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Carrots
Bananas ~
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Cabbage
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Oranges
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SYNOPSIS OF SKiT
BHLPiNE
CLU
Under the direction Fred Ped
erseu, Paul McCle'l'iirJ and Miss
Magg'llicuddy the fcllv.-irg skit
was given at the meeting ot t!u Al
~'ne Club Friday.
ilary Annette Wilkins. .Miss
Majrha Maggillicuddy.
Tom Winter, P. U. McCltKand. i
Jack Frost, Fred Pedersen.
Miss Wilkins and Mr. Winter hay a
teen out skating en the rink -nd
con e into the sitting; rows of Miss
Wilkins parental home, sitting about
th-» stove to set warm, and of
couise engage in conversatou. Win
der waxes eloquent about the de
lights of skating and states that he
cou:<? go 011 living forever feeling
weight of Miss Wilkins on his arm
and seeing t.ba sparkle in her eyes.
She is coy and ccld. During the
conversation several take-offs are
made about well known town peo
ple. but seeing th.»r. no chance
to jc°> Miss Wilkin* :i..-."i<*t» d in
continued life of I'is* A.nter trya |
diXfctent.tactics, ai d r..»ns a story
of 'vo prominent t'li .vho got I
into a quarrel as t-..> •• was the
brainiest man in turn, i.iey final
ly *greed to writs ;> 'e«Ur to the]
brainiest man in tnc- mj, and to
leave Uncle Sam decide iu whoso |
pos* office box it should go. Af
ter several days, neither man having!
receired the letter, fhey called at
the post office and inquired for it.
One o' them said, "I understand
there was a letter mailed to nie the |
otn»r day, addressed to the brainiestj
man u Skagway. I never got it.
"Why, waa that for you," said
Marti u Conway, "1 opened that my
self.
Mi^ Wilkins later got 'uito t»r
rib'e d'fficulty over some love let
ters wich she had sent to wrong
addr^ses, and the the scene ends
by the throwing of a pillow at Mr.
Wint r whew Jack frost, having I
fc und one of the wrongly sent
l-t'ers, Teads it before Winters and
M is Wilki.ts, un- which cal's Win
t-Tc 3. poor sport and other such
terms.
The human pipe organ was played
6v Mrs. Fred Pedersen, and two
veil known soloists under the or
.•".i, were the source of the music.
The "e.iis of laughter that &cwm
'1'iit'd tals recital was proof of it«
o^pularity.
1'IOXKKKS BUY BONDS
Tne Pioneers of Alaska, at the
meeting held last Wednesday night,
at Flat, contributed $100 to the
Red Cross fund, $25 for the kid
die.' Christmas tree, and also voted
to invest $1,500 in Liberty Bonds.
T! ( annual election, of officers re
su!t» j ;is follows: President, Chas.
E. Taylor; first vice president, Jona
L. Brewis; second vice president,
J.av J Johnston; secretary, James
Farrtll; treasurer, Cyril P. Wood;
h storian, C. K. Robinson; chap
lain. Frank .Monkman; trustee,
Frhis Larson, E. A. Meacham.
Committee making arrangements
for th- entertainment and dance a*
Flat ov the Igloo ou New Year's eve
repo.ted t) regress in their work. —
I.'i'arod Pioneer.
Fl'N'EBAL MRS. BROWN"
The funeral of Mrs Rose Brown
will 'ate place tomorrow afternoon
in 'V Presbyterian church, the hodj
leavitv Skagway undertaking par
lots at two o'clock. Mr. Suf
f" ool announces the doors of the
uudertasing parlcrrs will be op
en tomorrow forenoon to friends of
the deceased who wish to see the
body but that the coffin "will not be
opened in the church.
Pall bearers will be Zinkaii,
J hnson. Huntley, Batson, McKay,
anSelmer.
Mrs. A. J. Baker, Sr., was re
mov * to the hospital this morning
f'■Mowing a paralytic stroke which
has paralyzed half of her body.
Mrs. J. M. Miller, wife of Skag
ivay's '"ormer marshal, and son ar
rived on the Jefferson. Mts. Mil
le< had been visiting in Juneau for
% number of weeks.
The Peterson brought a number
3f neople to Skagway Saturday,
imong them being S.V . Woolman,
Mrs. Sheelor, Walter Stidman, Mias
ms Oslmo and Tesell, Mra. Sergt.
s'everson, a'id Mrs. Sergt. Miner.
