The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-13
FEATURES OF JUNEAU.
Partisan in It's style and decidedly
Wide open.

Juneau is not a pious town, notwith
standing it has a Methodist, a Presby
terrain, an Episcopal, Greek. a Catho
lie and an Indian church, all of them
thrifty. The fact is, Juneau is a good
deal Partisan in it's style, and is decidedly
wide open. Gambling places, saloons,
dance nails and dives abound, and they
appear to be a necessity Of existing con-
ditions.
The streets of Juneau, beyond the one
at the water front, are mostly uphill,
and they are all paved with plank.
Wagons are few, ten in all, but there are
platform sleds on low runners that can
slide down a street like a toboggan.
There are twenty-five horses in town and
one buggy. There are twenty bicycles,
a correspondent of the Washington Star
says, but just where they can run is not
apparent. There is an opera house, and
a unique method of having shows in 1T.
Every Friday night it is open to the
best people, at 81 q seat, with selected
talent 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 after
moons, which assemblies, balls, and
other functions take up the night time.
On special occasions flowers are ordered
from Seattle. There are twenty five or
thirty ladies, who are prominent in So
ciety, and entertain. Men are plenty,
but there are few unmarried women, and
there is an urgent demand for them.
There are two banks, and the stores
are very large with fine window displays.
One firm pays its window trimmer S105 a
month. What 3,500-size town in the
States does as well as that? Extensive
stocks are carried running from $4,000
to $l50,000. with annual sales running as
high as $3.50, 900 at retail There is a big
business done in Indian eurios, the In
dians selling as high as $4,000 worth a
year from their houses and on the
streets One excursion steamer last sea-
son carried out $4,000 worth of Indian
baskets.
The press is represented BY the Dis
patch daily and its weekly, the Morn
ing Record, by E. C. Russell Jr, a hus-
tier; 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 patronized
Dealers sell large quantities Of paper
back novels as well, and all the periodi-
Gals of the East are in eager demand
There is no police force in Juneau, the
police function being in the hands of
deputy United States marshaIs, and there
is little diso-der The fact that A man
can md trouble very easily if he is look
ing for it acts as deterrent to disorder.
and scraps are few and far between No
body has been shot within a year. About
a year ago a deputy marshal was killed
and three wounded. This seems to have
cleared the atmosphere morally. Moth
ing on earth could do it eteoroIogfcally,
for Juneau has a climate that is all
cloud and fog and mist and rain for
about 1861 days in the year
All Kinds of hard vegetables are raised
around the town, and one man has a
floral garden, where roses and other flow
ers flourish as the green bay tree Prices
are quite reasonable. Good board may
be had at from s. to $6 a week, and rooms
at from SO to $40 a month. Drinks are
% cents each, except beer, which is Is
cents, and cigars are usually two for q
quarter, but good scent cigars are to be
had, and the time-tried tire-tested Pitts
burg and Wheeling stogie can be had at
two fer" or 81 a hundred A shave
costs a quarter ard a hair cut so cents
Best hotels which have water, electric
light, and all the modern improvements.
charge 81 and 50 q day. and some VERY,
fair as low at 81 day. Juneau. 600
miles from everywhere, is a cheaper
place to live in, comfort for comfort. than
New York city is, which is in the midst
of everything
The town is lighted by electricity from
fine plant and it has water works. sun
piled b. mountain streams, SO high up
that there is force enough to throw water
all over town. 1t is cold water. too, and
beautifully clear
Ferty-five merchants and other nar
sons have telephones. A brass band of
twelve pieces wakes the echoes now and
then, and as long as the echoes do not
complain nobody else ought to or does