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The Douglas Island News rHE LOCAL FIELD. 1912. i Leap Year. , The Curacao will be due tonight. Tommy Gilligan is operating a one horse dray. Lester James returned to Douglas on the Humboldt. A cut of teu per ceut on all Suits at Jack McDonald's. Miss Mary McBlaio has taken a position in Stubbiu's store. School opened agaiu yesterday after j ? cheerful Christmas vacatiou. The Suuday school at the Friends Church has been discontinued. Chas. A. Fox passed north on the Humboldt, bound forSkagway. The Alaska Catholic Club will hold a social gathering tomorrow uight. The federal graud jury enters upon its labors at the Capital City today. The steamship Jefferson shied at the Douglas Dock agaiu last Wednesday. We will give 25 per cent off on Shoes outil January 1st, 1912, a? McDouald's. Mayor M. J. O'Connor represented the city at the Governor's receptiou Monday. The Douglas Island Moose went over aud danced with the Juueau Moose Mouday night. Louis P. Shackleford, attorney aud politician, came uorth on the Hum boldt, as far as Juneau. Mrs. L. Kane, of Hoonah, came in last week for medical attention. Mr. Kane and Mrs. Page accompanied her. Ala;>ka Lodge, No. 1, 1. O. O. F., will install officers tonight. A banquet will be seived in connection with the cere mony. Geo. Koene, proprietor of the Sans Souci, weut to the Souud on the Hum boldt, to purchase furniture for the new postofUoe. Gov. Walter E. Clark will start for the Stated Friday, to make his aunual I visit to Washington, D. C. Mrs. Clark will accompauy him. A water tap ruuning loose all night in the Day buildiug, deluged the stores of Jack McDouald, aud Humfrey's Novelty Store, Mouday uight. Miss Homes, principal of the Doug las Public Schools, is eujoying a visit with her sister, who arrived ou one of the receut boats from the States. Postmaster Richard McCormick has bought a lot on Fourth street, for resi dence purposes, and will commence to build as soon as the weather permits. Tbe Jar of Money, given away by the Alaska Drug Co., was divided equally between Mr. Roy fcL Walsh and Mrs. Rustand, who each guessed S1G.00. The jar contaiued 815.90. Records. ? We still have two or three huudred Victor aud Edison records, that we will sell for less than half price. Better come in and pick them out. Alaska Drug Co. John Bachia, a fireman at the Mexi- 1 can, left on the Humboldt for the South. Mr. Bachia has been employed at Treadwell since 1905 and will enjoy a six-weeks holiday visitiug Los An geles aud San Fraucisco. The Humboldt came in Sunday night with about sixty tons of freight for Douglas Max Kalish was aboard of her, and it was the whistle of the Hum boldt that announced to tbe people of Douglas that 1911 was uo more and I 1912 had beguu. The steamship Georgia will make a special trip this mouth to Warm Springs bay leaving Douglas on the 10th. Mr. and Mrs. James McKanna, Mrs. K. McKanna and the children of Phillip McKanna will be passengers for a month's stay at the Springs, The new safe deposit boxes for John Henson Co. have arrived and will be ready for use very soon now. There are just 100 of these boxes and it takes 400 keys to unlock them all. City Clerk Henson is proud to show them to all comers aud explain their uses. You can't find a better way to spend your evenings than by attending the Lyric. The pictures displayed there are of a high order, and are not only very eutertaiuing, but they are in structive as well. You see and learn things about tbe mechanical arts that this country provides no other oppor tunity of learning. A change i9 made in the program ev :ry other night. The charge for admission is 25c.; children 10c. Take the family and go. The Lyric, new A. L. U. hall, Third street, Douglas. All old-time Iudian War-Oance, in j costume, was presented to a crowded ( bouse at the Lyric Monday night by a bunch of lively Douglas Iudiaus. The performance was Yiniqe, as were the i costumes, sacred relics of the tribes , for hundreds of years. It is proposed to give a similar entertainment on the ! 13th of this month, showing, however, altogether different phases of the his tory of these strange people. Bills aunouncincing the War Dance, also' stating that the price of admission would be 25c. and 10c-, were distributed ! among the Auk natives of Juueauj town. They were also informed that a j social dance would be given after the j show, to which they were all welcome, j without money or price. They came as a cloud of odors, a hundred strong, and tried to bum their way into the moving picture show, but Manager Ariiistroug objected. A compromise admitted them at cut rates. Wheu it came time for the War-Dance show to ? begin, after the moving picture show was over, Mr. aud Mrs. Auk ludiau and his family from Juneau, refused to get out. They also refused to pay for the diivilege of seeing the War-Dance. They were favored sons aud daughters of the Aukcl-au and the show must be potlatch or nothing. It was nothing. The cops came aud put theiu out, aud > they weut back to their home near Juneau, sadder, '"budweisei" natives, but mad. "Hell ha& no furies like a native fooled uu a potlatch.'' They now threaten to get up