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Foroijrn and Doroo.-rtk: J Woolen* Jo .Stock & I F. WOLLAND MERCHANT TA3LOR JUNEAU, ALASKA S WATCHES, DIAMONDS. JWH1Y JUNEAU ALASKA ...Alaska flyer* 33? Between Seattle, Ketahikar?t Don? Jaa, Jnnean and Skastrsray. Doe to arrive ai L>ootfiaai J ?f f ? rsor? July 14, ?6, | August 7, *8, 28, I Dolpfoli & July 20, Aug. j, 13, 23, September 3 Stvaar?ers o.rd nil'.::? dare** *.?:!?* ?or* io obnuge wit hous notice. This U tho f only line of *to?m><r? enllinjj roirn lar'j both North and Sooth ;?o>;no BkiK* G. 8o?rt?r. Aeml. Uua^as, A.'rwfc* i 1 has ever before carried such an assortment of FLOOR COVER! N05 as we now have in stock* We have New Rugs New Flattings New Linoleums There Is a ftrong feeling just now, In favor of cov ering floors with rugs instead of carpets, we have anticipated a tig demand for them, by buying a big stock. They come in all the popular qualities Body Brus sels, Tapestry Brusselis, Axminsters, Wilton Velvets, etc. and sizes x9, 8-3x10-6, 9xJ0-6 and 9x12 stees to fit any room. For the 5>2d?oom we can offer you Japanese Straw Mattings, American Fibre Matfjtags, Fibre Rugs and Crcx Rugs. For your Kitchen we can show you a stock of Lin oleucss, 61eet wide and J 2 feet wide* in printed, in laid and granite patterns, that is ^surpassed by any one. i ,-^r '7p&& { JOHN RON AN, MINER. OHN RON AX, Democratic candidate for Delegate in Congress from Alaska, is an Alaskau in every sense of tbo word, in that ho lives in Alaska and has lived here for the last 10 years. As a candidate he should especially appeal to all Alaskans not only for th?' reason that he is a bona fide res ident of the territory, bat because he is of the type of hardy and deter \ mined men who have by their efforts made Alaska what she ia today. JOHN RONAN was born in Leavenworth county, Kansas, Juno 28, 1871, where he grew to manhood, working on his father's form in summer and attending the public school in winter. At 22 he loft heme and, after working for two year9 in Iowa, he went to Montana where ho began bla career as a miner and prospector, and in 1898, he came to Alaska, the land of promise, whero he bae siuce lived, sharing the hardships and ex periencing the upa and downs of & pioneer's life in a new oonntry. lie climbed over tho Dyca trail, tried his luck in the Atlin country, worked for tho White Pa3s Co., and finally, in tho summer of 1900. he drifted down the Yukon in a small boat and located in the wonderful Valley of theTanana, where the years of patient labor were rewarded by a strike onCleary thai has given him a start in the world. The candidaoy of John Ronan should especially appeal to those who, like him, have toiled and dug In the heat and cold, and have en dured privation and suffering as only those can and do who undertake to conquer the wilderness. In the Tanana. where he is known by all, he la universally respected and admired as a man among men, a man to be trusted to the end and one that it will do to tie to. To tlie Voters of Southeastern Alaska: John Ronan asks for your ?upport In the coming election, and pledges you his word that if he should be elected to represent you in the Congress of the Uulted States he will do his duty in the same conscientious manner that he has lived and worked as a oitizen of this glorious Northland. Vote for John Ronan and you will never have cause to regret it. <!> * BEST GLASS OF Rainier Beer on DougSas Island AT Douglas Opera House WINES -> LIQUORS -!" CIGARS T PACIFIC COAST "'1vW^ STEAMSHIP CO. PIONEER ALASKA LINE Safe, Fast, Puactnal, Lnxnriotis, Courteous Treatment, Splendid Meals Steamers of thia Company are due to arrive at Douglas From Seattle and Puget Sound Points Humboldt June 6-14-24, July 5, Aug. 20-30 Cottage City RXClJRS,0N July 15-29, August 9 City of Seattle mnoct y June 9, 19, June 29th, Tuly 11, 23, Aug. 4, $???" Aug. 15, 25 Cottage City via Sitka and Killisnoo. Making Regular S. E* Alaska Ports of Call Close connections at Seattle with this Company's steamers for SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MEXIOo Above sailing; dates subject to change without notice The company reserves right to ohauge ?teamnrs, sailing: dates and hours of Sailing: without previous notloe. For Information regarding passenger and freight rat?p, apply to R. R. HUBBARD, Agent. C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Ag;ect, San Francisco MM Fill 1 UHMI CO. LOUIS G. THOMAS, - - Mawagis. 