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The
Gate-way
Route of
COMFORT
SERVICE
S/FETY
To Yukon Territory, Atlln District, Interior AlMka.
During the winter season of 1917-13 onr rtftxUr tr*la ««r
Tlca will be maintained Nortk uiJ Sontb Bcilad betwe«a Sk*S
way and Whltehorso, trains leaylig both termlBaU oa Tuesdays
and Frldayj. "T j *} ■ -j~ [ -'■ )
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our through Mall, Passenger ud Freight Serrlce will be
operated between Wbltehorae tad DitMb, affordta* #Tedy pos
sible facility for comfortable wlit«r trarrt b/ mean* of a
THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED STAQE AND AUTOMOBILE LINE.
For full information apply to
c. W. CASH
Supt. Mail Service Department
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.
A. F. Z1PF
Traffic M«nag«»
612 Second Ave.. SEATTLE, Wa»h
White Pass & Yukon Route
XDfE TABLH No. 40.
Every Tuesday wad Friday
No, 1, N. Bound j_ ; , n j - , No. 3, 9. Bound
lit cifl« r <1 ,rt cUra
8:30 *. m. Leave* SKAGWAY Iffhrt* StBO p. w.
11:05 a. m. " WHITE PASS Leave* a:» p. nx
11: 4o a. m - LOO CABIN « 1: SO p. la.
12:40 p. m. " BENNETT " 12:80 p. m.
a:20 p. to. " CARCRC8S • 10:48 ft. m.
4:50 p. iol Arrive* \VHITEH0RSE » 8:06V. m.
Passengers most be at depot la time to bAre Dmw in*
•peeled Mod checked. Inaqwctloa Is stopped 80 Mtonte* before
leaving time of trains.
150 pound* or%agg«sre will ba cbodked fine* with eftcU fall
fare ticket and 75 pounds wlUj each ball Owe UckrS.
Relieves CATARRH of
the
BLADDER
and all
Discharges In
_ (.HOURS
Each oapaoifcl**'*
Bt*ar*of WITO
cowxurfiiu* V y '
Ml y-r all drvjxlM.
You make a mistake 11
vou d' not ttoo at
THE
Pullen House
EJectrk Light!
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Coking,
Milk. Cream. Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dainr 1 1
Fresh Eggs, etc*
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Piop.
Skagway. Alaska
UNHAPPINE8S DISPELLED.
Ilea ul Wwu 1'iulatu Ikrat It.
Many women weep and wall and refuse
to be comforted because their once mag
nificent tresses have become thin and
faded. Many men Incline to profanity
because the flies bit* through the thin
thatch on their cranluma. It will be rood
new* to the miserable of both aexe*, to
learn that Newbro't Herplclde has been
placed upon the market. This Is the new
icalp germicide and antiseptic that act*
by destroying the germ or microbe that
Is the underlying cause of all hair de
struction. Herplclde 1s a new prepara
tion. made after a new formula on an
entirely new principle. Anyone who has
tried It will testify a* to Its worth. Try
It yourself and be convinced. Sold by
leading drugglsta . Send 10o. In stamps
for eample to The Herplclde Co*. De
troit. Mich.
Ob* Dollar bottle, fu*r«JstB6<J.
At all Drur Stone. Adr.
If you want a Box of
Lowney's
Candy
Go To
428 Broadway
THE BIGGEST GUNS
Those Used on Land Outweigh the
Largest In the Navy.
OUR COAST DEFENSE GIANTS.
Tha Sixteen Inch Monster* at Sandy
Hook and Panama Can 8lnk a Vessel
Bafora It Appears Abova tha Horizon.
How tha Big Guns Aro Mad®.
There are two classes of guus—naval
guns and army or laud guus. Because
they can be manipulated more easily
than those of a ship, land guns are the
heavier. The largest naval gun is the
fifteen inch gun, and ttie largest land
guu ig the German howitzer, or 1G.5
Inch gun.
Of the two the naval gun Ores a shell
weighing over half a ton, while, the
other tfres a projectile a ton in weight.
But the new giaut sliteen inch guns
of the United States defending the
Pauuma canal and New Vorlt at Sandy
Hook shoot projectiles weighing 2,370
pounds, which Is over a ton. These
immense steel guns can sink a ship be
fore it has really come iuto sight on
the horizon, the location of the battle
ship havlug been determined by 'air
plane or tower.
Iiow these huge pieces are made is
described as follows by the Popular
Science Monthly. The first step is the
making of the pig iron from iron ore
in large furnaces like towers, called
blast furnaces. Then the pig iron is
melted with other steel in large Bteel
furnaces called "open hearth" uutll it
is freed of Its impurities and convert
ed into steel.
The melted steel, thin as water, Is
run from these furnaces into big iron
molds, where It is allowed to cool into
large solid cylindrical or corrugated
blocks. After cooling these are reheat
ed and reduced in size by pounding
theui with big steel hammers and
squeezing them In rolls until at last
the steel is pressed Into a loug barrel
like mass, the embryo of a real gun.
This long skeleton of the inside of a
gun must be bored out from one end
to the other on immense lathes, some
over ninety feet long. Heavy a3 the
mass is. a huye lathe turns it around
as easily as a body turns a spool.
After the inside has been rifled or
scored to form an inside surface that
gives the shell a twist before'it leaves
the muzzle and causes it to tly straight
the lower or muzzle end of the guu Is
made larger. This may be accomplish
ed in oire or two ways. Either addi
tional shorter steel tubes ate placed
over the main inner tube, or the main
tube is wound with wire and finished
with an outer tube. The wire wound
guns are usually the heavier and are
noiul An lirmrd shin.
