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When in Need of a
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COME TO US
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THE B M. BEHRENDS BANK
Alaska
OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK IN ALASKA
A consistent policy pursued for more than a quarter of a
century Ins been rewarded by steady and substan
tial growth until this Bank has now over
one and one-half million dollars re
sources and depositors in
every part of the
Territory
X THE SKAGWAY
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$ U. P. SEEMAX, Prop.
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The largest and beet con
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Daily shipment* of pure
milk and cream to all paint
cn White Pass & Yukon
Route.
.MEETING OF RED CROSS
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The executive boaTd of the local
Red Cross will meet at the Red
Cross headquarters Monday evening
at S o'clock. This board transacts
the business or the organization
and »s comprised of the following
members: Mrs. E. J. Shaw, Mrs. F.
J. Weber, Mrs. B. A. Ross, Mrs. H.
J Lynch, Mrs. W. C. Bianchard,
\V. L. Landsborough, E. J. 'Shaw,
Howard. Ashley, Dr. L. S. Keller,
\f.irtin Conwav. L. II. Pedersen.
If you want a Box of
Lowney's
Candy
Go To
Tony Dortero
428 Broadway
Superintendent of W^ter Works
Page 'a crew of men at work
on Broadway and Sixth avenue re
pairlue the jvater mains at that
point. The mains have been ' laid
since 1903 and while defective at
some of the joints the main wood
is still in a good gtate of preserva
tion. Mr. P°-ge hopes to _have the
job finished by the "middle of next
tweek. ' ! i il
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FENG WILL
ACCEPT JOB
Peking:, July; 21.—Ttog Foreign! of
flee J. as announced' that Fang Kwo
Chang has agreed to accept the |
presidency of tho republic.
RED CROSS AT FRONT
Paris, July 21.—The American j
Red Cross "wdll go into the service!
at once. The 'Americans will take
charge of all bases 'near the fight
ing front of tlhe American forced re
lieving the French. The 'Ameri
cans will hereafter take charge of
their own wounded.
HI YU TIME PLANNED BY
SKAGWAY ARCTIC BROTHERS I
From all indications which hATO (
been made 'manifest by the old (
membrrB of Camp Stramway No. 1. j
ther0 '« to txj a rojuvlnatiou of
the local camp of the Artie Brother
hood. 1
For tie past few years the camp '
lias bean iu a stupoT, and the 'old j
t'me members of tihe brotherhood
fcave gotten together with the idea,
of marking he Monter'Camp of the
Finit Order of the North the fore- 3
most fraternal society in Skagway. 1
There •will be a special meeting o ]
Monday evening, July 23, at'which
time election will be held' to fill va
cancies, and the officers elected at (
that time as well as those wiho were J
elected a? a former meeting will'be ,
installed. A lunch will be served j
after the meeting and a large num
ber of 'he oldest members will be
present who will tell of the good •
timey bad in the 'gold-rush days ,
when the latchstrlng of the Broher- ,
hood was hanging ousde the camp
door to all weary mushers.
It is reported that the malumuta
stew will "be prepared by the "old
camp cook."
PARTY CAL1NG A. B.
MOUNTAIN TODAY
A partv 'composed of Mr. and Mra
Andre*- Stevenson, Dr. and 'Mra. W,
G. Gable, Miss Carol Caskey, Miss
Katherlne Caskey, 'Mr. W. R. Hill
ary and Rev. 1». H. Peden>en, all of
Skagway and Miss Leach of New
York and Miss Wishard of Los An
gela*, left town at an early hour
this morning bent 'on making the
ascent of A. B. mountain.
The party is in cha'rge of Rev.
Pedersen and Mr. Hillery, both of
whom siq seasoned mountaineers,
and they should have no trouble in
getting the party to he summit and
■back in safety.
JOINS AVIATION CORPS
James Snograss who has made
his home in Atlin for the past two
years and where h0 is known by
his iriends as "Kid" 'left on the
Dolp^n on her last trip south en
rou'e for San Diego 'to join the
avlaton corps n wheh he has been
accented.
