When Ordering
A SacK of Flour
Think of us
Our line of substitutes is complete and our
Price* are consistent
C. W. AsR & Sons
Retiring From Business
We will continue our
Sale Till April 13
Store Close Saturday 9 O'clock p. m.
Giving everybody an apportunity in buying jood« at
such reduced prices
Store Open Evenings
DORTERO & SON
CLOTHIERS FURNISHERS TELEPHONE 32
Now is the Time to Order Job Printing
Deposits Bank of Alaska
Skagway, Alaska and its
Branches at
Wrangell, Anchorage and Cordova, Alaska
DEPOSITS
February 14. 19 lb - - $583832.70
February 14, !9I7 * - $353760.84
Increase in Deposits one year $230071.86
Gain in Deposits, one year, 65 per cent.
The Daily Alaskan
You v.'iil find ad\ ertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants
Put your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
i^dvertise in The Daily Alaskan
Printing of Quality
The local Four Mtaute Mesx have
received a telegiramj from) Wm. Mc
Co-rmick Blair, Director/ afi the
Four Mlnx^a Men, at Washington,
stating that the Third) mberty
Loaa caanpaiign) -will commence 011,
April 6ta.
Mr. Blairi s*ates that every town
iu the UJilted Sta'!et$ will hoy© tt®
honor roll showing' j subscribers
names to the loanj aujd ©ach( town
ei.eedlx»^ its quota iwttJ) receive
au. honor flajg awarded hi>' the
Treasury Dep®r<kbeat. Thej n^mee
oi all towns wlrvntu® a flajg will
be Dcrmaaentjs; recorded .under hon
or fla0- at the tenrttorijai capital
p»d the results f.om all states will
oi» permanently recorded under the
Third Liberty Loam, Honor Fl^
now flying- over thie Treasury De
partment ia Washington,
The Treasury Deportment intends
h»ving celebratior^i Baud fl13^ rais
in,? for the town first W tan tag; hon
or flag. After a towp/ wins first
honor flag it wiM receive a blue
star fc* each' tiCne It eweieds its
previous quota. Eachi Liberty Bond
purchaser will receive a co\>red wlm
dow flag embelm.
The quota of the Thttyj) Llbort^
Loan, allotted to Alaska, based o»
the h®Tik re^JUircep of the Terri
tory % ^ December 31, 1917, has
^esn fixed at $690,000.00. The
quo*a thus allotted) to Skagway
♦b $18.000.00.
The honor flag will be awarded! to
SKagw% if this amount of bonds
Is sold here.
DeaominatkXEi of bonds vary1
from $50.00 to $100,000 arnd It ^
only necessary to mak© a payment
of 5 Percent of amount of bonds
applied for or payment c&n) ) oe
made la full.
The drive will Btart Saturday
moru-ng at 10 o'eolck, April 6th,
which Is the first anniversary of
the entrance of the United Stated
If to the world war.
SUBS GETTING
FEWER SHIPS
I.ondon> April 4, (Official) —
According to a report given out by
tVf. Admiralty thlB morning Germao
submarines siink thirteen British
vessels during' the weekl ending
Wednesday, April 3. This is a
oo.-sider&ble reduction over la®<
week and is an- indication that 'he
submarine menace is £>ei^ir
ov-crcome.
Humboldt on
3an Francisco, AP<ril 4. — The
steamship Humboldt sailed from thi<
port for SeattJe Tuesday- evening,
and wU leave that city for Skag
way, Alaska, and "w^j; ports as
soo« as she can take oa % freight
carjo. She 'will remain on the
Alaska run ail seasq^.
Riddell will
Oppose Fawcett
Tacoma, April 4. — The prim
aries held in this city Tuesday:
resulted in the present inoumjhent
Mayor Fawcett and Major C. M
Rlddeli being selected to bead
their respective tickets in the
for'hccming municipal election.
North
City of Seattle
Sails for North
Sisttlb, April , 4.—Thq Pacific
Steamship Company's steamship city:
of Seattle sailed fc>r Sfca©wayj Bind;
way ocrts at noon yesterday, M.