a rival War Dance that will make the Douglas affair look like thirty cents, or else have the Douglas natives pinched for violating the Jaws of their ancestors, j What great imitators the natives are. TREADWELL TOPICS ' One of the semi monthly Club dauces will occur this evening. Herbert Manner*, who made a hur ried trip to Napa, California, upon re ceiving the sad news of his mother's death, returned to his position at the otliee Thursday. Dan Reichei left for Seattle last week, where he expects to take up souie special work at the University. The Lansing, of the Union Oil com- 1 pany, docked at the Bullion wharf Fri- ! day aud discharged a cargo of oil from Port Hartford, California. They report haviug had a very stormy trip coming north. She left port on the, first. Wy man Chamberlain has been suf- i fering from an attack of the grippe and is unable to be at his post at the 240. Miss Edna Carpenter expects to! leave on the Curacao for a visit with friends aud relatives near Los Augeles, j Calif. During her abseuce Miss Agues Museth will fill her position at the Treadwell postofflce. George Geison, one of the popular young men of the cyanide plant force, left for his home in Portlaud on the last trip of the Jefferson. Theodore Erbele, of the Nordberg' Manufacturing Co., who has been in stalling the machinery at the new i hoist, returned to liutte, Moutaua, last week. Fred Carmony came back to the Island a few days ago. During his ! stay in Seattle he worked ou the elec tric railway. r John E. Long was a south bound I passenger ou the Jefferson. He ex pects to locate in Sau Francisco. The Hard Time Ball given by the foundry boys was the most pleas ant and largely attended dance of the season. The danciug crowd hopes that this will not be the last affair of that kind. Miss Mackie entertained about thirty young people on New Year's night for Miss Edna Carpenter aud Miss Elna Olson. The evening was spent in playing Hearts, for which Miss Maude Liljestrand and Edward Atchi son won first prizes with Miss Edua Dow aud Chester McKinnon second. A bowling tournament will be held at the Club, begiuning soon, and the amount of $80.00 will be given in prizes; clO.OO prize for the highest in dividual average; 85.00 for the highest individual score; aud S65.00 to the winning team. There will bete.u teams in the contest, five men on each team and two substitutes. The committee in charge is Monte Benson, Joe Dickey, Jack Wilson, Ed. Benuett aud Dave Kinzie. The bowling fans may now prepare their war whoops for the win ter's touruameut will sure be a hum mer. "SITKA HOT SPRINGS." Accom modations, American or European plau. For terms apply to Dr. F. L. Goddard, Sanitarium, lAaaJka. !\/ OUR interests are ours, in this business; there wouldn't be much sense in selling clothes that j were not good for you; we couldn't j keep it up very long. Our idea is to sell you clothes that are best for ;! you; we know something about quality in clothes. I HARTSCHAFFNER | & MARX CLOTHES ! j are best for you because there are no better clothes made; they're best for everybody; best for us. f Suits $18.00 and up \ \ Overcoats $16.50 and up P. H. FOX 0 THIS STORE IS TIIE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES r:CpyriKbt 1909 by Hart bchatfncr & Wmre ! B. M. BEHRENDS, BANKER, JUNEAU, ALASKA Foreign Exchange Issued Oldest Bank in Alaska l INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a. m. Services 8 p. m. ou every Sun- j day. The Ladies1 Aid Society meets The i first Weduesday of each month in the homes of the members at 2 o'clock in j he a fternoon. J. II. Warmanen, "friends CHURCH SERVICES Services of the Friends' church are as follows: Sabbath school, 9:50 a. rr.. Evening service, 8 o'clock. All are cordially welcome. J. P. Had ley, pastor. gharick WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY 25^ .JUNEAU ALASKA JUL2JL2JL* B. R. LEIVERS * NOW HAS A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables And asks for n share of your piitronaKC ALSO AGENT FOR SCHILLING'S BEST FRONT ST. DOUGLAS OPPOSITE HUNTER HOTEL PHONE - - 53 \ SCREENED j Ladysmith I | COAL | $9.00 Per Ton, Sacked ? AT THE I City Dock ' IT IS HERE!! ? k t sj COME I IN AIND LOOK OVER OUR fc a HOLIDAY STOCK==EVERYTH!NO ? | DO IT NOW! f jj ALASKA JEWELRY CO. Douglas { ALBIN BARITELLO, Pr OPRIETOR Best Grades mines, Liquors, and Cigars NO INFERIOR BRANDS Family Trade Solicited Free Deliver 3- FRONT ST., DOUG LAS I ggij[j[^[5Tfa[5Tfa^lsiiH]^ is THE? 99 "FEUS I DROP HEAD SEWING MACHINES WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS $25.00 Sewing fluchines For, 'Rent mmammmmma THE "YOST" Oearless Motor Washer Sold on Guarantee -A COMPLETE LINE* New Furniture worthy of inspection lei HEATING STOVES and RANGES (1 TINWARE AND GRANITEWARE At Reduced Prices JOHN FEUSI Front St. DougJas jaEfignaEifiliaEfiaiisi nmnajg PAUL BLOEDHORN JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER DOUGLAS - ALASKA Waltham, Elgin and Hamilton Watches Jewelry in Solid Gold and Gold Filled A fine selection in Nug get Jewelry, Alaska Rings and Souvenir Spoons CUT GLASS AND SILVERWARE Just Received? Rogers1 1847 KNIVES, FORKS & SPOONS Repairing a Specialty UNDER^GUARANTEE r