TOURIST TRAVEL
"The general feeling on the out
side seems to be that tourist travel
to Alaska this summer will be
very good," said James Kennedy,
Skagway Clothier, this morning to
a representative of the Daily Alas
kan. "People in, tha States are
busy, they have plenty of money,
and tliey will need their usual va
cations. The onljr place open to
them s Alaska," be continued.
Mr. Kennedy has just returned
from * visit in Seattle, Tacoma,
and other Pacific Coast cities .and
is very hopeful for the outlook in
•ifcigway the coming summer.
Mr. Kennedy said there ia lots of
business in Seattle and. Vancouver
bu« living is exceptionally bigh, and
that a man earning $5 per day and
liviu.' down could save nothing. He
said living in Skagway is much
cneapor than in Seattle.
Khati clad men are to be seen
everywhere ,&nd considerable dis
cussion is taking place at the pres
ume regarding the second draft
which will be called tne last of the
presen • month. There is not much,
w~*r tal^, because people are too
busv to talk war.
HIGH SCORES
IN BOWLING
Hirh bowling Bcores at the Elks'
nal' last week Include Chas. Kara
min 243 and 207; O Selmer 231,
204; P. H. G&nty 208, 206, and
204; N. E .Black 209; Mrs. P. H.
Ganty 201, being the first "200" la
dis score this year.
AUDITOR MOVES INTO
APARTMENTS
Saturday's issue or the Daily
Alaskan stated that B. A. Ross,
cashieT of the Bank of Alaska, had
nr>ved his family into the apart
ments formerly occupied by W. L.
Landsborough and family. Mr.
Rcss asked us this morning to men
tion that the article should have
6tated he is audJtor of the Bank
of Alaska.
COMMITEE MEETING
mere wiu pe a meeting ui mc
floor committee appointed ior the
Firemen's hall Thursday night at
7:30 o'clock in the White Pass
club. The following men are ex
pected to be present: E. J. Barry,
J. K. McAlister, C. H. Rogers, R.
E. alt, E. J. Waterman.
Airs. Dave Stevenson, daughter of
Tony Portero, returned ou the Jef
ferson .Saturday from a visit in the
S:ates.
II 0 Lokken, operator on the
dominion telegraph. line, was a
sou*h wuntl passenger on the Jef
feTson.
Mrs, Sheelor .who has been visit
ing iii Haines for several weeks
wifh Mr. and Mrs. Heller, returned
Saturday on the Peterson.
Lovell Rousseau, of the White
horse Star, was a passenger on the
Jefferson for Seattle where he ex
pects to enilist in the United States
atmy.
Tcmorrow evening Mrs. Bunting's
room of the Skagway school will
give a Lincoln's Day program in
the El^s' hall, the proceeds to be
used for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Admission will be 25 cents
for adults and 10 cents for children.
A. most enjoyable play has been pre
pared, and a good time is assured.
Colonel Chambers has received a
jard from Norman Gould, formerly
w>per carrier for the! Daily Alaskan,
who wrote from England that he is
*r:'th the American forces and ex
pects in a short while to Bee service
in France. Norman was with; the
Dinadian forces for 18 months, and
when it was found that he was un
ier age he was sent back home. He
nanaged to join the American, army,
ind new is overseas on duty.
mm fire
. INCENDIARY
(Via Juneau)
Fa'rbanks, Feb. 11.—It is be
lieved that the fire in, Nenana which
destroyed several government loco
motives and dW $75,000 worth of!
damage yvas jacendiaiy.
Nenana was visited by; a disas
trous fire recently which destroyed
the Alaskan Engineering com
missi roundhouse and machine
shop, and slightly- damaged the
railroad water tank. The fire
was discovered by thet watchman,
Patrick Caraher, but the alarm was
tuined in by James J. Fallon, a
watchman in another part of the
town. The Nenana fire department
made quick turnout and fought
h^rd to save the roundhouse, but
the fiie could not be controlled.
The department then centered thetc
work on saving the water tank, and
managed to nave it after a hard
fight.
Ther^ were three locomotives in
the house, two big engines, and a
smaller switch engine, and a fire
w^s going in each of these. The
watchmaai made his rounds, a short
time before the fire jvas discovered,
and everything seemed an right at
that t'me. Tho watchman, then
wen* to another part of the yard,
and when he looked around the
whole building was ablaze.
The loss has been figured at be
tween $75,000 and $100,000.
GOVERNMENT
CD! EXPENSES
(Via Juneau)
Anchorage, Feb. 11.—One hun
dred fjt't'- more employes have been
drotitf d from the government pay
rolls »t Seward in order to cut
down expenses.
mseST
IS BETTER
(Via Wireless to Ketchikan)
New York, Feb. 11.—Theodore
Roosevelt, who has been seriously
ill with abcesses in both ears, was
reported improved Saturday.
