Douglas Island news. [volume] (Douglas City, Alaska) 1898-1921, 1901-09-04
Try the sunday Dinners al the Hotel

S. Blum & Co.'s closing out sale.
MrHugh Barclay, formerly of Ketch-
ikau, has opened up the old Klondike
Restaurant. He now calls it the "owl."
We are agents for DR.. Jeger's SAM
tary Wooden Underware, See it before
you buy your winter supply. Tread
well Store.
The Douglas schools opened up last
Monday morning with IS pupils in Mr..
Hollis department. and 80 in charge of
Miss Spiers.
Messrs. Neh and VIM. Guttridge left
this morning on the Flosie for Sitka to
aid in the construction of government
coal bunkers.
Prof. William A. Kelly, of the Sitka
Industrial Training School, sends us
the price of years subscription.
Thanks, Professor.
Mr.. Fred. H. Law, one OF the princi-
pal operators on Bear Creek, in the
Porcupine country, came down to
Douglas last week.
Mrs. John Leadbetter and sons, Roy
and Harvey, returned last week from
visit with friends and relatives at
Maville, North Dakota.
A large number of Douglas Island
people attended the K. of P. ball at
Juneau last Wednesday evening. A
pleasant time is reported.
Mr.. Otto Wicklander, who has been
on visit to Michigan returned last
week on the Dolphin and is again at
his old place in the foundry.
The City of Seattle tied up at the
Douglas wharf Monday night; having
the largest consignment of freight
brought to this port for some time.
A detachment of eighty-seven United
States troops, under command of Lieut..
Frederick, were on board the City of
Seattle Monday, enroute to Fort Egg
bert.
Mr.. j. w. Harvey, who returned last
week from Windfall, reports two large
bands of mountain sheep inhabiting
that vicinity-He counted % in one
bunch.
The Treadwell foundry is always
rushed. Their latest large order comes
from way down below Wrangel. The
good work they do is bound to be APP
preciated.
New rules have been issued by the
Pacific Coast company to the effect that,
captains aud officers on duty should
not take drink of liquor on pain of
dismissal.
Mr.. Chas. Pearce, brother of Frank
Pearce, of Treadwell City, came up from
California on the Cottage City. He
will be employed at the mines at Silver
Bow Basin.
Mr.. VIM. Stubbins, who is now wharf
niger at the Douglas dock, says that all
of the Pacific Coast S. S. Co.'s boats
will now land here on the down trip,
totake passengers or freight. ~
7 Steward NJ. II. Lynch, an old time
employee of the Treadwell Co., has
handed in his resignation. Mr.. Tony
Tubbs, of Wardner, Idaho, will take
charge of the boarding houses. -
1t seems that we we're misinformed
in regard to Rev. L. L. Writ. He is
pastor of the Brown Street Congrega-
tional Church, at Newcastle, Australia.
Mrs. Writ sailed for Australia on Au-
gust 22nd.
The Kvarven, loaded with 5000 tons
of coal from Ladysmith, reached Tread
well last Friday. She is a Norwegian
steamer, differed by Scaudinayians,
with crew of Chinese, and cargo of
British coal.
Among the improvements at Tread
we'll City is new pattern, shop, start
ed last week. The rush of work at the
foundry has kept Patternmaker John
son very busy and enlarged quarters
will greatly facilitate his work.
Marshal W. D. Grant of Wrangel was
a passenger on the Queen having been
to Sitka with his usual consignment of
off color Wrangelites. Mr.. Grant is an
ol,,;,or of Oouolos and haIiavas tbat #.