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The Douglas Island News. THE LOCAL FIELD. Give thy thoughts no tongue. Nor {jive thy unproportion'd thought his aot Be thou familiar, but by no means vulvar. The friends thou hast, und their udoption j tried. Grapple them to thy aotil with hoops of steel: j But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new htttch'd, unfledged comrade. ? Shakespere. R U A Buffalo? Try a Monarch at Rosswog's. A fancy writing desk made of Alaska woods, at Jensen's. Mrs. B. >1. Hain is visiting her son George in this city. Postmaster Hubbard is already un-j packing Christmas toys. Fresh Cream and Ice Cream? all the j time at Turner's, Juneau. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hilliard left for the States on tka Jefferson. What is a Monarch? Best 2 for 25c Cigar in town ? at Rosswog's. Col. Sol Ripinsky, the pioneer mer- j chant of Haiues, visited Douglas last , week. , The Tread weil Store has just received j a large line of New Clothing for Men and Boys. Chas. Fox returned Monday on the Georgia from Sitka. He reports a rough trip. Mrs. J. C. Edwards and child r^u t returned last week on the Seattle from the Sound. Call Phone 3-2-3 Juneau. For Ice! Cream and Caudies. Turner's Ice Cream Parlor. The measles is still doing busiuess in i Douglas, ami most of the kids as ain't bad it, is got it. The dry weather last week nearly pinched the music out of the 300 mill, j It'looks better now. Ernest Powell came home the tirst of 1 the week from Whitehorse, where he 1 has spent the summer. A first-class lunch counter has been ' added as an attraction to the Board of j Trade saloon, and it is. Two cottage organs for sale at a I bargain. See Julius Jensen, the Sec- J ond street hardware mau. Some nice, uew kitcheu cupboards, mirror backs, at Julius Jeuseu's Hard ware store ou Second street. #Call at the Douglas Bakery for your fresh caudiea. Wo just received a big shipment ou the last steamer. Antou Krasel ? shop ou Second street J ?cleans aud repairs clothes with neat- j ness and dispatch. Prices very reason able. The New Size Louis IX Monarch, the largest aud best 2 for 25c cigar ou the market, for sale all the time at Ross j wog's. Born, to Mr. aud Mrs. Jules G. Zim- i merman, this morning, a sou. Di.i DeVighne in atteudauoe. All well aud happy. The big ratification meeting that was planned by some of the prominent democrats of Douglas has been indefi nitely postponed. The Heurietta unloaded about GOO tons of very good coal on the Douglas wharf, for which the people of the burg are duly thankful. T. J.S. Pelky has returned from Cali fornia, where he went a few days ago to make his home. Wonderful how peo ple will come back to Douglas. A new society ha9 been formed in Douglas known as "The Buffalos." The initiation fee is 11 cents and there are i many strange rights and ceremonies j connected with the order. All last week the wind blew with more or less velocity which culminated Sunday evening into a regular howler. Monday morning it began to snow and today it is softer and rain is falling. Harry Jordan, Tom Tracy, et al, who have been on a hunting trip to Admir alty island, have returned and report a thrilling experience battling with the turbulent waters of Stephens passage, i John J. Penglase, proprietor of the Douglas Opera House, came up from the Sound on the Jefferson, but re turned south on the same boat. We are told thatihe is about to embark in the show business in Seattle. A new stock of ladies* and gents* Watches ? in gold and gold filled cases ? representing the best product of the oldest and best American watch com panies. The lateft and most pleasing designs and at prices that are right, at Kemmis' on Front Street. :Dr. De Vighne has accepted the po sition from the government as Indian doctor temporarily. His tenure of of fice is for only six months. The doctor was averse to accepting the position at all, and only consented after repeated 1 overtures on the part of the govern '? saent. ) i TREADWELL TOPICS. ' Mr. M. G. Rogers is back again nt , I his place in the store, after a severe j struggle with a cold that narrowly es caped being pneumouia, ! I Mrs. W. H. Kelly and youngest i daughter were southbound passengers ! on the City of Seattle. Mrs. Kelly has 1 been ill for several mouths past, and it 1 is thought that the change will benefit j her. j Work on the Ready Bullion dam was ; closed down tor the seasou this week, j the fall of suow having made further progress impossible. I I Mr. John Roach, who has beeu em ployed at Treadwell for sometime past, left for his home iu California on the Jefferson Monday morning. Mrs. John Richards has beeu sick for ; several days, but is now much better. The steamer VV. S. Porter is due at Treadwell with a cargo of fuel oil. AT THE CLUB Janitor McBlaiu returned to his ! duties on Monday, after a few days j Jay off spent iu getting his family iu- j stalled in cottage No. 5 on St. Ann's j avenue. They lost the greater part of their household furnishings and effects i in the fire of Saturday morning, which destroyed the cottage in which they had been living. The entertainment last Friday even- j iug was very well atteuded and eujoyed I in spite of a few hitches of the sort that are apt to occur in engineering theatrical performances. The program consisted of a two-act farce by Messrs. Jarrall, J. McCormick, Jr., Hall and Purinton; clarinet solos by Mr. A. Hughes; illustrated song, Mrs. Spores; and concluded with moving pictures, "Sealed Lips." The board of directors met on Mon day evening and transacted routine business. The election returns which were re corded by bulletins as soon as received drew a large crowd to the Club build ing on Tuesday eveniug, and varying emotions were in evidence when the victor was announced. Bowling matches are iu progress uearly every night at the Club alleys. Several good teams are in competition. ( The Treadwell Club band has secured a coutract to play at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition duriug one month ue.xt summer. This