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Leave Your Order * For one of those Tru Blu Fruit Crkes soon to arrive,. Mince Meat: Heine, also bulk. Plum Pudding. Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel. Raisins, Currants, Dates, Nuts and Figs. Spitzenberg Apple Cider. All brands Canned Fruits, Jams and Jellies. Huv your Toys now and on #5.(K) or iporr pur vluiscs vvt- will give you 15% off. J. W.MARTIN CO., Inc. BACMFURCO Your Raw Furs IT MEANS Highest ruling market prices, honest grading of the sizes, the most liberal assortment made, courteous treatment - square and straight, prompt returns and sound advice as to the market's rise and fall Ask fur oat Pric? Lilt ? It will op?n your eye* u to what Raw Fun are worth these days. Do not dispose of a single skin before yon have had onr valuation BACH FUR COMPANY Buyers ?Merchants ? Importers Of American Raw Furs tos-lio WEST AUSTIN AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS !>ir< i K.'priiw-itlatlon : New York. London, Paris. Lrlpxlg FOR PRINCE RUPERT. VANCOUVER. SEATTLE. ETC. PRINCESS MARY DECEMBER 5. 18 Particulars and Reservations from OLIVER OUSOV OR L. & FERRIS, Treadwsll. R. P. RICHARDSON. Ctn'l A*ent. Juneau SAFETY . COURTESY SPEED 3ERVI.C.E Pacific Steamship Company ADMIRAL LINE NORTHBOUND WESTBOUND SOUTHBOUND City of Seattle Adm Watson City of Seattle Adm. Evans Adm. Evans THREE SAILINGS A WEEK FROM SEATTLE TO n CALIFORNIA POINTS Rail Ticket* to All Point* in the United State* and Canada at Lowe*t Rate* ALASKA .. WASHINGTON CALIFORNIA Kor information concerning date of arrival* and departure* call at or phone to local offices GUY U SMITH Agent. Douglas. Alaska THK TREAPWELL HARKET I* extremely well equipped to tnpplv all your need* in Fresh Heats of All Kinds A large variety of SMOKED MEATS and SAUSAGES art always on hand FRESH VEGETABLES. FANCY CHEESE, and ASSORTED PICKLES in bulk; CIDER and VINEGAR in bulk, and FRESH FISH are some of the feature* of Tread well's up-to-the-minute ; ' Market Remember? "The Treadwell Prices" PHONE ? ? ? ? ? ? TREADWELL 18 \\ AMONG FLY WHEELS OF MOSQUITO FLEET Them Were the D?y? Old timers Id Alaska have more r losa contempt (or the modern uav i Mtora of km boats. They are apt .> designate the latter aa stlll-wate> nlors or stluk-boat operators. li haa not been ao vary many yearn .go (hat the II rat (aa boat waa seen n Alaskan waters. The first one hat rant' to Qaatlhcau Channel wax he Cracker Jack. It waa powered .Ith a ono-luugvd gas engine that tad an exhaust like a catling gun The boat used to run around the hanuel making so much noise thai .>eoplc used to rush to the wharves o see what waa wrong. The englnu ^aa still doing duty when laat seen, tit hough It was about twenty years l'p until twenty years ago then vas a prohibition law In effect In "the Territory the same aa now. The old-timers had ? no gaa boats but wore In the habit of going to I'ort ?Simpson. In British Columbia, for trgoes of whiskey. Columbia rivet 'toats were tho most commonly uaed ? >ti these trips Many of the voyages weri- made In the winter time, when the dava were ahort and there was more chance to allp paat the gun boats that were station^ at various points along the route. ii the dead of winter wm ume Job ompared to running mm boat* now adays. They depended altogether on the wind (or motive power, with the exception or iiaing long oar* at time*. Indian canoe* were ;ilao uxed by prosper lor* and trader* for shorter The whisky that waa run into the Territory wa* cached at point* not far from town and brought In a* needed. Yet today spot* very clone to Oaatlneau Channel are pointed Mat by old-timer* a* favorite plate* | for cachinic the cargoes. In thoae daya many proapectorm ?nade their grubstake* In winter by running a drinking place. They would have their cabin In town in which they placed a candle in the iront window. This waa a sign that tquld refreshment* could be had within. Anyone walking Into the abin would find a bottle and a tin up. but no bartender. The proced ure wo* to take a drink from the bottle and leave the money on the lable. No door wa* ever locked and ?troper*- aa perfectly aafe. Now aday* It would not be safe to oper ate In that fashion, aa some of the rhecchakoa who have come Into the country would not only take the bot tle and cup but would also attempt to carry off the house. The proapector who owned the. supply would only have to put up a new bottle occasionally and gather up hf* money. In this way he would not only live through the winter but In the spring would have rifcney enough to buy bacon and beans for i prospecting trip. Some of the favorite liquor* brought In from Canada those daya were Canadian Club whisky and Hud son Ray rum. The Canadian Club was a comparatively mild drink and was used more or lesa aa a stimulant but the Hudson Bay rum had a real kick. It waa Ilk* pouring moulten lead down the throat to drink It. and has been known