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Lettuce Sweet Spuds
Celery Rhubarb
Cauliflower Cranberries
Chestnuts Rutabagoes
Yellow Tumips Parsnip
Carrots Cabbage
Bananas Crape Fruit
Spitz Apples Oranges
Lemons Jap Grange*
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FIREMEN'S BALL
TAKES PLACE
FEB. 22
Th« Annual Firemen's Ball which
is to be held oil Washington's "bir^U
day, February 2, is well under way.
Committees have been appointed
who have chu-rge of the different
features ,and elaborate plans are
being made for decorations, refresh
ments, etc.
The Skagway Volunteer Fire
Depar'ment, upon which Skagway
depends in ease of fire, has one big
event "very year in the nature of
uu ant'ial ball. These dances have
always been well patronized, and
they have been up to the minute
with the latest and best dance
music.
Committees appointed to handle
th • dance this year are:
General Committee—J. W. Shear
er, ehairmaii* Ed. Waterman. W. C.
Wnsht, M. Coding. F. E. Tanner.
Plcor Committee—E. J. Barry,
chairman; .J K. McAlister. C. H.
Rryers. R. E. Gault, Ed. Liddicoat.
Fefreshments — L. E. Hudson,
chairman; C. O. Walker. I,. C.
Cault, H. Ask, W. E. Feero.
Decoration. — V. Sparks, chair
man; J. X. Hanson, W. McBrien,
Geo. Rafiuzzi, F. S. Shorten.
P: T. A. MKETIN'G WILL BEGIN' I
OX TLMK
1'. S. Commissioner E. A. Rasmu-1
boo. president of the Skagwav Par-1
eu» Teachers' Association, requests
the offfcei'3 and chairman of the or- |
tt^kization who have received cards i
dur'ns 'ho week, to meet promptly ■
at 8 o'clock, in the Bank of Alaska,
buildln.e tonight for discusson of P. |
T. A. plans. It is thought that by |
beint; on time the business can be
handled quickly, giving those who
ca e to do 6o an. opportunity later
to go to the meeting of the Al
Dine Club. 1 j
HuLsalbe for the Daily Alaskan
Npc "trait cf J. Seymour Lloyd,
who has been made director general
of recruiting in England. He Is well
versed in military affairs, and undsr
his supervision recru.ting already h»»
increased largely.
in
5
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OF
THE HOUR"
Ik the Popular Picture Palace
Saturday night Paul McClelland,
Skas way's city clerk, will speak un
d *r the auspices of the government |
Four Minute Men on the subject of
"Tiie Man of the Hour, The Ship
builder." This is a most interesting
subject, and the facts that are to be
H»sented are startling to say the
leist. For instance, the United
St^'es has increased its ship build
ing output 15 times since our entry
inco the war ,and now leads the
world in that industry.
Other facts just as startling will
be presented. Go, and hear about j
t>c'e Sam's greatest jand most ur
get.t business.
AMERICAN SHIPPING BOARD
MAKES WORLD RUB ITS EYES
Ttip achievements of the Federal
Shipping Board are graphically Bet
forti in ft government circular re
ceu'iy received.
Chairman Hurley, an experienced
business man of large achievements,
now at the head of the United
States Shipping Board, testified at
tbe senatorial inquiry that tftere
are shipyards in 25 States on both
coasts and on the Great Lakes,
where in many instances there
wore only ocean waves and a sandy
bo'H a a few months ago. One ship
yard at Newark, N.. J., will shortly
•ynuloy 20,000 men and this im
mense ship plant wa8 finished In 72
dayg after it was begun. Another
at Htg Island, Pa., will ultimately
require 35,000 workers a.nd will be
building 50 steel ships at a time
Ther« are now 114 shipyards in, the
cou.iiTy, 74 of which are either en
tirely new or are small yards which
have been vastly increased in size..
Ose housand four hundred and
thirtv-seven ships have been start
ed ,W'tb over S,500,000 tonnage *ca
t>ac'\y. Now WQ are nearly Te^kly
for the men to step into the ship
yards and made the world rub its
eyes at our record. Hulls are bo
in? completed in 64 days on the
i Pacific coast. Engines and equip
I meat tiro being made at inland
j pl^Ma la even shorter time.. Piatea
I fOi' so-called fabricated ships are
i heilic turned out at inland points
land sent to the coast yards for as
sembling.
At present Ke have under way
more than double the amount of
ships now under construction ia
j Grct Britain, for centuries the
• greatest shipbuilding country ia
j the world. We are building 15
times the tonnage we formerly aver
! age<?. To double any established in
I rlustry in normal times would be a
I fOBi. What a record, then, to multi
pi" hy 15 an industry almost new to
' us, while also fitting put an, army,
! building guns, aeroplanes, and
1 supplying food and munitions to
the allies!
