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_ulscrlptlou* And Advertisements
Rt«Hrecl By
Licutujt News Co- WTiitphorso, Y- T
t: \V GUai-i Carcrofls Y. 1
K U Pillui'» AXIln» B. (
EDITORIAL
THE QUESTION IS ASKED—WHAT WILL
THE ANSWER BE?
vil, to alarm cloci as it
"I fcol.d you* thai
L -.vasn't asleep it all.
tak0s two Weeks to got
:• of tlie Anchorage Timos thre
■ ; >oint 'imes a month to go
Fairtanks Xt.wa Stlner
s'^bjc;ittr to the Gate
io li.\s at onr of the nillo
- UZt fails to get "his
r> (.i,-:.tCL.n days and when
!i i f tli.-" otber *Y0P'e w'1° sub
• r. ft r the Gateway rtgjster thu
I'Uiim \\.ry very fn.q»ent
• .. .'..niiuiuce to wonder just
■ 'at tht. matter »ith tha postal
beW, eu Sv-wctxl and the
je stc.J. There are tims
v:uaor2ge roPtr arrives
■hi,, of our r.nil Road sui
. r* t.. t t!;0 Gateway the same
i- i-> mail, d Lut thes> tim^s
a',. so f f\v nad far between that
t'.;. w'e fee' that we are entitled
1't::iik. Its a deadly
I iu t:.at if it can b„ done
tli t,^me that it should
'«> tri k at •'Wl to.do. it all of
in:.-. \Ve do oi:r part wvigh
. •! deliwr thtm to the post
:. .otvl lie does his pa~t weighs,
. tu aud diJivers thtm to the
...In. ar0 wood^iftng jupt
it hal'pefs after the issue 13
ivvr- I to the trala. Tiig I-im
■ 1 .oh ca;r -s the i^Pers does
: tra*.\i ^t such a high rat^
d to m"ke the landscape
bi* r\'l. The m"o £osls 2w~e
>i> nuatu rous •i> to make It
i t;I- to r, cognize th*. tu ami
ii :mb,.r of papers" is not "so
;s to r.'.a'.'e it accp3sary to
:a a f;">'0 rido to Anciiorage
t i- U livery piefise 8go that
i: v u.-e deUWrbd- That is all
—J0w?ry Gat0w?y
A t» > tl. ■ miter (elluic'i le- 'er.
y r. :ts< •:> why tlie fairu
cr ?houl'i t'f a happy nan?
T • wo: :in with tl 10.000-\Tord vo
i cn-snnies it In a iU>*.
1' \r.r— !t> i: .i t I'e given tlie^ob
N i"'t part »>f Amertta.
■ l.'!t;:per apple crop 19
y it promises tooreci
ThtB f " have managed
i keep ;iu- ->• .; of how they iuiead
• on the old suro
v <t through the
i - il.nvn to where
..■> u: u I'tftk rather thau
TNT Instead of tea and toast Is
the coal miners' idea of an aftenwon
blowout.
Jaaz music Is said to be dying out. It
sounds as If it were being horribly
murdered.
Mustafa Ivenial Pasha, whose name
once sounded like a cigarette, is now
a discarded butt.
At any rate the campaign cigar has
always been a great help to the anti
nicotine movement.
Some people are singularly careless
where and how they penult them
selves to be murdered.
It Is not In the power of mortals to
command good weather, but like suc
cess, we have deserved It.
Moscow Is accusing tiie allies of
propaganda, probably on the ground of
infringing their copyright.
True, the ancients got along very
well without sugar, but then it is hard
to be an ancient nowadays.
The high cost of living may oppress
the hearts of men, but the shopping
districts are as lively as ever.
The mighty has fallen. Zeebrugge
Is now a show place which anybody
can visit for s« much a head.
"Horse sense" was well "enough In
the old days, but what one needs now
for safety Is automobile sensfc
The price of brooms is coming down,
but you have to raise more dust to
get the maid to sweep the room.
I The wife who goe^ away for the
summer to be renovated runs the risk
of having hej; husband revamped.
The election is not going to turn on
the increased number of qualified vot
ers, but on the way the voters vote.
What a lot of emotions can be stirred
up In a man who hasn't gotten in his
coal yet by the song of "a wee cricket.
