Douglas Island news., 1905-02-22
TREADWELL TOPICS.

E. S. Sheffield, who was called to his home in California several weeks ago by the death of his father, returned Saturday night on the Cottage City.
 G. Caetani, who has been in tie em- ploy of the Treadwell Company for the past six months, left on the Jefferson en route to Mexico, were he will con- tinue his study of mining.
 Wickstrom was Treadwell passen- ger on the last Jefferson.
 BoRN-To Mir. snd Mrs. Herman Graiff, on Wednesday morning last, a son. All parties doing nicely.
 A number of Treadwell people in tend going over to Juneau Wednesday evening to the Charity Ball.
 Mrs. w. w. Shorthill entertained number of her friends last Saturday afternoon, at progressive dominoes.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. H. McAuley and lit tie daughter Elsie leave in few days for Boise, Idaho, much to the regret of their many friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. E. Bennett will move into the McAuley residence on Mob Hill, while Frank Gillice and MT. Wick strom will keep bachelors hall in the cottage now occupied by Mir. and Mrs. Bennett.
 Messrs. Watson, Veasie, Bennett, Tubbs, Ott and Willis entertained their wives at dinner Monday evening at the Palm Garden. The dinner was tri- umph of the culinary art, while the genial hosts more than made up for their deficiencies in the knowledge of five hundred" by proving themselves past masters in the art of entertaining. Mir. Emmet McKanna and Master Emil Ott were also of the party.
 AT THE CLUB
 The Takus, as would be expected i from their name, have been sweeping everything before them. Tuesday night they defeated the Blizzards, team, from the machine shop. Thursday night they utterly routed Douglas team (unnamed, but presumably the Simoonsl to the tune of 341 pins to the good, while Saturday night they over came a feeble and unimportant team from Juneau, who were unwise enough to style themselves Whirlwinds. Now even the greenest "chechako" knows that Whirlwinds, Cyclones, and Biz zards are out of place in Alaska, and if they take the hint of recent expert ences, they will retire to their native el- ement, the farming districts of Kansas.
 A bowling team from the Foundry has challenged the "Windiammers" to a match game on Thursday evening. The bowling alleys are in almost constant use and several teams are be- ing organized. The ladies are next to be heard from.
 The club house was crowded almost to it's limit last Saturday evening. Every table in the billiard and pool room was in use, the reading room was full, the gallery and auditorium throng- ed with interested spectators. of tLe contest. There was considerable "root- ing" done, and enthusiasm ran high. The game was very close one, the Takus winning by 48 pins.
 At it's conclusion, the dancing began. The floor was in perfect condition, and the music by Mrs. Brown was most eX- cellent. At 12 o'clock, the dancers dis persed, after a most enjoyable even ing, and with hopes for another like it soon.
 There wasa meeting of the fire de partment Monday night, at which the regular routine work was transacted. The meeting went up in smoke-that is to say, after transacting the business before them, cigars were passed and a social time was enjoyed by the mem bers.
 The books ordered for the new libra ry have arrived, but will not be ready for the use of the public for some time, as they must first be classified and numbered. Now is good time to re- turn outside volumes, so they can be catalogued with the new ones.
 The Black Ball liner Jefferson came