRINGS, MATTRESSES, COOK STOVES,
COAL HEATERS, AIR TIGHT HEAT
ERS, GRANITE WARE, CROCKERY',
TINWARE, and all Kinds of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
?W* We will Rive you Rood good# und Rood values.
G. A. KNIGHT, Mgr.
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Alaska
Heat
Harket
D. McKAY, Proprietor.
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A FULL LINE OF
Fresh, Salt, and Smoked Meats
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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Poultry and Game Hunter Block, Douglas City, Alaska,
in Season. TELEPHONE NO. 8.
IMT nDJF BOIIU?
Juneau Elks Go to Skaguay to
Institute a Lodge in that City.
The Duty Performed. A
Peculiar Characters
tic of the Order.
GRAND RAPIDS' MAIDEN TRIP,!
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On tho evening of the third of this j
month, at a little after 7 o'clock, the
steamer, City of Grand Rapids, blew
her ''let go" whistle and soon she was
backing away from the People's wharf,
at Juneau, towards the middle of the
channel. She had started on her ini
! tial trip on the run between Juneau
and Skaguay. Tho vessel was built
at Seattle last year and during the
month of November she came to Ju
neau, where she lay at rest during the
winter. She is 120 feet long, 25 foot
beam and is fixed to carry fifty passen
gers. She is a twin-screw vessel with
sets of double engines and boilers. She
is a good, stanch, well-built boat, and
why she remained idle all winter was
a mystery we could not solve. She is
indeed a nice boat and her trip to Skag
uay at once made her a favorite for
which we predict a good and con
stantly increasing patronage.
The crew of the City of Grand Rap- i
ids is composed of Cornell,captain; Dr.
C. M. Droste, purser and manager;
Axel Fast, engineer; Capt. Sloan, pi- j
j lot; Percy Brandon, steward; and Vine
i Harding, stewardess.
It wasn't long until tho boat got un
der full headway and the News man
soon commenced looking around for
the herd of buck Elks that were on j
board going to Skaguay to institute a
lodge in that city. Every secret order
has its peculiarities, and the Elks order
is no exception to the rule. One is
1 that whenever you find an Elk ho is
I sure to be a good fellow and 'dead gone ?;
on his order. The influence the order
| exerts on its members is truly marvel
ous, and it is said, and we believe it
too, that you can take most any kind
of a man, a real "sausage cover," if wo
may truthfully describe him, and by
taking him into the order, he is at once
converted into a decidedly good fellow.
Whenever you meet a lot of Elks you
will find whole-souled, genial, good
fellowship.
in /in/linrr f lio l?.l IrCJ
\\ u wore nut iwu^ iu uuuiu^ uuv ju?HO
oil board the boat and who do you sup-'
pose they were? Well, there was Mat
. lock to start with, and if you can travel
i with a more companionable fellow, do
it. Judge Delaney, one of the brainiest
men in Alaska, and oue of the best. C.
S. Blackett, a shrewd, careful lawyer,
a good story toller and all-round good
fellow. John T. Spickett, who can en
tertain a crowd a whole evening all by
himself. W. A. Richardson, quiet and
| unassuming, but who can tind plenty
to say when the time comes for offering
up libations to the Gods. George Walk
er, the handsomest of all the bucks,
gave touch and tone to the herd.
George Bach, who everybody knows is
one of the best fellows living, Charles
Cobb and Axel Fast the engineer made
up the delegation from Juneau. There 1
were forty passengers on the first trip
of the Grand Rapids, but the Elks
seemed to herd together. It is but nat
ural that they should do so, and it
seemed quite pleasant to herd with
them, for a true Elk is always prepared
for a good time, but on this trip Mat
lock was especially well fixed, and it
was with extreme pleasure and satis
faction that we joined the ring that en
circled Matlock and Matlock's best.
"The stateroom accommodations on
the Grand Rapids were excellent and
i everybody had a good sleep and the
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next morning found us at Ilaines Mis
sion, tied up to a barge on which pas
sengers and freight are landed, for
Haines has not yet been provided with
a wharf. Haines had a kind of "boomy" .
appearance, for real property is con- :
sidered valuable there, so valuable in :
fact that men and women fight for it. |
The new comers have settled on the
property that is claimed by Col. Kip- <
insky and the mission. They don't;
want to bo called lot or land jumpers,
and for that reason we refrain from
using the expression. However it was <
Karl Pretzel who said that: <
"A sckunk mit an onner name, ;,
Schmells yust the same."
and ho hit the nail square on the head.
A few hours run from Haines brings i
us to Skaguay. A big crowd was at the
wharf. The irrepressible hotel runner , I
was there in large numbers. Touch a ?
Skaguay wharf and you are at once im
pressed with the fact that you aro in a
good town. It is a long way up to the
business portion of the city from the ; i
wharf and it is necessary to cross the j:
railroad track at one place. The Elks
made it without incident until this 1
track was reached. Blackett shied i
some and it was with some difficulty j
that his brother Elks got him across
the track in front of the engine. Poor
fellow, he had not seen an engine or
cars for so long a time that he was !
really frightened.
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wen, we ore m omiguaj. uui moi.
visit to the city in daylight. What do i
yon think of it? There is but one gen
eral opinion of Skaguay and that is
that it is a splendid, good town, and it !
should be for it is a gate to the Klon- <
dike and the much overestimated Atlin '
district. There are lots of people in
Skaguay, but wo heard it said quite of- 1
ten while there that the town was dull i
and these people had but little money, i
One thing is dead certain; all branches i
of trade are over done. There are too
many men in business for the size of I ]
the town and the trade it will have. ?
