Est abl ished 1898
Ii. S. Keller, I'ubllslier.
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EDITORIAL
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Ml \ W1IA KA1I. IV BtSINESS
Kightv-four per rent, of the busi
ness failures of the patt year occur
red anions tirms which did not ad
vertise.
This is the assertion made by Rrad
st reefs Commercial Agency, which
is as tinbiasi-d an authority as can be
found in the business world.
I:radstreet's compiled its informa
tion from statistics, not guesswork.
The importance of advertising as
a business element must have been
regarded as vital by this great com
mercial agency. else it would not
have wasted the time of hundreds of
trained throughout the nation
ioll"c*:ag '-d tabulating this infor
mation. Hradstreet's thus points
the way to one of the elements of
business success.
i:\NK DEPOSITS
t' •• mativ shutdowns in in
ilu-fry during the latter part of
1 reports of savings banks show
r:i;:r there was a general Increase
in savings.
Saving* deposits in N'ew England
>«n January 1st. IS.I. showed a gain
of 7,.".:; per rent, over a year ago. In
the Eastern Stales, including New
Y' • n.. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Del
aware and Maryland, the gain was
1'i.Ts per cent. In Wisconsin, the
increase was percent. In West
Virginia, the gain was 11.S4 per
cent. On the Pacific Coast, the in
crease was ti.99 per cent.
Tin- total deposits of ij.15 Savings
Hanks in the United States, on Jan
nary 1st. amounted to more than five
and a half billion dollars—the high
est figure on record—and it must be
remembered that this figure repre
sents only a part of the money in the
I'nited States that is on time depos
it.
Savings deposits. or equivalent de
posits. show an increase over last J
year, in nearly every State in the J
I'nion.—Ex. |
11 \ I I K* > \l> FEEDERS
While Colonel James G. Steese of!
the Alaska Uo.id commission is san
guine that the Alaskan item for
$4.3,000 in the army appropriation
bill will carry through the present
e\tra session of congress, the delay
in receiving funds for roadwork cre
ates a situation similar to that af
fecting the construction of the gov
ernment railroad when big organiza
tions were built up and all prepara
tions made for beginning and con
tinuing work, only to find that funds
were unavailable at the eleventh
hour.
The importance of the forthcom
ing appropriation as it affects the
government railroad is shown in the
Cache creek project whereby 5<>0
tons of freight was transported over
the road tiiis-seusou at a saviug of
130,000, which is equivalent to tb<>
total amount advanced the Alaska
Road commission from the territori
al co-operative road funds.
As Colonel Steese explains, his
program is to consider first all pro
jects that have a direct influence to
ward creating tounage for the road,
and the Cache creek project is but
one of a number that are hanging
fire through delay in appropriations.
_ It is to be hoped that congress will
not delay the army bill any longer
than is necessary, and will do as It
did with the navy bill, pass it intact
as it was passed at the last session
but vetoed by ex-President Wilson.
—Ex.
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EI'ROI'KAX IRAYKI..
In view of the complication* caus
ed by the fluctuations of foreign ex
change many prospective travelers
to Europe have bfn asking finan
cial experts in the daily paners »vhat
is the most profitable and conveni
ent method of exchanging dollars
■ into foreign currencies The flnan
jcial information editor of the Xew
York Tribune, in reply to such quer
ies. offers the followir z advice to a
traveler planning ti go abroad in
j May. He has fire choices:
| 1. Wait until May nrd tny trav
elers' checks or drafts ui banks in
I the countries yon intend to v;si'. o*
obtain a letter of credit introducing
I you to certain banks.
2. Buy an option for a certain ani
| ount of sterl ng or francs to he do
I livered to you in May. paying a pre
mium of cents on the pound
i above present quotations for sterl
ing.
J 3. Buy a draft on London or Par
lis now and have it depositel in a
j bank in one or the other of those
cities to be drawn uno i when vi-u
arrive there.
•J. Buy the actual currency of the
foreign nation in this country, pay
ing the usual premium above ex
change-rates charged for delive-y of
such currency, necessitated by trans
portation and insurance charges in
bringing such currency to this coun
try.
