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SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
—FOR—
SEATTLE, TACOMA, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA
SEATTLE Sept. 25 Oct 8 21
SPOKANE Oct. 2 16
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SKAGWAY. ALASKA
Alaska Steamship to.
SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY FALL 1918
For Seattle and Puget Sound Porta
S. S. JEFFERSON, Sept 28
Pa»sengerj transferred to Victoria, Vancouver and Tacoma without extra charge
Phone 66 E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
t Palatial Steamer
PRINCESS SOPHIA
. Leaves Skagway P. M.
Aug. 21-31, Sept. 11-21, Oct. 2-12-23, Nov. 2
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Prince Rupert and Points South
TICKETS TAKE SAME RATE TO
VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA,
OLYMPIA, EVERETT, BELLINGHAM,
ANACORTES and PORT TOWNSEND
Reservation and >11 Information from
W. J. O'Brien L. H. Johnston
Agent, Dawson ' Of Agent, Skagway
F. F. Lowle, Gen. Agt., Alaska-Yukon, Juneau
The campaign for clothing for
Relief in Belgium will close Satur
day evening.
Collection depots have be©n es
tablished at the Sallowing stores be
cause they are open evenings;
Vienna Bakery. Hern's Cigar Store,
Brifg Drug Store and Keller Bros.'
Store. Donations may also be left
at the R. R. Shops Store audi pub
lic School.
You are aslceu to look through
every trunk and clothes closet for
snare clothing. When we realize
fhat thore are ten million inhabi
tautd in the occupied regions, most
at whom must look to. the outside
world for protection against tbe ri
gors of winter, it is seen that we
caimot send too much.
This extract from a letter o{ a
well-to-do lady of Brussels Shows
the conditions eccactly.
"Perhaps you will laugh when,
you hear that I wear a cloak made
from my husband's gard<g civique
overcoat, a waist made from his
t'ootoall shirt, and a skirt made
of a dyed bedsheet. Mother had
I a suit made of the tablecloth, .J
I and M. have cloaks mad"e oi! woolea
blankets, and S. a dress made of
burlap. But all this is only amus
ing a comparison with the wretch
liPss of the population. After all,
' v. a remaiu calm and confidant of
; victory."
Skagway To Give Oct*
Draft Boys A Farewell
In honor of tlie Skagway boys
who have been called to the colors
on October 1, a dance and reception
will be given at Elks hall, Saturday
evening September 28th, by the
people of Skagway -which will be
under the direction of thg town
council.
Councilman Kennedy is in charge
of the entertainment feature, and
this will embrace several speeches
aud some vocal selections. He al
so has the decorations in charge.
Councilman Selmer has been
named as a committee of one to
lopk after the dance music, and
Councilman William Bunting is in
charge of the lunch.
Mr. Bunting requests the ladies
o' Skagway to <x>mraunicate with
him in person or over the phone,
(No. 120.) as to the quantity and
kind of sandwiches they might De
willing to provide, and he lias re
quested tnat each person atending
the dance take along an extra al
lowance of sugar for one or more
guests, so that those coming with
out their allowance may be provided
for.
schgImd
CROSS GHflER
The first rceular meeting of the
Junior Red Cross for the school
year was held in Skagway Public
school on Tuesduy morning. Miss
Wilson explained from Liberty Loan
Teller No. 2 the reason for the next
Liberty Loan.
The student body arranged to
take charge of the "Old Clothes
Driv°'' between SePt- 23 and 30.
The town has been divided' Into
sections and Wednesday morning
the committee will make a home to
home canvass asking that all cloth
ing be ready for collection on Fri
day morning. The things to be col
lected have been explained e'se
where in tlis columns.
On Friday the hoys of the Junior
Red Cross will help gather the
clothes and bring them to the
designated point for assortment Rnd
pi-king.
The section from the water iront
to 4th Street: Verne Miller. Nancy
Lvnch, Oslwrne Selmer, Jas. Miller.
Fourth to Eighth: Bess Conway.
Birrt'e Selmer, jack Conway and
Henlpy Murray.
