wickers! is
RE-ELECTED
T
Juueav., Nov. 12—The returns of
th, election received so far and
which are almost t\>mplete show
tU->t Wickersham leads in th© Se"
co'ij division t>y 177 votes and in
t!i« fourth division by SS votes.
-ulzer won out in the flrBt divi
sion by 11 votes and ia the third
by yd votes, thus giving "W'icker
sh^oi a majority over Sulzer of 155)
vit?s an<« it is thought certain thaf
WicK^rsham will have a majority of
ni't les* than two hundred when
the votes are all in.
TAX NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby Elven that tlio
Common Council of the Town of
^kagnay has fixed the tax levy at
15 mills on Real and Personal pi»
i>ertv for the year 1918.
That the said taxes for the year
10IS, axe due. That taxes on per"
sonil property become delinquent
oa the 30th day of November, and
Heal Taxes become dielinquent on
th, last day of February. And if
cot paid prior thereto, a penalty of
15 uer cent will bQ added together
with Interest at he rae of S per cent
!>•»- annum until paid.
That all taxes are payable at tbe
office s>I tha City Treasurer between
the hours of 1:30 p. m. and 5:30
d. m. daily except Sundays and' Holi
day#. 4. .if
C. H ROGERS.
Clerk of the Town of Skagway..
Tako LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE lablets. Druggists [ refund
money if it falU to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature is on each box.
30c. Wed.
T MAN NEEDS SLEEP
Driver Risks Court Martial to Let
Him Get It ± t
Incident Which Show* How the Y. M.
C. A. Stands With th«
Army. ~ ^
B> E. M. BATCHELOR.
"No boys, I'm not so very tired,"
said the Y. M. C. A. secretary. "Just
a little after a week of that," Indicat
ing with a wave of his hand the coun
try behind, from which came Incessant
sounds of artillery and machine-gun
Are.
But he was dead tired, and the am
bulance driver who was giving him«
a ride knew It. The secretary's head
bobbed from side to side as the ambu
lance thumped along the rough road.
At Intervals the Y. M. C. A. man slept,,
roughly roused whenever a shell-hole
Jolt threw him against the side of the
vehicle.
The ambulance was stopped by thej
side of the road so that the driver
might tighten a loose bolt.
"I guess I'll lie down for a minute
while you are working," said the Y. M.
C. A. secretary. In a second he was
sound asleep by the road.
An hour later the driver shook him.
"Sorry to wake you up," he said,
"but I absolutely must be getting on.
I'm likely to be court-martialed now
for being so long on this job, but I
would rather take a 'month and a
month' than have robbed you of that
sleep. I decided that the war could
go on for an hour without me, while
you tore off 40 winks."
This is just one of many instances
showing how the Y. M. C. A. stands
with the army. That driver had vol
untarily risked getting into trouble
with his commanding officer because
he know the Red Triangle man need
ed sleep.
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One half Pints at 40 cents
Pints " 75
Quarts " 1.50
One half Gallons " 3,00
Gallons " 6,00
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HIS FAME MERITED
Appreciation of "Bob" Burdette
Grows With the Years.
HI® Brand of Delicious Humor, Never
Malicious, Had a Spontaneity
That Fixed It in Mem
ory of Hearers.
The late Robert J. Burdette, better
known the length and breadth of tho
land as "Bob" Burdette, and chiefly
famous because of his humorous lec
ture "The Rise and Fall of the Mus
tache," which he used on the lyceutu
platform for nearly SO years, had a
spontaneity which was truly remark
able.
Sudden flashes of wit and humor
cropped out constantly in his conver
sation. Like other great American hu
morists, some of the best things that
he said fell upon the ears of a hand
ful of friends and never found their
way Into print.
In the afternoon of life he sunned
himself on the porch at "Eventide,"
his restful home at CiifTton-by-the-Sea.
