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HOME PORTRAITURE
l)urli:jc our round the world trip w'lh an up-to-date equipment, we
are able to make photos of all s'z»s and of every description in
VOI K OUX HOME
Our rei-resentative will call FRANK CIIIRCOSTA' K. H. WITT
OFFICE IN THE MONOGRAM BUXV, ON BROADWAY NEAR 5TH.
NUGGET MOVIES
Rruudury. 2nd usit] ;»id.
Op i'.very Nigiic
Daniel Frohnian i>resouts the ilis
tin;uished dramatic actor Bruce
Mcliae in the famous i>oiitical Jra
uia l:i four parts, "The Ring and
the Man."
Rambles through Moscow and
St. Petersburg.
FIVE REELS
Mi.sic l>y Airs. Ha/ei Mcltiieii.
I'uwsiencts at j»::su p. ui.
Local Happenings
TV> Alameda is iluo in Skagway
from the south at 9 o'clock tonight.
The Mariposa is duo from the
westward tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock.
The Princess Alice is due in
Skagway between S and 11 o'clock
tomcrrow morning.
Tomorrow afternoon o:.e hour
atter the arrival in port of the
City of Seattle, Rev. Harry Corser
vill held sen-ices in the Skagway
ICpiacopal church.
The City of Seattle is due in
Skagw.iy from Seattle tomorrow af
ternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock
v. ith 60 round trip excursionists,
lour pc-ople for Skagwav and 53
ton3 of freight.
The Northwestern"s sailing date
from Seattle has been changed to
one day later than the time here
tofore announced and the vessel
will ia consequence not reach Skag.
w-iy until nest Tuesday.
LOST—A bunch of keys in a
i'Uctakin bag. Finder please leave
at this office. S-10-tf.
There will be an informal dance
at the- \V. P. club gymnasium or.
Saturday night, August 21st. An
invitation 's extended to all to be
present. Admission $1.00, ladies
free. Good music. S-l"-3t
The ocean liner Victoria, of the
Alaska Steamship Oo. will be in
from Nome tomorrow morning at
7 o'clock with a party of "Midnight
Sunners" and a big crowd of other
jeople from the Norton Sound me
tropolis and Intermediate points
along the Alaskan coast.
Tho Skagway public schools were
announced to open on August 23d,
for the 1915-16 term, but in a
message received by School Clerk
D. McKay this morning from Prin
cipal Margaret Koeaian, who is
now in Seattle, the date has been
postponed until Monday, August
30th.
The Skagway agents for the
Eastman Kodak, flms and supplies
pre Keller Bros, tf.
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| Mrs Jack Mercer, who had been
a typhoid patient in the White
horse general hospital for the past
two weeks an J over, died early
. this morning. The news was
wi:td ( vt-r to Funeral Director L.
1 A. Harrison immediately after -Mrs.
I Mi-kit's death with a request that
he go over to tako charge of the
rema ns and prepare thom for
shipment to the outside. He left
0!i this morning's train for that
purpose t xoecting to return tomor
row.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Howard of
Sitka, .Mrs. J. F. XMgh and Miss
Veaetia Pugh cf Juneau, and one
time rvr.iJeut of Skagway, were a
party leaving Juneau on the last
trip o: t':o Princess Sophia. They
were all booked by Agent F. F. \V.
i.ottl,. over C. P. R. rails and back
v'u t!-e fair at San Francisco. Mr.
Olid Mrs. Howard to Boston. Mass.,
and Mrs. and Miss Push to Cull
man, Ala. Sleeper berths were
arranged here in the same ear out
of' Vancouver through to Chicago,
w;iert the party will split Up..
Cordova Times: Col. Stevenson,
who Ik's identified himself with
Skagway, and is in the north to
investigate and secure mining pro
perties lor himself and •a.-sociates,
" . 3 a «i>w:i(|?r on the Northwest
ern yt-frdaj for Portage Bay, where
he will examine mining properties
and loe ; over the country generally.
He was joined here l>y a party of
fri'.mls, v ho had spent several days
i.i Cordova. They were Herman Kel
lev, a famous Cleveland, O., law
yer, the hitter's wife and their
sons; Mrs. and Miss Hagedorn, of
Xew York City, and Dr. Westerman,
also of N*ev York.
TOLOVAXA GOLD IS
POl'KIXG INTO FAIBKAXKS
Fairbanks, Aug. 17 — Another
party arrived froui Tolovaua recent
ly bringing a fresh consignment of
gold dust from the newly discovered
placer diggings. The dust was se
cured oa the claim owned by Pinley i
and Patterson and when weighed |
showed 223 ounces. The gold has
been assayed and valued at $39S2
The -Gent good showing of the Tolo
vaira as a producer h;is to a cer-J
tain extent justified the claims j
made for the district by the origin
al discoverers.
