What They Grow
At Howkan, Alaska
Evidently, the campaign started by
the Progressive some months ago for
the purpose of advertising our im
mense resources has awakenec
gardeners and others if we can
judge rightly by the cumber of ex
hibits sent us and letters received
from divers parties hereabout. Every
thing that was sent us we have ex
hibited as we agreed, and among
those exhibits were vegetables that
astonished many. In some Instances.
no exhibits were sent but letters
were received telling about their pn
ducts from Alaska soil. Among the
letters thus received, we reproduce
the following and at the writer’s
request, we withhold her name. The
letter follows.
Howkan. Alaska.
October. 16. 1$J5
Mr. Editor:
Have you space in your paper fo*
a word from “deserted worcout
Howkan ? Seme one was telling u?
of the fine agricultural produce from,
our neighboring town. Sulier.
Howkan produced besides bushel;
of fine potatoes and turnips—twc
excelling the ethers—one of which
weighed eleven pounds and four
ounces, and the other two ounces
less- These did not grow in our
garden. Our largest weighed only
seven pounds and three fourths, and
the other seven pounds and one half.
Nor did they grow in a night like
the well known mythical turnip, but
they did grow with little cuhivatior
for this farmer was a fisherman,
who came and planted his seed then
west away, returning once to culti
vate them again, and this week to
harvest them. So much for west oast
soil. Cabbages and carrots were not
behind in their yield either. Sever
al hundreds of pounds were sold
to the store and canneries. I think
the largest cabbage weighed 14 or
16 pounds.
Las; spring a lady gave her little
giri a potato probably one pound in
weight. The giri wnh her father's
help cut and planted this spud and
It harvested 14 pounds.
Now while speaking of Howkan.
let me tell you of our apple tree
which grew from a seed planted sev
eral years ago by the missionary's
sob. There were a dear glasses of
jelly besides jars of marmalade made
from its fruit.
A WEST COAST RESIDENT.
Field will close oat some odds ani
ends thus week a; astonishingly low
prices. Ad. v —
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST OF
THE KETCHIKAN ALASKA
POST OFFICE
For the week ending Otseltr S. !fli.
Parties riaising letters frost the a
fctree iirt mast pay a fee of one eent
for each' loner clamed.
Bnrtcn, Mr* Lety
Deiiijs, Mrs. Lira*
C. G.
F'nriy, A Jt
WilUana. Mrs. Etfxabeth
All letters aaelai*er by Oetober 23
1915, aill he seat t« tie DEAD LET
TE8 office, WtskiEptss. D. C.
‘m. EL SWI.VriXjBD,
Postmaster.
CLEANING AND PRESSING
NEATLY DONE
In Rear of Jack Close's Barber
Shop. f r *^
Strits cleaned and pressed %\~A
Suits presed l.W
Saits dry clearei E L,»0
m Clothes called for and deBrered
in any part of the city free of
charge.
Phone 15 J. C HEIM Prys.
CRAIG NEWS ITEMS
The United States Geodetic Sur
vey ship Gedney, left for Seattle.
Hie Gedney. with three smaller
munches have worked the whole sea
son in this vicinity. The main chan
nel between Point Baker and Cape
Chacon has been surveyed. But we
have numerous hays and inlets that
have not been touched yet. The
Gedney, however, has covered a big
stretch of o*»r waters this summer.
The Sadies of Craig gave a charm
-ag dance last Saturday evening in
she Moose Hail, that was well atten
ded.
Ed. Evans, a photographer of some
epute, is touring tie west coast and
aking picture views of alt the in
eresting points, from Point Baker
down. He is also doing well among
he residents.
Capt. Moore and Chief Olin < ame
>ver after the purse seine boa:
Bruce. They are taking It to Roe
Point for its annual overhauling.
Mr. Ii. Dahl cause up on the De
patch from Seattle with salt and
gillnets. He intends to salt herring
.his winter for the market. Mr.