news will be wel comed by friends aud patrous of the band as a deserved coinplimeut to their musical ability. There will be an entertainment at the Club on Saturday night. All are invited. Moviug pictures and illus- 1 trated songs. The boys of the machiue shop will give a dance on Friday evening. Good j music has been secured for the occasion ; and a pleasant time is anticipated. Ed Suyder, of Tenakee, vi9ited Doug las for a couple of hours last Monday night. He reports that there are a great many people visiting the springs at Tenakee, in fact more this year than ever before. Ed regrets that his visits to Douglas are always made in a hurry, which prevents him from looking up his friends. Mrs. Mary E. Hart, Alaska education i and art and woman's work commis sioner of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacitic ex position was a visitor on Douglas Island last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Hart is going from town to town in Alaska or ganizing the ladies into auxiliary so cieties to help in the work of gathering the exhibit for the big fair next year. She is having the best of success and does not hesitate to predict that the Alaska exhibit will surpass anything before attempted in behalf of the terri tory. As soon as she returns from Wrangell she will take op the work in Douglas, Treadwell and Juneau. Ladies League Bazar The Ladies League of the Congrega tional church will hold a bazar and sale of fancy work at the church tomorrow (Thursday) evening. The booths will be presided over a9 follows : Domestic ? Mrs. J. Richards. Candy ? Mrs. Miller, Miss Carpenter. Ice cream ? Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Gordon. ^Goodie-goodie? Mrs. Veasie and Mrs. Andrew. Refreshment ? Mrs. McHamilton and Mrs. Mackie. Post Office ? Miss Coggins. The League is also conducting a raffle for a large doll, which is in charge of Mrs. Tubbs and Mrs. Bennett. The drawing will take place at the bazar. Refreshments served and everybody t welcome. This is what I say to you when I sell you a Royal Suit* ? I guarantee that your suit will have in it all the style and refinement that you can get from any great metro politan tailor. I guarantee that it will fit, not merely because it won't fall off your body, but because it will follow every line and curve and angle of your figure. I guaranteee that this fit will last not for a day or a month, but until the suit is completely worn out, and I give you this guarantee in written, signed, legal form, to stand good in any court in the land. Do you wonder I am getting the largest tailoring business in town? P. H. FOX Dealer in Royal All Pure Wool Tailoring : : : Overcoats Also B. M. BEHRENDS, BANKER, JUNEAU, ALASKA Foreign Exchange Issued Oldest Bank in Alaska INTEREST PAID OSM SAVINGS DEPOSITS % L. G. Thomas, the Douglas furniture man whose experiences with a Kansas woman have furnished sensational news matter for the papers from New York to Nome, came home on the Humboldt, a sadder, but wiser, man. Some men | hare a weakness for whisky, some fall i a ready prey to th? gambler's games, but Thomas has a weakness for widows that has cost him dear. He says, how ever, that the people of Kansas love i justice and do not uphold eveu their own citizens in the practice of deceit. Last Saturday morning the quick , riuging of the fire bell announced a fire in the home of W. H. McBlain in one of the Davidson Improvement Co. houses j near the Canteen. It was a leng, up hill run for hose team No. 1, but the boys made it iu record time and soon had a stream of water playing on the house, which was already a mass of flames. A number of Treadwell firemen j were also ou hand and reudered great assistance. Water was taken from the St. Ann avenue pipe line which comes from the Treadwell system, and the j splendid pressure made short work of the fire. However, the damage had | been done before the firemen ar rived, and the contents of the house, excepting what bad been carried out by the neighbors, was a smoldering mass. The origin of the fire was prob- J ably from a faulty pipe connection or 1 chimney. The loss was considerable, i not only of furniture and furnishings, ( but wearing apparel? several members of the family being left with only the the clothes they wore. Mrs. McBlain's purse was carried out of the burning house with an armfnl of other things ; and afterwards picked up by one of the onlookers and found to contain $55 in gold, but has not been returned to the j owner. Mr. McBlain desires the News f to thank the neighbors and friends and the firemen for the assistance rendered during the fire and their kindnesses since. A New Thing Under the Sun After years of experimenting, the public i9 presented with au ideal, modern 8-day strike and alarm clock. ! It requires winding but once a week. 1 The movement is so constructed that i it requires no attention each night like j other alarm clocks. Automatically it 1 alarms each morning when required 30 minutes, or until stopped by pushing a j switch. It is indispensible to those whose duties require punctual attendance, and leaves no excuse for over-sleeping. These movements are furnished in a Variety of elegant cases and carried in stock by Kemmis, the Front Street Jeweler, who will be pleased to show ! them and explain their further merits, j A New Batch of Watches and a Lot of Nugget Goods and all manner of High and Tenas I etas too numerous to mention? and it you doubt our statement come and see. At the Little Store, With a Big Stock M. G. BELTZHOOVER, SWottf Oar First Aatomnal Showing w Garments How Good a Coat can you buy for $20.00 That is a question we often hear. We show in this space just one sample of what $20.00 will do for you. This coat is very attractive; made from black broad cloth, standing collar of black velvet trimmed with braid and soutache, full sleeve with fancy cuff. Double breasted fastened with loops and buttons. Lined with gray satin. Length 52 in. We can show you suits, skirts, and child rens coats that will captivate you. C. B. HARADEN PHONE 2-8 JUNEAU