5. Buy American Express a.- Am
erican Bankers checks in dollar.
Sterling, lira, or franc denominat
ions. Checks in foreign denomina
tions are charged for at prevailing
exchange-rates. A commission if
one-half of 1 percenr. m the total
amount of checks issued is charged.
In the first case, exchange-rates
may be lower in May and you might
get more for your dollar. In the
second place, they may be higher,
but by obtaining an option at pres
ent rates you would be protected
against the advance. The third case
would be advantageous only in case
rates advanced, your foreign curren
cy enhancing in value before you
needed to use it. If rates dropt, of
course you would lose, for your dol
lars would buy more sterling or
francs then than now. The only ad
vantage of buying actual foreign
currency here would be to save the
trouble of exchange abroad, and this
is generally regarded as negligible,
for you would run the risk of los
ing it en route.
WOULD WIIKAT < koi*
IOK 1021 UU'NDWT
London.—The prospects of the
coming world's wheat crop are fav
orable and the harvest is likely to
produce enough to meet the world's
demand, says Sir James Wilson,
chairman of the central agricultural
wages committee for Scotland, who
fa an authority on that subject. He
declared in an address he delivered
the other day on "The World's
Wheat" that the world's supply for
the current cereal year is more than
equal to the demand and he predict
ed that on August 1st next there
would be a surplus of exportable
wheat left in the exporting countries.
But. he said, this surplus, outside of
Russia and India, would not be large
and if the world's future weather
proved unfavorable, the fall in the
world's price of wheat might be
checked and the price might even
rise again.
For the world as a whole, he said,
there is no more reason to fear a fu
ture permanent dearth of wheat than
that the world will be starved of
food generally. He predicted that
some time within the next 20 years
the world's price of wheat, measured
in gold, will return to a level not
far from the pre-war average.
D.ll'fUIKKTY MAY 1SK (JIVK.)'
C'H.\lt(iK OF l>ISY KVFOIM'EMKXT
Washington. D. C., May 16...
President Harding is understood now
to be considering the transfer of the
prohibition enforcement from the
treasury department to the depart
ment of justice. This is in line with
abolishing divided authority on the
many matters being handled by the
departments.
jSoldiers' Pay
; Handsome Income
American Second Lieutenants
in Army on Ulilne Drawing
Francs a War.
Coblenz, May 18.—The pay of a
second lieutenant in the American
Army on tho Rhine is equivalent at
present rated of exchange to slightly
more'than that of Marshal Focli of
France.
This may explain in part why the
American army of 15,000 men costs
Germany more than 80,000 French
troops in the Mayence zone. K ac
counts also for the exaggerated'
statement from German sources that
America's lighting force cost Ger
many more than all tho Allied ar
mies of Occupation.
Marshal Koch's salary i3 43,00'I
francs. A second lieutenant in the
American Forces in Germany re
ceives $2,120 a year whici extra al
lotments bring lip to about 2,300.
At the rate of exchange of 11 francs
and a halt to the dallar, the second
lieutenant draws about 33350 francs
a year.
The buck private receives a
month; a corporal $51.80 a sergeant
$63. and a technical sergeant $74.20.
The French poilu i-t Mayencu has
to he content with 7." centimes a
day; a corporal rece.'f-s- 30 niitMm
aiul a sergeant two fianc.t
Pay Kxceeds Olllcials'.
With the rate of exchange about
CO to 65 marks to the dollar, the
American soldier in Germany dra'vs
a larger salary than many i.f the
high German city olllcials.
The American soldi tr in the Co
blenz area lives bo.'or than the ■iv
erage bourgeois family of ei'her
France or German/. At i uof the
ten huts managed by the Young A'ens
Christian Association in Coblenz, the
soldier can ob'ain better and ch>ap?r
food than in the average good res
taurants of Paris or Coblenz.
