Douglas Island news., 1912-10-30

Mrs. N. Kiug and daughter, Cassie, are both sick, victims of grip.
 Do you know that you can get iron iug and sleeve boards at Jensen's.
 See our big SC, Ioo aud l5c bargain counter Douglas Hardware Store.
 Watch our windows for display of electrical goods. Douglas Hardware Store.
 Get a Kodak at Andrews studio aud learn to take pictures, We will sho" you.
 Arthur Tatun returned ou the spo- kane from visit with relatives in the States.
 Chris. Nelson, of the Csnteen, is back from an outiug at Warm Springs on Baranof.
 George Dasing is back in town after spending cbe sommer at the Perse versuce.
 George Nelson, wife and child lett on the Spokane to spend the winter in Washington.
 Thriua Museth is returning on the Jefferson from visit at Ketchikan and Petersburg
 Mis- Maida Cornwell departed on the Humboldt for California, to attend bus mess college.
 There gre over a thousand gas boats in Alaska, most of them in the South east division.
 Biug Haileck is having let cleared on North Third Street, where he eX- pecrs to build in the spring.
 Merchant N. G. Rogers will be Q pas senper on the Princess Sophia tomor- TOW for business trip to the Sound. The Aux Bay mine has been closed down for the winter. A tunnel, COG feet in length, has recently been completed If your clothes need repairing, clean ing or pressing, call on Anton Hrasel, next door to the cable office, Second street.
 The Douglas natives, not to be out done by the white folks in anything, gave swell dance at the Lyric last night.
 Just arrived-a large stock of East man Kodaks and supplies at Ed An drews' studio. Everything sold at cat alog prices.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Douglas Civic Improvement Club will be held at the school house next Tues day evening, November 9th.
 Small boys and small dogs have play ed havoc with the rabbits ou May7ower Island, bat the three lady deers still welcome visitors and beg for grass.
 When in need of good range or cook stove, heaters, CT anything in the stove line, give US call. Julius Jen- sen. agent for Great Western Stove Go. Congregational cbQroh next Sunday at 8 D. 1n. Topic, "Home Rule and Good Citizenship" Special music. Sunday school ? p. m. Everybody made well come at these services.
 Bal Lutz returned from visit to Petersburg, bringing with him pet eagle, which nearly bit his thumb of the other night The eagle is on exhi- bition in the windows of the Phoenix. John McWilliams, Jess McWilliams and wife and children, and Dave Con- kel and wife left last week to spend a month at Yankee Basin, where the men folks will do assessment work on min- ing claims.
 Five cabins on the Douglas beach, otherwise known as Indian town, be- longing to the estate of H. l. Clever, deceased, were sold at public sale Mon day. They brought nearly $500, which may be considered a good price, con- sidering their condition.
 In about a month Chas, H. Carleton, millwright at the George E. James Go. mill. expects to start for his home at Alma, Maine. He came West year ago last spring and has not been back since. Mir. Carleton is one of the best me- chauics ever in Douglas, and has lived here so many years that it is hard to realize that this is not his real home.
 A letter from James 4. Norriss, a for mer resident of Douglas, who now lives at Wstsonville, California, announces