MUNICIPAL RIXK IN*
fairly good shape
These are red letter days for the
kiddle?, and whilq we are speaking
of it the grown ups can also be
mentioned. The municipal skating
rink |<a* been flooded and old* King
Boreas has done b'S duty by freez
ing it smooth. Afternoons and
well in»o the nights th0 devotees
of the suor go round and round ov
er th» rin« and pleasure is theirs.
The ice is not in as good< condi
tion as might be wished, owing to
fact »h«t the rink has only been
flooded once, as up to the present
time tlie weather has been too
mild f*>r ice maJting, and while at
the prestnt tiuie it is crisp and
freezing, Uj© wind has been strong
and j second flooding -would re
sult iu 'he formation of •'ripples"
which si>o.il the ice surface. How
ever. the custodian of the rink is
standing by with his hose connected
up, and if the winds 'ays and the
weath*f remains below th© freez
ing point, the water will be turued
on and i* will only he a few hours
when tiic ice will be ''perfectly
wonderful" and' then the skaters
"won't want to go home."
LKAYKS C.KKAT PORTl'XE
M AUK FROM BUFFALO HIBKS
Chic: go, 1 Jan. 20.— A fortune of
$3,0UU.ix>0. amassed in dealing in
uuit-''o hides before tins xison dis
appearej from thb plains. is dispos
ed or in itie will or WiUiaai <\ 1a>
Denstir.e filed; today. Tlio widow,
Horace <-!. Lobenstine, Detroit;
Kaiph W. Bele Loenstine. New York,
and Ed v. in C. Lobenstine and -Mrs.
Rose l.ooenstine Bebee, Presbyter*
ian missionaries in China, share
about equally.
We have uo right to judge a. man
4Jntil he's fairly tried.
Should we not like hia company
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults—and' who has
not?
The old as well as young;
Perhaos we may. for all we know,
Have jttty to their one.
Then let us all. when we com
mence
To slander friend or foe,
Think of the harm ones word would
do
To those we little know.
Remember, curses sometime-?, like
Our chickens, "roost at hoir>p"*
Don't speak of others' faults until
We hate none of our own. i
Whi'.i
& Yukon
TIME TABLE XO. 12
Thursday and Friday
So.
1- N. Bound
1st Class
3:00 a. m. Leaves
11:25 a. m. •»
12:15p.m. •*
1:10 p. m. "
^2:50 p. m. "
5:30 p. jn. Arrive*
-No
SKAGWAY
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARCR06S
WHIXEHOKSE
Arrives
Leave*
ite
S. Bound
1st Class
4:20 p
2:50 p
2:00 p,
1:20 p
11:18 a,
8:30 a.
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
PMQngen must be at dep'i* In time to have Baggage in
•pected and checked. Inspection la »U>[>jk"<J 80 minutes before
leaving time of trains.
180 peundb of baggage will tos checked free with each full
fare ticket and 75 pounds wltil each half fare ticket.
If It Isn't An Eastman
It Isn't A Kodak
Brownies At $L00 Up
Kodaks At $6*00 Up
Print Papers
Photo Supplies
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
OPPORTUNITIES IN ALASKA
To tho Editor of The Christian Sci
ence Aoniior:
*»o>v iiia.1 the >var ia o>er, aud
auuui';..la ul ihouaunus Ol yoUllg
iucii teiug uiawisstd from mili
tary service, juuiig men »u\>, De
ins iuiuiu't wim tue spirit of "d
veuiuie, \ml noi lie coutent 10 re*
turn :o tuetr lormer prosaic lives,
U lew worths 01 what aUS&u. hag 10
oiler '"tiu jre "ijl oui of placj) at
this tu'i«
Ali's.v, ia Aiuirica's last frontier,
auj lUe dei>artuiei.t with which the
writer is c-onueitt'U is alre>'dy re"
ceiviu ' mrny -eiiera- irom soldiers
and«sHiluis about to l>e discharged
[from Mit. service, a:.d »io are aux
[ious :<> acquire iiitorwutiou about
this .^uutry, with the view cf corn
ling here t-j make their future
iiii. Ult'S
i
While Ai-'SKu l.as uuuuruus
million* 01 seres of land available
to set'lu-s, the proposition looking
to lAsiuuuuiUy s' tt.emems," which
is now oeing worked out by the Re
clamariou Ser\i«.e of the Depart
ment oi" the Interior of the United
dtates, is not leisil;J0 to this coun
try, the sanie as it w ill le in many
of the dates in which are vast areas
of swan'i) land nhiih it is proposed
t\> reclaim for agricultural purpos
es sS\Ci for homes for returned sol
diers. The reason this system
will not succeed in Alaska is that,
to msiKe a success of agriculture
there uiusr be markets for the pro
ducts, ynd thg uopulatton of Alas
*a is as yet too small to constitute
jsuch market, and ilie distance to
Icities •■lonj tlie Pacitic Coast is so
'great t>ia» Alaska products could'
not 'e shipped with succets v>r in
competition with what those states
produce within their own confines,
farming, therefore, in Alaska is
not 111 luouceuieui to fce held out to
our re'urned soldiers and sailors.
