THE PROGRESSIVE -MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska as
second class matter October 21, 1914, under the act of
March 3, 1879.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINTING COMPANY
J. E. RIVARD .. Bdiw
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single copy .5 cents Six months, $4.00
By carrier, per monts, 75 cents One year, $8.06
ADVERTISING RATES Furnished on application
The Progns sire-Miner is strictly non-partisan an.
devoted to the best interests of our dty. Southeastern
Alaska in particular and the Territory in genera
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. FEBRUARY 3. 1916
WONDERFUL ALASKA
A glance over the Customs Collector’s report
an exerp; of which was published yesterday—con
vinces us that Alaska Is a wonderful country, and
consequently we needn't wonder that Seattle is in
terested to the extent of working hard for its de
velopment. when we consider that she gets most of
the millions in trade. A great factor in the Spirit
City’s commercial world. Alaska is.
Sneaking of reports, leads us to compare the
Governor's report and the Customs Collector's re
port for the purpose of advertisement, for instance.
In the former we can only see what Alaska has
done. Its needs and possibilities in an abreviatea
form. Whereas, in the Collector’s report, we have
the figures of what Alaska has produced from its
various resources, its commerce for the last year
in imports ar.d exports that enables us to make
an accurate estimate of what are the possibilities.
AD of which Seattle is well aware of, hence her
interest is but natural.
To show that Alaska is a wonderful country, now
comes a Portland, Oregon, newspaper and in com
menting on the country, says: Of course, all this
wonderful development, this vastly increased trade
our northern territory, means nothing to Potlanu.
We have no ships, no commerce, no food, no clothing
that Alaska wants,” etc. This commentator, how
ever is mistaken. Portland has all that A;aska
needs The trouble is that the Portlanders haven't
go: the getsp that Seattleites have. The Portland
ers are asleep—or have been. Just like some of us
here.
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DOING THE RIGHT THING
The Charcoal Point People are not to be left
without a imbue school, if they can help it. Is
evidenced by their petition to the Governor for a
school in their district. It is well, There are a
large number of children in the neighborhood "to
have to undergo .**, lot of hardship in order to attend
school up-on-the-h ll as near heaven as it could pos
sibly be in this world. A high-up school house
has an advantage, however, in that it develops a
child’s muscle, not mentioning the good exeercise
that the staff derives from it. The hardship comes
in when the children have to walk blocks after
blocks in the ra n .snow or cold, as the case may
be. A school house at that end of town is cer
tainly a necessity. None can get away from that.
The wonder of it is that those people have neg
lected it so long.
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FROM CRUDITY TO GRANDEUR
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
When Mrs. Woodrow Wilson assumed charge of
affairs at the White House she found what has been
called the best e-iutpped and most comfortable fam
ily establishment in the world. The situation in
this respect has changed since President and Mrs.
John Adams became the first occupants of the
White House.
•‘The house is on a grand and superb scale,"
Mrs. Adams wrote to her sister. ‘‘Lighting the
apartments is a tax. -indeed; and the fires we are
obliged to keep, to secure us from th daily agues,
is another very cheering comfort. Bells are wholly
wanting, not a single one being hung through the
whole house, and promises are all you can obtain.
There is not a single apartment finished. We have
not the least fence of yard, or other convenience
without: and the great unfinished audience room I
make a drying room of. to hang up the clothes in.
The principal stairs are not up, and will not be this
winter. The ladies are impatient for a drawing
room. I have no looking glasses, but dwarfs for
this house no: a twentieth part lamps enough to
light it.”
The Adamses took possession of the unfinished
mansion in 1S00. On New- Year’s day. 1801, 115
years ago last month, it was opened to the public
with a reception.
It was a crude Washington at that time, and
the executive residence partook of genera! crudness.
Officialdom was thoroughly dissatisfied with the
purpose of carving a new capital city out of the
wilderness.
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VISION
(From the Knickerbocker Press)
No man is indispensable, and nothing is secret.
These are hard lessons to lehrn. and the man who
can master them without becoming a cynic has a
fortune in his grasp. To be alert and cheery and
persevering, with these truths firmly held, means
perspective, which is the sum of wisdom.
To see life and one’s self as life and one’s self
really are. in proper and just proportion, with ap
propriate relation of parts to one another and to the
whole, means facility and achievenment. To know
that we do not always see what we think we see
takes more than a clear vision. It means to feel
truly, to fancy boldly, and to work with courage,
simplicity and good faith.
KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian
at the churches
ninvn THE CHITECHEJ
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, A.aska.
Regular Services Sunday 11 a-®0
Wednesday evening reading ana
Song Services at ";30 p- e.
ALL ARE WELCOME.
Subject for February 6, ‘Spirit"
FIRST M. E CHURCH
S-.rdav Church Service U a. ns.
and T ;30 p. m
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:3© p.m.
Friday Choir meets at 8:00 p. ns.
First and Third Wednesday after
noons at 2:30 Ladie-t Aid Society.
