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| EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
'America ror Americans
+♦♦++++♦+♦+++♦*♦
+ STEJLL RAILS AXD WATCH *
+ SPRINGS +
♦ ♦ ♦
* "The price of raw steel isn't *
+ such a vital factor — it'a the +
+ v«.lue of what is made out of +
+ it. A 'oa of raw steel worth +
* a certain amount is worth 4»
+ much more when it is made in- *
*• to steel rails, and vastly more +
+ a^ain when it is made into *
* watch springs? The raw ma- *
* duct is the same in value — *
* but it grows through, the skill, +
v iauor, and energy which are +
* added to it. ♦
<• "Men are the same. We're +
* all pretty much alike in val- +
* ue and raw material. It's +
•> what we make of ourselves +
-5* tha* counts. Are you just *
* raw material? — or are you +
<• steel rails? — or are you *
<• watch springs? he raw ma_ +
* terial is there. It's a matter +
+ of your skill, your labor, your +
<• energy in the making of +
* the finished product." +
* —lulajut Storekeeper. +1
+ **+ + + ** + + + * + + +*j
l.ET'5j HAVE A REAL ONE!
The Federal Trade Commission is
about to start an investigation, of
the rise in food prices. It will ask
the President to approve an appro
priation of $400,000 for that pur
pose. It. proposes to cover every
6ide of the food situation.
Good: Let us hope at last we
are going to have a real investigar
tion. The coun'ry has confidence
iu i he Federal Trade Commission.
Now let's .have the facts. Let's go
to the bottom—to the fundamentals
—an: really learn all 'hat can be
learned about the subject.
The problem is legal and econ
omic. The question of whether
there are combinations in restraint
of trade must be decided. That has
heretofore attracted the main at
teution. Now it's time to go more
iu'o the economic part—and go in
to i* thoroughly. Are the people
being compelled to pay too much,
for what they buy? Nobody can
answer *hat until he cam say with
reasonable approximation what it
cos's to produce those things.
In some fields the trade com
mission will find pleoUy of data.
The packers, for instance, can tell
it exactly what it cos's them to
turn out their products. Govern
ment attention has encouraged ac
curate cost accountng in their
case. But these fields are limited.
In the biggest fields of all the
work will have to be done from
the ground up. Three isn't a farm
er In Illinois who knows what it
costs him to put his product on
the market today. There isu't oae
manufacturer in tea who hag &a
accurate idea of what it costs Mm
to run. his business.
Let tie trade commission start
literally "from the ground up."
Let it start with the farmer and
find what production ot everything
from eggs *o wheat and cattle,
means in terms of money and la
N>r expenditure. He doesn't know,
aud nobody else knows. Then, let
it follow. the product to consump
tion. Many people assume high/
orices don't start until they reach
some large organization. From the
economic standpoint they are just
as li&blq to start at the beginning
as anywhere else. Prices can
not be permanently below the
ccst of production under any cir
cumstances.
The country ip in the mood for
an investigation, that will be long
and deeo and thorough. It is tired
of these continued flurries about
high prices that get nothing except
possibly a politician into Congress
or some other job or into the news
papers. It ha« had its fill of
half-baked remedies that spring
from attention to only one half
of the great problem. Let's have
an investigation that will enable
the country to see it 'teadily and
seo it whole. It would be cheap at
$400,000 or $4,000,000.
(Official Publication)
REPORT OF TEH FINANCIAL
CONDITION
OF
.The BANK OF ALASKA, located
at Skasway, Territory of Alaska,
a* the close ot business on. the
t 16th day of February, 1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . { 64,115.00
Overdrafts _ u » , ' 655.74
Bonds, Warrants and.
o'her securities _ , None
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures _ _ ~ 8,231.99
Other real estate owned None
Due from Banks — . 40,322.85
Checks on- other banks
an-! other cash items . 409.45
Exchange for clearing
house — — — — None
Cash on hand _ „ . 16,116.42
Capital apportioned to
Branches _ .. 40,000.00
Expense* (Special) ... 2,465.96
ExDense* (Skagway) _ . 9,263.46
Total 5181,580.87
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $ 70,700.00
Surplus fund .. ... .. 16,210.00
Undivided profits .. None
Due to banks—deposits 50,799.69
Dividends unpaid ... ... None
Deposit .. _ 43,837.43
CerMfied Checks — .. 33.75
Cashier's checks ... ... None
Not^s and bills re
discounted .. ~. .. None
Bills Payable (including!
certificates oX deposit)
for monev borrowed Nona
Total 5181,580.87
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA")
TERRITORY OF ALASKA >S.S.
