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Ho merchant in Alaska / has ever before carried such an assortment of FLOOR COVERINGS as we now have in stock. We have New Rugs New flattings New Linoleums There is a strong feeling just now, in favor of cov ering floors with rugs instead of carpets, we have anticipated a big demand for them, by buying a big stock. They come in all the popular qualities, Body Brus sells, Tapestry Brussells, Axminsters, Wilton Velvets, ?etc. and sizes 7x9t 8-3x10-6, 9x10-6 and 9x12 sizes to fit any room. For the bedroom we can offer you Japanese Straw Mattings, American Fibre Mattings, Fibre Rugs and Crex Rugs. For your Kitchen we can show you a stock of Lin oleums, 61eet wide and 12 feet wide, in printed, inlaid and granite patterns, that is unsurpassed by any one. BEST GLASS OF Rainier Beer on Douglas Island AT Douglas Opera House * < ???????? ? < WINES LIQUORS CIGARS < c ? < PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Safe, Fast, Punctual, Luxurious, Courteous Treatment, Splendid Meals Steamers of this Company are due to arrive at Douglas From Seattle and Puget Sound Points COTTAGE CITY : Feb. 10, 22, March 6, 18, 30 CITY OF SEATTLE : : April 8, 19, 30 Making Regular S. E. Alaska Ports of Call Close connections at Seattle with this Company's steamers for SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO Above sailing dates subject to change without notice The company reserves right to change steamers, sailing dates and hours of Sailing without previous notice. For information regarding passenger and freight rates, apply to R. R. HUBBARD, Agent. C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent, San Francisco AIJSKII Fill AND UNDERTAKING GO. j LOUIS G. THOMAS, - - Manager. j ???*? j I Manufactures ?t|fl?ftiff|?A and 1 i I all kinds of. rurniiurc Caskets I ; ********* OUT OF YELLOW CEDAR V********* < Special Articles of Furniture Made and Guaranteed. | ...Alaska flyers... ??o Between Seattle, Ketchikan, Dong* Ihs. .liiri?'HU hik! Skagway. Due to arriv ?? ??' t/ou^las: Jefferson Jan, 23, Feb. 4, 16, 28, March 12, 24, April 5, 17 Dolphin May 8, 19 Steamers ami sailing date- subject to change without notice. This is the only line of steamers calling resru Jarly at Douglas hoth North and South hound Elmer E. Smith, Agent, Douglas, Alaska 3 A. -MURRAY I ij AGENT FOR THE \ STANDARD J GASOLINE ENGINE IJ.SharicK S -:.y WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY JUNEAU ALASKA \s W > - Foreign and Domestic Woolens in Stock F. WOLLAND MERCHANT TAILOR JUNEAU, ALASKA Some Comparative Figures Comparative figures of 1894 and the present tell the story of development: I In 1894 two steamers operated to Alaska from Ssattle and a third was added; from San KYancisco one trading vessel was sent out. annually. At the present time there are twenty th ree largo steamers engaged in trade between Seattle and Alaska, iucluding j the Southeast, Southwest and Bering 1 sea routes. In 1894 t he amount of freight shipped i from Seattle to Alasku totaled 18,000 i tors. In 1908 Seattle shipped to Alaska |37G,415 tons of cargo, lu addition to this 119,774 tons weie shipped from British territory. Iu 1894 not <?ne ton went North from British Columbia. In 1804 the money invested iu three steamers operating to Ala>k?? amounted i to $150,000. At. the present time at least $5,000,000 is invested in Alaska , tonnage. Iu 1894 there was no trade between Seattle and liering sea. Last year this port shipped to Bering sea merchan dise valued at. $15,000,318. Duriug the coming season it is ex pected that business between Seattle, St. Michael and Nome will show an in crease of at least 50 per cent over that of last year, when merchants were not. purchasing hvavily. Transportation meu anticipate a good summer. With the active building to be 'done on the Copper River railroad and the influx of i people to that country, business to Cordova and adjacent ports is also ex pected to be the best iu the history of J he North. ? Seattle P.-I. Under a scare head, "Glacier in Alas : ka on a Rampage," the Seattle Star prints an account of the reported un ties of Child's! glacier, which is situated on the line of the Copper River & Northwestern railway about 40 miles from Cordova. According to the re porr, which, by the way, comes from the rival town of Katalla, on the night of February 10th either the Child's or the Miles glacier ? there is no certainty which ? suddenly discharged about twenty acres of water. Great masses of ice were piled on the railroad track' for a distance of four miies, completely ! wrecking the bridge across the Copper river at that point. It. is estimated i that the damage to railroad property will amouut to 81,000,000, besides the