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| January Stock Reducing Sale % Jest a lew sam|fles of the bargains we are glvinjf: ?^a ? $12.50 Coat of Scotch Tweed w r\ ^ H now ^9*5? ^ Our $20.00 "Wooltex^ Coats of j ^ ^ Colored and Black Broadcloths 2 $25 We have an excellent line of r-/> ^ ? Ladies' Coats for lU.^U Black and Colored Broadcloth ^ $35.00 Coats new ^ $25 Suits in Reds, Blues^ Black and Fancy, now ?: FREE, with any of the above Coals or jT: Suits, your choice of any of our Ladies Hats I B. n. Behrends Co,, Inc. 3 ^ 'Phone 5 JUNEAU, ALASKA ^ f/iuiuiuiiuiuiu^uiiiiuu$iuiiiiiuuiiuuiuiiuiuuiuiuiui LODGE DIRECTORY. K. of R Tlve .North Star Lodjre, Xu. 2, ?&. of P., meets every THURSDAY EVENING at J> o'clock. iuOrtil Fellows Hull {.. S. FERRIS. C. C. CHAS.A. HOPP, K. of R. AS. Tlaitie;? Knights are cordiaKy invited, - ? Douglas Aerie, No. 1*7^ F, 0. E? MEETS E\ EUY VT E11NKSU A Y SIGHT At 8:30 O'clock At thePoujjlas Fraternal Uull All v isit i i??r Brothers invited to utteud. A. G. JOHXSOH, W.P. -JTOHX SIX) FT. Secretary. Gast* neatix Lod^e No. 124 F. <& A. M I/odireT.iocts'Second und (fourth Tuesdays ?f each m?utL. WM. SaUBB5NS. W. >L J. N. STOOITY, Secy. Alaska Lodge No. i, L 0. Q. F, Meets every Wednesday evening in Odft Ft'Kows Hull Visrtingt>rothex*s -always welcome. -J. Ii. llcDONAiLS, M. G. JOHN LIV1E, Ros-Sec. Aurora Encampment No. *s meet)> at Odd Fotl?w?' ha.ll first ki?<1 third Saturdays, at$ p.m. ? Brothers eft the Royal "Purple nre cord-ially xavit ed. P. W. TiY-LOR, C. P. ?D. BROWN, Scribe. Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. i sneets at Odd Fellows' hull second and fourth 5>at urdays. Visitors are cordially invited. MKS. ANNA KNUTS0N.K9. tlRS. GERTRUDE LAUGHLIN. Sec'y. Auk Tribe No. 7, Imp. 0. R. n. MEETS EVERY MONDAY EVEN 1>K* at 8 o'clock ! -!At 02 d Fellows' Hall Visiting Brothers Invited. M. J. KELLY, Sachom. WM. H. JlELLY, C. of R. Treadvvell Camp No. 14, A. B. ARCTIC BROTHERS MEET EVERY TUES DAY NKtIIX, at S:00, nt Fraternal haH. A. T. NELSON, Arctic Chief. R. McOORMIGK. Arctic Recorder. PROFESSIONAL. Harry C DeVighne, M. D. GENERAL PRACTICE OFFICE 3rd and D Street Oftioe Hours J to 5 and 7 to p p. nv 'Phone 401 G. Cuthbert Maule, D. D. S* DENTIST Office, D Street Over Riedrs Bakery 'Phone, Douglas S hocus: t) a. m. to G p. m. 7 p. m. to 9p. m. W- E. Stoft, D. D. a DENTIST OFFICE: Over Douglas? City Meat Market HOURS: 8 a.m. to 12 m., I p.m to 5 p. m and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Phew SS - DOUGLAS The Latest News, from Reliable .Sources, Concerning the Great North, Condensed. Information for Everybody, A '-Sock Social' isthe latest at>Skag way. A wolf wa3 'killed recently gusto* t- j side the limits of Ketchikan. Tiie Ellamar copper miue has re sumed shipments of ore to the iacocia smelter. The .llaskau says that the people of Skagway expect to see tke otncet al- j Eiost any night. The Tanana Valley railroad has placed an order iu the East for six | ?electric motor oars. A native lost his life tin & snow slida uear Haiues iast week aud three -others had narrow escapes. James A. Moore, of Seattle, has pur chased the "Maguosite" mines iu-Atlin. The price was $75,00?. Willis E. Nowell is uow agent for the Alaska Steemsbip oempauy atJuneau, in place of Ike Sowerby. A quintette of Cordovaites will at i tempt to climb Mt. McKiuley before t-be other -fellows get there. Au exchange teils of a schocl for | Alaska natives which is equipped with a bath tub. that's the stuff! ?"Alaska is chiefly concerned in the rational aud progressive development of its natural resources."? Gov. Clark. "The commission idea suggested by Beveridge is a crazy one." ? B. M. Ueh renda, banker and merchant, of Juneau. The people of Skagway are so good that it is no louger necessary to hold terms of the district court in that town. At Nome a Sittle Eskimo cfaiid was resoued from the surf by a Newfound land dog and carried to a place of , safety. The report that P. W. Soharschmid had resigned as superintendent of the B.Y.N. Co. is denied by that gentle-, man himself. A Washington dispatch says that U. S. Attorney Grigsby has been admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States. The accumulation of snow on the roofs of some of the buildings at Cor dova has caused some of them to give ?way under the weight. Philip C. Jackson died suddenly on Jan. 16th, at Sunny Poiut, of heart failure. He was -50 years of age. The body was taken to Ketchikan. The distance between Cordova and j Xatalla may not be estimated by the time it takes mail to go from one town j to another. One month is the latest i'ecor-d. * * k * *** * WE ARE > 4t I DOUGLAS