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ESiABLISHEO 1898 OLOEST GAILY NEWSPAPER III ALASKA
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j EDITORIAL PAGE j
A T1MKLY WARNING
Thu Seattle Trade Register for
October issues a timely warning to
the retail grocers of the Pacific
Coast when it tells oX the plans
that have been under consideration
for some time by the big mail1
order house of Sears, Roebuck it
Co., for the installation of a gro
cery department in their business
at Seattle and that are now soon
to be consummated. The only re
deeming feature about it is that
the home merchants will have three
or four months in which to pre- j
pare for and meet this invasion in
to their line of trade. The Trade
Register says:
Groceries. l>y Mail
The Seattle house of Sears, Hoe
buck k Co. is just about ready to
euter the grocery trade. A hint of
this has been current l"or some
weeks, but uot until recently has
there beeu anything to warraut or
coufirm the rumor. But now, from
a source which Trade Register sea?
uo reason to question, comes the
news that the big mail-order house
will be selling procerus within the
next four months.
Frcm au equally reliable source
Trade Register is informed that
the grocery sales of the Chicago
house of Seare, Roebuck & Co. for
the first six months of this year
were ;? J,000,000. The margin of
profit was one and three-tenths per
cent:
Had the floor space been avail
able, j>ears, Roebuck & Co. would
bv this time be leading retailers a
merry chase. Now, with their new
est building completed, the company
is well equipped for the business
it iuteuds to go after.
Retail trade is due for a hard
blow, t>ut it is utterly foolish to
sit back and rave, and equally use
less tc lie down and quit. The only
thing to do is to stand up and
fight, bearing iu mind that abusive
mud-slinging and legitimate fighting
are entirely different.
Retail customers will have to be
"shown." They must be convinced
of the quality in standard brands.
Of the value of service and the
convenience of buying at home. Mer
chants must smile while lighting;
they must develop logical selling ar
guments and take advantage of per
sonal acquaintance and a knowl
edge ot local conditions. Finally,
the retail trade has a flying start
of three or four months, which is
a creat deal iu a long campaign.
CANNERIES WANT
BIT ONE BOSS
Juneau Empire; The cannery In
terests do not object to paying ter
ritorial taxes if they are taxed by
the territory only. This is the in
formation brought back to Alaska
by Jobn H. Cobb, who is back from
Seattle where he went as territorial
counsel, to confer with them.
Th cannery interests, said Mr.
Cobb do net want two masters. They
desire that the territory be given
the right of taxation or that the
taxing authority be exercised by the
federal government. They would
prefer, however, that the authority
be exercised by the territorial legis
lature.
Bv the agreement arranged be
tween -Mr. Cobb as attorney for the
territory of Alaska, ;and the at
torneys representing the Alaska
packers, during Mr. Cobb's visit to
Seattle, the decision that is rendered
by tiie circuit cqurt of appoals will
settle the question of whether or
not licenso tuts shall bo paid as
provided in the Act passed by the
last legislature. Owing to the many
controversies which have arisen
since 'the passage of the law tho
packers decided at a meeting held
in Portland the early part of Sep
tember, that they would endeavor
to reach an agreement with the
territorial attorney whereby tho
question might bo amicably settled
without each individual company be
ing obliged to iorut tho issue for
itself.
As a main basis for thair refusal
to pay the license tax assessed up
on the year's pack, several of the
fish companies have alleged, among
other things, that tho territorial leg
islature Mad no power to levy the
tax upon the year's pack when
there is already a federal tax,
such legislation betfug [in violation
of the stipulations of the Organic
Act.
Through tho decision of the test
suit seen to be brought before the
circuit court tho matter will be
settled. Each company conce«rnod,
with the exception of the defend
FOR RENT
Cottage furnished, 7th Ave, $15.00
Cottage furnished, 21st Ave, $10.00
Seven furnished cabins, $5.00.
FOR SALE
Two loomed house with two full
lots, 14th Street, near Broadway,
$150.00.
Lot with two two-room housas,
21st Street near State. $150.00
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Aprent
4th Avenue
' -r
'You make a mistake if
■ you do not stop at jj
THE t
Pullen House |
■
Electric Lights jj
Rocms Single or en Suite ®
Baths on each floor £
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese "and •
Buttermilk from oiu" own daw i
Fresh Egg*, etc
Rates $2.50 Per Day and Up ^
~ " ?!
Well Lighted, Large Sample 4
Rooms for Traveling Men. Jj]
H. S. PULLEN. Ptop. ■
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Skagway. Alaska JJ]
No Lounging Allowed.
"Can't I sell you one of our handsome
lounging coats?" asked the clerk.
"Xo use," replied, the man, looking
around. "My wife won't let me lounge
around the house." — Yonkers States
man.
How's This?
Wa offer One Hundred Dollars |
Rewaid for any case of Catarrh !
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We. the undersisned. have known F. T.
Cheney for the last 13 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
oat any oblleatiots made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. O.
Mall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price .5 centsi per bottle. Sold
by all Drucglsts.
Take Hall'* family Fill* for constipation.
ant [company in tlio test bult, has
signed nu agreement to the effect
that ,tf the law declared valid It
will i>ay the license tax with inter
est, aud tho territory has agreed to
waive penalties, and to exact only
th° amount of the tax plua the in
terest thereon.