A. Pisnka and' John, S. Day, both
of Dawson. are the olmy through
passenger*. . j j i" jj) ]
LITTLE GIRL
D01 HER Bll
The following letter ehowa who*
one 11*tie loyal Ajm«riitfJ«| glipL
is doing to help| her Undo sajmmel
wlfci i lie war for the Allies. •
Ven^e Minje,
CapOposB, ,Y. T.
March 31, '18.
SkagwaJ? (Bank,
'Alaska.
Dean Sir: 1 ' ! i i
I haw encloecd ? 16.60 for war
stamps.
1 am a little American; girl) and I
wm^it to. dp my bit, anjd. I hope! the
little Uit will help to win the war.
All the pennies I caai e»vo goeei
the sairiio ivai'.
YOiUih) very truly,
(Sigwxl) Myrtle Price.
The AdJiea aa'e not oaly looking;
to America to fnralfeh soldiers but j
they arcj looking) ,to Aim«rica for
food and. 6uj>pliee) for their sol
diers, and in orider that the Wait
ed Statejs mnjyljje aider to buyj food'
and suipivlies, vast s*Hm» of taoney
must be raised, ondj thej Tjhrlft
Stamp idea wajs inaugurated. Little
Miss Price has graapttf. the Idea,
and let It be boiped thait more lit-,
tie girls and boys and growjl-ups
also may do likewise.
HIES NOTES
Hajiies, April 3.—R. J. Shepard
and wife are down) from] Rarcuplne,
and expect to leave on' the firfit
boat fc- the States. Mr. Shepard)
expats to enlist la the service
of our country and Mrs. sbeDard wil
stay w'th. her relatfrves, whJle Mr.
Shepard is in the a,rnj",
R< v F. R. Faflconer eaime down
from Kluckwaji yesterday, and) re
turned home todaff. Mr. Falconer
'9 superiaitemdent o£ the Kluck
wan Auxiliary to tho Haines branch;
of the American Red Cross and
rei orta thie work progreFBin<g tt
that p'ace.
The postoffiea' hap bieem moved
to N. G. Hausou's hardiware Btope.
Mr. Hanson has received the ap
pointmpn' as postmaster at Hain^
to Ml the vaciiinco' by
thv josigiiation of A.J. Dannerltne,.'
M:s. Fred Meyers was suddenly
taken lit anid w®B at once taken to
the b >si>it«, where sh,e) will ba
under t he immediate cara of Dr.
Cclg. Her many friends hope fcr
h - speedy recovery.
Tim. Vogel met •with. a paimffulf ac
cident «'.e other daytwhile splitting
kindling. Dhe end of his right
thaimb lieing cut nearfy off, the
axe cut'ing through the bone, oiu
ly a sm&)l pilece of the flesh,1 an|d
skin holding the severed paj.t to
the finger.
W. B. Stout, wl'v> for some time
past, has been suffertyip; fromj a
sevre cold, is reposed to be rap
idly recovering and is expected to
soon bp able to resume his usual
du^es. , ;
WESTE WRITES NORTH
A short letter, dated March 15,
was received in the last mail ^ro'm,
Brittou Weste, w.ho left here some
few weeks ago to enlist. Brit ton
states that he is at Fort McDowell
a:a has been, assigmed t© the 28th
Reciuit company. He says) "I ex
pect to leave here any timg ! for
somewhere, but I don't know where,
fi- sends his best Tegards to all
his Sbagway Irlemds.
SILVER TEA. BENEFIT FOR RED
CROSS : ;
A silver tea vlll bp h-eld at the
home oC Mrs. B. J. Sfiaw, Satur
day afternoeji, April 6th, from
2:30 to 5:30 ioir the benefit
the Red Cross society.
All men and women, anxious to
holji th*} cause are urged t°l ftttendy
Comimiilttee:
Mrs. Wetter,
Mrs. ya-ndewall;
4-4,3t.
