FEBRUARY 12. 1921 * PRICK 10 CKN'JN
Hi HS WANT
THE WAGE PACT
ABROGATED
Chicago Feb 21—The railway, e*
cutives of the country want an abro
igaltfon of the *dSe contract with
the Brotherhood". Thru th^lr rep
resentatives the present*-d a reque6t
to the federal labor board that
'uch rction b* taken. The labor
board d^ni^d the reiu^t. TheF look
ed tor s'ich an abrogation immedia
tely and d^sinu the establishment
of a uew basic rate for Un|diilled,
labor !»rtjicat«'d on local conditions.
The fedinl labor board would not
roncede their point and the wag*
soal® reai8ins as It was.
FOB siHPOlE
BT AIRPLANE
iTalp^r.fo Fel 11—J-hu Cone
the of the British imperial
expedinon who hoppS ultimately to
reach th- 'with Pol® by airplane
hai^d fr:-m Pert Stanley D,c 29 n
• ccorUJ , to a message received
hero.
Princess Ena In
With Coal Cargo
The Princess Ena reached port on
Wednesday with a cargo of 1500 tun
of coa) and ti«s for the White Pas^
road; she has V'ea unloading her
cargo and will leave port about Sun
day. i 1 £
Berlin Feb 9—Martial law wis
declared in Petrogrcd. The reason
for this action on the t>arl of l',e
authority is the invasion of t!if
cit.. by the mutinoni sailors from
Kroastadt. This is the import of
despatch coming fr.m H-:lsinsfors.
SlS SLATED
FOB SEGRETftfiT
j OF Slain
St Atgu'ilno F'b 11—Harding
virtual.>• anuouncd today that Char
Itjj C- i Indies will be the Sacretary
of atit* in the new cabinet. Hnrd
in£ wild that l «| world W tlrt ha
did not intend to do anything t!i t
would nia.;e ifugh»s stay in Flor
ida unhappy, ughes will" arriv.*
here nest week.
Womans Gab Will
Give Valentine
Party
On Thursday evening February 10
about thirty fiv« members of tl'-j
Woman's cluk rn.t at the Social C
tre.
On* ho»'r was devoted to rout!
business and the str.dy of the li
es a d some of t'i<> wor's of Harriet
UecehT iftew and George Elliott •
Suitable and instriictiv© mT>ers b -
ing r^ad by 'Mrs. V.'ard, Mrs. Lar
son, Mrs Johnston and Jlrs Clar':
One noti .* following was dovt>trd
to decorating the ball for tlie Val
entine party to be given by the club
Monday evening February 14:U r.t
8:30 e'c.ock. Dacb member L- al
lowed to bring one K'i»st and then
I3 to be a Parcel for c.r.ch and ev
eryone In the \'.iientine pojt ol'l'lo .
Th«4r" wi j also bp niujfe tabl-a.'
gam-8 a::». refresh the nfs.Tf jv.u la
a funny strv bring it along.
F>r -i .surprise a ;l e oler < >'
the Thursday meet: p two of :
di-=-s served incon end cr.l:'' and
. v»ry t>l .. . 1.1 evening was sPent.
Mr. R. II. Palmer of Wliitehor.se:
-ame i:i on the train Tuesday ev"u"
inf. >lr. PalmL.r is on hU way
Xew Stnyrna'Fla. Feb. 9-—Hard
ing the President el *t decided t >
remain for a longer time at this
place- He will probably stay1 about,
a wt ele longer.
WWHHMHHHWH1MII \l Lili i1 11 if i
*2A\m Reasons
vo\\il ijca sWcAi Vv«l\>c
SVccoutnA \»W\\ "as.
SAFETY—No risk whatever. Lost or stolon
checks can be duplicated without cost.
CONVENIENCE—Paying bills by check is the
easiest, simplest method of faying thorn.
SYSTEM—You have a complete record of all
money received and spent, with accurate
dates and amounts.
We assure you Safety Convenience
and System
Bank of Alaska
S YR UPS.
