Douglas Island news., 1908-03-04

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 A heavy wind must have struck l Treadwen, judging from the looks of w. H. McBlain, but he insists that it was done that he might eat soup with comfort and dispatch.
 H. R. Elliott, who has been holding down the agency of the Alaska Steam ship Company at Skagway while the regular man took vacation, went south on the Jefferson.
 George Washington Coomb, of Doug | las, was convicted In the U. s. commis- sioner's court at Juneau of selling liquor to Indians, and was sentenced to serye six months in the U. s. jail. L.S. Humes returned home on the Cottage City, having convinced the Se- attle authorities that his connection with the dissatisfied laborers sent to the Westward was in no wise criminal.
 The preparatory work for tho organ ization of lodge of the Improved Or der of Red Mem in this city has pro- gressed to the point that the charter list is now complete and has been sent in to headquarters for approval. The body of Hector Mcdonald, a we'll known Klondiker who fell from the Skagway wharf last fall and was drowned, was found on the beach by an Indian. In the pockets of the dead mans clothes, when found, was SLIGO in gold and drafts. The Juneau Dispatch last night con- tained the following: Washington, March 3.-The president this afternoon sent to the senate the names of John Spickett, Juneau; August Kindell, Skagway; and Jesse Jefferson, Valdez, as nominees for postmasters.
 Mayor M. s. Hudson has bought the Hotel Northern, and after April 1st, he will open it up as a first-class hotel for miners and the travelling public gen. erally. A partner, who is a first-class cook and hotel man and who is now on the Sound, will arrive about that time and take charge of the business. The Knights of Pythias of Douglas are preparing for big time at their castle hall on next Thursday evening. Besides having work in two degrees for that evening, a visit is expected from the Juneau lodge. The refreshment committee has orders to have some thing substantial for that night. All Knights are invited to be present.
 This Honor Roll is for the children of Miss Shows room who nave not been absent one day of the week and have not been kept in for department; Edith Jackson, Lydia Anderson, Sarah Berg, Johnnie Laughlin, Cassie King, Eva Barquist, Regime Miller, Mildred Brick son, Nora Museth, Edwin Jackson, Rudolph Sarvela. Reporter, Eva Bar quist.
 At the meeting of the Alaska Labor Union held last Friday night the first permanent officers were elected. They are as follows: President, Richard Mccormick; Vice President, M S. Hud. son; Secretary, Alex T. Nelson; Treas urer, Nicholas King; Directors, Nels Anderson, John Diamond, and w. H. McBlain. Regular meetings of the Union are held every Friday night at Odd Fellows Hall. The officers of the new organization are certainly entitled to consideration if the citizenship of an old-timer counts for anything. The president and treasurer have each lived on Douglas Island for more than g years, the vice president has been in this part of Alaska for over 15 years, and several of the officers have lived and worked on Douglas Island for over ten years. The organization is found ed on good principles, it has member ship made up of American citizens, and its officers have been selected from the best citizens of the Island.
 Last Saturday evening the home of the News man was invaded by a party of Treadwellites. They came like wind, and through the wind;