Here is the menu of the one Sun
day dinner at the llahnhof hotel,
conducted bv the Y. M. C A., which
the soldier could buy for 30 marks,
or about a half a dollar: Cream of
pea soup, roast Danish turkey, nut
| dressing, cranberry sauce, potato
Icroquets, Jersey sweet potatoes,
I creamed caulillower. shrimp salad,
[radishes, olives, pickles, rolls, butter.
I ntarslim.illow ice cream, cake, coffee
| or tea.
[mist; it\i»s I'm: cm. or.vi.i.
oi'.miat m:\is .\xciiom<;t
The Anchorage oil and Develop
ment Co. has let a contract with J.
C. Squander and O. D. Waxon to
sink the oil well on the company's
claim four miles oast of Anchorage,
another 2f,o feet. The well is now
down>ihout 200 feet.
1'iuler li'e terms of the contract
the company furnishes all machin
ery. tools, casing and equipment:
the contractors agree to put tlic well
down to 400 feet, or 200 fee: more,
for a stipulated amount which is to
be paid upon the completion of the
contract. The company has wired
for an under-reamer nnd other nec
essary tools. Casing will he fam
ished as soon as the can to
secured from the commission, and
the drilling will lie sWl -d in a few
days.
At a recent director's rv.'Otiiig, at
which several prominent busi'iets
men who are stockholders in the
company were present, the question
of continuing the drilling of the well
was considered, and il was the unan
■ imotis opinion that tin well should
j he put down as far ,is the capacity of
J the drilling machine would permit.
! It is the opinion of eti5lnco-s and
j those familiar with the geolojry of
J this section that oil-hearing strata
underlies the valley.
The secretary made a financial
statement of the condition of the
i company, and state-! that practical
ly enough money had been subscrib
ed to pay olT the Indcbtelness. but
that il would ho necssa if drili
| ing was to be continue^ to secure
additional funds.
It developed from the secretary's
leport that the drillers, directors
and officers of the company aro the
largest stockholders. ,>nd tli.it no
stock has been issued except for cash
| or services perforned for the coni
| panv. the balance being in ihe treas
I ury; also that the company his ac
Iquired control of two adjo'nitig til
■ claims, aggregating T.tiiO acres
j within its holdings.
, Pensylvania produced more than
I one-fourth of the Portland cement
made in the United Slates last year
land Indiana more than one-tenth.
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Local Firm to
Establish Chain
Stores in North
A chain of stores from Seward to
Fairbanks, mercantile establishments
to the Westward, also in several of
the most promising mining distrists
of the interior not adjacent to the
government railroad, are prospec
tive plans of Brown and Hawkins
Corporation, according to Chas. E.
Drown of Seward, who has speut the
last seven months in New York City
financing the new company.
"The firm lias been incorporated
for $2,000,000 and we will enlarge
our holdings branching out in the
westward section of Alaska." said
Mr. Brown, giving a tentative sketch
of the future operations of the
Brown & Hawkins Corporation.
"At present, as is well known, we
have two large stores. Both of these
stores have large warehouses in con
nection. We will establish new
stores along the government railway
-—just where has not been definitely
settled—and we will also have
branch stores in other interior sec
tions.
<'old S'ornjte at Seward.
"At Seward, we will erect cold
storage plant, plans having been
made for this already. Seward is
the center of the fishing industry to
the westward easily accessible to all
steamers provided with coid storage
plants, by which we can ship lur fish.
"The location for one or moro of
these stores to the westward of Se
ward has not lisen decided upon, it
all depends upon steamer trans
portation. Before coming north I
went to Portland and had a confer
ence with Dr. Smith, who holds the
mail contract from Seward to Dutch
Harbor. Dr. Smith informed me that
he would place a suitable steamer on
the westward route with Seward as
its eastern terminus, and would lie
able to take care of all freight and
passenger business. For the past two
years only gas boats have been on
the route which are not sui'able for
anything but carrying the mail and
express, not accomodating the freight
or passenger business.
.inicK i.wnis not uksigxei)
Chicago. May—Judge lienesaw M.
