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BANK of ALASKA
SKAOWAY, ALASKA
ANCHORAGE CORDOVA WKANliKIX
ALASKA'S BRANCH BANKiNQ SYSTEM
ALASKA WILL
BE BENEFITTED
Washington, May 17.—.The House
• and- Public I>ands Committee has
, adopted the favoraole report on the
. Administration's oil leasing bill,
sifter.eliminating the section - au
' tticnzing th« President to take
' f'V-r the interests of those engaged
:a prospecting on the public do
main? whenever the public interest
desired it.
' The measure authorizes the ex*
ploiUtion of coal, gas and oil. Ex
cluiiirg the coal provision, the mea*
tu;t- a; pli»s to public lands in Al*
uska.
Ti e Alaska feature of the hill
aid :ts general purposes were
agrcevi to last month at the time
<vhen Chairman Scott Ferris was
directed to prepaie a favorable re*
po.t on thq bill.
1 lie reDort as prepared and adopt
. cd by the committee says Alas
ka was, given liberal provisions in
'he oil development because of lacn
cf markets, climatic conditions, traM
po'tation difficulties and other ob
stacles of 'he far-off Territory.
Mother never made better ice
cream than that which is served
bj ^Keller. Bros, at their sanitary
sodi fountain. Have you tried it?
CAMP TO LKARN WHAT
SOLDIERS I>I1> FOR LOAN
Tacoma, May 17.—Just what i>art
tho enlisted men and. the offcers of
Camp Lewis played Id raising1 'lie
third Liberty loan is a matter of
record, according1 to orders issued
from d vtsion headquarters.
Tae organization commanders
have 'urned In at headquarters a
list of every man who wrote let
ters to friends or relatives urgin ,r
th« purchase of .Liberty • l>onds.
from ibis list-it is possible to
learu not oaly the number of men
wlro interested " themselves. but
also t)»e number of letters w-ritten
in supixrt of the drive.
TAMM IN V TIGER IS
NOW PART TICiHESS
New York, May 17.—Tammany
H"ll established' a precedent to
[ day by admitting women as mem
bers of its executive committee. The
newly elected women were admitted
to the "wigwam"' todaj and took
part in. a discussion as to the
best way to obtain enrollment of
wonni: at the primaries.
Howard Ashley, master mechanic
of tncj White Pass and James Wal
lace, chief clerk to the general agent
of the White Pass, both. o£ whom
went to Juneau on the HumDoldt
where they were summoned on jury
returned' 'o Skagway on the Jeffer
son yesterday.
UNIONS TO HOLD
CONVENTIONS
Jack Sutherland last Tuesday
evening' explained the objects
purposes fo the Alaska Labor Union
In Alaska says the Juneau Em
piie. TVo parent local is at An
chorage, another local is at Nenana,
another one at Valdez ,on© is be
ing organized for the Copper River
Valley and Latouclie andJ Ellamar
at Cordova, and another is being
organized at Ketchikan.
Robert Oliver reports that & large
initial membership Jias( been secured)
from the latter place.
A per capita tax of 5 cents per
member per month is paid into a
trust fund which will be used this
suramt:; to pay the expenses of a
geueral convention to b« held at
s-">me city in Alaska, when the con
stitution and by-law^ for the Terri
torial organization may be revis
ed and when the quiestkxn> will come
up whe tuer the Alaska Labor Un
ion siWi affiliate itself With the
American Federation of Labor.
Several locals of tbe Western
Federation of Miners in Alaska are
soon to take a referendum/ vote
about giving up their chartres and
ta(;:r>£ out charters with the Alas
ka Labor Union.
I« liis talk to the local Union
Uu>t nignt, Mr. Sutherland pointed |
out the benefits of organizing lo
cals in every Alaskan town. He
said tl.nt Alaska workmen knew
conditions and* were best aftle to
regulate their own affairs. He made
it plain tnat Unions while primarily
were for bettering working con
uitiOus, it was also essential for
workmen to be able to "deliver the
gooc's" by honetsly performing! their
tasl-s. and that the workman who
did that was independent of any
bo.;s and not afraid to speak up
for better working conditions when
ever necessary.
