C. W. ASK & SONS
Wish Everyone A Happy New Year
and thanks the people of Skagway
for their very liberal patronage dur
ing the past year.
We have for your New Years dinner
Lettuce, Celery, Cauliflower, Jap Oranges
many other good " eats."
We Close at Six
Dortero & Son
By mutual agreement with L. A. '
Harrison, Albert Reinert, and Will «
Clayson, we will close our store at <
six o'clock every day, excepting Sat- J
urday, when we will observe the us- *
ual hours. This io be effective *
from date to Feb. 28th. \
This action. was taken so as to J
permit of a littie more leisure time «
a.* home to compensate for the nee- <
essary long hours we have to de- J
rote to our business during the «
summer season. «
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A consistent policy pursued for more than a quarter of a ^
century has been rewarded by steady and subfitan- 4
tial growth until this Bank has now over .j
one and one-half million dollars re- .
sources and depositors in
every part of the *i
Territory!
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Alaska
OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK IN ALASKA
A New Year's
RESOLUTION
That you will save money is a good
one. Why not let us help you carry
this out by opening a savings account in
this bank. Any amount accepted on
the initial deposit from a dollar up.
A DOLLAR1BANKED IS OFTEN
THE
BEGINNING OF A FORTUNE
B ANK OF ALASKA
W RAX® ELL ANOHORAdl B
4LAaKA
Money For Development :
\X'hy waste time, stock and money in trying to sell or to secure
suff cient funds to place your property on a paying basis ? If
you have a property that needs money for development, a prop
erty that is worthy of consideration, write us at once and we will
show you how to place your proposition before at least 500 cap
italists and moneyed men, right in United States money markets
HILDRETH & RICKARD
Specialists in Financial Publicity
605 LYON BUILDING SEATTLE, WASH. 1
\VholM*l« and Rrt&il
CIGARS
and
TOBACCO
and OJCfwt cLTtldlM
Don't fWiP't tbe aiuaVer
428 Broadway
Tony Dortero
ALL KINDS OP PirKS
Fvora 5c to Poekot Book
TBB SKA6WA1
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. ssaux, Prop.
THE SAWITABY BILK RANCH
The 'tot-net &ng beet eon
**•* m mmta,
DaJlj «10sa»al8 of pure
tailli and areas to ail gfltnt
en WhH* Pssb & Tuksn
Rout®.
Advertise it in The Alaskan
A HUM DINGER
WHO'S 10
It is the same old, story:—"Oh> I
no, I'm no' going to the masquerade!
ball."
Nobody jvlll admit that h<? Is go
ing to the ball, and still they all
know tjiai they are going. Who
ever heard of a perrson who liked
g')od fun to stay away from a Whitq
Pass Athletic club masquerade? It
cau l be did.
Remember that you can do a
whole ict In a day, and if you, have
you will represent, just turn to
u>t already decided who or what
a fancy dress paper plate, and you
will got sufficient inspiration.
While the prizes have not been
put on exhibition, if you want to
see any particular one, just call on
see ai.y particular one, just call on
fhe merchant by whom it was
dona'ed, and he will not feel ashair*
ed to show it to you, far they are
all boautiful, valuable prizes, and
wortli going aftgr.
Even the music, it is said, will
not be recognized, for Prof. Sel
mor has had several pieces imported
for the occasion, and! they are
some num-dingers.
Remember, Saturday is th-e time.
Remember, White Pass Athletio
Club is the, place.
Remember,. Well you will have
to picU the girl. She'll be there,
ALASKAN TO RAISE BLACK
FOXES IN WASHINGTON
S«ealtle, — The silver-black fox,
which was so rare until recently
tka; it v.as thought to be a "freak
of nature," thrives in the climate
of Washington, and when raised
for market brings In a tidy in
come, saya the P.-I. A. W. Tib
be's, who brought, fourteen of them
to the state last February, said
Monday at. the Arlington that ho ex
I>ec'ed soon to transport mors of th
animals from his Alaska farm to
stock a ranch in the Cascades.
At Dry, Creek, in the Copper
River valley, Alaska, Mr. Tibbets
has more than forty foxes, being
raised for breeding and their skins.
At 'he temporary farm which) he es
tablished last spring on Lake Wash
ington the young tenants are grow
ing fat on a diet of boiled rice,
milk and meat scraps—about a
pound a day per fooc. Up jn Alaska
they are fed one day on wild rab
bi's and the next day on dried sal
mon, dried without salt.
"The silver-black fox is nearly
extinct," said Mr. Tibbets, Monday.
