Douglas Island news., 1906-01-10
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A gasoline war is on at Juneau.

The government assay office at Daw- son has been closed.
 Crude oil for fuel has been introduc- ed to the people of Juneau.
 Sheep creek water will be converted into electric power for the use of the neighboring mines.
 The Ketchikan Journal wants to pur- chase water wheel. We suggest that Bro. Coutant try windmill.
 Ole F. Finstead, who built the first cabin in Dawson City, is under arrest in Mexico, charged with murder.
 Federal Judge Gunnison has appoint ed w. B. Hoggatt as a aco-receiver ofthe Nowen properties at Berners Bay.
 The term Territory of Alaska" would be as pleasant as a"Sulzer" lem onade on hot day-Seartle Times.
 The Seattle Spirit" breaks out again in a combine of the breweries. Thank goodness, Alaska has breweries of her own.
 The gross output of British Col umbia mines for 1905 was S20,OO0,0 0,000,an increase of s2,OOO,OOO over the previous year.
 A Skagway burglar stole the only pair of suspenders his victim possessed. And the wind blows just awful in that town, too.
 The miners of Mckee creek present. ed the postmaster at Atlin with a handsome silver tea service for a Christmas present, and in recogn ition of courteous treatment.
 The Steamer Portland that went on the rocks at Spire Island, was the old original treasure ship that carried cargo of gold to Seattle in 1897, and set the world on fire for Klondike gold. 1
 Information comes from the traffic . department of the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company that there will be large tourist travel to Alaska next summer. The Spokane's accommodations are nearly all gone for the trips for which she is booked.
 A Chicago company, composed of the Cudahys and others who are inter ested in the North American Trading & Transportation Company that has operated in the north for so long time, may become interested in the Porcupine country.
 Frank E. Burns, ofthe Alaska Steam ship Company, is quoted by the Seattle Times as saying that his company will send the Bellingham and the Garland, two of it's Puget Sound steamers, to Alaska in February, the Bellingham to operate from Juneau and the Garland from Ketchikan.
 c. A. Sehlbrede pinhead United 1 States commissioner who was stationed at Skagway in the early days, and who should be called necessity" because he knows no law, has the immaculate nerve to want to be governor of the State of Oregon. He says he would be willing to serve the people in the capac- ity of chief executive for $500 per year. He would be dear at fifteen cents. Sehlbrede for governor! Holy smoke!-Whitehorse Star.
 The navy department has decided to urge upon the naval affairs committee in both branches of congress the de- sirability of an appropriation to be- come immediately available for the construction of naval coaling station on Kiska island, in the Aleutians. All the preliminary work has been done at Kiska, but further operations were suspended because of a lack of funds. The proposition is to establish on this island the largest coaling station any where in the Pacific, with storage facil- ities for 100000 tons of fuel.
 E. A. Boyd, general manager of the Nome Telegraph Syndicate, which is designing and commencing to b1ild network of telegraph lines all over AL aska and Yukon, has made formal offer to the war department of the United States to lease the entire gov ernment system of telegraph now in operation in this northern land. The proffer is for the payment of interest on the entire cost of construction, under a guarantee of rates better than