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stamps f f sa.upla to --j Co..
Detroit.
Ong flollar Dottle, guaranteed.
At all drug'stores.
VENDOR'S SUIT IS DISMISSED
(Continued from page 1.)
of the property to the United States
government, was dismissed today by
mutual agreement, the vendors
having settled with the Chicago
bondholders with a substantial sum
ot money.
HE IS LOOKING OVER
TERMINAL SITES
Cordova Times: Lewis E. Smoot,
who is said to be a personal re
presentative of the Secretary of In
terior. Hon. Franklin K. Lane, was
a Cordova visitor yesterday. He is
a passenger on the 6teamer North
western and made the trip over
the Copper River & Northwestern
railway to Miles and Childs gla
ciers. The trip was a revelation to
Mr. Smoot and he was very enthusi
asts in liis praise of the wonderful
sights he saw and also the thor
oughly equipped road over whioh he
traveled. He had evidently not ex
pected to find sucji a railroad in
Alaska, judging from his expres
sions.
From those who talked with Mr.
Smoot it was learned that he was
ou a tour of investigaton of Alaska
harbor conditions for railroad ter
minals, with a View to their
adaptability in handling the coal
when it is opened up and ready
for market. Hp is on his way to
Portage Bay and Anchorage, but
expects to return to Cordova in
about three weeks and study con
ditions here. This is Mr. Smoot's
f:rst visit to Alaska, and It is "un
derstood that he is a railroad con
tractor in the states.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT
(Continued from page 1.) '
b:rs of the White Pass Athletic
tlub turned out Monday night to
t.ikj advantage of the Instruction,
in basket ball which was volun
terred bv Mr. W. B. Hargrave.
Mr. Hargrave Is one of the best
individual players ever turned out
in this country by the college teams.
After u period of coaching two
scratch teams were formed and Uin
der his tutelage went through a
scrimmage very successfully. Mr.
Har-,iave will be iu Skagway off
anu on all winter and when here
\vl!i teach the teams. Later it is
expectcd that a team manager will
be selected who will regulate the
practice. Young men. and boys
should enroll themselves in the
club and get the full advantage of
this aud other branches of sport.
During the winter basketball games
for the public will he staged as In
the past. £
I 111: MEETING OF
THE TOWN COUNCIL
(Coatluued from page 1)
to payments of taxes on vacant lots
0:1 corner of State and Fifth streets
now used as a public 'park.
A letter from Gunnison & Robert
sou of Juneau in reference to the
abatement of the. billboard and
signboard nuisance was read, but
nothing was done in the matter, it
being first necessary to pass an or
dinance against their erection aud
use.
Rpjiort of the town treasurer
was read, accepted aud ordered
filed.
The following claims against the
town were allowed and warrants or
dacr* drawn to pay eame:
J. M. Tanner $ 6.26
J. McBrien 3.50
J. A. Nettles 25-20
General Electric Co 12-50
Prank Page 10.00
Jno. Williams 6.00
Jud Mathews 4.80
W. P. hospital 15.00
W. S. Sparks 4.50
John Johnson 1.75
D. Martin 10.25
M. Suudeen 65.50
John Wocd 63.50
W. T. Myrick 71-50
Alaska Transfer Co 37.50
Home Power Co 169.69
Claim of Mrs. D. N. Hukill for
$15.00 as nurse for Mrs. Barbara
Jandos was laid over lor investiga
tion.
You—Or No One Else
cares to be bald. Yet that is what will
happen ifyourhairdoesnot stop falling
out.
HairTonic
in our opinion is the best hair tonic on
the market. Sold only by us—50 cents.
Wm. Brltu
A GREAT RACKET
That is what a number o£ vfi^
ito'-s havp said about the new
"Horseman" tennis racket, of jvhich
wo have just received a complete
lice direct from 'the manufacturers.
Pi luces range from $2.50 to $10.00.
All are guaranteed against defects.
Come in and look them over. Kel
ler Bros. Drug Co. 1 tf. ,
Claim of D. N. Huklll for $29-00
for Btreet work iwas returned to
Mr. Huklll with a request 'that he
put In a true }>111 for the amount
of labor performed.
In the matter of making a tem
porary approach to the Sixteenth
street bridge the street superin
tendent was instructed to go ahead
with th* work.
Councilman Batson brought up
tho matter of drafting a town ordi
sauce for the licensing of itiner
ant peddlers and solicitors for
outside houses. It was referred to
tho Judiciary and ©lection commit
tee with instructions to draw up
and present an ordinance covering
th? same at the next meeting of
t»»« council.
