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Established 1997 Telephone 112
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Real Estate and
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AUoroay-At-Law
P. O. Bui S. JuueAu, Alaska
H. 8. LE FEVRE
Attorney- At- La*
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U. S. Dapoty Land and Minarat
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Poltey BWi . Him?. AteaXa.
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The Paeh Tnu to bow aeiltn* a
&i< ioi ut Good ttooda at reduce
prices aa they ar? <?tu&< too old
to hold aad a?U at a proflL Youra,
t? H^ffn.n Grlaixu
B. M. BEHRENDS, Banker
Juneau, - Ala&ka
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
lU^prwtfully Solicit* Th* Accouuts
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DULL EVENING
at cm HULL
The city father* met last night
and quietly pad??l through the rou
tine business in hand All were prwfr
ent except Snvdw and GrashelL Ther
?u nothing done except passing on
the few bills vkldt Councilman Briu
ftekl up duriug the last session oo
account of hi- belief that they were
excesshe. These blUi were tor the
fitting up of the w? thawer recently
purchased by the city.
When It came time to report ou
the matter Mr. Brut said thai he
had Laborious lv ami couscieuciously
goae over the bills and the work, ami
U?a" while tie still believed it wad an
excessive extravagance on the part o t
those immediately a charge, ho realj
could fusl no fault with the labor
charge, ami withdrew his object ion.
whereupon the hill was ordered paid.
On uwjuiry it was learned that thie
?w to* of the administration has
vtet the city as fallows: original coat
liMi.tM dray age, material, labor and
otb. r etcestras have brought the coat
up U> l&t&TX It stands on a bor
rowed wagon.
'Ah but it's a sood boiler" said the
mayor ? "strong and substantial"?
and expensive," interjected Britt.
Last night it was discovered that
the city had invested IS. 00 more in a
whistle which .Mr. Britt wanted ex
plained ? this additional cost was ex
plained by the mayor as having been
caused by attaching it to all the
boilers so that it cottkl be blown at
any time.
Councilman Flahartjr said he had
some difficulty in measuring: the wa
ter in the lake and wanted anothvr
committee appointed to go up the
hill with him ? he thought however it
aad water in it
The chief ot polkv reported that
he had made seven arrests since the
last council meeting and that $100
had been added to the city's treasury
by fines,
Phil Abrahams sent in hts accep
tance of the job of collecting delin
quent taxes, be to receive as com
pensation half of what was so col
lected.
No further business being in sight
they all went home.
An entertainment is to be given at
the Methodist church Friday evening
at 3:00 o 'clock. It is to cothtist. of
a trip through India, and particularly
a visit to the beautiful city of Luck
now. with Its palaces, mosquea and
royal tombs. India's sacred ?lver will
be travelled, and the devotion ot th->
Hindus seen in pilgrimage* and Bab
bling ghats, It will be c-atertainin
ami instructive. Admission free.
Agent W. W Bough '.on reports that
a wire informs him that the Hum
bolii t left NVranget at S a m today
and that she will probably be in
Skagway some time tomorrow.
NEW YEAR'S
EVE BALL
TV' mask ball given by the White
Pass club oa New Year's eve was
certainly a gre?t suewss. It is said
to have bee a one of the greatest turn
outs which have graced the ball ia
. the past several years, showing that
the committees having the affair ia
charge were very compote at artd
conscienciota* in their efforts.
At the very moderate admittance
charge there was netted a neat Bute
sum above expenses which is very
> gratifying to the club ami for which
they are truly thankful
I Reed's orchestra w?s in attendance
and furnished excellent tuusia through
! out the evening ? ihe Sauer Kraut
jiarmy under com ma ad of Cap lain El
mer Wheeler furnished coasiderabt
merriment between dances with their
drills aud army maneuvers.. The ar
, my was made up as follows: Captaic
, Elmer Wheeler, Sergeant C. E. How
erton. high Private Guy Sippereile,
Com. Swrgeant Ftauk FVrro. Corporal
Gene Smith. Others d? s.?rv ??>< >pev
ial mentioa were Mrs. Howertan old
lady character. George Blauchard rail
road locomotive engineer. Mrs. K~
dell the King, Mrs. Gaaty an old
lady.
The handsewne prtaes were awarded
about eleveo o'clock an<l which were
distributed as follows: Best dressed
lady, Mrs. McKinsie; best dressec
gentleman. Mr. F. F. W Lowle; b*.?t
sustained gentleman character Oscar
Bern man; best sustained iady char
acter. John Push; moot original iady
character, Miss Mills; most arginai
gentleman character. Guy Sippesvlle:
best group. Miss Edna Black and Mr.
Victor Sparks.
After the distribution of prizes
dancing was resumed. At precisely
12 o'clock the Oiciliaa circle which
was in progress stopped for the myfii
? eat and all joined bands and iaag
with much heartiness Oil Lang
j Syne." >
Capt. Williams and wife of White
borse came in oc. Saturday's train
aid were guests of the Golden North
: Hotel until today when they rfepart
ed Jtt the Beatrice for Ptiace Rupert
Mr. and Mrs. Geofrey Butler ar
rived on the Princcss Beatrice and
put up at the Golden North hotel.
This morning they went out is far
: as Summit on the White Pass and
Yukon Route.
| The Princess BwMea arrived in
Skag way last night at T o'clock bring
ing 75 tons of freight and six pas
? seagera and departed this morning
! at eleven with 83 tons of freight aad
; nineteen passengers.
Exercises of a Christmas character
werv rendered Sunday evening as the
Methodist church in which members
of the Sunday school cook part. Beau
tiful pictures illustrated the story of
the Nativity, aad a good musical pnv
gram was given by the choir. It
was enjoyed by a church full of pe?
A. 6. RENTS
AUDITORIUM
A; a meeting held hist Tuesday
night tike Kx-al camp of tie Arctic
Bretherhocd decided to red tit*? Au
ditorium for the coming rear, the
a- w h the Eagles for ^e
jse o i Eagle hail having terminated.
Ti selevtioa of tie garters *as
tiiuJe after a close vote and can
s.ierable discussion of the matter.
Toaiorrow aight there wiD be a
bis time at the sodgc as a a: umber
are war. ag to be taken over the
trail. The next mouthly "O Be Joy
ful Affair" be a ladies smoker,
aa?i this j> being eagerly looked for
ward to as something out oi the or
<i. .irv .s j*oaij>eti. Members of the
Kxi^e ire also counting the days that
have to intervene before the big an
nual masquerade bail ? Fairbanks
CtttNa
TOWN TALI
I>. E. Elliott at the North West
.Mounted Polk* service, lieparieii oa
tie Princess Beatrice on a trip to
j Scotland
A. H. Haynes in the office of the
Whir. Puss. ? Yukon Route, at White
horse. left oa the Beatrice for Van
couver for a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. McRae of Whitefcofse
kit on -he Process Beatrice today
for N'aii.imo. Vancouver Island. ? ieii
they wQi make their home.
Depty Marshal FSxizo has had ia
stractivas to bring Anderson. the
insane rant, dowa tt> Juneau on the
next sailing of the Humboldt.
A. E. Xash, bookkeeper for the [
'Boyle lodging concern at Dawson,
arrived on a late train and took pas
sage oj: the Beatrice- for the outside, i
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