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H.M. Hartwigsen
DIALER IN
CIGARS. TOBACCO AND
SMOKERS' ARCTICLES
Large shipment of El Infint.
clear Havana cigars, just re
ceh od. Try then:.
Large circulating library, including th
latest copy write books. Magazine
New»paper» and other periodical*. Fir
line of Stationary.
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3 Phil Abrahams, Agt.
Smoke the
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Cigar
We also carry a full line of
CIGARS, PIPES. CANDY.
FRUIT. ETC.
^ Tony Dortero's
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I J. IKUTA
MANUFACTURING
j JEWELER
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
8 Curios, Ivory Carvings
Indian Baskets
I CHINA AND CUT CLASa
a Official Watck Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
a Mail Orders given prompt care
Only • 3ROMO QUININE,' that
jforomo Qirinii
Cs/es a Celu!n One Day, Crip in 2 Da;
10 £
THE INTERIOR
(Dawson Nows.)
The resignation of James Han
will be accepted, and Slcliard Gi
espie will be appointed to the pos
tion of quartz recorder in the c
flee of the gold commissioner
Dawson.
Preliminary examinations of ca
didates for Dominion land surve
ors are being held at the Admlnl
tration baildiug today, under F. ]
Kitto, who received the appoir
meut recently from Ottawa as e
amlner. Those taking the oxamln
tlons are F G. Bertcu and Be
Ogburu. This is the regular da
for the annual examinations held
Ottawa. This year, for the fir
time, Ottawa made arrangemen
for the convenience of students
a distance to take the examinatio
in various cities, including Ottaw
Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Kin
ston, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, I
monton and Dawson.
An arrival from Quartz creek r
ports that on the Conglomerat
of Indian river active work has be
carried on during the winiter
Messrs. Fothergill and Campbe
The tunnel has been driven abo
130 feet through conglomerate, e
ery foot of which has been blasted
"Tho results are very encou
aging", says the informant and
adefc:
"Siamply by pounding the ro
and panning free gold is obtain
in sufficient quantities to make t
ground workable at a good pror
"If the good work continu
there will be an excellent showii
for the holders of options to exai
ine next June.
The pioneer miners in this d
trict, the McKinnon brothers, ha
applied for permission to cro\
grant the adjoining five claims <
McKinnoa creek, plans of whic
preparod by Mr. Kitto, are new po
ed in the gold commisisoner's offi
at Dawson."'
Rev. John Hawksley, rector of t
Church of England at Dawson,
to be appointed Indian superinte
dent for Yukon Territory, to t
coine effective Mar. 1. He w
have full charge of all Indian :
fairs In ihe Yukon Territory.
Rev. Hawksley has been a m
sionary in the Yukon and adjace
territory between 20 and 30 yea;
and is thoroughly familiar with t
Indian conditions of the territoi
He speaks the native tongue fluei
ly. Rev. Hawksley is now in Ha
son, and is rector of St. I'au
church, and has great iufluenc
among the Indians.
Skagway, Alaska, Feby. 14, '1
J. M. Tanner,
Skagway.
Princess Maquinua arriving Ska
way 18th has Boat Harbor cc
consigned to you.
tf. F. F. \V. Lowle,
Agent.
Location Notices, placer a
juartz, 50c. a dozen at the Da
Alaskan office.
The
SEATTLE-PRICE
DRUG STORE
KELLER BROS.
DRUG CO.
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The
SEATTLE-PRICE
DRUG STORE
1142 Prescriptions!
That is the number we filled dur
ing our first six months in the
drug business in Skagway, ending
with Dec. 31, 1913.
It is a remarkable record and
AVE think the reason for it is that
each, prescription has been filled
with
QUALITY, ACCURACY AND NEW "
FRESH DRUGS.
What do you tiling is the reason
for this record?
The Vest Pocket
KODAK
Literally Small Enough to go In
to the VEST POCKET or a LAD
IES HAND BAG.
Big enough to bring home all
OUT DOORS.
A miniature in size but lacking
nothing of KODAK efficiency and
simplicity. Pictures 1 D-S X 2 1-2
Inches. Price, ?6.90. Our stock
of photo supplies is complete. Pric
es same as in New York.
IF YOU ARE A LOVER OF FINE MUSIC
Come in and Hear the
COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA
Tonight you are especially invited to attend the Grafonola and
Edison Concert, 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock—the program includes the
very latest in the word of music—Tangos, Hesitation Waltzes,
Boston. One Steps, Turkey Trots and the Good Old Opsras
' DAMPS ANDJJiUfiHTESSf
Mrs Sarah Todd, sister-in-law of
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, of Portland)
Ore., Is 103.
