When Ordering
A Sack of Flour
Think of us
Our line of substitutes is complete and our
Prices are consistent
C. W. AsK & Sons
Retiring From Business
We will continue our
Sale Till April 13
Store Close Saturday 9 O'clock p. m.
Giving everybody an apportunity in buying good* at
such reduced prices
Store Open Evenings
DORTERO & SON
CLOTHIERS iad Fl'R.NISHERS TELEPHONE 32
Now is the Time to Order Job Printing |
Deposits Bank of Alaska
Skagway, Alaska and its
Branches at
Wrangell, Anchorage and Cordova, Aiaska
DEPOSITS
February 14. 1918 - - $583632.70
February 14. 1917 - - $333760.84
Increase in Deposits cne year $230071.86
Gain in Deposits, one year, 65 per cent.
The Daily Alaskan
You ^vill find advertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants
Put your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
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Printing 0/ Quality
THE HEROIC WOMEN OF FRANCE
Dr. Alaraia Ta^lonj
I My wards are rioit Jjowlerfiul
enou*h to do even, scanty justice
to the moat lueiwlo fiigwie da , the
modern world, and; of ages past—
the woman o£ Ftramce. Of tlna
he-'lthy mem, wiha arte eAgHg«d in)
jtl.t military service in France, prac
tically -11 are engaged eWlietj inj
j transportation or in, the maiwifa©
turw of munitions, lealvina the
agriculture absolutely to the
high devotion, with am attribute
tlia* amounts almost to religious
excitation, the woman of Prauoe
b°ars the burden.
Now, conditions being! as) t^iey
are, does it lie withinu th© hea-rtj
of the American people to pres<yv®
an1 hold to every convenience of
our lite at the expanse of adding:
an additional burden to thie) woman
hood of Fraawte? This i9 the exact
! women. Not only this, l»ut they
hAve stepped, toto the plc-ce ofi
work animals; yiou can, go int«a
a«y section of France today and see
i women of magnificent, noble woman
hood hitchod to the plough, and cul'
tiratignr the soil. All of the
agriculture rest upon their should
ers. The home, always an exitremo
ly efficient home, maintains a few
old men, the wounjded, and the
tubercular. Uaoompdaining, wiith
CONIES! FOR
CLERK GETS
'EM OOI
lTp to time of going to press, a
total oX 109 votqts, lia*l been ciast|
a' tho municipal election, of which
34 were women citizens. There
were 206 names on thio re;;istratioii)i
bouks, and this shows that there
h:ts been some interest shown; in,
the clerkship, that is the only,
j office for wliWh a contest is being;
i lU'ide.
' Each one of the candidates seonl
confident that he has been select"
«d as the choice of the people, but
if is only guess wo^k until aU
votes have been cast a-nd counted.
The judges a-re Airs., Sarah
Achison, William SilnH and, W. C.
Blanch;lrd. The clerks are Alias
Abbie Crepeaui and Prank Fowler.
When the reporter for thiB pa~
■per called at th/e voting booVh, h?
inquired as to tflf« 0!rdetrli.nessj of
the voters, and was informied that
thf-re hv'm been* jk* r'°ts or otjw
disturbances whatsoever.
COUNCIL SITS n
FOR LAST TIME
Tko conijnion council met la<st
wight, •>. d the usual prist of husi
ness fc*r the past niomth. dilqposed'
of. ' ;
Judges and clerka far the elec
tion were n>T-rato(l, aai4 ail! *rrange
raents made for th,e election.
A report ojf the commfititee o11
public Hvorkfc was read a«>d stat
ed (hat the logs which! are t» be*
used foir the reilnfOiriO€](ment of the
river banks had| b&en reoeived
that work of placing theaii in
tiom would begin as early as Pr-ic"
licaole. , ;
ConsideraiOle discussion arose Oyet
the condition of the WaUv, it hav
ing come to. thie attention, of the
water coniimitteei that pieces
woad and other foreign, matter
were passing tl*v>uighj the! mains.
