CURRENCY IS CORRALLED BY
BIBLEBS OE NEW TOWN
IN SOUTHERN ALASKA
Th- fiction of a R*?-dog Unit
North of ShtT-Jkrw" :* Mag en
acted in reality at Kanatal if re
ports coming from ‘-hr thrfring oil
town are to be believed. Instead of
a fire-do* fimr it 3s a "ten-can Hat it**
at Kanatak. and the first man mo
bolds several foil boose* or fcrars in
sequence will come nr.der the Sher
man Anti-tmst law for maintaining
a monopoly of canned roods in re
straint of »rade—and poker
Ther*- has been a shortage of cur
rency at Kar atak To make it more
so a gentleman whose finger* are
quicker than the eye or who**- know
ledge of pscboiogy is uncanny. al
most put a total eclipse on poker by
gathering in all the funds in circu
lation. If he enjoys the exaltation
of a modern Monte Crist©, or a
hnreaucrat. his joy was short-!:xed
—Kanatak substituted canned goods
for l^gal tender a*, the poker fable
Rang*- of VjJbm.
A schedule of raloe; j« attached
to the canned good?, ranging from
‘‘bit” cans or sardices to a two-do!
iar cae of Fretcfc masbrocKnA. Sal
aior lu^< the be;t of two-bit*. eora
ease at two for «i-i*ts
I>«:r;ac a ciaar. a «jk»rt --aaotws
cp to the bar ri(b a packi-ack fall
of ••ccrTgac7.“toe»gg a oar of >eaebe*
to •!> taii^p acd say= (Hma*
aa Orphal Sn-Sio.”
“Say. tbit the amal’.-MC 'y *ot?
Cac't y‘ d?« cp a car of
“.Vop*?. clear oc: of sen a*; ~haaipc.“
jtrst tipped tfc** bellhop.**
‘Here** yoar threse cat? of salmon
ard ore sardiae. It's abort time
they cat oat the short he: :n this
Orer in a corner the deader ask?
Wlu«!ldT«Joi' *” a>k? :5>- sococd
•fV-tcba a Salmon"
‘ See the fish and ro yon two :©
catoe*. atxJ"—he slip? :r a car of
cash rooms
“Afet y' so aa to >■*. the rest of
is in complatrs th- mar at hi
•!bo-». "who had parc-hared a case of
"Sure. yoa poc money. bet
"Who can chancre a mushroom?’*
i?ks the man who always clatters op
-aised the bet.
"Let'* make it a jackpot—ten-car
'iznfet ?*' >uegeel£ a sport.
By the time es-eeyoce has pastsr^J
>p*ecers twice, an S O S roes ont for
‘Eddie.** Eddie has a blackboard
»:rd is sheet writer and scores bets.
"Jam opens for two salmoo. BUI
tees the doc-feed and raises a peach:
roc. sees the feb and frwlt and
-ar^es two tomatoes”—
Thas the nse propHNS.
Shy in the Pot.
Say. who slipped that salmon in
for a com?” protests the man with
~<~aoch* count?” wans the of
fended one; ”I*m in a peach and
to .-alcon—I didn't hare a com—
wo red-belEes equals one com.
L*ear» to -read the labels.”
It js claimed a shark dropped in
trith a few cases of canned rood?
snd nicked the bnnch for a trick
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In Alaska as the snccees of the Seattle Par Exchange nsetias qwlcker
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The management and dlreetioa of the Seattle Par Itflmp
1* controlled by the following Board of Directors, who are tahtag
a personal Interest la Its operations:
WILL BE HELD Df OCR Wi
AT BIARIH WHEN
M Marlon Street Vladnct,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
BOARD OP DIRECTORS.
B. O. ANDERSON,
Pres. Western Dry Goods Co.
E. B. BURWELL,
Seattie Hardware Co.
P. T. FISCHER.
Vlce-Pres * Treaa. Fischer
Bros. Co.
H. C. HIBBARD.
Vice-Pres and Treas.
Hibbard-Stewart Co.
J. C. LANG,
Pres. National Grocery.
H. J. LOCHOW, Secretary,
Schwabarfcer Hardware Col
JOS. E. AGNEW, Oen'l Mgr.
Seattle Par Exchange.
J. W. SPANGLER, President,
Seattle National Bank.
H. E. Turner, President,
Turner A Pease Company.
J. W. 8PANGLER.
President.
OFFICERS.
». O. ANDERSON,
Vice-President.
JOB. B. AONBW,
Treat, and Otnl. Mgr.
