THE WHITE PASS 8
=101 ROUTE =
The Comfort
Gate-way ! l§||p j Service
Route of Safety
To Yukon Territory, Atlin District
Interior Alaska
During the winter season of 1916-1 7 our regular train serv ice will
be maintained North and South Bound between Skaguay
and Whitehorse, trains leaving both terminals Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our Through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be oper
ated between Whitehorse and Dawson, affording every possible
facility for comfortable winter travel by means of a
Thoroughly Equipped Stage and Automobile Line
For full information apply to
Supt Mail Service Dept.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
C. W. CASH
-OR
6)2 Second Ave.,
A. F. ZIPF
Traffic Manager
SEATTLE, Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE Xo. 38.
Monday, Wednesday and Thuisday
N*. l, N. Bound J ij ll^ No. 2, 8. Bound
1st CIam 1st Class
H:30 a. m. Leaves 8KAGWAY Arrives 3:50 p. m.
It:05 a. m. » WHITE PASS I.cavea 2:20 p. m.
11:45 a. ni. * LOG CABIN " ! 1:30 p. ni.
12:40 p. m. ** BENNETT " 12:50 p. m.
2:20 p. m. " CARIBOU " 10:48 a. m.
4:50 p. m. Arrives WHITSHORSE " 8:00 a. ni.
Paseeagfcrs must b« at depot 1* time to have Baggage In
spected end checked. Inspection U stopped So minule* before
leaving time of trains.
150 pound* of baggage will be checked free with e*ct» full
fare tick** and 75 pound* with each half fare ticket.
SYSTEM AXD PRINTING
Dou't put it off, but order your
prlntln# now 'which you will need
when you put in your new system.
The Dally Alaskto job department
Is be'ter .©Quipped than 'ereT to do
your work. Prices 'right and work
promptly executed. tf.
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,'
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Electri
fication, you'll enjoy the comfortable accommoda
tions and you'll like the little courtesies incident
to "Milwaukee" service.
E. J. Shaw, J Skagway
H. CL Weir (Agents
A-^E. Harris, T. P. A.
Juneau Alaska
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway g
•: Mary and the Lamb : •
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■ATARY had a little lamb;
XVL gh© passed her plat© for more
The lamb that pleased her palate bo ,
Was purchased at this store.
—Butcher Store Sign.
MARY had a little lamb;
She'd like to buy Bome more.
The trouble Is the price la high—
' Br than It Was before.
—Boston Globe, q
Some Natural History
The Good Old Fashioned Kind.
THE ALLIGATOR.
HE alligator Is a reptile which often attains a length of twelve feet,
They Inhabit the ponds and rivers of tropical countries and some of
them are still found in the swamps of Florida and Alabama. Their
principal occupation is sleeping in the sun on sand bars or old logs,
but they can always spare time to snap up a human being or any
animal coming near. They are provided with 240 teeth, and even If
they have toothache in fifty or sixty of them they can still go on
chewing things up.
The general opinion is that the alligator is a very sluggish reptile and that
a person can kick him on the snoot and jump away before being seized. All
persons who have tried it. however, are at least one leg short When an alli
gator gets ready to move, he moves wtth the rapidity of a family leaving a
house with three months' rent due. Thero is no other reptile with the alliga
tor's strength of Jaw. The Rev. Dr. Parker once rolled a barrel of pork into a
Florida river to see what an alligator would do with It. The reptile simply
When an Alligator Starts to Move.
openea us mouui, gui n suuu uutu
the mud with his hind feet, and shut
his Jaws. He bit that barrel of pork
square in two, and he did it as easily
as a doctor could bite the stem of an
apple.
The leading naturalists are agreed
that the alligator could live about
eighty years if he wanted to be mean
and hang on, but, at the end of about
fifty he becomes so disgusted with the
way the world is run that he swal
lows his last native and gives his last
gasp, and a fresh gator comes to take
up his Job. It is asserted that there
was a time in the history of this coun
try when alligators were as thick as
grasshoppers along the banks of every
creek and river. That was when fish
erman's lies first started.
THE OSTRICH.
It Is believed that the ostrich was
once found In great numbers in Mich
igan and Indiana, but the climate got
too hot or too cold for them and they
departed for other climes.
ostrich she Intended to make a bird of him, but mado a dismal failure of It and,
as a barnyard fowl, he Is not a success. Nobody has yet found him anything to
do except to raise a few feathers for women's hats. He cannot sing. He cannot
warble. If he lays one egg a month he goes around bragging about it He
cannot be harnessed up like a horse and he cannot bray like a mule. There y
is only one thing he can do to earn as much at 15 cents a day. That Is £
to kick. When he wants to give anything the boot ho runs at It and kicks L
sideways, and his victim finds himself turning somersaults until he brings V
up against a rail fence fifty feet away.
