THE PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Foss Office at Keicliba, Alaska as
Mocsti class matter October 21, 1SU, under the act of
March 3, 1*78.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRlMiNl. COMPANY
J. E. RIVARD . Editor
M. A. MITCHELL . Manage-.
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ADVERTISING RATES Famished on application
The Progressive - Mine r is strictly r. .so-partisan sac
derated to the best interests of car city, Soatbeanters
Alaska in partictLar ana the Territory in general.
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. OCTOBER », 1915.
TOO MUCH FAITH IN LEGISLATION
To wander off among the fish traps, waste of can
aenes, satutor eggs and other matters, ooly serre to
lead ss away freer the mam qaessicn which is. that
the fresh fish traffic has r-.cved its headquarters to
Prince Ripen. If we go to a fisherman for infornns
tioc, he wili tell you that, first, the Seattle fish buyers
had tees gouging the fishermen for years, and they
got tired. Seceoi that Price* Super: is closer to
the fishing harks than Seattle ^ Thirl that the time
of trsnspemug his fish to the eastern market is. by way
of Prtuce Rupert, shortened by two days, thus reducing
the transportat: on oast accordingly. Fourth, that the
city of Prince Super: is giving the fishermen all the
facilities posstbae; even ;o the extent of keeping a
sp3efid:-i roots in whkh fishermen os their antra
with their catch may go as-i meet with buyers and
have a!! the comforts of a borne or office in which to
transact business.
In rejcrr.ug die visit and inspectioa of the facii
iaes arid advantages offered to fishermen by a w*2
known American authority ca the fish trade of the
Pac.,_c coast., tie mtnee Rupert Dafiy news quotes that
authority thus: “Too might as well expect water tc
run uphill as to loci for the fishing trade of the Pacific
to keep away frees Prince Rupert” Yet. there use
®8aae *wil* 'srar* F®« to beliere that legislation
wfi. ertag t hack No, you can lead a horse to water
but you cannot make hiss drink.
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TiURAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR
Now and again we coat* across a paragraph amc-ng
osr Alaska exchanges that speak of Republican organ
isan tns. That a Republican club has been organized
or is about to be organised. yet w« have failed to see
] even the shadow of a mow (ernni that end in
Ketchikan, a town that should lead anything under or
dinary ei»cow»t*»«e. bat under Sho present circumstan
ces. si «• a how of another color. The work of re
el rgasiiing the party is of such a magnitude that It
will tax the ingenuity of every leader to accomplish
the task on a solid, decent bas.s, sud unWs.- t-o .ead
ers mean to organise a decent organisation, ihey may
as well keep stilL
To our way of thinking, the first thing to be done
is to look around for a leader under whese banner su,
f^fions will unite. This is no snutii task butjt^.
«rb cumulative evidence that the work of ««*»*«£
right man should be started early. M«>
alnady been mentioned, but it roust be fmnkx adntiG
■ed that as many have been passed by as out of tb*
’ question. Thus far, there has not Veen one name men
tioned whose shadow has measured up to the recpiire
anejst; and as far as we know—although his t»me has
rot teen mentioned—there is only one roan with the
necessary qualification? for delegateship who cou.d
bring in and hold together most of the factions, thus
insuring success, and that roan is John Rustand. the
••ormer United States District Attorney of Juneau.
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LET LIFE LAST AS LONG AS IT WILL
, From the Philadelphia Evening Ledgert
Some of the ancient races got rid of the oid and
the inctarably ill by either fending them out into the
wilderness to starve or by knocking them over their
heads with a chub. The club method was more merci
ful because it shortened the agony.
Chriliaed races, however, seek to prolong life in
stead of to shorten it. The physicians confess that
they know so little of the recuperative power of the
human system that they cannot tel! when death is
near. They may be morally convinced that a patient
cannot live twenty-four hours, only to discover that he
throws off the illness and gets well. This Ss why they
administer oxygen sad inject saline solutions Into the
blood and resort to ail known expedients to keep the
.. Kean beating. They have even gone so far a? to make
an incision in a man's chest so they could manipulate
the heart with their hands. They have kept the pulse
heating and the lungs working for hoars by this heroic
treatment. Life is too sacred a thing for ar.y roar, to
shorten it to escape suffering. And suffering ? Who
tiuati say what moral mission it performs in the re
generation of the world?