to make a man light his mothor-lD-law. The Territory own n debt of gratitude to thou liquor* and to irohlbltlon of the early days. The 'Minora were the mrana of providing he old-time proapectors with grub nakes with wlilch to go to the hlllr md locate the producing mlnea of the territory. - Alao on the trip* to Port Simpson after the Roods the urination of the country was atudied rom the decks of the boata and dls -OTerlea made that hare turned oui o he producing mlnea. It la a fart, oo. that ledges were often uncovered vhen excavatlona were being mado to cache away the gooda. Better not talk gaa boat to the old-timers. They may have run Co Inoibla river boata to Port Slmpaon ve?rs ago anil have a contempt for the comparative eaae of preaent da.? navigating. On the Beach The Sea Hlrd. belonging to Capt Simon Itoaholm. which was sunk at | her moorings at the city float the night of the big wind, haa been 'owed to the beacL and Is now being iverhauled by the owner. G?t Supplies Mr. and Mrs. William Miller left for St. James bay yesterday morning on the gas boat Annie Q.. In com mand of Joe Adamson. The Mlllcn will get their winter'* outftt of sup plies that they left at St. James bay to come to town In their own little launch. * Back Home Albln Uarltell) and Jim Mitchell rnme In to town veaterday noon or the City of Rome, after having spent several weeks In Olivers Inlet. The City of Koine la now In the corral .md will be In port for the real of . the winter. To Petersburg Capt. Tom Keaa of the Kmm:' left veaterday for Petersburg with hlii boat. Capt. Nesa came Into the Channel with a load of 7.000 pounds ?f halibut. He waa unable to aell i In Juneau on account of there being no aouthbound American boat for Home doya. so he took his catch M> Petersburg. GOOD GRAIN Italph Putcher, who ho* been spending some time In (hi* vicinity mid who wiu for years connected with Albert* grain elevator com panlea aa Inspector, after a thorough examination of both wheat and oat* threahed out from the liarveit of the paat iieaaon. declares that It I* fai better than the average quality of (he same grain In other grain belts The wheat, according to Mr, Dutcher. grades from No. 3 Northern lo a No. 1 Northern. The grain grown on the hillsides almost with out exception classes as No. 1. or the best that ran be produced. The No 3 quality Is but little below the standard of the No. 1 and all of the former found was grown on the flats. The oats, declared Mr. Dutcher. are of as high a grade as any he has ever examined. He was enthu siastic over the showing of all the grain of both kinds that he has ex amined. ? l-'alrbanks Citlxen. piano for ront Phone US. Juneau. GIVE USEFUL Christmas Gifts THEY WILL BE APPRECIATED THE MOST A few suggestions of the well known articles that we carry Wear Ever Aluminum Pyrex Glassware Hotpoint Electric Iron* Univeml Coffee Percolator* Univeml Electric Stove* Universal Aluminum Tea Balls Bissell's Carpet Sweeper* Gillette Safety Razor* Ever-Ready Safety Razor* Genco 01d-Fa*hioned Razor* Cattaraugu* Pocket Knive* Cattaraugus Scissors Rubber-Set Shaving Brushes Horse-Hide Razor Strop* Automatic Stropper* Kor all blades Sled*, Skate*. Baby Cutter* Kiddie Car* Hand-Painted China Community Silverware 50-Year Guarantee Thermo* Bottle* White and Gold Band China Dishe* in Set* Leather Suit Cases ' Trunks Traveling Bags Casseroles in Silver Frame* O-Cedar Hops Carving Set* Tea Set* Lnnch Set* Japanese Oriental Vase* Japanese Trays ALSO MANY OTHER ARTICLES At the Very Lowest Prices JULIUS JENSEN . Cor. SECOND AND D STREETS NOT A RIOT It was not a riot or a frou-fornl light that caused three members ol the Douglas Are department to all be on board the f-rry a ahort time igo with different parta of their an .ttomlea bandages up. The three dlaablod mombera wor^ Dick McCormlrk, who had hia right hand In a aline on account of break ing a bone In It on a boaor at the Klka" smoker some daya ago. Ho was on hla way to get tbo hand dressed. Plo Martini had one eye tn a allUK on aerount of tenting thr beat of aome aolder with hla eye ball while working at the Alaaka Jn neau mill. Ed Jackson had hla l!.< bound up on arrouut of a doctor having made an Inrlalon to take out tome foreign matter. All the boys arc now feeling bet tor. Dirk ran begin to wiggle hla :.ngcra, Plo can wink hla eye na eaay aa over and Ed ran talk as faai HARD CASES Newa haa been received hero that thoae native hoys from the Sheldon Iftrkson Training school at Sitka tide are to come hore to play baaket ball with the Douglas Firemen's team. It Is said that they are to be hero next week. There arc only level! daya next week, so it is bound to he on one of them. when they ar rive. My goodness, we hear that hose native boys are hard caaea; we hear that they can play baaket ball nne. It la reported that they arc the rhampiona of the whole town of Although (he date of arrival of the dusky warriors is not known, we would like