Douglas Island news., 1913-01-22

Drug Store.
 When in need of good snow shovel, ice creepers, skates. or sled for the kid, give us call. Jensen, Second St..
 If your clothes need repairing, clean ing or pressing, call on Anton Krasel, next door to the cable office, Second street.
 Hugh Day will depart for Tenakee the last of the month. His departure has been delayed from time to time, but this time he is going sure.
 Luther hambers, of the firm of Chambers Bros, proprietors of the Douglas City Market, left on the Mari posa on business trip to Seattle. Losr-on Wednesday evening, be- tween Douglas and Treadwell,a a lady's gold mesh bag. Finder will leave at l O'Connor's store and receive reward. 1 Mrs. Grant Kimmerling, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Douglas, Treadwell and Juneau, left this morning on the Jefferson for her home in Washington.
 Max Kalish, of the Humboldt Steam ship Company, was shaking hands with his Douglas friends Sunday. Mir. Kalish was a witness in the "transpor- tation" case on trial in the federal court.
 Last week Jess Peyser sold his inter- est in the Rainier bar to Mir. Mccoy, a recent arrival from Vancouver, B. c. The firm is now Gemmett & Mccoy. Jess will cast bis fortunes in the Capi. tai City, where he will open saloon about March 1st.
 Local Scotchmen will celebrate the birthday of Bobby Burns at the Lyric next Monday night. There is nothing that is celebrated with more enthusiasm by Douglas people, except possibly Christmas and Fourth of July, than birthday of the Scottish bard. It is the the one occasion when the Dutch and the Irish envy their Scotch neighbors.
 The report of Secretary of War Meyer shows that the navy is about 5000 men short of its authorized quota and that it is apparently impossible to secure enlistments, although recruiting stations are kept open in all of the large cities and the attractions of life on the battleships advertised widely.
 From the columns of the new paper published in that town, we learn that Peters burg now has bank, several general merchandise stores, among which is that of Messrs. Stoft & Refling, former residents of Douglas; two wharyes, meat market, hotels, res taurants, theatre, skating rink, besides several places where the thirsty may be refreshed.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department will be held at the A. l.. U. hall next Saturday night, Jan. 25th. Matters of interest to the property holders of Douglas will be discussed at this meet ing which will be open to erybody whether they are firemen or not. We expect that the entertainment com mittee will also provide something good.
 According to the Juneau Empire the court of appeals at San Francisco has handed down decision in the Haines townsite case, by which Col Sol Ripin- sky loses all his holdings except the ground occupied by his house and gar den. The Colonel is entitled to sym pathy, because he held a large part of what is now the town of Haines long before it was a town, and held 1t in good faith until the squatters came. Now it appears that the purchase of the land and the years of patient occn- pancy count for nothing.
 A letter to the News from the new Seattle Chamber of Commerce an nounces the election of the new of- ficials of the Alaska bureau of that body as follows: Col. Wm. T. Perkins, chairman; Mir. J. c. Lang, vice-chair- man, and Mr. J. l.. McPherson, secre- tary. In conclusion the letter says: 'The membership of the Alaska bureau is composed of Alaska and Seattle men of affairs who are personally and vitally interested in fostering the close business connection which has always