There will he a special cotomiunl
catio,, of Wh't-a PaP8 Lodge , N°
113, F. and A. M. at Masonic hall
tonight at 8 p. m.
Ihe Peterson 16 bringing UP a
number of candidate® fro® Fort
j«ward who yitt receive, work in
the E. A. audi F. C. degrees.
Al* members are earnestly and
cordially tiiVitedj *a attend this
meeting. » f'\ 1 1 ] ]
(Subscribe for the Dally Alafik®^)
OUR SPRING STOCKS
Of Wall Paper and
Paints etc
ARE NOW COMPLETE
We are now prepared to book orders for interior and
exterior decorating work. All work guaranteed
Let us give you an estimate on your work
Our prices the lowest consistent with quality
L. A. HARRISON Co.
fELEPHONE 55 Store Closes 6 p.m. Saturday 8 p.m.
Pun Kit puE
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
Wednesday and Thursday
Consolidated Film Corjxxration presents Maurice Costello and
Ethel Graadiu in
Crimson Stain Mystery
Epitode No. 16
Domino—Waiter Edwards in BUItGLAR'S DABY.
THE MYSTIO JEWEL—Maj stfe. ' J | ;
IHHiTil r BIX KEELs
Muslo by Violin, Piano and Dnuns. | I ' i
8:30 p m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
Pioneer Dawson
Woman Dead
DaWfion, Afcrll 4. — News camo
in the last mall of the sudden,
death in. Chicago, Jan. 26, of Mfca
Annie McDonald, a pioneer business
woman of this city. For years MIes
McDonald was ini the) millinery,
business here. S'he left lalst fall
for Chicago, to visit relatives, anil
while there the end. came. Miss
Macdonaldl wa$ 0lmong' the most
esteemed and most capaible of the
1>;' neer wopicii of this city, and.
many friends will hear with keon'
regret of luetr; dqaith.
TheTe will »be installation cf new
ly »lectpd officers at the meeting;
of Skagway Lodge No. 4 31, B. P.
O. KlkB thib evening. Af^r
the| installation) ceremony the an
nual installation ball wiC. be glve^
to wh'ch. ail jarel cordially invited
to attend.
Dennis Kofctig, majjtor ofj Log
Cabin, is spending a flew dafe vaca-.
ti'.u la the Garden) City.
- 1 y—r—' - ■
A.DVA.NCE IN COAL PRICES
Messrs. Suffecool and Itjen, &nr
ncunce that beginning with Man."
day, Anril 1, the price of screened
coal delivered will be $14.75 r*er
ton, while the price of screenings
will be $9.75 delivered. 4"2~5t.
MLLL MARIE SPIRIDONOVA '
Mile. Marie Spirldonova, a famous
Ruulan "terrorist" and known aa the
Russian Joan of Arc, has been elected
president of the peasants' represent
ative congress of the bolshevlkl gov
Srnment She served several years In
Iberia for assassinating General Lu
' /, chief of the secret police at
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to bay a home or buj
iny property that I have for sal<
;hat suits you I can offer yoi
Some Bargains
DONT FORGET that I sell
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1897
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Prop.
THE SmiTIIH WILK MUCH
The largest and bast coa
dopted daliy la Alaska*
Dailj; shipment® ot pure
milk and cream to all poi^t
ca Whit# Pasa & Yukon
Route.
FOR SALE—3 room partly furnish
ed cottage. imquipQ after 7 P
m. Cor. State and 10th, St.
FOR SALE—A De Lavel Cream
Separator, No. 15. Used only six
months and good as new. Will
sell at a bargain. Apply E. Kggeo,
Daugl-ag, Alaska.
ON "WHEATLESS MSft
USE NO BEEAn OUOIBS.
lASTKbf OR BREAKEAST
FOODS CONTAINING
WHEAT.
POOD CALENDAR
Friday: One wheatless
meal.
Everyday: A fat saving d»y.
Everyday: A sugar saving
day.
Use fruits, vegetables, pin
to beans, and potatoes.
Use milk wisely.