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A FLYER IN FOXES
There art othsr properties than
the wild-cat oil stocks, it appears,
that lend themselves readily to ex
ploitation by the shrewd and un
scrupulous. While England and
Canada have been exerting every
energy to meet the patriotic demands
or war, exploltatou on Prince Ed
ward's island has taken a flyer in
to the irenzied finance involved in
floating stock in silver fox farms
and cleared up some prodigious pro
fits. Out of a total capitalisation
of $31,000,000, about 126,000,000
hsa bee.i paid in cash.
United States Consul Mays, at
Charlotte town, has indicated in a
recent report that millions of oapi
tal from the states has gone into
the treasuries of the fox exploiters.
General business has been proetrat- j
t-d by the war and Inquiring stock
holders are now learning that foxes
hare been capitalized at approxi
mately $26,000 a pair, Including the
pups as well as the mature foxes, j
The value of a silver fox skin on j
the London market last June was |
I11S. In the circumstances, stock
uolders are having no difficulty in
figuring large loeseo in their in- J
vestments, and these will fall large
ly on small investors who thought
they had discovered a rapid road
to wealth.
The silver fox instance further
emphasizes the dangers to which
small investors are subject without
the competent and honest advice of
experienced men. Largely these
abases rise from the cupidity of the
investor himself and his desire to
get rich quickly under the promise
of large returns.
If the possessor of Bmall savings
may not procure the necessary ad
vice, he would much better satisfy
himself with smaller and safer re
turns for his money by placing it
in a saving bank—Seattle- Post-In
telligencer.
DEVELOPMENT of north com
ing WITH AGE
It is really quw to look back
over the long long years in Alas
ka since the time of the Dawson
rush and to contemplate what ex
traordinary changes have come. It
is only seventeen or eighteen years,
tut these years have seen a for
bidding wilderness being converted
into a land which Is being opened
b~ the richest and the greatest gov
ernment on earth. In the old days
the Yukon river was looked upon as
u river of mystery. The lower reach
es of the old river suggested to the
mind a region which belongd to an
othr sphere. To speak of going
down the Yukon -river sounded
like speaking of going down
some river in the mystic plac
es of the East. There was no Nome
then, 'here was no Fairbanks then j
and th*re was no Seward then. Al
aska wus spoken of as a place that
had beeu overlooked in school geo
graphies, but which, because of the
sole discovered In Dawson, deserv- I
ed mere mention and Bome—very
much— explanation. But the wise
ones had It doped out You had to
'lave five hundred pounds of bean3,
•i ton of rolled oats, a million slabs
of bacon, fifty thousand dollars
worth if furs before daring to ven
ture into the deadly vastness of the
freezing northland. Two rifles,
six shot guns, and nets for catching
fish were indeepeosible. That
most effective of all safeguards.
Sapadiilo, had to be carried in great
quantities, but the publication of
such a fact was carefully censored.
In somt of the cities of the East,
aye, even in London, Alaska out
fit ing houses kept in their win
dows the most attractive displays
There were tents and furs and rifles
and toilet sets and a thousand oth
er things that showed clearly that
to go to Alaska, one had to be rig
ged out like a kid girl in a kinder
garten. The wild Alaska forests ap
pealed to tit laUfiaVicm. The story
of water freezing on a stove was the
really locally colored yarn, but at
that It may be mentioned paren
thetically, that water might easily
freeze ou a stove In some of the
local hotels of the territory. But,
look at Alaska then and look at it
now. Is there not Teally Borne cause
for pride in the thought of having
lived in Alaska and having helped,
no matter how humbly, in bringing
the territory from that wliedrness
to the Alaska which the United
States government is about to de
velop? •
Every man who has lived in Alas
ka during those years has contri
buted to the grand service. An em
pire has been created from practi
cally nothing and the work of crea
tion has been done by the follow
who shoveled into the sluice box. Ia
the coming years he Bhould be re
membered for his work has been
equal to the work of many upon
whom history has conferred the
titie of empire builders.—Seward
a-,eway- '• 1 •
A FACT PROVEN.
Should Convince Even (be Moat Skep
tical of It* Truth.
If there the slightest doubt In the
blinds of that Dandruff germs do not
•x!?t. thevr belief Is compelled by the
fact that a nbbit lnnoculated with the
germs became bald in six weeks' time.
It must be apparent to any person
therefore that the only prevention of
baldness is the destruction of the germ—
which act Is successfully accomplished
In one hundred per cent, of cases by
the application of Newbro's Herplclde.
Dandruff Is caused by tha same germ
which causes baldness and can be pre
vented with' the same remedy—Newbro's
Herplcide.
Accept no substitute. "Destroy the
cause you remove the effect."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.
Detroit. Mich.
One nollai »otUe* guaranteed.
At ail drag slur-*
THE LAW UPHELD
Th« manufacture^ of th® "PUR
OLA'* line of Household Remedies
and Toilet Preparations are in full
accord with the Pu*«> Pood Laws,
besides this their preparations are
sold under an Iron-clad guarcnte*.
Once used, you will use no other
Your druggist will supply you. Speci
fy "PUROLAl" Sold >y K*ll»r
Bros. Drug Co.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS
Real estate taxes lor the year
1914 are now due and payable at
the office of town treasurer, U. S.
coirrt house, and If not paid on or
before February 27, 1915, the »ame
will become delinquent
MARTIN CONWAY.
2-10-td. Town Treasurer.
Blockaded
Ever}- Household In Alaska Should
Know How to Resist It.
If your back aches because the
kidneys are blockaded.
You should help the kldneyB with
their work.
Doan's . Kidney Pills are espec
ially for v.eak kidneys.
