New Goods
Heinz Dill Pickles in bulk
Heinz Sour Kraut in bulk
Sweet Apple Cider
Kippered Black Cod
C. W. AsK & Sons
Now is the time to buy Your
Winter and Summer Goods
We expsct a Big Shipment of New Goods
DORTERO & SON i
CLOTHIERS and FURNISHERS
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BANK OF ALASKA
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
INTEREST ON SAVINGS
$1.00 Starts an Account
Your Account Solicited
1918 CALENDARS ON DISPLAY IN LARGE VARIETY.
"There's a Photographer
in Your Town"
The Pedersen Co.
Weather Report
WLitehorse, cloudy, calm, zero.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, calm 4
above.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, calm, zero.
Bljr Salmon, cloudy calm.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm.
Yukoa Crossing, cloudy, calm 2
a bore.
Selkirk, cloudy, calm, zero.
Isaac Creek, cloudy, calm, 6 above. |
Stewart River, cloudy, calm 2
fbovft.
Dawson, cloudy, northeast gale, a
below.
GOVERNMENT FIXES
PRICE or COPPER
Washington, Jan. 14.—The gov
ernment has fixed the price of cop
rer for the next four months at
23 Vj cents.
A soecial White Pass train, left
lot Whitehorse this morning at
8:30 o'clock. The regular will
leaye tomorrow moruiug as usual.
LARGE CROWD
OK PETERSON
Pasengers making the round trip
oa tue U. 3. harbor boat Peterson,
Saturday include Mrs. Johnson, of
Haines, Miss Xellje Hopkins of
Haines. Mrs. Miner, wife of Sergt.
.Minor of Ft. Wm. H.. Seward,
Mrs. riteveuson, wife of Sergt.
Stevenson. r« the fort, H. O. Banta,
of t^e laundry at Haines, Chief
McC'av ajid C. Combs of Haines,
C. V. Woolman of the Haines Elite
laundry, A. G. Lightfoot enslneei
0.1 the Peterson, and Lieuts. Col
lins aud Ca:l'on. In addition t j
the above - number of so ilitrs
we'e rouL-1 t»ip passengers.
The City of Seattle, of the Pa
cific Steamship Co., is scheduled to
sail from Seattle tomorrow, and
should reach Skagway the 20th. She
will have three days mail.
Union Receives
iLetter From
Protege
About 80 Woman's Christian Tern*
perance Unions in the United States
are supporting an orphan child
in France and among the unions is
the one in Skagway. At the last
business meeting a letter was read
fi^ia Helena Marie Bernadette Pop
lin, as her name is, which was trans*
iate» ly Mrs. Bunting. It reads as
follow 8:
i Paris, October 1917
Madam:
I am sending you two postal
c»—• photos that mama has just
mad-i for you and also one taken
in 1914 that my papa had made jui#
before he left to go to the war.
I am large, but not fat, and I
have auburn hair. I like to go to
scacol real well and I go every da>*
and every evening (night). I take
three lesson, catechism, history,
an' arithmetic.
1 anx writing, madam, the good
sentiments (wishes) of your little
protege.
Helene Marie Bernadette Poplin.
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Minute Speaker
V. I, Hahu, superintendent of
th.A White Pass & Yukon Route,
spoke under the auspices of the
"Four Minute Men," oa the subject
o' War Saving Stamps, in the
Popular Picture palace last night.
K*v Hahn explained the purpose of
the stamps, how the purchase of
thoai will aid the government and
at the same time be a savings to
the purchaser, and urge<$ every man,
woman and child who can do so to
purchase one or more of the certifi
cates.
A large crowd attended the en
tertainment, and Mr. Hahn's re
marks were roundly cheered.
JEFFERSON' AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE
Tie steamer Jefferson, of the
Alaska Steamship Co., is expected
In port tomorrow morning, oue day
ahead of time. She will hay ae
lart:e quantity of mail.
PIONEERS TAKE NOTICE
The regular meeting of the Pio
neer* of Alaska, Igloo No. 12, will
be Ueld in the Arctic Brotherhood
building tonight at 8:30 o'clock.
All members should be present.
