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 yood* at
such reduced prices
Store Open Evenings
DORTERO & SON
CL0THIER5 and FURNISHERS
TELEPHONE 32
Now is the Time to Order Job Printing
Deposits Bank of Alaska
Skagway, Alaska and its
Branches at
Wrangell, Anchorage and Cordova, Alaska
DtlPOSl rs
February 14. I9!8 - - $583832.70
February 14, 1917 - - $353760.84
Increase in Deposits one year $230071.86
Gain in Deposits, one year. 65 per cent.
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The Daily Alaskan
You v. ill 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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VAL. ONCE MORE
MAYOR JUNEAU
Juneau. April 3. — After a
sharply contested eladtlou, held, in
this ci,y yesterday, JSmorjr Val«r~
tinp was again) reelected! mayor,
by a majority of on%- seventeen
votes. The Valen.tlo« ticket alsoi
carried three otheiri candidates! to'
victory, Peter Carlson, E. jjellingen
ana Ch^rlea Hanson.
J. H, Montgomery was elected on
'he opposition, ticket.
hiesIects I
GOOD m
Haines, A^>ril 3. — At the ejec
tion held in this city, yasU^day, N
G. Hansoa led the council mAnic tick*
et by i>olltng 4l wtes. \V. E
Polley followed' with 40, John
Leslie 37, R. M. Odel, 30 jajmee
Fo, 29, aud G*»i«J© Htochman 26.
A. F. McLean, runmiauc for* school
director ha<l no apposition j and
pollpd 4'3 votes.
The men elected are ajJ good
representative map, and shoul<^
therefore give Hainies u. bushifiss
liko adminlsCratiOni of ta Affairs
for tt next twelve months.
British! Headquarte\rs in; France,
Tuesday—British, trroojxs. stormed a
strongly held German position in
the woods along the Luce river,
driving the enemy back to a con
sideable distance.
When the British advanced to
th'ir newly won position, ujthough
the uerman6 made a heroic) ®ffwt
and did much sharp fighting to re
tain their stand, the ground thus
t:ikrn wa« found to be s>trewn with
dead Gorman soldiers.
LONDON LIGHTS
00! »T IM
London, April 2. — By military
order ssued: today, ad], lights are
Oldf cut ill th.0 city Of LoHidoD,
at 10.30 o'clock tonight and faere*
after, tha order being given, in^
order to economize in coal/ an<j pas
and electricity.
10IIM1E
GOV'T RAILROAD
Washington. Tuesday—Following
complaints which have bean, made
from various sources, th^ Senate
Territcrie§ commission wUl at once
beein an Investigation, Into th,e man
agement of the Albican government
raiiro»d.
train* bucsks blizzard
Tram No. 1. which) loft skagway
for Whi'-ehorso yesterday moru
ing arivfd in thflit city ait 2
o'clock this morning,' after) Mv
in® been assistted' thresh snow
diifts as deep as 15 feiet. All thei
cuts ar>- reported full of snow
which hae drifted in, almost as sol
id as i'f, and the rotary bias
to grind it v>ut before a, train]
could be pushed throiugh. Trainj
No. 2, which left Whiteharse y«s
cerd v morning, arrived in Sikag
wav at 2:30 this aftomoon, havingjj
encountered severe iblizzards aM
the wav from Caribou to several
miles this side of Summt. Accord
ing to Chlat Trau Dispatcher Mulvi
bin the weathqr we • * • but
we don'» usethat kind) of language- j
HIGH sqORES FOR WEEK
O. Selmer, 236, 212, 204, 200.
200. ' :
N. E. Biaok, 2013, 200, 200.
Cleon. Ask, 206, 203.
P. H. Ganty, 221.
Mrs. P. H. Ganty, 224, 203.
Mis. Sel:mer, 200.
SCBflPROGRAM
HI THE SCHOOL
Tliero will l>a a special meeting
of the Aurora IJorealifi society
Thursday aftennpon at 2:30 In room
four, public school building.
The selections for thq program
which will be gftten, are ajmjoBt alj
taken from Sir Walter scott'a workf,
aiul h88 therefore) been] designated
as a "Scott"' meetimjg.
The Drograon follows:
1. Song—PhAaograjxh/ record, Star
Spangled Banner.
2. Read'ng of nfinutes of previous
meet'ns, Bessie Conway.
*3. Roll Cal — Quiptatiionsj from
Scot and Bunig, society.
4. Opening Address1 — President,
Joseph Pedersen.
5. Biography—"The Wizard of the
North," Lela, JLalau.
6. ReaditoflB:
Vaiicy of Eske, Mavis Huklll.
LochJnvar, Esther Fried/enthal.
7. Referred Question,;
Rowaua and Robocca, compari
son, Ellen Rogers.
Ellen—From "The Lady of the
Lake," sketch, Ruth Pedersen.
8. Songs:
The Cambells Are Coming, Jiy
Hearts in the Htehlflnds, swift
Aftan.
9. Readings;
Parting of Ma-rmian and Douglas,
Fred Hlauehjaji-d.
Trial of Constance I)e Beverly,
Floris Clark.
10. Son?—Phonograph; Record, Au~
11 ie Laurie.
President, Joseph* Pedersen.
Secretary, Bessie OooiWay.
ComniiU.ee, Lela Maian, Ellen
Ro»ors. Verne Miller.
Rogers Proves
Good Politician
Th,e municipal election passed off
quietly yesterday, and all qualified
voters who bad registered j with)
tho exception, of four cast) their
ballots, which, showed that c*ynsidr
~ arable interest w-as taken in the
result.
There berate no contest onj for
mayor, city, tre:u:.urer or f°T tha
new members of the council, or
for school director, those haymg
becu jionnrnatcnij wore °£ course
elected, hut it W>as the contest be
tween the three candidates for city
celrk that brought out the voters.