The gun bournl with wire Is really
stronger than the one built of bands or
rings of steel, one on utiotber, for the
wire re-enforceS the gun tube so that
It will safely withstand the tremendous
strain which is constantly put on it
when It Is fired, said to be as much as
seventeen tons pressure ou each square
inch.
In the case of a "built up" gun, as
it is called when made of hoops or
bands of steel, the outer tubes or rings
are shrunk or sweated on—that is, they
are heated so that they erpaud or swell
a little, as all steel does when heated,
and then while hot they are fitted over
the inner part and allowed to cool and
shrink, or contract. In so doing they
fit very tightly on the main tube.
In making a wire wound gun the
wire is wound or colled around and
•round until more thnn 100 miles of It
has been wrapped around the big can
non. A twelve Inch gun requires 117
miles of wire, weighing about thirteen
and one-half tons. Although the
strength of the wire is such that it
gives great resisting force to pressures
exerted sideways. It does not bestow
strength lengthwise. Therefore an ex
tra thickness of metal must be put on
the murzle of the gun. where the vi
bration caused by the shell leaving the
gun Is the greatest.
The breech, or the back end of a gun,
is a very luaportaut part. Ilere the
shell is inserted In a specially built
chamber. After the shell Is In place
the breech Is closed by the shutting of
a very complicated and strong door.
It is fastened or fitted in the gun by
extremely strong screws, so that the
charge will not burst the gun open at
the back when It Is fired.
Sometimes a shell explodes in the
barrel of the gun. In a wire bound
gun the wire tends to prevent a grave
disaster. It hinders the steel tubes
from bursting Into many pieces and
flying In every direction. The solid
gun Is wholly built of tubes, while in
the wire wound gun there may be one
or two tubes, over which the wire is
wound with the Jacket tubes shrunk
over the wire. A bush for the Meech
ring is screwed into the rear end,
which Is also re-enforced by a breech
ring outside.
T»«t In For«nsio Oratory.
It is related that when a veterinary
surgeon was once called as a witness in
a cast) to prove that a horse was a
"roarer" the opposing counsel in his
loudest tones said to the witness, "If
you say that my client's hprse was a
'roarer,' Just represent to the Jury the
sort of noise he made." "No," said the
witness. "You must understand that
that is not my business. Now, if you
will be the horse aud make the noise, I,
as veterinary surgeon, will express an
opinion as to whether you are a 'roarer*
or not!"—Farm and Home.
He is a brave man who refuses to be
disheartened by the fact that he was
beaten yesterday.
SCHOOL TO GIVE
CHRISTMAS
PLAT
Boom* one and two oX the Bkag
way Public school will giro a
Christmas program Friday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock, which will consist
ol the usual music, plays, and
games that accompany Christmas
affairs, . i
Tb« Aurora Borealis society, as
sisted by the. Junior society, will
offa- a play entitled, "Christmas la
Fiuuegan's Flat.'* A fine musical
program has been prepared. Every
body la welcome. You will enjoy It.
The same evening, Friday, at 8
p. u>, the entertainment will be
repeated in its larger part, and
will be given in room one. An ad
mission fee of 15 cents will be
charged lor the evening entertain
ment, the proceeds to be given to
the "School Auxiliary of the Ju
ior Red Croas."
KETCHIKAN'S MGBT
SCHOOL HAS 22 PUPILS
Professor Knox reported this
morning that quite a number of
liupils arg attending the weekly
classes af Ketchikan Night School
and that quite & few more are ex
pected to enroll soon as the
Stenography class is begun.
Mrs. R. R. Tinkbam, who is
60uth at present, is expected to re
turn shortly, and will teach French
and stenography, while Mr. Roper
hag charge of the civics, American,
history and Matham&tia classes, witM
Professor Knox in charge of the
English and Spanish classes.
There are between twenty-two and
twenty-five pupils enrolled in the
various classes now, Mr. Knox add
ed, but it is hoped that a great
many more will aya-il themselves of
th s excellent opportunity to brush
un on important subjects or to take
uo new ones.—Ketchikan Mfner.
Only eleven more days in. which
to get > good drink. A person can
not bay* it in ills home after the
first or the new year, and can be
arrested evau if booze is amelled
011 his breath. There Is only a
•short time between 1897 and 1918,
but Oh My!
(3ul*crtf)« tor th« Dally Ala»k*a)
THE SKAOWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Pr»p.
1HE 5HIIM MILK MUCH
The largest aad be«t oo»
d acted dairy im ATaatok
Bally; ejilpmenta of pure
milk and cream to all patfJrt.
ob White Paai * Ytiko*
Route.
Who Said High Prices?
A big shipment of this famous Candy arrived about
two weeks too early for our Xmas trade
and so we are going to give you
25 per cent. »ff in pound
or five pound lots
CANDY- Krause's - CANDY
Regular 80c the
pound Candy; Krause's
Best Chocolates 60c the pound
while they last This is a chance to
get your Candy for Christmas at a bargain.
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
IN THE COLUMNS OF
The Daily Alaskan
ou will find advertising that bring reeult9
Skagway Merchants
The next few days before the holidays is
the banner season ol the year.
Put your offerings before the public in a j
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
i^dvertise in The Daily Alaskan |
Printing of Quality
" HEAT N
WITH
PEARI/
lOH/,
Comfort st
lower cost
Less furnace heat
needed—fewer grate
and coal-stove fires.
Portable. Fuel con
sumed only whenheat
is needed—no waste,
n No smoke or odor.
| STANDARD OIL
jl COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA) ^0^
PERFECTION
OIL HEATER
FOR SALE BY
P. H. GANTY