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OFEICIAI) CITY PAPER
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all oatJcatlon* not ■ollclted, which
Include* all notice*, o'her than
churches or cliarltabla societies.
Subscription Kates
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Ono mouth by carrier — — 1.09
Thre« montia by mail 2.25
Six inonti* by mail '— 4.30
Ouk yeaj by mail — — — 9 00
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EDITORIAL
"OIJ> GLORY"
" America r or Americans
OI K LIVE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Considerable criticism has been
m;;dc c\«.r the method which. has
K-.ii used iu an effort to
»aia the co-operation 'of
tlie business men in the
L\»m:r.en.ial Club, and their [ at
'uauance at the meetings called.
■ d several members have keenly rt<
sv:!tcd some of the statemnts print
ed. ia order to get the members
cut. .'i ,
'i - statements have never been
11 d with the intention of "slam
aiii.g' any one, but they have been
. i-ted ia a spirit Qf civic priile, in
>1.1 cfior*. to bring the business men
tc a realization of their duty to
'lit ir tcwn and the needs of
.SKugway w hich can only be met
• :rough the effort of an. organized
body or men who are vitally in
terested in Skagway.
The "slams" priuted have had
tho effect of briuging the business
tii. :i ouc to the last meeting and
t members of the Comercial club
have taken hold of the matters
U were broaght up before them
i tLe committees working on vari
cas matters of business have ai
re. Jy uerformed or are now work
i..j at tae tasks assigned to them
aad the Commercial Club of Skag
way is a live organization.
i: is so much auve, tnat 11 is
- '\i:.g aiter similar organizations
tiwvughout the large cities of the
a'.itt-S a:id that the members of the
club may be brought in closer re
!.i tlonsliip, a get-together iunch
- bttu arranged to which all
- .. ts are oriliallj- invited to be
t'tvt. The lunch is to be in the
siu-ufo of a dutch treat, just like
»hty do in New York and Chicago,
and Scuttle, and San Francisco and
Portland. Each man pays for his
own feed, but he talkg with his
bii*i:i<„js neighbor, or his competit
or in a friendly manner while eat
i:i'/ and he discusses with him the
topics of interest which have been
brought up by speakers who aTe
ft cm time to time called upon l>y
i!:u presiding officer of the club
v. !io may be present at the lunch.
There are other problems that
confront the business man of Skag
w;y besides those of trails, bridges,
old shacks, dilapidated sidewalks '
and trunk sewers. There are many ,
•>11-1 j€c13 that need careful thought,
.uid it is only by getting togehter,
and working shoulder to shoulder (
that irritating problems of busi- (
ness life and obstacles to civic im- ,
trovement may be eliminated. i
The Commercial Club is going to ,
do a little advertising. It has hit ,
urcn a novel scheme for securing ]
the test for a small pamphlet. If (
the result is as it should be, this i
prize money will be a mighty good (
investment. Through the means of j
a competitive contest, politics, fa
voiism and petty jealousies are
eliminated, and the club will get the
best that is to bo had. It will not
ho merely a question of exertion, on
fh© part of the competitors to
earn the money, but it will be more
of a matter of civic pride that will
urge them to produce a work of
merit.
Fi.actional strife was eliminate
when the members of the Commer
cial Club .showed a disposition, to
ca-operate with thg Alpine Club
lue need of such an, organization
as the Alpine club is admitted.
There is no doubt but that the
aims of the two organizations are
identical, but the Alpine club can
tafce up and handle matters which
are of minor importance to those
w.Uicv- are rightfully; handled by
groups of men usually associated
together in civic organizations, such
as Chambers of Commerce and Com
mercial clubs.
It has been said time and time
again that Skagway could not have
a Commercial Club, and for a
'ime it looked as though this was
true, but truth is stranger than
fiction, and it is only truthful to
sta'e we now have "Our Own Com
mercial Club," with all party lines.
