Douglas Island news. [volume], August 02, 1899, Image 1

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VOL. 1. DOUGLAS CITY AND TREAD WELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1S!)!>. NO.
s We are Cleaning; Out
? all Remnants of
| Dry Goods
S All broken lots of
\ Shoes, Hats
I and Shirts
? We are making space for our
NEW FALL GOODS
\ To do this we are sacritic- J-| p 5 f V> ^: pp
( ing these goods at about * Idll l 1
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; You are cordially invited to inspect
) these goods.
B. M. BEHRENDS
< BANKER AND MERCHANT
? JUNEAU
|W. T. ILJFFj
C Manufacturer of and $
/ 1 Dealer in G
LUMBER I
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S Sheep Creek and Douglas Island, , |
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/ Bread Fresh Every Morning
CALIFORNIA BAKERY!
\ Opposite Behrend's Bank
? Pies, Cakes and Confectionery. Wed- 9
\ ding Cakes Made to Order. <!
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< OL'STAV WERTH, Boss Baker j!
S JUNEAU ]
> Alaska Furniture i
( /"* Seward Street,
r Next to Opera House ?
> Iiofore purchasing, drop in and see
C our stock midget prices on j 2
\ Bed Room Suits, Bureaus, Chiffoniers, ?
c Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Bedsteads, 9
c Springs, Mattresses, Cook Stoves, g
\ Coal Heaters, Air Tight Heaters, a
\ (Jranitewear, Crockery, Tiuware, and 9
/ all Kinds of Household Goods.
^ We will give you good G. A. KNIGHT j|
goods and good value manager g
Kaufman Bros, I
JUNEAU |
T] Handsome J {lack Silk Skirts, _ AA $v
v v v v . at the nominal price of ^?UU y
Black All Wool Serge and Lustre Al- $
pacca Skirts, $0.00 and 87.00 _ _ _ Z
Are _ values,at 3'75 S
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a Black Figured Alpacca Skirts, _ . <>
Sei= W" as low as ]?
jr^r* A line of Plain and Fancy Sailors which |[
I? #-? /v? milliners would charge you _ _ _ o
*2.50 for,at I.5O j;
18-inch wide Pure Wool Serges and J \
Mixtures, generally selling o
v< ^ at 75c, for 45^ |
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' Splendid Assortment of -* ** "*
i Wash Waists J:er;^ |j
Ticket
? Free (i
i Kid Gloves pon,a" ii
Purchases |
of I i
Belts $5-00 i|
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? Silk Waists j|
I Millinery, Etc. Kaufman Bros- I
$? QettftMwaooMoa&e $>s #????? ?Z&&&&OW2? aa ? z-sn&mQQ b
All Kinds of Faces.
Don't fail to hear the free lecture on
All Kinds of Faces and How to Read
Them, to-morrow (Thursday) evening,
at Ohman's Hall by Prof. McDonald.
He is an able speaker and will give a
course of amusing and instructive lec
tures upon phrenology, health, humor,
nature, marriage and the laws of life.
Phrenological examinations given daily
at the Delmonico hotel in regard to
health, business, how to make the mo-'
of head and hands, rise in tin world
and make life a so <s. I ok out for
a good time and a rge audience t<)
morrow eve ing. Reserved s? its for
ladies and their escorts. Admission
free.
The Yakima iline.
A visit last week to the Yakima mine
revealed the fact that the work is being
carried on rapidly under the super
vision of Mr. J. 11 Hainan. A large
shaft is being sunk at about the center
of the property and has reached a depth
of 70 feet. A cook and bunk house
has been erected, also a stable and a
blacksmith shop. A sample of the ore
that is being taken out of the main
shaft was s^nt to San Francisco for a
complete test of its value. Mr. Hainan
is a very pleasant gentleman and took
great paius to show the reporter over
the property. A number of the stock
holders are expected up from below
soon to look over the property with a
view to further improvements.
A Lawver That Tells the Truth.
Judge Alfred Battle, of Seattle, was
recently interviod by a Seattle Daily
Times reporter, and this is what he
said of Douglas City:
"The best town iu Alaska outside of
Skagtvay, I am told, is Douglas City.
It is said that the enormous pay roll
of this place contributes in a great
measure to the prosperity of Juneau,
which is located 01 ly a short distance
away."