Th«re will be installation of officers.
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. S. H. Yoemans wishes to ex
Dress her sincere thanks to aU
friends who so kindly aided her In
her recent bereavement and who
sanf so many expressions of
sympathy.
LOCALS
J. W. Wilson, fuel agent for the
Wn'te Pass, was an arrival in Skag
w»v Friday from Whitehorse.,
Skagway's municipal skating rink
was flooded yesterday morning and
siouid be fine for skating today.
The young folks of the city have
formed a Young People's society and!
neld their first meeting In the Pres
03 terian church last night.
The Princess SonMa, of the C. P.
R., is due in Skagway Wednesday;
morring at 7 o'clock and will have
mall for interior Canadian points.
Misj Florence Garside, matron of
the Haines Presbyterian hospi
tal was a Skagway visitor Saturday
a.id elled on Id friends while here.
I>oe Gault, popular telegraph,
agent inj Skagyvay for the White
Pass & Yukon Route, will be a
passenger on the Jefferson tomorrow)
morning for Juneau Tvbere he will
serve on the federal jury.
Mrs. C. Racine, wife of the pro
nrietor of the Whit© Pass hotel in
Whitehorse, arrived in Skagway on
Friday nigrit's train end will leave
on an early boat for the outside
wber® she will join her husband.
Mrs. M. Godding fell on the Ice
a lew days ago and Beverely hurt
one arm. When the doctor ar
rived it was so badly swollen that
it was impossible to ♦'ell whether or
not the arm was broken. J
CREATE DEMAND
WHEATLESS
BREAD ■
Washington Jan. 14. — Women
must create a demand tor bran,
wboltwheat, and corn breads, until
thy© are put on the menu of ho
tels and restaurants mot only on
wheatless days, but for constant use
by patriotic food 6avers, according
to a statement by Mrs. Hoover,
wife of the IJ. S. Pood Administrat
or. She feels that many people will
acquire the habit of eating coarse
grained breads, if they have the
ooportunity of ordering them on
s'x days of the week, instead of
oae. ' 1 ', '
Other advice of Mrs. Hoover to
American women, is to stir the im
agination o* servants and people
befoie whom they are demonstrat
ing, to appreciate that their sav
ing foods actually conserves it for
6tsiving people. '"There is some
individual, who is unknowingly de
pendent uuon you, for life, She
says, "it may be a soldier in the
trenches, it may be a little child,
it may be a peasant woman, who
will not have anything to eat, next
spring, if you do not think of them
no v," i • [ ' ■
Britons Harass
Huns In Italy
Rome, Jan. 14.—British forces
yesterday kept constantly attacking
Teuton movements in the Asiago
Plateau on the left bank of the
P'lve river and northwest of Mon
'ello, and also drove the enemy
back of Monte Mellago.
Peace To Come
By Victory
Ne.v York, Jan. 14.—America
must accept no peace that does not
come by an overwhelming; victory,
said Theodore Roosevelt Saturday
nigh' in hji address to the Ohio
Society. ' i ''
HR1TISH RAID SUCCESSFUL
London, Jan. 14.—Haig reports
British troops Saturday executed a
successful raid in German trenches
east of Loos.
INCENDIARY FIRES
IX ARGENTINE
Buenos Aires, Jan. 14. — Incen
diary fires are burning crops thru
out tv.e republic.
SITKA FOLKS COMPLAIN
OF MAIL DELAY
A letter from Camp 6, A. B.,
Sitka, addressed to the city cleric
of Juneau recently, enclosing a copy
c.f a letter to Chas. A- Sulzer. The
clerk was instructed to write to
Mr. Sulzer endorsing Camp 6's com
Dlpint which set forth that the mail
serv'ce to Sitka is not adequate;
that the boat nojv in service is not
satisfactory for the requirements of
the s'rvice; that a mall was re
ceived in Sitka Dec. 7, 8 days be
hind pchedule and that the next mail
did not r<»ach the town until Dec.
22; that there are approximately
2500 Americans on the route and
that they are entitled to better
service. j I
The Prince Albert, carrying
freight and: passengers, of the
Giand Trunk Steamship Co., arriv
f»'. 'a port last night at 9:10 o'clock
?nd will sail for the pouth tonight.
