Douglas Island news., 1906-07-04

Mir. Daniel Webster of the store force, made the round trip to Rod man Bay last week on the Georgia.
 Frank Gillice has been spending several days at the hospital, as the re- suit of badly bruised hand and knee, acquired while practicing for the hose races.
 Howard Caraway is out again after several weeks of illness.
 The Misses Mccormick aud Sullivan, two of Treadwell's popular young ladies, have gone into business in Douglas. Their fruit and candy store began active operations on the first of the month.
 The new books for the Treadwell library, which arrived some weeks ago, are now on the shelves for the use of the public. The library is steadily growing and new shelves have been added to accomodate the increased number of volumes. The list now in- cludes about thousand volumes.
 News has been received of the ar rival of son in the home of F. w.. Bradley, of San Francisco, consulting engineer of the Treadwell mining com panies.
 Mrs. and Mrs. Mark Smith are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, last Saturday morning. Both the young lady and the mother are doing nicely.
 The launch @Mabel" has taken out several pleasure parties during the past week, and is proving to be valuable acquisition to Treadwell.
 The entire Treadwell works, from A to z, closed down for twenty four hours for the first time in three years, in order to give it's employees a chance to celebrate the Fourth of July to their hearts content. From 6 o'clock, the morning of the fourth, to the same hour the morning of the fifth, it's thousand imployes were at liberty to enjoy the pleasure of rest and change from their usual occupations.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Willis, of San Francisco, arrived Tuesday on the Cot tage City for an extended visit with their son, Mr. R. J. Willis.
 
 Harry Barackman returned on the Jefferson from a months vacation spent at Seattle and neighboring cities.
 Mesdames Kinzie and Stow will leave on the next trip of the Georgia for two weeks sojourn at Rodman Bay.
 The Mexican team carried off first money in the hose race, making the successful run in g seconds.
 Treadwell was resplendent in flags and bunting in honor of the glorious Fourth, and the day being ideal every thing was carried out according to program, and the holiday greatly en- ioyed.
 Treadwen has many points of in- terest which never fail to excite the wonder and interest of the chance visitor, but there is one characteristic feature which always comes in for its share of notice and exclamations. We refer to the immense focks of sea-gulls which make their home on the sand flats near the boarding house. This year there are more than ever, at least three times the usual multitude, ap- parently. They are rarely quiet, and their lonely cries may be heard night and day, while at meal times, when the scraps from the boarding house are thrown into the water, the uproar and screaming are simply deafening. Their manners at such times are atrocioUs, and show painful lack of that "ealm repose of We're de We're" which is so much sought after in our day and age. Kodaks innumerable have snapped views of the wild reYel, but with little success. It must be seen, and above all heard, to be appreciated. Not un- el then can the full strength and meaning of the phrase "to snatch like