Douglas Island news., 1908-03-11

If you are in need of a range or a Heating Stove, go to Jules Jensen's, where you will get Square Deal. Dan- dy Banquet and Perfect Wonder Ranges in stock.
 If you want special favors in your mouth you had best go to the City hall right away and see pr. Metallic, the Dentist, while he is in the notion of buying the Fox.
 The proprietors of the Hotel North ern saloon are preparing to move their establishment just across the street to the building formerly occupied by the Slovenian laundry.
 Ed. Snyder, "the Prince of Tenakee," was passenger on the Georgia yester. day for the Springs. He has been at Juneau for the past week on business before the land office.
 Today is a March day in almost every respect. The mercury stands in the neighborhood of forty, and snow changes to rain and then the rain oranges to snow again.
 The Douglas saw mill will be ready to start up about the first of the month. A new drag-saw has been installed that will increase the capacity of the mill oLo,,t = NON eonE y,or dow
 Among the passengers south on the Jefferson this morning were the follow ing: Mir. and Mrs. Faulkes, Nick Elich, Nels Sorby, Wm. E. Liefhelm, s. Eastberg, and twenty five second class.
 A boxing contest between Fred Cook, of Douglas, and Kid Smith, of Seattle, will be pulled off at the Doug las Opera House on the first of April. The contestants are training hard for the event.
 The Alaska Labor Union will give "smoker" at Natatorium Hall on next Friday evening. It being the privilege of each member of the organization to invite two friends there will probably be a large attendance.
 In the building formerly occupied by the Glory Hole saloon real log cabin has been built, and a frst-class liquor house will be conducted there, under the management of the Log Cabin Liquor Company.
 A doR-shooting rumpus occupied the attention of Front street at an early hour last Sunday morning. As plenty as dogs are in this community, it seems queer that their own CTS should attach so much value to them.
 The coming and going of the work ing population of Douglas Island is like the ebbing and flowing of the tide. Every boat brings some here and every boat takes some away. However, the houses heretofore vacant arc filling up with families, which is a good sign for any town.
 Barney Helms left Monday for Snet- tishan, where he will get ready to re. sume work on the Crystal mine. Barney has been down to the States taking in the sights, but the old long ing for the fresh, pure air of the Alaska hills was stronger than the attractions of the crowded cities.
 The debating fever has struck Doug las. Last night the fire department settled in the affirmative the question, "Resolved that country life is more conducive to happiness than city life," and on Saturday night the Eagles will tussle with the question of the relative worth to America of the Swedish and Irish settlers.
 The Douglas K. P. lodge was visited last Thursday evening by number of the Knights of Pythias of Juneau, who came to witness some degree work as carried out by the Douglas team. Af- ter the ceremony, a lunch was served by the entertainment committee, and representatives of the two lodges en- gagged in a sort of love feast.
 Last Friday about noon workmen left candle burning in the attic of John Feusi's building on Front street, which, on being overturned, set fire to the house. An alarm was sound ed, but before the iremen arrived MT. Feusi and his assistants had the blaze