It was from there that he penned these
lines to an intimate friend:
"Here I am in dry dock, waiting for
the Great Builder to give me a gen
eral overhauling. My boilers appear
to be burned out, and I need new
grates in my firebox. Guess the old
engine is about played out, hut maybe
we can tinker it up so that it will
make n few more trips. Seems as
though my switchboard had been
struck by lightning. I have my good
days and my bad days, hut I lost count
of them some time ago, and now 1
can't tell them apart."
His compliments were as graceful
bs they were pretty. One day he over
heard a party of young matrons dis
cussing dress goods.
"I don't like the new figured pat
terns, Doctor Burdette," exclaimed
one of the young women. "Do you?"
"It might have been the part of wis
dom for the humorist to have agreed
with her, but by so doing he might
have disagreed with her companions
60 he sidestepped the issue, and paid
the lady a deliciously .5ubtle compll
ment by replying:
older them very pood if the.v all con
tained as pretty a figure as the one Id
the gown that you are wearing."
Art In the Home.
A good story Is going the rounds
concerning Walter Bayes, whose fa
mous academy picture, "The Under
world." has been purchased by the
committee of the Imperial war mu
seura.
Mr. Bayes has always been a verj
severe critic of his own pictures, and
one day, being dissatisfied with a larg«
painting he had completed, he gave
the canvas to the charwoman to take
away with her, telling her she could
do what she liked with It.
The woman examined It closely
bending It this way and that and
thumping it all over with evidentlj
Increasing satisfaction.
"Thanks, Mr. Bayes," she said ni
last. "Thanks very much. Thls'l)
do fine for me front parlor. It's much
better than them common oilcloths
what let the water through; this Is o
good, strong one, with plenty of painl
on It."—Pearson's Weekly.
Hay-Feverltes Have Association.
Thousands of persons who suffer an
nually from that Irritating and lachry
matory disease known as hay fever,
know that it Is no joke, but 45 years
age the United States Hay Fever asso
ciation came Into existence as a Joke.
But the joke soon became n practical
one and has so remained to date. The
object of the association Is the seek
ing of information which will serve to
relieve sufferers with hay fever, and
for their mutual benefit and comfort.
Not only hay-feverltes, but townspeo
ple and proprietors of hotels In places
exempt from hay fever, manufacturers
of remedies for hay fever, and espe
cially physicians who have made a
study of the disease, are members of
the association, all working together
for the best results.
A Delicate Matter.
"Why wasn't the German crown
prince relieved permanently of his
command?"
"The kaiser said there were 'dy
nastic reasons.'"
"What did he mean by that?"
"Well, I presume the situation Is
something like this: The crown prince
made several foolish statements about
what he was going to do and it wonid
hurt the prestige of the royal house
considerably to acknowledge that he
hnda't done them."—Birmingham Age
Herald.
German Looting.
German women not infrequently
write to their husbands at the front
urging them to try to steal for them
what they are unable to buy at home.
"Won't there be chances of picking
np things during the advance?"
writes one lady to her husband. "I
should so like to have enough stuff to
nsake a costume and cloak. Boots,
too—or leather—would be welcome»
You know that anything will come in
useful, because here everything is get
ting scarcer and scarcer."
Going Up. •
"Service Sags are being raised ev
erywhere," excljdmed the patriotic fel
low.
"Oh, well, so is everything else, for
that matter," muttered the cynical
CUS^ -
HERO OF FRONTIER
Good and Bad Qualities Mixed in
Western Pioneer.
Mike Fink Long Known on the Border
as "The Snapping Turtle" and on
the Mississippi River as
"The Snag."
It Is characteristic of the records of
the early a"" 011 the river that they al
most as a whole make some reference
to a character known as Mike Pink.
Mike was not an outlaw, sajrs the
Louisville Courier-Journal, but he bor
dered rather closely to that state of
being; lie was considered more lu the
light of a rowdy. Mike secured his
education In the hard and dangerous
life in the country around Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, where he was
engaged as one of the leaders In red
skin warfare. He was, it is said, the
envy of comrades for his bushwhack
ing and ranger qualities. It was also
during his young days that Mike
learned to use the rifle with unerring
skill and was accredited with being
the surest shot in the Ohio valley. It
has been said that so sure of shot was
he that he was frequently offered a
large share of the prizes to be won at i
shooting matches if he would stay out.