AGENTS I FOK ? Examiner, Chronicle, Star, ? T-imes and Oregoniar. We also carry the * leading Periodicals k Magazines 1 ? - ? ? * For NICE TABLETS and t FINE WRITING PAPER WE ARE IT! i i Our line ilt ft Jj Cigars and Tobaccos J *?' Is .the most oonu>lctc in Alaska ? <T ? ? * % rf> j Our Candies are Always Fresh! ? | We carry a MI line of Fruit! | "f^ (Duriuirtho f rirft seasuu) ?; J All the LATEST ?1.50 BOOKS'! $ Crepe, Tissue and Shelf Paper I HISS rn DEPOT ! r9> &V <l Charles E. Peabody, president of the Alaska SteaEiship Co., i9 back at Seat tle after a trip to the East. 5ie refuses ?to divulge the results of bis visit. The Copper River &: Northwestern railroad wiH not. make a bid for freight until ntoct season, owiug, it is said, to the importance oi' construction work. Aii lewa paper says it is .gratifying t o Alaskans to know that one-half of tire available laud in the United States is situated iu the territory -where 'they ?heve made their home. , Herbert^. M.Brown, quarto recorder, for the Dawsou district, has been noti fied that he will lose bis^ob ier assi&t iug a friend >in starting a stampede t.e the Peel river district. A special citizens1 committ-ee of ?Dawson is .hustling .hard getting data ito lav before the Canadian railway ?commission seek-iug a reduction of White Pass .freight rates. The -Beveridge bill, providing fcr a form of government for Alaska, is now occupying so much attention ut Wash ington that there is danger that our PilUpino cousins will get jealous. And now Major Richardson aud his alleged connection with the (Guggen heim lobby are to be investigated. .However, the manner in which the Alaska road fund is expended has es caped criticism so far. .Manager G. G. Hazelett, of the Cor dova Light and Power company, has re turned from the States with a steam power plant, which will be installed to help out the water power which fails in the extreme cold weather. The new Alaska Coast Steamship Kentucky, which upon arrival will take the .place of the Bertha, has begun her long voyage from the Atlautic to Puget sound. Capt. P. S. Moore, formerly of the Portland: is in charge. i. .A number of parties are outfitting at Cordova for the Iditarod. They place no confidence in the reports .coining from Nome and Fairbanks, but think they are purposely false aud circulated for the purpose of headiug off a stam ped e. Contractor M. J. Honey, of the Cop per River railroad, says that it is now certain that the road will be completed to the Bonanza copper mines early in the fall of this year. Prom there ex tensions will be mado as the develop ment of the country warrants. Recent reports brought to Fairbanks from the Iditarod indicate that -that !' section is a false alarm, the pay rarely |? running more than G cents to the pan. j X)n the other haud a large .part of the travel .promises to be diverted to the Koyukuk by reports of pans found [ there running as high as &i00. Prank Watson., .the Matanuska coal - man, is in Chicago organizing a com I. pauy to take over the Hatcher quartz property, which he has an option to > purchase for ?50,000. The property is located on Archangel creek, iu the Willow -oreek region, about thirty miles from Knik. The Jedge is ten -feet in width, can be traced for some-distance *and -carries^ood .values an .gold. . j\ Ufeolesale ana Retail Dealer Jit i t 9 ? John E. Ballaine, of Seattle, has asked -for a lease of 3,009 acres of Alas ka coal land. He agrees to pay the government -55 cents a ton for nil tl*e coal mined, lie offers to give a bond of 8*1, COO; 000 to guarantee the -.fulfill ment of his agreement. Development work continues on the Watson jfc Snow-quartz property in the Moose pass region, near Seward. This mousber ledge gives evidence of evolv ing into one of the great miues of Alaska. The ledgers over thirty feet in width., outcrops on '-both sides and | on top of a mountain, and averages ? over^iP per ten across its width. Dr. Arthur TbeakSton, member df ! the Royal Academy of Surgeons at London, the famous frontier .physician of the Cariboo and Yukon -camps, for a : long time tuLniiig recorder at -Circle City, when thousands of meu were there, died ut Dawson Jan. 25 from a complication of troubles, aged 72. lie wrote the basis of the present Yukon mining code. A traveler -returning to "Seattle from ; Central Alaska is exhibiting the skin . of the rarest species of bear found in the North. The -skin is of a medium size, very soft fur, almost 'the color of that of a mouutain lion, Ghcding into a dark brown at the paws. The specie6 is known asRJrsus Phoenix. lt-:s some thing like 7/hat aFO commonly -called | glacier bears, but lacking the peculiar I bluish tinge characterizing the latter. i A coffin-Shaped automobile, seating eighteeu passengers, and. built on the lines of some of the old-fashioned stage coaches, has Just been completed -at ; Tacoma by the Faweett Wagon Works and will be operated between Valdezj and :Fairbaciks, Alaska. 