We Have An Extra Nice Lot
Of Perishables On Display
HOW DOES THIS SOUND
Rhubarb
Gree* Oalong
Head Lettuce
P.inley
Celery
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Pepper»
Tomatoes
C. W. AsK & Sons
Retiring From Business
We will continue our
Sale Till April 13
Store Close Saturday 9 O'clock p. m.
Giving everybody an apportunity in buying toodi at
9uch reduced prices
Store Open Evenings
DORTERO & SON
CLOTHIERS and FUR.NISHERS TELEPHONE 32
Now is the Time to Order Job Printing
Deposits Bank of Alaska
Skagway, Alaska and its
Branches at
Wrangell, Anchorage and Cordova, Alaska
DEPOSITS
February 14. 1918 - - $583832.70
February 14, 1917 - - $353760.84
Increase in Deposits one year $230071.86
Gain in Deposits, one year, 65 per cent.
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turns.
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History of 19 years ego lu Skag
w«i ba» been unearthed by the
ttidlns of » book cantataing the list
or to tars for the 'year 1899, which
•Myes the hams, place of birth, age
res.deuce, occupation, date of ar
rival #nd signature. Five hundred
aid tw«aty-nlne names are recorded
for th« first vet and dry election
hold ia Skogway. We print a num
ber of these names daily, hoping
hereby to recall soma of the farm
er Skagway timet}, if anyone knows
of Short stories or incidents in oon
nectloa with any of these persons, wo
Wi'taffl&reciaJa them. The name,
plAc« of hlrth, * It I pccupa
tio» and date of arrival are printed
in cotpacntfre order.
L. K. Adams, Oregon, Customs, Nov.
1397.
L Butler, Indiana, Merchant, Sept. |
1897. .
Frank Bishoprick, Canada, Merchant
March 1898.
A. IT IJattln, Perou., Clerk, Aug.
1897.
A. s. Chlshotm, Missouri, Saloon,
Dec. 1897.
Aloert Colsooi, Norway, Laborer,
Sept. 1897. I
E. 3V. Cralgiu, N. T., Clerk, Aug.
1S97.
W. J. Dick, Canada, Carpenter, /an.
1898. 1
Phi:i:p Dolstn, Utah, "Alaskan" Aug.
1897. " '
Twenty games hay© been play
ed in the Ijika mlxe<i bowling
tournament. Since handicaps for
the second hali have been given sev
eral changes have ta)teu place 1"
the line-up Qf the different contest
ants which bow satnd as follows:
Scores 11ns
Behind J
6769
6746 23
6456 313
6362 407
6315 454
6314 455
6199 570
609S 671
6089 680
CcJe-Blaachard
Ganty-Ganty
Black-Black
Suftecool-Suffeeool
Batjc>a-Liddicoat
Ast-Flckardt
Selmer-Selmer
Vaudewall-Vandewan
Karaman-MiiKer
GIDEONS OX WAY
BACK TO CARTROS3
E. W. Gideon and wife of Car
ck^s returned an the Princess Roy
al yesterday from a four months' va
cation soent lu the States. Mr. and
Mrs. Gideon went «« far east
Chicago, ^topping ^t various places
on the way, and, visited in Ca'l
for. ia and New Mexico on their re
turn trip. While in Chicago the
temperature was 14 degrees below
zeio, according to Mr. Gideou, who
sava he is indeed very glad to be
back in the Northland. Both Mr.
and: Mrs. Gideon report having had
a most pleasant time, and were iu
California, long enough to en
joy some of its beautiful sunshine.'
They recort everywhere is to be
heard war talk, (yxd war work is
to be seen. Seattle and Tacoma are
exceptionally busy, evem more so
than San .Francisco.
Mr. and. Mrs. Gideon run tne
Cailbou hotel in Carcross, which ©n
joy_$ a most popular reputation by
the traveling public from. Skagway
to St. Michaels, ujid other places,
aod i3 remembered with pleasure by
the many tourists that stop there
every season. Its hospitality- and
welcome are oo mm en ted on by erver*
Ot-e who has the good fortune to
ston there for siren a day.
