New Showing of
HA TS and CAPS
HIKING CLOTHING
for
Men, Women and Children
For The Spnng Planting
SEEDS ONION SETS
BLUE GRASS CLOVER
BONE MEAL
Forks Hoes Rakes
Hose—Nozzles—Sprinklers
Pruning Shears, Etc.
C. W. ASK & S O N S
New Home Restaurant
. and Lodgings
CHA3. PETKRSOX, Proprietor
A ioinfort.il.lp homelike place with excellent meals anil good room?,
where (lie (laveiiuji puMic will liixl a cordial welcome.
C'O.MI'LKTKLY KK.Mlti-M.LKI> A\l> RKNOVATEt*
PRI( IS LOW EST—s—K if t h Ave. Near Broad iy-:-SERVICE BEST
fetoiANj
^pacificj
V/inter
Schedule
S. 5. Princess Mary
WILL LEAVa SKACWAY. 7 P. M.]
K
i FKBKl'AHY 15 MAKCII I; 12; 22 APRIL 2; 12; 28
MAY 8; II; JI NK I
FOR
I Vancouver, Victoria, Prince Rupert, Seattle
| Cor. net-tin jr at Vancouver villi Fast Ctntinintal Trains
Tickets and All Information.From
L. H. JOHNSTON ,• As,'<-nt, Sic air wav, Alaska
Suiijf».t to eliatiKe without notice^
FAILINGS FROM
Skagway for Seattle
AVKII. 2 11>:T
Al'ISIL 15 192:
Al'lUli 20 I»23
MAY h, i»:
MAY 1!>:
Connecting at Seattlevrith all Califorrlua
connections
1 I- E. RKYXOLPSOX, A^ont. SKAJWAY,
Pacific Coastwise Jtrviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
WIIBgHF.ALEXANDaR PRg^mFKIT i iy, .liM*
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO
MHfcN Vl>r THINK \LASKA TIIIMv ALASKA STKAMSHII* CO.
Sailings from SKAGW'AY Season 1922
WHITE FLYER S. S. JEFFERSON
For SEATTLE, TACOMA and Way Ports
MAY 15-:a) JIN K 12-L'li Jl'LY 10—154
Al'Cil'ST 7-21 SEPTEMBER 4-1H
F. W. JOHNSON', Agent SKA'jWAY, ALASKA
Schedule subject to change without notice.
A. E. C. Report
Is Questioned
(Continued from page S)
I the discovery of another Klondike.
It will be observed that the report
very adoitly introduces as camou
flage, the words. "Alaska will revive
to an extent approaching more near
ly normal conditions as they were
before the war. In this event, etc."
This merely makes the matter
worse for the author or authors of
the report.
The two war years, 1917 and 1918,
were the best years Alaska had, so
the war benefited the territory as
a whole. It should not be consider
ed in this comparison.
Before prohibition would be much
beiter. Does the author know the
tonnage of beer, whiskey and wine
formerly moving into the Y ikon?
That's a heavy, ancient history ton
tuge. but included In the "visionary
divertable tonnage."
Before the plecer gold mln»9 pet
ered out would be still better Does
the commission undertake to .eplace
the gold in those worked-out grav
els and induce :he population in re
turn. or can it get big industrialists
to bring In costly dredges to work
the available grou. c?
Before the whole valley of the Yu
kon began to decline, or the days of
early Fairbanks would be the su
preme comparison lor in one year
tlien the valley produced SJud ton
nage -ind passcniM reveti l i
during the last fo ir years th.- £r»n1
total population n'ery nan 'voman
•\nd child traveling several ikhs
would not produce 6.00Q through
passengers.
So that the facts may be accentu
a ed the 1". S. collector of cusion-s
for Alaska in his 1921 annual re
port shows on page 6 that the aver
age number of all local and ihriviRh
passengers passing (Cast or '.Vest ai
Kagle (near the boundary between
Canada and Alaska on tho Yukon
■ riven was 1.095 for the six years,
! 1916 to 1921, inclusive. That's an
official ligure.
Its only bearing on the situation
is to show the low average of "fron
tier" travel on the river The aver
age includes through and local pas
eiiters.
The grand total of passengers
handled to and from Alaska last
year was but 34.301, Including all
the cannery workers up and back
the tourists, the railroad workers
Hie miners, and most of them went
to some sectiou far remote from
Fairbanks.
Tbeti comes the laughable sugges
tion in the. report: "It is probably
safe to predict that in the very near
future there will RE AVAILABLE
for shipment over the railroad ap
proximately 150.000 tons of coal per
year "
"He Available" is the Joker. 01
course its available. Hut why only
150,000 tons, in 1906 Gilford Pin
chot placed it at billions of tons.
