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EDITORIAL PAGE
ALASKA Nti I OLD II
SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Thd .'abin of Joseph Egler of
Broek>, u .is destroyed ty fire lost
weok. The blaze wa.s started by a
cm of gasoline leaking. A dozen
fire extinguishers were used but tiio
cabin was gutted.
L. r. Shackleford has announced
that, be does cot believe that lie
will be »ble to attend the Republi
can convention at Chicago on June
7 Best Pressure of business is
ghrea as ihe reason.
George Craig, who was connect
ed with the department of justice
at Dawson until he enlisted with
the first Canadian regiment for
service In France, was wounded and
h?.« returned to his home.
The Pacific Coast steamship Co.
ha opened offices in Chicago and
will make a special effort to cap
ture the heavy tourist traua which
it U believed will come to Alaska
next summer as a result of the Eu
ropean war.
The Matanuska Valley Farmer's
association has been formed in or
der to advertise the resources of
that »e<:lcn and to promote the
welfa.s of the agriculturists ia
that allien of the teriitory. E. F.
Kengcr president cf the associa
tion and Chas. Martin tecretary
treasarer.
No trace lias bten found of Peter
Oversea, the missing watchman of
the Caune Pass cannery, who dis
appeared ■? me tiuie last month. The
U. S. marohul s office of the first
division is interested in the case
and is iavestogating. it is believed
that he nag L>:,t whiie on a liunt
l*g 'rip.
A aumbtr of men at Seldovia
"ero 0-rievously disappointed recent
ly. They found a 15-gallon keg
of beer marked "Spring Hill Brew
ing company, Victoria, B. C."
The barrel was covered with sea
weed a»'d barnacles and the boys
POKTRAIT MEX AM) AGENTS
JXwO.OO per week can be made
selliug hnlarged portraits and
frames. Write for v;holesale cata
logue. H. H. Roberts, 1120 McGec,
Kansas City, Mo., largest wholesale
portr.'. ,t Uuus.. in the United States.
2: 12-19-2G.
were prepared to have a good
time rrom th« w«ll aged liquor but
were disappointed because the Bait
had spoiled thq beer.
At Ketcaikaa they ar$ haying
trouble with certain tersons who
.ake magaxtnes from the Library
Association and fall to return thorn.
Harriet E. Lane, acting secretary
and treasurer of the organization,
has issued an appeal that such prac
tice be ktopped Immediately.
Rabbits are reported to be very
scarce In the Fairbanks district
this winter, contrary to thq usual
custom. One of the small denizens
of the forest which appeared on
the streets of the City recently fur
nished excitement to a crowd of
small buys but the little animal
escaped to his natlr* heath.
The owners of fire dog teams
have tutered their teams in the
prelimiHary race from Anchorage to
.\Iatanu*ka and retur*. Tha com
mittee baring charge of the A»
chorage-Se-ward race which jrill be
run off in March report that good
purs- g Till be raised and that tho
success of the race It aaurcd.
The last three appointments to
federal I'.aces of Alaska are all
of pioneer Alaskans of high stand
lugs in their respectlrs communi
ties, and men who will make good.
\V«j refer to Harley Turner, of Ju
neau, to be depu'y collector of in
ternal revenue, Martin Conway to
ba postmaster at Skagway, and
• ,V : . oily
, . . un.UUtitlor.ul
, ;»• it; - i ••■i.Monil trout
' |y. ;;iL' . ; . J H tll6 O. U
■ tlJoM:' >!ii r.i. ■ r' !.- system. th.-re
-
i .line up the ««t wwfcrtltw
lire In dolnK i ■> work. Tlv proprljlnrs
so much f-tn in i s curative pow
• ih.1t tliev ofT'-i On" Ilutulivil Dollars
f >v any case thnt It fiilfs to cure. Senc
for list of testimonials. . _
Artdr...: F. J CHKNET .t CO . Tolfdo. O.
^ id bv all DrusBlsn. "5c
T.ik« Hull's Family Pills for constipation.
Z^nltn OU prevents rU6t and pre
serves the surface. A little Zen
ith Oil put upon any metal sur
face oxcludes t&e air and dampness
and prrfrenta rnet forming. 10c,
25c, 50e bottlas. Keller Bro«., Sole
Pack Train Restaruant
The Delmonico of Alaska
CHARLEY JOHN
KaRAMAN & CLECA*"
PROifRl ETOKS : !