According to Mr. Oobb's state
ment today, the amount of the tax
due for 1913 and 1914 Is to bo
reached upon a bash of a com
promise as to the grades of the
fish. The act of 1913 does ^not
specify directly the grades known
to the packing busings, and somo
grades of fish are not specifically
taxed at all under that law. "As
a basis of calculating the amount
of taxes duo it is agreed that we
will be guided as to the amount t>y
the amount of taxes that would
be due under the act of 1915" Baid
Mr. Cobb.
Three days wero used in tho dis
cussion of tho many phases of tho
matter which presented themselves
to the attorneys assembled at
Seattle representing the fisheries
companies and the territory of Al
aska. Mr. CobJ) went south in re
sponse to a cablegram from the
Alaska Packers' association asking
him to come to Seattle for the pur
pose of this conference anc. with
P. Jt A. M.
Wtlllo Pa« Lodgw
F. k A. M. No. 113
uifeote 2d »uC 1th
i~fl* Cv'p cr c:ich
U1UUU * lontMfe u»vr». " -
come i'liil Abraiia.niE, Secretary.
Elour L. YVfc:wler. W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
.tj at o:ou o ciw&.
•' Visiting broth
era cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL,, secretary.
Fr*to.nu»J Order
, Ea«len—
aj Aerie
No £5, Frater
nal Order or
.jo-c-ca ui---ui* me lint; anu iujru
vVodnesday uiKht of each mouth at
holr h;.l] on Fifth a~emie Visiting
brothers cordially ;ut!Ic3 to attend
John C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alist.r, Secretary.
a Bti irj \ ' itlr.g brokers cordial
ly -l J. Achcson, ArnUt
"hiof, '• H i'.ll'-y, An'tjc Re
corder
Arctic lirnVu'iht-od.
Cuc.';> No. i
A IJ meets every scc
oju and fourth Tues
J.,- evening at $.00 «
tho understanding that all oxpeEfi
eo Incurred by the territory were to
be defrayed by tha Racking [Inter
ests.
18 THIS BLACKMAIL?
A Virginia editor recently an
nounced in Ills pager that he would
publish the name of a young man
seeu kissing'a girl In a parti unless
the young man paid his subscription
arrearage. Forty-nine! young men
called the next day an,d paid, -while
two even paid a year in, [advance.
Lux Is just the thing lor doing
a lUtle laundering while traveling.
Convenient to use and sure and safe
la reeultB. 10c at Kellers'. tf.
Serial No. 02488.
APPLICATION TO MAKE HOME
STEAD ENTRY S
U. a Load Office, Ju^qau, Alaska,
&aytanib«r 81, 1916.
NOTICE) IS HEREBY GIVEN:
Tlifci Johu James Rath, whose |K*>t
office address lg Hu,In®, Alaska,
baa applied to eater under tectum
2289 of the revised statutes of the
United States, and of the Act of
March b, 1903. the following des
cribed tract of land as a homestead,
situated about one mile westerly
from Haines, Alaska; beinyt U. 3
Surrey 786, and beginning at Cor.
No. 1, from which U. S. L. M. No.
573 bears S80°47E '70-30 chs., blea
tloaj with Cor. 4 Surrey No. 205,
Cor. No. 1 U. fi. Giajr Reserve, and
Cor. 4 Presbyterian Mission; thence
alo»g the south«rly line of Surrey
205, ,W. 20. chs. to QOr. No 2,
thence & 28.10 chs. to cor. No. 3,
thence E. 16.42 chs. to Oor. No. 4,
thence N. 9°11'E. 28.43 chs. along
westerly 14ns of Presbyterian Mis
sion to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 49.76 acres.
Variation 29'21'E. Lat. 69°14'N.v
Long 186'27'W.
Any and all persona claiming ad
versely any portion ot the above de
scribed tract, are required to file
with the Register and Recelrer of
tne U. 8. Land Otile9 at Juneau,
their adverse claims thereagalnst
under oath, during the period of
publication of this notice, or within
thirty days thereafter, or they will
be barred by provision of tb» stat
ute. JOHN JAMBS RATH.
I» la hereby ordered that the fore
going notice be published for the
statutory period in the "Dally Alas
kan," a newspaper of general circu
lation printed at Skagway.
Date of first publication, Septem
ber 80. 1916.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915.
C. B. WALKER,
Register. |
Preserving
rp« •
lime is
Here
YOU keep on taking:
pictures but how do
you preserve the pic
tures you take?
PICTURES neatly
mounted in a
Kodak
Album
+ are safe against loss or injury and, appropriately displayed
# on the album page, gaiu much, both in interest and effect.
« We have a complete line of Kodak Albnms—what you
♦ want is here.
* CORRECTING A FAULT
+ You have undoubtedly noticed th*t a number of your neeotives
+ taken liurinsr the past summer have been flat. This isdue to UNDER
+ exposure—and the way to get the best results is to use a tri-pod, giving
' a little time to the taking of the picture. Try it—the result will more
lhan eompensrte you for the trilling cost of the tri-pod. If you do not
* have one. we can supply your wants. Metal or wood. With or without
+ a careving case.
: KEL LER BROS. DRUG CO.
^ Skagway Lawman Kodak Agent# Third and Broadway
+ Mail Orders Promptly and Carefully Filled
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M Use the NEW SHORT ROUTE
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Juneau, Pcteriburg, Wrangeil, and Ketchikan
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CITY OF PUEBLA Oct- 28
WESTWARD to KNIK and WAYPOJRTS
ALAMEDA, Oct. 32
NORTHWESTERN, Oct. 38
Passengers will be 'transferred to Vaacover Victoria
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Through Tickets Honored
Transfer* to Vancouver, Victoria and Tacoma
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