The
.. Fiddlers ..
Three
Of Old Kiug Cole bad a
happy time with that mer
ry old soul.
That's because the merry
old sOul's groceryman kep
his larder supplied with
out bankrupting' his treas
ury.
We can supply you with
high class groceries at a
price that will make you
happier than Old Cole
ever thought of being.
We ask a fair trial.
C. W. ASK & SONS
! Band-Painted
China in ?ndle$$
* Uarfety ?
Having just received a
large shipment of beau
tiful Hand Jfainted
China, w j are n ) .v better
prepared than ever to
olfer you a stock of
Artistic merit from which
may be selected Gifts
for all occasions
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler
Skagway, - - Alaska
DRAPER 5: G0.
^urcMsors to
CASE & DRAPER
Photographers
Curio Dealers
AGENTS FOR
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
JRaw Furs and Game
Specimens
Skagwav, Alaska
Phone 83 P. o BOx 235
\ i<ktm*r hi nfiii i r ? n i i ?
Sincerity Clothing
0
Made by
Knh Kathan & Fischer
Is the Brand that we have decided
to carry for the Coming Season
They Have
The Fit and Style
and
The Prices are Right
$18.00 to $25.00
" Fine " needs emphasis when
describing the Hanan Shoe.
Other shoes have borrowed the
word and abused it.
Let's say "satisfaction" in
stead ? satisfaction based on fit,
comfort, style and service.
That's what you get with
every pair of Hanan Shoes.
Low-priced, v we think, foe
what they offer.
$5.00 and up.
.For men and women.
B. M. Beh rends Mercantile Company
Geo. Blanchard, Manager
WM. BRITT, Ph. G.,
Are You Correct?
Net alone Indress and halilts <1?
we display our taste and refine
ment. Iiut Just as much mi In lite
select Ion of our .stationery. Tour
Lett it i? represents You In your ab
sence.
How are you represented? Does
your letter susvest ca relesMH'ss
and disrespect . or Is y >itr personal
ity carried Into It wit i> style and
retlneinentV
We're mnkitiir a specialty tills
week of the famous
EATON'S
E.iFly Dutch Box Paper
Regular 1'rlco 75c We soil It for 65c
We can shov. .von a full line of the
Ka ton- Hurl but Papers. "Always
Correct."
Skagway, Alaska
RECERTIFIED SOLDIER'S
ADDITIONAL LAND SCRIP
This Scrip takes immediate title
to either surveyed or unsurveyed
land in Alaska, and is approved
by the G-overnment. Price $30- 00
per acre in 40, 80 and 120 acre
pieces, or $50- 00 per acre in pieces
of from 1 to 20 acres
R. H. PEALE & CO.,
OAKLAND, CAL. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1603 BRUSH ST. MERCANTILE ANNEX
(^?XsXsX^s^
Bowling Tournament will begin at
8:30 tonight at Elks' alleys.
The launch Fox brought in the mail
yesterday from Juneau.
There will be a rceetlng of the city
council tonight.
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J. M. Powell and family have taken
the Ben Moore residence fjr the winter.
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Flv?- hundred copies of the ''Soipy*'
Smith Tragedy have been sold by
Shea ^ Patten since they were printed
Monday last.
At a meeting of the White Pass
Athelitic Club held Saturday it was de
cided by to give a "Hard Times Dance"
on Thanksgiving Eve.
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Mrs. Button, wife of the Post Sur
geon at Fort W. n. Seward, and Mrs.
Captain Moog arrived on the Peterson
this morning and were guests for lunch
eon at 'he I'ulleii house.
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Mrs. J. M. Powell. accoxnpanfed by
her daughter, arrived home this morn
ing from Cilroy, Cal. Mrs. Powell was
called to California some weeks ago to
attend the bedside of her father, who
afterwards died.
Agent Lowlc, of the C. P. R., is ad
vertising for men to go to Prince Rup
ert to work for thirty-seven and a halt
cents an hour. When men are scarce
at fifty cents an hour in the United
State* it is not likely many working
men will take advantage of tho agent's
alluring offer.
