V4
No. ill
laskan
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1920
TWENTY THIRD YEAK
PRICK
10 CENTS
HE FUSS 1 III ROUTE B ITS Ml HEMIC FBI
War Der-ar'H'ent.
!°*.: Adjutant General'* Office,
V.' i-lau-ton, i). C.
Victory MoJr art; boius ai'Plia
V: >o "lowjj- b" ex service "u-n. 'hat
Major C ral i\;f*. Harrl". T;.e Ad
j - :mt ' it*i» :a! of the Aruiv, lias
ho if'ieers In cearie of i ■
:i to mafco tU° ut,"o!t < t
fort i r-;i :c til uiu deserve It.
II i; it'Uieil thai U,7j7.t!l'4 ice".
Also >'d i.i the Ar "y are eiUit
le.l t!t. ^odai, b .t to date only
4. or ay.at ten Per Cent of
liUmLcr. have oPMied.
A- I'lications are comlag in at the
a'e i f i :.ly ti.StO a day, which l*
far below the capacity for is*ue
i.i vr.irlii i< (a the Chil d
i* .i.i General a ijj- Depot. TV" Quart
. r:: ->r . ,iu» on a jar>-'e force..
i'.U'L tli^i»«- are b'-irv-^ held at
isMi'e to the Goveram''nS.
"It i- no " or« diffl 'lt't;> "'ake
o •" a furiu f >r the Victory Med
suro't: - Genital Harris, ""than it
Is to fill o;t i money order blank,
"hi- firm vilifies the recipient'"
s ice and his present whereabout".
It will I'revcnt the medals f"<
fuli'ti-it.'o the "ron? hand". !
Government's rih i; a worlc of art.
I not a ,ba"b!e , and lias intrinsIc els
woill fis »eati'«,'imai vai^e. It
not be seat o'Jt to unverified • ad
dresses', ,! any n'ore than. .Lib r'
Hand'* or war Insurance chock,;,'nlni y
cf svhioh jhave »yvn lost before r°ac
leg the addresses iu. 3''ite of every
;josoil:le l'are. {
•Ibe ex service mau has laalvlto
arply at the sparest lArniy Po«t <
recr'iitlnK officer In Uis bo»"e t .
or through | nv patrlo'l0 society,
s,;c !i as the American Legion or
th* Veterans ,r.i Foreign War".
Here ae will be shown ho"' to fill
o't lus blank and if liU di-c'iai*
Ptxr» are jcorrect, the application.,
is forwarded idirect to Philadelphia
ar, i i he >r>ed:tl «'ailed -within a «vek
Hundreds of •iM>ii,'ani» liavo ti\'»
wrouP addre^si* anil many meda!s
u1-.- roturned {daily by the !•
fi fcooa"se ,:ht men cannot
kt.viHd.
The |\nierlc:'iii -Leuioa make* 11 ••
distinction Ijoiv > on me"lber^ aud'non,
i»< nioers in tli€ Victory Medal di
tributiona. ; Tlv°. are al*o slYti: 1
blanks for the v.,%\t of kin. in ori
that Hhe ar<>I".;ii. j may obtain tli.
dp^orations lor .those who were '
led jii. action O:" wUo died in 'ino
of d«ty.
U!>. 1-obUns and n'itcho! ■ fti
ho!.; jii-li carni'.al at th» Ri'tioo1
M Friday Vl.-ht October 2M
Tjiis |s 'an anrT'a! ev:;' with th<
SkaKtvay ?<.!•.. o!. F"rtUi>r an
r.o-Ui.' ■ on' *1 I l>- ;«'-;id- ja n
^ a ;M"cr_.
Rev. Winterberger
Returning On leff
Rc-erud E. 1-. Winterbl>rscr i9
cxp1 c"'d to rji"r:i on tH" J'ffcr
son tomorrow.
Mr. "Winterb^rser has teen at
Ivtchikan a«l MeUakalilia ^ lie re lie
ail' nd' il the Presbyterian PrCbytery
wt-ich in"l at the latter Pla<V.
Iron- ra-t!' In ""HieX Firins-' Liae"
toiil^bt and fj'-"urrcw ni-lit.
DON'T DESPISE THE SINGLE
DOLLAR
If you watch over the smn'l things of life, they
will make you; if you neglect them, they will
break you. Neglect the dimes and you will
rever have the opportunity to neglect the dol
lar. Start an account with lis and becomc ac
quainted with our modern banking methods
1.00 Starts an account
We can help you and you can help us
BanK of AiasRa
TOILET SOAPS
We have a comylete line of high grade
toilet soaps at low prices. Special prices
by the boX and dozen lots. It Will par yOu
to buy frOm uS.
P. n. GANTY
Full supply of fresh fruit and vegetables ex "SEATTLE"
Whitehorse and Casca fighting
the Elements to Reach White
horse President and General
Manager Watching Situation
Boats Expected in Winter
Quarters on Wednesday
' After a tremendous fi«ht aga.;ns
[ th*> c!«^m"tus tlie steamboats "White
iijr» and Cj)Sla U£ 'ho Wui© Pas
tl' e ; of the Y»k')n liver have'fot
ten >']■ as fir '<>■' Selkirk wh«re lh«y
lia-o Ko;ttm onto bar" b*'t by niKht
•v:'l iuf on their way to \\'hitehorse.
