HOLIDAY GOODS
Look over our stock before deciding on
your Xmas gifts.
We have a large assortment of Hand
Painted China, Japanese Bronze Ware,
Herseys Cut Glass, Etc.
Big Shipment of Perishables for your
Xmas Dinner to arrive on City of Seattle
C. W. AsK & Sons
OUR TREMENDOUS SALE
Will last the entire month of December giving the
people of Skagway a benefit of buying their goods
cheap. All wool and cotton goods will be hard to get
in the spring. All of our goods are mighty cheap now
but in the spring the goods will be mighty high.--Come
to us now; don't put off until tomorrow. When buy
ing let us fix a price for you.
Everything at Reduced Price*
Except All Rubber Goods, Collars and Overalls
For Cash Only
DORTERO & SON »
THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
Jjinu, Alaska
OLDKST AND LARGEST BANK IN ALASKA
A consistent policy pursued for more than a quarter of a
century has boen rewarded by steady and substan
tial growth until this Bank has now over
one and one-half million dollars re
sources and depositors in
every part of the
Territory
BAN K OF ALASRA
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
.1/j Institution of Strength and Character
ALASKA'S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
Capital $85,000 - Surplus $20,500
FOUR BANKS - Siugwty • Wrangell - Anchorage • Cordova
OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson. Preiident
W. L. Landsborough, Cashier
B. A. Ro»s, Auditor
Andrew A. Benton, Vice-Prea.
J. T. We«terni»nn, Vice-Pr«».
AicWift Br tick
E. B. Annley
Vice-Pres. in charge
Wringell Branch
W. H. Warren
Vice-Pre». in charge
Cordova Br inch
W. R. HiUory
Vice-Prea. in charge
Zoheth S. Freeman
Andrew Stevenson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Andrew A. Benton Henry D. Walbridge
P. 11. Canty J. T. We*termann W. R. Hillery
Although aa integral part of the one system. each branch has had assigned
to it the full amount of Capital required by the Territorial Banking Board
for the establishment of a Bank in auch a location. Each branch is there
tor equipped to aerve its customers as fully as any independent bank, but
with the added strength and resources of the entire institution to draw
up«a. Furthermore each is responsible to the Territorial Banking Bodrd*
is examined and supervised independently and renders its statement direct
to the Board. The Bank of Alaska is therefor, because of its double aup
vjsion and stfeguards, peculiarly "An Institution of Strength and Character
Jimmy Davidson enlisted in the
army recently at Ft. Seward. He
will leave on one of the next boats
tor service on the outside.
1b compliance with the U. S.
food administrator, after Dec. 15th,
IS 02. bread will sell for 10c
•iratght, and 24 oz. bread 15c
atral<b<
lM6-7t. VIENNA BAKERY
Dc not wait for a solicitor. Bring
'or send your dollar for Chrtetmae
! membership to the Red Cross head
quarter*.
Sjjaec In the New Year's edition I
o£ the Daily Alaskan is being- tak
en at a rapid rate. Better hurry!
ud if you want aa ad. 1
Those Christmas c&rdg M Kel-;
lcr Bros, are goins Wet. See theni
before tley are all gone. * W.
IN FROZEN
TO DEATH
L. Bamich, a laborer employed
ou Section 10, of the W. P. & Y. R.,
Cowley, Y. T., was found dead
ueaj mile cost 100 this morning at
10 o'clock by Foreman K. B. Ander
son.
Bamich left Cowley yesterday
morning an a small hand speed
er ior Whitehorse for the purpose
oi depositing some money at that
place. As near as can be learned
be left Whitehorse on his return
to Cowley about 2:30 p. m. The
mile post where he jyfta found by
Anderson is only about five miles
north of Cowley.
The body wajj frozen across the
rails, and about four feet behind
the speeder, which was standing on
the track. The »'«ather was not
•severe in that vicinity yesterday, be
ing calm and only 20 degress be
low zero.
A special train wras run from
Whitehorse today with the coroner,
and an inquest was held at Cowley.
B»rnich was a Russian, about
30 yeaifc of age, and came from
Tenakee, Alaska, last February.
POINTS FDR THE
AMERICAN
WOMEN
Washington, l>ec. 20.—Hojv the
Amoricau housewife, like the sol
diers at the front, may help win
the war oil her own firing line jn
the ki'ehen by saying cooal, is ex
plained in a number of general pre
ceius that have just been issued by
th-» Bureau of Mines, Department
of the interior, and which ought to
he tacked up in every home at
le^st for the period of the war.