1ST JUDICIAL DIVISION j
I, George Huth, Assjeiant Cash
ier. of the above nemed bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement ia true to fhe b^st of
my knowledge and belief.
(Signed) GEORGE HUTH,
Asst. Cashier.
twreci
(Signed) W. L. LANDSiBOROUGH.
(SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 24th day. ot February,
1917. I
MARTIN CONWAY,
Notary Public in -and far
the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires
Feb. 2, 1920
Some of the huge crabs found on
Ascension island are each a foot in
length. They have been known to
steal rabbits from their holes and de
Tour them.
Numerical Enigma.
I am composed of 7 letters.
My 4 2 G is a sack.
My 2 C 7 is a period of time.
My 1 5 3 is a vehicle.
My whole is a vegetable.
Answer.—Cabbage. Words—bag, age,
cab.
A Kindly Scout Act.
Mrs. Harpham lives alone in Nemaha
connty, Neb. The potatoes la her gar
den would have had to remain there all
winter had not a troop of Boy Scouts
in the town of Broeh done her the good
turn of digging them out
Only Dreaming.
I dreamed I was a butterfly
Flylne In the air.
But then I heard the baby cry
In her small high chair.
Then I sailed the ocean blue
And dreamed I was afloat.
But when I opened up my eyes
The bed was my sailboat.
It's lots of fun to dream such dreams.
But If they make you smile
It'a best to dream of caJca and cream.
And be happy all the while.
—Philadelphia Record, i
KLUKWAX WOULD
RETAIN REV. PAULKXBR
Af'er eighteen, years oI can
fiDuwl service as missionary at
Klukwan, where Rev. Faulkner, has
had charge of *he Presbyterian,
mission work at that place,he has
been transferred to the mission at
Katie.
The Natives who have learned
to resoec* and love Mr. Faulkner
are loth to lose him, and: in an ef
fort to have the order of transfer
revoked a petition has been cir
culated and now bears the signa
ture of nearly every Native residing
along *iie bank of the Mighty Chil
|*at.
This petition hag beetn, sent to
the Board of Home Missions in New
York, and will be a strong protest
against tne removal of this popular
man.
During the time that Rev. Faulk
ner has beien in charge of the mis
6io.ii work at Klukwan he lias done
much fcr the betterment of the
Natives, most of whom are of the
iChilkat tribe.
An adequate jvater system has
been installed in the native village,
the Natives have been educated ♦©'
appreciate the value of sanitation,
to a great degree, and for the
past several years they have main
tained to their advantge a co
operative store.
Rtv. Faulkner has been instru
mental in interestng the na
tives in the use of gasoline en
gines for use in their fishing boats,
and he has cultivated the love of
music in the hearts of his people.
An appeal will also be made by
the residents o£ Klukwan. to the
•superintendent of missions for Al
aska to have Mr. Faulkner retain
ed.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY. MAitCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
Firs' Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Represents
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
ou the 31st day of January 1917,
by the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor c-f the Territory of Alaska,
uuder and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that «m
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
Ibc precinct of said town and the
polit" place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
s?id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
All of the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh* (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
designated poling place in and for
the veting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, *eD
ruaTy 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town ol Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(3eal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
FAIR EXCHANGE
A Xew Back for an O'd One
The back aches at times with, a
dull, 'ndescribable feeling, making
you w°aj-y and restless; piercing
pains shoot across the region of the
kidneys, and again the loins are so
lama that t*» stoop is agony. No
us© *o rub or apply a piaster to the
back '' the kidneys are waek. You
canno* reach, the cause. Alaskan
residents would do well to profit by
the following example.
