Douglas Island news. [volume], October 11, 1911, Image 2

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The Douglas Island News.
Hntered at Douglas Post-office as Second
Class Mail Matter.
TERMS:? In Advance.
One Year - - - - ? $3.00
Six Months ------- 1.50
Three Months ------ 75 |
Single Copies ------ 10
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
CHARLES A. HOPP
Editor and Proprietor.
Wednesday, October 11, 1911.
PHONE NO. 12.
TREADWELL TOPICS
The regular show will be held at the
Club Saturday night.
Born ? To Mr. aDd Mrs. Robert
Fraser on Wednesday, October 4th, a
daughter.
The Mexican boarding bouse has had
an oil system installed in the kitchen,
which is proving a great access.
James Stoody, George L>vie aud i
George Smith left on the last boat for
Sitka Hot Springs to spei:d a month.
Mauager Dan Webster expects to
soon leave tor 'Frisco to purchase
'Xrnas goods for iheTieadwell store.
There has beeo erected the past
week a large flume for carrying the
ttiilings from the cyanide plant to the
bay.
Tom Dobson, who was taking a
months' lay off, has taken a position in
the blackj-mith department in the ma
chine shop.
"Bill" Archer is the watchman at the
300 mill, in place of Paddy Cavanaugh,
who has gone to Tenakee llot Springs
for a moi.th.
Mrs. Ed. Niuuis eutertaiued last
Wednesday at 'her home at the "Pines"
iu honor of Mrs. Edwards, who will
goon leave for Seattle.
The carpenter force has installed a
trunk liue sewer out into the baj to i
which are conuected the Treadwell
boarding house aud bunk houses Xos.
1 and 2.
Victor McCaithy, who played on the
Douglas base ball team this summer
and who worked iu the machine shop,
went south on the Princess May last
Wednesday night Mac expects to re
turn iu the spriug.
The dance at the Club last Weduea
day night proved to be one of the best
of the season. Although the weather
was very bad still a large number of
young folks atteuded and all seemed
to enjoy themselves.
There will be something diop pretty
soon if the persons who stole the brass
propeiier from the Rex do not return
the same. The parties are known aud
they had better send it back at ouca or
suffer the cousequeuces.
Theodore Eberley, of Butte, Mou
tana, arrived on the Dolphiu to install
the new hoisting engine at the 700. He
is representative of the Xorberg En
gine Co., of Milwaukee, who are fur
nishing the machinery for the new
hoist.
The show at the Club 011 Saturday
eight was a hummer. The manager
promised something new and be cer
tainly was as good as his word. The
pictures were almost the best ever
shown there. The playing on the
glasses by Prof. Dudley, of Juneau,
brought down the house and he was
forced to respond to several encores.
There is no doubt but that he will be
heard again in the Club this winter.
The monologue by Mr. Mclvor was also
a treat and, although a monologue is
hard for the audience to take to it
seemed to be quite the opposite with
him for he had the large crowd con
vulsed with laughter most of the time.
His song certaiuly made a hit with the
ladies. The sketch by Miss Hile and
Messrs. King and Brown, of Juneau,
showed that we do not have to leave
Gastineaux channel to get talent, for it
certainly was a treat. It is to be hoped
that later on in the season they can be
persuaded to come over again and help
entertain us.
A week ago last Saturday a party of
big game hunters left Treadwell for
Barlow cove, being towed to Lemon
creek by the Mabel. The latest news
brings a terrible tale of suffering of '
oue of the members of the party,
uamed "Hugble." He took his guu oue
morning and left for the hills vowiug
he would bring home some game or he
would not return, Never having travel |
ed the woods much since he was a boy
he got completely turned around when :
he got ou top of the hills and instead
of coming dowu on the side where the
camp wa9 he struck dowu the opposite
side of the mountain aud struck the
beach Thinking he was heading for
the camp he set off at a good clip ifor
he was gettiug very dry and the water
was very poor) he traveled ou for
several hours and he ran across a pros
pector aud when he asked how far it
was to Barlow cove, he was told that he |
was ou the opposite side of the island
and traveling in the opposite direction
to the cove. He was then about twenty ,
miles from camp, but the man took
turn up to the top of the hills and
poiuted out the direction to him and
ofF he started. He tiaveled about two j
hours, and he came right back to the
cabin where be had met the man, aud
beiug a Scotchman he was too plucky
and also too ashamed to let the man
see him, so he made off into the woods
again. Night coming on, he was forced
to climb a tree to keep away from the
bears, ground hogs, etc., that he says
he saw, aud stayed there all night tied
to a limb of the tree. In the morning,
after a breakfast of skunk cabbage and
dog salmon, he reached the beach and
tramped around the shore line to Bar- ;
low cove, a distance of 20 miles. He j
vows he saw every kiud of big game iu
existence while he was iu the tiee, but \
he did not care to shoot as he would
have too far to pack it. Wheu he ar- !
rived the rest of the crowd were get- 1
ting ready to set out after him. Those
iu the party were Messrs. Ed AlcCor- )
mick, Ed. Huusacker, Hugh McRaeaud
Gus , well, just Uus. They all
report having had a dandy trip, and ;
returned with lots of game last Sun
day.