"In eleven years in the Copper riv
er valley I saw only two. It was
found that, oontrary to popular
opinion, they would propagate in
captivit), and fox raising! has be
come a thriving industry. On
Prince Edward Island, Eastern Can
ada, none of tho "farmed" foxes
bavo been killed since 1910, be
cause 'he market is so good for
breeding animals. Ours is the only
farm on the Pacific south, of Al
aska."
DEM A XI) LARGER TIPS
ON ACCOUNT OP M Alt
St. Paul, Minn., — The ten-cent tip
in. St. Paul was officially tabooed,
by resolutions of the Hotel Bell
men ol St. Paul today. At tlie inter*
mission between the icewater glide
and tb« suitcase BhtUffle, at the
annual bellmen's ball, resolutions
were nassed urging that tips be
raised to 15 cents on account of
tho war. During the ball, the or
ches ra director was under order
to riug no bells with the music, and
no water pitchers were allowed In
sigh'. "What'g the use o£ taking;
♦he joy ou* of life," E. J. Ryan,
president of the club, said.
NEW YEAR'S DINNER
RESERVATIONS)
In order to be properly prepared
for serving our usual excellent New
Year s dinner, requests for reserva
tions must be made not lateT than
Saturday noon.
lhe reservations may be made
for tables wdtfci covers laid for two,
to six persons, and. each table will
be beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
TUB GOLDEN NORTH,
LAST CALL AT BROWNINGS
Everything Jnust sell to th^e
day.
Candy jars for sale with lt^
cuncly free with eapji jar.
Fresh box candy at any old price.
GET BUSY
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IBM GOME
BACK 10 NORTH
Stroller White ia the Ketchikan
>fews reprints a letter which lie re
vived recently without comment.
An old time A^ska who went ouU
side and settled down on a small
Jarm writes back to a friend at
Fairbankc as follows concerning the
homesickness of both, himself aud
his wife for Alaska:
"I began ♦© think I would have to
jide-hobble the old girl to keep'
lier from skipping the rope and
starting for Fairbanks. She is
tilomegick for the north and I am
cussing the day I ever left it. We
have a truck: farm, but it isn't
worth.' mucl\. Friday I picked near
ly forty oounds or nearly two' bush
sis of string beans. It took me
Eour fc- urs and it took mo the bal
ance of the day to sell them, and I
received the munificent sum of
?1.20 for my labor. Wouldn't that
sour the milk of human kindness in
the best old sourdough that ever li\>
ed? Tliev're a hidebound lot on
the outside. If things come all
ri«lit next spring I may get enough,
ahead to buy a ticket to Fairbanks,
but 'f I don't, it's walk for me.
Peaches and cream, sunshine and
flowers, may be O. K., but give me
the frozen north, and a blueberry
pie."
PllETTY WEDDlXG
Douglas—A pretty marriage was I
solemnized Wednesday evening, Dec.
20, at 6:30 o'clock at tlie residence
of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Hopper when
their eldest daughter, Miss Amy
Cyn'hia, became the bride of Mr.
Lewis Edwin McCoy, mining engi
neer, employed by the Alaska Gas
tineau Company at Perseverance.
The Hopper home was beautfully
decorated for the occasion, a light
ed evergreen tree furnishing a
oackgrpund for tiio ceremony. The
attendants were Miss Elizabeth and
Mr. Oliver S. Hopper, sister and
brother of the bride. The wedding
tooV place on the 24t.h anniversary
of thr.* of the bride's parents. Rev.
E. S. Bollinger, of the Congrega
tional church, officiated. After a
btoun?i<ul dinner the young couple
left for their future home in Ju
neau, where they will be at home
to treir many friends after January
1st. Only a few intimate friends
of the contracting parties were pres
ent at their marriage. The bride
is one of our town's fairest daugh
ters while the groom is prominent
in tha mining worldd and popular
wi* • all who know him. That their
matrimonial bark may never be
rocted by the ripples of domestic
discord is the earnest wish of
their many, friends, heartily concur
red in by this paper.
Hie Sunday night and New Years
night program at the Popular Pic
ture Palace will bo of exceptional
interest, as Mary Fuller, -one of
the most prominent, as well as one
of tl\o most iwp'ular moving; picture
stars will have tlie leading part
in th-e famous drama, "Under South
ern Skies." The xnece w'" be
shown in live ports.
IT IS FOR LADIES, TOO.
They Can Slop Their Hair Fallible Out
AVlth Herpicide.
Ladles who have thin hair and -xhvsc
hair is falling out, can prevent the hair
falling out, and thicken the growth, with
Newbro's "Herpicide." Besides, Herpl
cide is one of the most agreeable hair
dressings there :3. Herpicide kills the
dandruff germ that eats the hnir oft at
the root. After the germ is destroyed,
the root will shoot up. «nd the hair grow
long as ever. Even a sample will con
vince any lady that Newbro's Herpicide
is an indlspensaDle toilet requisite. It
contains no oil or grease, It win not stain
or dye. Sold by leading druggists. Send
10c. in stamps for sample to Tha Herpi
cide Co., Detroit, Mich.