1 i.u ion C(l wtuu lun Desire C'o«ba(J m rt (JHould U'
'*# kilt a 6y*c»*Jtj ol B»uq»«t« ud PrtraU Dlu«r Parties
A. rs».a«*] tad ccmforiAbltf yiate tor a (mppar *ft*r th« thov
Or -»«nic« 1* coi> pnratt booths If dealred.
•We Want Alaska and Canadian Furs
Via are
Located in
America's
Greatest
Fur Market,
Where Furs
Always Bring
the MOST
MONEY
W. Wlro Offers
on Spacial Lot*
or ALU KINDS
We Have a
Special
Demand the
Year Round
for Fine
i Alaska and
' Canadian
Furs
Correct
Valuation on
All Shipments
Black, auver ana tross roxes specially wanted
Be Sure You Get Our Prices Before Selling Your Furs
0 \A/ RITE "TODAY
Rogers Fur Company, Dept. a. c., st.Louii,Mo.,u.s.A.
Wliiium E; Boot to fie jloStiaaster
at Seward.—a-Juneau Empire;
Writing from Paris, Dr. J. A.
Sutherland, of Fairb&nis, aaya that
j ho wan disappointed In golnjj to
!th« front u» ha has buen sent to a
! hospital new Pari*.
The Nome city council has rati
' lied the new election law and tho
voters of that towu will now elect
u mayor, six councilman, u. city at
! torney and town tro-isurer.
The residents of Tofty, th$ Hot
I Springs camp, have sunt a protest
I to .Washington, claiming that they
are not getting tho mail service to
j which they are entitled.
As a result of a Petersburg ua^
live being drowned while under the
influence of liquor which had been'
furnished by a Japanese, the son
of Nippon lia* beem arrested and
will be iribd at the coming term of
court.
Doth the Strand and Jried anti
mony mln»8 at Nomq will bo op
| crated the euitlrg winter months
«uil It 1* expected that * large
shipment ut the yaluablo ore will
i bo ready for shipment to the
jstates In the spring.
The Nome city council ha» given
tlia couvract to W. J. Howe to kaop
the sidewalks free from lit} and
snow. He receives $250 per month
for wielding the shovel, and i'J
earning hi* money as the sidewalks
must be *ept clear for full width
and in 'ha residential sections foot
paths oroke*.
Charles H. Hunter, the well
known big garna huntqr ox Los
Angeles hag written, the editor of
thq Wbltebors* Star, that he will
come aorth next summer with; sev
eral banting parties. A movie
picture yarty. will also visit thq Yu
kon wi.h the objoct of photograph
lor««t denizens in their native
I lairs.
The livwett Packing Company,
which is now operating a can
nery m Everett, on Puget Sound,
nas i) i.'ihaaed t'ao Hecate Jefand,
Alaska, cannery of Aq Swift-Ar
tUur-CiOaLy company, aiid will op
erate game hereafter la addition to
I iU Puget Sound plant. Capt. Har
| ry W. Croojay and thq others In
terested lu the company bar* pur
ch.isihl •he steamer Ru&h, and will
use her U plying betjvewi Seattle
aud a new cannery thy expect to
build In Bering Sea.
Mrs. J. H. Nolan, postmistress at
Nolan, cii the upper Koyukuk
river, established a new agricultur
al record last summer lor the
farthest north mining camp ot
Alaska. She raised a ton of , cab
bage, tlvo hundred pounds of po
tatoes, three hundred pounds of
carrots nnd two wash tubs full of
•omatoes. The latter were raised
in a hothouse and the choice ones
sold for »0 cents apiece. Nolan
is away up in the Arctic.
THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES! ! !
Why pay tho^Baking Powder Co.
•100 per cent profit? 35c saved
on every pound of Baking Powder
means a saving of $7 to $14 in one
year; is this worth while? We sell
the recipe for malting Baking Pow
| ON1.Y ONE "Brorso Civile," tint .
I axaave groico ^alnint
' Cures i Cold in One Day, Crp in 2 Days
| f if
1897 191A
Established 18 Years
PHIL ABRAHAMS
INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLECTIONS
G-EN'L AGENT
NOTARY Public
in < Sice
4th Avenue, Skagway
Zenlttk Oil for clocks, watches
and typewriters. Thin in body It
quickly reaches the finest parts of
these delicate mechanisms, lubricat
ing them correctly wKfeout gum
ming; cleaning those parts and
preventing rust. 10c, 25c 50c bot
tles. Keller Bros., Sole Skagway
Agtents.
tier for 10c & potind at homo*
to the bast on the market tftat
costs 45c or more a pound.
Recipe tor making easily and
(Jillckly; $1. THE UTILITIES
MFG. R. R. 29 Stamford, Conn.
