Fresh Fruit
And Vegetables
To arrive on Spokane
If there is anything new on the market
we will have it
ASK & SONS Grocers
Safety First and then the
B V Ds for Summer
Dortero & Son
Clothiers and Furnishers
1PH0NE 32
CHANGE IN ELECTRICAL SERVICE
OF THE
HOME POWER COMPANY
The w«-«ba«4 damaad of our patrons Tor a day service has
prompted ilia Host* Power c mpany to i as tall a meter system
and a continuous service, which will enable consumers to
use electricity at their pleasure.
In the past this compaay has supplied only those REQUEST
ING .METERS, for which meter the consumer made a cash de
posit.
In all citiee the meter system is used, and a cash deposit
is required by th» company furnishii g same. The deposit
ra.iges from $3.0# to $10.(0, and iu some towns In Alaska,
is i-s high as $15.00.
The Home Power company will not require a deposit on me
ters, and no charge will be made at this time for the Installa
tion of the sat.
Nor will any change be jjatle in the present meter rates,
which are as follows:—
•Minimum rate for one Ugh*, per month, $1.00. Mr two or
more lights, per month $2.00.
Rate per Kilowatt, 10 cents. A sliding scale t>er Kilowatt
for large coi;samers Is now under consideration.
It is not the intention of ihe Home Power company to in
crease the cost to the consumer, but to place all consumers
on a standard basis, so that each may be able to take advan
tage of the continuous Bystem.
The Home Power company further realizes, that during the
summer months the average home will not use 20 Kilowatt
hours for lighting purposes, which is the amount of the mini
mum charge, but with the continuous service the consumer
has* the privilege ai using electrical appliances at any hour
of the day or night, and can use such elc-ctrical ap
pliances us Flat Irons, Toasters, Percolators, Vacuum Clean
ers. &e. This will give the consumer the op>ortunity of using
up the full amount of the minimum charge.
The day service will be turned on about June 1st.
The Hume Power company will carry a full Hue of up to date
electrical home devkis, all of which will be sold at a small per
rentage above actual cost.
Those having receipts for cash deposited with the company
for meters can have money refunded upon presentation of
t.ie same to the »r«asurer at our office, corner 4th and Broad
way. ' i
HOME POWER COMPANY,
NUGGET MOVIES
Broadway, between 2nd and 3ad
O^en Everv Night
The Broncho Film lompany pre
sents "Mario." A Spuniah story
r.\ two parts.
Helen's .tttratn;e-i — A Maj«tic
.'nuna.
Tanco Tangle- A Keygioue com
edy, featuring Charles CbapUn.
\
Mi:sic by Mr*. McBHen.
CimuiieiMTs M *:S9 p. m.
Tony Dortero
Has just received all
kinds of
Salted Nuts
They are for sale
DON'T MISS
BARN DANCE
The White Pass Hospital
association will give its
second annual dance in the
large new warehouse on the
Skagway wharf, May 22nd,
beginning at &:00 p. m. Mu
sic will be furnished by the
Skagway Brass band. A gaso
line motor car will make
frequent trips after 8:30
p. m. between the tourist
ulatform near the laundry
and the wharf. The motor
car service and refreshments
will be free.
IT RIGHTFULLY MEANS
"THE CITY OF FLOWERS
(Continued from Paso 1.}
miles long, the grandest river on |
the globe, and navigated by steam
ers that make the Mississippi
boats in tlie effete East look like
the proverbial 30 cents; that
Alaska is America's brightest
jewel, and asks nothing but a
square deal; that her climate Is1
Archbishop Ireland
says— '
i ''The groat cause of social crime
Is DRINK; the great cause of pov
erty is DRINK. When I hear
of a family broken up, I ask the
cause—-DRINK. If I go to the
gallows and ask the victim the
cause, the answer—DRINK.
"Then I ask myself in perfect
wonderment why do men not put a
stop to this thing?"
Connie Mack Says:
"Alcohol slows, a man down. 1
DON'T BOTHER WITH YOUNG
STERS THAT DRINK."
Which Will You l*roteft?
One famil" out of every five
must furnish a bo) for the army
of drunkards or the "trade" must
go under.
ARE YOU WILLING to contri
bute a boy;? You have no Tight to
bo v your neighbor shall contribute
HI3 boy.
Why not PAY YOUR TAXES
WITH MONEY instead of with your
own and your neignbor'e boy?
A young man drunk is eomebody'e
vote staggering around. IS IT
YOURS?
Two-thirds of all tho drunkards
contract the drinking habit before
thev are 21, nearly one-third bef°re
they are 16, and about 7 per cent
BFEORE THEY ARE TWELVE.
The raw material of the saloon
is the boy. ITS FINISHED PRO
DUCT 13 THE DRUNKARD.