'''hi'- has > «-:i the worst season..
cv< r ''XtH'ri«liCH(J on the llllirIit7,
Yukon :uiil it lio--i taken the coura«e
a ul inu-l'itfe.'.d' at the gods to navl
aatu the steamers.
Loiv »'ater »:>d early freeze UP
lias been the order of the day vino'
the ear'y Dart of October and boats
ti'at expected ',o make one or two
mori .triPs UaJ to be laid * J>.
I3uats co"'ii;S up fro"> the 'ower,
ilv-'r "ire ^onrpel't-d to lie "P at
the differ'nt '<ints of stop, some
thins unknown m th® history of
the Whit'- P'«s Uea'"boat operations
Al' of thoso boats started
in plenty of rinij to have ""adi-'the
wjntet <iuart°r» In itormal s,>asoi^;.
However with »tmo*t Persjstance,
the rituatlon i* no' nearly so bad
•ti .Tiiiijit have be°n expected.
I Son'o of the crews of the low
tir viver boats nave had to so out
by the Fairbanks trail, somethlas
which svaa never done before.
I The ,Will tenors and °ftsca should
I arrive fn Whitehorse by Tuesday
nisht aaid the Passengers will be
j bro';f,h( over at once to Skae^'ay
where they cm take the Princes8
i Mary If that ship can be held
that 'one.
President El'lott and General
I Manaeer Wheeler at Whitehor3e
have renamed to Bee the close of
j the season aal "lake sur° of the
arrival of the boats.
l./jKR
At a tate 1-our this afternoon
I it was learn0 d that both tlie'White
' horse and Csksca liad Kotte'i off tn
i bars at Selkirk land were on the!
w»y up the river.
Doth j'iit.s left Selkirki at 1 o'
eJock.1
It jis ai"o statod that the Prince's
Mary will a«'a!t the arrival of
Wu^ngers un,til Wednesday as'nia.}
of them have been oa tlie way
long and othors liavo important h"
osss \ o attend' to down below a
i jubt w-ajt would be a manlfest in
Ju.»tlc«-. j , "«
B0D1LLG DEATH
S«ES ro EI
U/i
U I
TacOmat | Out 18 — Raid, j
j trials, i fines asii imprisoinment--,
have /ailed to stoP bootlyssins ja
the of Washington.
So rfohibiti in Enforcement of
fi ia' 5 \ have decided to try to Put,
'L'i. Tear |>f dea^u 'n the drinking,
i'u< tTioPing tv.pt method of at
tn c <i 'may Prod"<-v better resultgil.
1 :c-Paganda bulletins it jjas been
dec.d*d, -w ill lie issucd, Sottin,e forth
jthe 'precis® nature of illicit booze
wi: •, descriptions of the symptons.in
J duce<1 by tho various chemicals in
moonshine whiskey.
| '-I'llo Washlatton state health de
j parti'tnt will a^ist in tli° ca"'PaiKn.
| It was aoaouur-ed to the pufb'ic that
j "nje»» drinkers rut down their con
I sumPtion of norac made liquor death
in the nest throe years, d«e to
; nioonnhine whiskey, will ©xce®d the
j Araerican deatn roll in, the ,vor'c
i war
••iliere is no sucn tnin#> a* pur>
moonElilne'' says Dona'd lM°Donald
I stat Jire&tor of tho federal Prohib
tion forces. "The fermant°tlon of
I >Aa5h from rai*ms, susar, prunps,
leirntss and Potatoes generates fuse'l
cil and others dangerous chemicals.
I The motal containers In, which the
ma^-ii is cooked giv© off deadly Pois
' «n». One run of whiakoy from a
loome made sllH '"ay be relati •
ly Harmless &nd th° next highly dan
I icero^«. L'hemicul wliiskey has •>
I carefully purified and aeed for year
V]io moonshiner a?es hi3 over ai*-'h
md then, sneaks it In'o the ,nark<
Evidently a few elementary facts
about tlie nature of electricity would
not be amiss in some homes, just as
the nature of escaping Kas to explode
when brought in contact with a naked
light is needed in others. A child
In Oregon who had probably never
been warned of the danger whs elec
trocuted when, standing on a metal
heat register, she touched an electric
Iron. These tragedies might easily
be averted by a few simple instruc
tions. . . . .
riji Princess Mary Is due to J*
rivo at about noon, tomorrow. AK"'t
H"1 Jotuistoa of the C. P. R. Uin
ref civt'd a wire over the I)ominj
t'lij'rapli1 amio'-'neins that the
Princess Mary would remain over
ia Sbasway to take 'lie PasseW»ers
fre>'i tUo belated Yukoa river boats
who are on, th" way up stream.
If uecessary lh® Mary wi'l remam
"fltii Tuesday noon but 'his it i~
tLo"Sht. wiiil not be recfJired a» the
Whi'ehorse and Ca^ca are makin
good headway asainn the many
obstac'e9. *)
The Princess Ena of 1 li0 P.
