ATTENTION !
The last Humboldt brought us the Finest
Shipmeut of Fruits of the Season.
Oranges Peaches Pears Grapes
Plumbs Bananas Apples Squash
Sweet Potatoes Crab Apples
Ripe Tomatoes and Green Tomatoes
Green Peppers Water Melons
Canteloupes Green Corn
I Now is the Proper Time for Canning. Prices Right
C. W. ASK & SONS
9 4
SENTLEIEN*
There is a Spe
cial Sale on PIPES
only for this Month.
Now BOYS there is
a show for you to
come and get
your pipe
ICOME IN UNO SEE THE OLD MAN
Tony Dortero's
ft tl
If ^
Kodaks
and Films
Developing aud Fin
ishing a specialty
DRAPER &G0.
Skagwav, Alaska
^PhON?^83^^^^P^jO^BOx^52^ ^
L. A. HARRISON CO.
SKATING ON
Lake Dewey
GET YOUR SKATES
FROM US
$I.I5and$|.50
Per Pair
Stores Open Evenings
Phones 4 & 55
(?AL
Having c inple'ed reliable arrange
ments for aa adequate supply of the
best
British Columbia Coal
for the coming winter we offer for j
Ska<way Coal Consumers, Coals at
following prices;?
Wellington (Departure Hay)
Run of Mine 512 per ton
Welllmtoi (Lviysmith)
Selected Lumps $13 per ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut Size 120 per ton
Prices ibovd at e on wharf and in bulk
or sacked and for cash. Delivery $1.00
per ton extra.
SHAW & JOHNSON
Phones 11 or 109 Skagway, Alaska 1
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH i
?3 THAT CONTAIN MERCURY,
a* mercurv will surely destroy the sense
of smell an 5 completely derange thj
who e system w en entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pres
criptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Hall's Ca'arrh Cure, manufac
tured by K. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the
bood and muccussnrface* of the system
In buying Hall's Catarrh Core be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken in
"rernallv and made in Toledo, Ohio, bv
F. J. Cheney & Co Testimonials tree.
Address F.J. CHEENY & Co., Tole
do, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Kamily Pills for consti
pation.
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Real Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUBLIC
2 FOURTH AVE., SKAGWAY
PHONE lO
HAROLD
FRANK
BEN
HERB
M. F. TAYLOR. Mgb. !
| CUSTOM BROKERS AND BONDED |
CARRIERS g
a
Baggage, Freight, Safe and ?
Piano Moving
COAL andJWOOD |
Hack and Huscy Nlglit or ?3 i
Day Service || |
Good Work Guaranteed and l'rloes
Reasonable
Office R. R. Depot g
BLANKET AND COM
FORTER SAL
STARTS ?
WEDNESDAY
s? <
store g jyj Behrends Mercantile Comp rsv store
OPEN _ . OPEN
evenings BSanchard, iVIaoaoer eveningsi
TOWN TALK ~
Barney McClee not away on the Jef
ferson south bouni).
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There will be a meeting of tlio
Council this evening.
? * ?
Max Clutfeld and his son Arnold
went south on the Jefferson.
? ? ?
District Attorney .1. .1. Boyce sail
ed with tile .lefferson for Juneau.
? ? ?
Heine Miller has gone south for a
month's vacation. He took the Jef
ferson.
? ? ?
Harry YcunpquUt left this morning
for Glacier. He has previously been
stationed at Caribou.
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Dick Turner was up from Haines
over Sunday and returned south on
the Peterson this afternoon.
? ? ?
Mrs. A. M. Wallick, wife of the
train despatcher Wallick. and Iter son
Howard, arrived up on the Jefferson.
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Miss Bessie Powers who has been
visiting her father here for some
weeks sailed south on the Jefferson.
? ? ?
General Manager Berdoe and Au
ditor \V. B. King of the \V. P. & Y.,
went south on the Princess May.
? ? ?
Former Governor Ogilvie arrived
} out on Saturday and went south on
( tho Princess May. He reports him
self well pleased with his season's
work on the Stewart with his big
dredger enterprise.
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L P. Hunt, manager of the cannery
atSha<an, with his wife and J. F*
Sughrow. of Dotroit, aiso Interested
at Sbakan, and P. J. Gorman, manager
of the cannery at. Kasaan, camo up <n
the JalTerson on th^ir way to their
homes in the south and east.
Mr. Hunt formerly proprietor
of the Mankato Free Pres.* and
only recently turned over that very
successful newspaper property to
seek for himself a less confining busi
ness employment in the west.
? ? ?
Mr. A. J. Carlson, who has been
over at Cordova for some mouths,
has returned to remain here over
Christmas. He will then visit Sew
ard and thinks of remaining there if
the outlook is as good as he has
heard it is. Mr. Carlson, who was
formerly in the laundry business
here, still has an interest in the Key
stone laundry at Cordova. It will be
the same business for him in Seward
if he remains there. He says the
work on the railroad will be closed
down on the 10th Inst., but there will
be from 300 to 400 men employed
on the townsite during the winter.
Wo says the railroad lias not yet
bridged the Copper river. Mr. Carl
son left here In June and went first
to Katalla. He left Cordova on ihe
25th.