La ml is in a formal statement today
dollied reports that he had resigned
from lite federal bench to devote
his time to his position as baseball
commissioner. The statement was
as follows:
"I have not resigned, nor have I
said anything that could have been
constructed into a statement that I
Jiave resigned."
•ludge Landis would not say why
he had refused recently to set any
cases'lieyond June 15, a fact which
caused reports that he would resign
in Jupe.
J mine's li e is Aroused.
The action of the senate judiciary
committee at Washington indorsing
last Monday a hill drawn by Senator
Dial of South Carolina making it an
offense for a federal judge to accept
any other position of pecuniary pro
fit. today aroused comment against
the rumor of resignation of Judge
Kenesaw M. Landis, who accepted
the post last winter of high commis
sioner of baseball at $42,500 a year.
"Have 1 got to be denying these
reports every week?" asked the
judge when the report was bronght
to bis attention.
"Then it is not true?" he was
asked.
"I will not be (|uoted on the sub
ject." the judge said.
"When I get ready to take action
in the matter I will take you into my
confideticer"
KIOIKST STAKK OX THK Tl'UF
Louisville, Ky„ May 17.—Sixteen
horses are regarded likely to start
in the forty-seventh renewal of the
Kentucky Derby hero next Saturday.
Thirteen in the opinion of turf writ
ers will he given top impost of 12G
pounds and the remainder likely will
ctyrry 121 pounds in the struggle of
a mile and a umirter for a stake
which carries $50,000 in added mon
ey.
Sport writers and turfmen gener
ally agreed today that the probable
derby contenders would include Try
ster. Prudery, Leonardo II, Bon
Homme, Black Servant. Behave
Yourself, Careful, Gray Lag, Coyne,
t'ncle Vero. Muskallonge, Billy Bar
ton, Star Voter, Nancy Lee, Baby
Grand, and Touch Me Not.
The stake is the richest on the
American turf. To the winner' it
will be worth more than $35,000;
to the owner of the second horse
will be paid $10,000, the third $5,
000, and the fourth ?2,000.
Grandma Says
"The good old herbs, oils and other
old-fashioned remedies have not
been improvedon forquick relief in
hometreatmentofminoraihnents."
Our sales of the well-known stand
ard remedies prove this to be true.
And we take special pains to keep
a good supply—strictiy fresh—of the
kinds Grandma knows and trusts.
Reliable Goods Only
You will also find here a well
chosen assortment of the advertised propri
etary medicines. Only those whose value has
been established win a place on our shelves.
For foot remedies of all kinds our stock is
unsurpassed locally. Come to us with the
knowledge beforehand that you will get the
best goods, strictly fresh and u: fairest prices.
Io)' I 1
Best Iamily Remedies
Keller Bros., Skagway, Alaska
I
I TO GROW OLD GRACEFULLY
Drairable Condition That Greatly Do
pends on One's Habits of Mind
Formed in Youth.
The most Inevitable—and one of the
easiest—of the things we <lo is to prow
old. Yet what a difference there is in
the way different people do it!
You probably know, for Instance,
some little old lady who, although she
may not be beautiful or brilliant, Is
just "nice"—which is apt to mean
that Instead of bossing or scolding, she
tries not to' be troublesome or unrea
sonable to those around her. Or rath
er, she does not have to try, fur It Is
characteristic of elderly human -tielnL's
that they seldom try very hard to form
new habits. Youth is the period of
endeavor, nnd old age of results. This
Is the reason for the futility of young
folks' displeasure at their parents'
"old-fashioned" Ideas. * Such Ideas are
fixed; they will not change.
Yet not all elderly people are age
bound In their thoughts'; many can be
tolerant of Innovations, nnd n few can
J even adopt them. Such a flexible con
dition of the elderly mind Is, like the
rigid, intolerant sort, a product of
earlier life and habits; It Is not likely
to Indicate any particular good or
evil trait in the person possessing It.
If the young man or woman who
feels Impatient at the old folks' no
tions will cease to shrug a shoulder
nnd exclaim: "I hope* I'm not like
that when I'm old," and will turn his
attention to the younger generation,
starting with himself, he Is likely to
do much more for human progress.
