Douglas Island news., 1904-03-23
Miaa Helen Fox is suffering with ton.

MT. William Mchlnney IS lalu up with an attack of pleurisy.
 Parties just returned from Yankee Basin report 8 or 10 feet of snow there.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson took passage on the Humboldt for California, where they will make their home.
 Mir. George Butler, who has been on a visit to his old home back in old Virginia, returned on the Humboldt.
 Simplex Eddie of the Dispatch gave the News man a sly dig last week, but then nobody believes anything that Eddie says.
 Mir. Gribble, of Juneau, has rented the Edmonds property in Douglas and with his family will become a resident of this town.
 Ernest Powell went to work again in the Treadwell machine shop yesterday, after being laid off couple of weeks with broken finger.
 Mir. Angus Mackay came up from the Sound on the Humboldt. His Island friends are glad to shake his hand again and welcome him to Alaska.
 A bowling team from Treadwell, called the Shamrocks, went to Juneau last Saturday night, to play the Cy- clones; they blew home beaten 51l pins,
 The vigorous outlook for fires should be continued yet while. Today's eX- perience shows what even little spark might do if it were not discovered. Be cautious.
 An exchange publishes the report that Judge Wickersham of the Third has resigned, and credits the statement to the Nome Nugget, but fails to give the date of that paper, which was Jan. 9th.
 Seattle has had an earthquake. We don't see why it is that s. E. Alaska should be sighted in this regard. We may have stirring up of old dry bones pretty soon, and that beats an earth quake.
 Prof. Nels Sorby, wbo evokes sweet music for the entertainment of the patrons of the Douglas Opera House, has become a regular reader of the News, the only great moral and religious weekly in Alaska.
 Several dark horse candidates for police judge developed Monday and threatened to materially reduce O'Con- nor's majority Walt Mccormick says he made the best run with five votes, with Bob Fairbank close second.
 There was no meeting of the city council Monday night, the interest be- ing centered in the election. The meeting next Monday evening will probably be busy one, as it will be the last one of the old council.
 Mir. George E. James has men at work fitting up the saw mill getting ready for the summer season. Tie de- mand for lumber has already begun and the mill will start up as soon as the water situatation clears up bit.
 Services at the M. E. church, Sunday, March ?, 1904: Il a. m., "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" 12:l5 p. m., Sunday school. s p. m., "Steps that lead upward" All not worshipping elsewhere, are invited to these services.
 An interesting Easter Program is in course of preparation at the M. B. church. The morning service will be for the older ones, while the evening service will be for and by the Sunday school-an illustrated description of the crucifxion and resurrection of Christ.
 Mir. Joseph F. Bowman returned via the Humboldt from an extended visit to his old home in Newberg, Oregon. He says the past one has been an ex- ceptionally wet season in Oregon, but nevertheless he enjoyed the change and rest. He comes back looking and feel f ing we'll and strong.
 Mir. J. M. Hall has had to give up his position at Treadwell on account of his health, and may decide to move to the States. MT. Hall has been resi- dent of Douglas Island for nearly 19 years, and now says that he feels that he has earned the right to move to more congenial cline.
 A letter recently received from Coun-