Dahl always gets a good price foi
■sis herring in the states.
Jack Spatt and George Birch came
ip from Sulier on a prospecting trip
or Mr. Suiter.
Mr. Eiswin and Ernest Johnson
were among the passengers coming
from Seattle last Monday on the
Despatch.
Fred Horen is building a resi
dence in Socialist Cove, near Craig.
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FOR SALE—One Rip Saw Table.
One Counter Shaft,
16—1 1-2 Steel Shafting
Ami numerous pulleys.
BULLY'S CARPENTER SHOP.
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POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG
APANESY WILLING TO I*’1 ANY
a.ND OF WORK- IS A GOOD
OOS. Addreas, George >i Oils, P. Ol
Sox 452. Air. t.f
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
Notice is hereby given, that at the
vtore of the Alaska Lumber and
Box Company, at Hadley. Alaska.
>n Saturday, the 30 th of October,
IP15, at the hoar of two o'clock p.m.
fee undersigned will offer for sale
usd seR at public auction to the
ligfeest bidder the following prr-v
trty constituting part of the estate
if the Alaska Lumber and Bex Ccra
aany, bankrupt, towit:
1. a. All lumber belonging to the
said estate at Hadley and amount
ing to approximately 1400/FDO feet
board measurements.
b. Stock of genera! merenaadise
in Alaska Lumber and Box Com
pany’s store a: Hadley.
c. Savings consisting of spruce,
hemlock, cedar in sawmill boom at
Hadley.
57 boom chains
13 lumber tracks
1 Lumber wagon.
d. MIR supplies
e. The household goods belong
ing to the estate at Hadley.
f. The cooking utensils.
g. Typewriter.
fa- Donkey Engine
L All box shook amounting to ap
proximately 5,000 boxes.
2. Gasoline launch “Fheyea.”
The sales will take place in the
order gives.. Sealed bids will be re
ceived for each of said classes of
property above mentioned, which seal
ed bids win be opened in public at
the conclusion of the oral bids. The
sealed bids must be enclosed in
envelopes upon which Is clearly indi
cated what property the bid is inten
ded for. lot.
C. W. SWANK,
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION
The regular monthly P. T. A. meet
ing will be held at the school house
tomorrow evening at eight o’clock.
After a short program, the
business of the evening, including el
ection of officers, will be under tak
i en. This will be followed by the
; feature of the evening, a social hour,
[during which coffee will be served.
There is no investment of time or
effort, that yields more promisingly,
that that small amount that will
[ make them more interested in their
[ school. The aim of the meeting is
\ to emphasise cordial relatione that
; will be fcenificial.
*N OUiSIDER SEES
AN OPPORTUNITY
| Good News For Fishermen And Ail
Other Boat Owners
Mr. John Clark, of Centralia,
■ Washington, who was in Ketchikan
; a few months ago looking the place
! ‘'ver as a location for a shipyard
ind marine railway, has just advised
. the local Commercial Chib that he
'-as fully decided to locate in Ket
j .-hifcan and now expects to move here
^ with his family the first of March.
Mr. Clark’s plans, when here, con
\ templated the putting in of a plant
S capable of handling boats up to 120
j fees in length. Such a plant would
j be a great addition to Ketchikan and
j :t is to be hoped that he will carry
j out his plans as outlined.
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HEY THERE! THANKSGIVING
MA5KQUE BALL GIVEN BY KET
CHIKAN E. O. E_ Adv. tf.
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NOTICE TO GaS BOAT MEN—
Copies of notices to mariners, lighh
sr.d buoy Eists issued by the Bureau
of Lighthouses can be obtained free
of charge on application to the Divis
ion of Publication of Commerce,
Washington, D. C.
If You Are Nervous
and are losing weight, we recommend
that voa sake
SXZSL
ft rpviwir*
for a short time. A prescription which
we gladly endorse.
Ketchikan Drug Co.
