Douglas Island news., 1915-12-22
The Douglas Island News.
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you Q Merry ChrIstmas.

Did you notice how the days are growing longer?
 Dr. R. c. Mathis is back from pro- iessional visit to ChichagOf
 The name of Bing Halleck appears among the guests at a Seattle hotel.
 Miss Norma Ripin has gone to UaInes to spend the holidays with her parents.
 Mrs. B. R. Leiyers is recovering, hay. ing narrowly missed a spell of pneu- monia.
 We saw Mir. n. D. Murray going by yesterday with an automobile under his arm.
 The gas boat Yakutat and three natives are missing since Oct. 29th, and are supposed Go be lost.
 George E. James and son, Lester vent south on the Humboldt to spend the holidays in Seattle.
 Mrs. Robert Laudsburg, who ha. been laid up for Che past seven weeks with rheumatism, is improving slowly.
 George, Che infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sven. died Sunday and was buried Monday from the Sully Under taking ParIols.
 Ezra Peters and sam Keist returned Monday from Lituya bay, where they are placer miniog They report a mod crate degree of success.
 Miss Minute MalIoy, principal of the Douglas Public School, departed last Thursday to spend the Holidays at her home at Walla Walla, Wash.
 At Mondays election, two out of three of the proposed additions to the town of Juneau voted to come in and be a part of the municipality.
 The employees of the Alaska Gas tineau Mining Company will be given two days holiday. The entire works will close at midnight Friday, Oecem- Der 2itb, aud remain closed until Monday.
 The Treadwell basket ball teams, who have been engaged iu the recent con- tests, bauqueted themselves and a few friends and syupathjzers at a Juneau restaurant, Saturday evening There were no casualties.
 The City of Seattle came in from tho South Monday with a monstrous big mail for Douglas, including many Christmas presents. Postmaster Hen son was drafted into thirteeu.hour shift sorting it out.
 On this, Wednesday evening, the Douglas Eagles will hold a special cele- bratiou at the hall for the kiddies. That is proper and right. Ii the Christmas celebration is not made pleasant for the children, nobody really enjoys it.
 A snow slide last Thursday on the property of the Alaska Gold Belt Min ing Go. at Sheep creek demolished a blacksmith shop and a dry room, aud other damage amounting to a couple of thousand dollars, but fortunately no one was injured.
 The contest among the school chil- dren for the prizes offered by the Alas ka Electric Light & Power Co.,, has been seriously set back by sickness. Some have been unable to take part at all on account of severe pains in the head, caused by the monster grippe.
 The Lyric theatre is showing as a special feature for Wednesday and Thursday "The Doom of the Gun Men of New York, |" in four parts and three reels. The truth about the gun men has never been written, the reason why they become criminals and outlaws. The boys who live in the crowded sec- tions of New York are fighting a daily battle with their environment. Some conquer and some succumb. This pie ture is a sensational, educational fea- ture, which shows in a measure the gun mems side of Che story. Ex mayor Gay nor of New York and Chas Whitman, the fearless district attorney who SC cured the conviction of Lieut.. Chas Becker. and broke up gun rule in New York, are introduced in this feature. J. Warren Kerrigau in "Toilers of the Sea, and a comedy, complete this bIll. Prices just the same as every other week night-10 and l5 cents.