Douglas Island news., 1914-12-02

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 Douglas young ladies' basket ball team has decided to challenge the Treadwel young ladies' basket ball team to a contest, to take place at Natatorium hall.
 Grover Kertis was the victim last Saturday of blow-back or aare-up of the furnace in the refinery at the eva hide plant. His injuries are slight and consist of number of burns about the face and head, none of which may be considered serious.
 Tony Gusti, who has been rambling round the country" returned to Doug las on the steamer Humboldt. Tony, who is really quite a traveller, married a wife at Wheeling, Wa, and brought her as far west as Minneapolis, Minn. He has now sent for her to come to Douglas, the Queen City of the North west, where he expects to pass bis de cliuiuiug years.
 Last night a coastiug party met with a mishap of a serious nature, in a sud den contact with a lumber pile, and Miss Anna Peuglase came out of the wreck with broken aukle pr. Sar eeant reduced the fracture, and youth and health will do the rest The sport is fine. but young folks should be warned by this accident that danger turks on every hand.
 It is announced that the president has signed an order setting aside a tract of land fifteen mics square in the heart of the Kobuk river valley for the exclusive use of the Eskimos. This is a pet scheme of the Rev. Chas. Rep logic. a former Douglas missionary, who plans to train the Eskimo in all kinds of industrial pursuits and to eu courage him in learning to support himself. The Kobuk flows into Hotze- bue sound, opposite to Deering.
 The Grst of the winter series of fre- mems monthly meetings and social high links took place at A. l.. U. hall last Saturday evening. Mayor M J. O'Couuor presided. The business was soou disposed of, after which Ed Arm strong entertained the crowd Cor an hour with the movies. By this time Judge Bach and his assistants had "der hoont" cooked; as if by magic Towser disappeared. What happened after wards cannot be described in words, except Co say that all night sweet dreams were ever puuctua'ed by bars of that "great big, big, big, beautiful ioU" with all lhe variations in tone of a we'll equipped barber shop minor.
 A. Dickson Price was killed in stautly las. Friday just before noon at Treadwen, by falling in front of one of the electric locomotives. Tom Me- Donald was running the motor, which he had just started. Price was sitting on the front end, when suddenly be fell and the ear passed over his body, crushing out the life. Price was car ryiug iu his hand an iron bar, which may have come in contact with some obstruction, or, on the other hand, he may have become suddenly dizzy As there were no witnesses, Che real cause of the tragedy will remain a mystery. 'Dick," as the deceased was commonly called, was we'll liked by his associates. He had been in the employ of the com pany for seven or eight years, and had recently been given full charge of the central crushing plant His demise is mourued by a wife; an aged father aud mother, Ir. and Mrs. J. W. Pice, of Juneau; four brothers, Charles, of Thomas, of Cordova, and John and Martin, of Ju6eau; and a sister, Mrs. Charles Craig, of Juneau, besides a host of friends, who have known bim from boyhood. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Juneau, and the burial was at the cemetery there.
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