to go on record as say ing that thosa native boys are going to have quite a little araalon before : they take the scalps of the Douglaa tram bark to 8ltka to grace the his. torla walls of the Sheldon Jackson school. Watch for the date of the seance and follow the crowd to the Nat. that HNE DANCE The hard-times dance at tho Kagles liall last night wan very well attend ed. Tho affair bring so Informal and ihorc being suqh a congenial rrowd In attendance, everyone had an ex ceedingly fine time. DAIRYHAN HOME After a Quick trip to Seattle, Joe Kendler, owner of the local dairy, returned here on tho City of Seattle, lie brought with him four lady own and one gentleman cow for hla herd. SOMETHING TO GLOAT OVER It la understood that Seward Is reveling In tho fart that the Alaskan Knglneerlng Commission did not ship government coal outside on the last sailing of the Admiral Watson. Wm. Gerlg, a prominent official,. Is authority that the commission sent s consignment of coal to Seattle btlf did not ship the 100 tons as reported, from the fart that Cordova cancelled the order late Saturday afternoon after The Times had gone to press. It may be of interest to the rest of the "roalless" world to know that the local terminal yarda are full of coal, plenty of coal on the dork wait ing shipment, and millions of tons in the Matanuska fields being oper ated by the Alaskan Knglneerlng ' omntyssion with contented miner*. Anchoreg Times. POSITION WANTED Young woman, college graduato (interested in Alaakn) would con sider position a* housekeeper In rc flned home during summer montlia. fond of children: several years' practical experience at home. Ad dress. 32, Douglas News. A BOX OF CIGARS IS AN IDEAL XMAS GIFT We carry the largeit ?tock of Smoker*' Sundries on the Itland. A large stock of Juno Bev erage and other soft drinks always on hand. BUTTE POOL ROOM OIUS * PUSICH. Props. Front Street Douglas Carl Jacobson JEWELRY AND WATCH REPAIRING ST. ANN JVE. DOUGLAS | HOLD PRACTICE The Thane banket hall team held ?ecret practice la tb? Douglaa N*?n torlum U?t night. Several padlock* and window screen* protected the piayerii from the vulgar 1{aze of the public. It l* iiaid that Thane liai the greataat collection of baakct ball atarn ever gathered togethered un der one roof. The claim to have flf leen -count 'em great exponent* of the game, all In the pink of condl tlnn. The ftume li on December 17, the (fate billed for ? (treat event In the world's history. Vou can't tell the game might be th*t gre?i event. ARRIVED THERE Mr. and Mm. Joseph Kvann and ?on Allan arrived safely In Seattle after a nlne-daya' trip. Thoy are now located at 310'^ Montroae Apartments. 1 4 1 li Avenue South As yet no one has heard how they like their now location. A VERY SELECT ASSORTMENT OF HOLIDAY GOODS And the largest variety ever shown on the Island. They are dependable and classy. The following is a partial list: CUT GLASS, CHINAWARE? Hand Painted. ONF.DIA SILVERWARE? Knives, Forks. Spoons, etc. ? 20 year guarantee. PYRALIN IVORY, in ?et? and single picce*. Your old ?et can be renewed or any article Replaced. TRAVELING CASES. MANICURE SETS, ROLL-UPS of van oni styles. Stationery of the finest Linen ? small boxes as well as large one*. TOYS? Consisting of T:ains, Locomotives. Battleships. Mo tor Cars, Armored Car*. Fire Engines. ? Aerial Pumps, Automo biles. Dump Carts, Dancing Rastus ? all ready for action ? Friction and spring typ*. CHILDREN'S NON-BREAKABLE DISHES? a large variety. DOLLS ? that are the latest ? such as Sweetie, Splash Mc. and the ones you can't break. Prices are 2 for 5c up to $0.00. PERFUME, Toilet waters. Powders. Creams and Lotions ? all popular odors. You simply fade away as if you were' in a bed of roses from their odor. CHILDREN'S STORY BOOKS and many other books to se lect from. CANDIES OF ALL KINDS ? 40c the pound and up. Will there be an Edison, Victor or Columbia in your home this Xmast Half a dozen Records would make a very nice present for your home or friends. SHOP EARLY ? We will hold any article that you select. Make your selection while the stack is complete. ELMER E. SMITH THE FRONT ST. DRUGGJST WHEN SENDING MONEY TO EUROPE Please remember that we can effect pay ments, either by mail or telegraph to any of the following countries at the lowest rates: ALSACE-LORAINE AUSTRIA BELGIUM BRITISH ISLES BULGARIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA DALMATIA DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE ITALY JUGOSLAVIA LUXEMBERG NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROUMANIA SERBIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TURKEY IN EUROPE TURKEY IN ASIA Come in and let us show you how easily this can be done. The First Territorial Bank DEPOSITARY FOR UNITED S1ATES POSTL SAVINGS WE DON'T WANT THEM? PERHAPS YOU DO A Fine Assortment of useful and attractive Christmas Gifts 4 on display at the Gallwas Store Come in and Look I hem^ ^ O ver ^ ^ j