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The Douglas Island News. Kutered at Douglas Post-office as Second Class Mail Matter. TERMS:? In Advance. One Year - Six Months ------ Throe Months - - - - - Sinjrle Copies ----- 'PHONE NO. 12. Wednesday, October 21, 1908. CHARLES A. HOPP Editor and Proprietor. #3.00 - 1.50 - 75 10 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY \Vhnt is the mission of a newspaper? j That is a question which would no i doubt call forth a great variety of answers, auy one of which would meet the approval of thinkiug people. Per haps it would be better to ask: what is not the mission of a newspaper? We believe, however, that we are safe in saying that a newspaper, properly cou- j ducted, will do with its enlarged oppor- , t unities what every good citizeu is j seeking to do in his own way. What I does every good citizen seek to do? Build up. Yes, every good citizen seeks to build up, not only his own business, but every other busiuoss and industry that benefits the community. Now there is a newspaper iu Juneau that is seeking to destroy theTreadwell j mines, Douglas Islaud's greatest indus try. It never misses a chance to say 1 harsh things about the management,! and contiuually harps upon the theo y that the Treadwell mines do uot benefit the business interest of Juneau. What of it? Supposing that not one dollar of the gold that is dug from the hard rock of Douglas Island never fluds its way across the channel to the "Capital City." Do our friends and neighbors wish to destroy the business of the Isl and? Do they wish to destroy us? Would it improve the business of Ju neau if the Treadwell mines were moved to the South Sea Islands? We can see the smile on the faces of our Juueau j friends as they say. "Well, hardly." There is naturally a spirit of rivalry between Juneau and Douglas. It al- ' ways exists where two towns are situ ated ho close to each other. But there is no reason that the feeling should de- , velop into positive hatred. This Juneau newspaper that is con tinually making attacks* on Treadwell does not attack other enterprises on Douglas Island. Perhaps the Treadwell Company has abused the editor of this paper. That makes it a personal mat- ! tor between the editor and the Tread - , well Company. It seems like a baby act to keep up such a continual howl and, because of a personal spite, to j keep on insulting the people of Douglas Island and continually stirring up strife. No good can come of it and the public finally tires of listening to other people's troubles. The Record will not be surprised "if within the next few days some of the newspapers of Alaska come out brim full of criticism on the dangers of Alas ka waters and hold up as evidence the recent mishaps to the Humboldt and the Cottage City." As neither wreck occurred in Alaska waters, it appears that the Record is unduly alarmed. Commissioner of Public Education Brown looks dowu from Washington ' City upon the children of tribes of the Alaska Indians and says that they should be made to go to school. Alas kans agree with Commissioner Brown, but are afraid Uncle Sam cannot spare his standing army to undertake the job. The Juneau Record announces, with its customary assurance, that Kenry D. Reynolds is a dishonest wildcat pro moter and the Guggies had nothing to do with his downfall. That settles it. NMr. Reynolds please stand up and be j sentenced. It is as^emarkable thing that Indian pay day passed without the arrest of a single Indian drunkenness. Some of the whiskey vpeddlers must have moved away. Juneau is havingr trouble with its buoy, which is no^io be trusted. Too bad if the rewue cutter would get away with it./ School Report The Gastineau society held its second program last Friday afternoon which was in all re&pects successful: : Quotations from Longfellow Report on Josephine Napoleou Alice Bach Political Paper Rosa Penglase ' Talk, "Coal Mining in Cle Elum, Wash." Wilfred Lei vers Readiug Margaret James , Current Events Edwin Fox i Diary Ella Grundler j Composition, "Whaliug iudustry". . . i Ilmi Aalto | | Questiou Box Miss Pickle | Criticiyms Frank Caraway I The girls of the High school organ ized their basket ball team on Monday, i Ella Grundler was elected as captain. ; The line [up for the girls' aud boys' teams are as follows: GIRLS BOYS > Ella Grundler Center.. Hillary McKanna Mae McCormick. .Forward Oljrat Anderson; Alice Bach " .Claud Penglase , Enid Richards Guard Edwin Fox ! 1 Agnes Museth " Wilfred Loivors The High school voted in x favor of High school pins aud the president ap pointed a committee to choose a design, j During the first five weeks of school the fourth grade boasts no absent or ! tardy marks. Miss Conn's room received two new ; pupils last week. Some of the pupils are out of school j with the measles, but we hope to wel come them back 900n. Reporter, J. W. Lei vers, '12. Last week Albion Baritello went over to Admiralty island to bant for deer. Far up in the heavy timber he became separated from his companions. In go ing down a sharp iucliue he ran slap up against a big brown bear. His hands were iu its shaggy fur and he could teel its hot breath before he could overcomo the momentum with which he came I down the slope and he gave his bear- i ship a rude shove, hard enough to upset j the strongest man. Then the bear got his beariugs, and with one swipe of his powerful paw he relieved Baritello of his coat and vest and rolled him over on the ground, twenty feet away. In ? the second round the bear edged to wards the brush and Baritello picked j up his ri tie, from which he pouted four shots into his antagonist, and then dis covered