"Xid" Snograss is a fine speci
men of manhood and will'undoubted
ly make good* as an air-man.'flghten
and enjoys the distinction of being
the frst volucter in thee aviation
corps from 'Alaska.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF
BANK OF ALASKA
JUNE 30TH, 1917
1. GROWTH IN DEPOSITS
June 30th. 1917
June 30th. 1916
Gain During Year
DEMAND DEPOSITS
$368,853
192.024
TIUE DEPOSITS
$77,484
16.976
$446,337
209.000
$176,829 $60,508 $237,337
It will be noted that tke Depoiiti of the Bank considerably more than doubled during the year
2. INCREASE IN DEPOSITORS
COMMERCIAL DEPOSITORS
June 30th. 1917 1308
June 30th, 1916 445
Gain During Year 863
GAIN IN RESOURCES
SAVINOS DEPOSITORS
382
164
218
TOTAL DEPOSITORS
1690
609
1081
June 30th, 1917
June 30th, 1916
Gain In Year
$ 122721.36 $315,351.2 7 $583,139.51
56,075.46 113,723.35 279,764.46
$ 35,101.23 $ 66.645.90 $201,627.92 $303,375.05
$145,066.88
109,965.65
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
WE PAY 4 PER CENT. ON
TIME DEPOSITS
eposits July 17 over half million dollars
Resources over $640,000.00 s
fiiEWEEK
IN SOCIETY
Mfsa Mary Elizabeth Mackubhi I
t Sitka was a dinner guest 'of Dr.!
nd Mrs. L- S. Keller on Sunday.
0—0—0
Mlsa Evelyn Taylor of Seattle Is
j town »he guest 'pf her sister,
Ire. Wlllard R. Hillary.
u—e—o
Miss Mary Pullen is spending a
art of 'ber vacation at Dy©a.
0—0—0
Judge R. W. De Armond of Sit
a, was a'passenger on the City of
leattle on his way home from Jit
leau.
0—0—0
Miss Edith LIddicoat returned
n Monday 'trom a tea days' visit
d Whitehorse, the guest of Miss
lenrletta Rousseau.
0—0—0
Mr. anr Mrs. 'William Shearer
eturned on' Wednesday from a
rip to Dawson, where they went
or rest and recreation.
e—0—o
Mies Frances Kennedy returned
in .Wednesday from a visit with, the
amily of Superintendent McFar
and at the Venus mine.'
o—«—0
Mrs. A. L. Grant accepted a
losltion with the mLnng company
(f Thomas Vogle and left for Ca
ioou Creek early in the week.
0—0—0
Miss Etta Sundeen left oa the
Jity o* Seattle for Juneau where sh
vlll Join her parents, Mr. and' Airs.
£att Sundeen who have been in the
apltal city for several weeks.
0—0—0—
Mr. William Wolfgram of Saint
Paul, Minnesota, arrived recently
n Skajrway and svlll make his
owu hia future home. Mr. Wolf
rram s a nephew of Mr. 'and Mrs.
V.. J. Achgon.
0—0—0
Mr. Frank Moyer,'well-known che
>* the W. P. and Y. R. eating house
it Bennett, came over for a week
end visit with his family, return
ng Monday. Mr. Moyer is the own
?r of a copv of tjhe first Skagway
Da'ly Alaskan, which was Issued In
February, 1898.
Mrs. Eugene Smith and her two
children, Bruce and Alice, left on
the 'rain this morning for Log cab
In for a few days' visit with Mr.
Smith's mother, Mrs. Ida Crease.
Llttie Everett Smith is' with his
grandmother and will remain at
Lo«j Cabin until school begins.
U—0 0 ■■
A special program was given at
the "Pop" on Friday for the bene
fit of the tourists and the same
was siven on Saturday and Sunday
Thia week the 11th. 'episode of
"Graft" was the chief "attraction.
A special program will be given on
Saturday and Sunday. Be 'sure to
g°. ' : ! . i
0—0—0
Miss Mary Elizabeth Mackubin,
of Sitka arrved In town on Satur
day from a trip to Interior points.
..Miss Mackubin Is a teacher in the
Sheldon J.ackBan school of Sitka and
is enjoying a well earned vacation.
On Monday Miss Mackubin left for
Haines where she visited with Mrs.
Craig before going on to Sitka.
o—u—u
Misa Dora Lang of Vancouver, B.
0. was a 'passenger to Skagway on
the Prince George and was the
guest of'hor cousin, Mrs. W. G.
Powell. During her visit in town,
Miss Lang went to Atlin and had
a delightful time visiting'the t>eau
tiful scenery in and around the At
lin distrct. Miss Lang 'will leave
on the Prince Rupert this evening
for home. ' • [ '
0—0—0
Mrs. Catherine Hooker and lit
tle daughter, Mildred, of Juneau
wwe passengers on the City of
Seattle on their way to Sanitarium,
where Mrs. Hooker goes for a rest.
