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None Better at
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WHITE ■ HOUSE
COFFEE !*"■
with your breakfast. It has a flavor that's all >p
its own—you don't get it in any other brand. ^ f V 2L Cclll
It is sold by all grocers in I and 2-pound cans only. Iff/' * f
Packed and sealed by us and guaranteed full weight An/j Hp I AJ1 vlllf Pfl
DWINELL-WKIUHT CO.,Boston.
C. W. Ask & Sons
JUST ARRIVED
A LINE OF NEW GOODS—Come in and look over
our new stock—Clothing, Shirts, Underwear. Ties, Sox, Etc.
COLLARS— 20c, two for 35c.
Dortero & Son PHONE 32 J
THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
JaTJau, Alaska
OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK IX ALASKA
A consistent policy pursued for more than a quarter of a
century has been rewarded by steady and substan
tial growth until this Bank has now over
one and one-half million dollars re
sources and depositors in
every part of the
Territory <
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BAN K OF ALASKA
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
-i/i Institution of Strength and Character
ALASKA'S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
Capital $85,000 - Surplus $20,5000
FOUR BANKS - Skagway - Wrangell - Anchorage - Cordova
OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson. President
W. L. Landsborough. Cashier
Andrew A. Benton. Vice-rrea.
B. A. Row. Auditor
Aachorage Braicb
J. T. Westcrmann
Vice-Pies». in char^c
Wrtagtll Braach
U'. H. Warren
Vice-Pi'e». in charge
Cordova Brine Is
W. R Hillery
Vice-Prc». in charge
BO \RD OF DIRECTORS
Zohech S. Freeman
Andrew Stevenson
W. H. Warren Henry D. Waibridge ■
P. ! I. Canty J. T. Westermann W. R. Hillery
Although an integral part of the one system, each branch has had assigned
to it the ful! amount of Capital required by the Territorial Banking Board
for the establishment of a Bank in such a location. Each branch is there
for equipped to serve it* customers as fully as any independent bank, but
with the added strength and resources of the entire institution to draw
upon. Furthermore each is responsible to the Territorial Banking Board*
is examined and supervised independently and renders its statement direct
to the Board. The Bank of Alaska is therefor, because of its double tup.
vision and safeguards, peculiarly "An Institution of Strength and Character'
Transportation »
:: and Mail ::j
1 Notes • |
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The Princess Sophia, of the C.
P. R., arrived in Skagway on sched
ule time at 7 o'clock tills morning-,
bringing two days' mail, and will
sail for Vancouver and way ports
tomorrow night at 7.
Tho Sfiokane, or the Pacific S.
S. Co. arrived in port yesterday
morn'bg at 10 o'clock and sailed
for the soutli last'evening about
j 6:30 o'clock with a large list of
passengers.
Th6 City of Seattle, of the Pa
cific 3. S. Co., sailed from Seattle
for okagway and way ports Monday
afternoon, bringing three days' mail,
aud is scheduled to arrive in port
Friday.
The Jefferson, of the Alaska S.
S. Co., is scheduled to sail from
.Seattle today, bringing two days'
mail, and is duo to arrive in Skag
way Sunday.
A special White Pass traiu left
the depot this afternoon at one
o-cl"cA bound for Whitehorse anil
carrying mail, passengers, baggage
and freight.
The Prince John, of the G. T. P.,
is scheduled to arrive in port Fri- ]
day morning, Nov. 2, and will sail
south Saturday for Prince Rupert
where it will connect with the
larire steamer Prince George of
Prince Rupert going direct to Se
attle without transfer.
PRINCESS SOPHIA WILL
ARRIVE EVERY TEX DAYS
With the resumption of the win
ter schedule of the C. P. R. boats
thA Princess Sophia will make a
call at Skagway every ten days,
until the latter part of November.
Th- next sailing date from Skag
way ot the Sophia will be Nov.
11 and then Nov. 21. Beginning
with December 5 t.e two weeks
schet'ule will be ressumed.
