We have just unpacked a nice assort
ment of Pyrex and a full assortment of
Household Hardware.
Our Electrical Line includes Pecula
tors, IronsvGlobes, Fuse Plugs, Etc.
Garden Tools, Rakes, Spades, Hoes,
Fork?, Garden Hose, Sprinklers, Noz
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Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths en each floor
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Fresh Eggs, etc
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SAILINGS FROM iliAGWAY
iKA. i i Lii,
CITY OF SEA VTLZ
c)n;: !)i; f >r Fiom, Vancouver
a i Victoria
Sailii* fu Mivliy, Friday and
Saturday
Janes Wallace Agent - Skagvvay Alaska
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO
Sailings from 3KA.GWAY Season 1921
failings from Skagway to Se-Utle,
Tacoir.a and Way Ports
S. S. Jefferson, - April 20
F. j. SHA'J. Apert
Phone 66 SKAGWAY
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Hi Yu Time A. Bl \
Hali This Evening:
According to a cablegram received
Friday, (hi- Fort William II. Seward
orclicstra will give n social dance in
Arctic Hrotlierhood liall tonight, to
which a cordial invitation Is extend
ed to the people of Skagway.
The message is signed by H. E.
Jones, and as he is well known in
Skagwav as one of the "live ones" of
the garrison, it is safe to predict that
tonight's affair will be full of fun
and liveliness from start to tliiisli.
This affair is a sort of "return"
for the invitation extended to the
lioys of t!ie_post from the White Pass
Hospital dance committee, to show
their appreciation of the good time
; they had when in Skagwav a week
Notes of Alaska
Gathered in
All Zones
The Alaska Consolidated Oil Co.,
expects to start drilling; with nvo
Star drills this spring.
The I.aiom lie property of the Koii
necott Copper Corporation has sus
pended operations at Latouthe.
Joaquin & Walsh will reopen their
mild cure salmon packing plant on
the Kuskokwim river this season.
'!'! e Ketchikan Cold Storage Com
pany has awarded a contract for im
provements amounting to $73,000.
All permits for fish trap locations
in Alas'.a must he obtained through
the 1". S Kiigim-er's Office in Juneau
Alaska,
The Sea Coast Parking Company,
with headquarters in Seattle, has fil
ed articles of corporation to <\perate
in Alaska.
The Alaska Petroleum an«l Coal
Company will use one or two drills j
in the Niekiwack district, adjoining
Katalla on the Kast.
Fire Island, near Anchorage. creat
ed as a government moose reserve in
1918, has just been ordered vacated
as such by President Harding.
Senator Willis of Ohio, who suc
ceeded Mr. Harding in the senate is
a firm friend of Alaska and is plan
ning to visit the territory this year.
T. o Maid of Erin Mining Company
is moving i!s air compressor to the
Kalny Hollow mines, where exten
sive development work will he push
ed this season.
Twenty nine oil leasing and pros
pecting permits, covering U9.3S0
acres, have been issued by the U. S.
Land Office at Juneau for claims sit
uated in the Cold Bay district.
The Chilkat Oil Company, which
has e1cve<i producing wells and a re
finery at Katalla, expects to carry
on extensive operations this season.
Drillers will start work soon.
Work oil the Lisianski property
of the Chichagof Mining Company
will be resumed about May 1st. ac
cording -to announcement of James
L. Freeburn, manager.
Robbers Get $2514
in Anchorage Haul
Tlio recent bank robbery at An
chorage netted the robbers more
lliun the first wire predicted. It was
tliot that less than a thousand was
the loss sustained, but when the
books were balanced at the end of
the day it was shbwn that $2314 was
taken in the raid.
A rumour has run about town
that twenty-five thousand was the
amount taken, but the above is the
figure received by wire by the presi
dent of the bank. All the four banks
of the Bank of Alaska are fully cov
ered by burglary policies carried in
the 1'iiited States Fidelity and Guar
antee Company of Baltimore, so that
the bank will not lose a p°nny be
cause of the holdup.
LOCAL NOTES
>frs. George 7>!nwl, a former resi
lient of Skagwav. passed invay roconl
ly in Kent. England, at tlie homo of
her brolher a Mr. Bltinderiicld.
Announeements was recently made
at Stewart, It. C., that 100 men will
be put on the Premier mine pay roll
as soon as tho material for the new
aerial tram arrives. The tram is to
he eleven miles in length.