work of clearing away the wreck. Hawkins, the railroad contractor, will immediately take the unruly glacier in hand and undertake to reform its con duct by damming. Notice Notice is hereby given that John Heu^on has been appointed Registra ! tiou Officer for the City of Douglas for the year year 1909, and that the book for the registration of voters will be open at his office for sixty days begin ning with this date. Dated at Douglas, Alaska, this 2nd day of February, 1909. OL headaches are caused V /\J by Eye strain; can be cur ed permanently by proper fitted glasses I. J. SHARICK. optician JUNEAU JUNEAU FERRY AND NAVIGATION CO FERRY TIME CARD LEAVE JUNEAU For Douglas and Treadwell: 8:00 a. m. 9:30 a. m. 11:00 ft. m. 1 :00 d. m . a:uu p. m. 4 : 30 p.m. 7 :00 p. m. 8:15 i). m. LEAVE DOUGLAS Kor Treadwell: 8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m 11:15 a. m. 1:15 p. m. 3:15 p. m. 4:45 p. m. 7:15 p. m. 8:30 p.m. fror Juneau: 8:30 n. m. 10:05 a. m. 12:05 a. m. 1 :45 p. m. 3:30 p. m. 5:Sw p. m. 7:30 p. m. 8:45 p. m. leave treadwell For Douglas and Juneau: 8:25 a. m. 10:00 a. m. 12:00 q. m. 1:40 p. m. 3:z.i p. m. 5:30 p. m. 7 :25 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Sundays 8:00 a. ni. trips omittea NEW YORK CLIPPER 13 THE GREATEST THEATRICAL I SHOW PAPER' IN THE WORLD. $4.00 Per Year. Single Copy, 10 Gts. ISSUED "WEEKLY. Sample Copy Free. FRANK QUEEN PUB. CO. (Ltd), ALBERT J. BORIE, PUBLISHERS, iUNAQKK. 47 AV. 28TII ST., NEW Youk Ketchikan History. To a reporter of the Daily Miner, in an interview with Mr. M. E. Martin, who was rightfully named "the father of Ketchikan," when asked to tell us about the fing that he prizes so highly, and can't be bought for money, said: "Yes, I will tell you about it. "In 1885 I was hunting on Gravina island and our shoes, and in fact, all our clothing, gave out, so I had to come to this place to get a seal i->kiri to make' moccasins. At that time f saw a chance for a trading pot<t here for all the In dians passed by on their way to Port Simp.-on to trade The Indians. either bad to go to Wi angel I or Port Simpson if they wanted anyt hing in the shape of . white men's uoods. "In those days there were but few white men in i hi* part of" Alaska and no while women at all. In fact, 1 did not see the face of a white woman in ten years, and then only when the boats went, by and did not si op. At t-uch times we could see them wave their handkerchiefs at us. Those were times that everyone coming into your camp was welcome to sit down and have a little talk and get. the best in l lie house ? bacon and beans ? and how we did enjoy it. "Well, there . were four white men here when we raised the flag that was seen on my lawn on Washington's birthday. It was raised on the 4th of July, 1887. O.W.Grant, who is now marshal in Ketchikan; J.L.Campbell, who is now in Portland, and .lack Law ler, who is now in Fairbanks, helped me to put, Uj) the flag and the flag staff on the corner of the old store that .stood wtyere the flag pole now stand*. "Why, yes, if I leave Ketchikan the flag goes to the city. It may go down in history, and J know it will lie taken ! care of. If anyone in ti;o.-e days had told me ihai I would bee the change that has come here, I would not have believed t hem. "See what we have now. Two first class hotelf, telegraph office and wire j Jess station, a daily newspaper, and it would (.ot .-urpri.se me to ste in less than five years street cars running here. "Why, twenty years ago my sitter wrote me from New York and it was | fourteen mouth - before I got the letter. There were but three post offices in Southeastern Alaska, one at Juneau, one at Sitkii a;td one at Wrar.gell. It | cost the government five dolla'-s for every ieiter that was delivered in Alas ka. So you nee if the people keep com ing into Alaska for the next twenty years as l hey have neen, there will be ! a great future for Ketchikan." This i- the prophecy of M. E. Martin. ; ;$vvwwv%v^'w'v^'vvwwvvvvs$ 5 $ STOVES I FURNITURE $ 1111 UIG JENSEN ? CORNER 2d AND D STREET ^ | DOUGLAS \ ?o-wwwwwvi v\ wwwwwfc Juneau Steamship ?o. U. S. MAIL STEAMERS GEORGIA AND RUSTLER Electric Lighted Steam Heated "Leaves JUNEAU at 8. a m. For Flutter. Hoonah, Gypsum, Terjakee, Killisnoo, Chatham and Sitka: March 1, 7, 18, 19, 25, 31, April 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 For Killisnoo and Sitka direct: March 6, 18, April 8, 19 Returning leaves Sitka the following day For Tyee and Baranoff: March 13, 25, April 12, 24. For Eagle River, Yankee Cove. Comot, Haines and Skagway: March 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, April 4, 10, 16, 22, 28 Returning leaves Skagway the following day at 8 a. m. T. C. PRICE PLUMBER AND SHEET METAL wORKER