H. W. MICHES ER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Lu’a at 8:30 &. eq.
High Mas: at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.m.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
VV eek Day Mas: at 8 a. cn.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Pasts*.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 am., Holy comm un
ion, (Except first Sunday in the
month.)
10:00 Native Sunday School.
H:00 a-m. Morning Prayer and
Sermon. (Holy Communion, first
Sunday in the month.)
12 A0 m. Sunday School.
3:00 pun. Native Service, with
Interpreter.
7:30 Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Holy Days—10:30 a-m. Holy Com
munion.
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St. John’s
Social Club, Guild Room.
Wednesday—2 AO p.m. Native
Women’s Guild, Indian Indian School
House.
Thursday—2:30 pjn. St. John’s
Guild, Guild Room (Alternate Thurs
days.)
7:AO p.m_St. John’s Athletic Chib,
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 p.m. Choir Rehear
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLY,
Paster.
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Co., owners
Night Phone S120
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Hit The Trail
For the East
Via the
“MILWAUKEE”
The New Short Line and the Alaskan’s Favorite
Ail-steel trains and a
Top-notch service where
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
Promr SocstvCalh-orsia Pcoet Sou* da la-ska Roct*
Rout* - Tacoma and Seatii* lor Ketobt
Seattle-Francisco, con- • kaf*. Pe?era&ur*. Juceaa. KatSIla
HJi tee Y .Je ^ Hazard
W eii*. Eflanar. I>a Touche. Cook
Soaitken* Caxiiortv* Port*. Iciet point*. Seward and Kodiak.
Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan North and
Southbound on the 8th, 18th and 28thof each month.
MgLi merred w ebac^e ‘efc^le.-; ■» ;t<uit retire.
H GALLAGHER. A*e«. NORTHLAND DOCK CO.. A*em
__RHONE 60 Kelcbilnn
For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan - . Alaska
i able of Distances from
Ketchikan
Seattle. 680 Wrange!* 99
Petersburg 115 Juneau 223
-ttagway 304 Sitka 292
Vetiakalitla 15 Dotomi 271
Xi black 30 Choroley 30 i
Kasaan 294 Hollis 39
Ktaro 32 Luring 2i
Yes Bay 39 Cape Chacon 49
■■ alter 92 Howkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
i-Jawak 126 Knrheen 150
-hakan Tia. Chacon 18?
Kell Island 50 Unuk River 70
Mary Island 23 Hadley 29
7 luee Tree Point 45 Stewart B. 150
Prince Rupert 95
This table is complied iu nautical
tuiles which aretiOSO feet. Tlie larg
est part of this list was complied foi
:’>e Post Office by the Captain of th
Gedney and Isau then tie.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Avertised letter list of the Ket
hikan, Alaska Post Office. For
the week ending Jan. 29. 1916.
Chlopeck E.
Christensen John
Coombs, Leonard S.
Hultman, O.
Jarbe. Mrs. Lizzie
Keshies, Mrs. Wm.
Olsen, R.
Perez, Jose
Peterson, J. M.
Supr. Hydro Electric Plant
All letters unclaimed by Feb. 12,
'1916, will be sent to the dead letter
office. Washington. D. C.
Parties claiming letters from tho
above list must pay a fee of one
tent for each letter claimed.
When calling for the above, say
Advertised.
M. E. SWINRFOUB.
Postmaster.
Job printing neatly and prompt- j
ly done at the Progressive-Miner.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Local 224. regular
meeting Monday
Visiting Brothers
cordially invited
Hall for rent. Mon
day, Thursday. Fri :
day and Saturday.
Draying
All Orders will oe prompti\ |
a id carefully executed.
Contracts Take't Hor Anv Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompam
J. W. CORDELL, Propietor.
Phone No. 60.
ROYAL CAFE
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT
We maKe a specialty of
short orders at ail times
of the day or night.
Our Dinners are un
equaled in the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties.
MITCHELL BILICICH, Prop.
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
MEWS 0 VER CO A TS
50 per cent OFF
Our entire stock of overcoats will be closed out
at 50 per cent off
$27.00 Coats, now $13.50
$25.00 ” ” $12.50
$20.00 ” ” $10.00
$18.00 ” ” $ 9.00
Come early and get yours while the assortment
is good, as we only have a few left
Our entire line of
Corsets at One-third Off
Including Nemos and R. & G., the two best cor
sets made
Tongass Trading Co.
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The Ketchikan Cigar Factory *
Will now thankfully receive mail orders from out
of town stores. We will ship cigars anywhere
For information w rite the
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY
JOHN A. ANDERSON, Prop. KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANT NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to 14 Pit:h
AGENTS FOR j
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy = Acetylene *
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
Q. E. LINQERFELT, Proprietor,
| We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of I
| j[
j; Spruce and Cedar Lumber i
I Can fill any order either stock jt
or cut to specifications ... '[
Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche ii f
for charter for freight purposes
Ketchikan Power Company
WE HOLD FAST
to th<> idea that a satisfied customer
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do ollr very best with every bit of
launrdy work. How good that best
i8 you will appreciate if you send
*** Phone 24. M
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY 1
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