Douglas Island news. [volume], January 17, 1912, Image 3

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The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL HELD.
Friday is tag day. j
Help the children Friday ? Tag -day.
Cet your electric light globes at
Jenson's.
Fresh Bread, Pies and Doughnuts
?daily at Leiver's.
Sleds ? the Tegular $34>0 kind ? $2.00
at Jensen's Hardware store.
John Williams will depart on the
Prinoess May for Victoria.
For a good cannery site see Coffin &,
Williams, Douglas, Alaska.
Fred Hile and Fred Dutton are be
hind the blocks at the Douglas market.
It is quite the thing now in Doug
las to take your sweetheart sleigh rid
ing.
Hose Company No. 1 will meet to
night at the City Hall. Business of
importanoe.
Wake cp.? Alarm Cfcocfcs, n big stock
?50 cents to $1.75 at Jenson's Hard-1
ware store.
The tilms shown at the Lyric theatre
fcave been even More interestiug than
?usual t his week.
?Boys skates? regular 3JL.50 kind, at
less than cost prices ? only $1.00, at
Jensen's Hardware store.
S. H. Ewing, agent for the Pacific
Coast Steamship Co., at Juneau, has
returned from the States.
Look ? Colonial Heaters, made ny
the Great Western Stove Co., are fuel
savers. For sale by Julius Jensou.
Friends of Mr. T. E. P. Keegau will
be pleased to learn that be will have
?charge of a ca-uuery this season at^
Shakan.
Sam Keist received word yesterday
that bis father was expected to live but
a few hours. The Hile home is at Inde
pendence, Iowa.
If you have children of your own
yoo oau't help buying a tag, but if you
"have no childreu it is much more your
duty to help out.
<Carl Dahl, a Juneau carpeuter, was :
shot in the jaw last Sunday morning, )
by his wife who was fooling with a 22
rifle. Dahl will live.
Mr. R. R. Hubbard left on the Cura
cao for a mouth's visit at Seattle,
here Mrs. Hubbard and the "boys" ,
are spending the winter.
Local Scotchmen, members of the
Caledouiau society, will meet tonight
at the Lyric, to arrange for the cele
bration of "Bobby Burns' "birthday.
Died. ? Rita Miller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Bach, formerly of
this city, died on December .28th, at.
Bingham, Oregon, of consumption.
Charles Radatty left during the
past week for Lackawanna, N. Y.,
where he has property interests. He
expects to return to Douglas in about
aix months.
The Humboldt experienoed a rough
trip up to Skagway aud back. Because
of the-storm -on Lyun canal she was j
forced *to lay at the Skagway dock for ,
thirty-six hours.
The statement that a new line of
steamers from Portland will be put on
the run to Alaska, is taken i)y the
people of the North with a large
sprinkliug of salt ? however much it
would be welcome.
Jack Overman, on trial last week, in '
the federal court at Juneau, for an
alleged assault with a deadly weapon
was found not guilty. Twelve others
who had plead guilty to selling
whisky to Indians were Riven sen
tences all the way from two mouths in
the Juneau jail to two years at Mc
Neil's Island.
A Are at the corner of Second and E
streets brought the department Mon
day afternoon. The building was one
owned by M. S. Hudson, and the Are
started iu a partition from a defective
arrangement of the stove pipe. The
blaze was conquered by the use of
tband extinguishers and buckets.
Last Saturday morning about 2 ,
o'clock, the thermometers -got down in
the vicinity of zero, and the Douglas (
folks begau to think it was terribly
cold. However, when we compare our
weather with that in New York, Chi- (
oago aud other large cities of the East,
me couctadethat it is pretty mild for a
email towu like Douglas.
The auimals on Mayflower Island are
?coming through the winter in -fine
shape. The two bears have not 'hiber
nated, but come out regularly for -their
rations. The rabbits and hares are en
joying life, and may be seen skipping
?about all over the Island. A gate built
on the approach will keep out their
iOz4.v enemies ? the dogs.
? ? ? ?
Mrs. Henry Bri? le5t ay cm the
Humboldt for Sao ^Yawcisco, whereat
is hoped, the olimate will bring about
an improvement in her health. She
was accompanied by Miss Elna Olson,
who goes to Los Angeles for a visit with
her auut, Mrs. Ida Hunter. Johnnie
McCormick was included in the party
from Douglas. He goes for a visit
with his sister Annie, in 'Frisco.
Reasonable people aro glad that the
Juneau grand jury has thrown out the
charges against Billy Mack andJimmie
Chambers, who were bound over by
Commissioner Winn for prize fighting.
Alaskans, as much as any people on
earth, try to be law abiding citizens,
but when an attempt is made to turn
the country into a Sunday school an
nex and enforce here a strained inter
pretation of the!law^hich is given no
consideration <in the States, it makes
them weary. The bringing of charges
that cannot be proven, indicting good
citizens when the possibility of con
viction is simply a joke, the hair
brained efforts to do things that cau
not and should not be done, are not
only annoyiug, but make the courts
and the officers objects of contempt.
TREADWELL TOPICS
There will be one of the .popular
?Club dances touight-.
M. Malouey, father of Mrs. H. P.
Carroll, is ou the sick list.
A son was born to Mr. aud Mrs. Au
drew Murphy last Thursday morning.