Eighth to Twelfth: Jack and
Louise Ross. Andrew Stevenson
an-i Mauds Rasrauson.
Twelfth to Eighteenth: Mary Mo
Cart;, Grace Adams, Owen F'ynn,
Jas Stevenson.
Eighteenth to Snops: Floris
Clarke, Sadie Moores, Vincent
Mulvihill, Prosper Ganty.
It was decided to ask everybody
to save old fruit pits and nut shells
to be collected' by the boys from
Room 2.
Miss Wilson, Acting Chairman.
Verne Miller, Acting Secretary.
Sadie Moores, Treasurer.
The girls of the Junior Red Cross
mad- th,e "Old Clothes Drive" this
morning in spit© of the rain and
seemed- to enjoy doing it. They
were well rewarded, for Skagway
responded in its usual gracious way,
and no householder refused to help.
Everybody gladly promised to have
things clean and' in good shape for
collection by the boys on Frdiay
morning. Persons wishing to make
delivery of clothes themselves at
any of the sub stations named by
the Rod Cross Chapter may do bo.
It is the desire of the Junior to
lielD out and save their eliers all
the work they can and {he1 boys
will collect if you wish them to do
so. If they can and< goods have
already been sent it is well either
w«v
Save all fruit pits and nut shells.
A committee of boys will be an*
nounced later by the Junior Red
Cross to collect and pack them
ready for shipment. Keep a dish
handy and don't waste a single pit
or shell.
The Student body of the Skag
way Public Schol assisted by the
teachers will give a Hallow'een en
tertainment, tne exact date to 1>e
fc'iven later. It will be a "Carni
val" this time, conducted on the
same plans as the "County Fair" of
last ye^r.
Exhibits of fruit, v«geta6les! and
flowers grown in Skagway, together
with canned goods and fancy work
will be a feature of the affair. Priz
es will be offered and' all the ac
companying features of a good carni
val will b0 staged Watoh the D&ily
Alaskan for announcements.
SPECIAL MEETING W. P. A.
CLUB MEMBERS CALLED
A call has been issued by the
beard of trustees of the White Pass
athletic club for a special meeting
to hfe held on Friday evening, Se^t.
27,
The meeting is called for the pur
pose of planning for the coming
winter and' to devise ways and:
means of operating the club in the
eame efficient manner as has ob
tained in previous winter seasons.
The trustees realize that the com
ing months will be quiet from a so
cial standpoint, and it is for the
reason of making plans that will
cause an interest in the club that
th's appeal to each member to ot*
tci.d the meeting has been made. i|
LOHEXZEN-JOHNSON
mere was a quiet weu
ilinc last night with Judge E. A.
KHsmuson officiating. The con
tr^cting parties were Mr. Hans Jen
sen Lorenzen and Miss Sophia John
son.
Mr. I.orenzen is a partner of Fred
Fonzo, Sr., in the mining properties
at William Henry bay and other
Lynn Canal points and Mips Johnson
comes from Fairbanks where she
has been living for some time past.
Mr. Lorenzen arrived on the Esta
beth and' Miss Johnson came in
on the train last night.
Mrs. Sheelor was a round tripper
on the Peterson today ,
Corp. Preddy of Ft. Sewa^ made
thp round trip to Skagway on the
I Pe terson today.
Sir Pinrut, the Laird of C&rcrosa,
arrived on the train today antfi will
[return home on the next train.
Howard Ashley, master mechanic
of the White Pass Route went over
the line today on official business
and will return Friday. j
Fred Maglashan, one of the old
time boys of Carcross and Wheaton
river, was an arrival on the train.
las< night. Mr. Maglashan will go
as far as Juneau where h§ will
stop for a while and then perhaps
eontiue on to the states.
Jack Fairfield was a visitor In
Skagway while the Peterson was
in port. Mr. Fairfield has been
working in Hajnes and the post for
several weeks past, and now finds
that there is sufficient demand in
those Dlaces for his entire time,
and he wil' therefore move his fam
ily down to his former itome in
Haines for the winter. He expects
to move the latter part of the weefc.
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