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COMFORT
FOR YOUR
FEET
NO MORE
FOOT
TROUBLES
Warm weather
means continual
discomfort from
tired, aching feet.
There is no need for
you to suffer any of
these discomforts.
Try a can of
Rexall Foot Powder
Sprinkle a small amount into each shoe and sock, and immedi
ately you will feel the soothing, cooling effect. It is in sprinkler
top cans and easy to use.
When bathing the feet, use
Rexall Foot Bath Tablets
which will add still further to your foot comfort.
IF CORNS TROUBLE, USE FIRST AID CORN PLASTERS, AND
REXALL CORN SOLVENT.
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77ie Store
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{SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
Dr. Pryor will open a drug store
in Tenakee when his stock arrives.
Charles McGrath, of Sitka, is build
ing a 900 foot wharf alongside his
store.
William Wright, of Juneau has he
ceived a big totem pole carved for
him by a native of Sitka.
The U. S. Radio station on Japon
ski island has been building a new
wharf and a number of buildings at
Sitka.
There will be no more terms of
court held in the Fourth division un
til November, as Judge C. E. Bunnell
has gone Outside.
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Charles Taylor, an oldtimer and a
member of the firm of Albrech & tav
lor. attorneys of Nenana, has return
ed to his home after a trip Outside.
With the repairing of the trail be
tween Valdez and the Interior many
roadhouse men are preparing to or
der motor trucks of small size to save
freight.
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According to figures presented by
Clerk Kilburn at a recent meeting
of the Douglas City council it was
shown that fourteen thousand dollars
will be needed to run the city the com
ing year.
John Peterson of Tenakee recently
placed a large log house on a raft and
towed it to town from his ranch He
remained aboard and cooked and
slept in the building while it was
f being moved.
| A special meeting held last week
by the Sitka volunteer fire depart
ment for the purpose of making ar
rangements to celebrate the Fourth
of July it was decided to have the
biggest days in the history of the
town.
The Chicagof Mining Company is
shipping concentrates direct from its
mine to Tacoma using its new boat
Ambassador for the purpose. The re
sidents of the island are much dissa
pointed as they believed the vessel
was being built for a passenger and
freight vessel.
The Tallyho group of claims near
Whitehorse in the Wheaton district
has been bonded to a group of Phila
delphia capitalists and development
work will be started immediately.
The owners of the group are Claud
Irvine, “Happy” Burnside, Adam Ber
nie, Fre<} McGlashan and the estate
of Billy O’Hare, killed overseas.
Hank Cushman, who blew into Daw
son a few weeks ago from the head
of the Klondike, has been organiz
ing a company to trap bears. Hank
recently found an old volume of
Shakespeare in a deserted cabin, and
“Music hath charms to soothe, etc.,”
He and his partner, Jerry Drapeau,
states that bears are unordinary fond
fo music and will follow the tones
of a musical instrument when other
noises will drive them away. Hank
plans on buying a lot of phonograph
records with jazz pieces to lead the
bears up to the traps.
The natives of Kokrines on the Yu
kon are reaping a harvest. A fur trad
er passed through the village recently
and gave them $4,00 each for musk
rat skins, followed closely by Outside
quotations of $8 per skin. This al
most created a panic in the village,
the natives packing their belongings
and striking out for the muskrat vil
lages. “Nil-ka-din-da-es-yun,” Eight
dollars, one musk rat skin is good
The poor run of fish last year caused
a scarcity of food that was severely
felt. The past winter was a severe
one the mercury standing at 55 to
66 below zero, and with eight feet of
snow on the river. Only two cases of
frozen feet which responded to local
treatment
Owing to the ruthless manner in
which considerable Douglas property
especially windows, has been des
troyed during the past winter it was
decided at the last council meeting
that the parents of the boys detected
in destructive acts will be required to
pay for any damage done.
Ten gold nuggets, said to be the
! largest ever made into a chain by an
1 Alaskan firm, are on display in the
1 shop window of the Nugget jewelry
store at Juneau. The chain weighs
30 1-2 ounces and was made from
nuggets especially picked for their
size.
Lawrence Campbedd, one of the ve
terans of the Yukon and Chris Fother
gill have been making good headway
this winter in prospecting their con
glomerate mining property on Quartz
creek near Dawson. They have gone
down 50 feet through solid conglomer
ate and are still going. They hope
to hit bedrock in the near future.
Federal Judge C. E. Bunnell be
fore leaving Fairbanks recently on a
trip to the States, signed an order
declaring a dividend of 8 1-3 per cent
i in the American Bank of Alaska,
bankrupts. There have already been
dividends amounting to 25 per cent.
There are at present on hand for dis
| tribution among the depositors be
tween ten and eleven thousand dol
lars.
Establishing a water service to
Kolymay Bay. Siberia, a territory
which has never yet been visited by
American traders, the Siberian Com
mercial Company of Seattle will open
up a new country for commercial ea
ter prise. Within ten days the au\
i!iar> powered steam schooner Iskum
will start for Kolyma Bay, marking
the sailing of the first vessel to the
most northern part of Siberia, well
within the Arctic Circle._
MONTHLY REPORT OF CITY CLERK
TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council:
Gentlemen: Herewith is monthly report of the city clerk for the month
of May, 1920:
Amount on hand May 1, 1920 . $11,281.87
Received from police court fines .. 100.00
Total . $11,381.87
Expenditures—
C and R streets .-... $129.00
Fire department . 721.90
Police department . 180.00
Public health . 34.20
Expense . 255.43
Election expense .:. 30.85
Printing and publishing . 348.05
Street improvements . 155.00
Lights . 180*60
Total . $2,036.03
Balance on hand June 1, 1920 . $9,345.84
Respectfully submitted,
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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ALL KINDS OF MEATS vAND POULTRY
FISH, CRABS AND CLAMS
Order by Phone 141—3 Rings Or our driver will call on you
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