The Duchess of I'ortland bat been
appointed mistress of robes by Queen
Mary of England.
Thirteen-year-old Alice McConaughty,
a Cincinnati schoolgirl. Is a wireless
operator licensed by the government
Mrs. Eliza W. Fletcher has served
twenty-seven years as a police matron
In the Philadelphia police department.
Mrs. Hannah Greensldes of New
York on her ninety-ninth birthday cal
culated that she had slept 365,000 hours
of her life away.
Mrs. Marie N. Buckman, secretary In
the United States of the Egypt explo
ration fund, is regarded as the fore
most woman EgypU.'glst of America.
Miss Margaret E. Knight, who is
now seventy years of a^e, is working
twenty hours a day on her eighty-ninth
invention. Her first invention was a
covered shuttle, which is in dally use
in nearly all the cotton mills of the
country.
British Briefs.
London has a flreboat which throws
a ton and a half of water each minute.
About 100 persons in the United
Kingdom have a yearly Income of
more than £.">0,000 a year.
Although marriage with a deceased
wife's sister was rendered legal by the
deceased wife's sister act, 1007, the
marriage of a woman with her de
censed husband's brother is still illegal.
Upward of 050 tons of soot fall an
nually on each square mile of the city
of London—that is to say, during one
year 70,030 tons fall on the 117 square
iniles which form the administrative
county.
Fashion Frills.
If the tailors wish to do something
unusual why do they not give the men
knickerbockers and thus start a fash
ion worth while?—Chicago News.
Conies now the fur anklet as a "ne
cessity" of the slit skirt, the slit skirt
being a necessity of the tight skirt and
the tight skirt being perhaps the neces
sity that knows no law.—New York
Sun.
It was inevitable. It has been dis
covered in 1'aris that stockings are an
incumbrance In the modern female ap
parel. A Tnhiti belle soon will be In
the extreme of Farlsian fashion.—Chi
cago Tribune.
The Writers.
Marie Corelli has taken to writing
moving picture plays.
M. Anatole France, at the age of sev
enty-two, has returned to Paris to re
sume his literary labors and is about
to write iu a new vein—stories for
young persons.
Theodore Watts-Dunton, poet, essay
ist, author of many books and noted
for his contributions to the Encyclo
paedia Britaunica, is working away al
most as hard as ever, though he is now
eighty-one years old. At present he Is
engaged on a volume of collected es
says.
Industrial Items.
A single workman can cut by hand
| 0,000 watcli glasses a day.
Labor organizations In the United
States have an aggregate of 1,952,131
members.
Thirty-two per cent of the 7,000,000
working women in this country are
under age. ,
In Chrlstiania, Norway, there arc
nearly twice as many male factory
workers as female, but the number of
both sexes under the age of eighteen
is equal, which shows that women
and girls seek work early, but alio
leave it early.
Electric Sparks.
Electric illumination is now a fea
I ture of nearly every celebration or ex
| position.
Any electric current of sufficient roJ
uiiie to be used commercially la capa
ble of causing death under very fa
vorable circumstances, according to re
ceut conclusions.
As it sometimes is difficult to Hod a
I blown out electric fuse among the
bank of fuses, an Englishman has in
vented a fuse resembling a rifle tar
I get the bullseye dropping out when H
I blows out.
Food Prices.
Cheaper to buy the whole hen than
I a dozen of her eggs.—Norfolk Ledger
| Dispatch.
The pork trust cans everything now
adays except the squeal of the public.
—Boston Transcript.
Chicago women solve the high egg
problem by eating meat. Pretty soon
they'll have to solve the high meat
problem by eating eggs. The good
old ham and eggs days are OTer.—
New York American.
Train and Track.
Over 1,090,000 persons are employed
| by the railroads of the United 8tataa.
New York city transportation linea
in the year ending June 30 last car
ried 1,709,889,284 fare paying passen
gers.
The railroads of Great Britain kill
in accidents for which the passenger
is in no way responsible one passen
ger for every 72,000,000 carried, while
those of the United States kill one
for every 4,900,000 passengers that are
carried.
Remember Our
Redaction SaleI
Stops
February 28th
9 o'clock, p. m.
All Prices Formerly Quoted
Continuingt
L. A. Harrison Company
'Phone 55
STORE CLOSES <i'C 8 P. M. EXCEPT SATURDAY, 0 P. M.