Town Marshal Page was In
structed to collect a license from
the Dewey hotel cafe as well as
from any other business In Skag
way subject to license that has
not complied with the law.
Clerk McKay presented a policy
from a company for which Phil
Abrahams is local agent, Insuring
the Skagway public school building
fOT $6,000 for a period of three
yeans at a premium of $240. The
policy was accepted by the council.
On behalf of the Home Power Co.
Councilman Hardy asked for per
mission to supply the homes of
Martin Itjen and D. J. Rich with
water from the new main to the
dock that Is being put in by that
company. A tentative agreement
was reached whereby It was stipu
lated that the Home Pow
er Co. would be granted
the pTlvlloge asked for until
such time as the town decided to
put lu Its own main to furnish the
above applicants.
Fire Chief John Bender appeared
and a&ked for Information regarding
the removal of paraphernalia from
the hose houses of the Skagway
Volunteer fire department by per
sons not connected therewith and
for their own personal use. After
considerable discussion it was or
dered that the ladders, hose and
other paraphernalia be not used ex
cept by the fire department or in
case of emergency, and after bav
in? received permission from the
Fire Chief.
The council then adjourned.
LIFE OF LEO FRANK
ENDED BY GEORGIA MOB
(Continued from page 1.)
last night the fair fame oi tho
statu of Georgia has been indelibly
besmirched and a great wrong has
bewt done," said Governor Harris,
when informed of the occurrence
this morning.
San Francisco, August 17 —
Former Governor John Slaton, who
commuted Leo Fraank's death sen
tence to life imprisonment, and who
was forced to leave Georgia to
preseive bis own life on that ac
count, when Interviewed today de
nounced tho mob in unmeasured
terms.
New York, August 17—The par
ents of Leo Frank began a period
of mourning for the untimely taking
off of their son this morning.
There Is No Question
but that indigestion and the distressed
feeling which always rocs with it can
be promptly relieved by taking a 3
DTaPblet'a
before and after each meal. 25o a box.
Wm. Brltt.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
i'our druggist will refund ironey it
JPAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The
first application gives Ease & Rest. 50c.
BEST LINE
of
5c Cigars
ever sold in
Skagway
Tony Dortero
URINARY
DISCHARGES
RELIEVED IN
124 HOURS
Each Cip- ./"""N.
' sulc bears WIDY]
the n:impl^y_y
Revert of counterfeits;
ALL DRCCJGI8T8 ;
Our buyer lias sent us some warm weather needs; THE^
LATEST AGONY in t
SUN SHADES
Truly DISTINCTIVE STYLES for I*ARTICULAR PEOPLE.
"Everybody's Doin' it," and so must you if you want to be
well dressed.
The New "Neck Ruff"
FASHIONS LATEST TOUCH for the well dressed woman.
NEW COLLAR AND CUFF SETS.
NEW SHOPPING BASKETS.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Phone 55 Store closes 8 p. m.; Saturday 9 p. m.
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
Next to Post Office, Fifth Avenue
Open Every Night Raised Seats
HEARTS AND HORSES.—A dramatic western play of a De
puty's clever rwso in recovering his sweetheart's stolen horso.
OH, YOU RUBBER, with Milly Bright and James Davis.—
Goo<l comedy.
KNIGHT IN ARMOR.
HYDRAULIC MIXING.
Music by J. V. Miller.
Admission 25c and 10c
Begins 8=30
KING'S CAFE
WHITE HORSE YUKON TERRITORY
BEST MEALS IN THE NORTH
Mrs. Orlolt King :: Proprietor
The DAYS are NOW HERE
When you are thinking about and planning for your
Fall Outing, whether it is a Hunting or Fishing Trip
or both, and we are prepared to fill your e\ery want
RODS - REELS - GUNS
AMMUNITION, FLYS, LINE, CARTRIDGE VESTS,
CLEANING RODS, GIJN OIL, LEADERS
Reels, 35 ets. to $]0.00
Jointed Rods. 75 cts. to $6.50
Rifles, $1.75 to $30.00
Shot Guns. $7.00 to $30.00
WE HAVE~THE GOODS
AT RIGHT PRICES
Come in and Talk It Over with Us
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO.
Sporting Goods Department
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
Juneau, Alaska
Japital. $30,CC0 00. Surplus, $20,000.00
B. M. EEHRENDS R. WILLIS GUY McNAUGHTON.
Pre*ident Vice Pre*. Cashier
y<\« will find that a copy of tli e Dally Alaskan *rW be almost as
much HIT"-" latod by the folks at lion»« as a letter, and its lots lew
work. ,