Many Skagway
Housewives
Are puztled to know what to put in the
men's lunch pails these days
Ask Us to Make a Suggestion
C. W. AsK h Sons
COME TO US
WHEN IN NEED OF
Clothing and Gent's Furnishings
. O £? Store4CU««» (p.m. Eictfl Sat»rA
Dortero & son phone 32
THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
Junaaa, Ala3'<a
OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK IN ALASKA
A coasistr>nt policy pursued for more than a, quarter ofj 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 • 1
-Tftrritnrg -"'-"M
YOUR BEST FRIEND
The b$5t Friend you will ev*r nave is your Bank Book. He
may bo rather hard to get acquainted with at first but after
you know him a little while you will be interested in watching
Him grow and develop. In caa» of trouble or sickness He is
a good fellow to have arcunc. When an opportunity comes
for an investment where you can better yourself ajjd you heed
some money quickly He wcn't turn you dowai if you have treat
ed Him Tight. Better start that Bank Account TODAY.
BANK CF ALASKA
WRASOELL ® ANCIIOR.IOK
ALASKA
W holesale and Retail
CIGARS
and
TOBACCO
and different articles
Don't forget the number
428 Broadway
Tony Dortero
ALL KINDS OF PIPES
Fro 11 5« to Pocket Book
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEKMAN", Prop.
THE SANITARY MILK RANCH
The "iargoet and best •on
ducted tairjt la Alaska.
Ball? shipments o| pure
milk md oraam to all paint |
ou WUit« P&ae & Yukod ;
Routt, • j , | |:! 1<
GBNT1EMEN—We oiler you Har
mony Pipe Blend as tha 'newest
discovery in tin art ot pleading
tobaceoe. 15c, in -the cream-col
ored-nut-browa Oh. Keller Broe.
MEN ARE POWERLE8S
To Tilth; Aealsav Ulmow Vnlcia Thcj
Strike at (lie luderlTlng Ctuie.
To trer.t Dandruff, and Palling Hair,
witft irritants or oils on whloh a para
sitic gorca '.vlH prosper. Is like scooping
ws i > r from tho ocean to prevent the tide
from rtelnt?.
You cannot accomplish a satisfactory
cure without having a right understand
ing c? tho fundamental causes of the
trouble.
Tou must kill the Dandruff Germ.
Newbn 's Homicide does this because It
ts sr^cfillv made to do that very thing.
When the germ Is removed, the hair
has n» choice but to resume healthy
growth and beauty.
"Destroy the cause, you remove the
effect."
Sol.1 by leading drugfrlsts. Send 10c. ft
starring for sample to The Herplclde Co.
Detrcl*., Mich
One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
Al all Drug Stores.
$100 ivtward, S iO\)
The readers of tins paper will be
pleased to learn t!at ther-i is at least one
ireaded disease that sc.euce has beg
able to euro In nil its stasis, and ♦l.at Is
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure i.vw know., lo the medical
fraternity. Catarrh beln? n. constitutional
disease, retjuir>» a ojiislttuiloual treat
ment. Hail's Cst^rrh Cure Is taken in
ternally, acting Uireelly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces i< tlisystem, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it tails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. "Sc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
Basket ®
Bally
^Notes'
Basketball -will be resumed to
night* witji what Is expected prob
ably to bo the best game played so
far in tie tournament now being
conducted by the White Pass Ath
letic Club in, their gym. The big
doings will bring together the Fire
men and club teams, and the fanfl
are all up in the air as to who
will bring home the bacon.
Thfse teams met in the opening
tin a contest long to bo remem
bered by those who had the goad
fortune to be present that night.
The Club team yon alter one of the
hardest fought gaon.es played on the
local court, the final count being
19-18. Excitement yas paramount
from beginning to end, the Club
learn just managing to nose over
the tape by a hair. The game form*
ed such an impression with the
fans that those desiring to witness
tonight's game should be on hand
early in order to secure the
choice seats, as a big crowd will
no doubt turn out. The teams will
line up as follows:
FIREMEN:
Clton Ask
Edwin Friedeuthal
Harry Ask
Jud Mathews
Bert McKenzie.
ATHLETICS:
George Huth
Wm. B. Hargraves
Wm. Smith
Edward U-ddicoat
Gtorge R&puzzi
Tat- usual informal danoe will be
giveu in connetion with the game,
the baud furnishing the music.
The game will Start at 9 o'clock
sharp.
EAGLES TO MASK
SATURDAY EVENING
The Eagles have secured their
Drizeb for the special features of
the Masquerade Ball -which will
fake place tomorrow night at the
White Pass gym, and any one of th
orjzes would be well worth winning.
Prof. Selmer's sis piece orches
tra will furnish the music, and
the entertainment will fee the best
vaJue offered this season for one
dollar for each man and lady. Ex
tra. ladies will be charged 25 cents,
but they will have a chanc® for the
door prizes.
