Douglas Island news., 1915-09-22
The Douglas Island News.
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Autumn begins tomorrow oepI' -o' u'
 Van J. Rubin has gone for a visit in the States.
 Postmaster Jack Henson is said to be losing flesh.
 swatch for tbe Nurse Girl at Guy's Drug Store"
 The gas boat Tillacum left yesterday for Warm Springs.
 The Knights of Pythias meet tomor- row tThursday nightl
 Mir. T. D. Gulis left last week on the Princess Alice for the States.
 The ladies gymnasium class at Tread we'll, meets on Wednesday afternoons.
 Mrs. Arthur Osterberg and children returned last week from a visit in Iowa.
 Paul Peterson returned last week from a visit to relatives on Puget Sound.
 Mir. c. w. Sample is back from an ex- tended vacation in the States. He looks we'll and hearty.
 BoRN.-A daughter was born to Mrs. and Mir. Axel KrouQuist on Tuesday morning, Sept. Dist
 Mute Duran is building a cottage on Third street, on the lot Dext to the resi- dence of Geo. W. Hewitt.
 Mir. D. F. Pruitt, formerly employed at Mir. P. IT. Fox's store, will seek fame and fortune in other lands.
 John Mereuo has the frame work up for new cottage on the O'Counor block near the school house.
 Jack Killeen left ou a recent boat for San Francisco. Jack was one of the fingers in the Treadwell baseball team.
 The City of Rome sailed yesterday morning with Messrs. Baritello, Zim mermau, Stevens and Marks on a goat hunt.
 Bert She'll will leave about tue first of next month for a visit to the Panama Pacific International exposition at San Francisco.
 Dick Mccormick and Charlie Wort man, two Douglas boys who have been on a visit to the Frisco fair, are home ward bound
 While engaged in putting in stem at the Mexican, Mr. E. S. Mugtord had the misfortune To lose two fingers of bis loit hand.
 A rich strike is reported at Fish Bay, where, it is said, gold quartz has been discovered that goes 5000 to the ton. What do you ask?
 A report has it that the Yankee Ba- sin properties of P $. Early and asso- ciates is Go be included in a big deal to be pulled off soon
 The portly form of honest John Cham berlain was seen on our streets this morning, attached to a heavy grip full of hardware samples.
 Richard Mccormick has been in the St. Ann hospital for the past week, where he submitted to a slight opera tion. He is improving and returned to bis home today.
 Mrs. Merl r. Thomas and children departed via the steamer Spokane for Puget Sound, where she will spend the winter visiting relatives.
 pr. and Mrs. R. c. Mathis and Miss Grace Mathis returned yesterday from Petersburg, where they have spent the summer hunting and fishing.
 Dr. A. R. Sergeant. wife and children are among the passengers on the steamer Dolphin, which sailed north from Seattle last night at o'clock.
 The Rebekahs celebrated Monday night the anniversary of their lodge. The entertainment began with picture show at the Lyric, and concluded with dancing and a lunch.
 M. S. Perkins, formerly Douglas re-. porter for the Dispatch, and more re- gently acting city news editor, has re- signed and will content himself with more peaceful pursuit.
 Ell. Corson, of Jefferson City, Mo-, who visited in Douglas last summer with bis sister, Mrs. l.. c. Thomas, will rsturn about Oct. 1st with his wife and son, to make their home in Alaska.
 Mir. James Stenhouse has taken position in the dry goods and gents' furnishings department at the P H.