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Marks, Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford, Mark Tatum, Mr. Pat
Milan, Mrs. Dennis Milan and Miss
O'Leary started for a months outing
at Hoouah, this morning.
The Alaska Meat market is still on
earth. Meats and Vegetables.
Here for Business.
Winter Pond's photo studio is open
on Sundays Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
In ll Strkily In It.
The fall line 01 underwear just open
ed at Fox's is the fiuest ever brought to
Douglas Island. It must be seen to be
appreciated. You can save money by
buying your underwear of Fox. Go
aud see it, get prices and verify our
statement.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
and -nd Sts. Douglas City.
ff Alaska Lodge, No. 1,
?^meets at Odd Fellows'
Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday evenings at 8
o'clock.
Visiting brothers are cordially invited to
attend. A. HUNTER, N. G.
THOMAS CASHEN. Secretary.
Douglas City 3arfecr Shop.
Hair C. fting \y Shampooing
Shaving Baths
VESTAL A- EDMONDS, Props.
THE SCHOOL PROBLEM.
Location of the School House the Most Serious
Question.
Tho superintendent of schools has
shown a disposition to treat the people
of Douglas in a just and proper man
ner. Tho number of teachers has been
increased and we are promised a larger
school building, but the most impor
tant matter has evidently not been
brought to the attention of the authori
ties. The sehool ground are located
on the north part of town, and in fact
so far away that childrou in the l ever
grade cannot attend in the winter when
the snow is on the ground and the
storms prevail. It will bo a positivo
waste of money to enlarge the present
school building, for parents of small
children will not send theni except
during tho pleasant weather in the
early fail and late spring, and then,
during the most favorable weather,
many parents will not send their cliil
dren to school 011 account of the great
distance. The school house is tho;
furthermost building 011 the north side
of the town. The sidewalks leading to
it aro dangerous even in fair weather.
It is so inaccessible that the over
whelming sentimont of our people is'
that uo money should be wasted in en
larging the present building, which is
of little value at best.
We hope the authorities will send
some one here to investigate this mat
ter. We are in great need of a school
that the children cau attend. As it
now is, not one half of the children of
the town will have an opportunity of
going to school, and all because some
one has located the school house away
, from every bod v.
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A Fruitful Intellect.
Mary J. Lincoln, an alleged writer on
cooking, writes tko St. Louis Globe-;
i Democrat as follows:
"Eggs eaten raw or properly prepared,
that is, cooked at only a moderate de
I gree of heat, are palatable and easily
digested, but when hardeued by in
tense heat, they become difficult ?>f
digestion."
This is a wonderful discovery that
Mary Jane has made. Frances Willard
said "the greatest discovery of the cen
tury is the discovery of woman." We
think Miss Willard should have said
that Mary Jane Lincoln as a writer on
cooking is the greatest discovery of this
century. When it becomes generally
known that Mary Jane is giving the
readers of that newspaper such valu
able suggestions on raw and cooked
eggs, the circulation of the Globe
Democrat will be materially increased.
Mary Jane must be a wonderful cook.
Funeral.
The remains of Leander M. Mattson
wcro interred last Wednesday after
! noon. The services were held in the
Congregational church in this city, and
I were conducted by tho Rev. Mr. Cole.
The interment took place at J uneau.
The deceased was twenty-three years
old and a native of Krouoby, Finland.
Mr. Willis and a number of employees
at the mines attended the services in
this city aud at Juneau.
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In a Playful Mood.
The Humboldt steamed in to the
channel last Friday shortly after the
dinner hour. As she passed the Doug
ias C;ty wharf the boat's whistles were
sounded i such a manner as to denote
that the commander was in u mirthful
mood. T: is exuberant display of ex
cited emclion was probably owing to
' the fact that the vessel si^ered clear of
' the rocks and mud flats ull the way up
from Seattle.
She (iot the Picture.