Thomas D. Harris, Charles R. Har
ris, Herbert R. Bret hour and George
Wallace, all representatives of the
Guggenheim interests at Atlin, whol
have been at the Pullen house for the
past week, lef: on the Jeilerson tins
afternoon. Thomas D. Harris, who is
the superintendent, may return to
Atlin within the next few weeks. The
others will likely remain outside all
winter.
Whitehorse Star: There was a good
crowd at the Women's Auxiliary of
Christ Church at the hall Tuesday
uight and everything passed off very
u cely. The sale of the fancy articles
was well patronized and the art gallery
was a money maker. About $12S was
taken in. A -rood musical program
was rendered.
Qenty Phillip;, who has the distinc
tion of being the only Indian printer in
Alaska, arrived from Dawson Saturday
and left on the Jefferson this afternoon
for Juneau, at which place he will re
main all winter. Mr. Phillips for a
loojj time held down a "sit" on The
Alaskan.
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Whitehorse Star: P. D. McMillan,
mine host of the White Pass hotel, will
leave tomorrow for Victoria where he
will join his f?mily and calp them on a
two months visit to Los Angeles and
other Southern po!nts. During Mr.
McMillan's absence James M. Murray
will fill his p!ace nt the hotel.
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Whitehorse Star: Early this ?veek a
stormwindow epidemic borkc out In
Whitehorse and by Tuesday morniig
there were signs of it all over town,
all the business houses, hotels and
many private residents having pnt up
storm doors and windows as barricades
against Od Bory. As navigation has
ceased there is no t ooa reason why
winter should hold off any longer, and
the chances are it won't.
P. D. McMillan, proprietor of the
White Pasi hote at Whl tehorse,
stopped over for a few days at Skagway
enroute on a trip South which will la*(
three months and will Include a visit |
O) Southern California and possibly j
Hawaii. While Mr. McMillan is ab
sent the hotel will bo looked after by
"Billy" McKay, the famous and pop
ular "Mixologist" and J. M. Murray,
who will act as cashier. In speaking
of Whitehorse Mr. Millan declared that
the pist season had been an excellent
one for the district and expressed the
bel:ef that the coming year would
beat the past one. This Is the fi-st
t>me in six years that Mr. McMillan
has been outside and he has planned
matters so that he will thoroughly
enjoy himself while away.
The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited
accomodations. Steam he* t and every
thing modern.
A'> Saturday's meeting of the direct
ors of the White P sa Atheletic Club
it was decided to discontinue setting
apart Thurslay forenoons of erch week
as Ladies D.iy for bailing at the Club.
This was brought about by the fact
that the ladies were not availing them
selves of tho privilege to such an extent
that would warrant the expense nec
essary to keep the club at their service
exclusively on Thursday forenoons
however, Friday will continue to be
exclusively Ladies Day as heretofore.
The First Bank of Katalla tiled arti
cles of incorpcration Id t(he surveyor
general's office Saturday. The princi
pal oftl:e and place of business Is at
Georgetown, Washington, The capi
tal stock is fixed at 525,000. The presi
dent is John Schram nod the secretary
H. R. Harriman. The incorporators
are T, S. Lippy, John Schram John E.
Price, H. R HarriaiaD, James Camp
bell, of Seattle, and Clark Davis and
W- G. Smith, of Katalla.
THE Nil*
HAS CEASED
(By United Press.)
New Vork, Nov. 4? Heavy shipments
of gold continue to be received from
Europe. Bankers hrr?? and in London
agree tha> the settlemedt of the
market will be reached by the m'ddle
of the week.
FOR XRENT OR SALE? House on
Seventh and Alaska streete. Inquire
at The Alaskan. Ot-235
SETTLE HADLEY
SMELTER DEBTS
Tho federal, court at Seattle has
granted an order authorizing tho re
ceiver to sell the coal and copper matte
belonging to the lladley smelter, and
devote thp proceeds to the payment of
tho labor debt for the month of Sep
tember. The mstte was shipped to tho
Tacoma refinery.