Al all Drug Stores.
One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
There Are Others.
"It is very strange that no one has
ever been able to find Captain Kidd's
•reasure."
"Oh, well, Captain Kidd isn't the
only man who has put his money into
real estate and couldn't get it out."—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
BE AN OPTIMIST.
To ignore trifling annoyances, *
to avoid ultra fastidiousness, to a
condone human frailties, "re- J
membering whereof we are all •
made;" to believe that the dark- o
est hour ie just before dawn—in #
• word, to make the best of •
things—is, besides making life a #
joy, to become a public bencfac- *
tor without profession of philan- »
thropy. •
We Close at Six
By mutual agreement with. Albert
Reiner*, Will Clayson and Dortero
& Sou, we will close our store at
six o'clock; every day excpting Sat
eurday. when, ve Will observe the
usual hour. This to be effective
fr:m date to Feb. 28tlx.
Thin action was taken so as to
permit of a little more leisure time
a' home to compensate for the
necessary long hours we have to'
devote to our business during the
summer season.
L. A. HARRISON.
GEORGE"MOWL. Proprietor
Friday ami Saturday •,
L. K. O. comedy feature, UX l»KK XKW >L\XAGKMENT, liresont
iiig Gcifrudo Sclloy Altec Jto'.vell, (den Itogm and Raj" C»hif
11th. In two parts.
ANIMATED WEEKLY' NO. 1
THK FATAL KISS. — A domestic upheaval willi Ma_v Aslicr,
(■'ale Heiuy and Win. l'laney.
Sunday and Monday
Broadway Feature
Mary Fuller ""* nn"
UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES _
On Broadway near Fourth Inclined Floor
Admission 25c and 10c Begins 8:30
HOblDAy GIFTS
AT PEDERSEN BROTHERS STORE
Include Royal albums of all sizes, hand colored enlargements, complete
photo printing outfits, artistic calendars, Christmas cards, films, film al
bums, supplies, etc. STORE OPEN UNTIL 9 p. m.
We thank you for your busi
ness during 1916 and extend
to you our best wishes
for your
fiappiness ms Prosperity
for the
new 5?ear
L. S. and J. M. KELLER
An Example of Stern Bravado.
For stern bravado It would be hard
to rival the feat of Ensign Gillis, -who
saw a stray torpedo coming slowly, but
surely, toward the anchored torpedo
boat Porter in the Spanish-American
war. He sprang overboard, turned the
nose of the torpedo in a safer direction
and screwed up the firing pin tightly
so that it would not operate. Then,
treading water, he saluted Lieutenant
Fremont and reported, "Sir, I have to
report I have captured a torpedo."
"Bring it on board, sir," commanded
Fremont, and Gillis actually did so,
swimming with it to the ship and fas
tening tackle to it
Some Simplified Spelling.
Schoolmasters have often serious
problems to solve. The following note,
containing only one word, was recent
ly handed to a suburban pedagogue:
"Cepatmtegoataturing."
The missive was tendered by one of
the boys on behalf of a neighbor's
child. The schoolmaster was non
plused for the moment. But he had
received too many weirdly worded
cotes in his time to allow this one to
baffle him, although it was not till the
work of the school was over and much
tobacco had been consumed that the
word at last yielded its mystery, "Kept
at home to go a-taturing."—London
Chronicle.
How to Act In Polite Society.
I Do not tuck the napkin under your
chiu in order to save your shirt front
I from the soup aucl tomato catsup. That
isn't proper. Tie it around your neck.
When you go to a party do what
your wife tells you to do and you will
I make no mistake, for she has found
| out all about it in a book.
Don't crack jokes with the servants.
I It is hard enough to distinguish the
guests from the waiters nowadays
without doing that.
Don't offer to sing or play the piano.
Perhaps the hostess has prepared a
i program of her own.
If you want to get a good hat and
overcoat say you have a slight head
ache and leave early.—Detroit Journal.
When a Boy Has to Say "I Can't."
There is a time when a boy is forced
to say "I can't." This is when his
mother forces him (o remain in the
house because he has disobeyed her
about two or three things or because
he has run until he is almost sick. The
other boys in the neighborhood are out
playing, and it seems to the prisoner
that they are having a far better time
than they usually have. Finally one of
the free children comes near the house
and calls to him to come out and play.
His reply is enough to bring tears to
the eyes of a strong man. It is difficult
to understand how so much sadness
and regret can be crowded into those
two words "J can't"—Fort Worth Star
Telegram.