Which will you vote for—the raw
material or tho finished product?
| Paid Advertisement ]
so wonderful that she will rank
with the world's greatest sanitar
iums; that Skagwny, rightfully
Interpreted, means the "City of
Flowers," or the bride of tho
mountains; that Alaska calls for
•red-blooded men and women, but
not for anemics or quitters, for
she is the mother of a race of
terces and no yellow streak, ex
cept virgin gold, ribs her rugged
mountain*.
"So why. Miss Busliett, will our
sapient friends across the Divide
persist in vain imaginings and
stupid sayings in regard to the
•'Great Country?"
MRS. EDWARD I. WADE.
Skaway, Alaska.
I seldom publish such a long let
ter, hut because it is so interest
ing and because I know from my
visit last fall to Alaska that every
word is true, 1 am glad to do so,
and to thank you sincerely for it.
I think tho view oeople in gen
eral take of Alaska is due to the
many books written from a different
side than the one you give, and
appealing to the imagination. Many
of them are founded on the history
of early days in the North, when
the things they still hold in memory
were realities.
But Alaska is 110 less interesting
btcause polar bears r.o logner sit
at one's fireside and the Esquimau
has become an up-to-date citizen.
Thank you again for your good let
ter.
COMPOSITIONS
IN ENGLISH
By Pupils of Skagway
Public School
W hy Apiil Wcqis
"April why do you always weep 1
A'hea you take Starch's place as
month?"
"Fifty years ago 1 never knew
what, it was to weep. One day 1
was basting about never weeping,
and v as making fun of an old wo
man who was always crying. Al
most before I knew it, there stood
before me a beaut'ful young girl
and slie said. 'I am the Goddess of
Rain, and I was that old woman
who was crying.' " "Oh forgive
me!" I cried, "I didn't know it
was you." "1 know you didn't, but
you should neve,- muki- fun of any
body who looks older or |
younger than you. Don't you
know »he motto, 'Pick on
people of your own- age, if you
must m:>ke fun of anybody, or quar
rel wit1 anybody?" "Yes I 'remembe
now." "Well, if you make any more
fun o* anybody older or younger
than ou, every time \ou take your
place as a month you will weep tw
thirds of your time." "Well, 1 re
membered it for a long time, but,
one day I forgot and made l'uti of
an oJd man. The Godders cf Rain
kept her word, and tlmi is why I
weep."
GERTRrDf L1DDIC0AT,
Eighth Grade.
Why April Weeps.
April, the child of October and
November ever since her birth had
..lways had the first honors of the
year, those of placin? on the earth
of human mortals, the first green
leaves, the first flowers, and the
first green shrubery of all kinds.
April Year—for ehe was of the
year family—took great pleasure
fa making the earth beautiful and
wonderful to live in. April's moth
er, October Year, thought a great
deal of her. She even went so far
as to have her artist—the most
skilled in the world—Nature, paint
in his most beautiful colors all
thj> leaves of all the trees over all
the earth.
April's father and brother—De
cember, January, February and
March—had always treated her
kindly enough. April was growing
fast and becoming more beautiful
each year, but one time after July,
August and September had destroy
ed her beautiful work, she scolded
ibcm severely and even slapped .the
face of July, who was her father's
pet.
December saw the quarrel and de
cided to punish April for her rough
treatment of her sisters. So the
iext winter, be and his three sons
tried to freeze April to death. Oc
tober grieved greatly and decided
that April should have a chance
tq live again so she had her ar
tist, who was master of all pow
ers, transform April to the shape
•"■f rain and fitted her with a car
ii;ige, known to us aE the clouds,
in which she still ric'.es to carry
On her work of beauty, which she
started while on earth.
JOSEPH PEDERSEN,
Eighth Grade.
Why April Weejis
.Mother Year is a very, very busy
woman, for she has twelve children
£> look after, tne mo6t miachiev
oub, of whom are April and Decem
ber, more so, April.
.Now, as I imagine that you never
knew the o.ueerest of laws of the
Land of Noplace. I will tell-you.
lu Noplace, that is, where Mother
Year lives, if any one goes near
King Nobody, that no law abiding
person will be imprisoned for thirty
;lays out of every three hundred and
sixty five.
April being very unruly, oae day
(just for fun, as she expressed it)
stepped on King Nobody's train. She
us:s immediately taken up by the
King's soldiers. So thirty day* now
;-ut of the period of time that we
iali a Year, named after Mother
Year, April is imprisoned in No
where prison, and during tlxcxia
thirty days April weeps. Her
tears fall as April showgra on the
earth.
FRED BI.AXCHARD,
Sixth Grade
April's Daughter
Very likely none of your ever
Ir.ew April had a dauhter, but she
did have one as beautiful as the
sun.'