The fire insurance riiies on letters
sent by airplane are likely to go up
faster than the ships are coming
down.
Why should Lenine and Trotzky
worry about "allied propaganda'* If
bolshevism Is the'wonderfui success
claimed for it?
Those who anticipate an enforced
reduction in restaurant prices will do
well not to postpone their luuclivs iu
that expectation.
In spite of the misty record made
by the submarine, tills style of boat
is still being constructed In various
parts of the globe.
Next to a newspaper, there is prob
ably nothing the ordinary citizen
.thinks he could run with greater suc
cess than a public utility.
Oncfc it was sugar that we couldn't
get; now it is hard coai. Doesn't it
heat all how we are kept searching
all the time for a spoonful?
Rent profiteering tnakes not only
Bolshevists, but old bachelors anil old
maids'of young folks who cannot af
ford to marry and set tip homes.
Encouraged by reports of a bumper
sugar crop in prospect, the consumer
has formed a very distinct Idea as to
whom he would like to see bumped.
: V Coal operators, retail dealers and
~mtne workers handy the buck back
and forth, hut the public need have
Lno doubt where it will land eventually.
It Hear Ilohenzollem should get
itaclc'to-. Berlin, as lie is reported as
i hoping, he will tiud rite old town is not
the same as when he was running
things.
Pitncho Villa has turned farmer and
both his friends and his enemies will
be with him In raising something
other than what he lias been raising
for the last lo years.
The Sunday automobile fatalities
I are fast beating the record of the Sun
[ day summer drownings. And there
are more of the former, since they ex
tend throughout the year.
In one hour France succeeded In
our country in borrowing $100,000,000.
It Is an amazing circumstance In the
.opinion .of a man who hasn't been
able to get Ids laundry out.
' It will be gratifying t*> the lovers
| of the national pastime if It can be
I arranged so that only the pitcher's
I curves will be crooked.
One sure way to effect a reduction
of prices would be for everybody to
do buslpess at a loss, but then some
thing else would happen.
The high cost of food Is to coine
down. Is one official prediction. It
ought not to be hard to induce the
general public to swallow that.
Europe's undesirables are flocking to
this country and they cannot be kept
out by the literacy test. Most of them
can read and write—especially violent
red literature.
If you wish to know why the un
speakable Turk is in that frame of
i
CHURCH NOTES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday service will be held 7:30.
I O'clocK in the evenlng In the Chu.rc
| Bdifioe ft Christian Science Society
j of Skagway corner of Main street
and Fourth Avenue.
! Christian Seine® subject;
| Sacrament
I Sunday School at 12:15.
| Ths Public Is cordially invited.
! FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev.E. L. Winterberger. B. D.
Pastor.. ^
11.00 AM MornIng Worfehlp. The
ices'agP of t'ao MInisteir wjll be on"
"Kenyan"
12:15 Sunday School, bight of
our scholars mad0 perfect records
last year. You can be one this
ye'-t If you try.
7:30 Thi; Fourth sermon on "Cor
ner Stones in Character Building."
Couie and h^ar this last of the
[ serloj „
Monday Evening 8:00 At the
Church. Sixth Lfecturo In "Better
Ame*-! V'« 6tries- Come and hear
about the P-test attempt to estab
11 a Socialistic state in South
America, its worth your while.
7-o'.- All Invited.
ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
So SeTtce at St Mark's Catholic
Ch-Jieh tomorrow. Father Gallant
will bf at ilaines and Fort Seward
Full GosPel Mission.
Otii Avo- East of Broadway.
Services:-Sunday 2:30 and 7:30.
Services'-Thursday 7:30 pin
(Bible Stidy Class).
3erv«?jS • -Saturday 2: OOt'm.
Everyone Is Invited to attend.
The Tiiuurwjjjid night service is
oPen f.'.r oiscusalon.
Bring youur questions and come.
c i'ti^ IV ursday and Saturday ser
vices are heJd up stairs over the
Missioa Hall).
Rev \V. H. Shoemaker and wife
in cha i;.
Mom\v is helna raised in Great
Britain ut the rate of $50,000,000
monllily fur the promotion of bousing
schemes in- that country. Plans have
neen approved for more limn 200,000
houses so far. mid work has beeff be
gun on 80,000 houses. Announcement
of these fiw-ts comes from the ltritisli
minister of health. Great Britain has
nassed the talking stage on the way
to relieving its housing shortage. Tiie
L'ui!e<l s:a:;'.s is less fortunate.