Phone 13
Ketchikan
Messenger Service
Call tiers up for all kir„i« of
right delivery, window cleaning,
messenger service and odd Jobs.
Office with Jack Close.
Remember Phone Number 13
JACK CORDSLI*. Propietor.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Figgins
entertained a few friends informally
at cards.
RETURNED FROM JUNEAU
Stanley Oaksmith and Dr. Kennedy
returned from Juneau yesterday on
:he S. S. Humboldt.
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Supt. J. C. Barber of the G. L.
P. A W. Go. returned front a busin
ess trip to Prince Rupert last even
ing on the Princess Sophia.
RETURNED FROM CONVENTION
Mis.H. W. Michener and little
laughter were passengers on the
Princess Sophia last evening retum
: ng from Seattle where Mrs. Mich
ener was attending the W. C. T.
U. Convention as one of the Alaska
delegates.
CIVIC CLUB TONIGHT
The Civic Club will hold their
regular meeting tonight at 7:30 in
the City Council Chambr. Come out.
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THANKS AWFULLY!
The Copeland-Jenkins hunting
party who went after ducks last
: Monday morning returned yesterday
| with the goods and lots of them, and
i ‘'■ere busy all afternoon potlatching
j them to their friends among whom
> he Progressive-Miner was fortunate
ly numbered
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MISSION LECTURE ENDED
The interesting series of Mission
j Lectures at the Catholic Church
j closed Sunday night, and Father P.
: 8. Donnelly departed for the south
I !ast night on the Humboldt, leaving
j a host of new friends and well wish
| ers in Ketchikan. Father Donnelly
j goes from here to Roslin. B. C..
i where he is to lecture next Satur
i lay night.
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Field the Specialist, goes south on
the next trip of the Spokane with
the goods that are not sold in the
mean time. Adv.
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Household goods, Rugs, Tables etc.
etc., for sale. See Field the Special
! ist. Adv.
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White sewing machine for sale a*
Field’s. Adv.
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Mrs. Washburn has just received
a full line of trimmed hats. Cal!
and see them. They are the very
latest. Adr. 4t.
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For a delicious cup of coffee, try
A. & K. blend. . For sale by
THE H. R. THOMPSON STORE
Only 6 more selling days and
Field the Specialist will be through.
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The P: gress:re iisoe.' 75c. per mo.
You Can Enjoy Life
■ht what you want and not be troubled
with indigestion if you will take a
tessSi D®a
before and after each meal. Sold only
by us—25c a box.
Ketchikan Drug Co.
AT THE HOTELS j
AT THE STEDMAN
Bertha Jackson, Josie Wallace; J.
T. Roe; Paul Schnable. St. Paul.
Minnesota.
AT ' o 'LLA
Stanley 0-»ks Hadlev; Thos.
Poster, Juneau; H. Thomas, City;
Theo. Wolfe, Seattu.
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AT THE CTSTOM HOI SE
Entered
ISth
Tyee, halibut boat from Seattle,
; Liberty, from Seattle, and Princess
j Sophia from Prince Rupert. Idaho
, from Prince Rupert.
19th
Santa Anna and the halibut boat
; Seattle from Seattle.
Cleared
19 th
Liberty for Prince Rupert, and
I Seattle. Humboldt. Tyee, and Seattle,
I wo halibut boats, for Seattle.
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j PREMIER ASQUITH TAKES
TO HIS BED EXHAUSTED
LONDON. Oct. 19—Premier
j \souith. nearly exhausted from his
| arduous duties, took to his bed *oday.
I Advices from his physicians com-J
j polled the premier to teit indefin
itely .
Thus far no successor t> S:r Ed
I rd Career has been chosen and
| white In- ry names have been mer.
j i«»red. rope are taken tj be accept
ai-le at the present time
GI NS BECAME TOO HOT TO
HANDLE WITH BARE HANDS
German Correspondent Makes Report
Of Fight He Witnessed.