All new music will be played by the
Treadwell Club Orchestra, at the dance
tonight.
Mrs. Meri Thomas and ttttle daugh
ter came home from J uueaa the latter
part of last week.
When the present ?owliug contest at
the Treadwell Club is over, a pool
tournament will be next iu order.
The new floor being laid in the Tread
well store is about completed and nvill
greatly improve tho appearance of the
room.
Will Burget gave up his work at the
boiler shop and was among the pas
seugers going to the Sound ou the
Curacao.
Guy Johnson, the popular young
man of the survey office, expects to
depart for Seattle where he will enter
the -University.
Arthur Prather plans to spend hie
vacation in Southern California. He
was among the southbound passengers
ou the Curacao.
Through au accident a few days ego
.Ralph JBeistline, of the carpenter force,
had the painful misfortune of losiug a
portion of his thumb.
A large crowd looked ou at the
basket ball game betweeu the survey
office and cyanide plant Monday eve
ning. The cyanide boys scored high.
Joe Devereaux, whose work was con
nected with the cyauide plant before
bis his departure for the States a few
months ago, returned to the Island last
week.
Wyman Chamberlain resigned his
position at the 210 mill and left on the
Curacao for his home in West Seattle.
He expects to return to the Island in
the spring.
The ore cars running into the 300
mill jumped the track last Saturday
morning badly damaging the track and
oars, but fortunately the brakeman
was not injured.
School Notes
The tables for the manual training
department are being finished.
-Five new pupils have entered school
since the Christmas 'vacation.
Miss Homes gave a short lecture on
Great Americans yesterday morning.
The German class is keeping up to
the Lincoln High school of Seattle in
their daily studies.
The High school enjoyed -a short
recess last week. It came as a great
surprise to -the pupils.
Last week a gentleman from the in
side country dropped in at the Bchool
and gave the High school a few
.pointers on arithmetic.
Report of Douglas schools for month
ending January >12:
No. pupils enrolled at date ......... HO
Average>daily attendance 132
Per cent of attendance. ............ -95
Tardy Marks ? grades 20
*? M High School. ..... . 7
Susanne Homes, Principal.
To Water Users
The water will be turned Into the
city mains for au hour in the forenoons
and one hour in the afternoons. This
.will continued until it rains.
YOUR interests are -ours, in this
business; there wouldn't . be I
much sense in selling clothes that !
were not good for you; we couldn't
keep it up very long. Our idea is .1
to sell you clothes that are best for
you; we know something about j
quality in clothes.
HARTSCHAFFNER
S MARX CLOTHES
are best for you because there are no
better clothes made? they're test for
everybody; best for us.
Suits $18.00 and up j
Overcoats $16.50 and up
P. H. FOX
THIS STORE IS THE HOME OF
IIART SCHAFFNER it, MARX CLOTHES
Copyright 1909 by Hart Sciaff-ner Sc .Marx
B. M. BEHRENDS, BANKER,
JUNEAU, "ALASKA
Foreign Exchange Issued ?Jdest Baiuk In Alaska
INTEREST PAID ONSSAVINGS DEPOSITS
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I SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Su uday School every Sunday at 10 !
a. m. Services 8.p. m. ?oa every Suu
j d ay.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets the
first Wednesday of eaob month in the
homes- of the members at 2 o'clock in
he a fternoon.
J. H. Warmanen,
Keep clean and you will be healhty.
I The bath turbs at the Douglas Hand
j Laundry are at your service. Try them
i for your annual bath.
I.J.Sharick
WATCHES, DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY
.JUNEAU ALASKA
B. R. LEIVERS
NOW HAS A FULL LINE OF
Groceries, Fruits,
Vegetables
And asks for a share of
.your (patronage o
ALSO AGENT FOR i?
? SCHILLING'S BEST
FRONT ST. ~ DOUGLAS
OPPOSITE HUNTER HOTEL
PHONE - - 53
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SCREENED
Ladysmith
COAL
$9.00
Per Ton, Sacked
j at the
I City Dock
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| ALASKA JEWELRY CO. Douglas *
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ALBtN BATJITELLO, Proprietor
Best Grades mines, Ciquors, and Cigars } 1
NO INFERIOR BRANDS > 1
Family Trade Solicited ? "Free Delivery FRONT 9T., BO UGLA-S , j
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t>HOP7HEAD
SEWING_, MACHINES
WITH ALL ATTACHMENTS
325.00
Sewing i*Uichines_Fori.Rcnt
THE "YOST"
Gearless Motor Washer
Sold. ?on~ Guarantee
<COM*LE*E ILINE
New Furniture
wor%?jof ^inspection
HEATING STOVES and RANGES
TINWARE AND
GRAN ITEWARE
At'Rcduccd Prices
JOHN FEBSI
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Front St. Douglas
iiiffiiiijiilii
PAUL BLIEDHOm
JEWELER
AND
WATCHMAKER
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DOUGLAS - C.LAC KA
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Waltham, -Elgin and
Hamilton Watches
Jewelry in Solid GolS
and Gold Filled
A iine selection in Nug
get Jewelry, Alaska
Rings and Souvenir
Spoons
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CUT CLASS AND SILVERWARE j
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'Just 'Received? Rogers* 1847
KNIVES, FORKS & SPOONS
Repairing a Specialty
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