Ad«1 very soon it will be a ques
♦i5u of men to finish ships..
I<- nas been possible to get a great
deal started with relatively few
men in preparing shipyards, get
ting materials made, steel plates
ready for assembly ,and so on.. But
now the fundamental work is done
and hundreds of thousands more
men roust carry through the pro>
gram.
IIS HEATED
By ELECTBIGIIY
Stockholm, up on tTie Baltic side of I
Sweden, is a cold im position for many j
months. Not only Its far north lati
tude. hut Its Insular situation conduces <
to cold climatic conditions, for Stock- |
holm Is built mostly uu Islands and is
called the Venice of the Lialtic.
But the people kiep warm during j
the lout; winters ami do so through
electrical heating iinaugemci ts. 1'uel I
for individual families was an im
mense Item, but In the last few- years '
the electricians of the country have |
bent their energies to the development |
of the natural water power to the end |
that electricity has become the chief ,
fuel.
Hot water tanks In buildings are j
heated by electricity from a nearby
power plant, und i..e hot vrater is scat
through the houses nnr'i ip it goes
through similarly heated houses In our
cities. The electricity t';»t heats the
water is turned on at night when the
family retires, and by morning the J
tank Is so hot that the water, pumped
automatically through the house pipes,
gives the inhabitants all t'.Ki comforts
of steam heat and lusts the whole day.
We build coal fires In our furnaces
and have smoke and ashes to conte::(l
with. The Swedes press a but son t'mt !
connects the house tank wire with the !
power plant, and the work Is done, j
with no aftermath of cleaning up.
Memphis Coiumc.eial Appeal.
Counting tho Salmon.
The Wood rivci" l:i AhisLu lias Ix'fn |
closed to lis!:iug fur u.any years and j
is resorted to for breeding purposes by
red salmon cscn|fi:ig ihe nets in Nusha- j
Kak bay. The counting of the salmon j
was first undertaken in ll.'.'IS and has
been continued anuually since thut |
time except in 1914.
The counting is uiude possible by
throwing a rack across the stream and
compelling the tish to puss through a
narrow gate, where they are easily vis
ible to persons immediately above.
Agents of the tisheiles bureau in relays
are kept on duty day and night for the
entire period of the ruu. and the tally
is kept by an automatic counting de
vice manipulated by hand.
The highest count for any one day lu
recent years was 25,554.—New York
Sun.
Flower* and Blood.
A superstition dating from olden
times exists to tiie effect that roses and
flowers generally attain greater beauty
in soil fertilized by blood, especially by
human blood, tbau elsewhere. Pcrsous
who have visited Newmarket, England,
know of the so called "bloody flov. er of
Newmarket." which is fonnd nowhere
else than hi the old moat. now tilled
up and In which, according to tradi
tion. a very large quantity of human re
mains is Interred. These flowers bloom
in June and July and by the bloodllke
hue of their blossoms suggest the name
which has been given to them.
Doubtful Assistance.
Editor—George Bump, the merchant.
Is dead, and I want you to write up an
obituary telling what a flue fellow and
what a successful business man he j
was. New .Assistant—Sure: I'll boost
his game, but I don't see what good it's j
going to do.—Puck.
Varieties of Mosquitoes.
The total uumber of species of!
mosquitoes described by I.. O. Howard,
H. G. Dyar and F. Knab in their work
on mosquitoes is 398. Professor T. D.
A. Cockerell of the University of Col
orado. reviewing the book for Science,
gays that probably the total number is
not less than 500, as these authors have
no statistics from certain large areas
of the United States and Canada.
ALPINE CLUB
PRESENTS, A
SPRING FROST
At eight o'clock tonight la the
annex to tho Preesbyterian church
tho Skagway Alpine club meets in
regular session. Every member is
expected to be present and to come
Prepared to have a rnoet enjoyable
time.. A program has been prepared
which is said to most interesting an
entertaining.. Tho constitution will
be considered, and a discussion and
vote will probably be taken on the
advisbaility of renting a permanent
meeting hall. .
Tne program for tonight as pre
pared by Fred Pedersen, Miss Mar
'ha Maggilliouddy, and Paul Mo
Clelland is as follows?
Part Ono. ■ • 1 • "V i
"A SPRING FROST."—Written
atnl put on by local talent only. A
side-spl'tting operation, painlessly
performed for tho audience.. This
skit is classic. Don't miss it.
Part two..
Instrumental gelections—By local
talent.
(a) "Sliver Treads Among the
Cold."
lb) "When You Were a Turnip
and I wore a Big Red Nose."
