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fhe Douglas Island News. ? iiutered at Douglnt Po?t-ofB?e as Second Class Mail Matter. TERMS:? In Advance. One Year - - - - - $8.00 1 Six Months ------- 1.50 j Shreo Months ------ 73 ? Si tigle Copies ------ 10 j PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY CHARLES A. HOPP Editor and Proprietor. Wednesday, September 20, 1911. 'PHONE NO. 12. Some time ago the mail from Fair banks brought a Jar}?** poster, printed [ in patriotic color?, announcing the Sec ond Annual Tanana Valley Fair, to be held at Fairbanks, Alaska, on. Sept. ith j and 5tb, und<*r the auspices of the Fair banks Commercial club; an old fash- 1 ioned country fair, at which were ex hibited the products of the Tanana j valley. Ca-h prizes wore offered for the best exhibits of horses, cattle, pigs, ; chickens, vegetables, gram and fl>wers. Special rates prevailed duiing the fair, on the Tanana Valley railroad, ?nd ex hibits were given free : ia:.-po? tation. There were also extensive exhibits of minerals and home made articles. If i such an exhibition cat: be carried through with success in the Tanana I 7alley, it is much more possible in 1 Southeastern Alaska. All that is need ed io auot^auiKitiioii, wither one already iu existence, or one yet to be formed, to push it aioug. If properly arranged it would be an attraction not only to the ; people of Douglas Island, but to thou sands who would come from all parts j of Southeastern Alaska. While this part of Alaska does not say so much about agriculture, it is really astonish- i ing to see the great quantities of vege tables being raised here. One store iu Douglas, having a large trade, is selling Alaska vegetables exclusively. "Hogging Secretary Fisher" is the 1 grave chartre laid at the door of one of Ketchikan's most prominent citizens. By thni we aie to understand that the said citizen monopolized the lime of! the secretary iu Ketchikan while other and I*-* prominent citizens stood back and LoiiUieU their committee badges in silent wrath, and the great honor that might have beeu theirs had they been allowed to buzz the honorable visitor passed them by and was gone forever. Of cour-e, had they really anything to say to Mr. Fisher, a two cent stamp will carry it to him eveu yet.' During the past week several new ad- j 7ertisers have come to tbe News, and i &hat without solicitation. We com ; mend their judgmenf, for it 19 reason j able that those who expect the patron age of tbe people of Douglas Island should say so through tbe columns of their own home paper. Tbe columns of , this paper are open to all advertise ments of a legitimate nature. Mr. Fred VV. Bradley, president of the Alaska Tread well Gold Mining Co.,. left j on the steamship Admiral Sampsou, Sunday evening, for tbe States. He was accompanied by bis wife and chil dren. Mr. Bradley has spent the sum mer at Treadwell, attending to busi ness, while the members of his familj have eujoyed the delights of a perfect Alaskan summer. The Jualin mine at the Comet has aloaed down for the winter. Work will be resumed in the spring with an in creased force of men. The Jualin is owned by ex Gov. Hoggatt and partners and recently contributed to commerce a 84,000 brick. ______ _________ Arthur W. Fox, the Juneau lawyer, who moved to Douglas a few weeks ago, has moved back to the Capital City. Douglas people are rather too peaceably inclined to furnish much bus iness for a lawyer. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 8y. Co. running all steel trains on all steel tracks, and expecting soon to oarry passengers from Seattle to Chi cago io 60 hours, is about to establish an agency in Douglas. Saloon keepers whose licenses date | .torn July 1st assembled before the federal court today to know their fate. All Douglas licenses were granted with mt q.uiJbble. School Notes tTnder Miss Homes' principalship and her assistants, Miss McGill and Miss Dowr i be High school Las settled down to earnest work this week,, receiving ? mostly all the books on the last boats. 1 The new freshman class is the largest that has ever entered the High school, there beiug H. The third year Get man class is getting used to those q,ueer j foreign expressions with the English meaniug. Th? senior class this ynar, which will be th#? second class graduat- ' ing from the Douglas High school, cou sists of two members, both boys. Two noticeable improvements made during vacation were an up to date drinking fountain and a fire escape leading down from the chimney in the rear of the school house. This meets the High school window on the third floor; but how are wo going to get to it? Close to the tire escape is a new stand pipe which would put out any fire at , any time. Miss Berquibt has charge of the fifth, , sixth aud seventh grades; Miss MoGill, 1 third, fourth and fifth, and Miss John sou devotes h**r time to the primary and first aud second. Regene Miller, Reporter. Card of Thanks The Sisters of St. Ann very gratefully thank the people of Juueau, Douglas and Tread well for the kind generosity with which they contributed to the sue- 1 cess of their Silver Jubilee. The ladies of the committee deserve