While the ship was in port, Mrs.
Hooker and Mildred visited with
Mrs. E. J. Shaw. Mrs. Hooker was
at one time a resident of 'Skagway
ap<l numbers her friends in town
by the scoria '
0—0—0
The Junior Red Cross members
ma* with Mrs. W. C. Blanchard' in
the new quartefls in the Bank of Al
aska building oa Friday evening'to
devise ways and means for filltngq
th© "comfort" bags that the senior
B»fl Cross memlbers have completed
There is an urgent call for these
bags and all good 'loyal Americans
sad all others in sympathy with
ti e side of right should give freely
to help in. this much needed work.
Winter is not far distant and 'the
climate of some of the countries to
which our boys may be sent'Is not
always one of summer. Give as
much as you're able 'and then a
it'le more. . . j .Lli.jl.Plf
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A nifty line of market baskets for the ladies now on
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STORE CLOSES at 8 p.m. Saturday 9 p. m. TELEPHONE 55
Sunday Only
Clune's Cinema Production presents
Cfi€ €V€$
of the
UIORCfl
in ten parts by
Harold Bell Wrig'Ht
10,000 feet of films-Two shows in one
Special music
Two or three years ago Harold
Bell Wright, the most popular of living
writers, whose eight romances, including
"The Shepherd of the Hills", "The
Winning of Barbara Worth", etc., have
hid a total sale of nearly eight million
copies, added to his gilaxy of best sel
lers "The Eyes ot the World."
Wright's novel contains much of the
kind of material out of which successful
motion pictures are made and it is
promised that the photographs which
form the background of the film ver
sion compose a magnificent panorama of
the outdoor glories of Southern Cali
fornia.
8=00 p-m. Sharp All Seats 50c
CHURCH NOTES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday morning at 11, Eoidign'W.
Kerr v* the Salvation Amy will
preach. Sunday (school 12:15. The
evening 'sermon themo is "Christ,
the Sun of Righteousness." Music
by the Young' Women's choir morn
ing and evening. The public is cor
dially invited to all 'the services.
L. H. Pedereen.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Christian Scienoe Services will be
held Sunday morning: at 11:00
o'clock in the Alaskan building.
Subject:—LIFE.'
Th# public U welcome.
Sunday School 12 o'clock.
GOSPEL TEXT MEETING
Saturday evening—No 'meeting.
Sunday evening, 8:00 o'clock
Subject:/ "Spiritualism—Can the
Dead Talk with the 'Living?"
All are cordially invited to at
tend this service.
W. T. Hilgert.
Minister.
POWER BEING SUPPLIED
through fire hose
The delay in, issuing this 'after
noon'* paper is caused by the wa
ter* power b^ing shut off for 'a
couple of hours..
By a» ingenious arrangement,
Marshal Page restored 'the power
by a combination of hose, elbows,
.etc., which brought back the power
and the Alaskan yrill issue regular
ly eve» tho tjia 'work of repairing-,
the mains continues for some time.
ALICE TO ARRIVE
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The Princess Alice will arrive'in
j this port tomorrow morning at ' 7
o'cIock with 120 passengers, 110 of
whom axe round trippora. She h:Ls
also a cargo of 2S0 tons o£ freight.
She will sail for the south at'7 o'
clock Monday evening.
There was a large party on thia
morning's train all equipped for the
iris to Denver glacier. A cumber
of the residents of Skagway wore in
tjio party, and'it is their intention
to go back on the glacier a* far as
the "Needles," having taken' with
Hyvm ice creperg, axes, ropes and
Alpine stocks. u.—.
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lo» Get it af Keller Bros.,
the San-Tox Drug StOT«u
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ther u.miJvufC to amount to anything.
In nearly every case where women and
men have thin brittle hair, they owe It
to dandruff. There are hundreds of prep
arations that "claim" to cure dandruff,
but net oi:r- tut Ncwbro's Horpicide tells
you that dandrt:flf is the result of a germ
burrowing- into tho scalp, and that per
manent cure of dandruff and Its conse
quent fj-lling and baldness, can only ba
had by X!:i!ag the germ; and there Is no
other preparation that will destroy that
germ but'Kf-whro's Herplcide. "Destroy
tho '.~.v and you remove the effect."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
st&mpr for sample to The Herplcide Co
Detroit.
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