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COMPENSATION
If it :s true as our business philosophers tel! us. that
“tcose who never do more than they get paid for. never
paid fer more than they do." then it is quite clear
~ — you wan* to get paid for more than you do.
roust do more than yeas gs: paid for. Even a phil
osopher ought to see how impossible that is, but. of
course, the true pLi'osopher cannot be expected to best
z&ie oTtct 2 m-ere inspossibility.—Life*
KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P, M.
MRS, J. B, THOMPSON
Librarian
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Christian Science Society
Subject for Swadey, October 2Mh.
•"PrrobatioB After Death"
Frost street.
Regular Serv-cer Sunday 11 am
Wotaaadaf e-r read!zg mi
t*zg Serrs*« as 7:39 j —
Ail Are Welcome
Fin# M. K Chcreh
Sas4ay Church nr«ieo 11 i s u.
C:» Jk_ a.
Ihaaaaaj- Prayer 8:33.
Pthtay «*.•« 3.«-a S
ftnt ur. lair? We.aat.li? after
••eee «l J it Ladies Aii Sechely.
B. W. ICimvZK. Putor
CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Love Maas at 8:30 a. el
Bigt. Mar? at 10 <30 a eel
Suaday Sehocn at 2:3C»p.uj.
Sunday Y'esper* at 7:30 p. m.
tY eek Day Mass at 8 a el
Rev PALL P. KERX&
Paster.
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Saint John’s Church
Harry P. Cuner. Pr.ert ;s
charge.
S ioday 8 second 8un
iL; of the (noniii Holy Com
c.iokm.
<*:45 ate.. Native Sunday
S*..;OOL
31 am. Morning Prayer and
Sieinoa During December, 2nd
i 3 4 it Sundays.
7:30 p.rx. Evening Prayer
nifa Sermon. 2nd and 4tjj Sun
days of December. Musical
service 1st and 3rd Sundays.
Thursday 8 p.m. Choir prac
tice.
Meei.ng of Vestry first Mon
day night of each month;
Woman’s Guild. alternate
Thursday*.
A Convalescent
fUfwrei • food Vaaie that w2I np*£r
tvsLi cp meted taaeae
gfwunmanuun Emulsion
«twi( g)yqinri.( i
ft a Cj-jt. nLtiJe 'r^enj^nsa vfckit we
etnjw ncouneski for Uat perpoee.
KetcUaa Dn| Co.
Hit The Trail
For the Fast
Via the
“MILWAUKEE”
The New Short Line and the Alaskan's Favorite
All-steel trains and a
Top-notch serv ice w here
You'll be among friends
From start to finish.
For information or literature write or ask,
C. M. TAYLOR. Local Agent, or
A. E. HARRIS. Traveling Passenger Agent
Juneau. Alaska
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
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M GALLAGKEA. VO-.7TlL.VMJ DOCK CO.. A^.»i
Jmwkl PKO?*£ K Knee ***
A Great Reduction Sale i
In Dry Goods and Shoes at
GA TEW A Y STORE
These Lines are to be Closed Out
and the Sale Will Contnue till They
Are All Sold Out. It Will Pay You
To Call At Once.
A. Kaleel, Prop.
V Royal Hotel |
ENTIRELY' BEMOLLED
HANS APSCH, Prop.
i Beds 50 Cents Per Night :j:j
BEST BKAXI) OF
j| Wines, Liquors, Cigars i
FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
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Just Received a Line of
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Men’s working pants, a $5.00 value for $3.50
Men’s Blue Serge, a $7.00 value for $5.00
Boys’ Grey Mixture, a $1.75 value for $1.25
Boys’ Blue Serge, a $2.00 value for $1.50
TONGASS TRADING COMPANY
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GROCERY SPECIALS
Silver Covr Milk 3 cans 25c.. Per case $3.40
Potatoes .... Per 100 lb 1.25
Best Cane Sugar . 141b for 1.00
Apples Cooking. Per Bos $1.00 and 1.25
Apples Eating . Per Box 1.50 to 2.50
Best Rolled Oats .51b Package .25
Augustine & Kyers Gem Coffee .31b For 1.00
A. and K. Best Blend . Ped lb . 45
Camp orders Given prompt and careful attention.