TUe committee waa instrUcted to
coutPr with the Home Power com"
,pany with a view ot tetterkiff the
conditions.
George St. Clair of Atlin parsed
through Skkagway en^oiute to Van,"
couver where he will receive
cal aid, he having suffered from
ill health for several moavthis past.
He was a passenger on, the Princ*
cess SopJiia.
question that is involved ki our
sulstitutkm of other cereals in place
of wheat.
The women Of Fran ae must be en
abled to hold up the morale of the
French, soldier uiniil next sprimjr.
The morale of the house decides '.hfl
morale of the soldier in thie fighting
line. We can do thi» tv giving to
them the greatest possibly freedom,
in tliei'r food supply, and of this.
\ w.he*' is the chief factor.
HARD 10 PICK
Thirty gamies have now been.
ed iu the local Elks Mixed Bowl
itijr Tournament. With two more
gauifca to go thy
as follows;
teams uow 6tanid
"Pii£
Behind.
Colc-Blanchaird 9750
A s k'Ficka rd t 9740
Se 1 rawr-SeJiiU'r 9 G 7 6
| Ganty'Ganjtj' 9663
' Suffeoool-RuflVcooV 9650
; Black-Blackk 9616
' Batson'Liddicoat 9528
Vandewali-Vandewall 9190
Kh ra ma n~M i M or 9180
Ths Col-Blaflncham. team
•only rolled 28 Ka/n?)js and)
figures are estimate } fop them
basing on their av«ragie as bowled.
1 Tomorcwj evening ( (Wednesday)
the contest is expected to close with
the following: three contests;
Ganty's vs. Vaadqwafllis.
Coie-Blanehapd! vs. Biack'a.
Coie-Blanchard vs. Ask~Ficlcardt.
May the best team. win. come
on end bring yoirr "Rooters."
10
74
87
100
134
222
560
570
ha^re
aboye
SEATTLE STAR
BECKONS RALPH
Ralph Fedtejsen, who for <pie
past several. n'ontihfi* lias , occu
pied flhe city editors desk of this
paper, was a passeugieir for Van
couver on die Prinoesp Sopihia Sun
day 311.rau<te to Seattle wliiene he
has been proffered u, portion, on
I he Star.
While with thje Alaskan hie has
mad-* many frien,d(s for the pai>ier,
and incidentally for himself, for
he is •. HUpeifc aIJfahle youagj man,
and has done hiss utmost to be ac"
commtodatinig' to all who have "sk"
ed favors at his hands,,
Mr. Pedorsen gave as -his rea
son for resigning his j^jsition, with
the Alaskan as stated alx>ve, but.
our reoorter lias learned tjhat CU"
pid has luad mone to d® with; his
retreat from tlife chUi north than,
♦.hp prosaic call of sreem fields atud,
pasturc-s allow. Not long ago
an announjceniMiC was fiUulo 1°| the
secret/ coau.mii of this prtuor tliat
Mr. i'ederswi and Miss Marjorie
Brov. n would soon b<? wedded, and
since <hat timjft it l'a» lie en, learn
ed that the young lady did «"<>t
wish to return, to th© nioirtb. J Un
der these ciircuJn|bbaj:cee no one
can blame Mr. Pedersen for wish
ing to go ta Seattle.
J. J. Lindsay, en^ouite to. Regica,
passed through, Stag way Sunday,
sailing south on, Sopjhiav
OUR SPRING STOCKS
Of Wall Paper and
Paints etc
ARE NOW COMPLETE
We are now prepared to book orders for interior and
exterior decorating work. All work guaranteed
Let us give you an estimate on your work
Our prices the lowest consistent with quality
L. A. HARRISON Co.
TELEPHONE 55 Store Close* 6 p.m. Saturday 8 p.m.
