ESTABLISHED 1898 OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IH ALASKA
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER L. S. KELLER, Publisher.
Admitted as wco*d claat mail nialto/ July 8, 189S, At ths Skafway P.O.
Oopjr (or change of advertisement* must b« In by 12 o'clock m.
to Insure liMrtloa same day. Advertising rates on application.
Tho Daily Alaakaii charges {or all publication* mot solicited, which
laclndea all aotlcw, other than churches or charitable •ocittiea.
SulMcrtpUos :
0»« moatJi by mail — — — — 75
Ou« monti by carrier — — 100
TUree mo&Uui t>£ mall — ,_2.25
Six mouth* by mail . .*■. ^4.50
One year by mall _ •■00
KutwcriDUoM and Advertisement* Received bl
Bennett Jiew» Co. WUitehorse, Y. T.
B. V. GWeon — - Orcross, V. X.
E. L. lllinun — auin,
EDITORIAL PAGE j
"DO YOUR CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING EARLY"
The above slogan in the hands of an astute business man,
cnauged the whole practice of Christmas shopping and stimu
lated holiday business as nothing else could have done. This
man, with the nerve of a Barnum and the judgment of a Waua
maker, grabbed the thought from the public miud and put It in
♦o big BLACK TYPE where "He who runs may read"—la the
newspaper: He backed a popular conviction with his coin and
ADVERTISED the universal belief that it would be better for
everyone concerned if the inevitable Christmas purchases were
made at once while stocks were fr<.sh and new and the choice
was wide and ample.
The result not only paid the advertiser as it always does—
but the whole country profited besides.
This sljgan has since slipped iiuo practical use In every
corner of commercial America. Excepting perhaps its fellow
slogan, "Safety First," which reduced the accident death rate
enormously, it has done more good iu the world than any busi
ness phrase ever coined. It has been the means of discontinu
ing the time honored practice among large metropolitan depart
ment and specialty stores of keeping open 'n the evening a
week or two preceding Christm;is Eve. It has enabled manu
facturers to prepare their goods and fill orders far enough
in advance to insure clean store rooms long before the Yule
tide caudles were lighted. It prevented the disappointment of
millions of Christmas shoppers who were wont in times past to
wait far the more attractive novelties which turned up at the
last moment. And net the least important, it saved the heart
aches of neglected ones who leant upon the broken reed of
mere man's thoughtlessness.
That phrase, "Do your Christmas Shopping Early," was in
stantly taken up and flashed before the eyes of the world
through the medium of its NEWSPAPER. Just as every
other worth while thing is told this nation of readers by the
ever present, constant, reliable, all-knowing, morning, even
ing, weekly, or Sunday newspaper. Nothiug the world does Is
done witnout ITS knowledge, nothing you want the world to
know can be made known without it3 aid. Almost any nation
al manufacturer will tell you thai mcst of his fame and prof
it were 'he product of newspaper advertising. No newspaper
advertiser who kept it up wisely ever lost money.
The ue'.vspaper pays the advertise. The latter merely in
vests in business publicity. The cost of advertising is like a
phantom Zeppelin—it never lights anywhere. It is a bugaboo
made of tbiu air and a yellow streak. The common supposi
tion that advertising expense is levied upon the consumer is
likewise a fallacy. The fact 01 the matter !b that the non-ad
vertiser PAYS for it out of the business he loses to competitors
who do advertise.
Advertising doubks output, halves overheud, divides selling
tost and by making two customers buy where ONLY ONE
BOUGHT FtEFORE, it creates a hundred per cent increase in
profit—out of which any business man can well afford to pay
for his own advertising.
MORAL FOR MERCHANTS: Advertise iu the Daily Alaskan
and do vonr Christmas BUSINESS early.
ALASKA PROXIES TO
COMMITTEEMEN ASSIGNED
Zina P. Cheney of Juneau, demo
cratic .National committeeman for
Alaska, will likely be unable to
attend the meeting of the national
committee in Washington, I>ecem
bcr 7, for business reasons, say3
the Juneau Empire. It was learned
today that if M.-. Cheney finds it
irapi-ss'ble to make the trip, his
proxy will be held by J. Bruce Kra
mer of Butte, the committeeman for
State of Ohio. Cltv nf ToloJo. \
Lucas County. { "'
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior p . tner or t ■ fl rni of F. J. Cheney
& Co.. iJ" "tr buslr.' s-5 in the City of To
ledo. County an.l S:r- ;• .-.foresaid, and
that said firm will ; sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOtXAI S fur each and ev
ery case of Catarrh : -; i-annot be cured
by tha use of HALt.'S CATARRH CTTRE.
FRANK J. CHENE*.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
mv presence, this 6th day of December.
A. D. 1SSS.
(Seal: A. W. OLE A SON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure t« tr.I<«n Internally
and aits directly upon th-- hlnod and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
t*<-"TiAnta!s. fr-~.
:•*. J. CHENEY" & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold all Dru^frlsts, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
EVERT OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Af?:?nt
4th Avenue
"THE LADIES."