The lion Is the only animal that loves the flesh of an ostrich, but he
Y has to eat onions after dinner to bring back his respectable breath. There
6 are some naturalists who say that when the ostrich hides his head he
A thinks ho is hiding his whole body, but don't you swallow that He is
Y playing 'possjm on you and wants to coax you within kicking distance.
M. QUAD.
Copyright 1916, McClure" Newspaper Syndicate.
FOR VIOLINS
"Re re old violins mad^ whil$ you
wait."
That is the occupation, —rather I
fl>e hobby — of J. W. Stevenson of
Seward. Although Mr. Stevenson '
does not claim an expert knowledge'
of the magician's axe, he believes!
he can carry out the foregoing an- j
nouncement without) difficulty. He
does it in this way says the Seat
tle Times ,
Every year Stevenson oomes to
Alaska to work his mining inter
ests. Being an expert woodworker
and lapidary, he spends liis spare
time making tilings, useful and use
less. Several years ago while trav
eling on the Aleutian, islands he
found some old cabins, built by the
natives several hundred years ago,
but still standing iu almost per
fect condition.
The cabins are made of Alaska
native spruce, which, after such*
afting, is thoroughly seasoned. Stev
enson piciced out a deserted cabin
ai:d cut onee of the most perfect
logs from it. From this wood he
made a violin wMcb carried a tone
as &weet as 'he oldest Stradivarius.
"You see," said Stevenson, "most
violins are manufactured and then
permitted to age. Mine aree aged
and then manufactured. The re
sult, I believe is thee same and
some of the most renowned artists
in America have pronounced my
instrument the equal of those used
by the old masters." '
While in the north; last summer
Stevenson made a violin of this
wood which, is just nine! indues long«
The instrumeent is perfect in con
structor however."
NOTED COMPOSER DEAD
Pittsburg, Pa. — Silas Gamaliel
Pran, 70, a concert pianist and
comi-oser, well known ia Berlin,
London, New York and Chicago mu
sic circles, is dead here after a
brief illness. He composed tihe
"Centennial Anniversay" over
tuie and dedicated it General
Grant . Ho also composed the lyr
ic opc-r? "ZemobiV |
PUN THRIFT
IN SCHOOLS
The average total family" in
ccnw Including1 women, and! children
is between $700 and $800 a year
iu ilie United States, according to
statistics given out by the American,
Society for Thrift. Between 1900
and 1914 the average increase in
the retail prices of food was about
CO per cent, while wages increased
a little less than 30 per cent. No
mat'er what may be the cause of
this condition the moral is plain:
The average American or the fu
ture must be thrifty.
Our population is increasing at
the rate of 4,433 a day. Statisti
cians estimate that within) a few
years this increase will reach. 10,
000 a day. There will then be
even greater cause for thrift.
A movement is on foot in the
National Educational ) association,
the official organizton of school
teachers of America, for devising
plans of teaching thrift in our
scluols. This means beginning at
the foundation, points out the Am
erican Society for Thrift, and the
results of the happiness, prosper
ity and security of the future Am
erican will be beyond comprehen
sion.
There are over 40,000 workers
in America. If each, worker began
now to save a dime a day the ag
gregate accumulation would] reach
$1,4 65,750,976 a year, or if each!
saved a dime a week the total
would be $208,819,317. The sav
,'n. of a dim« a month) by each
worker would amount to $48,189,
0;»3, and only a dime a ye&r would
mean $4,015,750. American So
ciety for thrift statistics show
that 95 per cent of men are de
pendent. upon their daily earnings,
or on ethers, for support at the
age or 60, and that not one man
In 30 who retires with a competency
i3 ablee to retain that competency
to the close of life. These are
things for the patriotic) American
to think about. This is a nation
of manifest destiny, but there are
evil days ahead unless our people
beg!n at once the practices of
thrift.
SuggestionS
HOLIDAY TIME is upon us and we are
wondering what we will give mother, father,
sister, brother, sweetheart or friend. . . .
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PROPRIETORS
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A Iteflned and Comfortable place for a Supper After the Show
or dance—Service in Cory Private Booths If Desired.
00 EAST via.
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ON THE LUXURIOUS TRAINS OF THE
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The Grand bTrunk Pacific Steamship "Prince Rupert"
Leaves Skagway every Monday at 11 A. M. and
Connects at Prince-Rupert with the Grand Trunk Pacific
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Juneau Skagway
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