Douglas Island news. [volume], October 18, 1911, Image 3

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The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL FIELD.
Time was w hen huhby didn't look
Ho didn't seem to care.
In wifey's blooini.ig fashion book
At what the ladies wear,
Hnt now he reads it up and down
With shaky fear, alack!
To learn if mother's coming gown
Still buttons in the back.
For a good saw see .Jenseu.
The City of Seattle is due Friday.
Some Rain Coats cheap at McDon
ald's.
Thi9 >s a mighty good day for a wed
diug. . ;
A lot of new overcoat samples at Mc
Donald's.
Regular meeting of Hose Co. No. 1,
tonight.
The Dolphin is due iu Douglas at
6:30 tonight.
The repairs to the Saus Souci are
now complete.
For Sale? A cottage organ. Inquire
at the News office.
Fresh Bread, Pies and Doughnuts
daily at Leiver's.
Mrs. Bert Ro9enfelt will arrive ou
.
the Dolphiu this evening.
H. V. Sully is building a shop on the
waterfrout, near Rogers' store.
Come iu and see the new fall and
winter t-atuples at McDouald's.
Wa.-h tubs, wash boards, wringers,
copper and tin boilers, see Jenseu.
Born. ? To Mr. aud Mrs. August
Williamsou on October 13, a son.
Get your electric globes at Jenseu's
Also the Westinghouse electric iron.
Douglas is to nave a new jail. It
will bc> built near the Little Douglas.
Frank Tascher returned from Ketchi
kau last Weduesday on the Humboldt.
Nyal's Family Remedies are reliable
aud guaranteed at Smith's Drug Store.
The lumber is being hauled up the
hill for a new tank for the city water
works.
Richard MoCormick was installed as
postmaster of Douglas, Monday after
noon.
The May Roberts company expects
to open at the Natatorium Sunday
night.
Mrs. R. Bent ley, who ha* been quite
ill for the pa?t week, is reported much
better.
Mayor O'Connor is expected back
from Seattle on the Humboldt, due
Monday.
Now is the time to buy your new
heatiug stove. See the line on display
at Jensen's.
At 1 o'clock today Mr. George Riedi
leaves for Hawk iulet with a party of
mining men.
Rev. G. N. Edwards and wife leave
for the South tonight on oue of the
British boats.
Game hunters were surprised last
week to see the Jefferson pulling into
Gam bier bay. f
Experienced dressmaker drsires work
by the day. Mi9S Johnson, at the
Hadley residence.
The Jeanie pulled up to the City Dock
this morning with 125 tons of coal for
the St. Ann hospital.
The City Hall is now ? to use a
churchy expression ? in the position as
indicated by the discipline.
The Alaska Catholic Club celebrated
Columbus Day, Oct. 12, by a basket
social at the uew club rooms.
The front of the Smith Drug Store |
is now ornamented by many signs, aud
illuminated by a flood of light.
The Odd Fellows have installed a
play-pipe on the roof of their ball. It
will come handy in case of fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cragg, of Juneau,
spent Sunday visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Price, of this city.
Hugh Day, who has been having all
kinds of trouble, is much better aud
again able to attend to business.
George Brown, the contractor, has i
gone to Warm Springs, where he has
six cabins to build for Henry Brie.
Jerry DesRocher, au old timer of
Juneau and Tenakee, died last week at j
a Juneau hospital of heart trouble.
Jeu?en has just received a new line
of iron beds, springs and mattresses,
which you should see before buying.
Joe Robertson, Ray James and P. A.
Auderson returned last night on the 1
Mary A. J. from a ten-day hunt near
the head of Seymour canal. They i
tilled live deer.
John flenson's uex office building is
gradually ueariug completion. The'
work ou the hi# cunciete vault takes
time. , '
7'he progress of. the Alaska Labor '
Uniou hall is still delayed for the want 1 1
of material which is now expected on |/
the Seattle. ! ^
The Seattle left for the north Monday ^
night. Among the passengers for ^
Douglas are Mrs. John Peuglase and
daughter Anua.
The Red Men will open the holiday '
season with a grand masquerade prize |
ball, at the Natatorium hall, on
ThauksgiviuK Eve.
Mr. P. S. Early, of Yankee cove, I
has speut the last week in Douglas. J
He expects to start for the cove either
today or tomorrow.
Keep cleau and you will be healthy.
The bath tubs at the Douglas Hand
LauDdry are at your service. Try them
for your aunual bath.
The big steamship Santa Ana is pa9t j j
due at the City Dock with a cargo of ! j
Lady-rnith coal. Thi< is the best coal I j
that can be bought on 1 he Pacific coast, j
and it will be sold at $9 a tou.
J
Deputy Marshal McMillan returned
last week from Portland. Miss Mazie
Clark returned with him and will spend j (
the wiuter visiting _ her cousin, Mrs.
McMillan.
At the meeting of the city council
Monday night. Coliu M. Blain was
elected city wharfinger, to succeed j ^
John Stoft, who goes to Petersburg on ! '
the Humboldt. ?
I I
Mr. Ed. Churchill will be a passenger j
for the south on the next boat. He
returns to his home at Entiat, Wash, j "
A small stamp mill recently started iu j '
that vicinity offers, him employment, j j
lslai:d folk? will soon sjet used to j
pay day on the 16th, which is the new ' \
system at Treadwell. On the 16th ofjj
November, all of the employes of t tie 3
company will draw a full month's pay. ?
The Juneau Dispatch announces the $
probable consolidation of the Perse
veranceand Oxford companies, owning
mine- in Silver Bow basin and Sheep
creek, under the management of Bart
Thane.