| The H. R. THOMPSON STORE Phone8
GANNON'S BAKERY & GROGERY
... .'— —
14 lbs. cane sugar $1.00
AH salk 3 cans .2.5
8 oz. can Bakers cocoa .25
Am oc a i Coffee .40
Reliance Coffee .40
Gold Shield coffee .40
Canned Pineapple .15 & .20
String beans, ,20c. two tor -35
Golden Wax beans ,20c. 2 fox B5
Pcrcpkin, 20c. 2 for Bo
Hominy, 20c. 2 for B5
Sweet potatoes, 20c. 2 for -35
Kro.it, 20c. 2 for B5
E. J. Peas, 20c. 2 for B5
Corn -15
Draying
All Orders will be promptly
aid carefully executed.
Contracts lakei For Aijv Vior*
Ketchikan
DrayingCompan>
i. W. COED ELL, Propsetor.
Phone So. 60.
For Beet—Desirable four took ‘ 4
house, feet and eoM water, bath
room, sad all the modern conven
iescec. Fine view. A pplv Mr*.
Yonng, Sewtowa. Ot a.lv.
To Hold Examinations
Forest Supervisor,
Dear Hit-—
It has been decided to hold a rang
er examination this fall on or a boot
October 25 and 26. Yob have been
designated as the examining officer
for the examination to be held at
your headquarters.
Year* vpry truly,
e. J. BOCK
Acting District Forester.
Solid Pack, Amocat and Erliance
Tomatoes, .15
Fancy selected Hazelwood Ranch
Kggs, per doz. .40 i
Lend tirrerer cocoannt per lb. .20 j
Baking powder, per lb. .15 j
Your money back if not satisfied.
"Bread, Bolls, Pies, Cakes and Layer j
Cakes, Angel Food, White Cake, Jel
ly Boll, Lemon Boll, Cap - Cakes, Gin
ger Bread, Cocoannt Kisses, Maca
roons Honey Jumbles, Frosted Creams,
Lemon, Sugar, Currant, Spice and Co
coannt Cookies, Doughnuts and Toast.
LOYAL OBDEE OP MOOSE
Punier
WetofcwtayLotai*
Visiting broiber
cordially inilied
Uaii tot r*r.t Mos
<S»j. Tiun<l«iSO'
oliklliinni).
Stda; Friday.
ROYAL CAFE
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
We make a specialty of
&hort orders at all times
of the day or night.
Our Dinners are un
equaled in the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties.
MITCHELL BILICICH, Prop
Cash and no Credit Tells the Tale
Tcan Save You Money and the Trouble of sending
Out of Ketchikan for Your Supplies.
Get My Prices on first class groceries for Your
Winter's Supplies, before buying elsewhere.
There has been no chgnge made in the class of
Commodities which I have always carried, simply a
matter of safety first.
Phone 6
6. 6. Sparbawk, Ketchikan.
j/njMmtamwKww
Patronize Home Industry
When Buying a Cigar Call for
KETCHIKAN CIGAR
It is made from the Purest and Sweetest
Havana filler the market offords. Made
by hand and union made s
TRY ONE
JOHN A. ANDERSON Ketchikan, Alaska
the Lotus Buffet
Ketchikan Jffaska
The Originator and
Vendor of the Celebrated
“LOTUS FIZZ”
‘Nuf said!
Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ABE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to JU_ Pitch
AGENTS FOE
Atlas (las Engines
Oxy *= Acetylene
Welding
B LACKS MITHTNG AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
* We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |
I Spruce and Cedar Lumber f
Can fill any order either stock |
or cut to specifications ... |
; Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche |
for charter for freight purposes J
; Ketchikan Power Company |
WE PUT UP A GOOD SHOW
of the whitest and cleanest linen at
all times; and you may rely upon
the superior finish of all our work.
We have ample facilities for taking
care of hotel and horadlng-house work
all the year round, and we are noted
for the exceptional care and accuracy
we show In handling your laundry
work a ad for the reasonable charges
we make. Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM EA UNDRY
For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To ’
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan - - Alaska
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Remember that the Firm of 5
g W A. E. WALKER & CO. S
S DEALS in HOUSE FURNITURE as well as in HUNTERS’ and g
g FISHERMEN’S SUPPLIES, such as GUNS, FISHING-TACKLE, g
g TENTS of all Sizes, and kept constantly in stock ^
S Prices Most Reasonable. ^