The road was finiihed to the mines
I Aug. 25. 1917. Really finished and
j a mine opened. Why has coal noi
j been shipped during the past four
I seasons when the world was crvins
I ror iiiei.
THERE Is no more possiblitv ol
t) e nines shipping this year than iu
1906. or when the road was finish
ed in 191", and the commission
knows it.
If an oil stock promoter of a pros
pectus maker should put out such a
report he might be accused of trying
to get money under false pretenses
hut here, if the press report is ac
curate. and there is no reason tr
| doubt it, the commission, by an ut
terly unworthy, unethical and un
truthful report asks congress to pro
vide for the first deficit on a false
| statement of facts and visionary as
sumption of futures.
Finally the commission, by its re
port, admits that it hopes to builii
up its revenue by ihe destruction oi
a transportation system in existence
for many years when all along the
claim was made that the railroad
would open up new country.
The St. .Michael and the Skagwav
routes, however, ats still operating
and will continue to serve the upper
' and the lower river and its tribu
■ taries. The railroad is thru and it
will be interesting to see how much
it will fall below the estimates of
25,000 tons of freight and 5,000
I passengers to be "diverted" from the
; White Pass & Yukon Route this
summer of 1922.
' By its own admission it has a dt>
| licit for the ensuing year of $1,662,
> 010, and it is going to expend a
! greater part of this amount to cap
| ture the business of a corporation
• whose gross earnings last year fell
I below 1200,000.
| Viewed from any angle, the
• report is the most audacious pre
>i sented to congress in a long time.
; UMBRELLA. POUND,—Call at Al
> askan office, prove property and pay
| for this ad.
CITY COUNCIL
The council met In regular ses
sion last evening at the City Hall,
lu the absence of Mayor Keller, Mr
J. N. Hanson arted as mayor. The
routine business was transacted with
one or two special Items of interest
Mr. Charles Nye. thru his attor
ney, Hellentbal & Hellenthal of Ju-|
neuii. has entered protest against the
valuation of property on Seventh.
avenue.
Mr. George Carson, the night
watchman, was given an increase in ■
pay of ten dollars. This was given
on the ground that a decrease in the'
number of merchants has decreased
his pay for services.
The question of letting out a con
tract for covering certain sections of
the streets with shale rock was
broufiht up. and council decided to
ask for bids for 20 cars of shale
rock, this to be loaded on cars, un
loaded and spread on streets bv con
tractors. The White Pass agrees to
give use of cars and will •"spot" them
for the city free of charge.
WOMAN MISSIONARY
lNJlliKIt l\ MKXICO
K1 Paso. May 16—Elizabeth
Streator. a Method.st missionary
worker in Durango City, is suffering
from injuries received from the mob
which recently- ran riot in this city
Miss Streator was thrown into an ir
rigation ditch by the mob and suf
fered severe injuries, from which it
is hoped she will recover.
NOTlt K TO CIlNTi: H'TilKS
Bids will 1m* received by the "in
Counc.l for the loading of 15 cars
of small shale rock into dumpcars a:
pill near shops.
Also bids for hauling the shale
rock from the place where il
dumped, to where il is need.'d o.i the
streets Bids must he in by ti p m ,
Saturday. May 20. Tor furtlie- par
ticulars see Frank Suffecool or N'ick
Hansen. City Council reserve* th?
right to accept or reject any jr all
bids.
CLAP. \ CAR SON".
2t City Clerl:.
Subscribe for the Daily Mask*.
HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS
Dt OLE bM\NS KIN-POLKS
GiNAlLY FETCHES LONG
A PECK O' TATERS wen
DEY COMES T' VISIT
WE-ALL —EN PEN DEY
STAYS LON6 'NOU6H T'
EAT UP A BUSHEL!
Co&yngM. 1920 by McCKif* Syntfcatai
A professor of seventy tin" .In*' mar
ried Ms childhood'* plavinnte. When
men <>f tliat *ge marry thev c-nerully
••hoose their children's playmate.
Bolshevism »n t1* basis of a full
day's work for a (lay's i>ay Is sotne
thine else again. ac a lot of theorists
In Russia'sre begr'miiap to And out.
America will loo* much prettier, of
course, when It sets oak and elm
trees 1.1**1 years old. six-h as they
have In England. Hut we shall miss
hat.
Japan Is ullllnc to wltl 'raw troops
*rom China' "When conditions warrant
removal." This Is not. of course,
equivalent to saying "* hen I jolly well
••lease."