Early Suuday morning the Douglas
Opera House was the scene of
small-sized riot, when three or more
Italians became involved in a fight, in
which nature's weapons were discarded,
and the deadly stiletto was used.
Douglas Islaud has become accustomed
to the murderous assaults made by the
Slavonians, one upon another, which
occur with disgusting regularity.
Sometimes the Kiulanders and even
the Swedes get into a mix up. The
native born Americans are generally
good natured and seldom fight, and
when they do, a good old-fashioned
Yankee punch or two usually settles it.
The law prohibits the practice of car
ryiug guns, but the dirk is much more
dangerous and never misse* tire. Oue
of the participants in last Sunday's
fracas was carried to the doctor shop
with an open artery spurting blood
from his neck, and a slit across his
abdomen that threatened to lot out his
intestiues and his life at the same
time. The fact that these affairs
usually take place iu a saloou may or
may not be important. It sometimes
appears that the attack is premeditated,
growing out of an old grudge, and the
iLspiration of a jag is necessary to \
bring it to a ciimax. Or, it may be
that the time when the proposed vie
tim is iu bis cups, is choseu as oppor
tune. ' At any rate, when one of the
lighters is arrested he usually claims
that the only thing that he can remem- !
ber is that he got full. The whisky
did the rest. Alaskan towns are usually
ruu ou the free and easy plan, aud sel- ;
dom is a man arrested simply because
he is drunk. Unless he fights or u<??S I
extremely bad language he is permitted
to stagger along the streets unmolested,
aud even, on some occasions, sing. !
However, there is a limit to the patience
of the people, and if a crowd of merry
makers, celebrating by the indulgence j
in a few glasses of o be-joyful, is liable
at any momeut to be transformed into j
a howling mob of fiends, each one
, seeking to opeu the other's artorias, it i
will become necessary for the law to
step iu and regulate the business by
nipping the drinking habit earlier in
the game, or before it reaches the
stiletto stage.
| At the request of United States Sen
ator Wesley L.Jones the War Depart
ment and the office of the chief sigual
officer at Washington, D. C., have
issued an order for the transmission of
collect messages to Alaska. The order
which will be promulgated in the near
future, was requested by the Arctic
, Club and the Seattle chamber of com
merce. Senator Jones says that he
was not so successful as to the reduc
tion in tolls requested, as the business
is being couducted at a loss to the
government. Steamship companies
operating to Alaska have been com
pelled to place a sum of money on de
posit with the cable officers to insure
the delivery of messages to Alaska and
the new order will be a great advantage
to them.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH j
Sunday School every Sunday at 10
a. m. Services 8 p. m. on every Suu
day.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets the
first Wednesday of each month in the
homes of the members at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon.
J. H. Warmanen, Pastor.
Foreign and Domestic
Woolens In Stock
F. WOLLAND
MERCHANT
TAILOR
JUNEAU, ALASKA
GEORGE E. BROWN;
CONTRACTOR f
and BUILDER
PLANS FURNISHED
ESTIMATES ON ALL KINDS
OF WORK
DOUGLAS, - - ALASKA
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PLUMBING
STEAM FITTING
SHEET METAL
WORK
Jobbing, all kinds of Kopair and Ma
chine Work, Phonographs and Sewing
Machines Repaired.
GAS ENGINE REPAIRING
Front Street, near Hall Park, Dough
REAL ESTATE AND
FINANCIAL AGENTS
NOTARY PUBLIC
53j Richards Street
VANCOUVER, - - B. C.
B. R. LEIVERS
NOW HAS A FULL LINE OF
Groceries, Fruits,
Vegetables
And asks for a. share of
your patronage
ALSO AGENT FOR
SCHILLING'S BEST
FRONT ST. DOUGLAS
OPPOSITE HUNTER HOTEL
PHONE - - 53
SCREENED
Nanaimo
COAL
$9.00
Per Ton, Sacked
at the
City Dock
Man- Tailored Suits, Coats and
Skirts fo* Women and Misses
By s]>ecia 1 arrangement we represent one of the
most up-to-date Tailoring Establishments in the
Country making only Strictly Man-Tailored
Garments to Individual Measure.
We cordially invite our Customers and
Friends to Inspect our
Portfolio of Fashions for Fall 1911
Which includes Seventy -eight Distinctive, Authori
tative Styles and about Three Hundred and
Fifty Materials.
Prompt Delivery and Satisfaction in Style,
Fit and Quality Guaranteed.
Wm. Stubbins
FRONT STREET DOUGLAS
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Best Grades (Mines, Liquors, and ?igar$
NO INFERIOR BRANDS
Family Trade Solicited Free Delivery FRONT ST., DOUGLAS
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