POMPEIAN OLIVE OIL
IS THE BEST
We Guarantee Its Purity, Quality and Full Measure
Half Pints, .25 Quarts 1.00
Pints .50 Half Gal. 1.90
C. W. ASK & SONS
Leading Grocers
ta-ORGE MOWL, Proprietor
TUESDAY AN*D WEDNESDAY
TJie BLACK BOX, by E. Phillip Oppenhelm with. Herbert Rowllneo
Anna Lit tie aad Wm. Werthin ton.
King Bagaj-t la Ms own production, "The Bated Trap." a melo
tfiama in two parts.
Ford Sterling ii^ "A Dramatis Mistake."
The Chicago; Tribune's War Pictures Thursday and Friday,
8,000 feet of film«.
Admission 525c and 10c Begins 8:30
FREE DOLL STOCKINGS
We will give free a pair of Doll Stockings with every pair of
Burson Hose we sell. T he Doll Stockings may be had in White
Pink or Blue. Every little girl should have some for her dolly.
BURSON
Fashioned Hose
are shaped in the knitting without
seams. They are comfortable, styl
ish and durable—made in weights
to meet every1 climate. Buy a few
pairs on our,, recommendation—
they'll give" you genuine satisfac
tion.
25c 35c 50c 75c
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Phone 55 Store cloees at 8 P. M. Saturdays 9 P. M.
WILL ONE-HALF PER CENE.
INCREASE IN TAXES BANKRIIPE YOU?
s'25 Cents Per Month—The Price of a Good Cigar, One Admission
to the Movies, the Cost of a Half Pound of Candy"
W hen a pending measure affects both the moral and financial
interests of a community, it is the absolute right of everyone
concerned to know to what extent he is affected.
Morally there is no argument in favor of the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors—there never has been. Those en
gaged in the business have resorted to ridicule, personal criticism,
and the financial scare. The first two are not argument and
thinking people are not influenced by them.
Scientifically there is no longer any argument, as the new
National Pharmacopoeia will not list alcohol as a medicine. This
is the heaviest body blow that alcohol has ever received. So long
as it was considered necessary for medicinal purposes one could
not logically urge the prohibition of its manufacture. But since
scientific research has proven conclusively that alcohol is not a
medicine, and has so declared by omitting it irom the official direc
tory of medicines, the King has lost his last claim to tolerance.
The only argument left is the financial one. How much does it concern us in Skag
way ? An analysis of the following statement will answer that question.
Assessed valuation of real and personal property for 1915 - $593,485.00
Less decrease by closing ot saloons, (bar fixtures, stock of goods, household goods 7,100.00
586,385,00
Real and personal taxes
Loss by closing: saloons—Liquor licenses $4,000.00
Cigar licenses . 100.00
Personal tax on stock of goods, bar fixtures, household goods 71-00
Amount expended over and above receipts for the year
Less street expenses (largely new sidewalks)
Amount to be raised by real and personal taxes
Comparing the amount required with the valuation, we get a tax rate of 1.47 per cent. It is now 1 percent, so the in
crease is less than 1-2 per cent.
It is safe to say that a rate of I} per cent will take care of the city hicely; for, though the saloons close and their personal property drops
out, the real estate remains; also, the estimate does not include the new bank corporation with its improvements and building, nor that of private
individuals which is going forward so generally. Tax receipts from Seattle and surrounding country for the year 1915, reveal an interesting
comparison. The basis of taxation is practically the same there as here. Within the city the rate varies from 4.15 per cent to 4.45 per cent, de
pending upon the location. In the country thirteen miles from the heart of the city, the rate is 4.47 per cent, of which the school tax alone is
2.41 per cent Thus Washington paid more for just schools than twice our entire tax of the present.
5,934,85
4,171.00
1,764.71
11,870.56
3,249.23
8,621.33
The average home in
Skagway is assessed at
$600 or less. Applying
the 1\ per cent rate to this
we find the increase to
amount to 25c per month
•the price of a good cigar,
one admission to the mo
vies, the cost of a half
pound of candy.