When he himself has reached the ago
of fixed ideas his character will de
pend 011 Ills previous habits of mind;
if he has kept himself free from prej
udice and cocksuredness nnd has been
always willing to learn better ways of
thinking and doing, be will be likely
to remain correspondingly more ration
al with advancing years, and will. In
truth not be "like that" when he is
old.—rendleton East Oregonlan.
Elevator Rope In Coal Mines.
One of tlie most Impressive things
about a colliery, to nn outsider. Is the
mammoth drum which winds the rope
which brings coal up from llie pit. This
monster drum may measure 150 feet
In circumference, and weigh about 2(H)
tons, and It will wind In the rope with
Its load at a speed of nearly GO miles
an hour. There are miles of the rope,
when the pit is a deep one, like the
Yorkshire Main colliery's, whose ver
tical shaft holds ,the record for depth
by going down nearly 1,000 yards, and
for long distances horizontally. The
rope costs $10 a yard and Its maximum
life Is three and one-half years. Every
inch of It passes each day through a
man's hands for examination Shaft
accidents are very rare.
| To Cure a Told In One Day
Take Grove s I<AXITIVI3 BIIO.MO
| QUIXIXfi tablets. Tlie genuine bears
I the signature ol E. \V. Grove. 30c.
!
! KING SPLITS fiOYAL ESTATE
| Spanish Monarch :o Pat-cc! O-t 2,500
Acres of Lnr.d in Small
Farm Plots.
Madrid. — Instructions ,'iave been
I plvi'ii by Kim: Aim"" for 1 In- forma
tion of an aL'rk'iil1 :i! syndicate. die
object of which *vi i l r the imrceliiis
out of the kins'* royal estate af E'
I'nrdo. nine n ' xvest of this dl.v,
for cultivation 1 i ispices of
tlie Catholic A atian f"*«!«*rstli«-ti.
! The Dropi t > ... •.'t i Mflj
[ acres and will l>« <rv'i!i'd into small
plots.
I A plan lilts boon devispil which will
permit l.'.horers \<i acquire the land
allotted to tic III.
DIGGERS TUH* UP TREASURE
Sewer Workers Find Collection of
Rings and Watches in a Bos
ton Si.me-Pit.
Boston.—A sewer itang i|"it work iit
noon tin- <f In r day with a vulnable
treasury tr-» e. i:i ilie .-lime of ail
old |iit in. r tin- 1,'Uincy Imtise they
bad found Hint- pild lilies, ruins,
watches and other valuables.
Hotel employees sut'^esteil that tho
hotel had a elaltu on the articles, as
the property prol.at.ily of guests of by
gone day.-. The police suspected that
they were part of the loot <>f thieves.
But when the nu n showed cuius dat
ing hack to 17'-7. stamped with a pine
tree on one .-hie a:.d ".Massachusetts"
on the other, they insisted that the
statute of limitations made the prop
erty t hoi is.
With the ancient coins tltey found
beer checks, which the foreman of the
gun;: said he intended to keep with
u "pine tree shilling." as' a souvenir
of the past. The loretuau estimated
that the deposit of mud In which tl.e
valuables were found bad not been ilis
turbeil in 75 year-.
Town of 800 Facks Up
to Move 10 Miles Away ;
Ellisville, Miss.—If you don't z
like the location of your town $
move the'town. I
So say the N)0 Inhabitants of $
Kohay, Mi-s. Some of tl.e build- j
lags are now on wheels and oth <
ers will he loaded on llat cars t
and carried over a lodging road »
to a site ten miles north of the 4
present locution. J
White Fass & Yukon Route
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SKAGWAY Arrives 3:45 p.m.
WHITE PASS Leaves 2:10 p.m.
BENNETT " 12:45 p.m.
CARCROSS " 10:55 a.m.
WHITEHORSE " 8:30 a.m.
Passengers must be at the depot in time to have Baggage in
spected, and checked. Inspection is stopped thirty minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of Baggage will be chocked free with qach full fare
ticket, and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Arrive