The Vermont Marble Company of
Tolceen recently purchased the hold
ings ol' the Alaska .Marble Company
at the same place for the sum of
?H9.000. Between sixty and seven
ty men will be employed this summer
on the old Vermont Company's quar
ry.
On April the 30. the hark Guy
C. Goss sailed for Xaknek with sup
plies fo rtlie cannery at that point.
The schooner Alir.e, of the Robinson
Fisheries Co., also sailed, as did the
Axealia. The Alice will lie towed to
Hyder whence she will go to Port
Mioller.
The Alaska Koad Commission,
with headquarters at Juneau, is pre
paring to start work early this spring
on the Opliir-Takotna road in the
Kuskokwim district; the road from
Sitka to Jamestown Ray in South
eastern Alaska, and the Richardson
highway, from Valdez to Fairbanks.
AYaklma company capitalized at
$250,000 lias been orgaized to pros
pect for oil and gas in the Katalla
oil fields near Cordova. Alaska,
where, according to Sam Hutchinson,
president of (he company, oil can lie
dipped off (lie ground, paraffin tecoop
en up with a shovel and gas set afire
as it comes up through the water.
Mr. Hutchinson returned yesterday
afternoon from a trip to the Katalla
fields and he has exhibits that indi
cate the find is very rich. The Am
ber Oil & Gas company has a permit
from the United States government!
to prospect 010 acres of land for oil
and gas and work "will begin as soon
as (he necessar>\macliinery can bo
assembled. Mr. Hutchinson says
he made a trip to Mirror Slough In
a canoe when an eight foot tide was
flooding tlie field and found gas
boiling up everywhere. Whenever
a match was applied flames shot up
from two to three feet.
Finish your dinner tomorrow with
t dish of Keller Brothers' unsur
passed Ice Cream. Delivered to your
tiouse in bricks or bulk.
Subscribe for the Alaskan and
set all the news while it is news.
CHIPMAN KNIT
"Betsy Ross" Silk Hose
HAVE COME DOWN
$2.75 Graite now $15.00
$2.00 Grade now $1.50
Black, Grey Cordovan,
Champagne, While Pink and Blue.
FIBRE SILK HOSE
$1.25 quality now S1.00
Beaver, Fawn, Gold, Green, While Grey and Lavender.
Children's Iwo-Step
and Sandow Hose
Ueduced 15 to 20 cents a pair
L A. HARRISON CO. TE
Slorc hours for Slay arc 9:30-to-12 a.m. I-to-0 7-to-8 p.m.
TOURING SPEEE RIVER
WORKMEN TO .JtWEAt
Captain Tay Bayers of tlic Anita
Phillips expected to leave Juneau
for llio Speel River plant of the Al
aska Paper & Pulp mill to bring
buck workmen and attend to busi
ness connected with the temporary
shut-down of the plant.
,\ I.ASKA-.M'NEAC MTTTTs TO
IXC ft EASE WORK IV; KTAEE
The Alaska-Jnneau Mine Company
will shortly, increase its mining, ere v.
with a few other minor .niMitions
to be made to the present working
staff
EIRE LAIH'IES tAI.I.IU)
151T UAMACIE SLIGHT
Tlio first occasion which the now
siren sent out a ^nirry call to the
Skagway Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was this noon. The call was
hi a small fire ill the Zlnkan apart
ments where some hot ashes started
a small blaze. The fire was put out
ht-fore the department unlimbered
its hose. The damage was slight.
Defect in Bell
The reason the fire hell did not
give the tire call at the time the
siren sounded today at noon was be
cause of a defect in the bell. The
defect will be remedied and tiie bell
will be tried out tomorrow morning
at eleven o'clock.
In case there is a fire at that time
the siren will also sound. If the
siren does not sound the citizens will
, know that the bell is being tried out.
To Charge Chemical.
All firemen are urgently request
ed to ho at hand at 11 o'clock, to
| morrow forenoon at tho Xo. 1 Fire
I hall, recharging of chemical engine
will take place, so all members who
are not acquainted with this, better
I be there an dsee how it is done.
Dayton,' Oliio.—Dayton's "hun
gry burglar" is on trial.
11' convicted lie will get lit'"' l'or
burglarizing inhabited dwellings at
night.
His name is Bradley Smith, alias
.rames Jackson, colored.
It is said he robbed more than a
dozen houses.
Each night while out at "work" he
would take time in-a house to eat a
meal from the icebox or cupboard.
He tarried too long at a midnight
lunch and was caught.