A tall, handsome woman in this eity
recently received a kodak from the
east. She was very much pleased with
it and took a snap shot at the least
provocation. Her tastes are artistically
inclined and she admires the unique,
the picturesque, the grand. She makes
regular trips into Indian town and
many a native has had his picture
taken before he knew what our heroine
was thinking of or doing. One sunny
afternoon last week, ?ho visited native
town with her picture machine in her
hand. She saw a small Indian boy
whose picture she wanted, apd she
wanted it bad. Our heroine is posses
sed of a superabundance of nerve and
determination and she instantly made
up her mind that she just, must have
that boy's picture. "Did she get it?"
you ask. Wait and see. With an in
nocentlook in her face she squared
the machine for action, but the kid
"caught on" and started olf on a keen
run. She dropped the photographic
machine and followed the boy on a
keen run. Ker height was an advan
tage to her and she soon had that boy
in her clutches. She walked him back
to her kodak. There she gave him a
skaking that almost dislocated his
liver. "Now, you stand there," she said
in a most savage t.oue, and stand ho
did. He was frightened half to death.
His hair all stood 011 end, his eyes
bulged out and it was indeed a picture
of fright and despair. The picture was
taken and proved to be a gem. She
prizes it higher than auy she has here
tofore secured. The News will repro
duce it in a short time in these columns.
The name of this woman is Mrs. Elmer
E. Smith.
Another Word to the Postmaster General.
Tlio Topeka, a United States mail
steamer with the mail from the south
on board, steamed by the Douglas
City wharf last Friday afternoon, at
10 minutes past 3 o'clock to Juneau,
two miles further up the channel. At
Juneau the Douglas City mail was
transferred to a row boat and was
brought to our postoffice about three
hours after the steamer passed our
; wharf. The postofficedepartment con
tracts to have our mail brought to
Douglas City in a row boat, when the
' same could bo thrown onto our wharf
as the mail steamer passes by. All the
officers and employees of the great
j Treadwell mines get their mail at this
office. The population of Treadwell
and Douglas City is almost as great as
that of Juneau. How long, Mr. Post
master General, will you continue to
permit this outrage to be perpetrated
on our people? Some official in your
department is giving us the "marble
heart." Is it riget? Is it fair? Is it
just?
The Porcupine.
Mr. Manly Danforth and his wife are
still in the Porcupine. It was reported
that they wore corning out?that tho
country was 110 good?but they still
remain. When the truth is known we
believe it will develop the fact that
there is plenty of gold in that country
and that poor prospecting is giving it
a bad name.
Something New.
; Prof, llerrington will give an on
toptaiument at the Juneau Opera
House next Thursday and Friday even
ings with a graphaphone. The i istru
; mont the professor uses is a very largo
j size and a late mv< ation. It is capable
; of giving a hue entertainment. Tickets
for sale at the J uneau postoihoe.
Douglas City One* Year Ago.
A correspondent of some eastern I
paper visited our city about one year
ago and this is what he says of it:
"The streets are winding and dirty;
and the houses crowd tightly against
the sidewalks. On every corner is a
saloon?Alaska being strictly prohibi
tion?and next to every saloon is a
dance house. The next place of bush :
ness is bound to be either a Yukon out- I
fitting establishment or a curio shop '
'or the luring of the summer tourist."
Would it not b? well for our peopl.
to look over their real estat in thi. i
city and sr* if it needs cleaning up. ?
it is not pleasant to have visitors come :
to our town and describe it as above.
A Ituppy Farewell.
The ('ity of Seattle steamed into the
channel early last Thursday morning.
?She screached, bellowed and bawled
until she woke everybody up within
s< ven miles of high tide. She finally
got into position and scooted for
Tacoiua.
in Disgrace.
That splendid boat, the Orizaba, is
in disgrace. Her owners sent her up
oti the last trip loaded with powder,
i We only knew one of her crew and that
was chief steward Taylor. Even Miss
Mary Ann Sullivan, the stewardess, has
left her. McAvoy is on the Al-Ki and !
the captain is a new one on us. The!
! Orizaba is a splendid boat, has bilge
; blocks on her bottom and rides a rol
ling sea magnificently. We hope the
, Orizaba will again be put on her for
(rner run.
The' Bertram Bros.
.Skagway Alaskan
Messrs. N. II. and E. E. Bertram of
Juneau are in the eity on their way to
Dawson. The former Bertram is an
old Yukoner, having spent two years in
?lie interior where he owns valuable
mining claims. The younger Bertram
is accompanying his brother to the in-1
terior in the hope that his health may !