The Bureau of Miues gives the
folloxv'ng military orders to the
housewives:
Carless use of coal in kitchen
stoves and household furnaces is
very wasteful. Only a email part
of the hea: in the fuel may thus
lie usei'ulily employed. Be sure
the hiat is doing what you may
waiu it to do rather than needless
ly heating the chimney.
Buy coal mined as near home as
possible, even if it requires a lit
tle more trouble, and learn to use
it This will lighten the load 011
transportation systems.
Buy a full wagon-load if you
fan. Tlfis reduces labor and cost
Of delivery.
L'e sure the smoke passage in
thf stcve are clean. Keep them
clean. If the scraper made for
tfc* purpose is lost, get another.
Kcduce the hours of running the
stove as much as possible.
Firelfcss cookers may help reduce
the Mine of keeping a fire.
Running the range to lieat tank
water only i§ not economical. Be
spacing 0? hot water in such cases.
Break tha lumps of coal to siz
es no larger than eggs.
wnen tne stove must run some
hour* a full fire-box carefully
controlled by dampers is more econ
cm.'cai tJjau fires so small that the
grate is only partly covered.
With » big fire a little air is
iifede' over the coal as \v ell as
througn it. If soft coal used,
allow just enough air to come thru
the daiuper over the fire to make
the flames so short they will not
resell the second row of stove-lids.
i.'Jose the top draft damper when
the flames get shorter than the
first row of stove lids.
When it is necessary to carry a
fire over night, fill the fire-box
with coal, cover over tightly with
ashes and close all dampers. To
sti'it the fire, open the tlamper be
low the grate' and the one in, the
stove pipe. Break up the coke in
the fire box with a poker, rattl
iiu' the ash into the ash box.
Save what coal and coke you can
from the ashes and use when you
have a good fire.
Wher the fire is jvell started,
close the damper in the smoke pipe
as muth as you can to maintain
the fie you need. Open this
damper to prevent smoking while
putting iu fresh coal. Damper
control is the secret of economical
heating.
It is understood that a Skag
way girls' basket ban team will
seen play a team from Juneau.
The regular dance of the B. P.
O. E., wijl bo held Saturday night.
12-19-41.
MICK GREEK
IS PROMISING
Amonp the outgoing passengers
ou t'>c Princess Sophia last night
were Robert Reddick and wife, the
discoverers of the neyv gold strike
on Roddick creek, about 20 miles
from Wbitehorse, and which last
fall created a small stampede. Mr.
and Mrs. Reddick are going to Van
couver for the winter and while
there will use the time to secure
capital for the development of their
pronerty.
Gold was discovered in the Red
dick creek country about 16 years
ago, and there have been many
prospecting trips to find the Bource
of the metal and to find the creek
ou which placer diggings would1 pay
LeMar made three trips into the
country to find the stream, but
failed each time.
Mr. and Mrs. Reddick have been
iu the country for 17 years and are
exuerieLced miners and pioneers.
Thev have prospected each of 14
years and never until last fail did
they discover any diggings that
ivers wci;th while.
.Mr. Reddick worked on Russel
creek three years ago, and last
fall discovered a new stream which
empties into Russel, and on which
hp found gold In paying quantities.
This stream was named after him
self, and is the scene of the new
discovetiee where hundreds of
c'.aims have been staked.
During the fall months Mr. Red
dirk sunk a shaft down 17 feet,
and found good paying dirt all the
\vaj\ Th.e ground is full of bould
ers and a blast set off in the Pit
caused a cave-in of the ehaft,
stopping operations temporarily. In
tho soring the Reddicks will again
take U0 the work of further devel
opoment and mining. Both Mr
and Mis. Reddick are full of hope
for the new district and expect tc
find only the best of luck.
Mrs. Reddick emphatically stat
ed the new creek is not the Mc
Cauley. as stated in some quarters
and which has beeimined repeatedly
but is an entirely new stream thai
has not yet been indicated on any
map.
Mr. Reddick is a pioneer pkifl
baiider of the Yukon, and is known
all along the great interior water
hlghw«y. He and wife have suf
fered many hardship^ during theii
17 years on the interior and each
of tLem know what it means to car
ry a fcacV on their backs and
'r-'im;. for days in search of the
yellow metal. Now that they have
made their discovery they are bend
ing all their efforts to develop
the country and to procure enough
of the gold to repay them foi
tu^ir many hardships. "True sour
dcuphs" may be the best descrip
tive word of the Reddicks.
Weather Report
Whltehorse, cloudy, n. y. 23 be
low.
Lrwei LeBarge, cloudy, n. yr. 35
below.
Hootaliiuiua, cloudy, calm, 33 be
low.