(OFFICIAL PURLICAN)
REPORT OF THS FINANCIAL
CONDITION
OF
Tho BANK OF ALASKA, located
at Skagway, Territory of Alaska,
at the close of business on the
olsf day of December 1920.
RESOlIiCKS
L*a 113 aud discounts 166.4S2.09
Loaas on real eM.ae 16,100-00
Overdrafts None
Unjfd State® bonds
owned 12,246-04
Other bond' a'i<i warrant
0»ued; 30,000.00
Banking house furn'ture
aud fixtures 43,690,00'
Other real istate owned 250.00
Due from Banks 25,876-32
D k. from branches 3S.762.84
Checks oc other banks
und other cash Items 104.05
Cap'tal ess'gn.i'd te branch®' 75.000,00
Collection; 3,155.40
Cash on hand 7,695.93
Total 409.363.57
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 140,000,00
Surplus fund1 15,000.00
(/collided profits loss ex
poises paid 21,729.01
Due to branches 104,139.98
luu'.ldual and in^vings
d-pp"i(s. 126,563.99
Demand and t'me ocrtlfcat^
* 1 1,400 00
Casb'er's and certified
checks - 530.59
Total 409,363.57
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TERRITORY OF ALASKA sa
FlRoT JUDICIAL DIVISION
1 Hvlen D Lynch cashier
Of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement 'a true to the best of
fflf knowledge and' belief
(Sigiifcd) Helen D. Lyncli
Correct Attest; Casnier.
E A Rasmusen
P. H. Ganty.
^ Directors o
(Notor'al Seal) i
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 8th day of Janyi 1921.
Joseph J F Ward
0' S. CommiasionM
ITCHING ECZEMA
BODY
Watery Blisters Formed.
Lost Rest Cuticura Heals.
"Eczema started with itching of
tsy limbs, then from my wrists to the
eiDows.aiier wmcmt spreaa
todifferentpartsof rr.y body.
The itching nearly set me
wild, and after scratching
the eruptions burned sothat
I could not steep,andwatery
blisters formed. I was left
off from work.
I used one cake of Cuticura Soap
and four boxes of Cuticura Ointment
when I was healed." (Signed) P.
Jones, 2021 Telegraph Ave., Oak
land, Calif., June 3, 1919.
zm~ Cuticura For Daily Use "wm
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal
cum are all you need for every-day
toilet and nursery purposes. Bathe
with Cuticura Soap and hot water to
cleanse the pores. If signs of red
ness, roughness or pimples are pres
ent, or dandruff on scalp, toucb gently
with Cuticura Ointment before bath
ing or shampooing.
Scispie Each Fre« br Mall. Address post-card:
"Oatiftt**, Df?t E, ilaldeo." Sold everywhere.
Sopff-c- OinlncoLffaiuiSOe. TaJcuro25e.
Cuticura Soap shaves without mug.
SOCIAL
CANDOR
My husband
c o n 8 t dered a
very long time
before he pro
posed to me. He
was very care
ful.
Ah, it's always
those careful
people who got I
taken In.
JUST THE THING
"My wife has a oreat scheme to
save coal."
"What Is Itr
"Spend the winter In Florida."
FATAL ORIGINALITY
She: Men are such stupl'j'y dull
creatures. I should simply drop
dead If one of them should say some
thing to me I'd never heard before.
Her Dear Friend: What ■ stunner
for you a propsal would be.
MERELY A
HUSBAND
When I mar
ried you you
hadn't a cent to
your name.
I haven't now,
either, it's all in i
your name. ,
TOO SMART
"Did you see anything marked
down at the new department store?"
"Yes, the red e'evator globes."
OFFICE
CHARGES
My d e n 11st
likes to pause j
and tell funny '
stories.
Yes, I don't |
enjoy those
funny stories at
$10 an hour.
I
TELL IT TO THEM
"Money isn't everything tn Wilt
life/''
"Try to convince the profiteers Of
that, will you?"
State of Ohio, Ctty of Toledo,
Lucas County, oa.