B. J. LOGBOW.
j load of peaches. He bad soaked
j ihe labels off the peaches and pasted
' than into corn and green peas,
j When a player decided to appease
i bt« s'.ozsdi wjtb a erack of reds
. sr.at he aaid Vbea he tarea down
| rna a half dollar and peaches a dol
Ilar with tomatoes, string beans, spir.
nach. etc.. averaging up to local
market. Ordinary pork and bean*
Whyntcba go ge: your change be
fore the deal started?" protests the
man stacking up bes:de the man who
;h* can-open*vl c3used the missi-on
! ary to seek the society of Helmer
• Fvars and Sid Anderson
Sardine l*lker Barred.
| "Sit over and iemme in," con
' stands a man with an armful ol
"Eddie? throw this pike*- out;
j *.his Is no widow's mite game.” pro
! tests the man with two cases of
peaches and several mushrooms be
i sade his chair.
Change me a case of sardines for
] salmon.” begs the piker.”
"Bad lack cashing while the game's
I running; go over and play Eddie a
1 game of crib; small change clatters
' up the room.”
“Five la tHe Horse.”
"Well. I cotta horse outside; bet
f cha five in the horse—twenty sal
Eddie chalks up the horse on the
blackboard and writes opposite:
"Bill, five in; Tom. two afid a half
j:C” etC*
" 'Xother jackpot.” suggests the
' man credited with a case of pork and
beans and a miscellaneous collection
of vegetables and fruit.
”1 pass." says Xo. 1.
"She’s open for ten in the horse.”
1 says the man that holds them.
“Stay for ten in the horse,” says
the next man.
“Stays against ten in the horse
and raises two peaches.”
"3ay, Eddie, how much am I in
j the horse?" asks the opener.
j "Bet the forty in the horse.”
"Too strong for me.” says ten in.
“See the forty in and raises you
two peaches, five tomatoes, four sal
man. eight sardines.” cornea back a
plunger who has decided to stay af
: ter the remainder of the bunch be
come spectators.
“Hey! whatdy doin'?” protests
. the man with the openers, "them’s
i chums—96 cent* a case less'n red*.
| You’re shy eight cents on the pot.”
i “Well, here goes a sardine, and
1 I’ve got two and a half cent* rake
: ba k>—becha the two and a half one
the side.”
About noon the next day "Jimmie
the Horse" hooks un bis svndicaiteu
"Sparkplug” and earns back various
interests by delivering the "chips”
to the owners or to the stores, where
I O. U*s entitle the owner to buy
another stack for the evening's play.
Everhody is wondering what might
happen if some lucky man decided
to pocket his winnings and go over
to Kodiak. It would simply put a
blue funk on the town.—Reprinted
from the Cordova Times.
RKLATIVn BOK INFORMATION
Tli« U. 8. Marshal’* Offle* al
Nome ta In receipt of a letter of in
qalry from J. B. McDaniel seekla*
trace of his eon Robertson Tayloi
McDaniel, who Is presnmed to ban
j come to Alaska a boot llll or 1812
Any Information of the man'i
whereabonts shonld he sent to J. B
McDaniel. 802. W. ltth St.. Dei
Sriprurs
Split your next shipment akin for skin
grade for grade. Send one half to the
bouse you’ve been shipping to and the
other kail to Fouke at once. See how
much more you get from Fouke. Let
tathe checks tell the story. You
will get a whole lot more for
the fore you ship to Fouke,
you can bet your bottom dol
lar on that. “Prices uon't
mean nothin’*—it’s the grading that
counts and Fouke grading always
makes your fur check a bigger.
Irresistible Eyes
are thoac which are Bngl
Y *-kI rSrouak d
wm%i
SUCCESS
In the Stock Market
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m—ej U esfe aed that jam gat a
KENNEDY ft CO.
74 Tsiiedway. Rev Took.
Also Dandruff. Hair Became
Thin, Dry, and Lifeless.
ing
■uttered with dandruff and itch
my head. There were Kales
rm mv scalp, and my hau
. became thin. dry. *na lueiess.
r) end fell out ell the time. I
j tried everythin* which wm9
i lecorn mended but without
• succene- I heard about Cuti
•> cur* Soap and Ointment and
iFsHtia
I was completely healed and I only
used three cakes of Cuticura Soap and
one bo* of Cuticura Ointment. **
Abelino Gallegos. Box 307.
Colo.. April 17.1020.
ra Soap. Ointment and Tal>
all you need for all toil*
Bathe with Soap, soothe
it merit, dust with Talcum.
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