Big Salmon, cloudy, calm.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm 49
below.
Selkirk, cloudy, calm, 40 below.
Isaac Creek, cloudy, calm, 41 be
low.
Dawsou fog, calm, 55 below.
SKAGWAY BOY ENLISTS
IX AVIATION' COUPS
Clarence Acbison, eldest son of
Mrs. E. W. Acliison, has enlisted
in the aviation corps of tbe Nation
al army and will go to Ft. Sam
Houston, Texas, for duty and for
training. Clarence is one of Skag
ayw's boys, known to everyone in
the city, and is also well known iu
Atlin and Whitehorse. Previous to
leaving Skagway last summer Clar
snce was employed by tlie White
Pass.
Melvin Achison, second eon, is in
Portland and from reports is do
ing well.
Mrs. C. "W. Stedham, wife of the
:antaln of the harbor boat Peter
son, made the round trip from Ft.
Seward yesterday.
Father Turnell was a returning
passengers on the Peterson yester
Jay from Ft. Seward where he he'd
services the previous Sunday.
The City of Seattle, according tg
ates* reports, was due In Juneau
:his afternoon at 2 o'clock, and
should reach Skagway tomorrow. /
Xmas Gift Books Just Received
The Major—Ralph Conner. Sunny Slopes—Ethel Hueslon
Long Live The King-Mary Roberts Rhinehart
The Soul of The Bishop-H. G. Wells
The Road -to Understanding-Eleanor H. Porter
The Light in The Clearing-Irving Bacheller
The Deserter-Richard Harding Davis
No Man's Land by Sapper. The Wanderers—Mary Johnston
The Triumph-Will N. Harben
A Son of the Middle Border-Haudin Garland
The Dwelling Place of Light—Winston Churchill
Spell of The Yukon-leather bound-Service
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man—Service
' Rhymes of The Rookies~W. E. Christian
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE WITH GIFT SUGGESTION:
L. A. HARRISON Co
STORE CLOSES at 8 p.m. Saturday 9 p. m. TELEPHONE S
PwimiepmE
GEORGE MOWL Proprietor
Wednesday and Thursday
Consolidate Film Corporation presents Maurice Costello and
Ethel Gifljmlln In
The Crimson Stain Mystery
Episode No. 4.
Tliangle Keystone presents Ford Sterling In HIS P1UDE AND
SHAME.—In two ports.
HEARST WEEKLY No. 00. '~j*' ij|| j I
Mnsto—Pla/io, Violin and Drums. ; t I ! I i 111!
8^30 p m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
A Through Ticket
Chicago,^Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
By buying a through ticket yousave from $10.00 to $15.00 as
against buying to Seattle and rebuying there.
By buying over the C. M. & St. P. Ry. you are assured the comfort that
comes from riding behind an electric locomotive—the most power
ful in the world—and that personal attention which is a feature of
"Milwaukee" service.
Via
WHY
For tickets. berth reservations anil other partic
ulars consult your nearest SteamshU) A treat
A. P. CHAPMAN. Jr.
Aut. Gen'l Pauenger Agent
Stuart Building
J. F. BAHL
City Pauenger Agent
Second aad Cherry
Seattle; Waahington
May wo suggest the use of |
Miss Osiey's hand colored
calendars and Scenia Alaska
yean i | | ; : . : i : j
Open late on, booat nights.
greeting cards and Photographic
views in the place of gifts tills
"There's a Photographer
in Your Town"
The Pedersen Co.
THE
Del Monte Cafe
HAINES, ALASKA
Will S«rr« •
SPECIAL FIVE COURSE
Cbriitmat and new
year'* Dinner $1.00
A Home Cooked Dinner
That Cannot be Excelled
No child is too young to join the
Ued Cross. Buy a membership for
the baby.
• Christmas Entertainment at
• the Public 1 School, Friday,
• Dec. 21, 1917, at 8 o'clock
• sharu, IVo good plays—good
• music. OOME EVERYBODY.
• Admission 15c. Proceeds to
• the School Auxiliary of the
• Juniof Red Cross. 12-20-2t
Fire Insurance
Some merchants kick because men
working for wages buy their goods
cheaper in some markets and raise a
fuss because HOME INDUSTRY
IS NOT PATRONIZED????
I do not kick if they don't insure
with me. WHY ? ? ? because I
represent only RELIABLE COM
PANIES.
The merchant is looking for some
thing cheap.
Sweep before your own door.
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
ESTABLISHED 1897
Perfume a»d Toilet Requisites.
You will find all the lending Hues
Imported and America^ makes aS
Kellers' Prog Store. | ; . , ,, ,