Douglas Island news. [volume], June 28, 1911, Image 4

About Douglas Island news. [volume] (Douglas City, Alaska) 1898-1921

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THE
dress'.'
NOW UNTIL JULY 5tl,
WITH
Schaffner
f//?T~
^TOBNTLEMAN'S
SHOE.
TOLLOWING our old custom, which was honestly established,
with every suit sold at $ 25.00 and over, we will give a pair of
Nettleton Shoes or a John B. Stetson Hat.
We have just received an exceptionally fine line of clothes
priced from $15.00 to $22.50===with each of these suits we will give
a good pair of shoes or a hat.
LATE FERRY
EVERY NIGHT
JUNEAU
ALASKA
SPEAKING OF
ENAMELED
We have just received a very large
line of the best Blue and White
Ware, triple plated acid proof
AT POPULAR PRICES
BEFORE YOU GO OUT HUNTING
CALL AND SEE OUR LINE OF
Amunition and
Sporting Goods
It is the best to be had and we have lots of it
*Cbe Canteen ^
WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANTS
agts for oiympta Brewing Company
l.J.Sharick
WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY
JUNEAU ALASKA
Ranges? Everything from a small
family range to a big hotel range may
be had at Jensen's.
Novel Cause for Stampede
The strangest, stampede that was
ever started in Alaska, it is believed,
was started by a dead man, and the in
formation that led to (he stamped9
consists of a small piece of rich quartz
that was found in the dead man's
pocket, and right, jthere the information
stops, pinches out, blows up, and is no
more, saya tho Seward, Alaska, corres
pondent. of the P. I.
Last week a miner named White tele
phoned in to the marshal, saying that
a dead man had been picked up on the
railroad track at about mile 21 on the
Alaska Noi l hem railway line, and ask
ing for instructions. The marshal
hastily summoned a coroner's jury and
took the railroad auto to the scene of
tho death. The man was there as per
instructions, and the coroner's inquest,
wa9 held.
No marks of violence were found on
the body, which wa3 that of an old man
and subsequent information has proved
that his name was i^rank Gruneau.
Gruneau was a prospector, liviug in a
cabin on Trail lake and speuding his
time in the hills. He was an old man
and of Russian descent. He had no in
timate friends, and none knew him
well.
Upou going through his pockets a 1
small sample of quartz was found that
is just literally shot full of gold. The
gold is there iu lumps as big as a grain
of coffee, and runs all through the
sample.
On the jury were several miners, and
as soon as they saw the sample they
became interested. They started to
look up any location that had been
made by the dead man in the past few
years, but none was ou the books of the
recorder's office. The sample was ex
amined by many, who pronounce it of
the same formation and character as '
the other quartz found in this district,
and not different in any way, except
that it carries a great deal more gold
than any yet shown.
The news of the rock in the dead
man's pocket leaked out, and many i
called at the marshal's office to see and
examine it. Many, as soon as they had
oue good look at the sample from the
unknown ledge, immediately made ar
rangements to be absent from town for
a few days, and started for the hills in
the vicinity of mile 21.
There is not a shred of evidence in
any way in the dead man's effects to
give one a clew as to where the rook
came from; just the mute evidence of
the fact that somewhere in the hills
back of Trail lake there is a ledge that,
if one could only follow the dead mau's
footsteps, his cares, like the cares of
the man iu whose pocket the sample
was found, would be over for all time.
As soon as the snow is off the hill suf
ficiently to allow intelligent prospect
ing, there will be many iu the hills
around mile 21.
The Skagway marshal, who tried to
run a bluff on a school girl, will soon
be out of the hospital.
Try a Lawrence Barrett Mild Havana
Cigar and you will be a regular smoker
of this brand. 2 for 25c.
Chimney Blocks made in Seattleof
clinkers and cement. Much superior
to brick or concrete chimneys. The
only block approved by the insurance
companies at Seattle and other coast
towns. For further information and
price, write or call at the Juneau
Marble Works. James Hogau.
I
I OPEN AGAIN
"THE
LITTLE
DODGLA S"
HUDSON & NELSON, PropVe
DOUGLAS, ALASKA