THE PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Entered st she Post Office at Ketchikan. Alaska, as
second class matter October 21, 1S14. under the act ot
March 3. 1STS.
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aska in pai"tieular and the Territory in general.
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. JUNE 6. 1S*U.
A SURE THING.
“Really, it looks very much like sure thing
for Roosevelt." said a man yesterday when speak
ing o£ the doings at Chicago on the eve of the
republican national convention. And it does.
Seemingly the old “warhorses" have made up
their minds to learn a new trick. It has taken
them a long time, but they evidently figure that
it is better iate than never and they are coming
around slowly, but surely. They can do what
they please, but Roosevelt has the whip hand.
He is the only man who can pull the derelicts
out of the mud hole into which he dropped them
four years ago. If it wasn’t for the fact that
they must acknowledge Roosevelt’s popularity,
his "leadership would not be so objectionable. It
is human nature that crops out. We are all vain
and hate like sixty to be defeated and forced to
follow the cause of our defeat. This is foolish
ness. and they might as well acknowledge that
they are not the bosses, but that the people are.
and since the people want Roosevelt as their lead
er, they might as well be good and stop their
“sulking.’’
THIS IS A STRANGE WORLD.
This is a strange world! Of that there can be
no doubt; at least to the minds of those who
observe the doings of their fellowmen. No one
can truthfully say that he is perfect. We all
admit having our own share of shortcomings;:
our own peculiar failings. Yet how hard we
can be on what we consider shortcomings in
others. Really it is astonishing. One might
think from the severe and unrelentless way we
judge others that we are perfect. It is too dis
gusting to notice men putting themselves up as
examples and dictate to others when, as a mat
ter of fact they are a mere bunch of human de
fects themselves but are too narrow to see it.
and they will, by implication at least, deny you
the right of your opinion. They will tell you
that if you differ with them you are opposed to
their best interests; and all such trash. They
seem to forget that what may be their best in
terests may be the opposite to you, and will re
fuse you even the right to claim as much. Yes,
indeed, this is a strange world.
WHAT IS THE USE.
Somf one has said that in this country a man
never realizes how many rights he has till he
reads the constitution of the United States.
That may all be but we should not forget that
many of those rights defined m that great in
strument as lyelonging to each and every indi
vidual are often overlooked when another’s no
tion is contradicted. The worst part of it lies
in the fact that one has no remedy except to
retaliate in likes, but that is also impossible in
the broad-minded. So. what is a fellow going to
do? Obviously, the constitution is of no benefit,
since some go so far as to even deny us our
right to think for ourselves. What is the use
of a constitution anyhow.
HOW CANADA WOMEN SERVE.
)By Richard SpiU&ne.)
The women of Canada* have taken upon themselves
the duty of caring for every Canadian who offers his
life in defense of the empire They care for him in the
trench, in the hospital, in the prison camp. They have
studied his every need and provided for it. Theirs is a
labor of love and tribute to the brave.
Greater, far greater, is what they are doing for the
women and children who are left at home. They have
taken upon themselves the care, the protection and the
support of the wives, the widows, the children and the
dependents of the men who have been killed or maimed.
They have done more. They have built up the greatest
organization Canada has ever known. They are wip
ing out waste. They are making character. They are
spending millions to save ten of millions.
Ten thousand women or more who never suspected
they laid ability beyond the narrow limits of their homes
have shown a business capacity, an organizing strength
and a perception far beyond anything men have demon
strated. Canada is giving an example to the whole of
the British empire— to the whole world, in fact.
There are a multitude of women's organizations in
Canada Among them are the Daughters of the Em
pire. the National Council of Women, the Canadian
Red Cross, the Women's Christian Temperance Union,
tht Young Women's Christian Association. Queen Mary's
Needlework Guild, the Soldiers' Wives League. St. John
Ambulance Association and numerous smaller bodies.
These practically have co-operated and are working un
der one general plan.
ALL NOISE. NO SUBSTANCE.
What a noise politics makes in the world, our politics
especially: but some silent thinker in his study, or some
inventor in his laboratory, is starting currents that will
make or unmake politics for generations to come. How
noiseless is the light, yet what power dwells in the sun
beams—mechanical power at one end of the spectrum,
is the red and infra-red rays, and chemical power at the
other or violet and ultra-violet end! It is the mechani
cal forces—the winds, the rains, the movements of pond
erable bodies—that fill the world with noise: the chem
ical changes that disintegrate the rocks and set the cur
rents of life going are silent. Tte great loom in which
are woven all the living tenures that clothe the world
with verdure and people In with animated forms makes
no sound. Think of the still, small voice of radio-activ
ity—so still and small that only molecular science is
aware of it yet physicists believe it to be the main
spring of the universe.—(John Burroughs.)
KETCHIKAN CAMP, XO. 20, A B.
Meet? every Monday evening
a: 8 p.m., a: Red Men’s :-n
Visiting Brothers W'ek jie
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Hams, A R.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Lac*! f*evl*r
Brother*
tevtoed.
E*-i foe reat. Moo
467- Tlranda?. Fri
da? Setorday.
AT THE CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Subject for June 11: God The Pre
server oi Mau.
Regalar Services Sunday 11 an. j
Wednesday evening reading and
Song services at 8:00 p. m
ALL ARE WELCOME.
FIRST M. E CHURCH
Sunday Church service 11 a. m
and 7;30 p. tn.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 p.m.
Friday Choir eets at 8:00 p. m. j
First and Third Wednesday after
at 2:30 Lacies Ad Society.