The Gideons'will return to Car
cross tomorrow mornlmg. Although
they do not erpect any boom in
tourist traffic to the north this
yoar, the Gideons believe there Mil
be considerable travel by people,
who wish to get away from the war
conditions the outside aaid to
seelc a brief rest trom their stren
uous business life and the grief
from which many people are suf
fering i |
Joseph R. Mathews, port engi
neer at St. Michael^ for the White
Pass & Yukon Route, was an ar
rival ou the Princess Royal en
route bacfc to St. Michaels. Mr.
Mathews has two sons inj the army
now in France with the American
forces .and a third son who will
graduate from school this June
wi'l then enlist. Mr, Mathews has
Deen in Settle during the winter,
and reports that recently while tak
ing a 6hort ride in an automobile
aoout Capital Hill, Seattle, he
coi'i ted 53 houses in the course of
construction .and that it is esti
mated there arq more than 360,000
people in Seattle at the present
time ,the great influx being caus
ed by war work. ]
J. C. Flynn, Mlnin., Clerk, Feb.
1898. I
H. E. Ferchea, Denmark, Engineer,
Sept. 1897.
E. F. Grigwire, Ohio, Ba.rt»er, Aug.
1897.
John Herbunger, Germany, C'erk,
Oct. 1897.
Gilbert Howard, New Jersey, Ca^
V«uter, Oct. 1897.
Geo. N. Johnson,' ..
H. D. Kinase, Iowa, Jeweler, Aug.
1897.
Phil. S. Keith, Matne, Clerk, Jan.
1898.
A. L-andles, Scotland, Walter, Feb.
1898.
3. L. Lovell, Mass. >Atty., sept
1897.
J. Mors, N. Y., Clerk, March 1898.
M. Meusorn, Minn., Teamster, Aug.
1898. . '
L. Norcross.
Ham Phillips, N. YT, Saloon., Jan.
1898. .
H. W. Relnhardt, Teaa., saloou, jafl,
1898.
L»:e Sharts, N. Y., Laborer, Aug.
1897. , | ,
F. W. L. Sklbbe, Prussia, Hotel.
Feb. 1898. ( |
J. H. Sprague, Ohio, Contractor,
Jan. 1898.
T. J. Taylor, Mass., Laborer, Sept.
1897. ' j
Chas. Walker, Ohio., Bartender,
Dec. 1S97.
•\. J. Wildman, Mich., Newspaper Co
Jan. 1898. i ! •!
TEUTONS THREAT
BLOCKADE OE
HOLLAND
Zurich, March 21.—Holland must
expect that submarines ijrill block
ade all her ports as a result of ths
taking over by t.h.o Allies 0.nd Am
e-'ia of her shipping, it Is semi-of
ficiaiiy stated in Berlin today.
Washington, March 21-—Interna
tional peace plans, both for the
immediate cessation of war and to
maintain the future peace of the
wvrld, \vere outlined to the senate
yesterday by Senator Owens of Okia
he ma. • ' ' 1
Petrograd, March 21.—An Ameri
caft mission "will visit Siberia
in order to investigate reports that
Russia is arming German prisoners'
of war. ! : .! ! i <
-rand Trunk Pacific officialsi and
officers of the C. P. R-, are ta
communication with, the San Francis
co Call to work up an excursion of
tourists to Skagway this summer.
Durii.g other seasons the Call has
conducted tours to different nation
al parks and resorts, taking! as
many as 400 people on one ex
cursion. i : | i j J
Just before we went to press
today the funeral of Mr. Barry was
being held in St. Mark's Holy Cath
olic Church, a large gathering of
friends of the deceased were In. at
tendance. Following- the funeral
services the White Pass train left
w:*h the body and cortege for the
cemetery, where B. P. O. E., No.
431 will hold grave Services.
