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\\ HAT S THE ANSWER?
Just where Skagwav's municipal
authority begins or ends, and just
where the Federal authority begius
and euds, is a question that Is vex- j
ins; the minds ot' a number of tax
payers In Skagway today.
Tuesday night a man fired off a
gun or pistol several times In front
of the rack Train restaurant on
Broadway, between Third and
Fourth avenues. Tha night watch
man saew of it, and started .out to
find the at't'eudiu ; party. Ho talked
with tw'a men who were present
when the breech of the peace was
committed, and eveu while he was
talkies tho man .'ired the guu over
iu the direction of the river, and
the nest thing heard of the affair
was that Acting Deputy U. S. Mar
shal iieru had arrested the man,
and that United States Commission
er Conway had imposed a fine and
costs on the prisoner.
There is an ordinance in the <
Skagway book of ordinances, which j
makes :t an offense to discharge a;
firearm within ♦he corporate city
limits. Was this man, then, of
fending the dignity of the Federal j
government or the dignity of the]
Town of Skagway?
Several cases of a like nature |
have tcme up bat'ore. and we can
not see why these fines should not
go to swell the exchequer of the!
town of Skagway instead of the so
called 'Alaska Fund."
Regardless of the merits of the j
case, so long as the man was found
guilty, the point of information
which we are seeking is,—"Who
should do the arresting and get
the benefits of the fine when
man is guilty of discharging fire
at nis on the streets of Skagway?"
>LII*SHOD .VDYKHT1SIXG
A group of newspaper men got to'
Miking the other day, about their
experience* in dealing with mer
chants in the matter of advertising.
The story was told of one merchant
who used to say that It never Pa'd
for an individual merchant to ad
vertise. He admitted that it might
pay for the entire body of merchant
in a ♦ewn to get together and ad
vertise so as to attract the atten
tion of the surrounding country.
But he never believed he could
draw trade from less enterprising
meu by hi3 own individual advertis
ing.
A little inquiry about this man's
business gave some significant facts.
In 3pi*e of his protestations, he
did a very considerable amount of
aclveitisiug. He made it a habit to
keep a file of the home-newspapers.
Kvery week when he was taking
space, hs would clip out his adver
tisement of the previous year, or
some year previous to that, make
some slight changes, and send the
slightly revised old copy as his
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
Ti-ltli I.OCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
P&nnot reach the feat of the dlaease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
::nii iM orikr :o cure ii you must take In
ternal remerti>« Halt's Catarrh Cure i3
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood am! mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cur- is not a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best phy
sicians In this country for years and Is
n regular prescription. It Is composed of
the best tonics kr-.own. combined with the
best bl 'Od purltl rs. a -ttn<f directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two Inrredients is what pro
duces sueh wonder."ul results In curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J CHE NET A CO., Props., Toledo, O.
80:4 by x>rug^i»i». price 750.
Take Hall's Family for constipation
notice for the current week. He
paid good money for It too. He
appreciated the value oX timeliness
enough so that fur November 1915
he w.ouid want an ad written for
seme previous November. But that
was all.
This merchant would go along
from year to year often not buying
any new stock in many of his lines.
He argued that thd old stuff was
as good as when ha bought it. Why
should not the public be satisfied
with it? He had a fairly good
trade, in spite of his alow methods.
The spac« he took in the. news
papers was carefully read and had
souio effect. Probably a great
many people were not conscious of
the 'act that it was old copy.
These uotices missed the funda
mental principle of advertising, that
advertising is news, and should ap
peal to the public hunger for news
bv telling what special values have
turned up in the store. It is not
surprising that he was not wholly
satisfied with hLa result. Yet even
at that, and with all his unprogres
sive ways, it is interesting that
he did not dare to let his advertis
ing drop, and had a blind faith that
any old kind of notice would help
him.—Kx.
MONEY FOB SALK
An enterprising Texan is now
advertising' Villa money for Bale,
his price for dollar bills being, *we
believe, 3 cents a hundred, while
25-ceut bills are higher. That can
mean nothing except that the mon
ey of tho Villa government is
now selling on the Mexican border
at curio prices. It has ceased to be
mouej, and when the Villistas use
it to buy their supplies it la their
rifles and nothing elso that makes
the stuff acceptable. But the re
cognition of th9 Carranza govern
ment his been followed with an
embargo upon rifles consigned 10
Villa and upon everything that is
used to make a Tlfle effective. No
doubt tbe Villa government will
hold out as a, migratory affair for
a considerable time and very likely
the frajpnetsts will persist aa bands
of roving bandits for years, but a
government Tvticse currency is at a
discount of 99.97 per cent, with no
ONLY ONE "Bromo Quinine," that h
g ^axative firomo Quinine
Cures a Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Days
'<rzrts
EVERY OWNER OF
A DWELLING
Should Have
FIRE INSURANCE
Now is the Time to Act
Reliable Companies are
Represented by
• PHIL ABRAHAMS
Agent
4th*Avenue
•prospect °I better credit, is not
likely to be largely effective in. the
affairs of Mexico.—St. Louis Repub
lic.