that the chamber was empty. ; The bear shook his head crossly and started for Baritello. The third round j was the bear's and Baritello hastily climbed the tree. The bear was feeling rather sick, and after a few minutes withdrew, and the tight was called a draw. Baritello now says that lighting bears is no joke, and, while he is duly thankful for his escape, he iusists that the next time he tackles one of the brutes he will have a gun that will hurt him when he shoots him. V Last Friday eveniug, less thau an hour after the Cottage City left Seattle for Southeastern Alaska, she came in contact with the tow rope with which the tug Tyee was pulling a couple of lumber schooners, and as a result she crashed iuto the Blakeley on the star board and the Bainbridge on the port side. Quartermaster Oscar Nelson was badly bruised, Purser Jones was knock ed overboard aud a half dozen Slavoni ans in the steerage were injured, but none fatally. The damage to the Cot tage will amount to about $10,000. Write today SECRETARY E! WATSONVILLE, CAL. IT'S ThlO POINTS WORTH KNOWING ? i i 4 I WATJOHVILLEandRAJABO VALLEY | EVERY pound of dirt in the Pajora Valley should be worth its weight in gold. If you own ten acres of this high grade fruit-growing land, you are banking with i'Old Mother Earth," man's truest savings bank, while your in terest is being compounded ?day and night. Ten acres un improved costs 82,500. Let us tell more about it. T. C. PRICE PLUMBER AND SHEET METAL WORKER Notice to Taxpayers City of Douglas, October 1st, 1908. Municipal taxes for the current year are uow due and payable at the office of the City Treasurer, P. H. Pox. On December 1st a delinquent penalty of 5 per cent will be added, as by law provided. John Henson, Clerk. Did You Ever Stop To tbiuk of the importance of your teeth? If not, do so. Your teeth are the most important function of your body. Wi^h poor teeth you cannot j properly digest your food. Improperly digested food is the cause of much suf fering?dyspepsia and other diseases. ; In haviug your dental needs attended go where you can get the very best j work. Dr. McCallie has 35 years actual practice in oral surgery and operative dentistry. Dr. McCaw has had 20 years actual practice in operative dentistry and crown and bridge work, and gives i no dentist precedence in prothodontia aud artistic deutistry. All the latest methods of doing work; 10 years guar antee on all work. We are here to stay, j Our new offices over City Bakery are i the ueatest in Southeastern Alaska, i Don't let students without experience do your work. Drs. McCallie & McCaw. SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH Suuday school every Sunday at 10 a. m. Services, Sundays at 8 p. m. John H. Warmanen, Pastor. DIRECTORY OF ALASKA I District Government Governor, Wilford B. Hoggatt, Juneau. Secretary to the Governor, Wm. H. Loller, i Juneau. Ex-ofHcio Secretary of Alaska. William I>. Distin, Juneau. U. S. Surveyor General's Office JUNEAU.? William L. Distin, surveyor-gen era'l; Goorjje Stowell, chief clerk: Martin George, chief draftsman; John J. Clark, j stenographer and type writer; William P. j Jeffreys, transcribing clerk; William Rugg, t draftsman; Lauronce Delmore, copying i clerk: Henry Andrews, messenger. U. S. Land Office, (Juneau) John W. Dudley, register; P. M. Mullen, j receiver: H. K. Love, special agent. I Department of Agriculture C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, special agent in j charge of Alaska investigations. Bureau of Education Wilford B. Hoggatt, ex-officio sui>erintend- \ ent of public instruction, Juneau; Harlan ] Updegrnff, agent, Washington, D. C. Immigration Inspector Kazis Krauczunas. Ketchikan. U. S. Customs Collector, Clarence L. Hobart, Juneau. U. S. Courts Division No. 1.? Royal A. Gunnison, judge; C. C. Page, clerk of court; Harold Lull, court stenographer; John J. Boyce, U.S. district attorney; James M. Shoup, U. S. Marshal, Division No. 2.? Alfred S. Moore, judge; John H. Dunn, clerk of court; Henry M Hoyt, U. S. district attorney; Thomas Cader Powell, U. S. marshal. Division No. 3.? Silas H. Reid, judge; Ed ward J. Stier, clerk of court: George A. Jeffries, court stenographer; J. J. Crossley, U. S. district attorney; George C. Perry, U. S. marshal. U. S. Marine Inspectors Frank H. Newhall, inspector of boilers, George H. Whitney, inspector of hulls; con stituting local hoard of inspectors of steam vessels. Internal Revenue John Cameron, deputy collector. Fair hanks; D. K. Terwilliger, deputy collector Juneau. Juneau Steamship COMPANY U. s. MAIL STEAMER Geoigia Electric Lighted Steam Heated Leaves JUNEAU FOR SITKA On Fridays at 8 a. m. FOR SKAGWAY On Mondays and Wednes1 days at 6:30 p. m. WILLIS E. NOWELL, Mgr. OF DOUGLAS ISLAND I have just received the largest and best selected stock WINTER WEIGHT WAISTS and SKIRTS ever brought to Alaska. ZU Banner Brand THE WORLD'S BEST Olaists Flannelette, Hadras, Silk, Cashmere and Lace $2.00 10 $15.00 Skirts Mohair, Worsted, Serge, Voile and Broadcloth $3.50 10 $15,00 Wm. Stubbins ( ?F II \l\ TREADWELL MARKET h WHOLESALE and RETAIL * * r* Beef, Pork, Mutton and Poultry \r | J Ham, Bacon and Lard Is ? 1 Fish and game in season R V 'PHONE AUTO 1-8 Treadwell, Alaska & * I * i Douglas City Heat Market * ^ ? m?ats ot fl? til FISH AND GAME IN SEASON *r D STREET DOUGLAS, ALASKA |j 121 Island Hotel I /T A f\l ^ * s ^ Petbb Gilovich, Proprietor ' 4 4 Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Cigars t J Special Attention Given to Family Trade ^ - FRONT STREET 'PHONE 3-9 DOUGLAS J * tbe Canteen* WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS agts for 0|Vmpia Br(Wi?g gompanv