Joe Baxter was named secretary.
I
WILfi MINK 200 TON'S
nM'l'ER ORE IX RAIN'Y
HOLLOW ABOVE HAIN'KH
P'otc Kenncdj- and his associates
iri the copper properties in the
R • ny Hollow district have just
closed a deal for the purchase ( of
the A'aska t'orisjration lioldintcs in
the Hollow.
T hoy have also bought a large
tractor truck which is now on its
way to Haines.
Th .« company will mine and bring
out 'JOO tons of the copper ore this
season. The ore has been proven
I 'o br of exceptionally high grade
(and the opening up and successful
joperation of one of the properties
per value, and then the district will
j be th'> means whereby capital can
be interested in '.lie properties
waich are known to be of richj cop
rvr value, and then thodistrict will
be in file one of the big copper pro
ducing sections in the North.
Cail Logan, the attorney who has
been absent from Skagway for the
past several months, returned on,
j "he Jefferson yesterday. '
If It Isn't An Eastman
It Isn't A Kodak
Brownies At $1.00 Up
Kodaks At $6.00 Up •
Print Papers
Photo Supplies
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
THE GREAT RED
. CROSS 1R
DRIVE :
On Monday the 20th of May,
will begin the great Red Cjose War
Dr.YK for the purpose of raising
oue hundred, millions of dollars andi
thi whole Nation is going to be
st.rifd to its utmost depths and the
iiatiiotic peopel will no doubt re
s ond as never before, for now we
nave our owrn brave boys in the
trenches fighting for the War
eLatest War and the cause has- be
come personal In millions of homes.
The specific purpose of this Drive
Is to raise ?100,000,000.00 to be
usM *o recruit and' train 25,000
nui'ips and furnish millions more
of -iressings, bandages and hospital
sup lies and the innumerable other
t\i»gs tnat come under the Red
Cross objects.
Innumerable tates have been cir
culated' about the Red Cross.. Some
are due to idle gossip; others are
believed to have originated in ma
iicioi's propaganda. What more
vi)e slander than a deliberate at
tem^i to injure the wprld'si great
est work of mercy?.
Suffice it to say that fill tne sior
>s about "the sale of goods by the
Rod Cross, about poison in sweaters,
similar stories when traced
down have been, found to be base
less rumors.
The eyes of all Americans are
now turned' to the soldiers wlho
ar* "over there," bleeding: and
dy'ng; and to our soldiers) in the
cantonments who will soon go to
rain other Americans on the fight
ing line.
When the Liberty Loan campaign
was at its heigiht we all said that
arguments about the war" should'
cease: that all other questions were
iucidental to this: Help the boys
at the front!
So just as in the Liberty. Loan
campalgn tvo ihave now the same
reason for giving as we had for
leading—we must help, help to
our utmost, the boys at the front.
Ibe bullets and guns; bought
w« >. Liberty Bond money are our
forced tribute to the god of war.
The bandages and anesthetics
ikxjrIi- with our Red Cross contri
butions are the free-will' offering
of our love.
Mrs. W. C. Blanohard, chairman
of the local Red Cross branch has
anoointed Mayor Howard Ashley
chairman of the committee who will
Kave charge of the Drive in Skag
way and on Monday next the ac
tual work of raising " Skagway's
quota will commence and it should
meet with the most enthusiastic
sujTiort that has even been given
th<-s* movements in Skagway and
if will b© saying much for Skag
way has never refused' to give with,
ot'en heart and hand for this cause
and now that we have our own
boys in the trenches there is no
doubi bait th^t we will more than
subscribe the amount apportioned
to Ua.
w kh;h kiddies by ton
IN CHICAGO BABY SHOW
Chicago , May 17. — Several ton
of babies between 2 and 6 yearis old
wero wei?±.ed in, Chicago todfcy at
the opening of the "Baby Year"
campaign under direction of the
United States government. The
D&hies are being examined and class
ed by a questionnaire system simi
lar to the army draft, to give the
government a basis upon whch. to
build' tie plan for nationwide weI'
fare woik. More than 1,000 ba
bies were examined today.