Mrs. G. G. Fosdick, 6015 S. Law
rence St., Tacomt, Wash., says: "My
back was so sore and painful that if
1 wanted to take up anything from
the floor, I had to get down, on my
knees. There was a lump about
the size of a dollar over each of
my kldney3 and this made my
back so tender and sore that I
oould hardly bear to have my
clothes touch me. At night I could
scarcely turn in bed and mornings
was so lame and sore that I coudd
hArdlv get around. These troubles
were brought on by a coJd settling
to my kidneys. Dean's Kidney Pills
cured me."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
gelt Doan's Kidney Pills— the same
that cured Mrs. Fosdick. Foster
Mllburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
♦ ****•»•*•»♦***** +
* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
* + *************
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meeta every sec
ond and. fouirthJ Tues
day evening at 8;30 p.
m. stoarp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt'i-cane. W. L. Stevemsou, Arc
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, Arotic
Keoc rder.
Fraternal Order
-v> • EuglC^—
Skflgwwy Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
ICAglca meets tbq first and third
Wednesday nlglit of oaeh month at
tneJi ball an Fifth Avenue. Y7isit
ing brothieiB cordjAlly invitekl to
attend. J. M. Qieisbach, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
Whits Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2d and 4th
Prl. KVga, of each
montc. visitiog Drotners are wel
come.
Harold Talbot, TV. M.
Address all communications to
the cJecretaj-v.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
&t 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
T. J. VAis'DEWALL, secretary.
PlpnPer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
inert* in A. E Hall first Monday in
orery month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially irel
ceme.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. XX)RTERO. Rec. Sec.
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* PROFESSIONAL CARDS *
DK. L. S. KELLER
Dentist
Mofct Jtod|ern Methods
Office Honrs: 0-12 a. m. 1-0 p. m.
Alaskan TVuildlng .... BiWdway
SKAUWAY .ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
SprioHst In the treatment of
disease and deformities of the|
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Prattice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
BAIXES ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
of JueM Alwka,
Dealers la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS
LEAD, ZINC, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Rear of Sylckett'a Pottoffiee
•tor*.
J. IKUTA
MA MTIFvr-TTTRINt!
JEWELER
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WATCH ES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivor/ Carvings
Indian Baskets
China mcI Cut Glass
Official Watcl Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Order' iven prompt care
RAW FURS
—. WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE LIST
Percey's Fur House
Oihkoih, • Wisconsin"
Pacific Steamship Co.
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OUR LARGE FLEET OF MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIPS
Offers Frequent and Perfect Service Between All Ports in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
LEAVE SKAGWAY FOR CONNECTS at JUNEAU FOR
Haines, Joseau, Doujjlas, Pet- Yakutat, Katalla, C'ordarfc
erabvxg, Wraaffel, Kete&ik&a, Valdez, Seward, Seldom
VaDOOUVer, Steamibipi Admiral Evani, Admiral Wat*
SEATTLE and TACOMA. .on, Admiral Farragat
S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE Mar. 5,16, 27
3. S. Spokane Feb. 28. March 10, 21
CALIFORNIA ROUTE—Leave Seattle Monday's, Friday's,
Saturday's for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.
If Your Ti«ic«t Rf»di PACIFIC STEAMSHIP Co. You are Assured therery Boat
Son Frantbco to Lot Angeles Daily .xc.pt Sunday
Far Fall Particalars, Address
H. G. WEIR, Agent SKAGWAY, Alatke
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROri SKAGWAY
SOUTHBOUND
S. S. JEFFERSON
February 23 - March 7
Phone 66 - E. J. SHAW, Agent Skagway
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
-AND
STEAMSHIP LINES
I >
5.5. Princess Sophia
FROM SKAGWAY
March 7-17-28 April 7-18-28
! May 9-19
TO ALL SOUND POINTS Via PRINCE RUPERT
Reduced Rates to The East
L H. JOHNSTON Agt Phone 87 or 118 SKAGWAT
SAILINGS
FROM SKAGWAY
S.S, PRINCE JOHN
10 Every Alternate Saturday
FEBRUARY 24th
MARCH 10th, 24th
TRAVEL VIA PRINCE RUPERT
"THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE EAST"
—VIA—
"A SERVICE THAT CAN BE RELIED UPON"
Reservations, Ticket# and Full Information cheerfully furnished by
W. G. POWELL
Frt. and Pass, Agent
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Telephone 43
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Black. Silver, Cross, Red, White and Blue, Lynx,
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