There was no successful competition
against him. In the Ohio valley Mike
was known as the "Snapping Turtle,"
and on the Mississippi as "The Snag."
lie was easily king of the valley.
There is related of Fink an incident
which serves to detract from the good
qualities which he is supposed to huve
had. Known us a tender-hearted man
normally, it is strange that such a man
would at times give way to the darkest
and most wicked passions. At one time
Mike made an attempt to burn his wife
alive; or if tlmt was not his actual ob
ject, he played a good and realistic part.
It so happened that Mike and Ills wife
were of a party on a number of barges
floating down the Ohio river. By what
follows it is assumed that Mrs. Fink,
who went by the name of Peg, was im
bued with the instincts of a woman of
her sort.
» lieu iin' rmrges wmui-u mc
shore for the night Mike immediately
pot his rifle and ordered his wife to '
follow htm up the bank of the river to
n point where he piled a heap of brush
wood. Mike ordered the woman, who
readily saw that Mike was in no pood
mood, to crawl into the brushwood.
The good woman objected, but Mike
threatened to shoot her and in the end
she obeyed. Mike covered her com
pletely over with the brushwood. He
then deliberately set fire to the pile
and In a moment the whole thing was
blazing. Through fear of Mike's rifle !
the wife stood the heat of the flames
as long as she could, then she kicked
the brushwood from her and ran for
the river, her clothing already In
flames. Mike then Informed his bet
ter half that her punishment was the
result of her "winking at them fellers
on the other boat."
Such were the men who made his
tory through the valley of the Ohio in
those days when Louisville stood on
the edge of a dense wilderness, and
when the town could have had but a
small population. While these men
were not as important to the building
of the great empire of the west aa
men like Boone, Kenton, Clark and
others, they were nevertheless neces- 1
sary evils and did their part In thrust
ing the Indians back that the land ,
might be broken. At any rate they are
recorded In the historical annals of the
state.
It Didn't Fit.
Tommy Gray, Broadway humorist,
who went to France recently to help
entertain the soldiers, writes from
Paris to tell a little story about Lois
Meredith, dramatic actress and movie
star, who went over on a like mission. |
"The second day out, coming over,"
writes Gray, "a notice was posted on j
the bingo deck instructing the passen- '
gers to report with their life preserv- ]
ers on for life boat drill. The little i
Pittsburgh girl appeared at her boat, (
but she had loft her life preserver be
hind. 'Madam,' said the officer In |
charge, 'why didn't you put on your
life belt?" 'I tried It on,* replied Miss
Meredith, 'but It was so loose and look
ed so horrid I gave it to the stewardess
so she might alter It to fit me.' "—New I
York Tribune.
"Rifle and Pick."
Few regimental badges are so sig
nificant as the "Rifle and Pick" of
the pioneer battalions. Unlike the
labor battalions, which work behind
the line, the pioneers are right up at
the front, and are often digging
trenches or wiring In No Man's Land.
They are also regarded as a reserve
of Infantry for their division, are put
through intensive training prior to a
"push," and are often called upon
to "take over" from an infantry bat
talion in the front line. It Is, Indeed,
difficult to say which Is their chief
weapon—the rifle or the pick.
Demoted.
"Quite a come down."
"What Is?"
"I see where a motion picture actor
who was always the general In mili
tary photoplays has been drafted into
the array and is now a buck private."
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Couldnt.
General—When I passed you a little
while ago why didn't you salute?
Lieutenant—I have officer's cramp.
General—What Is that?
Lieutenant—I Just came from a n*
' jiewlug stand, , .. j
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And they will be higher
how soon or how much higher no one konws
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White Wool Blankets, Pink or Blue woven border
non shrinkable because of the fine cotton warp
Natural gray wool blankets aud wool nap plaids
in a variety of coloring
Double bed size comforts filled with soft cotton
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