With another fre.irlit rate reduction
,n fartu products pr. ni'sed. it may
he that In time the freight will l>e the
'east pan of the cost to the ultimate
consumer.
Simplified spellers haven't Inter
fered with "yacht," possibly because
they don't care to take liberties with
something that Is \er.v strictly private
property.
tine of the main differences between
l>elng a "blueheard" convicted over in
Prance and one sentenced in this cotin
:ry Is that the Frenchman knows he
!s pretty likely to pay the penalty.
After all,"It Is no more reprehen
sible for women jurors to be lenient
with young men culprits because they
are good looking, than it Is for men
jurors to be lenient with pretty women
who are on trial.
Attention Ladies
DRESSES HATS
Come in and look over our tine of the latest styles |n dresses of
•ilk, crepe and tricotine. beautifully beaded and embroidered, at the
right prices.
Attention Gentlemen
Look in our window and you will And on display the a sweet line
of hats and caps In all size*. The latest (ray and tan shades, pric
es. $2.SO and $3.00.
A new line of men's hosiery In cotton end silk )ost arrived Col
ors black and cordovan.
We invites you all to come In and look over our entire line of
good*.
L. A. Harrison Co.
Phone 55
Fifth Avenue Theater
TUESDAY AND WEDNDSDAY
DORIS KENYON
in
THE BAND BOX
LEO MALONEY in
The Great Round Up
A Western Play
Admission, including war tax,—Adult*. SO#; eiilldraa It#
MODERN SIGN WRITING
CLOTH MOOD METAL
SHOW CARPS AT LOW EST FR1CE8 A BPKCIA1.TY
SIGNS AS Yor IV A XT THK AND WHEN TOC WAST THEM
GET IN TOl'CH WITH ME FOR TRICES
Vic Sparks
Eversharp leads for ETer*h*rp
lead pencils In bard, soft and Indel
tilile at Kellers. 25< a box.
1>.er» la more Catarr* In tM« »»rOo«
of the country than ail other dlsessat
Jut together. and for rear* It *M *qp>
pose-d to be inccrabla Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling
U. cure with local t-aatment. pronoune*
It Incurable. Catarrh Is a local £ seaj*
ereatly Influenced by constitutional co»
dltiona and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Kail's Catarrh UtA
cine, manufactured by F J Chenej A
Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is a constitutional
remedy, la taken Internally and acts
thru the Blood cn the Mucout Surfacaa
of the System. One Hundred Dollars fa.
ward is offered for any casa that Ran*!
Catarrh Mcdl:lne falls tc cure. Send foe
circulars and testimonials
F. J CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Dnicprts. Sc.
Hail'a Family r Us for constloauok
THK SKACiVS AT
9
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAX. Prof.
THh SANiTARY MILK RANCH
The largest ud beat con
ducted dairy la ilaafca .
Daily shipment* of pare
milk and cream u» all
paint* on Whit* Pa*» A
Yukon Route.
Big Game Guide
RportumOT »!>• mrm Jntrr««J
rd In hullil fall gamm la U«
tx<wrr Yakoa tamatrj »r» la
Tltrd to ml oa w .1 hara
ltTed for mwj pan ta lh» Al
11b country, aad caa guaranty
honttac parttaa Boa raortmrn*.
I have a food po»w boat
(or lake finalise *ad labia*. .
For tnfonnatioa call or ad
Tom Williams
O.
Phoo«»—Offlef, 16; R" .
The
Alaska Transfer Co
FRANK SUFFECOOL, Prop.
General Forwarding Ajmu
Bonded Freight and Baggage
Traaaf erred
Auto 8m1« Dtf or Klfhl
WOOD AND GOAL
Agent* for Lady-smith Oo*l
Careful handling and prompt
delivery cur alogan
White Fass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE KO. 4S.
Tuesday* and Friday*
No. 1, X. Bound,
lfct Claua.
8:30 a. m. Leaves
10:45 a. m. "
1I:S0 p. m.
1:00 p. m. "
4:25 p.m. AitItm
So. *. 8. BoouC
1st CUm.
SXAGWAT ArrlTM 1:11 V m
WHITE PASS Lntm S it p in
BEXTfETT " 11:41 p. m
CABCROS8 " It it a. m
WHTTKHORSE - l it 4. 81
Passengen raoit be at the depot la tlms to Hbtp Bagrar* in
spected. and checked. Inspection la (topped thirty alaatee betei*
leaving time of train*.
ISO pounds of Baggage will be checked tree wlti seek toll tan
ticket, and T5 poands with each halt tare ticket.