I HOLIDAY GOODS
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Look over our stock before deciding on
your Xmas gifts.
| We have a large assortment of Hand
Painted China, Japanese Bronze Ware,
Herseys Cut Glass, Etc.
Big Shipment of Perishables for your
Xmas Dinner to arrive on City of Seattle
| C. W. AsK & Sons
j OCR TREMENDOUS SALE
Will last the entire month of December giving the
people of Skagway a benefit of buying their goods
cheap. All wool and cotton goods will be hard to get
in the spring. All of our goods are mighty cheap now
but in the spring the goods will be mighty high.—Come •
to us now; don't put off until tomorrow. When buy
ing let us fix a price for you.
Everything at Reduced Prices
Except All Rubber Goods, Collars and Overalls
For Cash Only
DORTERO & SON
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Jjuia, Ala3'<a
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OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK IN ALASKA
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^ A consistent i>oliey pursue 1 for more than a quarter of a
century has been rewarded by steady and substan
tia) growth until this Bank has now over ■;
+ one and one-half million dollars re- .
+ sources and depositors in
.j. every part of the
- Territory ►
BANK OF ALASKA
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
An Institution of Strength, arid Character
ALASKA'S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
Capital $85,000 - Surplus $20,500
FOUR BANKS - Skagway - Wrangell - Anchorage • Cordova
Andrew Stevenson, President
W. L. Landsborough. Cashier
B. A. Ross, Auditor
OFFICERS
Andrew A. Benton, Vice-Pres.
T. Westermann, Vice-Pres.
Aacheragt Briach
E. B. Ansley
Vice-Pres. in charge
Wrugell Branch
W. H. Warren
Vice-Pres. in charge
Cordon Branch
W. R. Hillery
Vice-Pres. in charge
Zoheth S. Freeman
Andrew Stevenson
BO.ARD OF DIRECTORS
Andrew A. Benton Henry D. Walbridge
P. H. Ganty J. T. Westermann W. R. Hillery
Although aa integral part of the on: syste.n. each branch has had assigned
to k the full amount of Capital required by the Territorial Banking Board
fer the establishment of a Bank in such a location. Each branch is there
for equipped to serve its customers as fully as any independent bank, but
with the added strength and resources of the entire institution to draw
upon. Furthermore each i* responsible to the Territorial Banking Boetrd.
is examined and supervised independently and renders its statement diiect
to the Board. The Bank of Alaska is therefor, because of its double sup
vision and jafeguards, peculiarly "An Institution of Strength and Character
la the month of October 261 pu
pils were enrolled in tba public
school# of Anchorage. Thi# is «n
lPcr»tse of 17 over September.
In coHipliinco with the U. S.
food administrator, after Dec. 15th,
1$ oa. bread will sell for 10c
anight, and 24 oz. bread 15c
•trslgh*.
1216-Tt. VIENNA BAKERY
| Ti>© Red Cross drive in Skagwa;
is a-eeting with unusual success
1 however if you have not been seei
: by a member of the committee, yoi
j should jvalk over to the Red Cros;
' headquarters immediately and giv
your dollar or whatever amoun
'you wish.
Those Christmas cards at Kel
ler Bros, are going fast. See th«i
before tl.ey are all gone. tf.
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j ixsTAxcfcs 6r CHEMICAL
PROGRESS IX AMERICA
Washington, Dec: 81.—The coun
try now manufactures practically
everything required along- chemical
lines.
Thf- Ji-crease in capital invested
in chemical industries was, in
1915, $65,565,000; In 1916, ?99,
244000; and up to September,
1917, $65,861,000 over the proceed
ing year .
Before the war 90 per cont of
thjB artificial colors and dyes were
imvf-r'ed, five or six concerns with
400 ooeratives producing 3,300
short tons per year. Now there
are over 90 enterprises, each, mak
ing special colors, and 100 con
cerns making crudes and interme
diates.
Sulphuric acid, the chemical ba
rometer, has doubled in production.
By-product coking doubled its
capacity in the last three years.
(Gasoline production lias increased
from 35,000,000 to 70,000,000 bar
1 rels uer annum since 1914.
The oroduction of explosives and
consequent consumption of nitric
acid is still almost entirely made
from Chile saltpeter, but synthetic
nitrogen plants are under urocess
of construction.
Befoic the war 40,000 tons of ba
nte were imported from Germany
for the. manufacture of lithopone.
Now five companies are producing
this atricje from deposits in Ten
uesee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Mis
souri.
w.iKnim; given food dealers
The United States Food Adminis
tration announces that it will take
immediate steps to suspend trad
ius operations of all firms affect
ed b£ the President's proclamation
of October S, imposing; licenses, if
♦liese firms do not at once send in
tlie.r applications for licenses.