Chas. Goldstein .who has been in
side ouying furs, returned to Ju
neau on the Jefferson.
The temperature in Whitehoree
tl is morning: was seven degrees be
lo*< zero. In Skagway the weath
er is balmy, and the sun is shin^
ing. As they say in Juneau, "to
the banana belt of Alaska," but we
will be content to say that we are
ei joy ng some of the big out-of-|
drors runshine which is loved sOj
muco. 1
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS
Please to take notice that here
after an bills must be paid at the
o*ice of the HOME POWER COM
PANY not later than the 15th of
each month.
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MRS. CLARA SEARS TAYLOR
Mrs. Clara Scars Taylor, a newspa
per woman of Denver and New' York
and for several months attached to the
committee on puollc information, has
been piaced i.i charge of a division of
the committee which will collect and
distribute information relating to wom
en's war work.
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STRENGTH OF WOOD.
Th« Pressure It Took to Break a Boam
of Douglas Fir.
A piece of Douglas flr, 18 feet Ions
•nd 16 by 8 Inches in cross section,
stood a pressure of 88,4(X) pounds be
fore breaking at the test conducted iu
the engineering laborutory of the Uni
versity of Washington by C. W. JCiui
mermaun of the United States forest
service.
The experiment was a demons!ration
of the standard used by tlu* lot est serv
ice 111 .testing bridge .-puns. TV beam
was held by a fifteen foot support, and
the load was concentrated at two
points Ave feet from each end of the
beaut. As pressure was applied the
beau continued to bc.id until the point
of maximum deflection v.a.: reached.
Measurements were then lul.en. and it
was found that the beau bad beet '-'..'5
inches under the prcssu:of f.0.000
pound*. This occurred two minutes
after the test started.
Eight minutes later, after ."S.lflO
pounds of additional weight bad been
added, the beam broke. Curing tin's
time there was no further drflectiuu of
the piece. Mr. X>unuer:na nu e*;plaiii.a>!
that the small fibers of the wood wr-e
continually giving way under the pres
sure, and at the end of eijrlit minutes
the beam, sufficiently weakened, snap
ped suddenly.
Aluminum Pots and Pans,
Scraping aluminum cooking utensils
must always be done with :i wooden
spoon, since aluminum is soft and
scratches easily. Strong alkalis are not
available because they attack and dis
solve the metal. Only mild so:s|s must
be used. How, then, can that horrid
discoloration be removed? It Is very
simply done.
Take a piece of rhubarb, either fresh
or canned, cut it into Riuull pieces ami
boil the pieces iu the discolored kettle
until it ia clean. The acid of the rhu
barb will remove the discoloration
without in any way injuring the metal.
Of course the rhubarb used for the pur
pose must be thrown away afterward.
When a vessel has been cleaned in this
way it will need, a little rubbing up to
secure a bright metallic surfuce.—Pop
ular*Sc!ence Monthly.
John Milton's Cottage.
One of the best preserved historic
country houses in all England is John
Milton's cottage at Ohalfont St. Giles,
to which the blind and aging poet fled
when the great plague swooped down
on London. That was in July, 1UC5,
and Milton had just finished "Paradise
Lost" and received u live pound note
for it, with a promise of three more
five pound notes if the -poem sold four
editions of 1,"00 conies each. The cot
tage stands at the top of the village
and It is in practically the same condi
tion as when Milton left it. Here the
poet received his guests during the lat
ter part of bis life.
Reading.
Were 1 to pray for a taste which
should stand me in stead under every
variety of circumstances and be a
source of happiuess and cheerfulness
to me duriug lite and a shield ngainst
ills, however things might go amiss
md the world frown upon me, it
would be a taste for reading.—Sir John
Herschel.
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OP' ALASKA, DIV, NO. 1, SKAG
WAY PRECINCT.
LX PROBATE
In the Matter of the Estate of
T. A. McDonald, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Thut the undesigned lias been, by
Edward A. Rasmuson, U. S. Com
missioner and Probate Judge of
the above entitled Court, by order
duly made and entered, appointed
executor of the estate of T. A. Mc
Donald, deceased. All persons bav
in? claims against said estate are
hereby notified to present them
with proper vouchers in legal form
within six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at
his office in Skagway Alaska..
Dated this 7th. day of Feb. 1918.
L. a KELLER,
Executor.
First publication Feb. 7, 1918.
Final publication, March 7, 1918.