LIFE IN HAINES
"Dlek" Turner was oil Friday
chosen Arctic Chief of Haines Cainp
No. 17. Arctic Brotherhood. Messrs,
Morrison, Leonard, O'Dell, Turner
and Chisel were chosen delegates
to the grand camp from No. 17. The
otlier officers of the camp will bo
chosen later. Brother O'Dell has
held the office of Arctic Chief for .
several tortus.
Ben A. Malum sold to P. A. Polley
his building and business including
barber and baths and the business
will be conducted by the latter who
is a firstclass tonsorlal artist and
very popular in the town. Ben left
on the Jefferson and will spend some
time at his old home in Florida. He
is thinking of locating in Roseburg,
Ore. The best wishes of the people
of Haines go with him.
* * *
A1 Smith. Frank Saucier and Hugh
McDonald arrived from Rainy Hollow
where they have been doing assess
ment work and developing their cop
per properties. These claims lay
close to the Three Guardsmen (moun
tains! and are showing up big. They
were discovered last year and assays
show that the ore runs to copper and
silver and have reached as high as
$105, per ton. The whole of Rainy
Hollow is looking fine and as A1
Smith says "it will be a second
Butte."
FROM NORWAY I
10 SKAGWAY
"We are now in sight of Scotland,
and by tonight we will be going into
the Norih sea." writes Mrs, William
Britt in a letter which has just I eeD
received by Mr. Britt, and which was
mailed at Christiana, Norway, October
3rd,
' The Atlantic has certainly been
good to us," conMnu'S the letter
?'With the exception of a little fog
south of the New Fouodland banks, we
had the lovliest weather, calm as our
kitheu floor and nice ond warm. Our
little boy Is having the time of his life,
everybrdy's favorite, so I hsrdly hare |
a chance to sei> him in the diytime *
* * These boats are wonderfully
comfortable, liko a Moating first class
hotel. A lino ^trinp oreheslora play* I
every afternoon, and officers and s-rv-j
ants are very accomu- dating. By j
wireless telegraphy we f received
tho latest news from the States ever j
since we left New York, ur d you
must write me all about . e iiyrri . o
wreck of the Star of Bengal,
tear W range). Jtvrn Moos -veil's I
poliical letters are tol> -raphid to a*
Aa soon as I enter the N'orlh sea I
ain going to send a me? sage to my
father hocousu 1 know !i" *-.oii d bo dc
lighted to heat from iu< ut be.-e.
"October 1. ? Wo c -n .>cc tbt- lig t
houses of Norway. T > h vou .ven- here 1
to see it. You would probably notj
see it as I do, but my! I. at a jubilant!
and fond fe iiK' c :ix s to me over
seeing tny dear, <lv ? r Inud a ?'ain.
"Great celebration on boa:?l today ;
with gula dinner, ?? c.
"Don't forget to greet nil my Sk< g
way friends "
SinoKe the "Emb ca<lo" best clea
Havana cigar in the market.
if W. W. Bough toD,
.
HOSPITAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the re^ i
lar annual meeting of the White P s
Hospital Association will be held ...
the White Pass Athletic Club, Sk*,
wav, Alaska, Tuesday, November i ,
1908. at 8:30 p. m., for the election of
officers anu tiio transaction of any
business that mny como before the
meeting. As ?>0 members actually pres
ent is required for a quorum it is
earnesil) requested that all who can
possib'y do so attond this meeting.
K L. Miller, Secretnry.
D. M. Westcott, Chairman. 182 3t
The Fifth avenue hotel has plenty of
roouis today. Have several rooms with
private bath, tf you are not suited with
your room come ?nd see us. Kates SI
and up.
First class rooms at tho Portland J
house. Skagway'a medium priced !
house,. Baths and all conveniences.
Centrally located, 5th avenue, opposite
Post Office. 113 tf
FAMOUS OLYwPIA BEER
We just tapped a new.keg a few mo
ments ugo. May be you w. int a bottle? j
George and Tuck on Limerick Alley, j
PREMIUM" JRftND BUTTER
By fur t l e bf-st butter wo have ever
til in il It is gaining favor with our
i>atro' voyday. Try a pound briok.
Prye & Bruhn Co
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Huvlng put id a steam uoiler and
other machinery we are better pre
pared than ever to do first-claas work
on short notice.
Skagway Laundry
Roliablo All Tho Time
The F'ack 1'rain Restaurant will aerva
wiue with uiDner orders, free in piac:>
of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
Piiilett fiouse
Foot of Sixth K venue
Most elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every modern convenience
1'Iectric ? lights? Hot and cold
water? Telephones
b itbs on every floor
]' :rd .0 ro> m by thedry, week
or month
ibl>: : }>i i eii with croim and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
ltlr$. fi. $. Pullen
Proprietress
If you wnut to buy anything advertise
for it in tho Alaskan.
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 Cents
W. W. BOUGHTOJJ
D KIR MSE
Fifth Ave. & Broadway
Genuine
Rose=bud
Hat-pins
f - ' ? mf
ri jh : ' ? f
RgrI roses turned to beauti
,5_, ,, fully colored metals. The
: most beautiful and artistic
novelty of the season.
Official Watch Inspectore lor W. P. & V. R