Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-06-06
Life in the Principal City Of
Alaska.

juneau Is not pious town, notwith-
standing 1t has Methodist, Presby-
terian, an Eplscopalian, Greek, a
Catholic and an Indian church, all OF
them thrifty. The fact is, Juneau is a
good deal Partisan in its style, and is
decidedly wide open. Gambling
places, saloons dance halls and dives
abound, and they appear to be neces-
sity OF existing conditions. The streets
at Juneau, beyond the one at the wat
er front, are mostly uphill, and they
are all paved with plank, says the
Washington Evening Star. Wagons
are few, ten in all, but there are plat
form sleds on low runners, that can
slide down q street like toboggan.
There are 25 horses in town and one
buggy. There are 20 bicycles, but just
where they can run is not apparent.
There is an opera house, and a unique
method Of having shows in it. Every
Friday night il is open to the best
people, at 81 a seat. with a selected tai
ent from the variety shows of the
town where the best people cannot go
except the men.
Socially Juneau is quite gay, and
pink and other hued teas prevail in
the afternoons, while assemblies, balls
and other functions take up the night
IN cnaaia1 cinnc AnUnrc
are ordered from Seattle. There are
25 or thirty ladies, who are prominent
in society and entertain Men are
plenty, but there are few unmarried
women and there is an urgent demand
for Them 'F,'' sA
There are two banks and the stores
are very large, witt fine window dis
plays One firm pays its window trim
mer $105 month. What 3500-size
town in the states does as well as
that? Extensive stocks are carried,
running from $4,000 to $150,00O, with
annual sales running as high as $780,
900 at retail. There is big business
done in Indian curios the Indians SELL
ing as high as $4,000 worth a year
from their horses and on the streets.
One excursion steamer last season car
ried out $4,000 worth of Indian baskets.
The press is represented by The Dis
patch daily and its weekly. The
Morning Record, by e. C. Russell, Jr.,
hustler; The Alaska Miner and The
Truth are weeklies.
There are two or three libraries and
free reading rooms maintained by the
citizens, and they are all well patron
ICED. Dealers sell large quantities of
paper-back novels as we'll, and all the
periodicals of the east are in eager de-
mand.
There is no police in Juneau, the po-
lice functions being in the hands of
deputy United States marshals, and
there is little disorder. Juneau has a
climate that is all cloud and fog and
mist and rain for about 367 days in the
year.
All kinds OF hardy vegetables are
raised around the town, and one man
has a floral garden where roses and
other flowers flourish as the green bay
tree. Good board may be had at from
S. to Sc week, and rooms at from $40
to $50 month. Drinks are 25 cents
each, except beer, which is 10 cents,
and cigars are usually two for quar-
ter but good five cent cigars are to be
mad, and the time-tried, fire-tested
Piusburg and Wheeling stogies can be
had at two fer" or 81 hundred. A
shave costs quarter, and hair cut
50 cents. Best hotels, which have
water, electric light and all the mod
ern improvements, charge 81 and SO a
day, and some very fair as low as 81
day.
The town is lighted by electricity
from fine plant. and 1t has water
works, supplied by mountain streams,
so high up that there is force enough
to throw water all over town. 1t is
cold water too, and beautifully clear.
Olga (who has overheard conver.
sation in the drawing room AREN'T
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