Douglas Island news., 1916-01-19
The Douglas Island News.
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and Childreu's Coats at greatly reduced prices.
 Mrs. Oscar Chilean, of Treadwell, is recovering from severe seize with pneumonia.
 Jacob Jackson, who has been ill for week, has recovered so that be has left the hospital
 Go to Stubbins' for Ladies', Misses and Chudren's Coats at greatly re- duced prices.
 Down at Keist's Pool Room you are welcome to spend au idle hour and to enjoy a pleasant game.
 Plain sewing wanted at home or will go out by the day. Prices reasonable. Mrs. B. Gage, Douglas. I
 A Leap Year dance was given at Eagles hall Saturday night. A good lively crowd was in attendance.
 We believe the fire boys are trying to hand something Co Pat Mcclure, with all this marrying stuff going on.
 Hose Company No. 8, D. F. D., will meet tomorrow, Thursday, night. All members are requested to.attend.
 Francis, 10 years of age, son of Fred Kronquist, was severely cut about the head in a coasting accident last Thurs day.
 After tussle with rheumatism which confined her to her home for three months, Mrs. Robert Laudsburg is out again.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bert Stedman and chil- dren have moved to the Duran resi- deuce at the eorner of Third and G streets.
 Only members of the hose companies in good standing are expected to attend the general fire meeting at Labor Union hall on the night of January 29th.
 The Juneau land office has refused to grant title to Joseph Weyerhorst to group of claims on Douglas Island near the north end of the government road.
 Mir. M.J O'Couuor is receiving some very good reports from bis Rainbow mine at Eagle river, also some fine samples of rock that assay better than s3O in gold
 r,.t;,. ,borce6 with havinO attempted Co bribe the municipal mag istrate of the town of Douglas, has been bound over to the tender mereies of the federal grand jury.
 Mr. F. H. Corsou, who arrived in Douglas several months ago, has been recently given employment in the power house at Sheep creek. He and bis family have moved 10 their new home.
 Last week Knute Duran and family moved into their new home on Third street. And while we are about it we wish to call attention to the fact that this new home is one of the prettiest little cottages in Douglas.
 The clear, bright cold of the past two weeks has given place to dark clouds aud whirliug snow, and this morning the blanket that covered the ground is increased by six or eight inches. But the weather has moderated.
 We are informed that a scrap among the Indians on the Douglas beach re- suited in one man biting a good-sized chunk from the lip ofa blind brother. The political status of such savages should be at once established
 The Douglas camp of the Arctic Brotherhood has dissolved, gone up in smoke as it were, and many of the members have placed their bership with the camp at Juneau, which, we un. derstaud, is a lively organization.
 Last week Mir. John LundQuist re- ceived the sad news of the death of bis daughter, Eluora, at Entiat, Wash. Douglas people who knew the deceased we'll, join in sympathy with the be- reaved father, mother and sisters.
 Mir. Hans Anderson, who was de- tained in Douglas by sickness in his family, left on the Georgia for Sitka. Reports from that place are to the effect that a number of halibut schooners are making it headquarters and the old town is quite lively.
 The Alaska Engineering Commission has set the clock hands ahead one hour at Anchorage iu order to coincide more nearly with the solar day. When it is