1)0 benefited by the trip, as lie is some-!
' thing of an invalid, being able to eat |
| only four meals each day.
From Porcupine.
W. M. Matlock, of tho City Brewery
! returned from Porcupine Saturday
night and speaks very flattering of that
mining camp. Mr. Matlock says that
the gold is plentiful in that locality ,
and that every claim where sufficient
labor has been done to roach bedrock
that good pay dirt lias been struck, and
the miners are satisfied that Porcupino
is second to none in Alaska as rich pla
cer diggings.
Cape Nome District.
Our old friend, Charley Gay, of:
Seattle, is up at Cape Nome and he >
recently wrote a letter to his brother
Will, in which ho says that is tho ,
richest district tho world has ever ?
known. Charley tolls his brother he is
doing well.
Two Edged.
Skuprway News.
The Bonnet Sun refers to Skagway
as "tho Alaska (?) metropolis." How
would Log Cabin, B. C. (?) suit it.
Continues to Shine.
H. B. Jordan, of the Sunday Sun,
made us a very pleasant call the first
of the week. The Sun is to bo enlarged
I and nus evidently come to slay. It
contains man}7 bright, spicy things,
"Took u Serpent to His Bosom."
Pat Milan returned from the Atlin
country last Thursday evening. Mr.
Milan placed too much confidence in a
Canadian and, as a consequence was
beat out of his claim. JMow we give a
record of the case as reported by Tho
Atlin Claim of July 15th:
Milan vs. Rushton?"Annie" and
"Annie No. *2," bench claim on Pino.
In this case Milan, the petitioner,
staked the ground on the 8th and then
again on tho 14th September, 1898, on
account of i ot having obtained his
miner's icense at the time of the first
staking. In ? ross-examm; 'ion, howev
er, he admitted having assisted Rush
ton to stake t.hc same ground, on tho
understanding that Rushton, who is a
British subject, was to have a half in
terest in the claim and hold tho other
half for Milan, who is not a British
subject. Rushton, on tho other hand,
denied in his wide nee the existence ot
any such agreement, and stated that
Milan not only offered the claim to him
for nothing, but actually cut his, Mi
lau's, name oil the stakes and wrote
Rushton's on them instead. The latter
obtained a record on this staking, and
alleged that it was only when some
good prospects were taken out that
Milan claimed a half interest. The
commissioner decided that Milan hav
ing taken his name off the stakes, his
action must be taken as abadnonmout.
The action was therefore dismissed.
The Rushton referred to above is W.
H. Rushton, formerly a nightwatchman
at Tread well.
The Judge, in reviewing tho case told
Mr. Milan that when he formed a pari
worship with Rushton ho had taken a
serpent to his bosom, and that while
he sympathized with him, the law was
plain and he could not help him.
Ex.'Ciov. Swlncford.
Ex-governor Swineford was in Juneau
last week. He recently earae up from
Ketchikan where ho is now located. Ho
informed a News man that he intended
to move his family to that placo soon.
The governor has great confidence in
that district and he has been down
there long enough to know what ho is
talking about.
"What do you think of tho ore de
posits at Ketchikan?" was asked,
"I think if is one of tho greatest min
ing districts in Alaska. Enough work
has been done down there to satisfy
me that it is all right. As to low grade
ore, 1 think it will lay it ovor anything
yet discovered in tho whole district.
Even Tread well will bo outdone as a
low grade proposition."
This language comes from a relial 'o
man, who has gone down there to stay,
and whose word is good, and yet, one
year ago, Ketchikan and Thorn Arm
were generally supposed to be no good,
Juneau Politics.
The election held in Juneau last
Wednesday afternoon for tho election
of a board of Commission of Public
Safety and Fire Wardens, resulted in
the election of tho ticket put in the
field and endorsed by the Chamber of
Commerce, Tho following men com
prise the board: B. M. Behrends, M,
J. Cohen, G. Anderson, Frank Forrest,
S. O. Whoelock, S. Blum, Frank Young.
Now that the election is over, wo hope
tho men engaged in this spirited cam
paign will not forget that it is "pleusaut
lor men to dwell together in unity."
A Happy Surprise.
Daily Alaskan.
Down below, newspaper mail is a
sacred trust. Here it is a surprise? if
you get it,