A discussion In the commissioner'.-;
court at Ketchikan as to whether a
party securing a divorce could mar
ry immediately thereof or, was de
cided by the commissioner that there
is no appeal in an Alaskan divorce
case, and consequently the act pro
viding for six months residence irt
the territory following a divorce, be
fore being entitled to remarry is
void, and parties may tnaiyy the
same day that a divorce is secured.
—Ex.
FOR SALE—One Ooor in good con
dition. Upper part window. In
quire of Mrs. L. S. Keller. tf.
There- Is rr.oro Catarrh In this section
of the country than a*I other diseases
"TOt together, and for years it was sup
posed to be Incurable. Doctors proscribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh Is a local dis. ase,
sre iUy Ifflucnced by constituttonar con
ditions and therefore lequtfes constitu
tional treatment, nail's Catarrh Medi
cine. mpmifacturcd by F J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, in taken Internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the 6yst>--». One Hundred Dollars re
ward Is offered for any case that Hall's
Catarrh Medicine falls tc cure. Send for
circulars nnd testimonials. .. "
1-4r. CHENEV & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sou by Drupslsts, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
—Adrertiserueul.
WII KM
bliagw.i}' !'• ;.ie Have I'oiiinl This*
J o lie True
[ The strain of overwork tell a .in
I tiic weakened kidueys. The hurry t
j a::d worry of business men, the
j heavy ii. ...„ and stooping o£ work
| i.;o >. j;ueu's household cares,
.id , v,oaken and injure tlio
j kidney:: in.u. tiicy can uo longer fil
J t«r t i; i> j:: lro:il the blood and
■ the Vvnolo body sutlers l'rorn tlio
vu.-jie j .■u.ntiiates. Weakened
kidneys need quick assistance.
' Du.iu Kid. . i aro especially
! prepared for weakened kidneys;
tired, woi:i-out backs—have proven
t their merit in thousands ot cases.
'Below is i o:i\iucing proof o£ merit
■ lrom ti.is Iocr.iiiy.
]. MeGuo, blacksmith, llo Daytou
| Ave., Dayton, Wash., aajs: "Many
lyoare of bard •• a blacksmith
wo. id * . Kin. ;•# and caused
juackuche. 1 i.n 1 suc'i savor-} (mills
iU» • '.i i..;. ..f:",; tiiat when I
I uas U'jv.ji, I c;.«ld iiardi/ got up. I
J iu.d a frtiiuc.i. di-iiro to pass the
I Uidao; . . ana they burned.
I also bad severe booda-thes and diz
zy si.clis. Y'.:o boxes of roan's
Kidney i i..... cur.a :ue."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Dou't
siiiiply . k 1- a kidney remedy—get
Dou:i's Kidney Tills—the same that
Mr. McCjc had. lostur-itiiiburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, NT. Y.
WOMAN HATS 1JAMC
i*itt:sii>::\T ix race
r;.:: mavoi: uv town
Condbuo, Mill;!., May 14.—Good*
<"trd a woman mayor
who can do more things about a
new-rpapor olfico than most news
paper num.
Mrs. Kloivneo J. Pierce is the
lady. iNT husband runs the local
paper, and Mrs. Pierce can feed the
big props or write fur the paper, as
occasion demands. Her regular
work is keeping the books and do
in s the g1 ofllco work.
She ;;ot further public exporieneo
as r.ssi.naut to her husband, post
• r in their homo town for 10
years.
Mr-^-PIerrc's race for luayor was
The balloting was heavy and
she !.i-.;t out ti.o bank president who
held the job Uy one vote.
Goodhue's now mayor said today
she hoped "to first fix tip, and tidy
up the street:i such as is needed
without spending a lot o£ money
and hegiu the piaetico of making
from year to year such permanent
street improvements as tlio coffer
will warrant."
Brigadier General Charles t. Saw
yer won his spurs as an after-diu
r.er speaker at the Chemical War
faro Service banquet. I!is .speech
was witty, forceful and delivered hi
excellent style. The President's
physician won "all hearts with his
quasi-comic reference to the uni
form into which destiny has thrust
him. "I have loused for this op
portunity," he said, "to say with
.-•hat < iissternatlou 1 learned my new
post called for tbo wearing 5f regi
mentals. For forty years I've been
trying to be a doctor, and r.ow, at
tlio end of eight days, 1 find rnyselt
a full-bloomed brigadier general.
That's going some."
General Sawyer acknowledged the
"universal courtesy" his new col
leagues of the army and nevy are
showing him. It is safe to predict
he often will he uent to ihc post
prandial firing line as the Presi
dent's spokesman. '