I All ladies in costume and wear
ing a mask will be admitted free.
Best dressed lady—Toilet set.
Kel!e* Brothers.
Best dressed gent—Shaving mug.
Keller Bros.
Best sustained lady—Pair o£ elip
pers. Dortero & Sons.
Bes* sustained gent—Box cigars.
Mrs. Rapuzzi.
Most comical lady—2 pairs of
silk hbse. Dortero & Sons.
Must comical gent—Crib board.
Lee Hudson.
Most origanl lady—Pair of moc
casins. E. Richter.
Most origanal gent.—Watch chain
E. Rich'er.
Grout prize, 3 or more.—Box of
apples.
First door prize—Umbrella, jas.
Kennedy.
Second door prize—Sack of flour.
At the special meeting held by
the Ska?way common council last
Wednesday evening provisions were
made tor holding the special elec
tion to take place on Tuesday,
March 6, and Howard Ashley, Fred
Fonzii and J. M. Tanner were chos
en as judges of election. While A.
C. Blanchard and Norman E. Black
were selected for clerks.
No advice is obtainable in this
ci'y today as to the probable ar
rival of a Grand Trunk boat ia this
Dorf tomorrow. The Princ$ John
wag shfcduled to arrive here, but
owing tp the accident which eh®
had in W'rangell narrows she Will
not make the trip, aaid it was learn
ed late this afternoon that the
Prince Albert will make the trio
in her stead, arriving here Sunday.
For the past several days the
municipal steam thawgr hag been
enraged in thawing the ground over
the Broadway water main, between
Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue.
There was a brake in the water
maia and in order 'hat workmen
could dig down to it the frozen
ground had to be thawed with
s^am ooints. The work wag done
under the euoervision of water com
missioner Page, and today be re
ported tha' the repairs to the main
had been made.
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WOMAN III CASE
IELLS STORY
Washington, Feb. 9—Mrs. Viscon
ti the woman, named by Thomas w.
Lawson as having told him about
the news leak relative to President
Wilson's proposed peace note,
today gave her testimony to the
congressional committee in execu
tive session the source of her In
formation. t '
OlflTIT
DOUBLE PRICE
London, Feb. 7—Britishers this
year * ill be allowed to drink only
half *3 much beer and whiskey as
they ccnsumed the year before the
war began and each drink will
nrobabiy cost them twice as much
as it did then. This will be the
<resuli of the f°<xl controllers' dras
tic restrictions on th§ output of
beer and whiskey, according to the
representatives of the licensed trade
defense league. An advance ift
prices will take place some time be
fore the new regulation is effective
a* the beginning of April.
RETAILERS TAKE
FACTORY SITES
New York, Feb. 9—Thirty of the
200 factories that are moving out of
downtown New York to save the
district to retail stores and *-o cut
their exceedingly heavy rent, started
to get out the first of the month.
The balance of the 200 will depart
gradually, as their leases expire,
the last of them to be gone by the
end of 1919. Many of them will
move to Long Island City and other
places in and around New York.
Seme of them will cut their
rent thereby from $40,000 a year to
$20,000 or less. Thi3, they say,
Will make a difference in the price
and quality of their products sold
to Chicago, San Francisco and. oth
er cities' stores. Five hundred
million dollars worth of clothing
was made annually in this down
town area.
CASHIER SHOOTS
BANK PRESIDENT
Gainsville, Feb. 9—John H. Mar
tin presiden* of the Farmers' and
Merchants' ba.nk of tjiis city is
f'ea'l, and Joe A. Webb, former
tashier of the bank seriously wound«
ed as a result of a shooting affray
which took place late yesterday af
ternoon. I ,
President Martin accused Webb ofl
bcln^ short in his accounts, and
the mer- came to blows. Webb
mad" the threat that he would get
Martin and when the men met the
n»xt time both at once began
shooint^ with the result that Mar
tin was killed outright and Webb
is today pronounced by physicians
to be in a critical condition.
THOUSANDS FLEE
TO BESSARABIA
London, Feb. 9—A dispatch
from Petrograd pays that the Crown
Prince of Rumania and Premier Bra
tiano t'.ve axrived for a conference
with, the Russian authorities on im.
Dcrtan* question in connection with
the Rumanian situation.
Thousands upon thousands of Ru
manian refugees continue to pour in»
to Bessarabia and the adjoining pro.
vinces, gays the dispatch. Among
them are 12,000 Rumanian boy
scouts whom the Germans threatened
to treat as guerillas. Some refug
ees have arrived at Petrograd. says
*he correspondent.
CHILDREN ARE ALL
FLOCKING TO HOLLAND
Amsterdam, Feb. 9—Five hun
dred youngsters are now being sent
here from Austria following the in
flux into Holland of thousands of
German and Belgian children as
well as many children of Dutch fam
ilies resident in Germany. Even
children of Rumanian and Turkish
nationality are being brought here
by a Jewish relief organization.