AT LOWER PRICES
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple 2* pound tins $ .70
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple 3 pound tins » 1.23
Liberty Bell, Cane and Maple..10 pound tins 2.ii3
I Pure Maple Sap from Vermont 2} pound tins 1.15
, Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian 2 pound tins .40
I Rogers Golden Syrup Canadian. 5 pound tins .75
P. H. GANTY
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG
'V.'i have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting
' r those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is al
t . :-rr i.llirg and j roper that we should do this.
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we can not consecrate—
v.e tin not ha'lovv this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who strug
hcre, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract,
h.i- world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can
or for-jt t v h it they did here."
M:i And Water Question
. ,s Home Power Co. Sees It
NOTE—In this articie \ve have |
aflli re.l to tli° copy exactly as biv- i
en in nil particulars by expll<lt dl
r ctit n ol the contributor.
On February 3rd, the Dnily Alas-'
k::n puMisVd in Part thc commun-'
i.-rtion^ between tho City of Rkag
v.-nv or.il the Home Power Company;
regarding tho strcet lighting ques
tion. ?Co doubt a great many of
th? rtiizfns of SVagwar havP read
tiit- article and taking it at Its
fare value are Inclined to believe
tint the City °f Skagivjiy hajn a
J; st en use for complaint, and that
t!:-y ?rc paying an exco&-ive rate
fr* T - i-ir street lighting, the Horn?
Poft'c r Company on the other hand
tint.!;3 tluit there is no groundj
f >:• puc'a complaint and fefl s&r0
t'. u after their version of the dis
p\H has bel,ft given that the tax
p?vi-is will thoroughly agrr>0 with
th*ni.
T'.ie fic« Part of the atticle in
the Ala-Jean states that the city
of ~'i:'nwr.y paid to the Home Pow
er Company; during th0 Past y*>ar
UlCiif.,'00 Dollars for FOR \TATer
and ?l':O".90 for lightfc our rec
ord.; show thtt the city of Skag
waj has paid to the HY>me Power
Ccti'.rany S1448.00 for str<?et lip'it
ir.g Al~o $139.00 for Electricity
bed Skating rink Fire hails
and City hall which are connected
on tlie r, <rular light system. Also
s:roi;.00 for water furnished them
for aitual household necessity and
fire purposes, and $50.00 for mot
0- Power purposes and the
rioters now in up« to our knowl
1-.lt,'- are the Ala%an, And $50.00
for water used for flooding the
.•.-ting Rink, But thay forgot to
u"0.i-trd from that amount $25.00
eolieitKd by voluntaiy contribu
tion for that Purposes, This is on
■u a .small, item but it is not the
oiil;- one not taien into considera
tion by the City.
The City booKs show receipts to
the amount of about $2,997.93 col
lected for water retailed by the
City u. consumers deducting the
; amount of $1575.00 Paid the Home
iPowtr Company for wat^r furnish
til, from the above amount will nett
rhe City about $1-122.93 recelved
from the service of the Home Powr
company also having there fire Hy
O.iants freo gratis.
I- the City of Skagway, paying
t? m.eh for their street lighting? In
answer t° this question would
m*«t emphatically say' yas, If
thay were paying the regular rate
of the private consumer, it you will
SO ovr our figures carefully you
will find that the City of okagway.
Is ii»t only getting a much better
rate than the private consumer but
a figure almost aVi low as the Home
i'ow^r Co Is petting for power and
heat. Thp City of Stag way, has
at thy present time 73—60 Watt
lights burning an average of ten
Lnurs cach day and 10—300 Watt
lamps burning an average of five
hours t'.'ieh day making the total
amount consumed 23.112 Kilowatt?
fact year. Besides tills the Home
I'owor company has constructed
two sfeclal lines for their street
Heliting sj'sf m, consisting of poles
transXcrmers, wir^s, Isolators
'witches, controls ete, which is
standing the coiuPajiyi nothing leSs
t:.;n an investment of two thousand
dollar*. The records of the Com
>nny hhow that up'-:eep of these
lines coct the Company about a
dollar a day.
