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| Pickling Vegetables
Cucumbers, Onions,
Cabbage, Green Tomatoes
Celery, Peppers, etc,
A full line of Fruit'
and Vegetables
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j» Rooms Single or en Suite ■
Baths en each Boor J
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jkagway. Alaska A
What Do You Know
About This
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The City C juncil has Assessed
Lot 5, Block 37 at
$ 450.00
I will sell this lot for
$100.00 Cash
Lot it. Block -6. assessed at
$575.00
Will Seii For
$250.00 Cash
Phil Abrahams
ESTABLISHED - - - 1897
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£ 5. 5. Princess S. 5. Princess |
ALICE W MARY!
FALL SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS
FROM SKAGWAY
F r n:e»» Alice
Aug. 26 Sept. 8 19 29
Princc«* Mary
Sept. 2 Oct. 13 24
Nov. 3
\ Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Seattle, Etc,
CON'N'KCTIXG AT VAXUOVVEii
§ WITH FASTEST TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAINS
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Tickets To All Points East
All l'a-ticulars From
L. H. Johnston Agent, Sliagway
^raiELi' To Cban««-JYithout N'otics
3ADnj»Afc. fc.lMEE
ALASKA. WASHINGTON. CALIFORNIA
xn-o broadvtay—p#ioxk.30
SAILINGS FROM SK/lGWAY
— FOR—
SEATTLE
CITY OF SEATTLE OCT. t7
Direct connection* for^ Taca.tli, Vancouver $
and Victoria 5
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^ Sa.Ui.13 for California "Monday, Friday and j
Saturday 1
Janjs Wallace Agent - Skagway Alaska
j ALASKA STE AMSHIP CO
► Sailings from SKAG? V'AY Season 1920
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* For SEATTLE & TA/COMA and Way Ports
* S. S. JEFFERSON. Oct 42
* E. J. S! I AW /Vscnt Phone 66 SKAGWAV
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popular picture palace Saturday
and Sunday
An Art Craft Picture
Thomas H. Ince
PRESENTS
WILLIAM S. HART
ThePoppy GirlsHusband
Gaumont Graphic Weekly
Admission, including war tax—Adults, 30c: Children, 15c
Pioneers Visit
Their Old Home
-Mr. and Mr'. Daaio). c. currie'of
Damson aire Sfcagway visitor" hav
iug cojuo oUc tlast wecjc.
Mrs. c"rrie Is an old tlm°r iu
anasway having lived here in the
°arl>3st days and tills 1' lier flrH
»irit ov.tsidfi since 1900.
I/urlng thtir stay m Skagway,
Mrs Curric na* "«t a number of
i firrorr friend8 ana acquaintance*.
J Mr. Ourtie Is connected wlth t'ae
| .Public AVOfks d-Partm^nt of Dawaca
' a nJ is taking a well ©a-med.
vacation.
NOT JWJCH C'lES TO WASTE
Mach tries That Makd for Esoncmy Are
Ni>w in General Use in Facto
ries in Americd.
Recovery of valuable portions of
materials formerly wasted Is ni.ve
and mure u feature of American in- j
dustrial economy. For many years i
there lias been in use in many of I
the large t'tiginowing works a cen- |
trifugnl s(i>iiniti-ttf machine which j
removes tlie oil ,rom Iron snd stool
turnings or borings and fhos permits
ft to be used over again. This Idea
•which cmUrlies this machine bus
row been carried further and app.ieil
to the removal of tlie dust and dirt
which unavoidably collects In oH
used in the lubricating systems of |
marine and other large engines. The
new machine is very similar in form
and operates on the same principle in;
the now well-known centrifugal
cream separator. Tlie foul oil Is fed
continuously into the machine
through a strainer which patches any I
srross particles, precisely as milk is i
fed iuto tlie cream separator. The
purified oil escapes continuously,
while the dust and dirt collect on the
inner surface of the separating drum.
Provision Is made by which the at
tendant can Instantly tell when the
machine Is choked with the deposited
ANIMAL LIFE AT ITS WORST
i Woe-Begone Specimens of Dogs, Pigs,
and Horses in the Cuban Pro
vince of Pinar del Rio.
There are more dogs than any oth
er kind of animal life Id Pinar del
Klo. the westernmost province of
Cuba. and chickens, pigs, ponies and
goats Rink next In the order named.
Dogs may be seen everywhere, bat
they are lazy and Indifferent. Each
shack-hold has a few chickens, none
of which would have the shade of a
thance In a poultry show, hut might
bold their own at a cocking main.
There are many pigs to be seen, but
they are so thin and weakened that
tlte much abused razor-back looks like
a prosperous porker, suys the National
' Geographical Magazine. Each pig Is
anchored fust to a pes In the ground,
tethered t a rope. Knowing that If
the rope were passed only about the
pig's neck be could wiggle free, the
native passes it around the pig In the
front of one shoulder und behind the
opposite leg and then draws It tight
enough to prevent the pig from back
ing out of it or creeping through.