Miss Gertrude Fremming, of Juneau,
left on the Jefferson for Spokane, to
visit her aunt, Mrs. J. D. Koren, wife of
the engineer of the Idaho dirisiou of
the Northern Pacific. She will return
iu December.
Whatever may or may not be said of
Pinchot, in whom the people of the
North really have very little interest,!
bis press agent has perpetrated the
greatest bunch of Ridiculous rot ever j -
rotten about Alaska.
Don't put off until tomorrow what
you cau do today. Get your phono- y
graph now and pay for it later on.
The Victor, Edison and Columbia ma- '
chines, sold ou the very easiest terms
at Smith's Drug Store.
j j
The location of the postolilce is still
au unsolved problem iu Douglas.
Front, Second and Third street all
claim it, but the inspectors give no t
hint of what may be the outcome of (
the controversy . ?
The St. Ann avenue chemical id, uow j
housed at the hospital. Directicfus for |
its use are posted on the wall near the i
machine. Members of Hose compauy
number 3, should take especial pains to <
become with its workiugs.
Dr. Jas. K. Simpsou is expccted to 1
arrive in Douglas the last of this
month or the first of next. He will
stay for probably two or three weeks
in Douglas, taking charge of Dr. De
Vighne's office while he takes a vaca
tion.
A "reign of terror struck Skagway
last week when it was reported that
the White Pass company was about to
establish a large general store in that
city. Now, that Manager O. L. Dicke
son has declared there's nothiug in it,
they fondly call him "Ole."
Porter Breakiron, one of the star
players on the Douglas ball team will
depart on the Dolphin for Cosmopolis,
Wash. When the Springtime comes, !
an$ the boys begin to break iu their
arms for another season of the great
National game, they will miss Porter.
Senator Miles Poiudexter, of Wash
ington, and Gifford Pinchot, ex-chief
forester, at their own iuvitation ad
\ '
dressed the people of Juneau last
Thursday evening. There was no
enthusiasm, and many of those who
attended were impelled solely by
curiosity.
Mi9s Verna Bean and Mr. John Mu- 1
seth were married at Juneau last Wed
nesday afternoon, and departed on the
Humboldt for a tour of the States.
Both of these young people formerly
resided in Douglas, where they have
hosts Oi.' friends who wi9h them a long
life of perfect happiness.
/
YOUR interests are ours, in this
business; there wouldn't be
much sense in selling clothes that
were not good for you; we couldn't
keep it it up very long. Our idea is
to sell you clothes that are best for
you; we know something about
quality in clothes,
HART SGI AFFNER
& MARX CLOTHES
are best for you because there are no
better clothes made; they're best for
everybody; best for us.
. Suits $18.00 and up
Overcoats $16.50 and up
P. H. FOX
THIS STORE IS THE HOME OF
HART SCn AFFNER & MARX CLOTHES
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Copyright 1909 by Hart bchatfncr & M?rx
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
Foreign Exchange Issued Oldest Bank in Alaska
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
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FRIENDS CHURCH SERVICES |
Services of the Friends' church are
is follows: Sabbath school, 9:50 h. m.
Sveriinp: service, S o'clock. All are
jordially welcome. J. P. Hartley, pastor.
Notice of Settlement.
[it the United States Commissioner's Court ;
at Juneau, For Alaska, Division No. 1; Jn
Probate
[n the matter of the Estate of John Cottrell,
Deceased.
Notice is herebj* priven that Minnie Cottrell, {
he administratrix of the Estate of John
Cottrell. deceased, has rendered and pre- [
rented for settlement, and filed in said
3ourt her final account of her administra
ion of said Estate: and that Saturday, the \
!nd day of December, lJtll, at 10 o'clock a. m. i
it the courtroom of said Court at Juneau* |
Alaska, has been duly appointed by the said
Jourt for the settlement of said account at
ivhich time and place any person interested j
n said Estate may appear and file his ox
.?options in writing to the said account and |
contest the same.
Dated, September 2S, 1911.
G. \V. Winn,
U. S. Commissioner.
First pub. October 4, 1911.
A BUSINESS
NECESSITY
? iiiihuibihw >? I-. ? I I II imi i ?imi 1 1 ? mi? m II ?
/7T\ CHECKING ACCOUNT is
t\ iudeed a business necessity,
li. and ho who tries to Ret
along without oue is at a threat
disadvantage. It is uot required
that a person should have a large
bulk of busiuess in order to open
an account. Professional men,
miuers, and eveu many women
are running checking-accounts.
If you have never done business
in this way, and are not familiar
with the plan, come to us and we
will get you started.
One Dollar starts a savings ac
count, paying 3 per ceut interest,
compounding semi anuually.
Safe-deposit boxes for rent.
All business dealings strictly
confidential.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
H. Shattuck, Pres. John Reck
J. E. Beale, Cashier Geo. F. filler
F. W. Bradley P. H. Fox
FIRST NATIONAL
RANlf Juneau,
Mill ALASKA
MEN'S GOODS
GROCERIES
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SEWING MACHINES
WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS
$25.00
Sewing Hachines For Rent
THE "YOST"
Gearless Motor Washer
Solo on Guarantee
A COMPLETE LINE
New Furniture
worthy of inspection
HEATING STOVES and RANGES
TINWARE AND
GRANITEWARE
At Reduced Prices
JOHN FEUSI
Front St? Douglas
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<\ Rings and Souuenir 5*
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COT GLASS AND SILVERWARE
Just Received? Rogers' 1847
KNIVES, FORKS & SPOONS
Repairing a Specialty
under;guarantee