44444 furniture Manafactnres and all kinds of.. JMIIIIIMI V Caskets , OUT OF YELLOW CEDAR Special Articles of Furniture Made and Guaranteed. Treed by a Bear To be treed by a big black bear; to have the animal then follow him out 011 a big limb of the tree in which he had taken refuge snapping and snarl ing viciously in an endeavor to reach its enemy, was the experience of C. L. Johnson a few days ago in the Carbon mountain country says the Katalla Herald. Johnson has been in the em ploy of Surveyor C. S. Jlubboll and one day last week Mr. Hubbell, George Nylon, John Strebolt and Johnson were making their way to their camp at the foot of a steep hill, on the sum mit of which, close to the trail, stands a big tree with big out stretching branc hes. In climbing down the hill it wus tno custom of the men to seize hold of a projecting branch thus start themselves gently down the steep in cline. Tho other day Johnson and Strebolt were making for the camp, Strebolt in the lead and he had swung himself down on the limb. Johnson followed. The latter had just seized the limb to follow his companion when, on hearing a uoise close behind him he looked back and a few feet away, coming straight at him, mouth open and eyes gleaming like balls of lire, was a big black bear. Johnson, who is something of an athlete, made a spring and pulled himself up on a friendly limb, just in time to escape a vicious swipe from the bear's paws, the blow falling fihort, striking the heel of his boot. Then he began to climb, the bear following. Johnson Anally olimbed far out on a big limb; the boar followed, but uot liking the position, it desoended to the ground j went to another tree about forty teet distant and gazed at Johnson, Then turning it again climbed the tree and limb and attempted to dislodge him from his lofty perch. The bear finally abandoned the job and again returned to the ground. in the meautime Strebolt, who had seen Johusou's predicament returned with Hubbell and Njlen. They nad axes but no nuus so they attempted to frighten the bear. But ahe made a bee line in their direction, apparently, but stopped, returned to her lookout under neath the neighboring tree, while the . rescuing party also scampered to a safe distance. Finally Johuson, watching : his opportunity reached the ground, and joined his companions in safety, The bear evidently had cubs, probably in the tree under which she watched, 1 except while making diversions up Johnson's tree and intimidating him. So fast did Johnson climb the tree, j so tho story goes, that he overtook a ' squirrel. ,4Getout of the way," yelled Johnson, "and let someone climb who ' knows how." State Flower of Alaska C. W. Thornton, corresponding sec ! rotary of Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alas ka, writing to the Katalla Herald in regard to tho selection of a state flower, encloses the following reso lutions adopted by the Nome Igloo: Alaska is blessed with a variety of . flowers, which grow in super-abundance i on her hills, mountains, valleys and I tundra lands. But, of the almost end i less variety of flowers, no other one has the double attraction of being beauti ful and at the same time expressing, in its name, tho wish and prayer of many a Pioneer of Alaska, so far from loved ones in other lands, as the "forget-me not." Therefore, be it Resolved by Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, that the "forget-me-not" be adopted as the state flower of Alaeka. And be it further Resolved that the corresponding sec retary be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to each school in Alaska, each Igloo of Pioneers of Alas ka, and the Yukon order of Pioneers, requesting them to endorse our action, thus making the lovely little "forget me-not" the permanent state flower of our adopted home ? Alaska. The following from a Fairbanks paper may perhaps be taken with a pinoh of salt: The latest reports from the Innoko, as received by letter aad from arrivals are not as encouraging as eome of the earlier advices, as It appears from all of them that the so* called pay streaks on the creeks are not only narrow, bat extremely spot ed and that there is very little gravel, Its plaoe being taken largely by loose, almost unwashed slate. Owing to the enormous rise In the prioe of platinum in the last year, and to the fact that the basin of tha Tula meen river, Alaska, once prodoced a larger amonnt of platinum "than any other part of North America, It is alto* gether probable that attempts will again bs made by Interested parties in the near future to locate the source of the metal in this district, or to work v. some of the higher bench deposits of gravel which are knowa to carry plati num, but which formerly necessitated too large an outlay of capital to work. ?Mining Science.