Recommended by thousands—
here's testimony of their worth:
Mrs. G. W. Smith, 704 W. Twelfth
St., Vancouver, Wash., says: "I
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other kidney disorders. Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me of all these ail
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used Doan's Kidney Pills with
fine results. I have never had
« sign of kidney complaint since."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. Smith hid. Foeter-Mll
burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
CRAB MEAT COOK 1AILS
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T Air ana Homesteader
TURN'S IN CREDITABLE PROOF
Fairbanks News Miner: William
P. Borden, yesterday made rluol
proof oa ills homestead adjoining
the government experimental sta
tion near Ester Siding, and la hap
pily on his way to a patent from
Uncle Sajnuel. Borden made one or
th% beat proofs yet offered at the lo
cal land office, say the government I
officials there. He settled on the
land in 1909 and has resided there
continuously ever since. His Im
provements are quite extensive and
cost in the neighborhood cf $2,500.
Among them is a root house 24x
105 feet, one of the best In the
farming community around here, In
which he stored between 40 and 50
tons of potatoes grown last year.
Proofs of this kind are most en
couraging, not only here but also
at Washington, where it is sure to
create a great deal of interest In
the commissioner's office. A skep
ticism exists outside regarding Al
aska farms, but when they read of
his fine improvements and the
I crop returns which he has had from
| als land, the higher authorities can
not but believe that farming Is a
northern industry and homesteading
[perfectly natural.
OHIO OPENS NEW HOSPITAL
FOR CRIMINAL INSANE
A Lima, O., Feb. 15—Ohio's $2,
000,000 hospital for the criminal in
sane was to be officially opened to
day.
Dr. Charles H .Clark, the superin
tendent, estimates that the first
four months will see housed In the
new Institution about 600 patients
who will be sent there from other
state hospitals. This will relieve
the present state asylums which are
filled to more than their capacity.
State officials now plan to open
hospital wards for the special
treatment of drug users and habi
tual drunkards.
In the Probate Court for the Haines
Precinct, Division No. 1, Dis
trict of Alaska, Betoru Hon. J. J".
Kennedy, U. S. Commissioner and
Ex-OKiclo Probate Juclte.
In Re Estate of Myrtle Burling
ton, Deceased.:
TO THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
MYRTLE BURLINGTON, DE
CEASED:
Notice Is hereby given that on
tbe 10th day ot February, 1915. the
undersigned, as Administrator of
tbe Estate of Myrtle Burlington, De
ceased, will apply to the Hon. J. J.
Kennedy, United States Commis
sioner and Ex-Officlo Probate Judge
for an order to sell Lots Eight
(8), Nine (9), and Ten (10) In
Block Eleven (11), In the Incorpor
ated Town of Haines, Alaska, for
the purpose of paying debts and
costa of probate, and you are
hereby warned to appear at ten
o'clock on said day and show cause.
If any you have, why said order
should not be made.
Given under my hand and seal
On this 6th day of January, A. D.
191$. I
BRUCE BROWN,
Administrator
Steve Ragan, Attorney
for Administrator.
First Publication, Jan. 11, '15.
Last Publication, Feb. 15, '15.
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him perfectly honorable In all bustneii
transactions and financially able to carrj
out any obligations made by his firm.
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After exposure, wliu yea feel a
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P. A A . U.
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come Phil Abrahams, •eeretary.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. U.
B. P. O. SUU
Skagway Ladoe
No. 411. B. P. O.
E. iteetii erery
Thuiaday area
lng at S a'eloek.
_ Vleltlag hrerthem
cordially welcome. J*a. Eeanaiy,
Ex R. Geo. Magee, iecretarf.
Fraternal Orte
Skagwag Aerie
No. >1, Prntar
aal Order e<
Eagles meets the ftrai ui tfclr*
Wednesday night of each Matt at
their hall on Fiflh areava. TWMig
brothers cordially 1*t1U4 t* altaai*.
J bon C. Wood, W. P., %. W. Ffft
chett. Secretary.
Arctic BrodCiar^MA—
Camp Sko«w«r N«. 1
A. B. meets ercry Taw
day erenlag at p
m. sharp. Vlaitiag fcretiera »THtl
ly welcome A. J. iokMM, Ar*M*
Chief, w R. Hlllery, Are#9 Re
corder
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SKAQWAT ALASKA
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(Formerly <rf teeHte)
Specialist In th« >■!>■■> ef
diseases and doformlWw »f tke qfe,
<"«r, lHKse and throat.
Office; Ooldstala lulldiag, J«-.
ueau, Alaska.
Dr. B. M. B*rn
physician ud Bargee*
•JUNEAU UJS%A.
Or:i( —Scooad Street; U eCfl«
lormrrjy occuplei by Br. Iwje—.
W. B. »TOU1.
Attorney At L » w.
Practice In all ten He
In Territory of Alaeka.
Haines ------ Alaska.
Whitehorse
\ Klnane Stage
——Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
f r Kluane.and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigne
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel a Whitsharss^ Y. T
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
]uneau( Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skagouay
S,S, Spokane, Feb* 23, Mar, 5,
And every ten daya following. Modern comfortable ships,
esoellmt service Connect* at Seattle with through possen
«•» itflUBM.
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Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. ni. and Friday, 5 p. m.
FOB SAN FRANCISCO, I;OS ANGELH&, SAN DIEGO.
Shroagh tickets sold and baggage checked to all points In
Halted States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
•ddrcaa V. A. PETERSON. Agent
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50, SKAGWAY
MS Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
WINTER SAILINGS
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Varcouv> r or Victoria without
extra chargre.
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E. J. SHAW, Agent, SKAGWAY.
kPACinCi
Twin Screw S. S.
'rincm
Will leave Skagway for
Prince Rapart, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle
February 10 24
March 10 24
April 3 14 24
May 5 15 26
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