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Retiring From Business
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Store Close Saturday 9 O'clock p. m.
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Skagwcty, Alaska and its
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DEPOSITS
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February 14, 1917 - - $333760.84
Increase in Deposits one year $230071.86
Gain in Deposits, one year, 65 per cent.
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WHEIf fO GO 10 Ml
Charles \V. Hocfcett, "Big1 Chief
has declde<l to Quit the northla/nfl j
for the sumiy spuith .a-nd •Mxord
lng to a statement which he mad©
to a representative of thisj paper
today, he will shortly leave t°\:
CBOJfcriiia., proibabdji to engage in 1
way, he wen' Into the hotel busi
ness in Haines, ■where hie has
remained until the present time.
Before coming' to Alaska, Mr.
ilockett "R-aa "one of the finefit"
on the Cliicf-Ko police fOfCe, nrnd
was stationed In. thie Halstad street
some occupation iru, Oakland, or
I-Og Angeles.
For a uumiber of yoare Mr
HocTtdt was identified with the
White Pass & Yukon route, being
special 4lgent far that coin
panv. aud tvben ho left Skaig-i
precinct. He has always been,
active in civic and political circles,
and has few enemies, while his
friends he numbers by the 6COj.e.
We j0'» with his many friends. ii>
wish in'! hilni success in, his new"
ffeld of endteaVor.
SEVEN YUKON
OFFICIALS ARE
DISMISSED
A telegram, dated April 4, from
the Dawson Daily News printed in
the Whitehorse Star Bays: The
o'fkes of commissioner nml ad
ministrator at Dawson; assist
ant sold commissioner at White
horse; mining reorders at Mayo
and Glacier have been abolished.
The encumbents thereof hare
been dismissed, togethOr with the
three clerks and the mining in
spector at Daw9on. >The men dis
missed are Geo. N. Williams, R. C
Miller, D. R. McLennan;, Wm.
Schofield, John R. Fraser, Phil,
Kelly and John, damieron. Accum
ulated holiday alliances are giv
en »«ch, the minimum being made
four months, 'or 'which the govern
ment will i>ay salaries. Dismissals
were an effective April 1st. Cur
rau will continue recorder at
Whifhorse.
Gold Commissioner Georgge Jiac
keauie was notified today by Ottawa
that the authority 05 adiministrator
M.d been transferred to an<l vested
in him by order-in-incou/ncil, dated
March 28. It is undertook! from
Dr. Thompson, in an. unofficial mes
sage that Mackenzie will continue
gold commissioner, the two offices
being merged into one. Detailed
instructions expected wire.
The Yukon ouncil met this af
ternoon, but owing to no allowanc
es having been voted by Ottawa,
adjccrnoa until after* the river
opens. Federal estimaites re
duce Y11 ton annual grant forty-two
por cent.
FVrd Foazo, after an, abfeeflice
fflora Hlp city of several weeks; re
turned qjl the City of Seattle.
Mich R<klO\-ich, hfltyinj spent his
vacation at Tenakee, returned to
Skagjway on the city; of Seattle
thife morning-, andi win resumq 'aIs
occupation.,
Frank Suffecool, proprietor of
'-he Alaska, Transfer company- t-ere,
left oB thie Prince Rupert fon the
south. Mr. suffecool esoects to
De gone about tliree weeks. aw)
during- his absonoe L. E. Reymold
Boh will take care of any huskies
of an urgemt nature.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Vey, who haye ,
been spending' the 'Winter in Victoria ,
were srrivais up on, th^ prince R'U
Per this morning and will pass- ,
angers on tomorroiw'6 train for
Whiiehorse. Thej- hay® their five
:hildr&n with, them.
NEW IDEA 10
BREED EI5K
Juneau,—If the ptang of A. J
Sprague and his 270 co-workers wh
are members of the southeastern
Alaska Fish a»<l Gamiq Cluih
•can. I'o carried out, the profblem
of replenishing tine gradually! dis
p »oariii2 sajaiH)n will lie solved.
And at tTi'e sairf&tlme many in
teresting points, now in dispute, re
garding the habits of the salmon,
will bo provenbeyond a doubt.
Mr. Syrogue, during his twenty
years of investigation of the 3*1
mon, has como to' tijq corvci; its ion
that a huge proiprtion of the eggs
spawned by the female salmon are
destroyed by salmon tjout and oth
er fisli which live on salmon e£ga
dining the spawning! season.) To
counteract their depredations, he
has evolved/ a pJ&h whierabjj he
can oreveut tho tpout fronj amend
ing such streams as he seltects for
• > ■ i.uruose of conducting these
experimonit's and at ithie same
f. r> permit the salmon to ascendi
and breed unmolested.
IUb plan is to select certain lakes,
now barren, of salmon, oij aatoian.
trout, and introduce foitUiEed sal
mon eggs. By careful watching, in
*' :e it will be learued W h«ther the
salmon do return to their papent
ctreams, and it will be leariwad
'vha* age they return.