BERLIN, Oct. 18—The correspon
dent of the Tageblatt, a morning
newspaper of wide circulation says
in his report that the fighting on
Monday in the vicinity of Loos and
Souchei, was most hitter. An in
tense bombardment preceded the
French attack, it was directed »
gainst the hill near Vimy’ as well as
against the German position furth
er north between Loos and Givenchy
The particular object of the
French attack was the advantage
held by the Germans on an eleva
tion west of Vimy that commands
the flat land of Lens. The artillery
fire was such that the guns could
not be handled without gloves.
The enemy penetrated the German
lines in only one small section where
the defendants’ guns were buried
by the French artillery fire. Every
where else, Bavarians repulsed the
French using knives and hand gren
ades.
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Field’s sale ends next Tuesday
night at 6 o’clock. Adv.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Wm. Angel, who hns been away
from town most of the summer with
tin- Geological Survey party, announc
es that he has returned an8 that the
gas boat “Harry” of which he is
the owner, shall be for hire as usual.
TESLA CLAIMS WONDERS
IN WIRELESS DEVICE
Thousands Will Talk and See One
Another at The Same Time ,
Nikola Tesla, the scientist, has an
nounced that he has received a pat
ent on an invention which will not
only eliminate static interference,
the present bugaboo of wireless tel
ephony, but will enable thousands of
persons to talk at once between
wireless stations and make it pos
sible for those talking to see one
another by wireless, reardless of the
distance separating them.
Tesla said also that with his wire
less station now being built he hop
ed to make New York a central ex
change in a world system of wire
less telephony.
Following the announcement that
the United States navy was perfecting
a system of coast defense in which the
microphone-guided torpedo was an
important factor, additional details
of the "ear” which guides the
underwater messenger of death were
learned. Not only are the approach
ing war vessels located by sea micro
phones, but the microphonic torpedo
is guided straight to its mark by
vibrations in the water caused by the
revolution of the enemy's propellors.
Battleships as well as submarines
will fire microphone torpedoes at
long range.
For Sale—Number 7, Standard
Visible Oliver Typewriter, practically
new for $40. Apply at this office.
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“THE GRAND”
Monday and Tuesday
Oct. 18 and 19
George Bronson Howard
the well known novelist and plav-wright presents
“OBLIETTE”
A story when dungeons with secret passages and
deep pits were deemed necessary, and bold Sir
Knights ruled the land. Featuring Pauline Bush
and Murdock McQuarrie
Ethel Grandin and Alexander Gaden
“LOVE’S VICTORY”
Buying a home on the installment plan is easy w hen
some one leaves you the money
“Universal ike Hakes a Monkey of Himself”
is the comedy
~ JESSE L. LASKY |
presents
THE FAVORITE COMEDIAN H
I EDWARD ABELES I
la “THE MAKING «
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FOUR BIG REELS V?
■ By the Author of
“BREWSTER’S MILLIONS” g
IPATHE DAILY NEWS, Very good |
TONIGHT at the DREAM I
jj Monday and Tuesday 1
Coming, “THE PURSUIT OF PHANTOM" 3|
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DRESS GOODS AND SILKS 1!
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44 in. Serge at . . . . 85c.
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This is a genuine Storm Serge. Sponged and
shrunk and all ready for the needle. Extra heavy
weight and washable. Especially suited for
children’s dresses. Colors, Black, Blue and Car
dinal. Worth $1.25
$1.25 Silks at ... . $1.00 j;
AH our 27 in. plaids and striped silk, formerly S!
priced at $1.25 will be closed out at $1.00 to
make room for a new line of 36 in silks. $j |
All our Silk Poplin, yd. . $1.00 |:
jjj New arrivals in Men’s dress shirts from $1.00 to $4.00 ,jji
I Bungalow aprons, regular 75c. (while they last), each 45c. :jj ■
We have a strong line of house dresses at $1.00 2
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Stock J. R. HECKMAN & CO. Service I
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