.Telegram to Suite Administrators
The following telegram has been
seut to the Federal l'^od adminis
j tratoi's iu all States:
9 "The trades covered in tl|- Presi
3 dent', proclamation of October S
I should have applied for licenses to
9 the liceuge division of the United
] Stat»s Food Administration, inj Was
I ingtoii. before November 1. Some
J firms have not applied, and proceed
1 iiiss will be immediately initiated
to suspend trading operations of
sucn firms unless their applications
are received at once."
License Number on Stiu lonery
The Food Administration also «n
uoances that complaints are heing
received that many firms have ne
glected to insert their license num
ber oi. stationery used for negotiat
ing and completing sales. Rule 22
cx tu ■ rules and regualtious gov
erning the conduct of businesses and
trader subject to license, which im
poses this requirement, is as fol
lows:
"Tae licensee shall place on
every contract, order, acceptance
of order, invoice, price list and
■ quotation issued or signed by him
reniti. 4 to food commodities the
.vo-ds 'United States Food Adminis
tration license number,' followed by
tfc i number of his license. No li
censee shall knowingly buy any food
commodities from or sell any such
commodities to, or handle any such
commodities for, any person re
paired to Jiave a license and com
plied with the provisions of this
rule."
* Christmas Entertainment at ♦
* the Public School, Friday, *
* Dec. 21, 1917, at 8 o'clock *
* sharii. Two good plays—good *
* music. OOME EVERYBODY. *
* Admission 15c. Proceeds to *
* the School Auxiliary of the *
* Juniof Red Cross. 12-20-2t *
*1* ❖•I* 4* -J-* •£• ♦
The regular Elks' dance is post
noned until Tuesday, Christmas
night. 12-21-31. !
F. & A. M„ No. 113, meets in
regular session tomorrow night for
initiation of officers. Every mem
ber is urged to be present.
i One of the pleasing features of
the Elks' entertainments is their
regular fortnight dance. The dance
whi^n was to have taken place to
morrow night has been postponed
until Caristmas evening.
The dark days of the northern
winter have reached their climax
and beginning with tomorrow the
period of light will become longer
r until next June, when there will
' hardlf be any darkness at all .
We haven't said very much about
! the skating rink lately, however we
,! kouM like to mention that the
, schocl vacation begins Monday, and
t Jast vacation, in similar weather,
the rink was used by the children
eve*r day.
Material for the special edition
i of the Daily Al;lskan is rapidly
taking shape. Anyone deBlring
HIGH COST ILK
CAUSES MUCH
SICKNESS ]
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Washington, Dec. 21.—Disastrous J
reaults of the sudden rise in the ]
cost of milk, which is causing the <
poor to drop it from the diet of ■
b&bfes and young children, are <
reported by the experts of the N&- 1
liouai children's Bureau, who fear <
widespread sickness and a rapid
increase in infant mortality, un
less milk is continued In the feed
ings.
t That the situation is desperate
is shown in the reports of social
workers during- the past few weeks.
In New York City the Mayor's
Conimittet on Milk, reports that the
total supply has been reduced
25 per cent and that the consump
tion o' milk in certain parts of
the citv has been reduced bjr half.
In the analysis of the milk con
sumed by 200 families it is shown
that among them there were 6438
children under six years of age, and
2531 from 6 to 13 years old. The
milk estimated to be adequate for
thoso families was 8194 quarts,
whereas the amount actually pur
chased was 3193 quarts. Of 120
families who dropped milk entirely
73 substituted canned condensed
milk, and 1213 of the 1480 families
visited were substituting tea and
cofree. Children under six years
ojl were found in 2148 cases to be
drinking tea and coffee. For ba
bies under one year old the amount
of miik ourchased was less than
that of last year in more than half
the families. Twenty-five families
with babies have ceased altogether
to buy milk.
Iu Pniladelpliia social welfare
workers report that many of the
poorer mothers have practically giv
en up tuying milk.
The Cnildren's Bureau estimates
th<it every child under six should
have at least a pint and a half of
milk daily.
To meet the situation disclosed
by these reportg constant efforts
will be made by the Children's Bu
reau to induce families to buy the
required amount of milk. Except in
cases where the cost of milk is
realty pronibitive for the very poor,
U is believed that families can be
educaUd to realize the absolute
necessity of buying milk for their
ciii'iiren. That mothers will pro
cure even at a sacrifice that which
lis essential for their babies was
shown in the educational campaign
I undertaken a few years ag<j by the
INew Yoik Milk Committee to teach
mothers the importance of clean
milk. Once convinced that baby's
life might be the price of cheap
I milk even the very poorest insist
e.1 on buying grade A certified milk
in spite of the iucreassed cost.