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GILL IS AGAIN
NIIIED
Seattle, Feb. 18—Hiram Gill and
J. D. Trenholme won out at the
primaries yesterday for nomiuatio
as candidates for mayor at the city
election which takes place here on
the 3d of March
PERSONAL
D. L. Rosen feld, a traveling man
representing a San Francisco hat
and cap house, will leave for the
south on the Princess Maquinna to
morrow night.
The following people came in ou
the train last nighi and are regis
tered at the Golden North hotel: R.
M. Whitfield Atlin, Mrs. H. D. Ta
bor, Seattle, M. E. Edmonson, M.
Geddes and O. S. Ryersou.
Messrs. Bell and Baker, of Van
couver, B. C., auditors for the
share-holders of the W. P. & Y.
Route, who have been engaged in
auditing the books of that company
in the Skagway officcs, will leave
on the Princess Maqainna tomor
row, having finished their labors
here.
The following people from Ft. W.
H. Seward have taken berths ou the
Princess Maquinna on her southward
voyage tomorrow: Mrs. Black, Mrs.
McLean, Sergts. Engstrom and Wal
lace privates Lauderbach, woody
and Harlan. The last five belong
ed to the post but have received
their final papers and are now on
their way outside.
THE BOATS.
The Princess Maquinna was re
ported this morning at 9 o'clock
at Ketchikan. She will therefore
not reach here until some time to
morrow afternooii. She will leave
on her return to the south tomor
row night at an hour not yet des
ignated.
The Peterson arrived from Ft.
W. H. Seward this morning at 11:45
She brought up Major Brooks, Mrs.
Black, Mrs. McLean, J. W. Combs,
Sergeants Engstrom and Wallace,
Privates Lauderebach, Woody and
Harlan.
The Alaska Cafe and Grill, Kar
aman & Clecak, pioprielors, is al
most ready for business and the
dcorse will be thrown cpen to the
public some time utx* week.
Neat Blarney.
"Why does your horse go so slow?"
asked a tourist one day in the Glen of
the Downs, Ireland, of his driver. "It
Is out of rlspiet to the bnyutiful san
ery, yer honor—he wants ye to see It
all And. thin, he's an intilligent baste
and appreciates good company and
wants to kape the like o' ye in onld
Ireland as long as he can!"
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO.
Pebbleford and Gibson Ryei. Bud
weteer, Blue Ribbon and Pale Rain
ler Bee* at the Board ot Trade,
ALASKA ill IS
BADLY INJURED
Seattle, Feb. 18—John Zug, of
Fairbanks, federal government en
gineer and member of the Alaska
roads commission, lies in a dang
erous condition here today, the re
sult of injuries sustained when run
into by an automobile.
SKAGWAY WEATHER REPORT.
Results of the observation taken
at Moore's Wharf at midnight last
night, is as follows:
Temp, time observation .. 39 above
Max. preceding 24 hrs. .. 44 above
Min. " " " .. 34 above
Mean " " ' ... 39 above
Barometer 29 • 90. Cloudy, N. wind.
W EATHER REPORT. ,
Skagway, 36 above, clear, N. wd.
Caribou, 30 above, cloudy, calm.
Whitehoree, 24 above, clear, S.
wind.
Atlin, 29 above, cloudy, E. wind.
Tagish, 28 above, cloudy, calm.
Lower Lebarge, 5 be-low, cloudy,
calm.
Hootaiinqua, 10 above, cloudy, N.
wind.
Big Salmon, 2 below, cloudy, cm.
Carmacks, —; cloudy, calm.
Yukon Crossing, 14 above, cloudy,
calm.
Selkirk, 19 above, cloudy, calm.
Coffee Creek, 10 above, cloudy,
calm.
White River, —; cloudy, N. wd.
Stewart River, 11 above, cloudy,
calm.
Ogiilvie.lo above, cloudy, calm.
Dawson, 15 above, cloudy, calm.
NOTICE
All unpaid real estate taxes for
the year 1913 becom® delinquent at
9 o'clock p. m. February 28, 1914.
After that date 20 per cent penalty
at 8 per cent interest will be add
ed to taxes.
H. J. Lynch.
2-16-2-28 Town Treasurer.
The office of the Town Treasur
er will be open for the receipt of
taxps any time during business
hours.
At The
"MOVIES"
At the Usual Place.
Law of God.—Drama—American.
Put Yourself His Place.—In 2
reels. A good Thanhouser Feature.
The Duel— Mabel Stratagem—
Good comedy—Keystone.
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine, tie world
wide Cold and Grip remedy remove*
cause. Call for toll mtm* Look for
signature EL W. GROVE. 15c.