MOVER FAMILY, CAME
TO SKAUWAY IX 1S08,
TO LOCATE IX MISSOl'LA
Fratk A. Moyer and wife leave
[/•u »be Princess Sophia tomorrow
■ uight 'or Seattle, enroute to Mis
; soul?, Montana, and will visit with
, Mrs. Moyer'g relatives in Seattle
aud O'ympia for a few weeks be
fore leaviug for Missoula where
they will make their future home,
i The Moyers came to Skagway in
, 1S98 and while they have made sev
! eral trips to the outside during
! that time for short periods, their
Ucm« has always been in this city.
(Their son, Lester, IS years of age,
, is now attending tho Unlversty of
! Montana, where he is taking a
^ou.'se in electrical engineer
, ins. Lester was born iti Skagway.
Ho completed the full high school
course of studies that was offered
h.ere and finished his last two
years' work in the Olympic high
schoc 1.
Mr. Moyer has been employed by
the White Pass for 14 years, and
is «ell known an along the route.
During their stay in Skagway the
Movers have made many friends and
their departure from the city will
be regretted by all.
*
ri. T. Fraser, master mechanic at
the Granby smelter, was a passen
ger arriving in Skagway on the
Prlscfss Sophia.
BUREAU OF
WEATHER IS
ESTABLISHED
Skagway weather iiistrumeats
have been installed on the property
of F. J. Vandewail, custom officer,
aiul a daily report of weather con
d'tit ns will begin tomorrow which,
wul give the maximum temperature,
minimum temperature and precipita
tion for each 24 hours.
The Skagway bureau is a unit
in * system which, sends daily re- j
ports to the district office in Ju-*
neau. The latter office! in turn
sends Jt9 reports to the head bu
reau in Washington, D. C. Such a
systeo) of district bureaus and lo
cal bureaus is established thru
out • 11 parts of theUnited States,
Canada and Alaska and from the re
ports sent in to Washington, D.
C. forecasts of weather ere made
for the differeut divisions.
HIES NOTES
(Special Correspondence)
Haines, Oct. 29.—The Glacier
Creek miuing company has aliut
duwu for the winter and Mr. Knight,
manager, and employes, came
down last Friday and are waiting
for ' boat to take them to Se
fUtl..
The entertainment and dance giv
en by the school teachers at the
Arc'ic Brotherhood hall Saturday
evening was largely attended and
was a great success. The enter
tainment was given for the pur-(
pose of getting a large bell for the
school house.
It. J. Sliepard, who has a posi
tion with thq Alaska Corporation at
Porcupine, came down from there
Friday, returning Saturday, and
expects to spend the winter
at Porcupine, as he has charge of
the company's store at that place.
Carl Bjornstad, who has been in
the employ of the Alaska Corpora
tion during the summer, has re
turned to his homo in Haines.
Frank Tompkins came down re
cently from Ulacier creek, where
he h^s been working fo.r the Gla
cier Creek Mining company, and
will spend the winter at his home
here.
Jimmy Davidson, jvho was operat
eJ on some two weeks ago at the
Presbyterian hospital, is able to be
out on the streets.
.Mr .and Jlrs. A. C. Witt, who
have spent the summer at
Porcupine, have returned to Haines
fo- tne winter, and are living in
one of J. H. Chisel's houses.
Vicior Sparks has drawn a car
toon which he lias placed in, the
window of Britt's drug Btore ad
vertising the Country Fair to be
held in the school Friday evening.
Tne advertisement and cartoon are
jv'll worth seeing.
SA'I I'HDAY XlOHT TO RE
OPEN HOUSE AT ELKS LODGE
The house committee of the B.
P. O. Elks, No. 431, announce ftn
open house Saturday night to
which the public is invited to at
tend. This entertainment marks
Halloween Novelties
Black Cut Out Witches, Cats and Owls. Paper Caps and Hats. Neck- J
ties and Paper Napkins
EVERYTHING FOR THE HALLOWEEN PARTY
Place Cards and Table Decorations. Post Cards, Black and
Orange Crepe Paper
L.A. HARRISON Co.]