That milk will have to be sup
plied at public expense for fami
lies wbo cannot afford to buy it
while the present emergency lasts,
is the conclusion of the Childen's
Bureau.
Weather Report
Wniteliorse, cloudy, n. w. 25 be
low.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, n. w. 37
below.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, calm, 40 ,
belt, s,
Big Salmon, cloudy, calm.
Carmaclcs, fog, calm.
Yukon Crossing, clear, calm 47
below.
Selkirk, fog, calm, 58 below.
Isaac Creek, clear, calm, 50 be
low.
Stewart River, clear, calm, 61 be
low.
Damson, fog, calm 59 below. •
Summit, 20 below. 1
soac6 for advertising is requested
to see a representative of the
Alaskan as soon as possible. Copy
for write-ups is desired by the first
of next week .
The. City of Seattle, or the Pa
cific Steamship Co., left Juneau for ]
Skag\v&y this moruing at 8:30
o'clock. It is undrestood sho has
a large freight cargo for Haines.
The Seattle has been delayed on
her north bound trip by severe
snow storms.
During the absence of H. G.
Weir, popular agent for the P. S.
S. Cc. L. E. Reynoldson will look
after the Interests of the office.
Mr. and Mrs. Weir expect to spend
tbe holidays in Tacoma and may
possibly continue to California, re
turning to Skagway about Jiq mid
dle of next month.
Xmas Gift Books Just Received
The Major-Ralph Conner. Sunny Slopes—Ethel Hueston 2
Long Live The King-Mary Roberts Rhinehart 2
The Soul of The Bishop—H. G. Wells X
The Road to Understanding—Eleanor H. Porter I
The Light in The Clearing-Irving Bacheller X
The Deserter-Richard Harding Davis X
No Man's Land by Sapper. The Wanderers—Mary Johnston -
The Triumph-Will N. Harben J
A Son of the Middle Border-Haudin Garland T
The Dwelling Place of Light—Winston Churchill x
Spell of The Yukon-leather bound-Service X
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man-Service 2
Rhymes of The Rookies-W. E. Christian 2
► OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE WITH GIFT SUGGESTIONS X
L.A. HARRISON Co.|
J STORE CLOSES at 8 p.m. Saturday 9 p. m. TELEPHONE 55 X
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GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Saturday and Sunday
Mutual presents Florence Turner in
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A Welsh Singer
Front tlie World Famous novel, Allen Kaine. In five acts.
Sunday music-—Violin, Piano Drums.
8=30 p m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
A Through Ticket
Chicago,^Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
By buying a through ticket yousave from $10.00 to $15.00 a^
against buying to Seattle and rebuying there.
By buying over the C. M. & St. P. Ry. you are assured the comfort that
comes from riding behind an electric locomotive—the most power
ful m the world—and that personal attention which is a feature of
"Milwaukee" service.
Via
WHY
For tickets, berth reservations and other partic
ulars consult 'your nearest .Steamship Atfcnt
A. P. CHAPMAN. Jr.
Aut. Gen'l PuMnser Agent
Stuart Building
J. F. BAHL
City Passenger Agent
Second and Cherry
Seattle; Washington
May we suggest the use of [ • | j j j ) ; ! • i i' ,
Miss CJaskey's band colored greeting cards and Photographic
calendar# and Scenia Alaska views In the pi are of gifts tlila
year. | j I ;'•■'!(' ! 1 • • 1 | J
Open late oa booat nlglits.
' " The Pedersen Co.
THE
Del Monte Cafe
HAINES, ALASKA
Will S«rra •
SPECIAL FIVE COURSE
0bri$tma» and new
Ytar'f Dinner $1.00
A Home Cooked Dinner
That Cannot be Excelled
Tne Skagway public school tills
ifterjioon gave a very interesting
Christmas entertainment at which a
lumber of Skagway people attended,
rhe program will J>a repeated
tgain tonight at 8 o'clock in room
ine. "Christmas iu Finnegan's
flat," a nlay by; the Aurora Bor
:alis club, is aaid to be one of the
ine features. Admission, of 15 cts.
fill be charged tonight, the money
o "e used for the School Auxiliary
>f the Junior Red Cross.
Fire Insurance
Some merchants kick because men
working for wages buy their goods
cheaper in some markets and raise a
fuss because HOME INDUSTRY
IS NOT PATRONIZED????
I do not kick if they don't insure
with me. WHY ? ? ? because I
represent only RELIABLE COM
PANIES.
The merchant is looking for some
thing cheap.
Sweep before your own door.
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
ESTABLISHED 1897
Perfume ajul Toilet Requisites.
You will find all the leading lines
imported and Amerfcaji makes at
Kellers' Drug Store. | ; : , ;, .