Howcv»r, s-\e.al thjusaud young
nien ««ii be piovideU '"or here by
our yrincioal indusiric^, whiclvare
commercial, mining, fishing and
lumber'ns, of which all but that ®£
tishiu-; ;>rv steady, 12 months in
thy year, and year in and year out.
All of these industries are and have
been opeiating 011 short labor ever*
since, tie I'uited States entered
the war. Also, p.ll of these indus
tries *;,«■ now awaiting the return of
those wac left, as well «s the ar
rival ,n new men, in order that nor
mal conditions may Le resumed aud
the volum of btisincs increased at
the e-irljest possible date.
It is conservative to state that
5000 younj; men can be furnished
with, renmneraitve employment in
Alaskn d'uring the first four months
of tho new year, but it 18 not de*
j sired Ibai they all come st once, or
I Jven >n bunches of several hundred.
But oy a few arriving with every
steamer frcm the south, they can
b ajstiDe^ and provided for y
by the country without any congee
tions. Also, and as soon as normal
prices o.itain, a number of low
grade mining nropoaltlons which
canuot now be operated on account
of the high cost, both of material
and 2abor. will again become active
and a* least another 5000 men
will be required.
Again, th0 opportunities in Al
aska for young men to get into busi
ness for themselves are many and
varied, and the result Is that the
, business industries of the territory
are constantly increasing and the
scope for the employment of labor
steadily broadening.
Alaska will welcome returned war
heroes with open arms, and will put
them In line to do something for
themselves, but they must not come
here with the idea that gold nug
gets t^n be plucked from trees.
Robert W. Service had1 the right lin
on Alaska when he wrote:
"There are hardships which nobody
reckons;
There valleys unpeopled and"
stiil;
There Is a land—oh, it beckons and
reckons,
And I want to go there — and I
will."
(Sluued) E. J. WHITE.
Chief, Aiaska Bureau of Publicity
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 12, 1918.
after all
By Bill Stitt"er
The at my right and beggar
at left
Are men and' brothers to me,
For all of us measure an eqau heft
In <he scales of Humanity.
For soul of king and- begsarman,
too.
And mine if you want to compare,
Were rorn to Humanity's critical
view
AU'weaji and pitifully bare.
If one t-J-kes form of a ruler of men,
Anotner of Poverty's child;
And' one the shape of a slave of the
pen,
Can ycu pick out the undefiled?
For sin may corrupt the soul of the
king—
The 30ul of the beggar be mean;
An<i tbe poet, though lofty the
songs he sings,
May never d<are cry "unclean!"
—Portland Telegram.
YI'M, YUM! IT IS HERE.
The ytfr is over and one® more
w« can get some of the delicious
Peanut Brittle which "tastes Ilk®
more." Get it in any quantity at
Kellers'. tf.
FOR SALE
Two lots with two one room hous
es, descriDed as lots 11 and 12,
bloc^ 310, 18th Avenue. Cash
price $150.00.
l-3-2c Phil Abrahams.
HAVE NOT YET REACHED LIMIT
More Powerful Explosive Than Any in
Present Use Is Dire Possibility
of the Future.
Nitroglycerin, although considered
one of the most violent explosives In
present use, develops ouly 1,580 eal
orles per kilofeTaiu, since the nitric
acid wlilch it comprises does not take
part in the reaction and the hydrogen
and the carbon therein give only 43
per cent of the energy of combustion
1 which they would disengage If they
were alone. Explosives of liquid air.
or oxyllqulte, give as high as 2,200
calories because the liquid oxygen
combines directly with the carbon and
the hydrogen. The combination of
| hydrocarbides with ozone, ozonide of
I ethylene and benzine triozonlde, though
liberating no more heat of explosion,
have a higher "breaking value" be
i cause of the greater speed of decom
position. ~
Theoretically, still more powerful
explosives are conceivable; a trichlor
ate of glycerin should develop 3,000
calories, twice the force of nitro
glycerin ; and finally, n mixture of
liquid hydrogen and liquid ozone, If it I
I were practical, would give about 4,r>00
calories and would be the most terrible
substance possible to obtain.