W. 3. Drury ,of the. merchantila
firm of Taylor ,I>rury ami Pedlar,
of Whitehorse ,and wife, were re
turning passengers from the out
si le on the Princess Royal, it is
understood that Mr. a«d Mrs. Dru
ry are "newly-weds." Although) we
dH not see any tin cans, old shoee,
or "just married" signs on their
luggage, we will leave that to the
Whitehorse ptx>ple. 1
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EASTER HATS
%fe B 4 ^ S 3
Am/ //af Trimmings
Now On Display
L.A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55 Store Closet 6 p.m. Saturday 8 p.m.
GEORGE MOWL, ProDrietor
Wednesday and Thursday
Consolidated Pibii Corporation presents Maui-ice Oostello and
Ethel Grajidin in
Crimson Stain Mystery
Episode No. 14
Edward Cox en and Lizette Thogne in HIS MASTERPIECE. — 2
reels.
HEARST WEEKLY NO. 30.
Muslo by Violin, Piano and Drums.
8-30 .p-Jii. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
locals
Cheer up. This is the first day of
Spring. J j ,
Frcv* now an w-e sh.au; expect a
dolugp of Spring poems.
Carl F. Jones, of Dawsoai, ;s in
3kagw?y, enrouet south.
Mrs. Sheelor returned from
Haines today on the Petereon.
B. B. E&rle wa3 a, southbound
passenger on thg Princess Royal.
Did anyone see the ground hog
today? Or hear the robins chirp?
Frank J. Nolan, manager for the
N. A. T, & T. Co., at Dawson,
was an arrival on yesterday's steam
er.
Miss Clark, and Miss Elizabeth
.» 'H •
Sheldon, daughter of Mr. and t Mrs.
Stf>re Sheldon, of Haines, were
round trig pasgenjrers on the Pet
erson. 1 i t f! : .! i : i i
E. A. Ramuson, U. S. commission
er lor the §kagway district, left on
tae Princess Royal for Seattle to
op gone a short timet.
Wm, C. Simes, recorder for the
.governmean, at Whitehorse, was a
passeiger on tho Princess Royal
an,' will leave tomorrow for his
home city. \ [
Mrs. J. M. Tanner ,of Sltagway,
wife of U. S. Marsjhai Taaner of the
first division of Alaska, fg e top
ping lor a time at 1909 North Pros
pect Street, T^coma, Wash.
A. J. Baker, Sr., of Stag way; re
turned on the Royai ag far as Ju
neau .where ho -will stop offi for a
few days. Mr. Baker has been vis
ititg with hJs boh, at Ellensbur®
for a few weeks.
"Dick" Hill, and wife, arrived in
Skagwajr yesterday on the Royal
and left, about an. hour later on
»he Peterson for Haines. From
there they will continue on to
Rainy Hollow where Mr. Hill is in
terested in some mining property.
Chris. Beaton, and family, of At
lin, B. C., wore arrivals on, the
| Princess Royal, coming all the
I way from Nova Scotia. They will
leare on an early train, for Oarcross
from where they will continue on
to th<»'r home to Atlia.
Rufus Buck, mining promoter, re
turned fromj Seattle and otter coast
cities on the Princess Royal aild
will continue on to Dawsoni where
he will make preparations for a
great deal of development on cer
tain mining properties during the
coming season, __ ^
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that I have for sale
that suits you 1 can offer you
Some Bargains
, DONT FORGET that I sell.
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1897
THE SKAGAVAI
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Prop.
THE SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largest and beet con
ducted dairy in. Alaska.
Dailjr shipment* of pure
milk and cream to all paint
on White Pasg & Yukon
Route.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
la accordance with. Ordinance So.
112, notice is hereby given that the
registration books will be open at
the office of the City Cleric in the
C'ty Hall every evening from 7:30
to 9:00 d. m. for two weeks be
ginning March 18th, 1918, and on
Saturday afternoon, March 23, from
1:30 to 6:00 p. m., for the registra
tion o£ voters at thej municipal elec
tion to be held April 2, 1918.
p. h. McClelland,
. City Clerk.
Match 13—March. 28.
THERE IS A SAN'-TOX REMEDY
for every ordinary house-hold ali
ment. There Is room for San
T^ Remedies in your medicine
chest. Get a San-Toot Blue Book
at Keller Brog., The San-Toj
Drusr Store.
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