(Enquire) "Mary Had a Little
Lamb." i
These will give an who hear them
a. splendid idea of Skagway'g musi
cal talent that will be surprising.
Be there oa time.
HUMOR ON THE STAGE.
Making Fun la a Serious Business, Say*
Charlie Chaplin.
"Ni.iking fun is serious business,"
says Charlie Chaplin in tlie Woman's
Home Companion. "It calls for deep
study and concentrated observaton.
Fun that causes some |ieoplu to laugli
makes others frown. 'J'hal can't he
helped. What mutters is—to make
most of the people laugh niovS of the
time. How to <.o this is the problem.
"The principal thing you've g>>t io du
to keep an auJ'cnri* iu ;;ool humor U
to make them thintc thev are rupcrior
to you in intelligence. You've got to he
the down.
"Pride comes before a tall, we are
told. Well, mere is nothing wo funny
us upset dignity. Visual.~e u l.loutetl
capitalist .villi Duuui'car.v whiskers,
light trousc.s, spats, frock <eat, silk
hat, all the insignia r■! n million dol
lars more or let s.
"Now. when the capitalist's vhlsUprs
ire pulled l>.v an abandoned futiuy luau
the audience is convulsed. 'I'll 're is
fun in striking contrast. One minute
there is a picture o.* pride and i.ignit/.
tustere, exclusive, apart from costmion
liumatiitv. If 1 reach out casually nml
tiook that chap with the crook of my
.•a no, < 1 rnhim almost otV h!s feet, pull
his Dundrearys «nd step casvaHy on
liis silk hit. a wave of mirth surges
aver the house. Perhaps people don't
know why. Uut i do. it is because
ibey never iu all their lives helievtvl
myboily would have the effrontery to
;>ull a millionaire's whiskers or step
jn his hat."
Ca l.loc.'et.t.
When you git on de hilltop don't Bay
Quttiu' 'bout it: «le worl' will tiud you
»f you's Uar. au' anyhow. It won't do
ter shout halleluiah till you know you
iin hold yo' grouud. - Atluut* Cousti
:utiou.
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GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
f' • !1 I ■ ' Saturday and Sunday
Triangle presents
"Let Katy Do It"
A comedy drama in five parts, featuring Jane Gray and Tiil
ly MareluUl.
Mutual Weekly No. 532.
Music by Violin, Piano and Drums. • r
8=30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
PORK 111 BEANS
PANCAKES AND
COFFEE!
Picteera of Alaska, IglQo No..
12 announce th«lr first dance and
supper ever given ia this city will
t kw place on the evening of
March 16. Everyone who wants
to have a real good time is asked tq
make 9pecial note of this date, and
be ready to come.
The committee having in charge
t^ • dance, composed of C. L.. Brock
m:iier, W.. J. Mulvihlll, Frank
Doree, A. J. Achison, and Jack
Phelps, announce that a '98 sour
dough lunchi wi'l he given, which will
b» composed of pork and beans,
pancakes (not the kind that chee
chakoes make) and genuine coffee.
URGENT MEETING
A meeting of all four committees
for the Firemen's Annual Ball is to
he called at eight o'clock tomorrow
night in the Fire hall. Every mem
ber of the committee is expected to
bo there, and the Alaskan was told
fhat the business which will be to
havd is urgent.
Mr. Clecack, one of the pro
prietors of the Pack Train restau
rant who has just returned from
the outside, reoprta business con
ditions to the northwest as excep
tionally good, and that men who are
experienced in mechanical trades
are fa great demand.
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Please to take notice that here
after an bills must be paid at the
office of the HOME POWER COM
PANY not later than the 15th of
each month. •
Home Power Company, inc. 2-8-41
The steamer Jefferson, of the Al
Steamship Co., was due to
arrive in Juneau at three this af
teraoon, and will probably reach
3k.ae«ray early tomorrow morning.
r~* A MYSTERY *
~ 7 .
Pwinicla, twinile, little Czar,
How: I wander where you are. ?
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IX THE U. S. COMMISSIONER'S
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY
OP' ALASKA, DIV„ NO. 1, SKAG
WAY PREQLNCT.
IN PROBATE
In the Matter of the Estate of
T. A. McDonald, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That the undesigned has been, by
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
missioner and Probate Judge of
the above entitled Court, by order
duly made and entered, appointed
executor of the estate of T. A. Mc
Doaald, deceased. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present them
with proper vouchers in legal form
within six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at
his office in Skagwajr Alaska..
Dated this 7th day of Feb. 1918.
L. S. KELLER,
Executor.
First publication Feb. 7, 191S.
Final publication, March 7, 1913.