The horses one sees are between
the Texas and the Shetland pony In
sl*e. and so tlitr that one wonders If
they <•»" make a shadow. Milch goats,
which are the rows of Pinar del Rio,
(teem to he the one class of unlinnl
able to look fat and sleek.
Keller Brothers carry one of the
finest Iiacs of cigars and smoltcrs
needs in tUo north..
The S11 Hogar, Gatos Mi Prefer'
Ida, Jbord Baltimore, Robert
Burn3, UPmajis Boguet, Lovera Owl
and White*OwI, Colon, OPti'^o, Roi
Tan,, Mozart, El Belmout Preferenei
and Independents are a few 0f the
brands that suit the taste. Call in,
and look them over. tf.
Wm Sirne Now
Chief Of Police
There was quite Bome excitement
yesterday hround town pwjng fc the
charge la the <"ity marshal'9 oWc.
John c. Wood who hM occuP^d,
tint Position for 80me time tendered
his resignation aid immediately Wil
I'aai Bi'no was aPPointod an
SH'orn in.
Mr. Simo is ">n old time official
of liie san Francisco Fire De
rartmc,nt and has been fir® chiel
in Skagway for a number of years
and Bhouid b'-> well qviailfiod to,
fl*l the numerous offices that go
with the city marshail job.
Mr. Sime sutPd that he w»uld,
enforce tit° city ordinances w'ithoi
fear or favor and wants oil the ci
sens to know it
John Wood has not signified,
what ho inteud" to do l>ut rumors
ha-5 it that he lis going to take a
trlP to th8 8tate® as ho has aot
been out of tro territory for a
uu«'ber of year5.
DESERT HERO KNOWN TO FEW
Dog That. With Its Master, Was
Savior of Many Lives, Well
Cared For in Its Old Age.
Rufus, the dog hero of the desert,
who has saved nmny lives. Is ending
his declining days In a dog sanatorium
at Pasadena, Cal., where he Is well
cared for. The end of the dog Is
■aot far off, says Our Dumb Animals
la a recent Issue. He is spent and
feeiile after his many long and weary
Journeys over the burning and blind
ing sands with his pioneer master.
He will no doubt soon fall asleep.
Lou Westcott Beck and Rufus were
Intrepid pioneers In a life-saving proj
ect that received scanty support and
tardy recognition. Together they fnred
forth on their mission of mercy. Beck
carrying signboards and cans of paint,
Rufus laden with saddlebags of re
storatives and poison antidote. While
the man set up the guideposts, or
painted the water signs, the dog suc
cored many a prospector who other
wise would have died miserably from
•delirium of thirst or the venom of
snake bites.
The work of these two great bene
factors Is over. Beck died In July,
1917, and since then the government
has appropriated one hundred thou
sand dollars to carry on the project
that he and his devoted dog started.
Rufus will be well provided for by
a veterinarian who was a personal
friend of Beck's. The old dog's years
of hardships, of life-saving service on
the desolate wastes, are not without
their reward. His many friends who
used to see him on the streets and
pat him with approval as he started
out on his desert trips will not forget
him In his old age.
ENCOURAGE BIRDS TO NEST
Only Through Them Can the Many In
sect Pests Be Kept Within the
1 Bounds of Safety.
* ,
Of all the ways ol ridding our gar
dens, parks and farms of the insect
pests that destroy fruit grain, and
even trees, none is so effective as the
encouragement of birds. Most birds
are naturally Insect eaters, and it Is
really amazing to count the number
of beetles, bugs, caterpillars and
grubs that -a small bird will devour In
a day.
Andre Godard, a French naturalist,
remarks In a recent number of La Na
ture (Paris) that agricultural plagues
Invariably follow the disappearance of
birds, and he notes that the forests
of Hungary were saved by the plac
ing of many artificial nests to attract
the feathered enemies of the grubs
that were destroying the trees.
It is true that a few birds eat fruit
and grain, but even these prefer In
sects. and it Is probably true In
ninety-nine eases out of a hundred
that the bird which seems to be eat
ing the fruit Is really pecking at an
insect inside It.
Blankets
For CASH ONLY
Oct. 11 to 16th inclusive
Monday to Saturday. Night
Cotton Blankets grey, tan and white with
pink and blue border 20 percent off
Wool Blankets 20 percent off
Woolnap Blankets 20 percent off
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Store Open Evenings from 7 to 8
John, Rustgard, candidate for
Attorney General wir«d Howard
Aealey, CjyUrmaa of the Stog^ay R>
l'Hobhcan dub that fc° "ouid. do iu
5kag«ay Tuesday and would
dr«ss the voter® Tuosday night.
Mr. Rustgard fw li answer the
' sjanderou8 Btit.£inonts mado by th«
j Pussyfooting campaigners "'ho ar®
trying to muiiidy the waters with
I Veronal attatks an,d insidious
silnuatloQ'.
' Kemember the night and lceep jt
cUar so as to hoar a r«al exposition,
I of the question of iaterest and
explanation8 of the Platfor'11 that
| the Republican Party of A'aska is
j Putting before thQ electorate.