REINDEER MAY '
BE PROTECTED
(By United Press.)
Washington, Nov. 4? The govern
ment report shows that the protection
of the herds of reindeer in Alaska has
be*n entirely neglected and no provi
sion made towards their increase. It
goes on to say that unless they are at
once taken care of they will entirely
disappear.
(By United Press.).
Seattle, Nov. 4? Arrangements are
on foot by t ho Pacific Coast SS, com
pany to replace the Alki with a freight
er, which will make the Alaska trips
during the winter.
The Circus and the AraD ateea.
Circuses are perha,tf more to blame
fbr the misrepresentation of the Arab
horse than any other source. A friend
of mine owns a circus, and I saw bis
posters a few years ago claiming to ex
hibit eighteen or twenty of the only
Arabian horses brought to America,
lie said they were captured with great
difficulty and brought to New York by
a special permit of the sultan; that
they were of the family known in his
tory as the eagle feather horses, so
much prized in the queen of Sheba's
days; that they were snow white, with
big markings in their spots of the tip
of eagle feathers. We don't have to
believe everything we read on the cir
cus posters. In this case I am mighty
certain those "spotted Arabians" were
bought at Albany, Ore. The most pe
culiar part of this spotted horse busi
ness is this, and it Is not a very strange
reason when you know It, that spotted
anything is created by a mixture of
different races or different breeds, and
that likely accounts for the fact that
the Arabian desert In all its history
has never produced a spotted, or pie
bald, horse, possible from the fact that
there is never any mixture of blood.?
iromer'l>aveni>ort in Woman's Home
Companion.
Man and His Dress.
Tho well dressed man wears clothes
that no ono ever notices; at business,
except In the very warmest weather,
usually dark. No one ever notices
clcnn linen, while linen soiled ever so
slightly Is very conspicuous. No one
over notices a hat unless it Is of ultra
shape, dirty or shabby. No one ever
notices shoes unless they are loud or
need blacking or are run down at the
heels or shabby. No one ever notices
clean linger nails, while those needing
attention are always conspicuous. The
man should notT)e lost sight of by the
consplcuousness of his clothes, either
from being overdressed or shabbily
dressed.? Batten's Wedge.
The One and the Naught.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once sent two
poetical letters to the "postoffice" of aD
Episcopal fair at Pittsfield, Mass. Ic
one of them the flrst stanza was:
Fair lady, whosoever thou art,
Turn tills poor loaf wlt(; ?.enderest CRre
And hush, oh, hush, thy beating heart.
The one thou lovest will bo there.
? On turning the "poor leiif" there wa?
found a dollrfr bill, with some verses
beginning:
FrUr V*dy, lift thine eyes and
If this l.i not a truthful letter.
This Is tho one 0) thou loveth well.
And naught (0) can make thee love It
better OO).
Tho Nature of the Creature.
"Your cook"?
"Oh, she Is so careless that I don't
believe she could drop a remark with
out breaking her word."? Smart Set
bill ram
IN CUSTODY
(By United Press.)
Battleford, Can., Nov. 4? The report
that Bill Miner, train robber, escaped
convict and all around bad man, bad
been arreted by a posse eighty miles
from this place Saturday is apparent
true, as the posse are known to have a
man answering the description of Miner
in custody, who was heavily armed but
who has not yet been positively identi
fied. He will be brought to the city to
night.
(By United Press.)
Seattle, Nov. 4? 'ihe bankers of this
city yesterday decided to issue and ac
cept clearing house certificates today.
These will be used locally by the baolcs
the same as currency tender.
Mi?
THE PRESIDENT
(By United Press.)
Washington, Nov. 4? President
Sooseyelt Saturday night entertained
Sxpl oier Adolf Amunsden, who has bu
ately returned from an unsuccessful
learcb for the North Pole.