ANOTHER INDUSTRY
FOR ALASKANS?
Stocknolm,—Iu order to avoid the
consumption of grain and potatoes,
the manufacture of alcohol and
fodder from reindeer moss is be
ing tried on an extensive scale in
northern Germany. Reindeer moss
is very plentiful in "the Arctic sec
tions of Scandinavia, being the prin
cipal luod of the reindeer during
the winter. Several large shipments
of the moss have been sent to
Germany during the past two
months. i
RED CROSS FLAG
OVER Sl'NKEN SHI1*
Loudon, Nov. 18—The .sinking
of the Auglia, with the loss of 85,
although the first case iu the war
of a hospital ship moeting disaster
while carrying wounded, has caused
great anxiety in the public mind, as
I* had been supposed that the Eng
lish Channel was entirely freo of
danger from mines.
The newspapers indulged ia much
speculation, some of them offering
the. explanation that they must have
been German miaes. The Angli.i
had 200 cot case3 aboard, when the
rescuing vessels reached her, and
she was badly down by the head
and he;r propellers were racing.
Her fctern was so high abovo
the sea that one of the rescuing
vessels was ablo to pass under her
a.id 40 men dropped aboard.
The crew of the collier Lusi
tauia, which was also destroyed,
give vivid narratives of the disaster,
according to which, after a terrific
explosion, the bows of the Anglia
seemed to melt away until the sea
lapped her rails. She surged for
ward, however, iu a vain attempt to
rp.'ioK shnrp
Soon many boats came to the
rescue. Including those sent t>y tho
Lusitauia. Those watching tho
scene s;w the soldiers comiug up
from below, assembling on deck and
calmly waiting the order to pass in
to the boats.
Every moment the stern of tho
doomed vessel rose higher and the
hull veeTed sideways- as though
about to turn turtle but still the
crew worked 011.
Some of tho wounded, unable to
keep latir footing on the sloping
deck, fell into the sea a-nd were
picked up by 'he rescuers. Others
jumped overboard. All the while
•the nurses worked with Bpleudid
devotion with the crew to transfer
their j>fttients to the boats.
The end came with dramatic sud
denness. With wounded soldiers
and doctors, nursess and sailors
still clinging; to the stern, the ves
sel appeared for a moment to stand
on her bows, then suddenly went
under, but left the Red Cross flag
flying at her mast six feet above
the water, marking the fatal spot.
If Your Hair is Falling Out
wc know of no better remedy than
A preparation which we gladly recom
xueud to you. 60c. a bottle.
"93"
Hair Tonic
Wm. Brirt.
RENE BESNARD.
He Hag Been Made Min
ister of Aviation of France.
Pboto by American Press Association.
The Old Hos« Room.
Alvln Adams when the express busi
ness was In Its infancy had an offlc®
and two horses in New York City.
One of these boreoe was a fine, fast
animal and the other an old, broken
down nag. Tackagcs that were to be
delivered immediately he sent oat be
hind the fast horse. Of goods that
didn't have to be rushed he would say,
"Leave them for the old hoss." In ev
ery express office to this day there is
aii "old hoss" room, where undelivered
and unclaimed packages are kept
Argonaut.
You Can Enjoy Life
Eat what you want and not be troubled
with indigestion if you will take a >
DTaPblet'a
before and after each meal. Sold only
by us—25c a box.
Wm. Britu
r. * a. n.
White Pat* Lodge
B*. ft A. M. No. 11S
meet* 2d an<! 4th
_ j>rt Br'ge. of each
mouth. VlAiti«fc brothers ere wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. TVTmel«?r, W. M.
B. p. O. ELKB
Skaywajr Lodg«
No. 431, B. P. O.
B. me eta every
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting broth
era cordially -welcome.
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWALL, Secretary.
Fraternal Order
EstfKw—
Ska*waj A«rl«
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
E-agiee meets me nra; ana uura
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth aTenu®. Visiting
brothens cordially Ixrlted to attand.
John C. Wood, W. P., . J. K. Me
Allstir. Secretary.
oi. »ntuT». Visiting brotter* cordial
ly welcome. A. J. AcheBoa, Arctlo
hlet, W R. Hlllory, Arrtfcj ff
[ cordar
Arctic BroHierbMxL—
Camp Skairway No. 1
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tnes
lay erenlag at 8:00 f
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
Juneau, Alaska
^apitnl. $30,000.00. Surplus, $20,000.00
B. M. fcEHHENDS R. WILLIS GUY McNAUGHTON,
President Vice Pres. * Cn*hier
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