2:12^-3:4.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J-.- I. si. KIXLL'H.
r><ntl<l
-u M'mIki-b Mmbods.
Ope« Erenlig*.
Office Hours 9-12 a in 1-8 p. m
Alaskau Bulldliig ■ Broadway
8KAUWAY ALASKA
\VI I.I.I AM PALLI8TER, M. B.
(Formerly 0f 8«kttl9)
Specialist is the treatment of
• iisi-nst - jiuiJ deformities of tf»# eye.
car, D(«e unil throat.
Office Goldstein Uulldiag, JD
Iioan, Alaska
W. B. STOUT
i t t o r ■ • r 4 • 'Law.
Praetlf* ti all court*
la Territory «f Alaaka
flaUet
PIANO TUNER
Geo. Anderson, piano export
factory representative for high
grade pianos will bo In Skagway In
I the near future.. Pianoe for (»1«
and rent. Homo address, BO*
991, Juneau, Alaska. Pullen
House, Skagway. »2-17.
Zenith Oil for movias picture ma
I chines, talking machlnee, phono
I graphs and musical instruments, au
tomobile magnetos and dynamos, «
I unexcelled. 10c, 25c, 50c bottles.
Keller Bros. Sole Ski'gway Agents.
fraternal ordkrs
F. * A. *•
WUlto Pom Lodgt
r. * A. M. N» 11
uieete 2d
xM. tir gs of v&°b
nou'L vi»iUufc brothers are *w
r.nif I'till Abrahams. Secretary
Elm»'r L. WboelT. W. M
B. P* O. ELKS
Skagway Lodjj*
NO. 431, B. P. O.
E. meet* eyery
Thursday evening
at 8:00 o'oleek.
Visiung onc
ers cordially welcoma.
HOWARD ASHLEY, B. R.
F. J. VANDEWALL, Seor«tarjr.
Fraternal Order
Eagle"—
Skafrwaj Aerie
No. 26, Frater
nal Order of
meet* the first and third
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth aren ue Vtaltl n,
broti-ers cordially laTltei to attwd
h. E. Hadson, W. P., J. K. Mo
Allster. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
' i Camp Skagway No. 1,
v| A. B. meets every aec
~.f ond and fourth Tues
^ dr.y evening at 8:06 p.
m. efir.rr. Visiting brothera cordial
ly welcome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hillery, Arctic
Recorder.
• ■ ie
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
The Royril Mail Stage
leaves Whitelioree the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
poiut>- and tflso on the
seventeenth if every
iriftith for Cliamnaigne
Passengers and f-1 eight sol
icited, Rotes Reasonable
and the St rvice First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, Prop.
OFFICE
P.egiaa Hotel t: WIiilchor»e, f T
yap.. • SffnMKY
•. L:.:' ARQES
■ • \ .ved is i
.:•> &WKSj
V , . . . •.JcV.'c,rS^UDy)
iiiiiim1 V, /
" Xcttart of counterfeit, i
ALL DKfOGISTS J
ro I
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria !
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skagouay
S.S.SPOKANE Feb. 13-24 Mar. 6-17-28
OowmcU ft« —rtlli Witt) thrower. ,.nssen ger iteuMH,
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Suiting Tuesday and Friday tut 11 m. m.
FOR t&AX WUANC1SCO, IAIS AMGELHB, SAN DIEGO.
Through sold and bating* cocked to hli potato la
United State* md 0*n«l»- For 'uldan - and foil particulars,
address V. i ''KTKRSON, A|«at
H. BRANDT, «. A. P. D. v%on« (M. BKAGWAI
808 Second Ave., Seattle. Wsh*.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROH 5KAQWAY
.SOUTHBOUND
5. 5. JE-PERSON
Feb. 13=22 Mar. 3=13
Parsergers will be tiamleried to Vencover or Victoria
without extra charge.
TELEPHONE SO. M.
K J SHAW. AgetrL, 8RAGWAY.
FILINGS from SKAGWAY
VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE, ETC.
Via PRINCE RUPERT
We csn Ticket You to Any Part of the World
Information Cheerfully Furnished by
F. F. W. LOWLE, Genl Ait. Pbone 87 or 141 SKAGWAY
S. S. Princess MAY
Feb. 9-23 Mar. 8-19-29
Winter Season
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The New Short Line and ? he Alaskan's Favorite
[ All-Steel Trains and .1 Top-Notch Service where You'll
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I
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i E. J. SHAW, Agent, Skagway, Alaska j
A. R. HARRIS, Trav. Pass. Agt., Juneau
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