i &!*»* I
TVe following letter vas received. f
bv Mayor Ashley Oa Saturday and j
agreeable to the request he has iiad 1
through the Health Department
th® placards posted at majijr con
spicuous points, w I w
Mayor Ashley askjj th$ pec.il e of
^.kagwsy to use every precaution j
and *o observe all of the regula- i
tions prescribed by the health de
partment and thus sustain th© re
putation of Bkgaway B3 being vine
of t>>e most healthful places on the
face ot th* earth. The letter fol- j
lows;
. f ' . October 29, 191S
To th® Mavor of Skagway, j
l»ear Sir:
Undfir »&pw*u cov%f thew ftas
been *eat you a BUppijr 8f placards;
urging th® people to fcak® all the
precautions possible tb prevent the
spread of influenza^ Kindly see
that it»»se are posted in conspicuous
places la your towni ,
For your further information,
there fa attached » copy of a tele
gram received from an officer of
the health service of Seattle, out
lining thr» course ..wursued Dy that
city in combating influenza.
Very truly jwurs,
THOMAS RIGGS, Jr.,
Governor, Comissloner of Health.
Walter Sweet, one of the best
known mining engineeis of Atlln
district was an arrival on thp last
train from Carcrosfc. Mr- Sweet has
been connected with J. M. Ruffner
in his hig projects in Atlin for a
number of years an& will go back,
to Atlln after a A ell e»rned vaca-J
tion in Vancouver aHd other plac
es in B.. C. J
Pompeiani
The Cream of Olive Oils
We offer the following sij:es
One half Pints at 40 cents
Pints "75
Quarts " 1,50
One half Gallons " 3,00
Gallons " 6,00
These prices are about one half of present values
SPECIAL
Heinz India Relish
Only 20 sents per bottle
Give us a chance to figure on your tail purchases. We can save your money
C. W. Ask & Sons
JUST RECEIVED
Large Shipment of
Socks and Sweater
Hand Knitting Yarns
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
ALASKA, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA
OFFICE—SF.COND AND BROADWAY—PHONE 50
SAILINGS FROM SHAGWAY
— FOR—
SEATTLE, TACOMA, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA
3 CITY OF SEATTLE October 20 Nov. 3-16
Connecting at Juneau for Cordora. Valde* and Seward
LOW RATES TO CALIFORNIA POINTS
Sailbft Err 17 Monday. TkuruUr, Satarda, Frca Stallla (or Su FruoKi. Lm Su
Dkco. -Rail Ticked to All Point! in tlx Un »aJ Stain and Canada
W. A. BROWN. Agent
SKAGWAY. ALASKA
MEN WANTED
At Juneau - - Alaska
Good Pay Steady Work
Three hundred men can secure steady
labor at Juneau at from Four to Seven
dollars and a half per day.
Wanted on fir^t steamer, Steady
employment.
E. J. White
Publicity Bureau
British Aces
— !■!—»W " 'I » i «■ - Vf~^V
PlayLone Hand
Lond<on, Oct. 4.—The railways
ana aeroplane hangare jn the re
gion east of Metz were attacked, to
daT by British independent air forc
es is the report of an official dis
tich this afternoon. ,
TO MAKE INFLUENZA MASKS
Influenza masks will be made by
Red Cross workers Tuesday eve"
ning ,«nd- Thursday afternoon of
th s wek. Sample masks with direc
tions for making have been receiv
ed from Division headquarters, Se
attle. Workers are requested to
bring their thimbles.
A SLGHT CORRECTION
The Droof reader on tlie Alasslcan
made j slip on Saturday and allow-J
ed a typographical error to stand J
which made ah© sum total of the le
oeipta of the local Rett Cross
branch for the past year read
$526.55 when it shoul# have read
$5226.55.. Not much difference but
some people are so finicky that we
thought best after being informed
of it *o make the correction. Much
obliged.
The polls will l>e open tomorrow
from 8 o'clock in the mornnig till
7 o'clock in the evening and' that
should give every American citizen
ample time to get to the voting
booth and register his preferences.
Any one who neglects to take ad
vantage of his citizenship should
never criticize those who are elect
ed.
The bridge crew having finished
its work at Glacier has returned lo
Sk-igway and is working at this end
of the line.
Mrs. John Wise and s°n were
passengers to their home in Cowley
today after spending the week end
with friends. .
Adelber* Baker is now a full
fledged conductor and will be In
charge o' one of the trains running
to Whitehorse this winter.
Food Attracts Ants.