Today she has been loading copper
ore. . ■ J
Mr and Mrs. Louis Ter&o, of
Careross, old timers on the White
Pass and Yukon Route, are out for
a trip to California. After ab
sorbing about a month's sunshine
thev will return to their home in
the northland.
THERE IS A SAN-TOX REMEDY
for every ordinary houselkold ail
ment. There is room for San
Tox Remedies In your medicine
chest. Get a Saji-Toac Blue Book
at Keller Bro»., The San-To*
Drup Store.
OUR ANNUAL SALE
Begins Tuesday, 10 a.m.
25 Per Cent- Discount
Throughout The Store Contract Goods Excepted
L. A. HARRISON Co.
STORE CLOSES 6 p. m. Saturday 9 p.m. TELEPHONE 55
To conform with the 8 hour law we close from 12 to I noon
Pom ivik nucE
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Saturday "ml Sunday
Triangle Finfl Arts presents MAE MARSH and ROBERT HAIt
RONln | ! iJLLi;
HOODOO ANN, In 5 Acts
FORD "WEEKLY NO. 41. | . ,. i .. L I . . _,J ! ! j 1 l! ill. 111
Musia by Violin, Piano ami Dinars.
8=30 p.m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
Power of Big Guns.
It Is not easy to understand what
the power of a gun really is—its pene
trating and destructive power. What
we eull a fl.'teen Inch gun, which means
one whose muzzle or hollow part is
fifteen Inches In diameter, will hurl a
shell right through n plate or wall of
the hardest steel twelve Inches thick
seven miles from the muzzle. The
power of the very largest land guns
ever made, the German howiiziis or
10.5 Inch guns. Is such that one of th; ir
missiles crack.; o; on a si.-M ami con
crete fort as If it were a nut.—Popular
Science.
Our Precious Document.
The original engrossed copy of the
Declaration itself is safely shut up in
a safe in the state department in Wash
ington.
It Is inspected every twenty-five
years. As Its faded lines were inspect
ed In 1003, they will not be again
brought to view until 1928.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
Other Views.
"So you want to marry my daugh
ter, young man? Why, we liuttliy
know you. Have you enough to sup
port her on ?"
"Sir, 1 thought you had too much
pride to let any of your family take
money from strangers." — Baltimore
American.
An Unappreciative Audience.
"What this country needs"— began
the oratorical man.
"Walt a minute," interrupted Sena
tor Sorghum. "If you know what this
country needs don't stand around and
lecture on It. Hustle out and help get
it"—Washington Star.
SIR BERKELEY MOYNIHAN
Sir Berkeley Moynlhan, senior con
sulting surgeon of the British army, is
here to aid in the war preparation of
the medical corps of the United States
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want lo buy a home or buy
any property that 1 have for sale
that suits you I will take as part
payment
Liberty Bonds
allowing you the accrued interest
to date
DON'T FORGET that I sell
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1807
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD
I will pay Five Dollars reward
for information leading to the con
viction any one taking wood from
my homestead located as follows:
Commencing at the N. W. corn
er of H. E. number 176, running
20 rods West thence 320 rods N,
thence E, to the Skagway river
taenco meander Skagway river to
N. lhie of H. E. 176 thence W to
place of beginning.
1-9-31. A. J. ACIIISON.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO
ointment fails to euro itching,
Blind, Eleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. BOc.
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, DIV. NO. 1, SKAG
WAY PERCINCT.
IN PROBATE
Tu the Matter of the Estate ot
S. II. Yeomans, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Tn;t the undersigned hag been, by
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
missioner and Probate Judge of
tko above entitled Court, by order
duly made and entered, appointed
executrix of the estate of S. H. Yeo
mans, deceased. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present taem
wi'h proper vouchers in legal form
witbin six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at
her place of residence In Skagway,
Alaska.
Dated this 8tfc day of jan. 118.
ELLA MARY YEOMANS,
Executrix.
Piret publication Jan. 8, 1918.
Final publication Feb. 5, 1918.