The lakes now b.irroii oC sa|mon<
usually ha\-e. somie barrlctf( at the
mouths, which has prevented, here
tofore, thie salmon from ascend tag.
By building- ladders and other con
trivances, he hag wOrked out a plan
whereby hfe expsects to capture the
e^em'es of the sataion an^ permit
tbo salmo.il to continue t!ueir w%
Ho declares that Uio present Kieth
odi of conducting fish; hia-tcherieS
have, proven failures, amdi some
pne, som© time, must try out
a new plan.
Johu S. Da}*, who is registered,
it the Golden North.' from S&a
Francisco, is en route (o Dawson
ivhere le has been. enga©e(d/ in, tnjn
jig operations for the p&st several
rears. j ] J I
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maluin, and(
iheir daughter, Miss Rene, were
irrivals In, Sk&gway on thet Prince
Rupert this morning en'route t°
Vtlin where as he?m of the( AfaiAiin,
lyndicate, with, placer property on,
Dttor crtek, Mr. jjajuin . will have
;harge of this season's| operations,
instead of spending the winter in,
heir tome in Paris, France. Mr.
tnd) Mrs. M&luinei «aidj Miss
*faluine spent the winter months in
he United States.
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GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Wednesday ajvl ThUflsdaj
Atateri««n Film Co. pjtsc*»,ts Vivian Rich and David Lythgole W
The Altar of Ambition
pirates bold.—Majestic.
P. HENRY JENKINS AND MRS. FALSTAFF.
SEE AMERICA FIRST. — MU'il'AL WEEKLY.
i , j ' ' | SIX REELS
Mmio bj Violin, Piano and Drums.
8=30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25o, 10c
WAR SECRETARY
HAS ASSISTANTS
Washlnggton, April 8. —Saturday.
President Wilson appototeed Ed
ward R. Stettinus, as second as
sistant, and Frederick P. Keppel, as
th.rd assistant secretary: of war.
The Skagway chapter of the W.
C. T. U., will mleet at the home of
Mrs. O. V. Zinkau at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. I } .'
L. Hal. joii.netoji, ftgemt for the
C. P. R., received adyicq that the
Prino^ss Sophia sailed from.' Van
couver on time Saturday nightj and
is due to arrive to, this pont early
Wednesday] mornim®'.
Mark A. Pinska, thie FairbankB,
Alaska, and Dawson, Y. T., mer
chant, returned n,ort3i on the prince
Rupert this morning1 and 5vlll take
thie first train orvo^ the hill en
route to the Yukon metropolis,
Oeor^ w. Dillon, Who for the
P*st few months hAa been, visit!®®
in the &outheast«rn Alaska) cities,
returned to skagway on the City
of Seattle today, and' Will remain
here for a short time prior to
making a trip to the cltjes to
the westward.
In our account of the municipal
election held to Haines on April 2.
error wag madjg/ inj send/tog | the
report from that city, n-ad the
n'rne of Erei OBlUiui vr&a 1111 inten
tionally omitted from) tUo returns.
Mr, Osluind reoeiyed 33 v»tefl
which placed him fourth, htehj man
on th« ticket elected. 1
Barney Braieoh, ■who has been, en
joying a vacation; at the Tenalree
Hot springs andi Juneau/ forr the
past several weeflqa) returned! home
cm. the City of Se&ttyf todayj a^d
immediately pick-cxj juj> his cue at
'1 a Skagway Billiard parlors, and
the game will progress without jn
terruptfon for the summer. I
WANTED
Hairless Seal Pelts
We pay high price* for hairiest
seal pelts. We want a big supply,
QUICK! Send them right to us.
Our references, any bank in Seattle.
NORTH COAST TANNING CO.
1138 West 46th St.
Seattle Wash.
Mar. 30 April 6--13-20
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that I have for sale
that suits you I can offer you
Some Bargains
DONT FORGET that I sell
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1897
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. P. SEEMAJf, Prop.
THE SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largest and beet oo»
ducted dairy is Alaeka.
Dally shipment* of pure
milk and oream to all point
on White Pae« & Yukon
Route.
FOR SALE—3 room partly furnish
ed cottage, lojqiuiro after 7 P
m. Cor. State and 10th. St.
FOR SALE—A De Layel Cream
Separator, No. 15. Used only six
months and good aa new. Will
sell at a bargain. Apply E. Egge®.
Douglaa, Alaska.
ON "WHEATLESS DflfS
USE NO BEEAH OUOXBS.
PASTKY OB. EKEAEEAST
roODS CONTAINING
""VHEAT.
FOOD CALENDAR
Monday: Wlieatldss day.
Everyday: A fat saving 'lay.
Everyday: A sugap saving
day. i
Use fruits, vegetables, pin
to beans, and potatoes,
t'se milk wisely.