R. iin« «'in arrive sometime Sun
day with a car^o of coal far thi
W. P. and Y. Route.
This is a very much needed co"'
raodl;y as the rai'road has been run
nlner on. small rations for'so'"e'time.
CABLE HI HE
UP»SOOH
Although the cable ship BUrnsirie'
has been working for several dayi
th° cable has rot yet been rePaired.
thl® Is duo to a fierce wine
that is blo«'iaS from the south wbic
hampers the worK and makes jt i">
possible to eatlior up the cads o
th® lline and tut them together.
It is the Into a1 ion of tho offic
«r* of th© Burnsid« to make a co"
Ipicto job of it this time and: gel
the ckasway Juceau cable in, 6ov.
shape all tha way.
Our readers villi have to bo'c(
t«.t with ^'hata wo have been, abU
to Bather but it is almost' ,certai
that aest week wa wiU serve the re
ulay press ne\v3 as heretofore.
John Uarrj-nvor© in, "Are You l
Mason, TucS(1pj- an.d Wednesday.
j "Word B'a« received this afternoon
| that, the voto la British Columbia'*
] had Won« In favor of eovernment cod
jtro' of llquor.
'l'ma means tijat the Boveman^'wi1
hai 'e ail liq"or and sell it to th«
I citlzti-3 at retail.
Th* an»ou»t one Individual CaH
J D"y wil'l bo ietermlna<i by th® R-ib
lc tLlquor vender.
l'Ma method lias be°n trlledi out
•cvera' time8 ta other Provinces and
In almost every one b«en su'
perced•■■61 by "bone dry" 'aws.
Shuttle], j—" ,Tljere are forty
three ^departments, bureaus am,d con>
u'U'j wis having juri3dlc$ioa over
A!aska", said John, Noon, be
foro leaving "tiero ia»t weak for East
where he Iwill addirese chamber3 of
( consmorce in 'the larger ci'ie3. "T1
multiplicity ot jbur«aus and depai
•"ants, interlocking as they do
J '"any instance"*, |reduce9 Alla^ka to
a 6?ate of Peon&«e. Retfuiatloji^'fi
, erning tlie^e (departments mast be
I modified to sive the Poor man
fiance and make him -free. We Ala*
j bans are "{now broke—hundred' ar
' leaving the country. On the boa:,
| c'l which I Was & pa»senser the. i
j were seyen families (leaving the ter
iritory, one ofl the famlll«s haviv j
been Xorth for SI years ajid now
comins [out dl^sted leaving all
their .Property h>hind. The govern
n'erit has "got A'asfca all1 »e*'ed UP
I Agent Shaiv of the A. S. S.
Co. lias his b J0r<i o"t with the j
announcement that the Jefferson:
wo"'d be In port on, amday.
' Father GallaJit .cabled from Haine9
to ft.iy that ne would returtt to Skas
,v3y this aftjrnooa on t^e Peterson
j .and would holdl services tomorrow
j i ; St. Mark"' tV'rcfc.
Come ant! so Kobert W. Ohamber»
j fai.olls novell come to life,
I With Irene Castle! A.m°riaa's best,
! dress'(I "oman In the loading role'.
HKEIl BALL
WTOJRKHT
A "»atch same of ba»k"t ball be
tvec-a th« W. P a- Team and Fort
3e*arc team will bo Played off to
ul^h:
Tills sam« Is t^a opfnlaK sani<-'
for -ifte "ason an,d the boy ba.e
boen training fo a good same ean
te looked for.
The W. P. Club team i» con'iV>s
«d of W&l*er Waitt, Harry Ask„
Charles Wells, OfcorSe RoPUizi tt'm
B;,dsoc and Wni. Jill'y.
"hi ea">e will "tar1 al il.'ht o',
clock and tiiere W11U be d-incin.' after
"'arils. A »ma'l fe-' will be charged
•o tower erpett.ses.
A'l are tn,vlt«d.
Mr;-. J. W. Pritohett of Wran^eU
has b«en aPpointM dePuty Brand re
een1, of the Women, of Moo^eh^rt le
oi0n' Her jurisdiction, embra«es the
entire territory of Alaska. She iH
authorized ti» travel whe-j. o?emed n c
es*ary, Institute chapter®, amd 1"
called "Pen in sii other ways to pro
mot# the further growth la l^ion,
work, to the end that Moosolieart'ma
t"tlon.
IDE HIE PASS &
f
THB GATEWAY ROUTS OF
COMFORT 8ERVICI SAFETY
— pon
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Through Tickets to and [from* Dawson,
Fairbanks, and all Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of naT:g*ti«« »ur fl««t *f ««d«rn steam
ers will operate refularly the entire leafffek ef the Yukon
River and its tributaries.
Daily train service(exoept Staday) between Skaffway and
Whitehorse. Parlor obserraliem Mrs ea »f»ry train
Full information r«t*rdi»g paeeeager amd freight rates
■yda applyiftf te
H. Whesltr, General Hanager
Skaguay, AJaaka
or
510 Alaska Builalaf, Seattle, Wash. -