PomUR PICTURE PILACE
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Wednesday and Tlmiwluy
Consolidated Fihti Oorjx>ratlon presents Maurice CosteJlo and
Ethel Urandln in
Crimson Stain Mystery
Episode No. 16
Domino—Waiter Edwards in BURGLAR'S BABY. j
THE MYSTIC JEWEL.—Majatic. , ; j
ill! I M'ii.'J.' SIX REELS
Mosle by Violin, Piano and Drums. ' ! ! j I j i
8-30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c. 10c
Em mi MEAT !
YOU Mj
Telegram from judge R. A. Gun- j
jiltoii, Federal Food Administrator
for AUMska, staffs that all restric
tions upon use of m/eait suspended
for thirty da}"^ frojni date. Neither
meatless days or meals need be
observed during that Perio<L
All food deadarsi from bg^ on,
and uinitu further noting must
limit aalaa of wheat flour at any o<ne
time to on9 eighty barrel toi con~
su-T-ie^a ia towns amid one quarter
barrel to suburbanites, fishing boats
and prospecting parties. public
eating payees may purchase, as
•now, fifty ^ounjda Without/ per
mit. Requisite amount of sub
stitutes must be sold with, all wheat
flour Bales.
All bakers, restaurants, cafes P-nd
pubic' eating pfiaoes using three
barrels wheat flour and. meals
monthly muat not use RYE as a
substitute iu their products.
The blockade of the W|hite Pass
for more than, tea d^ys was) finally
urought to an end last Saturday
when, ♦be rotary cut tfiirK/ugii the
snow which filled) every cuf and
iu other places bad been,1 thrown
into high drifts by the terrific
winds whicfli have swept tflie pass.
Frc^m a potevt some few imile6
south ot the Bunumjt, the buoiw
was wedged into' the cuts al
niost as hard ae ice, and at somgj
o' the places where it had) drifted
onto the track iu) the open. It was
even worse.
Following the rofcairy whMh cut
its wny thivxHgh' Saturday a mixed
passenger and freight succeeded iu
getting through, hut it did not
reach WMtehoree until late at
night. Sunday afternoon the Krfit
south. bound train EOt in without
mishap.
ADVANCE IN coal PRICES
Messrs. Suffecool and) Itjeri an
nounce thati begJivntnig witb Mon
day, Anria 1, the price of sareened.
coal delivered will be $14-75 p^r
ton, while the price of screenings
will be $9.75 delivered. 4~2~5t.
On Wedineadao' (tomorrow) at
three o'clock \ in, the afternoon
the Women's CJhu)rch( Auxiliary will
meet with Mrs- AntdTessvi Btevensou.
A full attendance ia urged:
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Miller were
south bound passengers oni the
Princess Sopthia for va-nicooiveij and
other Pacific coast; cities. Tb^
erpe-,'j to toe absent several weeks.
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that 1 have for sale
that suits you I can offer you
Some Bargains
DONT FORGET that I sell
Fire Insurance
ESTABLISHED 1807
THE SIvAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAN, Prep.
THE SANITARY MILK BUNCH
The largest and beet com
ducted dairy i* Alaska.
Dally shipment® of pure
milk and cream, to all paint
ob. White Pat* & Yukoa
Route.
FOR SALE—3 700m partly furnish
ed cottage. liJqfulre after 7 P
m. Cor. State and 10th, St.
FOR SALE—A De Lavel Cream
Separator, No. 15. Used only six
months and good as new. Will
sell at a bargain. Apply E. Effgem,
Douglas, Alaska.
ON'WHEATLESS DATS
ust.no bread cBAnrm.
EASTTCf OK. EREAKEAST
POODS CONTAINING
WHEAT.
POOD CAIJiNDAR
Wednesday: "Wheat less day.
Everyday: A fat saving day.
Everyday: A sugar saving
day.
Use fruits, vegetables, pin
to beans, and potatoes.
tJse milk wisely.