liking the Companvjs investment
| of 00 at the rate of S Percent
iwUeii is a good de-"l lover then
the r-anks of Southeastern Alatfca
are charging at th0 preseait time,
Aud~ i'uOo.OU for the upkeep of the1
lines, we would be compiled to de
Id-.'Ct f325.00 from the «144S.OO the
amount actuality Paid for street
li.htlng We would have left $923.0
I Thl* would make the figure for
lighting not 6 cents per kilowtvtt
as stfi^u by th0 City council it is
ipw pacing; But it raitcs the tig"
' urc just a little better then 3—
3 —5 cents Per kilowatt. From
the above figures we feel {satisfied
tiu — i fair minded Citizen can
readily sp0 why the Home Power
Con pany, can not aoceipt the City
final proposition which reads as
follows. I
(Contlnoefl on page 4.)
SEATTLE HAS ITS
STREET CAB
STRIFE :
Seattle 12—Suit has be«n
started in the 9uperior court by |
fiourtepn UtiE«Mis. The suit l& tor .
an injunction against the city's pay
ing interest on fihe principal on the
purchase price of the street rail
ways until all operating ejqpensep are
aiet out °f tlie S^oHn earnings ofl
the system. |
BEATRICE RUNS
Hi THEJOCKS
Vancouver pob 11—The Prince
Boatricie which is malting the run
between thit; port and Prince Ru
pert struck a roc* off Lfiequettl Is
land fortl miles from Vancouver.Th
acteidcUt occurred at 6 A Mi yester
day and ehe wag refloated at high
tide and anchored at Tucker Bay.
All tha passengers were transfer
red to the Princjc-sfc Patricia.
Vancouver F^b IV—Twenty one
jpa|isengpis repcued from th0 Prin
ce^ Beatrice arrived here. The
vessel is badly' damaged. | •
Seattle FoU 9—Cbarl^j V Cham
berlain the head Of th« Chamberlain
and Company commlsalon b.ousa on9
of the largest of the Seattle firm*
died here today.
Mont" j\ Feb 11—The French
steamslilp Vlctoreaux wad abandone
a 3ei. iHer; crew wa£ rescued by
the teamship Cranford according to
a radio mes^ge piefked ui> at Cap®
Rase today. ' • ,
"Other Men's Wiv^q" will be the
attraction at th® Popular Picture
Palace on S»turdjay) and Sunday
nights. iA.n error was made in not
changing the display ad last Thuils
day. Thank Yo(a. 1
BOMB EXPLODES
III DEMOCRAT
MEETING
Chirgo Feb 12—A bomb 'xplcg
Ion In the ninteenth ward democra
tic headquarters last night br .
up the meeting and inju *d £l* nr it.
J hia explanation of the bomb wa,
given «s politics by Anthony D^n
di*«a a candidate for the city coi:n
fcil. Daadrea wafc speaiking at th"
lime ttta bomb ^qploded and a big
hole was blown in. the wall elr(:e to
w' ere Defldrea was standing.
FOROEMPLGYES
WORK IN SHIN S
Detroit Feb 11—Next Monday
ter Areata Seized v boat which wap
■work will fetmrn to the Plant.
JTbe'o tea thousand workers will re
place an eiual number who have
been woiddag the pas ttwo weeks
p.nd theyf in turn will bo replaced
by ten thouaand otheri in two w®eha
RAISED NOTES
GETS JRRESTED
Seattle Feb 10—A. F. Morgan
was *rr*At«<l for purchasing Postof
flc« moneir orders with federal re
serve ban!k notes which he is charg
ed with haying raised.
Boat Loaded With
Booze Captured
Seattle Feb 11—The RqVoituo cut
tc> Areata seized a launch whioh wa
wot king a Sefaflchlight. The launch
Ji&d on it three bootleggers and fifty
cases of wl/jitoe*. The capture 'was
made off MarTOUtitone point. The
three men weree brot in in irons.
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