Detty strife and individual interests
eliminated, it ia fair to assume
that the organization will grow
stronger as the years roll by, and
when Skafway is the metropolis of
Alaska, as she is sure some day to
become, it will be with Jpride thai
'he oreseoit members will recall
how the club had worked to make
Ska^way the cleanest, most beau
tiful and most home-like city in
the Territory.
"ALL TOGETHER"
Boos your city, boost your friend,
Boos- the lodge that you attend.
Boost 'he street on which your'e
dwelling',
Boost the goods that you are selling.
Boost the people round about you,
Thev can get along without you,
But success Fill quicker find them
If they know that you're behind
'hem.
Boost for every forward movement,
Boos* 'or every new improvement,
Boost the man for whom you labor,
Boost the stranger and the neighbor
Cease *o be a chronic knocker,
Cease to be a progress blocker, i
If you'd make your city better.
Boost it to the final letter.
—A Newsboy, j
Virginia, Minn., March 9 — Risk
ing death tp make his escape from
a Siberian prison, where he Was
capti.-e for one year, Rabt>i Laz
arus Adien of Novno, Russia, made
good his flight and hag reached Vir
ginia, f.fter 11 weeks of thrilling
experiences. His story follows:
Forty J.ewg who tried to make
their escape with Rabbi Adign were
taken l'rom a train near the Siber
ian border, returned to their pris
on, and shot to death. The party
of Jews, most of them past 40
years of age, walked 14 miles in the
snow to the railroad station. They
boarded a train east bound. They
were followed by Cossacks. The
train was stopped and searched ajid
all the fugitives except Adien were
discovered. They were thrown in
to prison. Their rations were a
pound of bread a day and water.
Their families v. ere also taken
to Siberia, but not jailgd. Rab})i
Adien's family, consisting of his
*'ife ar.d three children, are in Ja
pan. They were in Siberia during
tils imprisonment, and, when they
learned of his escape, joined him
;n Japan. From Japan Rabbi Adien
sailed to Seattle, continued to
Chicago, and then to the head of
:he lakes, and finally to Virginia.
RELICS OF IiOST STEAM KB
YKAllX HAVE BEEN FOUND
Memories of tie sinking p£ tlie
iteamship Yucatan in Icy Straits,
lear Ho-oiiah, some years ago, were
•evived the other dajr hen Jack
^mpbell On his boat Clopex,
>rought to the city a fifty pound
:ompass and binnacle which he had
rrccured from natives at Hoonah.
["he compass is in excellent shape
md iu good working order; the
arge hood or binnacle is well
^reserved and iher« is not even a i
:rack *n the glass. When found •
be articles yer§ Jjuried under
icveral feet of earth, in the town i
>f Iloonah- Also with the compass i
md binnacle were fhree lights, a
tern light, saloon light and the :
ight that drops down in the top >
if the binnacle over the compass,
t Is believed the natives looted i
he ship and buried the articles to ,
:eeD them "'from being discovered. (
-Valdez Prospector. , ,1,
Only One Flag Now
No more he stands between two lands,
While love blows hot and cold;
No more he weighs with trembling hands
The new faith and the old.
The past's dead things
Aside he flings;
Hark to his new made vow:
Only one llagl Only one flag! There's
only one fins nc'.v!
Oh. blue eyed Hans, your choice was plain
When, with your saul your own,
Ifou left behind the faslcs twain
To hall the eagle lone.
Back flew the bars
To show the stars.
And still they light ysur brow.
Only one fine! Only one ling! There's
only one flag now!
You from the country of the Slavl
You from the Alpine crag!
Only one country now you hnve—
Only one love, one flag.
Tou break the bands
Of motherlands,
And this your why and how:
Only one flag! Only one flag! There's
only one flag now!
—John O'Keefe In New York World.
"My Country 'T's of Thee, Sweet Land
of Liberty."
REGISTRATION NOTICE
AH citizens, male and female, de
siring to vote for candidates for
the Common Council and Board of
Education of Skagway, Alaska, at
the municipal election to ha held
on Tuesday April, 3rd, 1917, must
register.