Frank J. Cheney makes oatb that he
is senior partner of the firm of P. J.
Cheney & Co., flolric-businos* In the City
of Toledo, County aud Stale aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
anil every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
tny presence, thi3 6th day of December,
A. D. 18S6. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Publle.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken In
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of thf System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
—jL<ST*»rti»erae*t,
w
C
r V
Make the next
cisor tasts better
' gffer
cleanse your mcfJth
moisten your threat
sweeten yout breath
* ' Wltll
p ill
People "Ai ■
kidney* ar
Many old
Pill8 help
a convlnc.'
J. P. H P
152 \Vate Sa..t?.
says: "I
medicine *op --o 7TV'
J haye had no trouDi0 *iuce
using; Doan's Kidney Tills. It w.s
overilffing that attected my l:iIn,
I had severs pala in the lower rart
of my back, but the main trouble
was with my Jddneys. Thcy did'nt
»ct properly. Th6 6eCretl°ns burn
ed and there was inflamation in my
b)add6r. H had tri£d all known
kidney medicines; but thcy did m0
no good. Doan's Kidney Pills how
ever did the work for me. I hav0
bt«n entlrtly free fi-ora kidney and
"btadder trouble for the past two
years."" (Statemont given Febiuury
13, 1916).
On December 4, 1919, Mr. llow^
said: "I never miss a chance to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills t
aayon0 I hear sPeak of lridney trou
ble. t know from experience; there
:* nothing [>etter for this troubl0."
Price 60c; at all dealers. Don't
simply*ask for a kidney remedy—go
Doan's Kldney Pills—the sam0 that
Mr. Howe had. Fostcr Milburn Co.,
Mfra., Buffalo, N. Y.
► Relieves C e.
> tern
'Vj
•c- • .'ICS ci«ni
M tii
Wic « t'!»t tb«r«
Will ur. f i tv-c *uk*1»oM
. } f • j v;H . »* .SO
oxist
Ue • •-•• ' viriu, of tha Jaw
■ - .>f "j . t' '
' !• •" -•* - S*.v
, ■'•( a . ar ' '
: !•-. jr.
Hie pur: ? of s-iJ -
cle t a Co:- 1 of Directors for the
uissult™ v.:r r. also to authorize tha
Board of Directors or the officers
ol fcid corporation, to e"ter into
a contract a::d c..rry out said
contract villi ary person or persona
to ci hvey to such person or Per
seus an interest in tlie mining
claims and appurtcnances of said
corporation n t ixcee<liog®an undi
vided half I:.t rest In said mining
cU'ms and a irtenaccct for mon
«<• tdyunc d and services rendered
ty •■ucii p 'rscn or persons in the
Vrco' j ry of t!i0 Property of said
corporation. vliich is and has been
,'or efvoral years. adverse'y heId
ar.d claim, d Ly others.
A'so said m ,tins of stockholders
to P: so upon r.nj ratify the by-laws
<c>! cor^-aiion said by laws
tr> ite P'ac0 cf the original by-laws
wUl.'ii lave b'en lost or destroyed
aVo tn conduct such other business
as iray Properly com0 before said
giock-bold r's m-eting.
istfed. 3i:asway Alaska this Sth
d r of Decenib0r. 1920.
A. H. Brac'iott. Prasidcnt
A'tfSt. Su W. L. Thompson.
First t'ub Dcc. 9. 1320.
Fins.! pub. Jan. 0. 1921
White Pass & Y Houte
TrME TAELE NO. 40
• Tuesday and Friday.
1, H. ftoanrt >• S' "«*■«
1st C!*m ™
0:30 a. m. Leaves
11:00 a. m.
12:40 P. m.
2:10 P. m.
4:30 p. m.
SKAOWAY
WHITE PASS
benntstY
CARCHOSS
. WHITEHOR.SE'
Arr'T«
U-aiec
2:45 p. m.
2:10 P. m. |
1£: 4 5 P. m.
10:55 a. m.
8:30 a. m.
Pa»«ettgW3 mu»t be at depot >u time to have Baggage in |
pected ana chocted. tnsp^c'ioc '» "torped 30 m'nutes before I
leaving time of trains.
160 pound" of Baggage w'l t>« checked free vlth eacih full
tare fcket and 76 pound" wltn each half fare ticket.