H. W. SUCH EVER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.in.
Sunday Vespers at 7:3Q p. m.
Week Day Mass -at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS,
^ Patter
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 a-m., Holy comraun
icn, ('Except Erst Sunday in the
month.)
10:00 Native Sunday School
11:CO a-m. Morning Prayer and
Sermon. (Holy Communion, first j
Sunday in the month.)
12:00 m. Sunday School.
7:30 Evening Prayer and Sermon. |
Holy Days—10:30 a-m. Holy Com
C1UH10B
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St- John’s
Social Club, Guild Room.
Wednesday—2:00 p.m- Native
Women's Guild, Indian School House
Thursday—2:30 p.m. Sc John’s
Guild Room.
7:.00 pjn.SE John’s Athletic Club,.
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 p.m. Choir Rehear-j
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
* *Ef~7 Fnrtor. I
PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining V 5. Custom*
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
J?f;ce—Town Couscil Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska,
J, FILLMORE W ARDER
Attorney at Law
Geflerel Practice Revilli Block
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
.ng land titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
ij NORTHERN MACHINE WORKS j
Standard Qas Engines *
ii OXY ACETYLENE WELDING ?
| We Weld \
Steel, Brass, Bronze, Cast-iron j
. Malleable iron. Welds Guaranteed. «
^**^t*n I IT I t l m I r I m I n i umiM iTiririiiniiai
FOR SALL
Bell Island Hot Springs
Located 45 miles north of Ket
chikan, Alaska. Composed of 2Z
cabins, -tore with $1,000 stock, dock
and walk from dock to Springs, a
distance of one quarter mile.
Numerous number of springs. Five
of the largest cemented, walled and
fenced in and the water is seven
feet deep. Creek flows by springs
with good water power, being fed
from four Urge lakes.
Springs are in the hands of the
heirs of George Roe, anS their de
-ire is to sell if reasonable price
if offered in the near future.
Terms can be made on this sale.
Inquiries and information can be
had from W. L. ROE,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Ketchikan Auto Service
C. C. COLLENS, Prop.
General Transfer to Any Part of
Town ■
Day Phohe 41 Night Phone 48
ROYAL-CAFE
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We make a specialty
of Short Orders at all
times of the day or night
Our dinners are un
equaled in the North.
| Private Boxes for Dinner]
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Draying
All Orders will oe promptly!
a ad carefully executed.
Contracts Taken for Anv Work
Ketchikan
Draying Company
J. W. CORDELL. Propietor
Phone No. 60.
a fc.. A.H.I » H
♦ We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of
■ I
t Spruce and Cedar Lumber i
Can 01) any order either stock *
♦
♦ or cut to specifications ...
(Barge Blanche ♦
for charter for freight purposes l
| Ketchikan Power Company *
Stedman Hotel
IRA H. KING, Manager
Headquarters for Commercial, Can
nery and Mining Men
First Class Cafe and Buffet in Connection
SPECIAL WINTER RATES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS IN
GOOD CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
RATES UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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8 Sooner or later yon too will come to 1
I Styleplus Seventeen |
if Do you pay around $25 for
I custom-madeclothes? If you | f
I do we can open your eyes as ^
1 to style and fit with good ^
■ wear guaranteed at the
I And if you pay around
I Styleplus #17 Iff I
I Clothes-fJi I
| cide to find out why J, \ 1 if
Jj Styleplus has such a ‘ttnu4’jj\ ' ^ ' J •
I The fabrics are fashionable pat- V/fll I I! Si^, l j) I
■ terns, water shrunk, all wool. Any \!{'. I 'vlW
fe kind of a model you prefer —all > 1 > \l I
■ designed by a fashion artist whose „ <*pr*&,. mt w B £
■ ability no one can doubt. Hand pi
S tailoring where it counts. All the big things—reduced ■
■ to medium price by the novel methods of the tmdi-mui I
M makers. Always $17 season after season. , J
I TONGASS TRADING CO. (||\]
GENERAL BOAT BUILDING ~
AT THOMAS DOCK
Estimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of all kinds promptly done.
H. CRICKS, Builder _
DON’T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY
$4000 worth of Dry Goods at less
. ... *n
than original costj
I am retiring from the dry goods business to stock other
lines. In view of the fact that prices are going up on nearly
everything you cannot afford to pass up the greatest sale in
dry goods ever offered the p eople of Ketchikan.
Laces, Ribbons, Embroide ry. Muslin, Wool and Cotton Un
derwear, Hosiery, Silks and Satins, Cotton Poplins, and aP
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men’s Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
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Telephone (> Ketchikan. Alaska
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WASHINGTON FISH OYSTER: CO., ilnc.
Phono 17\
Wholesale dealers in Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crabs.
Fresh fish shipped to all parts of the United States
The new Fish Market supplies to families as well as to steamers in any
quantity
Cold Storage Building Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to J4_ Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy - Acetylene
Welding
B lacksmithiNg and
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customei
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do 0ur very best with every bit of
launrtly work. How good that best
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
THE EVINRUDE
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Unequaled in Power and Duribility
Ideal motor for trolling- The
four-cycle can be slowed down to
two miles per hour.
Burns less gasoline per horse
power.
At least investigate before buy
ing any other motor.
HANDLE ALL PARTS.
H. G. KUBIJ2Y
Dealer in General Merchandise
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
Every Home Should Have A
Vacuum Cleaner
The Fir.t Aid to the Housekeeper
THE ROYAL
Is Supreme in design, materials
and workmanship.
LET US SHOW YOU
Citizens’ Light, Power & Water Co.