Douglas Island news., 1912-01-03
The Douglas Island News.
THE FIELD.

Lester James returned to Douglas on the Humboldt.
 A cat of ten per cent on all Salts at Jack McDonald's.
 Miss Mary McBlain has taken position in Stubbiu's store. School opened again yesterday after cheerful Christmas vacation.
 The Sunday school at the Friends Church has been discontinued. Chas. A. Fox passed north on the Humboldt, bound for Skagway.
 The Alaska Catholic Club will hold social gathering tomorrow night,
 The federal grand jury enters upon it's Iabors at the Capital City today.
 The steamship Jefferson shied at the Douglas Dock again last Wednesday.
 We will give p per cent off on Shoes until January lst, 1912, at McDonald's. Mayor NJ. J. O'Connor represented the city at the Governors reception Monday. The Douglas Island Moose went over and danced with the Juneau Moose Monday night
 Louis P. Shackleford, attorney and politician, came north on the Hum boldt, as far as Juneau. Mrs. L. Kane, of Hoonah, came in last week for medical attention. MT. Kane and Mrs. Page accompanied her. { Alaska Lodge, No. l, l. o. o. F., will . install officers tonight. A banquet will be served in connection with the cere- mony.
 Geo. Roene, proprietor of the Sans Souci, went to the Sound on the Hum. boldt, to purchase furniture for the new postottlce-
 Gov. Walter E. Clark will start for the States Friday, to make his annual visit to Washington, D. c. Mrs. Clark will accompany him.
 A water tap running loose all night in the Day building, deluged the stores of Jack Mcdonald, and Humfrey's { Novelty Store, Monday night.
 Miss Homes principal of the Doug las Public Schools, is enjoying a visit with her sister, who arrived on one of the recent boats from the States.
 Postmaster Richard Mccormick has bought lot on Fourth street, for resi- dence purposes, and will commence to build as soon as the weather permits.
 The Jar of Money, given away by the Alaska Drug Co.,, was divided equally between Mir. Roy H. Walsh and Mrs. Rustand, who each guessed Sl6.O0. The jar contained Sl59O. RECoRDS.-We still have two or three 1 hundred Victor and Edison records, . that we will sell for less than half price. Better come in and pick them out. Alaska Drug Go.
 John Bachia, fireman at the Mexl- l can. left on the Humboldt for the South. Mir. Bachia has been employed at Treadwell since 1905 and will enjoy a six-weeks holiday visiting Los An G., The Humboldt came in Sunday night with about sixty tons of freight for Douglas. Max Kalish was aboard of her, and it was the whistle of the Hum boldt that announced to the people of Douglas that 1911 was no more and 1912 had begun. The steamship Georgia will make 8 special trip this month to Warm Springs bay leaving Douglas on the 10th. Mir. and Mrs. James McKanna, Mrs. K. McKanns and the children of Phillip McKanna will be passengers for months stay at the Springs. The new safe deposit boxes for John Henson & Co. have arrived and will be ready for use very soon now. There are just 100 of these boxes and it takes 400 keys to unlock them all. City Clerk Henson is proud to show them to all corners and explain their uses.
 You can't find a better way to spend
  your evenings than by attending the Lyric. The pictures displayed there are of high order, and are not only