The surest way to keep n house free
from ants Is to leave no food lying
about on shelves or In open places
where they can reach It. Ants go
where they tind food, and if the food
supplies of the household are kept in
ant-proof metul containers or in ice
boxes, and If all food that may happen
to be scattered by children or others
Is cleaned up promptly, the ant nui
sance will be slight. Cake, bread, sugar,
meat, and like substances are espe
cially attractive to the ants and should
be kept from theai.
Roaches will not frequent rooms
unless they find some available food
material, and If such materials can
be kept from living rooms and offices
or scrupulous care exorcised to see
that no such material is placed In
drawers where It can leave an attrac
tive odor or fragments of food, the
, roach nuisance can be largely restrict
ed to places where food necessarily
must be kept.
True Art.
"Wombat Is what I call a real art
ist."
"Eh?"
"He can get a fnir likeness and yet
make the portrait 40 per cent bet
ter looking than the original."—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Not a Tight Fit.*
Equipment was being Issued to the
recruits. On the previous day they
bad received shoes and as the men
came up the officer asked each how
his shoes fitted. One man said: "Why,
sir, I can do a right about face with
out moving my shoes."
Keller Bros, pure ice cream is
the most delicious dessert you can
eerve for your Sunday dinner. Phon
for a quart brick for delivry to
emorrow. It
Get a battery for your flash Mght
at Keller Brothers.
A fresh shipment of Eastman N.
C. Autographic and plain films for
all sized camera^ received on the
last boat. Better take advantgae
of this fine weather and get some
suaDDy fall pictures. Keller Bros.
Taio LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE! lablets. Druggists [ refund
money If It fall* to cure. E. W.
QROYE'S signature is on eachhox.
SOo. Wed.
MILK GOES UP IN PRICE
iif>';innin'T Friday, Nov. 1, and un
ti. further notice, owing to the
high price of feed' and other dairy
supplies, the price of milk will be
20 cents per quart and 10 cents per
QlKt.
PIONEER DAIRY,
Henry Seeman, Pro
TIME TO PUT ON BRAKES
With the Passing of Hla Fiftieth Birth
day Mm Should Take a Few
Moments and Think Hard.
When you have passed, say, you*
fiftieth birthday anniversary, that foxy
old gent, Mr. Time, puts the skids un
der you and greases them good and
plenty.
It Is appalling, then, how quickly
the days and the weeks and the months
pass. You start In on Monday morn
ing, and before you know It, It Is Sat
urday night again. Even the years
slip by as though you were riding
through life on a roller coaster.
The thing to do then, brother, Is to
put on the brakes. Slow up and get a
little more enjoyment out of the scen
ery.
OUUlt; II It'll uuua tuwi.
way is the best method to adopt, but
we are convinced that they are making
n mistake. Their idea Is that the thing
to do when one grows gray and bald
Is to keep up with the procession, wear
pinch-back clothes, silk socks and a
sailor hat with a polka dot band.
But, if you do that, all you achieve
is an acceleration of the pace. It is a
pathetic form of camouflage that de
ceives no one, and yourself least of all.
When you are fifty and over, you know
it, and everyone else knows it.
When a man Is fifty he should have'
a home in the country, or at least out i
of the town. He should awake before
dawn and say good morning to the sun,
sip his glass of water deliberately in
stead of gulping It down, mov« serene
ly. take his time.
When night comes he should be able
to say, "Well, this has been a fine, long
day," instead of saying, "For the love
of Mike, where has this day gone to?"
Then, when old age comes, you will
be able to say with the sage: "Old age
is the night of life, but Is the night not
beautiful with stars?"—Los Angeles
Times.
Real "Lucky Bone."
One of the most precious posses
sions of an ofllcer in England, and one
which excited much curiosity during a
recent short leave, is an ordinary wish
bone which he has had mounted in gold
and carries about with him as a mas
cot, it having already, he avers, once
saved his life.
It appears that while near the front
line In France he was enjoying a rare
meal of doubtful chicken with a couple
of brother officers, and was Just about
to try conclusions with the wishbone
with his opposite comrade when It
slipped from his plate and dropped
under the heavy oak table the three
had managed to secure from a ruined
farmhouse for their barn billet. No
sooner had the Birmingham man got
under the table to grope for the bone
than the barn was reduced to debris
by a couple of direct hits from enemy
airplanes.
The other two officers were killed
outright, but the stout table saved the
third from any material Injury. The
wishbone was firmly clasped In his
right hand when he was dug out of the
ruins.
Hit Profiteer# In Meat.