ARABIAN EMPIRE NOT LIKELY
I
I As Travelers Point Out, System and
Organization Are Foreign to
tPse Semitic Mind.
"History Is against the probability
of the creation of an Arabian empire.
Tlie Semitic mind does not lean to
ward system or organization," said
Col. Thomas E. Lawrence recently.
"The Semites are represented by
very little art, architecture, philoso
phy. But we find an amazing fer
tility among tlie Semites In the crea
tion of creeds and religions. Three of
these creeds—Judaism, Christianity
I and Mohammedanism—have become
t great world movements. The broken
j fragments of countless other religions
! which have failed are found today on
the fringes of the desert.
"The desert seems to produce only
one Idea—the universality of God.
We, who have gone out to discover
the meaning of the desert have found
only emptiness—nothing hut sand,
wind, soil and empty space. The
Bedouins leave behind them every
extraneous comfort and go to live In
the desert. In tlie very arms of starva
tion, that they may be free. The des
ert exacts a price for Its secret. It
makes the Bedouins entirely useless
to their fellow men. There tins never
been a Bedouin prophet. On the other
hand, there has never been a Semitic
prophet who has not, before preach
ing his message, gone Into the desert
and caught from the desert dwellers
a reflection of their belief. The idea
of the absolute worthlessness of the
present world Is a pure desert concep
tion, at tlie root of every Semitic re
ligion, which must he filtered through
the sceen of a non-nomad prophet
before It can be accepted by a settled
people.—Asia Magazine.
Besides withdrawing much needed
labor from the farms, the automobile
industry is making serious inroads
upon the coal supplies of other indus
tries. Man cannot live by automo
biles alone. I
Notice
Owing to eav'-Tfcl social function",
taking pjac© tonight th.® Democrat!"
Heeling To Take Place, at A. B.
Halj, J. as b:°u PosPtonpd', and »o
shall ©stcem jt a Pleasure to meet
with, our ffiends at any tim°.
George D. Jrigsby,
Delegate fro1" Alaska,
W. W*. casey(
Territorial Legislature.
Nfw Rtfjid Airship Is Speedy.
In flit- If•••■>■ i rigid airship. It SO a*
developed hj ihe Vlrkerf people. par
ticular attention was given to the
elimination m Qnnecessarv hind re
sistance und Die outline down of
weight, and the hullde.rs have pro
I dnced In a ship of r>nl> 1*4 mil
I lion cubic feet capacity, whose per
formance In speed unit endurance Is
equal to thai of tt-33 and 11-84. which
have a capacity of two mil Hon cnhlc
feet. The overall length of K-80 Is
530 feet. Its diameter Is 70 fe»*t and
Its height Sn feet. The total gross
lift Is il8.fi tons nt sea level, and the
disposable lift Is 17.5 tons. At full
power the estimated «need Is over six
ty miles per hour and the cruising
radius at this spied is four thousand
miles and sI >"\ five hundred miles at
fifty miles an hour—Scientific Ameri
can.
Artificial Milk c« Beard Ship.
The rnilU problem on the hospltnl
ships rif iht United States navy Is
solved In n different and highly Insenl
otis fashion, f'n hoard the Mercury
and Comfort there is now n machine
which tnannfaclures milk In any de
sired quantity. although the shlj> may
have been at sen fot weeks. The "me
chanic::! cow" needs to be fed with a
combination of unsulted butter and
skimmed mills ponder, and it will give
milk with any degree of butter fat
which Is required. It n'so produces
cream thai <vlil whip and the fluid
which It yields tastes like the best
quality ol dairy milk and cream that
can he procured ashore.
Eruptions on the Sun.
Not long ago. at the Yerkes ob
servatory, an eruption was observed
(and photographed) on the rim of the
sun which threw up material to a
height of 500.000 miles. One cloud of
It, which appeared as If floating de
tached. was reckoned to have some
thousands of times the volume of the
earth. We are accustomed to regard
great volcanic explosions on the earth
as the mo^t appalling of natural phe
nomena. but they are feeble and tri
fling disturbances compared with the
outbursts which are continually tak
Ine place all over the body of thq
sun.
The Remedy.
"I am sorry I can no longer offer my
friends a trood bumper."
"Oh. yes. you can when you take
them out In your flivver."
Few of us realize how much we
are tolerated.
Old Timers
Looking for the best place to stop
while they are in Skagwav go to the
PORTLAND HOUSE
Which has just been remodled and now is first
class in all of its home-like appointments. Hand
baggage transferred to and from trains free of charge
Rooms $1.00 •
FIRST AND UNIVERSITY STS.
SEATTLE
ARLINGTON HOTEL
The Home of the Pioneer.
ThisHotcl is not and never has been owned or controlled by Japanese
$1.00 ONE DOLLAR ROOMS $1.00
.BUSS MEETS ALL TRAINS.
J. J RYAN. Prop. ROBT. KELLY. Mut.