high praise' fot their zealous effoits towards ob taininu mch lucrative results. This eventful gathering at Sf. AiiuV will not J soon tie fo?noiteu among I he Sisters,: and their heartfelt gratitu le goes out' to all the kind friends who helped ! making the evening such a pleasant! one. _ Rebekah Anniversary The Rebekah Degree of I. O. O. F. will celebrate its 00th anniversary Saturd?y eveuing, Sept. 23rd. Lodge will be Ch.ied to order at 7:30 p. m. All mem bers aie cordially invited to attend the Lyric at 8:30 and partake of refresh ; ments after the show. Irene Gillam, Secy. Manager Jim Whipple,, of the Ken sington, is in the city aud reports the i railroad from the beach to the upper | camp completed, aud ten stamps drop ping at the mill. There is about three hundred tons of ore at the mill, which will be crushed to secure concentrates' for experimental purposes. It is ex pected the tramway will be overhauled , in time to run the mill this fall. ? Ju neau Dispatch. WHEN IN TENiri: CALL AT Captain Hart's I Store Where yon get a Square Daal ? ? Groceries and Supplies TENAKEE, ALASKA FOR FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE SHOE REPAIRING CALL AND SEE A. LUNDGREN St. Ann Avenue Shoe Shop SCREENED Nanaimo COAL $9.00 Per Ton, Sacked at the City Dock Mother Love A man awoke one night with a tooth ache. He groaned, lie turned and twisted,; be howled, he sat up and lay down again. He arranged his pillow aud , pressed it against his face, with an- ! other groan. His wife slept on and never moved. He wanted attention, ho wanted sym pathy, auc> be groaned again. Still fbe slept. Injury added to the pain; it wasn't, treating a fellow right to sleep like that when ho was suffering with a painful ; tooth, and he called her name. Still she slept. J He had groaned three times as loud as he could, and she didn't awake. Then the baby, in its crib in another room, sighed softly in its sleep. The woman was on her feet and stand- t ing beside its crib, anxious eyed in an instant. uAnd 1 actually thought,"! said the man, "that she loved me most." A Skillful Operation Performed at St. Ann Hospital at Juneau Mrs. E. Van den Weyer, wife of the ! well known barber of Douglas, who was | successfully operated on for kidney trouble, has left the hospital. Mrs. Van den Weyer has beeu an invalid for years and has consulted the best spec ialists in the Eastern states without any relief. Dr. Jos. Weyerborst, the 1 surgeon, of Douglas, who performed the operation, stated that Mrs. Van den W oyer's health will be restored. It is the first operation of its kind ever per formed ou the Alaska coast. For Sale ? A donkey engine and a complete logging outfit; also a mineral ) claim ? containing twenty acres of land ?and a good 10 room house at Nevada Creek. Will be .-old cheap if taken at once. Property worth much more than price asked. For term- and particulars see P. A. Anderson, Douglas. Five acre tracts of land in King j county, Wash., 1 mile from good town. Prices $100 to $700 per tract ; $50 to $150 down, balauee on term- to -wit. Ad i dfesti, Peyton J. Goss, *2312 Eplei block, Seattle, Wash. FRIENDS CHURCil SERVICES Services of the Friends* church are as follows: Sabbath school, 9:50 a. m. Evening service, 8 o'clock. All are cordially welcome. J. P. Had ley, pastor. CONGREGATION AL CHURCH Sunday school at 1: .'k)p. m. Evening worship ai 8:00. Choir rehea?snl Thur-day evening at 8:00. Ladies' League meets every I wo weeks ou Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in i the Sunday school room. The public cordially invited. George N. Edwards. Pastor. F. DODSON &CO. REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL AGENTS NOTARY PUBLIC 531 Richards Street VANCOUVER, - - B. C. ? THE? "FEUS I" DROP HEAD SEWING MACHINES WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS $25.00 Sewing nachines For Rent THE "YOST" Gearless Motor Washer Sold on Guarantee A COMPLETE LINE New Furniture worthy of inspection HEATING STOVES and RANGES TINWARE AND GRANITEWARE At Reduced Prices JOHN PEUSI Front St. Douglas Something New in Ladies' Coats, Suits and Skirts THE WM. STUBBINS STORE has just re ceived a fine line of Samples of Materials for Ladies' Fall and Winter Coats, Suits and Skirts. Come in and look them over and select what you want. We have a competent person who will take all measures, carefully and well, and we will place your order for a TAILORED garment, make in the LATEST STYLES and a PERFECT FIT. The PRICES are perfectly REASONABLE and well within the reach of all. A fine line of new waists just in Wm. Stubbing FRONT STREET DOUGLAS TREADWELL MARKET WHOLESALE and RETAIL Beef, Pork, Mutton and Poultry Ham, Bacon and Lard Fish and game in season 'PHONE AUTO 1-8 Treadwell, Alaska Douglas City Heat Market FISH AND GAME IN SEASON D STREET DOUGLAS, ALASKA i Che Island Rote! * * ALBIN BARITELLO, Proprietor Best Grades Klines, Dquors, and Cigars NO INFERIOR BRANDS Family Trade Solicited Free Delivery FRONT ST., DOUGLAS /* Foreign and Domestic Woolens In Stock F. WOLLAND MERCHANT TAILOR JUNEAU, ALASKA GEORGE E. BROWN CONTRACTOR and BUILDER PLANS FURNISHED ESTIMATES ON ALL KINDS OF WORK 1 1 ? DOUGLAS* - - ALASKA I