DADDY OF ALL FISH STORIES
Here Is One That Will Make Any ,
Disciple of Izaak Walton Look |
to His Laurels.
A reader has asked us to retell the
story of the sixty-five pound catfish,
which appeared original in the column
some six or seven years ago. We have
always considered it the best fish story
we know. We trust the community
BORDEAUX-TO-BAGDAD
1HROUGH LINE PLANNED
Paris, Jan. 20. — Announcement
that th<* "Acrouolis Express," con
necting Paris and Athens, will
soon to established, points to one
of the most important steps in the
work of reconstruction following, thei
war. Jt is the initial step to the
larger project of extending the rail
road farther east through Constan
tinople and northward to Odessa.
Ultimately it is planned to res
ize a Bordeaux-to-Bagjadj route,
which will take the place of the Teu
ton scheme of a railroad from Ber
lin to tlip city of Haioun A1 Ras
chid.
Fiesh on every loat. Fresh (un
cooked) Oyster Cocktails. Pre
pared just right. Each one in »
glass bottle with patent stopper.
They cannot be excelled. At Kellers'
Tako LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE 1 ablets. Druggists I refund
money If It fails to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature is ou each box.
80c. Wed.
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered pm sugar, acis almost in
stantly. The prescription of
an eminent physician. Keller
Bros The Sa»-Tox Drug Store.
Snbscribe for the Dally Alaskan.
Piles Cured In 0 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to eure Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pilei,
First application give* relief. 50c.
will permit us to repeat It.
As we used to tell It, the story ran
something like this: We were fishing
for bass under the old mill dam In the
river, south of Grigsby City. Some
thing took the bait and lunged away
with it despite our efforts to hold It.
We surmised, correctly, that it was a
good-sized catfish or drum, and began
■working it backward and forward
across the stream in the deep water
under the dam. Eventually we headed
the leviathan down stream and finally
stranded it In the shallow "ripple" be
low. It could get neither forward nor
hack, and with the help of half a dozen
other fishermen, who were watching
the contest, we landed it. It proved
to tie a monster cat of the yellow or
Mississippi variety, and weighed sixty
five pounds on the scales uptown.—
New York Tribune.
Index Finger as Nut Cracker.
Nut crnekers, which are based on
leverage, make us suppose that It takes
great strength to open a nut; and, In
fact, everyone knows from experience
that without such a little machine it is
hardly possible to overcome the hard
ness of b nut. And yet one can open
hundreds of nuts in a very short time
without any Implement and without
any effort whatever merely with the
aid of tha index finger.
Place the nut upon a stone or a
block of wood, but so that the joint
stands perpendicular: In this position
hold It fast with the lnclex finger of
your left hnnd, strike with the right
fist hard upon the Index, and the nut
will at once break asunder. Light
blows will not accomplish the feat.
One must strike hard. It may happen
that the nut will fly away, but this
only proves that the Joint was not held
in a perfectly perpendicular position,
which is indispensable to success. The
point of the nut should also be turned
toward the chest.
How Birds Save Farmers' Crops.
A farmer who thought the robins
were pulling up his young cabbages
learned from a student of bird life that
the birds were pulling up only those
plants which were dead; and this was
to get at the wire worms at the root,
which had caused the plants to die
and which would destroy other cab
bages if left alone. In another case a
group of farmers thought the meadow
larks were destroying their crops. An
ornithologist persuaded one farmer to
spare the larks on his place. The
other fanners shot them. The result
was that the man who spared the larks
was the only one for miles around who
had an oat crop. The birds killed the
insects which destroyed the other
crops.
Wealth of Forestry.
The coa*t forests of southern and
southeastern Alaska are included in
/lie notional forests of Tongass and
Chugach, which comprise over ninety
six million acres, a large proportion
of which is covered with trees. Of
these, Sitka spruce averages about 20
per cent and western hemlock about
7o per cent. • The spruce are occasion
ally six feet in diameter and 150 feet
tall. The interior forests are prac
tically all found in the drainage basins
of the Yukon and Kushokwim rivers,
and it is estimated that there are forty
million acres bearing' trees large
enough for corchvood and logs. *
All Harmonious
"So you are getting good results
!rom juries of ladies?"
"Yes," said the judge; "they don't
tvant us men to have a chance to
iay they couldn't agree."—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Not Alwa/s.