The registration hooks will be
open at the Town Hall, from 7:30
to 9:30 o'clock every evening, from
Monday March 19th, until Satur
day, MaTch 31st, 1917.
D. McKAY,
Acting City Clerk.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
A general municipal election will
be held Tuesday, Apr! 3rd, 1917,
for the purpose ot electing three
Councilmen, one Mayor, a City
Clerk, a City Treasurer, and one
member-clerk of the School Board.
The Election will be held at
tne Town Hall, and the hours for
voting will be from 7 a. in. to 7
p. m.
Voters for Councilmen, Mayor
Cleilt and Treasurer, must be citi
zens of the United States, or those
who have declared their intention
to become such; must be twenty
oae years of age or over, who have
resided continuously one year next
preceding the date of election in th«
territory of Alaska, and for six
months next preceding th$ date of
election In the Town of Skagway,
and who have been duly registered.
All adults, male and female, who
are citizens of the United States,
or who have declared their in
tention to become such; and who
are bona fide rseidents of the
Town of Skagway, are qualified t<
vote for Clerk of the School Board.
D. McKAY,
Acting City Clerk.
FEEL LIKE
GIVING UP?
Many .Alaska People On the Verge
of Collapse.
A bad back maks you miserable
all the time—
Lame every morning; sore all
day.
It liurts to stoop— it hurts to
straighten.
What with headache, dizzy spells,
urinary weakness.
No wonder people are discour
aged,
Who do not know the kidneys
may be <he cause of it all.
Give the weakened kidneys need
ful help.
Use a tested and proven kidney
remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kid
ney Pills.
Mrs. Louis T. Jarvis, 922 E. St.,
sacramento, Cal., says: "Sharp
jains darted through my loins and
between my shoulders. My back
tvas weak and lame and it was an
iwful task fcr me to sweep or do
my work about the house. I felt
ired and exhausted. Headaches
hnd dizzy spells added to my dis
:ress and the action of my kidneys
innoyed me day and night. The
ddney secretions were unnatural.
Doan's Kidney Pills strengthened
ny kidneys and relieved the aches
ind pains."
Price 50c, st all dealers. Don't
limply ask for a kidney remedy —
jet Doan's Kidney Pills—the same
hat Mrs. Jarvis had. Foster
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FRATERNAL OllDEKS
Aretic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwu-y No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond. and, louathi Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. siwrp. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt'ocime. W. L. Steveuisoji, Arc
tic Chief. \V. E. Burford, Arctic
Uec< rder.
Fraternal Order
Eaglets—
Skogway Aerie
No. 35, Frater
nal Onlor of
I'.ngitW mwui uiq nrsi ana uiu-u
Wedueenlay niglit of each month at
tflflf hftil on Filth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers ewdially invitojil to
J. M. Gieishaton, W. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
of each months,
are welcome.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
P. & A. M. No. 113
meets 2(1 and 4th
Saturday Evenings
Visiting! Brethren
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M. |
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
8kagway Lodge
No. 4X1, B. P. O.
K. meets every
Thursday night
jit 8:00 o'clock.
«gg>a Visiting brotaers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, B. R
F. J. VAWDEWALi,, Secretary
Plonker of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* In A. B. Hall first Monday in
owy month at 8:80 p. m.
Vteiting llrotlxirs cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO. Rec. Sec.
profession <vl cards
Dli. L. 8. KELLEIt
Denlist
Mom Modern Methods
Office flours: 0-12 a. in. 1-G p. m.
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SKAUWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLKTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
SprinUst In the treatment of
disease and deformities of the
eye, etar, nose and throat.
Offire: Goldstein l'uilding, Ju
n«wu, AJr.ska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
PraMice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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FROM SKAGWAY
March 17-28 Aprii 7-18-28
May S-19
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Reduced Rates to The East
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