Douglas Island news., 1914-05-06
The Douglas Island News.
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Ths Hum boIdL ig dne saturday.

The steamship Jefferson is due to morrow morning.
 Mrs. Wm. Stubbius left Sunday night on her long trip to Italy.
 Juneau has decided that a city health officer is an unnecessary expense.
 Mrs. Ray James will arrive Saturday via the steamer Al-Ki from Seattle.
 The Limestone bunch came in today with the first months cleanup from the new mill
 H. o. Sterbens, cigar maker, goes south on the Spokane for months vacation.
 Broken pipes repaired at Keisrs Pool Room. All work guaranteed.- Advertisement
 Mrs. Carl Fl Erickson and son are expected home on the Humboldt the last of Che week.
 The news has come that the business section of Flat City, in the Iditarod, was burned last Sunday.
 Mrs. Bert Stedmau and children will return this week from Ketchikan, where they have been ou visit.
 Councilman Henry Brie made the trip to Haines last week, returning on the Dolphin Sunday evening.
 Mr. ari Mrs. B. Schram have moved into their row home on Piety Hill' above the Treadvell postofice
 Miss Nora Musetb will take posi- tion as clerk in tbe Douglas postotice at the close of her school term.
 Have you bonseto bnild? See Geo. F. Brown, Contractor and Builder Douglas, Alaska He kuOws.-Adv.
 Mrs. Chas. A. Hopp, wife of the News mau. is coming home from Seattle on the Humboldt, due the last of the week
 The teachers and pupils of the Sisters school took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to picnic at Lawson creek.
 The latest baseball organization on tbe .laud. headed by Louis Hubbard, has been rigged out with bran new suite by Johu FeusL
 If your clothes need repairing, clean ing or pressing, call on Anton Krasel, next door to the cable office, Second street.-Advettisement.
 Merchant John Feusi declares that by the first of July fine hotel, com pleted aud equipped, will stand on the corner of Front and D streets.
 Smokers-Au kinds of Smoking To bacco in pound jars-also Egyptian and Sweet Caporal Cigarettes at keist's Pool Room, Hunter Block.-Adv.
 The prosperity of the community is shared by Postmaster Jack Henson, who is building an addition to his cosy little home near the school house.
 Frank Deveudorf, who has been visit inc in Douglas for the past month with bis uncle, F. M. Simpson, left on the Dolphin for bis home at San Diego, Calf.
 Tom Ryan and Oscar Wearing have gone to their claims up the Taku river While there they will keep a sharp lookout for tbe railroad announced for that section.
 Joe Riedrs launch Margaret made trip to Speel river and return yester- day with A. Baritello, Paul Bloedhoru, Geotge Brown and Fred lille as passen gers and crew.
 H. Yamaguchi and K Yamasbita, the Japs accused of the murder of T. Kajita on April 24tb at Chatham, have been bound over pending an investigation by the grand jury.
 The rain period of last week was broken Saturday when the sun came out from behind the clouds, bright and warm. and the steamer Dolphin ar- rived from the south.
 Jim Rubin writes to a friend in Douglas from Springfield, Ore, that he is stuck on the town and has decided to invest in two or three lots, settle down and grow up with the country.
 Ed Woods has been elected captain of the Douglas Island baseball team. aWoody" distinguished himself on the diamond last year and won a warm