"The young fellow who's catling on
rour daughter, Smith, has a lot of
£0' in him."
"Not any to notice when he's calling
>n my daughter." '
for baby's health
and comfort
Keep dwnpnesi an8 chill fro®
the home with Perfection OQ
Heater.
Lights at the touch of a match.
' Gives steady, even haat for
many hours on one filling with
Pearl Oil, the ever-obtainable
fuel. .
Easy to carry tboot No imou
or odor. Economical.
SBuv Perfection Oil Heatar
to daj. Dtlva mTvrjwhor*.
STANDARD
OIL
COMPANY
(Ctlj feral*)
OIL. HE/i 11
JP. H. GANTY, Grocer
Special Standard Oil ^ Agent, Skagway
AMiafi a Heap of Happiness It Would
lining to Skagwaj- Hopes.
Ha:d <o do housework with an
aching back.
Brings you hourg of misery at lei*
sure or at work.
If women only fci.ew the cause—•
that
Bacitache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twoulji save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills ajo for weak
kidneys. t
Tousands of grate!ui users en
dorse them.
Mrs. A R. England, 728 W. Oak
St., Iiill^boro, Ore, says; "Two
yearg ago I had such a bad at"
tack of lumbago that X wasn't able
to get uu or down stairs. Whoa
1 sat in a chair 1 could hardly get
up again. Sh^rp iiains, like a knife
sticking me in my back, nearly kill
ed me and I could hardly drag
myself about. I hatf taken only
a few doses of Doan'g Kidney Pills
when my back got stronger
on<j dcx made me at;le to get about
as well as ever; Since then I have
never had any trouble with my back
or kidneys."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Bonn's Kidney Pills—the same
that Mrs. England had. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
I
■5oecial Opera Creams are th«
talit of th© town. There was never
anything better at any price. Take
* box honi© to your wife. She will
Oe mighty pleased. Kellers' have
them in pound boxes. U.
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many Mil}- Sec Rut It Takes Genlm t«
Realize.
When James "Watt saw the >tein
causlrtpr the kettle lid to jump up aii<!
dewn lio said "Ther: must ho imWT In
that steam that K can lift oin.li j.
weight."
'.'here wrs.
Millions prior to li!*n had seen tlie
same phensroencr rx:id resided a.-j
an un'xplnlned mystery.
Itccer.t i''.:ientltic research ha.:- put I In
finer on the "cause" o!" Dandruff. F.i"
intr Hair, and consequent Baldness, Hurt
has unearthed a tiny germ which rti
the life from th*> ron's cf human hair.
Newhro's Hcrpieirle destroys thin
germ j_.".d conseqi-r-ntlv restores thv
hair to Its nr.tural ;lLite.
Sold by leading dru?z!=ts. Pend *0e. in
stamps for rample to The IierpScldt, C»\,
Detroit. M!;h.
(in- ilidlar hnt'To, euff-anteed.
4« «!' rtmtr 'tors". AfiT.
Arctic lJrotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
meetg every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Vlsii
Uc brothers cordially welcome.
Ed«r«nS A. B*snyison, Arctic Chief.
William R. GJray, Arctic Kecorder.
P. & A- ML
Whits Pas# Lodge
F. & A. M. No. Ill
meats 2d and 4th
Saturday Kv«nlng«
ot ea*;h months. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAKOLD TALBOT, W. M.
IAMBS WALLACE, Secretary.
ii.. p. o. ELKS
Skapwfcy Lodg*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets irrery
Tiiurtdc-y at 8:30
"«vvvvSttvv p. m. vmuna
brothers cordially welcome.
OSCAR SELMER, E. R
F. J. YAWDEWALL, Secretary.
Pioneer of Alast* Igloo, No. 13,
meet* ha A. B. H*U first Monday in
every month at H:30 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. J. MULVIHILL, Pre#.
' J. C. PHELPS, Secy.
Fraternal Ordet
Eagles—
Skagway Aerie;
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
E*ue» meet the first and Ultra
W'-dtncsday njght of each month at
their ii«ll on Fifth Avenue. Visit
Id* brothers cordially invited to
atteud
John M. Keller, W. P.
J. M. Griesbach, Secretary.
rJROFESSION AL CARDS
DR. L. 8. KELU3R
Doiaifat , |
Most Modem Methods
Office Houtb: 9-ia ». m. 1-4 p. m.
AI«ek»o Building .... Brt>*Iw*y ,
SKA U WAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
PnM*ic« In aJl courta ,
la Territory o{ Alaek*
HALVES ALASKA