Douglas Island news., 1912-08-14
The Douglas Island News
rHELoCAL FIELD.


 the Douglas Grill.
 Mrs. Chas. M. Spores is conValescent from serious illness.
 Tom O'Donnell is sick and is being cared for at St. Ann hospital,
 The governors mansion at Juneau will be completed by December
 Do you know that you can get iron- ing and sleeve boards at Jensen's.
 Mir. Gemmett, of the Rainier bar, re- turned yesterday from the hot springs.
 BoRN.-To Mir. and Mrs. George Spence, on Monday, August 18th, girl.
 BoRN.-To MT. and Mrs. S. Stanko, vich, of Treadwell, on Wednesday, Aug. l4, son.
 Everybody doing it, doing what? Buying a Bissell's Carpet Sweeper at Jensen's.
 Jim Huffman is back from week spent in looking after bis garden stuff at Amslga.
 Frank Humfrey has turned carpenter and is helping on tbe new Hudson building on Front street.
 Hugh McRae, Ed Mccormick and Gust Bergstrom went for an outing at Turner lake last Saturday.
 At last it will be possible to get cup of good coffee and sandwich in Doug Jas. Inquire at the Palace of Sweets.
 If your clothes need repairing, clean dng or pressing, call on Anton Krasel, next door to the cable office, Second street.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. B. Secrest and Mrs. Paul Bloedhorn returned last week on Friday from sojourn at Tenakee Hot Springs.
 Peter Johnson, Harry ReXroth and Oscar Gruudler, who were out bunting last week, returned safely. They caught plenty fish.
 Just arrived--a large stock of East mau Kodaks and supplies at Ed An drews' studio. Everything sold at cat alog prices.
 Ex-Councilman L. H. Keist is back from a visit to Puget sound. All he has to say of that country is that 1t is mighty hot down there.
 Mr. DeLong, the ebliging cable office man, stuck to his post until after mid night last night to give Douglas folks chance to get the election news
 pr. Clay will give personal attention to Douglas Island patients and will be at the office of pr. Finley in Douglas on Tuesday aud Friday of each week.
 When in need of good range or cook stove, heaters, or anything in the stove line, give us a caH. Julius Jen- sen, agent for Great Western Stove Go,
 The Ladies' League of the Congrega tional church enjoyed an excursion to the lower eud of the Island yesterday as guests of Mrs. George E. James on the launch Mary A. J.
 Mir. Jack Hayes, foreman for the Alaska road commission, has received word from Major Richardson that the money is available for the Douglas-to- Bar road, and will probably begin oper- atious at once.
 The local Red Men held their annual picnic last Friday at Grindstone Falls. 1t was wet day, but judging by some of the pictures we have seen it was g jolly crowd. The trip was made on the Lone Fisherman.
 Tex Zimmerman and party returned Monday from a weeks outing on the the shores of Admiralty. They brought home a beautiful and interesting as sortment of mosquito bites. Other wise they are all right.
 Mir. Holmes, who has served for sev- ,eral years as agent in Doaglas for Juneau laundry, will depart for other parts shortly. His family will accom- pany him. Felix Gray will succeed him in the laundry business.
 Street improvements continue on North Third. With the assistance of Mir. Osborn, H street has been opened up between Third end Fourth up to the Mission. The new gravel road promises to be more durable and cheaper than planking, and then the government has not yet put tax on the gravel banks.