'It has a 05 horse power engine, with a cogged gear j of special design and wheels of a<char acter demanded by the pstremely liard usage the. mechine is expected to receive. The senate has passed the Nelson bill makiug Alaska a special lighthouse district by itself, and is disposed to consider favorably all the bills which, havebeen introduced to increase the aids to navigation iu the waters of the territory. There is some fear, -however, , that when the house comes to act, it will refuse to -make as liberal appro priations as are asked. The house is determined to exercise a policy of economy at the present session, and i territories which have no <VGtes on the ; floor are easy victims of economical notions; ? Eo:. She Brooklyn Development ^com panyhas purchased a stamp mill from a Seattle concern and will install it upon the company's Quarts property ki the Willow creek country early next , spring. The company is now /engaged in running tunnels on therein, opening j ore bodies. This property was found by two Japanese boys, who told John j Reckonsoue, a member of DivCook'e J original Mount McKiuley expedition, ; of its location. <Ho located several ; claims, deeding thevapaaese a half iu- j terest. 1?hey sold to the ^Brooklyn De xelQpnvantu*04r.paoyi?o.rvsS2Q/)00.-nrJElx, ? After prospecting on Trail, Fairbanks and Quartz creeks, in the Iditarod country, and sinking one bole on the first, named creek to a depth of '{35 fuel and iluding only a few colors, Augue Chisholm, an experienced young miner, had concluded ?tc return to the Tanaua country. Steam -coai in these waters is striking a higher price aud bunker coal at the Vancouver island collieries now coste $i>;50 with the coal companies not aux ious to fill the supply at this figure, at a vessel taking bunker coal has to stop loading to trim ship and time at the chutes is lost, says the Seattle P.-L. This advance is $1 over the price a year ago, and is stated to be a record price. ?Cargo ccal is Jlxed at;3? at tide water. The strike of the Australian miuere and the scarcity of fuel there ha6 been quickly refected by conditions ou thie side of the Pacific. San Franciscc practically relies on Australia and Van couver island for its fuel, aud John L. Howard, president of the Western Fuel company, which controls the sale of the Dunsmuir ccal as well as its own mines at Nanaioioon t he San Franciscc market, has just returned to San Fran cisco after a complete survey of the British Columbia miues. Following his visit to the mines, prices have gone up, and now contracts for the supply steamers have been refused, for the present at least. The Alaska "Packers1 Association last year packed 1,338,254 eases of salmon aud put upC,537 barrels of salt . salmon, an increase of 177,7.7.7 cases and a de crease of 2,798 barrels over the pack ol 1008, according to the annual report of the association, just of? the press. The report states that the association put up 27 per cent cf the entire Pacific coast salmon paok. The company's paok was divided as fellows* Sockeyesj. ?159,949 cases: reds, *857, 232 cases; Kings, .25,797 cases; Cohoes, l.G, 8C0 cases; pinks, 2(54,759 cases; chums, 13,(i57 cases. The company operated fourteen eanueries iu Alaska and three ou Puget sound. Current repairs aud replacements amounting to S1G8, 738.08 were made aud new improvements and additions to the plants cost ?123, 180.55. The present appraised value of the com pany's plants is placed at 84,2a7,48G.3Q; or27,397.37 less theu last year. Twc barks, the Star of Holland and Star dl Greenland, were purchased during the year at an expense of -$122,500. The as sociation now owns .nine ships, uine barks, one barkentiue, two -schooner? fifty-nine steamers and launches, a total of eighty vessels. The report statee that six medical statious were maintained in Alaska for the free med ical treatment of employes and natives. During 1909 from the .?0,320,000 red salmon eggs taken in 1906, at the Kar Ink 6aIinon hatchery, 30,075/300 fry were liberated, and .45,288,000 red sal moc eggs taken. From the 24,405,000 red ealmcn eggs taken at the Fortmanu hatchery in *1908, 22,785,000 fry were liberated and 52,340,000 red salmon eggs-taken. The report stafeGB t&at the association's profits' for the year were $779)728.69. A dividend of $1.50 per share -on the ? capital stock was -fa clared, .payable.FefcmaryiiO.