Now March, is a wild, rollicking
im>uth as every one knows and In
U'- youth had had a quarrel with
April. So one day when he saw
Ajril's daughter wlioaa name was
Spring walking near toe brink of a
precipice, a wicked idea came in
to his mind. Stealing up, he touch
ed her on the arm She started
so that she lost her balance and
3 ipped over the precipice.
The sun who had been watching,
taking nity on Spring, took her up
to live with him.
And ever after, even though she
knew her daughter is safe and hap
>y April weeps for her.
As for the sun, he named a
season of the year Soring in honor
of April's beautiful daughter.
FLORtS CLARK,
Fifth Grad
Whv April Weeps
April was one of a family of
A New Toy Sensation
STRONG SIMPLE ATTRACTIVE
"THE IRISH MAIL" KIDS
Horseman Unbreakable Doll seated in a truck hand car of
the "Irish Mail" design.
•THE CYCLE KIDS
Operating with absolute lifelike motion
"THE CRAWLING KIDS"
No mechanism by pulling cord; the dolls creep in a true
to life manner.
Cutest of all tots
"THE PETERKINS'
(Sec window display)
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Phon* 55 Store closes 8 p. m.: (Saturday 9 p. m.
Board of Trade Billiard Parlor
A Gentlemen's Resort
Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Arthur Boone, Proprietor
KING'S CAFE
WHITE HORSE x YUKON TERRITORY
BEST MEALS IN THE NORTH
Airs. Orlott King :: Proprietor
Pack Train Restaurant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHARLEY="^ —JOHN
KARAM AN & Cl.KCAt
PKOPKII TORS
Wher® tfou Ccn Get whjii \'<>u Di'sir* Coocod m It Should Be
W, Uake « 8P*claity of Bauq"eUj and Prlrata Dlsmer Parties
A rsflm»d ud oomfortabl« place for a supper after the show
Or duo*—aerrlc« 1b cozy prirate booths If desired.
GEORGE MOV/L, Proprietor
Next to Post Cilice- Fifth Avenue
Change Tonight
Cynthy.—A two reel drama featuring Miss Barbara Tennant.
Maigarita Fischer and Robert Leonard, in "The Missionary
Boy."
Key Bee Film presents "Tho Runaway's."—Comedy.
FIVE It EELS
t : E5 f Raised Seats
twelve. She was very beautiful.
She was in love with a haudsome
young man, who was the God of
Peace. One day when April ami
her lover were out walking trying
to make peace among the nations,
the war God appeared and said,
" Unless yon stop working against
me, and trying to make peace, some
mishap shall befall /?u." The God
of Peace replied, "My duty is to
maka pea?e, and I shall always
try my bf«t to rid the world of
waT." The War God stared angrily
at him and said, "You shall regrot (
what you have just said," and dis- j
appeared. The God of Peace laugh- j
ed and Baid, "I do cot fear your j
threats." A vear passed and i
April and her lover were going to J
get married. They intended to j
have a great feaat to which all of
the Gods were to be invited. On j
the night before the feast April and j
her lover were talking about the i
happenings of the next day, when |
the War God appeared and said, J
"Do you remember what I said j
one year ago? Now I shall take '
my revenge," and with that he J
hurled a thunder bolt at the head j
of the Peace God and disappeared- !
The thunder bolt struck the Gcd j
of Peace in the forehead and kill-1
t'd him instantly. When April saw j
'hat he was dead she started to j
fteep. She still wee.s in the
spring season, but wo call it rain.
HAKRY ACHISON,
I Sight h Grade, j
ic heudAchii, biliousness, pilet, and
i i>r- :ith are usually caused by inac
tive bowels. Get a box of Rexall
()rderlies. 'They act gently and effec
tively. Sol.) only by us at 10 cents.
Wm. Brltv.
j lVK UOOl) O.VE3 TO DRAW TO.
PSbbleford and Gibson itye. Bid
weiser, Blue Ribbon and Pale Kaln
Beer a! Boaril of 'lrad©.
CU.VC MEAT COOK 1AIL8
M
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service a la carte.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Having been appointed adminifl»
traior o£ the estato of Henry
liernbofer, deceased, by the Com
missioner l'or the Territorj of Al
us!u!, sutiug ia probate in Skag
way insect Alaska, all per
sons liaVtug claims against said
estate are required to present them,
vtrifed a3 by law required, within
six montiis from the data of this
notice, to the undersigned, at his
place of business in the town of
sUagway, Alaska.
CHAS. NYE,
Administrator
First publication, May 17, 1915.
Final publication. May 31. 1915.
H. B; Ls Fevre,
Attorney for Administrator.
Juneau, Alaska.