— -TV
-
—Carter in Now York Evtnlnfl «Un.
Montana. Mr. Cheney favors Dal
las, Texas, as the place for hold
ins the national convention and Mr.
Kretuer will bo so instructed.
In all probability Lewis P. Shack
leford, republican leader in Alaska,
will not go to the national caplal
Tor the G. O. P. national committee
meeting December 14, he said. Wil
liam S. Bay less, the national com
mitteeman of thit party, does not
expect to make the trip and he
proxv will be held by Wilford B.
Hoggatt of Summit, New Jersey,
former governor of Alaska. Mr.
Bayless and Mr. Shackleford fa
vor Chicago as the convention city.
GAIN IX SHIPPING IS
GREATEST IN WORLD
Washington, Nov. 29—Despite un
precedented destruction of merchant
vessels during the past year, the
total tonnage of all the merchant
vessels in all countries is greater
now by 300,000 tons than, a year
What Is the Best Remedy For
Constipation?
This is a question asked us many times
eachday. The answer is ^
3gxaG£(3|
VTe guarantee them to be satisfactory
to you!sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Briru
I«. * A. N
WUito Pass Lodge
P. ft A. M. i«'o. 113
• a c'-a Id ai.«2 4th
Frl. Ev'k-1 of each
tuon'li Vidiliufc, broti-ers are wei
•omt' I'UII Abrutiui.'ia, SccreUiry.
Elmer L. WttofilT, W. M.
B. r. O. KLKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431. B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
ers cordially welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
PratcrnaJ Order
Eatfle*—
Skasrwaj Aerie
No 26, Frater
ue.I Order of
fcagies niseis the flrttt and third
Wednesday night of eacfc mouth at
their hall on Fifth a-venue. V'lBitlng
brotbei-s cordially Isvited to attend.
Joha C. Wood, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alist.r. Secretary.
n 8h:u-^. visiting broiters cordlal
y we'nonae. A. J Acbeson, Arctic
"hler, \V R. Hills:.', An-tlo Re
corder
Arctic BroWierhiotl.—
Mp=|sk 2aiai» Skacwyj No. 1
■ BW A c- meets every sec
cfl and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 p
ago, according to Lloyd's Register
of Shipping. The total tonnage 01
Great Britain has fallen off, due to
tho demand for warships, wjillc
that of the neutral countries Mil
gained, the greatest gain t>etoE
in American registry.
ARMOUR SEES PROSPERITY
FOR UNITED STATES
New York. Nor. 29—J. Ogden
Armour is quoted as saying: Am
erica is rapidly rising to au unpre
cedented prosperity. -It will b«
boom-line for three ox .tour years,
and ii should not be affected by a
termination of the European wai
within that time. America was de
stined to lead the world commer
cially and financially In 16 years.
The war simply hastened that mani
fest destiny."
Serial No. 02488,
ATl'l I CATION TO MAKB HOME
STEAD BNTBY
U. a Laud Offwo. Juneau, Alaska,
£<©teinber 21, 1916.
NOTICE IS HMREBY ®IYEK:
That John James Hath, wfeeee
oiiico address is B^bc, aHska,
lias applied to «ntor oniev ■ tmaUem
2289 ot the rertet* 9**** Of tkc
United iiUtos, and
March J, 1903, the todiewtaj d»
cribed tract ot Ian4 M a hepMotaod
suuaied about oca mile weetarlj
from Hain«, Alaska; Mi>r V* *
Survey 786, and k*gta*ta« a* Cor,
Nil. l, from which «. S. U M. H«
673 beare SS«°47B '7M« (dsn
| tical with Cor. 4 8u*vey Na i •?$
Cor. No. 1 U. S. fliagr Rosen*, sad
Cor 4 Presbyterian UWoa;
aku j, the southerly lino *t SVr«V
205, W. 21. eha. te Qog. We. ft,
thence 3. 28.10 chs. (o tm. N*. 8,
thence E. 15.42 chfl. to Or. No. 4,
I thenco N. 9°11'EL 28.43 «to. al<*i
westerly line of PreBb/tertsn Mis
sion to Cor. New 1, the plaee ot b»
ginning, containing 49.76 aarm
Variation 29°21'B. Lat. I»'14*
LoDg 135°27"W.
Any and all persons elalmtog ad
versely any portion at (ht alwre da
scribed tract, are required t» Hl<
with the Regtetor and niwliir ol
tbe U. 6. Land Ottlta at. Jwnnu,
their adverse j claims thsnweaiaflt
under oath, during the B«rfM cd
publication of thhi boUm^ jk ^thia
thirty dags thereafter, or. th^r. wfll
be barred by provision of U» stat
ute. JOHN JAMES RAm
I* is hereby ordered that the Core
going notice be published f°r the
statutory ported in the "DkOj Alas
kan," a nerwepapsr of genecel eireu
latlon printed at Blcagway. >
Date of flret publication, Septem
ber 30, 1916.
Date of last publication, Decem
ber 1, 1915. ^ :
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
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