But these things will all right them
selver after a while, and Skaguay will
go right along and make one of the ; 1
best towns in Alaska. . <
The newspapers are a pretty certain <
index as to what a town is. Skaguay |
supports two dailies and a third one
will probably have issued its first mini- ?
ber before this paper reaches its read- I
ers. The Daily and Weekly Budget is
a splendid paper and has a money-mak j
ing patronage. The new daily will be I,
called the Evening Banner, and E. J. j 1
White, editor of the News for some j l
time past,will be at the head of the enter-; I
prise. Then the News will be published j
under a new management. We met the j
new man, but we traveled with Elks,j
and one is apt to forget?or to notice ?
things, at times, when following the
herd around.
Now u-o snid that the newsnaners are <
the index to the condition of the town.
This is perhaps too indefinite. That is '
the rule. There are exceptions. Some i
awful good towns have slow, sleepy '
newspapers, and the people can't get <'
rid of them. They will not progress <
with the town, and keep out men who J
would. We make this explanation so 1
that we may not be misunderstood.
But to return to our subject. i
Some time ago, prominent citizens
of Skaguay desiring to organize a lodge i
of Elks, or B. P. 0. E. as it is common- 1
ly called, invited Juneau Lodge No. i
420 to come up to Skaguay and insti- 1
tute a lodge pursuant to such request.
In accordance with the arrangements i
made Judge Delaney, Past Exalted 1
Ruler and ex-officio district deputy, .
organized a grand lodge of the B. P. O. i
E., in Montana Hall, in Skaguay, on 1
the evening of April 4th, and after in- i
itiating the chartor members, proceed
ed to institute Skaguay Lodge No. 431, 1
with the following officers: ]
Exalted Ruler F. T. Keeler <
Esteemed Leading Knight. .W. Church <
Esteemed Loyal Knight D. Hall
Esteemed Lecturing Knight. Mr. Hislop .
Tyler Joe Smith
After the election of officers, the Elks i
of the newly instituted lodge tendered
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the Juneau lodge and a few invited
friends a most elegant banquet. The
News man was there and cannot refrain
from giving this part of the royal en
tertainment the Juneau boys received
a samewhat extended description, for
surely it is worthy of much praise.
At the head of the table sat a man
named P. T. Keeler. He was master of
ceremonies or toastmaster,-as that
functionary is sometimes called. Mr.
Keeler is a big, healthy-looking buck
Elk and one of the finest presiding
otlicers that ever held forth at a ban
quet table. He is a ready talker; knows
just what to say and says it just at the
right time. He is indeed a noble toast
master. On his left sat R. \V. Jennings,
a polished gentleman and an eloquent
talker; while on the right sat John W.
Spickett. Juneau's original and only
John. Down each side of the table
were seated the noble Elks, and there
were a large number of them; somo
were visitors from Eastern lodges but
all joined in to make the event a pleas
ant one.
r,1?? JmnAi-fonf ftnnna fr?r?lr uliU'P
ini|'ui buuv i/iiii.igu j..uvv.
The eating and talking. We will con
sider these subjects separately al
though they were all mixed up at the
banquet.
"A toast to our absent brethren," was
proposed by Mr. Jennings in a neat
little speech, aud was responded to
with promptness and well-filled glasses.
The toastmaster tried tc^ wring a
speech out of Mr. Stevens but failed.
There was a "brother" there named
Price, from the words spoken by the
man at the head of the table, we con
cluded he had just been initiated. Ife
was asked to tell what he thought of
the order. Ho said ho thought the or
der was a good thing. "I like it and
appreciate the kindness of a few of my
friends," said Mr. Price and the Elks
all laughed and the News man still
wonders why. He said he was "im
pressed with the work," and the Elks
laughed again. They of course know
why, we don't.
Clancy was the next victim for tho
toastmaster. He said something about
eggs and chicken but we didn't un
derstand the meaning. Clancy was too
busy with other things at that time to
make a speech.
The man up at the head of the table
got the laugh 011 a buck namod Ma
larky. He said this man had requested
to be called and got off all kinds of
jokes 011 him. He was a little embar
rassed when ho got up but he gave a
good little talk, although he apolo
gized for not being a speaker. He be
longs to a lodge in Portland and has
been a member of tho order for a long
time. Ole Hansen objected to talking
?he wanted to eat. He didn't even
want to tell a story.
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Judge Ileid, of Juneau, was called on
for a speech,and the boys got what they
wanted. The Judge spoke of tho order
and why it was popular, and eloquently
touched upon charity, brotherly love,
and good citizenship, a few of its ex
cellent teachings. His advice to tho
members of the newly organized lodge
was also good and much appreciated.
The Judge's speech was received with
rounds of applause.
Bro. White of tho Skaguay press told
a good story. He kept his eye steadily
fixed on the fresh Eastern oysters in
front of his plate during the time ho
was talking.
The toastmaster finally found a man
named Fitzpatrick who gave quite a
talk. He said the order of Elks was an
American institution?that only Amer
ican citizens could belong. He wanted
to entertain the boys but he couldn't
3ing a song or tell a good story.
The toastmaster said ho would like
to hear from a man who had not been
full for two days and called on Hislop
nf tho White Pass R. R. who entertain
ed the boys for a while.
The toastmaster caught sight of
Blackott. the Juneau lawyer, and ho
was promptly callod up. He made a
good speech, told a good story, and got
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