Queensland, New South Wales, has
found a way to get cheap meat. Its
policy, Inaugurated by the Queensland
labor government In November, 1915,
is now past the experimental stage and
working well. Convinced that exploi
tation was going on "on a grand scale,"
and finding every attempt at price re
striction met with bitter complaints
from dealers, the government decided
to test the situation Itself, and set up
state butcher shops. After two years
and a half of operation, reports the
staff correspondent of the Montreal
Star at Queensland, the price of meat,
which had increased 100 per cent In
war time, under private control has
been brought down "to a figure equal
to what it was before the war, plus
n difference due to legitimate causes,
such as droughts." Beef fell nine
cents a pound when the first state
shop was opened.
Can Yuh Blame Him?
"Say, George, dear, Td like to ask
you u very important question, If you
are not too busy," remarked- the wife
of his bosom timidly during the period
In the evening when George has his
nose buried In the paper. George
heeded her not. She repeated the ques
tion.
"Well, what Is it?" he snarled In the
sharp, decisive manner so becoming in
husbands.
"Why, tih—I was just going to ask
you if you thought—(and here wife
had to stop to giggle) —If you thought
the crews in those Hun U-boats speak
low German, and the aviators high—"
But George snorted disgustedly and
went back to feasting his eyes reading
about the high cost of living.
Urges Slaying of Bears.
Hundreds of trees In the northwest,
Including Donglas flr, white flr and
western white pine—the wood of all of
which is used more or less in airplane
construction—have been seriously
damaged by bears peeling the bark,
according to H. J. Liepel, forest rang
er. Liepel says about 100 trees to the
square mile have been peeled. He
Invites hunters to kill the bears as a
patriotic move.
Hard Worked.
Newsons—I'm going to take my
gramaphone when I go on my vacatioa
Nexdore—That's very thoughtful of
you; it certainly needs a vacation,—
Boston Evening Transcript
Flying's Future.
J. L. Goldsboro of San Francisco
believes flying after the war will be
come a popular sport, possibly displac
ing auto racing. ,
Blanket and Comforts
Are not going to be cheaper very soon
And they will be highter
how soon or how much highter no one konws
Cotton Double Eleeced Blankets
splendid to use now in place of sheets, warm and easy to wash,
in sliver gray or tan with borders
White Wool Blankets, Fink or Blue woven border
non shrinkable because of the fine cotton warp
Natural gray wool blankets aud wool nap plaids
in a variety of coloring
Double bed size comforts filled with soft cotton
Covered with floral sateen or silkoline and plain band borders
L.A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55 Store Cloie 6 p* m. Saturday 8 p. m
THE HIE PASS 6
ION ROUTE
The
Route
of
COMFORT
SPEED
SERVICE
SAFETY
Through Tickets to and from Dawson, Fair ban lea, and all In
terior Aiaaka a^d Yukon River points.
During season of navigation our Ifeet of modern steamers wl-i
operate regularly the entire length o tfhe Yukon River and
trlbmtarlefl.
Daily train service (except Sundays) between Skaguay and
WMtehoree. Parlor observation Cars on every train afford
travelers every comfort and convenience.
Full Information regarding passengers and freight rates ujon
applying to i »!4 v! !! ; ;f Jr:3b!
A. F. ZIPF, Traffic Manager, Skaguay, Alaska
or 612 Second Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
The Totem Store
J. IKUTA Proprietor
JEWELER
and
OPTICIAN
Skagway Alaska
I Have The Best Line
Of
Cigars and Tobacco
And I Also Have
Pipes
That Cannot Be Beaten
Anywhere
Tony Dortero
428 Broadway
You make a mistake it
vou d< oot stoo at
THE
Pulten Rouse
Electric Light*
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Ceoking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own dai"v
Fresh Eggs, etc'
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Prop. "
Skagway. Alaska
PHONE 19
If your paper is not dellyer
promptly, or you are mUsed,
"'hone 19. The Dally Alas
kau goes to presfc after receipt
of the day's cables, between
4 and 5 p. m.
mmrn
ft. Li rt rl ot<
tho J
3LADDER;
and a!! <
ISiichai'ges io !
24HOURSJ
E*£hc*pmlobe*r» <
r.amoCTy*
bettor* of (MIQY
tOK-tcrfeni.
9^W hr all J
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEKSLAN, Prop.
THE SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largeet a»d beat oo».
ductcd daJrj ia Alaska.
Daily gfclpmenta o1 pur*
milk and cream to all pcBat
ok Whlta Pa«B t Yuloa
Route,
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that 1 have for sale
that suits you I can offer you
J Some Bargains
DONT FORGET that I sell
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1897