STORE CLOSES at 8 p.m. Saturday 9 p. m. TELEPHONE 55 4
POPIM f NIK HUGE
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
;j | Tuesday and AVeducsday
Mutual Maflterplcturo presents Margaret Gibson, William Clifford
and tlio Rostock Animals, iu a sjicctacidar dramatic produc
tion. 1 . , !
"The Leopard's Bride"
Staged in five acts. David Horslej] production.
Music—Piapo, Violin and Drums.
8:30 p m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
A Through Ticket
Via
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
WHY
By buying a through ticket yousave from $10.00 to $15.00 a,
against buying to Seattle and rebuying there.
By buying over the C. M. & St. P. Ry. you are assured the comfort that
comes from riding behind an electric locomotive—the most power
ful in the world—and that personal attention which is a feature of
"Milwaukee" service.
For tickets. Ix'rth reservations ami other partic
ular!! cousult your nearest Steamship Airent
A. P. CHAPMAN. Jr. J. F. BAHL
A»«t. Gen'l Passenger Agent City Passenger Agent
Stuart Building Second and Cherry
Seattle; Washington
tho beginning of the winter's ac
tivities. A dance jvill be a feature
of the evening for which the usual
donation of $1.00 will he request
ed of the men.
Miss Marguerite Clark, of Al
bornfe, B. C., arrived on the Prin
cess Sophia and will visit with her
auut, Mrs. M- A. Webster for the
winter months
IIow many letters from his wife
should a man carry around in Ms
pocket?
Enough to fill up the vacancy left
bv <he empty pocketbook .
TO INVESTIGATE
PUEBLO PROPERTIES
Lending credence to the persist
ent rumor in Skagway that the
Graijby bay smelter company is
considering taking over the Pueblo
copper vropertiep G. T. Fraser,
master mechanic for the Granby
smelter, arrived, in Skagway on the
Princess Sophia and left on today's
train for Whitehorse.
E. W. Smith, representing the
"Black Bear" goods, arrived in
Skagway yesterday and Is calling
on bis local trade today.
Ladies' Crepe de Chine Waists, Georgette Crepe and Heavy Silt Wash
Waists from $3.50 to $15.00 at 20 per cent. off.
Ladies' and Misse s Serge and Silk Dresses up to $35.00, 20 per cent. off.
Ladies' Heavy Winter Coats from $1 7.50 to $50, 20 per cent. off.
You must see what we are offering in Ladies' Shoes. Some very at
tractive styles in Kid. Patent and Cloth Tops. Fancy Evening Slippers in
all shades, also beautiful Gun Metal Slippers from $3.50 up, 20 per cent. off.
W'e are offering our full stock of Millinery including our very latest mod
els from $3.50 to $25 at 20 per cent. off.
Our Shelf Goods will take you by surprise to see what we are offering
•tsuch a discount at 20 per cent. off.
20 Per Cent. Off
All Stock
Except a few Contract Goods which we are not allowed to lower
ALBERT MNERT
Silks, Serges, Wool Mixtures, Poplins. Wool Flannels, Wool Checks and is
Stripes, Voilles, Ginghams, Madras, Galatees, Sateens, Tickings, Khaki |
Cloth, Outing Flannels, and Daisy Cloth, at 20 per cent. off.
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Men's, Women's and Children's Silk, Lisle and Cashmere Hose, 20 jj
per cent. off. s
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Felt Hats, Caps, Overcoats and Rain Coats for Men and Boys at s
20 per cent. off. i
Some very late patterns in Men's Shirts in both Flannel and Madras 5
Dress Shirts at 20 per cent. off. 5
5
Don't forget we have at least a hundred or more articles that space will I
not allow us to mention, for me.n and women, at 20 per cent. off.
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