Clyde Rogers proved himself to,
be considerable of a ^Jlitician, for
while Messrs. MoClellamd aud Alex
Blaticliad wero engaging in a hoB
campaign for the election, ii^ wh!cl\
bot candidates resetted *o old
style methods of electioneering,
Mr. Rollers quietly hrought .out his
supporters, with the result that
he polled 110 votes, while M<r
Cleland had 12 and Blanc hard' had
40. There were ten ballots thrown
out by the judges opt one caiuae or
[another. • ,
Tho ticket elected is a^i follows:
Mfyor. Howard Ashley.
City Clerk, Clyde Rogers.
City Treasurer, Phil Abrahams.
COUNCIL
New members: Max Gutfeld, Jas,
Kei'edy, h. E. Reynpldson.
Hold overs; Oscar Seimer, W
B. Wrigrt, Wm. Buaiting.
School Director, V. I. Hakn.
YOU CAN EAT
if OLD III
The Pack Train; res^-urant op^nr
ed its do ore to thg public early"
Sunday mornLngg, and,1 onico more
Skagway has a place of "good eats"
which, is second/ to momjq in the
Northland. During' the time that
the i'ac^ Train, has beemi closed the
hotels have caterer to tine general
public, but these &nlyt served, mealsi
at regularly staied.1 houijs, and
therefore the traveling public) has
Oeeu pui to a more or less dlfcad
vantage if they happeWedi to ar"
rive In the city outside of regu
lar meal hours.
All this is now remedied, aud
'hose who may wish a meal be
tween morning aii|d; ®oom, or
noon and evening may ha-ye it serv
ed, up to them In jregula,. a la c^r's
style at this famong 0I4 is'or thorn
institution.
There will ble a regular meeting
of Skagway Aerie Xb. 25, p. O.
Bagl<=s tonight. All members aire
requos'eti to Ibe present, j
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 Cloiet G p.m. Saturday 8 p.m.
Pom piciii pmE
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Wednesday and Thui-Mlay
Consolidated Fibu Cwporatlon presents Mauriee Costello and
Ethel Uraudin in
Crimson Stain Mystery
Epitode No. 16
Domtoo—Waiter Edwards la BURGLAR'S BABY.
THE MYSTIC JEWEL.—Majstlc.
J. I: I f'i !<mi" SIX KEELS
Mude by Violin, Piano anil I)ruma. ' ! : ! r i i
8-30 p-m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
Thd three funnel steamship, j
Prince Rupert, o£ the Grand) Trunk
Pacific lina is due to arrive in. this
"wrt- *>a Monday. Sli-e is bring" j
ing a ftlr passenger list a.n<l some
freight, ^
O. A. McNicholl, assistant general
freight &n& passenger agent, with
headquarter at Prince Rupert ia
making the trip to Siagway fo
tho purposei o£ properly inaugurat
ing the season's regular schedule.*,
For the past Bev^r^l day? work
men have been, busily engaged in
painting and renovating the local I
offices o£ the G. T., and they|
now present a most pleading aP"
pea ranee.
There will be installation of new
ly elected officers at the meeting;
of Skagway Lodge Xo. 431, B. P.
0. Elks Thursday- evening. After
tlia Installation, caretuioii^ the an
nual installation ball will bo iven.
to wh'ch all -are) cordially invited
to attend.
sr. a. PETERSON MAKES ROUND
TRiiP i .
The harbor boat. Petefrsoj)i ar
rived in port flromi F°rt Seward at
11:40 this moving and retur^d
at 3:30 p. m.
Those coming up fifttim tlie( posfc
and Hakies w-ftre Miss J*una Grey,
Miss Garefde, Misa Francis McRae,
Sgt. and Mrs. Miner, Sgt. Rock
well, Corpl. Peck, Mrs. Lewis, Mr.
P»<Jdl3, Howard) McRae, find Fred
PerJfin*.
ADVANCE IN COAL PRICES
Messrs. Suffecool and Itjen, an
nounce that beginning •with. Mon
day, Anril 1, the price of screened
coal delivered will tie $.14.75 per
ton, while the price of screenings
will be $9.75 delivered. 4-2"5t.
The fin a J bowling gamea in the
house tournament at the E!!cs
alley a Lave been i>cptpon«*l
lil Fridsy evening-.
Mrs. J. Ikuta, audi children and
Miss Imogen^ COj<yeH werel return
ing passengers on the Princess Snn
dav *irer a shout visit in thie
South. ' I '
W. P. McBridJe, a White Pass
clerk at WhitehOrBe returned from
a visit '3 the states on the Sophia
Sundav and continued on to White
horse on yesterday's! train.
PHIL. ABRAHAMS
If you want to buy a home or buy
any property that I have for sale
that suits you i can offer you
Some Bargains
DON" I' FORGET that f sell
Fire Insurance
EST A B L.ISI IKT) 1897
THE SKAGWAY
Pioneer Dairy
H. F. SEEMAX, Prop.
THE SANITARY MILK RANCH
The largest and b-eet coa
d tucted dairy lit Alaska.
Daily shipments of pure
milk and cream to all point
ca White Pae« & Yukoa
Route.
FOR SALE—3 iooni partly furnish
ed cottage, inquire 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. Eggen.
Douglas, Alaska.
ON WEiJLESS BAYS
USE NO BEEAQ CTACHRS.
EASTCf OT BREAEEAST
POODS CONTAINING
"S/HEAT.
POOD CALENDAR
Wednesday: AVheatless day.
Everyday: A fat saving day.
Everyday: A sugar saving
day.
tlse fruits, vegetables, pin
to beans, and potatoes.
Use milk wisely.