ONLY ONE "Broma Quinine," that Is
f ^axatSve Rromo guanine
Cores a Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Days
0$ on ko*- 25c.
lO */•
Our Annual
Clearance Sale
Our Sale Ends
Saturday, February 17th
At 9 p. m.
L. A. HARRISON Co.
STORE CLOSES at 6 TONIGHT TELEPHONE 55
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
TONIGHT ONLY • i
Pauline Bush In A SMALL TOWN GIRL, in three parts.
THE FEAR WITHIN, with Mttrdork MacQunrrie. Dii-fVtwl by
C-arlea Gibley.
tiI U' Saturday and Sunday
Met*o Unlvei^al presents Valll Valli In THE WOMAN PAYS.—
Five parta. j. j L J
; You will enjoy this.
' j j l j [ Mwic by Mias Gene Ooiyell. '
On Broadway near Fourth Inclined Floor
Admission 25c and 10c
Begins 8:30
GERMANS ASSURED MONEY AND
PROPEBTY KJLLJE PROTECTED
Washington, Feb. 9—Because \
there haa been aa expression of con
cern over the safety of money; and
Droperty belonging to German, sub
jects In tlile country, President Wil
son hai. given big personal woTd
that all feara over the safety of
personal and real oroperty of Ger
mans now within the United States
la without foundation.
Following tbe reports that large'
.quantities o£ money belonging! to
German subjects living in the Unit
ed States liad been consigned to
South American, countries to pra
vem confiscation by the United
Stafes government, Secretary of
«4a<e Lansing has issued a reassur
ing siatement that the money and
prooerty of all German, subjects
within the United States wag per
fectly gafe.
DISMISSED FROM COAST GUARD
Washington, F.eJ>. 9—Acting up
on orders received Irom the War
Department, all German enlisted
men now serving ia the coa*t guard
service of tjie United States army
are being dismissed.
FOG BELLS TO GUIDE TOURISTS
Denver, Colo., Feb. 9—Fog hells
—another touch.: of the atmosphere
of the Swiss Alps—are to be placed
in the Rocky Mountain National
baric to guide the traveler during the
times when mountain, "top and
clouds meet and there comes a
mis* that hides the traveler and is
liable to befog his sense of direc
tion- The bells will be placed at
what ore considered the most dan
gerous pointa pf the park terri
tory, ; ■ . i I ia ;. i
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
On the last day pf February, in
each yeaT, at the hour of six
o'clock p. m., all unpaid taxes as
sessed and levied upon, real proper
ty within the City of Skagway be
come delinquent and a penalty of
20 per cent Is added thereto; the
CItx Treasurer's Offlc§ la open to
receive the payment of taxes from 1
o. m. to 6:30 p. m. each day, ex
ceot Sundays and holidays, and the
lax Roll wilt be kept open until 6
p. m. the laflt day of February.
PHIL ABRAHAM
PHIL ABRAHMS,
2-7-3t. City Treasurer.
ft,
PARENT TEACHER
ASSOCIATION WILL MEET
♦
Parent Taa-clusr Association
meeting t» have b®ea held
Friday, February 3, •will t»e
held tonight, (Friday) evea
lng at 8 o*clocJe JLn tha assem
bly hall at the sch!ooiL
THREW BABES IV SNOW
TO SAVE THEM FROM
BURNING TO DEATH
Spckane, Feb. 9 — When every
r her avenue of escape wag gone
from, the bedroom where they were
hemmed in. by the fire raging in, the
small house, Mrs. A. H. Taft ear
ed her two babies from perishing by
tossing them on. fh.e snow from tlie
window of the first floor room. She
was rescued a few minutes later by
neighbors who forced their way in
The children were one and two
years old.
TO BE TEN SHIP
IN P. S. S. FLEE®
Seattle, Fc^. 9 — The Pacific
Steamsnip Company today made the
an.no uncement that it would' operate
ten vessels in the Alaska trade tills
season.
T'le names of the vessels compris
ing tne Pacific Steamship Com
pany's fleet will probably be steam
ers Spokane, City of Seattle, Ad
mirals Evans, Farragut, Watson,
Goodric' and Wainwrlght, Curacao,
Ravilli and Northland,
It is quite possible tnat the
itinerary o£ the pub lis lied, schedule
may be changed SQ as to include
Skagway in the routes of somq oth
er ships beside the Spokane and
Citv of Seattle. , AM .
DANIELS MODIFIES WIRE
LESS LOCATON ORDERS
Seattle, Feb. 9—Th9 ord-ep if
sued yesterday by Secretary Dan
iels prohibiting vessels from Bead
ing out iheir location at sea by
wixeless jvas today modfed so os to
permt merchant vessels to give their
location. I !', ift-!
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