Douglas Island news., 1916-01-05
The Douglas Island News.
rHRLOcAL FIELD

A haudball contest is being arranged at the Treadwell Club.
 The Natives Progressive Club gave a masked ball on New Years night.
 Mr. James Cottrell left on the Jeffer- son bound for southern California.
 Hose Company No. held meeting last Monday night and No. will meet next Monday night.
 A social aud dance will be given at Eagles hall on Tuesday evening, Jan. 1lth, by the Order of Vasa.
 Mir. Hans Anderson, who is visiting with bis family in Douglas, will return to Sitka next week on the Georgia.
 The "Til Saethers" Company went down to Petersburg last week aud re- turned safe and we'll pleasad with their reception there.
 Juneau A. B's have erected a swim ming pool SO large that cue filling ex- hausted the supply in the city water works reservoir.
 On New Years day, Mrs. Hans An derson entertained a dozen little girls in celebration of the birthday of her little daughter Ruth.
 Mise Minnie MalIoy, principal of the Douglas school, returned on the Ala meda from the States, where she spent her Christmas vacation.
 Councilman Julius Jensen returned Sunday on the Jefferson from visit to the States and extending as far south as the borders of old Mexico.
 Postmaster John r. Henson will en- tertaiu a few of his gentlemen friends at dioner this evening in celebration of the anniversary of the day of his birth.
 EAaLEs.-A big meeting of Douglas Aerie, No IF, I'. O. F., is promised for Friday night this week. There will be installation, initiation aud anti starva- ton.
 Miss Auuie Maloney, a trained nurse, and a sister of Miss Catherine Maloney, one of the teachers in the Douglas school, arrived last week to take a position in the St. Ann hospital.
 The steamer Hun boldt has been taken off the Alaska ruu for the pur- pose of her annual overhauling. She may be expected Co resume her sched- ule about the first of February.
 E.M. Kelly, a miuer we'll known in Alaska, was killed Monday in the Alaska Juneau mine by gravel aud rock slide. He is survived by wife and three small children, who reside at Port Angeles, Washington.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Calder expect to leave Douglas during the present month to go to their former home in Canada. Their intention is to stay, but mauy good people have been known Go change their mind before aud come back Go Alaska.
 The return of Councilman Jensen made it possible for the town council to meet on Monday night. The salaries of city employees for December were paid and a new election ordinance was read and passed to a second reading. The council will meet again next Monday night.
 As the eighth episode of the Black Box has been lost in transit and may not be found for weeks to come, the Lyric will run the 9th episode next Friday aud Saturday. Heralds con- tainiug the story of Episode 8 will be distributed in order that patrons will not lose the thread of the story by the skipping of this one episode.
 A Seattle paper contains the follow ing: The body of Ralph Oakly, who died at Juneau Tuesday week, reached Seattle yesterday morning on the steamer Al-Ki, accompanied by Mrs. Oakley and their two children. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2.3O o'clock at the Washington Crema- tiou Society's chapel. Mir. Oakley was employed as a head machinist by the Gastineau Mining Company He had been there about five years. He vas 34 years old. His mother lives in Ana cortes. Before going North Mir. Oakley lived at Anaoortes.
 The management of the Lyric an- nounces an extra special attraction for next Sunday. Mile. Lizette, who was compelled to cancel her engagement a ,r-- .lr, oD oooonnf of covoro