TWO CABINET! MINISTERS
RESIGN JOBS
Rome, May 17. — Two cabinet
ministers resigned their portfolios
today.
PIANO TUNER
Geo. Anderson, piano expert an>
factory representative for high
£rad«e, pianos will be lu^Skagway
shortly. Expert work guaranteed.
6-15-22.
Postmaster Martin Conway w*
a passenger for Juneau on the Jeff
enon where he will attend* to mat
ters of a business nature for the
next few days. He will return to
hi* uost on, the aext sMp.
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We have engaged talent to take over all
orders pertaining to
Upholstering, Painting
And all branches of interior decorating
For limited time of six weeks from date
April 12 1918
Store closes 6 p. m. Saturday 8 p. m.
L.A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Saturday and Smulay
American, Film Coronation fire«er.t Helen Rosson and FVank
liil Ritchie 1a j | J. ( j | j
The Undertow
By Rosalie AsliCon.
Muslo by Violin, I'lajio and Drums.
8-30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c,, 10c
Pack Train Restaurant
The Deltnonica of Alaska
Charley Karamao, .Jolm Clecak, Proprietor*
Where You Can Get AWiat Vou Desire Cooked as It Should Be
We Make a Specialty of Banquets and Private Dinner Parties.
A Refined and Comfortable Place for a Supper Aften *ho Show
or Dance—Service in Cozy Private Booths if Desred.
A LEFT OVER SALE
For a quick disposal of the remaining stock of Dortero & Son
I am gotng to place every article in the store on sale
Beginning Monday, May 20th
Store Open From 9 to 6
SHOES HATS UNDERCLOTHING COLLARS
SHIRTS RUBBERS TENNIS TROUSERS
All bought at before the war prices wholeS^e will be sold retail at less
than cost while they last.
TONY DORTERO
CANADIAN LOBSTER HATCEHR
IKS ARE TO BE CLOSED
Moncton, May 17.—It is announc
ed from Ottawa that the minister of
naval service, controlling- fisher
ies, lias decided' to close some 14
lobster .hatcheries scattered' about
the coasts of the Maritime Provinces
The question of lobster hatching
has been a subject of Investigation
for the past four years, as the re
sult of which, it has beea found that
it is wrong in principle, and in
stead of building up it is de
structive to the lobsters. Arrange
ments are being made to sfart an ed*
catlonal campaign among the fisher
men to Induce them to protect all
berried lobsters and to cooperate
'iith the department in protecting
the fishery and saving the lobster
industry, ' ^jjHH
Paddy McLaughlan, the Pyramid
Harbor rancher, who has been in
3k»£way since January, was, a pass
enger on this morning's train
for Benijett where he will be em
ployed by tthe White Pass lor the
summer. . ..
PORTV • EIGHT NURSES' N
AIDS SENT TO FRANCE
Washington, May 17. — Forty
eight women have been sent to
Fra. ee as nurses' aids by the A
moriirn Red Cross, according to
Miss Jane Delano, director of the
department of nursing of the Amer
kari Red Cross. These aids are
volunteers, aod' more than half of
'uem have paid their own. expenses.
"AH of these nurses' aids have
had the preliminary course In ele
mentary hygiene and home care of
the sfck, and the further prepara
tion of not less than 72 hours in a
hospital approved by the Red
Cross."
DELIVER KNITTED WORK
TO RED CROSS ROOMS
Mrs. J. W. Shearer, who is -In
charge of the knitted work of the
Red Cross, Skagway branch, re
quests that all knitted' &oods. that
are completed be turned in to Red
Cros? headquarters for shipment
next Tuesday.